Mama Shui was stuffed with something in her mouth and couldn't speak. When she heard what Jinxiu said, her eyes flashed with horror and despair. She desperately broke free from the chamberlain who held her down, and knelt at Jinxiu's feet, whining and pleading.

Jinxiu couldn't bear to look at her more, so she simply got up and walked away to avoid it. After waiting for the attendants to regain control of Shui Mama, she turned around and walked back.

"It's an old man after all, you guys should be neat when you start." Jinxiu instructed the attendants. "Mama, don't struggle in vain, you can be honest and suffer less sin on the road."

After saying that, several attendants instantly rushed up, but after a while, Shui Mama's struggling arms finally stopped moving, and fell down after a long time in the air.

"Splendid girl, it's done."

"Okay, the person who entered the door has already been tied, you can send Mama Shui out of the palace." Jinxiu glanced back, saw the package that had fallen not far away, and motioned for them to go over and pick it up. "There were a total of five hundred taels in the package, and I took the money to go out to buy a coffin for Mama Shui and bury her properly. Divide the rest of the money. ”

"Thank you for the Splendid Girl."

"I know a little bit about your path, so don't think about swallowing all five hundred taels today." Jinxiu stood in front of Mama Shui's corpse, looked at her still unwilling to open a pair of cloudy eyes, and frowned at the few attendants. "Don't think about finding a tattered straw mat and throwing her into a mass grave, I'm not such a fool."

"Yes, yes, the minions have written down the orders of the splendid girl." The one who was the leader of the chamberlain looked at Jinxiu's unkind eyes, and hurriedly rubbed his hands and stepped forward to reply. "The minions will definitely find a good coffin to bury Mama Shui, and the splendid girl can rest assured."

"Okay, while there is no one now, let's go out of the palace to do errands."

The attendants hurriedly lifted Mama Shui's body and went in the direction of Lin Jinmen. The palace guards guarding the door were about to stop a few of them for questioning.

But after seeing Jinxiu slowly walking out of the forest, he hurriedly let a few people go.

Jinxiu didn't step forward, just nodded Yaoyao and left directly.

When Jinxiu returned to Zhaoyang Palace, the queen had already gotten up.

"Splendid is back?" The queen saw the figure of Jinxiu in the mirror on the dressing table. "Did the people send them away?"

"Back to Niangniang's words, the slave maid watched someone send Shui Mama on the road." Jinxiu walked behind the queen and stood still, bowing her head and respectfully replying. "I didn't alarm anyone along the way, don't worry."

"You have always done things safely, so I am naturally relieved." got a satisfactory answer in her heart, and the queen's complexion today is getting better and better. "I don't want them to comb their hair, so you should comb it for me."

The palace maid who was originally holding the comb hurriedly turned around and sent the comb to Jinxiu with both hands, Jinxiu stepped forward to take the comb and nodded at her, and the palace maid immediately retreated.

Jinxiu gently combed the queen's hair, she did not rush to tie up the queen's hair, but first used the comb in her hand to dredge the queen's veins.

The splendid technique was appropriate, so that the queen, who was still a little tired from getting up early, gradually soothed and closed her eyes comfortably.

"The slave and maid looked at the mother's makeup today, does the mother have any major things to do?" Jinxiu quietly looked at the queen's expression from the mirror, and only asked tentatively after a while.

"I said that I was sick for a few months, and during this period, I was exempted from the salutes and greetings of the six palaces." The queen closed her eyes slightly and said lightly. "But it's time for me to get better of this illness, I have to let these six palaces know, who is the mistress of this harem?"

"It seems that Niangniang's Zhaoyang Palace is going to be lively today." Jinxiu has served the queen for many years, and can be regarded as the first person around the queen. The queen never had to speak too clearly in front of her, and sometimes the queen even raised her eyebrows, and Jinxiu could quickly guess her mind. "After the slave finished combing the mother's hair, she ordered someone to prepare tea and snacks for the guests."

"Well, it's still you." The queen praised lightly. "Jinxiu, it's good that I still have you by my side. I haven't been able to have a son and a half daughter of my own in my life, but fortunately, you are smart and caring. ”

"Niangniang praised it, Jinxiu is just an ordinary slave beside Niangniang. If it weren't for the mother's lift, Jinxiu would not have this blessing to be able to serve by the mother's side for a long time. Jinxiu replied, and the movements of her hands did not pause in the slightest, and after a while, she had already arranged her hair in a bun for the queen.

Jinxiu held up another mirror behind the queen so that she could see the whole bun. The queen looked at it carefully for a moment, then nodded with great satisfaction.

"It's always your craft that is the best." The queen turned her head to look at the splendid behind her.

In the Yihua Palace, Baizhu hurriedly sent a message to Emperor Liu's concubine.

"What?" Emperor Liu, who was leaning on the head of the bed to recuperate, asked with some surprise. "The queen wants to summon all the palace concubines in Zhaoyang Palace today?"

"Yes, sis." Baizhu nodded. "The words that the people from Zhaoyang Palace came to pass on, saying that no one should be missed. The queen also said that she knew that it was inconvenient for Niangniang to travel when you were recovering from a serious illness, so she specially sent a sedan chair to pick up Niangniang to Zhaoyang Palace. ”

"By the way, has Concubine Wu's funeral been arranged?" Emperor Liu asked.

"The slaves and maids have all been arranged, and they have already reported their death yesterday. His Majesty learned the news of Concubine Wu's death, and asked the chamberlain of Wu to send 600 taels of gold to Concubine Wu's mother's family. ”

"yes, okay." Concubine Liu Huang stretched out her hand and motioned for Baizhu to help her get up and make up. "Help me up and freshen up."

"But Niangniang, the doctors have specially instructed before, Niangniang's body has a big injury this time, it is best not to move, and rest in peace." Baizhu said hesitantly. "Does the queen want the slave to come forward and push it for you?"

"It's better to say goodbye, she won't be a director, after all, she is a wife and I am a concubine." Concubine Liu Huang glanced at Baizhu, lowered her head and said with a smile on her lips. "Besides, the queen mother has thoughtfully sent a sedan chair to pick me up, and I won't take Qiao to send it to the door for nothing."

Concubine Liu knew in her heart that this man-made illness had indeed hurt her body, and even if she had been recuperating for a while, her body was still weak and weak.

Concubine Wu, who has been attached to herself for many years and has nothing to do, will suddenly attack herself, and Concubine Liu doesn't have to think about it, she probably knows that the queen's calculations are indispensable in the future.

The queen said that she had been ill for several months, and she was suddenly summoned at this time, and it seemed that today's summons in Zhaoyang Palace was mostly a Hongmen banquet.

Before going out, Emperor Liu's concubine ordered someone to boil a bowl of thick ginseng soup, and when she went out, Emperor Liu's concubine raised her head and drank all the ginseng soup, so that she could barely warm up her body and lift her spirits.

Emperor Liu's concubine arrived late, and when she arrived, most of the seats above the main hall were already full, and many low-ranking concubines had to stand and wait for the queen to come.

Seeing her coming, Concubine De, who was sitting in front, hurriedly got up and waved at her.

"Why are you here today?" Concubine De took her hand, looked her up and down, and asked. "You're just recovering from this serious illness, why do you have to hold on?"

"Hey, do I really want to come?" Concubine Liu Huang greeted the other concubines with a smile and whispered to Concubine De. "Our queen mother was afraid that I would pretend to be sick and weak, so she specially sent a sedan chair to pick me up at Yihua Palace. How can I say that everyone is the master of the harem, can I really not give her this face? ”

"Her mother's children made such an unbearable thing, which made Her Majesty really angry." Concubine De pouted and said. "She's fine, pretending to be sick for a few months, and now that the wind is calm, she doesn't know what to make trouble about."

Between the words of Emperor Liu's concubine and Concubine De, the queen came dressed up.

As soon as she appeared, everyone in the hall got up one after another, led by the highest-ranking concubine Liuhuang, and bowed her knees to the queen and greeted her.

The queen's face was ruddy, and she really didn't look like someone who had been sick for months.

"Alright, let's get up quickly." The queen said with a smile, looked at the concubine Liuhuang who was closest to her, and asked with concern. "Oh, I haven't seen you for the past few months, why is the imperial concubine's complexion so much worse? Jinxiu, go over and help the imperial concubine sit down for me. ”

Jinxiu led the order to step forward quickly and helped Emperor Liu to sit down.

"The concubine thanked the mother for her compassion and greetings." Emperor Liu's concubine sat down peacefully and replied without showing weakness. "The concubine's blessing is not as noble as the queen's mother's phoenix body, if it weren't for the mother's intimate initiative to send someone to pick up the concubine today, I'm afraid that the concubine wouldn't have this blessing today."

"Speaking of which, it's a pity for Concubine Wu." The queen looked at Emperor Liu and said. "Originally, I heard that she was in good health, but why did she suddenly get sick."

"yes." Emperor Liu's face darkened, and then she said. "But the mother's complexion looks excellent today, and I really don't want to be sick for months. I don't know how Niangniang recuperated her body, but she was able to recuperate so well. If you have a recipe in your hand, don't be stingy and hide it and don't tell anyone. ”

The queen and the concubine of Emperor Liu are sharp in one sentence, and the two of them do not back down at all, you say a word.

The concubines and palace maids below dared to intervene, so they all looked at their noses and noses and did not speak.

"Look at me, I was so bent on talking to the imperial concubine that I almost snubbed you. Splendid, let's serve tea and snacks. The queen suddenly changed her tone and said. My body has never been angry, but something happened to my mother's family some time ago, and I was sick for several months. During this period of time, the imperial concubine was tired and presided over the chores of the six palaces for me. The imperial concubine's illness was so ferocious, and it was probably because of overwork. Now that I'm healed, the imperial concubine should have a good rest. ”