County Lord Changning

Chapter 23
Qin Changning lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the deep corridor, with red walls and blue tiles on both sides. The eunuchs and maids who came and went would stop and walk to salute when they saw her soft sedan chair.

This is Qin Changning's privilege today. No matter who it is, except for the queen or concubine in the palace, the daughter of a foreign minister can only go to the main third gate in a sedan chair, and can only enter the palace on foot at the main third gate. But today Qin Changning's carriage is at the third gate. The door stopped, and the mother sent by the queen mother to pick her up had already prepared a soft sedan chair and was waiting for her.

Qin Changning glanced at the nanny who was leading the way, and put down the sedan chair curtain, "Aunt Qing Yun, how is the imperial grandmother today?"

"The empress dowager's body is very strong, but she misses the princess very much. Knowing that you will enter the palace to see the empress dowager, the empress dowager has been very happy for a long time."

Arriving at Xiangning Palace, Qin Changning got out of the soft sedan chair. Today she was wearing a moon-white embroidered jacket and a pale pink cloak, and her hair was still in the usual bow tie. She stood still when she got off the sedan chair and took a look Zisu and Luqi, who were following behind, smiled lightly at Luqi who was a little nervous about coming to the palace for the first time, and then turned to look at Qing Yun who was waiting for her, "Aunt Qing Yun, please inform the imperial grandmother. .”

If the memory of the original owner is correct, the Empress Dowager should be taking a nap after breakfast at this hour.

Qingyun glanced at Zisu in surprise, and seeing Zisu nodding to herself, she blessed Qin Changning, "Please wait a moment, princess."

After a while Qing Yun came out again, "Princess, the Empress Dowager let you in, she said you don't need to be polite."

"Thank you, Aunt Qing Yun." After Qin Changning finished speaking, he walked into the main hall of Xiangning Palace.

"Girl Ning is here, come to the imperial grandmother soon and let the imperial grandmother have a look, is everything all right?" The queen mother was sitting on the rug, fiddling with the bunch of bodhi seeds in her hand, seeing Qin Changning coming in The hand holding the bodhi seed beckoned at Qin Changning.

Qin Changning approached, stopped two steps away from the queen mother, and knelt down, "Ning'er pays respects to the imperial grandmother, it is Ning'er's fault that the imperial grandmother is worried these days."

"It's cold on the ground, get up, come and sit with the imperial grandmother." The queen mother looked at Qin Changning kindly, Qin Changning approached the queen mother, the queen mother took Qin Changning to look up and down, and finally nodded with a smile, "Well, It has grown flesh and looks better than before."

"In the past, Ning'er was ignorant and made Grandma worry."

"Okay, don't keep admitting your mistakes as soon as you come to the imperial grandmother. Didn't you know you would admit your mistakes before? Even if you bullied your imperial sister and the others, you were beaten to death and refused to admit it. Why did you enter the palace today? You didn't do anything wrong, and you still keep admitting your mistakes?" The queen mother said, she took a look at Qing Yun, "Qing Yun went to the small kitchen and asked them to prepare the princess's favorite steamed sugar cheese."

"Imperial Grandmother, Ning'er wants to go to pay respects to Aunt Empress first. Aunt Empress has sent Ning'er many good things these days when Ning'er is sick. Ning'er thought that now that she has entered the palace, she should go to pay respect to Aunt Empress."

"Be sensible, let's go, come to Xiangning Palace for dinner later."

Zisu didn't enter the palace yesterday, so the Queen Mother didn't know about King Jin's injury, and Qin Changning didn't plan to tell the Queen Mother.

Qin Changning was accompanied by Zisu so that he would not get lost in the palace. From the Queen Mother's Xiangning Palace to the Queen's Fengqi Palace, Qin Changning passed many small palaces, and the three masters and servants walked for half an hour before arriving. Fengqi Palace.

After Qin Changning was notified, a little court lady came out and took her in. The queen was an elegant person. Qin Changning went in and looked at the queen who was wearing a golden phoenix robe and was pruning flowers and branches with scissors. She saw Qin Changning He came in, put down the scissors in his hand, and waved to Qin Changning, "Is Ning'er well?"

Qin Changning blessed his body, "Thanks to the Queen's Empress, she is already well, and today I came here specially to pay my respects to the Emperor's Grandmother and the Empress."

"Auntie." The queen is over thirty, but her skin is yellow because of the chores in the harem all the year round.

If you don't say it, who knows that this is the current queen who is the biological mother of the current prince and the thirteenth princess?
"Yes, aunt."

The queen's eyes were full of smiles, and she reached out to take a peony flower and put it on Qin Changning's hair, a hint of envy flashed in her eyes, "It's so beautiful, it's the same season as yours, it's suitable to wear flowers, my aunt is getting old , not suitable for these flowers."

"What did you say, it's just that you are no longer fascinated by flowers, so you feel that you are no longer suitable for wearing flowers." Qin Changning reached out and touched the peony flowers on his hair, and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, "This peony flower There are almost only seasons, did my aunt use a special cultivation method?"

"Where does my aunt have the thought and time to cultivate it? Concubine Xiao Shu has the heart. She knows that I like to play with these flowers, plants, music, chess, calligraphy and paintings, so she specially asked someone to hire a gardener to cultivate them." The queen said, stretching out her hand to caress the peonies. Then he pulled Qin Changning to sit down on the rug, "By the way, what's wrong with your father? My aunt only got the news last night, and she was planning to send someone to ask about the situation today."

Qin Changning kept his gaze on the pot of brightly colored peony flowers, Concubine Xiao Shu...

Concubine Xiao Shu is the daughter of the current Prime Minister Xiao Yan, and the concubine of the third prince Sima Xuan!
Qin Changning stared at the pot of peony flowers and tried hard to recall, the queen finally... finally... Qin Changning suddenly looked up at the pot of flowers, yes, the queen was bedridden three years after Qin Changning passed away Yes, later this harem was almost in the hands of Concubine Xiao Shu...

She was 16 years old in her previous life, and she was already engaged to Sima Xuan, and she was often invited to the palace as a guest by Concubine Xiao Shu. At that time, Concubine Xiao Shu was the No.1 in the harem.

It stands to reason that the queen's physical condition shouldn't afford to be seriously ill at such a young age!

Unless...unless someone has tampered with her diet??? Or is she...
"Ning'er, did you hear what my aunt said?" The queen's voice interrupted Qin Changning's thoughts.

Qin Changning glanced at the queen suspiciously, the queen smiled, ordered the maid to serve some snacks and fruits, and peeled an orange for Qin Changning, "Auntie is asking you how your father is doing? What's the big deal? "

Qin Changning took the oranges handed over by the queen, smiled and shook his head, "Father, it was just that when the horse was bitten by a poisonous snake yesterday when he was hunting with Uncle Six, he went berserk and fell off the horse's back, hurting the As for the waist, Imperial Doctor Zhao said that as long as you take care of it with peace of mind, it will be fine for a while. It is not a serious problem, thank you aunt for your concern."

"It's fine. Cough..." The Queen couldn't help coughing a few times when she said this.

"Your Majesty is coughing again?" The mother who was guarding outside the hall hurried in when she heard the sound of coughing.

Qin Changning looked at the Queen suspiciously, "Did Aunt catch a cold?"

"Maybe I accidentally caught the wind and cold, and the imperial doctor has come to see it, and it's not a serious problem." The queen covered her mouth with her hands and coughed a few times.

　Thank you "Sixteen Flowers" for your peace and happiness~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)