Chapter 46: Gift-giving
Seeing that Wu Yuyan had made up her mind, Lin Yaxin was not good at refusing again.
"Then thank you, sister."
The three chatted for a while, and Wu Yuyan went back first. Approaching the Dragon Boat Festival, there are already a lot of affairs in the palace, plus Zhao Qinyue and Liu Yuyang find some trouble for her from time to time, so she has been really busy recently.
"Concubine Xian is sincere to you." Wang Jinyun said with a sigh. She has been in the palace for many years, and she has never seen Wu Yuyan so concerned about anyone, so it can be seen that they really did the right thing last time.
Speaking of this, Lin Yaxin always felt a little guilty about Wu Yuyan.
If it weren't for her, Li Yiqian wouldn't have done so much. After all, Wu Yuyan is his cousin, and she has always had a good relationship with him. Just to make her die, he could only wronged her. Although she had no other purpose for helping Wu Yuyan at that time, the final result was that she was also using her, and in the end they owed her.
"Yes, I said that I would give her a good way out in the future, just like my sister and you."
Hearing Lin Yaxin's words, Wang Jinyun laughed and said, "I didn't expect him to be an infatuated species, aren't you afraid of being angry if you're so good to us?" ”
"Sister~ You're making fun of me again! I feel guilty for you, if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have delayed for so many years, especially you and your eldest brother. ”
"Okay, silly girl, this is our willingness, you don't have to feel guilty." Wang Jinyun knew what she was thinking when she looked at Lin Yaxin's expression.
"Master, Sun Xiuyi and Lan Meiren are here." While the two were laughing, Konishi walked in.
"Why are they here together?" Although Lin Yaxin understood Li Yiqian, she still didn't have a good impression of Lan Yu.
"It seems that Lan Yu is really jealous of you, last time Concubine De didn't show mercy to her subordinates, and she came to see you before her injuries healed. Gee. Wang Jinyun was a little suspicious of watching the show.
"Let them in." Lin Yaxin doesn't like blue rain, but she is always in the palace, and she will inevitably meet in the future, so she can't deliberately avoid it, but it seems that she is afraid of blue rain.
"Yes."
"I've seen Concubine Shuniang and Xin Zhaoyi." After saluting, the two sat down in turn.
"Why did the two sisters come to me today?" Lin Yaxin opened her mouth lazily.
Although Lin Yaxin and Sun Qi are both in the position of the third grade, they are the same batch to enter the palace, and Zhaoyi is the head of the nine concubines, so it is reasonable to call Sun Qi a sister.
"I heard that my sister was pregnant, and it happened that the blue beauty also wanted to visit her sister, so I came together." What happened last time hurt Sun Qi's foundation, so her face was still not very good.
"My sister is recovering from a serious illness, and I am very uneasy to bother my sister to run this trip." Lin Yaxin looked at Sun Qi with a smile.
"What did Sister Xin say, my sister's pregnancy is not only a joy for my sister, but also a great joy in the palace, so we naturally want to congratulate my sister." Lan Yu was unwilling to be ignored, and spoke without waiting for Sun Qi to speak.
"Blue Beauty has learned the rules well." Wang Jinyun couldn't get used to Lan Yu's appearance, and directly made sarcastic remarks.
Hearing this, Lan Yu's smile instantly became very stiff.
"Speaking of which, there used to be children in this palace, but there was no blessing, unlike my sister's thousands of favors, presumably the emperor will definitely protect my sister, and it will never be like me." Sun Qi opened his mouth a little gloomily.
"My sister doesn't need to be sad, the emperor didn't take a fancy to his sister because she was pregnant. After that incident, the queen mother tried her best to be unfavorable to her sister, or did the emperor protect her sister! Lin Yaxin could understand Sun Qi's thoughts at this time, and couldn't help but comfort her.
"Thank you, sister." Sun Qi reluctantly smiled.
"By the way, didn't I congratulate you today? How did you talk about Sun Xiuyi's sadness, Xin'er, you said that you should not be punished! Wang Jinyun looked at Sun Qi's sad expression, and couldn't bear it, so he quickly changed the topic.
"Yes, yes, yes, they are all here to congratulate me today, I wonder what congratulatory gifts Sister Sun brought to me?" Lin Yaxin blamed herself for mentioning Sun Qi's sadness, especially now that she is also a mother, she knows what a child means to her mother.
Listening to the persuasion of the two, Sun Qi smiled slightly. These days have passed, and she has come to terms with the fact that she has lost her child and can no longer be a mother.
It's just that now that she heard that Lin Yaxin was pregnant, she thought of the child again, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"Sister Sun brought a piece of fine silk to make clothes for my sister's children!" Seeing that Sun Qi didn't speak, Lan Yu directly spoke for her.
"Silk?"
"Yes, a few days ago, my mother sent a blue satin to the palace, and the palace thought that her clothes were still freshly made, and it happened that my sister had a happy event, so I gave it to my sister."
Blue satin? Lin Yaxin was slightly stunned. In China, blue satin and purple satin are equally famous. Different from the gorgeousness of purple satin, blue satin is more delicate, and it is naturally more suitable for babies. However, this is Sun Qi's intention, and Lin Yaxin is naturally not easy to refuse.
"This is a great gift, thank you sister!"
"The concubine also brought a congratulatory gift to her sister!" Lan Yu saw that Lin Yaxin's mind was on the blue satin, and hurriedly said. If you can't send your congratulatory gift in person, how can you achieve your goal?
"Looking at the excitement of the blue beauty, I don't know what good things I brought to Xin'er?"
"Sister, look, this is the emperor's reward for sending Guanyin on the day of the Jin Dynasty! Now the concubine borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to her sister, only hoping to be able to touch her sister's blessings and give birth to a prince for the emperor one day. As she spoke, Lan Yu blushed.
"You ......" Wang Jinyun was about to get angry when he heard her words, but was stopped by Lin Yaxin.
"So this palace will accept it, thank you for the kindness of the blue beauty, I hope your wish will come true." Although Lin Yaxin stopped Wang Jinyun's words, the smile on his face was not as good as Fang Cai.
Sun Qi also heard the meaning of Lan Yu's words, felt bored, and chatted with him for a while, and then took Lan Yu back on the grounds that he was unwell.
As soon as they left, Wang Jinyun couldn't help it.
"Xin'er, why did you stop me just now? She's obviously uneasy and kind! ”
"Sister Yun, I naturally know that she has bad intentions, but what she said is also the truth." Without outsiders, the smile on Lin Yaxin's face disappeared.
"She's obviously here to show off on purpose, and you can still tolerate her! By my point, she should have been blasted out! "Wang Jinyun can't tolerate a villain like Lan Yu showing off his might in front of him.
"Alright! Sister Yun, how calm are you? You weren't the one to get provoked so easily. What's more, maybe people have the idea of provoking me, and it's better to be beaten up by me again or something, so that I can sue when I go out. ”
"Don't let others see how my old love bullied her, a new favorite, how can it reflect her favor? I'm going to be fooled if I really take her to heart. What's more, you know the plan, don't you? She didn't have long to be proud. ”
Different from Wang Jinyun's anger, Lin Yaxin didn't think there was anything to be angry about, but she was curious, if Lan Yu was really so brainless, how could she still make waves under Zhao Qinyue's hands?
"You're right, you can't do anything with them! Xin'er, let me tell you, the overall situation is decided in the future, and you can't let Li Yiqian go so easily, you have to 'toss' him well. Wang Jinyun's tone and expression at this time gave Lin Yaxin a feeling of sharpening his knife towards the pig and sheep.
Lin Yaxin smiled and said nothing.
Regardless of whether it was sincere or not, except for the five people who came to Yuquan Palace, everyone else also sent congratulatory gifts. It's just a gift, and no one wants to be used as a handle because of this little thing.
Among them, in addition to Wang Jinyun's jade pendant and Wu Yuyan's Buddha beads, Lin Yaxin's favorite is a calligraphy and painting given by Qian Ruyi, which is a painting by Zheng Yuan, a member of the previous dynasty.
This dynasty is heavy on military and light on literature, and the monuments of the previous dynasty are rarely seen, let alone this kind of everyone's work. But thinking that Qian Ruyi is the daughter of Taifu. After being subordinate to Wenchen, it is not surprising that there are such authentic works in the family. It's just that I don't know what Qian Ruyi's purpose is for giving her such a precious thing.
Lin Yaxin's pregnancy and promotion to the throne made the palace lively, and then it was not so hot. After all, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming, and everyone thinks that they can get into Li Yiqian's eyes on that day, which is much more important than Lin Yaxin, after all, the favor is what the women in the palace really need to fight for.
In addition to the smell of war between concubines and concubines, there is also a lot of peace between palace maids this year. Everyone knows that Lan Yu was also a palace maid not long ago, but now she is not soaring, if she is pregnant with an imperial heir in the future, it will be even more expensive. If Blue Rain can have that opportunity, why can't they? No one wants to spend their entire life at the bottom.
Different from the open and secret battles in the outside world, Yuquan Palace is as peaceful as ever.
"Niangniang, Mama Lu prepared chicken soup for you today, which Mama Lu simmered on a low fire for a night last night! The oil has long been removed, to ensure that there is no oily smell at all, you can taste it. On this day, Zixing walked into the inner hall with a bowl of soup with an excited face. followed by Mama Lu with a helpless face.
After getting along for the past few days, Mama Lu has figured out Zixing's character. Zixing was originally a little embarrassed, but he was in the palace, so he restrained a lot in order not to cause trouble for Lin Yaxin.
Now that Mama Lu and Ziyue have come to lighten their burden a lot, plus she knows that they are all really for the good of their own young lady, and they don't have to be on guard against others at all times. In this regard, Lin Yaxin has no choice.
"Niangniang, try it, if it doesn't fit, the slave will do something else."
Knowing that Lin Yaxin's morning sickness was serious, Mama Lu changed her ways to make food for her, and always thought of some ideas for her to make supplements. It's only been a few days since I've been here, but it's not the first time I've made chicken soup like today, which has been stewed for a long time.