The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 641 The Crazy Woman ([-])

Qingzhu led Chen Baoping and his wife into the Nuan Pavilion, and there were two people sitting and standing in the hall.

One has a slightly longer face, and stands in the first place, wearing a golden Baifu regiment longevity pattern cloak, with high temple hair and a Kunshan hair ornament.

The person who lives in the second place wears a three-pleated waistcoat embossed with red fish and lotus leaves, and a long gown with lake blue and Shu embroidery as the bottom. The forehead hair is embellished with emerald jade, oriental pearls, and gold stickers, adding a bit of extravagance.

Seeing the two of them, Qing Zhu bowed his knees and said in blessing: "I have seen the queen mother, the imperial concubine, and the master is blessed." Then he glanced at Chen Baoping and his wife: "The queen mother summoned them, and they brought them here."

Chen Baoping and his wife greeted the Empress Dowager and Wan Lai, he knew the etiquette, forced his wife to kneel on the ground, and bowed to the two of them.

The Empress Dowager looked at the two of them with a cloudy expression, and asked without compromising, "You two came all the way from Hangzhou, it's been hard work."

Chen Baoping shook his head and said respectfully: "It's a happy event for the emperor to allow the humble ministers to bring the humble servants into the palace to visit the concubine, and there is no hard work."

Mrs. Chen started to beat her waist when she heard the words, and said in a pretentious manner: "Oh, the Queen Mother doesn't know, it's a snowy winter day, and after driving for half a month, my waist is going to be broken."

"What are you trying to do there?" The queen mother glanced at her and sternly shouted, "Kneel down!"

The sound was so loud that Mrs. Chen covered her chest in fright, almost jumping from the ground.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager's brows were full of anger, she knew how to restrain herself and lowered her head to kneel on the ground.

Wan Lai smiled, moved the teacup by the Empress Dowager's desk towards her, and said softly: "Getting angry in the morning hurts the body the most. The Empress Dowager should drink some colorful chrysanthemums newly offered in Yunnan. It is the best way to calm down the anger." Excellent product."

The Empress Dowager took a sip of the teacup, and then Wanyu twirled the silk and said with a smile: "Master Chen and Mrs. Chen have finally entered the palace, and the time to meet with my concubine is a little short. I see that my concubine is alone. People are often lonely and lonely in the palace, so I specially invited the Queen Mother to allow you two to stay for one more day."

Chen Baoping said in a respectful voice: "My minister, thank you for your kindness."

Mrs. Chen glanced at Wanyu, seeing that although she was beautiful, she was not as young as Zhuo Lan, she was secretly happy in her heart, and couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

This subtle expression was seen by Wanyu, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Mrs. Chen, and asked, "What is Mrs. Chen laughing at?"

Mrs. Chen said repeatedly: "It's nothing, seeing that the imperial concubine is beautiful, she is happy to see people."

Wanyu covered her nose with a silk and smiled: "People say that my sister, concubine Jia, has a sweet mouth, but now I know that she followed Mrs. Chen."

She paused for a while, and then said: "I was thinking about my concubine's love to enter the intestines of horses, so I specially asked the imperial dining room to prepare it. I will hand it over to my wife and take it to Yongshou Palace. I can also eat with my concubine's sister during lunch."

Mrs. Chen said happily, "Thank you for the reward, Imperial Concubine and Empress."

After saying this, people began to chatter about many trivial matters.

Wan Yu didn't care about what she said later, she just waited for a moment to calm down, and smiled at Chen Baoping: "Last year, the emperor gave the concubines bathing in the hot spring, and there was a scarlet red patch on the back of the concubine's waist." A birthmark in the shape of a delicate rabbit. After careful questioning, Concubine Jia said that the scar was caused by scalding with hot water accidentally when she was a child. Bengong also joked with Concubine Jia, saying that her soft-spoken temperament is just like that of a delicate rabbit. Generally speaking, this pity is not a pity.”

Chen Baoping didn't know what strange things were hidden in the secret place of Zhuo Lan's back, so he could only bite the bullet and casually say a few polite words.

On the contrary, Mrs. Chen thought she was smart enough to answer the question and said: "The concubine said the same thing as the imperial concubine, and she was afraid that Nizi would hurt her self-esteem because of the birthmark, so she said a lot about it in private to the master! "As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Baoping and muttered: "Fortunately, the emperor does not dislike it, otherwise you will become a sinner who killed your daughter for life!"

Wanyu and the Empress Dowager looked at each other for a while, and said: "Empress Dowager, don't make the two elders kneel down. They came all the way in the wind and snow, please give me a seat?"

The queen mother said nothing, and raised her hand to signal the two to get up.

Immediately, there were three or two people from the palace who came forward to serve and take their seats, serving tea and water.

Mrs. Chen's slightly restrained temperament immediately became angry, and just sitting down, she took the colorful chrysanthemum tea and took a sip.

Wan Lai's red lips slightly raised with exquisite makeup on her face, and she said leisurely: "Concubine Jia is good at playing the Yaoqin, even I can't compare to her who claims to be good at the piano. Ben Gong looked at Madam's slender and weak fingers Boneless, you must have taught her this skill yourself, right?"

Mrs. Chen was stunned, and said with a flattering smile: "How can that be? How can I have such abilities? It's all about looking for a musician to teach me carefully. How can a concubine be compared with a noble concubine?"

She wanted to speak, but Chen Baoping patted her on the shoulder lightly.

Chen Baoping is the best at observing words and demeanor, these few questions have already made him suspicious.

Looking at the Empress Dowager's complexion, since the two of them entered the room, they haven't smiled at all, and they suddenly feel that something is wrong.

Wan Lai sat upright, took a sip of tea, and said to the Queen Mother slowly, "Queen Mother, you heard everything clearly."

The queen mother frowned and glared, and said to Chen Baoping and his wife: "You two have eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard!"

Chen Baoping immediately got up and knelt down: "The queen mother calms down, I don't know why the queen mother is angry."

Mrs. Chen was also very frightened, she knelt down tremblingly and said: "Queen Mother, it's not proper for me to enter the palace for the first time. If there is something wrong, I hope you will forgive me. Concubine."

How could the Empress Dowager allow them to finish a sentence, she just asked angrily: "The Ai family asks you, who is the concubine Jia?"

Chen Baoping said: "It's the official daughter of Wei Chen."

Mrs. Chen responded: "Yes, it can't be wrong! How can the daughter who has been raised by my side since childhood be wrong?"

"Oh?" Wanyu raised her eyebrows to look at her, and said with a smile, "During the night banquet in the palace, Concubine Jia only ate a mouthful of horse intestines and vomited her whole body. Why did I reward you with horse intestines and asked you to share them with me?" Are you still happy that your concubine eats together?"

Mrs. Chen blinked her eyes, and stammered: "This concubine just thinks that she has changed her taste after entering the palace, and because of the kindness of the empress, it is difficult to refuse, but I am afraid that it will refute the empress's face."

Wan Yu's expression was as cold as ice, and she looked at her with cold eyes: "Concubine Jia's body is smooth and clean, not even a moment's mole, where are there scalding marks from boiling water? Mrs. Chen and his wife said that they had been married since they were young. How can there be negligence and confusion in this matter if you keep it by your side?"

"This..." Mrs. Chen became more and more frightened the more she listened, the cold wind got into the airtight warm pavilion somehow, and it went straight into her sleeve, making her shudder several times: "It's because I have a wrong memory, my concubine body."

Wan Yu glanced at her contemptuously, and said with a sneer: "Remember wrong? I think Mrs. Chen is getting old, and her memory is not very good. Don't tell me that even the fact that the concubine Jia is not good at Yaoqin and is only good at Yueqin is also your memory. gone?"

(End of this chapter)