Chapter 237: Reversal
[Chapter 6, Volume 6]
Section 244 Chapter 237 Reversal
The next day, it was still a sunny day.
Xiao Ruo pondered that Xie Danniang was almost time to get up at this moment, so she walked slowly towards Fengchao Palace with a smile. It's just that she didn't know that when she got there, the Feng Dynasty Palace was already full of people inside and outside the palace. Walking in, except for a few palace maids who are somewhat familiar and shuttle between everyone, the others are all noble ladies wearing gold hairpins and jade bracelets. If it weren't for the fact that the bun was dressed by a woman, Xiao Ruo would really think that today's Fengchao Palace was holding a beauty pageant for the queen to choose a new concubine for the emperor to enter the palace.
There is no need to think about it, let alone ask, Xiao Ruo has already thought that this group of people must have come to say hello for the fact that the fetus in Xie Danniang's womb was found out by the head of the hospital yesterday and was the prince. Sure enough, there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, but there is always no shortage of those who tend to be inflammatory, thinking of icing on the cake.
Xiao Ruo held Xiao'er's hand and stepped up the stairs in front of the Feng Dynasty Palace step by step, although there were not many steps, but after all, she still had some injuries on her body. It's okay to walk around on weekdays, but if you move a little bigger, you will still feel the slightest pain.
didn't dare to break into the Feng Dynasty Palace directly, Xiao Ruo grabbed a palace maid who had just trotted out of the palace, and asked, "Didn't anyone come to say hello yesterday?" It's all rushed today? ”
The palace maid was holding a tray in her hand, and there was a little urgency between her eyebrows, but when she saw that the person who asked her was Xiao Ruo, the palace maid blessed her body slightly, and said: "If you go back to the doctor's aunt, many ladies came yesterday, and I thought that I would not come again today, but I never thought that those ladies who came yesterday actually handed over an invitation today." In addition, there were some people who didn't come yesterday, so people naturally looked at a lot more. "There are many people who come to congratulate them, and their group of palace maids are naturally idle. Although there are not so many ladies sitting in the main hall of the Feng Dynasty Palace, refreshments still have to be delivered.
"Yesterday came, today again? Why is that? "Xiao Ruo is a little puzzled. Even if it was for congratulations, why would the queen open her mouth and allow them to enter the palace again? Could it be that the queen wanted to open it and decided to ignore Xie Danniang's posture of showing off her might?
"This, this slave and maid can't tell clearly." I saw that the palace maid's eyes were a little evasive, and she didn't know the mystery of it, but she was afraid that she didn't want to say it. Sure enough, before Xiao Ruo could speak again, the palace maid had already hurriedly blessed herself and said, "The other palace maids are busy, and the slaves and maids are embarrassed to stay here and be lazy." The slave and maid took their leave. With that, the maid quickly turned around and left.
Xiao Ruo stood in the corner that was not very noticeable, looking at the group of noble ladies who were talking and laughing together, something suddenly flashed through her mind, but when she wanted to investigate it again, she couldn't find a trace.
Xiao'er stood beside Xiao Ruo, stretched her neck and looked at Feng Chao Palace, and after a while, she looked back at Xiao Ruo and said, "Auntie, there are so many ladies!" I'm afraid that I won't be able to see the imperial concubine today. ”
"We've already come, can we just go back? You go in and take a look, see if you can find the father-in-law who came to give the reward yesterday, ask him to do a favor, and report to the mother. If the mother doesn't have time to see me, then forget it. At least I came on this trip today, and I also knew it in my heart. "I said I was coming yesterday, but today I can't do nothing, so I left. Maybe in the eyes of others, she is a little too cautious, but in the palace, it is better to be more stable step by step.
"Well, the slave and maid will go." Xiao'er nodded, let go of the hand holding Xiao Ruo, and ran towards the Feng Dynasty Palace.
Xiao Ruo stood alone, but it became more conspicuous, so she walked closer behind the two ladies closest to her. Looking at it from a distance, inadvertently, it will only feel that it is the three of them chatting here.
The two ladies sensed that someone was approaching, and they both looked back at the same time. But I saw a woman dressed as a decent palace maid, standing behind them with a smile on her face. Xiao Ruo looked at the two of them and turned around, so he naturally bowed his head and blessed his body, and he was full of courtesy. The two ladies saw that Xiao Ruo had never been very close, and they were afraid that Xiao Ruo was waiting for the master in the Feng Dynasty Palace, so they didn't say anything, and continued to talk on their own.
"Were you here yesterday?" A dark purple dress dressed in a gold-threaded peony and a black skirt looked at the lady who was already a little old and took the hand of the lady who was about the same age and wore a light green Luo skirt next to her, and asked softly.
"It's coming, how can it not come? Yesterday morning, my lord asked me to hand over the name card into the palace, saying that I must hurry up early, show my face in front of the imperial concubine, and leave an impression! The lady in the light green skirt had a natural expression, but in the tone of her voice, there was some incomprehensible depression.
"That's right, as soon as my lord arrived home, he desperately urged me to enter the palace, for fear that others would rush ahead of our house. But look, I came in a hurry yesterday, what's the use? Today, when my lord went to court, he began to urge me to go out, but I entered the palace early in the morning, and the main lord has not seen it yet! The lady in the dark purple dress pointed to the sun in mid-air, sighed heavily, and said.
"You say, could it be that the queen mother remembered that we all went to the imperial concubine yesterday to congratulate her, so from today to now, we haven't summoned the two of us?" The lady in the light green Luo skirt looked quite worried, and the handkerchief in her hand was tightened by her.
"I see, it's the same thing!" The lady in the dark purple dress nodded helplessly, and motioned to the ladies next to her and said, "When I came yesterday, they were all there!" also said that the imperial concubine was reincarnated as a bodhisattva, but I am afraid that the queen mother hates it in her heart! ”
"Fortunately, I was just trying to show my face yesterday, I was afraid that I would be stupid and say bad things, so I didn't say anything, otherwise I don't know how to be hated by the queen!" The lady in the light green Luo skirt patted her chest and continued with some regret: "Actually, we can't blame anything. Who knew that the emperor thought like that in his heart, but he took pity on the imperial concubine, who worked hard to conceive in October, but ...... "The lady just shook her head, but did not continue."
Although the two ladies were quiet, they didn't want to avoid anyone, and those words were naturally heard from beginning to end by Xiao Ruo, who had the intention to eavesdrop. It's just that half-sentence dialogue, which completely makes Xiao Ruo feel a little foggy. She only heard that most of the ladies in the Feng Dynasty Palace now came for the queen mother, but they were a little shy about the imperial concubine who was pregnant with a dragon.
Now Xiao Ruo doesn't understand it even more! It stands to reason that Jiang Ruyue, who should be ignored by no one, is now a market; And Xie Danniang, who should have been flattered vigorously, why did people avoid it after just one night?
At this time, Xiao'er came out of the Feng Dynasty Palace, and Xiao Ruo retreated to the corner just now and beckoned to her.
"Auntie, let's go in, there are not many of them, it seems that these ladies are all coming for the queen." Xiao'er was also puzzled, as if she was afraid of being heard by the ladies next to her, and deliberately whispered in Xiao Ruo's ear.
Xiao Ruo didn't ask anything, just nodded towards Xiao'er, and walked towards the gate of Feng Dynasty Palace.
Without being summoned by the queen, the ladies of high grades naturally sat in the main hall, and those of low grades either stood next to them and talked, or walked out of the hall directly and talked outside. Xiao Ruo's sudden appearance attracted the attention of many people. Raw, smiling and polite, but not humble. It's just that when Xiao Ruo walked in the direction of the bedroom of Feng Chao Palace, there was more surprise in those eyes. Except for those who are waiting by the side of the imperial concubine, who can't leave, which palace maid doesn't try her best to move towards the queen's side? At this moment, the temper of the imperial concubine is not good, this newcomer has something wrong with her brain, and she is in a hurry to die?
Xiao Ruo couldn't guess what was going on, so the situation would be reversed. But she knew that the answer was in it, and perhaps, she could get something out of it, such as the opportunity she had always wanted!
"The imperial concubine is blessed and healthy, and the lady concubine is Jin'an." Xiao Ruo entered the bedroom, and there was no need for anyone to lead the way, so he entered the innermost room, knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the bed.
"Come on, the injury is better? Look at your movements, it's a lot neater. It was the concubine who was sitting on the side of the bed. Even if someone came in, Xie Danniang still lay on her side on the bed, facing inside, leaving only the back of Xiao Ruo's head and the strands of hair that fell on the brocade quilt.
"The slave and maid also want to thank the imperial concubine for her kindness, if it weren't for the fact that the maid made Imperial Doctor Yang diagnose and treat the slave and maid, the slave and maid might have returned to the west at this time!" Xiao Ruo kowtowed heavily to the ground again.
"What's the use of saving you once? The queen's ability is much better than that of this palace, if she wants to kill you again one day, when the time comes, maybe this palace will not be able to save you! Xie Danniang suddenly got up from the bed, looked at Xiao Ruo and said impatiently.
This move suddenly made Xiao Ruo stunned, she just kowtowed, why did she attract Xie Danniang so much anger?
"I've told you so much, why are you still like this, you kid? Although there is such a saying, but after all, the emperor has not announced it, how can it be taken seriously? Concubine Shu comforted Xie Danniang and said with some reproach.
"Can't you take it seriously? The emperor personally told his father and the mighty marquis that he wanted to foster my child in the name of the queen, could it be fake? The group of ladies outside, what I said yesterday sounded good, but my aunt looked at it, but one night, they all ran to the study, and I didn't dare to come here! Xie Danniang was not only angry, but the more she spoke, she actually cried aggrievedly.
"The emperor wants to foster the child of the imperial concubine under the name of the queen?" Xiao Ruo looked at the two people on the bed in a daze and said, looking, there was a little muttering.