Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 331 The Grand Finale (11)
Xianglai didn't know what she meant, so she asked, "Could it be that concubine Luo is worried that she will be troubled by me in the future?"

Concubine Seam shook her head lightly, and said: "No, I'm not afraid of being implicated by the princess, I just want to ask the princess to take me out of the palace!"

Xianglai was stunned again, and said, "Why is Luo Concubine so sure that I can leave?"

The concubine Luo smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not sure, but I have no one else to count on except the concubine. Although I may not live a decent life outside, I still have some freedom. I was cheated into the palace, and I lost everything. I don’t want to be like other women in the palace. After the emperor gets tired of looking at her and pampering her enough, she will be left aside and let her be bullied to death. I want to leave my broken Go out with your body and see your relatives again."

As she spoke, the circles of her eyes were already red, and Qu Xiuchan beside her was deeply touched, so she couldn't help wiping her eyes too.

Xianglai looked at the two of them, and said: "I really want to help the empress, but my ability is limited, and I may not be able to succeed if I want to go out. If it doesn't work out, I'm afraid I will hurt the empress."

The concubine Luo said: "My concubine's strength is not enough to give back to me. If there is anything I can do, my concubine just ask, and I will definitely help with all my strength!"

Seeing her words, Xianglai really came from the bottom of her heart, and said: "Since this is the case, I will first make this wish to Luo Niangniang. If there is a day when I leave the palace, I will definitely take Niangniang out with me. It's just that you and I must keep our agreement. Secret, don’t let others know what you say!”

The concubine Luo said: "Of course I know this. The emperor turns his face and denies anyone. If he finds out my thoughts, his favor for me will be gone...well, I can't say more, I am secretly If you come here, you have to go back immediately, if the princess has something to do, you can ask Empress Qu to inform me..."

Xianglai and Qu Xiuchan quickly got up and sent her out quietly.

With the help of Tao Yu's new favorite concubine, Xianglai temporarily stabilized in the palace, her son Luo Ping was healthy and lively, and the poppy seedlings in the two flower beds were also very strong.

Three months passed in a blink of an eye, and two gorgeous poppies bloomed in the yard.

Qu Xiuchan looked at Huanxi and said, "This flower is really beautiful, no wonder Wangfei's mother likes it."

Xianglai smiled lightly, no one knew the usefulness of this flower except herself, it was a big secret, even after it was done, she would not publicize it.

Seeing that the weather is getting colder and the house is getting colder and damper, Xiang Lai has Tao Qian, Concubine Qiong, and Concubine Luo taking care of her, and the charcoal fire in the house is also burning from morning to night, playing away the cold air.

I just heard that this winter has been even more bitter for the mian surnames outside the palace, and it is another disaster year in the Southern Liao Dynasty. Coupled with the excessive levies of the officials, even the mian surnames outside the capital cannot maintain their livelihoods. If it weren't for Tao Yu Ten million shi of grain was forcibly expropriated from the Northern Liao, and how many people in the Southern Liao will starve to death this year.

Xiang Lai was worried when he heard the amount of grain he asked for. The amount of grain in the Northern Liao Dynasty was only 3000 million shi a year, and the amount of grain in the Southern Liao Dynasty was 1000 million shi at a time. Doesn't it mean that the grain grown by the people must at least be handed over? One third, if you count the consumption of all parties in Beiliao, maybe the people there will be hungry too!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but start to hate herself, if she hadn't surrendered for Luo Jinxing... But given the situation at the time, what if she didn't surrender...

The more she thought about it, the more she hated Tao Yu. It didn't matter that she had turned her country into a mess, and now she had ruined Beiliao's face to such a state. Why wouldn't such a person think of dying to thank the world!
She looked at the courtyard while hating, the weather was cold, and the delicate poppies just withered, and they produced round and round fruits.

On the second day, she brought some belongings to Qu Xiuchan and sent her to the medical office, and then she collected the poppies from the two flower beds in the courtyard and began to process them.

She asked Qu Xiuchan to buy a lot of medicines, and the people in the medical department were always procrastinating in doing things. She was afraid that by the time Qu Xiuchan came with the terrifying large package of medicines, Xianglai had already finished what should be done.

Seeing that the flowers in the courtyard were gone, Qu Xiuchan asked, "Why did the princess pull out all the flowers?"

Xiang Lai said: "It's already bloomed, but I'm in a bad mood looking at the yard full of residual flowers. I'll take back the seeds and plant them again when the weather is warmer."

Qu Xiuchan didn't think much about it, and said again: "I bought all the medicinal materials that the princess wanted, but you are in good health, why do you need so many medicinal materials?"

Xianglai said: "Of course it is useful, otherwise why would you spend so much money on it?"

As she said that, she selected some medicinal materials and asked Qu Xiuchan to boil them for her, and she wanted to boil them into that kind of thick juice.

In fact, she did all this to cover up people's eyes and ears, so as not to be found out about Poppy's secret, so that she would not be able to coerce Tao Yu, but to be safe, she still did not explain to Qu Xiuchan.

Qu Xiuchan didn't know, so she did what Gui told her.

After the medicine was boiled out, Xianglai drew another blueprint, which was a weird looking thing, and then asked her to go to Shanggong Bureau to find craftsmen to make it out of jade and ivory.

Although Qu Xiuchan didn't know what she was doing, but she knew that what she did would not be without reason, so she did what she said one by one.

A few days later, the people in the palace were quietly discussing that the princess of Beiliao who was imprisoned in the palace was doing something. Every day, piles of medicine dregs were poured out, and there would be a puff of smoke floating out of the room. Weird scent.

This word was passed back and forth to the ears of the former concubine Luo, the current concubine Luo, and the emperor Tao Yu. Concubine Luo said to Tao Yu after hearing this: "Your Majesty, I heard that the women from the Northern Liao Dynasty made very strange things, how about Let's go see it too."

Tao Yu felt itchy when he thought of Xianglai. If Concubine Luo hadn't been pestering him in various ways these days, he would have gone there long ago. Upon hearing this, he readily agreed, "Okay, then let's go and have a look."

Concubine Qiong's current status is not as good as before. If Concubine Luo didn't exclude her and allow her to stay in Jingchun Pavilion, she might be in the same situation as Qu Xiuchan now.

Hearing that Concubine Luo asked Tao Yu to see Xianglai, she was a little anxious. Both of them accepted Xianglai's benefits and asked them to help avoid Tao Yu. Wouldn't it be a breach of contract to go now? Thinking of her winking at Concubine Luo, Concubine Luo pretended not to see her, and left Jingchun Pavilion with Tao Yu.

Concubine Qiong felt afraid to see Xianglai, so she stayed in the pavilion.

After Concubine Luo and Tao Yu walked into the gate of Jinping Garden, they smelled a scent of smoke. Concubine Luo deliberately sniffed it a few times, and said, "It's really fragrant, I don't know what it is..."

The two of them did not sneak around this time, the eunuch stood at the door and announced loudly: "The emperor is here—"

But after the announcement was over, no one came out to pick him up, so he turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, there may be no one in the room."

"No one will go in and have a look." Tao Yu said as he walked into the room with Concubine Luo sullenly.

But when he entered the room, he saw Xianglai lying on the couch in the living room with a jade pole-like thing in his mouth, puffing out a puff of smoke from time to time, and the strange fragrance came from the smoke. Issued in.

(End of this chapter)