concubines are respected

Chapter 102
In the recent period, Suxian has gone back and forth many times, and now she will not get lost even with her eyes closed, not to mention the waist card bestowed by the Queen Mother, so there is no need to let her go People lead.

Although it's already Sishi, the palace people in each palace are performing their duties, and very few people walk around outside.The deep Yongxiang is empty and deserted, and only Suxian walks alone. The sound of footsteps echoes in the Yongxiang. The palace walls that carry too many historical memories are mottled and simple. Although the posthumous title is silent, it faintly reveals a strange atmosphere. .

There was an autumn rain last night, and the bluestone ground in Yongxiang was moist. I don't know if it's because of the slippery road surface, or because of the resurgence of dizziness. Suxian walked all the way, and always felt that the depth of his feet was uncertain. .

After finally passing through Yongxiang, and then bypassing the Royal Garden, you will find the Empress Dowager's Compassionate Palace.

Not long after stepping on a small path beside the imperial garden, a woman in her early twenties, dressed in an orange palace dress, walked towards her.The woman walked in a hurry, looking back as she walked, as if she was worried about something.

The path is not very wide, Suxian turned sideways to make way for the woman, intentionally letting her go first.

Just as he walked past the woman, a faint voice could be heard from the corner not far ahead, "But I'm heading towards the imperial garden..."

Suxian obviously felt the woman's sudden tremor, she didn't turn around but looked around anxiously, and suddenly stepped towards the grass beside her, quickly covering her up.

Taking a closer look, Suxian saw clearly that the woman was also holding a small mahogany box in her hand, and at this time she tried her best to hide that it was the wooden box.

Xu felt Suxian's gaze, and the woman in palace costume looked up at Suxian coldly, with a warning in her eyes.

This person is so rude, Suxian immediately curled her lips in displeasure, and thought to herself, who wants to care about your mess.

While thinking, he moved the box containing the incense to his bosom, and wanted to leave.

"Wait!" The woman shouted softly, then strode forward, quickly took the incense box from Suxian's arms, and said anxiously, "Let me use it for now."

"Hey! You..." Suxian was slightly annoyed, and just halfway through speaking, she saw Concubine Lan in front of the corner, dressed in brocade and colorful silk cloud shirt, striding towards her surrounded by maidservants.

Su Xian swallowed the words down to her throat, glared at her dissatisfied, stood aside respectfully, and greeted her well.

Concubine Lan ignored Suxian, went straight to the maidservant, and asked in a cold voice, "Qiuqin, where are you going in such a hurry? What's in this box?"

Qiu Qin didn't raise her head, and replied softly, "Go back to Concubine Lan, my master hasn't had a good rest recently, and this servant was ordered to go to the Yuxiang Division to get Ningshen incense. I was thinking about my master, so I left in a hurry."

Suxian was slightly startled when she heard the words, she glanced at Qiuqin calmly from the corner of her eye, and said to herself, it's strange, just now she just snatched the wooden box in a hurry and didn't open it, but how did she know the wooden box Is it filled with incense?Because this wooden box is specially made to hold incense, in order to prevent the fragrance from dissipating in the box over time, the wooden box is made airtight.It is very difficult for ordinary people to smell the fragrance in the box through the box.

"Oh, what's in the box is Ningshen incense?" Apparently Concubine Lan didn't believe Qiuqin's words, and pointed her eyes at the maid beside her.

The palace maid got the hint, and strode forward to take the box from Qiuqin, and lifted the lid to check.As soon as the lid of the box was opened, the fragrance immediately overflowed, and several grains of light yellow tower incense in the box appeared in front of everyone.

A trace of disappointment flashed in the eyes of the palace maid, as if she was not convinced, she reached out and flicked in the box to make sure that there were other things in the box besides incense, and then she closed the lid and said to Concubine Lan, "Your Majesty, the box There really is only incense in it."

Concubine Lan gave Qiuqin a cold look, and said to the palace man next to her with an unclear expression on her face, "Let's go!"

Then he turned around and strode away, as if there was something urgent.The palace maid stuffed the incense box heavily into Qiuqin's hands, and quickly followed her.

Suxian watched Lan Fei and the others disappear at the end of the path, then turned around and said dissatisfiedly, "You can't see people with your box, you have to take my box to deal with it."

Qiuqin didn't respond, but handed back the incense box, and said in a low voice, "You are not a maidservant in the palace, where did you get this incense?"

The other party's tone was tough, and Suxian became more and more dissatisfied, so she simply ignored it, turned around and walked forward with the incense box in her arms.

"Stop!" Qiuqin shouted in a strong tone, and at the same time strode forward, blocked Suxian, and asked again, "You haven't answered me yet, where did this incense come from?"

At this time, the time has passed, Suxian was worried that the Queen Mother would be in a hurry, and she didn't want to entangle with her anymore, so she simply said, "I did it myself."

"You...you did it?" Qiuqin's complexion changed slightly, and she looked Suxian up and down again, feeling a little absent-minded for a moment.

Suxian didn't delay any longer, took advantage of the moment when she was absent-minded, and walked past her sideways, striding forward.

"Stop!" Although the shout was still the same, the tone was obviously softened at this time.

"What else is there?" Suxian suppressed the anger in her heart, turned around and asked sullenly.

"If you don't want to cause trouble, pretend that what happened just now never happened, and don't mention it to anyone." Qiuqin said in a deep voice.

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In the bedroom of the Compassionate Ning Palace, Suxian opened the mahogany incense box, took out the incense grains, lit them, and lightly placed them in the incense burner.The smoke was clear, and the whole dormitory was enveloped in a faint fragrance.

The Empress Dowager leaned on the brocade couch, closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, nodded in satisfaction, and said softly, "Very good, this incense is more in line with the wishes of the Ai family than the incense of Yuxiangsi. Xian not only knows how to treat back pain, but also makes delicious fragrances, what a wonderful couple."

"The empress dowager is absurd, it's just a trivial skill, it's not elegant." Suxian said with a modest smile, stepped forward to help the empress dowager to lie down, and began to treat her back pain.

The queen mother rested her hands on her chin, enjoying Suxian's massage very comfortably, her thoughts could not help drifting to the depths of her memory, and she couldn't help saying to herself, "I think that when the late emperor was in power, every autumn hunting and Ai's family would accompany the late emperor Going to Boyuan Palace to hunt, riding horses and galloping with the first emperor. Thinking about it now, it seems like everything happened yesterday, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. The first emperor passed away many years ago, and Ai’s physical strength is not as good as before, let alone riding and shooting I just need to walk a few more steps, but I'm very tired. Alas, I'm old and useless..."

Sitting sideways beside the brocade couch, Suxian kept pressing her fingers lightly, and said with a smile, "I never imagined that the Empress Dowager would have the courage to stand up to her eyebrows, and she was good at riding and shooting. Suxian couldn't help herself."

The Empress Dowager smiled faintly, but did not respond, but cast her eyes on the antelope bone head with two horns hanging high on the east wall of the bedroom.

Cui Zhufu said with a smile, "The Empress Dowager came from the general family, so she is naturally proficient in riding and shooting. Well, this antelope was hunted by the Empress Dowager in Boyuan Palace back then. The late emperor specially made a bone head and hung it in the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Besides, just looking at this antelope bone, it is not difficult to imagine the brave and heroic appearance of the Queen Mother on the grassland."

(End of this chapter)