Chunman Palace

Chapter 29 Keep the Cloud Open
"The concubine came to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and Aunt Lao Yu went in to inform her."

"Lin Changzai, please come back. The Queen Mother is praying in Linxian Hall." Aunt Yu from Ganquan Hall said as usual.

She clearly rushed there every time she found out that the queen mother was behind Linxian hall, but no trace of the queen mother was found either on the way there or in Linxian hall.

She knew that Aunt Yu was lying to her, but so what?Aunt Yu is the one who communicates for the empress dowager, and if Aunt Yu lied to her, it means that the queen mother does not want to see her.

"Then I'll wait for the Empress Dowager to pray and come back to visit." Lin Qingyu had already gotten used to it.

In the past two months, she has come to greet the Queen Mother every day, but she has never seen her above. Although she has thought of other ways during the period, they all seem to be unsteady, and she still chooses to insist on paying her respects to express her sincerity.

When Lin Qingyu was about to leave, she suddenly heard a few light coughs.

Now that the autumn is cool, the Queen Mother probably thinks it's cool, so she asked Aunt Yu to be concerned: "It's already August, and autumn dryness is the most likely to cause throat problems. Soaking some almond loquat leaves in water is also very good for clearing the lungs and relieving coughs." OK."

"Lin Changzai really misses his family." The palace door opened, and a luxurious lady in a uniform with indigo embroidered golden chrysanthemum and azurite on her shoulders came out, "A filial person like you in the palace Running out."

Lin Qingyu was overjoyed, stood up and saluted and said, "Concubines see the Empress Dowager, good luck to the Empress Dowager."

Because of those few coughs, she knew that the queen mother was inside the door, so she said some caring words, but she didn't expect the queen mother to come out to see her because of this.

The Empress Dowager asked people to get up peacefully, and said: "Lin Changzai, these days Aijia has been evading you, just to prove your filial piety, so that the emperor knows that he values ​​you more, and now you have lived up to the emperor's expectations gone."

"The concubine came to greet the empress dowager out of her heart, she just wanted to be with her all the time, and it had nothing to do with anything else."

The Empress Dowager looked calm, and said a little suspiciously: "Oh? The other concubines are trying their best to compete for the emperor's favor, why does Lin Changzai want to accompany Ai's family?"

"The concubine heard that the empress dowager thought about the country's destiny, worshiped gods devoutly and prayed for blessings, and had boundless blessings on her body, so the concubine yearned for it... If anyone in the harem has better luck than the empress dowager, the concubine's blessings are poor, if you can get the empress dowager I will be satisfied with pity and blessings." Lin Qingyu's eyes were full of yearning, like stars shining.

The queen mother did not comment on the answer, but said lightly: "Well, you go back first."

Lin Qingyu said with some disappointment: "Yes. The concubine is retiring."

"Come to Ganquan Hall tomorrow morning." The queen mother added a sentence behind her.

"Yes." She looked back happily and replied, the queen mother had already closed the palace door and returned to the palace.

In Ganquan Hall, Yudai served a cup of new tea to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager coughed a few more times, took a sip of the hot tea, the bitter taste rose to her throat, it was better than a decoction, lifted the lid of the tea and paused, frowning and asked: "Why isn't it the tea you used to drink?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, this is a tea brewed with almonds and loquat leaves. It relieves bitterness and returns to sweetness. It can relieve lung fire, dry tongue, and relieve cough."

The Queen Mother carefully looked at the tea in the cup again, "There is no regret, Aijia's drink is bitterer than the medicine obtained from the Imperial Hospital a few days ago, but it is better than the mellow aroma."

Yu Dai reminded Ban: "Perhaps it is better than the mellow aroma?"

Yes, this can be regarded as an advantage. Only this point can stand out from many mediocrities. From things to people, she seems to be able to understand why the emperor valued that Lin Changzai.

She put the teacup on the table and sighed: "The pomegranates presented by Nanzhili are very good, go and send some to the emperor."

In Yaohua Pavilion, Lin Qingyu was flipping through the books Xuan Yin gave her, reading them so engrossed that Lingqiao didn't even hear her call a few times.

"My lord! My lord, come and see!" Seeing that people were watching carefully and ignoring her, Lingqiao had no choice but to bring her things and put them in front of Lin Qingyu.

"What's the matter?" Lin Qingyu raised his head, just in time to meet the pair of bright eyes in Lingqiao's hand.

Instinctively, he moved back and took a closer look, only to realize that it was a cat.

The whole body of this cat is pitch black, without a trace of variegation, only two yellow-brown pupils can distinguish the head from the tail.

She had never seen this cat before in the palace, and she was afraid that it was raised here elsewhere, so she said, "Where did you get it, return it quickly."

Lingqiao hugged the cat in her arms with some reluctance: "I picked it up at the gate of our palace, my lord, you can see that the cat's leg is injured, so I bandaged it up, let it stay with us, it's a big deal I'm taking care of it, so I should take care of it."

This cat was strange, she was worried that someone would do it on purpose, and since she was a child, she had heard that black cats were a talisman that would attract evil spirits and make people have bad luck, so she felt even more conflicted.

"The origin of this cat is unknown, and our palace can't keep it. You'd better send it back to where it came from. Just give it good medicine and bandage it and then leave it alone. Do you hear that?" Lin Qingyu emphasized at the end of the sentence.

"Yes..." Lingqiao shrugged, raised her head and caressed the black cat in her arms, and walked out with difficulty like lead.

Mo'er came in with a plate of fruit, and said curiously: "My lord, how did that cat in Lingqiao's arms get here? It's so shiny and shiny!"

Lin Qingyu was a little helpless: "Lingqiao picked it up at the gate of the palace. The cat's origin is unknown and its whole body is pitch-black. It will attract evil spirits. If it really can't be kept, I let her put it back."

"Oh!" Mo'er nodded half-understanding, put the fruit in front of the person, and said happily: "Don't think about that, my lord, come and taste the pomegranate from Nanzhili, it's big and juicy." red."

Lin Qingyu jokingly said, "How did you get this pomegranate? Didn't you also pick it up?"

Mo'er smiled and said: "That's right. I'm going to get this month's order. On the way back, I met Eunuch Li who was taking these pomegranates to Yaohua Pavilion. When he saw me, he gave them to me and said yes." His Majesty's will."

In September, pomegranate red beats fire, so it is reasonable for the emperor to give himself a pomegranate.

Lin Qingyu casually picked up a pomegranate and turned it around to look at it, her smile faded: "It's just that this pomegranate looks so good, I'm afraid few people in the palace will be able to taste it."

Mo'er followed the words: "It should be available in every palace, but the appearance is far inferior to these, and the taste is a bit sour. Except for the pomegranates below the concubine's position, most of them are just for viewing and cannot be eaten."

So even Chang Xiuru, who is a concubine, doesn't have such good fruit?
"Then tell me, who should I give this fruit to?"

Mo'er thought for a while and said: "Speaking of which, Mr. Jingui hasn't come to our Yaohua Pavilion for a long time. Would you like to get in touch with each other, so as not to cause trouble for each other?"

Lin Qingyu's eyes curved slightly when he heard the words, and he curled his lips and said, "Okay, you can pick a few pomegranates for me to send to Sister Mu, and say that the pomegranates are refreshing and sweet, and you can peel them and eat them as snacks. This is my sister's heart."

(End of this chapter)