Chapter 10: Sarcasm and Vomiting Blood
"Concubine Chen, the little girl will leave the palace tomorrow to reunite with her mother, what she lives in the palace is all nonsense, although the little girl is humble and light-hearted, but she must also dare to ask Concubine Chen to take care of the little girl's reputation."
Concubine Chen finally understood the meaning of Youxi's words, and she asked in surprise, "Your Majesty didn't accept you?" ”
"Yes, the little girl only had to stay in the palace overnight because she missed the time to leave the palace, and she will leave the palace early tomorrow morning."
The gentle smile on Concubine Chen's face finally couldn't hold back, she couldn't answer for a while, and just stood there so embarrassed.
At this time, Concubine Yan also came out, and saw Concubine Chen standing in the wind and snow with an embarrassed face, and her mood became inexplicably happy, "Yo, it's Concubine Chen, it's difficult for you to come to the door once, why are you standing under the corridor, you like the wind and snow, since Concubine Chen likes the wind and snow in my Changle Palace, then you can take a look at it." ”
Concubine Yan had no intention of inviting Concubine Chen into Changle Palace to sit down for a while, Concubine Chen heard these words, so she withdrew her embarrassment, and calmly saluted Concubine Yan, who was higher than her, and Concubine Yan lazily gave a return gift, but still had no intention of inviting Concubine Chen into the house.
Concubine Chen also knew that she and Concubine Yan didn't even have half a face-to-face relationship with each other, so she was not polite, and said directly, "Guifei, this girl from the You family was originally the granddaughter of my mother's aunt's grandmother's eldest son, I heard her enter the palace, so I came to take a look, I don't know what the concubine plans for her, otherwise let me take her away, so that I can ask her about my parents, brother and sister-in-law." ”
"Thank you Concubine Chen for her love, it's just that the little girl has no palace registration, and she can't run around in the inner palace that has been curfew, now the concubine has arranged the little girl, the little girl should consciously abide by the palace rules, how can you let you violate the ban because of Concubine Chen, you read the relationship with the little girl, if you miss your family, you will now give the concubine, and the ladies of the Chen family will enter the palace to meet, according to the little girl, it is better for you to see your family in person than to be filial piety to her grandmother in the ancestral grave by the little girl, who has not returned to your home for three years, and has never seen the little woman of the Chen family narrating the situation of the Chen family."
As soon as Concubine Chen's words fell, You Xi humbly and obediently took over the conversation.
To be honest, the idea of kinship between the Chen family and the You family, if it weren't for the fact that the two families are now standing under the Fourth Highness, and they have some contacts with political alliances, it is almost better than nothing.
There is no grandchild of the You family who goes to the Chen family as if he is in a no-man's land, let alone knows the situation of the Chen family, Concubine Chen's words are high-sounding and funny.
And Concubine Yan and Concubine Chen don't deal with each other, at this moment, You Xi is sandwiched between the two, and she is bound to offend one of them, and You Xi has already made a decision since she knew that she had to stay in the palace for one night.
At this moment, Concubine Chen almost crushed her back molars, and she looked at You Xi hatefully, "I never knew that You Niangzi could speak like this." ”
"You Niangzi can indeed speak, Concubine Chen, it seems that you and your niece are not very familiar, I don't know that people haven't seen your mother's family for three years." Yan Guifei gloated.
"That's it, I have good intentions, since you don't want to appreciate it, then you can do it yourself, concubine, concubine retire." Concubine Chen saw the situation clearly, quickly adjusted her emotions, and after putting on a smiling mask, she left Changle Palace without delay.
Concubine Chen left in a hurry, but Concubine Yan did not let Yusheng take Youxi to Yusheng's residence in the apse, but looked at Youxi again with a scrutinizing gaze.
You Xi was worried in her heart, and now she wanted to say very much, as long as she was given a place to escape the wind and snow, let her spend the night, even if it was a kennel, she was willing to go.
"Do you know what you can get by going with Concubine Chen? Maybe Concubine Chen really has a way to let you live a good life in the palace! You lady, don't you really feel a loss? Yan Guifei's voice was unclear.
You Xi didn't think twice, "Concubine, the little girl knows how many catties and taels she has, and the palace is a collection of wealth and glory in the world, only a woman like you who gave birth to a blessed little princess can afford it, but the little girl does not have that blessing." ”
"Hmph, even if you know each other, since you really know each other, I will reward you for your decency, and I will keep vigil for you tonight, so that you can hear the first bell ringing by Ming'er."
The rule in the capital court is that after the first bell is struck, the palace gate and the fang market gate will be opened.
At that time, You Xi can also go out of the palace to Jingzhao Mansion.
"Thank you, concubine." You Xi didn't know what he was going to face, and he answered without hesitation.
Concubine Yan Guifei looked at Youxi and was satisfied, and returned to the inner hall with a smile.
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When Emperor Hongxi did not come to Changle Palace, Yan Guifei generally went to bed at the end of the time, Yan Guifei was a concubine, and before falling asleep, she bathed in the orchid soup, and the pomp and circumstance of the fragrant powder rubbing her body were not like words.
Yan Guifei deliberately tossed Youxi and asked Youxi to keep vigil for her, and in the first day, the palace people who waited for Yan Guifei to fall asleep had their own orders, so they unceremoniously let Youxi do some fire and carry water against the wind and snow, and even the main hall of Changle Palace did not let her step in.
And Youxi, in order to enter the palace during the day, was beaten and injured, after entering the palace, and this palace and that palace rushed, racked his brains to pick himself out of the current stormy Youjia, now the most need to rest, but she is still carrying heavy objects in the wind and snow, after a few trips to carry water, the thin figure is more swaying, and the face is more and more white as paper.
Yusheng seemed to be afraid that Youxi would be bad in Changle Palace, so he specially found a Gong'e to watch Youxi, and Gong'e sat by the stove, and when she saw Youxi's slow movements, she would come out and scold.
You Xi adheres to the principle that more things are better than less, and he always forbears those scoldings.
But Rao is that she has a strong mental power to support her persistence, her body has exhausted the last trace of physical energy, and she can no longer take action, when Gong'e is more and more unaccustomed to seeing Youxi panting and slowly swallowing water, to scold her, she spits a mouthful of blood in front of Gong'e.
Gong E was stupid, screamed and ran away, leaving Youxi alone and falling into the snow, unable to even see the figure clearly.
What happened later, You Xi didn't know at all, and when she woke up, she was already in a warm small room, had to change into clean clothes, and all the injuries on her body had been treated.
There were a few candles lit in the room, and there was a palace on the foot that was sleepy, looking like a vigil for Youxi.
You Xi wanted to know how long she had passed out and what had happened during the time she had passed out, she patted Gong E and asked gently, "Sister, sister, where is this Changle Palace?" ”
Gong E woke up after being pushed, and when she saw You Xi awake, she immediately came out of her back and saluted respectfully, "The lady has finally woken up, you have slept for a long time...... Oh, you are no longer in Concubine Yan's Changle Palace, this is the Golden Phoenix Palace of the Sage. Gong E was first pleasantly surprised by Youxi's sobriety, and then replied to Youxi's words.
The saint is the wife of Emperor Hongxi, Empress Chai.