The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 638
On the second day, Chen Baoping and his wife went to Yongshou Palace to have a short gathering with Zhuo Lan.

She waited outside the palace gate early in the morning and looked forward to it, only seeing the four sedan chairs carrying Chen Baoping and his wife came into view, and then took two steps to meet her.

She was full of joy, seeing the two blessed each other: "Daughter pays respects to father and mother."

After saying that, he was about to kneel, and Chen Baoping hurriedly got off the sedan chair to help him: "Oh! Your wife, you can't do this!"

Mrs. Chen also apologized and said with a smile: "Now she is a noble lady, but she can't kneel down!"

Zhuo Lan had no choice but to give up, stepped forward to support Mrs. Chen's arm and walked towards Yongshou Palace.

After entering the main hall, the palace servants served the elders with the best tea and snacks, Zhuo Lan only said that she had something to say to her parents, and ordered Yuanyuan to lead everyone back.

As soon as the man left, Mrs. Chen stood up, stretched her waist, and yawned again and again: "In the middle of the night, people are asked to get up. Once entering the palace, it's like climbing into the heavenly palace. The inner three floors and the outer three floors have stripped people all over again. I'm tired." Extremely."

After taking a sip of tea, Zhuo Lan said in a calm tone, "Master and Madam, you have worked hard all the way."

Mrs. Chen glanced at her, then turned to Chen Baoping with a smile and said: "Look, the former little maidservant entered the palace and suddenly became the master's empress. This style is different! Every gesture is full of airs, it is absolutely It is no longer as poor as it used to be in our mansion."

Chen Baoping is no more used to wantonness than her wife. Although he is afraid of his wife, he also knows that Zhuo Lan is no longer Ying'er, the maidservant of the mansion in the past, but the emperor's concubine who will soon be registered as a concubine.

So he deliberately coughed twice, grabbed Mrs. Chen's sleeve and whispered: "Speak carefully and properly."

"When will I need you to teach me how to behave?" Mrs. Chen shook off Chen Baoping's hand with one arm, and said impatiently: "Without our help, she would still be a lowly slave! If we didn't love her My daughter can't bear her to enter the palace, how can she have the glory she has today?"

Chen Baoping sighed, shook his head and said to Zhuo Lan: "That's the way of being a bitch, please take care of me, Your Majesty."

Zhuo Lan smiled, nodded and said: "It's okay, I've been serving in the Chen Mansion for a long time, and it's been a long time since I've seen her. Ying'er also misses Mrs. Madam very much."

Mrs. Chen glanced at her, and smiled with disdain on her face: "I took all the gold, silver, satin, pearls and emeralds that you brought into the mansion, so you are a caring one. You and that kite are not in vain. When the heart sticks to the back, I will reward you with a bite of food!"

After she finished speaking, she shifted her gaze to Zhuo Lan's flat belly: "Why, I heard you had a miscarriage?"

Zhuo Lan felt a little sad, and replied, "It turned out that I was not careful."

"When you know you are not careful, be careful!" Mrs. Chen snorted, and mocked with disgust: "Now you are the emperor's favorite person, and the emperor is always thinking about what is going on. If you are afraid of being sad, just tell me to take care of you." Our two elders traveled across mountains and rivers to the capital to persuade you, but it is hard for my old waist!"

Chen Baoping couldn't hear his wife's nonsense more and more, took a sip of tea and quickly boasted a few words, thinking of easing the atmosphere, and getting over the embarrassment.

But Mrs. Chen's background is extremely high, and her mother's family was also a prominent figure in the previous dynasty. How could she allow Chen Baoping to steal her limelight at this time, so she said: "What's so strange? If you think it's good Just ask Yinger to pack it for you and take it home." She looked around the hall, picked up a sapphire jade pillow Ruyi, and said in surprise: "I see this thing is very good, it feels cool to the touch, it is very unique, it is pretty Perfect for our daughter."

Zhuo Lan hurriedly said after hearing the words: "Madam likes it, so I took it back to the house together. I heard that Ms. Ting got married, I don't dare to make too much publicity about my status, but I haven't given a gift yet."

Chen Baoping was taken aback, and tentatively said: "How does the empress know that the little girl is getting married? We are all very careful because of the taboo."

Zhuo Lan smiled but did not answer, Mrs. Chen waved her hand, pointing to the golden and jade Ksitigarbha statue on the case in front of Zhuo Lan, and interrupted: "Look at what is on your case?"

She hurried to Zhuo Lan's seat in two steps, and picked it up casually.

This golden and jade Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statue was originally a tribute from Tibet, and it is the only one in the world, and it is so precious.

"That's a Tibetan tribute, a reward from the emperor."

Mrs. Chen savored it carefully, with a smile on her face: "Okay, okay! That place is far away from us, and the things that go in are rare." She looked back at Chen Baoping, her brows brimming with joy: "I look at the Your book case is very good."

Chen Baoping panicked, got up and took two quick steps forward to snatch the Buddha statue from his wife, and put it on the case respectfully: "You didn't hear your mother say that it was a reward from the emperor, so you dare to take it? Do you know the rules of etiquette?" ?”

Mrs. Chen couldn't help but slapped Chen Baoping on the back of the head, then put one hand on his hip, and pointed at his nose with the other, pointing at Sang Huai and scolding Huai: "You old bastard is confused? How can she be where she is today without us? She is rich now, filial piety We should!"

Zhuo Lan didn't shy away from Mrs. Chen's words, on the contrary she smiled happily: "Just take it if you like, Madam, I will explain to the emperor."

Mrs. Chen looked back and gave her a glance of approval, and said repeatedly: "I used to like talking to you in the mansion, it made people happy."

While talking, Yuanyuan pushed the door open and entered, and presented two donkey-hide gelatin blood swallows of excellent color to Chen Baoping and his wife: "This is the donkey-hide gelatin donkey-hide gelatin tribute paid by the governor of Shandong and the blood swallow found by Guiyanling from Beihai. It is a rare and excellent product. The emperor rewarded our empress with a drawer, and yesterday she heard that the second elder was coming, and the empress immediately ordered her servants to prepare it."

Mrs. Chen was overjoyed when she heard the words, the creases at the corners of her eyes were flying to her temples, she hurriedly took a mouthful, smacked her lips and said: "The things in the palace are rare, and the craftsmanship is much better than that of the mansion's cook!"

Zhuo Lan saw that Chen Baoping was restrained and did not drink, so she asked: "Sir, let me buy some. I was originally from a humble background, and I was rescued by your two elders. Today, I regard your two elders as a new benefactor. This is a very good thing. If I don't give it to you first, how can I use it?"

Chen Baoping bowed his hands and thanked again and again, and then he entered that one.

On that day, Zhuo Lan stayed with Chen Baoping and his wife for a whole day, took them on a sedan chair tour of most of the Forbidden City, and left them for dinner at Yongshou Palace.

When it was time to leave the palace, the palace servants following Mrs. Chen were carrying big and small bags in their hands, and they were about to vacate the Yongshou Palace.

Seeing each other off at the Meridian Gate, Mrs. Chen waved her hand and said with a smile: "Go back quickly, we will come often when there is a chance in the future."

The two left the palace gate and got on the carriage, Chen Baoping let out a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but feel a little hesitant to blame his wife and said: "You're going to scare me to death. With her current status, if she wants to make trouble, how many do we have?" Is fate dealing with it?"

Mrs. Chen looked at the many rare playthings in the package, and said casually: "She is like a grasshopper tied to the same rope as us, who suddenly became a phoenix on the back of a pheasant, and couldn't let go of the high bed and soft pillow. Wealthy and rich, naturally I am more afraid of the top bag than we are in my heart. Why are you afraid of her being a little girl?"

Chen Baoping sighed, and shook his head helplessly: "In any case, this palace is a place of dispute, so don't come here again in the future."

Mrs. Chen glanced at him, slapped him on the back of the head again, and scolded: "Are you crazy? Let us take this best thing for nothing. You don't want it, but I want it!"

After the words fell, holding a group of treasures, showing a greedy smile.

(End of this chapter)