Chapter 3: Misunderstanding of Life and Death
I lived in Linhua Hall for only three or four days, except for casually shopping and playing in Linhua Palace, Guan Xiuyan has never been out of any place other than Linhua Palace, and Mrs. Guan is not allowed. There is no place to play, and Guan Xiuyan has no friends to play, so he feels very bored, so he thinks of going out of the palace, being free outside the palace, no one cares, and he can go around and eat everywhere to see beautiful women, which is a hundred times better than in the palace. I told my sister that I was going to leave the palace, Mrs. Guan prepared in advance, sorted out the necessary items for my younger brother after leaving the palace, and personally sent Guan Xiuyan to the west gate of Chang'an.
It was an early morning, not too strong and warm sun, as if covering them with a golden brocade, their faces were golden, and everyone's faces were so charming, beautiful and handsome.
Guan Xiuyan had a smile on his face like a spring breeze, and he liked these treasures very much.
"After leaving the palace, my brother should know what to do, right? Expand the scope when necessary, such as King Zhao and Princess Lu Yuan, do you understand? Mrs. Guan reached out and took the things prepared for him from the palace maid's hand, took her brother's hand, and handed it to him personally, while instructing.
Guan Xiuyan took the thing, and seemed to be very sure and said contemptuously, "Sister, don't worry, isn't it easy to keep an eye on people?" ”
After saying that, Guan Xiuyan suddenly hesitated in his heart, and said eagerly, "Sister......" frowned worriedly, and wanted to say nothing.
Seeing that her younger brother frowned, Mrs. Guan thought that he had repented, and asked urgently, "Has my brother repented?" Scared? ”
"Nope." Guan Xiuyan immediately smiled and pretended to be relaxed, "No." ”
didn't want him to regret it, even if she knew that he was afraid, Mrs. Guan pretended not to know, and the only person who could help her was Guan Xiuyan.
"Take care." Madame Guan patted him on the shoulder.
Guan Xiuyan nodded, and the two sisters and brothers glanced at each other nostalgically. Guan Xiuyan went out of the palace, looking at his younger brother's tall back, Mrs. Guan's heart was full of complexity, whether her younger brother was good or bad outside the palace in the past few years, she didn't know at all, she pulled him into the water this time, I don't know if it hurt him, and I suddenly felt guilty.
The figure of the younger brother gradually disappeared into the shadow, and Mrs. Guan returned to the Linhua Palace, and just walked into the hall with a trace of anxiety Before she sat down, an unknown little palace maid hurriedly followed up to report.
"Madam, Miss Dai Qing is here."
Mrs. Guan was stunned for a while, and almost fell to the ground in surprise, but Chanxin behind her quickly supported her. Mrs. Guan asked herself uneasily, could it be that the queen found out about her summoning her younger brother to the palace? Does the queen know about what she has discussed with her brother? Or is there something else? Dai Qing's sudden arrival made Mrs. Guan suddenly feel flustered and nervous, her brain felt confused for a while, she reached out and rubbed her temples to try to calm herself, and she was uneasy for a long time and said weakly, "Pass it." ”
Chanxin also became anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Madam, isn't it our ......?"
Before the words fell, Mrs. Guan picked it up at once, "It shouldn't be, wait for Dai Qing to come in for a while, look at my eyes and do things." ”
Chanxin nodded.
Mrs. Guan sat calmly beside the case, pretending to read the bamboo slips of "Zuo Chuan" and "Lu's Spring and Autumn" sent by Dai Qing last time. Chanxin suddenly smiled, "Madame took it upside down." Mrs. Guan was embarrassed for a while, and when she looked closely, she really took it upside down, her face was red and white, not that she was illiterate, but she was too nervous, and her mind was not on the bamboo slips. couldn't hold it back, Mrs. Guan 'poof', didn't smile and opened her mouth and hurriedly treated it with seriousness and solemnity. Glancing at Chanxin, Chanxin stuck out her tongue with a smile. While reading, he drank tea, waiting for Dai Qing's arrival.
After a while, the little palace maid who passed the word was followed by Dai Qing and others.
"Dai Qing has seen Mrs. Guan." Dai Qing stood in front of Mrs. Guan's case, bowing his head and bowing his hands.
Mrs. Guan raised her head and glanced arrogantly at Dai Qing and the two girls behind Dai Qing, the girl was holding a clay pot in her hand, and a few wisps of heat floated out of the small crack in the lid on the clay pot, I don't know what tricks Dai Qing and the queen are going to play.
"Oh, Dai Qing, why do you remember my Linhua Palace?" Mrs. Guan put together the "Zuo Biography" in her hand, and Mu Jian said with a smile.
Dai Qing also replied with a smile, "It was the queen who called the slave maid to come, isn't the lady pregnant?" After going back last time, because there were too many things, I forgot about my wife's pregnancy for a while. No, I had a free child, the queen mother remembered, and specially asked the cook to secretly make a decoction to replenish the fetus, and asked the slave maid to send it to the lady, saying that it was necessary to ask the slave to watch the lady drink it, which could reflect the queen's care for the harem woman. The respectful words actually expressed the majesty of the queen everywhere, which was suffocating.
When Mrs. Guan heard half of it, the smile on her face was gone, and her face was so frightened that her face turned white and black, and she suddenly felt a cold swishing on her back. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down, her mouth was dry, her mind was blank, her eyes kept rolling, and she said to herself: Does she know after all? Tang Yao, is she here to kill me? Don't, I don't want to die.
Xu is cup bow snake shadow, Xu is overly nervous, Xu is a thief with a weak heart, and he actually showed what he thought in his heart completely in his behavior, his hands waved to Dai Qing, and he said in horror, "Don't, I don't drink, don't come, don't come, I have an emperor, you don't want me to die." Mrs. Guan stepped back as if she was crazy, until she retreated to the corner, covering her mouth with her hands and shaking her head, and there was fear and anxiety in her eyes, and she actually forced out tears and choked in her eyes.
Dai Qing felt so strange, the queen just asked her to send the decoction, why was Mrs. Guan so afraid, the queen didn't say that she would deal with Mrs. Guan now, her abnormal behavior made Dai Qing really can't figure out what Mrs. Guan is thinking, but she thinks that Mrs. Guan must have learned the lesson of the last time to be so afraid. Dai Qing pondered for a while, followed Mrs. Guan to the corner, and squatted down to look at Mrs. Guan who was covering her mouth.
I saw that Mrs. Guan's eyes were full of fear.
"What's wrong with ma'am?" Dai Qing put his hand on Mrs. Guan's arm and asked gently.
"You go away, I don't want to die." Mrs. Guan glared angrily and still talked nonsense, and shook off Dai Qing's hand, Dai Qing was almost thrown to the ground by her, but fortunately, the palace maid behind her quickly supported Dai Qing, Dai Qing turned her head and smiled at the palace maid and stood up.
"Madame, let's drink the soup obediently, it's good for the child in Madame's belly." Dai Qing didn't care about her crazy appearance, and brought the decoction from the palace maid behind her as she spoke, and handed it to Mrs. Guan respectfully with a half-bow.
Chanxin ran over and stopped her, crying and begging Dai Qing, "Miss Dai doesn't want it......"
Mrs. Guan took advantage of this gap and stretched out a hand to knock the decoction in Dai Qing's hand to the ground.
"Madam, ......" Dai Qing couldn't understand what trick the master and servant were playing, knocking over the medicine sent by the queen, Dai Qing was a little angry with Mrs. Guan, and looked angrily at Mrs. Guan who was cowering in the corner. Looking at Chanxin who was holding her hand, Chanxin burst into tears with a look of fear and pleading, so she let go of Dai Qing's hand, lowered her head and said nothing.
Mrs. Guan was still curled up in the corner of the wall and looked at Dai Qing in horror, Dai Qing had nothing to do with her, and looked at Mrs. Guan with a calm face.
Didn't Mrs. Guan suspect that the decoction was poisonous, then it would definitely change if it was sprinkled on the ground, and the poison would definitely corrode the ground. Mrs. Guan has been observing the ground in a panic, but there is no sign of poison, and then she knows that she is a thief, so that it causes this misunderstanding, the originally nervous heart begins to relax, and the breathing slowly turns to normal, and the discolored face gradually relaxes.
"Madame thinks the decoction is poisonous?" Dai Qing looked at Mrs. Guan's eyes and kept staring at the decoction on the ground, and felt that she must have been psychologically suspicious of the decoction sent by the queen, so he asked her suspiciously.
Seeing that Dai Qing had been looking at himself suspiciously and coldly, he felt more and more that Dai Qing's words were a bit like carrying the majesty and fortitude of Empress Lu, and the more frightened Mrs. Guan became. Mrs. Guan's embarrassed smile froze on her face, her heart was empty, her eyes dodged and glanced at Dai Qing, and she said stubbornly, "Dai, Dai Qing, maybe she was not feeling well just now, so her mind was a little confused, the queen's decoction, I thank her here." Mrs. Guan had to look around for a reason, and she didn't know if she could deceive Dai Qing, so she lowered her head and embarrassed her face, feeling that the reason was very far-fetched.
Dai Qing let out an 'oh', looking at her in disbelief, from the corner of Mrs. Guan's eyes unintentionally revealed, Dai Qing felt that Mrs. Guan was lying, but she didn't know why she was so afraid, the lesson from the last time was not so afraid.
Dai Qing bent down again, stretched out his hand to help Mrs. Guan on the ground up, "The decoction has been sprinkled, Dai Qing will ask someone to make another bowl and send it over, Mrs. rest." By the way, tomorrow the Hun envoys are about to set off, thank you for your cooperation in a few days, Dai Qing said goodbye, and Mrs. cherished. ”
As soon as she moved three steps, Mrs. Guan stopped her and asked, "When will the queen return the seal and ribbon to me?" ”
Dai Qing turned around and said with a mocking smile, "When the time comes, I will return it to Madame, is the thing outside of my body so heavy?" ”
Leaving this shabby sentence, Dai Qing left.
Mrs. Guan glanced at Dai Qing, who had gone away, and said "cut" with disdain. Turning around and seeing Chan Xin with someone cleaning up the spilled decoction, Mrs. Guan really regretted what she did just now, blaming herself for not understanding the situation and losing her temper in front of the queen's girl, Dai Qing will definitely tell the queen what she sees, and the queen will laugh at her. Mrs. Guan seems to be a little at ease at this time, or better, it is a hundred times better to laugh at her than to torture her.
Dai Qing went back and really told the queen what she saw, and the queen smiled contemptuously when she heard it, "A woman who has no interest is afraid of a decoction?" It must have been the last time she learned a lesson, so she won't dare to act rashly, right? ”
The queen was very satisfied with Mrs. Guan's performance, thinking that Mrs. Guan was like this because of what happened last time. But Mrs. Guan felt that she should speed up her 'errands', such a panicked day was not what she wanted, and if she didn't resist, maybe one day she would really be killed by the queen.