One

After returning from the banquet that day, Rong Lan hatefully ordered the maid: "Give me all the lotus leaves in the blue pool, so that the slut can't drink lotus leaf tea." ”

Rong Lan called anxiously: "Serve tea." ”

The maid brought a cup of tea, Rong Lan didn't think about it, she drank it, suddenly screamed, and hurriedly spit out a mouthful of hot tea.

Rong Lan slammed half of the tea on the maid and scolded, "Do you want to burn me to death?" ”

The maid was so hurt and frightened that she didn't dare to tell the difference.

Rong Lan's henchman Xing'er said: "Don't be angry, Queen Mother. ”

With a look, the hot maid hurriedly packed up the teacup and went down.

Xing'er said while fanning Rong Lan: "You must not be angry. If you have a tire gas, it's terrible. Look at your sweat, you need to lower the fire. ”

Rong Lan said indignantly: "That slut, the fox charms the lord, and he looks coquettish. She wanted to drink lotus leaf tea, and the khan actually rewarded the entire pool of blue water to this slut. Does he still have me as a queen in his eyes? ”

Xing'er said: "You are the queen, how can that Mrs. An compare with you?" She's just opportunistic. ”

Rong Lan said disdainfully: "A little trick is nothing more than a small trick of carving insects." ”

Xing'er said: "That Mrs. An, she actually came up with the idea of using lotus fragrance to attract the attention of the Khan, won't you, the queen?" Since the khan likes lotus incense, let's do what he likes, Ming'er also picks lotus leaves and makes lotus leaf tea, and the queen drinks it every day, but I'm afraid it can't compare to her? ”

Rong Lan sneered: "Just pick the lotus in the blue water pool and pick the lotus leaves cleanly." In this palace, except for the main palace, no one is allowed to drink lotus leaf tea. ”

Xing'er suddenly worried: "I heard that the people in Mrs. An's palace pick lotus every morning, if you encounter it, what should I do?" ”

Rong Lan said angrily: "This palace is the queen, don't you understand the words of this palace?" ”

Xing'er immediately said, "The slave knows." ”

Rong Lan stroked her belly with one hand, and said with a slight smile: "Jiangnan can pick lotus, lotus leaves and lotus fields." Child, tomorrow we will go to see a wonderful lotus-picking song. ”

So the next day, Rong Lan took the palace maids and attendants, and went straight to the blue pool.

Shu'er was gossiping with the two palace maids who were picking lotus leaves, and suddenly saw the queen coming, and she was a little overwhelmed. She really didn't want to see her, but she had nowhere to dodge, so she had to come forward to salute.

"You don't serve in the Raccoon Bureau, what are you doing here?" Rong Lan said lightly in a long voice.

"After returning to the queen, I will send washed clothes to Mrs. An's palace, passing through here." Shu'er lowered her eyebrows and said pleasing to the eye.

Rong Lan looked Shu'er up and down, and saw that she was dressed in a pale cyan coarse cloth shirt, holding a stack of neatly folded clothes in her hand, standing there, completely dressed as an ordinary washerwoman.

Rong Lan smiled slightly: "It seems that Mama Cai didn't teach you the rules well." In front of this palace, you have to remember who you are. It's just a maidservant, and she dares to call you and me. ”

Shu'er raised her head and saw Rong Lan's lips showing a contemptuous and defiant smile that was clearly a victor.

Shu'er whispered, "Yes, the slave knows that she is wrong. ”

Rong Lan was very satisfied with her answer, and asked casually: "Are you still used to living in the Huanyi Bureau?" ”

Shu'er said: "Queen Xie cares." Everything was fine. ”

Rong Lan said: "As long as you keep to yourself and think about your fellow villagers, this palace will keep you safe and clothed." If you give birth to a fork, don't blame this palace for not being emotional. ”

Rong Lan lowered her head and fiddled with the fingers on her hand that were coated with the pill, and continued: "You must always remember that there are no more county lords with golden branches and jade leaves here. On this grassland, there is only me, the incomparably honorable Prince of Light. ”

Shu'er replied respectfully: "Yes, the slave knows." ”

Rong Lan said lightly: "Okay, there's nothing for you here, you go down." In the future, if you want to send clothes to the palace, let others do it, you are a leprosy, don't infect others. ”

Shu'er said, "Yes." He took a few steps back and turned away.

Rong Lan's gaze retracted from Shu'er's distant back, and fell on the maid who was picking lotus on the boat by the pool.

The two lotus pickers hurriedly stopped the boat and docked, and stepped forward to see the queen.

Rong Lan smiled slightly: "Who said just now that this pond full of lotus flowers was given to Mrs. An?" ”

The two maids were silent and did not dare to respond.

Rong Lan shouted: "Don't say it quickly." ”

A maid trembled and said, "It's the slave who just talked nonsense. Ask the queen for forgiveness. ”

Rong Lan sneered: "You didn't talk nonsense, the Khan did give her all the lotus flowers in this blue pool, but she forgot that this palace is still the hostess of this harem." ”

The corners of Rong Lan's mouth twitched slightly, Xing'er understood, and immediately stepped forward, slashed at the palace maid with a big mouth, and said while beating: "Beat you disrespectful." ”

The palace maid had tears in her eyes, she didn't dare to move, let Xing'er open her bow left and right, and hit her more than a dozen times in one breath until blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Rong Lan said: "Okay, just let her have a long memory." ”

Xing'er just stopped and shouted: "If you talk nonsense in the future, I will break your mouth." ”

The palace maid's cheeks were red, her face was full of tears, and she hurriedly responded with a crying voice: "The slave and maid don't dare anymore." ”

Rong Lan said slowly: "Go back and tell you Mrs. An, this lotus leaf is for this palace." Moreover, in the future, every morning, the main palace will send people to pick lotus leaves. ”

The two palace maids nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes." ”

Xing'er scolded: "Don't get out of here, make the queen angry here." ”

The two palace maids went in a hurry, and they didn't even dare to accept the lotus leaves on the boat.

Xing'er smiled: "Forgive them for not daring to come again." ”

Rong Lan looked at the thick green pond, with a faint sadness between her eyebrows, and said: "This cheap maid, in front of the Khan, I don't know how to tell right and wrong. ”

Xing'er restrained her smile and said worriedly, "How can that be good?" Mrs. Ann is now being favored. ”

Rong Lan said hatefully: "What about being favored? There are khan's flesh and bones in the belly of this palace, and you are afraid that she will fly to the sky? It was expected that she would not dare to go to the Khan and make irresponsible remarks. ”

Two

As Rong Lan expected, Anya did not dare to offend the queen.

When the two palace maids reported to her in embarrassment that they had been beaten, Anya listened and just said softly: "Okay, I know." You two go down, and be careful when you talk outside in the future. ”

The palace maid said timidly: "Our lotus leaves have also been robbed. Moreover, it seems that the people in the queen's palace will have to go to trouble every day in the future, what should I do? They said that every morning in the future, they would go to pick young lotus leaves. ”

A subtle surprise flashed in Anya's eyes, which was fleeting, and she quickly regained her composure and said, "Ahhh ”

The palace maid said: "It seems that the queen also wants to make lotus leaf tea." ”

Anya smiled and said, "Since this is the case, in the future, you should not go to the lotus." lest they run against the queen. ”

The palace maid said: "Then how will the lady drink lotus leaf tea in the future?" ”

Anya smiled: "In this world, there are countless teas that are a hundred times better than lotus leaf tea, so why should I compete with the queen?" After all, the queen is the queen, and I am just a concubine, and I still know how to advance and retreat. ”

The palace maid sighed: "Madame understands righteousness and deserves to come from the prime minister's family." ”

Anya smiled: "It's just a cup of tea, it's not worth thinking about like this." ”

Anya comforted the beaten palace maid when she heard this: "Go down and boil a hot egg and apply it, it won't hurt." Rest well. ”

The palace maid's heart was warm, nodded, and went down.

Anya pulled out a small sachet from her bosom. Inside, these dried lotus petals, dried lotus leaves, and some dried rose petals and the like exude a faint fragrance.

It is this small sachet that makes Anya exude the elegant charm of lotus flowers.

Anya smiled slightly. How can drinking tea have a fragrance? The astringent and bitter lotus leaf tea actually tastes not very good, it will only clear the stomach and intestines, but it will not have any fragrance.

Anya tossed the sachet into the wastebasket.

This sachet has fulfilled its mission and can be retired.

A sneer welled on Anya's lips.

Queen, this is your own responsibility, but no one else is to blame.

If you don't be a human being, you can only make fish on a plate.

In this deep palace, if you want to stand out and not be oppressed, you can only put away all goodness and gentleness.

Otherwise, the deceased Qingmei is a lesson from the past.

Three

Xing'er took a cup of lotus leaf tea and gave it to Rong Lan.

Rong Lan took a sip lightly, and the slightly green taste made her frown.

Xing'er said: "You are naturally a little unaccustomed to drinking it for the first time, just drink it a few more times." These are all tender lotus leaves in the morning, which are the most fragrant. You try again. ”

Rong Lan looked at the teacup, a few green leaves, rippling in the turquoise water, like a small boat, up and down, really cute.

Rong Lan picked up the teacup, tasted it slowly, and then drank it all, between her lips and teeth, in the faint astringency, there was some refreshing lotus fragrance, and the aftertaste was endless.

Rong Lan smiled: "Sure enough, I have a different taste in my heart." ”

Xing'er smiled: "Isn't it?" You will also be a lotus fairy in the future. ”

Rong Lan smiled: "Pour me another glass, I really like this taste." The mouth is full of raw and refreshing, just to relieve the heat. You can try it too. ”

Xing'er smiled: "The slave also trys." ”

Xing'er said while pouring tea: "The majesty of the queen mother is really powerful. You don't know, since the people who reprimanded Mrs. An that day, they no longer dare to pick lotus leaves. ”

Rong Lan smiled: "Even if she still knows each other." ”

Xing'er flattered: "You are the queen, who dares to offend you?" Who do you think is not pleasing to the eye, and it is not a matter of words? Look at that Mrs. Shu, wasn't she relegated to the Huanyi Bureau as a maidservant? ”

Rong Lan blew the tea lightly and said, "That woman is no longer a climate now." Even if you have a good face, what's the use? Dressed in leprosy, how could the Khan like it. I don't want to turn over in this life. It's this Anya, who made a trip to bite the gold halfway, but she can't be underestimated. ”

Rong Lan took a deep sip of tea, stood up, and said, "As long as this palace gives birth to a son for the Khan, these women, no matter how much favor they have, are just passing clouds." She stroked her slightly bulging lower abdomen, "Son is the root of a woman's favor." ”

She looked longing, and her heart welled up with warm happiness. In front of her, it seemed that a white and chubby child was staggering towards her.