Chunman Palace

Chapter 129 Chill in Spring

The new year removes the old, and Xuanming City will soon usher in the second spring. When all the flowers are blooming and blooming, the winter jasmine, crabapple, pear blossom, poplar flower and tumi in the imperial garden are all in full bloom. The fragrance is far away and intoxicating, like an altar of fine wine that has been deposited for a long time in winter.

In Fengyi Palace, the empress and Xuan Yin had lunch together. Xuan Yin liked a dish of spicy tripe tripe the most, and after two mouthfuls, the empress ordered Shuxiang to bring the dish of tripe tripe closer.

"This tripe shreds tastes good." Xuan Yin seemed to be in a good mood, after eating the tripe shreds, he took another sip of fish soup.

The queen smiled and said: "The emperor likes this dish, you might as well use more."

"I've almost used it." Xuan Yin didn't pick up the tripe on the plate, but took a sip of white fungus and lily soup.

The queen took a mouthful of the peony roll and said with a happy face: "It's all good news this spring, Your Majesty, concubine Sui came to greet my concubine today, saying that she is three months pregnant."

Hearing this, Xuan Yin said calmly: "It's a good thing, Concubine Sui is pregnant, Queen, you need to be more careful."

The queen nodded: "Yes, actually Concubine Sui..."

Before she finished speaking, the little eunuch who was guarding outside Fengyi Palace ran in, "Your Majesty, Madam Sui is waiting outside to greet you and Madam Empress."

Xuan Yin asked suspiciously: "Zhen and the empress are having lunch, what is she doing here?"

The queen said softly: "Concubine Sui is pregnant, so don't be exposed to the wind and sun outside, please come in."

Xuan Yin looked up at the queen, and sighed: "Queen, you are too lenient."

"The concubine is not only the empress, but also the wife of the emperor. She must consider for the emperor's heir... Concubine Sui's pregnancy is in the beginning of spring, which is the most auspicious sign. The concubine should set an example and protect her well."

Just as she was talking, Concubine Sui walked in with a delicate gait.

When Concubine Sui was not pregnant, her gait was very charming and charming, with every step she swayed she was extremely charming, but now that she was pregnant, her gait became weaker and softer, which made one's heart skip a beat.

Concubine Sui saluted slightly with the fragrance, and said: "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor and empress. May the emperor and empress be well."

Xuan Yin said: "If you are pregnant, you can avoid these etiquettes in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Sui's face was full of spring breeze, she put her hand on the maid's arm and got up slowly, wearing a gorgeous dark pink dress.

The queen was the first to notice the red and pink patterns on Concubine Sui's body, and said in surprise, "Hey, is the flower on Concubine Sui's dress the rose?"

Concubine Sui raised her lips and said: "The empress has good eyesight, the flowers embroidered on the clothes of my concubines are exactly the roses, because the roses are always spring all the year round and have a strong fragrance, so my concubines love them the most."

Xuan Yin stared at Sui Concubine's clothes and said in a deep voice, "Although the clothes are good, it's just that the flowers and colors on them are a bit presumptuous."

Concubine Sui looked down at the clothes on her body, and said in a low voice: "The concubine knows, and I will change it after I go back."

Xuan Yin nodded: "What business are you here today?"

"The scenery in the imperial garden is just right. Taking advantage of the spring scenery, my concubine specially ordered the palace staff to pick a lot of peach blossoms and made this peach blossom cheese. I want to invite the emperor and empress to taste it!" Concubine Sui raised her hand, and the maid beside her used two bowls on the tray. The peach cheese was placed on the table.

Xuan Yin raised his eyebrows and said: "It looks good, the queen should try it."

The queen dug some white cheese with peach blossom petals with a spoon, put it into her mouth and tasted it carefully, with a smile on her face: "This peach blossom cheese tastes really good, it not only melts in the mouth, but also has a faint fragrance of peach blossoms, the ear The concubine is really caring."

Sui concubine introduced complacently: "This peach blossom cheese is made by my concubine with fresh milk. It is marinated with sugar to make a sweet syrup with the fragrance of peach blossoms. After the milk cools down, pour it on. Decorated with peach blossom petals, it is beautiful and delicious, and the cold milk is to lock in the fragrance of peach blossom.”

"It's very attentive." Xuan Yin smiled: "You came today to give me and the queen a bowl of peach blossom cheese?"

Concubine Sui looked a bit embarrassed, thought for a moment and said: "The concubine recently came to Linxian Temple to pray for blessings, and by the way, she also made a divination for the dragon fetus in her womb. It will definitely become a great weapon... If the mother is not expensive, the son will be vain, and it will lead to misfortune."

The queen suddenly realized: "Oh? The new priest of Linxian Palace is very effective, and this statement is somewhat believable." She turned her head to look at Xuan Yin, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Seventh Prince is going to have something to do. Rely on."

Concubine Sui said joyfully: "My empress, I don't know whether the concubine is a prince or a princess."

The queen smiled lightly and said: "Concubine Sui's birth is in the beginning of spring, which means spring and prosperity, and prosperity. No matter what, it is a birth of wealth and auspiciousness. It doesn't matter if it is a boy or a girl."

"The emperor..."

Xuan Yin pondered for a while, looked at Concubine Sui and said, "You go back first, I have my own plans for this matter."

"Yes, the concubine is resigning." Concubine Sui added joy to her face, and walked out of the palace leisurely with the maid.

After Concubine Sui left, the Queen asked: "Your Majesty, what position do you plan to give Concubine Sui? Is the title still the same?"

"When did I say I was going to be promoted to her position?"

The queen hesitated and said: "But the newly appointed priests in Linxian Palace are quite effective, the emperor is not afraid..."

Xuan Yin smiled and said: "The priest said that the mother is the most important child, so I just need to find another noble birth mother for the Seventh Prince."

The queen smiled and said: "So that's the case... Is it just Concubine Sui who is willing?"

"Thinking about the Seventh Prince, Concubine Sui should also know the general idea. When the time comes, you can just talk to her about it, Empress."

"Yes, the concubine understands."

In Qingyan Palace, Concubine Sui was complacent about today's events, and she ordered the maids to prepare items made of spring flowers of various colors: there were sachets filled with pear blossoms, flower cakes made of rose petals, and screens with teal patterns. Flowers with the meaning of spring.

She took a sip of the flower cake and was quite satisfied, "I will be promoted to concubine in the future, you should be more nimble now, and the rewards will be much more in the future."

The palace people all said diligently: "Yes, the empress is now a daughter, not only the concubine, but it is also a matter of time before she wants to be a noble concubine."

"It's your sweet mouth! Don't worry, when I really become a noble concubine one day, I won't forget your flattery!" Concubine Sui covered her lips and smiled, and quickly thought about it, "It's true that there is only one noble concubine Lan in this palace. It's a bit monotonous, whether this palace can rely on this prince to ascend to the position of imperial concubine depends on the help of my concubine."

A palace official wondered: "My concubine herself is only a concubine, how can I help you become a noble concubine?"

Concubine Sui "tsk tsk" a few times, then mocked with disdain: "You have been a slave all your life for no reason."

After finishing speaking, he got up and went to Yanxi Palace.

Lin Qingyu was doing embroidery at this time, when she heard footsteps in the distance, Mo'er came to announce: "My Lady, Concubine Sui is asking to see you."

"Let her in."

After a while, Concubine Sui said dryly: "My concubine greets my concubine and empress, and my empress is blessed and safe." She didn't salute, she just stood up straight and waited for someone to respond.

Lin Qingyu didn't raise her eyes, she just said: "You are still pregnant, please sit down and talk."

"Thank you, ma'am." Sitting on the soft couch facing her, Concubine Sui caressed her belly intentionally, and said: "The concubine is pregnant, the emperor asked the concubine to avoid the courtesies in the palace if possible, concubine and concubine But don’t blame it.”

Lin Qingyu continued to embroider, but didn't pay attention to anyone.

After finishing the last stitch, she tied the knot and said: "Since it is the emperor's will, you don't have to bear too many burdens, just take good care of your body."

Concubine Sui smiled and said: "That's right, the concubine's state of mind is very different before she became pregnant and after she became pregnant. Now I feel that those worries and fears are unnecessary! I don't know if the empress is the same?" Her eyes suddenly became dark Pity, with a particularly weird smile, "It's just that the concubine's concubine's bosom is different from that of the concubines. I don't know if the mood is also very different. It's not peace of mind, but fear?"

Lin Qingyu was stunned, her finger suddenly touched the needle tip, she hurriedly wiped off the bloodstain with her fingertips, raised her eyes and said, "What does Concubine Sui mean by that?"

Concubine Sui smiled softly, charming: "Since the empress wants to hear it, the concubine knows everything she can say! However, if the concubine dares to say it, does the empress dare to let the people around her listen?"

"You don't have to talk to me in such a sly way here, just say what you have to say!" Lin Qing glanced at Mo'er, and Mo'er understood immediately, and led the palace servants out to cover the door.

Concubine Sui smiled even more charmingly, "Why are you in a hurry, my concubine? Your concubine hasn't said anything yet, so you are in a hurry?" She wiped the corners of her lips with her hand, and said with a smile: "The concubine is going to talk next, your concubine Just take care of yourself and don't hurt your heart!"

Before Concubine Sui finished speaking, Lin Qingyu interrupted sharply: "I was so helpful to you before, but now that I am proud, you dare to be so rude to me? Is this palace flattering you too much?"

Concubine Sui raised her lips angrily and said: "Don't dare, how can a concubine dare to be complacent? It's just because of the dragon fetus in the womb that it can be a little better for six or seven months, which is comparable to the seven-month pregnancy of the empress. You can be rich and peaceful."

Lin Qingyu sneered: "Concubine Sui can't remember that, I am eight months pregnant."

Concubine Sui frowned and said: "Really? But I heard that the belly of the empress a few months ago was more than twice as small as that of an ordinary pregnant woman! Even if the empress said that she has a bad appetite, she can eat two people with one body." Can you really hold back the rice and make yourself so thin?"

Lin Qingyu retorted: "Women often have different reactions when they are pregnant. Some are not thinking about food and drink, some have a great appetite, and some have dizziness and heart palpitations. How can we generalize?"

Concubine Sui was speechless, and then said: "The concubine doesn't understand the principles of medicine, but the concubine's appetite improved after hearing that the empress found Keqin in Ye Ting and made a table of meals! There are so many imperial doctors in the imperial hospital who can't do it." To cure your lady’s illness, not to mention so many master cookers in the imperial dining room, how can a single cook make your lady’s appetite better? Why is it such a crowded place like Ye Ting?”

Lin Qingyu's heart frowned, and she couldn't help but start to look again at the "Concubine Sui" in front of her, who was actually not a simple person.

But she quickly relaxed her mind again, and said with a faint smile: "I thought you found something, it turned out to be such a trivial matter."

She thought that it was not easy for Concubine Sui to know these clues, but Concubine Sui was stupid, instead of silently collecting evidence and denouncing her in public, she ran to threaten her after finding a few clues, she was really impatient.It must have made her feel a little funny.

Concubine Sui asked: "Why, do you dare to be a concubine or not?"

Lin Qingyu chuckled and said, "Is there anything I dare not do? Even if I went to Ye Ting to find Keqin on purpose, what does that mean? Keqin and Bengong are from the same town, and I miss the characteristics of Hexing County Snacks, worry and worry, so I can't eat... After the appetite is improved, the stomach is getting bigger, isn't this a normal thing?"

Concubine Sui was so refuted that she had nothing to say, she wanted to use this to blackmail Lin Qingyu to help her ascend to the position of imperial concubine, but now it seems impossible.

The atmosphere was extremely awkward, the air was almost frozen, and suddenly, a sound of the door opening broke the tranquility of the hall.

Lin Qingyu immediately said: "Who is it? Didn't I say that you are not allowed to come in casually?!"

There was a small gap in the doorway, and Mo'er entered sideways, "Ma'am, it's Mr. Li Qiao who came and said that he wants to invite Mrs. Sui to Fengyi Palace."

After hearing this, Lin Qingyu said, "Let him come in and talk first."

Mo'er nodded and opened the door to invite Li Qiao to enter.

Li Qiao went straight to the point and said: "Miss Sui, the emperor invites you to visit Fengyi Palace, please."

Concubine Sui was puzzled, she was stunned and said: "I only came back from the emperor's side at noon, why do you want me to go to Fengyi Palace now? Is there something wrong?"

Li Qiao said calmly, "Miss Sui, you once served a bowl of peach blossom cheese to the Empress during lunch, didn't you?"

"so what?!"

Li Qiao said seriously: "It's because the empress used your peach blossom cheese, and now her stomach pain is unbearable. The imperial doctor said that the empress's stomach pain was caused by using something too cold. I don't know what you should add to the peach blossom cheese. things... so the emperor asks you to talk about it."

"Things that shouldn't be added?" Concubine Sui frowned, and said angrily, "You slave, are you saying that Bengong poisoned the empress?! How presumptuous! How could Bengong be so stupid to do such a thing!"

Li Qiao shook his head and said, "Oh, I don't dare, it's all said by Imperial Physician Liu! This servant is just passing on a message, if Madam Sui is in a hurry, go to Fengyi Palace to defend yourself."

Concubine Sui took a deep breath, and said angrily, "Just go!" Then she glanced at Lin Qingyu again, and left angrily.

Lin Qingyu took a sip of tea leisurely, and put the stitched embroidery pattern into the booklet, "Concubine Sui is gone, she is much cleaner."

Mo'er stepped forward to refill a cup of hot tea for someone, and said: "Your Majesty, do you think Concubine Sui has been framed? Even if she is straightforward, she would not poison the Queen so blatantly, would she?"

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that she was stupid and hurt herself." Lin Qingyu picked up the teacup, blew on the Buddha's heat gently, and said slowly: "This peach blossom is a thing of great cold and great coolness. If you use it a little more, it will be fine." Diarrhea and colic, and the queen's body is cold, so she can't eat too much. Presumably she is not satisfied with just decorating with fresh peach blossoms, but also grinds the peach blossoms into juice and pours it on the milk? The effect of coldness is greatly increased... Heh. "

(End of this chapter)