Chapter 31: Intercession
"Sister, it's all my sister's lax discipline, which makes you worry, it's all my sister's."
Before the queen could say the next sentence, she was interrupted by a coquettish voice, Qin Changning looked at the source of the sound, and saw the chagrin in Concubine Xiao's eyes, and sneered in her heart, she definitely didn't expect the queen who didn't like to go out in winter, come back to this imperial garden today!
"I've seen the lady lady." Qin Changning blessed his body and lowered his head to hide the smile in his eyes.
"No wonder the queen's sister came to this imperial garden for a walk, it turned out that the county lord of Changning came to the palace." Saying that, she stretched out her hand to help Qin Changning up, and she didn't plan to salute the queen, and said, "Yesterday, the emperor came to the Fuhua Palace and said that your father fell off the horse when he was hungry while hunting, but what's the big deal?" ”
"I'm worried about the concubine, and my father is fine."
"Sister, this Jiao'er is usually spoiled by her sister, today she has to come to this lake to boat, my sister can't resist her, so I have to agree, you see my sister will go back and teach her a good lesson, you just..."
Normally, the queen might have agreed, but after Qin Changning said that, the twists and turns in her heart suddenly understood, if this could casually let Sima Jiao go under her nose, then did she still have the majesty of the queen?
The queen raised her chin, glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu coldly, and said sharply, "It's because sister, you usually spoil Jiao'er too much, so that she hasn't even learned the basic etiquette, watching the palace from a distance, I don't want to come over to say goodbye, and I'm still having a good time there, and it's going to be the New Year soon, if she falls into the lake and accidentally catches the cold, how can it be good!" ”
"What my sister taught me is that my sister is not strict with her daughter, and my sister will discipline Jiao'er well when she goes back, and please don't be angry, so as not to get angry."
When the queen heard this, she became even more angry.
She reprimanded her a few words, and cursed her for being angry!
Sure enough, I was uneasy and kind!
"Since my sister is not strict in discipline, before the New Year, this Jiao'er will study with the palace, isn't it for the tribute dance is being prepared? Anyway, there is a lot of time in this palace, so I can give Jiao'er more pointers. ”
"Sister!" Concubine Xiao Shufei's face was pale, and she barely pulled out a smile, "Sister, you are tired enough to deal with the affairs of the harem on weekdays, how can my sister bear to let you work for Jiao'er again?" ”
"What? My sister thinks your dancing skills are better than Hongu's? The queen's eyes narrowed, her voice was cold, and suddenly there was an oppressive momentum.
"It's not..."Concubine Xiao Shufei was annoyed in her heart, but she didn't dare to refute it openly.
"That's it!" The queen snorted coldly and glanced at Sima Jiao, who was still kneeling on the ground, "Okay, don't kneel, the ground is damp, don't catch a cold by then, you will live in the west hall of Fengqi Palace from today." ”
After speaking, he glanced at Bingzhu, "Bingzhu will follow behind the eighth princess in the future and take good care of the eighth princess's diet and daily life, if the third princess has an accident, do you know what the consequences are?" ”
"The slave knows."
Concubine Xiao Shu looked at the powerful queen incredulously, her face was not very good, "Sister, what do you mean by this?" ”
"You see what Hongu means, what it means!" The queen arrogantly dropped a sentence and smiled at Qin Changning, "Ning'er will send you to Xiangning Palace, otherwise your imperial grandmother will not send you back when she sees that this palace has not sent you back, and it will be time to come to Fengqi Palace to ask for someone in a while." ”
Qin Changning followed behind the queen, looking at the queen's appearance, the corners of his mouth raised, and he glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu inadvertently, Qin Changning mentioned lightly, "Now my uncle is afraid that he is going to go to the early court." ”
The queen glanced back at Qin Changning, the corners of her mouth hooked, glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu, who was still standing there, turned to her eldest palace maid and said, "Duchun, go and tell the emperor, just say that the palace saw the eighth princess boating in the lake today, and she loved her heart, and wanted to put the eighth princess with her for a while." ”
"Yes." Twilight Chun blessed her body, walked in front of Concubine Xiao Shu, and walked towards the imperial study.
Concubine Xiao Shufei held her hands tightly, and waited for Qin Changning and the Empress to walk away before stomping her feet fiercely.
The eighth princess glanced at the ice bamboo beside her pitifully, and cried and shouted to Concubine Xiao Shu, "Mother..."
"Eighth princess, let's go." Bingzhu said coldly, glancing at Concubine Xiao Shu, who was glaring at her fiercely, "Concubine Shuniang, now that the queen has made a decision, the slave maid is just acting on orders, please don't embarrass us!" ”
"Don't use the queen to press me!" Concubine Xiao Shufei snorted coldly, flicked her long sleeves, "Go to the imperial study!" ”
The queen, who was standing behind the rockery, looked at Concubine Xiao Shufei's angry appearance, sneered, looked back at Qin Changning, who was also looking in the direction of Concubine Xiao Shu, and asked softly, "How did Ning'er know that she went back to find the emperor?" ”
"Because the only people in this palace who can suppress Niangniang are the Queen Mother and the Emperor, you just said to send me back to Xiangning Palace, then Concubine Xiao Shu will definitely not go to Xiangning Palace to ask the imperial grandmother for intercession, at this time, who else can she find besides the emperor?"
"Ning'er, my aunt owes you two favors today."
Qin Changning blessed his body, "When Ning'er was sick, her aunt didn't send Ning'er supplements, and this should be a thank you gift from Ning'er to her aunt." ”
"You're weird." The queen stretched out her hand and took her little hand, and said angrily, "But your thank you gift is a bit big, if there is a place for your aunt to help you in the future, just come to the palace and tell your aunt, and my aunt will definitely do my best to help you." ”
When the queen and Qin Changning arrived at Xiangning Palace, Qingyun had already set up the dishes, and the Queen Mother saw that the queen and Qin Changning were coming together, and happily beckoned to the two, "Come and sit here, the time is just right, and the queen will stay in Xiangning Palace to eat." ”
"Naturally, the retainers can't ask for it." The queen smiled and sat down.
"Queen Mother, do you have any sons?" As soon as a few people took their seats, the emperor's hearty voice came, followed by an anxious Duchun.
Qin Changning knew from looking at Du Chun's expression that Du Chun had been cut off halfway.
Qin Changning stood up and saluted the emperor who walked in, "Ning'er sees the emperor." ”
"Call Uncle!" The emperor waved his hand, and although he was old, he still had a smile on his handsome face, "You girl always thinks of a play, I used to hear you call your uncle coquettishly, which one is making trouble today?" ”
After speaking, he glanced at the dishes on the table, and looked at the Queen Mother accusingly, "Queen Mother, these are all Ning'er's favorite food, this is Ning'er's girl as soon as she entered the palace, you forgot about us." ”
The queen smiled and added a lion's head to the emperor, "Isn't this a lion's head that the emperor loves to eat?" ”
The emperor glanced at the queen with a faint smile and took a bite, "It's better to be the queen, remember that I love to eat lion's head." ”
The queen mother was amused by the juniors, and asked Qingyun to add a few more dishes that the emperor loved to eat, "The mourning family didn't know that you and the queen would come over, and you still fought with the juniors?" ”
"Erchen is just looking for the queen to have something to do, and I heard that the queen is coming to the queen mother's place, so I just happened to come for lunch." The Emperor smiled.