The nanny looked at the queen who was full of expectation, and moved her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something. However, seeing the smile on the queen's face, she couldn't bear to say it, so she only responded softly:
"Yes, empress."
Since His Majesty usually doesn't need to dress too formally when he comes over at night, Mammy gave the Queen an elegant cigarette bun, with a purple jade bun in her hair, and a few pear blossoms hung under the tassel pendant, which was thin.
She applied delicate pear blossom makeup, wore a lavender palace dress embroidered with small pear blossoms, and covered it with a white gauze skirt. There was a certain flavor in her movements.
The nanny looked at the woman in the mirror with a smile and said softly: "The Queen rarely dresses like this. When dressed like this, she looks much younger and looks much more beautiful than Concubine Shen Shu."
When the queen heard this, she laughed, and smiled for a while, but with a hint of regret: "So what if she is just prettier than Concubine Shen Shu? Your Majesty has never seen any beauty. Concubine Xiang is the most beautiful among the concubines.
I'm afraid there are few people in the world who can match that appearance. Although Princess Rui's beauty is not as good as that of Princess Xiang, she is much better than the others, but her temperament is something that Concubine Xiang does not have. After all, if Princess Rui is
Standing in the same place as Concubine Xiang, many people will see Concubine Xiang first, but they will stay longer on Concubine Rui."
After a long pause, the Queen smiled faintly again: "But when it comes to stunning beauty, I'm afraid that's the only one in Your Majesty's heart."
Although the queen never said who it was, the nanny understood it and fell silent.
After dressing up, the queen stood up and walked to the outer hall. It was almost dinner time, so the queen asked the nanny to take a look in the small kitchen. Xia Huanyu was coming today, so she couldn't make any mistakes.
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After the dinner was ready, the Queen sat in the outer hall and waited, secretly thinking to herself, how long has it been since Your Majesty went to Weiyang Palace? One month? Two months? Maybe more...
After a while, I heard a call from outside: "Your Majesty has arrived..."
The queen quickly put away her thoughts, stood up, and walked to the door of the main hall to greet her: "I have seen your majesty."
Xia Huanyu glanced at the queen indifferently, nodded slightly, then walked to the table and sat down: "Sit down."
The queen then raised her head with a smile, walked to Xia Huanyu and sat down and said: "Today, I asked the kitchen to prepare your majesty's favorite sour bamboo shoots. Take a look, your majesty. It's to your liking."
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Xia Huanyu glanced at the food on the table, but didn't even pick up the chopsticks. He just said casually: "I just used it in Shuya Palace. You can eat it by yourself."
The queen was stunned for a moment, her face turned a little pale, but she was afraid that she would lose her composure in front of Xia Huanyu, so she quickly lowered her head and responded softly: "Yes."
Then he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and looked at the food on the table. He randomly picked up two dishes with chopsticks and ate them without knowing the taste. Then he smiled and said: "My concubine's appetite has not been very good these past two days, and I don't really want to eat.
I asked my concubine to evacuate her."
Xia Huanyu seemed to have not heard what the queen was saying at all. He just nodded lightly and stopped talking.
The queen put down her chopsticks and ordered people to remove all the almost untouched food from the table.
Seeing that Xia Huanyu was still sitting with an unfathomable expression on his face, the queen felt a little uneasy. Only now did she realize that Xia Huanyu was not here to have a meal tonight.
After running through all kinds of thoughts in her mind, the queen slowly raised her lips and said softly: "Your Majesty has not been to Weiyang Palace for some time."
"Yeah." Xia Huanyu only responded softly.
The queen held the brocade handkerchief tightly with her hand and was silent for a long time. When she raised her eyes, she saw the nanny opening her mouth and saying two words silently.
The Queen then whispered again: "Your Majesty, you haven't seen Yun Xi for a long time, right? Why don't I order someone to bring Yun Xi over and let Your Majesty see it? Yun Xi has been much better these days, and she has followed the example of your husband."
He has a lot of words and is a smart boy."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, he raised his eyes and looked at the queen lightly. After being silent for a long time, he smiled coldly: "How come everyone has heard that the queen has not seen the young prince for a long time? And it was the Spring Festival some time ago.
, on Wanshou Festival, the queen was not seen and Yun Xi appeared."
The smile on the queen's face froze, then she smiled quickly and said: "Yun Xi is not in good health. She has been taking medicine to recover..."
"Oh?"
Is the jade fruit really lost?"
When the queen heard this, she pinched the bright red pill into her palm. After a while, the queen laughed and said, "Is it possible that your majesty suspects that I have lied to you? Logically speaking, Concubine Xiang is pregnant with your majesty's heir."
I should take care of it. If the Nuan Yu was there, I would definitely give it to Concubine Xiang. But it is really unfortunate that the Nuan Jade was lost some time ago."
Seeing the indifferent expression on Xia Huanyu's face, the queen quickly smiled and said: "But as far as I know, I am not the only one in the harem who has warm jade. I remember that Concubine Shen Shu also has one in her hand.
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Xia Huanyu's eyes were light, "Concubine Shu is not in good health, and she caught a cold in the Wuyan Palace a few days ago, and now she is even more afraid of the cold. She should keep her warm jade for herself."
After a pause, Xia Huanyu continued: "I heard that you ordered someone to find a place for carving in Jincheng a few days ago? What do you want to carve for?"
The queen's heart was stirred, and she became vigilant. She smiled and responded softly: "Isn't my father going to be sixty soon? I thought, there is nothing new to give to my father this year.
Previously, my father said that the original inkstone in his hand was given to his younger brother, but he had never found an inkstone that he wanted. My wife wanted to give an inkstone to my father, but the Duan stone that I wanted to use as an inkstone was extremely difficult to find.
, I asked people to ask around, and I heard that many craftsmen who like to carve words on stones may have Duan stones in their hands, so I ordered people to ask."
This sounds reasonable. Duan inkstone is the best inkstone, and this Duan stone is really hard to find, which is why there are so few Duan inkstones.
But after hearing the Queen's words, Xia Huanyu raised his eyes to look at the Queen, with a bit of coldness in his eyes, "Oh? So this is really happening?"
The queen didn't understand what Xia Huanyu meant. She looked at Xia Huanyu blankly, and then Xia Huanyu raised the corners of his lips and smiled: "I never knew that you ordered people to ask about the craftsmen..." (To be continued)
