Concubine Shu withdrew her hand, Gu Qingping tucked the brocade for her, and said: "The queen mother remembers you, because the palace is busy with affairs, I can't take a break, so I specially asked me to come to visit Niangniang, and asked me to bring a lot of precious supplements to Niangniang, Niangniang just need to recuperate with peace of mind." ”

Concubine Shu said lightly: "It's hard for you, come all the way." The palace is also lacking, you go back and thank the queen for the palace. Shen Yun. ”

The white-faced maid from before walked up: "Here." ”

Concubine Shu said, "Send the third princess." ”

The white-faced high-paid maid leaned over and saluted Gu Qingping, Gu Qingping stood up, lowered his eyes and looked at Concubine Shu, and then saluted and followed the white-faced maid down.

At this moment, there was just a wind blowing in, blowing all over the hall of white yarn, between the flying white yarn, it was impossible to see the concubine, Gu Qingping's heart was a little inexplicable, the kind concubine in the past, it seemed that at this moment, it was different from the past.

She didn't pay much attention to it.

When returning to Fengqi Palace, the concubines were asking Cheng Hou to say goodbye, Madame was not here, the queen looked very happy, holding the jade Ruyi, with a deep smile on her face, and the concubines of the palace also cooperated with the smile, looking extremely harmonious.

Gu Qingping came in from outside, stepping on the green chiseled bricks, and the black skirt was out of place in the red and green dance, and the queen saw her, so she beckoned her to come forward.

She walked over obediently, leaned down to the queen's hand, the queen touched her hair, and Gu Qingping could only see the huge Dongzhu in her ear, which made the queen's skin as white as jade.

The queen smiled and said, "You went to see Concubine Shu, is she okay?" ”

Gu Qingping also replied with a smile: "Concubine Shuniang looks fine, but she is tired, Qingping said a few words to her, and she is tired." ”

The queen played with Yu Ruyi: "It's okay if the person is fine." Change the Japanese palace and go to see her. ”

There was a concubine in a pink dress at the bottom and said with a smile: "The queen mother is kind-hearted, generous and generous. When the concubine came, it was really enviable to see such a good tonic flowing water sent to the Chunlai Palace. ”

The queen listened comfortably, her brows widened, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were full of spring breeze: "This palace is the mother of a country, she is injured, and it should be so." ”

While she was talking and laughing, Aunt Zhuyue, the palace maid beside the queen, walked in with a blue-clothed maid. The maid held a lacquered plate with a sandalwood locket in it.

Zhu Yue knelt down and said, "Niangniang, this year's shark beads have now been handed in." His Majesty sent someone over and said that he would let the mother cut it. ”

The queen beckoned them forward, and Gu Qingping consciously got up and stepped aside.

The maid holding the box took a few steps forward, half-knelt on the steps, held the tray high, Zhuyue stepped forward to open the lid of the box, and saw that in the box with the bottom of the red brocade, there were more than a dozen snow-white beads of uniform size, which were as smooth as jade, and the grains were of the highest quality.

The queen glanced at it a few times, frowned, and asked Zhuyue: "How many boxes of shark beads have been paid tribute in previous years, why is there only this one box this year?" What's more, this is much younger than last year. ”

Zhu Yue replied respectfully: "The people at the bottom said that the weather was bad last year, and the fishing villages along the coast were flooded, so they only got one box, and they also chose the best quality to present." ”

When the queen heard about it, she naturally knew that the days were not good a few years ago, so she had to give up. So he asked Zhuyue to bring it up.

She picked up the shark beads in the box with Zhuyue's hand, and her frowning eyebrows did not fall, and everyone in the hall could see that the queen was in a bad mood at the moment, and she didn't dare to speak.

The queen beckoned to Gu Qingping: "You come." ”

She stepped forward.

The queen tossed the shark beads with her long nails and said, "Look at how these shark beads compare with the share given to you in previous years?" If you like it, choose one, and grind it to the best dressing. ”

Gu Qingping was a little embarrassed, he wanted to speak and stopped, and finally knelt down in the queen's angry gaze: "Back to the queen's mother, in previous years...... Shangyang Palace has not received any of these. ”

The queen was stunned, and the hall fell silent.

Zhuyue's hand trembled, and the queen glanced at her, smiled and said, "What do you say about this from the past." Now that you live in the Minghe Temple, you naturally have these. So she picked the largest one from the box and handed it to Gu Qingping with her own hands.

Gu Qingping thanked him a thousand times and accepted it.

The lid of the queen's box was closed, and the person took it down, and continued to talk and laugh.

When the concubines all dispersed, Zhuyue knelt in front of the queen with a plop, and she didn't dare to speak.

Cheng Hou took the tea brought by Lin'an, tasted it, and sneered: "This palace trusted you the most in previous years, handed over these things to you, and let you install the tailor, and you just threw away the face of this palace?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, in previous years, the mermaid did not pay much tribute, and you loved to grind the face, so the slave made his own assertion and deducted those unfavorable examples, how do you know ......" Zhuyue knelt on the ground, and her words were sincere.

Hearing that the slave maid was heartfelt, the queen's anger gradually faded, but she was still tired of Zhuyue's assertions, so she said: "If you make your own opinions, you will be punished for two months." ”

Zhuyue kowtowed: "Knock thank Niangniang Longen." ”

The queen leaned on the soft pillow and said lazily: "The share of other palaces will be halved." After all, this shark bead is scarce, and there is no need to send it to Mrs. They Xie family is wealthy, how can they care about this thing. ”

"Yes."

"Okay, get some, this palace is used for the face, I haven't used it for a long time, and my face has loosened a lot." Queen's Road.

Zhuyue responded again and again, so the maids prepared the utensils, and Zhuyue personally picked one, put it in the grinding bowl, and slowly grinded it.

It was ground and steamed, and mixed with the dew collected in the early morning, before she dared to go to the queen's face, but before half a cup of tea, the queen was in pain and washed the shark bead powder. I saw that half of my face was red and swollen, and I had red acne.

She was so painful that people passed on the doctor.

The imperial doctor came, and used some cool medicine to apply to his face, only to feel better, and the imperial doctor tasted the remaining shark bead powder again, and his face was a little dignified: "Niangniang, there is a little grass here, this grass is poisonous, and the skin on the face is easy to ulcerate." It's just that this grass does not grow in the Central Plains, only along the coast. ”

The queen was furious, and immediately took out the box of shark beads, and the imperial doctor checked them one by one, and made sure that they contained a piece of grass, so he picked one up, put it in the water, and with a little more strength, he crushed the shark beads.

Seeing this scene, the queen didn't know that someone had done something from it, so she was furious.

Gu Qingping heard the movement early and came to serve, Cheng Hou saw her at a glance, called her forward, and said, "Someone is going to assassinate this palace, you are just idle, go and help this palace to check, and try what you have learned from Mr. Xuanji." ”

Gu Qingping had no choice but to agree.