Queen's scheming

Chapter 58

Waking up early in the morning, Shen Qingyi was dressing up.

"My slave pays respects to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old." Qian Tianhai smiled like a mouse in the gutter, which was annoying.

Shen Qingyi frowned, didn't look at him, didn't cry out, and said coldly, "Eunuch Qian, why did you run to Ningsu Palace early in the morning?"

Seeing that Shen Qingyi didn't tell him to get up, Qian Tianhai was a little annoyed, now except for Shen Qingyi, which young master in the palace, the empress is not polite to him, but Shen Qingyi is not paying attention to him more and more .

Qian Tianhai's little fox raised his eyes slightly, and said loudly, "The servant is here to convey the emperor's will."

Shen Qingyi withdrew her gaze from the Linghua copper mirror, turned her body slightly, looked at Qian Tianhai with a smile, "Oh? Is that so? Then Eunuch Qian can't get up? Why? Can I ask Bengong to help you?"

"How dare a slave!" Qian Tianhai stood up triumphantly, shook the whisk in his hand, straightened his clothes, and shouted in a thin voice, "The emperor has a decree!"

Shen Qingyi pretended not to hear, and took a gold-plated phoenix hairpin with oriental beads on the dressing table carved with red sandalwood and begonias, and compared it to her hair.

Qian Tianhai saw that Shen Qingyi didn't kneel down to receive the order, he poked his lips with his tongue, dragged his voice, and shouted again, "The emperor has an order!"

Shen Qingyi's sharp eyes swept across, Qian Tianhai only felt a chill from the soles of his feet, "Eunuch Qian should know how I get along with the emperor, how many times have you seen me saluting the emperor? Don't you still want to Is it not enough to accept the blessing of this Palace?"

"I don't dare!" Qian Tianhai only felt that he had nothing to do with this aunt. Hmph, let's see how long she can be proud after the decree is announced. Except for the emperor and the queen mother, there is no one in this palace who can confront Qian Tianhai. born.

Qian Tianhai's smile became brighter and brighter, as if a withered chrysanthemum had bloomed on his wrinkled rough face, "The emperor has a decree, and the queen empress is invited to personally draw up the decree. for 'snow'."

Shen Qingyi paused slightly with the hand holding the phoenix hairpin, and then gracefully lowered the phoenix hairpin and the side of the bun, with tassels hanging down, shining with a moving brilliance.

Seeing that Shen Qingyi didn't answer, Qian Tianhai only thought that his anger was in full swing, and he couldn't help saying a little frightened, "The empress should take the order to thank you. This slave has to send the gold seal to the concubine Xue. Sigh, I don't know what the concubine Xue said. After a while, Concubine Xue can't compare to your empress, if you don't get up, last night, our Long Live Lord really put in a lot of effort, ouch, it's true..."

"Eunuch Qian really has time to spare. It just so happens that the pot of water for the maiden's feet has not been poured yet. When I trouble Eunuch Qian to go out, please stop by!" Yu Lian stuffed the golden basin into Qian Tianhai's hand, and then said, "Qian Father-in-law, be careful, the outer layer of this footbasin is pure gold, if you accidentally bump it, you will lose a few taels of gold, and you will have to pay for such a gold basin, I'm afraid It’s time to use your example for several years.”

Qian Tianhai wished he could spit on Yu Lian's face, everyone in Ningsu Palace was shrews, and no one was rational.

Seeing Yulian pushing Qian Tianhai out of the palace gate, Yu He said softly, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Qian Tianhai can't spit out ivory from his mouth. Your Majesty just pretends he didn't hear it, so he didn't have to dirty his ears."

Shen Qingyi dabbed some bright red lip balm, raised her fingertips slightly, and dabbed it on her lips. The red lips parted slightly, forming a beautiful arc, "Yuhe, your qinggong is very good, isn't it?"

In the middle of the night, the bitter cold wind was blowing, whining, like a woman's sobbing, the cold wind kept pouring into people's necks and cuffs, Qian Tianhai unconsciously closed his collar, and hurried to the palace where he was resting .

Suddenly the palace lantern in his hand flickered out, and the surrounding was quiet only the sound of the wind.Qian Tianhai listened for a while, but seeing that there was no sound, he groped forward according to his memory. After walking about fifty or sixty feet, he saw a faint candlelight in front of him. Qian Tianhai was overjoyed, and stepped forward a few steps , patted the shoulder that was facing away from him, and ordered thinly, "Light up this palace lantern for Miscellaneous House!"

As Qian Tianhai said, he stretched out the palace lantern in his hand, and breathed out with his other hand, the weather is really too cold.After a while, Qian Tianhai's palace lantern brightened up. The only strange thing was that he was holding an octagonal palace lantern with bright yellow gauze, and the light emitted should be bright yellow, but at this time the palace lantern in his hand emitted The light is scarlet like blood.

Qian Tianhai was surprised, so he raised his head and asked, "What kind of lamp oil did you give to Zajia?" As soon as Qian Tianhai raised his head, he opened his mouth wide and couldn't say a word. .

Qian Tianhai shuddered unconsciously, looked around, it was eerily quiet, not even the whistling of the wind, Qian Tianhai hurried forward in shock, but was shocked by the scene in front of him at the corner, on this path It should be white snow, but at this moment it is clearly bright red snow, bright red. .Qian Tianhai fell to the ground, and the palace lantern burned instantly, and the color of the flame was also bright red. .

Qian Tianhai crawled back and bumped into a pair of blood-red embroidered shoes. Qian Tianhai boldly raised his head slowly, only to see a bun floating, a face as pale as snow, and red lips.Qian Tianhai wanted to run subconsciously, but his body was suddenly out of his control and he froze in place.The plain white figure moved in front of his eyes in an instant, and what was facing him was not the side, but the bright red lips.
"Why did Eunuch Qian want to leave when he saw the servant girl? You still owe the servant girl ten ingots of gold? You agreed at the time, why didn't you give it to the servant girl? That's why the servants sneaked out, and the servants will not leave anymore, and stay to serve you, Eunuch Qian!" Such a soft voice was a little coquettish, but Qian Tianhai felt cold sweat dripping down like rain, why there was a sound, that red The lips never opened at all.

"No, no, no, the Zajia doesn't need your service. The Zajia will return the ten ingots of gold to you. No, no, no, the Zajia will burn a box of gold for you, as long as you don't pester the Zajia." Qian Tianhai said tremblingly.

"Giggle" a few coquettish laughs, especially piercing in the deep winter night, "That's impossible, Eunuch Qian, slaves are ghosts, ghosts can only serve one person, slaves have already served you to light palace lanterns, so I can only let you As the master, I will always be by your side.”

"No, no, miscellaneous family, please, the miscellaneous family doesn't need someone to wait on you..." Qian Tianhai's mournful voice resounded through the alleyway.

Under the bright yellow palace lantern, Shen Qingyi was holding a roll of miscellaneous notes, lazily and unrestrainedly, with her slender fingers picking up a kumquat, stuffing it into her mouth with a noble and elegant gesture, "Is it done?"

"Mother, Eunuch Qian has hanged himself right now." Yu Lian replied softly.Anyway, the person has already been hanged up, and it doesn't matter whether he went up by himself or someone else sent him up.

"That's good, let Zhang Yang send a big gift to Xiao Anzi tomorrow to celebrate his promotion." Shen Qingyi wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and said softly.

Deerskin brocade boots embroidered with begonia flowers and glazed beads, cherry red draped branches on the ground after the rain, sky blue magnolia snow-forged high-waisted pleated long skirt, tube top embroidered with red peonies on a moon-white background, and a silver-red rolled fox fur ink lotus cloak. The colorful wreath is placed on the white neck, the moon is in the ear, three thousand blue silks are tied into a bun near the clouds, the eyebrows are like distant black, the eyes are like stars, the nose is small, the lips are cherry red and moist, and a little goose yellow flowers are pasted. Between the forehead, it is unparalleled in beauty.

"Ma'am, are you going to accompany the Queen Mother today?" Yu Lian asked tentatively when she saw that Shen Qingyi was well dressed early in the morning.

Shen Qingyi opened the makeup box, pinned six gilt rose pink crystals in her hair one by one, and said with a light smile, "I'm tired of accompanying the queen mother yesterday, so I will tell me in vain tomorrow that I won't allow any of them today." Go to her Cihui Palace, even if you go, you have to block me from the outside, so why should I go to get angry with you?"

"The empress dowager is also concerned about you and the emperor. The emperor has been wandering around Zhaoyang Palace for the past few days. If you see the sky, you will go to Cihui Palace. This is not the way to go. Why do you think you should?" Yu Lian didn't understand. It is often said that a man can bend and stretch, let alone a little girl, as long as Shen Qingyi speaks softly, the emperor will come back, why is there such a cold war between the two sides.

"Well, I'm going to the Cihui Palace again, I'm afraid it will force the dowager to go to Yangguo mansion to complain." Shen Qingyi chuckled, thinking of the empress dowager's complaints in Yangguo mansion that day, she thought it was funny.

"Your Majesty accompanied the Empress Dowager to the Duke Yang's Mansion that day?" Yu Lian asked in surprise as she held a small black lacquered tea tray painted with gold.

Shen Qingyi didn't notice Yulian's gaffe, and while picking up the armor, she said, "Yes, the Queen Mother even went to Suzhai to make two homely clothes."

"What's the matter? The Empress Dowager and Yang Guogong's wife exchanged handkerchiefs, and going to Yang Guogong's mansion is a common thing." Shen Qingyi said indifferently.

Yu Lian restrained her expression, and said in a calm tone, "It's nothing, this servant is just thinking that I didn't accompany the empress that day, and I'm afraid that there is something wrong with you going out of the palace."

Shen Qingyi tried on a gilt armor inlaid with jasper beads, scratched it on the dressing table, shook her head, then picked up a silver one inlaid with cloisonne, and said, "That's not true, there are as many guards as the Queen Mother , What can happen to this palace? It was also a whim that day, so I wanted to accompany the queen mother out of the palace, so I didn't deliberately go back to the palace to call Yuhe and you two. knew."

Yu Lian pursed her lips and smiled, leaving this matter aside, seeing that Shen Qingyi had changed into another gilded hollow armor and scratched it on the back of her hand, she wondered, "Ma'am, what are you doing? But it was sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Can't the armor paddle be used? This Ministry of Internal Affairs is really bold, but after a few days, it dares to send those defective products to the Lingsu Palace, it really doesn't want a head."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is not so bold!" Shen Qingyi finally chose a shiny silver armor inlaid with finely divided sapphires, turned around, and said with great demeanor, "Call Shang Yuhe and Zhang Yang, let's Go to Zhaoyang Palace for a walk!"

(End of this chapter)