Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 5

Seeing that what Xue Po said made some sense, we no longer resisted like just now, so we obeyed her.In fact, women of our age really like these exquisite and delicate things, and everyone has the same heart, and they picked them up to play with.The first thing I picked up was a wooden hibiscus flower stick, perhaps because it was the flower king of Shuzhong, it was very exquisitely made, and I hadn't come to take a closer look at the poems in the lottery.Seeing that Lingxi also took a lottery casually, he looked up and read aloud slowly. "It's late in the lonely empty courtyard, and the door is full of pear blossoms. It's also appropriate to sing about pear blossoms."

The expressions of Xue Po and I changed at the same time, this is simply a curse prophecy for my sister's fate, how unlucky and unlucky it will be.Sure enough, Xue Po flipped the bamboo stick, took Lingxi's hand, and said coquettishly, "Sister, this is just for fun, you can't count it. Come and pick one, this time there must be a good fortune."

Lingxi was impatient, and said: "It's God's will, why force it, what's more, you said just now, but just look at it, if you want to play, go with Huai Shu, or go back to accompany your mother."

Xue Po wanted to say more, I hurriedly pulled her shirt under the table to stop it.Lingxi's temper looks gentle and docile, but it's useless to be stubborn.Otherwise, how could he be softened here by his biological mother, the Queen Mother.

In the inner hall, there was a moment of stalemate.I was in a trance, and my thoughts drifted back to the chaotic afternoon after the year.
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That day was still in the first seven days of Concubine Huan, and it was unlucky for her to die at the end of the year. Although the Empress Dowager ordered her to be buried with concubine ceremonies, there were very few people behind her who even went to worship and guard the spirit.The mother and concubine are the most soft-hearted, and thinking of the love of entering the palace together, they can't bear to see her go bleakly, and go to guard Zigong for Concubine Sui every day regardless of the cold weather.I don't worry that my mother and concubine will accompany me naturally. Rujuan went out to pass on the warm sedan chair, and when she came back, her face was full of doubts. Mother and concubine had always been careful, and said calmly: "Is it because the slaves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are too cold to shirk? Forget it, let's walk there Just fine."

Rujuan hurriedly said: "The concubine is worrying too much, the servants are waiting outside. But when the servant came in just now, the servant girl from the Chonghua Palace was poking around, and the servant looked strange, so she went over to ask. Who knew that Nizi hesitated, and started to say that she wanted to find Di Ji, but then changed her mind and left. The servant girl stopped asking questions, which is strange."

Rujuan was only in her early twenties, but the mother and concubine saw that she was rare to be steady and witty, so after Aunt Bixi came out of the palace to get married, she made an exception and was promoted to be the maid in charge of Ningshou Palace.I am also surprised to see her say that, Chonghua Palace is the residence of sister Lingxi, and it is separated from Xuepo's Fanghua Palace on both sides of Yining Palace. My sister often asks me to play on weekdays, but why let the maid hesitate like this Yes, it is indeed strange.I asked: "Who is that maid, but Heng'er?" Rujuan said: "No, Miss Heng'er's servants recognize her. It was when she sent Di Ji back last time."

The concubine mother patted my hand and said: "If you are worried, you can just go and have a look. It is good for the concubine mother to talk to Hanzhi by herself." I thought about it, so I said: "Then let Rujuan accompany you first." Let's go, tomorrow I will go to pay my respects to Concubine Sui." After saying that, she took Ruxiu out, luckily the journey was not far away.But before I got to the Chonghua Palace, I saw Lingxi's hair-combing palace maid pacing up and down, as if she didn't see me.Ruxiu shouted: "Bold, why don't you be rude when you see Empress Huaishu?" Liu Hong was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down to worship.I went straight to the point: "You don't take good care of my sister, what are you doing here? You came to my palace just now, what happened?"

Liu Hong became anxious, and said: "Diji, something happened, our Diji..."

I saw that she was not paying attention, so I quickly stopped drinking, and said to Ruxiu: "You stay on the sidelines." Then I called Liu Hong to a pine tree, and said: "It's safer here, you can talk about it."

"Today, Heng'er got the news that the eldest grandson of Lord Marquis Shen, the governor of Jeju, has come to Beijing. It is the Queen Mother's consent to come to discuss marriage." Empress Dowager Hui's nephew, the legendary Qilu Junjie, made a marriage contract with Lingxi Diji early on.Seeing that my sister has grown up, is she coming to ask for marriage?Liu Hong said again: "We Emperor Ji was unhappy when we found out, but there was nothing we could do. I couldn't hold back and ordered my servant to invite you just now, but just as the servant left the Chonghua Palace, the Empress Dowager's ceremonial guard arrived. Therefore, the servant I don't know what to do."

When the queen mother arrived, I suddenly felt a little bad.But Liu Hong didn't wink and asked: "Di Ji, what should we do now?" I was annoyed in my heart, and said: "You ask me, who should I ask, and now I don't even know what's going on inside, and I don't know who I am alone. I will figure it out, what can I do?"

Seeing that I was angry, Liu Hong hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.I was very annoyed and ignored her for a while, but she seemed to think of something, hesitated and said: "If Diji really wants to know the situation in the palace, this servant has a way, although it is risky, maybe you can give it a try.

I looked at her suspiciously. Seeing that I was silent, I bit my lip and said, "There used to be a place in the west corner that was not strong, and it was supposed to be repaired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Later, Diji raised a little curly hair, so it was Let the internal supervisor dig a hole, Di Ji is petite, so she should be able to..."

I suddenly understood, and said angrily: "You let Gu go into the dog hole?!"

Liu Hong hurriedly knelt down, and said timidly, "Emperor... Diji, calm down, that has been abandoned long ago, it can't be regarded as... what's more, the place is desolate, no one will find it."

I hated it so much that I almost didn't go up and kick her. I really want to thank my biological mother and several concubines for the women's virtues that I have taught me over the years, which made me resist this unbecoming thought.This redhead is really reckless, I really don't understand why my sister reuses her so much?

I suppressed it and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Stop bringing up such absurd thoughts, so what if I can get in, can I stop the Queen Mother's decision? Or wait here first."

Upon hearing this, Liu Hong immediately said: "Emperor Ji doesn't want to set foot in, but slaves must go back to accompany us Di Ji." After saying that, kowtow and then don't run away.

I didn't expect her to be so resolute, and she couldn't help feeling a little bit ashamed when she was slightly stunned. A little court lady is like this, Zipei, Zipei, how did your sister Lingxi treat you since you were young, and she is as close as a direct sister, I have even told you the most secret emotions in my heart, so can you feel at ease by staying out of it?

Thinking of this, my heart became more and more restless, the cold wind was howling, and my cheek was cut like a knife.Let my mind move forward, Mrs. Zhuang Min was very powerful at that time, and deliberately made things difficult for her mother and concubine to pray for blessings in Tongming Hall all night.When I went to bed at night, I couldn't find my mother, and I was so anxious that I could only cry, but the palace people were afraid of Mrs. Zhuang Min, so no one dared to take me to find her.I was not reconciled, and slipped out by myself while they were not paying attention.

But I left the Fangxinyuan and didn't know the way at all.It was dark and the road was slippery, and the wind was whining, as if it were the weeping of a ghost.I was panicked and frightened, so I could only look for the light, stumbled and twitched all the way.

The voices of people in the distance are approaching, and the palace lanterns are curled up, and it can be seen that there are people marching.I was really frightened and exhausted, and no matter who the visitor was, I shouted at the top of my voice: "Come here, come quickly, woooo..."

Then the inner eunuch came over to check, and when he saw it was me, he took me to the center of the crowd. It turned out that it was Sister Lingxi who was traveling in a soft sedan chair. I remember that Lingxi was wrapped in a wide Zhaojun suit, took my hand, frowned and said: "Hands are so cold, they must be frozen, you and your sister will go to Yanxi Hall in a sedan chair, okay? I can just pick you up Brother Run."

I murmured: "But I'm going to Tongming Hall to find my concubine."

Lingxi smiled and said: "Run'er loves Huai Shu the most, and will definitely plead with Mrs. Zhuang Min (Hu Yunrong). At that time, Lady Ying can go back with Huai Shu."

At that time, I didn't know such complicated human relationships, so I just responded in a panic.Lingxi then led me into the sedan chair, fearing that I would be cold, so she untied her Zhaojun coat and wrapped me in, the wide robe was full of warmth.

Just like the warmth brought to me by Sister Lingxi, it has not dissipated for so many years.

　Here is the set of memories

　　
　
(End of this chapter)