Chapter seventy-three, the first time I saw Concubine Ling
In Shoukang Palace, the two old ladies chatted more and more affectionately, these two are almost one hundred and fifty years old, and the two of them have known each other since they beat Yongzhengye's mansion, and they are old friends.
Ying Yue and Fukangan sisters and brothers glanced at each other, and they both showed helplessness: These old people, as soon as they talk about old things, they reminisce endlessly, and these juniors can't insert this sentence.
But Yingyue doesn't want to interject, it's good to be honest as a set board.
Just wait for the queen mother to get tired of talking, and then she will follow her grandmother to kowtow to the queen to thank her, and then she can go home.
"Fukangan, this child, mourning the family as if he is his own grandson, let him live in Fucha's house for a few days after the new year."
The meaning is very clear, go back to live for a few days, and then go back to the palace for the New Year.
Ying Yue glanced at Fukangan buns speechlessly: ...... It's almost time to change his surname to Aixin Jueluo.
A certain bun: sigh...... When I have a younger brother, Amma will not be my own son.
The old lady hurriedly thanked her and continued to talk about the past with the old lady of the Queen Mother.
Unfortunately, after chatting for only half an hour, an old lady came in to report: "Queen Mother, Concubine Ling brought the fifteenth elder brother to ask for peace." ”
Ying Yue was stunned, she had entered the palace many times, but she didn't expect to see the legendary Concubine Wei!
The Queen Mother hurriedly said: "It's such a cold day, don't freeze Yongyan, hurry up and call her in." ”
After a while, I saw a woman wearing a crab shell blue dark cloud pattern cloak, holding a big red silk swaddling cloth in her arms, and walking in with low eyebrows. She was dressed elegantly, with only hairpins on her bun, and no gold and jade embellishments, except for the third-class Dongzhu earrings that matched the grade on her ears, and she didn't look like a concubine at all.
According to the clear rules, only the queen can wear the first-class Dongzhu earrings, the imperial concubine can wear the second-class, the concubine and the concubine use the third-class, the concubine uses the fourth-class, and the concubine can only enjoy the last fifth-class Dongzhu.
Ying Yue originally thought that a woman who was almost thirty-five must have had a declining appearance, but she didn't expect Concubine Ling's face to be beyond her expectations: her face was like jade, she couldn't find a trace of wrinkles, she couldn't look at it like twenty-five or sixteen, her eyebrows and eyes were delicate and picturesque, beautiful but not demonic, but her demeanor was dignified and gentle.
Ying Yue's attention was all on Concubine Ling, but the Queen Mother's eyes were only staring at the swaddling clothes in Concubine Ling's arms, "Hurry up and bring it over to the mourning family!" ”
"Yes, Queen Mother." Concubine Ling responded gently, stepped forward in small steps, and then bent her knees slightly, so that the eyes of the child in her arms and the Queen Mother were at a height.
The Queen Mother stretched out her hand to lift the swaddling clothes, only to see that it was a sleeping child, her little face was tender, her wheezing was even, and she was still fragrant with milk.
The Queen Mother smiled: "Look at the child, sleep so soundly." Then he said to Concubine Ling: "Yongyan is a little fatter again, which shows that you are taking good care of it." ”
Concubine Ling hurriedly said: "It's all nurses who serve well." ”
Ying Yue secretly looked, this is the future Jiaqing? It has a thin skin and a big filling, and it looks very good, and it is very delicious...... Oh no, dear man. It's just that the rebirth of the eleventh elder brother is here, and Jiaqing is afraid that it may not be Jiaqing.
Such a lovely little grandson, how could the queen mother not like it, and asked Concubine Ling how many times the fifteenth elder brother had eaten milk, defecated how many times, and slept for a few hours today, and asked in detail.
Concubine Ling opened her mouth to answer to the fifteenth elder brother's eating, drinking, and Lasa, all of which were detailed and very familiar.
The Queen Mother bowed slightly, and suddenly showed a little pity: "You have to take good care of it, don't be like Yonglu." Yonglu is the fourteenth elder brother, the first son of Concubine Ling, but unfortunately he died in infancy.
Hearing this, Concubine Ling's eyes moistened, and she hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a silk, "It's the concubine who didn't take care of Yonglu." As he spoke, he hurriedly bowed his knees and apologized.
The Queen Mother waved her hand: "You can't be blamed for this, that kid...... Alas! "Why can't the Queen Mother see that Yonglu died young, revealing something unusual? It's just that she is old and really doesn't have the energy to investigate in detail, so she asked the queen to investigate, but the queen is just perfunctory. The queen wished that the concubine's sons were all dead.
The Queen Mother glanced at the old lady who was not interjecting on the side, and said with a smile: "Gege hasn't seen Concubine Ling for some years, right?" ”
Concubine Ling hurriedly smiled and said, "Mrs. Tai's spirit is the same as before. ”
Although Concubine Ling was born in Baoyi, she is the emperor's concubine after all, even an old lady has to see a blessing gift: "Concubine Ling's mother is Jin'an." The old body is old, and he rarely enters the palace, and when he saw him last time, Niangniang was still by the side of the Yuan Hou. ”
Ying Yue said secretly, my grandmother, in front of the Queen Mother, don't you give Concubine Ling some face? What does it mean that "Niangniang is still by the side of the Yuan Hou"? In and outside the palace, everyone knows that Concubine Ling used to be the palace maid next to Queen Xiaoxian!
Concubine Ling's face couldn't find the slightest dissatisfaction, but became more and more soft and gentle, with a little sadness in her eyes: "Yes, if the Empress Yuan Niangniang is still here, Yonglu won't ......" Halfway through, Concubine Ling hurriedly covered her mouth, revealing a look of panic, and she hurriedly apologized to the Queen Mother: "The concubine lost her words!" ”
Yingyue: It's a good eye medicine!
The Queen Mother waved her hand: "You are also telling the truth, when Xiaoxian was here, how could the son of the concubine ever die?" ”
Yingyue: Yes, at that time, the sons who were born were all good, but Xiaoxian's own sons all died.
Concubine Ling's gentle eyes suddenly looked at Yingyue, and when Yingyue saw this, she hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to be quail. Concubine Ling immediately smiled like a flower and said, "This is Mrs. Tai's granddaughter, right?" What a beauty billet. ”
The old lady said indifferently: "The mother has won the award, but she is just a little hairy girl." ”
Concubine Ling still smiled kindly: "Mrs. Tai is too modest, Xiao Gege is as quiet as water, and her bearing is outstanding, she is worthy of being raised by Fucha, but she is not ordinary." ”
Yingyue: Hehe. This Concubine Ling, no matter how she dresses, her words and demeanor, she is like a soft little white flower. But her every word is with a special purpose, and she will not spare any effort to praise the old lady in front of the queen mother.
It's a pity that the old lady who is used to seeing the world is not fooled, she smiled and said: "By the way, why didn't Niangniang bring the two princesses by the way?" "Concubine Ling also has two daughters, the seventh princess and the ninth princess.
The Queen Mother said in a sparse voice: "It's so cold, the two girls stay in Yanxi Palace." ”
Concubine Ling's two daughters were not born very well, the ninth princess was born on the 14th of July, and only one hour short of the 15th Ghost Festival on July 15th. The seventh princess was born on July 15......
How could an old lady in the feudal era like the Queen Mother not be disgusted with taboos?
The old lady felt that Luo's deliberate mention of Concubine Ling's daughter was not accepting Concubine Ling's overtures and clearly expressing her attitude.
As long as she enters the palace, every word in everyone's mouth, Ying Yue has to ponder it to understand the deep meaning.
"Yes, the concubine remembers the teachings of the Queen Mother." Concubine Ling hurriedly complied with the voice, and suddenly laughed: "Queen Mother, Yongyan is awake!" ”
In an instant, the Queen Mother's attention was shifted to the little grandson who had opened her big eyes, and she immediately smiled, and the unpleasantness of Fang Cai also dissipated.
The queen mother teased her grandson for a while, and her grandson was tired, and the old lady was busy taking her granddaughter to kneel.
Seeing this, Concubine Ling hurriedly said: "I should also take Yongyan to invite the queen mother, it's better to go." ”
The old lady narrowed her eyes and said, "Thank you Concubine Ling for your kindness, but the fifteenth elder brother is afraid that he is tired, so it is better to change the day." ”
A milk doll who is held in her arms all day long, where is there anything tiring or not, it is just the old lady's excuse.
The old lady was born noble, how could she not look down on Concubine Ling, who was born in Baoyi?
Recently, he has frequently shown favor to the Fucha family, and the concubine is afraid that she is in a hurry.
It's a pity that the old lady's heart would rather choose to be close to the future. After being able to live in the middle palace, but the old lady's biological daughter was on her deathbed, and the old lady didn't believe that the death of her daughter and grandson Mourning Min was related to the succession.
Concubine Ling was slightly embarrassed, so she had to say, "I'm just a little worried about Mrs. Tai." ”
The Queen Mother smiled and quipped: "What's there to worry about, although the current queen is not Gege's daughter, can she still eat Gege?" ”
The old lady smiled and said: "The queen mother said that she was laughing, and the queen mother is also a very dignified and virtuous person." After that, he took Ying Yue and left Shoukang Palace.
Concubine Ling stared at the distant backs of the pair of ancestors and grandchildren, and there was a haze in her eyes.