in the sound of swallows

Chapter 104
The three maids of Luhua Palace were stunned when they heard the order, and looked at Concubine Shen with some hesitation.Shen Guiyan followed orders and walked forward.

"Is this what you mean by cleverness?" The Nian Empress Dowager looked at Han Lu and said, "I have to listen to the orders of the Ai family and look at you for a long time. What is it like for such a palace man to stay in the North Palace and make things difficult for me?"

Han Lu glared at the palace servants angrily, then looked at the Empress Dowager Nian and said, "This... Palace servants always need to get to know their master a little bit before they can be useful."

"Then since Yan'er is already familiar with this place, why do you need to exchange for an unfamiliar one?" The Empress Dowager Nian snorted and said, "Just say it straight, you don't want to see a beautiful maid in my wife's womb, I am afraid that I will hook the emperor, so I want to snatch it and strike first?"

"I dare not!" Han Lu gritted her teeth and knelt down again.This old woman's mouth is too sharp, she can't speak at all.

"It's fine if you don't dare, so that you can work hard on the emperor, don't fix anything else." The Empress Dowager Nian took a red coral hairpin from the dressing table and handed it to Han Lu: "This is a reward for you, a treasure bestowed by the late emperor." , you can kneel down first."

treasure?Originally, I was full of anger, but I didn't expect the Empress Dowager Nian to give me a sweet treat suddenly.Han Lu hurriedly took it to Xie En, and glanced at the hairpin, it was bright in color and very precious at first glance.

"The concubine will leave."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand.

Looking at it like this, it is hopeless for her to dig Shen Guiyan to her side.But the Empress Dowager Beigong has a weird temper, and the Empress Dowager Donggong doesn't like Shen Guiyan, her life is very difficult, so she doesn't need to worry at all.

What needs to be worried about now is that Gu Chaobei never sees her. Even if she wants to use her old tricks to win favor with her stomach, she must let the emperor go to her palace for a night first. Otherwise, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no record, how can she be pregnant?

Holding her handkerchief, Han Lu went all the way back to the palace, and happened to meet Mrs. Jiang on the way.

"Ms. Concubine Shen." Mrs. Jiang is just a nobleman, and she has to pay her respects when she sees Han Lu.

Han Lu looked at her from the corner of her eyes for a while. This Jiang family was from the aunt of the North Courtyard. She was just the daughter of the principal, and she was not very noble. Why did the emperor prefer to run to her?
"Get up."

"Thank you, ma'am." Jiang stood up straight and said, "I still have to go to the imperial study to deliver soup to the emperor, so I won't waste my time."

Han Lu raised her eyes and saw that the palace man behind Jiang was holding a soup cup.

Her eyes lit up, Han Lu waved her away, and she had an idea in her heart.

What else can I do to seduce a man?There are breasts leaking breasts, no breasts showing thighs.If you are hated by others, you can just give aphrodisiacs, how simple is that?
Immediately returned to the palace with the skirt in hand, and asked the palace staff to go to the Imperial Hospital to ask for a lot of money for the medicine.Han Lu was very excited, just once, even if Gu Chaobei didn't go to her, if she stayed in her palace for more than an hour, she would be able to give him the whole dragon.

Shen Guiyan continued to wipe the things in the Empress Dowager Nian's bedroom, but her eyelids started to fight and almost closed several times.

"Be careful for the Ai family!" The Empress Dowager Nian yelled angrily, so frightened that she almost threw the glass bottle in her hand.

Turning his head with lingering fear, he saw the fierce face of the Empress Dowager Nian: "I told you that it was a gift from the emperor, how can I wipe it with my eyes closed? Don't think that the Ai family left you today, you are safe. There are too many traps in this palace, how can I give you time to doze off?"

"I know I'm wrong." Shen Guiyan turned around to salute, and couldn't help but yawned again.

I can't help it, I'm just too sleepy.For some reason, she slept very well last night, but when she woke up, her whole body was soft and she wanted to sleep again.

The Empress Dowager Nian glanced at her, beckoned and said, "Come here."

Shen Guiyan was taken aback, and walked up to the queen mother with a rag.

"Come up." The Empress Dowager Nian pointed to the warm couch she was lying on.

"This." Shen Guiyan was taken aback: "Servant..."

"If you dare to say one more word of nonsense to the Ai family, go out and continue kneeling in the yard!" The Empress Dowager Nian glared at her: "Aren't you tired? He treats you well, but you still have to read the rules. Are you a queen or not?" Empress Dowager? Then what is Zhishu Dali doing? Just accept it as soon as it’s good, or it’s over?”

Being scolded by this, Shen Guiyan carefully wiped off the spittle that the queen mother sprayed on her face, and then closed her mouth and went to the warm couch.

The palace lady's clothes were thin, and her body was also cold. When she entered the warm soft couch and was wrapped in a blanket, she shivered.

The Empress Dowager Nian is really a good person, Shen Guiyan couldn't help thinking, could her guess be true?Gu Chaobei is actually not the son of some court lady, but has something to do with the empress dowager?

Glancing at her, the Nian Empress Dowager said: "Don't think of me as good, there is a purpose for good and bad for you. If you are a useless person, the Ai family will not let you sit on this warm couch."

Shen Guiyan was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the queen mother inexplicably.

"It is said that you are smart, but a truly smart person will not show it. How did you get targeted by the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace?" asked the Empress Dowager Nian.

Shen Guiyan pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and told the ins and outs of Sixi's family.

"Tch, idiot." The Empress Dowager Nian sneered, shook her head and said, "Just take care of yourself, the life and death of the people in the world has nothing to do with you. Now Aijia has a way to show you, do you want to go? "

"What way?" Shen Guiyan looked at her curiously.

The Empress Dowager Nian rolled her eyes and said, "You are the emperor's first wife. Is it possible that you will be a court lady in my northern palace for the rest of your life? The emperor will come to pay his respects tonight. Do as I say, understand?"

Does this mean helping her to the top?Shen Guiyan was stunned for a while, then knelt down on the warm couch: "Your servant understands."

If you don’t understand, you have to understand, as long as you have a chance, you can look back at Chaobei.The Empress Dowager Nian seemed willing to help her, so why did she let go of this opportunity?

The Empress Dowager Nian looked at her, smiled, and said, "Do you know who owns the world now?"

Shen Guiyan pursed her lips: "The phoenix is ​​above the dragon."

It is still the world of Empress Dowager Wen.

The Empress Dowager Nian nodded: "The Empress Dowager Wen hates you, do you think you have a way out in the palace?"

"No." Shen Guiyan shook her head: "This servant knew early on that if he offends the Empress Dowager Wen, he will not be allowed to stand up in the palace."

"Ordinary people ascend to the throne to please the emperor and the empress dowager. But you, you can't." The empress dowager touched the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, "You can only walk step by step in this palace if you annoy the emperor and the empress dowager." Go down. Do you understand?"

Shen Guiyan could hear it clearly, and understood everything.Since Empress Dowager Wen hates her, the emperor can only hate her, and the more he hates her, the safer he is.

However, since she is already so annoying, how can she be promoted?

"It's much easier to do if you understand. The Ai family will give you a prescription. When the emperor comes to pay his respects, you can make the cakes on the prescription and serve them up."

"Yes." Shen Guiyan nodded.

It's hard to like people, but it's so easy to hate people.It's just... she will be able to see Gu Chaobei tonight, and she hasn't seen him for almost half a month.

I don't know what that person looks like wearing a dragon robe and a crown.

Shen Guiyan got up to get off the warm couch, but her head was dizzy for a while, so she didn't fall directly.The Empress Dowager Nian grabbed her back, frowned and said: "Let's find an imperial doctor to take a look at it first, don't fail to do anything, and your body will collapse first."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Shen Guiyan leaned back on the warm couch, Empress Dowager Nian had already asked Qiu Jin to teach the imperial physician.

The imperial doctor who came was Guo Yuanzheng, the most reliable doctor in the Imperial Hospital. He thought that the Empress Dowager Nian was ill, so he hurried over, only to find that it was a court lady lying on the warm couch.

Still fell asleep.

"Show her." Nian Empress Dowager said softly.

Guo Yuan was a little surprised, but still put down the medicine box and began to check the pulse.

Han Lu took the tonic soup and went to the imperial study with a smile on her face.Who knew that as soon as he stepped in, he saw an official lady who came from nowhere entangled with the emperor, with such a coquettish voice that his bones were crisp: "Your majesty, I will feed you."

There are several medicine cups and snack plates on the desk, and I don't know how Gu Chaobei can eat so much.

Han Lu was so jealous that she stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Where is this woman from, is she still decent?"

With a roar, Gu Chaobei choked in fright, threw the official woman away, and coughed violently.

"Your Majesty!" Han Lu hurried over, wanting to reach out to pat him on the back, but Gu Chaobei stepped away sideways, ran out while coughing, lay on the doorway and nearly vomited.

Han Lu was frightened, afraid that she would be guilty of committing a crime, she hurriedly followed her and said, "The concubine didn't do it on purpose..."

"Okay, don't come here." Gu Chaobei waved his hand and said, "I won't drink these soups anymore, take them all away!"

"Yes." The chief eunuch listened outside, and waved people to come in, and took away the things on the table, including the concubine Shen's hand.

"This..." Han Lu was taken aback: "This tonic is made by my concubine herself..."

"They said they did it by themselves, and they vomited me up. What else is there to say?" Gu Chaobei said angrily, "Take it away, take it all away. I'm going to the Northern Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

She came at an inopportune time, and the well-prepared tonic soup was taken away like this, and she had nothing to argue about.Are you saying that the emperor deliberately targeted her?It is true that so many people have already sent it, and it is true that the emperor vomited, saying that it is unreasonable to go to Empress Dowager Wen.

Forget it, this time is a coincidence, she has other opportunities.

But now the emperor is going to pay his respects to the North Palace?Han Lu's heart tightened. Shen Guiyan was still in the North Palace. Once the two of them met, what if Shen Guiyan was brought back to life again, what would she do?
"Your Majesty, my concubine's stomach hurts." Han Lu grabbed Gu Chaobei's hand and said sadly.

Gu Chaobei rinsed his mouth, glanced at her and said, "My concubine eats too much, and I'm in pain just now, just spit it out. Do you want me to ask the maid to induce vomiting for you?"

Han Lu's face froze, and she shook her head quickly: "No need... I just haven't seen the emperor for a long time, and I miss him so much, that's why my stomach hurts. If the emperor is willing to accompany me, I won't be hurt anymore."

(End of this chapter)