Chapter 26 The mountain rain is coming
In this emperor's deep palace, it has always been the mother who is more expensive than the son, although the queen is not very favored now, but she still has a son under her knees, Concubine Su Shu has the support of the five princes, and even the deceased concubine has been pregnant with a son. Now that Concubine De is favored, it must be said that the emperor has no affection for her, but in other words, the concubine passed away, the Zhang family was defeated, whether it was in the harem or the court and the opposition, the emperor urgently needed someone to fill the vacancy, so he chose Concubine De and Concubine Shu, or the Su family and the Wu family behind the second concubine, as the two chess pieces for the emperor to weigh the court and the opposition. If you want to live in this high position for a long time, and you have no children under your knees, you will have trouble eating and clothing for anyone. What's more, Concubine De, who has been in the palace for more than ten years and has no children, although she doesn't care if she is in a high position, but seeing the group of children under the knees of others, how can this wish as a mother be concealed?
Scarlet smoke knew the depth of it, and the green jade finger moved away from Concubine De's wrist, seeing that the two of them were eager, and a faint gaze floated one after another, she had already made up her mind in her heart, and said softly, "Concubine De Niangniang is already cold, after wearing the cold grass sachet, the cold in the body accumulates, but the climate has warmed up recently, fortunately, it has not hurt the body, Niangniang removed the incense in the house, as well as the sachet, walk in the sun on weekdays, and eat some warm to replenish the body." ”
Hearing this, Concubine Shu breathed a sigh of relief, but Concubine De seemed to not take her body to heart, and said with a smile, "Look at your sister, you are in a hurry, isn't my sister fine?" ”
Concubine Shu glanced at her with disgust, "If my sister reminds you later, let's see if you can still laugh!" Then again, where did you get this sachet and this incense? ”
Concubine De was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty, "It seems that it was sent by someone who had just entered the palace, and it seems that the things received by each concubine are not quite the same." ”
A talented person who has just entered the palace? As if sensing the doubts of the scarlet smoke, Concubine Shuniang glanced at her and said lightly, "That day of the flower feast, the second miss of the Cai family and the Wang family did not know which lady entered the eyes of the queen mother and was summoned into this palace, one was named a talented person, and the other was Jieyu, who is really a person with eyes." ”
It turned out to be the Queen. Scarlet Smoke secretly thought to herself, although the young ladies of the Cai and Wang families broke away from the dispute between their concubines and entered this deep palace, they participated in a bigger and dirtier whirlpool of competition for favor. Standing too early can only make more enemies for yourself, and if you don't understand this kind of simple truth, you can only end up with a loss of fragrance and jade. Scarlet Yan raised her eyes and saw Concubine Shu's expression faint, knowing that this talented person who did it for the queen was afraid that she would have a hard time in the future.
Knowing Concubine Shu's short-term temperament, Concubine De blinked her eyes and said with a smile, "Sister, don't be angry, my sister has thanked my sister here." It's just that now I have to change to a new sachet, which is a bit troublesome, and my sister has to choose it for me. ”
Concubine Shu glanced at her angrily, knowing that she didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore, she smiled helplessly, "Okay, it's all up to you." ”
At this moment, before Scarlet Smoke entered the palace, the two sachets that he had improvised were taken out of his sleeves and said softly, "If Niangniang doesn't dislike it, Yan'er has two hand-made sachets here, although they are not the best spices, but they are the flowers and leaves and herbs that Yan'er took at dawn ten days ago and still have morning dew. ”
After listening to Scarlet Yan's description, Concubine Shu and Concubine De were both a little surprised, they were really delicate people. The two of them respectively took a light blue embroidered sachet from her hand, and an orange-red semi-sheer gauze sachet, a faint fragrance emanated from the palm of the hand, a soft and delicate like the early sun in March, a fresh and sweet like a clear spring in the deep mountains, as if to dispel the filthy air that enveloped people's hearts.
"What a clever and delicate girl." got the new sachet, Concubine De was very happy, and couldn't help but look at Scarlet Smoke a few more times, only to feel that the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, so she pretended to regret and sighed towards Scarlet Smoke, "If there is an adult prince under the knees of this palace who has not yet married a wife, he will definitely let him marry you, such a wonderful person, he has to stay in his own home." ”
Concubine Shu also smiled when she heard this, "My sister is right, what a good girl." It's a pity that it was taken first by King Xinling. ”
Seeing that the second concubine was so happy that she made fun of her, Scarlet Yan's face couldn't help but be dyed with a hint of red, and said coquettishly, "Niangniang, don't laugh at the cigarette." Yan'er prescribed some medicine to the two mothers to replenish their bodies, and the mother remembered to take it on time in the morning and evening, don't be tired in this half a month, and it will be fine. With that, she saluted the two of them, "Yan'er said goodbye." ”
The shy appearance of Scarlet Smoke's little daughter made the second concubine even more happy, and she didn't care about her unauthorized departure, but the two recalled themselves many years ago, and they seemed to be so young and beautiful, and they couldn't come back to their senses after being immersed in memories for a while. However, what they didn't know was that in the prescription prescribed by Scarlet Smoke, Concubine De's prescription was slightly changed, and a taste of spring grass was added, which could imperceptibly remove the infertile medicinal power from Concubine De's body.
Out of Concubine De's courtyard, the look on Scarlet Smoke's face was gone, and the previous shy appearance was gone, and she turned onto a big road after going west according to the route in her memory, just when she was about to leave quickly, she felt someone patting her shoulder behind her back, and the pace under Scarlet Smoke's feet paused, and her body couldn't help but tense, and at this time, there seemed to be no one else in the palace except for Concubine Shude, the crown prince, and the five princes. Could it be Wei Xian? Scarlet Smoke thought about it, and suddenly turned around when her heart counted down from ten to seven, but she saw a surprised little face, and the person who came was Yin Ruohe, which made Scarlet Smoke also taken aback.
Yin Ruohe didn't expect Scarlet Smoke to suddenly turn around when she wasn't paying attention, she had followed her father into the palace and walked around, and saw a person who was very similar to Scarlet Smoke, so she came forward to say hello, she didn't want it to be her, and she was startled, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said angrily, "Sister Yan'er, why did you suddenly turn around and scare me!" ”
Scarlet sneered, "Who made you want to scare me in the first place?" Why are you here? ”
glanced at Scarlet Smoke angrily, Ruohe said, "When my father entered the palace to report on his work, I pestered him to take me with me, anyway, I was idle in the house. Did my sister also enter the palace with the scarlet minister? ”
Scarlet Smoke shook her head and smiled mysteriously, "No, it's a secret. ”
"What's the secret? Could it be that my sister came to this palace to find her sweetheart? Seeing her smile strangely, Ruohe teased.
"Oh, what are you talking nonsense about, you girl!" Scarlet Smoke was a little annoyed when she heard this, and reached out to cover her mouth, but she gently and skillfully dodged it. At this time, a female officer with a serious expression walked by, and the laughter of the two of them was stagnant, and they couldn't even hold their breath. The female officials in this palace are the most strict, especially not used to women frolicking, if the defendant goes to the house, he will have to eat a meal of reprimand, and even copy the "Women's Classic" several times, so there are few girls who are not afraid of this female official.
And when the female officer walked by, the two looked at each other's eyes at the happiness of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and couldn't help laughing, for fear of being heard by the female officer who had never gone far, and they reached out to cover their mouths in unison. Finally, after a long time, when there was silence around them, the two of them carefully lowered their hands and let out a long sigh.
Scarlet Smoke was just about to say goodbye to Ruohe, but she saw her looking at her hesitantly, and her appearance of wanting to speak made her a little curious, and she couldn't help asking, "Did something happen?" ”
Yin Ruohe was stunned for two seconds and nodded, shook her head again, and sighed lightly, "I don't know how to tell my sister, in recent days, I have always found that the second lady in my sister's mansion seems to be planning something when she walks with my second sister." ”
"Scarlet Moon?" Scarlet Smoke frowned when she heard this, Scarlet Moon has locked herself in her room most of the time, except for asking her father to say goodbye, she doesn't dwell in front of her eyes much, she is curious about how this person who loves trouble on weekdays suddenly learned to be obedient, and Scarlet Moon is going to cause trouble again?
Ruohe nodded, her clear eyes darkened, "My second sister, although she seems to be well-behaved, will always cause some troubles, she is a strong person, and the most important thing is ......" Speaking of this, she suddenly paused, and the look on her face became more and more complicated.
Seeing her look like this, Scarlet Smoke didn't urge, but said softly, "But it's okay to say it." ”
Glancing at Scarlet Smoke deeply, the girl bit her lip, and finally as if she had made some major decision, Sakura's lips opened lightly, "The important thing is that my second sister seems to have a soft spot for King Xinling......"
raised her eyebrows, her words, Scarlet Smoke really didn't expect it. King Xinling didn't appear much in the palace, although he was handsome, but he didn't talk coldly. She really couldn't figure out how Ruohe's sister would have a soft spot for such a good-looking ice lump.
As if feeling the doubts of Scarlet Smoke, Yin Ruohe shook her head with a wry smile, "I don't know why she fell in love with King Xinling, but with my understanding of her, she and Scarlet Moon must be planning something bad, sister, you ...... Be careful. ”
Sensing the faint apology and uneasiness in Ruohe's voice, Scarlet Smoke's eyes softened, walked to her side, took her hand, looked into Ruohe's eyes covered by haze, and comforted, "Don't worry, I will deal with it carefully." "No matter what they plan, it's just a trick between little girls. However, Scarlet Yan naturally didn't say the second half of the sentence, and then she pulled Yin Ruohe and walked out of the palace together.
However, behind a cluster of flowers not far behind them, a figure flashed by and walked towards the Funing Hall where the queen lived.
In the palatial Funing Palace, the graceful and luxurious Empress Jin fiddled with the jade fingers dyed with bright red Kodan, and looked at the maid who was lying down to the palace with a faint expression, and the beautiful eyes could not see the cloudy and sunny weather. The low voice was charming and tactful, but the words that came out made people feel a chill down their spines.
"Let that talented person invite himself out of the palace, this kind of person is just a waste of my heavenly family's food to keep."
"Scarlet smoke? Very good......"