Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 62 The Chaos of the Palace (3)

The balm needs to be washed off after half an hour, so Qingru can't rest for the time being, she took the book in her hand but didn't intend to read it, after pondering for a while, she suddenly asked Zijin: "How is Zipei? "Although the tone is indifferent, but after listening carefully, you can still find that silk is lonely in the depths of the cloud. After more than ten years of getting along, and they are the only two girls who follow the palace, how can she remain indifferent.

Zijin felt very embarrassed when he heard the words, and didn't know how to answer, so he could only evade his words: "She...she is better...better."

Seeing Zijin's appearance, Qingru would not know the truth, she took the tea offered by Mianyi, and lifted the lid, only to see that what floated inside was not the whole piece of tea, but fine tea leaves, After we broke up, we came back together again, drinking the unspeakable astringency in our mouths, and after taking a sip, we didn't want to drink any more. She pushed the cup to Mianyi and said, "From now on, you don't have to look for tea leaves everywhere, just flush it with water, and drink like that. Be more comfortable!" Ganqing knew that Mianyi managed to find these tea powders.After talking about the tea, she said to Zijin who was still twisting the handkerchief, "I'm afraid she's still blaming me?"

Zijin hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Miss, please give Zipei some more time, she will definitely understand you!" She said hurriedly, afraid that the lady would blame her later.

Her appearance made Qingru laugh, and after she bent her lips slightly, her expression turned to melancholy: "It's been more than four months, if you can understand, would you wait until now, Zipei is different from you, she has a stronger heart than you Much more stubborn. Do you still remember when Ama thought she had stolen Erniang’s hairpin when she was a child, punished her to kneel in the yard and beat her with a rattan cane, but she just refused to admit it? If she really stole it, she wouldn't be punished severely, at most it would be just a few hits, but she just refused to admit it, and Ama was very angry. If she hadn't found the hairpin by chance, she might really want to kill half of her life. Although Peiren is nice, but this temper, alas..." Qingru sighed helplessly, it was the first time she had conflicts with the people around her after entering the palace.

"But Miss..." Before Zi Jin finished speaking, Qing Ru had already interrupted her with a wave of her hand: "Don't say any more, before she thinks about it, let's do things outside first, when she understands and is sensible, then Send her back, during this period you can persuade as much as you can, after all, I am not used to not having her by my side, and besides, you and Mianyi should take care of my closeness before now!"

Qingru has already said this, Zijin has no objection anymore, after all, the lady has never made things difficult for Zipei, it is she who can't figure it out, whether she can go back to the days of serving the lady with one heart depends mainly on herself.While speaking, Mian Yi had already fetched clean water, and slowly washed away the nine-time balm that had turned from white to transparent on Qingru's hair.

Watching the originally clear water gradually become turbid, but people still kept stirring it in, making it more turbid, and finally lost its original clarity.

A feeling flashed across Qingru's heart. Doesn't this water correspond to the human heart? Human nature is good, and it is the environment that we live in that gradually dyes the pure human heart with color. In the end, even the owner of this heart may not be able to see his own heart clearly!
When he was wandering in the void, he suddenly heard the voice of Xiao Fuzi, when did he come in, Qingru collected his thoughts, looked at the room, and saw Xiao Fuzi brought in many things by himself, and distinguished the different kinds of things on the table. Put it away, there are silks, newly made clothes, and boxes for snacks.

As clear as a slender hand without any decorations is slowly stroking the sapphire blue satin, the silk brocade satin is as smooth as nothing in the palm of the hand, so light and soft, like the skin of a newborn baby, " Did Concubine Chun and the others send it over?"

After all, Xiao Fuzi was young, and when he saw the good things, he was so happy that his face burst into a smile. He pointed to the things on the table and replied one by one: "This is the brocade brought in by the concubine Chun. It's spring, I'll cut some new clothes for you, master!" He pointed to the horse in Qingru's hand.

Qingru smiled lightly and said: "Under such a turbulent situation, it is really rare for Rixi to still be remembered by the emperor. I hope the emperor is not just thinking about it for a while, otherwise this kind of favor, Rixi may be swallowed up by so many people in the future." Woolen cloth!"

Mian Yi was using a towel to dry up the water droplets on Qingru's hair, and said strangely: "Master, isn't this brocade allocated by the Household Department according to the status of the masters in the palace? Now, as usual, how many horses should there be?"

In addition to the emperor's special rewards, all the wearing utensils in the palace are allocated and recorded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This brocade is not a rare item, no wonder Mian Yi asked this question.

Qing Ru glanced at her sideways, then quietly let go of the corner of the brocade in her hand, and saw two very small characters embroidered with silver thread on the sapphire blue satin: Yipin.

"When Er Niang went to the palace to meet the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager once had the honor to reward half a bolt of first-grade brocade, which had the same luster as this one. You know that the first-grade brocade sent to the palace by the Suzhou Weaving Mansion is only seven pieces every year. The queen mother probably got it from the queen or the imperial concubine. Chun'er must have been specially rewarded by the emperor, but she didn't know the rarity of this brocade, so she sent it to me as a common material to make clothes. There are only a dozen pieces of brocade brocade a year, and most of the masters in this palace only get third-grade cloud brocade!"

After listening to her explanation, Mianyi and the others suddenly realized that there was such a difference between this seemingly ordinary brocade, and even Zijin who was going to find Zipei stood where she was for a while and forgot to step back.

After finishing speaking, Qingru was about to put down the cloud satin in her hand, when she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, which emanated from the cloud, it was elegant, remote, and refreshing, and she didn't feel anything at first, but later it became more and more fragrant. It smells so good that people can't bear to put it down. It's strange that Erniang's horse in the past doesn't seem to have this fragrance. Could it be that the weaving house has newly added the process of incense?

It is very good to use this material to make clothes, not only the material is good, but also the fragrance can be smelled from time to time, but who is she going to see after wearing it now? Thinking of this, there is a touch of sadness on her face, but it is quickly covered under indifference , She is getting more and more proficient in wearing this mask, heh!

Qingru put down the scented cloud, and cast her eyes on the octagonal snack box. The lid was printed with the rain scene of Hangzhou Lake. Xiao Fuzi cleverly opened the snack box. There were three layers inside, and the first layer was fried to golden yellow. Manduo sandwich cake, in the middle is Zinierfen white cake, and at the bottom are several pastries.

"This is..." Xiao Fuzi was just about to answer, but Qing Ru had already guessed nine points, and replied with a smile: "Isn't Sister Yin sent this?"

"Master is wise! It was sent by Concubine Rong." Xiao Fuzi's words confirmed Qing Ru's guess.

In addition to the snacks, there are also a pair of chopsticks beside the box. Qingru picked up a piece of biscuit with the chopsticks and brought it to her mouth, and put her other hand underneath to catch the broken pieces that fell from between her teeth.

Every time Shuiyin asked someone to bring something, he would bring a box of snacks, as if he was afraid that she would be hungry, so she was able to guess right.

Sister Yin, you have finally been promoted to concubine, concubine Rong, Rong...is appearance, but also Ronghua; it is the affirmation of beauty, and it is also the pinnacle of gorgeousness; Sister Yin, you must be very happy, right?It's a pity that I can't congratulate you in person, so I can only congratulate you with flower paper.

Qing Ru was delighted, with a smile on her face, she was as gentle and charming as usual, but this time she was more sincere. She chose one of each snack to eat, then put down her chopsticks and said to Xiao Fuzi and the others: "These I can't eat the food by myself, so you all take it and share it, remember to leave a portion for Zipei and Xiao Luzi who is on duty at night!" After all, Qingru still misses Zipei very much.

Xiao Fuzi was very grateful. After Zizi was grounded, they all ate the worst food, and the snacks brought by Concubine Rong became a rare improvement for them.In addition to the snacks, Shuiyin also brought the newly made clothes.

Compared with the two of them, what Yue Ling sent was quite strange. It was a few budding peach branches. It was near the end of February, and it was not unusual to have a few budding peach branches. The strange thing was why she wanted to Send these things here.She is always there, no more than day and night, and there are more things in Shuiyin Palace, but it is not to the point of folding flowers to give each other. This flower... is as clear as picking up a branch and turning it in your hand. Packed tightly together, but the aroma of peach blossom has begun to show through.

"Did Ling Changzai say anything?"

Xiao Fuzi immediately replied: "Returning to the master, the slave didn't understand Ling Changzai's intentions at the time, so she asked her, but she said that as long as you see it, master, you will understand what she means, and then she didn't say anything else. gone."

She will understand when she sees it?Qingru looked at the branch that had just climbed down from the branch in doubt, and thought, when did Yueling learn to play riddles?Slowly turning the branches in hand, a gust of evening wind leaked in through the crack of the window, blowing the unshaded candles on the table flickering for a while, making the figures of everyone in the room longer or shorter.

Everyone was thinking about the mystery of the unblooming peach blossoms, Qing Rujing was thinking about the problem, and didn't notice that a bud on the peach branch in his hand was already very close to the candle, when suddenly there was a soft "wow", which distracted them from their respective thoughts. She pulled it back, the sound came from the peach branch in Qingru's hand, she quickly withdrew her hand and looked at it, she couldn't help but groaned, it turned out that the topmost flower bud was blown by the heat of the candle. A small opening opened, although it was only a small opening not much bigger than the gap between fingers, but the pink and tender petals inside could already be seen.

Clear as a heart that was originally fascinated by fog, suddenly clear as a mirror!

Oh, Yue Ling, you want to use this unblown peach blossom to tell me that one day, like this peach blossom, I will bloom in the green spring of willows after a long winter!

"Go, find a vase to put these peach blossoms in, and put them in my room!" She handed the peach blossoms to Xiao Fuzi, but she never answered with a smile as to what it meant. Behind the eyes!Yue Ling, I never thought that the person who understands my heart the most is you!

"It's a coincidence that the three of them are actually delivering things together."

"Master, there's more to it!" Xiao Fuzi blinked mysteriously, and then quickly found a small jar from under a pile of things.

It feels as fresh as holding it in your hand, unlike how many things are packed in it, when the lid is unscrewed, a fresh air that is unique to tea comes to the nostrils immediately.

"Tianchi tea!" Qingru, who hadn't made much movement until now, stood up immediately after seeing the tea, and the green yarn on her back fell to the ground with her movements, layer upon layer.

No wonder Qingru was so surprised, Tianchi tea was her favorite drink at home, because it was a tribute, so even if Ama was a first-rank official in the imperial court, she could only get a small amount every year, and left all of it to her.Since entering the palace, she has never had the opportunity to drink because of her lack of grade, but now she suddenly met again during the confinement period.

"Who gave you this tea?" she asked eagerly.

Xiao Fuzi seemed to have expected such a reaction from his master, so he said honestly without talking nonsense: "It was given to me by Master's elder brother, Mr. Suo Etusuo. Mr. Suo is now the first-class bodyguard in front of the emperor. He walks in front of the imperial court, but there is no The emperor allowed him not to enter the harem. Just now he found someone to call the slave to the gate of the forbidden palace, then gave the jar of things to the slave, and asked the slave to give the master a message."

"What are you talking about!" Qingru stood still, holding the tea pot with her hands curled up, her waist-length hair behind her was still dripping water.

"He said: Everything is fine at home, please don't worry, but the palace is full of dangers, everything must be careful, if you are not very sure, don't stand out, Ama and Erniang can't afford another white-haired man to send black Send people!"

Hearing the last sentence, Qing Rumei's eyes trembled and she almost shed tears. She gently wiped away the tears that were about to flow out of her eyes by stroking her hair: "Okay, I get it, you all go down!"

"Then these things?" Xiao Fuzi asked, pointing to the things on the table.

After thinking for a while, Qingru said: "Take it to the warehouse and store it, anyway, it's not needed now."

Following her words, Xiao Fuzi bowed and picked up the things and retreated together with Zijin and Mianyi. In a blink of an eye, there was only Qingru left in the room, and the table was empty again, only the pot of Tianchi tea was still quietly placed there.

Qingru stared at the tea on the table in a daze, and her heart became firm again following tonight's events. She must step out of this nightmare present, and she will be the emperor's favorite concubine. Only in this way can she get back what Fulin owed her!
Now Qingru still doesn't understand one thing: if there is favor but no love, no matter how much it is, it can't stand the test, and it can only be reduced to a joke in the end!
If it is possible, Qingru would rather not understand it all her life, because the moment she understands is the moment when all grievances and hatreds are settled!
Qingru stroked her wet long hair behind her, got up and opened the window, the wind in February was still very cold, blowing Qingru who was wearing only a pajamas shrank, and the fragrance of brocade brocade left in the room just now was blown away by this As soon as the wind blows, it immediately fades a lot, and soon the fragrance will disappear.

Qingru took a deep breath, what she likes most is this natural and pure breath, spring... seems to be really getting closer...

It's really rare that she can maintain a calm mind and an immortal will in this endless confinement. If not for this, she would not be able to turn over in Chengqian Palace a month later. There is one person who should be most grateful, Concubine Tong!If Concubine Tong couldn't wait to get rid of Dong E Xianglan and the other person together, Qing Ru wouldn't have created such an excellent opportunity.

But it's a pity that Concubine Tong didn't enjoy the fruits of victory in the end, and ended up dying of hatred!
When Zijin found Zipei, she was still washing clothes by the well, Zijin didn't make a sound, she walked over to help Zipei wash together silently, she didn't say anything, Zipei didn't speak, looked at her and continued to wash with her head down her clothes.

Naturally, two people washing together is much faster than one person. After a while, all the clothes were washed. Zipei lowered her head and asked, "Miss asked you to come here?"

After drying a gown neatly, he said through the pole: "I wanted to come here by myself. It's been so long, are you still angry?"

"What right do we slaves have to be angry with our master!" Zipei said angrily, but her expression was clearly vented. It seemed that the past few months hadn't changed her mind.

Seeing her like that, Zi Jin really didn't know what to say: "Zi Pei, don't you really understand Miss at all, she can't be a cruel and heartless person, you misunderstood!"

"You are talking about the former lady, but she has changed since she entered the palace. Didn't we say it before, but she dismissed it with a few words, but this time her attitude is really chilling! Every time I think of Jinxiu who died inexplicably, I can no longer treat her as the former lady!" Now Zipei is like a person who has walked into a dead end, no matter what others try to pull her out, she can't be pulled out.

Zijin rolled her eyes helplessly: "Then when are you going to confess your mistake to Miss?"

She didn't expect this sentence to make Zipei anxious, she shouted in a much higher voice than before: "I'm not wrong, why should I admit my mistake, unless you also think that Jinxiu's death is self-inflicted!"

"Shh!" Zijin hurriedly walked around the clothes rail and covered Zipei's mouth: "Be quiet, don't let the lady hear you!" The place where they were standing was only a few feet away from Qingru's bedroom. It was easy to be heard, but she didn't know that it was as if the candle had been extinguished but never fell asleep. Their conversation entered her ears word for word.

Zipei pulled off the hand covering her mouth and said: "Zijin, you and I are sisters who grew up together, don't you think it's wrong for me?"

"I..." There was a lady on one side and a sister on the other. She really didn't know how to answer so that they would not hurt each other. She finally stomped her foot and said, "I don't know either. Calling you back to my side, is this what you want? Zipei, can you listen to me and admit your mistakes?"

Zipei smiled coldly, feeling unspeakably weird. She pointed to the clothes that had just been dried and said, "Have you seen these clothes? There is a washing bureau, but she doesn't send them to me. She insists on washing them." You are simply taking the opportunity to make things difficult for me, admit your mistake? How do you want me to swallow this!" Although she was a servant, Ran Qingru always treated them like sisters when she was in the mansion, which made Zipei more tolerant and stronger than ordinary people.

Hearing her speak indiscriminately, Zi Jin, who had a much better temper than her, couldn't help but get angry: "Zi Pei, why are you becoming so forceful now? You and I both know the situation Miss is in now. People in the palace are best at The thing is to follow the high and step on the low, how can the people from the Clothes Bureau come to collect the clothes and wash them, isn't it also done by Mianxiu and Mianyi in the past?"

"But now I wash it alone, is it fair?"

"There are only a few of us in total, and there is no shortage of people around the lady. Why do you ask the lady to find someone to help you! You are too inconsiderate!" Speaking of getting angry, Zijin's voice couldn't help but grow a little louder.

At this moment, Zipei couldn't believe it, and couldn't support his body and took a few steps back: "I thought you were the one who knew me best, but why do you treat me like this now? become so strange!"

After Zijin's persuasive persuasion to no avail, Yi Han turned cold: "Yes! It's changed, but you are the one who changed. The old you would never make such unreasonable troubles!" Her merciless words completely angered her. Zipei also made her feel more unbalanced psychologically, and the two finally broke up unhappy, and they both looked angry.

Qingru, who was standing in the room listening, let out a long sigh after waiting for the sound to cease. It seemed that she and Zipei would never be the same as before. The grudge had already been rooted in her heart, and it was difficult to open it up again.

It is really not used to losing one of her right-hand men all the time. Of course, she is more heartbroken by the estrangement between them, but based on the friendship of the past ten years, if there is a chance in the future, she will definitely point out a good marriage for Zipei. Let her marry well, and avoid staying in the palace
Next Chapter: The Man Behind the Scenes (In this chapter, the mysterious man will finally reveal his true colors, don’t miss it)

The next chapter: Just like the heart (clear as a beautiful turnaround hehe)

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