Chapter 163: The fourth young lady doesn't understand this when she's young, so don't know...
Baolan almost fainted from crying, but before she could faint, the pain of flesh tearing from her gum brought her back to consciousness, and she let out a piercing scream.
Dong Qianmo gently put down the tea tray, opened a pair of innocent clear eyes, and asked the Queen Mother: "What's wrong?" Why is your old man making such a big fire early in the morning? ”
The Queen Mother snorted angrily and said: "The mourning family hates others for lying to me the most, and for these people who are not honest in their hearts and dare to deceive the mourning family, they can't indulge." ”
Dong Qianmo persuaded empathetically: "It is common for people below to be ignorant, but you are a golden body, what can happen if you are angry." ”
The Queen Mother still didn't lose her breath, picked up the tea cup offered by Dong Qianmo, and drank two sips of Beiyuan tribute tea.
Dong Qianmo blinked his eyes suspiciously, and quietly asked Lady Qiao: "Aunt Qiao, why did the palace maid provoke the Queen Mother to be so angry?" ”
Lady Qiao said: "The affairs of the palace are difficult to explain in a few words, and the fourth lady is young and doesn't understand this, so don't know." ”
"Oh." Dong Qianmo pouted and hung his head in shame.
"Qiao Niang, tell her about it!" The Queen Mother held the lid of the porcelain cup, stirred the floating tea on the water, and quickly sank a few pieces.
"Yes." Aunt Qiao respectfully complied, and took Dong Qianmo aside, so authentically.
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It turned out that the queen mother and everyone in the flower hall last night broke up unhappily, Dong Qianmo and Shan Yutang both stayed in the Nianxiang Palace, and each rested in the left and right ear rooms on the side of the side of the hall.
Monoyutang has a maid Xiangyun to serve, but Dong Qianmo didn't bring half of the maid who served, so he mentioned to Lady Qiao that there is a palace maid with a long face and a comb in her hair in the bird corridor, and she treats people very kindly, can you call her over and take care of her for a night.
So, Lady Qiao put Baolan in Dong Qianmo's room and waited for the bath to comb her hair.
When I was about to go to bed to rest, there was a knock on the door of Lady Qiao's room, it was Grandma Zhang, the steward of the kitchen.
Lady Qiao asked what was the matter, and Grandma Zhang said: "The bowl of egg custard that the Queen Mother gave to Miss Dong Si, the fourth lady did not come to eat during dinner, and then the concubine Niangniang brought the second princess, divided half a bowl, and left half a bowl, and it was going to be rancid overnight!" ”
Lady Qiao said: "What's so difficult about this, you can heat it up and serve it to the fourth lady as a supper." ”
Grandma Zhang said: "I have already taken it to ask, and the fourth lady said that a doctor had earnestly told her not to eat after Shen, otherwise she would be sick on the second day." ”
Lady Qiao frowned and said, "The things rewarded by the Queen Mother can't be wasted, even if she can't eat it, she will eat it hard!" ”
Grandma Zhang said: "Yes, I also told her this, and then she said, since you can't waste it, it's better to give the egg custard to Aunt Qiao to eat." Grandma Zhang showed a painted lacquer box.
"Give it to me?" Lady Qiao was surprised.
"Fourth Miss said, I heard that the eggs of the divine bird are a great supplement, Aunt Qiao, you work hard all day long, this bowl of egg custard should be honored to you."
Grandma Zhang's mouth is so sweet, because when Dong Qianmo ordered her to deliver the egg custard, he raised his hand and rewarded her with a heavy silver ingot. Grandma Zhang was surprised and happy, but she didn't expect that this Miss Dong Si was more generous than the master in the palace.
"This ......," Lady Qiao was a little embarrassed, "I can't eat such a valuable dish, right?" Otherwise, you can return it to Miss Four, or let her eat it." ”
"What's inappropriate," Grandma Zhang advised, "The Queen Mother treats silk eggs like children, and she definitely won't eat them, and the fourth lady can't eat at night, who else in this palace deserves to eat except for your aunt?" ”
"But......" Lady Qiao was still a little worried, afraid that her reputation would be damaged if it was spread.
"It's nothing good, so my aunt will eat it while it's hot! The fourth lady said that my aunt ate it, and it was the same as hers, so there was no need to mention it to others. ”
Grandma Zhang took out the lid cup from the lacquer box, put it on the table, and exited the room.
Lady Qiao hesitated, picked up the spoon, and used this cup of tender egg custard drizzled with sesame oil and chopped green onions.
After eating, the lower abdomen is hot, and the heart and mouth are also a little panicked, probably, this is the miraculous effect of the divine bird egg, right?
Lady Qiao couldn't sleep, went for a walk in the courtyard, walked outside the side hall, and saw that the left ear room where Dong Qianmo was sleeping was still lit, so she wanted to go in and thank you.
As soon as she stepped forward, before she could knock on the door, Ms. Qiao heard someone crying in the door, and there was a muttering conversation.
Lady Qiao's heart was a little suspicious, so she leaned against the door with bated breath and listened to the movement in the room.
A cold voice rebuked in a low voice: "You, when did Niangniang shorten your silver and food, so that you can't open your eyes like this, and do such a thing behind your mother's back?" ”
Another voice cried: "Aunt Yin spares her life, the maid is not a heart, the maid was fascinated for a while, and agreed to Princess Yu, also for the sake of Princess Yu's friendship with our mother!" ”
"Phew!" The first voice spat out, "You see that the money is open, and you are still reasonable?" ”
"In front of the maiden, my aunt will help me intercede," the second voice said to the mercy, "The maid really knows that she is wrong, and in the future, no matter how much benefit Princess Yu promises to give the maid, the maid will not dare to help her do things!" ”
Outside the door, Lady Qiao's brows were furrowed tightly, and her heart was pounding.
The second voice was Baolan, who was sent to serve Miss Dong Si. And the first voice, the more you listen to it, the more it looks like ...... Liu Guifei's female official Yin?
And they mentioned in their words, what benefits did Princess Yu give Baolan, and what did Baolan do?
Lady Qiao made a small hole in the window paper with her wet fingers, looked into the room, and sure enough, she saw Lady Yin sitting at the table, and Baolan kneeling at the other party's feet. It's just that as far as the eye can see, there is no trace of Dong Qianmo in the room.
Female Officer Yin asked coldly: "How much silver did Princess Yu give you, and what did you do for her?" In addition to you, are Tian Yue and Xiaoming also involved? ”
Baolan replied: "The evening before yesterday, the weaver of Yuwang's Mansion entered the palace and sent a basket of fresh lychees to the Queen Mother. Then Zhitong came to the servant's room, and stuffed the servant with a box, and the servant opened it and saw that it was full of pearls and silver ingots, and she was startled. ”
Female Officer Yin sneered: "It's a happy heartbeat, right?" ”
Baolan cried: "The maid should die, my aunt spares her life!" ”
"You go on!"
"Yes," said Baolan, "Zhitong gave the maid a paper packet, opened it with a piece of balm the size of a broad bean, and said what the thing was called 'Ten Begonias.'" When the daughters of the Dong family entered the palace, they asked the maid to lead them to the side of the bird corridor, and then used wine to dissolve the balm and rub it on the swallows that hatched the silk eggs. ”
"That's it?" Lady Yin asked.
"Also, it is to drive away all the people on the bird corridor so that others will not see it," Bao Lan said, "The maid gave Tian Yue and Xiao Ming a string of money, and asked them to buy some candied fruit and fruit wine with Grandma Zhang, and called all the palace people who fed the birds to eat wine. Later, the balm attracted wasps and overturned the nest, and the maid didn't know the rest of the matter! ”
After hearing this, Lady Yin waved her hand angrily and slapped her, knocking down the kneeling Baolan, and went up and kicked twice.
Bao Lan hugged her head tightly and asked for mercy again and again.
Lady Yin reprimanded: "You, a little slut who betrays the master, know that Niangniang has always wanted to get the eggs of the divine bird and feed them to the second princess, such a big thing, why don't you report it to Niangniang?" ”
"Slave maid...... I ......"
"Are you afraid that after returning to your mother, you won't be able to keep that box of treasures, right?" Lady Yin broke her mind, and opened her mouth to scold again, "Stupid, stupid, what a stupid thing!" ”
"Auntie, spare the slave!" Baolan's greed has nothing to hide, only begging for mercy.
Lady Yin told her coldly: "If you report to our mother in advance and exchange those real eggs with fake eggs, then you have made a great contribution in front of your mother, and then it is not impossible to let your mother accept you as your goddaughter and marry you to Commander Li of the Xiaowei Battalion!" ”
"I, I'm ......" Baolan regretted it, covering her face and crying.
"Don't cry!" Lady Yin interrupted her, "Now Niangniang has an important errand to be handed over to you to do, and when you do this well, Niangniang will ask you to go back to Ningxiang Palace and find a suitable opportunity to marry you to Commander Li." ”
Baolan hurriedly said: "Auntie just orders, the slave is willing to do anything!" ”
So, Lady Yin lowered her voice and said goodbye.
The voice of this conversation was too small, and the female officer Qiao outside the door didn't hear anything, and she was in a hurry, but she heard Baolan exclaim: "What? Do you want to let all the birds go? ”
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"Don't let the birds go, go directly to the Queen Mother, can't you?" Baolan was timid, "Maybe as soon as the Queen Mother heard that the birds were gone, she killed the slave and maid in a fit of anger, wouldn't that be able to complete the things delivered by the mother?" ”
Female official Yin said: "The Queen Mother is suspicious of her old man, and you go to tell the truth for no reason, can she believe you word for word?" Only if you pretend to be forced to tell the truth, the Queen Mother will not hesitate to take it seriously and behead Dong Qianmo in anger! ”
Baolan shrunk her neck and said in her heart, the Dong family sisters somehow made a public anger, Princess Yu wanted to kill the second miss, and the concubine Niangniang wanted to kill the fourth miss.
Before leaving, Lady Yin gave Baolan a bold boost and said: "You can do it boldly and boldly, it's a big deal to take a few boards, Niangniang has already greeted the people of the Inner Servant Province, and she will be executed leniently." Mrs. Li Fu has been childless for many years, and she is choosing a concubine for Li Zhouyu and Master Li recently, isn't your long-term wish to be his woman? As long as you do this, your wish will be fulfilled! ”
The door opened, Female Officer Yin walked out, and Female Officer Qiao was busy looking for a place to hide, but accidentally twisted her foot and barely avoided it.
After Lady Yin left, Lady Qiao sat in the garden and rubbed her feet, shocked by the few secrets she had just heard, Princess Yu bought Baolan and overturned the Queen Mother's baby bird's nest to frame Miss Dong. And Baolan, Tian Yue and Xiao Ming, these three palace laves, are all the eyeliner that Liu Guifei put in Nianxiang Palace!
Female Official Yin's night visit is another trick to let Baolan let the Queen Mother's love bird go, and then smear Dong Qianmo in front of the Queen Mother, and let the Queen Mother kill her!
"Yo, Aunt Qiao, you haven't slept so late?" A woman dressed as a maid carried a basin of water, passed through the garden, and greeted Lady Qiao.
Lady Qiao looked at her, she was not a person in Nianxiang Palace at all, and suddenly thought of who she was, so she asked, "You second and fourth misses, have you already fallen asleep?" ”
"Yes," Dong Xuanying's maid Xiangyun replied, "The fourth lady said that she changed her bed at first glance and couldn't sleep well, so she went to the right ear room and found our second lady to sleep with her." The slave maid had to fetch another basin of washing water. ”
Lady Qiao nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Talking in the flower hall today, I see that the princess and your young lady are a little discordant, what is the reason for this?" ”
"This ......" Xiangyun was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
"I'm just curious, just ask," said Lady Qiao, "you tell me a few words bluntly." ”
"Probably, it's because of His Royal Highness King Yu...... Xiangyun said hesitantly.
"King Yu?"
Lady Qiao suddenly understood, it turned out that Princess Yu Wei Qi's painting was not pleasing to the eye of King Yu's cousin Dong Xuanying, and she wanted to borrow the hand of the Queen Mother to get rid of it. Afterwards, King Yu wants to blame, and he can only blame the Queen Mother for being ruthless!
It's just that Liu Guifei designed to kill Dong Qianmo, what is the reason?
Lady Qiao knocked on the Queen Mother, told the Queen Mother about what she saw and heard tonight, and raised such a question.
"It's not because of the hole flute she blows, which is in line with the mourning family!" The Queen Mother reprimanded angrily without thinking, "In the past, every time Moqin entered the palace, Liu Moxi picked her nose and eyes, and she didn't like her, not because the mourning family liked to listen to her piano from the bottom of her heart, Liu Moxi felt that she was favored!" The people that the mourning family likes, those black-hearted ghosts can't tolerate it! ”
Lady Qiao said: "The queen mother is angry, and the slaves and maids are also listening through the door, some places are not very real, and there are not necessarily things that are wrong." ”
At this time, there was a light knock at the door. It was the eunuch Xiao Mazi, who turned over Baolan with drugs, found a box of pearls and silver ingots from her room, and presented it to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother took out a pearl, lifted the lid of the incense burner and threw it in, making a loud noise.
"The Queen Mother?" Lady Qiao was apprehensive.
"Hmph~~" The Queen Mother let out a string of cold laughs, "It's only been a long time since the mourning family hasn't killed anyone, and those people treat the mourning family as an old and mediocre useless person!" ”