445. Fortunately
Xu Shu slowly paced back to Xihuaxuan, and sure enough, he heard the sound of Long Yuan leaving, and Xihuaxuan was full of joy, the lights were bright, and the palace people came and went, not at all like the scene that should be in the middle of the night!
Li Ying'er is favored, and with the queen's mother as the backing, everyone in the harem will be afraid of her, and the errand people in Xihuaxuan will also have a better life, and they will also be looked down upon by the palace people in other palaces, so they will naturally be happy.
Xu Shu quietly entered the room where she was temporarily staying, and as soon as she took out the medicine in her sleeve, she heard someone knocking on the door, and hurriedly took the medicine back, and asked in a deep voice, "Who?" ”
The person outside the door was obviously relieved, "The girl is in the house, why don't you light the lamp?" ”
Xu Shu is blind, what difference does it make to her whether she lights the lamp or not? It's just that others don't know that she is blind, in order to avoid unnecessary suspicion, Xu Shu still lit the lamp, and then asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”
The palace maid outside the door replied, "The beauty is afraid that you are hungry, so she specially asked the slave maid to bring you some food, these dishes are specially sent by the imperial dining room after the emperor came, and you can't usually eat them!" ”
Li Ying'er, this is showing off! didn't even let her go here, for fear that others wouldn't know that she was favored, Xu Shu didn't bother to pay attention to Li Ying'er's little thoughts.
"Come in! Thank you for me, beauty! Xu Shu got up and opened the door for the palace maid.
"You're welcome!" The palace maid put down her food and retreated, only to go out but found that the light in the room behind her had gone out again, was she going to sleep so soon? But when she just went in, she saw that the girl was still neatly dressed. The palace maid was curious, but she had nothing to do with it, so she left directly.
Blowing out the light, Xu Shu finally opened the medicine given by the Queen Mother after bathing her feet and changing her clothes, and shook it in her hand until the small bottle was hot, and finally slowly poured the bottle and mixed the pills into the spices one by one......
Early the next morning, Li Ying'er hurriedly packed up and went to thank her, yesterday the emperor was fortunate to her, according to the rules, she had to go to thank Xie En early the next morning, Xie En came back and hurriedly changed her makeup to greet the queen, and was hesitating whether to bring Xu Shu, Xu Shu had already appeared in front of her.
Li Ying'er was startled, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" What a thick bruise right now! ”
Xu Shu touched her eyes and sighed, "Hmm", "I ate too much last night, and I couldn't sleep!" ”
Thinking of the food she sent, Li Ying'er smiled unexpectedly, "It turns out that the dishes made in the imperial dining room are so delicious, and the dishes made in my small kitchen can't be compared at all!" Are you going to the Queen? ”
Xu Shu nodded.
"Let's go together!" Li Ying'er stepped forward, and Xu Shu silently followed.
Li Ying'er was proud of the spring breeze, her steps were brisk along the way, and she did not change her brisk pace when she entered Kunning Palace, and she heard the voice of the concubine in the main hall, Xu Shu immediately avoided the side after entering the door, and Mama Yuan, who was waiting on the side, saw Xu Shu hurriedly pulled her to the side hall, "Miss Xu Jiu, please here!" ”
Xu Shuqi said, "What day is today?" Why are all the ladies of the palace here? "Today is neither the first day of the new year, nor the fifteenth day of the new year, and the day of asking for peace, plus the emperor sympathizes with the queen's hard work in taking care of the princess, even the practice of asking for peace on the fifteenth day of the new year is only seen by the concubines.
Yuan Mama said helplessly, "Li Meiren came to Kunning Palace every day to ask the queen mother to say goodbye, serving the queen mother, everyone in the palace knows, after the emperor was fortunate to Li Meiren yesterday, the palace mothers felt that it was because Li Meiren served the queen mother diligently, so she got the favor, no, they all came one by one, noisy, the princess woke up, but they are all golden masters, and they can't even say a heavy word, the queen mother, is very annoying! ”
Xu Shu said with a smile, "Now that Li Meiren is gone, the queen mother should be able to steal a moment and a half of leisure!" ”
"That's right!" Mama Yuan also laughed, the harem has been unfavored for so long, Li Meiren was suddenly lucky, of course so many pairs of eyes in the harem will gather on her, the queen expected that all the concubines would come to Kunning Palace today to ask for peace, and Li Meiren would also come, afraid that Xu Shu would follow Li Meiren to come over and be seen by other concubines, so she asked her to wait at the door, and sure enough, Xu Shu really came.
"I wonder when these girls will leave?" Xu Shu asked.
Mama Yuan said, "The queen hasn't had breakfast yet, and the ladies of the palace are all hungry, so they won't stay too long, and they should all leave in a quarter of an hour or two!" ”
Xu Shu nodded, and Mama Yuan asked, "What?" The girl has something to find the queen? ”
"Yes!" Xu Shu took out a brocade bag from her sleeve, "I have something to hand over to the queen!" ”
Looking at the brocade bag, Mama Yuan's eyes were full of surprise, "This is ......"
Xu Shu nodded, "I stayed up all night yesterday, and I finally did it, I was afraid that the queen mother would be in a hurry, so I sent it over early in the morning!" ”
"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Xu Jiu! The slave is going to tell the queen! Mama Yuan was overjoyed and went to the main hall.
Sure enough, a kind of concubine is surrounding Li Meiren, you say a word and I say a word, but Li Meiren is arrogant with an orchid pointing and taking a small sip of tea, facing the concubines or insinuations, or direct questioning, only smiling and never answering a word, the concubines are angry, and they can't get used to Li Ying'er's rampant virtue when they get in power, but Li Ying'er is the queen's person, and at this moment in Kunning Palace, the concubines can't attack no matter how angry they are, but their faces are gradually dyed with gloom.
Mama Yuan walked inside and walked behind the queen, leaned over and whispered a few words to the queen, the queen's eyes flashed slightly, suppressed the smile, waved her hand and dismissed Mama Yuan, and then said to the concubines with a sad face, "If you sisters have nothing to do, go back to the palace separately, the princess is crying endlessly, and the palace has to go and see!" ”
The queen opened her mouth directly to chase away the guests, and the concubines knew that they should leave no matter how ignorant they were, so they all got up and blessed themselves, "The concubines are retired!" ”
Li Ying'er also got up, seeing that the queen had no intention of keeping her, she had to retreat with the concubines, but she didn't see Xu Shu's figure when she went out, and she was strange in her heart, and secretly said that she was lucky yesterday, and the queen didn't stay to speak, after all, this matter was the queen's arrangement, but what did the queen mean by leaving Xu Shu?
As soon as the concubines left, the queen couldn't wait to retreat, and everyone summoned Xu Shu, and as soon as she saw Xu Shu enter the door, she asked anxiously, "Is the incense ready?" ”
Xu Shu took out the brocade bag, "Yes!" It's done! ”
Mama Yuan added with a smile, "Niangniang, look at Miss Xu Jiu's eyes, the bruises under these eyes seem to have survived all night!" ”
The queen called Xu Shu to her side with pity, "Good boy! Thank you for your hard work, this palace will definitely compensate you well! As he spoke, he was about to reach out to take the brocade bag in Xu Shu's hand, but Xu Shu squeezed it tightly, and the queen didn't take it away under the gentle tugging, the smile on her face slowly disappeared, and she looked at Xu Shu suspiciously, "...... is this?" ”