Chapter 50: Preparing for Adulthood
"Oh?" The Queen Mother asked unhurriedly, "Does Qingqian know why she came?" ”
"Yes." Luo Qingqian's face showed a hint of worry and said, "The old lady is sick. The eldest aunt said that we should all come to pray for the old lady, so that the old lady can get better soon. ”
"That's right." The Queen Mother's eyes flashed after hearing this, and she did not speak again.
At this moment, a report from the palace came from outside the door, saying that the Luo family sent someone to say that they were afraid that the second miss would affect the queen mother's rest and ask the second miss to go back. At the same time, there was a report from the palace that Concubine Lin Shu and Concubine Chen Xian were waiting outside with a group of concubines to greet the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother waved her hand and told them to wait outside the door. Turning his head to look at Luo Qingqian, who looked ignorant on the side, he said, "Do you want to go back?" Or do you want to dine here with the mourners? ”
Luo Qing blinked her eyes and looked down at the big white cat beside her, she really likes it here, and when she goes back, she must have let her kneel on the Buddha hall and kowtow, she has been kowtowing so dizzy these days.
But what the eldest lady said was right, she couldn't affect the queen mother's rest. She pouted, looked at the Empress Dowager Zuo and replied honestly: "Queen Mother, although Qingqian doesn't want to go back and kowtow, I really want to stay here with you, but you must be very tired along the way, Qingqian will go back first." Wait for tomorrow to talk to the Queen Mother, and then come to see the kitten. ”
The Queen Mother smiled.
The reason why she likes Luo Qingqian is because her mind is as innocent and transparent as a child of four or five years old. If it's someone else, I'm afraid I can't stay here by all means.
Empress Dowager Zuo nodded and said, "It's okay, the mourning family knows your intentions, go ahead." ”
Sent Luo Qingqian away, and the Queen Mother lined up Yingluo to pass a message to the Luo family, saying that the Queen Mother had worked hard all the way, and she should not delay the Queen Mother's rest tonight because of kowtowing and praying. The Luo family was also shrewd, and immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant, and hurriedly said yes.
When Yingluo came back, Concubine Lin Shufei and the others had already finished asking for peace and went back to the courtyard to rest.
Yingluo stepped forward to help the Queen Mother arrange dinner, and reported to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, you asked me to pay attention to the young ladies of the Luo family, and the slave maid took a look. The young ladies looked normal, but the slave maid did not see the eldest lady. ”
"Hmm" The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and looked at her armor, and said softly: "I hope this time the mourning family is too worried." Maybe they really came to pray for the old lady of the Luo family, instead of hearing the wind and waiting here to mourn the family. ”
Yingluo had already prepared the dinner quickly, stepped forward to help the Queen Mother sit at the table, and said with confusion in her eyes: "Yingluo doesn't understand." ”
The queen mother cleaned her hands in the basin brought by the palace people, took the handkerchief in Yingluo's hand and wiped it, looked up at her and said: "Some families want to ascend to the sky in one step but have no way, so they want to find some ways from the mourning family." ”
Yingluo was not stupid, and suddenly said: "The queen mother is saying that the Luo family wants to send a woman to the palace?" As he spoke, he didn't dare to be idle in his hand, and brought a bowl of white fungus bird's nest at just the right temperature to the queen mother.
"Hmph" The Queen Mother gently picked up the bird's nest, drank a few sips and put it down, and snorted: "Do you remember the rumors before?" ”
Yingluo hurriedly brought the queen mother's favorite lotus seed soup again, and said: "The slave remembers that more than ten years ago, according to folk legends, on the day the eldest lady of the Luo family was born, there was a spectacle of a hundred birds hovering in the Luo family, and a double rainbow appeared after the rain. There are comments from passing by: Luo's phoenix girl, a hundred birds are towards it. Could it be that their Luo family really believed this rumor? ”
The Queen Mother slowly picked up the white jade spoon, took a sip of the soup, and said slowly: "Believe it or not, the location in the palace is always very attractive. ”
Yingluo hurriedly added another piece of purple jade cake to the Queen Mother, and still said in a questioning tone: "But this is all rumors. And at that time, it was not only the eldest lady of the Luo family who was born, but the second lady was also born on that day. It's just half an hour later than the eldest lady. It's a pity that the two were born on the same day, the same month, the same year, but their fates are very different. One is a talented girl in the imperial capital, and the other is a famous idiot in the imperial capital. If they believe this, they probably won't take the second lady on a trip this time. ”
The Queen Mother put down the half-drunk lotus seed soup, picked up the purple jade cake handed over by Yingluo and ate it. After eating, he rinsed his mouth again, sat back on the quaint chair, picked up a cup of fragrant tea, and after taking a sip slowly, Fang said: "Qingqian is just an insignificant daughter in the Luo family. But they knew that the mourning family liked this child, so they brought her to talk to the mourning family. ”
Yingluo saw that the Queen Mother had finished eating, so she ordered the other palace people to remove the dinner from the table. He quickly took off the heavy phoenix crown on the queen mother's head, and said with a smile: "It's true that the queen mother likes these two young ladies, which makes Yingluo so envious!" ”
The Queen Mother shook her somewhat sour neck slightly, and her face had returned to her silence, and she said in a light tone: "It's just a little plaything." ”
The little white cat who had been listening to the gossip on his stomach was shocked when he heard this, thanks to the fact that no one paid attention to it. But she couldn't figure it out, the Queen Mother obviously liked Luo Qingqian very much, how could she say that she was a plaything?
Even Yingluo was very puzzled and said, "Queen Mother, Yingluo is confused." ”
The Queen Mother picked up the white cat on the side at this moment and said to Yingluo: "The mourning family likes Xue'er because she is just a cat, a pet who can't set off any wind and waves!" The mourning family likes it and spoils it, and it also knows that it is coquettish to the mourning family and please the mourning family. But if this little beast dares to raise his paws at the mourning family...... Queen Mother sneered, and the long index finger armor raised the white cat's jaw high, and her cold eyes pierced into the white cat's glass-like eyes like sharp knives, and said in a cold and slow tone: "There is no forgiveness for killing!" ”
Yingluo and the white cat's bodies trembled when they heard this, and then the Empress Dowager Zuo's anger suddenly dissipated, and she returned to her usual graceful demeanor. Looking at Yingluo's somewhat pale face, the Queen Mother let go of the white cat in her hand and said lightly: "Yingluo, you have been by the side of the mourning family for a long time, and the mourning family has always trusted you very much." Otherwise, when you come to the mountain to pray for blessings this time, the mourning family will not leave Mama Gui in the palace, but only take you up the mountain. ”
Hearing this, Yingluo hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said repeatedly: "Thank you for the promotion of the Queen Mother, Yingluo swears to be loyal to the Queen Mother." ”
"Get up." The Queen Mother said lightly.
Yingluo stood up, didn't dare to say anything, and was busy waiting for the Queen Mother to prepare for bed.
The white cat on the side, Luo Qianqian, tried his best to shrink his body into a ball. Her heart was shocked by Empress Dowager Zuo's words.
It turned out that Empress Dowager Zuo had always regarded Luo Qingqian as a pet. Just because she only has the mind of a four- or five-year-old child, simple and sensible; Just because she doesn't have any conspiracy and calculation, she is innocent and ignorant. Therefore, Empress Dowager Zuo is like a white cat, spoiling Luo Qingqian, but because Luo Qingqian is a person, this makes everyone mistakenly think that the Queen Mother likes Luo Qingqian.
But what if you go back to Luo Qingqian? When the Queen Mother found out that Luo Qingqian had become smarter, she would definitely not be treated like this again.
"Qingling, I really want to thank you!" Luo Qianqian said in his mind.
"Huh?" Qing Ling's tone was questioning.
"Before, I blamed you for getting me to this kitten, but now it seems that thanks to this cat, I can know the true thoughts of the Queen Mother. Otherwise, I always thought that the Queen Mother was Luo Qingqian's nobleman, and I thought that after returning to the body, there would be something to be backed by the Queen Mother. Now it seems that everything is wishful thinking. Since the Queen Mother has such a mind, it is better to hide as far as she can in the future! Thinking of the possible results, Luo Qianqian's heart trembled.
Qing Ling also said when he heard this: "That's why I said, you people are much more shrewd than us ghosts!" I don't understand it anyway. ”
"Qingling, today is a rare opportunity. I'm worried that the Luo family will go back tomorrow. We're going to figure out how to get back to my body tonight.
Qing Ling thought for a moment and said: "It's okay, the opportunity is rare, if you go back to the palace, you have no place to cultivate, and if you want to wear it into her body, you won't know the Year of the Monkey." ”
Seeing that Empress Dowager Zuo had already walked towards the bedroom, Luo Qianqian lightly jumped into a futon in front of the palace maid who was in charge of taking care of it, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
Although the palace maid was instructed by King Jing to take care of the white cat every step of the way. But the little palace maid just thought that King Jing arranged for her to do this job in order to please the queen mother, and she never imagined that what she was going to take care of was a cat with a human soul.
And I'm getting ready to become human!