Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 128
The queen knew it in her heart, snorted coldly, and raised her hand to signal the palace servants to pull away the Yikun palace servants who were detaining Xia Zijin and Xia Ziyan, stroked her forehead and said, "Sister Yue has been this imperial concubine for some years. Gong has always felt that you are a sensible person, and did not specifically explain anything, but now it seems that younger sister Yue has been a noble concubine for a long time, and has forgotten her duty."

If it weren't for the power behind Concubine Yue, the queen would not tolerate her until now, but now that the Yue family has lost one head, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and it is not appropriate for the queen to deal with it, so she let Yue go. The imperial concubine and Yue Jing'an are fighting each other, she is just watching the fire from the other side.

But it is one thing to make a move, but it is another thing to guarantee the authority of the mother of the palace.

Concubine Yue felt disdainful, but she still had to pretend to be humble and courteous when facing the queen. She blessed her body slightly and said, "I don't dare, but I just want to share the worries for the empress after seeing the hard work of the empress in managing the harem."

"The three princesses will be able to preach on their own, so I won't bother my sister to share your worries."

The three mentioned by the empress naturally included Xia Ziqi. Xia Ziqi originally thought that there was a Yue noble concubine who would be safe and sound, but if it was the empress, it would be unknown...

"Come here, take the three princesses back to the palace, and be careful."

After saying a word, the queen turned around and dragged her palace skirt and went forward.

"Concubine Mother..." Xia Ziqi hid behind Concubine Yue and tugged at her sleeve.

"What are you still doing?" The queen heard Xia Ziqi's whisper clearly, scolded her, and glanced at the palace servants.

The queen has always had a good temper, and it is rare for the palace people to see her so cold. She respectfully obeyed and led Xia Zijin and the three of them to follow closely.

Concubine Yue looked at the back of the group of people going away, gritted her teeth and threw her sleeves, while Yue Jing'an glanced at her indifferently, and smiled slightly: "It's late at night, sister Yue, don't get angry."

"Don't be complacent!"

"What is there to be proud of, I just remembered that the emperor summoned my concubine to accompany me tonight, and my concubine took the first step."

After finishing speaking, Yue Jing'an covered her face with a smile, and walked away regardless of the sharp scolding from Concubine Yue behind her.

In the main hall of Kunning Palace, the queen was sitting on a phoenix chair, rubbing her forehead with a tired expression. It was already the end of the Xu Dynasty, and all the lamps in the palace were lit, and the palace staff gently fanned the wind for the queen. Kneeling in the center, with different expressions.

"Mother..."

Xia Ziqi's knees felt numb from her knees, but the queen didn't seem to want them to get up. She rubbed her knees and muttered something, but the queen glanced at her and ignored her.

"Do you know why this palace brought you back?" The queen sat up straight, straightening the armor on her fingertips and making a soft sound.

Xia Ziyan bit his lip and shook his head, looking at Xia Zijin.

Xia Zijin leaned down slightly and respectfully said: "After returning to the mother, the ministers thought that the mother was trying to let the ministers know how to behave, keep themselves safe, and not do things that violated the rules to make the mother worry."

Xia Ziqi stiffened her neck and did not speak, but her expression was obviously dissatisfied with the Queen's delay in letting her get up.

"En." The queen glanced at Xia Zijin with satisfaction, "You are a man of etiquette, and I know that what happened today has nothing to do with you, so just get up."

She didn't expect the queen to let her take it off so easily, but she naturally had a clear conscience, and after thanking her mother with a generous kowtow, she lifted her skirt and got up and stepped aside.

The queen rubbed her forehead and looked at Xia Ziqi and Xia Ziyan who were kneeling down, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she felt a little bit confused about the entanglement between the two.

"Princess Seven, this Palace and Concubine Rong have already agreed that the wedding date between you and Prince Rong's son is set on the seventh day of June. This month, you can rest assured that you are ready to get married. Don't let it happen again. Do you understand?"

Xia Ziyan originally thought that the queen would scold her, but when she heard that she only mentioned a fixed date for the marriage, he was a little surprised, and then there was a burst of joy, and he bowed down and said, "I would like to follow my mother's teachings, and stay safe and wait for the auspicious day!"

The queen hummed, and then turned to look at Xia Ziqi. When she heard the queen announced that the wedding date was finalized, she looked a little unhappy, with her hands pinched in her palms, her heart was suffocating and she couldn't let it go.

"Fourth princess, what are you dissatisfied with?" The queen said with a stern tone.

Xia Ziqi opened his mouth, then lowered his head, suppressing his dissatisfaction and said weakly: "I dare not."

"Don't you dare?" The queen snorted, "I see that you are more courageous than anyone else!"

"Your nonsense in the Jinluan Palace that day made others look down on you. The dignified Princess Dalai, who hates marriage so much, doesn't it make the world laugh at my Dalai royal family and my palace's lack of discipline?" The queen supported the phoenix chair and let out a sigh The clap sounded, "I thought you would be able to enlighten yourself after a long time, but who knew that you girl didn't know how to think about it? Today's stumbling with the Seventh Princess in the lotus pond must have something to do with this matter."

Xia Ziqi was said to be the center of the matter, and because he didn't dare to say much in front of the queen, he lowered his head and said nothing, but let out his thoughts with his hands clenched at the corners of his clothes.

The empress hated Concubine Yue, and even had a problem with Xia Ziqi, so this time she ran into the muzzle herself, the empress naturally had to handle it carefully.

"Fourth princess, as the noble daughter of our grand family, you should set an example for the ladies in the world. If everyone is as presumptuous as you, then how will this palace manage this central harem? act?"

Xia Ziqi frowned, bit his lips and said, "My minister didn't do anything against the rules..."

"Look, I still don't want to repent." The queen sighed, "It's not that the queen mother intends to punish you, but the marriage between the seventh princess and the son of Prince Rong is very important. If you are sensible, you shouldn't get involved. You Since you can't see the current situation clearly, the queen mother will naturally help you."

After all, the queen cast a wink at the palace servant beside her, who understood, and immediately stepped forward to present the tray in her hand to Xia Ziqi.

"This is the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra. I have ordered someone to complete it. You can take it back and copy it. First, it can calm your mind, and second, it can make up for your reckless mistakes."

Following the queen's words, Xia Ziqi picked up the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra from the tray and flipped through it. The densely packed text was long and difficult to understand. After a few glances, she felt very annoyed.

"On the day of the wedding of the Seventh Princess and Prince Rong, the Baohua Palace needs to burn [-] volumes of the Guanyin Heart Sutra, [-] volumes of the Dalang Sutra, and [-] volumes of the Jiaruonan Sutra. The [-] volumes of the Guanyin Heart Sutra will be handed over to you. When copying, remember to be sincere, do not let maids or other people write for you, if you let this palace know that you are obedient, or you deliberately do not complete it, you will be punished severely!"

Xia Ziqi's eyes widened, looking a little unbelievable, the queen actually asked her to copy scriptures for Xia Ziyan's wedding?
This is undoubtedly a kind of humiliation, how can Xia Ziqi bear it, she bit her lip and put the scriptures back on the maid's tray, bowed down and said in a low voice: "Mother, forgive me, I can't obey my orders, my son's knowledge is vulgar, and I can't copy it." Good scriptures like this, and besides, how can I complete the [-] volumes of scriptures by one person? The queen mother is trying to make things difficult!"

Her injustice and resentful voice sounded in the palace, and the queen is really a soft-hearted person. She smiled and flicked the armor: "This Palace just wants you to recognize your identity, and it is for your own good to let you copy the scriptures." , one month is enough, if you are well-behaved, I will naturally find a good marriage for you in the future, if you are stubborn, I, as a queen, can also make you obedient."

The queen's attitude is right there, Xia Ziqi is clutching at her cuffs, feeling extremely resentful in her heart, is this trying to force her to give up her honor and give way to Xia Ziyan?

"Okay, I'm tired too, let's all go back. Fourth princess, remember to copy scriptures with peace of mind, I will send someone to fetch them every day."

She emphasized the word "riday", which made Xia Ziqi even more resentful. The queen wanted to use scripture copying to trap her in Qiluo Garden, but there was no door!
After returning to Qiluo Garden, Xia Ziqi went crazy again. The palace people in the house were already familiar with her temper, but they still had to serve with courage, fearing that they would offend Xia Ziqi again and cause disasters.

The Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra bestowed by the queen was thrown on the ground by Xia Ziqi and trampled on for a dozen times. Naturally, the skin was a little damaged, but she still couldn't help herself. She lay on the table and patted her chest, feeling extremely wronged. It was obviously Xia Ziyan who snatched it. Although her marriage was ruined, the queen helped Xia Ziyan to abuse herself!
Feier timidly picked up the Guanyin Heart Sutra from the ground, gently put it on the table, and persuaded: "Princess...don't compete with the queen, she is the master of the six palaces, and even the imperial concubine can't disobey her." How can the princess disobey the queen's order? If the princess doesn't want to copy the book, she can let the servants do it for her. The servants have heard that there are capable people outside the palace who are good at imitating notes. Let's find a good one, and the queen won't find it..."

"What do you know!" Xia Ziqi roared, interrupting Fei'er's opinion, the tea was shaking with her plain hands hanging down on the table.

"How can this princess endure this tone? The queen's intentions, Xia Ziyan's intentions, this princess does not want to follow suit! It sounds good for the sake of this princess, but in fact it is to use copying scriptures to trap this princess, so that this princess will not be happy. Just to ruin her Xia Ziyan's marriage!"

The more she talked about Xia Ziqi, the crazier she became. Her pupils were a little scarlet, and her knuckles creaked.

"Heh, she wants to marry as the concubine as she wishes, and wants this princess to admit defeat to her, but this princess just won't let her go as she wishes."

Her round eyes took on a bit of viciousness, and her face was slightly distorted. After smiling strangely, she waved to Fei'er.

"You come here."

Fei'er responded, leaned close to Xia Ziqi's ear and listened to her whisper, she looked a little embarrassed, she stood up after hearing the order, frowned and said timidly: "Princess...isn't that good?"

"What's wrong! If you are told to do it, you can do it. This princess will never say it for the second time!"

Fei'er nodded tremblingly, then went down with a hey.

Xia Ziqi leaned on the table and laughed evilly, she couldn't feel at ease if she couldn't breathe out!
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Another seven days passed in a blink of an eye, and the weather in early May was particularly pleasant. Swallows were pecking at the mud and building on the eaves, and the clear and crisp singing made people feel happy.

Xia Zijin was playing a small woven bamboo fan. The round fan disk was tightly woven, and there was a cool breeze when it was shaken lightly.

Today is Xia Ziyan's wedding dress trial day. According to Da Lai's ancestral system, the princess's sisters must accompany her on the day of her wedding dress trial, which means that the newlyweds are blessed by their mother's family and are a symbol of good fortune.

Xia Zijin used a round fan to block the sunlight all the way to Lanzhi Garden, where Xia Ziyan lived.

Many people gathered in the room, all the princesses came, and the older ones talked with Xia Ziyan, while the younger ones, like the ten and eleven princesses, sat on a small chair and looked at the mahogany with their chins propped up. The wedding dresses on the wide rack are both curiosity and longing.

The eighth princess touched the bright red delicate wedding dress. The mandarin ducks on it were embroidered one by one by ten embroiderers with gold thread. It took more than [-] days, and not a single pattern could be missed.The mandarin ducks with pointed beaks hold bright pearls in their beaks, and strings of corn beads are sewn on their wings, which are then locked with gold thread. Large feathers are embroidered with peacock thread, which can shine brightly when exposed to light.

The exquisite embroidery is even more superior against the delicate red silk. The red silk cloth of the wedding dress is woven from the silk spun out by ice silkworms on the Tianxue Mountain. The water is dried seven times for seven days, and it is a fine product of one foot and ten thousand gold.

How can the wedding dress made with such a large amount of money be vulgar? Princess Eight couldn't help feeling a lot of envy as she stroked the full-textured wedding dress with her fingertips.

"Seventh sister, you are still very lucky. Wearing such a beautiful wedding dress on your body, even if it is heavier, it is worth it. I remember that when the second sister got married, the wedding dress was also very beautiful, but it is still worse than the seventh sister. Some."

The fifth princess nodded, and also praised: "The most rare thing is Princess Rong's kindness. I heard that Princess Rong specially sent someone to send the eight red obsidian stones in her dowry back to the palace, and put them in the wedding ceremony for Seventh Sister. It's on the girdle of the clothes."

Xia Ziyan's cheeks were pink, and being praised by the sisters one after another, she was very happy in her heart. The most joyful thing was this marriage. She held Yu Ruyi in her hand, and she just waited for the time to make the palace the most blessed Her aunt tried on the wedding dress for her.

"It is Ziyan's honor to be blessed by all the sisters. Ziyan is here to thank all the sisters."

The eighth princess supported her arm and said: "Why are you being so polite, we are also honored by you to see such an expensive wedding dress, right?"

Everyone laughed and said a lot of auspicious words, only Xia Ziqi sat on the sidelines watching from a distance, rolling his eyes from time to time, and Xia Ziting has always been with her, sitting next to her now, seeing her expression unhappy , Hasten to please.

"Fourth sister, look at these people who have no eyesight, aren't they just a piece of ragged clothes, and they are worthy of their boasting. If you ask me to say that it is useless to wear the best clothes on Xia Ziyan, you have to complement the fourth sister." Such a beauty deserves it."

Xia Ziqi curled her lips, her obvious flattery was not very helpful, instead she stared at Xia Ziyan's face with some interest, waiting for something to happen.

"Fourth sister?" Xia Ziting called out in embarrassment, seeing that Xia Ziqi still refused to talk to her, she also muttered twice to give up.

At this time, the water clock rang eight times, and the maid came in with a tray, and gave Xia Ziyan a bowl of boundless water that she used before trying on the wedding dress. The aunt who was dressing her was already waiting, and the princesses pushed away one after another. After a few steps, leave a large space in the middle for Xia Ziyan to try on clothes.

"Yuxiu Mining, Zhongshi's Marriage, You're All Delighted, and You're Great."

Aunt Chuanyi finished reading her summons, and bowed respectfully to Xia Ziyan. The two palace maids carefully took off the wedding dress from the shelf, holding it on one left and one on the right, while Xia Ziyan stood In the middle, Aunt Let Dressing took off her coat, leaving only the middle coat inside.

"Roll up your sleeves, penetrate!" Aunt Chuanyi read.

Xia Ziyan raised his hands flat, and Aunt Chuanyi straightened one end of the intricately embroidered wedding dress, and slowly slipped it on Xia Ziyan while holding the big sleeves.

The dressing process is very cumbersome, requiring a lot of instructions, and Xia Ziyan looks extraordinarily beautiful after putting on her wedding dress. The bright red dress makes her skin more beautiful than snow. The face is also extraordinarily colorful because of the affection and joy.

"The seventh sister is really beautiful!" the eighth princess praised.

The dressing aunt helped Xia Ziyan with the good coat and skirt, and devoutly took the girdle seal from the maid's tray and gently shook it off, and tied it around Xia Ziyan's waist as the last step.

But this tremor instantly frightened Aunt Chuanyi.

She suddenly grabbed the girdle and put it under her eyelids, her eyes widened and her lips trembled.

"what happened?"

Xia Ziyan was waiting for Aunt Chuanyi to tie the final girdle on herself, but she was a little puzzled when she saw that she was not moving.

"Grand...princess..." Aunt Chuanyi knelt down on the ground in a panic, holding the girdle with both hands and tremblingly presented it up, swallowing, "The red obsidian on the girdle is gone!"

Everyone was surprised and looked at the girdle on the hand of the clad aunt. It's a good thing they didn't pay attention to it just now. The next attention was of course a real sight. The eight red obsidian stones that should have been inlaid on the girdle were all gone. , There were eight small holes left on the girdle, which seemed to have been taken away!
Xia Ziyan grabbed the girdle and stared at it with wide eyes. He was also very shocked. It was supposed to be a festive and auspicious wedding dress, but suddenly the atmosphere became a little subtle because of this change.

"No... how could this happen, she was still there just now!" Xia Ziyan was very panicked, if something like this happened, could it be that God was warning her that it was unlucky...

Yue Jingan squinted her eyes at the side, looking at the eight holes formed by the loss of red obsidian, snorted coldly and said: "What are you panicking, will the red obsidian run away by itself? It must be someone with dirty hands and feet. Seeing that the red obsidian is valuable, my girl secretly withheld it and hid it."

She beckoned for the lady in the palace to come to her side, and ordered: "Pass the order of my palace to seal off the Lanzhi Garden. All the maids who have touched the wedding dress will be searched one by one. I don't believe that it will disappear."

"Yes!"

Yue Jing'an over there started quickly, and the princesses here looked at each other when they saw this. You must know that the day when the newlyweds try on wedding dresses is very important. place.

Xia Ziyan was also worried about this. She bit her lip and drooped to reveal that she was holding the incomplete girdle with both hands, and her nails were almost dug into the flesh of her palm.

"Princess, who do you think will get it?" Xiao Kui stood behind Xia Zijin, fanning her gently, but she was also puzzled, no matter how greedy this ordinary court lady is, she would not buckle the gemstone on the girdle of her wedding dress , Firstly, it will damage the morality, and secondly, even if such a rare item is concealed from the world, it will be discovered quickly, and the loss outweighs the gain.

"This princess doesn't know either, let's take a look first."

Xia Zijin rubbed her scalp, feeling ominous for some reason.While Xiaokui was thinking and fanning Xia Zijin, she didn't realize that someone was approaching beside her, and passed her side inadvertently.

Two quarters of an hour had passed since Yue Jing'an ordered the Lanzhi Garden to be closed, and her maid of honor stepped into the room with her dress up, but she lowered her eyes and shook her head when Yue Jing'an wanted to ask.

"Go back to your mother, this servant has sent people to check all the maids who touched the princess's wedding dress, no matter whether they searched the body or the house, they found no dirt!"

Xia Ziyan was even more nervous, it wasn't man-made, could it really be God's will...

Yue Jing'an frowned, and the princesses talked a lot, but at this time Xia Ziqi, who was sitting leisurely drinking tea, laughed and said quietly: "Concubine Lian, have you missed something? It seems that the people in this room Haven't checked yet."

As soon as Xia Ziqi said it, some people became dissatisfied. The eighth princess shook her handkerchief and rolled her eyes: "Is the fourth sister saying that some of our sisters have dirty hands and feet? Although red obsidian is a treasure, our sisters are As a princess, what good things have I never seen before, and I am guilty of destroying Seventh Sister's wedding dress for greed?"

The other princesses felt that they had been insulted, and they all followed suit, accusing Xia Ziqi of making trouble out of nothing.

"My princess hasn't finished talking yet, eighth sister, don't worry." Xia Ziqi raised her lips and smiled, "Princesses are of noble status. If you have been pampered since childhood, you are used to rare treasures, but if you become a monk halfway, you won't see them." Will you not open your eyes to money?"

Speaking of which, Xia Ziqi deliberately glanced at Xia Zijin, intending to attract everyone's attention.

"Is the fourth sister talking about me?"

Xia Zijin pursed her lips indifferently, and glanced up and down Xia Ziqi's expression, feeling that she was a little strange.

"Although I am not as good as my sisters, I am not far behind. How can a mere red obsidian come into my eyes and steal it?"

Xia Ziyan naturally believed in Xia Zijin, just seeing how generously she rewarded her personal maids, she knew that Xia Zijin was not short of money.

"The princess didn't say who was open to money, but since the clean is cleared, Concubine Lian ordered the people in the house to be searched, wouldn't it be good to give everyone the truth?" Xia Ziqi chose Raising eyebrows, "This princess is willing to be the first to be searched, how about it?"

Yue Jing'an stared at Xia Ziqi's overconfident expression, and became a little suspicious, but felt that this stalemate was not an option, so she took a breath and waved her hands: "Princesses, I'm sorry for offending me. Come here, on behalf of everyone Princess check!"

With Yue Jingan's order, her palace staff began to search the princesses one by one. Xia Ziqi was indeed the first to volunteer to be searched, and she also generously pulled her close maid Fei Er to her for inspection. He didn't find anything abnormal in her body, he said offended, and turned to the next princess.

(End of this chapter)