The queen called her sister to her, she always slept groggily these days, although her sister was with her every day, but she couldn't take a good look, at this time she saw her dressed up delicately and plainly, she couldn't help but sigh: "Silly girl, you are so young, it's not okay to dress so plainly, the noble people usually dress up simply, but you look at the color on her body, not ostentatious or low-key, this is what a concubine should look like." He coughed a few times while speaking, and then shouted Dongyun, "Take my old things and dress up my mother, it's almost the moon, this appearance should be a joke." ”

Dongyun promised, smiled and came up to support Concubine Wen, the master and servant went elsewhere, Lan Qi saw that the queen was coughing badly, so she went to the side to pour tea, the queen looked at her sideways, and still remembered that after An Guiren rushed to Zhongcui Palace to provoke, she called the two to reprimand, at that time, I watched Wu Ya's pour tea, and I teased in my heart that it was a palace maid who was born, and she was familiar with these things, but her bowl of tea and a bowl of tea have come to this day, and the emperor even added a noble person, a German word, how noble.

And how she came to be the queen, she knows best.

"Niangniang, this is the pear nectar brought by the queen mother's concubines, the queen mother has to cough and asthma every year in winter, and she often eats this honey in the past two years, and her breath is much smoother, please follow it in the future." Lan Qi took the honey tea, just as she was pious and respectful when she was serving the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace, and after the Empress frowned slightly and looked at her, she stretched out her hand to take it.

But when all four hands were on the tea bowl, Lan Qi felt the weakness between the queen's fingers, no wonder she would pick it up with both hands, and made up her mind and said, "Let the concubine serve you to drink." ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, her hands fell, and she saw her carefully holding the bowl to her mouth, hesitating for a moment, or putting her mouth up, two sips of honey tea into her throat, the dry throat was really much more comfortable, and the aftertaste was still a little cool, and she couldn't help but drink a few more sips before waving her hand and pushing it away.

Lan Qi saw that she had drunk most of the bowl, and she was no longer reluctant, turned around and put it down, opened another box, took out a paper bag and said to the queen: "This is also the queen mother's reward for you......"

"Here in this palace, there is nothing missing." The queen said coldly, and turned her eyes to the window again, and there were no snowflakes to be seen through the window paper, only a few shadows flew slightly, letting her know that it was snowing outside.

Lan Qi choked on this sentence, didn't dare to say more, called the other palace maids of Kunning Palace to come over, and asked them to accept the things brought by the Empress Dowager, and she had to retreat to the door before turning around, but the Empress asked, "This is leaving?" ”

Lan Qi stopped and replied: "The concubines are waiting in the outer hall, and the concubines will come in if the mother has orders." ”

"Are you afraid that this palace will dislike you when she sees you?" The queen didn't know who she was laughing at, but the disdain between her eyebrows made people feel sad for no reason, she said quietly, "The queen mother must also know that the palace doesn't want to see you, but she still sent you, do you want to respond to the palace so that the palace's illness is heavier, or do you want to stimulate it, so that the palace can cheer up?" ”

Lan Qi hurriedly bent her knees on the ground and bowed her head: "Forgive the concubine for her gaffes, you are too worried." ”

"Worried?" The queen smiled miserably, she was above ten thousand people under one person, and she was the mother of a country, but at this moment she smiled sadly at a little nobleman, but she was as proud as she was, as noble as her, and immediately restrained this expression, and when she turned out of the window again, she only saw a fierce majesty in her eyes, but she no longer spoke, and let Wu Yashi kneel there.

The queen didn't let her get up, of course Lan Qi couldn't move, and before she came, Bu Guiren muttered a lot of things, asking Lan Qi to be careful, saying that Concubine Tong clearly hated her or bullied her, and it was easier to deal with it if she didn't hide it, but the queen hated her for a long time, and the more she didn't show it on her face, the more scary it was.

Is she being punished for kneeling at this moment? But what did she do wrong, or did she say something wrong, maybe people want her to kneel so that she can look happy in her heart?

Chenguang passed a little bit, the huge Western bell in Kunning Palace rang deeply, this big bell was once placed in the main hall of Yikun Palace, Lan Qi saw it, I heard that it was the emperor who rewarded Concubine Zhao at that time, and the Western clock is the emperor's beloved thing, and it is easy not to reward anyone, so the queen cherishes it very much.

Finally, Concubine Wen, who was dressed up, came back, Dongyun and her entered the door and saw the noble people kneeling on the ground, I don't know how long they had been kneeling, there was a little palace maid waving her hand on the side, she didn't dare to talk more, and signaled Concubine Wen not to ask more, and went to the queen first.

Dong Yun took the queen's former clothes to change for Concubine Wen, although the style embroidery is not fashionable recently, but after all, it is a thing created by the emperor's concubine, and it is still solemn and luxurious today, and Concubine Zhao at that time also loves bright colors, and now it is lined on Concubine Wen's white and tender skin, which is more vivid.

And from clothes, hair buns to a complete set of jewelry, all of them are the things that the queen loved to use in the past. The queen's eyes were moved with joy for a moment, but her eyes gradually darkened, and she didn't know why she was unhappy, so she gently pushed her sister away and instructed Dong Yun: "Go and replace it, Concubine Wen should still have the appearance of Concubine Wen, no...... Do the second Hongu. ”

Dong Yun's heart was pounding, just dressed up Concubine Wen, and she was worried that she was standing in front of her master ten years ago, and she was afraid that bringing it to see would touch the master's sad mood, and sure enough, she guessed well, and when she heard the queen say this, she immediately helped Concubine Wen to leave in a hurry.

And Xiao Niu Hulu obviously didn't understand what's wrong, he was pulled out in a daze, and saw that the noble man was still kneeling there, and only asked Dong Yun when he got to the door: "Sister, is she punishing the noble man for kneeling?" ”

Dong Yun laughed embarrassedly and perfunctory to her: "The slave has been with you all the time, I don't know what's going on inside." ”

When Concubine Wen and Dongyun went out, a cold wind poured in, Lan Qi's kneeling body that was about to be numb suddenly woke up, and she must have continued to survive, but another palace maid from the Tai Hospital came in, and the medicine boiled on the stove outside was ready, and the queen should be the time to take medicine, and they were surprised to see the noble people kneeling here.

"Go out, the noble people will serve the palace." The queen smelled the smell of the decoction and frowned slightly.

The palace maids put the filter medicine bowl on the table, and after signaling to the nobles, they left in a hurry, Lan Qi looked at the queen, and stood up with difficulty holding the flower shelf on the side, her knees had already lost consciousness in pain, and she walked to the table with a trembling step, washed her hands first, and then filtered the medicine twice, and when she came to the queen with the medicine, her legs had regained consciousness and could walk well.

The queen took the medicine well, and when she took the handkerchief from Lan Qi's hand and wiped it after rinsing her mouth, she raised her eyes and looked at the appearance on her face, which was exactly the same as when she first entered the door, peaceful and pious, and seemed to only concentrate on taking care of people's affairs, obviously she was punished by herself for kneeling for so long for no reason, and there was no resentment on her face, whether she was well-cultivated or pretending to be good, the queen understood that there was no such good-tempered person in this palace.

After serving and taking the medicine, Lan Qi didn't know what else would happen to the queen, just now she took the initiative to kneel down and reply, but the queen just didn't let her get up, now she thinks about it, don't toss herself, it doesn't matter at the moment, but you have to stand your knees straight, and you can talk back if you stand straight.

After that, the queen didn't embarrass her for anything, Lan Qi has been standing on the side, not long after Concubine Wen came back, restored the appearance of the pioneer, the queen saw joy on her face, pulled her sister to sit beside her, asked her about the palace, asked about the emperor's stay in Xianfu Palace, asked her about the bed, Xiao Niu Hulu was so ashamed that her face was flushed, but she was disgusted by her sister: "Silly girl, my sister served the emperor back then, but she was younger than you now, you serve the emperor well, and give birth to a little brother to your sister earlier." ”

Concubine Wen nodded softly, her cheeks were crimson without saying a word, the queen saw her like this, and she didn't know what to say, and when she looked up and saw Wu Yalanqi standing on the side, she was also gentle and quiet, but she was full of aura, and then looked at her sister, there was no place that was not compared.

Helpless, suddenly there was a itch in the throat, coughing again and again, Concubine Wen was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, Lan Qi stroked the queen's back smoothly, and brought warm water for her to moisten, the queen drank two sips, and said in disgust: "I drink so many soups and medicines and tea every day, and my stomach is full of swaying." ”

Everyone didn't dare to say anything, even Dongyun didn't persuade him, it must be that he had said too much in the past few days, and the queen had long been impatient, Lan Qi put down the tea bowl and washed her hands, but asked the queen: "Do you have anything you want to eat, the queen mother said, the imperial doctor always makes it taboo, how can you see well if you only fill medicine every day without eating, the most rare thing to be seriously ill is to have an appetite to eat, and always say that you are hungry for a few meals, but the ladies are very restrained in their diet on weekdays, and there is no food accumulation, so how can you be hungry for a few meals." The Empress Dowager instructed the concubines, if you have something you want to eat, let the concubines tell the imperial dining room to do it. ”

The queen glanced at her leisurely, but sneered in front of her sister and Dong Yun: "Is this the person who is dying in this palace, do you want to give the last bite of food?" ”

Lan Qi's heart tightened, and she had to bend her knees again and say that she didn't dare. The knee touched the ground before it felt painful again, her body trembled, and she gritted her teeth and held on, in fact, she had just said that it was the queen mother's meaning, and now she could push it on the old man, but she understood that the queen was deliberately looking for trouble, maybe she felt that she was happy to toss herself, since she was here to serve the sick, she was ordered to make her get better quickly, toss a few times, gritted her teeth and passed.

This kneeling, and a whole hour, Concubine Wen sat on the side very embarrassed, the queen there was a pair of a few words she was also absent-minded, and finally stayed up to the hour of lunch before the nobles got up to serve, the queen took medicine into the porridge, and was confused to sleep for a while, Concubine Wen pulled the nobles outside, Xiao Niu Hulu was very kind, and instructed her: "You go, don't be in front of you in the afternoon, whoever serves here is the same, the queen probably hates you, you stay left in the afternoon but still kneel and be scolded, it's boring." ”

Lan Qi also wanted to leave, but she didn't know if the queen would be more annoyed if she left like this, and she didn't have to belittle herself to be tossed, but the queen was sick like this now, there was no need to worry about the patient, and when Mama sent herself out last night, she said that the patient was often angry, and sometimes the tantrum was not intentional, so she couldn't bear it. Thinking about it, when he was sick, he didn't make Huanchun and a few people scramble, and when Xuan Ye and the Empress Dowager were sick, they were not easy to serve.

Concubine Wen saw that she was silent, and sighed: "You go, otherwise it should be me who should go, I feel very uncomfortable when I see you like this." ”

At this time, Dong Yun came out and saw the two talking, Concubine Wen asked her to persuade the noble people to go, Dong Yun understood very well in her heart, and hurriedly bent her knees and said truthfully: "The slave and maid have the courage to say a word, the noble people still go back to the Empress Dowager, don't come to Kunning Palace to serve the sick again, Niangniang she ...... I don't want to see you. If you can trust the slave and maid, please go back, the mother will not be angry, if you are really angry, the slave and the maid will invite you again, and you will be wronged here, so it will only be a few more words of reproach. ”

"Dongyun, you get up." Lan Qi pulled her up and blessed Concubine Wen again, "Since Niang Niang said so, the concubine will leave first, if there is anything, please send someone to Zhong Cui Palace to find the concubine immediately." ”

Concubine Wen was silent, Lan Qi saluted again, turned to leave, and Huanchun, who came with her, also followed from the side, just now I heard that the master was kneeling inside, and when he saw that he was leaving, he was relieved, but he didn't see anything in Kunning Palace, and as soon as he arrived outside the door, the master suddenly weakened his legs.

"Can't you go?" Huanchun was shocked, but Lanqi helped her to stand firm again, laughing at herself, "People are spoiled, you can hold your breath in it, and your legs will be weak as soon as you come out." ”

After supporting each other, the first snow is not yet a climate, the ground is water, the road is slippery and difficult to walk, Lan Qi's feet are soft and difficult to walk, and she slips at every turn, but she will laugh at herself for being stupid, Huanchun saw that she was not in a bad mood, and also followed the joke, the master and servant actually laughed all the way back, and when they entered the door, the nobleman heard the movement and came out, and saw her walking tremblingly, and hurriedly asked what was wrong, I heard that she was punished and knelt for a long time, and said with a calm face: "The lord of the middle palace, how can you also be so open-minded." ”

Naturally, Lan Qi didn't let her say more, and then everyone fetched water to warm up their feet, Yu Kui lifted the skirt of the master and rolled up her trouser legs, and saw that her knees were bruised, and there was a broken skin, she would be punished by Huanchun when she made a mistake, and she was punished when she was naughty when she followed her grandmother, and she knew how long she knelt at a glance, and couldn't help but say: "Is this going to serve the sick, why did you get an injury yourself, you have been kneeling all morning." ”

Lan Qi pursed her lips and didn't speak, but Bu Guiren came over to see it, and snorted angrily: "If the emperor summons you to sleep in the past few days and sees the injury, she won't be afraid ......."

"Sister, don't say it." Lan Qi persuaded her, and said with a smile that she was hungry and wanted to eat, and when she soaked her feet, she gritted her teeth and was rubbed by Huan Chun on her knees, and then she ate freely on the kang with her knees crossed.

Bu Guiren knew that she was working hard, so he let a stewed chicken wait for her to come back to eat in the morning, and the meat was crispy at this time, and she was in a better mood when she ate it, and laughed at her, "You also eat like this in front of the emperor and the queen mother, and you are ugly to death." ”

Lan Qi's mouth was full of oil, her cheeks were stuffed, and she said inarticulately: "You just can't do this, you have to be happy at home." ”

"Eat slowly, who will rob you."

Speaking kung fu, someone came outside, the sewing room sent the new winter clothes, now Lan Qi and Bu Changzai are nobles, the things used in the case are better than before, and the noble people are the most favored concubines, each room and the division is even more attentive, this winter clothes are a few days before the day of the regular delivery, the needlework room was done in a hurry.

Lan Qi didn't lose her temper in front of outsiders, she washed her hands and collected her clothes before coming out to see, touching the slippery hair on the mouth of the leader of the clothes, and asked with a smile: "Do other ladies use this year too?" It's better than last year's. ”

The big palace maid in the needlework room smiled and said: "The palace is more generous than in previous years, the slave maid should not say such a thing, it is really the material and fur used today, which is worthy of the masters and girls." ”

Bu Guiren touched Lan Qi's piece and said: "This stitch kung fu is different, although my few pieces are good, but they dare not compare in terms of fineness." jokingly said, "Did you treat me lightly when you saw that the noble man was favored?" ”

Several palace maids were frightened, bent their knees to ask for guilt, and had already come to the spring and summer to stuff the broken silver as a reward, saying that the cloth nobles were joking, but they also said honestly: "Juezen promised not to let the slaves and maids say, but the slaves and maids knew that the difference between this needle and thread was as expert as the cloth nobles, and it could be seen at a glance that the clothes of the cloth nobles were carefully made by the slaves and maids, but the big woolen coat of the noble people was promised by Juezen." ”

"Juezen agreed, which one?" Bu Guiren is not very good to interact with the concubines in the palace, and this year there is a newcomer, she can't remember clearly, but she heard Jin He say, "The master forgot, the one who came with Nala last time, was just an official woman at that time, she was punished for kneeling on the palace road because of her backlash with An Guiren, and was brought back by the De Guiren." ”

Bu Guiren remembered it at this time, and said with a smile: "You also agreed?" I haven't heard of serving in front of the emperor. ”

But the people in the sewing room were very clear, and said one by one: "Because Concubine Hui asked Juechan to promise to make new clothes for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother liked it very much, and the Queen Mother was very happy, so she was promoted to the position of promise, which is already a matter of the Double Ninth Festival." ”

Bu Guiren laughed at himself: "We have a really good life here, and we don't know anything about the palace." ”

Not long after, the people in the sewing room left, and several people came to pack up their clothes, and Lan Qi suddenly said to Huanchun: "You put away the one that Juezen promised to make, and I won't wear it." ”

"What's wrong?" Bu Guiren was puzzled, "Your face didn't look good just now." ”

Lan Qi smiled: "I'm worried that half of the chicken is going to be cold." As for the clothes, he explained, "Since she is now making clothes for the Queen Mother, how dare I wear the same, I have received her wishes, but I can't break the rules of the palace, and even there are fixed people in the sewing room to make the clothes of each palace, not to mention that she still has the right to agree." ”

After saying this, he went to eat her lunch again, and the remaining half of the chicken was really cold, and she wanted Huanchun to heat it up again for her to eat, but Huanchun was afraid that she would eat too much to support, and she was entangled, and someone came to send something, but this time it was the people from the Qianqing Palace who came back, and sent the new pastry made by the imperial kitchen, saying that the emperor was eating well, and sent it to them to taste.

Lan Qi said triumphantly to Huanchun: "I am a person who is hurt by the emperor. It caused a room full of people to laugh, and the Zhongcui Palace was lively, and I didn't see the depression of the noble people who were inexplicably punished for kneeling for a long time, but here in Kunning Palace, the queen woke up in the afternoon, and heard that Wu Yashi had left, and her face was not good-looking, but she didn't say anything.

And not long after, when the wind and snow outside were raging, the emperor actually came to Kunning Palace against the wind and snow, and when he heard the report outside, the queen only sneered in her heart, is this to be punished for his beloved to kneel, come to find his own theory?

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