The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 24
The night was splashing ink, and there was a cold wind outside the house.

Maid Lian Xin told Rong Yue that it was not early, so she should return to the palace earlier to rest.

Rong Yue nodded in response, Wan Yu took Rong Yue's hand and walked out of the palace gate together.

But as soon as Fang stepped out of the threshold of Yanxi Palace, the eyes of the two were drawn away by a crisp and pleasant ringing bell.

The two watched from a distance, not far away, a sedan chair carried by Yiba was heading towards Yanxi Palace.

The sedan chair is painted with five-color oil paintings of auspicious patterns of phoenixes and phoenixes. Six rows of pearls hang on the top of the sedan chair, and they are all the same size. Silver bells are hung under the pearls, which jingle as the sedan body shakes and collides.

The eight sedan chair bearers were dressed in red wedding attire. At the front and rear of the sedan chair team, there were two court ladies who held lanterns, and a eunuch from the respect room accompanied them.

Since Wan Lai entered the palace, it was the first time to see this battle.

She was full of novelty, fixed her eyes on the sedan chair team, and asked Rong Yue what the time was.

Lian Xin, the maidservant beside Rong Yue raised her face, and said proudly: "Returning to the young master, this is the Luanming Chengen sedan chair, and it carried the young master who was turned over to serve the Qing Palace."

After finishing the sound, Lianxin stepped forward with a heartbroken heart, waved at the eunuch in the respect room, and smiled triumphantly: "Trouble me, father-in-law, today our master and Mrs. Wan missed the time by gossiping, and you have to spend a lot of time to carry this Chengen sedan chair." Arrived at Yanxi Palace."

Wan Yu glanced, saw Rong Yue's delicate face beside her, she raised the handkerchief in her hand and said shyly to Lian Xin: "You monkey is more and more clever, you don't feel shy for talking so much."

As soon as Rong Yue and Lian Xin's words came out, the leading eunuch showed a look of embarrassment, and he didn't talk to them as usual, he just buried his head and led Luan Ming Cheng'en sedan chair to stop in front of the main entrance of Yanxi Palace, and said in a solemn voice 'fall'.

The eight sedan chairs landed in response, and the maid in charge of the lamp rushed up to take a low mahogany wooden ladder and placed it in front of the sedan door, then turned around and bowed her knees, respectfully saluting Wanyan and Rongyue.

When Wanyu saw this battle for the first time, she wanted to tell them to excuse her, but Lianxin seemed to be used to it, and she quickly helped Rongyue to get into the sedan chair. Rongyue was dragged all the way by her, but she turned her head and said goodbye to Wanyu in a hurry .

But just as her master and servant were about to step on the low wooden ladder, the eunuch in charge stopped them with a word. He looked embarrassed and cowered and said: "Ms. Xian, let me introduce the servant to read the will."

Rong Yue sensed something was wrong, her expression tightened, Lian Xin still ordered the eunuch in charge to hurry up, don't delay the time.

The eunuch in charge said a little more seriously: "The emperor ordered the nobleman Niu Hulu to go to the Qianqing Palace to serve him."

As soon as these words came out, Rong Yue, Lian Xin, even Wan Lai and Yun Shan were all dumbfounded.

Rong Yue squinted at Lian Xin, Lian Xin knew that she had caused trouble by talking too much, she lowered her head and bit her red lips lightly, not daring to speak any more.

She saw Wanyu froze in place again, with an unnatural expression on her face, she suddenly showed a quiet smile, stepped forward and took Wanyu's hand and said softly: "Now that my sister's luck has arrived, she is still doing this stupidly." Huh?" As he said, he reminded Yunshan to wait for Wanyu to get on the sedan chair quickly.

Yunshan came back to her senses, and gave Wanyu a hand with joy on her face. Wanyu's eyes were wide open, as if she couldn't believe what happened so suddenly.

She looked at Rong Yue with a smile on her face, staring at herself with warm eyes, Dai Yuanshan frowned and asked: "Sister, but the emperor turned over my sign?"

"Look at the silly look, the Luanming Chengen sedan chair has been carried to the gate of your palace, is it possible that the emperor still has the heart to play this joke with you?" Seeing that Wanyu was still standing stupidly, Rong Yue accompanied Yun Shan to push her away He sent her to the sedan chair, and ordered the eunuch in charge to be careful along the way, so as not to jolt her.

The eunuch in charge said 'Get up' in a solemn voice, Wanyu opened the car curtain and poked half of her head out to look back at Rongyue, Rongyue waved her farewell to her from a distance, until she reached the corner of the long street, Wanyu then raised her head Back in the sedan chair.

"Get up in the morning and pick out some gorgeous clothes and delicate jewelry. Your little master has received the grace, so he is going to greet the Empress Dowager." Rong Yue explained to Yun Shan, Yun Shan was overjoyed, and nodded in response to Rong Yue's words , bowed to say goodbye, and happily ran to the palace to shout the news of Wan Lai's bedtime.

Lian Xin stepped forward, flinched and whispered: "My lord, this slave is talking too much, I refuted my lord's face, this slave is guilty."

Rong Yue suddenly turned her head to look at her, her gaze was like a sword, and the cold air was pressing: "You still know how to be ashamed, you used to be quite modest in the mansion, but now I just got to spoil you and I turned my tail first."

"My lord, forgive me, this servant made a mistake." Lian Xin lowered her head, feeling aggrieved.

Rong Yue shook her head, and walked in front of Lian Xin: "Fortunately, it's Wannao who is serving the bed today, if it's someone else, Nalashi will probably make fun of me before the whole palace laughs tomorrow."

Seeing Lian Xin walking behind her slowly, sobbing softly and touching her tears, she said softly, "Forget it, I didn't say anything to you, crying so sad seems to be my fault."

Lian Xin wiped her tears, and replied that the servant dare not dare, quickly followed Rong Yue, and helped her back to Chengqian Palace.

The emperor personally bestowed on Eldest Brother's birthday banquet to be held in Qianqing Palace. Kunning Palace is next to Qianqing Palace. In the afternoon, the Empress ordered the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to paste new festive papers celebrating Eldest Brother's birthday on the outer window of Kunning Palace. The shadow of the moon casts the shade of the trees on the paper, and the wind sways beautifully.

In the main hall, the queen knelt in front of the altar and offered three pillars of fragrance, wishing the queen mother a speedy health.

Qingyue leaned over to support her, and lightly swept her back: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I suffered from wind evil last night, and my waist was already sore. After kneeling for a while, it will feel uncomfortable again. Why don't you go to bed sooner?" Let's set up the couch."

The queen frowned, coughed twice and said: "The queen mother is going out of the palace to pray for the late emperor. Now half a year is approaching, and she will return to the palace in a few days. Coincidentally, Li promised to be pregnant, and the elder brother's birthday is coming soon. The queen mother's phoenix body I'm sorry, I have to take care of all these trivial matters, how can I leave them at ease?"

Qingyue could not bear to nod her head and nodded, she helped the queen into the warm seat in the main hall, and took the freshly picked berries from the table to Ye Xin and handed it to the queen: "Your Majesty has worked hard, the emperor is sympathetic to you, and I have been with you for several days I went back after dinner."

The queen took the berries, put them aside casually, and sighed briefly: "You will say it too, but you just went back after dinner."

Qingyue persuaded softly: "After all, the emperor has you in his heart, maybe he understands your fatigue, and can't bear to be hurt by your diligent service at night. This is a full palace, and the emperor has only given you the freedom to enter and leave the Qianqing Palace at will. Compared with the previous emperor Even the imperial concubine Dong E does not have this honor."

The queen's expression slowed down a bit, she held her breath, and asked: "Today, the servant is a concubine Xian?"

"The emperor turned over the signboard of nobleman Wan." Qingyue replied nonuo.

"Oh?" The empress's heart tightened slightly, and she sneered, "Concubine Yi can't earn the favor of Niu Hulu's family, but it will fall on her younger sister."

"There is another matter. During the day, Nala promised to be bitten by bees and insects. Concubine Xian and nobleman Wan went to visit her together. The palace servants came to report and said that they also gave excellent wound medicine."

The queen was taken aback, raised her armored little finger, and stroked the kumquat bonsai placed on the table: "She is more capable than her eldest sister, and Nala promises to have the benefit of being on a boat." Thanks."

With her fingers, she pinched off the remaining part of the kumquat branch, threw it into the incense burner and burned it: "Since she has got a good medicine, she should recover quickly if she thinks about it. Tomorrow, you go back to the imperial hospital and let them Just deal with it casually, don't need to worry too much."

Qingyue responded, and ordered the maid to take away the ashes in the incense burner.

The palace maid held the censer and pushed the main hall door, and the night wind outside the room came rushing in.

The Queen's broken hair brushed from her forehead, and she listened carefully, and there seemed to be a "ding dong" silver bell in the wind, so she knew that Luanming Chengen's chariot had entered the gate of Qianqing.

She caressed the texture of the warm jade hollow bracelet on her wrist, raised her eyes and glanced outside the door, then slowly closed her eyes and murmured: "It's time for this Bauhinia City to become lively after being quiet for so many days."

(End of this chapter)