This early summer, Shu Jin's good days of lying down and sleeping in were completely over.
It was getting slightly brighter, so I had to rush to Zhongcui Palace to pay my respects.
Father-in-law Sun hasn’t gone to work yet, and she’s about to clock in! It’s really painful!
After getting off the warm sedan, the sleepy Shu Jin couldn't help but stumble. Fortunately, there were many maids around her, so someone immediately helped her steady.
Li Guiren, who had just gotten out of bed, also hurriedly approached, "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Shu Jin tried to cheer up: "It's okay, it's just that my feet are not steady."
Li Guiren frowned and hurriedly looked down at the masonry outside the Zhongcui Palace door. He couldn't help but wonder, isn't it quite smooth? How could he not step on it firmly?
"Sister Yufei is diligent, she came so early today!" A soft voice sounded not far away.
When she looked up, she saw that Concubine Dun, Nian Shi, was being helped out of the warm sedan chair by the palace maid, walking towards her with graceful steps.
Seeing this, Shu Jin bowed to Concubine Dun and said, "It's just that I'm close."
Speaking of which, Yikun Palace is quite far away from Zhongcui Palace. Xiao Nian Gao probably had to get up half an hour earlier than her!
It's hard to believe that Concubine Dun's makeup is so exquisite, and the pearls on her two heads are also exquisite and scattered, making her little face look so pure and beautiful.
"Greetings to Concubine Yu!" Two voices sounded almost at the same time.
Shu Jin took a closer look and saw that it was Su Yingying from Concubine Dun's side hall, and... Guo Changzai from Changchun Palace??
Shu Jin was a little surprised: "Guo Changzai...why is he so thin?"
In her memory, Mrs. Guo was plump and beautiful, but now she is so thin that she is almost out of shape, and Shu Jin can hardly recognize her.
Guo Changzai smiled bitterly and said, "I was ill a while ago."
By the way, it seems to be because of the palace search.
Shu Jin suddenly realized and hurriedly comforted him: "It's all Qi Guiren's fault. It has nothing to do with you. Just worry about it."
Guo Changzai thought in his heart that saffron was found in her room that day! As a woman, how could she not know that this thing is harmful to the fetus and people?
At that time, Guo Changzai was so frightened that he fainted. Later, he was not found guilty. Only then did Guo Changzai realize that this was Concubine Qi... Oh no, noble Qi framed her!
"Thank you for your comfort, my concubine is much better now." Now that she is ill, it is even more difficult to fight for this favor. Look at how beautiful Concubine Dun is. Even Su Shenxing is more delicate and lovely than her. Guo Changzai
She couldn't help but worry, Concubine Qi had become a Qi noble who was rejected by the emperor. Where should she go? In the past, when Concubine Qi was in charge, she had a hard time, and now she is even more implicated. Alas, Guo Changzai couldn't help lamenting his fate.
bitter.
The concubines arrived one after another and entered the palace to pay their respects as usual.
The queen was still the same, obviously weak and weak, but she still insisted on putting on airs, and broke up after saying a few words.
I'll go! You have nothing to do to torment people, right?!
Shu Jin cursed and quickly walked out of Zhongcui Palace. Just as he was about to board the warm sedan, he saw Guo Changzai chasing after him quickly, "Your Majesty!"
"What's wrong?" Shu Jin looked at the haggard-looking Guo Changzai.
Guo Changzai gritted his teeth and whispered: "Although Qi Guiren is banned from entering the side hall, he talks obscenely all day long and curses you and the queen for colluding with each other - you must be careful."
Shu Jin:????
Qi Guiren, are you still thinking?!
There is a reason why you were tricked so miserably by the Queen!
Back at Chengqian Palace, before Shu Jin said anything, Li Guiren couldn't help but feel angry: "This Qi Guiren really doesn't know what is good and what is good! If it weren't for you, how could she retain her title?!"
Indeed, Yongzheng initially wanted to deprive him of his title.
Qi means Qi family. But His Majesty Yongzheng’s family was anything but Qi.
Shu Jin smiled and said: "I'm not trying to help her." - I just don't want to have two Li nobles in the palace.
"But you don't have to take it seriously. What kind of trouble can this noble Qi make?" Li Guiren was a little disdainful of his own surname.
Shu Jin rubbed his eyebrows, it was hard to say, she was a concubine with children after all.
Moreover, the crime that Yongzheng convicted her of was just "offending the middle palace", which could be considered light or serious.
"Eniang..." Fatty Tianshen suddenly stumbled in with a sullen face and threw himself on her lap, looking like he was about to cry, "Honghong, I won't eat anymore!"
Honghong is the red-crested koi carp kept in the big tank. The buildings in the Forbidden City are almost all wooden structures, which are prone to fire, so each palace has a large tank with water in it to prepare for water leakage. Shu Jinjian
The tank was big enough, so I simply raised a koi carp for Fatty Tianshen to play with.
Tianshen also likes it very much. He feeds fish almost every day and feeds a slender and agile koi into a koi pig...
No more meals?
Fish are creatures that don't know whether they are hungry or full. They eat as much as they are given and will not stop eating until they die.
So he picked up Tianshen and went outside the hall to see what happened.
The large tank is five feet high and can barely be viewed by an adult. Tianshen Fatty, a short boy, can only be held by someone to feed and appreciate the fish.
In the clear tank, there were a few round water lily leaves, and a... big fat fish with its belly facing upwards.
Shu Jin: Oh, it really died.
"Um...did you feed the fish too much food and suffocate it to death?" Shu Jin couldn't help but ask.
Tianshen Fatty's eyes widened for a moment, "Dead? Honghong, dead?!"
Shu Jin nodded: "It is indeed dead. There is no doubt that it is dead."
With a "Wow" sound, Fatty Tianshen burst into tears.
Shu Jin was so shocked that his eardrums hurt, "Okay, okay! Stop crying, just get another one!"
Fatty Tianshen was still sobbing and crying: "I want... Honghong!"
Shu Jin said: "Okay, I'll give you another red-crested koi carp." - It's not difficult at all.
"No!" Fatty Tianshen pouted, "You want red!" He pointed at the plump dead fish in the tank.
Shu Jin Black Line: I can’t resurrect a dead fish!
By the way, this fish is really fat and strong if it is well-raised, and it should be freshly hung.
Shu Jin suddenly thought of sweet and sour carp, braised carp, carp in sour soup, steamed carp...ah, his mouth was watering.
Shu Jin then ordered the eunuch Zhang Shoufa who was accompanying him: "It looks quite fresh. Send it to the kitchen."
Upon hearing this, Fatty Tianshen's tearful eyes were stunned for a moment, and then he grabbed Shu Jin's lapel: "Wow! No, E Niang! Don't eat Hong Hong!"
Shu Jin raised his eyebrows: "It's so hot. If you don't eat it quickly, I'm afraid it will stink."
"Don't eat, don't eat Honghong..." Fatty Tianshen said aggrievedly, with a pleading look on his face.
Of course it's okay not to eat it, as long as you don't yell at me to resurrect it. Shu Jin secretly thought, when dealing with children, you have to divert your attention.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Shu Jin poked Tian Shen's aggrieved face.
Fatty Tianshen wiped his tears and said, "Just bury it."
"Where?" Shu Jin asked.
Fatty Tianshen thought for a while and then solemnly said: "Garden."