Chapter 31: The Book of Granting
Ling Xi hurriedly took the palace people from the Jiaofang Hall to the Flying Feather Palace, from the time she entered the palace to the present, Xiang Hongxuan turned a blind eye to her, wishing that Ling Xi would never step into his Flying Feather Palace, today he actually asked Xiao Dezi to summon himself to the Flying Feather Hall for lunch, Ling Xi did not dare to slack off, so he had to immediately leave for the Flying Feather Palace. Although her car had already rushed towards the Flying Feather Hall at the fastest speed, it was already noon when she arrived at the Flying Feather Palace, and I am afraid that Xiang Hongxuan had already eaten enough.
This really doesn't blame her, Jiaofang Hall and Feiyu Hall are so far apart, the queen and the emperor live like a cowherd and a weaver girl, even if Xiang Hongxuan wants her to accompany her to share lunch, she should also be notified early in the morning, instead of sending someone to send her over in a hurry when it is almost noon. Obviously, Xiang Hongxuan didn't really want to have lunch with her. It is estimated that Xiang Hongxuan is still angry about Qi and Yang's two beauties marrying out of the palace, and at this time, let Ling Xi come to Feiyu Palace, I am afraid that he will ask the teacher to ask for guilt. Ling Xi's heart went up and down, and he stepped into the Flying Feather Hall with trepidation.
"The Queen's Mother, Jin An." Wang Shuyue, who was sitting at the dining table, seemed a little surprised when she saw Ling Xi walk into the hall, but soon she immediately got up and saluted Ling Xi respectfully.
Ling Xi was stunned, she glanced at the inner hall, she didn't see Xiang Hongxuan's figure. This is strange, Xiang Hongxuan asked her to come over for dinner, but he himself is not there, but Wang Shuyue's appearance is a little unusual, it seems that Wang Shuyue is the one who was supposed to accompany Xiang Hongxuan to have lunch today.
"Mrs. Wang, excuse me." Ling Xi said kindly.
"Queen Mother, the concubine didn't know that you were coming, and it was a faux pas for the concubine to not greet you outside the palace." Wang Shuyue said politely, from the movements to the expression, it was impeccable.
To be honest, Ling Xi doesn't particularly hate Wang Shuyue, although Wang Shuyue is the niece of the Queen Mother, but after she entered the palace, every time she saw Ling Xi, she was respectful, and she didn't act out of the system at all, and she didn't have the arrogance of Wang's relatives at all, so Ling Xi couldn't afford to hate her.
It's just that behind Wang Shuyue's deference, Ling Xi always feels a little chilly, which seems to be similar to the chill emanating from the Queen Mother. If there is no Ling Xi's intervention, the queen's position is none other than Wang Shuyue, and she will be a woman who can sit firmly in the back seat.
After Wang Shuyue entered the palace, she did not rely on the queen mother to support her in the harem, and she was a beautiful woman, Wang Shuyue was different from other harem women, she had brains, capital, and the most important thing was that she could endure it.
"Mrs. Wang doesn't have to be formal, in this harem, we are all His Majesty's women, that is, sisters, don't care too much about those vulgar etiquette." Ling Xi said politely.
"The Queen Mother often talks about the Queen Mother, you must go to the Queen Mother's mother to walk around more."
Wang Shuyue looked at Ling Xi with a smile, since she entered the palace, the first time she saw Ling Xi, she felt that Ling Xi was not simple, whether it was Qi and Yang The two beauties were beaten in front of her, or later they were tied up and married out of the palace, although Ling Xi was a little flustered, but on the whole, there was no inappropriateness, this woman who had only been in the palace for more than a month made Wang Shuyue feel that she would be her biggest opponent in the future.
"That's natural, the palace will definitely not slack off in the morning and dusk."
Xiao Dezi walked in front of Ling Xi and Wang Shuyue like a gust of wind, he respectfully saluted the two of them, and said: "Queen Mother, Mrs. Wang, Your Majesty is still discussing with Lord Yan Qing in the front hall, and I am afraid that I will not be able to accompany the two Niangniang for lunch." Please go back to the palace, Your Majesty will summon you again. ”
As soon as Ling Xi heard this, she immediately felt like she had been reborn, originally she thought that this was a Hongmen banquet, but after she came, she found that Yu Ji also appeared at the Hongmen banquet, even if this meal was a delicacies from the mountains and seas, it was estimated that she would not be able to eat it. Coupled with the matter of the palace concubine's marriage, it is most beneficial for her not to eat this meal. Now she can't eat, it just suits Ling Xi's wishes, but Ling Xi was just about to turn around and leave, and Xiao Dezi blocked her again.
"Queen Mother, please stay, Your Majesty has an edict to let you wait in the Flying Feather Palace."
Ling Xi's heart chuckled, what kind of play is this? She looked at Wang Shuyue's unhappy expression, Wang Shuyue almost looked at Ling Xi with jealous eyes when she left, this was probably the first time Wang Shuyue revealed her true feelings after entering the palace. It is estimated that after Wang Shuyue goes back, she will definitely say a lot of bad things about Ling Xi in front of the Queen Mother, and in the future, the Queen Mother, Ling Xi will not be able to please her. Ling Xi smiled bitterly, it seems that her husband, in addition to loving beauties, is indeed a good hand at attacking the heart.
Ling Xi had no choice but to wait for her high husband in the inner sanctum. Ling Xi was a little curious, and Xiang Hongxuan planned to deal with herself, after all, as soon as she entered the palace, she married off two delicate little beauties out of the palace, so there would be a reprimand. Otherwise, if he deducts some of the Jiaofang Palace, Xiang Hongxuan will definitely not speak sweetly to her anyway, and of course Xiang Hongxuan will not abolish her, otherwise he will slap himself in the face, toss in vain, and send the queen to the hands of Wang's relatives.
Ling Xi, who had been thinking about it in the inner hall for a while, suddenly her stomach began to rumble. In the morning, she hurried to greet the Queen Mother, but she didn't eat much, and the water and rice had not been eaten from noon to now, and her five visceral temples were already hungry, so she looked outside the hall, and she didn't know how long she would have to wait.
The light in the inner hall was getting darker and darker, and Ling Xi didn't know how long he had been waiting, but Xiang Hongxuan still didn't come, and the palace people walked into the inner hall one after another and began to light the candles in the inner hall. Ling Xi stopped a palace man and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Returning to the queen mother, it's just past the end of the year." After saying that, the harem people withdrew from the inner hall.
The inner sanctum was brightly lit, but empty, especially under the light, and there was a frightening silence. Ling Xi immediately became depressed, Xiang Hongxuan didn't plan to starve her to death, otherwise she really couldn't find a reason, what was Xiang Hongxuan's purpose in letting her wait for a few hours in the Flying Feather Hall on an empty stomach? Xiang Hongxuan, who has all the opportunities, shouldn't he be cold and resolute immediately, the disposal of the disposal, the summoning of the beauty of the beauty, and let her die in the Flying Feather Palace, is it possible that he wants her to sleep today?
Ling Xi didn't want to sleep, and according to Xiang Hongxuan's performance on the wedding night, coupled with the fact that she put on a green hat to Xiang Hongxuan as soon as she entered the palace, she didn't believe that Xiang Hongxuan still had the heart to pamper herself. It is estimated that Xiang Hongxuan just wants her to be frightened and uneasy, maybe starving her is just an additional means, but now Ling Xi is really hungry, and she doesn't care about Xiang Hongxuan's punishment, as long as she hurries back to Jiaofang Hall to eat and drink.
Xiao Dezi walked into Ling Xi quickly, he raised the tray in his hand above his head and brought it to Ling Xi's eyes.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty is still discussing with Lord Yan Qing in the front hall, Your Majesty please go back to the Jiaofang Hall first. This is a book given by His Majesty to the Queen, and I hope that the Queen can study it every day, and it would be better if she could copy it. ”
Ling Xi glanced at the tray, and it was actually "Female Commandment", "Female Training", "Female Analects" and "Female Fan Jielu". Ling Xi couldn't help but smile bitterly, Xiang Hongxuan actually gave her the fourth book of women, how immoral is she? But she thought about it, it was better to read than to be scolded and punished, and her husband was a person who cherished the fragrance and cherished the jade.
"When the tired father-in-law returns to His Majesty, the concubine must devote herself to studying the fourth book of women according to what His Majesty said."
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty still has an edict, Your Majesty said that the Queen is Your Majesty's queen, not the Queen Mother's queen."
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Ling Xi returned to the Jiaofang Hall with the fourth female book in his hand, and Ginkgo looked at Ling Xi with a puzzled expression.
"Queen Mother, you went to the Flying Feather Hall and brought back so many books, why do you want to practice calligraphy?" Ginkgo was still joking about Ling Xi on the side.
"No, from tomorrow, the palace will not go out of the gate, concentrate on studying the four books of women in the Jiaofang Palace, and the palace will copy a copy of the four books of the women every month, and then you will send it to the Feiyu Palace." Ling Xi said with some anger.
Thinking back to the more than a month since she entered the palace, she was fed up with frightening, the mother and son of the Queen Mother and Xiang Hongxuan, even the tricks of beating people are the same, that is, fright and intimidation, to put it bluntly, they don't treat her as a queen, and they are afraid that she will get close to one of them. Their mother-son fight, they still have to pull her, thinking about Ling Xi feels wronged, since this is the case, then don't bother, Ling Xi let them feel at ease at one time. From then on, there was no will to Hongxuan, she would never step out of the Jiaofang Palace, and she would let the palace people ask the queen mother to say goodbye to the queen mother instead of herself. Xiang Hongxuan wanted her to be a decoration queen, so she was at ease to be such a queen.
"Queen Mother, you're not kidding, when is this going to be copied?" Ginkgo asked puzzled.
"I don't know, maybe it's for a lifetime. After that, the gate of the Jiaofang Hall was locked. You go to the palace library and find some history books to show to the palace, even if it is to pass the time. Maybe looking at the stories told in these history books, life will pass faster. ”
"Queen Mother, are you grounded?"
"Almost, anyway, this harem doesn't stop, it's good, the Jiaofang Palace is big enough, it's beautiful, and there's nothing missing. Tomorrow you go to the Queen Mother, and say that I am sick and can't go to her old man's house to say goodbye. In the future, we will entertain ourselves in the Jiaofang Palace, regardless of the fact that his harem is turned upside down, and we don't ask anything. ”
Ling Xi looked at the bright full moon outside the window, Ling Xi thought of Ye Muzhi again, I don't know if Ye Muzhi in the border town is doing well, if she didn't enter the palace, maybe now she will hug Ye Muzhi and enjoy the moon together. It's a pity that there is no if, her feet have fallen into the deep pool, if she is lucky, she will spend her life in this luxurious cage, and Ye Muzhi and her will never see each other again in this life.