The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 640 The Crazy Woman ([-])

Chen Baoping and his wife rushed all the way to leave the capital, but they didn't want to be hit by the wind and snow only thirty miles away from the capital, so they had no choice but to settle down in an inn in the suburbs of Beijing to temporarily escape the night's wind and snow.

As soon as the carriage came down, the waiter from the inn bowed and smiled apologetically to greet him, and Mrs. Chen immediately threw all the expensive decorations in the large and small bags to him.

The little girl was a little thinner, and was almost crushed by these packages.

As he was walking on the road, he slipped in the snow and almost fell, so he heard Mrs. Chen scold angrily: "Unfortunate grandson, look carefully, if you fall and touch it, you will buy it ten times and you won't be able to pay for it!"

Chen Baoping patted her on the shoulder from behind, and said helplessly: "Your temper should be dissipated outside, but you are just a poor man doing odd jobs, why should you make trouble with him?"

Mrs. Chen's throat was itchy, she coughed twice and rubbed her chest and said, "We paid them money to live in their shabby shop to give them enough face, can't I just scold them now?"

Chen Baoping shook his head and sighed, walked straight into the inn with his sleeves.

The two took care of themselves, and after some washing, Chen Baoping wanted to turn off the lights and go to sleep.

However, she saw that the madam was opening the package and looking at the softness carefully, her eyebrows were laughing, and she couldn't help praising: "It's really good, the things in the palace are rare!"

"Isn't it enough for you to stare all the way? Let's take a rest earlier, and we have to hurry tomorrow morning."

Mrs. Chen glanced at him, hummed a little tune, put the bag into the package and tied it carefully.

Just as he was about to inhale the candlelight, the carved fir door of the guest room was kicked open by someone, and seven or eight men in black came in one after another. Mrs. Chen was so frightened that she screamed and hid behind Chen Baoping holding the package tightly. Trembling, he said, "My lord! This, this, this, this is entering a black shop!"

Responding to her words, Wu Lucai opened a path behind a man in black and walked in front of them.

Chen Baoping knew Wu Lu, and he was the most senior official of the Niuhulu clan in the dynasty.Although it is only from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Second Grade, it is still bigger than his own official position.

Wu Lu stood with his head bowed, and said to the two of them, "Your Majesty, Wu Lu, you are bothering me so much, I am alarmed that my wife is going to rest."

Mrs. Chen doesn't know people, but she can tell that she is a member of the imperial court by hearing the words of the minister.So he changed his frightened face, and before Chen Baoping could speak, he hurriedly shouted: "Why are there so many people here? Don't you know that our master is the magistrate of Hangzhou, and our daughter is the concubine who is on the heart of Long Live Lord?"

Chen Baoping hurriedly covered his wife's mouth, and whispered softly in his ear: "This is the servant of the Ministry of Rites, don't be presumptuous!" Hua Luo brought his wife to salute Wu Lu.

Wu Lu smiled contemptuously, glanced at the two of them, cupped his hands and bowed to the sky, and said in a solemn voice: "By the Queen Mother's order, please ask the prefect and his wife to come back to the palace. The Queen Mother has something to ask!"

Wu Lu protected Chen Baoping and his wife and returned to the palace with the Queen Mother's letter. Because it was too early when they entered the palace, even the emperor didn't know about it.

When the carriage entered the palace, it was changed into a warm sedan chair, and Aunt Qingzhu, who was serving beside the Queen Mother, came to welcome her in person.

Eunuch Qingzhu is an old aunt who only serves Empress Dowager Renxian. Like La Aunt Su Ma who served Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in the past, she is the most powerful and inferior person in the palace.

However, Mrs. Chen only thought of her as an ordinary court lady, and she disliked her for being old, so she helped her into the sedan chair and muttered in a low voice: "The servants in the Empress Dowager's palace are too old, and they are not as good as those in the mansion. Those girls who serve are clumsy and clumsy, how can they do anything."

Qingzhu was not annoyed when she heard these words, instead she smiled softly: "Madam said that slaves are useless when they are old, you are making fun of me."

Mrs. Chen straightened her body and said with high spirits: "Don't be angry, who is not old in this person? I heard that the palace maids can leave the palace when they reach thirty, why don't you look at them in their early forties? Old, but made a foolish mistake and was denied the chance to leave the palace?"

She said softly 'tsk' twice, rubbed her temples with one hand and rubbed her fingertips with one hand, and sighed: "It's really pitiful. When my wife sees the queen mother, I will have a word with her, and then I will let you go. Jia The concubine is favored, she is considered as the queen mother's half-daughter-in-law, and my wife is considered the queen mother's in-laws, so I can make up your mind for you on such a trivial matter."

Her words frightened the inner eunuch who carried the sedan chair so that their faces turned pale.

Even the empress's mother's family dared not say such wild words. Thinking about it, Mrs. Chen really lived in Hangzhou to become the overlord, and she had never seen anything in the world.

Her mother's family was just the Sochuolun clan who once had a moment of shame in front of the late emperor. In her generation, the favor of the past has long since been worn away, but she still thinks that she is powerful.

Qingzhu didn't bother to mention her, just smiled and said: "Madam is very right. Let's hurry up, the Queen Mother is waiting for you in Ningshou Palace."

"Not the Palace of Mercy?" Mrs. Chen asked curiously.

"The madam is outside the palace, and she is so clear about the affairs in the palace, which shows that she is caring to the concubine Jia." Qingzhu explained: "Last year, the emperor was filial and asked all the ministers to ask the queen mother to move to the newly built Ningshou The Empress Dowager stayed in the palace. The Empress Dowager did not want to move the palace because of the mourning period of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, no, three years have passed, so she just moved."

After entering Ningshou Gate, one can see the low wall of ventilating lanterns surrounded by yellow and green glazed bricks.

The palace is seven rooms wide and three rooms deep, with a single-eaved roof.Between the pillars and squares of the eaves and porch is a ring of hollow flying phoenixes. Under the squares, clouds, dragons and birds are replaced, and the powder is pasted with gold, which is magnificent and magnificent.

Mrs. Chen was stunned by this scene, patted Chen Baoping, who had a serious face beside her, and said with emotion: "Looking at the Yongshou Palace and this Ningshou Palace, the difference of one word is a world of difference! Really! Great style!"

Chen Baoping made a silent gesture to her, and before he could speak, he heard Qingzhu say in a solemn voice: "Luo."

After saying that, the sedan chair fell down in response to the sound, and the inner guard waited for Chen Baoping and his wife to get off the sedan chair.

Qingzhu bowed and said: "Master Chen, Mrs. Chen, the Queen Mother is waiting for you two inside."

Mrs. Chen was holding on to the silk, twisting her somewhat bloated body to climb over the green bamboo, and walked towards the hall.

Chen Baoping knew something was wrong, it can be seen that Qingzhu was smiling and not annoyed, so he cupped his hands and said: "Girl, don't take offense, you don't know the etiquette in the palace, it's totally impolite."

Qingzhu smiled: "Where is Master Chen, Madam doesn't know how much she can be rude, so don't talk about her."

Chen Baoping looked at Qingzhu's faint smile, but for some reason, he was secretly apprehensive.He thought and thought, and finally couldn't help but ask before entering the Nuan Pavilion: "Auntie, do you know why the Empress Dowager called the minister back?"

Qing Zhu lightly smiled and said: "My lord has countless things in his heart?"

Chen Baoping was taken aback for a moment, then cupped his hands and gave a salute: "Please tell me clearly, aunt."

Qing Zhu waved his hand: "How can a servant accept such a big gift from the Lord? The Empress Dowager is waiting inside, please hurry up, Sir, it is always bad if the Empress Dowager waits for a long time."

After saying that, ignore him and lead him to the Nuan Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)