Chapter 25: The Palace Maiden
There was silence in the Qingyi Palace, and the people who came in and out relaxed their steps, for fear of disturbing the tranquility of the second princess.
In fact, Zhao Yuxi won't care even if he hears any movement at this time. She was copying the scriptures, writing "The heart is not hindered, there is no obstacle," and she stopped and put down her pen when she copied this sentence.
The palace maid Su Xin came over to change the tea, cut the lanterns, and then silently retreated to the side to cut paper.
As the saying goes, if there is a master, there must be a servant, Zhao Yuxi usually talks little, and naturally none of the people serving around her dare to be noisy.
Zhao Yuxi picked up the page he had just copied and looked at it, took a new piece of paper, and copied the scripture to the end.
Su Xin came forward and whispered, "It's the second watch, the princess is resting, right?" ”
Zhao Yuxi nodded, and Su Xin called someone to come in and wait for her to wash.
Until Zhao Yuxi lay down, Su Xin didn't say a single superfluous word.
If you want to live long in the palace, it is better to think of yourself as blind, deaf, and dumb.
Tonight, it was her turn to go to the night to serve her master and sleep peacefully, and she lay down outside the screen and in her clothes.
Su Xin didn't fall asleep, she knew that the princess didn't fall asleep either.
Zhao Yuxi was already shallow, and the imperial doctor also prescribed medicine, but it didn't work very well when she ate it, especially in the summer heat, her body was weak and she couldn't use ice, and even the palace maid fanned her a little longer, so she would feel uncomfortable, what should I do if it was hot? Don't you just hold on to it? I don't think about tea and dinner during the day, I can't sleep at night, won't my body become more and more empty? The imperial doctors all said that the second princess was a weak disease brought about by the womb, congenital insufficiency, and a small illness that was not painful or itchy in ordinary people could make her unable to get up after lying on the sickbed for ten days and half a month.
However, there must be more than one person in the palace who can't sleep tonight, and the four princes fell from their horses, which made Su Xin uneasy. People from other places still dared to inquire about the news, but none of the people in the Qingyi Hall dared from top to bottom, and they didn't even want to think about it. After all, the Qingyi Hall is different from other places.
The master elsewhere is surnamed Liu, and the princess of Qingyi Hall is surnamed Zhao.
If something like this happens, it's best for her to do nothing, it's the best fit.
Zhao Yuxi didn't get up early the next morning, so Su Xin went out to spread the word, saying that the second princess was unwell and needed to recuperate. Next, except for the imperial doctor who came once, there were also people from the dining room who came to deliver food, and no one in the Qingyi Hall went out.
Empress Cao knew about this early.
"This kid ......," she sighed, "the mind is too heavy." ”
The Imperial Doctor had already said that half of her illness was born with weakness, but she was eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and the elixir baby was using it, and in the words of the Imperial Doctor, she should have been recuperated a long time ago.
But Zhao Yuxi has not been well.
It's not pretending to be sick, she is indeed weak, especially when she has to be sick every time the season changes. Winter, summer, and both seasons she rarely goes out. As for spring and autumn, they are always indissolubly linked to wind chills and coughs. In short, there are no major illnesses, and minor illnesses continue.
Empress Cao vaguely felt that being sick was a means of self-protection for Zhao Yuxi, and when she was not sick, she was also silent, and she could avoid public appearances.
"Sick is sick."
Empress Cao didn't sleep well last night and had a headache.
After Xiao Si woke up, the emperor and she were both kind and relieved, telling him that his injuries would heal soon.
But Xiao Si'er, this kid, he is too smart.
He knew the extent of his injury, and said that he would get better soon, but he didn't believe it, and he didn't believe it when he said that he would soon be able to run and jump.
Not only did he not believe it, but he quickly heard the subtext in his parents' words.
His injuries were severe, and he probably won't be able to run or jump when healed.
Empress Cao is angry and painful.
I used to like him how smart and clever he was, but now I think this kid is really clever. It's good to be stupid, it's easy to deceive.
said it too well in advance, but as soon as Xiao Si became suspicious, they told the truth that Xiao Si refused to believe it, even if he told him that it would be okay to walk normally in the future, he didn't believe it.
Alas.
Yingluo walked in, and looking at her appearance, Empress Cao knew that something was wrong, and it was not a good thing. Otherwise, Yingluo would not have looked so solemn and worried.
"Say it."
She knew that there was truth to the saying that misfortune does not go alone, as if when people are unlucky, bad things will come in a pile.
Yingluo found it really difficult to say.
Yesterday, the second prince was scolded by the emperor in the Yilan Palace, and went back and ordered him to reflect behind closed doors. Outcome......
But she can't help but say it, she can't hide it.
“…… She said she was pregnant with the child of the second prince......"
Empress Cao's face was expressionless, her hands were clenched into fists, and her nails were pierced into her palms.
"What about people?"
"The child had a miscarriage, and she was bleeding a lot, Song Shanggong said...... I can only do my best and obey the destiny of God......"
The son who was not married slept with the palace maid and slept out of the child.
This matter is inherently disgraceful - you must know that the second prince has only decided on a family affair, and he has not yet become married. What's even worse is that after the second prince returned from the reprimand yesterday, he took people and kicked her. kicked people and didn't dare to make a noise, even the imperial doctor didn't invite, but now that the child is gone, the palace maid is about to die, I didn't think about asking the imperial doctor to save people, and let people secretly dispose of the palace maid who has not died quietly.
It also made people catch it!
Empress Cao couldn't believe that this was her son's doing!
No, she wasn't angry with him for being so vicious.
Time has changed, and the children are no longer the children of the past, as she has long known. Lao Tzu sat in the world, and his sons all wanted to take over that position, she was not surprised by her ruthlessness, and she was not sad about this for a long time.
But she didn't expect the second child to be so stupid, so stupid!
Not only did he not know that Xiao Si fell from the horse, but he couldn't get rid of it, but at this moment, he made a fuss about the palace maid's miscarriage and wanted to be buried alive.
Is...... It's too stupid to be more stupid.
The second child is the most heroic of the four sons, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, broad shoulders and long legs, and everyone praises him. The fourth child is also handsome, but he hasn't grown up yet, so it doesn't count. And when I was a child, I wasn't stupid, why was I stupid like this when I grew up? Could it be that he has only grown tall and not brainy over the years? is usually very pretentious, and he doesn't take his eldest brother seriously, and even once said to others: "If the father wanted to make the eldest brother the crown prince, he would have established it a long time ago, and the reason why he didn't do it was because the eldest brother was difficult to take on the big responsibility".
Just because he is stupid like this, he still thinks it is difficult for others to take on big responsibilities? Even if the boss is softer, he is careful, thoughtful, and it is enough to keep it, and he is cautious enough, so he will not be calculated.
Empress Cao had a terrible headache.
"Who else knows?"
Yingluo paused for a moment: "In addition to the palace people, several other guards also saw it." ”
Empress Cao's head hurt even more.
The palace maids and eunuchs are easy to say, but the guards' mouths are not so easy to seal. When things come to this point, those who should know and those who shouldn't know are afraid that they will know.