The steward quickly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou. I will send people to send flowers to every palace and courtyard every few days. Everything is the same as before. I don't dare to neglect it."
"That's good." Zhou Quan nodded with satisfaction, "Although the masters are not in the palace now, after they come back, if they hear that their palace was once full of fallen flowers and leaves, they will definitely feel uncomfortable. If we pursue it, we will treat you and our family
None of them are good.”
The steward lowered his head and said: "I understand, I will not embarrass Mr. Zhou." As he said that, he took out a booklet from his sleeve and said: "This is the booklet recording the flowers and trees sent. Please have Mr. Zhou take a look."
After Zhou Quan looked at it carefully, he said, "Why don't you see the records of Yongshou Palace?"
The steward was startled and said: "Ever since Wei agreed to be banned from entering and leaving, Yongshou Palace has never sent any flowers."
Zhou Quan patted his head and said suddenly: "Yes, yes, how could our family have forgotten this matter? I'm so confused."
The steward said flatteringly: "Mr. Zhou has so many things to do every day, how can he remember everything."
Zhou Quan smiled slightly and said with some emotion: "Speaking of Wei's promise, it was really unjust. He accepted Yehenala's plan and made a dish of jujube paste and yam cake, thus killing the ninth elder brother."
The steward was convinced and said: "Yes, the little one thought it was an accident at the time, but she didn't expect that it was Yehenala's fault. The emperor's punishment of breaking her vertebrae was absolutely right. It's just pitiful that Wei agreed,
He was obviously framed, but he is still imprisoned in the Yongshou Palace, and I don’t know when the confinement will be lifted.”
Zhou Quan sighed and said: "We can't take care of this kind of thing, but I see that you still have many pots of flowers. You might as well send a few pots to Yongshou Palace. When our family went to Yongshou Palace on errands, we got a lot of benefits from Wei.
, send flowers this time, just consider it a little bit of our family’s sincerity.”
"This..." the steward said with some embarrassment: "The emperor has decreed that no one is allowed to enter or leave the Yongshou Palace except for necessary matters. I am afraid that the guards will not let them go."
Zhou Quan said nonchalantly: "Why go in? Just give the flowers to the guards and let them take them in. This won't be considered a violation of the order."
The steward thought about it and immediately said: "The little one will be sent to try later."
Zhou Quan closed the book and stood up and said: "I have nothing to do with my family, so I will go over with you to pick out a few beautiful pots. Just wait while my family goes to change their clothes. I don't know how they measured them and made them."
It’s so small that it’s uncomfortable to move it.”
The steward agreed repeatedly, and after waiting for Zhou Quan to change his clothes, they went to the flower room together. This season was when roses and chrysanthemums were in full bloom. These two flowers bloomed best, so Zhou Quan picked two pots of each and another pot of hibiscus.
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When the steward was about to send it away, Zhou Quan twisted the soil in the basin and said, "Some of it is dry. Sprinkle some water on it before sending it out."
While the steward went to get the kettle, Zhou Quan quickly dug a small hole in one of the pots of soil, then took something out of his sleeve and put it in, then covered the soil back to its original place.
The steward did not notice Zhou Quan's moving hands and feet. After watering the flowers with a kettle, he asked the palace servants to take them to Yongshou Palace with him and handed them to the guards guarding the palace. After Li Jifeng checked that there was nothing abnormal about the flowers, he asked
People bring flowers into the Palace of Eternal Life.
When Wei Jingxuan learned that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had sent flowers, she was very surprised and said to the guards who had not retreated: "Do you know who asked them to send them?"
"I don't know." After replying like this, the guards retreated.
Xiangju looked at the pots of flowers in full bloom and said happily: "We don't know anyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From what I can tell, it's probably sent by someone ordered by the emperor. Maybe you'll be here soon."
You can go out now." They had been trapped in Yongshou Palace and did not know about Hongli's southern tour. They only thought that he was still in the palace.
Wei Jingxuan also had a smile in her eyes, caressing the delicate petals of the rose, and said loudly: "If this is the case, it is best."
Mao Gui came over and said with a smile: "Master, we have some pearls left that we don't want to use. Can we ask my servant to grind a few of them so that you can mix water and apply them on your face?"
Wei Jingxuan was very satisfied with Mao Gui's words and said, "Go ahead and grind a few more pearls. As long as I can leave here, I can have as many pearls as I want."
That night, after eating the dinner from the imperial dining room, Wei Jingxuan mixed water and applied pearl powder on her face. She lay on the couch and closed her eyes to rest. I don’t know how long it had passed, but she suddenly heard the sound of Xiangju coming from outside.
Screaming, he quickly opened his eyes and said: "What happened?"
Mao Gui, who was next to her, said quickly: "Slave, go out and take a look."
Not long after, Mao Gui came in with Xiangju. The latter's face was pale and he was still shocked. Wei Jingxuan washed the pearl powder on her face with the water in the copper basin next to her, and said, "Why did you scream just now?"
Xiangju swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice: "Master, when I was working just now, I noticed a little itch on my feet. When I looked down, I saw that it was a scorpion crawling up my feet. Fortunately, it was a scorpion.
Find it in time and drive it away. If it gets stung, you'll be in trouble."
Mao Gui asked doubtfully: "Why is there a scorpion in the Yongshou Palace? Can you trample it to death?"
Xiangju looked around with lingering fear: "I think it crawled in from the outside. It crawled very fast and failed to step on it. I don't know where it is hiding now."
Mao Gui was worried, so he and Xiang Ju went outside to search for a while, but the Yongshou Palace was so big that it was not easy to find a small scorpion in it. In the end, they had to go back in vain.
The night was uneventful, and the following few days were also uneventful. No trace of Scorpion was found again, making Xiangju and others gradually forget about the incident.
That night, Wei Jingxuan turned off the lights and went to bed as usual. I don't know if it was because she slept for a long time during the day, but she couldn't sleep for a long time. She tossed and turned. She didn't know how long it had passed, but she heard a faint whistling sound, like something crawling in the dark.
And she moved very quickly. Before she could change her mind, the voice was already so close that it was under the bed, which was terrifying.
Wei Jingxuan remembered what Xiangju had said before, her face turned pale, she quietly got up and crawled to the end of the bed, and then quietly got off the ground. When she retreated to the candlestick, she took the fire stick and lit the candle on it. As the candlelight lit up,
When she got up, Wei Jingxuan saw a dark red scorpion crawling on her bed, with its tail raised high. If she hadn't fallen asleep just now and got off the ground in time after hearing the noise, she would probably have suffered by now.
The scorpion stung.
Wei Jingxuan's action of lighting the candlestick stimulated the scorpion, causing it to climb down from the bed and crawl towards Wei Jingxuan. The way its teeth and claws were dancing was really scary. Wei Jingxuan stepped back and said sternly: "Come on, hurry up.