Under the Empress Dowager, all members will be King

Chapter 67 Going to Infinite Mountain

The scissors clicked, and the golden red paper kept changing its shape.

Halfway through the paper-cutting, a eunuch came running outside the door, Ah Qing went out to check, and sent a message to the eunuch: "Please move the concubine Xian to live in Wu Palace."

Gu Yingxia casually picked up a hand stove and was about to go out. She had just greeted her in the morning, so why did someone spread the word now.

Gu Yingxia looked up at the sky, the sky was gray and it was about to rain.

She deliberately slowed down, falling behind the crowd.

The queen grows flesh but does not grow IQ, so she hurriedly called everyone to go, afraid that something important happened.

Planning to brainstorm for her to solve her troubles, the concubines with low status are going to Qiwu Palace with all their might.

Yi Jinzhen Rou came late, Gu Yinwei walked out of the Jiaofang Hall slowly, Gu Yingxia teased her: "The concubine Xiang is a thousand years old."

Gu Yinwei accompanies her to act, "My concubine is a thousand years old."

Looking at the two of them laughing and cursing, Wan Tao thought of Gu Qingrong, if the eldest lady was not so vicious, would she be able to enjoy the same wealth as the third and second misses today.

Wan Tao was worried that Gu Yingxia would notice her emotions, so she quickly lowered her head.

The two sisters did not deliberately rush, nor did they deliberately slow down.

When passing the Baihua Pavilion, there was a faint fragrance of plum blossoms from the tip of the nose. Looking back suddenly, it turned out that an old tree in the corner had blossomed. According to the older maid, the owner who planted the plum blossoms was a favorite concubine of the late emperor. The favorite concubine liked plum blossoms very much. , Later, the favorite concubine died of dystocia, the first emperor saw things and thought about people, every time he saw plum blossoms, he thought of the beautiful woman who had passed away, and ordered to cut plums.

The trunk of the plum blossom tree is sawed into firewood, sent to the stove to be burned into charcoal, and the stump of the plum blossom tree is thrown out to make root carvings and placed on the high platform.

It lost its fragrance and trunk, but its roots are still alive, the wind and frost did not hit it, the rain and snow did not cover it, it came alive tenaciously, and the plum blossom stood proudly in the wind.

Gu Yinwei stretched out his hand to push aside the broken bricks on the ground, and saw its dark brown roots, which were densely packed and firmly grasped the ground under his feet.

Gu Yingxia said with emotion: "It is really tenacious, if I have its tenacity, what can I do?"

"Second sister, do you want to dig it back and plant it?"

"It grows naturally, without restraint, and requires no mortal care."

"That's right, if you let her grow as much as you like, if you dig it back and turn it into a potted plant, it will lose its strength."

Sister Gu Yinwei was on the way to admire the plum blossoms, and deliberately arrived half a quarter of an hour late. The maid opened the curtain to usher them in. The low-ranking concubines in the Nuan Pavilion had arrived, but the people above the concubine were late, never thinking about Sister Gu Yinwei It was the first one to arrive.

The queen wore a pleated skirt sprinkled with gold, with a golden crown of red phoenix on her hair, and supported Xia Chan's hand to sit on the main seat, her aura fully opened.

"Zhen Jin Yi Rou, why hasn't the fourth concubine arrived yet?"

Xia Chan was obsequious: "I will send someone to invite you immediately."

"Please, please, what are their identities, what is the identity of this palace, and the gate of the palace is closed."

Xia Chan stood up and closed the door. Concubine Zhen had just crossed the threshold with one foot. The other three concubines were a step behind, and the gate of Qiwu Palace was shut heavily.

The three of them didn't get the edict, so they didn't dare to go away easily, and hid in the sedan chair to avoid the wind.

The weather was dreary, and it was about to snow down below.

"My palace invites you here today because there is an important matter."

When the queen spoke, everyone held their breaths and sat upright.

"The Empress Dowager wants to go to Wuliang Mountain to pay homage to the Buddha, so I will go with the Emperor. Are there any of you who are willing to accompany me?"

Gu Yingxia was eager to try, Gu Yinwei slightly shook her head, and Gu Yingxia immediately understood that it was a cover to pay respects to Buddha emotionally.

Zhao Qian, Sun Li and four chess players clamored to go, and the noble concubine also decided to follow the crowd.

The queen asked Concubine Zhen, "Concubine Zhen, are you going to Wuliang Mountain?"

Concubine Zhen hated the Empress Dowager to the bone, she was not willing to go, she shirked and said: "The concubine is weak and cannot withstand the fatigue of traveling and traveling."

The queen turned to Gu Yinwei and asked, "Are you two sisters going with me?"

"Thank you, Empress Empress, for your kindness. This concubine hurt her leg when climbing a mountain when she was young, so she will not go. I wish the emperor, empress and queen dowager a smooth journey."

The empress insisted on dragging the Gu family sisters into the water, and said relentlessly, "Oh, sister Xianfei has an old injury on her leg, can you lift up the trouser legs and show me."

Gu Yingxia's face showed embarrassment, the queen seemed to grasp the flaw, and asked, "Why don't you reveal it, Concubine Xian?"

Gu Yingxia got up and came to the queen's side, "Aunt Xia Chan, please help me lift up the trouser leg of my left leg."

Xia Chan gently opened her trousers with both hands, and she saw a hideous scar.

The queen had nothing to say, and waved her hand to let her go back and sit down.

"Concubine Xiang, why don't you go?"

"If you go back to the empress, the concubine doesn't like to climb mountains."

The queen's eyebrows twitched, Concubine Xian knew how to make excuses for not going to Wuliang Mountain, Concubine Xiang said clearly that she didn't like mountain climbing.

Who likes to climb mountains?
She didn't like it either, but the Queen Mother insisted on going, and she couldn't help it.

Concubine Xiang is the emperor's treasure, and the emperor has a lot of love for her, so it's not appropriate to confront her head-on at this time, it's better to please the queen first.

"Go away."

The queen waved her hand, as if she was very tired.

After leaving the gate of Qiwu Palace, Gu Yingxia lowered her voice, "She is getting fatter and fatter, can she climb a mountain with this body, can she move?"

"Let's talk about people's wrongs."

Gu Yingxia shut her mouth, and hastily changed the subject: "Third sister, are these concubines who went to Wuliang Mountain unable to come back?"

"I'm not sure, but there's a high probability that I won't be able to come back."

"It's dangerous, it's a good thing I didn't say I was going just now."

"The Queen's words are traps one after another. She will live in the mountains, so we don't have to worry about it."

The virtuous concubines twisted their waists, chatting and laughing with Zhao Qian, Sun Li and the four Shuyis, while Concubine Zhen looked serious, Concubine Jin, Concubine Rou, and Concubine Yi, who were waiting in the sedan chair, hurried to see the queen.

The queen sat upright in the high hall, deliberately mocking the three concubines.

"The person who will accompany the emperor to Wuliang Mountain has been decided, the three of you will stay in the palace obediently."

The three concubines panicked when they heard this, and said in unison: "I beg your empress to be merciful."

"If you don't come sooner or later, you just come at this moment. I also follow the rules. Don't make things difficult for me."

The three concubines talked about everything, and finally the queen agreed to take them along in front of the three of them.

The three talked and laughed and discussed going back to pack their bags. When they were girls at home, all they could see was the square sky in the back house. After getting married, they were trapped in the harem for a long time. Opportunities, everyone wants to go out.

These concubines are really young and very curious about new things outside the palace.

After the Gu family sisters left from Qiwu Palace, they went back to their bedroom to rest.

During lunch, a message came from the eunuch next to the emperor, saying that he would come to accompany Gu Yinwei for dinner.

The cooks in the dining room prepare a table of sumptuous noodles. The table is crowded with sweet teal, Wensi tofu, Buddha jumping over the wall, crystal shrimp dumplings, three yellow chicken stewed with mushrooms, fried bamboo shoots and so on.

The meals were served one after another. After the dishes were ready, the emperor arrived on time.

Gu Yinwei took off the jade bracelet and armor, and personally helped the emperor wash his hands.

The young emperor said kindly, "Before I came, I read the escort list sent by the empress, and your name is not on it. Do you need to add it for you?"

"The concubine is not going anywhere, just stay in the palace and wait for the emperor to come back."

"It doesn't matter if you don't go. You suffered a lot last time when you went to Dongzhou, and your bones are thin. You should take good care of it."

The emperor personally put a piece of meat in her bowl, and the two of them chewed slowly and began to eat.

"Why isn't there the three-thread unicorn fish you like? Where's the kitchen staff?"

The maid who served the dishes trembled, "If you go back to Lord Long Live, the Sansi unicorn fish has just been cooked, and the people in Wu Palace took it away."

(End of this chapter)