Second-hand lady

Chapter 26

The imperial city under the sun has a different view from the night. The tall palace corridors are extremely gorgeous, and the guards standing guard with straight backs also make people feel a majestic and solemn atmosphere.

At least, in Rucui's eyes, this kind of atmosphere is much better than last night's eerie darkness that made people involuntarily fantasize, although Wen Hao knew afterwards that she was taken by the eunuch who led the way yesterday. The haunted Zhao'an Palace really frightened her, but there is nothing to be afraid of in the daytime with sunshine, shadows, birds and flowers.

Just before arriving at the Chonghua Palace, he met the second prince who was also called to the Chonghua Palace by the Queen Mother to care about him.

As soon as the second prince saw Miss Rucui, he remembered the brutal behavior of someone who almost ruined his three views last night, which made him feel a sense of fear for a creature like a woman for the first time, and he never dared to act like usual again. Treat it lightly.

On the other hand, Miss Rucui immediately showed a smile when she saw the second prince. She first saluted the second prince in a proper manner, and then asked with concern: "How is the second prince's injury? It's all the fault of that ghost last night. It's so scary." , let the second prince accidentally get hurt."

Seeing her face full of righteous indignation, the second prince felt uncomfortable. In fact, the root cause of the investigation was her. When the three of them collided together, he was completely the bottom one, and he only scratched his face with his sad face down. .However, the wound on his face looks worn out now, and the surrounding skin is red and swollen with bloodshot eyes. It looks scary, but it is not serious. Infected, it should heal quickly and leave no trace.

"It's all right now, thank you for your concern." The second prince saw that she still wanted to say, and hurriedly said: "Is the teacher also here to see the emperor's grandmother? The emperor's grandmother is inside, let's go in."

Miss Rucui responded with a smile, turned to Wang Gonggong and said, "Wang Gonggong, I'm sorry to trouble you again, I will invite you to drink tea when I have time."

Still drinking tea? !The prince's face turned green, then he forced a smile, and quickly bowed to invite them in.

The second prince walked in front, Ru Cui was a few steps behind, and the two entered the main hall of Chonghua Palace one after the other.

When they entered, the Empress Dowager was comforting the dispirited Eldest Princess. Seeing the two coming in, the Empress Dowager showed a loving smile on her face and called the Second Prince to come over. Like a loving grandmother, she pulled the Second Prince to greet him, paying special attention. The wound on his face, I'm afraid it will leave some kind of scar or something.

Compared with the second prince, Miss Rucui stood alone in the middle of the hall. The queen mother seemed to have completely forgotten her, and even ignored her greetings. There was a mocking expression in his eyes.

This situation is very embarrassing, but Rucui seems to be unaware of the empress dowager's exaggerated relationship with the second prince.The eldest princess glanced at her quietly, then looked away as if she didn't see it, but the queen frowned slightly, and called out: "Mother queen."

The queen mother gave the queen a displeased look, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The queen maintained a dignified smile, and said gently: "Mother, the second prince's wounded concubine feels very pitiful, why not send an imperial doctor to guard the second prince's side until the second prince recovers, what do you think?" Is that good?"

After hearing this, the queen mother showed a satisfied smile on her face, and said: "The queen is still meticulous. Our royal prince and princess have a noble status, but they are not comparable to those who don't know where they came from, and their bodies can't be ignored."

Hearing what the Empress Dowager meant, everyone in the hall couldn't help but glance at the person standing in the center of the hall, with different expressions.

The second prince didn't agree, he glanced at Rucui, then turned his gaze to the queen, saw the queen's expression was slightly lowered, and his heart sank, he said carefully: "Grandmother, Mrs. Wen is here too." The prince believed that if he called out that "teacher" now, he would be disgusted by the emperor's grandmother.

The queen mother frowned secretly when she heard the second prince's words, as if she had just realized it, she glanced at Ru Cui lightly, and when she was about to reprimand her to kneel down angrily, Miss Ru Cui hurried forward to ask Ci'an again, and then her face was heavy He said to the queen mother: "Your Majesty, the minister's wife is guilty. The minister's wife should not mistakenly believe that people were taken to Zhao'an Palace last night to disturb the eldest princess and the second prince who passed by there to enjoy the moon. Because it was too dark, there was another eunuch. Pretending to be a ghost there to scare people is why I accidentally bumped into the eldest princess and the second prince, please forgive me the empress dowager."

The Empress Dowager opened her mouth, seeing that she confessed her own guilt without pointing it out, she was about to take the opportunity to convict her, but when the other party didn't speak to her at all, she suddenly changed to a smile and a surprised expression on her face. Said: "However, the eldest princess and the second prince's elegance is really special. They didn't take the palace people to Zhao'an Palace to enjoy the moon. My wife was shocked when my lord said afterwards that it was Zhao'an Palace. But Zhao'an There are only a few lights in An Gong at night, so it is also suitable for admiring the moon, the second prince and the eldest princess are indeed the prince and princess loved by the empress dowager, this elegance is really different~"

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Hey Hey hey! !Your expression of admiration and admiration is amazing!Is it ironic? !

The queen mother looked at someone who was talking to herself with a stiff face, and found that she was speechless for a while, only thinking that her ears were full of her seemingly flattering but extremely sarcastic words.The Eldest Princess and the Second Prince also blushed, their chests were bulging with anger, they wanted to be angry but were too angry to speak.Only the queen is the only one who can't help laughing, laughing so hard that her intestines are knotted, seeing her sincere and extremely admiring expression, it is really hard to refuse, why does this look so much like Princess Su every time she refutes the queen mother's face? How about the performance when he was aggrieved by the Queen Mother again?Sure enough, masters and servants have the same virtues?
The queen mother was so suppressed by her that she couldn't say a word. She wanted to reprimand her for her audacity to hurt the princess and the prince, but she made it clear that someone framed her yesterday and took her to Zhao'an Palace to pretend to be a ghost to scare her, so she accidentally ran into it. If the eldest princess and the second prince were to be held accountable, it would be untenable. If this matter were pursued, the eldest princess and the second prince would lose face no matter what their motives were for appearing there. The queen mother is unreasonable and so on.

The queen saw that the queen mother was almost aggrieved, and said with a smile: "Queen mother, it seems that this incident is also a coincidence, and Mrs. Wen is also a victim of this incident. The concubine is more curious and scared by pretending to be a ghost." Which palace is the eunuch of the second prince and the eldest princess from, and what are their intentions? Could it be that he was responsible for all the bad rumors in Zhao'an Palace in the past? When the concubine fell asleep yesterday, he heard that Eunuch Liu came to report that The spooky eunuch was killed on the spot, but I don’t know if he committed suicide because he knew the crime was serious.”

Hearing the queen's words, the eldest princess and the second prince's heart beat faster, and they looked at the queen uncontrollably, with cold sweat on their palms.

The queen mother also froze for a while. Is the queen reminding her that if she wants to pursue it, more people will be involved?The queen mother thought a lot for a while, and she couldn't decide whether to follow the original plan and take the opportunity to clean up Mrs. Wen who didn't like her.Naturally, she had heard the whole story from the palace people, and originally wanted to take the princess and the prince's injury as an issue and punish Mrs. Wen, but the empress' words revealed many things, including the emperor's attitude.

Just when the Empress Dowager looked gloomy, another eunuch came outside to report: "Empress Dowager, Concubine Su and Princess Yun have come to greet you."

When the queen mother heard it, she felt a headache, and pressed her forehead and said, "It's not the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, what is she doing here?" The headache ah, when the daughter-in-law here comes to the palace, she always feels pain all over her body.

The eunuch looked carefully at the smiling girl Rucui standing in the middle of the hall, knowing that Princess Su came to support Mrs. Wen.But everyone in the Chonghua Palace knew that since Concubine Su married Queen Su, the Empress Dowager really loved and hated her. As long as Concubine Su appeared, the Queen Mother would start to feel uncomfortable all over.They are all used to this, but the empress dowager loves Princess Yun from Concubine Su strangely, and always feels that the empress dowager is messing around.

"Go back to your empress, Su Wangfei said that Princess Yun misses you." The eunuch cleverly said that Princess Yun of Su Wang's mansion is the Queen Mother's heart, so it is true.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the Empress Dowager's eyebrows and eyes were relaxed, and she hurriedly let people announce them in.

The queen sat upright, with an expression of watching the show in her eyes, and said in her heart that if she needed her help, Princess Su and Princess Yun would probably be able to solve the problem if the eldest princess and the second prince wanted to pursue the matter. Might not be too good.After thinking about it, the queen glanced at the eldest princess sitting next to the queen mother and the second prince standing beside her, and sure enough, she saw some unnatural expressions on their faces. They were not afraid of Princess Su, but they were not very happy to see that Just a little cousin.

After a while, Concubine Su, dressed in a dark palace attire, came in with a little girl about three years old. Although the girl was young, she was ambitious, and she walked through the palace gate by herself every time she entered the palace. Every time I visit the queen mother, there is a lot of time delay, but the queen mother has never been angry. It is said that the little princess of Su Wang's mansion is filial to the queen mother. In fact, they all know that the little bun has a temper like her father and is very particular about rules. You have to do everything yourself.

"Greetings to the queen mother, the queen mother is still in good spirits today, and the daughter-in-law is relieved." Su Wangfei smiled, her smile was sweet and soft, very flattering.

The sullen little bun also came forward to salute, and said in a childlike voice, "Chu Chu pays respects to the emperor's grandmother, the emperor's grandmother is happy, Chu Chu is happy~"

Seeing this face that looked so much like a little son, although it was a girl, the Queen Mother still felt pain in her heart, she hurriedly asked Xiao Baozi to hold her in his arms and rubbed her for half an hour. short legs.

When the Empress Dowager's attention was on the little bun, Concubine Su hurriedly winked at Miss Rucui, telling her to take it easy, but don't open her mouth to get angry with the Empress Dowager.Miss Rucui replied with a smile very calmly, indicating that she is very obedient and can read people's faces, unlike Princess Su who can't read people's faces and always uses the little princess as the queen mother.

Just as the former master and servant exchanged messages, another eunuch came in and reported: "The Empress Dowager, Grand Master Wen Liang is outside the palace asking the Empress Dowager to summon her."

The empress dowager's face finally turned black, and she was angry in her heart. Would one or two of them think that her Chonghua Palace was a poisonous snake and a beast?

(End of this chapter)