Youxi, the maid of space

Chapter 28

That beautiful girl's surname is Jiang, and her single name is Xu. Her father was an official in the court, and his official position was neither high nor low. , and the show girl who later quit due to illness, she was already worried, and the battle at the moment really made her overwhelmed.

Jiang Xu was so nervous that her hands trembled slightly. She didn't answer right now, and she didn't answer no. She suddenly felt that this Ning Ronghua was really worrying. She was so brave to dig a hole for her. Isn't she afraid to bury herself in it? ?

But Ning Ronghua is pregnant at this time, so she is not afraid of being held accountable, isn't the emperor also helping Ning Ronghua?what to do?How will she answer this question.

At this time, on the other side, Nanny Li was tugging at Zi Yue's sleeve, and Zi Yue turned his head to glance at her, but seeing her anxious face, she suddenly realized how inappropriate the question just now was.Seeing that the beautiful woman who was questioned remembers her face turned pale, she flashed a bit of embarrassment, and smiled to make amends for the evil she had done, and let out a series of crisp laughter, breaking the delicate scene of all parties watching the drama: "The emperor is The Son of Heaven, the real dragon, is naturally unparalleled, such a rich, powerful, and capable man, which woman in the world does not admire?! It's because I didn't think carefully, and this problem is difficult for you."

The queen mother said with a gentle smile: "It's still dignified and steady, not afraid of danger, stay."

Jiang Xu showed joy, smiled slightly, and blissfully said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and Thank you, Queen Mother."

After hearing Ziyue's rescue, Zhao Huangling took a deep look at her, with a smile at the corner of her mouth, silently watching the next show girl.

Concubine De and the others were a little bit unwilling to see a good show, but the emperor and queen mother didn't say anything, so they could only remain silent.

After this little episode, nothing interesting happened again. The performances of those beautiful girls were nothing more than piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Ziyue knew nothing about this and was incapable of appreciation.However, after that, Ziyue didn't speak any more, and quietly watched the noble concubine and the others to ask questions.

She took a nap just now, and Ziyue was in good spirits when she was behind. She was slightly sensitive to find that the imperial concubine was a little different from the penultimate show girl at the end.Because she was at the bottom, every time she glanced up, she could basically see the expressions of everyone in front of her, especially the imperial concubine who was diagonally opposite her.

She even wondered if she hadn't woken up just now and had hallucinations, because she saw excitement in the eyes of the imperial concubine!She also noticed that beautiful girl named Dong Wan, she had a good complexion, a slim figure, and elegant make-up, but she was not at all as good as Lin Jing in front of her, only slightly better than Jiang Xu just now.How could such a person make the imperial concubine excited?She doesn't understand.

Zi said he just took this matter to heart, and didn't investigate it at the moment.

Soon, after the last batch of show girls left the hall, the draft also came to an end.The eunuch who just registered will also report the number of show girls left behind, and this time there are ten people left in total.Such a number made Ziyue think, did they choose someone deliberately?
After the palace selection was over, the emperor didn't stay long and left on the grounds that he had to deal with political affairs.The emperor went out, and the empress dowager also said "the next thing, the concubine will discuss with the emperor" and left, but the empress dowager took Ziyue with her.

Concubine De smiled insincerely and said: "These ten younger sisters are pretty good, I don't know how Sister Guifei plans to arrange them?"

It stands to reason that these new entrants to the palace cannot be the lords of the first palace in terms of their status. The concubine De is quite colorful, but recently the emperor has seldom visited her Lingxiao Palace, and it is normal for him to pick and choose the right one for himself. .Even if she doesn't want to accept it, she has to accept it.Otherwise, the emperor will only get farther and farther away from her. In the palace, apart from the queen who has long lost her favor, she is the oldest, and these beautiful women who have just entered the palace are all upright, young and young.

Concubine Xian also has the same idea, but she is more subtle and won't show it.Lan Xiuyi doesn't care, but Wang Chongyuan doesn't want it. She feels that if someone lives in her palace, it's not a way to invite favors, but a slut who divides favors!
The imperial concubine smiled, and said in a cold tone: "The harem is so big, there is a place for them to house them, so I don't need Concubine De to worry about it!" Looking at Concubine De, she said calmly to the crowd: "I still have palace affairs to deal with, let's go first gone."

The rest of the people obviously had different ideas about the show girl entering the palace this time. They might have the same people to guard against, but they valued and wanted to use them differently. After the imperial concubine left, they also dispersed separately.

After the Empress Dowager and Ziyue left, they didn't drive away in the sedan chair, they walked slowly half a step apart.The weather is cool in this season, and you won't sweat after walking, but you will feel comfortable all over your body.

Ziyue still likes this kind of walk, the air is so close to nature, someone will take care of it, and she can sit down, drink tea and eat snacks when she encounters a gazebo. After pregnancy, she enjoys this kind of life more and more.

After walking slowly for a while, the queen mother asked: "Are you tired? The Ai family asked someone to bring the sedan chair over."

A smile appeared on Ziyue's face: "The concubine is not tired, and the imperial doctor also said that walking more during pregnancy will help the delivery." After saying that, he pouted his mouth and muttered as if complaining: "But Madam Li Mammy doesn't let me move every day."

Nanny Li next to her was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the queen mother aggrieved.

The Empress Dowager smiled lovingly and said, "Nurse Li is also nervous about you, it's not easy to move. From now on, I will come to Ai's Palace every day and take a walk with Ai's family. This is for you to exercise."

Ziyue showed a very doggy smile: "The Queen Mother is the best, and the concubine will go to bother the Queen Mother in the future."

"Even if the Ai family doesn't say anything, don't you come to the Ai family's palace to disturb you every day?" The queen mother teased, and then pretended to be stern: "Just now in the palace, you were too naughty!"

Ziyue saw that the Empress Dowager was just beating her and was not really angry, so he stuck out his tongue and said coquettishly: "Yes, I dare not. It's just that there were too many rumors a while ago, so I couldn't control it all at once. Curiosity, I would like to thank the Empress Dowager for helping me." She said with a playful smile.

Hey, she heard Nanny Li say the name of that beautiful girl, and then the emperor asked her to ask a question. Her impression of that beautiful girl was that she had admired the emperor for a long time, so she blurted out that question naturally .

The Empress Dowager took the opportunity to teach Ziyue: "There is a lot of gossip in the palace, and the tongue is easy to cause trouble. You should remember not to say anything casually. Some things are said without intention, but listeners have intentions. It's fine if there is evidence. And if you are twisted by others, then you will not have time to cry."

Zi said the taught nod said 'yes'.

Nanny Li also defended the Lord and said: "Master Ning has learned a lesson from today, and he will definitely be more cautious in the future."

The Empress Dowager didn't bother, she just smiled suddenly: "However, what you said about the Emperor is very interesting, and anyone who listens will feel at ease."

Zi said, pretending to be shy, said: "This concubine is telling the truth."

The Queen Mother laughed and hummed, and said unexplainably, "If it wasn't for the truth, you would have been deported to Huiji Changyuan long ago."

Ziyue was startled, and said in a daze: "Queen Mother, I know I was wrong." She blinked and said with a smile: "Why don't I have a chance to meet the emperor next time, and tell more truths to make up for today's disgrace? , what does the Empress Dowager think?"

The queen mother looked at Zi with a smile and said: "You, the Ai family can't control you now."

"The queen mother can't ignore the concubine, the concubine is eager to take a walk with the queen mother, the queen mother just said what she just said."

"Although Aijia is not a man, he also knows the truth that once a word is spoken, it is hard to follow."

"The concubine knows that the Queen Mother is the best for the concubine."

Finally, under Ziyue's rolling and laughing, the Empress Dowager no longer brought up the wrong question about her selection in the palace, and she couldn't help but secretly wiped the sweat from her forehead.After pregnancy, her relationship with the queen mother can be said to be further improved, but she feels that the queen mother's kindness to her has a bottom line.

It was like playing a game between them. The queen mother made a rule of the game, which could be changed by the queen mother anytime and anywhere. Once she violated it, there would be no room for redemption, and she would be kicked out of the game directly.

Ziyue can only place her hopes on the child in her womb. The child cannot be kept by her side. The Queen Mother is her best choice at present. She is close, and she can still visit her every day. She can always maintain the bond between mother and child.And with the hub of her grandson, the relationship between her and the queen mother should also change and go in a good direction.

People's hearts are not stones, as long as she puts all her heart into it, she believes that one day the queen mother will treat her more sincerely than now, maybe she will be strong enough at that time, and instead of relying on the queen mother, she will be more purely filial to her.

Ziyue and the Queen Mother arrived at the gate of Kangshou Palace, watched the Queen Mother go in, and then went in the direction of Jichang Garden.After sitting for a long time, he walked back again. Ziyue was indeed a little tired. He ate a few mouthfuls of pastries and drank some boiled water before taking a rest.

After the Queen Mother returned to the palace, someone came to report that it was Concubine De who asked to see her.

The Empress Dowager sighed slightly, and asked someone to bring Concubine De in.

Concubine De came in and saluted obediently. The Empress Dowager let her sit, Concubine De said lovingly, with annoyance and strangeness: "My aunt left in such a hurry just now, she didn't even take my concubine with her."

The Empress Dowager was half lying down, and there was a little maid waiting to massage her, so the voice said lazily: "The Ai family seems to have something to say to the concubine, if you are told to leave with the Ai family, wouldn't it be impossible to say it?" .”

One sentence exposed her thoughts, Concubine De lowered her head and covered up her embarrassment with a smile: "My aunt also said that my aunt doesn't love my concubine when she has Ning Ronghua, and my concubine envies Ning Ronghua very much now."

The queen mother was amused by this sentence: "Why do you envy Ning Ronghua? You are a second-rank concubine envious of a seventh-rank Ronghua. If the noble concubines hear this, they will think that the Ai family and the emperor have treated you harshly!"

Concubine De knew that the Empress Dowager would never lose her temper with her, at most she would teach her a lesson, and she began to speak her mind more and more: "My aunt misunderstood my concubine, the emperor and my aunt are very good to my concubine, but although my concubine is expensive As one of the four concubines, she has no son or daughter, and now my aunt loves Ning Ronghua more than my concubine, so my concubine is envious!" As soon as he finished speaking, tears welled up in his eyes.

Seeing Concubine De's grievance and tears, the Empress Dowager was a little moved, but she also became entangled when she thought of Concubine De's behavior in the past.In the end, he sighed, and said lightly: "You are still young, and the emperor often goes to your place. There will always be children. Let the imperial hospital take care of you tomorrow. If you want to have children, use snacks, don't talk about it." Yell, can the child come with just a yell?"

Concubine De's eyes were filled with tears, which was very pitiful: "Concubine, concubine knows that aunt loves concubine."

"Silly girl, you are Aijia's niece. If Aijia doesn't love you, who do you love?" The Queen Mother handed her a silk handkerchief: "You're still crying when you're so old, wipe it off."

Concubine De took it and wiped away the tears, her eyes were still red: "Auntie, why don't you know that this concubine has sought medical treatment from an imperial physician, but she has never believed her, and this concubine is also anxious."

When it came to the issue of the emperor's heirs, the queen mother was also melancholy. She didn't know what went wrong. None of the emperor's children lived past the age of five. The emperor's family valued heirs, but due to too much fighting, not many survived.

I hope this draft will be able to spread the branches and leaves for my son. Without a son, the throne will not be secure!As for Concubine De's question, she lowered her eyes and said slowly: "Be calm when things happen, don't make a big mess, how many times has the Ai family told you? Do you remember? You are too anxious, and you will be happy if you follow the Ai family It's been ten years, but my temper is still the same. I don't have children now, it doesn't mean I won't have them in the future, so calm down and hug the emperor is the right thing to do, but you only know how to be jealous all day long. At that time, Aijia can't help you!"

Concubine De moved her lips in aggrieved manner, she didn't dare to refute, she managed to make her aunt feel sorry for her, but she couldn't let her aunt down by taking advantage of it.

The empress dowager got a little irritable when she reprimanded her, she waved away the little maid who was beating her legs, and continued: "You said that the Ai family loves Ning Ronghua, but do you know why the Ai family loves her?"

She didn't expect Concubine De to give an answer, the queen mother asked herself and answered: "She is younger, but calmer than you, and knows how to be filial to the Ai family. Apart from being inferior to you, the Ai family thinks she is worse than you in everything!"

Concubine De's face turned pale, she tightly clenched her hands in her sleeves, her nails pierced into the tender palms, but she couldn't feel the pain.

The Empress Dowager seemed not to have seen her face like this, she lowered her face and said in a cold voice: "But, you have forgotten one thing, no matter how good the Ai family treats Ning Ronghua, she will always be born as a court lady." She paused for a moment Stop, and turned up the volume: "And you, no matter how Aijia treats you, you are still Aijia's niece, one of the four concubines, Defei. As long as you keep quiet, Ning Ronghua will never surpass you! But Have you thought about what you've done?"

"When Ning Ronghua was a court lady, she respected Ai's family. This is her duty as a court lady. But what about you? You were jealous, resentful, and didn't dare to find fault with her, so you wantonly lynched a clothing bureau. Is this the generosity and benevolence of you as a concubine?" Taking a breath, the Queen Mother's tone became more and more indifferent: "It is not a pity for a court lady to die, but you used the most stupid way to solve the problem, you only know The Ai family is nice to Ningning Ronghua, but have you ever thought about why the Ai family is nice to her?!"

"The Ai family has lived to this age. What kind of people have you never met? What kind of things have you never experienced? Ai's family doesn't need you to tell Ai's family who to spoil and who to protect!"

The queen mother's last angry reprimand frightened Concubine De to the point of losing her soul, she lowered her head and let the tears fall straight down, her eyes were not taught, but full of humiliation and complaints.

Even an old man like Nurse Ming who served the Queen Mother knew that the Queen Mother was really angry, but she was just angry and Concubine De was still there, so it was difficult for her to dissuade her.

The queen mother saw that Concubine De did not repent at all and did not intend to correct her mistakes. She just stood there dumbfounded and waved her hand in disgust: "This is all I have to say about my family. It is up to you whether you listen to me or not. I am tired of my family, so kneel down."

Just now the Empress Dowager compared her with Ning Ronghua and belittled her everywhere. At this moment, Concubine De was overwhelmed by grievances and hatred, and left quickly after being blessed.

The Empress Dowager lay on her back, sighed heavily, and after a long time, said softly: "Ru Ming, do you think it's right for the Ai family to do this?"

Nanny Ming frowned, and replied with a worried expression: "The Empress Dowager will always understand the Queen Mother's intentions, Queen Mother, you also have to take care of yourself."

The Empress Dowager laughed mockingly, her face full of bitterness: "If she could understand, she would have understood as early as when she took the position of Concubine De, is she considered useless?"

"Empress Concubine De still cares about you, she's just getting into a corner now."

"Don't say good things for her. Aijia is not old enough to be dizzy. Whether she cares about Aijia or her position in the palace, Aijia is very clear."

"Empress Defei is just jealous, she must still really care about you, Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager didn't answer these words, but didn't want to refute. Isn't the purpose of Concubine De today just to raise the child in Ning Ronghua's belly?She knows how to calculate, she asked the imperial concubine to arrange a newcomer to live in her palace to take care of the emperor, and asked her to have Ning Ronghua's child, it really didn't delay at all.Unfortunately, the strategy is too stupid!When you come to act in front of her, you have to do it step by step, and do it a little more like it!
"Entering Ming, Aijia, is it really bad for Concubine De?"

Nanny Ming didn't hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "The Empress Dowager has great hopes for Concubine De, but Empress De Concubine still doesn't understand, she just misunderstood the Empress Dowager."

Hate that iron cannot be made into steel is probably the queen mother's current psychology.

"What will happen to her if Ning Ronghua's child is given to her according to her wishes?"

Nanny Ming was startled, but she replied as usual: "With this child, the position of Empress Concubine De will be more stable. Perhaps Empress De Concubine will also figure it out because of this, and understand what the Empress Dowager has always expected."

The queen mother sighed and said 'huh': "You didn't tell the truth, let's tell the Ai family. Even if she is grateful to the Ai family, her ambition will be even greater. If she is a son, she will be even more unscrupulous. At that time, the emperor will definitely not tolerate her."

Thinking of Ziyue's blessed but unlucky child, Nanny Ming's eyes flickered and said: "The queen mother should also think about the bright side, maybe it will be different."

(End of this chapter)