Chapter 25: The Queen Mother's Thoughts
The Queen Mother was drinking tea in the Huaqing Palace.
She had heard before that Sun Jiayao, the second lady of the Gongfu Mansion, was now as beautiful as a flower, versatile, and a good woman, and she was looking forward to seeing her more and more.
And more importantly... If only she could use it for herself...
"I hope she's a smart person...", a gleam flashed in the Queen Mother's cloudy eyes.
This cup of tea has not been drunk yet, but the personal maid beside him has come here in a hurry.
She is a beautiful maid and cautious, which has won her heart, but why is she so anxious today?
"Qiaoxin, what's wrong? Why the rush? The Queen Mother looked at her displeasedly.
"Empress Dowager Qi, the slave maid just came back from the front hall and found something wrong."
Qiaoxin looked at the Queen Mother, panting.
"Oh? You're going to tell the mourners what happened? She looked at her with interest.
"Empress Dowager Qi, the slave maid just learned from Gonggong Mo that it was not Sun Jiayao, the second lady of the Guogong Mansion, who married King Rui, but the eldest lady Sun Qingqing."
As soon as these words came out, the cup in the queen mother's hand almost didn't hold it.
She has heard a little about that Sun Qingqing, especially her mother Zhou, she is quite impressed, when she first saw Zhou, she had no joy for her, although she passed away early, but now that I think about it, this heart is still uncomfortable.
What's more, she gave birth to a fool.
A fool married a prince.
The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and had a lot of thoughts.
A hint of coldness crossed the kind face.
"What time is it?"
Qiaoxin looked at the sky, "It's almost noon." β
"You go to spread the message of the mourning family, and invite the young ladies of Liu Shangshu's family and General Wang's family to Huaqing Palace for tea, and say that the mourning family has not seen them for a long time, and they miss them very much."
Seeing that the Queen Mother's face was not quite right, Qiaoxin didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly went down to pass on her message.
"Fools deserve to be crippled, do they want our royal family to be laughed at by all the people in the world?" The Queen Mother sneered, put down the teacup heavily, and turned around to go to the dormitory.
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At this moment, Sun Qingqing and Li Shengshu, accompanied by Qiao Fang, had already arrived at the gate of Huaqing Palace.
However, when the two went in, they didn't see the queen mother.
Qiao Fang glanced apologetically, leaned over the two and said, "Please wait a while, the princess and princess, the slave will go and inform the queen mother." β
The two nodded.
Sun Qingqing looked at this scene as if she thought of something, and frowned lightly.
has sent someone to pick her up, but she has closed the door and has not seen any guests, is the queen mother going to give them a horse?
"Lord Wang, may I ask how you have a relationship with the Queen Mother?"
Sun Qingqing said softly.
Li Shengshu's hand lightly tapped on the wheelchair and pursed his lips, "The relationship between this king and the imperial grandmother is naturally good." β
Then his face was slightly gloomy, and he continued to add: "But that was more than ten years ago. β
Sun Qingqing saw him talking to Qiaofang like that before, and thought that he had a good relationship with the Queen Mother, but it seemed that he was thinking too much.
"The imperial grandmother is changeable by nature, don't guess her thoughts, otherwise it will not be good for anyone." Li Shengshu said lightly.
Sun Qingqing felt as if she was reminding her.
"Thank you for your advice."
At this moment, Qiao Fang came out of the hall, she looked at the two in front of her with an apologetic face, "I'm sorry, the Queen Mother just fell asleep, and she hasn't woken up yet, please wait a while." β
Li Shengshu's eyes sank and he didn't say much.
"Then we'll wait here." Sun Qingqing smiled lightly and was generous.
Today the sun is shining, and the sun is the most poisonous.
The air outside was a little hot and dry under the scorching heat of the sun.
The tip of Sun Qingqing's nose was covered with light sweat, she took out an embroidered handkerchief and wiped it, and she continued to stand there and wait.
Li Shengshu looked at this day, and his face became more and more cold.
However, before the two waited for the queen mother, the sound of two women playing and playing came from behind them.
But the words in their fighting noise made people feel really uncomfortable listening to it.
"Miss Wang, have you heard? The woman who married into the palace turned out to be a fool in the palace. β
"I've heard about this too, and I saw that fool last month, it's really ugly and stupid, but now it's a princess all of a sudden, isn't that flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix?"
"Miss Liu, what you said is not right, the prince is now disabled, his legs are useless, and he can't go out to fight anymore. can only be idle at home, be an idle prince, that fool is not called flying on the branch to become a phoenix, she is still the pheasant, but in a different place. β
"A fool deserves to be crippled, a match made in heaven!"
Listening to the sarcastic laughter of the two, Sun Qingqing clenched his fists, and murderous anger appeared in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, Li Shengshu touched her hand lightly.
"Rest easy."
Listening to his calm voice, Sun Qingqing inexplicably felt that her restless heart was quiet.
The sparse voices of the two of them were getting closer and closer.
Around the corner of the garden, the two saw what they called the protagonist.
At that moment, the faces of Miss Wang and Miss Liu turned pale, and they hurriedly came over and saluted the two.
I never thought that I would meet the person concerned.
"The folk girl meets Princess Rui Wang Rui."
Sun Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly, but did not let them get up.
I saw that they were dressed luxuriously, and they must not be ordinary women.
I saw that Li Shengshu didn't speak, and looked at them quietly.
They were half-squatting and saluting, and the day was so big that they couldn't support it at the moment, so Miss Wang fell down as soon as her foot fell.
"Huh?" The cold emitted a monosyllable, and Li Shengshu's momentum without anger was terrifying.
Knowing that she was at a loss, Miss Wang's body was frightened at the moment, and her little face was full of fear.
"The people's daughter is wrong, the people's girl is wrong, please spare the people's daughter." Miss Wang shuddered.
Seeing her fall to the ground, no one helped her.
Miss Liu next to her happened to be unable to hold on, so she helped her up.
"There are no rules, you are not ordinary people, do you still need to be taught these truths?" Li Shengshu's cold words scared the two little girls so much that they didn't dare to gasp.
"Tell the prince, the girls really can't hold on."
Miss Liu raised her little face and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
She thinks that what she just said is the truth, this prince is crippled, and the princess is also a fool, can't she tell the truth?
Sun Qingqing only felt that this woman was so naΓ―ve.
"If you do something wrong, you will naturally be punished."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Shengshu's voice fell, a neutral voice came from behind him.
"The mourners want to see who dares to punish me."
As soon as these words came out, Miss Wang and Miss Liu were amnesty, and they quickly got up and ran towards the Queen Mother.
"The Queen Mother, save us, we don't mean it."
The Queen Mother snorted coldly and patted their hands gently.
"There is a mourning family, I will see who dares to touch you."
Looking at the face of the Queen Mother, although she was kind and kind, her tone was so mean, she couldn't have a good impression of her.
"See Grandmother Royal."
Li Shengshu lowered his eyes when he saw her so strong. didn't say anything, and saluted her, and Sun Qingqing followed closely when she saw this.
"It was just a misunderstanding, please let the imperial grandmother be angry."
The Queen Mother's cloudy eyes wandered between the two.
"It's a misunderstanding, so there's no need to say more,"
She saw that Sun Qingqing looked beautiful and clean. It's not the stupid appearance I imagined, I can't help but have some doubts, frowning slightly, and pressing the doubts to the bottom of my heart,
"Since you have all arrived, let's go to the back with the mourning family to drink tea, I haven't seen you for a long time, and the mourning family misses it very much!"
With the Queen Mother supporting herself, Miss Wang and Miss Liu didn't have any worries, and hurriedly followed the Queen Mother's steps to the apse.
When I arrived at the apse, I saw that the Queen Mother had prepared a large cloth painting on the pavilion.
But the painting is a half-finished product and is not finished.
The canvas is large and hung very high.
This kind of height, Li Shengshu can't draw it at all unless he stands up.
This queen mother deliberately came to poke Li Shengshu's wound.
"I heard that you all know how to paint, and the mourning family has just obtained three strange paintings from the Western Regions. It's the most testing thing, but I'm old and my eyes are not clear, so I need you to help me finish this painting. β
The Queen Mother sat on the chaise longue, took out a pu fan and fanned it gently, smiling at the people in front of her.
"Do you have any objections?"
Li Shengshu shook his head gently, "It's good if the imperial grandmother likes it." β
The Queen Mother's eyes lingered on his legs, "I know you have difficulty moving, you can just draw the bottom, and I can just find someone to help you paint the rest." β
The implication is that he is crippled, and any one person can replace him.
"That's not necessary, since it's painted, you have to help the imperial grandmother finish the rest of the painting, although the grandson's legs and feet are inconvenient, but, doesn't the grandson still have a princess? She can help her grandson finish the rest of the drawing. Li Shengshu smiled slightly and quietly refuted it.
The Queen Mother has a lot of time.
"In that case, so be it."
Immediately afterwards, he instructed Qiao Fang to put out the remaining two semi-finished products.
"Now there are three paintings in total, if any of you finish this painting first, the mourning family will agree to a request."
"Everybody, you can get started."
As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, Miss Wang and Miss Liu confidently picked up the paintbrush and began to trace and paint.
Most of the painting was already halfway there, and they only needed to draw the rest according to their own ideas.
"Push me to the front."
I saw Li Shengshu's skeletal hand pick up the brush next to him, dip it in paint, and began to paint the part of the painting below.
I saw that his eyebrows were picturesque, his eyes were focused on the painting, he closed his eyes slightly, he already had a complete appearance in his mind, and dipped a crimson paint and painted it on the painting.
"Look closely."
Li Shengshu's voice recalled Sun Qingqing's contemplation, Sun Qingqing raised his eyes, and began to watch him paint intently.
Li Shengshu stroked smoothly and was engrossed in his paintings.
The sharpened and chiseled facial features with the focused expression became more and more charming, so that Qiaoxin standing aside couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Even though he was crippled, she still had endless joy in her heart.
The girl's thoughts were all written on her face, and Sun Qingqing keenly felt the hot gaze next to her, and her body leaned forward to block Qiaoxin's sight.