Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 6
"Yangzhou has a beautiful face, and the peach blossoms on the pink noodles are touching. If you want to ask where Yiren is from, who can compare with the little girl of the Yu family? This poem was familiar to everyone in Yangzhou back then. It is about your grandmother Yu." Good. After a while, Nanny Jin restrained her emotions, her voice was still a bit choked.

"Back then, your grandmother was hailed as the most beautiful woman in Yangzhou, and everyone who saw her fell in love with her. And your appearance is even better than your grandmother. No wonder, when the slaves saw you just now, they always felt so familiar. It turns out that you are Miss Yu's granddaughter..."

Qiu Mingyue was shocked when she heard it, and asked immediately, regardless of the Queen Mother's presence, "Do you know my grandmother?"

Nanny Jin took her hand, "You... how is your grandmother?"

Qiu Mingyue's phoenix eyes darkened, "Grandmother passed away seven years ago."

Grandma Jin was shocked when she heard this, as if she couldn't bear the blow, she staggered back two steps, but fortunately Shuxue was behind her to support her, which prevented her from falling to the ground.She supported Shuxue's hand, and couldn't help crying anymore.

"Miss..."

Qiu Mingyue suddenly opened her eyes wide, "Nurse, you?"

From the very beginning, the Queen Mother had been lying quietly, and only now spoke lightly.

"Golden Nanny used to be your grandmother's personal maid, but by chance, she entered the palace and became the personal maid of Ai's family. It has been more than 40 years since then."

Qiu Mingyue couldn't calm down the shock and excitement in her heart, she looked at Nanny Jin, and tested the opening.

"Could it be that Nanny Jin is the...Meng Lan that my grandmother often mentions?"

"Yes, yes... I am Meng Lan." Jin Momo burst into tears uncontrollably, "Unexpectedly, after so many years, Miss still remembers the slave..."

Qiu Mingyue also felt sentimental in her heart, and heard her grandmother mention it when she was a child.She used to have a personal servant girl named Meng Lan. Although they were named master and servant, they were like sisters.Later, once again, my grandmother took Menglan to the temple to offer incense, but unfortunately encountered robbers.In order to protect her grandmother, Meng Lan led the robbers away by herself, and was able to escape for her life.Grandmother has always felt ashamed of Menglan, and she has been searching for it all these years, but there is no news.Unexpectedly, she actually entered the palace.

Nanny Jin slowly stopped her tears, and then said: "The servants were killed and rescued by others, and later they were selected into the palace as maids..."

Qiu Mingyue sighed, "Mammy has worked hard, and grandma knows that Mammy is still alive, so she will rest in peace."

The tears Jin Momo had just stopped were about to burst again, and when the queen mother coughed lightly, she realized that she had been so disrespectful in front of the queen mother just now, and quickly knelt on the ground.

"The servant deserves to die, please punish the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother waved her hand, "Forget it, it seems God's will." She looked at Qiu Mingyue, "Little girl, you haven't answered Ai's question. Mrs. Qiu doesn't have many concubines, and there are only four daughters under her knees. The daughter Qiu Mingxia is already married to Uncle Zhongshan's son. There are also two prostitutes, and your age is not suitable."

Qiu Mingyue raised her lips, a hint of sarcasm appeared in her eyes.

"Minnv did not grow up in the Qiu Mansion since she was a child."

"Oh? Ai Jia remembers that Shen Fu Yin was dismissed for corruption a few years ago, and he was rehabilitated only a month ago." The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows with a calm expression.In fact, after Nanny Jin's cry just now, combined with Qiu Mingyue's self-proclaimed daughter of the people, not a minister's daughter just now.With the Queen Mother's scheming, she naturally guessed Qiu Mingyue's identity and also understood her purpose of saving herself tonight.

Qiu Mingyue naturally knew that she couldn't hide what she had done from the Queen Mother, and she didn't intend to hide it either.So she raised her head calmly, her gaze as cool as water.

"The empress dowager's heart is like a bright mirror. The mother has been alone for more than ten years to give birth to the ministers and younger brothers. Today, my father finally treats me sincerely and takes me back to the capital. Passing by here, I saw that it was getting late, so I stayed here."

The queen mother smiled, "What do you want to ask for mourning?"

"The Empress Dowager Mingjian." Qiu Mingyue knelt down, raised her head to meet the smiling eyes of the Empress Dowager, and said word by word: "Folk girls don't want wealth and glory, but only want their mother and brother to be healthy."

The night is heavy with dew, the moonlight in the sky is gradually hidden in the clouds, the night is quiet and cold.

Coming out of the small courtyard, Qiu Mingyue looked at the hibiscus flowers blooming brilliantly and colorfully, but under the moonlight they looked sad and bleak.

Thinking of the conversation with the Queen Mother just now, she took a deep breath.Then, step up and leave the place.

Qiu Mingyue didn't know that today's coincidence would change her life's destiny.

Sandalwood scented, accompanied by Shuxue walking slowly, the bitter concoction overflowing in the jade bowl was pungent.

"Queen Mother, can you really believe what that girl said?" Shuxue was still a little skeptical.The Empress Dowager's illness is even helpless to the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital. Qiu Mingyue, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, is worse than the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital?
The queen mother smiled, but said to the inside: "Everyone is gone, why don't you come out?"

— Gollum — Gollum — Gollum —

The curtain opened, and a teenager came out pushing a wheelchair.He was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was born with the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, with a jade-like face.A pair of dark and deep eyes are hidden under the dim light of the night, exuding a bright and flowing luster, as if containing the fragrance of the world.Even though he is disabled, it is impossible to ignore the inherent nobility and majesty.He just sat there indifferently, with a calm and gentle temperament.

"Imperial Grandmother." His voice was beautiful, deep and magnetic, like a stream slowly flowing through a mountain stream, touching your heart.

The Queen Mother sighed, "Li'er, what do you think of that girl just now?"

The boy's eyes flickered, and the bright soft light was instantly wrapped in darkness.

"Just now she gave the imperial grandmother the injection, how does the imperial grandmother feel?"

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile, "It's indeed a lot smoother."

The corner of the young man's mouth curled up into a faint smile, "If that's the case, then let her go to the emperor's grandmother and become a royal medical girl."

The Empress Dowager's eyes flickered slightly, "That's a good idea." She drank the slightly bitter concoction in the hand of Jin Nam, took the snow-white silk handkerchief from Shuxue, and wiped the concoction on the corner of her mouth.

"It's just a pity that the place in the palace is too dark, and I don't know if the little girl can withstand the wind and rain."

The boy's hand on the armrest trembled slightly, he lowered his head, his voice was a little low.

"Grandmother is thoughtful, but grandson is reckless."

The Empress Dowager glanced at him, and said: "That girl is very smart, but it's a pity, she came from such a background, otherwise..."

"Imperial Grandmother!" the young man said suddenly, "Do you despise her?" His eyes were dim, as if sorrow had flashed across them.

The queen mother sighed again, "The granddaughter of Qiu Dashi's granddaughter is not bad, but it's a pity that she is a concubine."

(End of this chapter)