Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 376 Forced to Stay in the Palace

For several days in a row, a carriage came to pick up Prince Yi's mansion on time every day. After Shen Ninghua brought Qingque into the palace, she went directly to the side hall of Changqiu Palace prepared by Concubine Li. Lin Feiying waited inside early, He listened carefully to Shen Ninghua's teachings every day, but he devoted himself to learning.

Concubine Li would bring some pastries over every day when they were resting, and Shen Ninghua would use some pastries after careful inspection and found no problems.Two hours later, Concubine Li will have people send her and Lin Feiying back to their mansions.

On this day, as soon as Shen Ninghua and Qingque arrived in front of the palace gate, raindrops fell. Qingque held an umbrella and helped Shen Ninghua get out of the car: "Master, it seems that the rain is going to be heavy, isn't it? If you talk to Concubine Li, you won't be entering the palace today?"

Shen Ninghua nodded: "It's raining a lot, this kind of weather is really not suitable for entering the palace, let's go back."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a shout: "Princess Zhaohua stay a step... I have seen the princess." With an umbrella in her hand, Madam Wei trotted to Shen Ninghua with a smile all over her face. , "Seeing that the weather is not good today, the empress has already ordered the servants to wait here and bring umbrellas to the princess. I am afraid that you will be showered. The princess should hurry up and enter the palace."

Shen Ninghua frowned: "I won't enter the palace due to the heavy rain. If you go in and report to the imperial concubine, it means that I will enter the palace again tomorrow to make amends."

Mother Wei had a troubled look on her face: "But Your Royal Highness, Madam heard that the weather is not good, so she got up early in the morning to wait for the princess, and Miss Lin has also arrived, and they are all waiting in the Changqiu Palace. How should I report this."

Seeing Shen Ninghua frowning more and more, Madam Wei hurriedly knelt down and said, "I beg Your Highness the princess to have mercy. If the servant girl has told the truth, the imperial concubine and empress will definitely ask the servant girl why it is raining so hard and the princess is still asking you to go back. When the time comes, the servant girl I'm afraid that fate will be explained there."

Shen Ninghua glanced across Nanny Wei's face, only to feel that that expression was extraordinarily hypocritical: "Let's go."

Qing Que hurriedly followed Shen Ninghua's footsteps with her umbrella in her hand, ignoring Mother Wei at the side.The neglected Nanny Wei didn't mind, she bent down and got up from the ground, wiped off the tears on her face, a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes, it was nothing to be bullied and neglected at the moment, these high-ranking masters were left alone Difficult, not as good as her!
Although Qingque was protecting her all the way, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and when she arrived at the gate of Changqiu Palace, most of Shen Ninghua's skirt was wet.

Hearing Shen Ninghua's arrival, Concubine Li hurriedly brought people out to greet her: "Oh, what should I do if I catch a cold in such a cold weather? Come on, hurry up and bring clean clothes, skirts and jackets, and prepare hot water , Mrs. Tang, Ninghua, come in quickly and change out of your wet clothes, if you get sick while I am here, I have no way to explain to Prince Yi."

Shen Ninghua's expression was indifferent, and she didn't pay any attention to the wet dress: "In such a heavy rain, I wanted to inform my mother that I would not enter the palace, but I didn't want to see Wei Madam follow your order to deliver an umbrella, so I still feel like saying it myself It's more appropriate to say, the empress doesn't have to be busy, I won't teach Miss Lin how to behave today, I just go back to the house and change my clothes."

"Then how can it be?" Concubine Li stepped forward to hold Shen Ninghua's hand, "Is your child still having sex with me? You are wet all over, and it is raining heavily outside, if you catch a cold this time around Fenghan, why don't you say that I am a noble concubine who can't tolerate people? Ninghua, do you think it's not safe to be in my Changqiu Palace? Or are you afraid that I will harm you?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood, Ninghua didn't think so."

Concubine Li glanced at her reproachfully, and said with a smile: "It's good that you don't think so, hurry up and change the wet clothes." As she spoke, she didn't allow Shen Ninghua to refuse, and pushed her directly into the room.

Qingque wanted to follow in, but was stopped by Wei Mama: "Miss Qingque, your clothes are also wet, and this servant will take you to change it. Don't worry, there are many people serving the princess, so there must be nothing wrong." matter."

Regardless of Madam Wei's obstruction, Qing Que pushed Mama Wei away without a trace, and when she tried to stop her again, Qing Que followed Shen Ninghua into the inner room.Wei Mama's face darkened, and she wanted to go forward to say something, when she saw Li Guifei shaking her head at her.

Nanny Wei walked over quickly, with a look of fear on her face: "Your Majesty..."

"That Qingque has the best martial arts skills among the people around Shen Ninghua. It seems that she was also on guard against us when she entered the palace." Concubine Li stroked the long gilt coiled silk armor on her hand, with resentment in her eyes, " Alright, play by ear, how about the second prince?"

"The eldest maid at Qi Guifei's side belongs to us. The slave has already informed her, and she has also spread the news. She will definitely not disappoint the empress."

"En." Noble Concubine Li nodded, and let out a long breath, finally something went well.

Shen Ninghua entered the inner room, and drove out all the maids serving inside: "You all go down, as long as there are blue sparrows to serve me, it's fine."

"This..." The maids hesitated, "Slaves and others..."

Shen Ninghua's expression turned cold: "Go down!"

"Yes." Seeing Shen Ninghua getting angry, the maids rushed out in a single file.

Qing Que: "Master, the Changqiu Palace feels extraordinarily weird today, please be careful in everything."

Shen Ninghua scanned the clothes on the side, picked them up and examined them carefully, but found no problems: "Let's play it by ear." Concubine Li obviously wanted to keep her in the palace, as for what to do in the palace, she wanted to come. It's not necessarily a good thing, it can only be seen as tricks.

"Yes."

Shen Ninghua changed her clothes and came out, Li Guifei came up to her with a smile: "Sure enough, you look good in any kind of clothes. You are so young, wearing such clothes is so beautiful."

What Shen Ninghua put on was a dress with a moon-white base. There were large and beautiful red peonies embroidered on the cuffs of the skirt. The neckline was inlaid with gold thread, and colorful butterflies were flying. The color of the whole dress was extremely bright. The slightly weaker ones may not be able to suppress this color.But Shen Ninghua looked extremely beautiful when she wore it, and she didn't intend to overwhelm the host at all.

Although Concubine Li hated Shen Ninghua extremely, she couldn't say anything against her will, Shen Ninghua was indeed so beautiful that people were jealous!

"Thank you for your dress."

"What's the use of thanks, I can't wear this clothes now, you are wearing it just right."

Shen Ninghua smiled, took a look and did not find Lin Feiying, and asked, "I heard Wei Mama said that Miss Lin has also come to the palace, why is she nowhere to be seen?"

"She didn't get caught in the rain when she entered the palace. The palace asked her to rest and rest for a day. Who knows that she insisted on going to the side hall to practice the rules. I'm afraid she is still practicing at this time. She, when she is free Talking to Ben Gong, saying that after seeing your rules, I realized that there are people outside, and compared with you, it is simply far behind."

Hearing these words full of flattery, Shen Ninghua just smiled: "Miss Lin is too self-deprecating. Since she is in the side hall, I will also go to the side hall to have a look. She is willing to learn, and I will definitely teach her all."

Wei Mama hurriedly said: "Princess, the dress of this Qingque girl is still wet, this servant will take her down to change."

Before Shen Ninghua could speak, Qing Que politely refused: "Thank you Madam Wei, the servant is fine, but the hem of her skirt is wet, and martial arts practitioners are not that particular. If Madam Wei must let Qing Que change clothes, then I will trouble you to find a set of palace maid's clothes for this servant, and this servant will naturally have a way to change into it."

Mother Wei was furious in her heart, she hated this dead girl who didn't want to get in, she glanced at Concubine Li who was silent, so she could only respond, "This...that's fine, this old servant will go down and look for you. "

A smile quickly flashed across the brows, and Shen Ninghua said: "Imperial Concubine, after Wei Mama finds the clothes, just send them directly to the side hall. Qingque and I will go to the side hall first, and leave."

Although it is said to be a side hall, Changqiu Palace is the second largest palace after Chunxi Palace. This side hall is separated from the main hall by two gate walls.Because in many cases, there are many concubines living in one palace, and it is easy to cause disputes if the distance is close.

When Shen Ninghua came to the side hall, Lin Feiying was practicing the rules of drinking tea. Seeing Shen Ninghua get up quickly, she bowed gracefully: "My daughter has met Princess Zhaohua."

"Miss Lin is polite."

Shen Ninghua still taught Lin Feiying according to the previous progress, until two hours later, the rain outside did not mean to stop.Lin Feiying took the handkerchief handed over by the maid and wiped her hands: "Princess, it seems that the rain will last all day, and I'm afraid it won't stop at night."

Shen Ninghua looked at the dense rain outside, occasionally mixed with some ice crystals like rice grains: "The time is up, I will go to the main hall to tell the empress, and I will go back now."

Lin Feiying was surprised: "It's raining so hard, the princess wants to go back?"

"Of course, there are two children in my family, let them feel at ease all day, let's leave first." After finishing speaking, he signaled Qingque to go out.

As soon as she came to the corridor of the main hall, she saw a group of palace people waiting outside, Shen Ninghua frowned involuntarily: In this posture, the father should be with Concubine Li.

Sure enough, as soon as she walked to the door, Madam Wei came out with a smile all over her face: "I have seen Princess Zhaohua, the emperor is talking to the empress in the palace, and I heard that Princess Zhaohua is also there, so I ordered my servants to invite you and Miss Lin to come over." Let's eat together."

Shen Ninghua nodded: "Thank you, Madam Wei."

"My son has seen his father."

Baili Qingcang was drinking tea, and when he saw Shen Ninghua's movements, he quickly told her to get up: "Get up, the concubine told me about you just now, I have worked hard for you during this time, wait for the one-month deadline to come, if the concubine If you don’t prepare a generous gift to thank you, I will definitely help you seek justice!"

Concubine Li covered her lips and laughed: "With the emperor's words, even if the concubine evacuates the Changqiu Palace, she must prepare a generous gift for Ninghua."

Shen Ninghua smiled, but did not pretend to be smart.After Concubine Li’s birthday, she exchanged all the birthday presents she received for silver and sent them to the treasury, saying that she was making a contribution to the people suffering from the drought in the Northwest. This kind of behavior made Baili Qingcang feel bad for her. .

(End of this chapter)