174, Visiting the Queen
Wan Zhen'er's temper gradually finished venting, and she whispered: "Okay, so I'll listen to you." ”
Wan Zhen'er's rare pleasant face made Mama Chen a little flattered.
So, after everything was discussed, everyone just waited in the palace to see what happened.
And the queen has been unconscious since she ate the pearl crab and persimmon cakes sent by Bing Yi, but she didn't expect that after three or four days in a row, she actually woke up again, but because her body was too weak, the whole person looked dry, without a trace of luster, and her body was thin, so her child could not be saved soon.
Queen Wang didn't expect that she had finally conceived the dragon seed, and she would lose it so easily, and her heart hurt as if there was a needle pricking herself.
Wan Zhen'er was very happy when she heard that Queen Wang had lost her child, and she couldn't help but say loudly to Mama Chen: "Mama Chen, everything we have done is not in vain, and now although Queen Wang herself is safe and sound, the child in her womb has been lost." ”
"Yes, Niangniang, although the emperor, the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress Dowager Qian are no longer pursuing this matter, this matter is a thorn in the minds of all people, especially in the minds of the queen, if the mother can take the opportunity to get closer to the queen and get closer, it will be of great help to the mother in the future."
Wan Zhen'er listened to Mama Chen's little bit, and immediately understood what Mama Chen meant.
She couldn't help but giggle and said, "Mama Chen's ginger is still old and spicy, you really have a full stomach, okay, let's go to Kunning Palace to visit the queen mother now, Mama Chen, you go and take out the most precious thousand-year-old ginseng in my palace, go, we will go to Kunning Palace immediately." ”
"Yes."
Mama Chen agreed, so she went to get the thousand-year-old ginseng, packed it in a valuable rosewood box, and then followed Wan Zhen'er, and the two of them walked towards the Kunning Palace together.
The queen looked very haggard now, and because she had just lost her only child, the sorrow in her heart spread like a flood, so that she refused to eat or see anyone, as if she had aged five or six years overnight.
The emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces also came to see her before, but because of the pain of losing her son, the queen refused to see even the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces.
This can be forgiven in the eyes of the Empress Dowager Qian, but the Empress Dowager Zhou has always been high-spirited, a little queen dared to turn her away, although she lost her child, but she was also very disrespectful to herself, so the Empress Dowager Zhou was very disrespectful in her heart, and after only going once, she never went again.
And the emperor was even more dissatisfied, he didn't know why the queen was like this, what was she doing to show herself? Or do you want to prove something? Does it mean that you are acting unfairly?
Because Empress Wang's actions seemed to be unreasonable in the eyes of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Zhu Jianshen, they forgot about Empress Wang's sadness, and felt that Empress Wang was ignorant.
And at this time, Wan Zhen'er came with her precious thousand-year-old ginseng, usually Wan Zhen'er does not come to Kunning Palace to walk around, so the eunuchs and palace maids in Kunning Palace suddenly heard that Wan Guifei was coming, everyone felt very different and surprised, and they didn't know what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd, so they hurriedly invited Mu Xue, the queen's personal palace maid, to come over.
Mu Xue saw Wan Zhen'er coming over with a variety of charms and graces, and hurriedly stepped forward to see her, and said: "Mu Xue knocked on Niangniang, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”
Wan Zhen'er shook her hand, personally helped her up and said: "Miss Mu Xue, why are you so polite to me, you are the person next to the queen, you can't be the same as ordinary palace maids, your identity is naturally more noble than others, you don't have to make such a big gift when you see this palace in the future." ”
Mu Xue felt very different, I don't know why, Wan Zhen'er would say this today.
Mu Xue was a little flattered, and whispered: "Niangniang, you are so polite!" ”
Wan Zhen'er shook her head and said, "They are all their own sisters, why do you say these kind words, Mu Xue I want to ask you something." ”
"If Niangniang has anything to ask, just ask, Mu Xue must know everything and say everything."
"Hehe, this palace doesn't want to ask you about any big things, why are you so nervous?"
Wan Zhen'er smiled like a spring breeze, and Mu Xue only felt that Wan Guifei was very gentle and obedient for a while.
Wan Zhen'er said with a smile: "I'm just asking you, how is the queen mother now?" This palace is very concerned about the condition of the queen mother, after all, the queen mother is the lord of the six palaces, and she has always treated the palace well, so this palace has to visit her no matter what. ”
As soon as Mu Xue heard her ask about the queen's condition, she couldn't help but have tears flowing out of her eyes, she was obviously very loyal to the queen.
She sighed and said: "The queen mother is very bad now, the queen mother is not only not in good health, bad spirits, and in a bad mood, a few days ago, the queen mother and the emperor of the two palaces came to visit the mother, but they were all driven away by the mother, hey! Concubine Niangniang, you can help Mu Xue persuade our queen mother, if it continues like this, it will definitely not be a good thing for the queen mother. ”
Wan Zhen'er nodded and said: "Miss Mu Xue, although you are young, you can see things more clearly than others, it can be seen that you are a girl with a delicate heart, what you say makes sense, now it is not the queen who has made mistakes, why is all the pain borne by the queen alone?" This matter is something that the palace can't look through, but today, since the queen is not in good health and spirit, the palace will not enter. ”
After she finished speaking, she turned around and shouted calmly: "Mama Chen! ”
"Yes."
Mama Chen immediately agreed, stepped forward and handed the rosewood box to Mu Xue with both hands.
Mu Xue took it and asked in surprise, "Niangniang, what is this?" ”
Wan Zhen'er smiled softly and said: "Miss Mu Xue, this is not another, this is the most treasured thousand-year-old ginseng in my Xianfu Palace, this thousand-year-old ginseng has a very good effect on nourishing the body and prolonging life, now that Niangniang has just lost her child, her body must be very weak, you ordered someone to stew this thousand-year-old ginseng to Niangniang to make up for it, and it is not a way for Niangniang to not eat." ”
"Thank you, concubine, you really care about our queen." Mu Xue said sincerely.
Wan Zhen'er smiled like a peony blooming, overflowing with enthusiasm.
She shook her head and said, "Mu Xue, why do you say that, I and the queen mother were originally connected at the same time, if something happens to the queen mother, then can I be happy as a concubine?" Since the queen mother is not in good health today, the palace will not go in to disturb her, and ask Miss Mu Xue to speak to the queen mother, and ask the queen mother to take good care of herself. ”
"Yes, thank you, Lady Niang."
After finishing speaking, Mu Xue bowed down and bowed to Wan Zhen'er.
Wan Zhen'er personally helped her up, exchanged a few words with her, and took Mama Chen back.
After Wan Zhen'er left, Mu Xue really didn't understand what kind of medicine Wan Zhen'er was selling in the gourd.
Usually, she didn't see Wan Zhen'er, but Wan Zhen'er didn't have such a pleasant face as she is now, and now Wan Zhen'er seems to be a different person, not only caring for the queen, but also becoming very polite to her, which makes Mu Xue can't help but think of a sentence, called nothing to be courteous or a thief.
Mu Xue thought about it for a long time, and after thinking about it, she couldn't figure out what Wan Zhen'er had to do to be courteous, because the person who harmed the queen's mother was not Wan Zhen'er, so there was no need for Wan Zhen'er to be so good to the queen's mother now! She thought about it and thought that maybe Wan Zhen'er really cared about the queen.
So, she walked in with the rosewood box and went to see the queen, who didn't see anyone now, but Mu Xue, who often wanted to see her.
Because Mu Xue was originally the most powerful person around the queen, all the food and daily life of the queen mother was taken care of by Mu Xue, Mu Xue to the queen, the queen to Mu Xue, both of them are like sisters, although they belong to the master and servant, but they are very affectionate.
After Mu Xue walked in, the queen was sitting there with a sad face, she was crying like a pear blossom with rain, miserable, cold and cold, looking so pitiful.
When Mu Xue saw it, she only felt like a needle prick in her heart, and couldn't help but shout coldly: "Queen Mother!" ”
Queen Wang looked up and saw that it was Mu Xue, so she didn't say a word, still immersed in her sadness.
Seeing this, Mu Xue only felt like a knife in her heart, she couldn't help but step forward and said to her, "Queen Mother, why are you so depressed? You are still young, you and the queen will definitely have children in the future, why do you have to give up on yourself so much? If you continue like this, Mu Xue will definitely feel distressed. ”
As if she hadn't heard what Mu Xue said, Queen Wang was still sitting there with her hair overhead, secretly weeping.
Seeing this, Mu Xue shook her head and said, "Niangniang, if you don't like to listen, Mu Xue will have to say something, what are you doing now?" Are you here to remember your lost dragon? As long as you treat the emperor better now, the emperor will often come to see you, then it is a matter of time before you have children, if you turn the emperor away like this, the emperor will not come to our Kunning Palace, not to mention that you have children, even the queen mother can't keep your position! ”
When Queen Wang heard Mu Xue say this, she suddenly shuddered, she felt that for so many days, she liked to hear this sentence the most, because this sentence deeply improved her.
Mu Xue's words are still very reasonable, if she rejects the emperor from the door, then one day, let alone having any more children, I am afraid that her position as queen will not be kept.
It doesn't matter if she can't keep her position as emperor, but all the glory that her family has suffered before will be wiped out in an instant, so she will become a sinner in the family at that time, how should she face her parents and her own people?
As a queen, she is not just for herself, sometimes more for her relatives and family.
When she heard Mu Xue say this, she understood a lot in her heart, but she just felt that there was irrepressible sadness, like a flood surging into her heart.
She finally whispered to Mu Xue: "Mu Xue, what you said, this palace doesn't understand, but what's the use?" Can the children of the mourning family be resurrected at this moment? Can the mourners see him again? How do you let this palace face the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces now? As long as I think of my dead child, my heart hurts like a thorn that is always piercing. ”
"Niangniang, why don't Mu Xue understand your feelings? Every time Mu Xue saw Niangniang secretly crying and sad here, Mu Xue's heart seemed to hurt so much with a needle, but Niangniang, you must take good care of your body, if you don't take care of your body, it must be Niangniang who will suffer at that time! ”
Queen Wang held back the tears in her eyes and nodded.
She has always been a person who has no quarrel with the world, only because she was pregnant with the dragon heir, she got the special favor of the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces, so she was glorified in this harem, but she didn't expect that this glory didn't last long and immediately turned into smoke in an instant, drowning without a trace, which made her very difficult to accept, the most important thing is that her child who had been formed was taken away from her life like this, when she thought about it, she only felt that a heart was empty, as if it was hanging in the air.
Mu Xue walked up with the rosewood box, opened it, and saw that it was a superb thousand-year-old ginseng.
She said to Queen Wang: "Niang Niang Mu Xue will send a small kitchen to stew this thousand-year-old ginseng now, Niang Niang must drink the ginseng soup after a while, Niang Niang does not think about others, but also thinks about herself, taking care of her body is the most important thing!" ”
Queen Wang listened to Mu Xue's words, and was noncommittal, she glanced at the thousand-year-old ginseng in the rosewood box, and asked Mu Xue, "Who sent this ginseng?" Is it the emperor? ”
Mu Xue shook her head and said, "It was sent by Concubine Wan herself." ”
Queen Wang's face couldn't help but show a trace of disappointment, although she said that she turned the emperor away a few days ago, but she still hoped that the emperor could come to see her, if the emperor came to see her a few more times, to comfort herself a few more times, then maybe her sadness could soon melt like water, but the emperor did not come, which made her very sad.
She still couldn't help but ask Mu Xue: "In the past few days that Mu Xue doesn't want to see people in this palace, how many times has the emperor come to visit this palace?" ”
Mu Xue watched Queen Wang stop talking, and finally told the truth, she said in a low voice: "Once." ”
"Could it be that the emperor has only come to see the palace once, is the emperor's affection for the palace so light?" After hearing this, the whole person became crazy.
Mu Xue was frightened by the queen's situation, she hurriedly stepped forward, took the queen's hand and said: "Queen mother, don't do this first, the emperor also wanted to see you before, but you didn't want to see the emperor, so he had to go, he is the emperor of the Ninety-Five, and his temperament is inevitably more arrogant than others, he sometimes doesn't want to see the queen, and he doesn't want to think of the pain of losing a child, as long as the queen can greet the emperor with a smile, then the emperor will often come to see the queen in the future."
Empress Wang's face was like frost, and she asked quietly, "Where has the emperor spent the night in the past few days?" ”
Mu Xue was stunned for a long time before shaking her head and saying, "The slave doesn't know. ”
Queen Wang looked at her and said: "Mu Xue, you grew up with me since childhood, and you are the closest sister I brought into the palace, I just treat you as your own biological sister, I didn't expect you to hide it from me now, you must know where the emperor has been in the past few days, if the palace is not mistaken, he has been nostalgic for Tang Jingran recently, right?" Right? ”
Queen Wang asked several questions in a row.
Mu Xue was frightened by Queen Wang's eyes, but she finally nodded lightly and said, "Yes, the emperor has indeed been with Concubine Shu for the past few days, and I heard that Concubine Shu's body is a little uncomfortable." ”
"Hmph, her body is always uncomfortable, when has she ever been comfortable? In the eyes and hearts of the emperor, there is only Concubine Shu, who else is there besides Concubine Shu! ”
The queen's eyes suddenly became cold, resolute and sad.
Seeing this, Mu Xue hurriedly said to her: "Niangniang, don't think so about it first, I'll let the small kitchen stew this ginseng for you first, don't live up to Concubine Wan's wishes." ”
"Why is Wan Guifei and Wan Guifei suddenly so good to this palace, she is also good to this palace for a purpose, what kind of person is Wan Guifei, doesn't this palace know? If she hadn't been a hindrance at the beginning, how could Queen Wu suddenly die at that time, and this Wan Guifei was not a good thing. ”
Mu Xue couldn't speak for a long time when she heard her say this, she thought about it for a long time, and said to Queen Wang very seriously: "Queen Mother, between people in this harem, except for the people who trust and are closest to you, who else can be trusted?" Whether it is you and Concubine Shuniang, you and Concubine Wan Guifei, if you are together, you will get together and disperse, since Niangniang doesn't like Concubine Wan, then don't let her come in the future. ”
When Queen Wang heard Mu Xue say this, she was noncommittal.
So, Mu Xue ordered his men to stew the thousand-year-old ginseng into soup for the queen to drink.
After Mu Xue's persuasion, Queen Wang vented to Mu Xue again, and the whole person was actually much refreshed.
Mu Xue asked the small kitchen to stew the soup for her, she was willing to drink it, and after she drank the soup, her whole spirit was much better.
On the second day, Wan Zhen'er brought a lot of precious ginseng and deer antler velvet to visit, and she saw Mu Xue teaching a few little maids to kick shuttlecock outside the palace gate from a distance, so Wan Zhen'er took Mama Chen over.
Mu Xue was slightly stunned when she saw Wan Zhen'er, but she still reluctantly shouted: "Hello concubine."