Chapter Eighty-Five: Thoughts
Hearing Concubine Jia's summons, a little eunuch hurriedly came in, Concubine Jia whispered a few words in his ear, and the little eunuch nodded and turned around to do it.
Yu Qing remembered that she hadn't been to see Concubine Shen for a few days, and wanted to go and see it today, but she was a noble person now, and it was too eye-catching to go out in this outfit.
"Evening lotus." Calling the evening lotus over the sunny day.
Yu Qing promised to let Wan He come to serve, and the next day Wan He came, Yu Qing found that although Wan He was young, he did not have Xiyue's straightforwardness, he thought more, and did things more steadily, carefully, so that Yu Qing was very satisfied.
"Little lord is hungry? The slave maid instructed the small kitchen to cook a bowl of longan white fungus soup for you. Wanhe asked.
It's nothing more than Wanhe thinking like this, Yu Qing is really greedy, and she has had little to do recently, and she is idle, especially greedy.
She and Xiyue both persuaded her, after all, it is easy to accumulate food if you eat too much, which is not good for health, but Yu Qing always changes her tricks to ask for something to eat, and in the end, they can't withstand Yu Qing's entanglement, and they are defeated one after another.
Yu Qing touched her nose in embarrassment, grinned, and said seriously: "How can you eat in the sky, is my stomach a bottomless pit when you are the little master?" "He did not admit his evil deeds in the slightest.
"You go and find me your clothes, the more ordinary, the less eye-catching the better." Yu Qing commanded.
"Yes." Although Wanhe didn't understand what Yuqing wanted her to do, she obediently went to get it.
Yu Qing picked up Wanhe's clothes and looked at them, and thought it was okay, so she changed them. Don't look at Wanhe's young age, her body is very good, not much different from Yuqing, and her clothes fit very well.
"What does the little master do when he wears the clothes of a slave and a maid?" Wanhe looked at Yu Qing's clothes and asked suspiciously.
"Go and see someone, don't ask more, you and Xiyue stay in the palace, if the emperor comes, he will say that I will go to Concubine De's palace." Although the emperor usually doesn't come at this hour, it's always right just in case.
Yu Qing dressed up, carried a box of pastries and went out, lowering her eyebrows along the way, trying to avoid people to a remote place.
Approaching Concubine Shen's residence, Yu Qing did not rush in, but first observed and found that the guards seemed to be stricter.
She remembered that the last time she came here was not so strict, and then she was followed and assassinated by two little eunuchs, although the emperor imprisoned people in the Zongren Mansion and promised to find out the truth, so far there is no result.
Allowing the emperor to personally verify that there was nothing to gain, Yu Qing squinted her eyes, she guessed that her visit to Concubine Shen had been discovered by the Queen Mother.
hesitated whether to take the risk to see Concubine Shen, after all, life was at stake. But after thinking about it, she decided to go, the emperor treated her well, Concubine Shen was the emperor's biological mother, and she was so pitiful, Yu Qing didn't want to look at her.
It's just that she has to be more careful this time, otherwise she is afraid that she will have her life in and will not be able to come out.
Yu Qing carefully bypassed the position of the guard at the main gate, and came to the secret entrance that Concubine Shen told her, and when she entered, she saw many people standing in the courtyard, but fortunately, the entrance was hidden, and Yu Qing hurriedly hid behind the pillar.
There was an argument in the house.
"How did the mourning family ever hurt you, why did you do this to me?!" The voice is expected to be Ai Ai, and it sounds like Concubine Shen.
"How? The emperor's favor for you is harming the mourning family, hahaha, now, isn't it harming yourself! ”
I hadn't heard this voice before, but I also had a guess that there were so many people waiting in the courtyard, and they could have something to do with Concubine Shen in the old days, it should be their queen mother, who lived in a simple place.
The grandmother beside the Queen Mother tore away Concubine Shen's hand and pushed her to the ground, and the Queen Mother sneered, "Mourning? You also deserve to call yourself a mourner, and don't forget that you are already a 'dead man'. ”
"If you hate me, why don't you just kill me?" Concubine Shen lowered her head, and the hair scattered on both sides covered her expression.
Concubine Shen pulled the corners of her mouth tiredly, she was so tired, but Yu Qing told her to live well, she still had a son, and the emperor, and she would definitely be able to go out one day.
"Kill you? Hehe, do you think the mourning family doesn't want to? Wouldn't it be cheaper to kill you, the mourning family kept your life, making you miserable every day, washing your face with tears every day, and watching your son call the mourning family the queen mother, hahaha! ”
The Queen Mother was a little crazy, coughed out with laughter, relieved her breath, her eyes were as sharp as nails, and she couldn't stab into Concubine Shen's flesh.
"Don't be delusional about going out, no one can save you, otherwise, hmph, you may lose even your only son."
Concubine Shen raised her head suddenly, her eyes full of panic, "What do you mean?!" ”
"What do you mean? Most of the people in the court are mourners, and if the mourning family can help him ascend to the throne, he can naturally let others become emperors! ”
The Queen Mother said that she was very happy, looking at Concubine Shen's painful expression, she felt that she was finally more comfortable in her heart, and she got up and left.
At the same time, Wanhe and Xiyue in Wenhua Palace were at a loss for what to do.
I'm really afraid of something, just now the emperor came over, and I didn't see Yu Qing, so the two of them repeated Yu Qing's words, saying that they went to Concubine De's palace, which Cheng thought, the emperor raised his feet and went to Concubine De's palace.
But the two of them really knew that Yu Qing was not in Concubine De's palace at all, how could this be good, and they just hoped that the master would come back quickly and discuss countermeasures.
Yu Qing hid behind the pillar, watched the people who came out of the house, supported by her grandmother, and slowly walked out of the palace gate.
Dressed gracefully and luxuriously, the traces of time have crawled all over her hair, the corners of her eyes, although she does not look young and beautiful as Concubine Shen, she can also see the style of the past, but the momentum on her body is incomparable to that of Concubine Shen, and Concubine Shen is more of a weak beauty, which is endearing.
Waiting for everyone to leave, Yu Qing waited again to confirm that there was no movement, and then hurriedly ran into the house.
Inside the house, Concubine Shen still maintained the posture of being pushed, her hands on the ground, and kept whispering in her mouth: "Don't go out, don't go out again, don't hurt my son." ”
Yu Qing was distressed when she saw it, squatted in front of Concubine Shen, and combed the scattered hair in her ears behind her ears, "Concubine Shen, look at me, I am Yu Qing." ”
Hearing Yu Qing's voice, Concubine Shen slowly turned her head, and her eyes began to focus, "Yu Qing, you are here." ”
Yu Qing wrinkled her brows, Concubine Shen's reaction was not quite right.
helped her to the table and sat down, and before Yu Qing could speak, Concubine Shen held Yu Qing's and smiled softly, as if nothing had happened: "Yu Qing, you won't use it in the future, I'm fine here, and you don't need to tell others that you've seen me, especially, the emperor." ”
"Concubine, you ......" Yu Qing didn't know what to say, she heard everything clearly outside the door, and she also understood the purpose of the concubine's words.
"I am dead in the eyes of the world, and I do not want to hope in vain things anymore." There was not the slightest glint in the concubine's eyes, as if she was really a dying person.
Yu Qing's heart jumped suddenly, for fear that the concubine would do something to hurt herself after she left, so she hurriedly took out something from her arms and stuffed it into the concubine's hand.
"This ...... This is ......" The concubine finally came back to her senses, tears instantly overflowed her eyes, and her hands carefully stroked it.
What Yu Qing gave to Concubine Shen was the jade pendant that the emperor gave her before.
Originally, Yu Qing didn't plan to hand it over to Concubine Shen, after all, it carried an imperial promise, and anyone would hesitate.
But when she saw that Concubine Shen had no love, Yu Qing took it out of her arms without thinking about it.
"This is the emperor's personal jade pendant, you must live well, one day the emperor will definitely take you out, mother and son reunite." Yu Qing put her hand on Concubine Shen's hand and said.
Of course, Concubine Shen recognized this jade pendant, which was given to her by the first emperor when he was there, and later when she became pregnant, she gave this jade pendant to her child.
But the woman said......" Concubine Shen was teary-eyed.
"Don't worry, the concubine, the emperor works hard, is diligent and loves the people, and has his own means to subdue hundreds of officials, I believe in him, and you must believe in him even more." Yu Qing didn't know why, and inexplicably believed in the emperor.
"Okay, okay, Yuqing, you're a good boy, I know you're saying this to save my life, thank you." Concubine Shen gently pressed the jade pendant on her face, as if she were touching her child.
"It's just ......" Yu Qing looked at Concubine Shen's ecstatic appearance, and didn't know whether to say it or not.
"Just what?" Concubine Shen asked.
"It's just that this jade pendant was given to me by the emperor, and I promised that I could ......exchange it for it if I needed it in the future," Yu Qing scratched her head embarrassedly.
"Silly girl, if you can come and see me and give it to me, I will know your heart, and if you need it, just come to me." Concubine Shen showed the first smile since Yu Qing entered the door.
"I'll bring you some pastries, you can try them." When Yu Qing saw that Concubine Shen's mood had improved, she knew that she would not do anything stupid.
It's just that during the time she hasn't been here recently, the concubine has lost a lot of weight with the naked eye, and her already light and slender figure is now even weaker.
When Concubine Shen had a thought, she was determined to live well, looking at the pastry in front of her, picking up a piece and chewing it carefully in her mouth, she would definitely wait for the day when the emperor came to pick her up.
Yu Qing talked to Concubine Shen for a while, but she was afraid that something would go wrong after staying for a long time, so she resigned and left.
This time it came out quite smoothly, Yu Qing observed for a long time, and found that there was no one, so he took the opportunity to slip away when the guards were changing.
On the way back, I still didn't dare to let my guard down, but when I passed by the Imperial Garden, I heard a faint cry among the flowers.
Strange, hiding here and crying miserably at this hour, Yu Qing couldn't help but be curious and walked over.
Deep in the grass squatted a man dressed as a palace maid, sitting on the ground, holding his knees and sobbing.
"Stop crying, what's going on?"
The little palace maid was concentrating on crying, and a voice came out next to Leng Buding, unprepared, startled, and hiccuped.
Poof, Yu Qing couldn't help it, and laughed, "I'm sorry." ”
I really shouldn't laugh out loud when others are crying sadly, and I try to keep a straight face.
The little palace maid also seemed to be frightened by her reaction, her eyes were wet, the tip of her nose was red, but her mouth was tightly closed.
I can't stand the hiccups, who can hold it.
"Hiccup!"
Super loud.
"Hahaha......" Yu Qing couldn't hold back anymore and laughed heartily.
"You man!" The little palace maid stomped her foot in shame, pointed at Yu Qing with one hand, and said, "Don't worry about people, just look at people's jokes!" ”