royal princess

Chapter 297 The Backbone of the Chu Family

The Dragon Boat Festival was not far away, and Si Jin was looking at the items sent by the Liushang Palace, with a strong complacency in her eyebrows and eyes.

These are all drawn by Xiao Qi himself, and then sewed by a special person.

This is the top advanced customization, right?
My sister didn't live in vain, she passed through the top and most advanced customization in the world.

Aunt Jiang saw that her master was very happy, and she also laughed, and ordered people to put the clothes and jewelry away so that the master could see clearly, and said: "If you don't like this look, you can ask them to go back and modify it. , there is still time."

Si Jin nodded, "Now Liu Shang is going crazy?"

"No, masters big and small in this palace have to make clothes and jewelry, but the best embroiderers and craftsmen are all selected by the emperor to make things for master, so it's not too busy." Aunt Jiang said to You Rongyan.

Si Jin chuckled, turned her eyebrows, looked at Aunt Jiang and said, "I'm afraid the new concubine will hate me to death."

"It's a mediocrity not to be envied by others, the empress should be happy."

Si Jin put down a string of gold hairpins with tassels in her hand, ran her fingers across the seven-tailed phoenix feathers, and said with a sigh: "This man, sometimes he is content, and now I am quite content, how comfortable my life is."

Aunt Jiang also sighed in her heart. Everyone said that Concubine Xi was blessed with a good life, but after these few years, she could see clearly.It is not this that really made Concubine Xi come to this point, but her lack of greed, which is not something anyone can do.

"What the lady said is."

Si Jin made a set of jewellery, chose clothes, and asked people to put them away.

Yun Shang brought tea, and Si Jin took a sip and asked, "I heard that Shoukang Palace has been a little uneasy these days?"

Yunshang glanced at Aunt Jiang, and then said in a low voice: "Your maidservant doesn't know much, but Eunuch Guan came forward in person."

It was Xiao Qi's idea that Guan Chang'an came forward, and it seems that the gossiping person next to Yu Jin was caught last time.

She always knew that the queen mother would not give up, but she never thought that the queen mother would actually dare to reach out to her son.

In fact, the Qiao family has no hope of turning over now, and the queen mother is just messing around.Xiao Qi endured him, thinking of the empress dowager's kindness in raising him, so he backed down everywhere.But if the queen mother continues like this, the original affection will always be exhausted.

At that time, Xiao Qi will not take the queen mother, but it is hard to say for the Qiao family.

The queen mother tossed and tossed and tossed, but in the end it was only herself who tossed and tossed.

"In the future, if you meet people from Shoukang Palace, stay away from them." Si Jin warned with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, what is this?" Afraid that the Shoukang Palace will fail?Yun Chang thought to herself.

"After all, the queen mother is an elder. When facing the queen mother, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, it is always the disadvantage of being a junior. Why rub your face against the soles of other people's shoes? If you don't give her this chance, let her hold back!" Si Jin sneered. One sound, with the temperament of the Queen Mother, the more she hides, the more she hates it.

"Your Majesty is still thoughtful." Yun Chang smiled cheerfully.

Aunt Jiang's eyes flashed, the master is really smart, with such a trick... Those who only think that the master is relying on one face, really misjudged.

There was not much movement in the Shoukang Palace, but all this was not hidden from the well-informed people in the palace.Even if Xiao Qi saved face for the Queen Mother, the rumors cannot be stopped.

Guan Chang'an didn't issue a password, so before the Dragon Boat Festival, the story of Shoukang Palace had already spread in the harem.Everyone knew that a member of the Shoukang Palace was taken away by the Inner Court and never came back.At the same time, several palace servants disappeared from the harem.

Although the movement is very small, I can't bear the people who want to get to the bottom of it.

"Did you hear the wind?" Xiao Qi put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked at Si Jin, frowning slightly, and ordered her to stop worrying about these trivial matters, who is talking too much?
Seeing Xiao Qi frown, Si Jin said directly: "Why are you frowning? After all, it has something to do with Yu Qin. I always have to ask a few questions. I asked, who dare not tell the truth?"

Also, Xiao Qi looked at Si Jin, held her hand and sighed, "You have been wronged."

Si Jin knew what the grievance Xiao Qi was talking about was that she couldn't touch the Queen Mother.

Smiling, he brought some food for him, and said slowly: "The Empress Dowager is kind to you in nurturing and educating you. There is nothing wrong with you doing this. Actually, I am not angry at all in my heart, so you don't need to worry about it. I am just thinking, Empress Dowager Such willful behavior is just slowly exhausting the love between you, so why bother?"

Xiao Qi's expression darkened, "It would be great if the Queen Mother could be as transparent as you."

"You don't have to praise me, I know my own strengths."

Xiao Qi was laughed at by Si Jin, and the depression in his heart gradually dissipated.

After dinner, the two little ones sent away, Xiao Qi took Si Jin's hand and watched the moon in the yard, it seemed that the two of them hadn't taken a walk under the moon for a long time.

The palm wrapped by the big hand carried a faint warmth, and Si Jin walked slowly following Xiao Qi's footsteps.

At this moment, even if she didn't say anything, Si Jin felt her heart was full.

"Xiao Qi, do you believe that there will be... a different world?" Si Jin suddenly asked such a question.

Xiao Qi turned his head and looked at Si Jin with doubts in his eyes, "A different world? What different world?"

Xiao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and said: "That is, maybe at the same time, at the same place, there will be another completely different... world."

"Are you kidding me, what are you thinking about all day long?" Xiao Qi nodded Si Jin's forehead, it must be because he read too many strange novels recently, even his thoughts are a little different.

"I'm not joking, I'm thinking maybe there really is such a place." Si Jin's heart was pounding, she stared into Xiao Qi's smiling eyes with a serious expression.

Xiao Qi was taken aback by Si Jin's expression, then shook his head, "It's what you say, so let's have it."

Knowing that he didn't believe it, Si Jin sighed inwardly, who would believe such a thing?After all, the thinking of people here is far less novel and bold than that of later generations.

However, Si Jin still wanted to say, with Xiao Qi's words, she looked at him with a straight expression, "I believe there must be a place in this world where human beings who are completely different from us live and live different lives." .”

Xiao Qi was taken aback by Si Jin's serious tone, blinked, then nodded seriously, "I believe it too."

This tone is deceiving, she obviously doesn't believe it, but she still wants to make her happy.

Si Jin felt a little regretful, originally thinking that if Xiao Qi really believed it, she wanted to reveal her real identity to him, but now...

Si Jin gave up on this idea.

But it doesn't matter, she can't go back anyway.

It's good to be alone in remembrance.

Although Xiao Qi looked at Si Jin with a smile, the slight disappointment in his eyes gave him a strange illusion.

As if she wasn't cranky.

But he shook his head again in a blink of an eye, how is this possible?
On the next morning, Si Jin got up early and sent Xiao Qi to the morning court. After the two had breakfast, they sent him out and said: "I'll wait for you to come back, and then we will go to Fenghuan Palace together."

Today is Dragon Boat Festival.

Xiao Qi nodded, "Don't take the two children with you, they just sat down for a while and then came back."

He didn't intend at all to end the banquet there.

Si Jin nodded with a smile, "I see, you should go quickly, don't miss the hour."

Xiao Qi nodded, turned around and strode away.

Today's Fenghuan Palace has been bustling early. Yesterday, all kinds of zongzi were already prepared in the imperial dining room. Today, they have spent exquisite thought on making the zongzi more delicious.

The queen was quietly looking at her face in the back hall, while Aunt Tong was busy in the front hall, listening to the bustling chatter and laughter outside, the queen's expression was indifferent and cold.The face in the bronze mirror is aging day by day, and the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes cannot be covered up without rouge and water powder.

Reaching out her hand to pull out a white hair hidden in the black hair, the queen looked at the hair lying quietly in the palm of her hand, and remained silent for a long time.

Huafa was born early at this age, her body is really getting worse every year, and she doesn't know how many more years she can last.I only hope that in the lifetime of the Chu family, there will be a virtuous talent who will guide the Chu family to go forward step by step.

Maybe she should entrust Concubine Xi to take care of the Chu family for her.As long as it doesn't violate the court guidelines, try to protect them as much as possible.

She was still alive, and those old enemies of the Chu family didn't dare to know what to do, but once she, the queen, left, the last backbone of the Chu family would collapse. I'm afraid those enemies would use whatever means to deal with the Chu family who had been demoted to common people.

This is what worries her the most.

The concubines and concubines outside the window kept laughing, and the queen's complexion gradually darkened inside the window.

After a while, the queen called someone to come in to dress her up.

With a phoenix robe added to her body, a phoenix crown to tie her hair, and rouge to cover her face, she became the empress empress again.

The majesty is fully displayed.

Standing up slowly, the empress walked out step by step while holding the palace man's hand.

Sitting on the phoenix seat in the main hall of Fenghuan Palace, looking at the people saluting below, he called Qiansui with a respectful expression.The queen withdrew her gaze, put on the most amiable smile, and raised her hand to everyone, "You sisters, you don't need to be polite, just sit down."

Everyone returned to their seats and looked up at the queen sitting on the phoenix seat.

Because today is the Dragon Boat Festival feast, almost all the concubines who can come in the palace have arrived regardless of rank.Especially for the new concubines who entered the palace, it was the first time they attended a palace banquet after entering the palace.

There were dense crowds of people sitting in the main hall of Fenghuan Palace, lined up according to their grades, their eyes were full of brocade clothes and Chinese clothes, and their hairpins were so beautiful and dazzling.

Li Qingyao was the highest among the concubines who had just entered the palace. Sitting under Li Xiaoyi's hands, she could see Li Xiaoyi's indifferent, expressionless beauty as soon as she looked up.

Such a cold Li Xiaoyi suppressed Li Qingyao's desire to have a conversation first, and she couldn't help but curse in her heart, who likes to look at such a coffin face.There was a reason why Li Xiaoyi was not favored, and that man didn't want to look at the woman around him with a dead face.

What's the point.

Qi Zhaoyi sat next to Concubine Li. Today she brought Princess Yuzhen and sat beside Qi Zhaoyi respectfully. She was a small person with no smile on her face.Only when Qi Zhaoyi was talking to him, she occasionally pursed her lips and smiled, then lowered her head and returned to normal.

Regarding the emperor's eldest princess, many people in the palace are quietly talking about it.The main reason is that this one's biological mother was really famous back then, she was once crowned as Concubine Su in the harem.

But now Su Guifei is like a living dead in Changle Palace, she never takes a step out of Changle Palace, even this daughter seems to be forgotten.

What's more, the biological mother is still alive and is a noble concubine, but the daughter is being raised by a Zhaoyi. Rumors about such things can't be stopped.

Seeing Qi Zhaoyi taking good care of Yuzhen, the queen remembered the time when Concubine Xi Gui came to her and persuaded her to let Qi Zhaoyi take care of Yuzhen.

Now it seems that Concubine Xi's eyes are right, Qi Zhaoyi has indeed raised Princess Yuzhen very well.

"Take this plate of strawberries to the eldest princess." The queen looked at Aunt Tong and said.

Aunt Tong was stunned for a moment, but she still picked up the strawberry herself, walked towards Princess Yuzhen, put the strawberry in front of the princess respectfully, and said with a smile: "This is what the empress gave to the princess. I remember that the princess is very happy." He loves to eat strawberries, you should try this, it is a new tribute."

Both Qi Zhaoyi and Yuzhen were stunned for a moment. Yuzhen glanced at Aunt Tong, then stood up and bowed in the direction of the queen, "Yuzhen thanked her mother for the fruit." She saluted with a smile on her face. His actions are standard and respectful.

The queen looked at Yuzhen and felt very complicated. She didn't like Concubine Su Gui, and she didn't even like Yuzhen herself.But Xu Shi thought of the juniors of the Chu family, and when she looked at Yuzhen again, she thought, if one day without her, it would be a blessing for the children of the Chu family to be looked after by someone like Qi Zhaoyi.

"Sit down quickly. If you like to eat, the queen mother will send you some more." The queen's smile became more and more loving.

Everyone in the hall looked at the queen and wondered why the queen was so close to Princess Yuzhen all of a sudden.

Qi Zhaoyi was also very surprised. She was actually very grateful for the empress Fufushen.The empress empress treated Yuzhen a little closer, and Yuzhen's life in the harem would be easier.

I used to raise Yuzhen just to relieve loneliness, but after raising Yuzhen, I really developed feelings.

Looking at this child, seeing her taciturn, she couldn't help but want to make her happy, more happy.

Qi Zhaoyi took Yuzhen's hand and sat down, picked up a strawberry and handed it to her, watched her take a bite, and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Yuzhen turned her head to look at Qi Zhaoyi, her eyes were bent, "It's delicious."

Qi Zhaoyi felt a little sour, even if it was sour, the child would still say it was delicious.In a short period of time, I have experienced so much, even if I am ignorant, I still know the changes around me.

Children grow up too fast, and it's all the adults' fault.

Thinking of the eldest prince and the second prince next to Concubine Xi, that is what a child should look like.

Joyful and happy.

The queen smiled and talked to everyone, the palace people brought refreshments like flowing water, and there were singing and dancing girls waiting in the side hall.

Everyone is waiting for the emperor, and when the emperor arrives, we can start the banquet.Apart from the emperor, Concubine Xi has not arrived yet, and everyone thought that the emperor would bring Concubine Xi with him again.

(End of this chapter)