Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 65

"Master, the people from Yihua Palace came through with news, saying yes, that Xin Chang was with her..." Xiao Xinzi stopped talking halfway, and looked at his master who was pruning the flower branches with some embarrassment.

As soon as the news he received was told, the master would probably be even more angry with the emperor.

Originally, the master and the master had been having a lot of trouble these days.Even the Empress Dowager personally intervened, but she didn't know why she didn't intervene afterwards.Let the master fight with the master like this.

Speaking of which, since the master left the Yaohua Palace in anger that day, he has never stepped into the Yaohua Palace.The master is stubborn and unwilling to bow his head, nor is he willing to try his best to win over the emperor again because of fear of falling out of favor like the women in the palace.

The master has always been domineering and always said what he said, but he was kicked out of the Yaohua Palace by the master, so naturally he couldn't calm down.And the master didn't care about it, I'm afraid he really disappointed the emperor.

The two were at a stalemate.

The concubines in the palace were secretly proud at the beginning, and laughed at the master for not being able to keep the emperor, and ended up falling out of favor.Gradually, they stopped laughing.Because since then, the emperor has rarely set foot in the harem because of his busy schedule.

When I came to the harem, I only rested in the Queen's Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and most of the time I rested alone in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.This situation has been going on for more than a month.

The queen is not afraid of the empress dowager's making things difficult, and enjoys the emperor's favor generously.For a time, everyone in the palace raised their respect for the queen to a new height.

Except for a few people who were jealous and said sour words, most of them served the empress attentively, hoping that the empress could introduce them to the emperor.

The queen is also fair, and treats everyone's jealousy or begging equally.

The harem has become much calmer, and many concubines who were fighting like black-eyed chickens on weekdays have quieted down.

Thinking of the current situation, Xiao Xinzi couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.If it's too quiet, you can't make too much movement. If you want to remove the power of the Liu family, there must be a lot of movement.If one is not good, it will expose itself instead.Now we can only stand still and wait for the right time.

When checking the power of the Liu Clan, he found Yihua Palace, which made him discover some bad news.After hesitating again and again, he decided to report it to the master to make a decision.

"Let's talk, I know what's going on in my heart." Ten Niang cut off the protruding dead branches, and trimmed the flowering branches out of layers, without raising her head.

"Xin is always here, and there is something wrong with my body." Xiao Xinzi said tactfully, feeling in his heart, this Xin is often in Chang's, and it is also a good time to grasp.

"Your body is not right, is the imperial doctor Xuan?" Shi Niang didn't think much about it, and as the concubine with the highest rank in the West Six Palaces, she asked what her responsibility was.

"Xin Chang is afraid that she doesn't want to announce the imperial physician, and the imperial physician will reveal what she wants to hide." Xiao Xinzi paused, and then said, "The little maid who sent the news said that their master has a very strange taste these days , I like snacks like sour plums and sour fruits."

Ten Niang was taken aback when she heard the words, loosened the scissors, and fell to the ground. Looking at Xiao Xinzi's worried look, she laughed softly, "I'm not in the way. She moves quickly."

"Ma'am, do we want it?" Xiao Xinzi asked.

"No, there are too many eyes staring at me, so it's not suitable for me to do anything. And we don't need to take risks for a little one. Let me think about how to give her a big gift." Shi Niang squinted her eyes, "I don't have to take food from Ben Gong's mouth, but I can also take advantage of Ben Gong's superiority and showing off his might."

"Ms. Miao heard the news that she was not in her palace that day, and that's why Mrs. Chang took advantage of the loophole."

"In those few days, the empress prayed and copied the scriptures for the empress dowager. The mother and daughter naturally followed the empress to serve them. It would not be uncommon for them to rest in Guanju Palace." Shi Niang nodded in understanding.

"Master, what do you mean?" Xiao Xinzi asked in surprise.

"Not in Yaohua Palace. The emperor left in a hurry that night. There are not many people on duty in our palace. But those servants who followed the emperor may have leaked a little bit of news."

"When the master said this, the slave remembered something. That night, the emperor rushed out of our Yaohua Palace. Eunuch Lu sent someone to summon Bu Huan. But later, the emperor didn't want to stay any longer. It is necessary to take people through the Yihua Palace. Because that road is the shortest way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Later, someone found that the person who went to call people, called Xiaohezi, was knocked unconscious and fell to the road. In the side grass."

"This little Hezi has suffered an unreasonable disaster, and the person who started it may have expected his whereabouts. Continue to follow this line to investigate." Shi Niang pointed at the open red flower with her finger, "It seems that looking at the There are quite a few people in this palace. I just don’t know what the end of these people want?”

"Did you find anything when you checked Liu's family?"

"The Liu family has no direct progress for the time being, but I found an interesting thing. Someone is secretly sending news to the Liu family sisters by Xin Chang's side."

"What about Mrs. Miao?" Ten Niang asked, "What did she discover?"

"Ms. Miao said she wanted to talk to you personally."

"Then invite Mrs. Miao to come and talk to Ben Gong. The Seventh Princess hasn't eaten the glutinous rice dumplings she made for a while, please come to Yaohua Palace to teach Ben Gong how to make snacks and talk about parenting together."

"Your servant understands. This servant is going to invite Mrs. Miao." Xiao Xinzi bowed his body and bid farewell.

"Sister Jia has a big stomach, and she still has the mind to arrange flowers and taste tea at this time!" Miao Niangzi's voice arrived before she arrived.

"Isn't it the same for Sister Miao?" Ten Niang waved her hand to indicate that there is no need to be polite, "Sister Miao sit down."

"This is a dumpling stuffed with sesame seeds. When my sister gives it to the princess, remember to cut it open. Glutinous rice is not suitable for digestion. Cut it into small pieces and eat it. It is good for the princess's spleen and stomach."

"Sister Lao is bothering you. I'll send my sister some self-brewed plum wine tomorrow." Shiniang explained to Ruhua, "When our plum wine for this year is ready, remember to send a jar to Sister Miao."

"Speaking of plum wine, the one in my palace prefers to eat sour these days. I think it's probably available." Miao Niangzi sighed, "Sister, you too, if you make trouble with the emperor, you don't have to drive the emperor out of your palace. , It’s for nothing to take advantage of that bitch.”

"My sister is even more angry than me." Shi Niang laughed, "The emperor can go wherever he likes, and he can pet whoever he likes. I can't control a little Shunhua in this palace."

"Ms. Shunhua, look at the palace, how many pairs of eyes are staring at you. How do you think Mrs. Chang took advantage of the loophole? Someone gave her a trick behind the scenes."

"Why did my sister say that?" Shi Niang pretended to be stupid, "Didn't it be that Sister Xin couldn't sleep that day and watched the moon in the courtyard? Meeting the Emperor was also her fate with the Emperor."

"Is younger sister really stupid or fake?" Mrs. Miao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I once saw the servant girl next to Nalan's connecting with someone around Chang."

"Sister?" Shi Niang said with a surprised expression, but she said in her heart, sure enough.This Xin Changzai is the helper of one of the concubines of the aristocratic family.

"Since my sister doesn't want to deal with these things, I won't talk about it." Miao Chang smiled and asked Ten Niang, "Where are Xiao Qi and Prince Yao?"

"Yao'er and Jinghan are still sleeping, and the children sleep a lot."

"If that's the case, then I'll come to see them next time. It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back. My sister must remember to give the princess some glutinous rice balls, and break them open before eating."

"Break it, let's see what the news is, it's worth reminding Mrs. Miao again and again." After Mrs. Miao left, Shi Niang and Ru Hua began to break apart a plate of sesame glutinous rice dumplings.

A plate of glutinous rice dumplings, about ten.Ru Hua and Shi Niang got sticky hands, and finally found a dozen or so small pieces of bamboo in the dumpling, each with a simple word engraved on it, which was exactly one sentence,

Ten Niang read it silently twice before she understood the meaning of the words.I understand that Mrs. Miao dare not tell her clearly, but chooses to tell her information in this way.

The whereabouts of the emperor have always been beyond the concubine's ability to speculate.

"Miss, what is this?" Ru Hua was puzzled.

"It's just what you think." Shi Niang looked at the bamboo pieces that were put together together, her eyes were dim, and the ten words on the bamboo pieces were connected into one sentence, "Go to the south, stay in Beijing, and hope that Jia will follow."

"Ms. Miao didn't bring us any news about the Chang family, but instead gave us a big gift."

"It's worth it."

"Of course, if you want to make friends with Ben Gong, you have to come up with some useful information, right?" Shiniang wrapped the bamboo pieces in a handkerchief and handed them to Ru Hua, "Remember to destroy them."

Ruhua took it and hid it in the sleeve.

"I can't take you there this time, and that person isn't there anymore."

"Miss, where do you want to go? I'm not going anywhere, and I have to stay at home with the prince and princess." Ru Hua thought for a while and asked, "Do you want to send a message home? Or send a message over there?"

"No, let me think about it carefully, and I have to find a way to get him to agree to go with me."

"Miss, do you want to use that pill?" Ruhua asked softly, remembering the pill given by Mrs. Bai.

"It can't be used. The emperor is very sensitive to that smell. And I really did that like the people in the harem. Everything I did before will be meaningless."

"You deal with that first, and I'll think about it later." Shi Niang thought about it and confessed, "Once I leave in the future, you can take Jinghan to live in the Queen's Palace temporarily. As for Yao'er, I will see you off." He went to my sixth sister."

"I understand." Ru Hua nodded, turned and left.

"You used to be drunk, how do you know I'm not drunk!" Shiniang smiled at the red pear blossom outside the window, "Ruomin, take the wine, I have to get drunk today."

Ruomin understood, brought fruit wine like Lihuabai, and brought a glass cup to serve Shi Niang to drink.

Xiao Xinzi received a hint from Shi Niang and ran all the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to report the letter.

When the emperor was led into the inner room by Xiao Xinzi, he could smell the strong smell of alcohol.I couldn't help frowning, "Why do you serve you? Master is messing around, are you also ignorant?"

The servants in the room hurriedly knelt down, and Ruomin lowered her head and replied, "Your Majesty has been in a bad mood these days, and she feels uncomfortable in her heart. I privately think that stagnation in my heart will be harmful to my body, so it's better to let her vent it. Not stopped."

"Shunhua is in a bad mood these days?" The emperor sneered, "I don't think she's living a happy life. Didn't she learn how to make glutinous rice cakes from Mrs. Miao today?"

"The empress was so quarreled by the little princess that she had no choice but to invite Mrs. Miao." Ruo Min said, "As soon as Mrs. Miao left, the empress asked for wine."

"Is this the result of an afternoon?" The emperor picked up the crumbs from the plate on the table, "What did Miss Miao tell her?"

"The two masters mentioned that Xin Chang is here." Ruo Hua suddenly said, making Ruo Min break into a cold sweat.Xiao Xinzi on the side hurriedly made amends, "Your Majesty, you see that Master is suffering, why don't you send an imperial physician to come and see?"

Sure enough, the emperor turned his head and saw that his face was flushed on the bed, his brows were frowning, and Shi Niang was sweating non-stop.Her small face looked thinner and cute.Lying so quietly, it makes people feel suffocated.

The emperor pulled out a veil from his arms, went to the bed and sat down, helping her wipe the sweat off her face.When she wiped the corners of her eyes, she realized that it wasn't sweat near the corners of her eyes, but that she was crying silently with her eyes closed.

The emperor paused, and gently wiped away her tears with his fingers, "Silly boy!"

He put his hand on her hot forehead, "Go to the Imperial Hospital and find Imperial Doctor Li, don't disturb the others."

Seeing Xiao Xinzi hurried out after hearing his words, he turned his attention back, "Prepare hot water, and I will wait for your master to take a bath later."

Ruo Min hurriedly led everyone in the hall to retreat to prepare hot water and change clothes.

In the hall, only the emperor and the ten mothers on the bed kept murmuring their pain.

Seeing her distress, the emperor touched her cheek with his hand to show comfort.

The hot and uncomfortable man rubbed his face against his hand, whimpering, the emperor leaned over, and heard her murmuring, "Don't...go, don't...go, Sixth Brother...come back..."

(End of this chapter)