Chapter 149: Agarwood
In the summer heat, Luo Qing couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, she actually wanted to ask her brother today, what kind of poison did Concubine Chen Niangniang have in the beginning, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't bear it, and she didn't ask if she didn't ask it.
It was another sleepless night.
When Su Su got up early in the morning to put on Luo Qing's makeup, she shook her head: "Why did the girl stay up late again?" Is there something bothering you? I'm afraid that the girl won't be able to stand up for a long time. ”
Luo Qing didn't want to answer, so he quipped, "You usually talk the least, why do you talk so much today?" ”
Su Su said, "Su Su is afraid of being punished by the Queen Mother, saying that the slave maid did not take good care of the girl." ”
These words are really ruthless, but Luo Qing feels that this Su Su is very interesting.
spoke upright, but he was still looked down upon by the Queen Mother.
She didn't speak again, and Ren Susu dressed herself.
"Why does this dress smell so strong today?"
Su Su took care of Luo Qing's clothes, and then returned to normal and continued to straighten Luo Qing's skirt.
"This dress was taken care of by a small palace maid underneath, probably smoked by the palace maid for the girl."
Luo Qing felt that the fragrance was good, nodded and didn't care.
She didn't know much about spices, but she was interested in learning how to use them today.
Today's class is still in the garden in the Changle Palace, and when Luo Qing arrived, there were already a few palace maids who had placed things in place, but the strange thing was that those palace maids each looked at her several times.
The palace maid in Changle Palace has always been very well-behaved, and she didn't have to offend her master like this, she was puzzled in her heart and asked, "What's wrong?" What's wrong with me today? ”
Several palace maids looked at each other, and were hesitating what to say, when they saw that the empress dowager had already come to the pavilion, and several little palace maids had no choice but to give up, and they all bowed down to greet each other.
Luo Qing's doubts were unsolved, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy, but he didn't show it on his face, and he still did all the etiquette.
But as soon as the Empress Dowager walked into the pavilion, she frowned tightly, and then took a few steps back, and scolded angrily: "How can there be the smell of agarwood? Have you forgotten what the mourners said? ”
Luo Qing was taken aback, no wonder the maids in the Fangcai Pavilion looked at him with horror on their faces, it was because of this.
She glanced at Su Su, who was standing behind her with her head down, took a step forward, and knelt in front of the Queen Mother.
"Please forgive the Empress Dowager, Ruqing did not know that she had violated the Empress Dowager's taboo with agarwood."
When Su Su heard this, he immediately knelt down.
"Please ask the Empress Dowager to forgive her sins, it's all the slave's fault, the slave shouldn't give the girl's clothes to a little palace maid who just came to Changle Palace to take care of, and now I'm in a hurry, so I didn't have time to change the girl's clothes."
This is a really nice thing to say, and it seems that he has taken all the blame on himself, but in fact, he has pushed it on others.
Luo Qing can be regarded as knowing why Su Su is doing this extra today, saying that the little palace maid under her smoked it, and it turned out to be to pick herself out.
"That little palace maid hasn't learned the rules, haven't you learned yet?" The Empress Dowager reprimanded.
Su Su kowtowed again, "It's the slave's fault, please punish the Queen Mother." ”
Luo Qing didn't expect the always gentle Empress Dowager to be so angry for an incense, but she didn't want to see the little palace maid innocently affected because she didn't know.
As for Su Su, she had a lot to ask her.
"The Empress Dowager, those who don't know are not guilty, that little palace maid didn't mean it. It was also Ruqing who got up late this morning, and was in a hurry, Su Su and Ruqing also mentioned that Ruqing should not wear this dress, but Ruqing was afraid that she would be late, so she did not listen to Su Su's advice, and asked the Queen Mother to calm her anger. ”
For the person who harmed herself, she was not so generous that she did not blame her in the past and took the blame for her, she just had something to ask her, not to mention what it would be like if she changed someone, it was better to talk to someone who didn't know the roots, but also caught some handles.
The Empress Dowager looked at Luo Qing who was kneeling on the ground, knowing that she was too out of shape, and after weighing it for a long time, she swallowed all her anger back, and squeezed out a kind and kind smile on her face again.
"Hurry up Ruqing, you're right, those who don't know are not guilty, and you don't know."
She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and took a step back quietly with the help of the green pothos before continuing to say the unfinished words.
"The mourning family will feel uncomfortable when they smell this agarwood fragrance, and they can't breathe, and they will inevitably be more angry, so you don't have to keep it in mind."
Luo Qing and the Empress Dowager blessed their bodies, "Xie Empress Dowager forgave Ruqing for her negligence, the Empress Dowager did not blame Ruqing, Ruqing was already very grateful, and she didn't dare to remember it." ”
The Empress Dowager nodded, and then said to Su Su, who was still kneeling on the ground, "As a first-class palace maid in the palace of the mourning family, you didn't know how to check the master's clothes in advance, and you have also come to the palace of the mourning family for so many years, so you will be fined the silver for three months." ”
Su Su kowtowed and made a big gift with the Empress Dowager, "Thank you Empress Dowager." ”
The Empress Dowager shook the embroidered handkerchief in her hand, waved her hand and said, "That's it, serve the girl to change her clothes, I won't learn the rules this morning, let's come back after a lunch break." ”
"Yes." Su Su got up and left with Luo Qing.
When she arrived at the side hall where Luo Qing lived, Luo Qing did not immediately change her clothes by Su Su, but sat on the couch and looked at Su Su who closed the door after following her into the house.
Su Su was also interested, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Luo Qing, but he didn't say much.
"What do you want to say?"
Luo Qing didn't like others to kneel on herself, but she didn't let Su Su get up this time, and directly asked people to kneel and reply.
"Su Su has nothing to argue, but Su Su has no intention of harming the girl."
As he spoke, Su Su bowed down and saluted again.
"Didn't mean to hurt me?" Luo Qing sneered, "But I misunderstood you?" Or do you think my ears are bad, and you reminded me to change my clothes, but I didn't hear it? ”
"It's all Su Su's fault, Su Su knows that the Queen Mother will not blame the girl, so she made this decision, it was the girl who interceded for Su Su, otherwise Su Su was afraid that she would inevitably have to be beaten on the board, what the girl wanted, Su Su was at her disposal."
Su Su's tone was not much different from ordinary when she said this, but there seemed to be a little more sincerity in her eyes.
Luo Qing felt that this sincerity was a little ridiculous.
"You have made up your mind that you don't want to tell me why you are doing this today?"
"The slave and the maid will not harm the girl, the slave and the maid just want the girl to understand some things."
Su Su looked neither humble nor arrogant, but Luo Qing became more and more angry.
"Then do you know that if I didn't intercede, the little palace maid would have harmed you in vain? You said that I should see something clearly, so did you ever think that you would hurt others like this? Have you forgotten what I said to you? ”
Luo Qing had mentioned Su Su at the beginning, she could turn a blind eye to anything she did, but she must not harm others under her nose.
"Looks like you don't remember it now."
"The slave maid knows that the girl is kind and will intercede for the palace maid, if it is not good, the queen mother will be angry, and she will not put the palace maid to death."
Su Su said this lightly, and Luo Qing gave her an angry smile.
"Yes, but how innocent is that little palace maid, she does her duty to do her own thing, and she wants to be calculated by you, so that I can see something clearly? I didn't see it clearly, but I can see your behavior clearly! ”
"Why should the girl be angry with the slave? The slave and the maid are at fault, and the slave and the maid know that they are wrong. ”
Su Su's hands in front of her became tighter and tighter, and she was not guilty.
"The slave maid has been in the palace for many years, and she has been a little palace maid before, and she has been bullied, and sometimes the slave and maid can only achieve the purpose of the slave maid on the premise of trying not to hurt others."
Su Su's actions made Luo Qing disagree, and she didn't want to spend it with her, so she asked, "What do you want?" ”
"Is the girl willing to believe in the slave?" Luo Qing didn't speak, just looked at Su Su quietly, Su Su understood, "The girl doesn't believe it, then Su Su can only make this decision, the girl is smart and clear, she should understand what Su Su means." ”
Luo Qing understood what Su Su meant, and her actions were nothing more than to let her see that the Empress Dowager was not as kind as she looked on her face, as for the agarwood......
"Do you want me to find out why the Empress Dowager is afraid of agarwood?"
"The girl is really smart, and she is really a match made in heaven with the prince."
Slapping on the back was really useless to Luo Qing, and she just chuckled.
Su Su continued: "Girl, can you see the sincerity of the slave?" ”
Luo Qing suddenly felt a headache, the twists and turns in this palace are much more complicated than the affairs of the inner house, and the people in this palace are much more shrewd than Song Yuanchun's first-class, which is simply unguardable.
But since she has entered the palace and plans to marry Yan Huai, this is something that needs to be learned, even if she hits her head and bleeds, she must not back down.
My brother has worked hard enough, and I don't have to let him be distracted to take care of himself after marrying him in the future.
"Purpose?"
Hand the handle to yourself, so desperate for the purpose.
"The girl is so smart, she will know it later, the girl has the right and rest assured, the slave will definitely not hurt the girl in the slightest."
"Don't hurt me? Even the little palace maid who has no grudge against you is hurt, how can I not believe that you don't hurt me? ”
Luo Qing knew that she couldn't ask more words in Su Su's mouth, so she waved her hand and let her out, and got up and changed her clothes.
It's not that she doesn't care, it's just that the purpose of this Su Su is really intriguing, she is not from the Empress Dowager's palace, so who is she?
has been dormant in the palace of the Empress Dowager for many years, just to let himself see the true face of the Empress Dowager? That's what she guessed.
smoked agarwood on her clothes, which made the Queen Mother angry, and this link was linked.
Indeed, she was also very surprised today, she didn't expect the Empress Dowager, who had always been kind to people, to be so angry.
Is it that people have a temperament, and people who never criticize palace people will get angry because they can't smell the smell of agarwood?
Luo Qing didn't know much about the Queen Mother, but she also knew a thing or two from others, saying that the Queen Mother was exactly the same as the current queen, and she was gentle and tolerant, especially the queen.
Xu is the Empress Dowager's mood is not very good, Xu is this agarwood evokes something that the Empress Dowager has been unwilling to face for many years, or maybe the Empress Dowager has never been hiding herself.
She remembered that her brother was never willing to speculate on the Empress Dowager with the greatest malice, and she preferred to make the Empress Dowager recall some bad memories with the fragrance of agarwood.
But what is it?
She didn't have such a big face, and she felt that she could let the Empress Dowager let go of the past, but she felt that since Su Su said this, there must be something inside.
She can speculate about the Queen Mother without the greatest malice, but for the sake of her brother, she has to be more thoughtful.