Chapter Seventy-Five: Summer Escape
In the summer, the climate starts to get hot. The courtyards in the Forbidden City are set together, the high walls are thick, although there are large and small streams, but the flow is too flat, almost become stagnant water, the whole Forbidden City is shrouded in unbearable scorching heat, when Yongyan issued an edict to go to the Old Summer Palace to dispel the heat, the palace people are all happy.
I was nearly six months pregnant, and I didn't want to move because I was so heavy that I didn't have much joy when I heard the news, so I got up early that morning and packed up.
I want to come to the Old Summer Palace for the first time, I heard Ama say how beautiful the scenery in the Old Summer Palace is, how the garden is a world, I can't help but be impressed by its scenery when I come to the garden, the whole garden seems to gather the world's scenic spots, Penglai Yaotai-like pavilions, the scenery of Wulingchun in the Peach Blossom Spring, all of them are shown here.
After getting out of the carriage, I looked blankly at the scenery behind the gate of the palace, Xi Guiren and Concubine Ru passed by, and Xi Guiren said mockingly: "Jin agreed, I don't know, I thought you were from a small family, how do you look like you have never seen the world." ”
Who knew that Fu Feng snorted coldly on the side: "What the noble man said is too right, a while ago I heard that the noble Xi saw a ghost outside the gate of the Yongshou Palace, and the frightened noble Xi has been sick for a long time. ”
Hearing this, I remembered the embarrassed look of the noble man that day, and couldn't help sneering in my heart, but unfortunately I didn't scare Concubine Ru. Xi Guiren pointed at Fufeng angrily: "You faceless slave dare to say this, what kind of master has what kind of slave." ”
Fufeng looked at her with disdain, I was blessed and glanced at Concubine Ru, and said to Xi Guidao with a light smile: "What the noble man said is reasonable, then may I ask who your master is." I subconsciously glanced at Concubine Ru sarcastically.
Concubine Ru's face changed, and she scolded the Xi nobles: "Okay, why bother to be quick for the sake of the battle of words and lose your identity." ”
Yongyan didn't know when he walked up, and said in a loud voice: "The sun outside is big, let's talk in the hall, Yujue, you should be more careful when you have a body." ”
I smiled gently at Yongyan, Yongyan took my hand, and the maid behind me followed behind with an umbrella, and the concubine glanced at the noble man without anger.
Yongyan said as he walked: "Yujue, your residence is in Qutang Heyuan, which is the closest to my Qingxiazhai. I nodded gently, feeling that wherever I lived, it was the same, it was just the same bed.
As soon as you enter the courtyard, you can smell the lotus fragrance in your nose, the lotus flowers in full bloom in the courtyard, a small bridge leads to a house from the lotus pond, and there is a gilded large-character plaque on the house: Quyuan Wind Lotus. The house is built right in the water, so it's a bit of fun.
In the afternoon, after eating the lotus lotus cake in the imperial dining room, I heard Xiao Anzi say that the lotus flowers in this courtyard were made into cakes, and I felt a lot cooler after using the cool plum soup. I walked in the garden with Fufeng, and listened to the grandmother in the palace say that walking more is good for the child in the womb.
The cool wind in the garden blows slowly, compared with the dull Forbidden City, this is simply a fairyland on earth, no wonder the first emperor will build a garden, the weeping willows by the lake look far away is Zhao Liangxi, originally wanted to go over to enjoy the cool when I saw the Qing noble and Qiao noble sitting inside, I shook my head at the wind.
From the side of the glazed flower bed to see two bright yellow ceremonial guards, Yongyan's leisurely figure came into view, I smiled and blessed the body and was about to salute, Yongyan took my hand and said: "Excuse me, my stomach is full of joy when I look at you, and I think that in five months I will be able to see the birth of my prince." ”
I nodded with a smile, glad that although it was six months pregnant, it seemed to ordinary people that it was only five months. Yongyan took my hand for a leisurely walk, Yongyan glanced at the Qing nobles and Qiao nobles in the Zhaoliang Pavilion in the distance, patted my hand and said: "What I hope for most is the harmony of the palace, I am glad that there is no so-called power struggle in my harem, I am very pleased to see your sisterhood." ”
Hearing Yongyan's words, I sneered in my heart: an emperor will never understand the intrigues and tricks that are rife in the harem. I laughed angrily in my heart: "Does the emperor really think that there is no competition for favor, succession and killing in the harem?" The emperor didn't know that this was all an illusion. ”
Yongyan let out an incomprehensible "oh", as if he didn't believe my words, I smiled: "Your Majesty, then the concubine will take the emperor to see it." ”
Yongyan and I stood in the flower bed near Zhaoliang Pavilion, because the grass and shrubs in the flower bed were covered, so the two of them did not see us, but Yongyan and I could clearly see them.
Qing Guiren sat elegantly on the rosewood chair, fiddling with the armor lightly in his hands, and the green calyx sitting opposite glanced at Qing Guiren contemptuously: "No matter how beautiful you dress, now the emperor's mind is not with you at all." ”
The corners of Qing Guiren's mouth rose slightly, and said: "What Qiao Guiren said is right, the emperor's mind is not with me, but not with you, I am poor in terms of appearance and family background, but what about you, it is just a slave that Jin promised to be around, and you are still a slave." ”
Green Calyx got up and smoothed the peony pattern on the cuffs, and said lightly: "What about a good family background, it is the most important thing to get the emperor's favor, no matter what daughter of the Jade Emperor you are, as long as the emperor doesn't like it, it's better to be a minion." ”
I glanced at Yongyan beside me, his face was already complicated, and I laughed coldly in my heart.
Qing Guiren lowered his head and took a sip of tea in the cup, his slender fingers flicked the tea leaves with the teacup lid, and he was cold: "I am also pregnant, how can the difference be so big, I don't understand in my heart, it was that cheap woman who caused you to lose your child, how can you tolerate her to this day, if she was born a prince, then your status is even more unstable, she will give you a clear account of the old accounts at the beginning, will we meet in the cold palace at that time?" ”
A trace of panic flashed in the green calyx's eyes, and she turned her head and pointed at Qing Guiren: "There are many women who are pregnant with children, but there are a few who have given birth, I don't believe that she can give birth, I can't give birth to a child, and she doesn't want to!" ”
The cool wind blew, blowing the golden green step of the Qing Guiren's sideburns, and the Qing Guiren subconsciously straightened the hairpin with his hand. sneered: "Then I'll see how capable you are, I'll wait and see." ”
Green Calyx sneered: "Qing noble, don't think that I don't know what you think, there is no more insidious than you to sow discord and disobey the yang, if you dare to fight with me and dare to calculate me, I will not let you go." ”
Qing Guiren laughed twice as if he was proud, I have long known that although the green calyx and Qing Guiren are embarrassed, their faces and hearts do not match. Yongyan Tie walked away with a blue face, and he finally saw the ugly faces of these women under their delicate makeup.