The reborn concubine seeks the world

Chapter 218 The Big Wedding
In the early morning of the next day, I was on duty in the Qianyuan Hall, and Cuimei asked Wang Shunxi for leave because she felt unwell.

As soon as I came to the tea room, I saw Dongmei and Chuntao, and they looked at me with malicious expressions.

In the past, when Cuimei was around, it was better, but now they are so obvious, I didn't intend to argue with them, but when I opened the tea and saw that the cupboard was full of moldy tea, I immediately gasped Take a breath.

Sure enough, what Cuimei said before, Cuimei asked Dongmei and Chuntao to take out the tea leaves to dry, but now I look at these moldy tea leaves, I think it’s not that they didn’t dry them , but they deliberately made it difficult for me.

Thinking of this, I turned my head to look at the two of them, and then walked over.

"The tea in this tea room is usually in charge of the two of you. Why are the tea leaves all moldy, but you don't go to the House of Internal Affairs to make up some new tea? You actually want the emperor to drink this kind of tea. ?"

As soon as I said this, Dongmei looked at me with a mocking face and said: "Girl, it's not that the slaves are lazy, it's because the slaves heard that the girl gave the emperor Mao Feng, which the emperor doesn't like to drink. The emperor loves to drink tea, so if the girl decides for herself, if she dislikes the improper handling of the tea by the servants, why doesn't the girl go to the House of Internal Affairs to make up some tea by herself!"

Hearing this, I was really anxious and angry.

I clearly remember that the tea leaves in this cupboard were all clean and fresh yesterday, and now I am completely clear in my heart that the two of them deliberately made things difficult for me.

"Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up for it yourself?"

I looked at the cold faces of Dongmei and Chuntao.

"I've never heard of it. When did the court ladies serving tea in the tea room of the Qianyuan Palace become so reduced that they had to go to the House of Internal Affairs to make up for the tea? Since you asked me to go to the House of House to make up for the tea, then yes, I will I will go there, and I will explain the situation to Wang Gonggong, thinking that Wang Gonggong is not an unreasonable person, and I can't control who will be responsible for it at that time!"

In fact, I said these words to scare Dongmei and Chuntao on purpose. It’s almost morning, and it’s too late for me to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up for tea. I originally thought that if I could scare the two of them, If she had the guts, she should be able to bring out the good tea they had hidden away.

However, after I finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other with eagerness in their eyes, but they still didn't take out the tea leaves.

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Seeing them like this, I was really anxious, that's all, since they refused to take it, I went to Wang Shunxi to explain the situation.

Then I went out, and when I saw that I was leaving, Chuntao became anxious.

"Girl, it's too late. It's three minutes before the morning court. Even if you brought the tea back from the House of Internal Affairs, it's too late to cook."

Hearing this, I turned my head to look at Chuntao, and said coldly: "In that case, why don't you hurry up and take out the tea leaves you have hidden, don't you want your life?"

When I frightened them like this, Dongmei, who was still talking back to me, became anxious.

"Girl, those tea leaves have been...all..."

Dongmei half-spoken, Chuntao on the side hastily stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, and Chuntao looked at me and said urgently: "Girl, the servants really can't produce good tea, girl, think about other things." Find a way!"

Hearing what Chuntao said, I felt more and more that they were really stubborn.

Immediately I looked at the two of them and said: "Since you are not telling the truth, once the emperor blames you and you lose your life, I don't care. Besides, you two have concealed the truth for that person. You really think she will be grateful to you. Promote you? See how she deals with me, and you'll know, she can't tolerate two court ladies serving tea in front of Qianyuan Hall."

The person I was referring to was Cuimei. I thought it was weird before, but she was afraid that I would rob her of her job. She served tea in front of the temple for a while, so she dared not slack off. Now I understand that she This person asked for leave and never came to be on duty, so she actually took away many of the best tea leaves in the tea room. I am afraid that she would not drink them herself. If someone sent them outside the palace, the tea the emperor drank would Naturally, it can sell for a good price.

Hearing what I said, Dongmei and Chuntao immediately knelt down in front of me, their bodies still trembling a little.

"Please help me, girl. We didn't expect that this matter would be so serious. Sister Cuimei told the servants that as long as it can make things difficult for you and make you make mistakes in front of the emperor, that's fine. The servants really didn't expect that, This matter will implicate Nubi and Dongmei."

Chuntao here begged me, and so did Dongmei, "Miss, the servants also know their mistakes, please think of a way quickly to save the lives of the servants."

Now, when I look at these two maids, they are actually following Cuimei's orders. Cuimei is also a ruthless woman who dares to leave such a mess behind. Although I know in my heart that Cuimei must take I bought fresh tea from the tea room, but I have no proof, so even if Dongmei and Chuntao pointed out that it was Cuimei, that would be just one-sided.

This kind of tea thing is naturally a big deal for me, a court lady who serves tea, but Xu Shi doesn't even bother to mention it in the eyes of Yu Wenjin, but if his tea is different, naturally today in the tea room All the maids on duty will be punished. If it is made clear, they may be sent to the Department of Punishment. If it is serious, they will really lose their lives.

Instead, I looked up at the plum blossoms in the white porcelain vase beside the tea room, and I was immediately delighted.

I walked over and took all the plum blossoms inside. Seeing me doing this, Dongmei said nervously: "Girl, those plum blossoms were cut by Sister Cuimei herself. If Sister Cuimei saw it, she must be Be angry!"

Hearing this, I looked up at Dongmei and said angrily: "Pedantry! I will use this plum blossom to make a pot of plum blossom tea for the emperor in a while. You and Chuntao, one will go to the imperial garden and cut some plum blossoms back, and the other will The Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to bring back some fresh tea leaves, if you fail to do this, you will be punished by the prince, and I will definitely not help you speak well in front of the prince!"

I said that I had peeled off all the plum blossoms on the plum branches, and then I hurriedly brewed a pot of plum blossom tea. This plum blossom tea is not a rare tea in the palace, but it is precisely because it is not rare, but No one would drink this tea, and immediately the scent of Hanmei tea rushed towards me, I sniffed it lightly, and felt that the tea was really fragrant, even Dongmei and Chuntao beside me couldn't help admiring it.

"Girl, I haven't smelled the scent of plum tea for a long time, but now I find it very strange when I ask about it. I think the emperor won't blame us today."

When I heard this, I said to her lightly: "This matter is still unknown, I should go to serve tea in a while, I will explain to you, and you have done it for me. If you don't do it well, what will happen later?" Chazi, I don't care about you!"

When I said this, Dongmei and Chuntao each said with a serious face: "Miss, don't worry, the servants will definitely do as you want!"

Sure enough, even though Cui Mei was the maid in charge of their head, but the two of them still spared their lives, so they were not too stupid.

It's just that I originally thought that Cuimei was asking for leave with Wang Shunxi today, but when I went to the main hall with this pot of tea, I saw Cuimei again. She stood on one side, she stood on the left, and I went to the right.

Seeing me coming in, Cuimei raised her eyes and smiled mockingly at me. Naturally, she probably thought that I really boiled a pot of moldy tea water and came over. Unfortunately, this hall is spacious, and the fragrance of winter plums in my pot, she is afraid I can't smell it either.

When Yu Wenjin came to court, Cuimei stood there without moving. I knew in my heart that she was afraid that she was waiting for me to bring the tea up first, but I was not afraid in my heart, so I poured a cup of plum blossom tea and handed it over. .

In this room, inside the main hall, all the civil and military officials are completely gone. Naturally, among these people, I saw Murong Yuan, Murong Heng, and Murong Qingqing's husband Zhuangyuan Lang.

I stepped back and watched Yu Wenjin lower his head and take a sip of the tea I poured. Immediately, he raised his eyes and looked at me with a strange expression, but his eyes were full of smiles. Presumably he was very fond of my plum blossom tea. Very satisfied.

On the opposite side of me, Cuimei has been paying attention to Yu Wenjin's reaction to drinking tea. Seeing that Yu Wenjin is not uncomfortable, Cuimei immediately frowned.

Seeing this, I smiled to myself, yes, I never told Cuimei, but in fact, I have always been proficient in making tea.

Seeing that the morning court was coming to an end, Cui Mei's face showed a trace of disappointment, and then I heard Wang Shunxi's sharp voice: "Back the court!"

After the ministers left, Cuimei and I followed Yu Wenjin back to the study of Qianyuan Hall.

As soon as Yuwen Jinfang came in, he smiled and said, "Zhou Ning, the plum blossom tea you brewed today is very fragrant. How did you think of making such a pot of tea?"

Hearing this, I lowered my head and said respectfully: "I went to the imperial garden yesterday, and felt that the plum blossoms in the imperial garden were just in bloom, and the fragrance was also good. The emperor is used to drinking many expensive wines on weekdays. Tea leaves, if you change to a different flavor of tea, maybe you can feel fresher."

I have never revealed what Cuimei did. After all, it is better to settle this kind of matter in private. With Yu Wenjin's current attitude towards me, I am afraid that if he knows that Cuimei is making things difficult for me, he will take her life.

In the past, when I was the court lady next to Murong Qingfeng, I visited the Qianyuan Palace a few times. When Cuimei was on duty here, I never felt sorry for me. Now I made her feel a sense of crisis first. , Then this matter, of course, is also my fault, and naturally I don't want to disregard other people's lives.

"Okay, very good, Zhou Ning, you and the maids in the tea room will go to the imperial garden to collect more plum blossoms in the afternoon, and I will send these plum blossoms to the palaces, and let the concubines in the palaces also taste the plum blossom tea. the taste of."

Upon hearing this, I immediately said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

This morning, Cuimei's attitude towards me has always been particularly indifferent, she hardly said anything to me, naturally she doesn't talk to me, and I don't have to curry favor with her, at least I just need to have a clear conscience.

At noon, Yu Wenjin went to eat, and Cuimei and I went back to the tea room together. When Dongmei and Chuntao saw Cuimei, they were surprised.

"Sister Cuimei, didn't you ask for leave today?"

When Chuntao asked like this, I understood in my heart. It seems that Cuimei’s plan today has not been fully told to Dongmei. Chuntao and the two, if today I really gave Yu Wenjin some moldy tea water, Perhaps Cuimei had already made plans to sacrifice Dongmei and Chuntao.

As soon as I thought about this, I regretted that I hadn't exposed Cuimei in front of Yu Wenjin today.

After all, in order to frame me, Cuimei can completely ignore those two court ladies who have been obeying her orders. Such vicious people stay in the palace and by my side, I'm afraid it's just a disaster.

Cuimei saw that Dongmei and Chuntao didn't look too good-looking, so she just snorted coldly and went into the tea room.

As soon as I came in, I looked at Dongmei and Chuntao with a smile and said, "The emperor just ordered me to take you to the imperial garden to pick more plum blossoms, and the emperor will send people to distribute these plum blossoms to the masters of the palaces."

When I said this, the two of them looked happy, Fang and I wanted to go to the Imperial Garden together, when we were leaving, Chuntao glanced at Cuimei, and then asked: "Sister Cuimei, are you not going?"

Hearing this, Cui Mei's face turned cold, "It's not me who served the emperor the plum blossom tea today, you go, I won't go!"

Seeing Cuimei like this, Chuntao shrank her neck resentfully, and instead she and Dongmei followed me to the Imperial Garden.

In this imperial garden, we were busy picking plum blossoms. We were in a good mood when suddenly there was a sound of laughter in my ears.

Immediately my body froze, I could hear the voice clearly, it was exactly the same as my voice back then, who else would it be if it wasn't Xu Yichu?
But I saw that Xu Yichu had already walked in front of me, "What are you doing?"

Hearing this, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and salute Xu Yichu.

"The servants have seen Princess Anfeng, and the emperor ordered the servants to pick some plum blossoms and go back to make tea."

Seeing what I said, Xu Yichu had a smile on his face. Naturally, Dongmei and Chuntao beside me didn't know who Xu Yichu was, but when I saluted, they followed me to salute.

Xu Yichu here heard that I was going to pick plum blossoms to make tea, she immediately smiled and said: "It just so happens that I have made an appointment with Prince Li, and we will come to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the plum blossoms together today, and I heard that Miss Zhou Ning is the court lady serving tea in front of the emperor, I wonder if Miss would be willing to cook a pot of plum blossom tea with me and Prince Li?"

Hearing this, I subconsciously frowned.

Just now Xu Yichu could directly say my name. I think she has inquired about my identity early in the morning, and now she deliberately said these words to me. She is probably deliberately embarrassing me, and wants me to see her and Yu Wenli with my own eyes. The scene together.

This Xu Yichu is really scheming, if she looks the same as me back then, but her temperament is really different from mine back then.

Even though I was a queen back then, I would never plot against innocent people.

"If you go back to the princess, since the servant girl is the tea serving maid of the Qianyuan Palace, she can only cook tea with the emperor. If she cooks tea for you and Prince Li, maybe the emperor will blame her!"

As soon as I said this, I saw Xu Yichu's complexion tightened, and she smiled and said, "Miss Zhou Ning is saying that the princess and Prince Li are not qualified to drink the tea you made?"

I never expected that Xu Yichu would make things difficult for me, so I immediately said: "After picking the plum blossoms, the servant has to go back to Qianyuan Hall to be on duty, I'm afraid I don't have time..."

Seeing that I used such an excuse to prevaricate her, Xu Yichu was not annoyed, but instead smiled and said: "It just so happens that I passed by the Qianyuan Hall just now, and I heard that the Emperor will go to Xuegui's place after eating in the Qianyuan Hall. Besides, isn’t there another court lady serving tea in Qianyuan Palace? Zhou Ning, I really want to taste the plum blossom tea you brewed. Promise you, after this princess becomes Princess Li, I will definitely send you a big gift!"

Hearing this, I subconsciously clenched my palms, so I really couldn't refuse.

Thinking of this, we blessed our body and said: "The servants would be respectful rather than obedient."

I clearly knew in my heart that Xu Yichu wanted to make things difficult for me by insisting on drinking the tea I made, but my current status should not be too presumptuous.

Seeing that I agreed to her request, Xu Yichu smiled, "It's so kind, the prince and I will wait for you in the pavilion in the Royal Garden in a while!"

After Xu Yichu said this, he left, but Chuntao's muttering sound came from my ear.

"The Princess Anfeng clearly knows that you have a marriage contract with Prince Li, and now this is just to embarrass you!"

When I heard this, I turned my head to look at Chuntao and said with a faint smile, "It's just making a pot of tea, you and I will go back and fight!"

Instead, I turned my head to look at Dongmei and said, "Dongmei, you can pick some more plum blossoms later and send them back!"

I gave such an order, and the two of them obeyed my order. After the tea in the morning, the attitude of Dongmei and Chuntao towards me is much better than before. I am not a fool, and those who can survive in the palace will not have no scheming at all. Now I am embarrassed by Cuimei, but this time I can save the day. The important thing is that Yu Wenjin is biased towards me. Now Dongmei and Chuntao is also biased towards me.

"Yes, girl."

Dongmei blessed the body, and I picked some plum blossoms and went back to the pantry with Chuntao to get busy.

Cuimei is not here at the moment, I was making tea, and I saw Chuntao smiling at the side: "The girl's heart is really generous. In the past, there were rumors about your marriage contract with Prince Li in the palace. I thought you should be a People who are not easy to get along with, I didn't expect that girl, you are not as scary as the servant thinks."

Suddenly hearing what Chuntao said, I smiled and said: "Naturally, as palace maids, we should do our part well. The rumors in the palace are not only about this one, but also about other things. As long as we don't pay attention to it, some rumors will only slowly dissipate, or they will be self-defeating."

Hearing what I said, Chuntao asked incessantly: "But the servant is curious, what is the relationship between the girl and Prince Li, is the girl willing to tell the servant?"

When Chuntao asked me this question, my body paused, and a faint smile appeared on my face.

"Don't ask so many questions. Since it's a rumor, I won't tell you. You will understand it one day."

I didn't tell Chun Tao clearly, it's just because I wasn't quite sure what Yu Wenli was planning!
After the plum blossom tea was boiled, I looked at Chuntao and said, "You go and send the tea to the imperial garden later, and I won't go."

Suddenly hearing what I said, Chuntao was taken aback, "Miss, maybe something is wrong if you don't go?"

Seeing her asking this question, I smiled lightly.

"What's wrong, Princess Anfeng just wanted to drink the tea I made, and never said that I must serve her in person. I'm just a court lady serving tea in front of the palace. If I serve tea to someone other than the emperor, Presumably the emperor will suspect that person is plotting against him."

Hearing what I said, Chuntao immediately smiled, "Miss is really smart, such a servant girl to deliver tea to Princess Anfeng, there is something to talk about."

This Chuntao will understand soon enough, after Chuntao left, my complexion turned cold again!

In fact, it's not that I can't go to the Imperial Garden to meet Princess Anfeng and Yu Wenli, but what I'm worried about is that Yu Wenli told me to give me an explanation on his wedding day, so I should not be suitable now Appeared in front of him and Xu Yichu.

Not long after Chuntao left, I simply cleaned up for a while and then returned to the East Side Hall.

I came to the fourth prince's room, and at the moment the fourth prince was being teased and laughed very happily by Zi Yuan. Lan Qiu, who was at the side, smiled when he saw him coming.

I walked over, reached out and brought over another pot of plum blossom tea I made today.

"Auntie, I specially made a pot of plum blossom tea for you today!"

After finishing speaking, I walked up to Zi Yuan again and said: "Come on, give me a hug for the fourth prince, I haven't hugged him for a long time, I'm thinking too hard!"

After all, I am the fourth prince's aunt, so I have different feelings towards him, Lan Qiu poured a cup of plum blossom tea and tasted it, then said: "Zhou Ning, I didn't expect you to be so good at making tea! "

Hearing what Lan Qiu said, we smiled and said: "When serving tea in the Qianyuan Hall, I naturally have the opportunity to read some books on tea art, so I also learned some. If Auntie likes to drink the tea I made, I will When I’m free, I’ll cook an extra pot for you and send it over.”

Seeing what I said, Lan Qiu immediately shook her head, "No need, you are the court lady who serves tea in front of the palace, if someone who cares about you finds out that you often bring tea to us, then our court ladies here may be criticized by others Even if the emperor doesn't care, we still have to pay attention to it."

Lan Qiu is a person who pays special attention to rules, and I didn't surprise me when I heard her say that.

"Forget it, that's fine!"

While I was talking, I stretched out my hand to tease the little finger of the fourth prince. The fourth prince looked like a smart child. He was not at all shy when he saw me. Thinking of his mother who died young, Dang even felt as if a big stone was stuck in his heart.

I still remember that Murong Qingfeng once told me that she didn't want the fourth prince to be the heir to the throne. The reason why the Fourth Prince was handed over to Yu Wenli to be raised.

After I came back from the fourth prince, I didn't rest for a while, so I rushed to Qianyuan Hall again.

However, as soon as we walked out of the gate of the East Side Hall, Yu Wenli was standing there with his back on his back, presumably to wait for me.

I walked over with a smile on my face, although I was puzzled why he didn't tell me Xu Yichu's appearance, but I also thought through many things from back to back.

If Yu Wenli would have anything to do with Xu Yichu because of her appearance, then he might have done that when he was in the fiefdom, but he didn't. After he came back from the fiefdom, he was still alone.

"My lord!"

I walked up to him and blessed my body a little.

Seeing Yu Wenli turn around, she looked at me with a guilty face and said: "Just now this king drank the plum blossom tea that you cooked yourself, Xu Yichu made things difficult for you, didn't she?"

Hearing this, I paused, and then smiled lightly.

"It's okay, I don't care."

Seeing what I said, Yu Wenli's complexion was even worse.

I saw him reach out and hug me suddenly, and said, "Ning'er, when I found out that Xu Yichu's appearance was exactly the same as yours back then, I didn't tell you, because I was afraid that you would misunderstand and worry, Ning'er, I like you , just because it's you, although she has such a skin, but this king can't like it no matter what."

Hearing that Yu Wenli took the initiative to explain to me, I was relieved after all.

"My lord, I understand, you can rest assured to do what you should do!"

I opened my mouth lightly, but Yu Wenli seemed to have misunderstood what I meant.

"Zhou Ning, are you blaming me?"

Hearing his question, I reached out and pushed him away.

"If I blame you, I won't let you hold me and put myself in danger, Yu Wenli, you promised me that you will be a couple for the rest of your life, I will never forget it, I will wait for you!"

I looked at him seriously, and saw Yuwen Lifang laughed.

"Ning'er, do you remember the concentric jade pendant and jade hairpin that this king once gave you? Remember, two days later, when this king gets married, you must take those two things with you and keep them in your sleeves. Conspicuous, I don't want you to make things difficult."

When I heard Yu Wenli say this, Fang was puzzled and said, "What's the point of doing this?"

Seeing me ask, Yu Wenli smiled and said, "You will know after two days!"

Hearing this, we frowned slightly, but before I had time to ask, Yu Wenli left.

For some reason, my cheeks turned red suddenly, and I always felt that the day of Yu Wenli's wedding didn't seem to scare me as much as I thought.

Going back to the main hall of Qianyuan Hall, Yu Wenjin is really not here, it seems that what Xu Yichu said is right, he really went to Xuegui's palace.

Two days passed quickly, and the only Prince Li in the Daqing Dynasty got married. Emperor Yu Wenjin came to Prince Li's mansion to marry Yu Wenli and Princess Anfeng in person.

Early in the morning, as soon as I woke up, I remembered that today is the day of Yu Wenli's big wedding. I followed what Yu Wenli said, and put the concentric jade pendant and jade hairpin into my sleeves, but when I looked through the box, I saw him again. Fumbling for the jade pendant that was given to me back then, my heart was agitated, as if something special happened today.

Yu Wenjin left the palace in the evening, but he stayed me there too. I knew in my heart that Yu Wenjin just wanted me to see Yu Wenli marry another woman with my own eyes, so I am afraid that it would really make me give up .

After entering the Li Palace, Yu Wenjin was naturally protected by guards, while Wang Shunxi and I waited on him.

In this compartment, suddenly a maid came up to me and blessed me with me.

"You are Miss Zhou Ning, right?"

Hearing this, I smiled at her and said to her, "Girl, please follow me to the tea room. The emperor's tea should be cooked by you yourself."

Hearing this, I didn't feel anything wrong, so I followed the maid to the tea room of Prince Li's Mansion.

Originally, I thought that this girl was really going to take me to the tea room, but I didn't want to, I followed her and walked to the door of a wing room.

"Girl, please come in!"

Why did this girl's voice suddenly change, and I immediately became happy.

"Qilan!" We exclaimed again.

(End of this chapter)