Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 34 Fairy Sister
  She wore a pink and tender chest-length skirt and a bun with pear blossoms in her hair, without any extra jewelry.

But it is already slim enough, as pretty as the peach blossoms in March, pure and pleasant.

"Master, please slow down, don't rush into the ladies." Behind her was a little palace maid with combed hair. She had a chubby round face and a flower patch on her forehead. She looked very cute and playful.

"I know why you talk so much all day long that my ears almost get calluses when you hear it."

Zhu Ci had never seen this person in the palace before, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Yan Qingshu saluted Hua Jingyun, "Qingshu has met the Queen."

Before Hua Jingyun could speak, she had already stood up and said in a cheerful voice: "I haven't seen the Queen for a long time. The Queen is becoming more and more beautiful. I am really ashamed to see you."

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Hua Jingyun's lips, as calm as snow, "Look at Yan Baolin's talkativeness. He is getting smarter after not seeing you for a few days. If you are not serving the Queen Mother in Changqiu Palace, why are you here here? ”

Yan Qingshu giggled, "Do you want to hear the truth, the Queen? Firstly, the concubine misses the Queen so much after not seeing her for many days. Secondly, the Queen Mother said that the concubine has been staying in Changqiu Palace all day, and she is nothing like that." Little girl, I’m afraid I’ll be fooled by this, so I’ll ask you to come out and talk to your sisters more.”

The words were really innocent and cute, with a bit more sincerity, which made all the concubines cover their lips and smile.

Yan Qingshu didn't notice at all and came to Hua Jingyun with a smile.

"Empress, when I passed by the Spring Garden, I saw the hollyhocks were in bloom, so I broke off a few branches. They will look good in a milky white narrow-necked vase."

"'If you have nothing in the south of the Yangtze River, just give me a spring gift', Yan Baolin has something new."

Qiu Ping, the palace maid next to Hua Jingyun, smiled and took the hollyhocks from Yan Qingshu's hand, and ordered someone to cut them up and place them in the Queen's chamber.

"Stop standing there in a daze, sit down quickly. I didn't know you were here today, and I didn't prepare your favorite pastries. I happen to have a plate of lotus root cakes here, don't dislike it."

Hua Jingyun originally wanted Qiu Ping to deliver the lotus root cake to Yan Qingshu's seat, but Yan Qingshu scrambled to carry it over.

"I won't bother Sister Qiuping. I can do it myself. The pastries in the Queen's Palace are the best in the palace. It's okay for the concubines to eat what they have. I don't mind it."

Yan Qingshu couldn't wait to take a piece of pastry and stuff it into her mouth, then sat down on her seat vaguely.

Bai Xinrui looked at Yan Qingshu with a smile in her eyes, "Yan Baolin seems to have grown a lot taller. I remember that you were still like this last time I saw you."

"The imperial concubine has really good eyesight. The Queen Mother also said the same thing about concubines. She said that the concubines will burst the roof when they grow up."

Yan Qingshu smiled with a silly look on her face, the corners of her lips dipped in pastry crumbs.

"But I can't help it. I'll be hungry if I don't eat. My body doesn't obey my orders. I can only satisfy my appetite first, and I can't care about much else."

"Some little girls just grow up early. When I was your age, I was much taller than my peers."

Xu Tingyue twisted her body to look at Yan Qingshu and handed over the handkerchief in her hand.

"It will stop growing gradually. You just need to be shorter than the emperor." She joked.

Yan Qingshu took the handkerchief and smiled sweetly, showing her white fangs.

"Thank you, Concubine Shu. I don't want this concubine to grow any longer. She's too tall and it doesn't look good even in clothes." Zhu Ci just knew who she was when he heard that she called herself Yan Shu and lived with the Queen Mother in the Changqiu Palace. .

In the early days of the founding of the Yan Dynasty, there were internal and external troubles, and Ning Guo continued to send powerful cavalry to invade the borders of Yan. There are people who claim to be the royal family and nobles of the previous dynasty, claiming to be the king and dominating, occupying one side.

There were not many generals available in the court, so the late emperor had no choice but to personally invite the famous General Yan Lei to come out.

The Yan family was a family of generals. Dozens of the Yan family's sons died on the battlefield, and only Yan Lei's lineage remained.

The late emperor couldn't bear that the Yan family had no heirs, so he specifically prohibited the male sons of the third generation of the Yan family from joining the army. But Ningguo was on the verge of a large-scale invasion, and when he sent an envoy to negotiate, his head was cut off and hung on the city gate.

The late emperor couldn't bear it anymore and had no choice but to ask General Yan to come out. The battle was won. However, General Yan unfortunately contracted malaria on his way back in triumph and died before the day he returned to the city.

The prince, who was still the emperor at that time, brought Yan Qingshu, the only daughter of General Yan, into the palace and gave it to the queen mother, who was still a virtuous concubine, to raise her.

Yan Qingshu was raised by the Queen Mother since she was a child, and she developed an innocent character. Both the concubines and the palace people liked her very much.

Realizing that someone was looking at her, Zhu Ci raised her eyelids and saw Yan Qingshu looking at him with a foolish smile.

"What's wrong, Yan Baolin? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything dirty on my face?"

Yan Qingshu shook her head, "There is nothing wrong with my sister's face. It's just that she is so beautiful. I think Fairy Chang'e in the sky is just like this."

She hesitated for a while, then ran over and touched Zhu Ci's dress.

"Sister Fairy, the clothes you are wearing are so beautiful and feel comfortable to the touch. They seem to be made of very different materials than what you usually see."

Everyone likes others to praise themselves, and Zhu Ci is no exception.

She smiled extremely happily, with pride in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, "Yan Baolin seems to know the material very well. I made this from the organza that the emperor rewarded, and I won't sweat when I wear it."

Yan Qingshu exclaimed, and the movements of her hands became extremely gentle, for fear that her long nails would damage the silk under her hands.

Yang Yunxi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Your Majesty is so kind to Princess Zhu. It's hard to find a piece of cicada. I've only heard about it and never seen it for many years since I've been in the palace. Today I finally drag my sister Zhu's blessing." , I got to meet him once."

Zhu Ci turned to look at Yang Yunxi. She looked at herself with a cold expression, her eyebrows raised, and the tassel on an emerald step rocker on her temples hung down diagonally, hitting her ear, as if her whole body was shining brightly.

Zhu Ci had seen her from a distance for a year, before she was on duty at Yongfu Palace. She heard that the Song Dynasty intended to send the Song Dynasty Emperor's only eldest princess to marry him. It didn't take long for her to see the Song Dynasty princess in the palace.

Although it was just a distant glance, the sadness on her body was still fresh in her memory.

Of course, those were all the memories of the original owner. Zhu Ci lowered his eyebrows and smiled.

"I also heard that this organza was very rare, so the emperor rewarded me with two pieces. I couldn't bear to let them go to waste, so I made clothes and wore them."

Xu Tingyue secretly twisted the handkerchief in her hand. The organza was so rare that the emperor only rewarded her with one piece. It was as precious to her and she couldn't bear to wear it.

(End of this chapter)