Chapter 5: The Harem

Soon after Mother Li left yesterday, Lin Qing felt a little tired, and originally wanted to take a bath and sleep, but Xiaohuan's girl said that she was not completely well, and it was not suitable to bathe now, for fear that Lin Qing would fall ill again, Lin Qing's psychology was a little warm, so she listened to the girl's clothes and fell asleep.

The next morning, Lin Qing got up and dressed up under the service of Xiaohuan and Yiyi, because now that he is sick, he has to go to the Queen Mother's Cilin Palace to say goodbye. It turned out that he was sick in bed, and he was dismissed by the Queen Mother, which is probably the only benefit of being sick.

After some tossing, after breakfast, he took Xiaohuan to the Queen Mother's Cilin Palace, because of Su Jin's memory, Lin Qing was very familiar with the road, when he came to the Cilin Palace, he saw that the main house was full of people, and the emperor's concubines and concubines were almost here.

I saw that the Lord was sitting on a graceful and luxurious woman, who could not see her age, and was very well maintained, and the years did not leave too many traces on her. Two maids stood on either side and gently shook the fan for her, while she looked at her son's women with a smile.

The concubines at the bottom stopped talking when they found that someone was coming, and when they saw Lin Qing, they all had different faces, except for the concubine who was sitting on the first seat on the right, everyone else had complicated faces.

Lin Qing didn't look at them much, but just stepped forward and saluted the Queen Mother according to the appearance in his memory, "The concubine asks the Queen Mother for peace."

"Ao, it's Jin'er, hurry up and excuse me, your illness is just right, don't do it again, then the emperor will have to worry again" Queen Mother Wang said to Su Jin with some meaning

Lin Qing didn't care, just got up according to his words, and then waited for the Queen Mother to speak again.

"Jin'er, your health is very good, you are so sick these days that people are worried," the Queen Mother said

Lin Qing couldn't stand the Queen Mother's hypocrisy, but she also had to answer, "Thank you for your concern, the concubines have almost recovered."

"That's good, you must pay attention to your body, don't delay the royal family," the Queen Mother said a little casually

"The concubine knows" Lin Qing felt a little chill in her heart, was this warning herself?

"Well, then sit down quickly, the hour is not early," said the Queen Mother

"No" Lin Qing hurriedly retreated and found his place in the house.

Feeling the concerned gaze beside him, Lin Qing turned his head and gave a look of "I'm fine" to a delicate girl who was already sitting in the seat next to him. This person is Concubine Tang Xiu, with a slender figure, and a delicate little face with the same taste of Jiangnan Water Town as Xiaohuan, but it is more beautiful than Xiaohuan, which people can't forget at a glance.

Concubine Tang Xiu showed a reassuring smile at Lin Qing, and then listened to what the Queen Mother said. Lin Qing listened to it as just some trivial matters, it was spring, and he needed to prepare for the emperor's trip to hunt, and also pay off the accounts in the harem, and then there was the family banquet in early spring.

This is all under the orders of the queen, and the concubines are responsible, and there is nothing to do with Lin Qing. After the queen mother finished speaking, she let the palace concubines disperse, and it was time to go back and prepare. So these concubines and maids will meet in their own palace in twos and threes.

Lin Qing and Concubine Shu came out of Cilin Palace together, Lin Qing could see that Tang Xiu really cared about Su Jin, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turned out that the deep palace also had affection.

"Sister, your illness is really cured," as soon as Tang Xiu, the concubine of Cilin Palace, took Mrs. Lin Qing's hand and asked.

Lin Qing was a little unaccustomed to being held by her, but she didn't struggle, and replied, "Sister, don't worry, my sister is really well, didn't you come to ask for peace, thanks to my sister's medicine, otherwise my sister wouldn't be able to get better so quickly" In private, Su Jin and Concubine Shu are sisters.

"Our sisters are polite, if you still need to say it," Tang Xiu looked at Lin Qingdao

"Okay, then thank you sister, sister's body, it's not tight," Lin Qing sighed

"Sister, don't worry, it'll be fine," Tang Xiu comforted

"Okay, my sister has been doing lately," Lin Qing asked back

Just like this, he chatted with Tang Xiu while walking, and soon the two separated at the fork in the road, and the two made an appointment that Lin Qing would go to Zizhu Hall to visit Tang Xiu tomorrow.

Lin Qing walked slowly on the way back to Jingyi Palace, followed by Xiaohuan, thinking about the news that Concubine Tang Xiu and herself had revealed just now.

A lot of things have happened in the past few months when he was sick, the Tang Kingdom next door sent an exotic beauty to Emperor Da Chen, Shen Jieyu of Sulan Pavilion has been favored by the emperor recently, and the princess of the third prince has a son. Li Meiren, who lived in Ziluo Palace, was scolded by the emperor, and the emperor had not been to her place for a long time. When this Li Meiren had not completely fallen out of favor with Su Jin, she was very favored by the emperor for a while, and she deliberately showed off her favor in front of the original Su Jin.

These have nothing to do with the current Lin Qing, but there is a news that mentions Lin Qing, that is, every concubine is now talking about her fall from grace, and almost every emperor's woman knows that the emperor has not visited her once in the past few months since she was sick, and they all care about what will happen to the self who used to spoil the harem.

Lin Qing doesn't care about these at all, she doesn't need the emperor's favor now, she just needs to live a stable life. Recalling Tang Xiu's worried expression after saying this, he smiled slightly wryly, Tang Xiu is indeed a good girl, but it's a pity that she is trapped in this cannibalistic harem. Lin Qing's mood was slightly depressed, and he was a little unworthy of Tang Xiu, but he remembered that now I am afraid that every woman in the world is proud to be a concubine.

Unconsciously, Lin Qing had returned to his Jingyi Palace, looking at the two small plots of moon flowers planted in front of the hall, Lin Qing came back from his thoughts, looked at the moon season all over the ground and said to Xiaohuan, "Go and bring the watering utensils." ”

"No"

Lin Qing picked up the watering gourd scoop, scooped up the water and slowly dripped it on the moon season, and the water droplets fell down the bright red moon season, like a crying concubine in the deep palace.

Lin Qing twisted his mind slightly, just like this, he kept pouring the moon season all over the ground, this harem is really turbulent.