Chapter 189: The Good of the Past
The red candles burning in the Zichen Hall occasionally made a 'pop' sound of a soft pop, as if they didn't want the night to be too quiet. The smell of Long Yanxiang in the air was a little lighter than in the daytime. On the table, the warm goat's milk that Grandpa Feng deliberately did not open had become cold.
Father-in-law Feng pressed his face to the ground, and his heart pounded when he mentioned his throat, shaking his ears.
Emperor Yong'an's right hand was beating an unknown rhythm on his knee, looking at the back of Gonggong Feng's head, and after a long silence, he said, "I remember you said that I was punished by my father that year, and I was punished outside under the scorching sun at noon, and it was she who stuffed two ice cubes for you, so that I could spend the summer with you......"
Gonggong Feng raised his face on the ground slightly, exhaled carefully, looked at a few auspicious clouds on the red carpet in front of him, and said, "Yes, the emperor said at that time that this maid can please the queen mother, and can be friendly to the people of the palace without stepping on the highs and lows, which is really a rare ......."
Emperor Yong'an bowed slightly, "Indeed, I said such a sentence. At that time, Xian Gui Concubine was pregnant with the dragon heir, and begged me to name the Ling'er girl from Yongshou Palace to wait in her palace, and later ......"
Emperor Yong'an squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Later, Xian Guifei and Emperor Yong'an said that the Ling'er girl was very close to her, and if they could be sisters together, sit together every day to drink tea and talk, and raise the dragon heir, it would definitely be excellent.
Later, Xian Gui Concubine ordered the palace maid beside her to come to Zichen Palace, saying that she had prepared a gift for him in Deyang Hall that he would definitely like......
The dimly lit dormitory, the whispering beasts......
Gonggong Feng raised his head slightly, seeing that Emperor Yong'an was deep in thought, he finally sighed silently and put the heart hanging in his throat back into his stomach.
He knew he had got it done.
After a long time, Emperor Yong'an kicked Gonggong Feng's shoulder with his foot and said, "I will remember this account for you, you get up." ”
Gonggong Feng hurriedly kowtowed to thank him, and after standing up, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve.
"There must be no next time for such a thing!" Emperor Yong'an pointed at Gonggong Feng and warned coldly, and after a while, he said, "You slave is too worthless, a pair of cotton shoes can buy you." If everyone in this harem gave you a pair of cotton shoes, wouldn't you tell me that I called them all their names?! ”
Gonggong Feng heard that Emperor Yong'an didn't blame him anymore, so he softened the muscles on his face and said softly to Emperor Yong'an, "If you go back to the emperor, those who are slaves will be rewarded." But this reward is light and heavy, and the master of the reward has reported what kind of thoughts, the slave has some counts in his heart. The slave said something to ask for punishment, and some of the slaves really didn't dare to take the reward of the harem masters......"
Gonggong Feng's words were sincere, and his tone was soft, and he pointed out the pros and cons of being an errand in front of the emperor.
"I don't need you to tell me what they are thinking." Emperor Yong'an waved his hand and said to Feng Gong, "You are a slave, and you will receive this reward." I don't care which palace you have received a heavy gift, but you have understood it in your heart, and you must make it clear that you have to distinguish the importance clearly, otherwise your watermelon-sized head will not grow very reliable! ”
"Slaves can be distinguished, slaves can be distinguished." Gonggong Feng said yes again and again, and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, but the name of the Ye family in your nightmare is true." Although the slave wanted to return the love of those cotton shoes, he didn't dare to be so bold as to bully the king......"
Gonggong Feng looked at Emperor Yong'an's face with his spare eyes, and saw that Emperor Yong'an's face was not unhappy, and said, "You said that both children ......."
Emperor Yong'an's heart trembled, and in front of him, a little face full of blood but pretending to be strong appeared in the raging fire.
"Ying concubine, she ......" Emperor Yong'an's throat squirmed up and down, and he frowned slightly, "She fell down the rockery that day and was not lightly injured, and I don't know what happened." ”
Gonggong Feng hurriedly took over the conversation, and said in a slightly heavy tone, "Concubine Ying's body has always been weak, and she has congenital deficiency. The slave remembered that when Concubine Ying gave birth to the fifth prince, it was a life of nine deaths...... At that time, the queen made an order to follow the ancestral system, but in the end, the concubine and the mother of the Ying concubine stood up......"
"Well, the first thing she said to me when she woke up was that she had saved her and my child......" Emperor Yong'an snuggled up to the low kang, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Gonggong Feng stepped forward in time, picked up the bowl of goat's milk on the table that had not been drunk but was already cold, and whispered to Emperor Yong'an, "Your Majesty, can you still drink this goat milk?" If you drink it, the servant will pour you warm. In the past, Concubine Ying said that the emperor stayed up all night day and night to criticize and fold, all relying on the spirit of tea. But this comes and goes, but the body can't stand it, and you must drink some warm goat's milk before and after bedtime......"
Emperor Yong'an didn't open his eyes, but said lightly, "Let's get some more......"
Gonggong Feng picked up the teacup, with a hint of a smile on his face, and turned around and walked out of the inner hall.
In the cold palace, in the Fat Condensation Pavilion, Lingxi was frowning at swallowing the bowl of bitter medicine in front of him. Just as she thought, her left arm was fractured, but luckily it wasn't misaligned.
Due to the fire in the cold palace, the entire harem stared at the harem, and King Ning could not let Shi He occupy it to treat Lingxi, and Lingxi's injury could only be taken care of by Granny Bai, a doctor who was not skilled in medical skills.
Lotus Ye took a piece of clean grass root in his hand and said to Lingxi, "Niangniang, you drink it in one go, and then chew this grass root, and it will not be bitter." ”
The grass root is a specialty in the cold palace, slightly sweet with a little spicy, although it is not delicious, it is a kind of medicinal herb, which can clear the breath.
Lingxi smiled bitterly, "I'm not afraid of bitterness, it's really that this medicine falls on the stomach, and it is very sour, and then whatever you eat will have no taste." ”
"If there is honey, mix it with this bitter juice, and it will be better to drink." Fei Duo was using a slightly larger leaf as a fan, but he was fanning a pot of soup that was still boiling on the stove.
On the day Lingxi woke up, he had a long light with Feiduo.
Feiduo is indeed crazy, after she entered the cold palace, she was rescued by the cold-faced and kind-hearted white mother-in-law's dead horse as a live horse doctor. She clearly stated her will, she was willing to help Lingxi stand up and bring down Queen Zhu, the only condition was to let her leave the palace safely, far away from this palace, and then live a life without quarrel.
Lingxi naturally will not disagree, Feiduo used to be a first-class palace maid beside Queen Zhu, and after being named a concubine by Emperor Yong'an, she has been helping Queen Zhu to do evil in the harem. If she defects, does Empress Zhu still have a reason not to fall?
Lingxi picked up the medicine bowl with his uninjured right hand, frowned, drank it with a breath, and after putting down the bowl, he threw the grass root in the lotus leaf's hand into his mouth and chewed it carefully.
If you chew it, you will spit out the grass roots, and the major project of drinking medicine is over.
Fei Duo looked through the soup in the fire pot with a clean thin wooden stick, and when he saw that it was almost boiled, he used a rag to cushion it and poured the medicine into a clean porcelain bowl on the side.
After putting down the medicine jar, Fei Duo touched his ears with his hand, and turned back to Lingxi and said, "Niangniang, the herbs brought in by Xiao Dezi's father-in-law have been used up......
"How's she doing today?" Lingxi asked Feiduo.
An Xiaowan did not die, after being rescued by Granny Bai, she was originally placed in the east wing. Later, Lingxi sent the lotus leaf to spread the word, and Granny Bai took Feiduo and Lotus Leaf to place An Xiaowan in the dilapidated main hall of the Ning Fat Pavilion.
The outer and inner halls of the main hall had collapsed and were in tatters. Fortunately, the structure of the palace a hundred years ago was different from that time, although the dormitory was connected to the inner hall, the main body was shared, and even the hall door was another door. It's just that the door of the dormitory also collapsed, and the large door panel smashed against the collapsed wall of the inner hall, and the original appearance could no longer be seen.
is such a place that looks like it can't live in, and successfully allowed An Xiaowan to avoid the two searches of the secret guards around Emperor Yong'an.
Fei Duo shook his head, "I was stunned, I just looked at that half of the steps and didn't speak." Tears flowed down when they came down, and her face never dried......"
"What a useless one! Who is looking for death and life in this cold palace? I really shouldn't have saved her and let her die in Liulixuan. ”
Lingxi's heart was angry, and it was useless. In this cold palace, it is difficult to even survive, and she still has the leisure to cry there. If it weren't for Granny Bai's kindness on the day of the fire and took Feiduo to save her, she would have been buried in the fire by this time.
I couldn't figure it out after running back from the edge of life and death, Lingxi really couldn't figure out what An Xiaowan's brain was made of!
Granny Bai walked in from outside the wing room with a wooden stick. looked at Lingxi with sharp eyes, a cold wrinkled face, and said, "You yourself are still half-dead, what qualifications do you have to say about others?" If you had listened to me, why did you suffer so much sin, but in the end the child still didn't survive. ”
Lingxi's face turned pale all of a sudden, and his heart was like being stabbed by Granny Bai with a sharp knife.
Lotus Ye hurriedly said to Granny Bai, "Granny Bai, I beg you, you can say a few words." ”
Granny Bai looked at the spirit rhino who was half-crooked on the kang and had no trace of blood on her face, and reprimanded, "Who hasn't had that hurdle in their hearts that they can't pass?" You climbed over that hurdle and that doesn't prove that you have the right to go back and laugh at those who are still on the other side! Hmph, besides, you haven't climbed over yet, fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter, what qualifications do you have to be arrogant! ”
After speaking, he led Feiduo away with the medicine bowl.
Lotus Ye hurriedly stroked Lingxi's back with her hand, and said in an anxious tone, "Niangniang, Granny Bai is hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, can you take her words to heart." You have to take care of your body. ”
Lingxi held a breath of cool air in her chest, and it wasn't until Granny Bai had been gone for a long time that she slowly exhaled out, turned back to the anxious lotus leaf and said, "It's okay, if I can't stand even these few words, then when I get out of the cold palace in the future, how will I suffer the cold words of those concubines like knives?" ”
After a few breaths, Lingxi stroked his chest and said to Lotus Ye, "Lotus Ye, if I really die in this cold palace, I must have been killed by this evil mother-in-law, not by someone sent by the queen." You remember to avenge me......"
Lotus Yeben cried with a sad face, but was amused by Lingxi's words, "Niangniang, if you can say this, the slave and maid will rest assured." ”
When the cold feeling on his face was gone, Lingxi reached out and pinched the rough cheeks of the lotus leaf, and said, "Help me go and see her, Granny Bai is right, I am really not qualified to say Wan Concubine now." ”
"Mother, you still have injuries ...... you"
"It's in the arm and not in the leg." Lingxi held the hand stretched out by the lotus leaf and said, "It's good for me to go out for a walk." ”
Lingxi held the hand of the lotus leaf, stepped over the gravel on the ground, bypassed the collapsed outer hall and the inner hall, and walked in through a large crack in the back wall of the dormitory.
There is also half a working room in the dormitory, which is separated by lotus leaves and flying flowers with shabby quilts, a small space for people who can barely live in it. Due to the lack of light, it was dark all day.
After getting used to the dim light inside, Lingxi raised his eyes to look at the layout of the space.
In the darkest place, there was a bed with a little hay and two old quilts. On the side of the bed lay a large flat stone that had fallen from the wall, and on the stone lay several white bowls of coarse porcelain......
Other than that, there is nothing else. (It's shabby, I don't want to describe it, teary-eyed...... )
An Xiaowan sat on the only bed, looking at the half-step on her right hand and shaking her eyes blurred with tears. Feiduo sat on the edge of the bed, holding the bowl full of decoction in his hand, and was persuading An Xiaowan to take the medicine.
Hearing the voice, Feiduo turned his head. Seeing that it was Lingxi, he was obviously relieved, and then said, "Ying Concubine Niangniang, why are you here?" ”
"I'll come and see her." Lingxi held the hand of the lotus leaf, stepped over the uneven ground, and sat in the position that Feiduo had given up.
"Wan Concubine, can't you figure it out? Being in the cold palace, crying won't solve any problems. ”
An Xiaowan raised her head, stroked the left side of her face that was burned by the flames, and asked in a choked voice, "Now that I don't cry, what else can I do?" Even if the emperor believes that I am innocent one day, what face will I have to meet him? ”