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Chapter 575 Mind

Jiang Yuebai thought this was done on purpose, but in fact it was true.

It was indeed arranged intentionally by the emperor.

Before the imperial expedition, what Li Beichen was most worried about was the seriously injured Jiang Yuebai and the pregnant Zhen Jieyu.

Jiang Yu and Jiang Xian are both hospital envoys. Jiang Yuebai was injured before, and Jiang Yu is a master of surgery. Naturally, it is more appropriate for Jiang Yu to take care of Jiang Yuebai.

Now that Jiang Yuebai is pregnant, Jiang Yu will of course continue to take care of Jiang Yuebai's pregnancy.

After being passed around, the emperor arranged for his own dedicated physician to take care of Jiang Yuebai. Everyone seems to have forgotten that Jiang Xian is a master of gynecology.

Such deliberate provocation, hoping that if both of them are angry about the miscarriage, someone with intentions will find a way to spread it to Zhen Jieyu's ears.

Although Zhen Jieyu felt very uncomfortable after hearing this, she didn't say anything to the people around her.

Recently, she always felt that if she took a closer look at the palace maids around her, something was wrong, and they seemed to be someone else's spy.

This other person may be the emperor, maybe Jiang, or concubine He

In short, every move seems to be under surveillance.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhen Jieyu decided to maintain her straight-forward, outspoken and daring persona, and refused to be like He Fei, who suffered from being sensible and tolerant.

After thinking about it angrily for a while, he ordered his personal maid Yuanyang to fetch some ordinary folding fans.

Suddenly he angrily took the fan and tore it down along the fan bone.

The palace maids lowered their eyebrows and did not dare to express their dignity. They only hoped that Fan Cairen would come to pay his respects as soon as possible.

When Fan Cairen arrived, he saw two torn painting fans on the ground.

And Zhen Jieyu still had one in her hand and was tearing it apart.

Fan Cairen frowned slightly and felt doubly regretful for ruining someone else's carefully painted painting.

After saluting, he cautiously advised, "Your Majesty, please calm down and don't let your anger break your body."

Zhen Jieyu raised her eyes and glared at Fan Cairen, moved her eyes away, put down the fan in her hand, and said angrily, "Why am I angry? I'm just happy to hear the news."

Fan Cairen said with a smile, "I am angry because of my small family. How can I compare with my empress who comes from a scholarly family and a family like the Imperial Tutor?"

Zhen Jieyu felt more comfortable after hearing this, and stared at Fan Cairen's face, "Did you go to Jingren Palace to pay your respects today?"

Fan Cai said respectfully, "Go back to my wife, I have gone to Jingren Palace."

"Do you have anything new to say?"

"Back to the concubine, there seems to be nothing special. I told the concubine in detail about the move to the palace, saying that everything must be moved before Meng Jieyu enters the palace. The Shang Palace Secretary will send someone to help. There is also Shufang. Shu Wanyi from the palace left last night, and I heard that she will be mourned in the next two days."

Fan Cairen seemed to think for a while and continued, "Today I met the Tatar prince in the concubine's palace. He is very smart and cute with a round head. I heard that the emperor made a special trip to visit the prince last night."

After Fan Cairen finished speaking, he carefully looked at Zhen Jieyu's face with his peripheral vision.

As expected, Zhen Jieyu's expression turned ugly and she sneered with great disdain, "It doesn't matter how cute she is."

"That's what the empress said." Fan Cairen agreed.

Zhen Jieyu asked dully, "Where do Concubine Jianing and the three newcomers live?"

"Concubine Jianing was given to live in Ning'an Palace, Concubine Xie lived in Yongshou Palace, Meng Jieyu lived in Changchun Palace, and Li Jieyu lived in Chengfu Palace."

Zhen Jieyu felt a headache when she heard "Jieyu" and "concubine", and asked angrily, "Who does Concubine Jianing live in the same palace with?"

Fan Cairen accompanied her with a smile and became more and more cautious, "Go back to your Majesty, Concubine Jianing lives alone in Ning'an Palace."

A breath of anger surged up from the bottom of Zhen Jieyu's heart. She fiddled with the fan on the table irritably, her face looking very bad.

Fan Cairen lowered his eyebrows and persuaded softly, "My queen, you are pregnant with the eldest prince. Master Jiang Xian is also a master of the Qianjin science in the palace. What if Concubine Jianing is favored again and is pregnant with the emperor's heir? After the emperor comes back I'm not the first one to come see you. Your Majesty and your childhood sweethearts have a deep relationship. No one else can compare with you."

Zhen Jieyu relaxed her eyebrows and said, "You are right. Mr. Jiang is a famous master of the Qianjin family. How can his brother compare to him? Yuanyang, give Fan Cairen a pair of periwinkle filigree red gold bracelets. Wear enamel on a hot day. The bracelet fits just right.”

If you say something nice, you will get the right bracelet. This is a good deal. Fan Cairen was naturally happy to receive real money and silver. He quickly smiled and thanked her, which made Zhen Jieyu even happier. The sapphire blue enamel bracelet has a five-petal periwinkle pattern that is exquisite, radiant and very beautiful.

Zhen Jieyu ordered Fan Cairen to come forward and put on the bracelet for Fan Cairen with her own hands.

Fan Cairen liked it very much and thanked him quickly.

Taking advantage of Zhen Jieyu's good mood, she quickly made a request, "Madam, if you don't want this fan on the table, can you give it to me as a reward? The landscape paintings on it are very beautiful."

Zhen Jieyu was stunned for a moment and looked at the fan on the table with confusion. "This fan was not painted by a famous artist. It is worthless if it is torn. If you like it, I will ask Yuanyang to get you a round fan."

With that said, he motioned Yuanyang to get the fan.

Fan Cai sighed inwardly, thank you for coming from a Hanlin family, and your father is still a Tutor. Where did the reading go? There is no basic respect for other people's paintings.

Women mostly use round fans, while men use folding fans. Painted and painted folding fans were very popular among officials and literati, and were a symbol of male identity and culture in the Ming Dynasty. Taizu and the late emperors both gave folding fans with handwritten calligraphy and paintings as special rewards.

In the Ming Dynasty, according to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, on the Dragon Boat Festival every year, in addition to giving officials light summer clothes, rice dumplings, sachets, and five-color silk threads, the emperor also gave two Dragon Boat Festival folding fans carefully painted by specially appointed officials. A medicine fan painted with calamus and mugwort, and a landscape fan painted with summer scenery.

Fan Cairen's father was the prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture in Shaanxi Province, and his family had a Dragon Boat Festival folding fan given by the late emperor.

There are several lotuses painted in an orderly manner on the fan, and a dragonfly stands on it. The dragonfly is vivid and the lines on its wings are clearly visible. It is obviously stationary, but it gives the impression that it will fly away at any time.

My father always regarded it as a treasure and never showed it to others easily.

Under the influence of what he heard and saw, Fan Cairen felt very ashamed of Zhen Jieyu's behavior, but he said softly:

"I have been fond of landscape paintings since I was a child, and I really like this one on the table. If I don't want it anymore, why not give it to me."

Zhen Jieyu was in a good mood. She believed Fan Cairen's words and accepted the fan sent by Yuanyang, "I'll reward you with this one too."

Fan Cairen took two fans and went back happily.

Back in his palace, Fan Cairen rubbed his torn fan and felt very distressed.

On the fan is an ink landscape. The painting style is influenced by the "Mishi Cloud Mountain" style of the Song Dynasty. The mountains, rocks and trees are not outlined with lines, but are all dyed with different shades of ink. The free-flowing ink fully expresses the characteristics of the misty mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River and the lush vegetation. It is vivid and full of aura. It is a rare freehand brush and ink landscape.

It's really like "there are thousands of sad mountains on the river, and green mountains floating in the sky like clouds and smoke".

It's a good painting, but it's a pity it's broken.

After thinking about it for a while, Fan Cairen ordered his maid to bring some paste, sat down at the desk beside the bed, and carefully repaired it bit by bit.

When Zhen Jieyu heard that Fan Cairen was repairing the fan, she held her belly and sneered.

He sent someone to the funeral palace to report to the emperor that he had sudden abdominal pain and wanted to be informed by the imperial physician.

Jiang Xian comes to Yanxi Palace once every two days unless there are special circumstances. Jiang Xian happened to be resting today and had already reported to her in advance.

Today's ceremony is over, and all the concubines in the harem have been eagerly looking forward to it for a long time.

According to the rules, from today on, you no longer need to wear Zhansheng, you only need to wear plain clothes. You can wear white silk flowers or beaded flowers instead of using simple hairpins to hold your head. Wear plain bracelet earrings.

There was a relaxed atmosphere quietly flowing up and down in the palace.

Li Beichen felt extremely dull and sad since he woke up.

After the early morning court, all officials would have the Dragon Boat Festival holiday and would not have to go to the yamen to work. Li Beichen went to the funeral palace alone to kneel down and chant sutras. Prepare to eat vegetarian food at noon and continue to kneel down and chant sutras for the whole day to pray for the Queen Mother.

The emperor was a little surprised when he received the letter Jiang Xian brought back from Taorui Palace. He did not expect Jiang Yuebai to reply specifically.

[I wanted to catch a few geckos and eat all the smelly mosquitoes. Fortunately, the emperor sent envoy Jiang Yuan to deliver the elixir, and it was just a matter of application. Jiao Jiao]

It's playful with a bit of coquettishness, and the word "guarding the palace" is even more imaginative.

　The gecko is the gecko. Legend has it that gecko sand is made from mashed geckos that have been fed cinnabar.

　　Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a custom of giving fans during the Dragon Boat Festival.

　　(End of this chapter)