Chapter 157: Desperate
Concubine Xian returned to her palace a little reluctantly, as if she was carrying a thousand-pound stone in her heart, which made her breathless, and it was even a little difficult to breathe. The seventh princess was watching Gong E's shadow puppet show in the inner hall, and when she saw Concubine Xian coming back, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said with a smile: "Look, concubine, the inner chamberlain province has sent a lot of interesting gadgets."
She was innocent, she looked carefree, and her whole person was like a flower on a branch.
Concubine Xian looked at her with a worried face, and first reached out to touch her face.
The seventh princess was startled, and subconsciously took a step back, Concubine Xian had never made such a close gesture to her before, she looked at Concubine Xian a little blankly, I don't know why her mother was a little abnormal today.
Concubine Xian was awakened by her movements, her eyes showed some struggle, and she frowned before saying, "Then you go out to play by yourself, and I'll rest." ”
It's a little strange that she didn't even call herself Hongu.
The seventh princess looked at her in a daze, not knowing what was wrong with her today, but she didn't dare to ask, so she bowed cautiously and took Gong'e to retire.
As soon as they left, Concubine Xian leaned against the cushion and exhaled heavily.
The palace maid who was waiting hurriedly stepped forward, went to the big house outside for her, put a hand stove in her hand, and asked softly: "Niangniang, it's time to pass the meal, do you want to pass the meal?" ”
Where does Concubine Xian still have the heart to eat now?
She shook her head and said in a light tone: "No need, you go out and have a look, and call Grandpa Chang in." ”
Chang Gonggong is the newly promoted eunuch after Concubine Xian took charge of the Six Palaces, and now he is already on an errand in the imperial horse eunuch, and he is very fond of it, as soon as he enters the door, he kneels down and salutes Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian was not in good spirits, raised her hand to let him get up, and asked weakly: "How is it in King Lu's mansion?" ”
I also know that King Lu must not be in a good mood when he receives the holy decree.
Concubine Xian was a little worried about her son.
Father-in-law Chang bent down and said respectfully: "Back to Niangniang's words, everything in the Lu Wangfu is now as usual, but the prince is urged to pack up his things and leave the capital to go to work, so the palace is a little flustered." ”
This is also fortunate that Qin Tianjian calculated the funeral day for Princess Lu, and there are still fifteen days before now, otherwise, King Lu will not be able to stay for these fifteen days, and Emperor Yongchang can't wait for this son to disappear immediately.
When Concubine Xian thought of this, she had a headache.
The future is very good, and now it is back to square one in one day.
She's been busy for so long.
Father-in-law Chang looked at her face and knew that she was unhappy, thinking about it, King Lu was really ruthless this time, Concubine Xian Niangniang, as King Lu's mother-in-law, firstly, it is inevitable that she will be affected in the future, and secondly, she is worried about her son, where can she be happy?
He lowered his head and stayed with him, not daring to say more.
Concubine Xian suddenly called out to him: "Old Chang? ”
Chang's father-in-law hurriedly agreed: "The old slave is here!" ”
"You say, if there is a way to let King Lu stay in the capital, should the palace tell him?" Concubine Xian seemed to be talking to herself.
Gonggong Chang didn't quite understand what Concubine Xian meant, so he pondered and said: "King Lu is your biological son and your backing, if there is really a way, you should naturally tell him." ”
Although he didn't know what Concubine Xian was talking about, he could tell that Concubine Xian must be biased towards her son, otherwise she wouldn't have asked like this.
Concubine Xian closed her eyes.
After a long time, she opened her eyes and said to Father-in-law Chang: "You go to King Lu's mansion for a trip, and you will pass on the words of the palace and tell King Lu."
In the next few sentences, she lowered her voice very low, and if it weren't for Chang Gonggong getting close, she would almost not be able to hear it.
Rao is like this, Chang Gonggong was also shocked and covered with cold sweat, and glanced at Concubine Xian in disbelief.
He originally wanted to say something, but Concubine Xian's posture and expression made him look at him in a cold sweat, and he also knew that Concubine Xian was not asking his opinion, but had already decided, so he was silent for a moment and answered in a low voice.
Concubine Xian sighed, originally she had already made a decision, but when she saw Grandpa Chang turn around and go out, she was still a little panicked.
Unable to sit still any longer, she stood up and asked the palace maid, "What about the seventh princess?" ”
The palace maid whispered: "Hui Niangniang, the seventh princess has been flying kites in the garden for a while, and now she has returned to her own bedroom." ”
Concubine Xian said softly, "Go see her." ”
The seventh princess was flipping through those shadow puppets in her bedroom, and it was the first time she had seen these folk things, and she felt that they were very fresh.
She didn't know much about what was going on outside the palace, although she also knew that King Lu was in trouble, and she didn't know what was going on, thinking of her brother, she couldn't help but sigh softly.
When Concubine Xian entered the door, she heard her sighing, and couldn't help asking, "What, what are you sighing for?" ”
Seeing her mother come in, the seventh princess hurriedly stood up, and pulled her handkerchief a little nervously: "Mother, why are you here?" ”
Thinking of Empress Shao's words, Concubine Xian panicked, and now seeing her daughter so nervous, she slowed down her voice: "It's nothing, I just want to come and see you." ”
Concubine Xian used to be ordinary to her daughter, and she was not very close, but now she suddenly changed, and the seventh princess was still a little uncomfortable for a while, and looked at her with fear.
I don't know why, being looked at by her daughter like this, Concubine Xian's heart was really a little uncomfortable, her heart was beating so fast that she couldn't stay any longer, and she couldn't continue to sit down, she wanted to talk to her daughter, but she couldn't say it at this time, she just smiled reluctantly: "You play, I'll just come and take a look, and I'll go." ”
The seventh princess was at a loss, thinking that it was King Lu's matter that made Concubine Xian so unhappy, and for a while she was a little excited to let the palace maid put away the shadow puppets, thought about it and said: "The mother concubine hasn't eaten much in the past few days, why don't you go and order the small kitchen to make a bowl of Yangchun noodles, and I will send it to the mother concubine." ”
Concubine Xian's background is not good, what she likes are those folk snacks, and when she thinks that it is not too early, the seventh princess plans to make a bowl of noodles for her mother, so that she can be happier.
The palace maid was also happy to see that the seventh princess was close to Concubine Xian, and hurriedly turned around to do it.
Concubine Xian frowned heavily when she went out.
The palms and backs of her hands are full of meat, is she willing to give up the Seventh Princess? But now in such a situation, there is really no way, King Lu is her dependence, and her son can be relied on, otherwise, what can a princess with no power and no power do?
She relented, persuaded herself not to think about it anymore, and endured her heartache all the way back to the palace.
At this time, Gonggong Chang had already arrived at King Lu's mansion.
King Lu was in a bad mood and was not in the mood to receive him at all, but when he heard that it was the person of the virtuous concubine, he still met him.