Chapter 15: Scandals
It is no secret that Empress Dowager Zhou, like Jiang Changwan, is very afraid of heat. The older she gets, the plump her body becomes, and after the instructions of the imperial doctor, the Empress Dowager Zhou can not be as greedy as a young man, so there is no ice in the palace, only the Tai Hospital specially used borneol and mint plus plum blossoms to prepare a cold fragrance for her, which can be regarded as a solution to the summer pain of the Empress Dowager Zhou.
The Lin family and Concubine Jia are gossiping about parenting, the two of them are noble, how many nurses and slaves are around, but in fact, it can be said that they have not raised children by themselves. So if you say a few words casually, you can't get to the point.
The words between the two were a little sluggish and awkward, and Lin remembered Song Yan's flattering and slick words, but found that Song Yan had never said a word except for saluting and greetings.
Concubine Jia has always wanted to have another daughter, and when she saw Song Zhi being well-behaved and cute, she liked it.
"Mrs. Lin, your daughter has grown up, but she is a little more beautiful than you." After that, he took off a pearl in his bun and shook it, and stuffed it into Song Zhi's hand.
"Mother, don't spoil this girl." Lin hurriedly excused himself.
"Just shake one step, Mrs. Lin, don't shirk." Concubine Jia held Song Zhi in her arms and touched a strand of sideburns hanging from her shoulder.
"You don't care about her, she thinks of her daughter and wants to go crazy, if you don't hear that you will bring your daughter here today, I'm afraid she won't come to my palace!" Empress Dowager Zhou speaks cheerfully, which is rare in this harem.
"The Queen Mother." Concubine Jia sneered, the voice was really soft to the bone, it was called Song Zhiyima, not to mention a man.
Seeing that Concubine Jia was going to tease Song Zhi again, Lin turned her head and glanced at Song Yan.
I saw Song Yan frowning, looking like she was struggling and patient, and a bead of sweat the size of a bean slipped down her forehead and hung on her chin. Lin was taken aback and asked softly, "Yan'er, what's wrong with you?" ”
Although the Lin family spoke lightly, in addition to the palace people, there were several concubines and the Empress Dowager Zhou. With her words, everyone's eyes gathered.
Song Yan hated to death, she got up with difficulty, her movements were slower than the woman who was pregnant in October, and she seemed to be holding her breath. "Please forgive the queen mother and all the mothers, the courtiers suddenly felt unwell, and thought, want to change clothes."
It is normal for people to have three urgencies, but Song Yan's face was pale and cold sweat was dripping, and everyone felt a little strange. Empress Dowager Zhou naturally wouldn't dwell on such a trivial matter, and said casually: "Mei Zhi, you take her to change clothes." ”
Mei Zhi responded, walked up to Song Yan lightly, and said, "Miss Song, please come with me." ”
The location of the West Pavilion was a little far away, and she should have passed from the outside, but because Song Yan's expression was really not good, Mei Zhi made an exception and led her from the hall to the West Pavilion.
This is just a small episode, a lively talent tells a joke, and the atmosphere is heated up again.
Concubine Jia smiled lightly and asked Song Zhi: "Have you dyed your nails?" How can it be so light, but it also looks good. ”
Song Zhi's mind was originally tied to Song Yan, and when he heard Concubine Jia's question, he was stunned at first, and then looked down at Concubine Jia's pointed ten fingers, as bright as a red crow's mouth, and just wanted to open his mouth to say something, he heard some noise from the side hall, as if a woman exclaimed.
Empress Dowager Zhou frowned slightly, and a slightly older grandmother took a slightly faster small step and walked towards that side, and after a while, she turned back and whispered a few words in the Empress Dowager's ear, and then retreated, with an unfazed face.
When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes moved slightly, and a trace of disgust quickly flashed in her expression, and she said with a smile: "It's okay, a few people in the small palace are not careful." ”
Song Zhi decided seven or eight points in his heart, and said to Concubine Jia's mother with an innocent face: "Are Niangniang's nails also dyed with impatiens?" Why are there so many red? ”
Concubine Jia said with a smile: "You must be an impatient, if you want to dye it so red, you have to wrap it in a piece of silk and wrap it in flower juice on your nails overnight, and dye it for four or five nights before it becomes crimson." ”
Song Zhi stuck out his tongue, "It's so troublesome, I still don't want it." I don't sleep well, and it's not good if I get it on the futon. ”
"And you're going to kick the quilt too?" Concubine Jia asked with interest.
"It's not big now, I used to kick the quilt when I was a child, and Ann's mother often said that I was halfway asleep, and my belly was exposed like a little watermelon." Song Zhi just said it honestly, but it caused the whole house to laugh, and Concubine Jia also bent her eyes with laughter.
After laughing and laughing for half a cup of tea like this, the Empress Dowager Zhou said that she was tired, which meant that she was going to end.
The palace concubines left one by one, and the Lin family was a little anxious, why didn't Song Yan come back until now when she went to change her clothes. Song Zhi calmly took her hand and looked at Mei Zhi, the palace maid beside the Empress Dowager Zhou, walking towards them.
"Mrs. Lin, Miss Lin stay, please take a step to speak." Mei Zhi walked out of the palace and blessed the two of them.
Mei Zhi led them to a small cubicle on the side of the hall where tea was served, and said very simply: "Please don't bring the eldest lady of the house to the Queen Mother's palace next time." ”
"Ah," Lin squeezed Song Zhi's hand tightly, very panicked, "She, what did she do wrong?" ”
"Madame don't have to worry," Mei Zhi smiled at her, a little reassuring, but quickly retracted her smile. "Actually, it's not that the eldest lady did anything wrong, it's just that it's too rude, which makes the Queen Mother displease. The eldest lady in the house was unwell, and she drowned directly on the way to the West Pavilion. ”
Lin's face suddenly turned from white to blue and then to red, and Mei Zhi continued: "I saw that her face was not good, so I took a shortcut and passed through the palace, unexpectedly......
Umee skipped the embarrassing description and continued, "It makes the situation a little more serious. ”
"The concubines and daughters have no way, they really deserve death." Lin really wanted to stuff himself into the crack of the floor tiles.
She reached out and removed a pair of white marble bracelets from her wrist, trying to stuff them into Mei Zhi's hands.
"Madame doesn't have to be like that." Mei Zhi took a step back and did not answer.
"People have three urgencies, and this kind of thing is really unpredictable." Mei Zhi's words were flat, but there was still dislike in her eyes.
Lin Shi settled down, put the pair of jade bracelets in Mei Zhi's hand, and said: "I don't want the girl to do anything with this gift, I just hope that the girl will say a sentence and a half at a convenient time, and don't let the queen mother mind it." ”
Mei Zhi's palm touched the pair of jade bracelets, in such a hot weather, this jade bracelet is still cold and cold, and it is worth a lot of money when you touch it. She didn't refuse, only lowered her eyes to look at Song Zhi, and said: "Madame, be relieved, anyway, this young lady still fell into the eyes of the Queen Mother and Concubine Jia." ”
Lin followed her gaze and looked at Song Zhi, only to see that her little daughter looked confused, and she didn't know if she didn't understand or was stupid.
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Song Yan was sent directly to the carriage of the Zhenxi General's Mansion by the people in the Empress Dowager's Palace, and the Lin family wanted to leave Song Zhi in his carriage, but Song Zhi said: "My sister must be in a bad mood now, I want to comfort and comfort her." ”
Console? Song Zhi smiled happily in his heart, even if it was!
Lifting the curtain for Song Zhi month by month, Song Yan was sitting sideways, covering her face with a handkerchief. She changed into a palace maid's dress, and her own body was probably thrown away a long time ago.
After Song Zhi came in, she didn't ask Song Yan why she changed her clothes for no reason, and Song Yan knew that she already knew about her ugly things.
Thinking of what had just happened, and thinking of the surprised, disgusted, and sneering looks of those palace maids, Song Yan was so ashamed and annoyed that she almost wanted to bite a mouthful of silver teeth, "Who knows what kind of incense was lit in that queen mother's palace!?" I feel sick to my stomach when I smell it! But why are they all okay? ’
Song Yan was puzzled, and heard Song Zhi's soft voice. "Sister, did you suffer cold in the Queen Mother's Palace?"
And sure enough, she knew! Song Yan only felt that the roots of her teeth were tight, and she only made a 'hmm' sound.
"I heard Miss Jiang say that the fragrance is a little cool. My sister has always been frail, so I can't help it, so I don't have to mind. Song Zhi said this, gradually dispelling the doubts in Song Yan's heart.
Song Yan's body is a little weak, but how can she not even withstand this cold in the middle of summer? Besides, Song Yan knows her own body, and although the snow hibiscus lily soup for beauty is a little cool, she can only drink it after meals, and she has never gone wrong on weekdays.
As long as Song Yan thinks about it, she will figure it out. But Song Zhi was not afraid, she glanced at the pair of embroidered shoes with blue water and blue fish playing lotus flowers on Song Yan's feet, and saw that the color of the water patterns embroidered with silver silk was slightly darker, so she looked up at Song Yan and smiled comfortingly, and said: "Most of the people in the Queen Mother's palace have rules, and they won't spread it if they want to." Sister, don't be afraid, only my mother and I know. ”
This pair of embroidered shoes was given to Song Yan by Song Zhi. However, it was not given to her directly. Xiuzhuang sent new embroidered shoes to Song Zhi, Song Zhi looked at the embroidered shoes, and found this pair of embroidered shoes that Song Yan liked very much in his previous life.
She looked at her shoes and smeared some free ointment on the soles of her shoes, although the name of this ointment is elegant, but the effect is to detoxify, and the medicine is extremely powerful, and a little application on the navel can expel filth unimpeded.
Song Zhi led the people from the embroidery village to the Cold Autumn Courtyard, Song Yan really chose these shoes, and Song Zhi also revealed that "I like it too, but my sister gave me flowers a few days ago, so I won't grab shoes with my sister".
If the Changyi ointment is applied to the soles of the shoes, the effect is naturally a little worse, but Song Yan likes these shoes very much, and wears them almost every day.
Song Zhi didn't expect such a hue-wracking scene at first. It wasn't until Song Yan coaxed the Lin family to take her to the palace that Song Zhi remembered the cold incense in the Queen Mother's palace that there was this interlocking.
The Changyi ointment in the embroidered shoes, the snow hibiscus in the soup and the incense in the Queen Mother's Palace, Song Zhi made it extremely smooth.