Chapter 9 The Imperial Concubine Who Lies Down and Wins
For the three-month queen competition, Jing Chuchu felt that the atmosphere of the entire harem had become better, and he had become positive and enterprising!
For example, when she took a walk after dinner and arrived at Concubine Shu's palace, she saw that Concubine Shu's palace was completely new, and there were many vegetables and wheat planted!
"What is this? What about the original flowers and plants? Jing Chuchu asked with some curiosity.
The palace maid beside Concubine Shu suddenly said with honor: "This is growing food!" Concubine Niangniang said that we enjoy wealth in the palace, but we can't forget our roots, after this kind of food, Concubine Niangniang will personally harvest it, and then send it to the Queen Mother and Her Majesty. The lady not only planted grain and vegetables, but also raised silkworms, and then weaved cloth and cut it into clothes by herself, how meaningful! ”
"Oh, self-reliance, it does make sense." Jing Chuchu nodded, very appreciative.
However, there are no flowers to enjoy here, so Jing Chuchu had to change places, and when he arrived at the palace of Concubine Xian, he saw that the original flowers and plants were gone, and he was digging a pond.
"What, what is this doing?" Jing Chuchu was curious again.
Concubine Xian's palace maid also said with honor: "If you go back to the imperial concubine, this is digging a fish pond." Concubine Xian Niangniang said that the palace imperial dining room is huge, if you can raise your own fish, raise chickens, ducks, geese and pigs, you can not only use the leftover food waste in the palace, but also feed these livestock, for the use of the imperial dining room, it is really the best of both worlds. ”
"That's right, that's right! This virtue of frugality is our tradition and cannot be lost! Jing Chuchu also appreciated.
Then, she went to Lan Jieyu's palace again, and Lan Jieyu was copying the Four Books and Five Classics, planning to print them out and give them to some poor students for free, so that everyone in Yunguo could have books to read and read, and there was really no time to entertain Jing Chuchu.
There is also Zhang Zhaoyi, who is collecting excess jewelry and clothes in the palace, and plans to sell them for money and use them as military funds.
Li Jieyu is practicing her cooking skills hard, and plans to do three meals a day for the Queen Mother and Her Majesty by herself, and be a good daughter-in-law and a good concubine.
Anyway, after walking around, except for Jing Chuchu, who has nothing to do, the other concubines are very busy, and they are all working hard to be queens.
Looking at it this way, Cuiping and Luzhu were also a little flustered.
"Imperial Concubine Niangniang, are we really not going to do something? Wouldn't that seem unsociable? Cui Ping asked.
Lu Zhu sighed and said: "We can't farm and weave cloth, we can't raise fish and chickens, we can't do it, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, what we don't have to do is cooking, and we don't understand it at all, what can we do?" What do we compare ourselves to? ”
Jing Chuchu patted Lu Zhu's shoulder and said, "Those who know me, Lu Zhu also." ”
Cui Ping pouted: "Niangniang, can you be a little self-motivated, then you can be a queen!" When we become queens, we can walk sideways in the palace! ”
Jing Chuchu was quite helpless: "But I really don't have anything I can do!" Why don't we build an animal shelter in the palace to raise stray cats and dogs? ”
Cui Ping immediately said: "Forget it, let's be so idle." ”
The three masters and servants quickly reached a consensus and returned to the Cheng'en Hall to fight-earth-lord.
However, in the past few days, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, because the palace concubines have begun to be diligent and thrifty, and they have taken the initiative to give up the benefit of ice cubes!
Jing Chuchu wailed: "No, it's too hot!" It's so hot! I didn't get any flowers, and the shade of the trees was turned into a fish pond! I can't live this day. ”
She entered the palace to enjoy happiness, not to suffer sin.
"It's really hot. If only it were in Jingfu. Cui Ping also missed.
The green beads glanced at the two of them, and said: "You two are a little out of the way, what is Jingfu, I heard people say that the people in the palace can go to the palace to escape the summer, the palace, built in the middle of the mountain, the trees are lush, the four seasons are cool, there are mountain waterfalls, birds and insects are singing, that is called enjoyment." ”
Jing Chuchu suddenly came to his senses: "There is such a good place?" Let's go, let's go to the Queen Mother for instructions, and then go to the palace to escape the summer. ”
Lu Zhu hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Niangniang! Can you grow a snack! Now that all the palace concubines are working hard to behave and gain a good reputation, you are good, at this time, you propose to go to the palace, isn't it scolded? ”
"Your mother, I am thick-skinned, not afraid of scolding, but afraid of heat, I haven't slept well for several days." Jing Chuchu had made up his mind, and with two maidservants, he went to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace in a hurry.
Coincidentally, the emperor was actually there.
"Meet the Queen Mother, meet Your Majesty." Jing Chuchu hurriedly saluted.
"It's just a matter of courtesy." The Queen Mother's expression was a little sad, "The concubines in this palace are very busy, why do you have time to come here to mourn the family?" ”
Jing Chu saw that the dishes on the Queen Mother's table did not move at all, rolled his eyes, and said: "Does the Queen Mother feel that she has no appetite, can't eat, and can't sleep well?" ”
The Queen Mother nodded and said in surprise: "How do you know?" ”
Jing Chuchu said in passing: "Because the concubines are too, this weather is too hot!" The concubines can't stand it, why don't we go to escape the summer? ”
As soon as these words came out, the Queen Mother and the Emperor looked at her in surprise.
Now, in order to compete for the position of queen, the concubines in the palace are all openly and secretly competing, working, donating clothes, and cutting back on food and clothing, which makes the emperor and the queen mother embarrassed to be arrogant and lascivious.
But the queen mother and the emperor have always been accustomed to living a noble life, and suddenly like this, where can they stand it!
Just this summer, if you don't pick ice, you can't stand it! However, Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian took the initiative to reduce this share, and the emperor did not agree, but looked like a faint king.
As soon as she heard Jing Chuchu's proposal, the Queen Mother was like being amnestied, and nodded again and again: "Okay, great!" The mourning family has this intention, so they lack a companion. ”
The emperor on one side was not happy, and said, "It's just right to escape the summer, and I also want to go out for a walk." ”
The palace was full of smoke and miasma, either farmland or chickens and ducks, and he was annoyed to death.
The three of them hit it off and immediately decided to set off to the palace to escape the heat.
When the concubines heard this, they were not happy, how could they let the emperor go to the palace alone with Jing Chuchu, wasn't that sending sheep into the tiger's mouth? So one cry, two troubles, three grievances, in the end, the emperor could only issue an order, let the entire palace people be casual, go to the palace for seven days to escape the summer.
The group set off to the palace with the palace guards and the Imperial Forest Army.
Unexpectedly, the carriage and horse had just set off, and within a while, a loud bang was heard in the direction of the palace.
The crowd was horrified, and in a short time a guard came to report.
"Your Majesty, the palace has exploded! According to the investigation, it was found that a large amount of explosives were buried under the palace, which was triggered by the heat. It should have been buried by the remnants of the previous dynasty. ”
Crowd: "......."
It was the Queen Mother who reacted first and looked at Jing Chuchu: "This time thanks to the imperial concubine!" If you hadn't proposed to come to the palace to escape the summer, we would all have suffered! You are really the lucky star in the palace, this queen, you deserve it! ”
Jing Chuchu: "........"