Chapter 52: The Test of the Jade Lady (1)
The palace has a new owner, and the Qingyin Palace, which has been empty for a long time, has also become lively again, and the servants and miscellaneous servants under his hands are also busy, and there is even a shortage of manpower for a while, so Ruoxi, who is currently in the number one of the big red people, was pulled over to help. Of course, there is also the reason why Princess Xianyue loves the mare's milk cake made by Ruoxi very much.
Martha stood at the door of the Qingyin Hall early in the morning and looked around, the light veil hung on her cheeks with a small silver hook, in the early morning, the weather was still relatively cold, and she could vaguely see Martha's exhaled ha, forming a white mist in front of her, and finally, after she had played thirty hache, she saw Ruoxi hurrying over.
greeted him cordially, now Martha is very familiar with Ruoxi, and when they meet, they will no longer nod their heads and bow down to perform their own clan salutes, and directly hold Ruoxi's hand, Ruoxi saw her red nose and asked, "Are you cold?" ”
"It's cold, but I'm going to wait here for you." Martha's Chinese has improved a lot lately. When he spoke, he spoke much faster.
"Don't be so serious, Martha, I'm a little late today, hey."
Hearing her sigh at the end, Martha couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Ruoxi, do you have something to worry about?" ”
It's okay that she didn't ask, but when she asked, Ruoxi's already extremely tired face showed an expression that she couldn't bear to think about, "It's okay anymore, let's go in and work." "She didn't know how to tell her how she had escaped the clutches of that shameless Third Highness last night.
The work in the morning was very easy, nothing more than to clean up the palace, replace the curtains and tents, and the time passed quickly when things big and small were busy, and when Ruoxi straightened up, he heard a rumbling outside.
She and Martha ran out to take a look, and saw a little girl running with her braids flying up and rushing straight towards the gate. She was running in the direction of the main hall, but after seeing Ruoxi, Fei also seemed to make a 180-degree turn, rushing directly to her, because the inertia just now was too big, the soles of the little girl's feet slipped, and at the moment of the turn, a "Ruo" word just shouted, she fell to the ground on a big horse, and swallowed back the word "Xi".
Martha had already looked straight, but Ruoxi looked like she was used to seeing it, with a "look at your shameful" expression, and she helped up the girl who fell with a blue nose and swollen face, "Ning Xiang, do you like this land very much?" ”
Ning Xiang spit out the saliva in her mouth and stammered, "You still have time to talk nonsense, Mrs. Yu will come over in a while." ”
Ruoxi shrugged her shoulders disapprovingly, and patted the soil on her body for her, "Naturally, she didn't come to discipline me, this is Qingyin Palace." ”
Ning Xiang thought about it and shook her head in disagreement, "Not necessarily, there is also the Lord of Furong who came with me!" ”
If these two people appear together, it will probably be a very bad thing for Ruoxi, right? Ruoxi frowned imperceptibly, looked up at the huge sun above her head, and touched Ning Xiang's forehead, "What are they doing here?" "The presence of these two people together is definitely a big deal.
"You don't know yet?" Ning Xiang has the expression you should know best.
Ruoxi shook her head honestly, "I don't know. ”
"I don't know." Ning Xiang replied honestly.
Ruoxi was angry, facing this silly girl, Ruoxi was in a hurry and didn't know where to start, seeing that there were many willful people looking at them around, Ruoxi had to pull her up and walk to the quiet place with her back. Ruoxi squatted down and lifted her trouser leg to see that fortunately there were cotton pants in the way, but even so, two purple-red blood tendons were still grinding out of Ning Xiang's knees.
"I said how did you be so careless." To be honest, she had never seen a person of this size break himself like this. Looking at her tearful eyes in pain, she couldn't bear to say anything reproachful, "I came here in a hurry just to tell me this?" ”
"yes, yes." Ning Xiang nodded vigorously, "I heard that Lady Nayu and the Lord of Furong were coming over in the morning, and I heard that they said that you were going to be on duty here today, so I was very worried about you, so I came here." ”
Ruoxi turned her back and fiddled with the ointment in her hand and gently applied it to her knee, "I didn't make a mistake, don't be afraid of them." ”
"Sister Ruoxi, do you still believe that only those who do wrong things in this world will be punished?" Ning Xiang's face showed a completely different look from her usual, "I didn't believe it for a long time. ”
Ruoxi stared at her for a while, smiled calmly, and touched her head like a small animal, "Okay, then I don't believe it either." Ning Xiang looked at her, as if she wanted to say something, but she never said it.
"Ruoxi, are you there, are you inside?" This way of breaking sentences belongs to Martha alone, of course. Ruoxi latched the door open, "I'm sorry Martha, I'll borrow your room." It turned out that Ruoxi saw that Ning Xiang's injury was not light just now, so she simply took her into Martha's room to have a good look. Martha entered the room and smiled kindly at Ning Xiang, "It's okay, you go on." I'm here to tell you that the lady and the lord of the county have arrived, and are drinking tea in front of them. ”
Ruoxi asked, "Don't you have to wait in front?" ”
"I went in just now, and they kicked me out, depending on the situation, that lady is coming to ask the princess about some things." Ruoxi nodded, her brows couldn't help frowning, under what circumstances did the inquiry actually drive Martha out? There was a bad warning in his mind, Ruoxi hesitated and didn't wait for him to speak, and then he heard that Ning Xiang had already opened his mouth. "Oh my God, they must be trying to make things difficult for your master."
Although Martha is not good at Chinese, she understands the warning in Ning Xiang's words.
"They're going to come to trouble the princess, aren't they?" Martha's eyes were already showing horror, and their master and servant had become interdependent in a foreign land, and they were quite dependent on each other. When she heard that someone might be trying to do something bad to the princess, Martha was immediately alarmed. Turn around and go out.
Ruoxi felt a little unbearable in her heart, and grabbed her hand, "Don't panic, I'll go with you to take a look." Martha nodded gratefully, Ruoxi turned her head to Ning Xiang who was sitting in the chair and said, "You wait for me here, don't move around at will, you know?" Ning Xiang was already limping and walked over, "I'll go with you." ”
"What are you going to do?" Ruoxi looked at her in surprise.
"They...... Well, I'm still going with you, I don't know why, I'm especially scared today...... Fear of being left alone. ”
Ruoxi couldn't screw her, so she had to nod, still a little uneasy and said, "I'll see the opportunity to act in a while, and if there is any situation, you can quickly move the rescuers." ”
"Move the rescuers...... Do you mean the Third Highness? The three of them walked out together, Ning Xiang answered, Ruoxi heard the words and his footsteps were stagnant, why did he naturally think of looking for that person just now? Isn't what Ning Xiang said what she thinks in her heart?
There were a few more palace maids who didn't know each other at the entrance of the main hall of the Qingyin Hall than usual, and the palace maids of the Qingyin Hall itself were blocked from the palace gate. Ruoxi and they saw them looking inside curiously from a distance, and when they looked over, it was Bizhu and Hua Ju at the door, and after seeing Martha, Hua Ju anxiously pulled her aside, and said in a low voice, "Why did you come here, it's not good inside." ”
Martha's eyes were red with fright, and she asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Bizhu, who has always been arrogant, also showed rare worries, glanced at Ruoxi, who was standing at the end, and said softly, "They want Princess Xianyue to cook." ”
"Huh?" The first to scream was Martha, who covered her mouth tightly with her hand to avoid making a louder noise, "Isn't it? The princess can't even cook our Western Liang dishes. ”
"Is this bullying?" Ning Xiang said loudly.
Hua Ju glanced at her, "This doesn't count, Madame Yu is just doing the duty of a mother for the former queen." ”
"A mother's duty?"
"According to the custom of the Great Prayer Kingdom, before the children get married, the man's mother needs to examine the daughter-in-law, and the mother-in-law needs to enter the door before entering the door. This custom is the same from the royal family to the common people. His Royal Highness's mother died early, so this matter fell on Mrs. Yu's head, but ......" Hua Ju said so much, and suddenly stopped, as if realizing that she had said too much.
However, the content of the rest, Ruoxi has already understood, but at this time, without His Majesty's will, she brought someone here, and Madame Yu already regarded herself as the head of the harem.
While they were talking, the door was opened, and Martha, worried about Princess String Moon, was the first to squeeze out of the crowd and support Princess String Moon, whose face looked as pale as paper.
The other two parties had uncertain expressions on their faces, the Lord of Furong looked very happy, while Madam Jade had a calm face, no different from usual.
"Princess, please." Wei Furong made a gesture, and the direction of her finger was the chef of Qingyin Palace.
It seems that the test of the quarter moon has really just begun.
"String Moon...... Quarter Moon ...... Not good at ...... "Pity the pale-faced princess Zhiwu didn't say a whole word for a long time.
"Are you not going?" Wei Furong already showed a sinister smile. Ruoxi saw it in her eyes, and her heart couldn't help but tremble.
Laifu, who was following Madame Yu, also took a few steps forward with his fat belly, "Your Royal Highness Princess, you don't want to disobey Madame's order, do you?" ”
"According to the custom of the Great Prayer Kingdom, if Lady Yu's requirements are not met, the Great Prayer Kingdom will withdraw from the marriage." After saying that, everyone present gasped, it turned out that Mrs. Yu had made this calculation and was bent on destroying the harmony between Daqiguo and Xiliang.
But what's in it for her? Ruoxi, who was secretly thinking, suddenly felt a gaze fall on her, and in her ears she heard Madam Yu say in her unique cold voice, "If there is one person in your Qingyin Hall who can complete it, I will count you as passing." How is it? When she said this, her eyes were impartial, and they were falling on Ruoxi's body.