The edict and canonization were completed within a few days, and people came one after another to congratulate me, which made me extremely annoyed, but I was helpless.
In the early morning of this morning, I washed, put on makeup, dressed, and put on accessories... My whole body was manipulated by Qiaohui and the others like a puppet. 'Alas,' I sighed helplessly and stroked my scalp, which was numb due to their pulling.
I don't know who invented the 'top'. Qiaohui hurriedly pulled my hand away and said, "It's easy, don't mess it up, otherwise you will have to do it again."
Looking at myself in the bronze mirror, my skin is like gelatin, my collar is like a cricket grub, my teeth are like gourd rhinoceros, and my head is like a moth's eyebrows. How long has it been since I dressed up like this? Think about it, it's been so long that I can't recall it.
.I caressed my face and laughed softly, "A beautiful smile and beautiful eyes." This is probably what I look like now.
I didn’t want to enter the palace, but with the arrival of the concubines in the harem in the past few days, I felt that I had to enter the palace anyway. My rank is second only to the Queen Nala. If I don’t go to see the ceremony after being canonized, that’s
It can't be justified. Although I disdain this, I also know that she won't make me angry because of it, but she has to manage the harem, and I can't let her lose her prestige because of this.
"Miss, it's ready." With Qiao Hui's gentle reminder, I came back to my senses, stared at myself in the mirror, hesitated for a while, opened the jewelry box on the table, took out the Mulan hairpin, and handed the Mulan earrings to Qiao Hui.
Hui whispered: "Bring it to me."
After waiting for a while, I found that Qiaohui behind me was silent. I turned around and saw Qiaohui staring at the table with a pale face. I suddenly understood why she was like this, and this hairpin came back to me.
, I have never done it once, so Qiao Hui has such an expression. She sighed secretly in her heart, turned around, held her hand, and said, "Is there any difference between me and Ruoxi in your heart?"
Qiao Hui was startled for a moment, then a wry smile appeared on her slightly old face, and she said, "My young lady is a poor person." I felt a pain in my heart, but I didn't know how to comfort her. If I told the truth, she might not listen.
Understand, understand. After a pause, she wiped the corners of her eyes and continued: "I won't talk about this on this special day. You got what the lady didn't get, and I am also happy in my heart." I sighed: "
Thank you, Qiao Hui." She suppressed the sad look on her face, smiled, and said: "Put it on quickly, don't miss the time to enter the palace."
After finishing cleaning up, Qiaohui looked around and was satisfied.
Just as I was about to go out, Xiao Shunzi's voice came from outside: "Empress, the Queen is here." As soon as the voice fell, the door and window opened, and Nala had slowly walked in. I hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.
After bowing, she smiled lightly and said: "There is no need for these false courtesy between us sisters. Sit down." She held my hand and took two steps forward, sitting on both sides of the table. Without waiting for me to speak, she
Already smiled slightly and said: "Where is this child Honghan? I haven't seen him in these days, has his appearance changed again?" He smiled lightly at her and said: "I originally planned to go to the palace to see my sister today, so I asked the servants to
He hugged her."
She smiled and said: "I also wanted to tell you, Xiaoluzi, that on this hot day, I don't want the palace, the garden has been running back and forth. But then I thought about it, our sisters haven't seen each other for a few days, and the palace happened to be here too.
There's nothing urgent, so I'm here." The smile on her face was still peaceful, and her expression was still calm, with no trace of happiness or anger, making it impossible to see through her true inner thoughts.
In this case, I didn't want to delve deeper, so I poured a glass of water for her and said with a smile: "I should have gone to see my sister earlier."
What I have done the most these days is to keep saying polite and superficial remarks to different people over and over again. But to her, after saying that sentence, I don’t know
Should say something more.
The two of them were quiet for a while. She raised her cup and took a sip of tea. She smiled slightly and said, "The tea made by my sister is really delicious." I smiled secretly in my heart. I am not good at this, and she is even less skilled.
This is the way. Tea is just tea. Even people who know tea can only make it better, so there is no special taste. She must have something to say, and my identity is different today, so I think I can’t find a suitable one.
entry point.
There were too many accessories on my head, and I felt the pressure on my neck was a bit painful. I couldn't help but stroke the back of my neck. Seeing me like this, Nala said: "With different status, the specifications used around me will also change accordingly."
After saying that, the hand I was about to withdraw suddenly froze in the air, and my heart twitched for no reason. I didn't understand the meaning of her words. Could it be that she wanted me to return to the palace to live.
There seemed to be a trace of hesitation on her face, but only after a moment, she looked out the window and said: "I feel more relieved with you by the emperor's side, but this courtyard is too small." It turned out that it was difficult for her to say anything.
It's no wonder that everyone knows why this courtyard was built and why Yinzhen lived here. I just don't know if she wants me to move out or if she has other ideas.
I glanced at her and saw that there was no emotion in her eyes. She was just staring blankly at the tea cup in front of her. Her mind seemed to be fixed on a certain place with her eyes, and she couldn't get back to her mind for a long time. I didn't say a word.
Sit silently and wait.
After waiting for a while, she said slowly: "I will instruct the Ministry of Internal Affairs to renovate the courtyard according to the specifications of the imperial concubine. I will discuss it with the emperor later. What do you think, sister?" I took a sip of tea and stood up.
She smiled calmly and said: "It's just a place to live. Since my sister cares so much, it's better to follow the emperor's wishes." She stood up with a wry smile on her face and said: "Yes, it's just a place to live.
, the emperor has spent so much thought on it."
My heart was shaken, and when I looked at her pale face, the heartache that had been gone for a long time surged out again uncontrollably.
Although autumn has already begun, the weather shows no sign of coolness at all. Several heavy rains came and stopped here and there. When I looked up, the scorching sun was still blazing, making all the flowers and plants in the palace wilted.
It doesn't look good.
I was half-lying on the couch with my eyes closed and the cattail leaf fan swaying, as if I was sleeping but not sleeping. The several pots of ice in the room could not withstand the heat outside the walls, and the air in the room was still like steam from a steamer, which made my heart feel tight.
Yinzhen agreed to the Nala clan's proposal, but did not demolish and rebuild it. He just ordered to re-plan and expand with Zhenxi Pavilion as the center. The steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to ask several times and said that the emperor had ordered it, and everything was based on Lan's instructions.
The imperial concubine's opinion is the main one. As long as I don't move to Zhenxi Pavilion, I'm already very happy. Why should I worry about this? So, I followed Yinzhen back to the palace with satisfaction. I said I would wait until the courtyard was repaired before returning.
garden.
I shook my cattail leaf fan lightly and stared in silence. It had been more than a month since I came to the palace, but no one visited the Xinuang Pavilion where I lived. Even when I met some concubines while walking in the palace, I never had time to say hello.
They took a detour and walked away, as if I was a ferocious beast.
Although I hope for a quiet life, I still feel a little uneasy. In the past, every time I returned to the palace, Queen Nala would always send someone to ask if she needed anything. This time, it was completely abnormal. I suddenly remembered that
The wry smile on Zhinala's face was like a sharp blade, stabbing into my body. My heart twitched violently, and my body became chilly in waves on this hot day. I threw down my fan,
I poured a cup of hot tea, drank it in one gulp, and felt that my mouth was burning, but there was no change in my body, and the coldness continued to grow.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Ling asks to see you." After a while, when I felt relieved, I heard Xiao Ling's sweet voice coming from outside the door. I sighed deeply in my heart, and after I calmed down, I said softly: "Come in.
.”
There was a reply from the door, and then she opened the curtain and entered. She was wearing an off-white gauze gown, light green lotus-trimmed trousers, and her hair was combed with green silk, which could be seen. Standing in front of her, she looked as graceful as a lotus flower in bloom.
She bowed and said, "Xiao Ling has met your empress, she is very lucky." She waved her hand, motioning for her to get up, pointed to the chair next to her, and said, "Sit down." She smiled slightly and said, "Yes.
!Thank you, Empress, for sitting down." After saying this, she gave her a small blessing and sat down gracefully, without the slightest hint of timidity.
I took a sip of tea and said, "Today is not worth it." She looked down at her clothes, looked up and said with a smile, "Yes." Seeing a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, I picked up the cattail leaf fan on my leg.
She handed it over. She was startled for a moment, took the fan and said, "Your Majesty, you are really kind." I smiled and asked, "Why did you become a palace maid?"
Hearing this, she paused, seemed to think about it, and then said: "With all due respect, Xiaoling didn't want to grow old and die alone in the palace, so she made this choice."
The two of them looked at each other in silence. After a while, I thought about it and said, "You have already agreed and entered the royal family tree, so how can you be a palace maid again?" She glanced at me, smiled faintly, and said, "I
Ama begged the Queen, but she didn’t agree at first. Then, for some unknown reason, she suddenly agreed.”
My heart trembled inexplicably. This was not an agreement for her to leave the palace. This was clearly a way to "save the country". Otherwise, how could she be arranged to serve tea in front of the emperor.
Feeling exhausted, I smiled to myself and decided not to think too much about it, just let it be.
After a while, I came back from my reverie and looked at Xiaoling, only to see her staring at me blankly, with a hint of worry on her face. Maybe my reaction scared her, so I smiled slightly and said: "
I'm a little tired."
Her face turned red, she stood up and took two steps forward. Suddenly she stopped again, turned around and sat down, and said, "I'm just chatting and forgetting about my future purpose." She glanced at me, frowned and continued softly.
He said: "I heard from the sisters in the palace that after the queen went to the garden to see her sister a few days ago, she fell ill when she returned to the palace. She is not fully recovered yet."
"These days, there are rumors in the palace that the queen wants to touch your courtyard. You are not happy and contradict the empress, causing the gentle and gentle queen to fall ill. It is also said that you are the only person in the palace who has ever offended you with words.
, will all get into trouble, like E promised, Qi Fei, what she said is true, as if she saw it with her own eyes."
I felt dizzy and wanted to stand up, but my legs were so weak that I had no strength at all. I stretched out my hand to pick up the cup and felt that my hands were shaking. The tea was spilled all over my body. The tea was only half-warm, but after drinking it, it was so refreshing.
Cool feeling.
Xiaoling hurriedly got up, walked over, took off the handkerchief on her body, and gently wiped the wet clothes for me. Then, she took a step back, knelt down slowly, and said, "I didn't hear this from hearsay."
, I took the liberty to tell you that it was to thank you for your kindness. If Xiaoling did something wrong, please don’t blame me."
Sitting quietly, thinking silently. In the palace, competition for houses and favors between concubines has been endless in the past dynasties, with many tricks, but it is a bit abnormal to spread rumors so blatantly. According to my understanding of the Nala family, it should not be
It came from Kunning Palace.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Maybe this slave is troubled." Xiao Ling's worried voice suddenly sounded in my ears. Seeing her still kneeling on the spot, I breathed a sigh of relief. I hope that, as she said, this happened just because of Nala.
It happened that Shi's illness was not what I imagined. I stood up, took a step forward, and helped Xiaoling up. When the two of them sat down, I said, "What did you mean by thanking you just now?"
She said: "Empress Qi is my eldest aunt, and Sanfu Jin Qingnuo is my cousin. After their accident, E Niang came to the palace to visit my aunt. We met once. She held my hand and said, 'In the palace
He must be taking care of his aunt and looking for an opportunity to repay a female official named Xiaowen.'"
Suddenly I realized why she was like this today.
She stood up, bowed and gave a blessing, and said: "If your Majesty needs to smile, just let someone come and tell me, and I will leave." She gave her a slight nod and closed her eyes.
It was raining heavily, and the cool breeze came in through the window. The bed curtains and hangings in the room swayed left and right in the wind.
Slowly walking to the window, silently staring outside, strands of water dropped like pearls and landed on the ground paved with bluestone, splashing water particles like pearl fragments.
There was wind in the rain, blowing in the raindrops, blowing against my face with a touch of moisture, and a burst of coldness entered my skin. I couldn't help shivering, and a bad premonition went straight to my forehead. I picked up the bag beside the door.
Holding a green bamboo umbrella, he took off his feet and ran towards Kunning Palace.
As soon as she left the house, she saw Qiao Hui coming towards her after just a few steps. She was already soaked to the skin, and a few strands of hair on her temples stuck to her face with the rain. She said: "Miss, I'm afraid the Queen may not be able to survive."
, the imperial doctors were helpless, and the emperor also went there just now."
I was confused for a moment, and my head swelled with a bang. I had no memory of exactly what year La Shi died. I picked up my energy and quickened my pace. As soon as I entered the Kunning Palace, I heard a faint sound.
I cried, felt flustered again, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
He was stunned on the spot, and when he let go of his hand, the umbrella was spinning on the ground in the wind. After listening carefully, there was no sound, and he walked towards the palace gate.
I saw people inside and outside Nala's palace, and there was no lamp. The light in the palace was a little dark, adding a bit of a heavy atmosphere. After a moment of concentration, I saw seven or eight imperial doctors standing in front of the bed, all of them with pale faces.
, some were adjusting medicine, some were taking pulses, and some were pricking acupuncture; Yinzhen, Concubine Xi, and others were standing around, all with nervous expressions on their faces. Standing on the outside were several elder brothers and lower-status brothers.
Nala's face was flushed, his eyes were closed, his mouth was slightly open, his chest was slowly rising and falling, and his hand was pressing tightly on his heart.
Seeing me coming in, everyone looked at me with complicated eyes. I felt uncomfortable in my heart, so I walked over, stood beside Concubine Xi, stood still, and said: "Sister, is it really because Xiaowen contradicted you? If so, Xiaowen should
Sister, I apologize." She tried her best to open her eyes, raised her head, and wanted to shake her head, but was unable. Perhaps she was anxious, and her face turned from red to pale.
The imperial doctor next to me exclaimed, but Na Lashi frowned, her chest rose and fell more violently, and her breathing became heavier. I was frightened and did not dare to speak again. If there was something wrong with her, so many pairs of eyes would have seen it.
, it was indeed because of her words that she became more serious.
Yinzhen walked up to me, supported me, and said, "Xiaowen, calm down."
I said blankly: "What is the Queen's disease?" A doctor turned around and said: "To answer the question, the Queen's pulse is not a terminal illness, but a deficiency syndrome. The Queen's body is weak, and the fire of the gate of life cannot be dispersed, and the phlegm cannot flow freely.
...." Listening to his ramble, I took a deep breath and was about to interrupt when I heard Yinzhen beside me scolding in a deep voice: "Don't be wordy, just talk about whether there is help or not?"
Several imperial doctors trembled, and then they all knelt down with a 'plop' sound. The imperial doctor who just replied said: "The servants have been using medicine to disperse phlegm these days. Logically speaking, it should have been dispersed long ago, but
The master's wife is getting more and more serious, and the slaves can't understand why?" As soon as he finished his words, cries of "嘤嘤" could be heard from inside and outside the palace.
Yinzhen snorted coldly, everyone's expressions tightened, and they stopped crying. He said: "Get up, come up with an idea quickly, how can you spit out the phlegm." All the doctors stood up neatly, frowned, and gathered around the bed.
The surrounding area continues to be busy.
Nala's disease turns out to be phlegm, but this disease should only occur in winter. It's just autumn today, how could it be possible?