Chapter 40: Fat Powder Zhai
"Gentle, if you have anything to say, tell the mourning family, how bad is it to endure illness?"
Mo gently heard the Queen Mother's words and shook his head with tears in his eyes.
"The slave is fine."
"You lied to the mourning family, if you are fine, how can the mourning family not see you for more than ten days? And the mourning family, see how you have lost a lot these days? β
The concern in the Queen Mother's words made Mo Qingsoft's heart sour, but she was a palace maid, and in front of her was the Queen Mother, how dare she talk nonsense in front of the Queen Mother.
"Niangniang, the slave is really fine, it's just that she has a bad appetite recently, which makes Niangniang worry."
Mo Qing's tears flowed down inexplicably, and the Queen Mother saw that she couldn't find anything from her mouth, so she ordered Mama Chang next to her to call all the palace maids of Rong Fangxuan, and she wanted to interrogate them one by one.
"Mother." Mo Qingrou stopped Mama Chang when she was about to leave," the slave said. β
Helping the Queen Mother to sit down, Mo gently knelt down for her and said: "Niangniang, the slave maid is only so sad because one of Rong Fangxuan's palace maids died, although we are both slaves and maids, but the slaves and maids regard her as their own sisters, and now she died suddenly, the slaves and maids can't stand such a blow, so they faint in bed for a few days." β
Mo Qingrou didn't say that it was the queen's order, in this harem with a complicated heart, she only believed in herself.
"Good boy, don't be sad anymore, the mourning family believes that the child just went to a distant place to protect you, and you don't need to be too sad, but to cheer up and live with that child."
The Queen Mother shed tears in distress, she had stayed in this deep palace compound for most of her life, and she had long known that in this place where people eat people and no bones, such things are really common. It's sad like this...... Was it a long time ago?
Stroking Mo Qingrou's hair, Mo Qingrou finally couldn't help crying loudly, and for a while, the Rongfangxuan Hall was full of sadness.
Mama Chang helped the Queen Mother back to the Palace of Kindness, "Mama Chang, do you believe what you said softly?" According to the Ai family, this child must be hiding something, otherwise she would not be sad to be like this according to her temperament. β
Mama Chang naturally knew what Mo Qingrou was hiding, but the Queen Mother didn't say anything, she was a slave and maid, so let's not intervene!
"Mama Chang went to investigate what happened."
"No."
"The mourning family likes this child very much, even if she is a palace maid, the mourning family doesn't want her to be wronged in any way."
"The slave knows." After waiting for the Queen Mother to fall asleep, Mama Chang went to investigate the cause of this incident.
In the Baoning Palace, Mama Xi talked about what happened in the imperial garden, and the queen was taken aback when she heard it: "Is this really the case?" β
"Yes, Niangniang, not only the emperor and the concubines mingled, but even the queen mother acquiesced."
"What's going on? How could the emperor and the concubines of the palace be in the imperial garden? β
Mama Xi said mysteriously: "The slave maid went to investigate, it was Rong Fangxuan's Mo Qingrou who didn't know what was crazy today, and he actually put on different makeup for the concubines and concubines in the palace." β
Makeup? What kind of makeup will make the emperor look like that?
Mama Xi saw the queen's puzzled face, so she said: "The slave maid saw that those ladies and little masters were extremely bewitching one by one, and the queen mother actually said that they were more beautiful than the flowers in the imperial garden!" β
"Really?" The queen's eyes widened in disbelief, and then she said viciously: "It's this Mo Qingrou again!" β
"Mother, let's just not do it." Mama Xi compared a head-killing action.
The queen shook her head: "No, if Mo Qingrou dies, the queen mother will definitely investigate to the end, it's too risky." β
Here, the queen and Mama Xi were discussing countermeasures, and Mo Qingrou came to an uninvited guest.
"Slave maid to meet General An." Mo was gentle and polite, and An Shuangchi was a little unaccustomed to her estrangement.
"Gentle, I heard that you are well, I came over to take a look, you are fine, right?"
"Thank you General An for your concern, the slave and maid are all right."
An Shuangchi inexplicably disliked Mo Qingrou's attitude.
"Don't be too sad, I'm here today to tell you that the store has been found, and you can go out with me when you have time."
"Thank you, General An, but the slave has run out of the palace this month, and she won't be able to go out until next month!"
An Shuangchi thought for a while, "It's not difficult, as long as you take the sign of Cuixi in your sister's palace, you can go out." β
Hearing An Shuangchi's words, Mo Qing's eyes lit up: "Okay, the slave has thanked General An." β
An Shuangchi frowned at Mo Qingrou's thanks, when did Mo Qingrou become so polite?
"I'll pick you up at the palace gate tomorrow."
"No."
An Shuangchi took one last look at her before leaving Rong Fangxuan, he knew that Jingtai's death was too big a blow to Mo Qinggently, and it was normal for her to not be able to slow down for a while.
Mo thought softly that since he was out of the palace, he would go and see Jingtai! She hadn't seen her in a long time! I don't know if she's scared to lie there alone.
In the evening, Mama Chang reported to the Queen Mother what happened that day, and when she heard that the queen did it, the Queen Mother put the cup in her hand heavily on the table.
"Bastard! Over the years, she has become more and more bold, don't think that the mourning family doesn't know about the pickled things she did before, but now she dares to bully the gentle head. β
Exhaled, "Mama Chang, pass on the will of the mourning family, from today onwards, without the will of the mourning family, the concubines of the palace are not allowed to summon Rong Fangxuan without permission." β
"The slave obeys."
When the queen of Baoning Palace heard the edict of the queen mother, she slumped on the chair and said tremblingly: "The queen mother is slapping the face of the palace!" β
"Mother...... mother." Mama Xi screamed worriedly.
The queen waved her hand and motioned for Mama Xi to step back first, she wanted to be alone.
Mo Qingrou heard the queen mother's edict and knew that the queen mother was defending her, so that the palace did not dare to bully her.
Don't be grateful to those who are good to her, and Mo Qingrou will also remember those who are not good to her.
Early in the morning, Cui Xi, who was beside Concubine Li, sent her palace card to Mo Qingrou.
Mo gently changed into white clothes and went out of the palace again.
As soon as I walked to the door, I saw An Shuang waiting there sooner or later, "The slave maid pays a visit to General An." β
"Okay, gentle, don't be polite outside."
An Shuangchi rarely saw Mo Qingrou wearing such plain clothes, and asked her suspiciously: "What are you going to do here?" β
"General, please forgive the slave and maid for being rude, the slave and maid wanted to go to see Jingtai, but did not tell the general in advance, I hope the general will understand."
An Shuang knew that she couldn't let go of Jingtai, so she agreed, "Get in the car!" β
"No."
Mo sat at the door of the carriage gently, and An Shuangchi felt a little funny when she saw her like this: "Why don't you sit inside?" Is General Ben that terrible? β
"The general is too worried, the slave and maid are lucky enough to sit in a carriage with the general, how dare they sit inside."
Mo said a few words softly and An Shuangchi was speechless, looking at the chattering mouth, remembering the situation of feeding the medicine that day, he coughed embarrassedly, and then turned his head to look at the scenery outside the car, and stopped talking.
Mo sat gently and decently.
Jingtai was buried by An Shuangchi in the suburbs not far from the capital, and the carriage was galloping on the road, and soon they arrived.
An Shuangchi got out of the carriage first, and was about to turn around to help Mo Qingrou, but who knew that she actually jumped off by herself.
Mo Qingrou saw An Shuangchi staring at herself with wide eyes, and asked suspiciously: "General, is there anything wrong with the slave?" β
"No, no, Jingtai's grave is in front." An Shuangchi shook his head and took a few steps forward with Mo gently.
Mo gently looked at Jingtai's tomb with its back against the river, and it was indeed a good place to face the mountain.
"Jingtai, I'm coming to see you, I specially brought the plum blossoms you like, and I also made plum blossoms into pastries for you to taste."
Mo gently put the pastry in front of Jingtai's tombstone, and planted two plum blossoms on both sides of the tombstone.
"It's all useless for me, and I'm tired of you." Mo gently shed tears and apologized to Jingtai.
"Jingtai, I salute you for this cup of wine, I hope you will find a good family in the next life, don't come to the palace to suffer again, I am very happy to meet you as a friend, we are destined to see you again in the next life."
Sprinkled the wine in front of Jingtai's tomb, Mo gently walked to her tomb and whispered to her: "Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you." β
An Shuangchi, who has excellent ear power, naturally heard this, but he pretended not to hear it and stood aside.
"Slave and maid, thank you, General An helped Jingtai find a place to rest."
Mo Qingrou knew that if it wasn't for An Shuangchi, Jingtai wouldn't be here to rest in peace, and if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be able to come to see Jingtai, so every word of her thanks was sincere.
"Let's go back first!" An Shuangchi helped Mo Qingrou, who was kneeling, and the two got into the carriage together.
Mo looked at the tomb that was getting farther and farther away, and finally reluctantly lowered the curtain.
The carriage stopped in front of a shop, "This is the shop I'm looking for, I don't know if you're satisfied?" β
Mo Qingrou just looked at the lot here outside, and found that this shop is close to the mansion of the dignitary, it is indeed a good place, it must have been a lively shop before, but I don't know what method An Shuangchi used to take this shop down.
"Do you like the dΓ©cor inside? If you don't like it, you can order someone to remove it. β
An Shuangchi is now completely obedient to Mo Qingrou, and he doesn't know why.
Mo turned around gently, compared to what she expected, the decoration of this shop was too gorgeous, not suitable for selling fat powder, so she drew what she thought and handed it to An Shuangchi, and asked An Shuangchi to help decorate.
"Okay, I'll order someone to do it, but what is this rouge shop going to be called? Give it a name! β
Mo thought about it gently, and wanted to give people a simple and clear feeling: "It's called 'Fat Powder Zhai'!" β