Chapter 39: See the Queen Mother
The efficiency of the people under the Queen Mother's hands was beyond Tong Qingyan's expectations, and when the last piece of the pastry she carried with her was eaten separately from Feiyan, the cold stone benches in the pavilion were all hot, and there was still silence around.
"County Lord, will we think too much, after all, you are the county lord of the emperor's own title, ordinary people don't dare to mess with you, right?"
Feiyan's chin rested on the back of the hand holding the bamboo stick, and she looked at the rockery below boredly, saying that she was going to fight, but she hadn't seen anyone for a long time.
"You also said that ordinary people don't dare to mess with me, so it's definitely not ordinary people who want to mess with me, be patient and wait."
"Oh."
Tong Qingyan felt that she should have guessed correctly, Father-in-law Qian led himself to such a remote place, there was no plot to talk about it, and there was no need to observe his character here, he could completely toss people in Cining Palace.
"Miss, someone is here."
Feiyan suddenly stared at a certain place, pulled Tong Qingyan to lower down, and hid behind the red pillars of the pavilion.
As soon as the figures of the two of them were hidden, they heard the sound of grinding against the hems of their clothes.
"Your Highness, is there really no one here here?"
"Don't worry, no one. His Royal Highness has been staring at people for several days, and no one has come here at this time on such a cold day. ”
Tong Qingyan listened to the voices that were getting closer and closer, and her scalp tightened, Your Highness? It can't be an old stalk between a prince and a palace maid, right?
Feiyan's eyes were fixed on the two people who walked into the rockery, these two people were in the rockery under the pavilion, and it was impossible to leave without any movement with Tong Qingyan.
Feiyan also knew the identity of this man, no matter which prince it was, it was not something that Tong Qingyan, a freshly baked county lord, could provoke, and Feiyan was thinking about finding an opportunity to knock these two people unconscious.
Tong Qingyan felt that this prince was really useless, the place where he stole joy was so easy to be targeted, and he was also unlucky to be used like this.
I thought that I would meet some disciple and be molested and ruin my reputation, but I didn't expect that the big gift prepared by the Queen Mother was so powerful, and she would offend a prince and even be in danger of being wiped out.
Tong Qingyan rolled her eyes silently, if her guess was correct, it wouldn't be long before someone would alarm the pair of wild mandarin ducks, and then expose herself and Feiyan.
Tong Qingyan expected it to be true, at this moment, a little eunuch was also sneakily approaching the rockery, Feiyan's eyes narrowed, and she looked at the bag containing snacks on the stone table and the bamboo stick in her hand, and secretly regretted that she didn't have a secret weapon to take advantage of.
Tong Qingyan also saw the eunuch, followed Feiyan's gaze and swept around, and instantly understood Feiyan's thoughts, immediately plucked the pearl hairpin on her head, reluctantly picked off the largest pearl and handed it over.
Feiyan didn't have time to appreciate her young lady's grief-stricken expression, and flicked the pearl out with one finger, and it was also the little eunuch who cooperated well, bowed her head and bowed her head, just letting the pearl hit the acupuncture point on his neck, and immediately fell to the ground and fainted.
The sound of the eunuch falling to the ground did not affect the people in the rockery, Tong Qingyan felt that it was very dangerous to wait like this, and there were still people staring at the movement here, seeing that the blow could not be achieved and it would come again.
Even if people are swords and I am fish and meat, when it is time to die and struggle, I still have to jump twice and enjoy the last vitality of life, so the next thing to do is to take the initiative.
Feiyan looked at Tong Qingyan and gestured indiscriminately, and actually understood the meaning of her young lady strangely.
"Catch the thief—come and catch the thief—"
Although Feiyan usually doesn't talk much, she is still very penetrating when she shouts at a critical moment, at least at the moment when she finishes shouting, there is a muffled snort from the rockery, and at the same time, a group of people quickly come to the small garden.
Feiyan picked up the little eunuch who was knocked unconscious, intentionally or unintentionally blocked the rockery pass, looked at the group of palace people who came menacingly, and reached into the placket of the eunuch's clothes and found a big pearl.
"The county lord's pearl fell, and he sent me to look for it, and then I saw this man sneakily picking up something and carrying it into his arms, and asked him to take it out and refused, so I taught him a lesson." As he spoke, he threw the fainted eunuch into the crowd, staring at the group of people with his eyes firmly in his eyes, "Who is in charge, how to discipline the subordinates, and the county lord's things dare to steal!" The county lord is the county lord of the emperor's own title, who gave you the courage to disobey the emperor?! ”
Tong Qingyan, who was hiding behind the red pillar, was stunned, it turned out that Feiyan talked so much.
A group of eunuchs, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at the fainted companions, who want to cross Feiyan to complete the task in the rockery, but no one dares to touch this moldy head.
If you offend the money publicly, it is a small matter, and if you offend the emperor, the sin will be great.
The majority of people had this idea, Feiyan watched most of them take a step back in unison, glaring at the people standing in place, stretching out their hands and clenching their fists to crackle, and the rest of the people were also frightened and retreated together.
"The old slave is late, His Royal Highness the county lord atonements, the old slave... Old slave... Hey? What about His Royal Highness the County Lord? You are all dead people, let you come to welcome the county lord to Cining Palace to see the queen mother, what about the county lord?! ”
Father-in-law Qian didn't know where to get out, pushed aside the crowd and walked in front of Feiyan, turned around and pointed to a group of eunuchs who were cowering and scolded hatefully, scolding while trying to bypass Feiyan to the rockery, how could Feiyan do what he wanted.
"The county lord... County...... I said that you girl can't guard the county lord well, and stop the old slave from looking for the county lord to do something! ”
Feiyan looked at Father-in-law Qian, who wanted to rush in the direction of the rockery with bad intentions, and squinted.
"You're the head of the eunuch's stewardship?"
Father-in-law Qian looked at the fainted little eunuch in the direction of Feiyan's finger, and turned his head to look at Feiyan with an inexplicable expression.
"yes, what's wrong? You ......"
"Bang-"
"Yes."
Feiyan simply smashed her fist into Father-in-law Qian's face, looked at the fat powder on the back of her hand, patted it in disgust, looked at the stunned people, and said coldly.
"The county lord is merciful, he doesn't care about your mistakes, he only punishes the steward, what are you doing in a daze?! If you don't carry these two people away, I'll go and report to the county lord. If you dare to steal the things of the county lord, the emperor will definitely ask about this matter. ”
Everyone was awakened by Feiyan's words, and they lifted the fainted eunuch and Grandpa Qian and left, disappearing faster than when they came.
Tong Qingyan resisted the urge to laugh out of the pig's cry, and walked down the stone steps with elegant steps.
"Since the pearl has been found, let's hurry up to Cining Palace to see the Queen Mother."
"Yes, County Lord."
"The Queen Mother is generous and benevolent, these people don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, look at the people who are in charge of the eunuch and discipline the road, they can't do it, and when they see the Queen Mother, they must talk about it well, and if they don't know how to do things, they won't lose the face of the Queen Mother."
"Yes, the county lord is right."
Tong Qingyan's master and servant left the small garden one by one, and the two people in the rockery heard everything word for word, and the eldest prince Yang Zhishuo walked out of the rockery with a gloomy face, and looked at the direction where Tong Qingyan's master and servant left.
I pulled a little palace maid on the side of the road to lead the way, and finally walked smoothly to Cining Palace, and saw an aunt with a wrinkled face and triangular eyes and a slightly mean face standing in the cold wind, waiting at the door of the main hall of Cining Palace.
"The slave maid asks the county lord of Yanyang to say goodbye, the queen mother has been waiting for a long time, please come with the slave and maid."
Tong Qingyan listened to the expressionless old palace maid buttoning her hat as soon as she opened her mouth, and suddenly felt that she was overestimating this queen mother, what rank did the people under her hands have.
"It is Yanyang's fault to let the Queen Mother wait for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that Father-in-law Qian was old and had to work hard to lead the way, the legs and feet of the county lord would not have made the Queen Mother wait for a long time."
As the queen mother's confidant, Aunt Qin thought that it was no problem to pinch a twelve or thirteen-year-old female doll, but she didn't expect that this noble concubine and righteous girl would not lose to the old man in the palace.
Tong Qingyan entered the main hall and looked at Father-in-law Qian, who had woken up and was kneeling in the hall covering his face and screaming, his eyes flashed, he lowered his head and bowed down according to the palace rules.
"Yanyang sees the Queen Mother, and I wish the Queen Mother a long and prosperous life."
"Hurry up."
"Empress Dowager Xie."
A warm and hoarse female voice sounded in the distance, Tong Qingyan got up steadily and raised her head slightly to look at the Queen Mother who was sitting on the main seat of the main hall.
Through this red and old face, Tong Qingyan probably imagined that even when she was young, the skin of the queen mother was probably very ordinary, and being able to be the successor of Emperor Jingcheng was really a blessing to be reincarnated.
"Come closer, the mourning family's eyes are not very good."
"Yes."
Tong Qingyan took three steps forward, just level with Father-in-law Qian who was kneeling on the ground, and before the Queen Mother could say anything, Tong Qingyan decided to strike first.
"Huh? Isn't this Father-in-law Qian, what's wrong? Who hit you? ”
"Yanyang doesn't know who beat the steward eunuch in the palace of the mourning family?"
The Queen Mother squinted at Tong Qingyan, who looked innocent and innocent, and asked in an unpredictable tone.
"I don't know? Grandmother how... Why do you ask Yeonyang that? Yanyang couldn't wait for the imperial doctor sent by Father-in-law Qian for a long time, and she was afraid that the queen mother would wait for a long time, so she asked her personal maid to straighten her bones and hurry up before coming. Oh yes, and I almost lost the big pearl on the pearl hairpin that I made to meet my grandmother. ”
Tong Qingyan took out the round and full pearl from her sleeve pocket, and blew the non-existent dust on the pearl with a distressed face.
"Yanyang's maid knows some fists and feet, and helps to return to the small garden where Yanyang rests to find it, and when she comes back, she said that she caught a thief who stole pearls, and she was a little eunuch, and she also taught the eunuch by the way. The Queen Mother devoted herself to worshiping the Buddha for a long time and ignored mundane things, but she didn't expect that there would be a palace person with a black hand, relying on the Queen Mother's generosity and kindness, stealing things and stealing things to Yanyang's head. ”
Seeing that Father-in-law Qian was talking anxiously and was involved in the wound on his face, and the pain was twitching, Tong Qingyan reached out and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him softly.
"Father-in-law Qian doesn't need to thank the county lord, the maid of the county lord is still found by His Royal Highness the Prince of Huai, and if you want to thank him, you have to thank His Royal Highness the Prince of Huai."
Father-in-law Qian decided to give up talking, kneeling on the ground with a depressed face, his hands no longer covering his face, half of his swollen old face was exposed in front of people's eyes, Tong Qingyan felt that it was too lucky to be punched by Feiyan with a stick.