General, please stay

Chapter 54
Queen Yan lives in Lingkun Palace, this is Qigui's first visit, and also the first time to formally enter the palace to greet Queen Yan.

Walking to the door, I saw two rows of maids standing straight from the inside of the hall to the outside of the hall, standing with their hands down and respectful.Following the transmission of the sound directly into the hall, Queen Yan sat in the hall, and there were several people dressed as concubines standing under her seat.Among them was Concubine Hui who was taken to another courtyard with Queen Yan that day.

Chess returns to see an acquaintance.

The one who stood beside Queen Yan and felt Queen Yan's pulse was Zhang Yizhi, a military doctor from the Military Aircraft Mansion.

But she didn't dare to look too much, just glanced out of the corner of her eyes, and then she knelt down to salute, and said: "Concubine Jinhua, please greet the queen, the queen will be a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Queen Yan was still feeling her pulse, glanced at her, and said with a smile: "Get up. Why do you have time to come into the palace today to pay my respects?"

Looking around again, he said with a smile, "Yes, Old Ten seems to be out of the house, no wonder she is free."

Left and right laughed.

Qigui lowered his head in a cooperating manner, making a shy look.

Then several concubines came up to greet her.

Although the rank of Qigui is comparable to that of a first-rank imperial concubine, she is a married woman after all. When she sees these concubines of King Yan, she still has to return the favor one by one.After performing a circle of salutes, she was also very dizzy, only Concubine Hui's dish face was the most memorable.

Queen Yan smiled and said, "Come and sit."

Qi Gui went to sit down on a small futon under her feet.

After Zhang Yizhi took the pulse of Queen Yan, he stood aside with his hands down, and said: "Your Majesty's health is fine, and the solar terms are changing right now, as long as you take a little care, it will be fine."

Qi Gui hurriedly said, "Is there something wrong with your empress?"

Queen Yan waved her hand and said, "I have a backache."

No wonder Zhang Yizhi was invited.

Queen Yan herself didn't care much about this question, and asked Qi Gui: "Old Ten going out for a few days? Who did you bring with you?"

Qi Gui said: "It is said that we will only go for two or three days, and only bring a few guards around us, and the twelve knights of Marquis Wu."

Queen Yan said: "I didn't even bring a girl? This old ten has married a wife, why is he still like a monk?"

The concubines laughed again.

Qi Gui lowered his head, and said: "The general said that the servants are used to serving them. Besides, when I went to Mr. Li's place, where would there be a shortage of maids?"

Queen Yan laughed and said, "That kid Li Yue is a flirtatious seed. But Lao Shi and him haven't learned bad things for so many years, so you don't have to worry."

Qi Gui hurriedly said: "Jinhua doesn't need to worry about the general's affairs, but Jinhua, there are still many things that the general needs to raise."

Queen Yan was quite proud, and said: "That's right, Old Ten has been sensible since he was a child, so he is much more at ease than Thirteen's stupid boy. But you are also a wife, so it's okay if you are not familiar with it now. In the future, it's better You have to take good care of your husband."

Qi Gui smiled and said, "Yes, Jin Hua has written it down."

At this time, more and more beautiful concubines came out, and said with a smile: "The princess is busy with the reception recently?"

Qi Gui thought for a while, and remembered that she seemed to be... what kind of concubine Yun?

Queen Yan also looked at Qigui, as if waiting for her to answer.

Qi Gui said: "I heard from the ladies in the mansion, but unfortunately they can't be of much help."

Queen Yan said: "You are new here, that's how it is. Mrs. Chen Zhaona is capable, and you should rely on her for these things."

Qi Gui obediently agreed.

Her character, although a little boring, is better than safety.

Queen Yan liked to tease her very much, and said: "The old ten didn't even come to court the day before yesterday. Why, it's only now that the house is consummated?"

When Qi Gui saw Zhang Yizhi next to him, his face flushed with embarrassment.Even the rouge on his face couldn't hide the bright color.

Zhang Yizhi glanced at her.

Queen Yan laughed loudly and said, "Master Zhang, please step back first."

Zhang Yizhi bent down, just in time to see Qigui's pointed shoe, agreed, and then backed off.

Only then did Qi Gui say: "Yes..."

Queen Yan patted her head in satisfaction, and said, "You didn't get hurt?"

"No……"

Queen Yan said with a smile: "Get pregnant as soon as possible, and spread the leaves for the old ten."

Concubine Yun laughed again and said, "It's time to choose the next wife and concubine for Lord Hou."

Concubine Hui glanced at her, and said, "Sister Yun's family seems to have a younger sister of the same mother, who has also reached a marriageable age. Princess, you can see that the sisters in her family must be good after looking at Sister Yun's appearance. .”

There was a concubine with black hair as thick as ink, called Concubine Rou, who said softly and cleverly, "Yes, sister Yun is worrying about her marriage. I really envy their little sisters, Lian Yun Sister concubine has entered the palace, and the relationship is still so good."

Originally, it was a few very common words, but I don't know why the taste changed as I heard it.It seems to be mocking Concubine Yun's intentions for being too obvious.

Qi Gui was afraid that they would pinch them again in front of the queen, so he hurriedly said: "Jinhua has also mentioned this matter to the general. But the general doesn't seem to like Jinhua passing him to make decisions. I don't know if there is already a favorite candidate ..."

She smiled and said, "The person selected by the general must be good."

Even Queen Yan couldn't help laughing at her as an idiot, and said: "How can Mrs. Side let him choose? If he chooses a foxy girl, you will be the one to suffer. But your status is special, Xiao Shi has always There is a sense of propriety, so let you make up your own mind about this matter. Ben Gong will also take a look for you, whoever has a good one, I will settle it for you first."

Qi Gui gratefully agreed.

After dawdling for a long time and talking nonsense for a long time, Qi Gui finally knew that he couldn't get over it, thought it over, and said: "Actually, there is one more thing for my concubine to enter the palace. I need to discuss it with your mother."

Queen Yan was in a good mood now, and said, "What?"

Qi Gui said: "It's about the reception... Counting my concubines, after the war last year, there were a lot of soldiers killed in battle. Poor wives and children at home. I have never heard of a special pension for survivors in Chen Guo When the concubines arrived in Yan State, they realized that these widows were really suffering. I felt ashamed, and I couldn’t help much, so I only thought of a not-so-good solution.”

She was talking about the battle between Yan State and Chen State last year.

As Princess Chen, it is admirable courage to bring up this matter.I just don't know if I have met Queen Yan's temper.She has been a beggar for so many years, and she has first-rate ability to observe words and demeanor, but it is not to the point of being infallible.After saying these words, I felt a little apprehensive and broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, Queen Yan followed this pattern. Hearing her mention it, she felt pity for her and said, "Tell me, what's your idea?"

Qi Gui glanced at Queen Yan quickly, then lowered his head, and said, "That's...the ones who are usually invited are all the wives of officials above the third rank. I thought, in order to increase the materials obtained from the fundraising, it is okay to limit the scope of the invitation. , expanding to the wives of senior officials above the fourth rank."

(End of this chapter)