Chapter 189: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake
Wan'er was still wondering what it meant to be a living person, and more and more things were out of her expectations, but the main line was still going in the direction they expected.
Yun Ziqing? Must check.
The scenery along the way into the eye, the palace of Nuoda seems a little deserted, people are always used to touching the scene.
I can't help but think of many years ago, Queen Yixin Fengyun and others met in these places, all kinds of scenes of you fighting for me. At first, I was stupidly concerned about the queen, and I always thought that everyone could get along well.
Now, it's just a dream.
Wan'er accompanied her back to Huayan Palace, and was sent by Nalan Lan'er to check Yun Ziqing's details. After seeing so much darkness, some precautions are still more reassuring.
After Wan'er left, Xia He came to wait for her, seeing that she seemed to be in a good mood, she also had the courage to ask: "Niangniang went out for a trip, and her complexion improved a lot." ”
Nalan Lan'er smiled: "I met a very energetic person. ”
Xia He didn't ask any more, lest he ask too much and the master would be suspicious. After tidying up, Nalan Lan'er waved away all the palace maids and walked under the tree outside the dormitory by herself, stepping on the leaves and walking back and forth.
I seem to like the sound of dead leaves breaking when it's quiet. The leaves were all over the ground, a large patch of dusk, and the sun was stained. She told the palace maid not to sweep, so it seems that the palace is depressed. In any case, there was nothing worth noisy in her palace, quietly enjoying this unquiet peace.
And the other end of Cining Palace is serious and tight at this time.
After Grandpa An came back from the pond, he didn't dare to wake up the Queen Mother without authorization, so he could only take the box and walk around outside the Queen Mother's dormitory in a hurry.
This matter must be told to the Queen Mother, the identity of this Nalan Guifei has been scrutinized back and forth several times, and it can basically be determined that it is not the first queen, last time she kowtowed and bled in front of the Queen Mother, and her eyes were sincere, not lying!
The Queen Mother also believed it, but today's inquiry really frightened him. The name of the Western Regions medicine was originally ......
Oops, what can I do?
Father-in-law An was anxious for half an hour, and finally heard movement inside, and the palace maids hurriedly went in to wait for the queen mother to dress and wash. At that time, Duke An announced that the palace maids who came in and out informed the queen mother.
After the palace maid entered, she whispered in front of a grandmother who was about the same age as the queen mother. Mama nodded, and the palace maid quietly retreated.
Seeing that the Queen Mother got dressed and came to sit down at the dressing table, Mama hurriedly went over and picked up a good wooden comb to comb the Queen Mother's hair.
No matter how powerful a woman is, she is afraid of white heads. The Queen Mother saw from the bronze mirror that when Mama combed her hair, the white silk between her hair reached out to cover her face.
sighed: "The mourning family is old, the son is also older, there is only one emperor and grandson, and the biggest regret is that I can't have children and grandchildren." ”
The corners of Mama's eyes have crawled into wrinkles, and she is younger than the Queen Mother. At this time, she comforted: "Niangniang, relax your heart, the emperor is so young and outstanding, are you afraid that there will be no children and grandchildren?" Smile and smile for ten years. ”
The Queen Mother looked at Mama Liu in the mirror and said: "Mama Liu has been by her side since she entered the palace from her mourning family, and it has been thirty or forty years in a blink of an eye. I'm glad to have a companion when I'm old. ”
Mama Liu quickly coiled the queen mother's hair, and then helped her up and said with a smile: "The slave maid is fortunate to follow the mother, which is the blessing of the slave maid in her previous life." ”
"After so many years, why should you call yourself a slave between you and the mourning family. The mourning family thought that the emperor had a lot of opportunities, and the new show girls in the harem some time ago were not outstanding, so shouldn't it be time to show up. The Queen Mother was smiling and calculating, and she didn't know how kind she was.
At this time, there was a cry in the dormitory, and she hurriedly turned around and urged: "The emperor and grandson of the mourning family are awake, Mama Liu should go and hug her." ”
Mama Liu received the order and hurriedly went to the inner room to coax out with the eldest prince all the way, hugged to the queen mother's side, and let the queen mother watch.
The eldest prince is more than two years old, and he can walk and talk, but he is not naughty. The distressed Queen Mother gave him all the good things. She always thought that the eldest prince was scared of him by dragging the queen away when he was more than a year old, so he was not as naughty as other children, and his temperament was completely different from that of the emperor when he was a child.
After seeing the imperial grandmother, the eldest prince stopped crying and stretched out his hand to hug her.
The Queen Mother took it, touched his forehead and said, "What's wrong with the baby emperor and grandson of the mourning family?" But hungry? Do you want to see your father? ”
The eldest prince shook his head and pointed to the teapot with his finger: "Erchen is thirsty." ”
Mama Liu hurriedly stepped forward and poured a glass of warm water and handed it to the Queen Mother, who fed the eldest prince: "You can't cry when you're thirsty, the emperor and grandson of the mourning family will stand up to the sky and the earth in the future, will you be hungry?" ”
The eldest prince shook his head, and his young voice was a little sneering: "Erchen, outside, the wind blows." ”
The queen mother gets along with him day and night, so she naturally knows what it means. It happened that Mama Liu remembered it, so she whispered in the ear of the Queen Mother: "Niangniang, Father-in-law An was waiting outside the door half an hour ago, saying that he had something to report." ”
"Xuan, Mama Liu took the eldest prince out for a walk, remember to add a piece of clothing, and don't get hurt if you look carefully." The Queen Mother touched his head and motioned for him to follow Mama Liu out.
Mama Liu followed the eldest prince behind, and Gonggong An was guarding the door, and when she saw that it was the eldest prince who opened the door, she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "The slave sees the eldest prince." ”
The eldest prince tilted his head and looked, and Mama Liu said, "Father-in-law An hurry up and go in, the queen mother is waiting." ”
Father-in-law An bent down and waited for the eldest prince to walk out before quickly taking the box into the back room.
The other maidservants stood beside the pillar with their heads bowed as transparent air, and one of them took advantage of the fact that others didn't care, and hid the curtain behind the pillar, completely invisible.
The Queen Mother drank hot tea and said, "Father-in-law An, but what's the matter?" Mama Liu said that you have been waiting outside for an hour. ”
Father-in-law An bent down and stretched out his hand to hold the inconspicuous box in his hand high above his head, and the maidservant girl on the side took it and presented it to the queen mother.
"What is this?" The Queen Mother asked without touching her hand.
Gonggong An raised his head and looked at the maidservant, and the Queen Mother took a deep look at Gonggong An, and then said: "You all go down, you can't enter without a summons." ”
"Yes." Seven or eight handmaidens silently retreated and closed the door.
"Tell me, what is it that deserves your caution."
Gonggong An took two steps forward and said, "Niangniang, during your nap, Concubine Nalan came to find a slave." ”
The Queen Mother looked up at him and felt strange: "Why did she come to you?" ”
"Concubine Nalan asked the servants to help her find a medicine from the Western Regions. That flavor medicine... It's a poison. Grandpa An said and opened the inconspicuous brocade box himself.
As soon as he opened it, he himself was also flashed by the golden light inside, and the queen mother had a straight face: "What is she going to do!" ”
"The Minister of Military Aircraft is now seriously ill in bed, and many civilian doctors have been admitted to treat him, and I don't know which doctor who has a lot of mouth said that he needs that poison to fight poison with poison before he can be cured. And Concubine Nalan took these to her, so that the slave could not help get the poison outside. ”
"The minion rejected her, as if she was very disappointed, so she gave such a silver to the minion, saying that no amount of money could buy the health of the Minister of Military Aircraft, and let the minion dispose of it at will."
Gonggong An closed the brocade box as he spoke, and took a step back.
The queen mother said that the flavor of medicine was bright since her father-in-law An talked about it, and her face turned from white to blue. His hands shook unconsciously. After hearing this at this time, his eyes were sharp.
"Father-in-law An, are you sure that the people who knew about that incident back then have all died down? Let's not mention whether Nalan Lan'er really doesn't know or not, it's not easy to pass on the name of this medicine from the people! ”
Gonggong An trembled, respectfully recalled the past, the queen mother's eyes had been fixed on him, and finally he couldn't bear the pressure, he knelt down and said, "Niangniang!" In fact, when dealing with that matter, there was a child who had been waiting for the slave since he was a child, and the slave treated him as half a child, and he really couldn't do it, but he had already gone overseas back then, and it was impossible for him to appear in the Central Plains again. ”
After all, the queen mother is old, and she has been eating fasting and chanting Buddha for many years.
If she had been a few years ago, she would have scolded Father-in-law An and pulled him out to punish her. At this time, she could only sulk: "Father-in-law An, you and the mourning family have survived in this palace for most of your life, don't you know that the best way to keep a secret is to die?" You've disappointed the mourners so much! ”
Father-in-law An kowtowed on the ground and said: "Please punish Niangniang, they are all slaves who are soft-hearted for a while, but Niangniang, my half of me will not talk nonsense and will not be in the Central Plains." ”
The Queen Mother was a little tired, as if there were a few more wrinkles in the corners of her eyes: "That's it, how did Nalan Lan'er look when she looked for you this afternoon?" ”
"When Concubine Nalan came to me today, it was no different from usual, and the servant saw that she was worried about the Minister of Military Aircraft, and I heard that she went out a few days ago and fell ill. It seems that the disease is really out of order. ”
The Empress Dowager nodded, thought about it carefully, and said, "I came to ask Xiang some time ago, I'm afraid it's also to inquire about the affairs of the Western Regions, right?" For the sake of safety, I continued to keep an eye on her in the future. ”
Father-in-law An kowtowed again, indicating that he knew: "The slave knows." ”
The Empress Dowager motioned for him to get up and admonished: "If she asks again in the future, you must not panic!" Understandable? ”
"Back to Niangniang, the slave understands." Gonggong An breathed a sigh of relief.
At the end of the conversation, the queen mother didn't have the joy just now, pushed the brocade box in front of her and said: "Since these are given to you by her, you can look at them, take them away, you can step down, and the mourning family will go to the Buddhist hall to recite the scriptures and let the two clever palace maids follow." ”
Gonggong An chirped, stepped forward to take the brocade box away, and then withdrew from the dormitory, summoning two clever palace maids to prepare, and it didn't take long for the queen mother to leave the dormitory.
Grandpa An took the brocade box in his hand and went back to his residence. "None of these masters are simple."
Cining Palace quieted down, and then a palace maid came out with a teacup used by the Queen Mother to clean, everything was so normal.