Chapter 43: The Handmaiden Jingyi
Now this city is already King Jing's house, and as the mother of King Jing, the queen mother in this city, the status of Concubine Shu is naturally transcendent, so although this gift of jade pendant is light, but the meaning behind it is extremely heavy, see this jade pendant like seeing the queen mother. This jade pendant is not only useful in King Jing's Mansion, nor is it simply used as a prayer post, but a symbol of status, presumably no one in the city dares to be disrespectful.
The meaning behind this jade pendant is really meaningful, Qi Zhenzhen hurriedly refused, she is still young, even if Concubine Shu likes her no matter how much she likes her, and then looks up to her because she is taught by Concubine Rou, but why do you send such precious things as soon as you meet, it is normal to send things such as jewelry and dismantling, although those are also precious, they are not like this jade pendant has a deeper meaning.
It's just that Qi Zhenzhen couldn't say more words, so she could only turn her eyes for help to Concubine Rou, expecting Concubine Rou to open her mouth to help her defend a few words.
When Concubine Rou heard this, the corners of her lips, which were originally smiling, were also raised in slight surprise, she glanced at Concubine Shu, but saw the other party nodding lightly to her, and Concubine Rou had a little understanding in her heart.
She lowered her head and looked at Qi Zhenzhen, who looked a little inexplicable, and unexpectedly she did not open her mouth to refuse for Qi Zhenzhen, but said to her:
"Since this is the mother's intention, then you can accept it, remember to put it close to yourself, don't give it to others easily, but remember? Zhenzhen. ”
"Aunt Rou? Zhen Zhen is still young in the end, such a precious thing with her, Zhen Zhen is really scared, the mother's kind heart Zhen Zhen knows, but this thing is too valuable, Zhen Zhen is ashamed to bear it. ”
Qi Zhenzhen refused again and again, but Concubine Shu looked at her higher, looking at Qi Zhenzhen's cautious expression, Concubine Shu knew that she knew the meaning behind this jade pendant, but even so, she still firmly refused.
Concubine Shu was silent on her face, but she nodded secretly in her heart, she gave this jade pendant for two reasons, one of which was naturally because of Queen Qi's care, and the other party took care of her and King Jing a lot in the harem, otherwise they would be treated harshly by the palace people as a concubine and a prince.
Not to mention that because of Queen Qi, they were able to get the current fief, and the people in charge of the fief were the people in the former queen's palace, if it weren't for their ability, King Jing would not have repelled King Wu and settled here.
These friendships, Concubine Shu remembers. Therefore, Concubine Shu is very grateful to Queen Qi in her heart.
The Qi family is the mother family of Queen Qi, and was exiled by the new emperor, she sent this jade pendant is the meaning of valuing, which means that the other party can come here to settle down, and it is also an affirmation, no matter what the identity of the other party was, she actually gave a jade pendant, which is the person she takes care of, and does not allow others to be embarrassed and criticized.
The second is naturally Concubine Rou, just now I heard Concubine Rou talk about a series of things after she left the palace, Concubine Shu felt the righteousness of Master Qi, even if she was on the way to exile, she still pooled the money to bring Concubine Rou out, and treated her like family along the way, she was a close friend, and she also wanted to express her gratitude to her.
I didn't expect this little girl named Zhen Zhen to have her own persistence, not to be shaken by the glitz of foreign things and other people's words, this quality is rare, especially such a little girl is so smart, Concubine Shu couldn't help but praise a little:
"You are a good one, and you are worthy of this jade pendant, since this palace wants to give it, it is natural to give it to someone who is worthy of it, and you are the person that this palace thinks is worthy of this jade pendant, although you are young but calm and indifferent, you have the style of everyone, and you have not fallen into the dignity of the century-old family of the Marquis of Mingyuan, and you deserve this jade pendant."
Concubine Shu's repeated words, Qi Zhenzhen naturally can't refuse rashly, it's too rude.
She could only accept the jade pendant, and then carefully put it in her purse, wanting to wait to go back and ask Master Qi and Mrs. Li's opinions.
And when she finishes praising Qi Zhenzhen, the next thing is that Concubine Shu is going to talk to Concubine Rou, they haven't seen each other these days, and they have a lot to say, these words not only have to avoid the people who serve around here, but Qi Zhenzhen is not good to say much here, although she is smart, but after all, she is a child, and Concubine Rou doesn't want Qi Zhenzhen to be like this.
In this situation, Qi Zhenzhen is naturally not very suitable here, so Concubine Shu specially called the palace maid who was close to her and asked her to take Qi Zhenzhen down to eat snacks.
I saw Concubine Shu beckoning, and said to the extraordinarily dressed palace maid: "Jingyi, you take Miss Qi down to have some snacks, remember not to slack off." ”
"Yes, the slave obeys the order, and she must take care of Miss Qi."
I saw that the palace maid bowed, looking at the demeanor is very beautiful, and her face is quite beautiful, although her posture cannot be compared with the concubine, but she is also a beauty of a small jasper, and she is quite gentle.
Concubine Rou raised her eyes and looked at her with some meaning, then turned her head to look at Concubine Shu with a light smile, and said meaningfully:
"I have never seen this maid before, and judging by her dress and character, she is also different from the maid on the side."
"Yes, this is what I bought after I entered the city, she was originally an official lady, and later her father was exiled and she was also sold, I saw that she was a little smart, and she was born outstanding, so I deliberately stayed by my side to be a personal servant.
These days she was quite shrewd, and could speak witty things, and did a good job of needlework, so I promoted her to me as a first-class maid, and she was very effective. ”
Concubine Rou nodded when she heard this, but she didn't say much, but Qi Zhenzhen looked at her carefully.
I saw that there was always some arrogance between the eyebrows and eyes of Jing Yi, and it was very good to hide it from Concubine Shu, but when he looked back at Qi Zhenzhen, a trace of impatience flashed in his eyebrows, but he quickly covered it up.
Qi Zhenzhen waved her hand towards Concubine Rou, and then followed the maid named Jingyi to the side hall, Jingyi's pace was extremely fast, Qi Zhenzhen was young, her body and footsteps were naturally not as good as her, and she could only barely catch up with Jingyi's pace by trotting along the way.
"Look at her like that, what else is Miss? Look, it's just like the little maid that Sister Jingyi serves. ”
"Don't say it, I heard that the Queen Mother is trying to promote Sister Jingyi, but she hasn't told the prince yet."
"Huh? In that case, wouldn't Sister Jingyi become the little master, and we would have to say hello to her in the future. ”
"You know what? Sister Jingyi, she was originally everyone's best girl, and she was different from us. ”
"Yes, I heard that the Queen Mother likes Sister Jingyi, and she has only been serving for a long time, so she directly skipped the third-class maid and the second-class maid from the little maid who did not enter the stream, and was directly promoted to the maid in charge of the side, and I heard that she was specially asked to take care of the treasury."
"In the future, Sister Jingyi will become the little master, and her identity will be even different, if we can come to Sister Jingyi's side to serve......"
The maids gathered together in twos and threes, looking at the private words, but the voice had already come out, but the tone was flattering, and the palace maid named Jingyi was still very arrogant on her face, and she couldn't help but feel a little complacent when she heard the words of the maids.
She stopped abruptly, and was about to reprimand on the surface, but she actually boasted of teaching the group of little maids a few words, but unexpectedly she suddenly stopped, and Qi Zhenzhen was already trotting to catch up with her, and then directly touched Jingyi's body.
And the silver hairpin she was originally wearing also fell from the bun and fell to Jingyi's feet, but seeing that the other party was very impatient, she frowned and said:
"Whose hairpin is this? It's really shabby, and the second-class palace maids in the palace don't wear such jewelry. ”
Listening to Jing Yi's disdainful tone, the surrounding maids also laughed in unison, their eyes swept up and down at Qi Zhenzhen, as if they were looking at something, and then they didn't know what they were talking about.
At this time, even if the reaction was sluggish, he could hear the embarrassment in Jing Yi's mouth, Qi Zhenzhen raised her head and looked at Jing Yi, but the other party rolled her eyes and said:
"This Miss Qi, our mother is a good-natured person, but I have to tell you, even if you are here to fight the autumn breeze, you have to dress decently, looking like a little girl burning a fire, it's really embarrassing."
With that, she seemed to inadvertently step on Qi Zhenzhen's hairpin, and Qi Zhenzhen clenched her fists.
It is true that this hairpin is not too precious, but it was the first money she bought from selling the talent cake, although the Yao family was firmly separated from Qi Sanye at that time, but after all, she has always been a weak character, and Qi Zhenzhen used the money to buy a pair of silver hairpins, one for Yao's, and one for herself.
Qi Zhenzhen still remembers Yao's moving gaze when she received this hairpin, and the meaning behind this hairpin is extremely precious.
It's just that Qi Zhenzhen was thinking about someone else's mansion in the end, she first looked at Jing Yi coldly, and then said:
"This aunt, please lift your foot and step on my thing."
"Auntie?" Jing Yi gritted her teeth and repeated these two words, she has always boasted that her beauty is unique in this city, but she didn't expect to be ridiculed today by a little girl who doesn't know what her background is.
The other party's dress is so cold, looking at a person from a low background, how can she compare to her identity, she is a first-class palace maid in the palace, not to mention the promotion of the mother, in the future, as these little maids said, it may not be impossible to be a little master.
She was disdainful in her heart, so she deliberately embarrassed Qi Zhenzhen, but she might as well that the other party dared to call her aunt.
"This thing is really a little cold, there is a big box of high-quality jewelry in the slave room, you might as well reward this hairpin to the little girl next to me, they haven't seen anything good, they can also amuse them, I only pick the good ones to make amends to Miss Qi."
And this time it was Qi Zhenzhen's sudden push that responded to her, Jing Yi didn't take it to heart, but she didn't expect the other party to be so strong, she didn't stand firmly, and fell to the side.
And the group of little maids rushed forward to support them in order to show their meaning, hoping to get Jingyi's blue eyes.
Unexpectedly, Jing Yi just stood up, but was kicked out by Qi Zhenzhen again, and then she fell directly into the flower bed.
It just rained last night, and Jingyi's body was not only covered with sludge.