The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 980 Birthday (36)
Yun Lan hurriedly responded, thought for a while and said: "Madam, the queen mother seems to be in worse health than before, and I don't know what kind of medicine the imperial doctor Jia prescribed for the queen mother."

Qingchen said indifferently: "He is an imperial doctor trusted by the Queen Mother. What medicine he gives to the Queen Mother is his business, and there is no need for me to ask about it. Anyway, what he does is to save his own life, and it is not for the sake of it. palace effect."

Yun Lan nodded lightly, smiled and said nothing.

After leaving the Shou'an Palace, and holding Yun Lan's hand into the warm sedan chair, Qingchen suddenly remembered something again, and asked through the curtain, "Will King Jing'an be leaving early tomorrow morning? Please explain later." Little Xiangzi, send him back the Marquis Bead, I dare not accept such a big gift from him, lest there will be disasters in the future."

Yun Lan knew that she had never been greedy for these extraneous things, but she never thought that even the unique Suihou Pearl in the world would not be able to impress her, "Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant has recorded it." Then she remembered the two large cabinets containing jewels in the Empress Dowager's Palace , can't help showing contempt, I heard that the Queen Mother has many priceless jewels, but she refuses to put them in the small warehouse, but puts them in the dark compartment of her inner wardrobe, with a lock on it, and the key is always with her .Probably because I really like those things and want to take them to the coffin after death.

However, life is so fair sometimes, the more selfish a person is, the more he has nothing in the end.With the current situation of the Empress Dowager, it is unknown whether she can enter the imperial mausoleum after death.

Back at Duanyang Palace, Qingchen changed clothes and took a nap, and woke up at dusk.Yun Lan waited for her to change clothes and wash, and reminded: "Your Majesty, tonight is a family feast, and you can dress casually without outsiders. Also, when your Majesty was asleep, the emperor sent someone to say that the day after tomorrow will be a good day, your majesty." We must bring civil and military officials to the Taimiao to offer sacrifices to the world, and the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine is very grand, so let the empress prepare early."

"Etiquette is cumbersome. Does the emperor mean that this palace should be familiar with those rituals?" Qingchen sat down in front of the dressing table, holding the string of ruby ​​forehead wipes that Xiao Jun gave her, looking over and over again, unable to put it down. .

While helping her tie her hair, Yun Lan said: "Tomorrow, the nanny who teaches etiquette will make a special trip to demonstrate for the empress, the empress does not need to be nervous, just follow their prompts when the time comes."

"I see." Qingchen rubbed the ruby ​​brow pendant in her hand, and suddenly felt that the gold support on the back of the gem seemed a little uneven. Turning it over, she saw that there seemed to be something engraved on it. She took the string of pendants I went to the window to look carefully under the light of the snow, only to find that there were very small eight characters engraved there, "My heart is a stone, and I can't change it."

She didn't expect that the emperor hid a surprise for her in this place, such small eight characters, it would be difficult to make out without looking carefully.

Seeing that she suddenly smiled happily, Yun Lan didn't know what she had discovered, so she asked, "Why are you so happy, Your Majesty?"

"My heart is a stone, and I can't change it. It's the emperor's handwriting, maybe he carved it with his own hands." Qingchen thought, no wonder Xiao Jun would be so happy to see her wearing this string of rubies on her forehead, presumably he also knew , What kind of surprise will she have when she sees these eight characters.

Yun Lan was also happy for her and said: "Your Majesty said earlier that rubies symbolize perseverance. The emperor gave her such a beautiful string of jewelry, and engraved such a sentence on the back, which shows how much the emperor treats her."

Qingchen clutched the pendant to his chest, as happy as being close to him, "I understand the emperor's thoughts. After all, we have lived together for many years and have become an indispensable part of each other. I think the emperor is dependent, but I For him, why not."

Yun Lan sighed in her heart, maybe this is the love between husband and wife, no matter how many concubines the emperor has, it is the emperor's duty, and only she is the one he really cherishes.

"Since the empress likes it, why not wear this string to wipe the forehead tonight, the empress looks good on it, and the emperor is also happy to see it."

Qingchen thought about it, but when he saw that it was getting late and it was time to go to the Xinhua Hall for the banquet, he ordered: "Then help me to dress up, I would rather go early and wait than let the emperor wait. Otherwise, the queen will be dissatisfied again."

Yun Lan helped her put on her make-up, and saw that although the wind and snow had not stopped outside, it was much cooler than at noon, so she covered her with a yellow silk umbrella and helped her into the warm sedan chair.

Qingchen was in a good mood. After something like that happened at the luncheon, the dinner must have stopped. Ever since entering the palace, there has never been any peace in the big and small banquets.

Even if Xiao Jun didn't say anything, some people should know that the emperor was a little unhappy after all, and the smart ones shouldn't have any gossip at this time.

The sedan chair left the palace gate, and after a few steps, a strange little maid greeted her with an umbrella, holding a jade pendant and saying, "I am sorry for your sin, the tassel on this jade pendant of yours is broken, sir. Zhenfang sent slaves to ask the empress what color to match? Should I make a new one like this one, or would it be better to match it with bright red?"

Qingchen raised the sedan chair curtain, and saw that the little maid was holding the red jade pendant of the Linglong Jade Rabbit that she wore when she was a child. This jade pendant had been kept in the hands of the emperor, so she didn't think much about it, and said : "Then let's go with a bright red one. Don't use east beads on the tassels, just an ordinary south bead."

The little palace maid blessed her body and said: "Yes, the servant knows, the empress walks slowly, the servant will leave."

Qingchen put down the curtain, and before he could hold the stove firmly in his arms, he heard a burst of heavy footsteps, followed by a man shouting angrily: "Stop the car!"

Before she realized what was going on, she saw the car curtain being torn open suddenly, and Xiao Jue's face full of anger fell into his eyes, which shocked her.

She had never seen him so angry before, before she recovered from her daze, she saw him suddenly reach out and grab her wrist, and dragged her out of the sedan chair.

This brute force pulled her headlong forward, and the hand stove in her arms fell to the ground with a "clang", and the charcoal fire inside was knocked and flew around.

Yun Lan didn't know what was going on with Xiao Jue, so she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Your Highness, please speak up if you have anything to say."

"Get out of the way!" Once Xiao Jue returned to her usual gentleness, she suppressed her anger and pushed Yun Lan back quickly. If it wasn't for Jinxiu's swift action, she might have fallen to the seat on the ground.

A thick layer of snow fell on Xiao Jue's apricot-yellow Shu brocade cloak with a dragon pattern, which shows that he has been outside for a long time.

Qingchen didn't know why he was so furious all of a sudden, he staggered forward while being dragged by him, he didn't look back, and didn't care about her feelings, he just dragged her hard and strode towards the rockery forest.

(End of this chapter)