Chapter 65: It’s a good time when the sun is warm and the wind is light
Liu Zhi stole the chicken but lost the rice, and when Lin Fufei asked him this question again, he couldn't help but plead with Aunt Song with a bitter face: "I was indeed reckless this time, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it next time." She is considered prestigious in this palace. If she is punished, she will not only suffer physically but also lose face.
Aunt Song thought for a while and said: "You blasphemed the Flower Goddess, how can you just say I'm exempt from it?
I punish you for your own good. If I punish you here, the Flower Goddess will no longer blame you.
Just kneel in front of this statue for two hours! Never do it again in the future."
Liuzhi also knew that it would be unjustifiable for Aunt Song not to punish her, after all, so many people were watching.
I had no choice but to swallow my anger and kneel in front of the Begonia Flower God.
Lin Fufei remembered what Xue Hengzhao told her before she went out, and said: "Everyone is watching, my flower statue is fine, nothing happened.
If anything happens in the future, I will only talk to Sister Liuzhi. Who told her to blaspheme and talk nonsense?"
Liu Zhi was so angry that her nose was crooked, but there was nothing she could do.
She didn't expect that Lin Fufei, a weak-looking little girl, could counterattack her army so neatly.
After Lin Fufei came back, she happily said to Xue Hengzhao: "Sister Xue, you don't know, you will kill me today.
That Willow Branch thought she would definitely make me suffer! Who would have thought that she would be the unlucky one in the end!
You don’t know how deflated she is, as if she swallowed a mouthful of coptis in her mouth, but can’t swallow it, and can’t spit it out.”
To Xue Hengzhao, this kind of thing is almost like a child's trick, so he doesn't mind it.
He just looked at Lin Fufei and said lightly: "Have you ever thought about it, this will make the grievance between you and Liu Zhi even deeper."
Hearing this, Lin Fufei suppressed her smile and said, "Sister Xue, you are right, this will make him hate me even more."
"Then do you regret it? Are you afraid?" Xue Hengzhao asked.
Lin Fufei thought for a while, shook her head vigorously and said, "What is there to regret about this? She wanted to harm me first, I was just trying to protect myself.
It’s okay to be afraid, but I also know that fear is useless.
Aunt Zhuang told me that my temper is too soft, and it is difficult not to be bullied here. Only if I take off several layers of skin, harden my heart, and grow sharp claws and teeth can I be able to eat people here.
Survive in the deep palace of spitting out bones."
"Aunt Zhuang is very kind to you. You should listen to her more in the future." Xue Hengzhao smiled.
"Sister Xue, please help me!" Lin Fufei pleaded, "You are extremely smart and resourceful, they are definitely no match for you."
"What I can help you is limited," Xue Hengzhao said, "For example, in this matter, if it were me, I would definitely kill her in one fell swoop without leaving any room for error.
But you have a kind heart and a soft face, so you take the initiative to use killing moves to deal with people, but you can't do it."
Lin Fufei also admitted: "I really don't dare."
"That's it. From now on, you should be more careful." Xue Hengzhao said no more.
If this matter had been replaced by Xue Hengzhao, she would have sprinkled a small amount of caustic soda on the folds of the Xinghua God statue she enshrined while Willow Branch was not paying attention.
This is difficult to detect.
That thing will corrode ceramics when it comes into contact with water. Every time you wipe the statue with a damp cloth, it will chip away a little bit, but it will be difficult to detect for a while.
After a few times, the statue will be mottled all over its body.
But now the statue of the god is enshrined in the house, and it is covered by the shrine and the red cloth, so it will not be obvious.
But when it's time to worship the God of Flowers, take it outside, under the sun, with hundreds of pairs of eyes watching, and it's impossible not to be discovered.
Caustic soda is particularly easy to find and difficult to leave traces.
As a result, Willow Branch will definitely be punished with a serious crime and may even die.
Even if someone suspects him, he can't provide any evidence.
But Lin Fufei doesn't have the courage. According to her current temperament, she can only do seven points to protect herself and three points to counterattack, and she needs help from someone.
On the day of the Flower Festival, the maids serving the palace banquet all wore apricot pollen palace clothes, and the eunuchs' clothes were all parrot green.
It looks lively and festive in a sea of pink willows and green trees.
The queen took the concubines and princesses in the palace to Wanchun Garden.
Watching everywhere surrounded by people is to appreciate the red flowers.
Wherever the Queen goes, if she says something nice, those who respond will be rewarded.
Among them, the Empress particularly liked the purple peonies made of rushes.
Smiling, Yingying noticed the shortcomings and said: "The flowers are really made as if they are alive, what a skillful hand!"
There was an eunuch nearby who remembered it and wanted to send the flowers to the Queen's Palace.
After that, we kept the time and began to worship the Flower God in December.
Like Lin Fufei and others who are responsible for serving the Flower God, everyone has received a reward.
The sacrifice is over, and the banquet over there is also ready.
Starting from the queen, she sat down to the table, and the various snacks on the table were made into flowers, called flower cakes.
The tea we drink is also all kinds of scented tea, including jasmine, rose, honeysuckle... everything you want.
These flowers can be used as medicine, as food, and can even be made into fragrant tea.
This was the first time for Xue Hengzhao to see these concubines in the palace.
Queen Yao Ziyun looks less than thirty years old, with a slim figure and beautiful appearance.
She is dressed elegantly and luxuriously, just like her favorite Wei purple peony, which can be called a national beauty.
To the Queen's left is Concubine Ying Ma Chunping, who is two years younger than the Queen but looks older.
This was probably because the Eighth Prince died young and the Tenth Princess became mute after a serious illness. The repeated blows made her haggard and sad.
Ma Chunping and the Queen were cousins, and the Ma family and the Yao family are now the most popular royal family members in the court.
They entered the palace one after another, and they were all favored by the emperor.
On the Queen's right is Concubine Hui. She is obviously older, and the powder on her face is thicker, which makes her look even older.
She has given birth to two princes, but unfortunately both of them died in infancy. Now she only has the sixth princess as her descendant.
Next to Concubine Hui is Concubine Xian, the biological mother of the sixth prince. She is rarely taciturn and follows her duties.
Opposite Concubine Hui and next to Concubine Ying is Concubine Fu, the biological mother of the fifth prince.
He is over forty years old, with a slightly plump body and a very kind face.
Next to her is Concubine Li, the biological mother of the Seventh Princess, who is also the only person in the palace who has never given birth to a prince but has been named a concubine.
Although Concubine Li is several years older than the Queen, she looks younger than the Queen.
Her appearance is really worthy of the word "beautiful". She is as beautiful as a peach and a plum, and she is full of passion.
She once doted on the Sixth Palace, and when she was at her peak, the emperor stayed exclusively in her Tamamo Palace for a whole month.
Someone even once said that if Concubine Li could give birth to a prince, then the current post might not belong to Yao Ziyun.
Next to Concubine Li is Yuan Zhaoyi, the biological mother of the eighth princess, and opposite Yuan Zhaoyi is Cheng Zhaoyi, the biological mother of the ninth princess.
There were still several talented and beauties left, but Xue Hengzhao didn’t take a close look at them.