Chapter Twenty-Three: The Cat and the Assassin
Half a month has passed, Shunzhi will come to Kunning Palace every day, sometimes in the afternoon, sometimes at night, after I come, he will accompany me crazy, catch the fish in the tank faster than anyone, spit far away than who, and make a grimace more ridiculously, staring at each other and laughing first, rock-paper-scissors lose a sticker on the face...... But once I was holding his breath for a longer time than him, Shunzhi was stunned and held his neck tendons out, which scared Chang Xi so much that he almost fainted, and I finally taught him a righteous and stern lesson: "Won't you secretly ventilate?" "What a stupid!
But I've restrained myself a bit, after all, he's the emperor, and it's no joke if something goes wrong.
Shunzhi stayed overnight at Kunning Palace every day...... Belch...... He still didn't do anything, just hugged me to sleep, what the hell is this? Am I really that unattractive? Jingshifang came to ask a few times, and after getting the answer of "no", they all looked inexplicable, looking at the deep brows of Laixi and the attacker, I only sighed in my heart, I once thought of taking the initiative, but gave up this idea, maybe, Shunzhi just enjoyed the happy feeling of being with me, and didn't think about anything else, if I was too aggressive, let him think I was a "whore", then it would be bad, I couldn't afford to lose!
But I'm still very happy, because he hasn't had the opportunity to summon other concubines to sleep these days, and he has been abstinent for half a month, which is also a rare thing for the emperor, right?
Seeing that Qixi Festival is getting closer and closer, I secretly made a decision, Qixi Festival, what a beautiful day, I must fulfill my wish on that day - push dao Shunzhi!
In the past few days, my Kunning Palace has been quite lively, in addition to Shunzhi coming every day, Concubine Shuhui has been here twice, and even Concubine Ning and Concubine Ke, who I almost don't recognize, have come once, I really don't like to socialize with them, rather than sitting there without anything to say, it is better to stay and come to the leisure. They should be in Xianfu Palace at this time, and they have a relationship with Concubine Tong, probably because they saw Shunzhi stay in Kunning Palace for half a month, and they felt that I, the queen, were finally going to "turn over the salted fish", so I came to Kunning Palace to cheer me on?
This is the sorrow of the harem concubines, even if they are not favored by their husbands, they have to try their best to please the favored concubines, hoping that they can say a few "good words" for themselves in front of the emperor, but what woman can really praise other women in front of her husband?
This morning, Concubine Shuhui came again, there was a hint of loneliness in her expression, I can probably guess a little bit of her thoughts, Ronggui has just appeared to be favored, and suddenly the emperor turned the "rudder" and turned to me, the "sister", her current mood may be comparable to my mood when I was jealous of her.
I left Ronggui for lunch, and gave her a string of pearl chains rewarded by Shunzhi, her eyes were a little red, very moved, maybe I really regarded myself as Ronghui's sake, I always see Ronggui as a little sister who needs someone to protect, and because of Shunzhi, I still have a little guilt about this "sister", so I have always been generous to her.
The front foot sent away Ronggui, and before she sat down, Concubine Tong came suddenly, still beautiful and moving, Concubine Tong smiled like a flower and made a big gift to me: "The concubine asks the queen to say goodbye." ”
I smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, my sister doesn't need to be a concubine, listen to the outsider." ”
Concubine Tong smiled: "Yes, then my sister will obey the order." ”
I invited her to sit down, and as soon as she sat down, she blamed herself: "My sister has not come to greet my sister for so long, and she really deserves to be punished." ”
I smiled and said: "My sister is busy, and I want to help Huang Eniang prepare for the draft, I must be busy, and now my sister says this, I'm afraid I'm not blaming me for throwing all my errands to my sister, and I'm happy to be idle?" ”
"It's not right for my sister to say that," Concubine Tong said with a straight face: "As a queen, my sister is the head of the six palaces, so why should my sister do everything herself?" Naturally, I sent my sister to do something, and my sister can share my sister's worries, I don't know how happy I am. ”
She is telling the truth, her name is concubine, but she is in charge of the big and small affairs of the harem with one hand, and the harem is faintly headed by Concubine Tong, how can she be unhappy.
I smiled faintly: "How is my sister preparing for the emperor's draft?" ”
"It's almost there, just waiting for the emperor to appoint it." Concubine Tong sighed again and said: "Don't look at my sister now, but when I think of countless meek and virtuous show girls entering the palace after the draft, my sister's heart is also a little pantothenic." Speaking of this, Concubine Tong seemed to suddenly come back to her senses and said with a smile: "Look at me, saying this made my sister laugh." ”
I smiled and shook my head, Concubine Tong's heart was sour, I'm afraid it wasn't because of the palace selection, after all, Shunzhi hadn't been to Xianfu Palace for almost a month.
"How is the third elder brother now?" I changed the subject, "It's been a long time since I've seen him, but I really want to." ”
Concubine Tong had an expression of "why are you so outside", and said with a smile: "If my sister wants to see the third elder brother in the future, send someone to me to inform me, and my sister will immediately bring the third elder brother over." But ......" Concubine Tong smiled warmly: "I'm afraid that my sister is about to have her own little brother, so I don't have so much effort to see us." ”
I looked at Concubine Tong's sincere eyes, and smiled helplessly, for so many days, I was "favored" by Shunzhi but not "lucky", probably the entire palace knew, and it was impossible for Concubine Tong not to know.
"Oh yes," Concubine Tong patted her forehead, "Look at my memory, my sister's Ama brought some new tea from outside the palace, and my sister wanted to let my sister try it, so I took some over, my sister knew that my sister was not lacking anything, but this was a little bit of my sister's heart, and I asked my sister not to dislike it." ”
"Where is my sister," I said, "it's rare that the things sent by my sister's family don't forget me." ”
Concubine Tong smiled and said to the palace maid behind her, "Qing'er." ”
The palace maid named Qing'er seemed to be in a daze, listening to Concubine Tong's call, a little panicked, Concubine Tong glanced at her complainingly, and put the two square small paper bags in her hand on the table with a red face, maybe she was still a little flustered in her heart, and accidentally knocked over the incense burner on the table, and the incense ash was scattered all over the table, that Qing'er was so frightened that she was a little stunned, and hurriedly knelt down, Concubine Tong frowned, pointed at her eyes and shouted: "You slave, it's like this all day today, see how I punish you when I go back!" ”
Qing'er kowtowed again and again, and said urgently: "The slave and the maid should die, the slave and the maid should die." Then he turned to me and kowtowed, "The queen will spare her life." ”
Looking at Concubine Tong's resentful face, I chuckled and said, "Why should my sister be so angry, it's better for my sister to show her a personal favor, and my sister won't punish her when she goes back." ”
Concubine Tong's face was slightly relieved, but she still frowned and said: "Sister is too good to speak, these minions can't be petted, and if you are not careful, you will put your nose on your face." Then he said to Na Yan'er: "If my sister didn't speak for you today, see how I will fix you when I go back." ”
Ignoring the little girl and bowing to me, Concubine Tong relieved her breath and smiled at me: "Sister, it will be the Qixi Festival in a few days, the emperor said that he didn't say how to spend this Qixi Festival?" ”
I shook my head: "The emperor didn't say it, but it should be to find the sisters of each palace to get together, and everyone will be lively." ”
"Yes," Concubine Tong said with a smile: "Last year, the Qixi Festival was just in time for the Yellow River flood, and the emperor was not in the mood, so this year must be lively." Speaking of this, Concubine Tong said curiously: "Last time we got together, the tug-of-war game that my sister came up with was very fun, I don't know what good ideas my sister has this time?" ”
Looking at the ambitious Concubine Tong, I laughed dryly twice, it turned out that I was not the only one staring at the day of Qixi Festival!
I smiled and said, "Last time it was a temporary idea, but I really didn't think about it this time." ”
Concubine Tong was slightly disappointed, but she still said with a smile: "My sister just asked casually," she looked up at the window again, and said with a teasing smile: "Presumably, the emperor will come in a while, and my sister will retire first." Saying that, he stood up, and then seemed to remember something, and smiled at me: "My sister went to ask the Queen Mother this morning, and the Queen Mother was a little worried about the emperor, sister, and the emperor's body...... How are you lately? ”
After sending Concubine Tong away, I sat under the tree in the courtyard in a daze, and it was finally quiet!
The attacker said angrily on the side: "Master, is the emperor's body really okay?" ”
"It should ...... No problem. "I'm a little unsure, he's fine, but he won't touch me.
"Attacker, did you hear it? It seems to have a cat meow. I listened carefully, and it was indeed a cat meow.
The attacker also listened attentively, and looked around: "The slave and maid also heard." ”
I looked around with the attacker, and the attacker suddenly pointed to it and said, "Master, where are you?" ”
I looked up and saw a kitten lying on a tree next to the wall, clutching a not-so-thick branch on all four paws, meowing as if it couldn't get down.
"Attack, call Laixi to find a ladder." I said as I walked under the tree. After a while, Laixi ran over empty-handed, and I glared at Laixi and asked, "Where is the ladder?" ”
"Master, the slave won't be able to find such a high ladder for a while."
I pointed to the cat in the tree and said, "Then you fly up and find it and save it." ”
"Fly up?" Lai looked at me with bewilderment.
I nodded: "Yes, didn't you learn martial arts?" ”
Lai Xi scratched his head and said, "Master, the slave has only been learning for less than a month, and he has been practicing Zama walking for a month. ”
I looked at him dejectedly: "Can't fly, can't you climb yet?" You climb up. "There's really no humor at all.
"This ...... Yes, the minions obey. Laixi walked under the tree with a helpless face, grinding his fists and preparing to climb the tree.
"Master," Canghai trotted over, "Master, Concubine Tong Niangniang asked someone to send an incense burner, saying that it was for Niangniang." ”
I was stunned, this Concubine Tong really didn't leave anyone with a word, I said to Canghai: "You give Concubine Tong a bag of tea rewarded by the emperor and bring it back, let's not be rude." ”
Canghai promised to go down, and Laixi had already climbed to the tree, but the cat's branches were too thin, so Laixi had to lie on the trunk of the tree and reach for it, but it was always a little close. Laixi moved, and even the whole tree shook lightly, and Laixi was so frightened that he immediately grabbed the trunk.
Seeing Laixi's thrilling appearance, my heart also flickered, and I said loudly: "Laixi, you hurry up......"
"What is this doing?" Shunji's voice sounded behind me.
I was used to his sudden appearance, and without looking back, he said, "Save the cat." ”
Shunzhi looked at Laixi's appearance and smiled: "Is Laixi going to save the cat, or do you want someone to save him?" ”
When I heard Shunzhi say this, I helplessly shouted to Laixi: "Laixi, you come down first." ”
Laixi hugged the trunk with a bitter face and shouted: "Master, the slave can't go down." ”
Looking at Shunji's smiling eyes, I yelled at Laixi, "Why are you so stupid!" ”
Shunzhi chuckled a few times and said, "Okay, tell them all to go down first." ”
I looked at Shunzhi with a puzzled expression, but I still let the attackers retreat, and Shunzhi shouted faintly into the air: "Chasing stars." ”
What star? I looked around curiously, and suddenly a black shadow fell from the sky and landed lightly in front of us, I was startled, and without thinking about it, I stopped in front of Shunzhi, shouting: "There are assassins!" ”