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Chapter 138 Congratulations to the Groom (8)
"The palace people in the west must have known it a long time ago, but no one should be the ear god, so as not to make trouble for themselves. But I just thought that the lame man has always been romantic, and there are many scandals. It is too early to say, I am afraid that the west I don't take it to heart. Now that he has been messing with this surname Duan for more than a year, it's a done deal. Today, I mentioned something in a half-covered way in the Compassion Ning Palace, saying that listening to the palace people's discussion, the regent Wang fell in love with a famous prostitute in Beijing, and she kept her by her side regardless of face, and she was the only one who favored her. After Xi Bian heard this, she couldn't sit still, and now she was afraid of being investigated. Hmph, this year she has been struggling With her concubine, she is becoming more and more disrespectful to me, the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace, let's see if she will continue to collude with the cripple San after she learns the news! Third brother, please use it."

Wang Zhengting took a cup of green tea offered by Mrs. Wang, and gave a rare smile that was more pleasing than the fragrance of the tea, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

Completely different from the spring snow of the Ciqing Palace, the Cining Palace is full of chicken feathers.

Eunuch Zhao Sheng took two steps timidly, "Empress Dowager, the emperor's uncle and regent Wang Shoufei have arrived."

The Holy Mother and Empress Dowager Xihe sat high in the hall, murderous, "Let it go!"

In a blink of an eye, Quan Fu, Zhao Sheng's apprentice, led a beautiful young woman from the outside taking small steps.The young woman followed the rules, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, "Servant Xiangshou kneels to ask the Empress Dowager Shengan—"

"That's enough, that's enough!" A piece of bangs playing with the characters of toad and longevity was distracted and dropped a sea pearl, which reflected the black and black hostility between Xihe's eyebrows very clearly, "What do I want to ask, I think Quanfu has already agreed with me. You’ve confessed, don’t hesitate and fumble like a mosquito, speak out more freely.”

Seeing such thunderous anger, Xiangshou couldn't help panicking, with two tears in his eyes, he knelt there and began to choke, "Talk to the queen mother, this matter, the concubine and empress do not allow the family members in the mansion to make rash comments, so the detailed inside story slaves I don't know very well, I just heard that about two years ago, the lord fell in love with a young lady who often went to Huaihua Hutong. Later, he simply removed the lowly status of this lady and took him to Bieye Ruyuan. The prince has a maidservant named Cuiyi, who is always very shameless in the palace, but in Ruyuan, she killed her life just because she beat the servant's pet cat. Since this happened, All the concubines in the mansion weighed their weight, and no one dared to provoke Ruyuan, but let her charm the prince. Nowadays, except for the first, fifteenth or new year's day, the prince never returns to the mansion, only occasionally When I came back, I just sat in the Fengyue Shuangqing Pavilion of the second concubine. The slaves have not been favored for many years, but Concubine Shun and Concubine Rong are very favored in daily life, and now their princes are also extinct. He has no other concerns about Ruyuan, and he is inseparable from the army even when he conquered Wala. It has only been a few days since he returned to Beijing. My wife's imperial wife came to make friends with the girl in the brothel, and called her "Niangniang"! Nowadays, those who know a little bit about officialdom know that if you want to find the prince, you can't find it in the palace, you have to go to the "golden house". garden'."

"Hehe, listen, it's a basket case if you say it. Why don't you say a word if I don't ask. Look at me and don't know anything in this palace, so you can hide it! You one by one You have kept it a secret!" Xi He slapped the armrest of the phoenix chair, and the ring of pearls and exquisite bracelets on her hand reverberated everywhere.The eunuchs and maids on both sides of the standing guard were kicked down to their knees, touching the ground and kowtowing.

Xiangshou took out a silk handkerchief with double phoenix peonies, and wiped away tears, "The queen mother please cherish the phoenix body, and don't get angry. The slaves have been bullied in the palace for many years, since the dragon robe case was fortunate enough to win the queen mother Not only was she often rewarded by the Empress Dowager, she was also summoned into the palace by the Empress Dowager several times, which made everyone in the mansion look at the servants differently and restored the honor due to the concubine. The Empress Dowager is really the reborn parents of the slaves, what does the Queen Mother have? Instructions, all slaves and maids will do their best to repay them in case. The queen mother asked the slaves to pay more attention to the daily actions of the prince, which is also out of concern for the important officials of the society. Because the slaves are not in front of the prince, their knowledge is very limited. There are rumors in the mansion, but whether it is a major state affairs or a trivial matter in daily life, as long as the slaves have heard about it, they never dare to hide a word from the Queen Mother, but the matter of Ruyuan is really too ridiculous. The slaves themselves are not of high birth In the past, being conferred the concubine already suffered a lot of criticism, but at any rate, the servants were also innocent. Today, the lord praises a person who is looking forward to the old and welcoming the new. There are many scholars who can't see it behind their backs. Many criticisms, although they are not related to politics, the prince will not pay much attention to them, but it is disgraceful to spread these words everywhere. The servants only hope that one day the prince will disappear from this momentary interest, and it will pass without black and white. There is no need to bring it up to annoy the Empress Dowager, Aunt Yuming and the others must have the same thoughts, always thinking of the Empress Dowager. But who knows that this matter is getting worse and worse, and they can't hide it if they want to. I also ask the Empress Dowager to forgive me."

The joy filled her chest, no wonder Qi She had been lukewarm to herself for so long, it turned out that she had a new love outside, and the whole world knew about it, she was the last one to know about her lover's betrayal!Xihe knew that she had never been Qi She's lover, and the reason why she could accept it was because he didn't have any lover.But now, he has.Since there are only two words in this world that can explain all unexplainable absurd acts: one is "love" and the other is "hate".Xihe closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again, there was a layer of light red in her pupils.

"What's the name of that waitress?"

Xiangshou raised her eyes timidly, and peeked upwards, "Follow her false mother's surname Duan, and her flower name is Qingtian."

Xi He murmured and repeated: "Qingtian—"

"Hey, here!"

In the garden-like Jinxiang Hall, like a delicate bird clearing the sky, a clear and beautiful guttural sound resounded.Qi She followed the sound and turned into the Nuan Pavilion, and when he lifted the curtain, he first saw a person rolling down the ground from the low stalk beside the kang.

"Slave Zhou Dun kowtows to the prince!"

Qi She smiled all of a sudden, "When did you arrive?"

"Just arrived in the evening," Zhou Dun was wearing a set of over-the-shoulder cloud python, bowed to the ground several times, "after changing clothes, I hurried into the garden to pay my respects to the prince and empress."

Qingtian on the kang looked at the two of them with a smile, a row of clear pink pearls hung down from the flying cloud bun, and one color of pearls was inlaid on the silver armor, sweet and tender like the color of his cheeks.She has also plumped up a lot, and she no longer looks weak as in the army. She lifted herself off the kang, and handed tea to Qi She from the painted lacquer plate in the hand of the maid, "It is true that you let Eunuch Zhou stay behind to recuperate." It makes sense, if it weren't for the exhaustion of the journey, how could he recover so well like today?"

Qi She put his hands on the teacup, and lifted the eunuch who was prostrate on the ground, "Is everything neat?"

"Thanks to the Lord, it's so good that I can die again." Zhou Dun stood up and raised his head, looking forward deeply.I saw the master's grandeur remained unchanged, and there was a pair of short black mustaches on his upper lip, which made him even more dignified.

At this end, Qi She also measured Zhou Dun's upper and lower sides: there were some black potholes left on the daughter's white skin, and there were large wedge-shaped scars on each side of the cheeks. It was recorded that an arrow had hit it off. Molars shot through the traces of the face, the only thing that remains the same is a pair of smiling eyes.Qi She kept his eyes on the pair of eyes, smiled, and without a word of consolation, patted Zhou Dun's shoulder with one hand, "Since everything is healed, come back to work for me at night."

"Look, that's not what I said?" Qingtian raised his voice and smiled, "I told Eunuch Zhou, I'm afraid he won't be able to steal even if he's lazy all day long, the prince is not comfortable talking about it every day without him by his side."

Zhou Dun is a person with a more open mind than Bi Gan, after hearing this, something hurts his throat.He lost his handsome face that he was so proud of, but he was exceptionally rewarded for his military exploits. When the frontier fortress fell ill, the imperial court repeatedly sent envoys to express condolences.This unimaginable glory as a eunuch is due to his meritorious service to the Savior, just like a good dog gets a lot of meat and bones.In fact, Zhou Dun's greatest wish is just to be a good dog, which means: it is good to have a bone given by the owner, but half of what he does is not for the bone, but for a dog that is unique to most human beings. No loyalty.Likewise, there's nothing that makes a dog happier than knowing that its owner doesn't dislike sloppy skin or shedding hair, but needs himself just as much.There were bright marks like wagging tails flying in Zhou Dun's eyes, he waved his sleeves and bowed down again, "Thank you, master, for your kindness!"

The master and servant meet again, and there must be a long talk by candlelight, and the end of Xu is over in a flash.Qi She thought that Zhou Dun had not recovered soon, and urged him to retreat and rest.In this room, Youyan and the others moved the lamp and lowered the curtain, and waited for him and Qingtian to lie down.Qingtian still put Zai Yutuan on his chest, and wrapped his other hand around Qi She's waist, softly said: "The garden is very lively today, there are several groups of people here."

Qi She wiped her palms on her shoulders, half-closed her eyes, and said "um".

"I just had lunch, and Diexian and Duixia came here. They were very happy, and said that with my help, the two of them became the top brands in Huaihua Hutong, and the brand wine was better than that of Yuhualou. Miss Bao Liu is better. Whether the guests are rich or young, you have to flatter them in turn, so that they can say something nice to 'Niang Duan'."

A faint sneer came from Qi She's nose and sprayed warmly on her heart, and Qing Tian also said with a smile: "There is something even more outrageous. After they left, Master Xia, the servant of the storehouse, and Wu, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, The two wives of your lord came here with them again, they had nothing to do with it, after talking politely for a while, it turned out that Madam Wu brought a person who was really a rare guest."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)