Chapter 026: Roll up your sleeves
"Miss Qingluo, it's okay." The grandmother looked Fang Qingluo up and down, and a look of satisfaction flashed in her eyes.
"Okay, let's go." Fang Qingluo stood up slowly and walked towards the outside of the house, just as she passed by the table, her feet suddenly softened, and the person fell towards the table.
"Miss!" Gu's mother and Peony both exclaimed, and hurriedly went to help Fang Qingluo, Gu's mother muttered distressedly: "Miss's body is not well, I'm afraid I'm too tired to enter the palace, right?" ”
When Fang Qingluo was picked up, everyone found that the luxurious clothes were sprinkled with tea, and his chest was wet!
The grandmother exclaimed, "Oh no, why did you get your clothes dirty!" That tone had a hint of blame, Fang Qingluo's brows furrowed slightly, it was so presumptuous for a subordinate to treat her like this, after today, see if you still dare to be so arrogant?
Fang Qingluo made a look of panic, and said in a choked voice, "What can I do about this?" The clothes were too heavy, I didn't have the strength to walk, I couldn't walk steadily, I didn't mean to. She cried as she spoke, and reached out to rub her face, but Mama didn't have time to stop it, and in the blink of an eye, the makeup on Fang Qingluo's face was also spent.
The grandmother jumped to her feet in a hurry, and finally could only glare at Fang Qingluo fiercely, and said, "I'll go tell the eldest lady and find another set of clothes." With that, the grandmother hurried out.
Seeing her panicked appearance, Fang Qingluo felt a burst of joy in his heart, and said to the peony: "Hurry up and make me a basin of water, I washed the bullshit makeup off my face." ”
Peony and Gu's mother both stared at Fang Qingluo in a daze, as if they didn't know her at all.
"Miss, did you do it on purpose?" Peony asked cautiously.
"Guess?" Fang Qingluo showed a sweet smile, but with her big flower face, it had a particularly comedic effect.
"Why are you asking so much, hurry up and fetch water!" Gu's mother spoke.
Peony answered and went to fetch water, Fang Qingluo asked Gu's mother to help her take off the luxurious clothes, and Gu's mother also muttered in a low voice: "It's okay if you don't wear it, it's not that Miss hasn't worn this kind of clothes before." ”
Taking off the layers of shackles, Fang Qingluo felt much more comfortable, and put on her old clothes with white cuffs and worn holes.
After she washed her face, Lu rushed in like a gust of wind, and took another set of pink clothes in her hand, the material was no worse than the previous one, and she was followed by a woman dressed as a lady, holding a sewing box in her hand.
"Why are you so careless?" Lu Shi complained, and remembered that he was about to enter the palace, and he couldn't let Fang Qingluo feel emotional, so he hurriedly stopped talking, "Hurry up and put on this dress, so that the embroidery girl can change it for you." ”
Fang Qingluo didn't speak, he directly put on his clothes, the clothes were much wider, looking at the color and material, eighty percent of them belonged to the eldest daughter of the Lu family. The embroidery girl's hands and feet were very sharp, and she quickly modified them, and soon the clothes were changed to fit, and the excess places were stored inside, and she couldn't see it.
This toss time is not early, Lu Shi is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, urging Fang Qingluo to change his clothes, Fang Qingluo hurriedly said: "Put it on and go, in case we miss the time to enter the palace, we can't afford it." ”
Lu Shi was angry when he heard this, and his heart was not your trouble, but it was really too late to think about it, so he had to nod and say, "Then hurry up." ”
Fang Qingluo quickly put on his clothes and followed Lu out of the courtyard, two carriages were parked at the gate of the inner courtyard, Lu took Mama Li to the front one, and Fang Qingluo took Gu's mother to the back one.
The carriage drove all the way to the palace, and when it arrived at the palace gate, Lu took the sign out before letting it go, and the carriage could not enter the palace gate, so the two changed sedan chairs, each sedan chair was carried by two eunuchs, and walked all the way to Kunning Palace.
When they arrived near Kunning Palace, the sedan chair stopped, Mama Li gave the two fathers-in-law purses, Fang Qingluo signaled to Gu's mother, and Gu's mother also took a few silver coins and quietly stuffed them into the two eunuchs who carried Fang Qingluo.
This is what Gu's mother mentioned to Fang Qingluo before, in the past, Fang Qingluo didn't have any money at hand, and he couldn't reward the eunuchs, and he didn't suffer any less eyes, of course, this must also be the effect that the Lu family wanted. After Fang Qingluo heard this, he asked Gu's mother to prepare a silver bill, they still had some silver money for selling supplements before, and this kind of reward for entering the palace must not be saved.
After the eunuch passed the word, soon a palace maid led them in, and when they arrived at the main hall, Fang Qingluo saw the queen sitting in the hall from a distance, richly dressed, with a bright phoenix hairpin on her head, and several official ladies sitting below, thinking that she was also called into the palace for questioning, and it seemed that she and the Lu family arrived the latest.
Fang Qingluo saw that there were a lot of people, and he snickered in his heart, this kind of thing is naturally the best if there are too many people, even if the queen wants to protect the Lu family, she is embarrassed to speak.
When the queen saw the belated Lu and Fang Qingluo, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but she quickly relented. Originally, she summoned these official ladies today to clarify some recent gossip, but as the Lu family who caused these turmoil, she was the latest to appear, which was really unreasonable.
The news that Fang Qingluo was going to escape from the Mu Mansion had already spread in the capital, and many people heard that Fang Qingluo was determined to die, and the emperor and the queen naturally heard the rumors, Fang Qingluo's identity was special, and the matter naturally couldn't just be ignored, so the queen thought about letting the Lu family bring people into the palace, and then let other official daughters witness it, so that the rumors could stop as soon as possible.
The Lu family and Fang Qingluo knelt down and saluted, and the queen smiled and let the two of them get up, saying: "This palace suddenly found that the county lord of Chunjia is different from the past, although his complexion is a little worse, but his spirit looks good." ”
The Lu clan was just about to open her mouth to speak for Fang Qingluo, but she heard Fang Qingluo beside her speak, which had never happened before, and she couldn't help but glance at Fang Qingluo quickly.
"Niangniang has good eyesight, Qingluo is unwell, she didn't put on makeup today, and she didn't let her subordinates comb her heavy hair bun, it's really rude to see Niangniang with such a face." Fang Qingluo said softly.
The queen laughed, "It's not rude, you're still young, you don't pay so much attention, this palace looks at you like this now, it's much more refreshing." The queen said and looked Fang Qingluo up and down again, feeling that Fang Qingluo didn't look as wooden as before. She was able to sit in the position of the queen, naturally she was not an ordinary person, and immediately thought of the problem of Fang Qingluo's makeup, and then looked at the Lu family's gaze with more dissatisfaction.
Then, at the suggestion of the queen, the Lu family led Fang Qingluo to sit down in the arranged position, she took advantage of the time to glare at Fang Qingluo, who knew that Fang Qingluo didn't know what he was in a daze, and he didn't look at her at all, which made the Lu family angry for a while.
The queen gently chatted with the following ladies about family life, and asked about the situation of these ladies and children, showing that the mother of a country cares about her courtiers.
Soon, the queen asked about the Lu family and Fang Qingluo, the queen took a sip of tea slowly, put down the teacup and asked: "Mrs. Mu Enhou, although the county lord of Chunjia was a little stubborn a few days ago, but then he had a serious illness, and he didn't suffer less, don't blame her anymore, take care of her more, and give her a good body as soon as possible, you see this little body is thin." ”
Lu was frightened in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It was the courtiers who did not take good care of the county lord of Chunjia that allowed the county lord to suffer from this serious illness. ”
Fang Qingluo fled and was arrested before, and then there was smallpox, and the families of the ministers of the court and the central government all knew about it, and when everyone thought that the county lord of Chunjia was dead, and even forgot about her, she returned to the capital alive, but just a few days after she came back, there were rumors that she was going to commit suicide. Now the county lord of Chunjia is standing there softly and weakly, and there is a new wound on his neck, who in this palace is not a clear-eyed person?
The queen nodded, turned to Fang Qingluo again, and said, "Chunjia, you are also wrong, if you want to go out to play, just tell Mrs. Mu Enhou, you sneak out of the house quietly, it is indeed easy for people to misunderstand." And you should take good care of your body when you first recover from a serious illness, don't think too much about it, if you lack anything or something, tell your stepmother, she can still treat you badly? ”
Fang Qingluo's body shook suddenly, her reaction was much more exaggerated than Lu's, she stood up suddenly, made a gesture to kneel down and admit punishment, and said in a panic: "Niangniang, Qingluo knows ...... wrong" Before she finished speaking, she heard her exclaim, and when she got up, her sleeve accidentally knocked over the hot tea.
This sudden change also made the queen's expression change, she didn't like reckless people, the other party Qingluo's clumsy appearance was a little disliked, and she frowned slightly and said to the palace maid on the side: "Hurry up and show the county lord of Chunjia if it is hot." ”
The palace maid hurriedly walked over and lifted Fang Qingluo's sleeves, and in the next second, everyone took a breath of cold air......
As soon as the luxurious sleeves were raised, the shabby sleeves underneath were revealed, and the women were dumbfounded, afraid that their family's rough maids would also wear such shabby clothes, right? Big families want to save face, and four sets of clothes a year is the minimum standard, even if the rough maid also has new clothes to change, not to mention a county lord with a title.
And the wornness of this dress is definitely not worn after a month or two to break like this, I can't tell you that it has been worn for a year, and it is worn repeatedly, and the owner does not have a superfluous change of clothes.
Everyone had different expressions, and they all quietly looked at the queen, Rao is queen is usually stable, and at this time her face was about to form ice, everyone hurriedly drank tea, looked down at the veil, and pretended not to see anything.
The Lu clan was closest to Fang Qingluo, so she was naturally the first to see Fang Qingluo's sleeves, she sighed in her heart, secretly screamed badly, and hurriedly said: "Qingluo, how can the clothes you are wearing inside be like this?" Did the people below bully you for charity? She took the lead, glared at Gu's mother who was standing behind Fang Qingluo, and said, "Mama Gu, how did you serve Miss?" How can I be more and more unsatisfied! ”