Concubine Mi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 154

Changchun Palace

Only then did the concubine ask the maid to change her into a gorgeous dress, and she was about to go to the Qianqing Palace to ask to see the emperor, but before she stepped out of the palace, she saw the little eunuch from her own palace rushing in in a hurry, and the concubine suddenly felt a sense of dismay. good pre.Her face changed slightly, and the comb in her hand was unconsciously placed on the dressing table.

"What's going on, you're in such a panic?" Xiang Bi asked aloud, her gaze fell on the little eunuch.

The little eunuch took a peek at her face, and then replied: "Return to your mother, your majesty, your majesty has gone to Mifei Palace."

There was a clicking sound, and the mahogany comb Xiangfei held in her hand broke, and a few drops of blood oozed out from her fingertips.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing her like this, the maid beside her changed her complexion, and hurriedly took a veil and carefully wrapped it up for her.

Concubine Xiang raised her head and asked in a solemn voice, "But it's true?"

When the little eunuch heard this, he hurriedly replied: "How dare you lie to your mother about this kind of thing? I'm afraid it will be spread in the palace at the moment. The servant specially sent someone to inquire, saying that the emperor went to pray after the morning court." Auspicious Palace, after a while, soup baths were passed on. The servants also heard that the emperor has not come out of the Qixiang Palace yet."

"Aim—" Before the concubine could speak, a sharp meow was heard suddenly, a little black cat flew down from mid-air and landed on the concubine Xiang, followed by concubine Xiang's scream .

"Your Majesty!" When the maids looked over, the sleeves of the concubine Xiang had already been cut, and blood seeped out along the sleeves, and the bloody scars could be seen at a glance.

"Your Majesty was scratched by a cat, hurry up and tell the imperial physician!" Seeing the scars on her mother's arm, the maid standing beside her shouted in a panic.

But was stopped by concubine Xiang.

"Forget it, it's just being caught, it's nothing serious." The daughter's family cherishes her own face the most. Although the injury is only on the arm, if it leaves a scar, it will be a thorn in the heart for the women in the harem.

Therefore, the maids serving in the palace were a little puzzled for a while, how could the empress treat such a big matter as a small matter.

Zhu'er, the court lady who was closest to the concubine Xiang, became clear-headed for a moment after hearing this, and the empress said it's okay, and she didn't need to pass on the imperial physician.

She has served the empress for so many years, and these days, the empress often makes some medicinal powder, and then dissolves it with water every few days and rubs it on the cat's body, without even thinking about it, she knows that she has something to plan.

The maid Zhu'er winked, and all the court ladies and eunuchs standing in the hall retreated.

In the hall, only she and concubine Xiang were left, and a little black cat that nested in the corner after the disturbance.

"Your Majesty..." Zhu'er took a step forward, and just as she opened her mouth, there was a crisp sound of "slap", Zhu'er was slapped hard by the concubine Xiang, and within a short while, Zhu'er's right cheek was swollen Standing up, the clear finger marks looked particularly frightening.

"Useless things, even a cat can't look down on them, what use does this palace want you for?"

Zhu'er was slapped and froze there for a while. Although the empress has not been favored very much these years, but as a grand maid of the Changchun Palace, people in the palace will give her some face, but one can say , she almost forgot what it was like to be slapped.When she came back to her senses, her legs softened and she immediately knelt on the ground.

She knew that the empress was upset and she was taking it out on her, so even if she felt aggrieved, she didn't dare to beg for mercy.

After a long time, I heard Concubine Xiang slowly say: "Get up."

Zhu'er heard the sound, kowtowed respectfully, and then stood up.Because I knelt down too hard just now, and knelt for such a long time, and just stood up, there was a strong pain in the knee, so I just walked to the side of the concubine Xiang.

"Your Majesty, there is a good medicine for golden sores in our palace, let me find it for you."

Concubine Xiang scrutinized Zhu'er for a moment, then nodded.

Pearl hurried to the side cabinet, and after a while, she came over with a small jade medicine bottle.

"Your Majesty, this servant will wash your wound first and then apply medicine, otherwise it will be bad if you leave a scar." Zhu'er said worriedly.

Seeing her like this, Concubine Xiang concealed the momentary suspicion in her heart.But even so, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.All right, how could the cat pounce on her, but it just pounced on her again.

Concubine Xiang still trusts her personal maid very much, and she also feels that she will not betray her in her heart.However, when she went to Chengqian Palace yesterday to pay her respects, the words the imperial concubine said made her suspicious, and she felt that she had the eyeliner of the imperial concubine by her side.

Otherwise, it's all right, why did the imperial concubine suddenly mention noble Xi who was thrown into the cold palace by the emperor.

Out of her, only Zhu'er knew about the events of that year.

Concubine Xiang's heart froze, she couldn't help feeling a little colder when she looked at Zhu'er who was carefully applying the medicine to herself.

It's not that she hasn't thought about getting rid of her, but she doesn't have many capable people around her. Without Zhu'er's help, many things may not work.Furthermore, she had not been favored in the palace for more than a year, and the maids and eunuchs around her were used to being tyrannical, and only Zhu'er took good care of her and helped her through several difficulties.

She still has to take care of such a relationship more or less.

Just thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and the little eunuch who had just replied came in from outside the hall.

"I'm telling you, empress, there are people coming from the imperial concubine's palace."

Concubine Xiang was surprised, at this moment, what is the empress from Chengqian Palace looking for her?

Naturally, the concubine Xiang would not have thought that after knowing that Kangxi had stepped into the Qixiang Palace again, the imperial concubine would change her mind to get rid of Ning Guiren.

"Come in, please." Concubine Xiang gave him a look and said.

The little eunuch responded and hurried out, and not long after, he led a maid in.

The concubine Xiang often went to Chengqian Palace, so she naturally recognized this maid as Ulan, the very capable maid beside the imperial concubine.

"My maidservant greets the empress." Ulan stepped forward slowly and saluted respectfully.

"Miss, you don't need to be too polite. Miss, come here, but what is your order?" Xiangfei was also extremely polite to the eldest maid of Chengqian Palace.

Ulan respectfully said: "This servant is here to deliver the message for my mother, and the mother has said, don't worry about Mrs. Ning."

Listening to Ulan's words, Concubine Xiang frowned. She didn't expect that the imperial concubine would change her mind today after she had just explained to her a few days ago.

Although she was surprised, she still nodded her head: "My lady's meaning, I know." After a pause, she continued to ask: "You didn't go to pay your respects to your lady yesterday, is your mother still in better health?"

Ulan blessed her body, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I just took a few doses of medicine, but your body still doesn't recover."

Before the concubine Xiang could speak, Ulan said, "If the empress has nothing to say, the maidservant will go back first. My empress is sick, and I cannot do without someone to take care of me."

Listening to Ulan's words, a surprise flashed in Xiangbi's eyes.Although the court lady was respectful on the face, she was somewhat disdainful inside.These few words were clearly saying that sending a message to her would delay her serving the imperial concubine.

The concubine Xiang held back her anger, and nodded: "Qingshuang, send Miss Ulan to me." Just now when the little eunuch came in to report, Zhu'er was afraid that others would see the wound on her face, retreated.

Qingshuang responded, raised the curtain, and sent Ulan out.

After the two of them went out, Zhu'er came to the concubine Xiang from behind.

"Your Majesty, this servant looks at Ulan too presumptuously. She dares to be so arrogant in front of Your Majesty. I don't know if she dares to do this in Chengqian Palace."

Originally, Concubine Xiang was still cold-faced, but now she smiled when she heard Zhu'er's words: "Look at this palace, this Ulan has a high heart, maybe there will be Zhongcui Palace in Chengqian Palace in the future." It’s something that can’t be put on the table.”

What Concubine Xiang was referring to was, of course, the fact that Concubine Hui's side maid Xia Zhi climbed onto Kangxi's bed.

Thinking about this, Concubine Xiang suddenly asked: "These days, Zhi promised to go to pay respects to the imperial concubine every day?"

"No, ever since the imperial concubine fell ill, Zhiyue was worried. She didn't miss a single greeting every day. The servants watched, and even Gui Nai, who was next to the imperial concubine, got a little closer to her."

"However, depending on what she does, it's just a small promise. Besides, these days, the imperial concubine has never seen her once, and she just asked her to kowtow outside the palace to greet her." Zhu'er said in a low voice. .

"No, no matter how much you do, you'll be nothing more than a clown." Hearing Zhu'er's words, Xiangbi thought to herself.

For Zhi's promise, she has always looked down on her. What good can a person who is born as a court lady do? It is possible that there will be a second Concubine De in this palace.

Not to mention that she doesn't have Concubine De's scheming, even if she does, with Concubine Mi around, no one would look down on even the Emperor.

There was a bitter smile on the corner of Concubine Xiang's mouth. To be honest, she was really envious and jealous of Concubine Mi.

When will the emperor pamper her like this?

Regardless of whether the people in the harem were jealous or unwilling, Kangxi turned Wang Miheng's sign that night.

When he heard the news, Wang Miheng's face revealed a bit of embarrassment.

This man, knowing that she is inconvenient, why is he flipping her sign.

No, he fell in love with her Thumbelina only once.

Thinking about it, Wang Miheng couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

"Master, what's going on, master is inconvenient, why did the people in the respect room hand over the sign."

"Ah... oh, maybe I accidentally made a mistake." Wang Miheng blushed slightly, and his words were very lacking in confidence.

Qiumei had been serving her these days, and after thinking about it for a while, she understood.In an instant, her face was also red.

After the emperor left during the day, when she came in to clean up the room, she saw some sticky liquid on the sheets.

Qiumei has never been through personnel matters, she only thinks in her heart that the master is inconvenient, and she doesn't know how the emperor made it happen.

(End of this chapter)