Chapter 172: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
"Squeak-" slammed the door in.
I saw the slender voice flash into the door.
In the Qiyin Xuan, Song Ningyin and Yi changed the appearance of calling for wind and rain, the whole person was pale, dressed in plain white clothes, and shrank in the corner without saying a word.
The girl next to her subconsciously pulled the sleeve of her master's shirt. Signal the master of his own house to stop meddling in his affairs.
Ling'er turned her head, looked at the time outside, took a deep breath, and walked inside.
"Sister Songβ" Ling'er spoke tentatively, her voice crisp and crisp, sounding timid and friendly.
Hearing someone call herself, Song Ningyinhe raised her head like a puppet, and when she saw Ling'er, there was a little more puzzled look in her eyes: "Xu promised, why did you come here?" β
Ling'er's real name is Xu Ling, and since she entered the palace, she has promised to do so, so she naturally wants to call her the title of her surname.
Ling'er nodded, smiled at Song Ningyin and said with a friendly smile: "Sister Song said this, Ling'er has always admired Sister Song, but she has never had the opportunity to get acquainted with Sister Song, and she has not had the opportunity to come until now." β
Song Ningyin's face showed a hint of puzzlement: "Are you stupid?" Don't you see that now that I've lost power, you come up with a bang in your eyes, thinking that I can do you any good? β
Ling'er stared at the person opposite with a pair of big eyes that were already bright, and said with sincerity in her eyes: "Sister Song, that's not what you said, people have good and bad luck, and now the matter has not been clarified, and it is not known who did it." My sister must not be so arrogant. β
Hearing Ling'er's words, Song Ningyinhe was obviously a little surprised, she never expected that someone would say this to her even now.
Song Ningyin couldn't help but be a little moved, and nodded: "I didn't expect that something happened to me to meet your wisdom Sister Ling'er." β
Ling'er smiled slightly and continued: "My sister is now waiting for her to be raised with peace of mind, and my sister believes that things will naturally come to a better place." My sister liked to paint when she was young, but she was in the middle of the family, so she gave up painting halfway, and if her sister didn't give up, her sister would like to ask her sister for advice. β
Hearing Ling'er's sincere words, Song Ningyin and the smile in her eyes became stronger, and she nodded and said: "It's not difficult, now my sister and I are also imprisoned, if my sister has any confusion in painting from now on, just come to my sister, my sister must know everything and say everything." β
Ling'er smiled and nodded, saluted Song Ningyinhe, and then pulled the two of them to talk for a long time. It's like a close friend who hasn't seen each other for many years.
On the other side, in order to find out the truth behind the desert mountains and rivers, Kou Shu was thinking about it.
With her hands on her cheeks, Kou Shu sat by the window, quietly thinking about all the details she had learned in the past few days.
"Niangniang-" Mandarin Duck said with some worry on the side: "You say, what Concubine Lan said is true or false?" β
Concubine Lan came to find herself that day and told herself that there were not many yellow pigments in the palace, except for the Danqing Pavilion where the painter was located, no one knew where there was yellow pigment. But at the banquet in the Queen Mother's palace that day, Lan Ruoxuan smelled a strong smell of realgar on the toast tray.
The practice of Daxuan is that when an envoy from a foreign country arrives, or an important banquet such as the birthday of the emperor and the queen mother, everyone needs to use the same wine glass to serve wine and toast. And the uniform toast tray is from the lower one to the chaise sequential. As the queen, Kou Shu has a wine glass made by herself.
Lan Ruoxuan's talent in pharmacology, Kou Shu still trusts. If she really noticed the smell of realgar, it must have been caused by the man using his hand to stay on the tray. And the closer to Lan Ruoxuan holding the wine glass, the more suspicious it became.
Kou Shu thought quietly. Somewhat distracted. Suddenly, her eyes flashed, as if she remembered something, and she got up and called the mandarin duck.
In the Qiyin Pavilion, Ling'er was holding a painting and teaching Song Ningyinhe, Ling'er was originally a poor family, and he didn't have any background in painting at all, and the artistic conception and color of the painting were mediocre, and it could even be said that it was clumsy. Song Ningyin and the left and right were detained, and they had nothing to do, so they also had the patience to teach Ling'er the basic essentials of painting, and after coming and going, the two seemed to be really friends.
"Sister Song, look, has my painting improved this time?" Ling'er looked at Song Ningyinhe, her big eyes full of aura and full of anticipation.
Song Ningyinhe was also in a much more cheerful mood because Ling'er came every day in the past few days, and nodded with a smile: "Compared to the first time, it is much better." But in terms of artistic conception, it is still lacking. β
"Mood?" Ling'er looked puzzled.
"That's right, mood." Song Ningyinhe nodded, and wanted to continue, but heard a voice suddenly sound: "Artistic conception is where the person who paints wants the person to see the painting is." β
Song Ningyin and his figure trembled suddenly, looked up in disbelief, looked in front of him, and saw Song Jinyan standing in front of him.
Almost lost his voice in surprise, Song Ningyin said in harmony: "Your Majestyβ"
With a faint smile, Song Jinyan picked up Ling'er's painting on the side, and there was a hint of ridicule in his tone; "I didn't expect the Qing nobles to be here in Yinxuan, and to be the master of Danqing, Xu agreed?"
Ling'er's face turned red, and she seemed to be very embarrassed, and she was about to retire. But she was grabbed by Song Ningyin and said, "Your Majesty, Xu promised not to deliberately disobey the holy decree, but she saw that her concubines were idle, so she took the paintings together to talk to the concubines." β
You must know that such a thing as seclusion is very sensitive, at the very small, but you are confined in the palace and are not allowed to go out, and if you say it at the big, it is the emperor's distrust. At this time, if you are in a hurry and go up, those who have a heart will feel that you can't go with the emperor.
Song Jinyan waved his hand, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Qing nobles don't have to worry, I didn't come to Xingshi to ask about the guilt," after a pause, he said softly to her: "Now that the matter has not been clarified, you can stay here with peace of mind, if there is anything missing, just ask the palace." β
The meaning of these words is that Song Jinyan believes in the Qing nobles.
Qing Guiren's face suddenly improved a lot. blessed his body and bowed to Song Jinyan. Then Song Jinyan tilted his head slightly, looked at Xu Yu on the side, seemed to have just remembered, and said, "You are the Ling'er that the queen mother once mentioned?" β
Ling'er's cheeks suddenly flew up with two red glows: "Exactly." β
Song Jinyan looked her up and down without speaking.