Chapter 74: Women Know Women Best
The sideburns took even more thought, pulling the delicate double snail bun, and a gilded dragon pattern silver hairpin at the sideburns.
Like a moth eyebrows, I see pity.
"Talented, how's it going?" Lu Xue put down the wooden comb in her hand and said pleasantly.
Qin Luofei looked at himself in Ling Hua's mirror, looking a little more gorgeous than usual, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction: "Your craftsmanship is to my liking." ”
Lu Xue felt that her beauty was really good to serve, and her temperament was also tactful, she was really blessed, and she was worried about Lu Ying, she was too presumptuous to her mother in the past.
Qin Luofei walked out of the warm pavilion, and Mama Li saw it in her eyes and couldn't help but secretly approve.
Although she is not as beautiful as Concubine Leng is good, she is better in her good years, and her skin is delicate, even if she sees it, she has a little more pity.
The two went out of the palace and did not make a sedan chair.
The queen mother doesn't like the palace concubines to be too extravagant on weekdays, so the concubines don't dare to use the soft sedan chair privately, so they can only walk by themselves.
I met a few concubines on the way, and when I saw the newly canonized Qin Cairen and Mama Li in the Queen Mother's palace walking together, I couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Qin Luofei only does what she doesn't know, she wants to be alone, and it is not so easy to do it.
Just entered the early summer, the queen mother's courtyard is already verdant, because of the careful care of the little eunuchs, some flowers have begun to bud and bloom, covering the pavilion and attic, the scenery is more and more pleasant.
But the most common variety is peonies, and even the patterns carved on the pavilion next to her are peony blossoms.
The peony represents the lord of the first house in the harem, and no one dares to embroider peonies on clothes except for the queen mother and queen, let alone the pattern of peonies in the residence.
A little palace maid opened the curtain, Qin Luofei had not yet entered the dormitory where the queen mother lived, and first smelled a smell of herbs, which was so strong that even the good Nanmu incense could not cover up.
Qin Luofei couldn't help pressing his nose, guessing in his heart that it might be the Queen Mother and her old man who were sick, and looking at the strong smell of medicine, I am afraid that this disease is not light.
Qin Luofei straightened his clothes to see if he was right.
This queen mother is more difficult to deal with than the emperor, and the emperor can have many ways to be accommodating, but the queen mother has no way at all.
A woman doesn't like you, and whatever tricks you use are self-defeating.
If you don't like it, you don't like it, even if you're beautiful, maybe she doesn't like it even more.
The same way that it is done to men can never be used against women of the same kind.
Because, men will be confused by a woman's words and appearance, but a woman is deeply aware of what is inside the soul of another woman.
If you can see the true face of a woman, it must be a woman.
There is no doubt about that.
Qin Luofei respectfully followed Mama Li's guidance and walked in, only feeling that the light in the room was dim, and he didn't dare to raise his head, so he only saluted respectfully: "Say hello to the Queen Mother." ”
After a long time, it wasn't until Qin Luofei's knees were sore that he heard a voice from above: "That's it." ”
Qin Luofei looked up at this time, and saw the Queen Mother leaning on a golden pillow stuffed with peony petals with a gloomy face, and the Tianbao chime on her head swayed and the tassels slid down scattered, rubbing the color of the pillow.
The body was also cleaned up simply, only wearing a five-color regimental sleeve gold and silver Luan Niao Chaofeng cardigan, revealing the apricot yellow background inside, and the five-color peony dragon pattern embroidered shoes with complex patterns on the feet.
Next to the couch is a low table of golden silk nanmu with seasonal fruits and sweets.
There was only the Queen Mother in the room, and there was no one else, but when I saw the Queen Mother's face, ruddy and shiny, she didn't look like she was sick.
Qin Luofei raised his eyes slightly.
A little eunuch brought a tonic, and Mama Li quickly took it and fed it to the Queen Mother in small bites.
Where is Qin Luofei, although the Queen Mother said that she was flattened, but she was not given a seat, Qin Luofei had to stand.
The Queen Mother only took a small sip of the decoction, and didn't even lift her eyelids. Qin Luofei didn't raise his eyebrows, but just stood in a regular manner.
The Queen Mother finally finished drinking the decoction, rubbed the corners of her lips with a handkerchief in her hand, raised her eyes and glanced at Qin Luofei, her brows stretched slightly.
"It's a child with rules, let's do it!" A palace maid brought a stool, and Qin Luofei sat down.
"Empress Dowager Xie gave me a seat."
The Queen Mother leaned lazily on the pillow before she said: "It's not a big deal that the mourning family called you, it's just that your sister's illness is cured, you go over and take a look." ”
Qin Luofei stood up, bowed down, and said, "Thank the Empress Dowager for your favor." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand and closed her eyes.
The second princess lived on the west side of the Queen Mother's dormitory, which was a separate palace courtyard.
Mama Li accompanied Qin Luofei to the gate of the courtyard, paused, and said, "The old slave will not accompany Qin Cairen to the past, and the old slave will go back to serve the Queen Mother." ”
"Thank you, Mama Li." Qin Luofei watched Mama Li go back to the Queen Mother's bedroom before turning around.
There was a delicate little palace maid who was walking towards the room with a bowl of supplements, and when she saw Qin Luofei, she stopped and looked at her with a puzzled look.
"Second princess, are you here?" Qin Luofei walked over slowly, and saw that the little palace maid looked quite good, and her face was also a little kind, knowing that the queen mother was attentive to this sister.
The little palace maid lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "The noble man is ...... I'll inform the princess. ”
"I'm the princess's sister Qin Cairen, and I came to see her."
When the little palace maid heard Qin Luofei say that she was the sister of her own princess, her face couldn't help but become more relaxed, and she hurriedly said: "Talent, please, the princess also talked about talent a few days ago, and she knew that she had entered the palace, and she kept nagging." ”
Qin Luofei has been sending silver taels to the palace to the second princess in recent months, thinking that this little maid is a close person to the princess, she must know it.
Qin Luofei entered the house and saw that the house was not big, but it was very clean, and the sunlight in the house was just right, projecting on the tulle in the house, adding a bit of fantasy.
The second princess half leaned on the chaise longue on the south side of the room, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
The purple butterfly-patterned satin clothes covered by her body fell on the couch, and Qin Luofei walked over gently, picked up the clothes, and put them on the princess's body again.
The little maid just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Qin Luofei.
Qin Luofei went to the couch, and looked at the second princess compared to the last time she saw her, her complexion was much better, her cheeks were fleshy, and the clothes on her body were much brighter.
Qin Luofei saw that there was an unrepaired skirt belt on the low table next to him, with bright colors, exquisite stitches, and first-class handwork.
She couldn't have imagined that the craftsmanship of the two princesses was so good.
The little maid was busy, and Qin Luofei picked up the needle and thread according to the pattern of the embroidery and embroidered it carefully.
After a few cups of tea, the second princess on the couch slowly opened her eyes and saw her sister beside her, seriously embroidering her embroidery on the low table.
When she entered the palace, this sister was still a little bit, and she didn't expect that she was also the emperor's concubine now, and she took care of herself so hard, but her sister didn't have anything to help her.
"Princess." The little palace maid saw that the princess was awake and said loudly.
Qin Luofei put down the embroidery in his hand, looked up, and saw his sister looking at him softly, and the faint smile on the corner of her lips bloomed like a summer flower, which made Qin Luofei feel a warmth.
"Sister, you're awake." Qin Luofei didn't call her the second princess, but still called her sister according to the memory of this body.
Sure enough, the eyes of the second princess immediately moistened, nodded slightly, and said to the little palace maid: "Go and get some chrysanthemum water for my sister to drink." ”
Qin Luofei stretched out his arm and supported the second princess to get up.
Although the second princess was treated by the imperial doctor, her body was too bad, and she could not be cured in a while, and she still had to rest in bed every day.
"Sister, it's all right." Qin Luofei took out the orchid handkerchief in his sleeve and carefully wiped the thin sweat from the second princess's forehead.
knew that her body was not good yet, otherwise, she would not have been in a cold sweat.
Qin Luofei stretched out her finger again, put it on the pulse of the second princess, her brows couldn't help frowning, she thought she was mistaken, and pressed the pulse of the second princess carefully, and her face couldn't help but be a little gloomy.
The second princess's pulse was depressed and weak, and it turned out to be a symptom of poisoning, how could this be?
Last time, when I went to see her, I didn't find that she was poisoned, how could she be poisoned now?
"Sister, what's wrong?" The second princess saw her sister frowning, and thought about something bad.
Qin Luofei took advantage of the empty space of the little palace maid to leave the house, and said in a low voice: "How do I feel that my sister has signs of poisoning. ”
The second princess seemed to know that this was the result, withdrew her hand, and said lightly: "After all, it is the one who is going to die, but it is just a matter of dying early and dying late." ”
"Sister." Qin Luofei secretly looked at the second princess as if he knew who poisoned him, and he was not surprised, but who could this person be?
The second princess held Qin Luofei's hand and said, "Sister, I heard that you were recruited by the emperor to go to bed, my sister really congratulates you!" ”
Qin Luofei knew that the women in the palace were only looking forward to these things, but it was not easy to tell her about her own affairs.
She has nothing to be nostalgic for this emperor.
The second princess coughed slightly, and said, "Where did you go to the Queen Mother's old man's house just now?" What does she have to say to you? ”
Qin Luofei shook his head and said, "I don't have anything to say, just let me come and see my sister." ”
The second princess stretched out her hand, grabbed Qin Luofei's finger, sighed slightly, and said, "Queen Mother, I have taken a fancy to my sister, and my sister is willing to be used by her old man." ”
Qin Luofei was stunned when he heard the words of the second princess, and said, "Sister, what do you mean by this?" ”
"Queen Mother, I want you to compete with Leng Guifei for favor and take the emperor from Leng Guifei." The second princess looked straight at Qin Luofei.
Qin Luofei slowly pulled his hand out of the second princess's palm, and said with a faint smile: "I'm afraid my sister doesn't have the ability to do it." ”
The second princess's face showed a little disappointment.
Qin Luofei was already slightly annoyed in her heart, she pitied this sister so much, but this sister wanted to sacrifice her and fulfill her position in the Queen Mother's heart.
Qin Luofei took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and put them on the low table, stood up with a cold face.
"My sister suddenly remembered that there were other things, so I didn't accompany my sister to relieve my boredom."
"Sister." The second princess looked at Qin Luofei and walked out of the house without looking back.