Chapter 116: Plastic Sisterhood
Mu Beiyi drank the wine in Xiao Xue's hand, and pointed to the waiter to give the pillow spring cloth vegetables.
Pillow Chun sat down, and only then did he see the faces of the people in the seat.
Mu Beiyi even took care of his authority, and now he is taking care of his filial piety, which is really well handled. It's good that there is no irrational mourning and remembrance, and it's good enough to make the best use of the death of Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi. Or the power is deep, her An Zhuchun has a narrow vision, it is really difficult to understand, or there is no blood relationship in the end, and the Mu family and the Wen family are not close.
With such a slander in his heart, Pillow Chun's eyes reflected Liu Anran's graceful eyebrows. I used a sip of grape wine, and couldn't help teasing: "Sister, it's in the eyes of a lover, so naturally everything is good." But he couldn't help but remind her, "The annual tribute in southern Xinjiang is an important source of stability for the imperial court, and my sister is blessed by the Annan Protectorate, so I must remember to talk more about Uncle Liu's loyalty in front of Your Majesty." ”
"My father was faithful and diligent." Liu Anran's eyes drooped, and the smile in his eyes faded, "I don't believe that Your Majesty has no affection for me at all." ”
Pillow Chun flicked his hair bun, and handed it to the Son of Heaven with a sneering look: "The affection of the Son of Heaven is the most difficult to guess, our Majesty, it is not affectionate." That look drifted away gently, just in time for a cold look that Mu Beiyi turned over. Pillow Chun's heart sank, covered his lips with a silk, looked at the fruit plate on the case, and only cared about talking to Liu Anran.
As he was saying a few words, he saw Feng Tang holding a cup of minced meat soup and offering it: "Ming Jieyu, Your Majesty will give you a soup." ”
"This ......" Pillow Chun saw that the soup in the small pot was thick and smelled a fragrance, "What is this saying?" ”
Feng Tang's face was solemn, and he respectfully brought the soup to Pillow Chun: "Your Majesty said that it is easy to get used to the tongue when you eat sweet, and give a salty and fresh soup to taste, so that Ming Jieyu can speak carefully." ”
"......" Pillow Chun glanced at the corner of his mouth, and then looked over, only to see Mu Beiyi and Xiao Xue's Qingqing, me and me. He had no choice but to bow his head, took the cup in Feng Tang's hand, and tasted it with a forced smile, so salty that he only stuck out his tongue.
Not long after the banquet was set, after a few songs, I watched a jade rabbit dance, and then dispersed. Pillow Chun and Liu Anran walked out of the hall together holding hands, and parted ways after bowing goodbye.
Liu Anran saw Xiao Xue's and Mu Beiyi making love at today's banquet, and he was not happy, so he drank a few more cups, and at this time, the cold wind blew his head and hurt a little. She took two steps and pressed her forehead against the railing, but caught a glimpse of a shiny jade earring hooked on her sleeve. The jade ear pendant is the appearance of a spring color lotus canopy, and each one is decorated with a rare pink sea pearl. This pair of earrings is simple, delicate and valuable, Liu Anran has seen it, and when he saw it hanging in the ears of Tu's mother, the mother of the An family.
Come to think of it, now it is Tu's who has given the only concubine a pillow and spring makeup as a cage. Today, the two of them sat close to each other, or they hung on themselves with affection, and it is not known. Liu Anran said: "Sister An is so careless. Then he asked the maid to cook wine to caress her, "She may not have gone far, stroke me and chase me two steps." ”
After boiling wine, he stepped forward to help Liu Anran and walked in the direction of Yongning Palace. I really didn't take a few steps, and when I folded a red arch, I heard the sound of pillow spring.
"There is no way to work together, but one report and one report. At that time, I had a miscarriage and fell out of favor, but it was just a cause and effect at that time. ”
Liu Anran was about to speak out against her.
But I heard Xiao Xue say: "I want to live and you take revenge, and everyone takes what they need, even the crescent moon is just to ask for a favor in the crack." I also want to thank you, fortunately, you knew that the Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi was poisoned and assassinated, otherwise I would not have been able to collect so much evidence of the crime. If you had informed the Liu family of this earlier, and the Liu family would not have suffered from those dethronements, Your Majesty would probably not have remembered the exploits of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, and would not have doubted Sister Yan. ”
Liu Anran behind the wall heard the sound and her breath stagnated, her eyes widened in disbelief, her nails were careless, and she pinched the wrist of the maidservant who was cooking wine. Cooking wine is Liu Anran's personal maid since childhood, Rao is so painful, he only bit his lip and endured it, and whispered: "Miss, don't be impatient." ”
I only heard the head pillow on the wall sneering and said, "If I don't know about this, I'm afraid that now that she has your son, she is already a queen." We must all salute her and call her a queen. I have the pain of losing a child, and I can endure the humiliation. ”
"The Liu family was blessed by misfortune and promoted Zhaoyi to show relief, but it is not wronged." Xiao Xue's voice was soft.
Pillow Chun said: "The taste of abolition is not pleasant, where can it be regarded as a blessing?" She is the daughter of the Governor of Annan Prefecture, and the glory of this life is not only Zhaoyi. I just feel a little confused...... The Da Xue clan's method of poisoning the Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi was secretive and slow, and it should not be possible to poison it in a year and a half. But at that time, the Queen Mother was only sick and cold for a few days, and I still don't understand the reason. ”
Xiao Xue sighed softly: "It's a pity that I came out of my concubine, and now my children are all satisfied." Today's result is also due to the careful planning of the two of us, if it weren't for the fact that before the coffin of the Queen Mother, you sang and spilled those long-collected criminal evidence, how could you turn the situation of the harem? Even if there is a reason, I hope you have forgotten that the dust has settled when the Queen Mother is dead. In the future, we will definitely not mention this matter again, and we will go our separate ways, so as to save Your Majesty from suspecting us of forming a party. ”
"I know it." Pillow Chun's voice sneered, "Concubine Zhen...... In Your Majesty's heart, you and I are different from each other. ”
"What do you mean?"
Pillow Chun was half smiling and half serious, and a clear voice came out: "Take the second flower bush lazy review......"
Liu Anran heard the pain in his heart, and bit his lower lip to hold back the tears in his eyes.
Pillow Chun and Xiao Xue said goodbye to each other after a few words, and the two of them wore fragrant winds, and their dresses were stained with rain, dew and snow.
On the empty palace road, Liu Anran snuggled on the cold and wet wall, his eyes fixed on the ground.
"Miss, Miss An's family, she ......" Seeing Liu Anran's brows, he said loudly.
"Did you hear that?" Liu Anran's voice was soft and thin, "The Queen Mother was poisoned, and Sister An knew about it." But I didn't know anything, I just stupidly went to the Queen Mother's palace to fulfill my filial piety and suffered a blame...... If she had told me earlier, why should I suffer the disgrace of dethronement? ”
Boiling wine said with relief: "Maybe this matter is very important, and Miss An Jia is afraid of being implicated......"
But she secretly communicated with Xiao Xue...... It's His Majesty's favorite little Xue! Liu Anran closed her eyelashes, "I have been in love with her for several years, and I have a handkerchief." ”
"It is precisely because our Miss and Miss An Jia are friends with handkerchiefs and have been in love since childhood, so Miss An Jia should not abandon our Miss for self-preservation." Cooking wine said, "Maybe Miss An Jia has other difficulties." ”
Liu Anran looked at the earrings in her hand: "She has treated me well since she was a child, and we change our clothes from time to time, and others think that the two of us are sisters." As she spoke, Liu Anran shook her hand, the sharp ear hook poked into her palm, and the pain calmed her down a lot, "Yes...... There may be hidden circumstances in this matter. Sister Ann treats me well...... Let's enter the palace for these days, watch and support...... If she treats me against her will again, how will I live in such a cold palace? ”
Boiling wine took out a satin handkerchief and wiped away tears for Liu Anran: "I heard that when you were grounded, Miss An and Concubine Zhen testified to Your Majesty about the crimes of the Da Xue family, so that Your Majesty sent the Da Xue family." On that day, no one knew the scene when our Hanfang Palace was grounded, but the maiden An in the same palace went to cry and mourn. Saying that, he pulled Liu Anran's clothes together distressedly, "Why don't you announce her to ask questions?" An Yunu is Ming Jieyu's younger sister, so she should know the reason. ”
"An Huatang?" Liu Anran frowned, "An Huatang's temperament is strong, and her sister is not close." ”
"Sisters with the same surname in the end." Cooking wine said, "Our Miss and Miss An Jia are not the same surname, aren't they sisters over the years?" ”
"......" Liu Anran thought for a while, and said, "Wait until I think about it......"
After boiling the wine, he went to help Liu Anran, "Miss, don't worry too much, you are now the honor of Zhaoyi, if you give birth to a prince in the future, your future will be immeasurable." ”
Liu Anran sighed, touched the flat lower abdomen, and touched the sad place: "I have been in the palace for five years, why haven't I ...... yet?"
Boiling wine knocked down the rain on Liu Anran's body, and comforted: "The good news is not in a hurry. With that, the two turned around and walked back slowly.
Pillow Chun said goodbye to Xiao Xue's family, and returned to the Jianghe Hall all the way. Thinking of the situation in the Da Xue case, Pillow Chun's heart is still unsettled. Xiao Xue's is not simple, she has always known it, if it weren't for the last resort, she wouldn't be so reckless. She thought about it, and ate a cup of cooked water in the warm pavilion, but saw Qingguo hurriedly walking past from outside the screen with something on her face.
"What's so flustered?" Pillow Chun put down the cup and asked out loud.
Qingguo paused, and when she heard the sound, she opened the curtain and came in, bowed her head and replied: "Niangniang, it's the cherry that hurts her abdomen and soils her clothes." The slave and maid were in a hurry to take it and wash it. ”
"How can your clothes be soiled in your belly?" As soon as Pillow Spring spoke, he remembered something, "But Kwai Shui has arrived?" ”
Qingguo pursed her lips: "It's like the first time, she breathed abdominal pain, and it was very uncomfortable." ”
Pillow Chun thought for a while, stroked the table and got up: "Take me to see her, if it's not good, you will also pass it on to the imperial doctor." ”
Qingguo responded, led the pillow to the ear room of the Jianghe Palace, and raised a heavy curtain before he could see the cherries on the couch inside. I saw Cherry holding a thick quilt, pouting and whispering.
"Yo, so wronged." Pillow Chun felt funny when he saw it, so he sat on the pier next to him with his skirt and laughed and joked, "Look at this little face." ”
The cherry thought it was Qingguo coming back, but when she saw Pillow Chun walking in, her face was red with shame, and she got into the quilt with her hands and feet, and said, "Why is Niang Niang still here!" Didn't you say Qingguo that you wouldn't tell others, why did you come to deceive me today! ”
"It's not Qingguo who said it." Pillow Chun reached out and lifted the cherry gown covering her face, and touched her hand, "How cold, the woman has been frozen in the past few days, but she is going to be bad." "It's called Qingguo," I went to find Aunt Su Bai and opened the warehouse, and there was Ejiao that I had rewarded during the festival, and brought it to the cherries to slow down. ”
Hearing the sound, Cherry hurriedly got out of the quilt and waved her hand again and again: "Where do you use Ejiao, slave!" ”
Pillow Chun just called Qingguo to go, and said: "Boil another pot of spicy and thick ginger soup, and I will give her a hot drink later." ”
Cherry's face was full of grievances, ashamed and annoyed: "What is the mother doing, the slave is just uncomfortable......"
"What woman doesn't have a sunflower water, I have a terrible stomach ache when I'm as old as you. I still remember that one winter I was cold, and I was in pain twice. The corners of Pillow Chun's mouth hooked, and he chose something funny to tell her, "That day is the Zixia banquet in Lejing, and the young talents and official ladies in the city are going to meet at the banquet." At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I saw a son of the Xie family of Chen Jun at the banquet, and when I saw that he was born with a pair of star-like eyes, I wanted to talk to him. Who knew that after walking two steps, he made a pain, and the whole person softened his feet in a daze. The son of the Xie family saw me slip and wanted to help me. But I was ashamed and afraid, and one fell unsteadily into the slush behind the fence, and fell on a big horse. ”
Cherry is so young that when she heard such a story, she forgot the pain for a while, and asked, "Banquet under the top?" When the slave maid was very young, she heard from the sisters of the clan. The sisters in the family are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I heard that the women of the young master's family will get a golden branch every year. ”
"Shh Pillow Chun frowned, and alerted her, "Where did the young master come from?" ”
Cherry was stunned for a moment, bit her lip and lowered her head: "Yes...... Slave Master's Clan. ”
In the years when the young master's family dominated the government, the women of the young master's family also wore a crown for a long time. Pillow Spring had no chance to see the beautiful appearance of the young master and concubine, and he could only get a glimpse of the prosperous scene of the young master's family from the mouths of his father and mother.
Seeing that Cherry looked down, Pillow Chun said with relief: "When you come to Kwai Shui, your daughter's parents are older, and you can match someone to say goodbye." You are still young now, although you are not in a hurry to be matched, I will keep an eye on it for you, and I will choose the best one for you. ”
Pillow Spring treats people to be lenient, which is known to the palace, otherwise there would not be such a thing as Peach Blossom Gao marrying into the Marquis of Guangping Mansion as the wife of the second room. Many palace ladies in the palace talked about this matter after tea and dinner, thinking that if they were to be entered into the Jianghe Palace to serve this Ming Jieyu, they might be able to be worthy of a family affair.
Cherry bit her lip and shook her head, "The slave doesn't want to be matched." ”
"Why don't you want to match someone, life in the palace is not easy, and finding a good match can be regarded as relief."
Cherry looked at Pillow Chun and said in a low voice: "Niangniang is Your Majesty's beloved concubine, and she is pregnant with Liujia for Your Majesty, but she has suffered from the burning miscarriage of the fire. Women all over the world want to find a good match, Your Majesty is the king of a country and the son of destiny, so he is naturally the best match in the world. Even the best match in the world is nothing more than that...... That cherry would rather not be worthy in this life. Women are like Niangniang, there is a bright moon in their hearts, but men have the country to shoot horses. He doesn't understand yours, and you don't know him, is this a good match? ”
Pillow Chun was slightly stunned, never expected that Cherry would say such a thing. She always thought she was brilliant and meticulous, but now she heard Cherry's words, but she felt that she was really the first stupid person in the world. is a wry smile; "Okay, it's up to you."
Yes, yes. He didn't understand that he was not rare, so where was a good match. makes people think about it carefully, and they feel that there is a chill behind them, and they are relieved by their soft words.
But when he saw Yulan coming over, he opened the curtain and came in and called, "Niangniang, Your Majesty is here." ”
Wonderful!
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