Lihua and Yuchi Gong both looked at each other and could only agree.
They already understood that this was the Queen Mother's intention, not that Aunt Qin wouldn't let her go.
On the way back, Yuchi Gong sighed: "My mother stayed up all night but refused to see us. She must be feeling sad for my brother and doesn't want us to see her."
Lihua was convinced, and she tentatively said that she wanted to go in. There was a noise immediately in the palace. It must have been caused by the Queen Mother after hearing it, and Nanny Qin was not allowed to agree.
She asked: "The Queen Mother, doesn't she have a bad appetite every year at this time?"
When Nanny Qin said her appetite was average, Lihua didn't believe it at all. The Queen Mother must be listening inside, so she couldn't say it directly.
Yuchi Gong nodded: "Yes, my mother always didn't want to eat before and after my brother's birthday, but she didn't have a good appetite in the past."
He briefly talked about the Queen Mother's performance on the previous day.
The pear blossoms are clear, but I still feel that something is wrong.
The dishes that Nanny Qin mentioned were all things that the Queen Mother didn't like to eat. They were too weird, as if they were hinting at something, but she couldn't figure out what they were worth hinting at.
Lihua couldn't think of it, so she thought she might have thought wrong.
After all, the palace was heavily guarded, Nanny Qin was absolutely loyal, the inside and outside of Zhuang Ning Palace were peaceful, and the palace people who had just come out had no panic on their faces. It was impossible for someone to hold the Queen Mother hostage.
She hid that doubt in her heart, thinking that this serious old lady would come to make a surprise attack another day to see what the old lady was up to.
The two went around in a long circle, but returned without success, so they stopped.
Inside Zhuang Ning Palace.
Nanny Qin looked sad and advised: "The Queen Mother, Long live the Lord is here, why are you doing this?"
From the bed, a hoarse voice came: "Rong Jun, please let the Ai family miss Xu'er more. These are the only days every year that the Ai family can miss him properly."
Rongjun is the name of Grandma Qin.
Hearing that the Empress Dowager's words were pleading, Nanny Qin was filled with sorrow. She knew that the Empress Dowager was obsessed with missing King Anding, but there was no other way to comfort her.
I wanted the emperor and Lihua to come and persuade the queen mother, but the queen mother refused.
The person on the bed looked tired: "It's not like you don't know that Gong'er doesn't like Aijia doing these things. If he sees it, he will definitely not allow it. But Rongjun, Aijia feels uncomfortable, and so does Xu'er.
The Ai family has never protected Xu'er, a child of the Ai family, and has been indebted to him all his life."
"Your Majesty, you have done a great job." Aunt Qin couldn't help but feel relieved.
But the person on the bed couldn't listen: "If it was good, how could he die early without leaving any bones?"
Nanny Qin felt anxious: "It's not your fault..."
The person on the bed waved his hand and interrupted: "You don't have to say, it's all destiny, these Ai family know it. It's just that the Ai family thought of those things in the past and wanted to choose a daughter of the Chen family to be his concubine, but in the end it hurt his
Heart; I knew that he was in poor health, but I didn’t try my best to stop him from asking to be sent to the borderland. You said it would be very painful if his leg disease broke out. Rong Jun, you have been with the Ai family for decades, so please agree to the Ai family.
, don’t tell Gong’er that the Ai family can only do so much for Xu’er.”
Looking at the person on the bed, in just a short period of time, his face turned sallow, his eyes were sunken, and he looked haggard.
Nanny Qin felt sour in her heart.
Her throat was clogged and she wiped her sore eyes: "Miss, I promise you, but you must make a good promise, otherwise I will never let you go on like this."
"Okay, okay, okay, okay..." A smile appeared on the face of the person on the bed, and he looked into the void, as if he saw the beautiful memories of the past.
A few days after the memorial day of King Anding, the harem became lively again, but Zhuangning Palace still had no intention of asking the concubine to pay her respects.
The concubines knew that the Queen Mother was going to chant sutras and pray for blessings behind closed doors, so they had no intention of going to Zhuangning Palace.
Something seemed to have happened in the previous court, and Yuchi Gong suddenly became busy. He once took the time to see the Queen Mother, but the time was staggered with the Queen Mother, and he did not see anyone in the end.
However, after hearing from palace officials that the Queen Mother only occasionally went to the Great Buddha Hall to stay for a while, and spent most of her time in Zhuangning Palace, Yu Chigong was relieved.
Lihua felt a little relieved after hearing this, just that much.
She has never understood that when she asked Aunt Qin what meal the Queen Mother used that night, she would tell her the things that the Queen Mother disliked the most.
She had been in charge of the Queen Mother's meals for a period of time and knew her preferences clearly. She would always use words to coax her and entice her with benefits, but the old lady would frown and be very reluctant to eat those dishes.
Lihua asked Yuchi Gong what kind of dishes the Queen Mother liked to eat on that day.
Yuchi Gong was at a loss: "My mother always eats vegetarian food and chants Buddha's name, and avoids killing animals and eating meat. I have never paid attention to what kind of vegetarian food she uses. How can I ask this question?"
Lihua herself couldn't figure it out, so she could only shake her head helplessly. There was nothing wrong with it, except that the Queen Mother didn't like to eat it.
Lihua also wanted to go and block the Queen Mother, but the old lady was as naughty as a slut. She made several raids but didn't see anyone, and she couldn't force her way in.
So Lihua began to take a circuitous route, wandering around every corner of the harem every day, so that she knew that spring was like a formidable enemy.
You must know that her master almost had an accident when he was alone. Zhichun still has lingering fears, so no matter where Lihua goes, she follows three or four tails.
Among these tails, Zhichun is the first, and the remaining ones include Xiao Zhuzi and Xiao Shunzi, and Wu Xue also occupies a spot.
As for Zhidong, he usually has other tasks, either staying with Xiao Shunzi or Xiao Zuozi to look after the house, or going out to do errands.
The main hall and courtyard of Tingli Courtyard are being repaired intensively, and the people who come are all reliable people carefully selected by Zhang Defa. Even if you are careful, there will be some noise.
When Lihua and the others went out for a walk, it was relatively cleaner than in the courtyard, but it was just relative.
I walk around a lot and meet all kinds of people.
Among them, he met Grandma Sun, who taught Ewha elementary etiquette before entering the palace.
Lihua asked with concern whether Grandma Sun was recovering well.
Although Grandma Sun left the palace to teach Lihua, she fell ill from exhaustion when she returned to the palace, and it took her several months to recover.
But there was no hint of complaint in her words. Instead, she was very happy and excited. She repeatedly told Lihua that she was lucky in her three lives, and paid her respects and congratulations to Lihua Jin Zhaoyi. She also said that she was late in congratulating her, and she looked like she was honored to do so.
Zhichun was very happy to see this. Like an old acquaintance from a foreign land, he was quite familiar with Grandma Sun. After chatting for a long time, he said goodbye and said that he was very happy to reminisce with Grandma Sun. He said all the things he liked to hear.
As a result, they met someone in the blink of an eye, who also said nice things that they liked to hear, and every word was filled with compliments to please him.
But Zhichun was unhappy. After Lihua said a few polite words, the man was still pestering her.
She immediately showed off her big girl attitude and dismissed the person with cold words.
Because that person is a shameless person who follows the trend of others - Liu Sanzi!