Chapter Twenty-Eight: Acacia
Everyone returned to the palace, and the news of Qi Yuan's injury soon spread throughout the palace, and all kinds of gossip began to spread in the palace. Luoxue once again became the enemy of everyone, and these words naturally reached the ears of the Queen Mother, who was indifferent to Qi Yuan's injury.
She was very curious, now this King of Qi was so willful that he only took two entourages out of the palace, and the woman Luoxue also escaped smoothly from the hands of the Deciduous Leaf Clan. The Queen Mother is also reacquainting herself with this woman, what is the value of this woman, and can she use it for herself?
The queen mother is such a smart woman, and she is all over her eyeliner in the palace, and Qiongyuan is naturally no exception. She doesn't openly send maids to spy like the queen, and his eyeliner is so varied that it's hard for you to tell the difference.
"By the way, Qiongyuan, is there any special situation after that woman comes back?" the Queen Mother sat on a chair and asked an inconspicuous palace maid beside her.
"Queen Mother, she hung a blood-stained lantern at the door, and it looked very scary at night. ”
"Lanterns?"
The Queen Mother frowned, and went out of the palace to bring back a lantern, which was still stained with blood. Presumably the lantern is extremely important to her, Qiongyuan is already gloomy, what does this woman want to do?
"Yes, the Queen Mother, you don't know yet, the day before yesterday, the king said in the court that he would hold a lantern festival in the palace?"
The Queen Mother got up and walked to the door to hold a lantern festival in the palace, but for her?
He has not seen so many lanterns in the palace for decades, he is a person who conquers the world, when did he like the folk lantern art? It seems that this palace should be lively and lively, and after being deserted for so many years, he also feels lonely and bored.
"It's snowing over there, isn't it, remember to send someone to send some warm clothes, the blood ginseng I ordered you to send last time has arrived, right?"
"Queen Mother, the blood ginseng has been delivered, and His Royal Highness looks good. ”
A sigh came, and the Queen Mother looked at the plum blossoms outside the house that were so full, but there were no plum blossoms to appreciate over there.
"Queen Mother, do you want to ask His Royal Highness to return to the palace on the occasion of the Lantern Festival to relieve your old lovesickness. A eunuch beside him offered advice.
"You're right, the Lantern Festival is also a very important festival, and it seems that the palace has to go out to visit the king in person. ”
Whenever she thought of Qi Yuan transferring her four princes out of the court, the Queen Mother felt a faint pain in her heart, and sometimes even hatred. Every year, the Queen Mother has to order people to buy blood ginseng with a lot of money, and the blood ginseng comes from a distant foreign land, and the production is very small.
This blood ginseng is very helpful for replenishing qi and nourishing blood and increasing strength, if it weren't for the queen mother's friendship with the monarch of that country when she was young, she would not have been able to get blood ginseng from there. The people around the Queen Mother knew that the four highnesses were the flesh of her heart, and she had originally planned to marry Queen Wu to him, but the four princes had no affection for Queen Wu.
This is a pity for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother at that time still had feelings for Qi Yuan, otherwise with the Queen Mother's current mood, she would definitely not want Wu Yue'er and Qi Yuan to be together.
"You said that the king is too, how can you say that the fourth highness is also his own brother, and he was transferred out of the palace because of General Mitian's words. ”
The eunuch said in a shrill voice, and his words were full of injustice, which made the anger in the queen mother's heart even stronger.
"Hmph, Mitian! How can this person not die, shrinking in the General's Mansion once in a few months, it is really mysterious. "The Queen Mother hates him to die immediately when she thinks about it, there is eyeliner everywhere, but not even a fly can fly into the general's mansion.
The more this is the case, the more the Queen Mother feels that things are strange, and she will definitely be able to break through the General's Mansion.
The snow is falling in Qiongyuan, and the lanterns she hung at the door are swaying in the wind, and today's lanterns are no longer as beautiful as before. But I don't care about the snow, no matter how beautiful and weird the lanterns are, they are beautiful when they like it, and they are nothing when they don't like it.
Luoxue walked into the garden and looked at the begonia tree in a daze, she hoped that those beautiful birds would fly back again, and it was a pity that she was disturbed and flew away that day. Wan'er and Yuanyuan were by her side, and they hadn't spoken for a long time since they came back, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
At this time, Yuan Yuan said: "Princess, the king is injured, don't you go to see him?"
Luoxue was stunned for a moment, her hand stopped on a begonia flower, she hadn't thought about this question. He has always been superfluous, Queen Wu serves him every day, what can he do when he goes?
"Yuanyuan, isn't the queen taking care of the king, what do you think I can do if I go?"
"Since the king is willing to take you out of the palace to hunt, he must still have a special affection for you; although Yuanyuan is a subordinate, if you look at him, his impression of you will change. ”
Luoxue took his hand back from the flower, Yuanyuan's words were not unreasonable, and he was also injured for himself. It is reasonable to go and see him, and the queen is by his side, and if he goes, it will undoubtedly make the queen hate herself even more.
Yuan Yuan is the person next to the queen, isn't she afraid that the queen will punish her? But Luo Xue also began to reflect on herself, even Yuan Yuan understands the truth, and she should know what to do.
The king was injured, the important ministers in the palace, and the concubines from all walks of life all broke their heads to visit. Thinking of this, Luoxue tidied up her clothes, and then arrived: "Wan'er, Yuanyuan and I will go to the king's bedroom and bring a pot of tea." ”
"No!"
Under the leadership of Yuanyuan, Luoxue and Wan'er followed behind, and Yuanyuan was afraid of the queen. Seeing the queen trembling with fear, this master now reassured him and gave them a lot of gold and silver jewelry. This money is enough for Yuanyuan's family to live for a lifetime, and Yuanyuan has long been ready to die for her in order to repay Luoxue's kindness.
The first time Luo Xue took the initiative to see that man, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her heart, and met the eunuch in charge outside Qi Yuan's bedroom.
"Father-in-law, please inform me, Zhaoping will see you. ”
This father-in-law didn't have a good face for Luo Xue, he glanced at Luo Xue and the maid beside him, and asked, "What are you carrying in your hand?"
Luoxue knew the rules of the palace well, her hand reached into her sleeve, took out some broken silver from it and handed it to her father-in-law: "What I am carrying in my hand is the snow blowing in Tianshan Mountain, this is a pot of tea, and I am troublesome for my father-in-law to report on my behalf." ”
Everyone is open-minded when they see money, and the celebrities around the emperor are no exception, although this broken silver is not much, it is enough to pass on a word. The father-in-law also felt that the woman in front of him was interested, and shook the dust in his hand and said, "Wait outside the palace!" After speaking, he turned around and entered the palace.
After a while, the father-in-law came out and drank: "Go in, you two maids are waiting outside the palace, don't disturb the king." ”
The falling snow made Yuanyuan and Wan'er wait outside, and they carried the snow from the Tianshan Mountains into Qiyuan's dormitory, and the palace was very quiet. Luoxue saw a familiar figure on Qi Yuan's bed, isn't this person Wang Yun, it seems that he came to treat Qi Yuan's injuries.
There was no queen in the palace, and she breathed a sigh of relief, so as not to add to the trouble.
"Great King, Great Blessing to the Great King!" Luo Xue politely saluted.
Seeing the falling snow coming, Qi Yuan's brows twitched, what did it matter that she came here after a few days? However, it was also a small comfort for him that she could take the initiative to visit. It's just that Wang Yun didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at Luoxue in the end, and he always buried his head and didn't say a word.