Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 21 Aunt Jinxi
When Lingxi heard it, he said movedly: "How does this make it so? As a son of man, it is considered unfilial for me not to serve the two mothers and concubines all the time. How can I make them work hard for me?"

Yes, even though Lingxi was born by Empress Dowager Zhen, she has always been kind to her concubines, and all the mothers and concubines really regarded her as their own child, but they also knew that they could not be close, so they didn't say much, they just did what they could thing.

I said: "Is it possible? The mother and concubine have already done it. If my sister doesn't want to disappoint the two of you, she should eat well and dress well." A pink and purple Wujin Luo skirt, pointing to the vivid pattern of snow pear flowers on it, said: "Sister, look at it, the stitches are meticulous and the connection is smooth, it must be the handicraft of Concubine Demu, and it is even more rare that she still remembers that you like pear flowers the most." Well, put it on quickly and let me see."

Lingxi just saw that she was loose, and Ruxiu suddenly came in and said, "Emperor Concubine, there is a message from Yining Palace that Aunt Cui will be out of the palace for a while, and ask some of the Concubines if they want to see her off."

I wondered: "Well, what is Aunt Cui going out of the palace to do?" Ruxiu hesitated a little, but said: "I heard that it is said that Aunt Cui's vegetable household, Li Nei's waiter is very sick, aunt is very disturbed, the queen mother Jia En, allow her to leave the palace to take care of her for a while."

Now I understand that the servant Li that Ruxiu mentioned is the emperor's personal eunuch and the leader of the eunuch Li Zhang.He and the empress dowager's confidant maid, Aunt Cui, are a pair of food couples, and it is said that they were granted by the emperor's father back then.But once the emperor and the courtiers, even servants and servants are no exception,

For more than 30 years, Li Gonggong and his father are afraid that they know many things that they should not know.It's also considered interesting for him, after the emperor's brother ascended the throne, he went to the table to beg for bones, and resigned from office.After all, the queen mother also cared about Aunt Jinxi, so she gave the money back and let him go.If you do the math, Eunuch Li was born earlier than his father, and now he is over sixty. I'm afraid this disease is more serious than good, no wonder Aunt Jinxi is worried.

Xue Po also couldn't bear to hear the words, she was raised by Aunt Jinxi since she was a child, and her feelings are even different than mine.She said to Zhi'er: "You go back first, prepare some gifts, and inquire about Auntie's situation by the way. Gu will rush over later."

Zhi'er hurriedly agreed when she heard the words, and was about to turn around and leave.But she heard Lingxi say: "Wait." She paused for a moment, and said calmly: "Please trouble the two younger sisters to tell the queen mother that I am going to see Aunt Jinxi off. Please allow her."

She spoke very slowly, but with an unquestionable feeling. It was a kind of lonely courage that I realized after many years.

I don't even know what kind of mood it was with my sister to send off Aunt Jinxi.She hadn't gone out for more than a year, and although she was still familiar with the route, her physical strength was clearly failing.After walking a few steps, I was already out of breath. I was worried that she would not be able to support me, so I tentatively asked if I should summon a soft sedan. After all, it was April and it was noon, and the sun outside was still very poisonous.But Lingxi is very stubborn on this point, saying that although Xue Po has gone to ask for an order, she is still a victim of crimes and must not break the rules.I have no choice but to rely on her.

Aunt Cui missed her husband and son-in-law, and had already gone to Zhuquemen.When we arrived, she was surrounded by a large group of people, and it seemed that people from various palaces should come to see her off.

Xiao Kuanzi sang loudly: "Emperor Concubine Lingxi has arrived, and Concubine Huaishu has arrived." When everyone heard this, they all knelt down to salute, only Aunt Cui was stunned for a moment.This made her half a step slower, when she realized that she was about to bend her skirt and kneel down, Lingxi quickly took a step forward and supported her.

Aunt Cui, who was obviously old, said with emotion: "Why is Your Highness here? It's noon. You have been afraid of heat since you were a child."

Lingxi said: "I'm fine, aunt, don't worry about me. It's you, I heard the emperor's sister talk about Li Gonggong today. Now Lingxi is facing a sinful body, there is really nothing he can do for aunt, so he can only pray in front of the Buddha , beg him to bless you couple."

I looked at it from the sidelines and found it incredible. Is this still the sister who is usually taciturn and has a heart like a dead tree?It's still the emotion in her heart that is stronger than others, but others can't see it.

Aunt Cui was also very moved, and said again and again: "Thank you Diji, the maidservant must tell Li Chang when he goes back, tell him that Diji and the empress are thinking of him, and that Diji is our noble person, after all, it's something that won't be on the table. If it wasn't for the empress who gave birth to you and King Qinghe back then, how could the late emperor have given us a husband and wife?"

Soon, Xue Po hurried over from Yining Palace, she nodded at me as soon as she met, I smiled knowingly, knowing in my heart, I am afraid that Lingxi's situation today is a surprise for the Queen Mother, Would you be surprised?

Aunt Cui had a very urgent schedule, after saying goodbye to Lingxi Xuepo, she left the palace in a hurry.Looking at her stooped back and gray hair, I couldn't help but sigh that I never thought that Cui Jinxi, who was jokingly called the inner minister, would have such a side.Even if it is a couple who love each other, she must have love for Eunuch Li, at least as "love each other" as said in the book.Otherwise, what other person's safety can make a scheming and sophisticated Aunt Cui show such haggardness in front of others?

The fairy brigades like Uncle Jiuhuang and Auntie are certainly enviable, but this kind of company with each other also makes me admire.

At that time, I just started to understand some things between husband and wife. I am really grateful to every couple in my life, which made me look forward to marriage, but with a little vigilance.

So at that time, I sincerely begged God not to let Aunt Jinxi lose her husband, and Sister Lingxi really prayed for blessings in the Buddhist hall, even though I hadn't seen this high official much.

However, the number of days is hard to break.In May of the ninth year of Zhengzhang, Li Chang, the head of the imperial servants, died at the age of 64.The Empress Dowager ordered that, in addition to her status as a first-rank internal official, she should be added as the governor of Xuzhou, and the imperial court would bestow golden hair back to her hometown for a funeral.

Although it was the expected result, Aunt Jinxi was still hit hard and fell seriously ill on the way back to Fuling's hometown.The queen mother was afraid that she would fall in love with the scene, so she took her back to the palace and ordered the imperial doctor to make a diagnosis and take care of her. By the time I saw her serving beside the queen mother again, it was already midsummer in July.

　I really like the relationship between Jinxi and Li Chang, and it's handled better in the TV series.

　　
　
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