The Young Lady of the General’s House

Chapter Seventy Four

When Madam Zhen came, Chu Xiuming was giving a portrait of Shen Jin. Shen Jin was wearing a high-waisted skirt with a water-red moonlight brocade with a bulging belly and leaning on the chaise couch with fluffy cushions on both sides and loose hair. At the beginning, more scattered around, there were a few plum blossoms in the vase beside it, but Shen Jin was more than Hua Jiao. After lying down for a while, Shen Jin was a little sleepy, and when he was half asleep and half awake, he was a little more sleepy. Lazy flattery.

Madam Zhao came in and talked about Madam Zhen. Chu Xiuming asked, "Since it’s private, I don’t want too many people to know about the Queen Mother, so I just ask Madam Zhen to come in."

Shen Jin reluctantly opened his eyes and said, "What's the matter?"

"Madam Zhen next to the Queen Mother is here." Chu Xiuming put down his pen and walked to Shen Jin's Shen Bin to help her up and let her sit down and explain.

Shen Jin gave a cry, and then asked, "Have you finished painting?"

"Not yet." Chu Xiuming was also looking at Shen Jin smiling at the time, and suddenly wanted to draw her down, that's why there was the scene just now.

Shen Jin nodded, Chu Xiuming helped Shen Jin to walk to the living room, Anning poured warm water and wanted to give it to Shen Jin, but Chu Xiuming took it over, pressed Shen Jin to have a drink, and Shen Jin touched it. The belly beckoned to An Ning and said, "I want to change clothes."

Chu Xiuming understood Shen Jin’s small movements. An Ping and An Ning helped Shen Jin to walk into the inner room. They said that they were changing clothes. As the child’s month got older, Shen Jin went to clarify. The number of times has also increased a lot. When Shen Jin changed his clothes and came out with a new dress, he saw Madam Zhen, Shen Jin nodded at her, and waited for Madam Zhen to bow and said, " Get up, Mother Zhen sits down."

Shen Jin sat next to Chu Xiuming, Anping took the cushion and placed it on her waist. Mother Zhen thanked her and sat down. Shen Jin asked, "How about the emperor's grandmother?"

"In reply to Mrs. Bo, the queen mother is healthy. Today I think of Mrs. Bo, and I asked the old slave to visit." Madam Zhen smiled kindly and said.

Shen Jin nodded, "I should be my granddaughter to visit the emperor's grandmother."

Madam Zhen said, "The queen mother also knows that Mrs. Uncle is inconvenient, and said that Mrs. Uncle can take care of her, and she can hold her baby in the palace later."

Shen Jin responded with a smile, and said with some doubts, "That will take a long time."

Madam Zhen was even more certain when she heard the words. This Madam Yongningbo is not that kind of deep-hearted, "Everything is about Madam Bo's body."

"The emperor's grandmother is really nice." Shen Jin sighed.

Madam Zhen smiled and didn't say anything, and then asked a few more questions, such as whether the food was good or not, and whether he slept well. Shen Jin hugged his belly and said, "The food is not very good."

"..." Madam Zhen was actually just asking politely, showing that the Queen Mother took care of Shen Jin, but she didn't expect Shen Jin to accept such a sentence.

Shen Jin complained with a distressed look, "I think this way..." Anyway, the lamb is too mutton, beef is too old, and there is too little fish. There is nothing that makes her eat well.

Mother Zhen twitched her eyes, and she began to listen to Shen Jin complaining that there were too few patterns in the pastries, and there were no biscuits from Old Man Qiao’s...Chu Xiuming sat aside and listened to Shen Jin’s complaints without dissatisfaction, and poured a glass of water into it On Shen Jin's hand, Shen Jin took a sip and continued, "Even the greens are not to my appetite. Last time I ate the pastry golden silk roll in the Queen's Palace, it tasted good, but no one would do it..."

At the same time, in the Queen Mother's Palace, I saw the empress sitting in a position that was much thinner. She has been here for half an hour, but don't say a word, even if I don't even see the face of the Queen Mother, I will inevitably feel a little uneasy. After sitting on a cold bench for an hour, I saw a palace lady walking out of the back room. The queen recognized that she could be used by the queen mother. The court lady saluted the queen in a respectful manner and said, "The queen mother said that there is no time to see the queen today, let the queen Go back to the palace first."

The queen's face changed before she said, "I don't know the queen mother..."

The palace lady smiled and said, “If you return to the queen, the queen mother asked the slave servant to bring a word to the queen. The little **** has already dealt with it, and only hopes the queen understands what a queen is.” After speaking, the palace lady bowed her head and stood aside.

The queen grabbed the veil tightly and smiled reluctantly, "I don't quite understand the concubine, I wonder if I can ask the mother to see her?"

The maid said respectfully, "The queen mother has stopped."

No wonder the Queen Mother suddenly summoned her today and let her sit on the cold bench for so long. The Queen only felt her heart tight. It was impossible. She was clearly arranged. How could she be suspicious of her.

The queen was flustered. When she left, her face was a little pale, and her footsteps inevitably flustered a bit.

In the Yongning Bo’s mansion, at the end, Mother Zhen even had a taste of fleeing, leaving behind the Queen Mother’s reward, she took the little **** and left. When she returned to the Queen Mother’s Palace, the little **** was gone. As if he didn't even know there was this person, he asked directly, "What do you think?"

"Yong Ningbo loves the three princesses very much." Madam Zhen thought of the small movements between Yong Ningbo and his wife, and every time Yong Ningbo poured water on Shen Jin just right, let Shen Jin moisten his throat and then went on, she was not impatient yet. .

The queen mother twisted the beads and said, "The fate between people..."

Madam Zhen knew that the Queen Mother was thinking of the past again. She lowered her head and dared not say anything, until she heard the Queen Mother ask, "Where is that person?"

"The three princesses are very lively." Madam Zhen said, "I am very happy to talk, and I have some memories of the golden silk scrolls in the Queen's Palace."

The queen mother asked, "She didn't ask about the little eunuch?"

"No." Madam Zhen said.

The queen mother narrowed her eyes and said, "Where is Bo Yongning?"

"Uncle Yong Ning did not speak." Madam Zhen said respectfully.

The queen mother nodded and said, "I am also a well-measured child.

Madam Zhen waited on the queen mother for a long time, and she was a little bit more courageous than others and said with a smile, "The slave and maid felt that the three princesses probably didn't know about the little **** being taken away."

The queen mother was stunned when she heard the words, and said after a long time, "Well." She took a sip of the tea and said nothing.

In Yongning Bo’s mansion, Shen Jin was also a little tired, and looked at Chu Xiuming expectantly, "Husband, do you have something to be busy?"

"Nothing." Chu Xiuming looked at Shen Jin with a squeeze, pinching her earlobe.

Shen Jin stood up with An Ning's hand and said, "Then I'll go to change clothes."

"Okay." Chu Xiuming responded, "I will wait for you in the study."

Shen Jin smiled and nodded, looking at the grandmother Zhao who had just come out and said, "The things the queen mother rewarded, please tidy up the things the grandmother has."

Madam Zhao responded. Shen Jin changed back to the Yuehuajin dress and returned to the position she had just lying down. She lay down comfortably, pillowed on a soft cushion and looked at Chu Xiuming, who was doing the painting seriously. The color was not charming. He was drunk, Shen Jin looked for a while, touched his stomach, yawned a little, and started to fall asleep again.

Half asleep and half awake, I heard the voice of Mother Zhao coming in.

Grandma Zhao held a magnolia hairpin in both hands and said, "This is what the old slave found in the satin while he was packing up things."

Which white jade hairpin Chu Xiuming had taken, a very simple hairpin, but it can be seen that the jade material used is excellent, as if it is often played with, oily and beautiful, Chu Xiuming looked at Madam Zhao.

Madam Zhao whispered, "This is the property of the crown prince."

Chu Xiuming took it with a frown, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Mother Zhao said.

Chu Xiuming took it over and looked at it for a long time before saying, "Is there someone in the Queen Mother's Palace?"

"Old slaves don't know." Mother Zhao said respectfully.

Chu Xiuming suddenly saw the concubine couch, Shen Jin was already awake, holding the cushion and looking at them curiously, Chu Xiuming put down the magnolia hairpin and walked over, stretched out his hand to sort out the hair on Shen Jin's face and said, "Wake up Why don't you speak?"

Mother Zhao also brought water over, and Chu Xiuming helped Shen Jin to sit up.

Shen Jin took a few sips of water while holding the cup and said, "I'm a little hungry. Has my husband finished painting?"

"It's roughly done." Chu Xiuming knelt on one knee, put on Shen Jin's shoes, and then took her hand to the desk to let her look at the sleeping beauty picture on it.

Shen Jin was full of surprise, "My husband is really amazing."

"Not half as beautiful as Madam." Chu Xiuming said.

Shen Jin smiled and narrowed his eyes, "My husband is really nice."

Chu Xiuming smiled, seeing that his lady was happy, and also happy in his heart, Shen Jin naturally saw the magnolia hairpin on the table, "Whose is this?"

Grandma Zhao glanced at Chu Xiuming. After Chu Xiuming nodded, she said the matter again. Shen Jin said, and she looked at it again and didn't care. Grandma Zhao said, "What do you think of Madam?"

"It's beautiful." Shen Jin said of his own portrait.

Grandma Zhao smiled and said, "Not as good as Madam."

Shen Jin laughed happily, and Chu Xiuming asked, "What do you think the lady should do with this hairpin?"

"Do you know who stuffed it in?" Shen Jin asked rhetorically.

Grandma Zhao said respectfully, "I don't know."

Shen Jin didn't even leave the portrait, and said naturally, "Is it on the list?"

"Not here." Mother Zhao replied.

Shen Jin said, "Then put it away and put it aside."

Chu Xiuming squinted his eyes when he heard this. It was true. They didn't know whether the person who put the hairpin was an enemy or a friend, and they didn't know what the picture was. They came out of the dowager palace. Although the queen mother is eating fast and reciting the Buddha now, she was not a friend in her early years. Simple characters, otherwise how can they go from a little palace lady to today, since someone wants to test, they will fall into the inferior as long as they move, it is better to stop by static, no matter what the purpose, since this person has already made a move , I am afraid that there will be follow-ups.

And as long as he moves, clues will inevitably be left behind.

Madam Zhao was actually just being upset by this hosta, and she calmed down and said, "Since the lady is hungry, the old slave goes to the kitchen to hurry up."

Shen Jin nodded, Chu Xiuming reached out and took the hosta and handed it to Mother Zhao. Shen Jin frowned and asked, "Can I take a look?"

Grandma Zhao smiled and put the hairpin on Shen Jin's hand. Shen Jin took it and took a closer look, then gave it back to Grandma Zhao and said, "Okay."

"Anping, you and the old slave go to the kitchen, first bring some cakes to cushion the wife." Madam Zhao said.

An Ping responded and went out with Mother Zhao. An Ning also left the study and closed the door from the outside. Shen Jin looked at the three of Mother Zhao and blinked and asked in a low voice, "How do they know that I have Talk to your husband."

Chu Xiuming smiled and nodded Shen Jin's nose. Shen Jin's face couldn't hide things. Just now, his face was full of hesitating expressions that I knew something but I was not sure whether to talk to my husband.

Shen Jin saw that Chu Xiuming hadn't spoken, and didn't ask any more. He only felt that Mother Zhao and the others had a close relationship with them. He hugged her belly and said, "I seem to have seen it with my concubine... it feels a bit like this."

Chu Xiuming looked at the **** skills, and Shen Jin thought about it carefully before saying, "It's not like this. It seems that the quality of jade is a bit worse than this. It seems that the petals of magnolia are slightly curled like this..."

"The princess loved the magnolia flower very much at the time." Chu Xiuming said, "So many people have also become popular with magnolia style jewelry."

Shen Jin nodded, but these are not the same as other magnolia jewellery. Sure enough, Chu Xiuming said, "I remember Grandma Zhao said that the prince's jewelry patterns were all painted by the prince himself."

"Oh." Shen Jin asked suddenly, "When will my husband paint for me?"

Chu Xiuming said with a smile, "Okay."

Shen Jin was satisfied, and stopped worrying about white magnolia. He took Chu Xiuming's hand and talked about what she likes. For example, she prefers colored flowers and bright and beautiful flowers...Chu Xiu Ming hugged Shen Jin's waist and walked toward the dining room. He already had an idea in his heart, and he also felt that his wife was more suitable for bright colors.

Mother Zhao asked Anping to go out and serve pastries as an excuse. Soon the food was prepared. After Shen Jin cleaned his hands, he sat down and Chu Xiuming sat next to Shen Jin. When they were two of them, they would not be too extravagant. They were both favorite dishes. It should be said that they were more biased towards Shen Jin. Red rice porridge and small steamed buns. Shen Jin stopped when he was 80% full, and Chu Xiuming finished the rest. It happened to be 80% full, and Mother Zhao never prepared too many things.

When sleeping at night, Shen Jin suddenly remembered and asked, "Husband, where is the little eunuch?"

Chu Xiuming gently stroked Shen Jin's back, and said, "I was taken away by the Queen Mother by Mother Zhen."

"Oh." Shen Jin closed her eyes, fearing that it was the little eunuch...I can't live anymore, she gently put her hand on her belly, she and the little **** had no grievances, but the little **** was hurting her for selfishness. , No one is more innocent than anyone, after thinking about it for a while, Shen Jin fell asleep.

At this time, the queen in the palace tossed and couldn't sleep. Yuzhu got up and asked, "Manny, do you want to drink some water?"

The queen sighed and sat up. Yuzhu quickly took the clothes and put on her. The maid lit the lamp, and the queen said, "Pour me a glass of water."

"Yes." Another court lady brought water.

The queen took a sip and frowned, "Change."

Yuzhu quickly took it and poured the water with his own hands. When the queen was upset, the water she drank should be slightly warmer. Sure enough, after drinking a glass this time, the queen said, "Yuzhu stays, everyone else retreats."

"Yes." The maids in the room hurriedly backed out and closed the door.

Yuzhu knelt on her feet and beat the queen's legs, and asked, "What is the trouble with the empress?"

"That... will no one find out?" the queen said hesitantly.

Yu Zhu said in a respectful voice, "Don't worry, the maidservant has made arrangements, and you will never find the maid here."

The queen frowned and said, "But the queen mother..."

Yuzhu said softly, "Manny, if the queen mother really has evidence, how could this be the case?"

"Furthermore, the Yongning Bofu that the little **** only went to this morning, for such a short time." Yu Zhu said.

The queen's eyes narrowed. It is true. If the queen mother has evidence, it is not like this. It's just a temptation. If she shook her feet...

"En." The queen agreed, looked at Yuzhu and said, "Then proceed according to the plan."

Yuzhu answered, "The following has nothing to do with the empress, the empress is the one who was framed."

The queen nodded, and Yu Zhu said respectfully, "Does the empress still need water?"

"No need." The queen waved her hand, her heart settled, "Turn off the lights."

"Yes." Yuzhu waited for the queen to lie down again, and carefully arranged the bed curtains, before turning off the lights, "The slave is on her feet, and if there is something wrong with the lady, please call the slave."

The queen didn't speak, but thought in her heart, thinking about what the queen mother would let the maid to say, she felt annoyed, if she could, would she be willing to do so? If your majesty had made her son a prince early, she would not have been unstable as a queen. The emperor still wanted to have a noble concubine. Concubine Lan had a favor, and Concubine Chang had a son. No matter which one was not a fuel-efficient lamp, With those younger girls, the queen reached out and touched her face. In this harem, only when she sits as the queen mother can she really settle down.

Thinking of the Queen Mother, the Queen felt aggrieved in her heart. The Queen Mother supported her, but even though the Queen Mother was eating fast and reciting the Buddha, she was unwilling to delegate power. The Queen was afraid and respected the Queen Mother.

At this time, Concubine Chang and Concubine Lan, who were thought of by the Queen, did not fall asleep in the palace either. Concubine Lan was extremely beautiful, and the temperament of her whole body was even more like that of an empty valley or orchid. She was elegant and cold, even at this time she was still indifferent. , As if nothing could move her, the grand palace lady Jingxi next to her said, "Could anyone deliberately harm the mother? Who sent this news?"

Concubine Lan shook her head and said, "I'm afraid this kind of thing can't be faked."

Jingxi frowned and her face was anxious, "What if Concubine Chang thinks it was the empress? This matter also involves the queen."

Lan Fei said, "Prepare a gift for me, and I will see Chang Fei tomorrow."

Jingxi said, "Niang Niang, could it be that Empress Chang concubine deliberately framed Niang Niang? After all, that noble concubine..."

Concubine Lan just glanced at Jingxi, but didn't say anything. Jingxi didn't dare to say any more, and said, "The slave and maid will prepare now."

In Changfei Palace, the lights were on at this time, Caixuan exchanged a cup of hot tea for Changfei, "Manny, do you want to rest first?"

"Cai Xuan, who do you think it will be?" Chang Fei frowned and asked.

Cai Xuan said respectfully, "The slave and maid don't know."

Concubine Chang took a sip with her teacup and said, "Go to bed."

"Yes." Caixuan waited for Concubine Chang to go to bed to rest, while she stayed in the house and waited.

Lying on the bed, Concubine Chang didn't sleep, but she felt confused. Her Majesty has not decided on the prince, so why can't she fight for it? Otherwise, will the prince really accommodate her two sons? ? Relying on the majesty of the queen's two sons? Concubine Chang sneered in her heart. How was the first son of Rui Wang hurt? Not even the prince.

Lan Fei? Concubine Chang thinks it is not. Concubine Lan is not that kind of fool, and she has no heirs, so she offends her and the queen at the same time for the sake of being a noble concubine? So who is it?

Thinking about it, Chang Fei fell asleep vaguely.

Because the empress dowager always pays homage to the Buddha, she doesn’t want her concubine in the palace to greet him in the morning, so everyone only needs to sit in the queen’s palace for a while, ask the queen to make peace, and then they can leave. The concubine and the concubine Chang exchanged glances after they came in. Both of them sat in their positions and did not speak. The queen did not see them today. Not long after they arrived, they saw Yuzhu next to the queen came out and said, "Queen Empress Today you are not feeling well, please go back to the palace first."

The concubines also had no objection, and they all left. After Concubine Chang returned to the palace, she asked the maid to prepare tea and cakes. It didn't take long before Concubine Lan came with the maid, but Concubine Chang was not surprised and just said , "Sister, come and taste the tea from my sister's side."

Concubine Lan nodded and asked the maid to deliver the gift she prepared, and said, "I have something to say to my sister today."

Chang Fei smiled, "Then let's talk in the house."

Concubine Lan responded. After the two entered the house, they directly opened the doors and windows to let the court ladies retreat. Concubine Lan didn't sell them, and said directly, "My sister knows that a little **** took the middle palace waist card yesterday to invite Yong Ningbo. Madam entering the palace."

Concubine Chang said, "I know, I also know that it was the little **** the person in my palace was looking for."

Lan Fei said, "What does my elder sister think?"

Chang Fei asked back, "How does my younger sister think?"

Concubine Lan looked down slightly and said, "Sister knows that it is impossible for her to be pregnant in this lifetime."

Concubine Chang was stunned for a moment, her eyes flashed with surprise, she really didn't know that, Concubine Chang said, "I remember my sister used to..."

"Well, it is because that child hurt her body. Both the Queen Mother and Your Majesty knew about this." Even the Concubine Lan, who had always been indifferent, had a little more melancholy and hatred on her face when she talked about it. "At the beginning... I won’t talk about the past.” Lan Fei looked at Chang Fei and said, “However, my sister’s enemy and I are probably the same person.”

Concubine Chang understood the meaning of Concubine Lan at once. She was afraid that the child was killed by the queen, but this is also possible. Concubine Lan could sit firmly on her concubine's seat without a child without a background. It was the emperor's favor. As for the son, I'm afraid that I've been promoted to the position of noble concubine long ago, and a woman killed by the queen can no longer be a mother. Even if I change to her, I'm afraid it will not be spared.

Concubine Chang was sure at this time. I was afraid that this matter was really done by the queen, because it was only a thief shouting to chase the thief, so that the emperor abolished Li Guifei's mind.