imperial psychologist

Chapter 36

The two women looked at each other, and one of them replied in a cold voice, "The empress is in the room, you go to the side and wait."

Bo Ling didn't move, still looking at the two people in front of him.

The eyebrows of the two women raised immediately, "What are you doing, didn't you hear what you just said?"

Bai Ling blinked and said in a low voice, "Since the empress is inside, why is the maid outside?"

The old woman laughed, "Because our old lady wants to say something personal to her daughter, outsiders can't hear it!"

old lady?
Bo Ling glanced in the direction of Qu's couch, and it seemed that Qu Guifei's mother had come.

She looked at the two wives in front of her who looked unhappy, they were obviously also brought by the old lady.

Looking at the palace servants kneeling in the courtyard, Bai Ling's heart moved slightly—could it be that Huang Chongde came here on purpose just to warn her at this moment?
Bo Ling thought for a while, "You can talk, but you have to open the doors and windows, Baoyuan."

When Baoyuan heard her name, she raised her head in a daze.

"Take someone to invite these two women to the side, and then open the door and window." Bo Ling looked at the maid kneeling on the ground, "Just like the last time I came here."

The two women were startled.

Bao Yuan also stared at her bewilderedly, as if doubting what she heard just now.

"I'll see who dares!" the women shouted.

Sure enough, no one moved in the yard.

The women were a little proud, squinting their eyes, and looked at Bo Ling in protest.

But Bo Ling didn't seem annoyed either, she looked sideways at Bao Yuan, "Is it your mother's order to close the doors and windows?"

Baoyuan gritted her teeth and shook her head, "No...it's what the old lady said."

"Even if it's not what the empress said, but what the old lady said, the empress listened to."

"That is, the empress is the most filial, so she won't take away the old lady's intentions."

Ladies and gentlemen, you spoke with one word at a time.

Bo Ling tilted his head slightly, with a puzzled look on his face,
"But this is the Chengqian Palace where the imperial concubine lives, not your own house."

The mother-in-law watched coldly, "So what?"

"You ask me how? Then I will tell you how. Even if the empress goes home to visit her relatives, there are monarchs and ministers first, and then there are mothers and daughters. The ministers in front were still in the palace yesterday to play the empress's failure of morality. You dare to go to others today Give the handle there."

Bo Ling laughed at himself for a moment, never thought that after he came to Chengqian Palace, the first thing he did was to make a fuss about the monarch and ministers.

But this moment of hesitation almost disappeared in her eyes, and with a little sense of loss, she glanced around at the bowed palace servants.

"If this is the case, I don't think you need to do your errands."

This sentence immediately aroused Baoyuan, she wiped her eyes with her sleeves indiscriminately, and raised her eyes angrily to look at the two wives, "Hurry up and go in and talk to the old lady!"

The two women gave Baoyuan a gouged look, looked at each other, and hesitated to evade each other for a while, then the one on the left opened the door a little, and walked in.

With such a small movement, Bo Ling could smell a familiar smell of smoke coming from the house.

The mother-in-law who was still outside calmed down, stared at Bai Ling for a long time, and said coldly, "I think you are also a stranger, so you don't know the rules!"

Bo Ling leaned over and smiled, and bowed as if he had received some praise.

The mother-in-law choked there, seeing a few court ladies secretly looking up at her, she snapped, "What are you looking at! Kneel down as your mother said!"

There was a sound of footsteps in the room, and the door opened from the inside, and Qu Xiu was walking in front, he bowed, and apologetically helped an old woman with gray hair to come out.

The old lady's face was tense.

Although she is old, there is a sharp force in her eyes, her shoulders are flat, her waist is straighter than that of Qu Xiu.She was dressed in a dark green robe that was almost black, embroidered with dark patterns of green pine, and in her right hand was holding a cane that was slightly shorter than her.

The woman who entered the room earlier followed the two of them. At this time, with the support of their own old lady and young master, the waists of the two of them immediately stiffened again.

"Who is making noise outside?" The old lady frowned.

The woman who entered the room earlier followed behind. At this time, with the support of her old lady and young master, her back immediately became stiff again, "Ma'am, this is the girl!"

Bo Ling bowed again, "Old lady, Lord Qu, this junior Bo Ling is the new pharmacist of Chengqian Palace." As she spoke, she looked at Bao Yuan who was kneeling beside her, and said softly, "There should be no one around your mother." , you go in and have a look."

Baoyuan was startled, quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes, and ran inside with her dress in hand.

Mrs. Qu didn't look at her, nor did she stop her.

Seeing that Bo Ling just bowed, but did not kneel down to salute, Qu Xiu flashed hatred in his eyes: "Presumptuous! When you see the old lady, don't you know what to salute?"

Bai Ling smiled, "My lord, although I entered Chengqian Palace, I am a female official, not a palace servant."

Qu Xiu gritted his teeth.

Speaking of it, the official rank of the female officer in charge of pharmacy is at the sixth rank—although this rank was not recognized at all in the previous dynasty, but in terms of rank, she is not much worse than herself.

According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if they go to the court, high-ranking court officials do not need to bow down to the people in the court, but only need to stand and answer.

Not to mention facing Madam Gaoming.

Qu Xiu's eyes became more sinister - this girl is so difficult at such a young age!
Mrs. Qu couldn't help but look at Bai Ling more, and found that the girl was also looking at her.Obviously just said that, but those two black jade-like eyes did not make any waves, and they even seemed to have a somewhat humble attitude.

Relying on the fact that he is wearing a sixth-rank top hat that no one takes seriously, he can't even put himself in the right position.

It's true that with some capital in hand, I forget who I am.

Mrs. Qu hated this kind of bullying woman very much.

She raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Bai Ling, "You have worked hard these two days."

Mrs. Qu's voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded very kind.

Qu Xiu was stunned, he didn't understand why his mother was so polite to this lowly servant girl all of a sudden!

"You have worked hard too." Bo Ling replied,
Mrs. Qu shifted her gaze and looked at the palace wall in the distance, "Who's daughter is sick, mother doesn't work hard? There are so many imperial doctors in the palace, but none of them can cure my daughter's illness. People who are greedy for profit and are inferior to pigs and dogs think that there is a profit here, and one or two will pounce on it to rub a mouthful of flesh and blood."

Only then did Qu Xiu understand what he heard, and for a moment he couldn't help secretly laughing in his heart.

That Bo Ling is also stupid, still politely push me to forgive, thinking that the mother said something good.

After all, ginger is still old and spicy, and he scolds people cleanly, without any trace!

"That's really worrying." Bo Ling nodded, with a little sympathy in his eyes, as if he didn't hear the slightest hostility in his words.

Mrs. Qu sighed, "A pheasant is a pheasant, no matter how much she tries to exploit, even if she climbs up to the phoenix in the sky, she will still be a pheasant and cannot turn over."

Bai Ling seemed to be a little bit impatient, "Why does the old lady say that?"

Mrs. Qu sneered, "Am I not right?"

Bai Ling shook his head, looked past her, and looked at Qu Xiu who was standing aside, "... I think Master Qu has worked hard enough."

Mrs. Qu didn't understand for a moment, "What?"

"Let me say," Bo Ling's voice was gentle, and he lowered his voice caringly, as if he was really talking to the old man, "Although Mr. Qu's official career is not good, and he really can't support the appearance of his predecessors, but the Qu family is three dynasties. What's more, the imperial concubine and empress are being favored. I don't think anyone in the world would think of the Qu family as 'a phoenix turning into a pheasant'."

Bo Ling said softly, "May I ask the old lady to rest assured."

(End of this chapter)