As the emperor's aunt, the Queen Mother has always been a kind and gentle person in the eyes of the world, and has always had a good reputation among her family members. I am afraid that only those in the harem know that the Queen Mother has always been a good showman.
For example, now, Hanrui couldn't help but roll her eyes after hearing the message from the nun next to the Queen Mother. She still remembered the time when the Queen Mother made things difficult for her master.
Hanlu was helping Gu Panfu comb her hair, and said to Hanrui with a smile, "What can we do? She is the Queen Mother."
"Yes," Gu Panfu took off the pearl hairpin that Hanlu was going to put on her head and replaced it with a magnolia white jade hairpin. "Because she is the Queen Mother, no matter what she does, we can only follow it.
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Hanrui sighed, "I don't think I understand. It's just that every time the Queen Mother calls the master over, it embarrasses the master. I'm a little worried about the master."
Gu Panfu smiled and gently stroked her eyebrows, "What's the difficulty? Just say a few words, and your master can't lose a piece of flesh." And this time, the Queen Mother led the concubines in the harem to pray for the Queen Mother.
, if the Queen Mother finds fault at this time, she will no longer act like a loving mother.
Gu Panfu stood up and looked in front of the mirror. She was wearing simple jewelry in the smoky pink palace, and her whole body looked decent. Since she was going to pray for blessings, of course she couldn't dress too gorgeously, but she also couldn't dress too plainly, which would make her look unlucky.
."Are the things you prepared ready?"
When Hanrui heard her master ask her, she no longer worried about the Queen Mother: "Don't worry, master, everything is ready." Then she and Hanlu looked at each other and smiled.
There was a small Buddhist hall behind the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace. Gu Panfu slowly walked over holding Han Rui's hand. Zhao Meiren, Yan Yunv, and Yao Shunv had already arrived.
Gu Panfu stepped forward to greet Zhao Meiren, and Zhao Meiren smiled gently at her: "I heard that my sister was ill a few days ago. Is she well now?"
"It's not a big problem at all. My concubine just has a bad throat during the change of seasons. The servants around me are making a fuss about it." Gu Panfu was a little shy and pretended to be coquettish and glared at Hanrui next to her. Hanrui smiled and apologized, Zhao
The beauty also joked a few words, and everyone laughed for a while.
The rest of the people except Yuan Chongrong had arrived, and the precious concubine was walking in front, again looking like someone else, coughing slightly. Since being released last time, the precious concubine didn't even say a word to Gu Pan.
Fu said, and walked away when she saw her. Zhu'er beside her had long been sent to the punishment department. The nun who was in charge of the precious concubine was still beside her, and she trusted her more. With her persuasion, the precious concubine could still do it.
Some brains.
Song Yunu has not recovered yet and cannot come back. Xue Xuanshi and Yu Ronghua walked together. Gu Panfu couldn't help but look sideways. Does Yu Qianyue know what it means to be a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken? And she saw Yu Ronghua protecting her belly intentionally or unintentionally.
, I feel that what I do is natural, but I don’t know that in the eyes of others, I don’t have three hundred taels of silver here.
This time Yuan Chongrong did not arrive at the right time, but came later than the Queen Mother. After about a quarter of an hour, the Queen Mother's face had darkened, and she was about to send someone to call. When she saw Yuan Chongrong calling lazily.
Yawning, he came from a distance. He raised his eyes and saw that the Queen Mother had arrived. He swallowed back his unfinished yawn and stepped forward: "My aunt, please forgive me. I soiled the hem of my skirt on the way. I was afraid of being disrespectful to the Buddha. I had to
Go back and change. I should not have kept my aunt waiting for a long time. Please punish me."
Yuan Chongrong had a different face when facing the Queen Mother. He pretended to be obedient and looked like two different people from her. The Queen Mother glanced at Yuan Chongrong's rose-red palace clothes and the gold jewelry on her head, but she didn't say much after all.
: "Get up, it won't happen again."
Yuan Chongrong stood up, pushed aside the nun who was supporting the Queen Mother, and personally helped the Queen Mother into the Buddhist hall.
The futon for kneeling and worshiping has been set up in the Buddhist hall, and the Queen Mother personally handed three sticks of incense. The concubines knelt behind according to their rank, with their hands clasped together and their expressions pious. But they were worshiping the Buddha who saves all sentient beings, and they asked for nothing.
Be it your own desires, or the lives of innocent people.
After kneeling for about half an hour, Yu Ronghua's face began to turn pale and sweat broke out on his forehead. The nun beside the Queen Mother saw this and whispered a few words in the Queen Mother's ear. "Yu Ronghua, are you feeling unwell?"
?" The Queen Mother looked majestic and felt dissatisfied. One or two of them asked them to pray. They were either late or sick.
When Yu Ronghua heard the Empress Dowager nodding at her, she bit her lip. The maid next to her gently squeezed the arm that was supporting Yu Ronghua. "Please forgive me, the Empress Dowager. I only found out this morning that my little day was coming. I didn't dare to delay it."
Pray for the Queen, I didn’t expect the pain to be unbearable now.” In the end, Yu Ronghua did not dare to gamble, the child was more important.
The Queen Mother frowned and scolded: "You dare to say any dirty words in front of the Buddha, Lan Ying, why don't you touch her quickly?"
"Yu Ronghua, the Queen Mother is considerate of your discomfort. Please sit in the ear room and chant sutras." Nanny Lan who was beside the Queen Mother stepped forward, picked up Yu Ronghua and took her away. Xue Zhichun knelt behind her.
He took a deep look at the direction Yu Qianyue left.
In this way, they followed the Queen Mother to worship the Buddha until noon. The Queen Mother was going to have lunch, and the concubines thought they were finally liberated. "Masters, I have prepared a vegetarian restaurant and a wing for the masters to rest." Aunt Lan said happily.
, "The Queen Mother said that you should be sincere when praying for blessings. Please continue this afternoon, masters."
The relaxed expressions on the faces of the concubines froze, but even Yuan Chongrong did not dare to raise any objections. This was the order of the Queen Mother, and she was praying for the Queen. Who could say no?
"Quick, Hanlu, get me a glass of water quickly, I'm going to die of thirst." Gu Panfu entered the side room, kicked off her shoes, and sat on the low couch.
"Oh, master, don't say that in the temple, it's so unlucky." Han Lu said, but her hand movements were not slow, and she poured a cup of cold tea for her.
Gu Panfu waved her hand, took the cold tea and drank it in one gulp, finally soothing her throat that was about to smoke.
Hanrui placed the vegetarian dishes on the low table one by one, and looked at Gu Panfu's knees, which made her feel distressed: "Fortunately, Master, I took precautions. Now my knees are already blue. It would be more serious if there were no knee pads."
Gu Panfu rubbed her knees, "It's not serious. Just go back and apply some blood-removing ointment. Just leave the two of you here alone. Let's go eat instead."
"Sister Hanlu, go ahead and bring some water back to the master to wash the noodles." Hanrui served Gu Panfu some dishes and said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll come back and replace you later."
Gu Panfu ate at the same speed as when she was at school, quickly finished her lunch, and took advantage of the opportunity to catch up on her sleep before the start of the afternoon.
The so-called praying to God and worshiping Buddha is just what the world is looking for, but the silence of the Buddhist hall and the Sanskrit sounds of the Buddhist scriptures can really calm people's hearts. Gu Panfu looked at the solemn Buddha statue and wondered if there really were gods in the world who listened to her.
Wishes, her only wish is that she and the people she cares about have a safe and smooth life. No amount of glory and wealth can equal a good life, right?
It wasn't until the palace lanterns were hung up in the palace and the queen sent someone to come that all the concubines were able to come out of the Buddhist hall. Zilan smiled with a smile on her face and blessed her: "The queen is grateful to know that all the masters are praying for the queen. Let me thank you all here.
Master." He said and gave a big salute. Everyone was busy and got out of the way, and they all said auspicious words.
"The Queen is blessed with great blessings, and concubines are just the icing on the cake." Xue Zhichun stepped forward and talked to Zilan.
Yuan Chongrong stood aside and glared at Xue Zhichun, snorting coldly: "You are the only one who talks a lot."
"Masters have worked hard today. The Empress has specially asked the Emperor to let the masters below the ninth concubine be driven back in sedan chairs." Zilan nodded and smiled at Xue Xuanshi, not caring about Yuan Chongrong.
Just as everyone was walking towards Jiaochu, they heard a scream from behind, and then Yu Ronghua rushed forward. Yan Yunv, who was standing in front of her, staggered due to her attack and was pulled away in panic.
He grabbed the lady Yao who was closest to him. As a result, everyone staggered, and Gu Panfu was almost knocked down and fell down the steps. Hanlu Hanrui pulled her in shock, and Gu Panfu hit Hanrui before she could stand still.
With a look, Hanrui immediately reacted and retreated while no one was paying attention in the panic.
After everyone stood firm, they looked behind and saw Yu Ronghua clutching her stomach and falling to the ground in pain. The blood on her lower body dyed the hem of her skirt red, which was shocking to see.
"Master, Master!!!" Yu Ronghua's maid, Jinse, hugged her master tightly, tears streaming down her face. It was over, the master's child could not be saved, it was all over.
"Hurry up and ask for the imperial doctor!" Yun Zhaorong was the first to react, "Quick, help Yu Ronghua into the house." He directed people to carry Yu Ronghua.
Everyone was crowded into the small wing, waiting for the imperial doctor to arrive. Zilan did not expect such a thing to happen, so she sent the eunuch who came with her back to report to the Queen.
There was too much noise here, which alerted the Queen Mother, who had not come in the afternoon. The Queen Mother stood at the door with a gloomy face and said angrily: "What's going on?"
"See the Queen Mother." The concubines all gave way to the Queen Mother, but no one answered her. Indeed, no one knew what happened. At that time, everyone was going to be punished. Only Yu Ronghua came out of the penthouse and stood.
At the very back.
The room was lifeless, and Zhao Meiren's eyes were red with silent regret, as if she was truly sad for Yu Ronghua. Gu Panfu lowered her head and looked at the kodan on her nails. These peaceful days in the palace were so rare. From the corner of her eye, she saw the corner of Xue Zhichun's mouth.
With a faint smile, her eyes became cold, and she subconsciously looked around Hanrui's figure, and found that Hanrui had returned and was standing at the door waiting with the other maids.
The imperial doctor who diagnosed Yu Ronghua's pulse came out with his head lowered. When he walked to the Queen Mother, he almost buried his head in the ground. "To the Queen Mother, Yu Ronghua was already unable to hold his position at the beginning of the month. Now he fell and is no longer able to save himself."
..." This means that she has had a miscarriage. In fact, it was also the reason why she knelt for a while in the morning. But the imperial doctor also knew that today the Queen Mother led the concubines to pray, so this was not allowed.
The Empress Dowager slammed the table, she was really angry. She had already spread the word that she wanted to pray for the Empress, and specifically asked Qin Tian to calculate the auspicious day. Her reputation as a loving mother had already spread. And then today there was an accident with a concubine.
Having a miscarriage, how does this make the world see her, caring about the queen but treating other concubines harshly?
The Queen Mother got angry and finally drove them all back. Yu Ronghua was carried back to his residence. The emperor heard about this and had already gone to see Yu Ronghua.
It was already past dinner time when Gu Panfu returned to Weiyu Xiaozhu. Although the green plums were hot and dinner was on the stove, she didn't want to eat them today. Gu Panfu looked at herself in the mirror and asked Hanrui: "
Have you caught anyone?"
"It was already too late when I left, and I only saw a figure from behind." Hanrui replied with some guilt. In the panic, the master saw an eunuch standing at the door of the palace retracting his feet. The eunuch ran very fast afterwards, and was faster than
Hanrui is familiar with the palace roads, and she has disappeared without a trace.
"Let Mother Ma continue to keep an eye on Qiu Shui Pavilion, including the two eldest maids around Xue Xuanshi." Gu Panfu pondered for a long time. Mother Ma's people kept staring at Qiu Shui Pavilion, but Qiu Shui Pavilion never showed any unusual behavior.
.Everything today seems to be an accident, but that eunuch is the key. If Xue Zhichun bribed him, he will definitely meet again.