Chunman Palace

Chapter 70
Since Lin Qingyu came back from the queen, she became a little silent.She looked at the wilted white plum, reached out her hand to touch it lightly, and the petals fell on her hand, leaving only a bare pistil.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, even though there are flowers that belong to that season in every season, the flowers eventually wither when they bloom, not only the white plum in her vase, but when the peach and pear blossoms bloom in March in Yangchun, all the plum blossoms will wither, and finally become a whole. The mud is crushed into dust, and no one can remember what it looked like when it bloomed.

I always only hear newcomers laughing and don’t hear old ones cry. People only miss it when they lose it. It’s like those gold and jade jewellery.

By nature, what is not available is always the best.

She leaned halfway on the table, resting her chin with her arm, looking at the medical book Pharmacopoeia that had been read a little wrinkled, her eyes were fixed on one place, and gradually became a little blurred, seeming sleepy and confused, but on the contrary Made her feel very at ease.

Mo'er was just getting the newly made rose honeydew tea from the small kitchen, when she saw Lin Qingyu leaning over the table and reading a book, she hurried forward and said: "My lord, this will hurt your eyes very much, get up quickly."

Lin Qingyu got up lazily, and said with a smile, "I just squinted for a while, it's fine." She looked at the cup of tea brought by Mo'er, and asked, "Is it rose tea?"

Mo'er served the tea and said, "It's my favorite rose tea before. I added honey when the tea was warm. It won't be too hot or too cold to drink at this time."

Lin Qingyu lifted the lid of the tea and said with a chuckle, "Didn't you use roses that were damp and moldy?"

Mo'er was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses, shook her head and said, "These roses were personally sent by someone from the inner court. The slaves have carefully inspected them before taking them, and they are all high-quality rose leaves. The young master is now in the As a nobleman, the emperor looks at you, and he dare not neglect you."

"I'd better drink these rose honey teas by myself, and don't put them out if guests come." Lin Qingyu put the lid on the tea and didn't drink it.

Mo'er nodded, and stepped back to prepare pastries.

Lingqiao just heard the two talking, stepped forward and asked: "Is the young master being tempted by the empress?"

Lin Qingyu opened the book, and replied casually: "How do you say that?"

Lingqiao said solemnly: "Do you still remember that day when Hanmei came to look for you? If what she said is true, then the empress is not easy. You have to keep a distance from her."

"How many simple-minded people can sit on the queen's seat?" Lin Qingyu laughed at these words, covered her lips with a handkerchief, and said: "If the person who can rule the harem without the slightest plan, he will soon I was dragged down, everyone in the harem has their own thoughts, how could I not know?"

Lingqiao boldly said: "But this slave feels that what the Empress Empress said today seems to have the suspicion of driving a wedge between you and Concubine Jin!"

Since Lingqiao has already noticed this, how could she not know?It's just that what the queen said is not completely unreasonable, as the emperor's concubine, grace is the most important thing.In the past, she just made a small promise, and the tea leaves given by the inner court dared to be damp and moldy defective products. Now, as a nobleman, those who looked down on her before all came to curry favor.

"I understand the reasoning of the Empress's words, you don't need to say more." She looked up at Lingqiao, feeling a little headache.

With such a person by her side, she always felt uncomfortable. After being left behind by the queen to talk for a while, she would come here to find out the news for her former master. This happened several times, and she was really tired.

One servant, how can there be two masters.

On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, when the new year came, Xuan Yin hosted a banquet and invited the concubines in the palace to come and have fun. The queen prepared all kinds of food and drinks in the Hall of Supreme Harmony early.

Everyone dressed up solemnly and gathered together in a lively manner. The concubine Chang was grounded, the queen mother and the eldest princess refused to move around in the Ganquan Hall, and only Yu Dai was sent to hug the emperor's eldest princess Qian from the concubine. The lotus all go to the feast.

The bright red palace lanterns hung in the hall illuminated all the interior rooms with a drunken blushing color, and the swaying lights swayed magnificently, like a piece of fine Sichuan brocade.

The concubines present, starting from the empress, were congratulated to the empress dowager and Xuan Yin together, and the atmosphere was harmonious and peaceful.Concubine Min stepped forward to toast, and was embraced by Xuan Yin with outstretched arms, she was smiling sweetly, with a refreshing demeanor, glamorous and glamorous, as if she was holding the splendor and splendor of the palace, she was indescribably amazed and proud.

In a trance, Concubine Min seems to be as gorgeous as she was back then, the emperor still loves her so much, she has never encountered twists and turns in her journey, and she is firmly seated as the favorite concubine.

Mu Pingting watched coldly, hatred suddenly arose in her heart, she raised her sleeve to cover her eyes and drank a sip of wine, such a scene seemed to be back then, with ups and downs and ups and downs, but Concubine Min was still standing.

Lin Qingyu raised his eyes, saw Mu Pingting's strange expression, got up and said to the queen: "It's a young year, the emperor and the empress have worked hard for the sisters, and the concubine would like to offer a glass to the emperor and the queen, wishing the emperor and the queen Qinse and peace Ming, Eucharistic well-being."

The queen nodded and smiled, Xuan Yin was also happy, and they both raised their glasses and drank.

The eldest princess Qianhe seemed to have seen something, and stretched her hand forward with bright eyes, as if trying to break free from Yudai's embrace.

Yu Dai hugged the princess and asked gently: "Does the princess want to eat any snacks? This servant will help you get it."

The eldest princess shook her head, her exquisite nose was snorting in a rush of breath, her eyes were fixed on the front, her body twisted desperately, and she stretched out her petite hands to grab something forward.

"Princess, do you want to eat this? What do you want, I will get it for you?" Yu Dai pointed to the plate of peony rolls in front of him, reached out and handed one to the eldest princess.

The eldest princess pushed the dim sum away and let out a cry of pain, which made Yu Dai let go.Yu Dai was afraid of hurting him, so he put him down, took his hand, and said kindly, "What does the princess want to do, can this servant follow you?"

"Father, father..." the eldest princess mumbled something, she looked ahead, then suddenly withdrew her hand and ran towards Concubine Min.

Concubine Min smiled in surprise and said: "Is this Princess Qianhe? I heard that she was kept at the concubine's place before, but I haven't seen her until now. Now that the princess has come out, she is really pretty." She took a piece of cake and stretched out her hand to grab it. Holding onto Qianhe, the little figure walked around her, put her hands aside her body, and tugged at Xuan Yin's clothes.

For a moment, the smile on her entire face froze, her gaze turned cold, and she put down the cake as if nothing had happened.

The big one wants to compete for favor, but even the small one wants to compete with her.

Concubine Min felt annoyed for no reason, her face darkened suddenly, she got up and moved a distance away.

Xuan Yin hugged Qian He, pinched her face lovingly, and said, "Does little Qian He miss her father?"

Qian He nodded her head, and shouted sweetly: "Father, I want to eat some snacks."

Xuan Yin took a piece of glutinous rice cake and handed it over: "Want to eat this?"

"En! Thank you, father." Qianhe said in a soft voice, stretched out her small hand to take the pastry and ate it, like a cute little rabbit, adoring people.

Seeing this, Xuan Yin couldn't be emotional. Ever since Concubine Dan's dystocia, he was afraid of seeing Qianhe being sad, so he specially sent her to Concubine Tai to raise her. He hasn't taken care of her himself in these years, and he doesn't know whether it's hot or cold.Feeling guilt and love at the same time, he really wanted to say something for a while, but in the end he just said: "These cakes are all yours, eat slowly."

The empress was moved by the scene, her eyes were sad and she said: "The eldest princess is really pitiful. She lost her mother since she was young, and she was only raised under the dowager's knees. She didn't receive more than half of her mother's love. How did such a small person survive?"

Concubine Lan continued: "What the Empress said is very true. Sister Danfei is pitiful, and the Eldest Princess is even more pitiful. Originally, the Eldest Princess could be happy with Sister Danfei and the Emperor, but who knows that people are sinister and ruined this possibility." Said After finishing, she looked at Concubine Min.

Concubine Min's words followed her sharply, she smiled deeply, but her eyes were cold and cold: "Concubine Lan is wrong, Concubine Dan was gluttonous during her pregnancy, which caused the fetus in her womb to grow too The Eldest Princess also suffers, so she is reaping the bitter fruit, but Concubine Dan didn't do it on purpose, how can it be said to be sinister? It's like Concubine Dan hurting herself on purpose."

Concubine Lan glanced at her, and said with a smile: "What do these four words mean, as long as Sister Min Concubine knows it herself."

Concubine Min just felt disgusted and gave her a blank look.

The Queen said: "Okay, today is a good day, please restrain yourselves and don't lose your temper." She turned around and smiled at Xuan Yin, "But what Concubine Lan said is also reasonable, the princess is really pitiful, if Sister Dan Concubine is here I don’t know how distressed it is! It’s been three years, why don’t the emperor bring the eldest princess back from the concubine?”

Xuan Yin looked at the little person in his arms full of distress, sighed for a long time, and said: "I am sorry for their mother and daughter, what the queen said is true, Qianhe should not be raised at the concubine's place, It is inevitable that the family relationship of flesh and blood will become unfamiliar."

For a moment, he mused, "I just don't know who should raise the eldest princess, and what the queen thinks." He looked at the queen expectantly, his eyes full of tenderness.

The queen said gently: "The eldest princess is four years old, so she can make her own decisions. The concubine thinks that the eldest princess can choose by herself."

"What the queen said is not unreasonable." Xuan Yin looked a little disappointed, but quickly turned his eyes to Qian He and said, "Who does Qian He like, and which empress do you want to take care of you in the future?"

Qian He moved her body, looked down, and finally landed her gaze on Concubine Min, and threw her hands towards Concubine Min.

Concubine Min was startled, she hurriedly stretched her arms and hugged him into her arms.

Except for Xuan Yin, everyone's expressions changed suddenly.

Concubine Min forced a smile, gently stroked the hair on the eldest princess's forehead with her fingers, and said in a low voice: "Eldest princess, be careful, if you touch it, your father and empress Min will feel distressed."

The eldest princess didn't speak, she just smiled and threw her head into Concubine Min's arms, and stretched out her hand to grab the bump on her head as if playing.

Xuan Yin said happily: "Okay, since the eldest princess likes you, you can take her out for a walk."

Concubine Min's face turned dark in an instant, she was 1 unwilling to take this burden in her heart, if she was asked to raise the eldest princess, she would have to take care of someone else's child besides the emperor in the future, she would not do such a drudgery .

She couldn't help but smile, smiling hard: "Your Majesty, I feel that the eldest princess has been raised by the concubine for a long time. Now it is better to let the eldest princess accompany the emperor. I should bring the eldest princess to play in the palace?"

Xuan Yin said with a smile: "How do you play in the hall? There are too many tables and chairs in the hall. It's not good if the eldest princess gets hurt from running and jumping later on. Let's take her out for a stroll."

"But... the eldest princess seems to be reluctant to part with the emperor."

Concubine Lan chuckled when she heard the words, her eyes were full of sarcasm: "Sister Concubine Min is unwilling to play with the eldest princess? Or is it that sister Concubine Min is reluctant to part with the emperor, and does not want to spend a little time going out to play with the eldest princess? "

Concubine Min said coldly: "Of course not! The concubine is of course willing to take the eldest princess out to play, but Concubine Lan said that she intends to take the eldest princess out to play?"

Concubine Lan partly smiled, her teeth gleaming: "Of course my concubine is willing! It's just that the eldest princess likes younger sister Minfei so much, I don't dare to part with my sister."

Xuan Yin said: "In this case, take the eldest princess out quickly, I will visit you later."

"Yes." Concubine Min's face darkened, and she walked out holding the eldest princess' hand.

In the Royal Garden, Concubine Min handed the eldest princess to Lu'er, and walked in front sullenly, looking back with disgust from time to time.

While leading the eldest princess by the hand, Lu'er persuaded and said: "Your Majesty, don't be so upset, there is a servant to take care of the Eldest Princess, so you don't need your Majesty to waste your energy."

Only then did Concubine Min calm down, she stopped and looked sideways at Lu'er, her voice was very soft: "To put it lightly, I have never given birth to myself, and I want me to raise a child for a dead person, why doesn't the emperor That old thing called the queen is raising the eldest princess?"

Lu'er's eyes were full of sarcasm, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Although the empress has given birth, none of the eldest prince and the second prince survived. If the eldest princess was raised by the empress, I'm afraid..."

Concubine Min also laughed when she heard the words, and said with satisfaction: "It's true, although the queen can give birth, but what if she conceives and gives birth, she can't take the bones of her lost child to inherit the throne, can she?"

The two were talking lively, but the eldest princess had disappeared.

Concubine Min panicked immediately, now that the eldest princess is valued by the emperor, if anything happens, I'm afraid she will be the one to blame!She hurriedly ordered the palace servants to search the imperial garden, suddenly she raised her eyes and caught a glimpse of a delicate pink figure, and looked up, who is the princess on the rockery!
But she didn't know how this little person climbed up by herself, and didn't care so much, Concubine Min hurriedly shouted: "Princess, it's dangerous up there! Fall carefully, come down quickly." After that, she pointed to the eunuch to go up Take people down.

The little figure turned around and climbed up with strides, Concubine Min relaxed her frown and patted her heart repeatedly.

Lu'er panicked: "Princess, don't move around, it's not a joke if you fall!"

The eldest princess moved forward, the gravel shook, and she fell straight down.

Before Concubine Min could react, the little person fell to her feet with a slap, her face was completely pale, and she sat down paralyzed in fright.

"Go and call the imperial doctor! Go!" Lu'er yelled anxiously, and stepped forward to caress the eldest princess. She had already passed out, and the half apricot-like wound on her forehead was bright red and glaring.

Lu'er comforted Concubine Min: "Don't worry, Madam, the imperial doctor will be here soon."

At this moment, there was only a sound of hurried footsteps, the emperor and empress had already rushed towards Concubine Min.

(End of this chapter)