Queen's Development

Chapter 213 The Meeting of Wind and Cloud (2)

Lin Jia knew that Feiying's poisonous arrow had hit Han Qing, but she didn't expect that Han Qing could travel thousands of miles to Dazhou.

Seeing Han Qing's pale blue face and abnormally red lips, Lin Jia was stuck there in one breath-it's really desperate to go out after being so ill!

Han Qing was wrapped in ferret fur, and because his face was so white and transparent, his brows became thicker and his lips were bright red, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed softly: "Your prince, please stay safe!"

Lin Jia said expressionlessly, "Your Majesty looks fine!"

Han Qing folded the handkerchiefs and squeezed them with his hands, his voice hoarse: "I'm not like Prince He, I have to worry about the northeast and northwest borders, so I look better!"

Lin Jia still wanted to see Emperor Yongtai and Lin Yin off, so she didn't bother to talk to Han Qingduo, leaving Han Zhaoyang and Bai Yuming to entertain her, and took the others away by herself.

After entering the city, Lin Jia told Li Rui: "Go back to the palace and tell the side concubine, try not to go out these days!"

Lin Jia answered "Yes", turned the horse's head, and headed towards Prince He's Mansion.

Han Qing stood there, narrowing his eyes slightly as he watched Lin Jia leave surrounded by everyone.

Bai Yuming smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please go to the State Guesthouse to rest!"

Han Qing glanced at Bai Yuming, seemed a little confused, took another look, and then kept staring at Bai Yuming.

Bai Yuming stood with Han Zhaoyang as if nothing had happened, waiting for Han Qing's response.

Han Qing lowered his eyes - this is Yuzhi's brother, no wonder he looks so similar!

Thinking of this, his expression became a little gentle, and he said softly: "Master Bai, please wait a moment!"

Having been pregnant for four months, Yuzhi gets tired easily. After sending Lin Jia away, she went into the bedroom, lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

When Li Rui arrived at Tingsongyuan, he heard Hanlin say that Yuzhi was sleeping, so he hesitated for a moment, then left first.

Now that the Xixia Mission had come to the capital of Dazhou, in order to protect the safety of the capital, the guards in feathers almost came out in full force, and Li Rui was too busy.

Han Lin looked at the golden clock and thought that Yuzhi had slept for an hour, so he went in and woke Yuzhi up.

Yuzhi took a sip from the teacup filled with warm water, then held the teacup in a daze.

Han Lin brought the clothes that Yuzhi was going to wear, and said: "Cifei, Li Rui came here just now, seeing that you have fallen asleep, I will come again when I have time!"

Yuzhi nodded, and suddenly remembered that she wanted to choose two maids to enter Tingsongyuan, so she told Ye Bi and Han Lin to choose.

About half an hour later, Ye Bi and Han Lin came in with two little maids, one with a round face and almond eyes, who was quite charming and a little plump, it was Yinhuan who had served in Taohuayuan before; Long eyes and thin lips, thin body, looks a bit unlucky, used to work in a flower garden, very good at planting flowers and weeds, her name is Shihua.

These two servant girls are both born to the prince's mansion, and their parents are in Lin Jia's Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing.

Yuzhi asked one by one, and found that Yinhuan was taciturn and didn't want to talk;

After looking at it for a while, Yuzhi kept both Yinhuan and Shihua, but changed Yinhuan's name to Runye.

Ye Ling took Runye and Shihua to the west wing to settle down.

Yuzhi sat for a long time and felt a little uncomfortable, so she took Han Lin's hand and went outside to look at the winter jasmine flowers in the east corridor.

Although Han Lin doesn't like to talk and is a bit arrogant, but he is caring and devoted to Yu Zhi, and now he is Yu Zhi's big maid in charge.

After leaving Tingsongyuan, Yu Zhi helped Han Lin to a cluster of winter jasmine flowers, watched the tender yellow jasmine flowers swaying in the wind, and sighed: "If only I could draw, it would be great if I could draw such a beautiful scene Can't keep it!"

Ye Ling smiled and said: "The side concubine can read and write, embroider and cook, and can also be a housekeeper. She is already very clever, and she still needs to learn to draw, and let others live!"

When Han Lin heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

Yuzhi also laughed, but secretly made up her mind that when she has free time in the future, she must invite a gentleman to learn meticulous flower painting.

The three masters and servants were talking lively, when a girl wearing a white silk jacket and a purple flower skirt suddenly came from the north, walked up to Yu Zhi, bowed her knees and saluted: "I have seen the side concubine!"

Seeing that it was Aimei, Yuzhi said softly, "Get up!"

Aimei answered "yes" before getting up.

Yuzhi pretended to be nonchalant and looked over, seeing that there were indeed several pockmarks on Aimei's forehead, nose and cheeks, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and asked softly: "Your body is well. Is it?"

Aimei's attitude was different from before, she was very respectful, she knelt down again, and then said: "I want to report to my concubine, this servant is already recovering, thank you to my concubine for asking for a doctor and medicine for my servant!"

After going through this illness, she finally understood that Yuzhi was no longer what it used to be, and she had to fawn on Yuzhi and rely on Yuzhi to live a better life.

Yuzhi smiled gently: "This is what I should do!"

She looked at Aimei, and seeing that Aimei looked pretty good, she said, "What are your plans now? If you want to go out, I will order someone to give you your body deed; if you have other ideas, you can go with me." Say, let me see if it works!"

After hearing this, Aimei breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that Yuzhi valued love, so she took a chance to meet Yuzhi, hoping to find a good future.

After thinking for a while, Aimei looked at Yuzhi with soft eyes, and said softly: "I heard that my aunt has many shops, some of which need female assistants, and some of them need female assistants. I don't know if I can support myself..."

After hearing this, Yuzhi looked at Aimei attentively, and seeing Aimei looking at her earnestly, she nodded and said, "That's great! You can take all your clothes and jewelry away, and I'll... give you 20 taels of silver! "

She originally wanted to say "reward", but thinking that Aimei was her old person back then, she temporarily replaced the word "reward" with "give".

Aimei was surprised and happy when she heard the words, her eyes were moistened, and she was about to kneel down immediately.

Yuzhi gave Ye Ling a wink, Ye Ling understood, and quickly helped Aimei up.

Aimei went back to pack her luggage.

Yuzhi supported Han Lin and stood there, watching Aimei's back disappear into the sparse forest in early spring, feeling a little empty in her heart for no reason.

Those old people, old things, just leave one by one, passing away one by one...

Back at Tingsong Courtyard, Yu Zhi leaned on the brocade couch and ordered Han Lin: "Find out Ai Mei's body deed, and give her 20 taels of silver, and give her six gold scorpions..."

Han Lin answered "yes", cleaned up according to Yu Zhi's instructions, and handed it to Ye Ling to send.

But after thinking about it, Han Lin knew that Ye Ling was not forgiving, and he hated those who love moths the most. He was afraid that Ye Ling would bully Ai Mei. , and whispered: "Ai Mei and the side concubine had some friendship back then, so don't get angry in front of Ai Mei!"

The side concubine is a generous person, so I can't ruin the side concubine's reputation.

Ye Ling covered her mouth with a guilty conscience, and said with a smile: "Sister Hanlin, I understand, don't worry!"

She despised Aimei for always doing things behind her concubine's back. She originally wanted to stab Aimei, but Han Lin told her that she would not go again.

In the evening, Li Rui brought a female shopkeeper of the tailor shop, and asked the shopkeeper of the tailor shop to take Aimei away.

Aimei kowtowed to Yuzhi, and followed the female shopkeeper out.

After exiting the gate of Tingsongyuan, she couldn't help but turned her head to look over again, and saw the verdant pines and rustling bamboo forest inside the gate, saw a cluster of winter jasmine flowers swaying in the cold wind beside the road, and saw the handsome little servant Han Xing talking with Jin kidding...

She shed tears, turned around and followed the female shopkeeper and left, starting a new life of self-reliance.

Lin Jia was not at home, so Yuzhi felt a little lonely. After reading the newspaper for a while, she felt a little bored, so she picked up a needle and thread that hadn't been touched for a long time, and tried to embroider a handkerchief by herself.

She had just locked the sides and was fixing the embroidery frame when she heard Jin'er report outside: "To my side concubine, Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Helian have arrived!"

Mrs. Helian is Helianshan's newlywed Mrs. Xu. Helianshan is now working in the Ministry of War, and Xu is also living in Beijing with Helianshan.

Yuzhi smiled when she heard the words, and told Han Lin to put away her tassels, and got up to meet her.

It is still early spring and February, and the weather is still chilly. Mrs. Lan is wrapped in a snow-white satin mink fur, which is extraordinarily luxurious; It is thick like water fat and bright powder.

Yuzhi welcomes them into Tingsong Courtyard, where they sit and have tea and talk in the open room.

Somehow, we talked about Emperor Yongtai going to Songshan Palace.

Mrs. Helian said leisurely and fascinated: "When I was young, Your Majesty came to the Songshan Palace. My father served in the Imperial Army at that time, and I was lucky to bring my family to follow the Majesty. The Songshan Palace is full of hot springs and pools. The dignitaries from the capital, when the big guy returns to the capital with His Majesty, there will be more than a dozen marriages! It is said that His Majesty is a big matchmaker!"

Madam Lan said with a coquettish smile, "Could it be that's where you and Lord Helian met?"

Mrs. Helian blushed when she heard the words, and hurriedly said: "I was only ten years old at that time, and the people who did good things were all fourteen, five or six-year-old sons and daughters who were married, and the big families had strict rules, so it was rare to be able to get together , and there is no big restriction, it is natural to look at each other, even the parents of each family are allowed!"

Hearing this, Yuzhi's heart moved, and she asked with a smile: "Could it be that the sons and daughters of each family are also going along this time?"

Mrs. Lan glanced at Yu Zhi, and smiled sweetly: "Side Concubine, Your Majesty is fortunate enough to visit the Songshan Palace, and the families of those high-ranking officials and nobles will naturally follow!"

She wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "For example, the cousins ​​of the prince and the girls from the Jiang residence have all gone too!"

Mrs. Lan was talking, but her eyes were watching Yuzhi.

The lord doesn't have a concubine now, people are wearing clothes saying that the lord is going to marry his uncle's cousin as the concubine, she wants to hear some news from Yuzhi.

If the rumors were true, she would have to go to Jiang's mansion to pay a visit and contact her in advance.

Yuzhi smiled and picked up the white jade cup on the small table at hand, stirred the white fungus and bird's nest porridge in the white jade cup with a silver spoon, took a sip, and said: "The Songshan Palace is so lively!"

Thinking that Lin Jia would stay in the Songshan Palace with the Jiang family's cousins, fearing that there would be many opportunities to meet each other, Yu Zhi couldn't help feeling sour, but how could she let outsiders see her unhappy?
Mrs. Lan's eyes flickered: "Side concubine, did the prince escort His Majesty to the palace?"

Yuzhi nodded, and said: "The crown prince has also gone, after His Majesty and the crown prince settle down, the prince will come back - the Xixia mission has already moved into the State Guesthouse outside Daxingmen!"

Mrs. Helian has been watching with cold eyes, seeing that Yuzhi doesn't seem to want to talk about the Songshan palace, she smiled and said: "The prince is not yet one year old, and the prince asked for the seal for the prince, he really loves the prince!"

When Yu Zhi heard this, her eyes were full of smiles: "The prince has always loved the prince...this child is born like a prince!"

She suddenly thought of Lin Yin crawling and playing on the bed last night, she and Lin Jia were sitting next to each other by the bed watching Lin Yin play, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart - I really can't bear Ah Yin!
Seeing that Yuzhi's eyes were moist, Mrs. Lan hurriedly said: "The side concubine misses her son? It's true that mothers are reluctant to bear children!"

Yuzhi lowered her eyes and sighed.

Madam Lan hurriedly changed the subject: "Mrs. Han Taifu's [-]th birthday is almost here!"

Both Yuzhi and Mrs. Helian nodded.

They all got the post.

Mrs. Lan smiled and said: "Of course we all go, will the side concubine also go?"

Yuzhi nodded and said, "Teacher Han is the prince's teacher, so naturally I will go too!"

Mrs. Lan and Mrs. Helian stayed in Prince He's Mansion for half a day, and they didn't get up until they left after dinner.

Back in the mansion, it was already dark, Madam Lan was a little tired, so she leaned on the brocade couch and closed her eyes to doze off.

Madam Lan was drowsy, but she heard a servant girl's voice from outside: "Madam, Madam Yuwen is here!"

Madam Lan was taken aback, and quickly opened her eyes: "Please come in!"

After a while, the servant girl led a small and exquisite lady in. It was Mrs. Hu, the wife of Yu Wenwei, the military commander of the Ministry of War.

Mrs. Hu was dressed exceptionally today, combing a lily bun, wearing a set of red gold inlaid diamond face, and wearing a sapphire blue satin snow fox cloak, and walked in like a gust of wind.

Mrs. Lan was familiar with her informally, and she didn't get up, and waved her hand with a smile: "Take off the cloak, and sit with me for a while!"

Mrs. Hu took off her hood and handed it to the servant girl, revealing the slim-fitting silver-gray satin gown inlaid with pearls, sat down on the brocade couch, and ordered the servant girl one after another: "Xiu Lin, bring me to Mrs. Lan." The presents are brought up!"

The maid quickly came in with a brocade box.

Mrs. Hu opened the brocade box and handed it to Mrs. Lan: "Is this pair of bracelets not bad?"

Madam Lan took out a pair of jade bracelets from the brocade box, tried them on one by one, and said with a smile, "Thank you very much!"

Hu gave her a wink.

Mrs. Lan smiled and told the servant girl: "You all step back!"

After all the maids retreated, Hu went over to Mrs. Lan and asked in a low voice, "Would side concubine Bai go to Han's house to celebrate her birthday?"

Mrs. Lan squinted her eyes and smiled charmingly: "Go naturally, we made an appointment to go together!"

Hu's eyes lit up, and he smiled slyly: "Really? When that day comes, I'll join in the fun too!"

Mrs. Lan lowered her eyes and stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist, thinking: Why does Mrs. Hu care so much about Bai Yuzhi?
By the time Mrs. Yuwen's carriage drove out of Lan Mansion, it was already Haishi.

The carriage traveled through the streets of the capital under the escort of the servants, and finally stopped in front of a house.

Mrs. Yuwen helped the maid into the house, followed by the young man who greeted her into the main courtyard.

When he reached the door of the main room, the young man raised the brocade curtain on the door: "Madam, let's go in!"

Mrs. Yuwen was full of joy, and hurried into the main room.

The bright lights in the bright room, a young man in white clothes and long hair was sitting on the Arhat bed leaning on the small kang table, with an extremely handsome face, it was Han Qing.

Seeing Han Qing, Mrs. Yuwen rushed over: "Master!"

When Han Qing saw it, he was startled, and hurriedly said, "Kneel down!"

This "kneel down" is also weak.

Mrs. Yuwen hugged Han Qing's leg and knelt down, looked up, only to find that Han Qing had lost a lot of weight, and her complexion was extremely bad. She hurriedly said, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Han Qing's lungs throbbed, and he quickly covered his mouth with a clean handkerchief, and coughed for a while.

There was a rusty taste in his mouth, and he was probably coughing up blood again.

The poison in the assassin's poisonous arrow was really overbearing, even though he had invited all the famous doctors in Xixia, he still couldn't completely detoxify it.

Han Qing put away the handkerchief, and asked Mrs. Yuwen in a hoarse voice, "Will Yuzhi go to Mrs. Hanli's birthday banquet?"

Mrs. Yuwen's heart seemed to be bitten by a poisonous insect, and there was a sharp pain, and her hands were trembling.

She lowered her head, put her face on Han Qing's lap, and said in a low voice, "Han Li is Lin Jia's teacher, so Yuzhi will naturally go to Mrs. Han's birthday!"

There was a smile on the corner of Han Qing's mouth: Yuzhi, we are going to meet again!

Madam Yuwen looked up at him, her eyes were full of tenderness and longing: "Master, let me serve you tonight!"

Han Qing smiled bitterly: "Look at me now, what else can I do?"

Mrs. Yuwen said angrily: "Then you still have to see Mrs. Yu!"

Han Qing looked forward and sighed after a long while: "You don't understand..."

Madam Yuwen hated her so much that she pressed her face to Han Qing's lap, smelling the bitter smell of the medicine, and secretly made up her mind.

In the evening, Li Rui returned to Prince He's mansion after finishing his work with Yu Yiwei.

He drank a cup of tea in his room, rested for a while, then got up and went to Mr. Liu's yard.

It was late at night, but Mr. Liu's yard was still brightly lit.

Mr. Liu took the medicine boy to boil medicine in the corridor, while Fei Ying, Ling Que and Wu Yan, who were sent by Li Rui to protect Mr. Liu, lay side by side on the recliner in a daze.

Seeing Li Rui coming in, Feiying and the others stood up and saluted.

Mr. Liu also came over to say hello to Li Rui with a smile.

Li Rui nodded, and told Feiying: "The Western Xia Mission has arrived in the capital, you must protect Mr. Liu day and night, and you must not slack off in the slightest!"

His voice was clear and pleasant, but Fei Ying, Ling Que and Wu Yan all stood there like javelins and answered "Yes" in unison.

Li Rui looked at Mr. Liu again, and said softly, "Mr. Liu, please don't leave the palace during this time!"

Mr. Liu twisted his beard and smiled: "Butler Li, please don't worry, there is going to be a war in Liaozhou. I have been brewing medicine for knife wounds during this time, and I won't go out!"

Only then did Li Rui feel relieved.

After leaving Mr. Liu's courtyard, Li Rui went straight to Tingsongyuan.

He had to pass on the prince's words to Yuzhi again.

It was Han Xing who answered the door.

Han Xing rubbed his head: "Master, now is Zishi!"

Only then did Li Rui wake up. He was in a hurry to send a message, but he forgot that it was already midnight!

Seeing Li Rui leaving in a hurry, Han Xing couldn't help laughing——Master is really busy these days!

Early the next morning, Yu Yiwei urgently reported something, and Li Rui left before dawn.

(End of this chapter)