Empress Dowager Cui has been drowsy every day since late May. There are twelve hours in a day, and ten hours are in a state of sleep.

Since sending the jasper out, Empress Dowager Cui's spirit has improved a lot. Every morning, I took the eunuch and palace maid to take a walk in the imperial garden.

Although the Empress Dowager Cui did not let the palace maid chew her tongue in private, the clever little palace maid still vaguely guessed that the Empress Dowager Cui's lethargy was slightly related to Jasper and the dream bamboo that was uprooted by the Empress Dowager Cui in front of the Changle Palace.

But this, you can only guess, not say.

Xiao Xiazi was right, because of the matter of jasper, all the palace maids who were waiting in front of Changle Hall were replaced, so that when Lingxi returned to the remote room of Changle Palace, no one knew her.

Although the palace maid in the hall didn't know who Lingxi was, Lingxi was wearing the clothes of a second-class palace maid, so she was not embarrassed.

Zhiqiu, the second-class palace maid who was newly matched by the Yeting Palace, asked after Lingxi Fu Yifu, who was a head shorter than herself, "Which palace is my sister in?" The Queen Mother set up the imperial garden, and this will not be there. ”

Lingxi Fu returned the salute and replied in a milky voice, "Sister is fine, Ling'er is in this Changle Palace, and she used to serve the tea of the Queen Mother." ”

Zhiqiu Yileng, the palace maids who used to wait for the Queen Mother's tea have been sent away, where did this little bit come from?

But she didn't ask much, and brought the matter over with a smile.

The palace maid waiting in the middle room would not allow Lingxi to touch the things that the Empress Dowager Cui was close to, and Lingxi stood outside the door of the side room.

Qian Weishi took the hand of the Empress Dowager Cui and walked around the imperial garden for a while, and saw that the Empress Dowager Cui had exhausted her pleasure, so she retired in advance and returned to Yongshou Palace first.

Since Biyu and the others were sent away, the worst time was not the new little palace maids, but him, the head of the Yongshou Palace.

Every time Empress Dowager Cui dropped the teacup, Qian Weishi felt that the poor parts of the chief manager were not far away, and his head grew more and more unreliable on his neck.

In the past, it was rumored that the queen mother's return to the palace was the work of the little eunuch, and since the jasper left, Qian Weishi personally ran this errand. Not for anything else, just to urge these little palace maids to bother more about tea.

When he thinks of tea, Qian Weishi can't think of Xiao Xiazi and Lingxi.

One is a lowly thing that looks down on people with dog eyes, and anyone dares to offend. One is something that he doesn't know how to rely on, and he personally sent someone to invite it, but he hasn't invited it yet.

Lingxi saw Qian Weishi coming in from the side door of the Changle Hall from a distance, and walked over quickly without waiting for him to come to him.

When he walked two steps in front of Qian Weishi, he shook it and said to Qian Weishi Yingying, "Slave and maid, please Qian Gong's public security!" ”

Qian Weishi was stunned when he saw Lingxi, and hurriedly started to help Lingxi, saying, "Hurry up, why did you come to the front hall?" Brother Wren is trained? ”

Lingxi dared to really let Qian Weishi help him, and with the strength of Qian Weishi, he supported Qian Weishi's right arm, and then respectfully helped him into the side room.

Such a move made Qian Weishi quite comfortable in his heart! He has been the chief steward in the Yongshou Palace for ten years, although those palace maids and eunuchs respect him on weekdays, but there is really no one who shows such an intimate attitude like a lingxi.

Lingxi held Qian Weishi in a low voice, and said with a slight embarrassment in his tone, "If you go back to your father-in-law, you haven't trained it yet." ”

The trace of goodwill that had just risen in Qian Weishi's heart was dispelled by Lingxi's words, but he asked softly without changing selflessness on his face, "This, why did you come back if you didn't train well?" Aren't you afraid of the Queen Mother's punishment? ”

When the palace maids in the middle room saw Qian Weishi coming in, they all blessed themselves. After Qian Weishi raised his hand, he retreated.

After Lingxi helped Qian Weishi to sit down, he thumped his hands and stepped aside, twisted his hands tightly, and said, "Yesterday, my father-in-law asked Father-in-law Xia to find the slave maid, and the slave and maid knew that there must be something wrong here in the front hall. But what kind of scene was it for the queen mother to send slaves and maids that day, and my father-in-law also knew that if I came back, I am afraid it would add fuel to the fire......"

Qian raised his eyebrows for Shi, thinking that this was the reason. On the same day, the Empress Dowager Cui sent Ling'er, but she still thought that she was a craftsman who trained birds, and her identity was not worthy of being her own close slave. If he really dared to arrange Ling'er back to wait for tea, I am afraid that it would backfire.

"Then what do you mean when you come back......" Qian Weishi asked Lingxi.

Lingxi knelt down in front of Qian Weishi, lowered his head and said with a little choked, "Father-in-law, the things that the slaves and maids know are all taught by Meicai that day. But now the identity of the slave is not worthy of this errand, so I can only ask my father-in-law to find a dexterous ......."

The latter words were not spoken, but Qian Weishi also understood. After sitting there and muttering for a while, he said, "It's not a bad idea to have the best of both worlds, and I have wronged you." ”

The spirit rhino was pressed to the ground, and the joints of the ten fingers were a little pale. When he heard that Qian Weishi agreed, he felt a sense of loss in his heart. She is a dangerous move, and if she returns to the Empress Dowager Cui like this, she will still be disliked by the Empress Dowager. In the harem of the Great Shun Dynasty, being born determines everything, and Lingxi has been calculating in his heart for a long time and doesn't know how to cross the gap of origin. In the end, it was decided to retreat as the closer. If he succeeds, he will become a blockbuster and become the most respected palace maid in front of Empress Dowager Cui. If it doesn't work, Qian Weishi will not embarrass her more in the future for the sake of relieving him today, and there will be no problem when he returns to Luomei Xuan and carefully mixes out of the palace.

"The slave and maid are not wronged," Lingxi shook his head again and again, "In the end, the slave and maid are unblessed, and the queen mother's health is also a blessing for the whole of the Yongshou Palace." ”

Lingxi's words were very ingenious, that is, he did not explicitly refer to Qian Weishi as a minion, and expressed his good intentions to solve problems for him. Even if money is a stone, no matter how tricky it is, it is not good to be embarrassed in this matter again.

Qian Weishi sighed, stood up and walked to Lingxi to help Lingxi up, and said, "I have been a slave in the palace for decades, and all I see is that the palace people are making trouble in order to compete for favor in front of the master. It's really not easy for you to have this heart at a young age. If it weren't for the fact that you were personally instructed by the Queen Mother to train birds, I would have transferred you to the front hall to arrange a light errand, and ask for a few more pieces of silver, and when you leave the palace in the future, you will have a little more money for the elderly......"

Lingxi was grateful, no matter whether Qian Weishi's words were true or not, he bowed to Qian Weishi again, "The slave is grateful for the kindness of the father-in-law, but it's a pity that the slave is not blessed......"

Qian Weishi sighed.

It just so happened that Zhiyue, who was guarding the hot water, came in to report that the Queen Mother had already set up a shelf and returned to the palace, Qian Weishi hurriedly said, "Miss Ling'er, you are not in a hurry today, you see ......"

Lingxi understood the meaning of money as a stone, and immediately said to Zhiyue Yifu, "Please also ask my sister to bring hot water." ”

Zhiyue didn't know who Lingxi was, and she stood there and didn't know whether to move or not. Qian Weishi said on the side, "Why don't you go and call everyone in?" If it's late for the Queen Mother's tea, watch your heads! ”

Zhiyue's little face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly said yes.

When Empress Dowager Cui returned to the palace, Qian Weishi naturally couldn't pestle in the middle room, so he explained that the palace maids listened to Lingxi's instructions and left.

Lingxi familiarly instructed the little palace maids in the room to take flower tea, carry hot water, and prepare pine needles, and asked Zhiye, who was in charge of pastries, to prepare four kinds of new pastries sent from the imperial dining room.

After the tea was brewed, he turned over the washed pine needles into the tea bowl, and then picked up the tea and poured it.

When the pine needles are turned twice, the unique fragrance of the flower tea wafts out mixed with the fragrance of the pine needles.

Lingxi handed the brewed tea to Zhiqiu, who was guarding the side, and said, "Sister Lao sent it in." ”

Zhiqiu took the tea and sniffed it lightly, this tea was indeed more fragrant than she used to brew, so she couldn't help but look at Lingxi a few more times.

Lingxi knew that Zhiqiu was looking at her, so she only said, "Sister, let's go quickly, the tea will be cold after a while, and the bitterness of the pine needles will be raised." ”

When Zhiqiu heard this, he hurriedly beckoned the third-class palace maids with snacks behind him into the main hall.

Seeing Zhiqiu bring the tea in, Lingxi's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he couldn't put it down anymore.

Since she left, she has never had pine needles when she made tea for Empress Dowager Cui, and she used lemon to flavor it. One is that lemon flavoring is clearer than pine needles, and the other is because plum is talented.

Although Emperor Yonghe named Mei Cairen Empress Dowager Cui did not say much, she was still dissatisfied with Mei Cairen in her heart. How big a crime is it to seduce the saints of today? If it weren't for the emperor's tight protection, I am afraid that Mei Cairen would have been destroyed under the cold methods of the Empress Dowager Cui.

And she doesn't use lemon flavoring today, just because when Jasper was still there, she used her method to make tea for Empress Dowager Cui.

The pollen of Mengzhu tastes bitter, if it weren't for the lemon juice in the tea to outline a trace of bitterness in the tea, I am afraid that the Empress Dowager Cui would have noticed it a long time ago.

Now use lemons, isn't that ruthless to reveal the scars of the Empress Dowager Cui?

Lingxi stroked the beaded flower on her head with her own hand. The hairpin of Zhuhua is hollow, and she collects the pollen of Mengzhu every day and puts it in it, and then gives it to Mei Cairen when she goes out to catch crickets.

It was also at that time that Lingxi knew that she had been pulled into the water by Mei Cairen, from the day she taught herself to make tea, from the time she gave herself everything before leaving.

Jasper bought Xiao Xiazi to harm her, so didn't she save her? If she was still waiting in front of Empress Dowager Cui at that time, Mei Cairen's revenge would definitely pull Lingxi into the water together. The spirit rhino was sent to train birds, which really avoided the limelight.

Lingxi thought again, if it wasn't for Jasper and Xiao Xiazi harming herself, how could she be willing to be used by Mei Cairen?

The twists and turns in this are unclear and unavoidable. Ren Na Jade was the most powerful palace maid before Empress Dowager Cui, and in the end, wasn't she still surrounded by those twists and turns and ended up with a miserable ending?

Lingxi looked at the boxy sky outside the Changle Palace, and suddenly shuddered.

This is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, and no matter how careful you are, you will get into endless right and wrong. Lingxi thought that he was a bird soaring in the sky, and as soon as he spread his wings, he threw all this out of the sky.