CHAPTER XXV

Lotus Beauty, naturally, passed away, and when she was buried, she was so shabby that she didn't even reach the etiquette that a beauty should have.

Lingxi stood on the cloister of the Ruyi Temple, looking at the direction of the Yizhu Hall silently. Her heart was so heavy that she took a few deep breaths in her frozen chest before sucking the cold air into her lungs.

Lingxi clutched his chest and closed his eyes. She doesn't have much thought about the nameless princess, she is just a little palace maid, where can she manage the emperor's family affairs? She is more silent for these women in the palace and for herself.

"Miss Ling'er!" In the distance, a little eunuch ran towards Ling'er in a snowy white. The snow fell one after another, and the spirit couldn't see who the person was, as if everything in the world was in a trance.

"Miss Ling'er." The little eunuch walked in, bent down at Lingxi and said, "Miss Ling'er, Mama An, please go back." ”

There were snowflakes falling on the people who came, and when they spoke, they exhaled clouds of white mist.

"Grandpa Zhou, what did Mama An say?" Lingxi asked softly after seeing who it was.

Gonggong Zhou is none other than Lingxi, who was punished by Empress Dowager Cui for beating Lingxi with a ring ruler when he first entered the palace, named Zhou An.

Although Lingxi fainted that day, when she woke up, she remembered what Zhou An had said in her ear. Therefore, she never hated Zhou An, and after she stood firm, she accommodated Qian Weishi and transferred Zhou An to the front hall as an errand.

Zhou An didn't expect Lingxi to be so generous at such a young age, so he naturally flattered Lingxi in every way, and became Lingxi's second eye in the Yongshou Palace except for Chun'er.

Zhou An looked around, and saw the rough envoys in the Ruyi Hall coming and going, so he didn't speak again.

Lingxi exhaled deeply, tied the cloak on his body tightly, and said, "Then go back quickly." ”

On the way back to Yongshou Palace, Zhou An whispered to Lingxi about everything she had done since she came out.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Lingxi left the Changle Palace, the great eunuch Li Gonggong next to Emperor Yonghe came. After sending out the second palace maids who knew autumn, summer, and winter, they said a few words to the Empress Dowager Cui alone, and no one knew what they said.

When Gonggong Li left, the little palace maids saw that Empress Dowager Cui's complexion was quite good, and they were full of smiles. But who knew that when Gonggong Li stepped out of the palace gate of Yongshou Palace with his front foot, Empress Dowager Cui fainted with his hind foot.

Lingxi's heart was shocked, and he asked with horror, "How is the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhou An looked ashamed and replied in a low voice, "I was the first to be called into the hall by Mama An, and the Queen Mother hadn't woken up when Mama sent me out to look for you, and I don't know anything else." ”

Lingxi's breath was lifted to his chest, and he couldn't spit it out or swallow it.

Zhou An anxiously urged on the side, "Miss Ling'er, don't worry, take a few steps." ”

Lingxi just wanted to lift the corner of her skirt and leave quickly, but when she thought of what Zhou An said, she slowed down again.

Empress Dowager Cui breathed a sigh of relief and waited for Gonggong Li to walk out of Yongshou Palace, which means that Empress Dowager Cui didn't want others to know her strong reaction after hearing some content. And Mama An sent Zhou An out to find her as soon as possible, because she was afraid that the palace maid's little palace maid would say something. Lingxi is not very old, but after killing and decisively disposing of a few palace maids and eunuchs in the Yongshou Palace, his prestige among the palace people is extremely high.

Lingxi tried to sink his heart in his stomach, and several times he wanted to open his mouth to speak, but he was afraid that his voice would tremble.

Now how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Yongshou Palace, if they show timidity at this time, others will know something.

Zhou An was like an ant on a hot pot, and when he saw that Lingxi was still walking slowly, he couldn't help but urge again.

Lingxi looked back and stood his eyes, the snow falling on the beads on his head was gently shaken down, and he looked at Zhou An, who was a head taller than him, and shouted, "Urge!" I'm not idle, what kind of lazy are you stealing? ”

Zhou An was glared at by Lingxi, and immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.

Ling Xi saw a corner of his clothes flashing from the palace gate of Changxin Palace, and whispered to Zhou An, "Calm down, how many eyes are staring at us." ”

Zhou Anxin shuddered, didn't dare to say anything, and only walked slowly beside Lingxi.

After Changxin Palace, it is Yongshou Palace.

Lingxi entered the gate of the Yongshou Palace as if he had entered home, and although he was anxious, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. When he entered the Changle Palace, the composure on his face could no longer be hung up.

Zhou An's status was low and he couldn't enter the Changle Palace, so he stood in the shelter of the corridor outside the hall, firstly, to watch and not let others approach the Changle Palace, and secondly, to wait for the instructions in the hall.

The little palace maid who was in charge of the curtain saw Lingxi coming in, and hurriedly lifted the cotton curtain embroidered with pine and cypress, so that Lingxi's eyes stared and put it down. Lingxi took the red cherry blossom chicken feather sheet handed over by Zhilan, took off the snow sheet on his body, took off his cloak and handed it to Zhilan, and then entered the inner hall.

At this time, in addition to the sleeping Empress Dowager Cui, the Empress Dowager Cui's dormitory was Mama An.

When Mama An saw Lingxi coming in, she hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Lingxi's cold little hand, and said, "Why did you come back so late?" ”

Lingxi's face was anxious, and he didn't answer and asked, "How is Niangniang?" Mama......"

Mama An touched her little face like a jade and said, "The Queen Mother is not in the way, and it will be good to rest." ”

Lingxi asked again, "What did the Imperial Doctor say?" ”

Mama An shook her head, "You can't ask for a doctor." The Queen Mother has woken up and fallen asleep again. ”

Lingxi heard that Empress Dowager Cui had woken up once, so she put her heart in her stomach.

Mama An asked again, "I asked Xiao Zhouzi to call you, why did you come back so late?" ”

"How many pairs of eyes are staring, the slave maid is afraid that others will see something...... Lingxi replied quietly, "When the slave and maid came back, they saw someone peeking at the corner of Changxin Palace, so they deliberately walked slowly and calmly. ”

"Good boy!" Mama An smiled with relief and said to Lingxi, "Ling'er, the news of the Queen Mother's fainting can't be spread out of the Yongshou Palace." Don't go to Mei Jieyu again in the past few days, it's not good for me to come forward in front of the Queen Mother every day, you have to send out all the concubines who came to ask for peace. ”

Lingxi didn't know what made Mama An feel like a great enemy, but she also knew that she couldn't act like this. Lingxi is now a very valued palace maid around the Empress Dowager Cui, and going to Qingle Palace to visit Mei Jieyu is the queen mother's metaphor, if you don't go at this time, isn't it equivalent to telling the palace concubines that the Empress Dowager Cui is unwell?

After a few turns of thought, Lingxi cautiously smiled at Mama An, "Lord Rui hasn't come to visit the Queen Mother for some days. ”

Mama An's eyes lit up, and she pointed to Lingxi's forehead and said, "You ghost clever." ”

Lingxi playfully stuck out her tongue, and then grabbed Mama An's hand and said, "Mama, the slave wants to see the Queen Mother." ”

After getting Mama An's approval, Lingxi quietly walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Cui.

Because it was daytime, the gauze tent was not put down, and Empress Dowager Cui lay on the bed with her chest sinking and falling asleep.

Lingxi knelt on the ground, respectfully faced the Empress Dowager Cui, kowtowed three times silently, and when he raised his face again, his face was already full of tears.

Mama An was surprised, but saw that Lingxi had already stood up and buried her little face in her arms. Before Mama An asked, Lingxi said in a muffled voice, "Let Mama laugh, the slave feels sorry for Niangniang, and Niangniang's hair is gray." ”

Mama An put her left hand around Lingxi's shoulder, and her right hand wanted to touch Lingxi's hair, but she trembled and couldn't do anything.

Lingxi's shoulders shook a few times in Mama An's arms, and when she looked up when she was stable, there were no tears in her eyes. After embarrassingly blessing Mama An, Lingxi said, "Mama, the slave has gone to deliver a message to King Rui." ”

With that, he ran out of the Changle Palace.

Mama An took out a handkerchief and gently touched the tears left on her chest, feeling a lot of emotion in her heart.

Empress Dowager Cui turned over and sat up, leaned on the head of the bed, touched her gray hair and asked Mama An, "The hair of the mourning family is really whiter?" ”

Mama An hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to the Empress Dowager Cui, put a pillow on the back of the Empress Dowager Cui and asked, "When did the Empress Dowager wake up?" ”

Empress Dowager Cui took a sip of tea and moistened her throat, handed the teacup back to Mama An, and said, "Ling'er woke up as soon as she entered the mourning house in Changle Palace......

Mama An put the teacup back in its place and asked, "The Queen Mother thinks it's good to invite King Rui into the palace?" ”

Empress Dowager Cui bowed her head and said, "Ling'er is a clever person, King Rui doesn't like those concubines on weekdays, and it's not an exaggeration to mourn the family and hurt King Rui not to see the concubines." ”

After speaking, he pointed to the wet clothes on Mama An's chest and asked, "This?" ”

"Ling'er's girl." Mama An sighed and said, "The distressed little face was pulled together, kowtowed to the mother three times, and cried in the arms of the slave for a while." I didn't dare to make a sound, and I trembled like ...... something."

When Empress Dowager Cui heard this, tears fell, and she took the post handed over by Mama An and pressed the corner of her eyes, "Ru'er of the mourning family also loved the mourning family like this when she was by the side of the mourning family." ”

Mama An saw the Empress Dowager Cui crying, and hurriedly persuaded, "The Empress Dowager mourns on her mother's day." Princess Chaoran has a spirit in the sky, and when she sees you sad, she is also uneasy. ”

Princess Chaoran is the youngest daughter of Empress Dowager Cui, her maiden name is Ru'er, and she is the younger sister of Emperor Yonghe's mother. Because the Empress Dowager Cui is over 30 years old, the Empress Dowager Cui loves it very much.

In the first year of Yonghe, Emperor Yonghe named the little princess as the princess of Zhengyipin Chaoran, and the pro-Dayue Kingdom as the queen.

Although it is for the future, it is also a hard life. The emperor of the Great Moon Kingdom died, and according to the ancestral system of the Great Moon Kingdom, the princess wanted to marry the next emperor.

Although the next emperor of the Great Moon Kingdom was not born to Princess Chaoran, he was brought up by Princess Chaoran herself. Princess Chaoran couldn't accept marrying her son as his wife, and a cup of poisoned wine ended her life like a flower.

Empress Dowager Cui hugged Mama An and cried bitterly, where is there still the majesty of the Queen Mother, "Ru'er, the mourning family shouldn't have thought about keeping her for a few more years." If you marry according to the will of the emperor early, you don't have to come to this point. ”

"Mother's Day mourning." Mama An patted the back of the Empress Dowager Cui to comfort her, and she also left silent tears.

Lingxi, who was sitting in the middle room, still couldn't hide the sadness in her heart, she was crying for the Empress Dowager Cui, and even crying for herself. If Empress Dowager Cui went like this, then her wish to spend ten years in the palace safely would also become delusional.

Zhiyue hurriedly walked in from the outside, and said after blessing Lingxi, "Huigui Concubine Niangniang has brought An Gui Concubine Niang to ask for peace, and she has already entered Yongshou Palace." ”

Lingxi stood up and asked, "But is there anyone else?" Have you seen anyone in Weiyang Palace? ”

Zhiyue shook her head, "I haven't seen it, only Hui Gui Concubine Niangniang and An Gui Concubine Niangniang." ”

Lingxi lifted a breath to his chest, and said viciously to several second-class palace maids in the hall who knew that Empress Dowager Cui had fainted, "Keep your mouth shut, let me know who chews the root of the tongue, I will let her have no tongue to chew again!" ”

Zhiqiu and the other second-class palace maids were frightened by Lingxi, and hurriedly said yes.