The rain continued from midnight to the next morning, but it didn't stop. The beans were so big that the raindrops hit the glazed tiles of the Lingyan Temple, making a crackling sound. Every now and then, a thunderbolt splits the gloomy sky in half, as if to split the chaos of the world. But after the thunder, the dark clouds reglued together seamlessly, changing various forms, and making the rain fall even bigger, as if laughing at the useless work of the thunder.

Because of this continuous heavy rain, Queen Zhu exempted the concubines from going to the Weiyang Palace to ask for peace.

So after breakfast, Lingxi sat on the bamboo couch of the Xiangfei in the inner hall and watched the rain, watching the rain fall from the sky, smashing on the red glazed tiles, and then flowing to the marble floor, and finally gathering in the canal and flowing into the lotus pond......

Outside the Lingyan Palace, Qiaozhu ran out with an umbrella from the main hall, and after a while, he ran back from the outside with half of his body wet, and there was an extra dark blue burden on his chest.

A tight skirt embroidered with butterflies in pink, a light green oil-paper umbrella painted with a willow tobacco base, and a playful smile on Qiaozhu's face form a very beautiful scenery in the dense rain curtain.

Seeing Qiaozhu laughing and running into the Lingyan Palace, Lingxi asked Lotus Ye without looking back, "What did Qiaozhu do?" Such heavy rain. ”

I didn't know the lotus leaf that was sitting on the low stool next to the bamboo couch embroidering my belly pocket, so I called Han Yan, who was guarding the room, in the middle room to reply.

Hanyan respectfully blessed Lingxi and replied, "Back to Niangniang, someone just came to Gonggong De and said that there was something for Gonggong De." It just so happened that Father-in-law De went to Xian Guifei's place, and Miss Qiaozhu went out to get it. ”

"Oh......" Lingxi let out a long sigh and said with a smile to Hanyan, "Qiaozhu is raining, you can cook some ginger soup for her later." In such a cold weather, don't catch a cold. ”

Although Lingxi was concerned about Qiaozhu, Hanyan's heart was already hot. It's just because Lingxi not only cares about Qiaozhu, but also often tells her not to freeze. That demeanor is not like the master of a palace, but like their sister.

After the smoke went down, Lotus Ye smiled and said, "Now Xiao Dezi is a figure with a head and a face in the palace, and there are many people who stutter." ”

Lingxi nodded and smiled, "This is normal, you are now considered to be the top among the minions, and there are gifts from the little palace maids and eunuchs on weekdays, so you should accept them." The first is that you will have a few more money in the future, and the second is that if you don't accept it, it will seem that you are not close to the favor and are high. ”

"The slave understands." Lotus Ye took the tip of the needle to pick out the corners of her feet, took the neatly embroidered belly to Lingxi, and compared, "Niangniang, what do you think of this?" ”

Lingxi sat up straight on the bamboo couch, and let the lotus leaves compare before taking the belly pocket in his hand to take a closer look.

The red brocade of the concubine is embroidered with two lotus flowers, green leaves, white flowers, and clear dewdrops, which are embroidered on it by lock embroidery, chain embroidery, broken embroidery, flying embroidery and other embroidery methods, and it looks the same as the real one from a distance.

Lingxi touched the belly pocket of the lotus flower and chuckled, and said to the lotus leaf, "I still remember that it was the palace maid who waited for a few camellias in Luomei Xuan who taught me embroidery, named Chun'er. Her embroidery skills are top-notch, on par with the noble concubines. At that time, our monthly rate was low, and we wanted to honor our grandmother, so we embroidered a veil every day in our leisure time, and gave it to the little eunuch who was walking outside the palace on an errand to sell it, so that we could get a few dollars of silver. ”

Lotus Ye listened to Lingxi talk about her past, and silently bowed her head and said nothing. Lotus leaves have been waiting for Lingxi's side since they left the inner service bureau. At first, Lingxi was not favored, but she never had a life of pleasing the mother in charge.

Speaking of which, she was so lucky to meet a good master.

Lingxi handed the belly pocket to the lotus leaf again, tilted his body and lay down again, his thoughts drifted into the distance, "I still remembered that there was a pot of ball chrysanthemums in Luomei Xuan at that time......"

Lingxi's words were just halfway through when he was interrupted by Qiaozhu who came in from the sideroom.

Qiaozhu had changed into dry clothes, although his hair was re-tied, it was still wet, and with a smile on his face, he blessed Lingxi with a blessing, "Niangniang is auspicious." ”

Lingxi was interrupted by Qiaozhu and was not angry, her beautiful eyes looked at the slim Qiaozhu, and said, "I saw you running around in the rain and getting drenched in the rain, and I ordered Hanyan to cook ginger soup for you, but can you drink it?" ”

Qiaozhu thanked him again, "The slave has already drunk, and now her body is warm and not cold at all." ”

Lotus Ye held a belly pocket in his hand, and his white fingers were a little jade forehead, "It's unruly, and I don't know how light it is when I come in." If the five princes are here, see how you coax them. ”

Qiaozhu smiled playfully at the lotus leaf and replied, "I met Xia Qing, and the fifth prince was tired of playing and had already slept. ”

"You're smart."

"Qiaozhu is this naughty character." Lingxi smiled, "If she really doesn't laugh like this one day, she will either be sick or become a mother." ”

Lotus Ye burst out laughing, "She is strong and cow-like, it is impossible to be sick, and she can only be stable when she is a mother." ”

Qiaozhu listened to Lingxi and Lotus Leaf arrange her, and when her cheeks turned red, she stomped her feet and said coquettishly to Lingxi, "Niangniang, Sister Lotus Ye makes fun of the slave maid, you also make fun of the slave maid with her." ”

Lotus Ye put her belly pocket back into the needlework, pinched Qiaozhu's red face, and smiled at Lingxi, "Niangniang, you have spoiled Qiaozhu, I'm afraid you won't be able to find a good family in the future." ”

Lotus Leaf and Qiaozhu have reached the age of leaving the palace, although Lotus Leaf and Qiaozhu both said that they want to stay by Lingxi's side and want to serve Lingxi for a lifetime, but Lingxi still wants to give them a good family, and doesn't want them to spend their lives in the palace in vain.

Qiaozhu replied, "I must let Niangniang point you out, and I will be by Niangniang's side for the rest of my life." ”

Lingxi looked at the lotus leaf, then at Qiaozhu, and said with a bright smile, "It must have pointed to a good person, and in the future, it will be good for the two of you to hold the doll and talk about it, saving you loneliness......"

At this time, the faces of Lotus Leaf and Qiaozhu were red.

When Xiao Dezi came in from the outer hall, Lingxi and Lotus Leaf Qiaozhu were laughing together. So after a silent salute, he stood at the screen and laughed.

Qiaozhu saw Xiao Dezi coming in, and hurriedly turned the conversation to Xiao Dezi and said, "Father-in-law De, there is a little eunuch who has given you a big gift today, you can't swallow it alone, those who see it have a share." ”

Xiao Dezi smiled at Qiaozhu with a bitter face, "I said aunt, don't make fun of the slave." What kind of gift is that, and I don't know who sent a half-new eunuch clothes. The minion still wants to ask you, you took the thing, can you see who sent it? ”

Qiaozhu was stunned for a moment, "This ...... I didn't see it clearly, but it was raining heavily, and the little eunuch only hummed and said that it was for you, so I took it. Qiaozhu couldn't help complaining, "I thought it was someone who honored you, I wanted to ask you for some benefits, but I didn't want it to be just a piece of clothing." ”

"Maybe someone sent it by mistake, but I haven't heard that there is a person named Xiao Dezi in Yongle Palace?" Xiao Dezi wondered himself.

Lotus Ye's eyes were full of smiles, and he pointed to Qiaozhu and said to Lingxi with a look of suffering a big loss, "Niangniang, you see, Qiaozhu is a miser." ”

"What a miser, this is called thrifty housekeeping! Like you, if you reward the little bit of the moon to the rough palace maid, then you can call Zhenzhen'er a loser. ”

Lotus Ye grinned and did not argue.

Lingxi's weekday lotus leaf appreciation is enough for the lotus leaf to buy a house and live a stable life in old age, and it is not without reason that she saves the monthly routine to the rough palace maid.

First, it is not easy to sympathize with those rough palace maids, and if you can help, you can help them, saving the head of Yongle Palace, Mama Lu, to give some embarrassment. The second is that the rough palace maids always know much more than the masters imagined. As long as you pull them in, it's not a matter of getting caught to ask about something?

Xiao Dezi didn't say much to Qiaozhu, and when he saw that Lingxi was idle, he saluted Lingxi again, and then said, "Niangniang, the slave just came back from Deyang Palace." ”

Lingxi retracted the smile on his face, but his eyes were still bright, and asked, "Can you see what's going on?" ”

Since May of the seventh year of Yong'an, Xian Guifei has no longer been as active in the harem as before. I stay in the Deyang Hall every day, and I don't know what I'm doing.

There were two times when Lingxi went to see Xian Guifei, and faintly saw traces of crying in Xian Guifei's eyes. Lingxi asked, and Xian Guifei only said that there was dirt in her eyes, and she was grinding hard.

There is no wind and no dust in the Deyang Palace, and the palace maids wipe it three times a day, and there are dirty things falling into the eyes of the noble concubines. Waiting for Lingxi to ask again, Xian Guifei raised a smile and beat Lingxi's full stomach back into her stomach.

Xiao Deyang replied in a low voice, "The slave only asked from the little eunuch until the end of May, and the concubine Xian asked the imperial physician to go and check the pulse of the third prince. ”

"Imperial Physician Wang? Isn't it Imperial Doctor Wei who takes care of the three princes on weekdays? ”

"It's the royal physician ......," Xiao Dezi said carefully.

"Yikes!" Lingxi was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is something wrong with the third prince?" Did you ask what Imperial Physician Wang said and what kind of medicine he was prescribed? ”

Xiao Dezi continued to shake his head, "That little eunuch is just a rough sweeper of the courtyard, and it only happened that the imperial physician went to check the pulse of the third prince that day. He doesn't know anything else......"

Lotus Ye interjected, "The slave maid heard someone say the day before yesterday that the noble concubine begged the queen to invite Mrs. Situ in, and she will enter the palace in about a few days." ”

Lingxi was silent when she heard this, and she was faintly flustered in her heart, she always felt that there was something very important hidden from Xian Guifei.

Qiaozhu saw that Lingxi's face was gone, so he said, "Niangniang, why don't you ask Cui'er next to the third prince again?" ”

After hearing this, Lingxi raised his white hand and shook it, and said thoughtfully, "Don't go yet." Since the concubine wants to hide it from me, I really don't know anything. Otherwise, she ......"

"Boom~"

A large thunderbolt struck, drowning the words behind the spirit rhino into the thunder.

Lingxi's ears were buzzing with the thunder, and he just wanted to look up to look out the window, when he saw Gonggong Feng in front of Emperor Yong'an coming in.

Father-in-law Feng didn't have an umbrella, and his body was already drenched in heavy rain. Standing at the screen, drops of water on his body fell on the dark red carpet like blood.

Lingxi looked at Gonggong Feng and wondered in his heart, although it was dark outside, it was still morning. What is Gonggong Feng doing at this time?

Gonggong Feng bowed to Lingxi in a regular manner, got up and said, "Concubine Yingniang, the emperor invites you to go to the Changxia Palace." ”

A hint of ominous spirit slipped through her heart, but she still put a smile on her face, got up and got off the bamboo couch, and said, "This palace is going here." ”

Lotus Ye listened, and hurriedly went to get thicker clothes for Lingxi, and Qiaozhu blessed Gonggong Feng, "Please also ask Gonggong to wait outside the hall for a while." ”

If it was in the past, Gonggong Feng would definitely wait in the outer hall. But today, he was unusual, walked in front of Lingxi, covered his mouth with his hand, lowered his voice and said, "Concubine Ying, Queen Mother and several mothers are here, and Cao Gui Concubine Niangniang has slipped a baby......"