Chapter 438: Concubine Zhuang
Danzhu came to Su Ruhui: "Sister Ruhui, what are you doing?" ”
"I haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time, and I want to write a few more today." Su Ruhui was wearing a new primrose-colored Yueluo cardigan with narrow sleeves, a lotus lotus skirt tied underneath, her long hair was tied into a neat bun, two jade jia were inserted, and a few strands of broken hair were scattered on the sideburns, without fat powder, only a diamond-shaped Huasheng was attached to the center of her eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Are you bored to come to me?" ”
"Hmm." Danzhu hesitated for a moment, took the tea poured on the floating water, took a sip, and said, "I'll ask Sister Ruhui what is going on in the afternoon?" ”
Su Ruhui thought for a while: "No, do you have any arrangements?" ”
"I'm bored in Renshou Palace, let's go sit in the Imperial Garden for a while in the afternoon, okay?" Danzhu looked at her expectantly.
"Oh? Imperial? Su Ru drew the pen, rolled her eyes, and immediately understood, "But Concubine Zhuang wants to take Princess Rongshou to play in the imperial garden?" ”
Danzhu's face turned red, put down the tea bowl and lowered his head to play with the sachet on his waist, and said softly: "...... It was the palace maid of Hongning Palace who told me. ”
"You've always been sexual. The son is good and kind, Princess Rongshou is also a pitiful, but she now has the unfavored Concubine Zhuang to take care of, but it is a good thing, our Majesty is not confused at all, do you think Your Majesty handed over the princess to Concubine Zhuang just for the sake of angering Concubine De Niangniang? Su Ruhui pursed her lips and said lightly, "Concubine De doesn't care about taking care of Princess Rongshou, even we know about this matter, let alone other people?" Even if other people are afraid of Concubine De's position and dare not do anything, Yongxin Palace will definitely try to let His Majesty know about it. However, Concubine De has served His Majesty for many years, and she always has affection, and Her Majesty is not good at taking the princess away for others to raise, so that Concubine De will not have to be a person in the future...... Concubine Zhuang has fallen out of favor but her position is not low, she is also an old man who has followed Your Majesty for many years, Concubine Hui has already had six princes and is pregnant, Concubine Jing went to the palace to raise the six princes, Mrs. Duanyao and Mrs. Minli are younger than Concubine Zhuang and are still being favored, Your Majesty chose Concubine Zhuang at the beginning, did you point out casually? ”
Dan Zhu said: "I'm not saying that I don't worry about Concubine Zhuang not taking good care of the princess. ”
"Don't worry, you're just the county lord, Rongshou is a princess, she has her own Your Majesty and the concubines to worry about......" Su Ruhui sighed, "You! Not only did you offend Concubine Zhuang like this, didn't you know that Princess Rongshou was close to you, and Concubine Zhuang felt bad when she looked at it, so what good did it do to the princess? ”
Danzhu pouted, and said after a while: "I always have something to do, such as Sister Hua, I used to be able to serve the Queen Mother, but now the Detai Hall is stared at by Mama Qi like something, except for the time when Concubine Leng, we can't even enter the dormitory, let alone convince the Queen Mother, Mama doesn't allow us to touch our hands in anything, and we are not even allowed to stand close...... The ground in Renshou Palace is warm and warm, and the flowers and trees in Zhufang Garden grow very well, so I don't need to worry about it......" she lowered her head sadly, "I don't like to practice calligraphy and embroidery like my sister...... When I think about it, I think about the princess. ”
Su Ruhui saw that she was pitiful, and muttered for a moment, and finally her heart softened: "That's it." ”
"Thank you, sister!" Danzhu was overjoyed and raised his head, "Sister Ruhua, you don't want to practice calligraphy, hurry up and change your clothes!" ”
Su Ruhui glared at her: "Didn't you say afternoon!" ”
"Let's go there early and pick a secluded place to stay, so that Concubine Zhuang won't think that she rushed over deliberately even if she sees it, so as not to scold the palace maid." Dan Zhu sneered.
"You're thinking about others." Su Ruhui shook her head, "But don't do the thing of bribing the palace people to spy on the traces of the palace concubine, if something happens in the Hongning Palace, I have to look for you!" ”
Danzhu responded casually, Su Ruhui saw her so eager, and couldn't bear to brush her intentions, called the floating water to bring the clear water into the Huanshou, and finally went into the inner room to choose the clothes to go out, because it was to accompany Danzhu to see Princess Rongshou, Concubine Zhuang has not been eye-catching in the palace for the past two years, so Su Ruhui deliberately picked a plain dress, and finally wore a blue lotus-colored monofilament Luo cross-collar wide-sleeved short undergarment, a duck yellow bottom tulip embroidered folded branch lotus plum Xiangshui skirt, and called the floating water to comb a flying fairy bun, replaced with a pair of tired silk inlaid treasure title beads Luan bird hairpin, And a palace flower that is popular nowadays goes up.
In previous years, there were a lot of people in the Imperial Garden and the Forest Garden at this time, but not for the chance encounter with Changtai, and the winter was stuffy and waited for the spring flowers to bloom, and there would always be the idea of scattering their hearts. However, this year, the Queen Mother fell ill in Renshou Palace, and the former prince was abolished during the New Year, Changtai's mood can be imagined, at this time, no matter how stuffy he is, he can only walk twice in his palace, and because Qi Yun does not allow others to approach the Detai Palace, the palace concubines are afraid of being reprimanded for being unfilial, so they have to copy some scriptures from time to time to show their hearts.
Therefore, Su Ruhui and Danzhu walked all the way but didn't see anyone else, Danzhu looked around, and said, "Let's go sit over there?" ”
Su Ruhui glanced at the direction she was pointing, it was a pavilion with no shelter on all sides, hidden in a green tree, and it looked quite quiet. When I entered the pavilion, I saw that I could see the fine house that Changtai had given to Liu Xiuyi in the past.
"Is Princess Rongshou going there?" Su Ruhui remembered that last year Ganmei took Rong Shou to pass near the house, Rong Shou cried a time to enter the house, and I don't know if Concubine Zhuang heard about it and deliberately brought her to fulfill her wishes, or Rong Shou remembered it himself.
Danzhu snorted: "I heard that Rong Shou is not in good health, the imperial doctor once told her to run and jump in the garden often, at that time, His Royal Highness has been taking her along the road over there, I think Concubine Zhuang should also inquire about this, since she wants to take the princess to the imperial garden, I want to follow the previous route." ”
Su Ruhui thought about it, a few times she met Lumei and Rongshou It was always those roads, she sighed in her heart, and she didn't know if it was for Lumei or Princess Rongshou, and after thinking about it carefully, she felt that the Xu family was really sorry.
The two sat for half an hour, and sure enough, a group of people came from the side of the house, although Concubine Zhuang has been the master of Hongning Palace, but in recent years, she has been used to falling out of favor without attracting attention, and now Changtai suddenly ordered her to raise Princess Rongshou, she was overjoyed, and she was happy not to say that this princess was the only one in the palace, even if Changtai was afraid that the princess would be too weak and too close to be sad in the future, she would always pay extra attention, even Concubine Zhuang could get some favor, even if she couldn't return to favor, she had a companion; What was surprising was that Princess Rongshou was raised in Zhaohua Palace earlier, and she was also an old man in the palace, and she was like thunder to Concubine Lin De, not only worried that Princess Rongshou would offend Concubine De, but also worried about whether the princess's body was insufficient since childhood.
However, no matter what she thought in her heart, Changtai's will had been made, and Concubine Zhuang finally took Rongshou to Hongning Palace and took care of it carefully. Because of this, she was uneasy in her heart, and she was extremely unhappy with the county lord of Danzhu who came to the door three times and twice - Danzhu has been familiar with Concubine Shen Shu in recent years, and Concubine Zhuang thinks that she has no place to offend Concubine Shu, but now that the undercurrent in the palace is turbulent, she doesn't want to be dragged into the water, where is she willing to receive Danzhu?
Such a complicated mind, Concubine Zhuang's outfit is more low-key than when she didn't raise Rongshou, as the imperial concubine of the second grade, she only wore an autumn-colored wide-sleeved spring shirt, a dark embroidered grape pattern pleated skirt with a tooth-colored background, combing a throwing bun, obliquely inserting two jade hairpins, and a twisted gold silk bracelet on her wrist.
The princess is five years old after the New Year, in fact, because she was only three years old at the end of the year, she wears a dress with ethereal bat patterns on a green background, a light hollow carved jade peony ring hanging around her neck, and her soft shoulder-length black hair pulls two small mustaches, and she ties it with red silk.
Su Ruhui saw it from the gap between the branches and leaves, and couldn't help but say: "I haven't seen Concubine Zhuang for a long time, at first glance, it reminds me of ......"
Concubine Xu's ...... The cautious and silent Xu family came from a humble background, had no emperor's favor, and was not beautiful, but he survived with lusciousness and longevity. Even if she died, the prince of a country would be deposed...... Does Concubine Zhuang want to be the second Xu?