Yu Tang Golden Boudoir

Chapter 293 Concubine Jiang

Zheng Daguan let Concubine Jiang go, turned around and ordered the servant: "Go and get the long box of huanghuali from the bedside cabinet of the official's house." Concubine Jiang stopped her feet when she heard that she was going to get it from the bedside cabinet of the official's house. Turning around sharply and staring at Zheng Daguan, Zheng Daguan had a gentle smile on his face: "Concubine, wait a moment, they are all old paintings drawn by the official family in the early years." Jiang Guifei heard that it was an official painting, and the hesitation under her feet was overwhelmed by her heart. Overwhelmed by curiosity, he let out a soft 'hmm' and entered the back room.

The little servant carefully put down the long and narrow huanghuali box and retreated. Zheng Daguan opened the box, took out a scroll, untied it and handed one end to Concubine Jiang to hold, stepped back half a step and pulled the scroll away.

This is a picture of a lady. The woman in the picture is eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate face and a soft expression. She sits under the window and embroiders with her head slightly lowered. Concubine Jiang looks at the woman in the picture in amazement. This woman is about six or seven times like her. An elephant, but more peaceful and gentle than her.

"This is?" Concubine Jiang was in a daze and understood somewhat. She had heard of it a long time ago. Her favor was due to her resemblance to a real nobleman.

"This is the uncle's biological mother, Concubine Yao." Zheng Daguan said while looking at the woman in the painting with nostalgia.

"This is," Jiang Guifei's voice trembled slightly: "The painting of the official family?"

"Hmm." Zheng Daguan seemed to be stuck in the past, and after a while, Concubine Jiang forced a smile to break the silence: "I used to hear my father say that the officials' piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all excellent, especially the good landscape paintings. Mr. Zuo is full of praise, I never thought that the pictures of official ladies can be drawn so well."

"No, I also think that the pictures of ladies from the official family are better than the landscape paintings. Look at the charm in this painting, the spirit is more powerful than the form. It is only known to the outside that the official family is good at landscapes, because no one has seen the official family. Portraits of ladies." Mr. Zheng may have been affected by memories, and his talk was obviously different than usual: "I remember clearly that the officials only began to draw pictures of ladies after Yao Niangniang came, and they only painted Yao Niangniang alone. I don't know how much I have painted in the past ten years. This one is not considered good. There are still a dozen or so paintings, either angry or happy, or annoyed or shocked, which are really full of artistic conception and lifelike. Once painted, Yao Niangniang I couldn't put it down, and hung it in the house after it was framed. Later, when the empress left, the official family drew it for her, alas!" Zheng Daguan sighed softly: "The imperial concubine must not know, the official family is also good at painting fine brushwork. Flowers and birds, it's funny to say, the imperial concubine also knows the temperament of officials, the most impatient of those water-grinding kung fu, learning to paint and learn large-scale landscapes, and writing with splashed ink and wild cursive, it's all because Yao Niangniang can't find good-looking embroidery samples, so the officials have to Be patient and draw her one by one according to what she said. I remember one time, the official spent more than half a month to carefully draw a dress embroidered with the pattern of a hundred seeds for Yao Niangniang. Yao Niangniang That dress is so pretty..."

Concubine Yao was very novel when she first heard it, but she was terrified when she heard it. The more she listened, the more frightened she became. He rolled it up, respectfully put it back into the huanghuali box, stepped back half a step, and bowed respectfully to the box, straightened up, looked at Concubine Jiang but did not speak, Concubine Jiang was terrified by what he saw Horrified, he straightened up and said, "Why are the officials showing me this? Why are you showing me this? You... tell me these things... This is not what I should know!"

"The noble concubine cherishes her blessings and keeps her part, and that's why she has been blessed for more than ten years." Zheng Daguan's voice sounded from the top down, as if he was the more respectable one: "Officials often say that the noble concubine is a kind person." His temperament is somewhat similar to Lady Yao's, the uncle misses his mother very much in his heart, and he will not treat the noble concubine badly in the future." Concubine Jiang's frightened eyes dilated, what does this mean?
"What happened to the official? The official?" Concubine Jiang almost cried out.

"The official is asleep." Zheng Daguan's expression was very peaceful: "Young concubine, don't worry." Concubine Jiang stared at Zheng Daguan nervously, and asked vigilantly: "What are you going to do? What's wrong with the official? What do you want to do?" ?”

"The noble concubine is a smart person," Zheng Daguan bowed slightly: "I heard that Jiang Liulang and the fifth master are better than before. Because of Jiang Liulang's desire to see the noble concubine, the fifth master entrusted him to this old slave. Does the noble concubine know about this?" The imperial concubine stepped back, stared at Zheng Daguan with a serious expression, gritted her teeth, and said, "I understand the meaning of the big companion. Is this the meaning of the official, or the meaning of the big companion? What happened to the official...?" That sentence Whether it's life or death, Concubine Jiang didn't dare to say it, and changed to another sentence when the words came to her lips.

"The old slave is a dog by the official's side, and has never had his own meaning." Zheng Daguan met Concubine Jiang's gaze steadily: "The official's family is good, and the noble concubine is at ease. This old slave is for the benefit of the noble concubine."

"If you have something to say, just speak up!" Concubine Jiang couldn't help but said, Officer Zheng took a breath, then sighed again: "This old servant just wants to ask Concubine Concubine what she means." Concubine Jiang bit her lips tightly, her heart was in a mess , The officials do not know whether they are dead or alive... Ever since she avoided the Li Palace, she has been prepared. It will be a matter of time, but what does this old dog mean?He belongs to the uncle, and she also thought about it a little bit, but what does he want to do now?That's right, if the mountain is really collapsing at this moment, the uncle is far away in the north, and the fourth master is watching the country in the capital!What if there is a will?When the uncle comes back, the color of this country will have changed a long time ago!
"What I mean, what the Jiang family means, my big companion has already seen it. If it wasn't for the interest, the big companion couldn't help Liu Lang come to see me. If it wasn't for the long-term interest, I'm afraid that if I say anything else now, the big companion will not be happy." I can't believe it." Concubine Jiang quickly sorted out her thoughts, and replied very cautiously, Zheng Daguan narrowed his eyes, and looked at Concubine Jiang with admiration, this is a really smart person, she has been able to spoil the private room for more than ten years, it is not Just because there is so much like Yao Niangniang, such a smart person is someone who can work together.

"The letter from the north was handed in this morning. The north has won a great victory and wiped out Wangdan and the remnants of Beiting. The uncle is already on his way back to Beijing." Zheng Zheng's words fell into Concubine Jiang's ears very clearly: "Marquis of Chang'an Died in battle, Chang'an Hou Shizi Zhu Mingrui has carried the coffin back to Beijing." Zheng Daguan couldn't hear the slightest emotion in his words, Jiang Guifei's body shook violently, Chang'an Hou died in battle, the commander of an army died in battle!

"The official family has been tired for the past two days and has slept soundly. According to the imperial physician, leaving the palace is more conducive to the official family's recuperation. Please wait for the imperial concubine to wait for the official family to return to the forbidden area safely." Zheng Daguan's words sounded ordinary, but Concubine Jiang could hear the turbulent waves in the words, the official family may be useless...

"I want to see the official!" Concubine Jiang said firmly, and without waiting for her to say any more, Senior Official Zheng nodded, and stepped aside to let Concubine Jiang guide her into the official bedroom.

Concubine Jiang slowly knelt down in front of the official's bed, with her chin resting on the edge of the bed, carefully watching the steady breathing, as if it was just the sleeping official, one tear came out, another tear came out, and the tears came more and more More and more, it flows into a river on the cheek.

Zheng Daguan stared at Concubine Jiang closely, and let go of a little worry in his heart.

The fifth prince was stunned for a moment after hearing the words from the servant, and ordered: "Wait for me here!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran towards the inner courtyard.

Li Tian was leaning on the kang and talking to Yingluo about the list of gifts to be sent during the New Year. The fifth prince plunged in and shouted, "Get out Yingluo! Watch at the door! Don't stand at the door, watch in the yard, no one is allowed to get close step!" Yingluo dropped the list of gifts on the ground when she was frightened by the roar of the fifth prince, Li Tian hurriedly pushed her and said, "Don't pick it up, go!" Yingluo hurriedly ran to the middle of the courtyard with her skirt in her hands. Watching, fearful not knowing what happened.

The fifth prince sat sideways on the edge of the kang, and said in a few words about the messenger's message: "...I'm afraid something serious happened, according to the arrangement from Li Palace, father will leave from Li Palace early in the morning the day after tomorrow, and he will be back in the evening." We're in the middle of the ban, and there's only one day left in the middle, if it wasn't for something serious, Mr. Zheng would never have sent someone in such a hurry to tell me to go there quickly."

"What's wrong with the official family?" Li Tian only felt that the hairs all over his body stood on end. Could it be that the official family really disappeared at this juncture?

"I'm afraid it's..." The fifth prince suddenly choked up, raised his hands to cover his face, tears flowed down his fingers, Li Tian hurriedly moved over, put his arms around him, and comforted his head softly : "Let's think about it, the elders always have to go before us, and this is not a sad time."

"I know." The fifth prince lowered his head, wiped his tears on Li Tian's shoulder, and then picked up Li Tian's hand holding the handkerchief and raised it to his face. Li Tian hurriedly wiped his tears with the handkerchief, The fifth prince raised his head slightly, took a deep breath and said, "If Daddy is really in a hurry at this time... I don't know what will happen, I will go to Li Palace right away, Mr. Guan stays in the mansion, you ask Sun Liu to do everything right Get ready, if anything goes wrong, leave me alone and go first, don't worry, I will definitely catch up with you, so don't wait for me."

Li Tian looked at the fifth prince with some dumbfounding, but now that Mr. Zheng had someone tell him that everything was unknown, he put on a posture and prepared to escape, but this was also his own idea, and if he had prepared a way out, he could just let it go wrestled.

"I see." Li Tian responded obediently. The fifth prince sat down in silence for a while, then stood up and looked down at Li Tian: "I'm passing, don't wait for me." He smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will find a safe place to wait for you. If there is no you, what's the point of me being alone?" The fifth prince looked tangled but his eyes were bright with joy. He raised his hand and scratched his eyebrows and thought for a while. "Then wait for me after you get on the boat at the seaside, be careful!" Seeing Li Tian nodded, he turned around and left in peace.

Li Tian hurriedly moved to the window, opened the window and saw the Fifth Prince coming out of the Chuihua Gate, then closed the window, dazed in a daze.

(End of this chapter)