112. The Covenant of the Imperial Palace
Ning Rong saw that she had made up her mind, and her body was better, so she thought about it, thinking that this time she was serious.
"No matter what, the emperor is for the good of the concubines, and the concubines obey the arrangement." Ning Rong planned to let go of the defense in his heart this time.
"Queen Mother, the water for the emperor's bath is ready." The palace maid who went to prepare the hot water for bathing happened to come back at this time, and the obscurity of the two people was relieved.
"I'm going to bathe, and the weather is hot, so the queen will go to the summer palace in the back mountain with me. You send someone to the Queen Mother and Yu Fan to have a look, and take the ice stored in your palace and my palace to two places. The queen mother is old and inconvenient to toss, so she stays in the palace and saves more ice, and the ice cubes of the four palaces are always enough to gather in the two palaces. She commanded.
"The concubine obeys." Ning Rong should take it.
She had her own arrangement in mind, so she nodded with satisfaction.
She withdrew all the palace people, removed all the clothes from her body, and soaked in a large wooden basin with mist, and the water beads dripped through her fingers and dripped into the water. She picked up the water from the basin and sprinkled it on her face, as if she were tired and melted in the heat. There was probably vanilla in the water to cool off, and she smelled it very pleasantly.
In the water vapor, she still had some summer heat halo that had not disappeared, and she was a little dazzled when she looked at the water vapor, she leaned on the edge of the basin and was a little out of breath, and vaguely saw Liang Rui's shadow.
Liang Rui, what she was thinking about in her heart was Liang Rui, as if she was leaning on his wide and warm arms at the moment. It's probably only when you're sick that you feel this way.
The moisture in the large basin slowly dissipated, and she soaked in the warm water, feeling her head empty, her body dangling, and she just wanted to sleep well.
This time she was really sick, she struggled to get up from the water, dried herself, changed into clean and light clothes, and walked through the door of the side hall to Ning Rong's dormitory. A chill was in her heart, and she didn't want to mention how happy she was.
I have lived in this palace for more than ten years, and only now have I begun to slowly adapt to this kind of life. She sat on a pear blossom wooden chair in a profane dress, drinking chilled flower tea and sorbet, which was very comfortable.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, Changzhou is not far from Kyoto, and the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Liang Rui is stationed in Changzhou, and I think it is necessary to prepare more items for them to cool off. People everywhere have festivals to worship the summer, and they should be encouraged by the decree of the Ministry of Rites. Planting in spring, harvesting in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter all require morale. Governing people's livelihood is the same as fighting war.
"Your Majesty, it's much better to eat some of these ice products after bathing?" Ning Rong hurried over.
"It's much better, you can let the palace people add herbs to the water I bathed in, and eat some ice. I really admired your medical skills, and after taking a bath and eating something, I was cured of my fever and fainting sickness. You should go with me to the summer palace. She wanted to explore the reality in Ning Rong's heart again.
"When the emperor went to the palace, the concubines had to accompany him. Now in the harem, the emperor has a concubine and a queen, so he naturally has to accompany him. It's just who should take care of this harem. Ning Rong said eloquently, her voice was gentle, and she was afraid that if she was impatient, she would be irritated by the person she had just cured.
"Well, okay, then let people go to the ministers' homes to bring a message, the next round of morning court will be in the summer palace, you are also ready to prepare, and you will leave for the summer palace tomorrow." She wanted to do everything she wanted to do.
Ning Rong looked at her so eagerly, thinking that it was hot: "It's good for the emperor to go to the summer palace as soon as possible, today is close to the dog days, and the concubines have sat on three stickers and three dog stickers for the emperor, and the three dog stickers don't taste very good, and the people in the summer palace have less contact and are conditioned." ”
This silly girl, I want to... Forget it, it's better to know than to know.
After being at ease in the Ningrong Palace for a long time, she recovered from the fever.
The summer palace is located in the foothills of the back mountain and has not been inhabited for more than ten years. Despite this, the summer residence of the emperor in the palace is still well restored and maintained. She has everything she should have, and she saves a lot of things.
Emperor Luan drove outside the palace and came out to greet dozens of people, she brought a thousand guards, accompanied by the deputy commander Cheng Tianshu. There is no ice cellar in the huge palace, and it is very cool. The evening wind passed through the forest and blew into the latticework of the makeshift study, but the heat from the mountain was not brought up.
"Let the eight of you accompany you to the palace, so that you can have a good place for me to take a good look at the recitals, and the palace should be as usual, but you are not allowed to walk around. This palace is no better than the harem, the pattern is small, there are many people, and rumors cannot be spread to the bottom of the mountain. She instructed the eight permanent attendants.
Shao Qinxuan, as the default leader of the Eight Talents, is naturally more careful: "The minister understands that only the queen mother accompanied her to the palace today. We don't dare to offend the majesty of the queen. ”
She didn't know which of them Ning Rong liked, and she had to be cautious about her marriage.
"I will take the queen mother to get acquainted with you a lot, so there is no need to rush for a while." She said meaningfully.
The eighth term looked at her words: "The minister doesn't understand the emperor's meaning. ”
"In the future, walking in the harem, the queen is also a very important person around me. You are really a permanent servant, but not only listen to my queen, but also listen to the queen's words. She is the master of the Prime Minister's harem, and her words are my holy decree. "She can't tell what she wants to do at this moment, it will be bad, and besides, she doesn't know who Ning Rong likes, how can she say it.
"Yes. The ministers obeyed the emperor's arrangement. After all, the eight of them were scholars, and they were always humble and polite by her side, which also confirmed her confidence.
After giving them orders in the imperial study, she went to the Lingyue Pavilion where the queen was staying.
As soon as she entered the Lingyue Pavilion, Ning Rong greeted her: "The concubine is the emperor." ”
"There aren't many people in the palace, so naturally you don't have to follow the rules so much, this ceremony can be waived for the time being. You are my queen and my royal sister. Speaking of which, I am on an equal footing with you. "No one has mentioned Ning Rong as her royal sister in the palace for several years, this is a ridiculous match, and the power is in it.
"After all, the emperor still remembers that the concubine is your imperial sister, but things are wrong, and we are now the emperor and queen who are raising eyebrows." Ning Rong said with emotion.
"Rong'er should also hope to live an abnormal life all the time. If I were a normal man, I am afraid that it would not be good for you and me to be so close to blood relatives. Besides, you and I can't be a real husband and wife in the first place. If you fancy any of the eight of them, you will be able to enjoy the fish and water in this palace. "She can tell the truth to Ning Rong.
Ning Rong was shocked: "Your Majesty, if you let your concubines go to the palace with you, you will arrange this matter for your concubines." In this way, the concubine's heart was in turmoil. How can a concubine do such a reckless thing in the name of the queen, how can she be called the mother of a country. ”