In Ci''an palace, the Empress Dowager was leaning on the big Kang, chatting with mother su. Suddenly, a gong''e came in and reported, "empress dowager, chasing the beauty of the king of maple palace, came to see her."
Mother Su looked at the Empress Dowager''s face and saw that the Empress Dowager frowned slightly. She immediately drank to the palace maid, "something without eyes! No, the Empress Dowager is having a headache?! Tell her she''s gone! "
The palace maid then whispered, "she said. She said that she was entrusted by Miss Zhuo Xi to send flower tea to the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager is unwell, she wants to give it to mammy Su herself. "
The Empress Dowager got up slowly when she heard the speech. "It''s rare that this Zhuo Xi girl still remembers my old woman, so let her come in."
The palace maid went out in response.
Mother Su said with a smile, "the king beauty really doesn''t give up. Has she been here for more than ten days?"
The Empress Dowager replied, "it''s not stupid this time. I actually know the name of the girl. Eh? Normally, they were wrong before? "
"That''s what the old slave thinks. Let''s see what she wants to say."
After hearing Gong e''s affirmative answer, the uneasy beauty Wang breathed a sigh of relief, took the small bag from ruoshue''s hand, and walked in with Gong E.
She lowered her eyebrows and felt the first two pressing eyes shooting at her. All the harem women she saw these days were disgusted and despised. As for the king, she hasn''t seen him since she entered the fifth division. But she knew that the man might only be angry with her. If it weren''t for the child in his belly, I''m afraid he would have died long ago. How could he appear in front of her and let him remember the humiliation of those days? In any case, we must keep the child and ourselves before we can keep our father. Without these premises, everything else is a joke.
Under the guidance of the palace maid, she went down to a futon in the palace, knelt down, bowed down and made a big gift, "see the Empress Dowager." Those two compelling eyes burned her back. She only felt that when her limbs and bones were about to curl up, she finally heard a voice say "get up".
She straightened up and quickly held the bag of tea in front of her, "this is what miss zhuoxi asked her concubine to bring you. I wish you good health and longevity."
Mother Su shouted, "presumptuous! Don''t you know that everything entering the Ci''an palace must be inspected by the Royal Medical Department before it can enter the Ci''an palace? If something happens, how can you bear it?! What''s more, who in Kyoto doesn''t know that you were the fiancee of Guang''an Hou? In love and reason, how could the people of the Marquis of Guang''an ask you to bring some tea into Ci''an palace? "
Beauty Wang smiled miserably, and her lower lip had bitten blood. "Since she was 13 years old, my concubine had deep love for Guang''an Hou and wanted to marry him as her wife. Therefore, he brought disaster to his mother and did not repent for three years. Now that my concubine has landed in such a land, I can''t blame others. But the concubine still has a word to say. She was drugged and forced to stay in the palace. Although miss zhuoxi had a quarrel with her concubine, she never hurt her heart. Now I can''t help but look back and suddenly wake up. Now is the most important thing. Now I''m pregnant with a dragon seed. Although it''s not my wish, as a mother, is there any reason not to protect him? My concubine knows that everyone hates me, but she is walking on thin ice in this deep palace. Miss Zhuo Xi is kind and instructs my concubine to come and ask my ancestors for protection. It''s not a pity that my concubine died, but the child in my belly is really royal blood. Please pity my ancestors! "
"As far as I know, Miss Zhuo Xi is not a nosy person. Did you make a deal with her? "
Beauty Wang wiped her tears and said, "Wu Yishi will not help beauty Wang. But miss Zhuo Xi will be willing to help the concubine because Wang Jialin saved the life of Guang''an Hou. "
The Empress Dowager asked again, "you said you were walking on thin ice, but what''s the difference in the harem? As far as the mourners know, the harem has been calm for a long time. "
Wang Mei said humanely, "my concubine invited my wife and miss to get together on her birthday yesterday. I wanted to clear up my old grudges with Miss Zhuo Xi. Unexpectedly, Queen sun and the imperial concubines came to congratulate her. The concubine was flattered, but she poisoned Luo Xiaojun Ji. My concubine is stupid. I don''t know what path there is. Please give me some advice. "
The Empress Dowager Teng sat up straight and snapped, "what?! Is Luo Xiaojun Ji highly toxic? Why didn''t anyone report me? Tell me what happened last night! "
Beauty Wang raised her head and told the story of last night in detail. After hearing this, the Empress Dowager relaxed her body and breathed out a breath. Mammy Su patted her chest on the side, "fortunately, it was dangerous. My ancestors, it seems that Luo Xiaojun Ji is OK, so the queen didn''t send anyone to tell her. "
The Empress Dowager helped her forehead. "Look, it''s noisy today."
Mother Su asked again, "beauty Wang, according to what you said, Miss Lin''s original goal was Miss Zhuo Xi? Luo Xiaojun Ji was just too enthusiastic and took the jade pendant first before she was poisoned? "
Beauty Wang nodded gently.
The Empress Dowager asked, "what about the damn Lin Zheng? What did she recruit? "
Wang Meimei quickly replied, "I heard that after she entered the fifth punishment department last night and was punished for a quarter of an hour, she said that she loved Guang''an. Hou wanted to kill Miss Zhuo Xi because of jealousy and hatred. Then she bit her tongue and killed herself."
"Eh, this yuan''er is so popular. Why didn''t AI family know anything before?" The Empress Dowager turned her head and smiled at mammy su.
Beauty Wang''s face was deathly gray. "I know my mistake."
The Empress Dowager said, "get up. Mother Su, hurry up and make a pot of flower tea first. That dead girl, it''s been a long time to send such a bag of tea. She doesn''t say to come to see AI family. Alas... "
Mother Hua came over and took the tea bag in Wang Mei''s hand and said with a smile, "this girl still remembers you."
Beauty Wang replied, "the girl was going to come in yesterday to greet the Empress Dowager. Unexpectedly, many things happened, which delayed her time. But this morning, the girl sent a letter saying that she happened to save a pregnant woman last night and bought some sheep. Seeing that the baby drank sheep''s milk very well, she wanted to send two in. She said that one was to replenish calcium for the Empress Dowager and the other was to replenish calcium for the child in the belly of the concubine. "
Mammy Su was picking up a pot of boiling water to make tea. After hearing this, she looked happy. "This girl has a heart. She doesn''t forget the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager said strangely, "I often hear people say that if folk pregnant women lack milk, they can feed their babies with goat''s milk. Why can those who are old and weak at home drink this goat''s milk?"
"The girl specially asked the messenger to say that this sheep''s milk is very beneficial to the frailty of the elderly''s leg bones. If there is milk, it would be better. You need to drink a bowl every day, and the leg bones will be strong."
"Is that true? AI family has really felt that the leg bones can''t move in recent years. If so, take a sheep to the front yard to raise it. "
How could beauty Wang miss such an opportunity, "although this sheep is small, it''s a little troublesome to keep it. How can it smoke the Empress Dowager? A cheap concubine is also raised, and a couple is also raised. My concubine wants to ask the Empress Dowager for a favor. If not, she will keep it together and bring it back after cooking every day, okay? "
The Empress Dowager took a cup of tea made by mother Su and smiled, "I can''t see that you are still a talker. You have to work hard to deliver milk to the mourning family every day and ask for grace. Well, if you are well, come and greet you every day, and let the mourning family watch how your grandson grows up day by day. I don''t think I can see such a happy event for a few years. "
Beauty Wang was overjoyed and knelt down and bowed down. "Thank you, Empress Dowager." She took out a piece of silk from her sleeve, "my concubine heard that my mother was devoted to Buddhism and was afraid that the bamboo Buddhist sutra was small and heavy, so she made a copy of the Shurangama Sutra. I just don''t know what kind of Sutra the Empress Dowager is used to reading every day? I wonder if I will be honored to copy Scriptures for my mother in the future? "
The Empress Dowager nodded. Mammy Su came forward and opened the silk. In front of the empress dowager, the Empress Dowager said, "sure enough, the font silk is beautiful. It looks much easier. It''s milk delivery and Scripture copying. What do you want to say at the same time? " She just twisted the Buddha beads on her wrist twice in front of Zhuo Xi that day, which was seen by the girl? Needless to say, it must be the girl''s idea.
Beauty Wang asked nervously, "my concubine copied the Shurangama Sutra recently. Although it is said that those who do not practice fasting are fasting and those who do not practice fasting are known to practice fasting, they only smell the fragrance of grapes and do not smell all the remaining fragrance... My concubine reads it every day and is respectful. Since the Buddhist family avoided meat and fish, the concubine wanted to ask the old ancestor''s grace to give her a stove, a set of pot utensils and bowls and chopsticks. She was far away from meat and fish and kept fasting. Now the concubine has one mind, only for the safe birth of the child in her belly, and she has no appetite in this life. "
The Empress Dowager understood as soon as she heard that this was to prevent people outside from tampering with her diet. "The food in each palace was prepared by the public school and then sent. You are pregnant and cook sheep''s milk for the AI family... Well, the Ci''an palace of the AI family is far away from your chasing Feng palace, so I will give you stove utensils and two sets of pots and bowls. If you need to cook any complex food, Come to the small kitchen of AI family and let AI family touch your happiness. However, for the sake of your baby, you should not touch any meat or fish. You should pay attention to supplementary nutrition. "
It''s a big deal to open a private kitchen in the palace. Beauty Wang didn''t hold much hope. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager agreed. She immediately worshipped again and said thank you.
Suddenly there was a noise outside the door, "empress mother, empress mother..." a woman rushed in crying, "empress mother, you have to decide for your daughter."
The Empress Dowager held her forehead and looked at mammy su. Her eyes clearly said, look, it''s coming.
Mother Su hurried forward and held Jing Mo, "Oh, my Chang Ji Wang, what''s the matter with you?"
Jing Mo knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager''s knee, "empress mother, my kite, why..."
The Empress Dowager suddenly remembered something, pointed to mammy Su and said, "yes, let someone go to Bai''an palace to ask. Kite is very well now?"
Mother Su blessed herself and went.
The Empress Dowager stroked Jing Mo''s hair, "doesn''t it mean she''s all right?"
Jing Mo cried, "yesterday, the queen sent someone to say that yuan''er just ate two cups and rested in Bai''an palace. I came to the palace to pick up yuan''er this morning, but I heard the palace people say that she was poisoned and nearly died! That damned Lin Zheng! " As soon as she turned her head, she saw the king beauty lying on the ground, rushed over and picked up her hair, "and you! If it weren''t for your birthday party, how could my Luo Yuan get hurt? "
Wang Meimei also cried, "the concubine is guilty. Please punish the Empress Dowager."
The Empress Dowager stopped and said, "well, Mo''er, yuan''er will come later. If it''s bad, you can spill it again. The king beauty now has Dragon Descendants. You should be careful. "
Jing Mo looked at the Empress Dowager and beauty Wang. She let go of her hand and grew up in the palace since she was a child. She didn''t understand that this was the person the Empress Dowager wanted to protect. "Beauty Wang was frightened. The palace was in a hurry and hurt you."
Beauty Wang said, "Chang Ji Wang, you are serious, not to mention that you love your daughter. Even yesterday''s concubine was very frightened. That''s why my concubine came to ask the Empress Dowager for forgiveness. "
At this time, mother Su brought two people in. Aren''t they the queen sun Yao and Luo Yuan?
Mother Su said to the empress dowager, "madam, the old slave came to the door and saw the queen and Xiaojun Ji come to greet you."
Jing Mo jumped up early and touched it up and down.
Sun Yao invited an to the Empress Dowager and said with a smile, "I''m worried about hurting my ancestors and Wang Changji. The palace was afraid that you two could not sleep, so we didn''t tell the truth in time. Yesterday, Doctor Wu fried medicine for Xiaojun Ji and took it twice. This morning, please take a pulse and say it''s all right. The palace was going to bring her here to invite an to the old ancestors, so they sent someone to send her back to the house. Unexpectedly, you have come here in person. "
The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand to Luo Yuan, "come and let the mourners have a good look."
Luo Yuan went forward, took the Empress Dowager''s hand and said coquettishly, "grandma, granddaughter is all right. That cousin Lin Zheng is so hateful that she hid an insect in the jade pendant. Fortunately, sister Zhuo Xi burned it with a fire folding son, or her granddaughter''s hand might be useless. "
"Cousin? But the Lin Zheng of the Bolin family in Wu''an? "
Sun Yao Yilin came forward and said, "it''s the eldest miss of Wu''an Bolin family. Yesterday, I wanted to interrogate her. Unexpectedly, when I arranged Xiaojun Ji and rushed to the fifth punishment division, she had committed suicide. According to the slave of the five punishments department, Miss Lin loved Guang''an Hou since she was a child. She temporarily made a bad intention because she saw Wu Yishi around Guang''an Hou. "
The Empress Dowager raised her eyes and looked at her. The Lin family was the Queen''s mother family. She suddenly smiled and said, "queen, this is the first time for the palace election this year after Jing Jie ascended the throne?"
Sun Yao hurriedly replied, "exactly."
"I wonder how well it has been prepared?"
"The list of primaries and portraits have been submitted to Bai''an palace. My concubine is sorting out and selecting. Since the 18th year of Shengwu, there has been no palace election in our country. This election is a great joy for the whole world. "
The Empress Dowager smiled lightly, "what is the age of Lin Zheng? But in this palace list? "
Sun Yao looked puzzled, thought about it and said, "I really don''t know my body. Because the palace election was held in central Beijing, the list of women in central Beijing was submitted the latest, and the remote poor counties were selected first. I''ve been reading page by page recently. I''ve only read 30% in the past ten days, lest I miss a good son. "
"Since the queen is so busy, why don''t you let Mrs. Qin share it with you. Most of the women in Beijing are top-grade. Although most of us choose only palace maidservants and officials, there are also some beautiful people who can enter the king''s holy eye. The list and portraits of women in Beijing will be handed over to Mrs. Qin for preliminary selection. "
Sun Yao''s face was stiff, so he bowed his head and said, "promise."
"You go down first. Mrs. Qin''s side, the AI family will send someone to tell her. "
"Promise." She tightened her teeth, took a look at the king and beauty lying on the ground, saluted and went down.
"Mo''er, are you satisfied?" The Empress Dowager picked up the cup of flower tea and turned to Jing mo.
Jing Mo glanced at beauty Wang, who had been silent all the time, and unconsciously gave her a high look, "empress mother, you cut her power in front of us. You want her to hate our mother and daughter, don''t you? "
The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "daughter, do you think she won''t hate you if I don''t deal with her? This time she hurt yuan''er by mistake, so she knew that the relationship with Mo Changji''s house was difficult to repair. Although poor yuan''er blocked the disaster for girl Zhuo Xi, her friendship with that girl is destined to be a thorn in her eye. You mother and daughter, if you can''t go to the palace in the future, you can''t go to the palace. It seems that after the palace election, the harem will start to be restless. Alas, I''m too old to see these fights and killings. It''s hard to be a mother-in-law since ancient times. Jing Tai has always been weak under her knees. She will punish her great precepts and mourn for her unborn grandchildren in the future, so that she can have a chance to see the deep palace. "
The king and beauty of the earth immediately burst into tears.
Jing Mo didn''t understand anything. It was only because of Jing Yuan''s face that beauty Wang was protected. She turned her eyes and had an idea, "if the concubines above the beauty of the back Palace are pregnant, you can invite your mother''s sisters to accompany you in the palace. Jiayao, speaking of it, you should also call me aunt. Although sister Jing Ling is not the blood of the former king, she has grown up with the former king since childhood. She is the adopted daughter recognized by the Empress Dowager of Shengwu emperor. She has a deep relationship with the royal family. Although the generation is a little messy now, you and yuan''er should also be cousins. If you have any difficulties, you can complain to yuan''er. "
Wang Jialin came over and cried, "aunt, Yao''er was wayward and ignorant before, and she was tired because her father was depressed, so she lightened her relationship with you. Yao''er is dead now. It''s really embarrassing for Yao''er to get such a sentence from you. In the future, if Yao''er has a chance, he will take the grass to repay his aunt''s great kindness. "
Jing Mo helped her up. "Get up quickly. Although the old ancestor''s hall is as warm as spring, after all, you are pregnant and should not touch the cold ground for too long."
Luo Yuan also came and said, "cousin, Yuan Er will often come to see you in the future. I tell you quietly that sister Zhuo Xi gave me three brocade bags yesterday and asked me to open them for you when you were four, six or nine months pregnant. "
Wang Jialin had burst into tears and made another big gift with tears. "Thank your ancestors, aunt Xie and cousin Xie." She never thought that she should have such a great harvest today.
The old lady came up from behind, "Zhuo Xi girl still has a brocade bag? When the time comes, the mourning family will help you. "
Mammy Su burst out laughing behind her.
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For two days, Zhuo Xi prepared many things, ranging from needles and threads to tents, and even asked mother Wu to make a pair of boots according to the size of Jing Yuan.
This is Zhuo Xi''s last night at Wu''s house. The old lady has sent someone to ask four times. Zhuo Xi''s answer is that she has fallen asleep. As a female official with a title, she doesn''t think she needs the approval of the old lady to go abroad. For her, the Wu family is just a place to recuperate temporarily. But the next day''s farewell can''t be ignored, otherwise the old lady will be sad.
The next morning, Zhuo Xi woke up early. She tossed and turned all night. She seemed to have a shallow sleep in the middle of the night. Suddenly, she felt that her limbs were heavy, as if she was going to sink somewhere on the bottom of the sea and never woke up; Suddenly, I felt as if a voice was calling me, "Xi''er, Xi''er..." the soft ear whispered like insects drilling into her head. When those calls were woven into a fine net in her mind, she had no place to hide. So she sat up with a thrill.
It wasn''t dawn yet, but she knew she couldn''t delay any more.
The news brought by Wang Meimei can''t be ignored. Although she doesn''t have the heart in the legend, according to the current situation of Wang Meimei, what she said is probably true. Moreover, the uneasiness in his heart has not disappeared, not to mention that he was injured. It is a little strange that he can disappear in his jurisdiction. Besides, his injury was very strange. She remembered that there were only a few people close to him in the cabin that day and night. How could anyone hurt him when they were completely unprepared?
The only people who can do this are those present.
Among these people, except herself and Fengxin, others followed him to Liangzhou. Did... Thinking of this, she suddenly burst into a cold sweat. She quickly got up and dressed, but was surprised to find that the bedroom door couldn''t be opened. She snapped, "surprise! Surprise! "
It was quiet outside and no one answered. She shouted again, "mother Wu! Mother Wu! " They are all in a hospital. In this quiet and cold morning, there is no reason not to hear.
She suddenly understood and said coldly, "Xiao soul, come out!"
A voice came cowardly, "madam, my subordinates know they can''t hide it from you."
"Your purpose is to let me not go to Jing Yuan. Is this way too simple and rough?"
"But it''s the most effective. My subordinates have a simple mind and can''t think of a more complex way."
"You can trap me for a while, but you can''t lock me all my life. How can I stay in this house all the time?"
"Mother Wu said, as long as you are trapped for a month. You can rest assured that your daily diet will be taken care of. A month will soon pass. "
"Did mother Wu ask you to lock me? Why? Why a month? "
Xiao soul was silent. Zhuo Xi saw her thin figure kneeling outside the door, "madam, I''m sorry."
Zhuo Xi was silent, "I don''t blame you. After all, he is your master. Come on, surprise, is she okay? What have you done to her? " She dare not say you, because only Xiao soul is her personal dark guard, and others can only be her colleagues.
Xiao soul was excited. She didn''t think so. She subconsciously classified herself and mother Wu, "madam, what can we do to her? Although Lord Hou is our original master, we all think you are a good master and really regard you as our master in recent months. But what about you? In your eyes, there are only startling words. For you, only startling words are your true confidants, right? But do you know that she... "
"Shut up!" Mother Wu''s voice sounded from outside.