This queen is not too curly

Chapter 67 Hot Spring Plumbing
Although the prescription has been broken up, it is extremely secretively hidden in every corner.

But unfortunately, he is Luo Ziqiu.

Luo Ziqiu had a thoughtful smile on his face: "Among these medicines, there are a few special ingredients that can make people's skin stretch and slightly swell after being applied."

Chen Ling raised his head and said, "So what?"

Luo Ziqiu said, "That way the scars won't be easily noticed."

"If a person's skin is damaged, the wound will be red at first, but it will turn into a dull purple after a long time. After a long time, the purple fades away, leaving either inward or outward scars."

"Once the scars are formed, it is difficult to recover, but it is not completely blind."

"For example, use some special medicines from these two volumes of medicinal materials to make the area where the ointment has been swollen and soften. This operation can make the skin stretch, and no matter what kind of scar it is, it can be flattened."

"If you use silver needles to seal some blood vessels, or apply a concealer plaster, it will be difficult to detect unless you are close."

Luo Ziqiu's voice was gentle and eloquent.

Chen Ling's eyes paused for a moment, and it took a long time to understand Luo Ziqiu's conjecture.

His eyelashes drooped, and his voice was weak: "You mean Yan Yuan has scars on her body."

Luo Ziqiu said: "Nine out of ten."

Nine out of ten times out of ten, it’s still conservative.

On the day when the ship sank, he saw Yan Yuan for the first time, and he saw a strange old wound on her palm.It's just that her palms were exposed, and she didn't deliberately cover them, and these medicines were not prepared for palm wounds.

Could it be that she has other scars on her body?
Luo Ziqiu lowered his head in thought.

Chen Lingchen frowned: "It's just healing, why cover it up?"

Luo Ziqiu was stunned, then raised his head to look at Chen Lingchen.

At this moment, there was faint doubt written on Chen Lingshen's face, it seemed that he was full of doubts about Yan Yuan's secret removal of scars, and he was about to dispatch Huiqi to investigate the conspiracy behind it.

Thoughts were as gloomy as Chu Lingshen, yet he would show such an expression.

Luo Ziqiu couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty."

He sighed softly: "Women love beauty, and the Empress Dowager bestows baths and gardens. It is common for the empress not to want to expose her shortcomings in front of others and have her scars seen."

Chen Ling said calmly, "She won't."

After that person entered the palace, he often wore a huge leather jacket and didn't care about his appearance or manners.In Houshan Hot Spring, she described her as a mess, with disheveled hair, and she never showed any embarrassment.

She was obviously full of rogue calculations, and all her thoughts were put on selling misery.

Such a person would think that a few scars are ugly that need to be covered up?
The memory flashed back in Chen Ling's mind, and he vaguely saw the unscrupulous figure on the carriage hugging the sleeping mushroom with his knees in his arms, and a mocking look appeared on his face again.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

The ridicule on Luo Ziqiu's face gradually faded away.He said sternly: "I heard that the Empress Dowager also invited her majesty to Rongyuan for a family banquet."

The story of the return of the emperor and empress last night had already spread throughout the imperial court and harem, and naturally it also spread to the Palace of Kindness.Therefore, in the early morning of this morning, there were two orders from the Empress Dowager's Palace.

One is to give the queen a bath and a garden.

One is an invitation to the emperor's family banquet.

Rongyuan is a private pool built by the first emperor for the empress dowager.The two courtyards are connected inside, and behind the flowered gauze curtain in the backyard of the Cide Palace is the Rongyuan Bathing Pool.Rongyuan doesn't have its own gate, so if you want to enter, you must first go through the Palace of Kindness.

Luo Ziqiu's voice sounded slowly: "The empress dowager's move is really Sima Zhao's heart."

The two returned together, and it is unknown to what extent the friendship has progressed.

The queen mother is afraid that she not only wants to match, but also wants to test, to test whether her chess pieces are really loyal to her, and to test whether the emperor has the intention of wooing Dingbeihou.

The smell of medicine filled the room.

Chen Ling's heavy eyelashes drooped, his slender fingertips landed on the scroll of the medicine list, and his fingertips brushed across the texture of the scroll, his eyes dim.

……

At dusk three days later, Yan Yuan entered the Palace of Kindness under the guidance of Shi, a lady from the Palace of Kindness.

This is not the first time she has come to the Palace of Kindness, but it is the first time she has gone deep into this secluded manor.She walked through the palace of kindness for a long time before she came to a flower wall.

There is a corridor connecting the main courtyard beside the flower wall, and a moon-white veil is hung on the edge of the corridor.The Empress Dowager Xiaoci set up a small seat in the corridor. At the moment when the wind was blowing, her figure faintly flashed in the veil.

At that time, the sun had already set in the west, and the golden afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled the earth.

Yan Yuan was brought to the front of the veil.

Female Shi Yingying saluted: "Report to the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager has arrived."

There was a moment of silence inside the veil, and then the Queen Mother's voice sounded slowly: "Yuan'er is here, no need to be polite."

It seems that before bathing, there will be a Hongmen Banquet.

Yan Yuan could only bite the bullet and lifted the veil, praying secretly while entering, hoping that the Queen Mother would not delay too long.

Although Chen Niang's medicine has been improved in the past two days, it can barely last for an hour.An hour later, if she was still here, she would be revealed.

Inside the veil, the Empress Dowager said kindly, "I heard that the journey to the imperial mausoleum was not going well. Is Yuan'er still in good health?"

Yan Yuan lowered her eyebrows and said softly, "Back to the Queen Mother, Yuan'er is in good health."

The Empress Dowager's scrutinizing eyes fell on Yan Yuan's face, and she seemed unintentional: "I heard that Yuan'er and the emperor returned hand in hand this time, but what happened along the way to enhance their friendship?"

Yan Yuan hesitated and said, "I encountered some danger."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said: "No wonder Shen'er looks like two different people before and after, it turns out that we share weal and woe, we depend on each other for life and death."

Yan Yuan said lightly: "Yes."

Yan Yuan rolled her eyes countless times in her heart, and skillfully squeezed out a gentle smile on her face.

Life and death?

Nearly died.

Where did the common adversity come from? The danger of her trip all came from Chen Lingchen, and her life was almost in his hands.

The Empress Dowager's eyes fluttered, and she asked again: "Since there is affection, you should hurry up on the rest."

Yan Yuan was taken aback, not quite understanding what the "other things" the Queen Mother meant.Wasn't her order just to get close to Chen Lingchen?Is there another task?
The queen mother looked at Yan Yuan's confused expression, and sighed: "Did you forget to use the Yuexia that Ai's family gave you?"

Yan Yuan: "..."

The memory flashed back in Yan Yuan's mind, and she remembered the box of incense powder locked in three wooden boxes in the room, and she didn't know how to answer, she could only explain dryly: "The concubine just wants to let nature take its course..."

The queen mother smiled, and said in a persuasive way: "The moonlight is not something that can't be put on the stage. Since ancient times, children have always loved each other. The moonlight before flowers and the fragrance of fine wine are all just passing spring breeze. Yuan'er doesn't need to worry about it."

Yan Yuan: "...Yes."

Passive sabotage was caught by the boss, and it is a lie to say that there is no panic.

Her embarrassment was seen by the queen mother, and naturally, it was understood as embarrassment.

The Empress Dowager looked at her at a loss as a young girl, and the guard in her eyes lessened a little.

In fact, her feelings for Yan Yuan are complicated after all. She wants Yan Yuan to go to the emperor's side, preferably to win Song Wan'er's favor, but she doesn't want them to become a true couple and become the emperor for nothing. Send a pair of wings.

So I gave her the Moonlight to let Yan Yuan lose her sincerity at the beginning of her struggle for favor, and she was sick with cold and unable to have children. After a long time, she could only obediently be a pawn in her palm.

But now, Yan Yuan has already taken the first step.

It's time for her to give it a push.

The Empress Dowager changed the subject, thoughtfully: "Does Yuan'er feel hot?"

Yan Yuan was taken aback: "Huh?"

The queen mother stared at her with a fur jacket and smiled: "Once the Rongyuan bath is activated, it will be warmer here."

Yan Yuan answered honestly, "Hot."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Then quickly take off the heavy clothes on your body."

Yan Yuan said obediently: "Yes."

With her head lowered, she slowly took off the fur coat on her body, revealing the single clothes she was wearing underneath.

She also specially selected this unlined garment. Although the texture is thin, it is opaque. Even if the scars on her back return to their original color, they should not be able to show through.

The Empress Dowager looked at Yan Yuan, then waved her hands to the left and right and said, "It's almost time, change into the bathrobe for Empress Dowager."

bathrobe?

Yan Yuan froze on the spot.

This was beyond her expectation. Ruan Zhu had never mentioned before coming here that there are special bathrobes for bathing in Rongyuan.

She watched helplessly as the empress dowager's female historians brought a desk with a plain white gauze dress on it.When the wind blows, the edge of the gauze flutters slightly, like a cloud that will be blown away at any time.

Yan Yuan was in a daze on the spot.

Nu Shi bowed in front of her and said, "Your Majesty, please enter Rongyuan to change clothes."

……

Guided by the female historian, Yan Yuan crossed the flower wall on the edge of the Cide Palace and entered the boundary of Rongyuan.

She originally thought that the Rongyuan would be indoors, and the so-called connection was just a saying that the courtyard walls on both sides were connected, but she didn't expect that the Rongyuan bathing pool was... an outdoor clear pool.

Qingtan is not small in scale, covered by pavilions and surrounded by thick thorns and flowers.At this time, the sun is setting on the western mountain, the sun is shining on the bathing pool, and the golden scales are rippling when the wind blows.

"My lady, please."

Nv Shi urged in a low voice beside Yan Yuan.

Yan Yuan was still on the spot, only the warm feeling from her feet reminded her that it was not a pool of clear water, but a man-made bathing pool.

She was shocked by the extravagant battle of the imperial court, she stood there blankly and forgot to move.

The female history smiled lightly at the side: "Your Majesty, this place looks like the ground, but it is actually three floors. The charcoal room is on the second floor underground, so it looks like a natural hot spring."

Yan Yuanchi asked: "How long will it take to heat this pool of water?"

There are luxuriant flowers and plants beside the bath, and the charcoal chamber below cannot make the water boil, otherwise the flowers, plants and trees above would have been burnt to vegetables long ago.The only way is to bake slowly with a charcoal fire shelf, and control the water temperature all the time.

The female history replied: "Two days."

Yan Yuan: "..."

Rich.

Yan Yuan admired from the bottom of her heart.

The last bit of the setting sun had set, and before the red palace lanterns were lit, several female officials surrounded Yan Yuan and gently took off her clothes.

Will the scars be seen?
Yan Yuan held her breath.

At this time, the figure of the Queen Mother was still faintly visible, she didn't dare to refuse rashly, so she could only bear the burden, and watched as Nushi unbuttoned her clothes.

The clothes were taken off one by one, and the tie of the last obscene clothes was slowly untied by Nu Shi's hands, and then the thin bathrobe was gently draped over Yan Yuan's body.

Nu Shi's voice sounded immediately: "Your Majesty, you can take a bath now."

Yan Yuan quietly let out a sigh of relief.

She looked down at the clothes on her body, and found that this bathrobe was as thin as a cicada's wings. Although it was called clothes, it didn't make much difference whether she wore it or not.

Fortunately, the sky was already dark, and those female historians didn't seem to notice anything strange about her. Before they had time to react, she slowly stepped into the bath with her skirt in hand.

The water is hot and steamy, and everything on the shore is hazy.

The female historians began to light up the surrounding palace lanterns, one after another, and soon the poolside became bright again.

One of the older female historians saluted Yan Yuan through the mist: "Your Majesty, this servant is a servant of the imperial physician Mu Liancheng, who knows some massage techniques, and is willing to dredge the meridians for your empress."

Yan Yuan submerged her whole body in the water, raised her head and quietly glanced behind the flower wall, and found that the queen mother didn't seem to notice the situation here.

She quietly breathed a sigh of relief, shook her head and said: "No need, I am afraid of pain and don't like massage."

Another female historian saluted: "Your Majesty, this servant is good at mixing incense, and I would like to light incense for your acupoint."

Yan Yuan still shook her head: "No need, I have been pierced with needles all over my body, so there may be some accidents."

She deliberately slowed down her voice, trying to make her voice not too loud, just enough to be heard by the female historians, but not too far away, and then she simply refused the full set of services from the female historians.

The faces of the female historians were full of embarrassment: "But your mother, the slaves and servants are here to serve your mother..."

They are female historians who specialize in Rongyuan, and each has their own set of skills. Usually, every concubine and wife who enters Rongyuan also has their own likes and dislikes, but no one has ever completely rejected it.

If the queen mother finds out, I'm afraid they will be punished for their lack of service.

Yan Yuan squinted her eyes in the water, and said softly towards the shore: "Have you ever served someone suffering from cold disease?"

The female historians shook their heads one after another: "That's not true."

Yan Yuan looked at them sincerely: "People like us can't see any symptoms on weekdays, but if the cold wind blows on our wet body, the cold air enters the body..."

She slowly said: "...and died by accident."

The female historians looked at each other in blank dismay.

Of course they have heard that the current empress is a sick person with a lingering cold disease. Not long ago, because the charcoal fire in Wangshu Palace was missing for a few nights, the empress had a serious illness.The queen mother was furious, and ordered the execution of the entire Wangshu palace.

If she caught a cold in Rongyuan today, they might not be able to eat and walk around.

Yan Yuan looked at them with more sincere eyes: "I don't want to cause trouble for you, after all, it's better to serve poorly than to serve wrongly, isn't it?"

The ladies didn't speak, but their faces gradually filled with uneasiness.

Yan Yuan was persuasive and persuasive: "Why don't you just take a dip and get well, how about it?"

The female historians were silent for a moment, then bowed and saluted: "...Yes."

They retreated further away in groups, leaving only the curling water vapor in the melting garden for a while.

Yan Yuan finally relaxed, enjoying the warm water washing over every inch of her skin, while quietly counting the time in her mind.

Chen Niang's medicine can last for about an hour, and it takes about half an hour from Wangshu Palace to now, so she can only stay in this bath for half an hour at most.

Half an hour, shouldn't it be considered a refutation of Yu Yu's face?
At that time, it will be inferred that the body is weak, and it will be fine if a little dizzy.

Having made up her mind, Yan Yuan closed her eyes and enjoyed the warm water with peace of mind.

Time was like running water, slowly swimming away, and when she opened her eyes again, the wound on her arm was already faintly red.

Yan Yuan stood up from the hot spring, but suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps.

She stopped and listened.

Behind the flower wall, a cold voice sounded: "My son is late, please forgive me, queen mother."

The voice was very familiar, full of indescribable perfunctory and ridicule.

It was Chen Lingchen.

Yan Yuan: "..."

(End of this chapter)