Chapter Twenty-Five: The Savage Princess
After the poisonous bee incident, the entire harem was quiet for a while, because of Dongfang Chen's holy decree, Wei Qingguan had to re-start managing the affairs of the harem, in fact, it was management, but it was just a superficial care, she had been lazy for a long time, and she really didn't want to take many things like the harem on herself.
So most of the matters were handed over to Concubine Xian and Concubine Ying to manage, but this time she pulled up Concubine Ying and didn't let her shirk everything like before, and Concubine Xian didn't care, showing a rare generosity than when she monopolized power before, and she really couldn't afford her title of Concubine Xian.
In the early morning, a milky white mist had not yet cleared in the courtyard, and under the misty morning light, the willow branches hung low, and dew fell from the crystal dots on the branches. The cold breath carries the smell of late spring and early summer, and the woman who is still sleepy on the bed is awakened through the open window of spring.
The woman under the silk thin quilt is graceful, but her expression is not good after being disturbed, but the people who have been waiting by her side for a long time have long been accustomed to her temper when she gets up, and she smiled without fear and called softly, "Niangniang, get up, Concubine Xian Niangniang and Concubine Min Niangniang are waiting here before dawn, saying that the Queen Mother is urgently calling!" â
Wei Qingguan, who was still frowning and feeling angry, endured the discomfort of his body and propped himself up after hearing Bang Chun's words, forced himself to open his eyes, looked at the wide open window, and frowned again.
"What hour? What's going on here? "She is a person who is used to getting up late, since she replaced the original, the previous rules of morning and dusk have long been abolished by her, and because Dongfang Chen is obsessed with night and night, if she doesn't sleep until three o'clock in the day, she can not be depressed for a morning.
The Queen Mother has always been a trouble-free, never requiring them to ask for peace every day, Dongfang Chen is also casual, looking at the bright sky outside, Wei Qingguan endured the unhappiness in his heart and asked.
"The slaves and maids don't know, but Banxia went to inquire, saying that the eldest princess of Tongchang suddenly entered the palace in the second half of the night, and cried in the Shoukang Palace for half a night.
Bang Chun neatly waited for Wei Qingguan to dress up, and Di Cui also came in to dress up for Wei Qingguan after hearing the voice in the hall. In response to the summons of the Queen Mother, Bang Chun specially found a wide-sleeved long skirt with peony red wipes and silk begonias embroidered for her, with long hair pulled up and combed into a fairy bun, and the hairpin with twelve wings hanging beads on the bun is a golden phoenix hairpin, exquisite makeup, and a pen depiction, which is very solemn.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Wei Qingguan only felt that it was too solemn, but when she walked out of the inner hall and looked at Concubine Ying and Concubine Xian who were waiting outside the room, she found that they were also dressed cautiously.
Needless to say, Concubine Xian has always been exquisite in dressing, and even Concubine Ying, who has always been casual, is wearing a long skirt with Su embroidery and floor-length skirt with concentric buns, Wei Qingguan doesn't know what happened to the Queen Mother today, so much fanfare.
Wei Qingguan, who hastily took a bowl of bird's nest porridge, took Concubine Ying and Concubine Xian behind him to sit on the sedan chair and head towards Shoukang Palace.
The cold hit people early in the morning, Wei Qingguan gathered the Shu brocade cloak on his body, and said to Concubine Xian, who was sitting on the side with an expressionless face, "Sister Concubine Xian, has always been well-informed in this harem?" What do you know? â
Hearing this, Concubine Xian shrugged her shoulders slightly and shook her head, she does have a lot of eyes and ears in this harem, and there is nothing to avoid. But the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace has always been like an iron bucket, her people have never entered it so far, and the news they can get is similar to what Wei Qingguan heard.
Wei Qingguan looked at Concubine Ying on the other side impatiently, and probed at her with questioning eyes, and Concubine Ying also shook her head impatiently.
"The concubine also doesn't know, but Aunt Roufu came to call it in person, it should be a big deal, when it's time, let's act when the opportunity comes!"
Concubine Ying has been much better towards her since Wei Qingguan helped Princess An Ning that day, and if nothing else, she wanted Concubine Min to return An Ning to justice, and she was also full of gratitude to Wei Qingguan.
"Hmm." Wei Qingguan heard her say this, nodded, and the three of them were silent again all the way to Shoukang Palace.
In Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother Gu sat on the agarwood circle chair in the inner hall, her eyes slightly closed, her brows frowned, and her eyes were glowing with black blue, which seemed to be a sleepless night.
Dongfang Taoyao, the eldest princess of Tongchang, was sitting beside her mother in an apricot two-color vault splendid peony flower placket palace dress at the moment, her hair was messy, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was indescribably pitiful. The beautiful appearance makes the appearance of such pear blossoms with rain at this moment also have another graceful posture in it.
"Queen Mother, you have loved me the most since you were a child, why didn't you agree to this matter, the little goblin actually let him hide in the courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing for more than half a year, the women in the inner city can't wait to know, the partial one is hiding from me alone, fooling me like a fool, I don't kill her, just send her to the palace, what's wrong?"
The sad voice cried again, and Dongfang Tao couldn't stop crying secretly, and he didn't let go.
"You want to get the matter of the backyard between husband and wife into this harem, how can you agree to the mourning family?
Besides, it's not just a woman brought back from Jiangnan, you let the concubine take the house and raise a concubine, why do you take advantage of the horse to go out on patrol for the emperor, just want to get her into the palace, now the horse is the emperor's right and left hand, do you want to let them have a dislike between the monarch and the ministers because of a woman, and the horse will not gain a foothold in this court in the future. â
Roufu gently handed a cup of soothing tea to the Queen Mother, and he stood aside and choked on a mouthful of sandalwood to sober himself.
As he gets older, he can't stay up late, and last night he will take people into the palace when he is asleep, saying that he wants to send a woman to the harem to the emperor to be a show girl, which suddenly disturbs the Shoukang Palace and sleeps all night.
"No, except for me Dongfang Taoyao in the princess's mansion, there will never be a second woman who wants to share a man with me, this woman must enter the palace, I won't kill her, but I want to let the two of them live and separate, let them be untouchable in this life, and let the concubine taste the price of betraying me!"
Dongfang Taoyao heard her mother say this, and her unwilling palm hated a blow, hitting the case, and her palm was hot and painful.
Seeing her like this, the Queen Mother sighed and shook her head.
"But a woman, why do you have to get into trouble with the horse to this point, he is out of the house now and does not know the situation, if he knows, how will you get along in the future? Your temperament is too arrogant, you must know which man in this world can really be monogamous, if every woman is like you, the queen mother vomited to death in the morning, where is your existence! â
"I don't! Mother, I have brought the roster, you just need to nod your head and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs register and make a register, and soon she will be the show girl of the imperial brother, I don't care, I must do this in this matter! Dongfang Tao didn't care, gritted his teeth fiercely, stubbornly pouted his head, and his eyes were full of tears.
"Silly boy, why are you bothered? You can get rid of a Lin Muxue today, what about him? â
Seeing her like this, the Queen Mother stretched out her hand to hold her, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and comforted her again in a gentle tone, "You have been married to Shangguan Mansion for five years, and you have no children so far.
Today's matter, you will be soft, and welcome the woman in, she is a poor woman to deal with easier than those women of the family, and when you have a child in the future, you will have to give birth to an heir, and you will have to die, a woman giving birth to a child has always been a line of life and death, and when the time comes, raise her child to your knees and treat it well, the horse will only be grateful to you, the same thing, is it not good to do it differently? â
"It's not good, that old woman, she can't be idle at home all day long, and she still wants to take care of the affairs in the backyard of the palace, and take a concubine for her son, which is also her ability! This palace has no children for five years, and it's not that there are no children for a lifetime, look at them in a hurry, for fear of cutting off children and grandchildren, see if I don't clean them up when I go back one day, the tiger is not powerful, and I am really a good bully! â
But no matter how the Queen Mother was kind and seductive, Dongfang Taoyao said that she was unwilling to listen to her opinion, and her stubborn appearance made the Queen Mother helpless and distressed.
The two compartments were deadlocked for a long time, and the queen mother had to sigh sadly, "You, that's it, the mourning family can't persuade you, the mourning family can't rely on you in this matter, not because the mourning family is unwilling, but even if the mourning family agrees, your imperial brother may not be willing, and now the harem is not in charge of the mourning family, the mourning family has asked people to invite the queen, if you can move them, then you will lead the woman into the palace." â
"Queen? Why should I move her, such a soft and glutinous person, she obeyed the queen mother and you alone no matter what she used to do, I don't want to find her and say anything! â
Dongfang Tao has not been in the deep palace for a long time, and since he got married, his mind has been on Shangguan Qing's body. Unless it is an important festival, she rarely cares about things in the palace, and the last time the little prince was full moon, it coincided with her small day, so she could not come to the palace to congratulate the little prince, and there were some things she didn't know. So at first glance, the impression is still that Wei Qingguan when he was not reborn before, full of disdain.
Roufu knew that this delicate little princess should be thinking about it, and when she wanted to explain it to her, she heard the promise already being sung outside the door, and the queen arrived, but she couldn't, so she swallowed the words in her mouth and went out to meet her.
Dongfang Taoyao was unwilling, and when she got up and was about to say goodbye, she raised her eyes to the backlight and saw that red shadow coming, she tried her best to integrate the figure with the woman in her previous impression, but she never fused.
"Please say hello to the queen mother, may the queen mother be happy for a long time, and be safe and healthy!"
Before he could react, he heard a sound from the inner hall of Shoukang Palace, and Dongfang Taoyao didn't have time to say goodbye, so he just froze in place, looking at Wei Qingguan in front of him in a daze, looking up and down carefully.
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