Youxi, the maid of space

Chapter 64
The end of the year is the new year, and the palace is busy again. Among the concubines, the noble concubine is the busiest, but this is not the first time she is preparing for the new year, and she is not in a hurry, but there are so many things that she still cannot move. leave.

With no imperial concubine watching, the concubines in the palace moved around relatively frequently, and they became busier at the end of the year.

There are old people in the palace like Li Momo and Zhang Momo in Jichang Garden, so you don't have to worry about things to prepare for the New Year. She is probably the most idle concubine in the palace.In addition to paying close attention to An'an's education, it is to take care of the eldest princess. After all, she actually has nothing to be busy with.

It's just that on the eve of the Chinese New Year, Zhao Huangling accidentally mentioned something to Ziyue, which made Ziyue very excited. In March and April next year, he planned to go out of the palace for a period of two to three months.

Ziyue was slightly surprised when he heard the words, and he smiled slightly after a while: "Is the emperor planning to take the sisters in the palace?" After she finished speaking, a trace of disappointment appeared in her eyes, An An is only over one year old now, and she needs to take care of her , it is even more unrealistic to take a child out of the palace, she definitely can't go with her.

Zhao Huangling nodded slightly, bowed his head and kissed Ziyue's forehead lightly, holding her arms even harder, and he even whispered in her ear: "Ning'er wants to go too? It's a pity that An'an is too young to leave the palace."

Zi said he looked at him bitterly, and said: "The emperor told this matter to his concubine, he wanted to make his concubine envious, right?"

This man, told her about it, and now gloats that she can't go, this man's character is really worrying!
Zhao Huangling raised her index finger and tapped Ziyue's forehead lightly, with a faint smile in the corner of her eyes, she said, "I haven't even told my mother about this, I'm the first one to tell you, you just speculate about my intentions like this ?”

As soon as he said that, the master suddenly felt ominous, and hurriedly smiled and said: "No way, the concubine did not dare to speculate on the heart of the emperor, but the concubine felt that he could not go, felt a pity in his heart, and complained." He tugged at the corner of his clothes, looked up at him, just smiled and said coquettishly: "The emperor has a big heart, and he will definitely not be as knowledgeable as a little girl."

Based on her experience, she can't argue, otherwise... hum...

Zhao Huangling pressed Ziyue, stared at her and said: "You say that, if I have the same knowledge as you, wouldn't you accuse me of not being broad-minded?"

Ziyue felt the past, leaned on him, and softly flattered him, saying: "The emperor is broad-minded. It's the concubine who said something wrong. The emperor is right to punish the concubine. It has nothing to do with being broad-minded." The moment she opened her eyes, she curled her lips with a 'really stingy' expression.

Zhao Huangling has been watching Ziyue's expression, and when he sees his serious face, he comes to scratch Ziyue's itch, Ziyue hides with a smile, and shouts: "Why is the emperor like this, all the concubines know they are wrong."

Who knew that Zhao Huangling didn't care about Zi Yue's evasion at all, Zi Yue couldn't stop laughing, his cheeks were flushed, and he said anxiously: "My concubine is wrong, Your Majesty, don't...don't..."

Zhao Huang said with a lingering smile: "Do you really know your mistake?" He stopped his movements, leaned close to Zi Yue's ear and said, "Do you still dare to obey Yin?"

As soon as he let go, Zi Yue hurriedly pushed him away, straightened his clothes, just smiled and said nothing, gave him a sideways glance, and said in a low voice with a good attitude of admitting his mistake: "I know my mistake."

Every time Zhao Huangling teased her like this, she enjoyed it so much, Ziyue had no choice but to beg for mercy, saying: "Your Majesty, my concubine is certainly wrong, but my concubine begs the emperor to stop picking on the mistakes in my concubine's words, my concubine If you make a mistake, just pretend you didn’t hear it, okay?”

Zhao Huangling took advantage of the situation to hug Ziyue, put his forehead against hers, and said leisurely: "It's for your own good to find faults, and if you don't find faults with you, what's the fun in that?"

Ziyue was slightly stunned when he heard the words, and finally couldn't help laughing in embarrassment after holding it in for a long time, turned his head away, thought for a while, and imitated An An's usual way of calling him a 'bad girl' and said slowly: "The emperor is the worst! "

Zhao Huangling scratched Zi Yue's nose with a smile, and said with a low smile, "Didn't you say a word, men are not bad, women don't love? If I am like this, do you love it or not?"

Ziyue was startled, then lowered his head amusedly and said, "The emperor is wise and powerful, and all concubines love him." It seems that I can't say these advanced words to him in the future, and use them on her every time.

There was an obvious smile in the words, and the shoulders shrugged slightly. Zhao Huangling raised her eyebrows, raised her chin, kissed her lips with her lips, and bit her lightly: "You just talk nonsense all day long to fool me!" .”

Ziyue pushed his arm, and said softly: "Is the emperor so distrustful of himself? Son of the emperor, there are countless women in the world who seem to be rushing towards you."

Zhao Huangling smiled at her, pinched the tip of her nose, and said: "I know that so many women like me, and you are not jealous, and you still make me angry all day long, which is meaningless."

Seeing him proudly turning his head away, Zi Yue suddenly smiled, hooked his neck and lowered his head, and kissed the corner of his lips: "Did the concubine make the emperor angry? If you really make the emperor angry, then It's just that the concubine wants the emperor to remember the concubine, there are so many beautiful women in the palace, it's not easy to stand out." She said 'oh', looked at Zhao Huangling seriously and said: "Actually, the emperor can also think that the concubine is One way to do it is to be jealous!"

Zhao Huangling suddenly smiled with satisfaction, nodded, kissed her lips lightly, and said: "This time, you will go on tour in micro clothes, and you will go with me."

Ziyue was taken aback when he heard the words, jumped for joy, hugged his shoulders, smiled sincerely and happily: "Is what the emperor said true?" After asking, she thought of An An, and her expression became lonely again: "But An An can't do without him now. Concubine, I am afraid that I will not be able to leave the palace, and there is also the eldest princess, I have to take care of you all the time."

"An'an is more than one year old, and he has never left you since he was born. Take this opportunity to let him learn to be independent and always cling to you! I will tell the queen mother, and let An An go to the queen's place after we leave the palace. , why worry about having a queen mother to take care of you? As for the eldest princess, didn't you make a detailed plan for the eldest princess, even without your concubine, you can take care of the eldest princess by yourself. There is no need to hand over the eldest princess to Concubine Gong."

Zhao Huangling finished all the words, but Ziyue didn't think how the eldest princess was doing. She was still worried about An An, because she was not here, what would happen if An An was in danger?The palace looks peaceful now, but maybe it will be in danger, she is no longer, she is really worried about An'an.

Zhao Huangling saw Ziyue's hesitation and the worry in her eyes, lightly patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, my mother has been very cautious since that incident, and I will secretly send someone to protect An'an."

Ziyue thought for a while, nodded, and asked again: "Is the emperor only taking his concubines with him?" When the emperor leaves the palace, he must bring more than one woman with him. If he brings someone who is difficult for her, then she would rather not go .

"Well, this trip out of the palace is secret, not too many people will know, only you are a woman."

"Then the concubine will follow, will someone in the palace guess?" Zi said, "Do you want the concubine to do something wrong on purpose? The emperor punishes the concubine for another three months?"

Zhao Huangling smiled lightly, and said: "That's not necessary, don't you like to study things? Find a reason to shut yourself up for three months, they won't doubt it."

Ziyue thinks this method is not bad, but she is still reluctant to part with An An: "Your Majesty, can you really not take An An with you? He doesn't know what the outside world looks like, why don't we take him with us, anyway, we are together Chang Yuan, no one else knows. An An is very obedient, and the concubine will definitely take good care of him."

"He is too young, and he will become a burden when encountering things. Even if we take him out now, he can't remember anything. It's better to wait for him to grow up and let him go out of the palace by himself." It's weird, every time he sees Zi Yue, he throws himself into her arms, this time he must correct this problem.

Hearing that An An could go out of the palace at will, Zi Yue sighed slightly, dispelling the idea of ​​bringing An An with him.In fact, even if there is an accident when going out of the palace, Ziyue feels that he has a way to protect An'an. She has a smart world, and at worst she can put An'an in it.But, with this man around, she couldn't do that.

Leaning on Zhao Huangling, she had a question in her mind, and said: "Why would the emperor think of taking his concubines?" She originally wanted to beg him, but she didn't expect that before she opened her mouth, he would directly call her name and let her follow.

Playing with Ziyue's shiny fingers, Zhao Huangling said casually: "I don't bring many people out of the palace this time, and I need a servant girl. It happens that you are decathlon, so I will reluctantly take you along."

Immediately, Ziyue lowered his eyes: "It turns out that the concubines are sent to do coolies. Also, the concubines in the palace are born as servants, and they can endure hardships and stand hard work."

Zhao Huangling's heart skipped a beat, and he took her shoulders and said solemnly: "What's on your mind all day long! Can't you understand what I'm joking about?"

Ziyue felt sweet in her heart, and quietly leaned over and said: "Concubine is inferior." After saying this, she burst into laughter in her heart. She may have had low self-esteem before, but now she has the golden finger that defies the sky, no matter what her identity is. What, she didn't feel inferior, she was much better than others.

Zhao Huangling stopped laughing, and just stroked her head: "Why are you inferior, you are my Ning Zhaoyuan, the eldest prince's biological mother, no one in this world would dare to do anything to you except me!"

In fact, there are still some criticisms against Ziyue in the palace. No matter how you say it, it is the gorgeous transformation from maidservant to concubine, and the palace maidens are the most numerous in the palace, and the most indispensable thing is rumors. The reason why Ziyue didn’t hear these things at all .

One is because Jichang Garden is full of his people, and the other is that the rumors in the palace are all suppressed silently by him, but the status is doomed, and he also thought that Ziyue was still sensitive because of this.Therefore, the worried Zhao Huangling didn't notice the corner of Zi Yue's mouth curled up as he buried his head on his chest.

"Isn't it okay for the concubine?"

Zhao Huangling choked for a moment, paused and said: "If you don't make mistakes, the noble concubine can't do anything to you?" He smiled gently, and then said: "The noble concubine is clearly rewarded and punished, except for copying books and confinement, other The punishment still has to go through me. What are you worried about?"

"The concubine trusts the emperor!"

"I don't want to hear these words anymore, you know?"

"En." At first, it was just a quarrel with Zhao Huangling, but in the end Zi Yue was moved by him. For such a man of high status, no woman would resist his tenderness towards him.

The new year is here, and the Empress Dowager Shengci is getting worse and worse. She is dizzy and weak every day. The imperial doctor said that she is depressed in her heart. If she can't open her heart, her condition will not get better.

The weather was getting colder, and the empress went to Mingci Palace to spend the New Year with her aunt despite her poor health. Of course Concubine Xu followed her here. Now is the critical moment. We must try our best to reap the benefits, after all, Empress Dowager Shengci has been in the palace for so many years.

Concubine Xu saluted lightly, and said with a smile on her face, "New year is new, my aunt looks good today, and she will definitely recover after the new year."

Empress Dowager Shengci let out a long sigh, and said with a smile, "Aijia's body is not in a day or two, whether it is good or not, it is a definite number."

The queen remained calm, and only smiled lightly: "It's snowing today, and the auspicious snow is a sign of a good harvest. It's a good sign for the new year, and my aunt will definitely recover."

Concubine Xu smiled sweetly at the queen, and said softly: "What the empress said is very true."

Empress Dowager Shengci glanced at Xu Pin, and said gently: "You guys have a heart."

Concubine Xu pretended to be concentrating, and said hesitantly: "But aunt, my concubine has a question. My aunt has been in good health before, why did she suddenly get sick, and she never got better?" After saying that, she said aggressively: "Is it true that those people Quack doctors are useless?"

For Concubine Xu, the longer Empress Dowager Shengci lived, the better it would be for her.She could see the situation clearly, and she had doubts about Empress Dowager Shengci's illness, but she dared not ask.

The queen frowned instantly, and said in a slightly surprised tone when she spoke: "Yes, I have been taking this medicine for a long time, did the imperial physician say what specific illness it is?"

The Empress Dowager Shengci looked at the two people who really cared about her, and said with a faint smile: "It's okay, it's an old problem of the Ai family, and the ability to recover is also weaker as you get older."

The queen breathed a sigh of relief, and in an instant she had returned to her usual tranquility. She drooped her eyes and said in a low voice, "The concubine is incompetent. If the concubine is in better health and can share the burden for my aunt, my aunt doesn't have to worry about it. She can take care of herself for the rest of her life."

Concubine Xu's gaze traveled between the empress and Empress Dowager Shengci, without interrupting.Because the empress is weak, she was valued by the Empress Dowager Shengci. The empress was useless, but she was not something she could easily contradict. She had to be escorted by the empress.

The Empress Dowager Shengci waved her hand and said indifferently: "You are not as good as me physically, the most important thing is to take good care of yourself. Now that you have Concubine Xu, you should also save yourself some trouble."

Concubine Xu's heart moved, she immediately understood, and said calmly: "The Empress must listen to my aunt, you are well, don't worry, aunt, don't worry, my illness will recover without any medicine."

Hearing Concubine Xu's words, the Queen's heart turned cold, and she said with a nonchalant smile on her face, "Concubine Xu has a sweet mouth, and she will come to accompany Auntie when she is free, and relieve Auntie's boredom." After a pause, she was careless again. He asked, "How is Liu Liangren recently?"

Asking about Liu Liangren, Empress Dowager Shengci's eyes also fell on Concubine Xu, only to see Concubine Xu hum, and said contemptuously: "She is very busy now, she spends all day behind the buttocks of Concubine Xian, her eyelids are too tight I'm too tall, and I haven't come to see me for a long time."

The Empress Dowager Shengci caressed the rim of her teacup, and said softly in a concerned tone: "When you have time, go to her place and walk around more, and care about her more. With her status, she can't raise children. She has a good relationship and can fight for it."

Concubine Xu was taken aback, nodded slightly, and thoughtfully said: "The concubine knows, but I'm afraid this child won't be able to reach the concubine's place."

Noble concubine, concubine Xian, Lan Xiuyi, and Wang Chongyuan have no children, and they all have the conditions to raise a prince. If Liu Liangren's child is a prince, she is destined to have no fate with her. There are so many childless.

"There is always a way." Empress Dowager Shengci said lightly.The queen drank tea in a low voice and did not speak on this topic.

After being humiliated by Concubine Xu, Mrs. Xin has been holding her breath in her heart. She is unwilling to follow Concubine Xu. Concubine Concubine has an opportunity, and she will never let it go.After Concubine Zhuang gave birth, she completely imitated Ning Zhaoyuan and devoted herself to raising the child in her own Chengqian Palace. She didn't see anyone visiting, and she didn't go out for a stroll, so she couldn't find a chance to catch up.

Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian only has Liu Liangren in her eyes now. To be precise, it should be the child in Liu Liangren's stomach. Concubine Xian looks gentle, but she doesn't make friends with any concubine in the palace. I'm afraid it's not easy to match .

Lan Xiuyi and Wang Chongyuan, she hadn't considered these two people. The former was too cold, similar to Concubine Xu, while the latter was too idle and had no sense of existence at all.She used to think that Wang Chongyuan was pretty good, she was known as a talented woman, and she was gentle and gentle with others, but she didn't know that she had become more and more loose recently.

For two invisible people like Lan Xiuyi and Wang Chongyuan, she felt that it would be useless to match her. Even though she was the ninth concubine, it would not be of any use to her, let alone win the favor of the emperor.

Concubine Gong is on good terms with Ning Zhaoyuan now, if she gets to know Ning Zhaoyuan through Concubine Gong, it would be good, Concubine Gong doesn't like her, but it would be good to flatter Ning Zhaoyuan.

After making up her mind, Xingui took out the little padded shoes she embroidered by herself and some children's underwear. This kind of material is so soft and soft that she is reluctant to use it herself. This time, she hopes to get a good face from Concubine Gong .

After Yihexuan arrived, Concubine Gong didn't want to see Mr. Xingui at first, but she was afraid that Mr. Xingui would play tricks secretly, so she simply went to see her, so that she would do everything in the open.The last time she met Xingui, she thought about it carefully when she came back, maybe she shouldn't be so cold towards Xingui, otherwise it would be bad for Xingui to do something like a dog jumping over the wall. Xingui would offend her rashly now!

"It's so cold, why did my sister come here?" Concubine Gong greeted her not too warmly, and after they sat down together, the maid served a cup of tea smartly.

Xingui looked around and said with a smile: "Why don't you see the princess? A few days ago, I made some cotton shoes and underwear for the princess, and I thought I would send them here today if I have nothing to do."

While speaking, the maid behind Xingui had already put the things in her hands on the table between the two of them.

Concubine Gong opened it up to have a look, picked up those small clothes and looked at them carefully, and said: "Sister Xin's craftsmanship is really good, but it's a bit of a waste to use this fabric on the princess's underwear."

Xingui didn't take it seriously at all, only shy and timid, said: "My sister doesn't have any good things, there are only these, as long as my sister doesn't dislike it."

Concubine Gong put down her little clothes, and said with a smile: "How can you dislike your kindness?" Zhen patted her hand, and found that the temperature under her hand was very cold, so she frowned and said: "My hands are so cold, why don't my sister take them when she goes out? A Tang lady? You are too careless." He said and looked at the maid at the side: "Hurry up and pour one for Xingui."

"My younger sister thought that her residence was not far from her, and she wanted to see the eldest princess sooner, so she hurried over here." Xingui lowered her head like a child who did something wrong.

Concubine Gong stared at her suddenly, a condensed doubt flashed in her eyes, Xingui's appearance was very real, if Lin Jieyu hadn't told her those things, she would not doubt Xingui indifferently, she really knows how to act!

"These things can be delivered by the servants. My younger sister doesn't have to go there in person. As for my younger sister, if she wants to see the eldest princess, she can do it at any time. But it's not too late to come back when the weather is better."

Xingui nodded and said with a smile: "My sister is right, it's my sister who didn't think well."

The two chatted for a while, Xingui didn't linger too long, after Concubine Gong sent Xingui away, she let out a long sigh of relief.This Xingui has a really high rank, sometimes when facing her lovely and pitiful appearance, the previous compassionate attitude will suddenly come out.

However, could it be that Lin Jieyu guessed wrong?What good would Xin Gui do for Lin Jieyu who was pregnant at the time?Lin Jieyu gave birth to a child safely, and she should be more kind. Xingui should be promoted, Xingui is not so stupid, is there something else hidden?
No matter, no matter whether Xin Gui is a good person or not, she should not get in touch with her too much.

At this time, the maid on the side asked: "Master, what should I do with this thing?"

Concubine Gong glanced at the small clothes and small cotton shoes on the table, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes, and said: "Send it to the imperial doctor to check, no matter if there is any problem, don't use it for the eldest princess, let them make it exactly the same Yes, there can be no difference at all, you know?"

"If it is produced in a hurry, what about these things?"

"Burn the ones that Mrs. Xin gave you, put them aside and wear them as little as possible." After Concubine Gong finished her instructions, she went to the inner room to watch the eldest princess.

(End of this chapter)