Chapter 296: Centipede in a Teacup
On a sunny day, the clouds dispersed, revealing a large blue sky. The heavens are high and the earth is vast, all of which are highlighted by the dissipation of clouds and mist.
After looking at the oppressive scene of heavy clouds accumulating in the sky for a long time, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in the face of the blue sky.
The morning light is faint, the air is cool, and the snow in the imperial garden has faded, as if it is autumn again.
The flowers that bloomed in the cold had a shining arrogance under the sunlight, the color of the evergreen trees in all seasons was a little less, and the scenery on the earth carried the morning light or shiny, or slightly dim, but they were all normal.
Today, the palace people suddenly saw the two people of Drunken Moon Xuan, and everyone was pleasantly surprised, which was even more surprising than seeing the emperor.
This Xue Concubine is notoriously cold and indifferent, in the eyes of everyone, she is a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world, she has been staying in the Drunken Moon Xuan and not coming out to walk around, and the outstanding immortal beauty can only exist in the imagination.
In short, Xue Concubine is a popular "legend" in the harem.
It would be great if I was lucky enough to see it, and maybe I could know something new to pass the boring and silent life in the deep palace.
"Hey, look, that's Xue Concubine Niangniang!"
"Wow, really! How could she come out? Could it be because it's sunny?"
"Maybe! She can't hide her face in this plain dress, no wonder the emperor loves her so much!"
Yukisawa heard the whispers of others, but he didn't take them to heart, and slowly moved his steps.
Those people only said a few words behind her back, and they would be silent and humble in front of her, for fear of offending her. Although she has not punished anyone, her existence is more feared than that of Concubine Xian. After all, she often has the support of the emperor behind her, who dares to offend easily?
Lianzi looked around and whispered to Xue Ze, "The road ahead is the only way for Concubine Xian, can you go now?"
"Right here, it's too close but abrupt!" Xue Ze walked a few steps forward, saw a cluster of beautiful ice dew chrysanthemums on the side of the road, and smiled lightly: "Let's go over and enjoy the flowers!"
The white and clean chrysanthemum is lovely, and the beautiful petals and leaves are just right, and the two colors of white and blue are exactly the colors that Yukisawa likes.
Most of the red, yellow, and pink chrysanthemums are cultivated in the palace, and the flowers are large and delicate, and the color is thick and gorgeous, which is in line with the tone of wealth and glory in the palace.
This flower grows here alone, surrounded by some large trees, which does not seem to stand out, but is a kind of foil.
"This flower grows so well, it should be good to dry it and make tea!"
Xue Ze nodded and smiled, "I also picked some chrysanthemums when I was in the Hou Mansion, I don't know if the Hou Wang has added them to the tea! This flower is stained with dew, it looks full and clear, but it is in line with its name, and it is a bit overkill to make tea!"
"What does Senior Sister want to do? This flower is not very fragrant, and it seems useless to make dried flowers!"
"Wouldn't it be nice to let it continue to bloom?"
Lianzi's afterglow glanced at a person, and he leaned close to Xue Ze's ear and said, "Concubine Xian is here, she seems to be looking at you!"
"You take out your usual arrogance and arrogance, and respond to her!"
Lianzi lowered her head and smiled, turned her head over, and glanced at Concubine Xian lightly.
At this moment, Concubine Xian happened to walk five feet away from the two of them, and she received all the eyes of Lianzi that were full of contempt, pride, and arrogance, and suddenly stopped in anger.
"How dare you do this to me!"
"Master, you hold back, that's the snow concubine that the emperor cares about the most!"
Concubine Xian ignored the advice of the maid Cherry, glared at the lotus seed dissatisfiedly, and said loudly: "Now, can even a palace maid be so rude?"
Lianzi smiled softly, turned sideways and said to Xue Ze: "Master, Concubine Xian is behind you!"
Xue Ze turned around, looked at Concubine Xian, and walked over with a blank face.
"Concubine Xian, it's not good for your health to be angry early in the morning. If the lotus seed provokes you, please don't care, I will definitely discipline you well!"
Concubine Xian snorted coldly, and was annoyed by the indifferent eyes of the two opposites, and thought: Is such a cold tone an apology? Don't take me seriously at all, in terms of birth and status, which one of me can't compare to you? Now that the emperor is very fond of you, it doesn't mean that you are better off in the harem! As long as I am here, I will not let you have a good time!
"Where did Sister Xue Concubine say?No matter how humble Lianzi is, she is the only maid in Zuiyue Xuan, and it is normal to be cold and arrogant to me, how can I be angry?"
"Concubine Xie Xian!"
Concubine Xian smiled coldly, walked up to Xue Ze, and said in a low voice: "However, don't think that you can be so arrogant to me if you get a favor, I am the head of the harem!"
Xue Ze nodded and looked at Concubine Xian indifferently. "I don't care about that, and I don't bother to rob you. Do whatever you want, we don't mess with each other, and the well water doesn't interfere with the river water!"
"You!" Concubine Xian snorted coldly, how to see how Xue Ze was unpleasant.
Cherry pulled Concubine Xian and whispered: "Master, we still have to go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye, don't say more!"
Seeing this, Xue Ze turned around with lotus seeds to leave, but was pulled by Concubine Xian.
"That's leaving?"
"Concubine Xian, what do you mean by this?"
"Although the emperor said that you don't have to salute anyone, and you don't need to greet the queen mother, but Lianzi is a slave, if I want to deal with her, isn't it easy and reasonable?" "Lianzi is disrespectful to the concubine, even if it is hand-picked by the emperor, then it is not too much for me to teach her a lesson!"
Xue Ze grabbed the excited lotus seed and said in a softer tone. "Concubine Xian, Lianzi has followed me since she was a child, and she is a little willful, and she blames me for improper discipline! Today's matter is on me, I hope you don't remember it, I am willing to bear it for her!"
Concubine Xian smiled with satisfaction and grabbed Yukizawa's wrist. "I'm not so angry, I'm just responsible for everyone in the harem! However, in such good weather, if Concubine Xue goes with me to greet the Queen Mother, maybe she will be very happy!"
Xue Ze was stunned for a moment, looked at the lotus seeds, nodded and replied: "Since it is what Concubine Xian said, then I will go!"
Concubine Xian nodded proudly, suddenly let go of Xue Ze's hand, turned around and left, looking very proud.
"Xue Concubine, this concubine should have asked the Queen Mother to be safe, and you should also learn this rule! If he loses his grace one day, he will not be disliked by everyone, let alone end up being rude and unvirtuous and staying in the cold palace!"
Xue Ze and Lianzi looked at each other and smiled, not caring at all what Concubine Xian said, they knew that Concubine Xian had dragged them to ask the Queen Mother for the sake of face and majesty. And these words are to make them not like to ask for peace, then they will not be liked by the queen mother, and they will be discussed by everyone, only the emperor is good to her in this palace, and the love of the kings of the past will not last long and will never decline.
In the queen mother's bedroom, the tea has just been brewed.
Gonggong Li hurriedly walked in and whispered in the Queen Mother's ear: "Queen Mother, Concubine Xian is in trouble with Concubine Xue!"
"Oh, she can't hold it anymore, how to find trouble, isn't she afraid that the emperor will be disgusted?"
"I heard that Concubine Xian met Concubine Xue who was appreciating flowers in the Imperial Garden, Lianzi was disrespectful to Concubine Xian, and the three of them said something, Concubine Xian was going to coerce Concubine Xue to ask for peace, and now it is estimated that it is about to arrive!" Gonggong Li was stunned for a moment, and asked softly: "Queen Mother, do you want to support Concubine Xian?"
The Queen Mother smiled softly, picked up the teacup, and gently sniffed the tea in the hot air.
"Since the emperor is obsessed with beauty, the mourning family naturally wants to do something good for him, how can he suppress it again?
Before long, all the concubines in the palace were gathered, and they had to greet the Queen Mother on a large scale every ten days. Today, there were more snow concubines in the crowd, and everyone was surprised and a little dissatisfied.
"It's twenty, the weather is getting colder and colder, it's rare that you still come to visit the mourning family! Drink a cup of hot tea and warm up your body!"
Everyone sat down in turn, quietly listening to Concubine Xian and the Queen Mother, and occasionally looked at Concubine Xue with an indifferent expression.
Xue Ze sat quietly, playing with the handkerchief boredly, not looking up or bowing, letting everyone's eyes fall on her.
"Today, people are extraordinarily Qi, even Xue Concubine is here, but when she is sick, she wants to come to report the safety of the mourning family?" The queen mother looked at Xue Ze with a smile, "You look delicate and cute, since you married into the palace, the mourning family has not seen you a few times." The emperor's ability to hide Jiaojiao in this golden house is too strong!"
Concubine Xian didn't understand what the Queen Mother meant, and smiled contemptuously: "The Queen Mother doesn't want to blame, Concubine Xue has just been in the turmoil and it is difficult to get out." first fell seriously ill, then amnesia, and poisoning, and asked the Queen Mother to forgive her from this disrespectful fault. Now that the emperor has granted Concubine Xue to exempt from all etiquette, there is some conflict with the Queen Mother, no wonder Concubine Xue!"
"Is that virtuous concubine asking the mourning family to blame the emperor?" The queen mother sneered a few times and said indifferently: "Since the emperor has decreed, it is a holy decree, who dares to disrespect it? The mourning family has been bowed by everyone for many years, and they don't care about these mundane etiquette. As soon as Concubine Xue came, she suffered and suffered, so what harm did it do if she was exempted from etiquette? If it was because of this that the mourning family had a dislike with the emperor, it would be rude and unwise!"
Xue Ze looked at Concubine Xian's face turned cold, she knew that Concubine Xian had a lot to say, and the Queen Mother seemed to have a countermeasure, so she didn't worry about this.
"Ahem!" Xue Ze looked at the lotus seed, signaled, and then cast a clone technique and left.
There is a treasure in the queen mother's bedroom, and I heard Liu Li say that it is a common thing to enter and exit the temple.
Xue Ze came here on purpose to take it away, only when she was here could she understand the situation, and the Queen Mother would not doubt her, but would wonder if someone had a plan in mind.
The dormitory is huge, and Yukisawa doesn't have much time, so she can only rely on spells to find it. The smell of the temple, the temperature of the fire-like thing......
All this is presented in a colorful and complex palace, every color makes her cautious, and what she has worked so hard to find surprises her.
"It's... The tail feathers of the flame dove?"
Xue Ze was extremely suspicious, only this one tail feather was eligible, but this was not like a treasure to crack the level, resist the trap, and dodge the ground fire.
Without thinking about it, Yukisawa took it away and returned to the front hall.
Lianzi looked at Xue Ze and handed her hot tea, "Master, drink tea!"
Yukisawa nodded, looked at the people around him, and took the teacup handed over by Lianzi.
Opening it, Xue Ze found that there was a small centipede still struggling in the tea, and a wave of distress and anger rose, and Xue Ze was so shocked that he dropped the teaglass.
The cup shattered, the tea flowed all over the ground, the centipede hadn't scalded to death, and Xue Ze was all relieved.
However, this is someone else's design, and Xue Ze still pretends to be panicked and scared and hides behind Lianzi.
"What's the matter?" the Queen Mother stood up with a smile, watching Xue Ze break the tea in fright, and then at the living centipedes on the carpet. "Ah, where did this little thing come from? In the cold winter, it actually came out of the soil? Xue Concubine, are you okay?"
Xue Ze didn't know how to answer, and was still trying his best to show fear and horror to everyone, when a clear voice suddenly came from the door: The emperor has arrived!