The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 8 Personal Maid (2)

"Grapes in winter are naturally rare, and I don't know if the Queen Mother has received the filial piety from sister You." Ma Guiren was the last one to come to the Palace of Mercy and Benevolence. Although she hasn't shown much of her pregnancy yet, she still holds her belly , smiling as gorgeously as a big red peony.

"My concubine pays respects to the queen mother." Ma Guiren did not kneel down, but slightly bent his knees.

"Sit down." The queen mother dusted off the teacup in her hand with the lid, and did not look directly at Ma Guiren.

After Ma Guiren sat down, the queen mother glanced at her coldly, and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean by being filial?"

Hearing the sound, Concubine Zhao, Yougui and others all looked at Ma Guiren.Ma Guiren smiled and said softly: "The Queen Mother doesn't know something. Yougui has always loved grapes, so the emperor ordered people to transport fresh grapes from the Western Regions to the Forbidden City. .Sister You is kind-hearted, and distributed the grapes to the sisters in Liugong. I wonder if the Queen Mother has tasted the difference between the grapes in this winter and the past?"

"Oh?" The Queen Mother looked at Yougui, her expression unchanged, "The Ai family has not received any grapes, and I have never heard of Yougui being favored."

Ma Guiren smiled softly, and became even more arrogant: "That's weird. Sister You was named nobleman thanks to the Queen Mother's recommendation. Now why does my sister forget this kindness? She doesn't know how to present it first when she has something good. For the Queen Mother."

Yougui looked at Ma Guiren with deep eyes, seemingly calm and indifferent on the surface, but Jiao Rong clearly saw behind her that Yougui's fingers had already clenched the handkerchief tightly.

The air froze quickly.Jiao Rong blinked her eyelashes slightly, thought for a few seconds on the spot, and slowly walked out from behind the red sandalwood chair, squatting and kneeling facing the Queen Mother in front of all the concubines in the palace, wearing a light pink shirt embroidered with lily of the valley flowers , Although not conspicuous, it suits her very well.Yougui was stunned at Jiaorong's move, but didn't stop him directly.

"Back to the queen mother, our little master is very cautious because we cherish you so much. In the past few days, the little master has asked the servants to find out whether the queen mother is using medicinal food, because if the grapes are eaten with the medicinal food, the medicinal effect of the medicinal food will be missed. , the servants are stupid and dare not directly ask the people in the Queen Mother's Palace, for fear of ruining the surprise that the young master kindly prepared, so they have not found out the result for a long time. It happened that the imperial concubine was promoted yesterday, so the young master asked us to take the grapes It was sent to the imperial concubine, and as for Ma Guiren's claim of sharing it with the concubines in the Six Palaces, there are rumors and no such matter." Jiaorong explained in the same way.

Yougui looked at Jiaorong a little deeper, but soon Ma Guiren on the opposite side slapped the armrest of the chair angrily, and scolded Jiaorong angrily: "You lie! You bitch only entered the palace yesterday, But now he says that he has been helping Yougui find out about the Empress Dowager's situation these past few days, and he is really damned!"

Yougui raised his eyes and glanced at Ma Guiren, and said coldly: "She is not the only servant in the Palace of Yanxi Palace, besides, my sister even knows when the maids in my palace enter the palace, but I don't know if the Queen Mother In the medicinal diet, did I forget the Queen Mother's grace, or did my sister lack concern for the Queen Mother?"

"You!" Ma Guiren's eyes widened a little, and he was very angry at the scene of Youguiren and Jiaorong cooperating in sophistry.

"Okay, this is Aijia's Charity Palace, you guys have to fight back to the palace, the quarrel here is giving Aijia a headache!" The queen mother's face darkened, her tone became a little impatient, she first glanced at Yougui , and then said to Ma Guiren with a cold face: "Aijia is indeed using medicinal food. Yougui is careful and knows how to care about Aijia's body, but you only know how to instigate it. You have to disturb the harem so uneasy before you stop!"

Jiao Rong raised her head slightly to look at the Queen Mother, then lowered her eyes and remained silent.The queen mother is willing to protect you nobleman in this way, thinking that you nobleman has done a lot of things for the queen mother on weekdays, so he has the confidence to openly confront the nobleman Ma.

Seeing this, Ma Guiren looked at the queen mother in a daze, and hurriedly argued: "The queen mother! There are no concubines!"

"Enough!" The Queen Mother drank, with a ruthless look at the end of her eyes, "Don't you know anything about what happened in the harem recently? It's not a day or two since you're pregnant. The emperor dotes on you, the Ai family can turn a blind eye, but if the child in your womb has any problems again, the Ai family has plenty of ways to punish you."

"No queen mother!" Ma Guiren seemed to have become a stressful reaction to the topic of whether the child is healthy or not, and she retorted anxiously: "The prince in my concubine's womb will definitely grow up safely!"

The queen mother twirled the prayer beads in her hands, and just snorted coldly, very disdainful: "The dragon fetus in your stomach is not yet four months old, and you dare to call yourself a prince, and you don't even look at how lucky you are."

These words pierced into Ma Guiren's heart like a sharp knife, she was speechless immediately, and leaned back on the back of the chair a little limply, her eyes also became dim, and she lowered her eyes silently.

"The Ai family has said many times that as the emperor's concubines, your greatest responsibility is to bear children for the emperor and continue the glory of the royal family. The emperor has been on the throne for 13 years now, and you have hardly added a son and a half to him, but you are there every day. Competing with each other and being jealous, making troubles and troubles, everyone should go back and reflect on themselves!" The Empress Dowager looked sullen, obviously very dissatisfied with the atmosphere of the current harem.

Regarding this, all the concubines stood up and said respectfully: "The concubine respectfully obeys the Queen Mother's instruction."

Afterwards, all the people left the Palace of Mercy and Benevolence together, Yougui was walking in front with Jiaorong, but Ma Guiren was holding Baikui's hand at the side and quickened his pace, stopping in front of the two of them.

When Yougui saw this, he raised his eyebrows at Ma Guiren: "What's the matter, sister?"

Ma Guiren did not directly respond to Yougui, she first looked at Jiaorong, snorted maliciously and said: "I don't blame you for letting this little bitch serve you personally, after all, you are the same as her in the end, please People are disgusting."

Yougui glanced at Jiaorong slightly sideways, then chuckled coldly: "Jiaorong is smart and calm in dealing with things, my sister thinks it is appropriate to bring her by my side."

"Smart?" Ma Guiren sneered, "I think it's sharp teeth."

As he said that, Ma Guiren turned cold, and said to Yougui viciously: "Let's have fun with today's matter for a while, the accounts of Zhongcui Palace and Yanxi Palace are not over yet, wait for the dragon fetus in my womb to be born, I'll see you Have fun for a few more days.”

After saying that, Ma Guiren turned around angrily, and left angrily.

Jiaorong followed Yougui back to the Palace of Yanxi Palace. As soon as she returned to the palace, Jiaorong changed Bailan's clothes sensibly, folded them neatly and sent them back to her.

(End of this chapter)