Winter is short, and the night is long. It is still dark outside at five o'clock. It takes a long time for the white fish belly to appear. The sky breaks, the rays of rays disperse, and the sun rises lazily.
While combing the Queen Mother's hair and hiding some pale hair, Aunt Yao chatted about daily life: "Speaking of a recent strange thing, since the Queen's birthday party, Young Master Rong Hua seems to be very close to the Queen Mother. Young Master Rong Hua seems to be very close to the Queen Mother."
The Lord often went to Chen Palace to talk to the Queen, and the Queen also often went to Xianfu Palace to walk around. The two of them often gave each other snacks! Even the concubines who had always been on good terms with the Queen fell behind the two of them.
, Queen Mother, are you surprised by what you said?"
The Queen Mother looked stern, picked up some pearl powder with her nails and spread it evenly on her face, and said coldly: "Do you think the Ai family didn't notice? A few days ago, the Ai family asked the queen to come here to copy Buddhist scriptures, and that girl Siying actually gave her
She gave her a hand warmer and even stayed with her in the side hall for a while! That’s when the Ai family realized something was fishy!"
Aunt Yao was stunned and quickly asked: "Could it be that Young Master Rong Hua has some plan? Maybe she deliberately gets close to the Queen to deal with her?"
The Queen Mother shook her head slightly and said: "No, the Ai family can see that Siying and the Queen were close to each other before for some purpose, but this time is different. She probably... regards the Queen as a friend! You don't know
, that day she also secretly advised Aijia that the queen was not such a bad person, and told Aijia not to copy Buddhist scriptures for her in the future!"
"Ah?" Aunt Yao was startled, "This is not what Young Master Rong Hua said!"
"No!" The Queen Mother was obviously very angry. "Although we are both named Yao, and she can be considered a distant relative of mine, we are separated by several layers after all! We didn't want to use her at the beginning. The Ai family was optimistic about the Shangguan family.
That child, it's a pity that the child was ill-fated, so the Ai family used Siying, but they didn't expect that Siying was very good, and helped the Ai family get rid of several serious troubles! So the Ai family couldn't figure it out even more, since she knew that she
The surname is Yao, and the queen’s surname is Shen, so we shouldn’t be so close! I really don’t know what she is thinking! When she comes over later, the Ai family must ask her carefully!”
Aunt Yao pulled the Queen Mother's hair into a bun, wrapped it around her head, fixed it with gold hairpins, and used four pairs of small silver hairpins as embellishments. She advised: "Don't be too angry, Queen Mother. If you are angry, your body will be damaged."
Young Master Rong Hua is not worthy of being a director. Maybe she was just blinded by the Queen. If the Queen Mother tells her about her powerful relationship, she will have no reason to be disobedient."
The Queen Mother sighed: "Hope!"
After breakfast, it was already bright. After a while, the concubines and the queen came to greet the queen mother.
The Queen Mother sat upright on the soft couch in the main hall, squinting at the young women wearing colorful clothes below, and said in a lukewarm voice: "Get up! The Queen has arrived early today."
Shen Huan smiled faintly and said: "The weather is good today, the sun is just right. You sisters have not been staying at my place for long, and you have missed this mother-in-law, so come here early to say hello."
The Queen Mother glanced sideways at her, and in a blink of an eye she saw Chen Ronghua, who was pregnant with Liujia. Chen Ronghua's pregnancy was already more than four months old. Because she was wearing a thick winter coat and was wrapped in a large fashion, it was hard to tell.
The Queen Mother said with great distress: "You are pregnant, doesn't it save you from the morning and dusk adjustments? Why did you run out again in such a cold weather?" She turned to Shen Huan and asked coldly: "What's going on? Queen?
Didn’t you take Aijia’s words to heart? Why are you still letting Chen Ronghua walk around? What should I do if the dragon fetus is hurt?”
Shen Wen hesitated to speak and looked at Chen Ronghua. Chen Ronghua hurriedly explained: "The Queen Mother misunderstood. The Queen Mother did exempt me from having to sleep in the morning and evening. However, my health has improved a lot in the past few days. I didn't go out in the past few days. It's really a bit uncomfortable." I'm so bored, today is the fifteenth day, and I should pay my respects to the Queen Mother, so I don't dare to neglect."
Yao Ronghua also joked: "I think the baby in sister Chen's belly misses her grandmother, so I asked sister Chen to come over!"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly and glared at Yao Ronghua. Yao Ronghua was stunned and lowered his head.
There was an imperceptible smile in Shen Huan's eyes, and she pulled Chen Ronghua and said softly: "Sit down first, and be careful with your body."
The Queen Mother heard this and said very dissatisfied: "Sit down, others will think that the Ai family is being mean to you!"
Everyone's faces were a bit sarcastic, and they all sat down one after another. The Queen Mother had nothing to say, but she refused to let her go, and no one dared to leave first. In the end, Shen Huan stood up and said with a smile: "Didn't we agree today that we are going to Xianfu?" Would you like me to try sister Ronghua’s good tea and snacks? You always ask me why I can talk to Yao Ronghua. To tell you the truth, it’s her palace’s good tea and snacks that keep me here!”
Everyone agreed, and Shen Huan looked at the Queen Mother and asked with a smile: "Will the Queen Mother also go with you?"
The Queen Mother had a livid face and said in a cold voice: "If I go to the Ai family, I won't go because I'm afraid it will spoil your fun!"
Yao Ronghua said hurriedly: "No matter what the Queen Mother said, all the concubines are looking forward to the Queen Mother coming. It's so lively and lively together!"
The Queen Mother snorted and said, "The Ai family won't go even if they say they won't go. What are you talking about!"
Yao Ronghua had never been reprimanded in front of so many people, and she felt a little embarrassed at the moment. Shen Huan pulled her and said to the Queen Mother: "Since the Queen Mother does not want to move, then the concubines will leave first."
The Queen Mother waved her hand impatiently and couldn't help but glare at Yao Ronghua.
Everyone left Shou'an Palace as if they were fleeing. Concubine Ming kept patting her chest and muttering in a low voice: "The Queen Mother is so scary! Why is she so fierce!"
Concubine Shun Gui smiled and said to her: "The Queen Mother is just being serious with people. You don't need to be afraid to leave. Let's go to Xianfu Palace for snacks."
When she heard that there were snacks to eat, Concubine Ming laughed and said that she would also make some hometown snacks for everyone to eat someday, so that everyone could taste the taste of Haidong.
So, everyone happily went to Xianfu Palace. Yao Ronghua indeed prepared a lot of snacks and different tea drinks. She specially brought a cup of tea in a Ru kiln porcelain cup to Shen Huan and said with a smile: "I heard the day before yesterday that the empress likes to drink Maple dew, but my concubine Qiaochen just harvested the red maples this year, and collected the snow water on the pine needles, so she managed to make such a small cup. Did you drink it as a favor?"
Shen Huan took it and saw the bright color and fragrant aroma, and praised: "Good tea"
Duan concubine chuckled: "Sister Rong Hua is so partial. She gave the queen maple dew or snow water on pine needles, but she gave us old rainwater."
Yao Ronghua was stunned and asked awkwardly: "Sister, can you come out to drink?"
Shen Wen smiled and said: "She is very quirky. She deserves to be from a wealthy family. She has been accustomed to drinking good tea since she was a child. I am afraid this idea will not be a problem for her."
Duan Concubine laughed and said: "My so-called wealthy family can only drink old rainwater to make tea. It is precisely because I am used to drinking it that I can tell the difference." After that, she took a sip of the snow mountain in her hand. Yinya praised: "The tea is really good."
Just as he was talking, the Queen Mother was reported outside and everyone hurriedly put down their things and went out to greet her.