Harem for a living

Chapter 128

Concubine Chang was holding a small and delicate kettle in one hand, and wrapped her wide sleeves lightly in the other. She tapped the spout of the kettle and swung it over the two teacups, and then saw the tea leaves in the teacups stretch out one by one, blooming beautifully. shape.The water in the water glass is also slowly smudged with a bright color.

Concubine Hui sat opposite, looked at the curling water vapor on the teacup, sniffed exaggeratedly, and said with admiration: "Sister Chang, I've drank so much tea, and yours is the best. Actually, it's If you don't drink tea and just watch Sister Chang making tea, that's also a pleasing sight."

Concubine Chang raised her eyes and glanced at Concubine Hui with a smile, and nodded with her tender white fingers out of thin air: "You are the best at talking with this small mouth." She said, with some melancholy: "It's just, what's so good about drinking it?" use it?"

Concubine Hui stretched out her hand and patted the back of her hand: "You are too thoughtful, why is it useless to drink? You see, I come to drink your tea every day. If it wasn't for fear that you might dislike me, I could make twelve cups a day. Time is staying here with you."

Concubine Chang showed a shallow smile, did not speak, just reached out to hold the saucer, took the lid of the cup to push the tea away, and then touched her lips.Concubine Hui looked around, then turned to look at Concubine Chang and said, "Actually, in my opinion, none of the people in the harem can compare to you. Concubine Yang is old, and Concubine Chen is just average. Needless to say, I was born with a straight gut, Concubine De has shallow eyelids, and her family was deprived of a knighthood some time ago, and she will be able to dance in a few days. This harem No.1, it's her turn You? The emperor will come to you for at least ten days a month, right? This is one-third of the time, and even the empress does not have this number."

Following Concubine Hui's words, Concubine Chang's face turned slightly red: "Sister Cui, don't talk nonsense in the future. Although the number of queens is small, she is the mother of a country after all. She is so graceful and luxurious that she is worthy of being a flower." The peony in the middle only makes other flowers feel ashamed."

Concubine Hui burst out laughing: "Good sister, I'm only here to talk to you, the palace is full, and I only trust you." As she spoke, she approached Concubine Hui with a little gossip and asked: "Sister Chang, have you heard? The one in Chengqian Palace has a body now. Tell me, will the emperor re-canonize her as a virtuous concubine this time?"

Concubine Chang lowered her eyes, stared at the teacup in the water for a while, then raised her head and said with a smile: "The emperor and empress have the final say on this matter. No matter how much our sisters talk, it's just a private chat."

"Last year, due to the waterlogging of the Yellow River, the draft was suspended once. People outside the palace can't get in, but people in the palace still have to improve their status." Concubine Hui muttered, the practice in the palace, the draft The concubine will be canonized one and a half years after the draft, and there will be another canonization.

There was no draft last year, but it did not hinder the canonization at the end of this year.

Concubine Hui muttered, with dissatisfaction on her face: "Let me see that Concubine Fu is completely inferior to you, Sister Chang. Why is she a concubine Xian when she enters the palace?"

Seeing that Concubine Chang had no expression on her face, Concubine Hui was also silent for a while. She pinched the saucer with her fingers and turned it around twice. Concubine Hui's body.

Concubine Hui screamed and jumped away quickly. Although the water in the teacup had been placed for a while, the temperature was not low. The weather was hot at the moment, and the clothes she was wearing were thin, separated by two layers of cloth. If the water is hot on the body, it is also likely to cause blisters.

Concubine Chang also panicked, stood up to help Concubine Hui, and shouted loudly, the maid next to Concubine Chang immediately went to invite the imperial doctor, and the maid beside Concubine Hui quickly helped Concubine Hui into the hospital. Room.

Soon, the imperial doctor came over.Even if it was a burn, the imperial doctor couldn't look at the wound, he only took the pulse, left a box of burn medicine, and was sent out.

"Sister Cui, what do you think? But it hurts so much?" Concubine Chang blamed herself, and said, her eyes were red with wine, she rubbed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "It's all me, if I didn't insist on making tea, My sister won't..."

While enduring the pain, Concubine Hui comforted Concubine Chang: "Sister Chang, please don't blame yourself, it was my sister who asked me to make this tea, and it was my sister who was careless in the first place, so I had to turn around the saucer, I have nothing to do with my sister It's a relationship, sister, don't worry about it."

Concubine Chang glanced at Concubine Hui's wound, and began to cry again: "What should I do? What if there is a scar..."

"Concubine Chang, the ointment left by Imperial Doctor Li is the best ointment, our empress will definitely not leave scars." Concubine Hui's eldest maid interjected, and carefully applied the ointment to Concubine Hui.

Concubine Chang was startled, then wiped away her tears and said: "I was confused for a moment. Speaking of ointment, I still have the Yulu ointment given by the emperor last time. It is the most effective for scars. Wait a minute, sister." Here it is for you."

After saying that, she turned her head and gave instructions to the maid on the other side, who was a little hesitant: "Your Majesty, you injured your finger while playing the piano, and the emperor gave it to you. We only have a small box, just in case you... "

Concubine Hui quickly waved her hand: "You don't need that, the ointment given by Doctor Li is also the best. Since the Yulu ointment is a reward from the emperor, sister should keep it for herself."

"Don't wink, could Concubine Hui be someone else? Concubine Hui was injured in this palace today, but with a little jade dew ointment, could it be the one with shallow eyes?" Concubine Chang turned her head and scolded Said, the maid's face turned pale, and quickly turned around to get the Yulu ointment.

Concubine Chang directly stuffed it into Concubine Hui's hand: "You've already taken the medicine now, so I'll keep this for now, and when the blisters subside, ask Doctor Li to show you, and he says it works, so you can use it again." This. The burns can be big or small, and scars on a woman's body will last a lifetime, so my sister must take it to heart. If there is anything you need, just come to me for it. "

Concubine Hui only hesitated for a while, then took the ointment with a smile: "Then my sister would like to thank my sister, my sister's kindness, my sister will remember it in my heart."

Seeing that it was almost noon, Concubine Hui proposed to leave. Although she was injured, she had a sedan chair to sit in, so she didn't have to worry about being unable to walk.Concubine Chang didn't hold back much, she just sent Concubine Hui to the gate of the palace, and then turned around.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hui obviously burned herself, so why did you give her the jade dew ointment?" The maid next to Concubine Chang said slightly dissatisfied: "It was a gift from the emperor, and you were reluctant to use it in the past. , she was lucky, she took them all at once."

Concubine Chang reached for the teacup on the table, touched the outside, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that my tea, Qingxue, you go and pour this tea away, and put away this teacup, next time Concubine Hui comes over At that time, I still used this set of tea sets."

Although Qingxue had an unhappy face, she didn't say much, and came forward to clean up the tea sets on the table.

Concubine Chang leaned on the railing, looked at the peonies blooming in the yard, recalled Concubine Hui's words in her heart, and then said in a low voice: "Are you pregnant? I don't know if I can give birth."

After sitting for a while, Concubine Chang got up and went back to her room.

Chen Manrou didn't know what happened in Yanxi Palace, she looked at Qi Mei who was sitting below, she was really speechless.Call this person stupid. She never causes trouble outside and doesn't talk much.

You can say that she is smart, but when she was in Zhongcui Palace, she would always be silly and say some inconspicuous things.

Sometimes Chen Manrou suspects that this is a mask put on by Qi Meiren.On the outside, she is honest and honest, and she doesn't talk too much.In Zhongcui Palace, she was foolish and loyal, and she only said anything to herself.

However, he has been pretending like this for ten years without even revealing any flaws, which is really a bit too clever.

"What you said is true?" Chen Manrou couldn't study Qi Meiren's character, so she simply stopped studying, and only frowned and asked, Qi Meiren nodded quickly: "What I said is true, I did see it today. Concubine Wei was whispering to a little eunuch in the imperial garden."

"So what?" Chen Manrou asked patiently. Did she come here in such a hurry today just to say such nonsense?

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wei is definitely going to do something wrong. The imperial garden is so big. If she wants to give orders, she can just give orders openly, or call people to her to give orders. Why do you have to hide?" of?"

Qi Mei earnestly said: "Your Majesty, you must pay attention to this matter, and don't let Concubine Wei play tricks. Think about it, at the end of the year, you will be canonized as a concubine again. In the past few years, only one Concubine Wei gave birth to the third princess in the palace. , Wang Xiuyi gave birth to the fourth princess, if Concubine Xian's child is a prince, will Concubine Wei's wish come true? Therefore, Concubine Wei must be unhappy."

Chen Manrou waved her hand: "Okay, okay, she's not happy with the concubine, you have time to think about it, why don't you hurry up and practice your calligraphy, I'm surprised, your clothes are pretty good , why is it that you can’t draw patterns well?”

Qi Meiren smiled sarcastically: "This, my concubine is stupid. I didn't study it seriously when I was at home."

Chen Manrou gave her a white look: "Hurry up and go back and draw your pattern. Remember, don't let other people know what you said today. If it spreads, don't blame me for not protecting you. You can't do anything that is taboo in the palace." Keep an eye out!"

"Yes, I know." Qi Meiren stood up and saluted very aggrieved, Chen Manrou rewarded her with two more bolts of cloth, and told her to leave quickly with the things.Xiangyue held back a smile: "Your Majesty, Qi Mei is still so fun."

"It's fun, it's fun, but I'm too tired to panic." Chen Manrou sighed, turned her head to look at the hourglass, and felt that it was almost time, so she ordered: "Let Jinhuan go and pick up Xiao Si, this child, As soon as I arrived at Yuqing Palace, I forgot the time."

"The relationship between the eldest prince and the fourth prince is good, the emperor is very happy." Said to Yueyue with a smile, then turned to explain to Jinhuan.

Chen Manrou leaned on the couch, and swiped her fingers twice on the table, one for Fu and one for Wei.Concubine Wei first entered the palace as an invisible person for two years. It wasn't until the year before last that she gave birth to the third princess that everyone knew that a biting dog doesn't bark, and Concubine Wei, a transparent person, is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Now there is still one vacant concubine among the four concubines. One is demoted from the position of concubine Xian, and the other is very qualified to be promoted to concubine Xian. This big drama should start again, right?
It's just that I don't know if there is anyone who doesn't have eyes and burns the flames of war to his own Zhongcui Palace.

(End of this chapter)