Chapter 42: Dark One

Zhang Erzhen has lived in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, and the last thing she wants to recall is that day of Fengzao Palace, she is still a little confused, that day, who used whom, what role did she play, the people and things of that day often flashed in her mind over and over again, Zhang Erzhen was depressed, maybe she lived in the Ming Dynasty for fifteen years, and she was still not suitable for here......

At the end of the festival, hundreds of officials congratulated, and the palace was lively after two days of silence. The eunuchs and palace ladies shuttled with their shoulders raised, and the silk clothes of various colors such as bright yellow, red, and water red fluttered, and the festival was a success, and the joy everywhere proved at least one point - the emperor was in a very good mood. The father-in-law of Huaien, who was serving in the Qianqing Palace, was particularly in a special mood, he first served the emperor after a cup of rain Longjing moistened his throat, and quickly instructed the little apprentice to invite Ruo Concubine Niangniang, these little things that have no eyesight, didn't you see that there was no beautiful woman around the emperor. Bai Ruo came quickly, and Father-in-law Huai'en smiled flatteringly, and hurriedly invited Niangniang to come in. Bai Ruo smiled brightly, and after thanking Huai'en, she entered the Qianqing Palace, which was a common thing for her, and she had been to the Qianqing Palace many times.

- Today is especially special.

Compared with the cleanliness of the Qianqing Palace, the Fengzao Palace is much more lively, Wan Guifei, who has not seen guests for a long time, is lively in the palace today, the queen mother came with the slogan of visiting, and Concubine Shao also came, wearing a light cage and a long gauze skirt, delicate and moving, the queen mother was unhappy for a while, she was so old, what else to pretend! Zhang Erzhen came relatively late, and only got up when she was old, and she planned to bring the spring breeze and spring to serve, but the nurse and Mingyue did not agree, and they had been soaked for a long time, and they were bound to follow. Zhang Erzhen had no choice, so she had to take the two of them with her, and only at the end of the hour did she enter the Fengzao Palace to salute Concubine Wan.

Zhang Erzhen was surprised when she saw the two mothers, and she had already realized that today's trip would not be easy, so she bowed her head and saluted, and was given a seat by the queen mother, sitting on the Nanmu carved chair at the bottom.

"Why hasn't the concubine come yet, doesn't it mean that her body is well? The big sacrifice is over, and the palace cares about the concubine's body and comes to take a look, why don't you go down and report it?" The queen mother was wearing a serious dark red gown with gold trim, and there was a tiredness that could not be concealed in the corners of her eyes, and her voice was calm, not impatient.

The little palace maid on the side was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Niang Niang is angry, Niang Niang is angry, and she has already sent someone to call." ”

Concubine Shao didn't smile and said: "The concubine is very capable, did the queen mother only know it today?"

Zhang Erzhen saw the queen's beaded hand tightened, and then heard the queen's cold voice: "Since the concubine is not free to come, let's go and see why she is not seen in front of people like this." ”

As soon as these words came out, the palace maids who were waiting on the side trembled with fright, and even called "Niang Niang is angry", and they wanted to stop it. This scene is very weird, Zhang Erzhen wondered, why are they so scared, why? If it is left in the past, the queen will probably pretend to care about Wan Guifei's body and go back, but not today, the queen stood up, and the big palace maid behind her hurriedly stepped forward to help the queen mother, and the queen mother smiled and said: "The palace is going to go inside, can Concubine Shao go with her?"

Concubine Shao stood up with a smile: "The concubine is also worried about the concubine's body, so the concubine will naturally go to see it." ”

Zhang Erzhen stood up very consciously, standing behind the queen mother with a look of "I'm like this", Concubine Shao glanced coldly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The three of them seemed to have formed an alliance, regardless of the palace maids who were still pleading on the ground, they walked around the large screen with the heart of the longevity mirror carved by the red sandalwood of the hundred birds, and walked to the inner room of Wan Guifei. Wan Guifei's inner room was far away from the front hall, and it took a while to arrive.

Zhang Erzhen is the second time to the place where Wan Guifei rests, and still can't stop admiring this luxury and wealth, full of gold and jewelry, all kinds of tribute coral bonsai, and the last time I came, there seemed to be some changes, the layout of the room has changed a lot, a larger large screen carved by the fiery red double-hearted wood hollow is in front of everyone, the picture is strange, and it actually reveals a gloomy sense in broad daylight. Zhang Erzhen looked at this screen and faintly felt familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, and stared at it for a while without a clue, so she lowered her head and didn't want to. There was a faint smell of sandalwood wafting in the air, first faint, and then a heavy, heavy Zhang Erzhen couldn't help but rub her nose, holding back the urge to sneeze. Concubine Shao held a handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose tightly, looking disgusted. Only the queen seemed to be very accustomed to this taste, and she bypassed the screen without care, and lifted the silver wire curtain made of rubies, and her voice was soft: "My sister's body is good, why don't you come out to see it?" ”

Wan Guifei was lying on the bed, a blurry figure was printed on the light gauze tent, and there was a big ebony table on one side of the bed, and there were three bronze nine-iron lily tripods on the table, each of which was burning with three finger-like thick pink wood sandalwood, and the green smoke drifted far away. At the end of the bed stood a woman, with a black gauze skirt wrapped from head to toe, like a believer in the *** religion, and bowed slightly after seeing the queen's mother.

Nuoda's room was only her and Wan Guifei on the bed, and the air was full of weirdness.

Wan Guifei on the bed naturally didn't fall asleep, but she didn't get out of bed, she said lazily with a coquettish voice: "The concubine is rude, the concubine contracted the wind and cold yesterday, and the imperial doctor came to see it, saying that it is very contagious, the queen is golden, so go back early, the province was infected by the concubine, but it is the concubine's sin." ”

How could the queen care about such an excuse, so she was concerned: "The concubine's body has not been good again and again, both the emperor and the palace are extremely worried, and the palace is also ordered by the emperor to care about the concubine, if you don't even see it, how can you explain it when you go back." After saying that, she wanted to lift the curtain, but the woman in black on the side was quick with her eyes, and she knocked off the queen's hand with a "snap", and her voice was flat: "I offended the queen's mother, the concubine is unwell, and it is not easy to move." ”

At this moment, not only the queen was stunned, Concubine Shao was stunned, but Comrade Zhang Erzhen was also really shocked. My good girl, that's the queen mother, the ** adult above 10,000 people under one person, how dare you dare to hit her hand! How did this He Daogu in southern Yunnan lurk in the palace for more than 20 years, don't you know the customs?

The queen mother was furious, trembling with anger, and pointed at He Daogu with her jade finger and said: "Dog minion! What are you! Pull her out of the palace to feed the dog! Someone! Where are the people!"

Concubine Shao hurriedly stepped forward to hold the trembling queen, helped the rosewood folded plum blossom chaise couch sitting on the side, and said in the direction of Wan Guifei: "What are the rules of the concubine, the queen mother is here and closed and does not give a look, a dog slave dares to give the queen a face, the concubine is relying on the emperor's liking, thinking that no one in this harem can control you?"

Concubine Wan's voice was still delicate: "Aunt He Dao is a little reckless, don't mind, why bother to be like such a slave." At the mention of the word "minion", Zhang Erzhen, who had been staring at He Daogu, noticed that He Daogu's body froze for a moment, and felt funny, didn't this He Daogu feel that she was a minion?

"The concubine avoided it again and again, but it made the palace wonder if this was Wan Zhen'er herself, if you don't come out again, the palace will send someone to invite the concubine to come out and see her!" The queen was not a good person, and turned her head with a sneer. Zhang Erzhen can guess her psychology at this time: You are an old woman, you are well and sick, sick and well, why are you not dead, so repeatedly tossing and turning, this palace does not have the patience!

Concubine Shao sat on one side, "The concubine is favored again, and she shouldn't be so vain about the queen's phoenix face, this matter spreads, can the concubine still get good?" After speaking, she glared at He Daogu fiercely, and continued: "Such a noble slut should be pulled down and beaten to death with a stick, there are no rules and regulations, what is the use!"

Indeed, in the eyes of the two mothers, He Daogu is nothing special, to say that it is special is that the outfit is special - a special eyesore. Zhang Erzhen saw He Daogu's hands hidden in the long black sleeves a few times, and her eyes under the black veil were bright and terrifying, staring straight in this direction.

For a while, Wan Guifei didn't speak, if it weren't for the figure still there, Zhang Erzhen would have thought that Wan Guifei had already left. The queen waited for a while but couldn't wait to reply, and the last patience was gone, "This palace wants to see, which slut is in this bed, dare to pretend to be Wan Guifei, this palace wants to see, she has a few heads!"

The queen and Concubine Shao lifted the curtain together, and as the curtain was lifted, the three of them were shocked, and the queen even shook off the handkerchief in her hand and exclaimed: "How did you become like this?!"

Zhang Erzhen felt that she had encountered a lot of strange things - group wear, Taoism, Gu worms, etc., but at this time, she was also shocked, Wan Guifei under the curtain had a delicate face, black hair and shawl, phoenix eyebrows and bright eyes, and Gu Pan was all seductive, delicate and greasy, skin like snow, and red lips were more like red plums in the snow, arrogant and enchanting - the image of a young woman in her twenties!

Wan Guifei was only stunned for a moment, then lifted the thick dark red Su embroidered gold brocade quilt and got out of bed, Zhang Erzhen wiped her sweat silently, covered with such a quilt in such weather, Wan Guifei, aren't you hot......

Wan Guifei, who was wearing a delicate goose-yellow silk satin nightgown, had a gold thread epiphany shawl on her shoulders, and seemed to be a little disdainful: "The concubines have said that they are unwell, and the queen mother does this, whether she takes the concubine in her eyes or doesn't believe in the concubine at all." ”

Zhang Erzhen swallowed even more in horror, because she clearly saw that Wan Guifei Niangniang, who had a young face and a delicate voice, actually had a pair of old hands covered with crane skin folds! Just looking at those hands, she was a centenarian, it was really ...... Uncanny.

Seeing this scene, it was not only Zhang Erzhen, Concubine Shao was also shocked and speechless, and only after a while did she say angrily: "Bold and demonic, pretending to be Wan Guifei......! What the hell are you?"