Chapter 397, the second watch of the virtuous concubine (II).
Looking at the old face of the Queen Mother that exuded a deep displeasure, Yao Jiaxin instinctively wanted to shrink, but then the goose - His Majesty the Fourth Master asked her to serve the Queen Mother!
Yao Jiaxin squeezed out a gentle smile: "If the Queen Mother feels tired, the concubine will serve you and go inside to rest." ”
The Queen Mother said with an unkind face: "The mourning family is not sleepy!" ”
Yao Jiaxin: ...... Your Majesty, Fourth Master, you poked the hornet's nest for me to pick it up, it's not authentic!
Suddenly, the Queen Mother's heart flashed, and she squinted her old eyes and looked at Concubine Xian, "What does the emperor mean by this?" ”
"Huh?" Yao Jiaxin looked confused, "The emperor is busy with government affairs, so naturally he went back to approve the folds." ”
The Queen Mother said coldly: "That's not what the mourning family asked!" Why did the emperor let you serve the sick? ”
You ask me, who do I ask? Yao Jiaxin complained secretly, with a gentle smile on her face: "The Queen Mother is strong and healthy, although she has a slight illness, where does she need a concubine to serve the sick?" The emperor suddenly ordered like this today, and the concubines were also puzzled. ”
The Queen Mother was silent for a long time, judging from Concubine Xian's expression, Concubine Xian should indeed not know in advance.
Could it be a whim of the emperor?
It's just that what the emperor is trying to do is really just to let Concubine Xian avoid the words of the previous dynasty?
But isn't the emperor already in the mother family of Empress Grace, and he is about to take the Empress to the Old Summer Palace to recuperate? All this should be enough to cope with the previous dynasty! There is no need to let Concubine Xian come to mourn here to avoid it!
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more difficult it became to understand, and the more she thought about it, the deeper her brain wrinkled.
Yao Jiaxin sat on the embroidery pier on the side, she couldn't understand the intention of His Majesty the Fourth Master, so she didn't bother to think about it, and when she turned around, she asked His Majesty the Fourth Master in person, is it okay soon?
Seeing that Mama Fu brought a plate of tangerines, Yao Jiaxin hurriedly took the initiative to peel oranges and pick meridians, and handed it to the Queen Mother diligently.
The queen mother took the orange, looked at it with her old eyes, and put it down again when she didn't have much appetite, "The emperor wants to take the queen to the garden to recuperate, and I don't know what will happen to me." ”
Yes, Yao Jiaxin is actually 10,000 unhappy. But the imperial history of the left capital is sparse, and it can't be ignored.
Yao Jiaxin lowered her head, "The Queen Mother is in charge of everything, and the concubines have nothing to worry about." ”
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, "What can a useless old woman in the mourning family do?" You'll have to figure it out yourself! ”
Yao Jiaxin: Is this instigating her to deal with the queen??
The Queen Mother really hates the queen.
Yao Jiaxin lowered her head and said: "The queen's mother is sick, and she came to the garden to recuperate." ”
The Queen Mother couldn't help but laugh "sneering", "If the queen could share the disease in peace, she wouldn't have caused so much right and wrong before!" ”
Yao Jiaxin was silent.
The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows, showing a tired state, "Think about what to do in the future, the mourning family is tired, go inside to rest." ”
Seeing this, Yao Jiaxin hurriedly went up to support and personally sent the Queen Mother into the dormitory, then obediently withdrew, waited in the outer room, and ate oranges silently.
At this time, Hong Xiaoxu pulled her placket, "Eniang, I want it too!" ”
Yao Jiaxin directly took a tangerine and handed it to him, and said lightly: "Peel it yourself!" ”
Hong Xiaoxu held the tangerine when he was chubby and small, showing a distressed look.
Su Yu saw it in her eyes, showing a helpless look, Niangniang, you are bullying the sixth elder brother again! She hurriedly squatted down, peeled the orange for the sixth elder brother, and sent it to the sixth elder brother's mouth one by one.
Hong Xiaoxu ate oranges with a happy and bright smile on his face.
Serving the Queen Mother is really a brain-consuming thing.
When talking to the Queen Mother, she always has to go through it in her head three times, and every word the Queen Mother says, she has to crush and chew it, and she has to understand the intention before she can deal with it.
After a day's work and returning to Bitong Academy, Yao Jiaxin suddenly remembered that Ya's homework for today has not been written!
I had to start working in a hurry, and after only two pages of writing, a figure came over, and the light was blocked and dimmed.
Yao Jiaxin frowned, looked up, and it turned out to be His Majesty the Fourth Master pestle in front of her desk!
"I don't need to practice calligraphy these days." Yin Zhen glanced at the hairpin on the rice paper with disgust.
Yao Jiaxin's face rose, in order to rush work today, she wrote a little fast, and she was really not neat enough. She smiled sweatily and hurriedly bowed, "Why does the emperor want his concubine to serve the queen mother?" ”
Yin Zhen smiled slightly, but he was not in a hurry to explain, but first took Yao Jiaxin's hand and went to sit down on the Luohan couch together.
The candlelight was soft, and Yinzhen's smile was also very soft, "I want to settle the matter before the queen comes to the garden." ”
Yao Jiaxin is even more suspicious, what is the end?
"Don't worry." Yin Zhen raised her hand and stroked her sideburns, "The Queen Mother is not easy to get along with, and it is a hard job to serve her sick." I won't let Tian'er suffer this hard work in vain. ”
Yao Jiaxin: The result is still to sell Guanzi.
"Alright, let's settle it." Yin Zhen lowered her head and blew hot air in her ear.
Yao Jiaxin: I have to serve your mother during the day and serve you at night, my mother is really miserable!
The next day, Yao Jiaxin got up with her sore waist, first summoned Concubine Ning and Concubine Yu, explained the things in the palace, and then went to the Tranquility Hall to serve the Queen Mother.
Concubine Yu and Concubine Ning both stood outside Bitong Academy, watching Concubine Xian's guard of honor walk away, Concubine Ning couldn't help muttering: "The Queen Mother is just tired and lazy, so she can't be considered sick, right?" ”
Concubine Yu smiled: "Now in the garden, Sister Xian has the highest position, if you want to serve the sick, she is naturally the first choice." ”
This is also a reasonable reason, but Ning Concubine feels that things are not so simple, the emperor stayed at Bitong Academy last night, and it is obvious that the favor is still good.
"I guess it's because of the previous dynasty." Ning Concubine said quietly, and she didn't know if someone had instructed Shi Yizhi. But Ning Concubine thought about it, Shi Yizhi is the imperial history of the left capital, although the Wulanala family is the Cheng'en Mansion, but it doesn't have this ability, right? Moreover, this Shi Yizhi also impeached Chengen Gong Wuge for many crimes such as conniving at domestic slaves and forcibly buying people's land a few years ago, and he has a lot of old grudges with the Wulanala family.
Yao Jiaxin didn't go to the Tranquility Hall empty-handed this time, and brought several books.
"If the queen mother is bored, the concubine will read to you to relieve your boredom!" She didn't want to bend her mind with the Queen Mother, so she found herself an errand.
The Queen Mother asked lightly: "What book?" "Eighty percent of them are Buddhist scriptures or something? The Queen Mother frowned, listening to Buddhist scriptures was like listening to hypnotic spells.
Of course, Yao Jiaxin didn't bring Buddhist scriptures, she smiled and said: "Since it is for the Queen Mother to relieve boredom, it is naturally a script." ”
Hearing the words "script", the Queen Mother came to a little spirit, "What script?" ”
Yao Jiaxin hurriedly asked someone to pick up the script, "There are "Fengshen Bang", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", as well as "The Legend of the White Snake", "The Legend of the West Chamber", ...... "In short, there is everything, and the four famous works are alive except for the Red Mansion."
The Queen Mother smiled slightly: "Just "Journey to the West", mourning the family and rejoicing the Buddha." ”
Yao Jiaxin complained in her heart: Happy Buddha? Do you want to recite this sutra to hypnotize you?
People in the palace, no matter what age they are, must hang a string of Buddhist beads to flaunt their bodhisattva heart. Don't look at the Buddha incense burning in the Queen Mother's hall all the year round, offering Buddha statues, but Yao Jiaxin thought that the Queen Mother is not really believing in Buddhism.
Yao Jiaxin smiled slightly, opened the Journey to the West, and began to study.
I had to read it twice before, otherwise she would not be able to read this awkward classical Chinese smoothly.
In an era of lack of entertainment, it is already a very interesting pastime to be able to look through the script.
Yao Jiaxin's reading is not as subdued as her master's, her speech speed is fast, and she is waving her hands, so she is very colorful, and the Queen Mother listens very energetically.