Chapter 34: Greetings
Ling Xi trembled and sat down on the main seat of the Jiaofang Palace, Wang Shuyue and other harem women had been waiting for Ling Xi in the Jiaofang Hall for a long time. At the beginning, in order to make Xiang Hongxuan feel at ease, Ling Xi simply did not leave the Jiaofang Palace, the reason was that she had to recuperate after being sick, if these harem women came to her every day to ask for peace, she would have to pretend to be a sick person every day, and she was too lazy to deal with these harem women, so she was exempted from asking for peace.
I don't know what's going on today, Wang Shuyue came to the Jiaofang Hall early in the morning to greet her, and the concubines of the entire harem seemed to have made an appointment, and they all came to her Jiaofang Palace, Ling Xi glanced at Wang Shuyue, she still knelt in front of her respectfully, and she didn't see anything unusual at all.
"Let's all get up, this palace is not in good health, if there is nothing to do, just kneel down." After saying that, Ling Xi pretended to cough a few more times, and Ginkgo hurriedly brought the medicine bowl, although the bowl was just some warm and tonic decoction, but Ling Xi relied on his acting skills of pretending to be sick for several months, and interpreted the pain of drinking medicine vividly, so he almost told Wang Shuyue and the others directly, and he didn't see that he was uncomfortable to death, so he quickly got out.
"Queen Mother, the concubine is worried about the mother's body, so she will come to visit the queen mother, you have to take care of your body." Wang Shuyue said with concern, whether it was the tone or the eyes, it made people unable to jump out of the slightest problem.
"Mrs. Wang has a heart, I'm afraid that this stubborn disease in the palace will not get better for a while, and the affairs of the harem still need Mrs. Wang to worry more." Ling Xi coughed a few more times in succession.
"The concubine is sincerely afraid, the queen mother, you have to get better quickly, and we, the harem women, still have to listen to your teachings." Wang Shuyue hurriedly knelt down again, and the other palace concubines saw that Wang Shuyue was kneeling, and they all knelt in front of Ling Xi.
Ling Xi saw that this was endless, it seemed that she wanted to send Wang Shuyue and the others away, it was estimated that there was no drama, so let's wait and see, anyway, she was a little bored in Jiaofang Palace, and see what these harem women were going to do.
"Why are you kneeling down again, hurry up, it's just spring, the ground is cold, Ginkgo biloba hurriedly let the palace people warm tea for all the ladies and girls, and then add more charcoal fire in the hall, but you can't freeze the ladies anymore."
The palace people quickly brought warm tea to the palace concubines, Wang Shuyue glanced at Ling Xi, who was weak, and looked like she was really lying in the hospital bed for a long time, but she felt that Ling Xi was pretending to be sick.
"Queen Mother, when the weather is warm, the concubines will accompany Niangniang to walk around outside the palace more, so that Niangniang's body will recover quickly."
When the other palace concubines heard Wang Shuyue say this, they all chimed in, scrambling to accompany Ling Xi around the imperial garden. Ling Xi couldn't help but feel funny in her heart, she had been sick for so long, and she had never seen any palace concubine so cold and warm, as if there was no queen in the harem, and now they all cared about her so much, what kind of panacea did these palace concubines take to cure the blindness some time ago, and they began to have their own queen in their eyes?
"The illness of this palace is not a big deal, as long as you recuperate, but Your Majesty, you have to serve with more heart, even if you share the worries of this palace."
"Queen Mother, where does Your Majesty still need us to serve now." Tang Meiren said with some resentment.
"But no, since Mrs. Hua entered the palace, His Majesty has not summoned any women in the harem, and His Majesty goes to Xiyan Palace every day, I'm afraid that Your Majesty has long forgotten us women." Xu Meiren also said sourly.
"Queen Mother, don't you know, Mrs. Hua doesn't know how to measure, don't talk about occupying Your Majesty on weekdays, it's been more than a month since she entered the palace, and she didn't come to see the Queen Mother, today Mrs. Wang specially notified her to come to you to say goodbye, when is this, she hasn't arrived yet, there is no etiquette at all, where is it like a princess of a country." Liu Meiren also told Ling Xi about Feng Yingying, and after speaking, she also glanced at Wang Shuyue.
"Queen Mother, according to the rules, after Mrs. Hua entered the palace, she should have come to greet you as soon as possible, but it has been more than a month, and the concubine has not seen Mrs. Hua come to you, so yesterday she made the decision to let Mrs. Hua come over today. But also, Xiyan Palace is not far from Jiaofang Palace, and it is impossible for Concubine Shu to come later than the concubine. Wang Shuyue said something more, Ling Xi looked at it, it seemed that Feng Yingying was really favored, otherwise the women in this harem would not be so united and come to her to complain together.
"The palace is not in good health, so I didn't deliberately let Mrs. Hua come to Jiaofang Palace, but Mrs. Wang is thoughtful, no matter how unwell the palace is, you still have to see Mrs. Hua, don't worry, maybe Mrs. Hua has just entered the palace and is not familiar with the harem, let's wait for her."
As she spoke, Feng Yingying slowly walked into the Jiaofang Palace, she shook the snow flakes on her body, and walked quickly to Ling Xi's side.
"The concubine greets the queen." Feng Yingying obediently saluted Ling Xi and said with a smile on her face.
Ling Xi had to admit that Feng Yingying was indeed beautiful, she thought that Ling Man was beautiful enough, but Feng Yingying's body had a kind of freshness and elegance that Ling Man did not have, and she also had some noble and elegant temperament, especially the behavior of shaking the snow flakes on her body in the hall just now, with a bit of childishness, which made her beauty a little more cute.
"Mrs. Hua, please get up, come and give Mrs. Hua a tea seat." Ling Xi pretended to cough a few more times, pretending to be a little struggling.
"Mrs. Hua, the queen is not in good health, but I have been waiting for you here for a long time, I don't know what is important to Mrs. Hua, so late."
Wang Shuyue looked at the spring breeze, and she was angry. Although after she entered the palace, Xiang Hongxuan did not favor her alone, but her appearance is considered to be more outstanding in the harem, Xiang Hongxuan will also call her to sleep every three or five days, she knows that her cousin is afraid of Wang's relatives, and she does not dare to be too gracious to her, but she will not be as ignorant as Liu Manzhi, as long as she serves Xiang Hongxuan wholeheartedly, she believes that her cousin, who prefers beauty, will one day completely let go of her vigilance, Ling Xi, the average-looking queen, will have to give way to her sooner or later. But I didn't expect that after Feng Yingying entered the palace, Xiang Hongxuan followed like a demon, soaking in Xiyan Palace all day long, Wang Shuyue saw Xiang Hongxuan so fascinated by a woman for the first time, especially Feng Yingying's beautiful face, Wang Shuyue was really scared, she originally thought that Ling Xi would be her biggest opponent in the harem, but now it seems that Feng Yingying's sole favor is her biggest threat.
"Your Majesty stayed in Xiyan Palace yesterday, and I got up a little late in the morning, and Your Majesty said that I could come later to say hello to the Queen Mother." As she spoke, Feng Yingying's face also leaked some shy crimson.
"Even if Mrs. Hua gets up late, it shouldn't be later than when I come to Jiaofang Hall from Yinghua Palace, Mrs. Hua is afraid that she has had fun all the way and forgot to say goodbye to the queen."
Wang Shuyue deliberately glanced at the snow flakes on Feng Yingying's body, it was obvious that Feng Yingying should have enjoyed the snow in the harem on the way here, otherwise she would not be covered with snow flakes.
"Queen Mother, the concubine is so big, the first time I saw snow on the ground, the capital of Xihua is Yongcheng, every winter, it will only snow for a few days, and the snow will melt as soon as it lands, the concubine often wondered if there was a chance to build a snowman in the snow in the future when she was a child, I didn't expect the snow in Dongyu's palace to be so thick, I was so happy, I did forget the time for a while." Feng Yingying said calmly, she knew Wang Shuyue's intentions, but she had Xiang Hongxuan's favor, and there was Xihuaguo behind her, so she was not afraid of who dared to do anything to her.
As soon as Wang Shuyue heard Feng Yingying's words, she just wanted to refute, Ling Xi coughed a few more times, and Ginkgo hurriedly stepped forward to support Ling Xi's somewhat fallen body.
"I'm a little tired in this palace, and everyone has worked hard today, so let's go back first." Ling Xi said weakly.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty will come to Xiyan Palace for lunch after the next court, and the concubines will take the first step." Feng Yingying got up, blessed Ling Xi, and strode out of the inner hall.
Ling Xi began to like this Feng Yingying a little, although she was indeed a little pampered and arrogant, rude and arrogant, but she was not Wang Shuyue's kind of person who could hide conspiracy and calculations in her heart, Ling Xi suddenly remembered Jiang Mengqi, Feng Yingying had a little bit of Jiang Mengqi's figure on her body, but she was more gentle, if Jiang Mengqi was scolded like this today, it is estimated that Jiang Mengqi would have started her posture and fought with the other party until the sky was dark.
"Go back too,"
Wang Shuyue originally wanted to say something, but seeing Ling Xi's rushing posture, she had to leave unhappily, and the other palace concubines saw that Wang Shuyue was gone, and they all said goodbye, and soon the Jiaofang Hall fell silent again.
"It's finally gone, but I'm tired of this palace." As he spoke, Ling Xi stretched out his hands and moved his body.
"Queen Mother, you can be tired like this if you pretend to be sick, those harem ladies, but they came to Jiaofang Hall early in the morning, and they have been waiting for you since the morning, and they are not tired to death." Ginkgo said.
"They, they are ghosts, the palace has hid in the Jiaofang Palace, they still want the palace to come forward to help them get angry, what are you kidding, now Mrs. Hua is afraid that she is the person on the tip of Your Majesty's heart, if this palace dares to find Mrs. Hua's stubble, Your Majesty maybe, tomorrow will really let the palace be grounded."
"So they have a heart to pit the queen?"
"To be exact, it's Wang Shuyue, she, eighty percent is to see Mrs. Wang favored, a little panicked, and I don't want to use the queen to suppress Your Majesty, so I thought of the palace, if the palace uses the power of the queen to suppress Mrs. Hua, a queen who is not favored in the harem of the palace, it is impossible to share the favor of His Majesty, and the final benefit is still her, if she can't suppress it, His Majesty is disgusted by this palace."
"This Mrs. Wang's mind is too vicious."
"In the past half a year that the palace has pretended to be sick, Mrs. Wang has the support of the Queen Mother, and the entire harem is her final say, it is estimated that these harem women are also living by looking at Mrs. Wang's face, look at today's appearance, Mrs. Wang is going to compete with Mrs. Hua for favor, Your Majesty's new love and old love, this palace can't afford to offend."
"Then this harem is lively, a beautiful exotic princess, a cousin princess with the support of the queen mother, who do you say will be the final winner?" Ginkgo asked.
Ling Xi smiled lightly and said faintly: "This palace is not Your Majesty, how can you know." ”