The Queen Mother (2)
Chapter 178: The Queen Mother (2)
The winter days are short, and the nights are long. It was still pitch black outside the fifth watch, and it took a long time to reveal the white of the fish's belly, the sky was dawning, the glow was scattered, and the sun rose lazily.
Mama Yao helped the Queen Mother comb her hair and hide some pale hair, while gossiping: "Speaking of a recent strange thing, since the queen's birthday banquet, the little lord Ronghua seems to be very close to the queen's mother. The little lord Ronghua often goes to the palace to talk to the queen, and the queen often goes to the Xianfu Palace to walk around, and the two often send snacks to each other! Even the concubines who have always been good friends with the queen are behind the two of them, the queen mother, are you strange? ”
The queen was cold, picked up a little pearl powder with her fingernails and wiped it on her face, and said coldly: "Do you think the mourning family didn't find out?" A few days ago, the mourning family asked the queen to come here to copy the Buddhist scriptures, and Siying's girl actually gave her a hand warmer, and she accompanied her in the side hall for a while! At that time, the mourning family realized that something was wrong! ”
Mama Yao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Little Master Ronghua has some plans?" Maybe she deliberately approached the queen to deal with her? ”
The Queen Mother shook her head slightly, and said, "No, the mourning family can see that in the past, Siying and the queen were close, and it was indeed for some purpose." But this time it was different, she probably ...... It's the queen who treats her as a friend! Don't you know, that day she secretly persuaded the mourning family, saying that the queen is not such a bad person, and asked the mourning family not to copy Buddhist scriptures for her in the future! ”
"Huh?" Mama Yao was taken aback, "This is not like what the little master Ronghua said!" ”
"Not really!" The Queen Mother was obviously very angry, "Although we are all surnamed Yao, and she is also my distant relative, after all, we are separated by several layers!" I didn't want to use her at the beginning, the mourning family was optimistic about the child of the Shangguan family, but unfortunately the child's life was thin, so the mourning family used Siying. But I didn't expect Si Ying to be very good, and she got rid of a few henchmen for the mourning family! So the mourning family couldn't figure it out, since she knew that her surname was Yao and the queen's surname was Shen, she shouldn't be so close! I don't know what's going on in her mind! Come over later, the mourning family must ask her well! ”
Mama Yao pulled the Queen Mother's hair into a bun, wrapped it around her head, fixed it with a golden hairpin, and took four pairs of small silver hairpins as decorations. Persuaded: "Don't be too angry, the Queen Mother is not worth it if she is angry." The little master Rong Hua has always been a director, maybe she was just blinded by the queen, if the queen mother told her about the relationship, she had no reason to be disobedient. ”
The Queen Mother sighed: "Hope! ”
After breakfast, it was already dawn, and after a while, the concubines who had asked for peace from the queen came together with the queen to greet the queen mother.
The Queen Mother was sitting upright on the soft couch in the main hall, squinting at the young women wearing purple and red under her eyes, and said lukewarmly: "Get up!" The queen arrived early today. ”
Shen Wan smiled faintly and said, "Today's weather is good, the sun is just right, your sisters haven't been with me for long, so you remember this queen mother, so come over early to say goodbye." ”
The Queen Mother glanced at her, and in a blink of an eye saw Chen Ronghua, who was pregnant with Liujia, Chen Ronghua's fetus had been more than four months, and she was wearing thick winter clothes and was wrapped in a big fashion outside, so she didn't see it very well.
The Queen Mother said very distressedly: "You are pregnant, isn't it exempt from your morning and dusk?" Why did you run out again on such a cold day? His face turned to Shen Wan and asked coldly, "What's the matter?" Didn't the queen take the words of mourning to heart? Why did you let Chen Ronghua walk around, what if she hurt the dragon fetus? ”
Shen Wan stopped talking, looked at Chen Ronghua, Chen Ronghua hurriedly explained: "The Queen Mother misunderstood, the queen mother did exempt the concubine from the morning and dusk, but her body has improved a lot in the past few days, she didn't go out a few days ago, she was really a little bored, today is fifteen, she should ask the Queen Mother for peace, so she doesn't dare to slack off." ”
Yao Ronghua also joked on the side: "I think the child in Sister Chen's womb misses her grandmother, so I let Sister Chen come over!" ”
The Queen Mother snorted coldly and glared at Yao Ronghua fiercely, Yao Ronghua was stunned and lowered her head.
An imperceptible smile crossed Shen Wan's eyes, and she pulled Chen Ronghua and said softly, "Sit down first, be careful of your body." ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she said very dissatisfiedly: "Sit down, others still think that the mourning family is mean to you!" ”
Everyone had some sneering on their faces, and they all sat down in turn, and the Queen Mother didn't have anything to say, but she didn't let her go, and everyone didn't dare to leave first. In the end, Shen Wan got up and said with a smile: "Didn't we say today that we want to go to Xianfu Palace to taste Sister Ronghua's good tea and snacks?" You always ask me why I can talk to Yao Ronghua on weekdays, and to tell you the truth, it is the good tea and snacks in her palace that keep the palace! ”
Everyone said yes, Shen Wan looked at the Queen Mother and asked with a smile: "The Queen Mother will also go with you?" ”
The Queen Mother blushed and said coldly: "I'm afraid that the mourning family will ruin your happiness, so I won't go!" ”
Yao Ronghua hurriedly said: "Where does the Queen Mother say, the concubines are looking forward to the Queen Mother's going, everyone is so lively and lively together!" ”
The Queen Mother snorted and said, "If the mourning family says not to go, it is not to go, what are you talking about!" ”
Yao Ronghua had been reprimanded in front of so many people, and she was a little embarrassed at the moment, Shen Wan pulled her and said to the Queen Mother: "Since the queen mother doesn't want to move around, then the concubines will retire first." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand impatiently, and couldn't help glaring at Yao Ronghua.
Everyone fled and left Shou'an Palace, and Concubine Ming kept patting her chest and muttering: "The Queen Mother is so terrible!" Why is she so fierce! ”
Concubine Shun smiled and said to her: "The Queen Mother is just serious about people, you don't have to be afraid." Let's go to Xianfu Palace for a snack. ”
Hearing the snacks, Concubine Ming laughed, and said that she would also make a few hometown snacks and make them for everyone to eat another day, so that everyone could taste the taste of Haidong together.
So, everyone happily went to Xianfu Palace, and Yao Ronghua really prepared a lot of snacks and different teas. She deliberately brought a cup of tea from a Ruyao porcelain cup to Shen Wan, and said with a smile: "The day before yesterday, I heard that Niangniang likes to drink maple dew, but the concubine just harvested the red maple this year, and also collected the snow water on the pine needles, so it was easy to make such a small cup, and the mother appreciated and drank it, right?" ”
Shen Wan took it, saw that the color was bright and the fragrance was fragrant, and praised: "Good tea." ”
Concubine Duan laughed: "Sister Ronghua is so partial, giving the queen maple dew, or snow water on pine needles, but soaking us in old rain." ”
Yao Ronghua was stunned for a moment, and asked embarrassedly: "Sister is drinking out?" ”
Shen Wan said with a smile: "She, eccentric, worthy of being born in a wealthy family, has been used to drinking good tea since she was a child, I'm afraid this idea will not be difficult for her." ”
Duan Concubine laughed and said, "Niangniang's so-called rich family can only drink aged rainwater to make tea, and it is precisely because I am used to drinking it that I can distinguish it." After that, he took a sip of the snow-capped silver tooth in his hand and praised: "The tea is really good." ”
As he was talking, the queen mother arrived outside. Everyone hurriedly put down the things in their hands and went out to greet them.