Chapter 50: Sudden Change
After the princess of Allure got married, Lingxi's thoughts all fell on the body of the beautiful woman. Fortunately, the weather is getting cooler, and the days of the beautiful people are not as sad as in the summer.
In a blink of an eye, the day came to the end of November, and the capital ushered in the first heavy snow after three years of winter in Yong'an.
Goose-feather-like snowflakes fluttered and fell, dressing the Half Moon Pavilion in silver.
The beautiful woman looked at the tender white new snow and was happy in her heart, and thought of walking in the snow in the yard. But now that she is nine months old, how can the palace maid Wen Po dare to agree?
Lingxi finally couldn't stand the begging of the beautiful woman, and ordered someone to go to the yard and hold the new snow to show the beautiful woman, like coaxing a child.
Although the beautiful woman was a little unhappy in her heart, she also understood that Lingxi was for her good, so she was fine.
Towards the end of the evening, when the heavy snow stopped, Lingxi served the beautiful people and had a meal, then wrapped in a cloak made of rabbit skin and returned to the Yongshou Palace.
At present, the fetus in the womb of the beautiful woman is nine months old, and there is a possibility of giving birth at any time. She also had to say hello to Qian Weishi and prepare to leave the palace.
Lingxi looked at the Yongshou Palace under the heavy snow, and remembered the scene when she first stepped into it eight years ago. At that time, her body was still a nine-year-old little doll, and now she has grown into a slim girl.
Lingxi doesn't have too much nostalgia, and what she is looking forward to now is a new life after leaving the palace. Over the years, she has saved a lot of money, and after leaving the palace to honor her parents, she will go on a tour with Princess Allure.
Lingxi and Qian Weishi gossiped a few words and went to Luomei Xuan, and Qian Weishi said that Luomei Xuan's red plum blossoms had opened. In previous years, red plums did not bud until December, but this year they bloomed early.
After Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager left the palace, most of the craftsmen in Luomei Xuan were sent. Only Mama Qin and a few palace maids who Lingxi didn't know were left.
After greeting Mama Qin, Lingxi ordered a lot of half-opened flower branches to be broken and sent back to the Half Moon Pavilion.
The beautiful people look at the red plum that has not yet been inserted in the bottle and like it very much. While being happy, he didn't forget to let people find two white jade plums and insert them in bottles, one bottle was sent to Queen Lin of Weiyang Palace, and the other bottle was sent to the Zichen Hall where Emperor Yong'an lived. The rest were inserted into the large plum vase and placed in the inner sanctum.
Not long after the palace maid who sent the red plum back to the Zichen Palace, Emperor Yong'an drove the Half Moon Pavilion, and the cheeks of the graceful beauty were like blooming red plums.
Emperor Yong'an sat on the warm kang, hugged the plump and graceful woman into his arms, looked at the Lingxi who ordered the palace maid to serve tea, and said with a smile, "No wonder Xian'er named the Ling'er girl in front of Xiao and the Empress Dowager to wait. ”
The blessed body of Lingxi rules replied, "The emperor has won awards, and it is the duty of slaves and maids to serve good and beautiful women." ”
The beautiful woman opened her eyes wide, her eyes were shining, and she asked in a daze, "The emperor has never seen it, how do you know that this red plum is folded by Ling'er?" ”
Emperor Yong'an greasy held the beautiful woman's white little hand, and said while playing, "There are three plum gardens in this harem, one is in the northwest corner of the imperial garden, and it is planted with white plums. One is behind Weiyang Palace, and although it is planted with red plum, it is a late-blooming variety. Then there is the Luomei Xuan in the Yongshou Palace, although there are few plum trees in the Luomei Xuan, they are all high-quality red plums, and they are also blooming. ”
"That doesn't have to be Ling'er......" The beautiful woman quibbled in a slightly coquettish tone.
Emperor Yong'an had a delicate nose and said with a smile, "Yongshou Palace is the residence of filial piety and the Empress Dowager, except for Ling'er, which concubine has the courage to go there to fold red plums?" ”
After hearing this, the talented man stubbornly leaned into Emperor Yong'an's arms, "The concubine only thinks that the red plum is good-looking, but I didn't expect the emperor to think of this." ”
"Ling'er is the most powerful palace maid in front of the Empress Dowager," Emperor Yong'an chuckled, "to have her to serve you, you can also be regarded as a blessing of filial piety and the Empress Dowager's children and grandchildren." ”
"That must be the blessing of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's training of Ling'er makes the concubines like it tightly, but it's a pity that Ling'er can't accompany the concubines for a long time." There was a bit of loneliness in the tone of the demure woman.
Lingxi has already said to Xian Meiren, and when the dragon heir in Xian Meiren's womb is born, she will leave the palace. In the words of the beautiful people, it is more about the nostalgia for their own sister.
"I can't be with you for a long time," Emperor Yong'an said meaningfully, "Ling'er has her own place to go." ”
Lingxi's heart trembled.
"Your Majesty, you quickly ask Ling'er to help the concubine break a red plum from the plum bottle." Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the beautiful woman hurriedly diverted the topic, pointed to the huge plum bottle placed on the side of the screen in the inner hall and said to Emperor Yong'an, "She inserted it in the plum bottle since she was hugged back, saying that the concubine was heavy and was not allowed to lean closer." made the concubine only look at it from a distance, and never took it into her hand to take a closer look. ”
Emperor Yong'an laughed when he heard this, and said dotingly, "Ling'er, this is for your good." Your month is getting bigger, and it's better to move less. ”
Lingxi dared to delay any longer, and hurriedly ordered the little palace maid to find a small vase, and he broke two of the best blooming branches from the big plum vase and inserted them inside, and personally placed them on the table on the low kang.
"The smell of plum is fragrant." Emperor Yong'an sniffed deeply and said with a smile, "This fragrance is much fresher than the ambergris burning in the palace." ”
"Why doesn't the concubine think it's fragrant?" The beautiful people also learned to smell Emperor Yong'an, but they didn't feel any aroma. The red plum has been inserted into the plum bottle for a while, and the whole inner temple is filled with the fragrance of red plum, how can you still smell any fragrance.
Lingxi placed the vase and just wanted to take it back, but Emperor Yong'an grabbed the white wrist.
Lingxi was startled, raised his head and looked at Emperor Yong'an in horror, his face was already pale. This is the first time that Lingxi has looked at Emperor Yong'an so closely, and he used to look at it from a distance, and when he got closer, he bowed his head and asked for peace, and never trespassed.
Now she can see clearly that this man who is an emperor has a pair of peach blossom eyes that even women can't reach, and when he smiles, he is even more amorous. Coupled with those thin lips, it is easy to associate this man's bad feelings.
Emperor Yong'an's fingers were warm, and it spread to the skin of the spirit rhino, making the spirit rhino chill from the bottom of his heart.
With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Emperor Yong'an whispered to the beautiful woman, "Look at Ling'er folding plums for you, your wrists are scratched by plum branches." ”
There were no scratches on the wrist of the spirit rhino at all. When she fell into Meixuan, she asked the palace maid to fold the plum, and when she returned to the Half Moon Pavilion, she asked the palace maid to insert the bottle, and the whole process didn't even touch the edges, so what hurt was there?
But Emperor Yongan said that there is, then there is, there is not!
After sweeping back and forth between Emperor Yong'an and Lingxi, she smiled and said, "That really makes Ling'er work hard, go down and rub some medicine, don't leave a scar." ”
Lingxi tried to pull his hand back, and whispered, "It was the slave who was careless and made the beautiful woman worry." ”
"You work hard for the beautiful people, and I will reward you with something." Emperor Yong'an held Lingxi's wrist and did not let go, bowed his head and meditated for a while, and said, "Another day, I didn't bring anything with me today." ”
"Slaves and maids don't dare to ask for credit." Lingxi bowed his body and took advantage of the opportunity to withdraw his hand.
"Know the rules!" Emperor Yong'an nodded with satisfaction and let go of his hand.
On the white wrist of the Lingxi, the imprint of the three fingers of Emperor Yong'an was left, like a brand. Lingxi didn't dare to stay any longer, so he found a reason and fled as if he left the inner hall.
When the beautiful woman went to bed after Emperor Yong'an left, Lingxi opened the palace maid Wen Po in the dormitory, and said to the beautiful woman with a white face, "Sister, I'm afraid I can't wait until you give birth to the imperial heir." ”
The beautiful woman took Lingxi's hand, with a worried face, "I'm afraid that the emperor won't let you go......"
"No," Lingxi shook his head again and again, as if he was comforting the talented person, and also seemed to be comforting himself, "The emperor has a lot of opportunities in the day, where will he remember me as a little palace maid?" I went to Yongshou Palace today to say hello to Father-in-law Qian, and in a few days there will be a group of palace maids who have reached the age to be released, and I will go out of the palace with some of those palace maids. ”
"Sure?"
Lingxi nodded, if Qian Weishi is not sure, then who else is sure?
"Sister, let me tell you a few more words......"
The day when the palace maid leaves the palace is set for December 25. On that day, the palace maid who reached the age would follow the eunuch in charge of the roster in the palace to the foot gate in the northeast of the palace, and the eunuch called a name, and the palace maid stepped forward and handed over to the eunuch a note that proved that she was old and had not made a big mistake in the palace. The eunuch checked the roster without misunderstanding, and would let the palace maid stand on the other side. After all the tests are confirmed, the eunuch will let the qualified palace maid out of the palace. In this process, the process of the palace maid giving gifts to the eunuch is indispensable, because as long as the eunuch in charge of the roster has the slightest doubt and wants to leave the palace, wait a few more years.
Emperor Yong'an has not been there since he arrived at the Half Moon Pavilion that day. During this period, Lingxi ran more diligently to Yongshou Palace, and finally, on the tenth day of the lunar month, Qian Weishi gave Lingxi a letter of approval, and asked Lingxi to come to him at the eighteenth time to take out the palace's notes.
Lingxi's heart finally fell into her stomach, as long as she was careful not to appear in front of Emperor Yong'an before leaving the palace, she couldn't make a mistake.
On December 16, Qian Weishi was found dead on the stone road outside the Yongshou Palace. The cause of death was that he had fallen on a stone after drinking and had lost too much blood.
When he heard the news, it was as if he had been sent to hell! Two days, two more days for her to get a note to leave the palace. But at this time, she helped her get all the money for Shi, but he died.
The panicked Lingxi couldn't decide whether Qian Weishi's death was an accident or artificial, if Emperor Yong'an left only a verbal metaphor, there was no need to kill Qian Weishi at all. And the concubines in the palace have no grievances with her, there is no reason to put such a secret arrow behind her, and besides, no one knows about Qian Weishi's arrangement for her to leave the palace.
The day when the palace maid left the palace was getting closer and closer, but Lingxi didn't have the note to prove that her age had arrived. Lingxi calmed herself, calmed down, calmed down again, and finally, she came up with a way, she wanted to see the emperor's eldest son, Li Lingyun. Now that she wants to get out of the palace, only Li Lingyun can help her.