A few days passed, and the palace was still depressed and dull.
The queen's maids, Xue Ge and Du Juan, got up early to tie the queen's hair. They are the eldest maids in the queen's palace. In addition to serving the queen, they don't have to do anything else.
"Would you like to make a concubine bun for the empress today? She is dignified and beautiful, just in line with the status of the empress." Du Juan asked softly while looking at the Qibao bronze mirror.
"I have nothing to do today, just be casual." The queen said calmly.
"Although it is an ordinary day, the slaves must not neglect you," Xue Ge said while combing the queen's hair with a jade comb, "You are the Lord of the Sixth Palace, and every hairpin is related to the royal dignity.
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"But you two are always serious here. You don't look like young girls, but like old scholars." The queen smiled slightly after hearing what they said.
"Your Majesty, you are so kind to us. If our slaves don't serve us wholeheartedly, are we still human beings?" Du Juan said, already starting to use osmanthus oil to tie the queen's hair.
Yao Ziyun is only in her early thirties now, and with proper maintenance, she still has a lot of color.
"Your Majesty's hair is black and thick, like a green horse. Only the hair of a noble person can be like this." Xue Ge knew that the Queen liked to hear these sweet words, and she said many of them every day.
But suddenly I found a dazzling white hair among a bunch of black hair.
The queen also saw it in the mirror and immediately asked: "Isn't that a white hair? Pull it out for me quickly!"
"I guess the empress has been a little busy lately, and the first half of her hair is still black." Xue Ge carefully pulled out the hair and handed it to the queen.
The queen twirled the half-black and half-white hair, and sighed quietly for a while: "We, the Yao family, have never liked to have gray hair. When my mother passed away at the age of sixty, she didn't have a single white hair on her head. I don't want to have any gray hair."
By the age of forty, you will have gray hair."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, just take some black gold pills and you'll be fine." As Du Juan said, she gently took the hair from the Queen's hand, "Just like a flower, it will inevitably have yellow leaves if it lacks water and fertilizer. As long as you maintain it carefully,
Stay tuned and you will feel better soon."
"How come the two people who went to fold flowers haven't come back after so long? Could it be that they took the opportunity to hide somewhere and have fun? They are really getting tired and exhausted. It's unreasonable." Xue Ge quickly changed his words.
, I don’t want the queen to continue to be sad because of this hair.
"Yes, I've almost finished combing my bun. Why haven't I seen the spring orioles and sparrows come back yet?" Du Juan also felt unusual.
If two people are deliberately hiding from each other, that is impossible. They must have encountered something.
The queen doesn't speak, so there's no need for her to worry about such trivial matters.
Du Juan and Snow Pigeon tied up the queen's hair and put on pearls.
"Just wait for them to pick the flowers. The peonies in the garden will bloom today, and the first one will be worn on our queen's head." The snow dove inserted the last golden branch and jade leaf into the top of the queen's bun. "I'll go out and take a look," said Dujuan, "to see why I didn't come back."
Just as she was about to go out, the two maids picking flowers had already come in.
There are several newly bloomed flowers placed on the red tray, with a purple peony in the center.
"You two are back. Those who didn't know it thought you had gone to the fairyland in the sky to pick flowers!" Du Juan joked as he walked over and picked up the flowers.
The two young men had to explain: "I should have come back a long time ago, but I met two nonsense talkers on the way. They came to the steward and slapped me and made me kneel down."
"This is strange. Where is the palace servant from? So unruly." Xue Ge asked.
"What nonsense are they talking about? Do you have to take care of it?" Du Juan asked.
"Of course it's a cryptic statement," Chunying said, "It's said that the emperor's eldest grandson is a god from heaven who has descended to earth, and his destiny is extremely noble. The fate of the country in the future will depend on him..."
"Nonsense! No matter what, the emperor's eldest grandson is just a child. How can you see that the country's destiny depends on him?" Du Juan said.
"Are you serious that a person like this only slaps his mouth and kneels as punishment?" Xue Ge asked back, "You have to hit him at least fifty times."
Chunying and Lingque looked at each other, and finally decided to tell the truth: "It's not that we don't want to punish them severely. In fact, there are many people in the palace who say this like them, but they were met by us in person. And even
Outside the palace, it seems that many people also say this..."
"Then it's even more important to kill one person as a warning to others." Du Juan said, "How can we tolerate it?"
The spring orioles and sparrows did not dare to speak. Their rank was lower than that of the cuckoo and the snow dove.
They didn't know how to deal with this matter properly. If the punishment was severe, they would be afraid of ruining the queen's reputation.
"Actually, what you heard is much more than that, right?" At this time, the queen finally spoke, "It seems that we are the only ones in the palace who don't know what the noise is like outside."
"Queen, please calm down, those are stupid things said by fools." Chunying and Lingque hurriedly knelt down.
"Of course they are confused, but how many smart people are there in the world?" The queen sneered, "Since ancient times, if you want to achieve anything, smart people have coaxed stupid people into working for them."
"Empress, needless to say, it must be the people in Concubine Fu's palace who are trying to put money on themselves." Du Juan said, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that since Huang Changshun came into being, the people there have become more and more arrogant."<
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She really wronged Concubine Fu by saying this, but no one in this place would defend Concubine Fu.
"I knew this would happen." Although the queen was angry, she was not surprised. "Wouldn't it be a pity if they didn't make a fuss about this matter? Who knows that the eldest grandson of the emperor is so good at crying?"
"Mother, don't be angry, just find a way to punish them." Xue Ge advised, "Do they still want to turn things upside down?"
The queen looked at her and sneered for a while: "Do you think they don't want to overturn the world?"
When she asked this question, several people were so frightened that they did not dare to speak.
"Go and call Liang Jing back," the queen said, "you all go down."
Liang Jing and Shang Qiyan had just found some clues on the other end when they were called over by the queen.
As soon as he came in, he noticed that the queen's expression was not right, so he hurriedly rushed over and asked, "What are your orders for the queen to come back?"
"Have you taken what I told you last time to heart?" the queen asked Liang Jing.
"You mean to leave the matter to Concubine Fu and the others?" Of course Liang Jing remembered.
"Yes, what can we find out now?" the queen asked.
"Someone probably sneaked into Tian'en Temple at night and did something." Liang Jing said, "This person is agile and he should be able to shrink the bones."
"Is there a thief in this palace?" The queen smiled.
"It is indeed such a person," Liang Jing said, "but he must be from the palace, but he is hidden very deep."
"I don't care whose subordinate this thief is, but it must be Concubine Fu's who should be known to everyone." The queen was determined, "Go and discuss with Shang Qiyan. If he doesn't agree, we won't be holding him in our hands."