On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Jincheng had its first snowfall this year. Although it snowed, it was not heavy. There was only a thin layer of snow, which could not even cover the ground. Yun Shang stood on the porch and stretched out his hand.
After catching it, the fine snow fell on the palm of my hand and quickly melted away.
Qin Yi said quickly: "Your Majesty, please don't stand here anymore. Although the snow is not heavy, it is still a little cold. Be careful of catching a cold. If your Majesty catches a cold, I am afraid that all of us in Weiyang Palace will have to kneel down today."
I apologized to His Majesty in the snow."
Yun Shang turned around and glanced at Qin Yi, humming softly: "You have become more and more glib with Qianzui. It seems that I should give Qianzui to the Queen Mother. In case she is in Weiyang Palace,
He brought down the entire palace."
When Qianzui heard Yun Shang's words in the room, she quickly stuck her head out and said loudly: "My queen, please don't slander me."
Yun Shang and Qin Yi looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Yun Shang looked at the falling snowflakes, but the smile on her lips gradually faded: "Seeing this snow reminds me of Ning Guo.
Come here, when winter comes in Ningguo, the snow is spreading all over the ground and has accumulated a thick layer. It squeaks when you step on it. You can also build snowmen and have snowball fights."
When Qin Yi heard what Yun Shang said, she also smiled slightly: "Yes, when it comes to snowy weather, Ning Guo is better."
While the two were talking, they saw Peilan running in from outside the palace in the snow, holding an armful of plum blossom branches. Peilan ran to the corridor and saluted Yun Shang, and then exclaimed: "Okay
chilly."
Qin Yi turned her head to look at Peilan, with some confusion in her eyes: "Didn't I ask you to go to the Clothing Bureau to pick up the newly made clothes? Where are the clothes?"
Peilan stuck out her tongue, and then quickly responded: "The steward of the Clothing Bureau said that the clothes are not completely ready yet, so I asked the slave to come back first, and when they are ready, the Clothing Bureau will send someone to deliver them to us." After that,
He looked at the plum blossoms in his arms that were still covered with snowflakes, and laughed naively: "I just passed by the Imperial Garden and saw that the plum blossoms were blooming beautifully. I thought that my queen likes plum blossoms, but it's cold and I can't go out.
I went to appreciate the plum blossoms, so I picked some and came back, and my servant went to put them in the vase."
Yun Shang smiled and nodded: "Okay."
"Mom, we've been standing here for a while, let's go back to the house." Qinyi persuaded softly.
Yun Shang nodded and said with a smile: "Why do I feel like my freedom is restricted? I can't do this or that. Your Majesty is too careful, isn't it? I can be considered a person who has practiced martial arts.
Right?" Although he was still stubborn, his body had already turned around and walked towards the inner hall.
After entering the inner hall, Yun Shang took off the cloak and handed it to Qinyi. Qinyi hung up the cloak, then turned to Shen Ke and said, "Go and make a pot of tea for the empress."
, the empress has been standing outside for so long, so she drinks a pot of hot tea to warm herself up."
Shen Ke responded and retreated. Yun Shang smiled and said, "Qinyi is still considerate."
Qin Yi smiled, then came to Yun Shang's side and said softly: "The servant specially asked Peilan to send a message to the secret stake in the Shangyi Bureau, and think of a way to get the person who was waiting beside Concubine Liu to come to us.
Come to the palace."
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then raised her head to look at Qin Yi. After a moment of silence, she came back to her senses: "You mean, the person who will deliver the clothes later will most likely be the one I'm waiting for."
Already?"
Qin Yi nodded, and then said: "It's just that I'm afraid I have to find a way to move Shen Ke, Banxia, and Sumu away, otherwise it will be inconvenient for the queen to ask anything."
Yun Shang was silent for a moment, then looked at Qin Yi with some confusion: "Method? What method do you think is better?"
Qin Yi thought for a while and then said: "I heard that there are only four servants in Weiyang Palace. It's snowing so heavily today, how can four people be enough?"
Yun Shang knew how to get rid of them all at once, and agreed with a smile. Not long after, Shen Ke came in with a teapot, poured a small pot of tea for Yun Shang, and filled the tea cup.
Putting the teapot on the small stove, Yun Shang gently blew the foam in the teacup, then raised her head and said, "Go and call Banxia in, I have something to tell you."
Qinyi responded and asked the palace servants to find Banxia. As soon as Banxia came in, Yun Shang ordered: "It's snowing outside, and there's also a layer on the ground. Although it's not thick, it's
It's very slippery. The Emperor and the Queen Mother live in the Palace of Taihe. There are only three or four people in the palace. I'm afraid there's no one to clean up. You take Shen Ke and Su Mu with you and find a few palace people who sweep the courtyard to go to the Palace of Taihe.
He Gong, help the Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother sweep away all the snow in the yard. It's best to find charcoal ash to spread on the road to avoid slipping."
Banxia responded quickly, called Shen Ke and walked out of the inner hall together. Qinyi saw the three of them leaving Weiyang Palace through the gap in the window, then turned to Yun Shang with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, you are really awesome.
Filial piety."
Yun Shang smiled lightly but did not respond.
Not long after, someone came to report: "Madam, the clothes from the Clothing Bureau have arrived."
When Yun Shang heard this, she paused with her hand gently stroking the edge of the cup, and then laughed: "Send it in."
The beaded curtain was lifted, and a palace lady wearing gray clothes walked in. Yun Shang looked at her carefully. She looked about forty years old, with some obvious wrinkles on her face, and her hands holding the tray were also very delicate.
It's rough, and you can tell from a glance that it's someone who's used to doing rough work.
The palace man walked to a place three steps away from Yun Shang, stopped, and quickly knelt down: "My slave, I pay my respects to the Queen."
Yun Shang smiled, nodded and said, "But did you send me new clothes?"
"Yes." The palace man seemed to be a little nervous, his body was trembling slightly, and he said after a while: "The clothes are made of cloud brocade satin, embroidered with the plum blossoms that the empress told me, and filled with this year's new cotton. The empress wants it.
Try it?"
Yun Shang rolled her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Just give it a try and see if it fits you. I always feel that I have put on some weight just sitting in the house for the past two days.
I don’t know if I can still wear it.”
Yun Shang said, and asked Qin Yi to exclude everyone else in the room. Yun Shang never liked being served by too many people when dressing. This has always been a common practice, so everyone retreated.
Yun Shang asked Qinyi to take the winter coat from the plate, unfold it, touch it, and then said: "It looks good, I don't know if it will keep me warm."
Qinyi lifted up her clothes and waited on Yun Shang to dress. Yun Shang stretched out her hand and asked the palace man casually: "What's your name?"
The palace man responded quickly: "My name is Yuqin."
Yun Shang nodded: "Yuqin, right? Do you know why you were able to come out of Huanyi Bureau and enter Shangyi Bureau? Although two of the three words in these two places are the same, but which word
I feel that you should be the most aware of the gap."
The palace servant named Yuqin quickly knelt down on the ground and said repeatedly: "I understand, I understand. Even if I risk my life, I will repay the queen for her kindness in rebirth."
"What's the point of asking you to risk your life? I just want to ask you a few questions. I heard that you were serving Concubine Liu before? I don't know why you were demoted to the Clothing Bureau?"
Yun Shang looked calm, but was not in a hurry to ask about what happened back then, and just introduced it step by step.
Hearing this, Yuqin bit her lip, and the hatred in her eyes flashed before she responded softly: "This slave was sent to the Clothing Bureau only because Your Majesty... Oh, no, it was the Supreme Emperor who was with Concubine Liu.
When the empress came from the palace, she complimented the slave on the pretty silk flowers that day. The next day, the slave was sent to the Clothing Bureau by order of Concubine Liu, and was almost beaten to death."
Yun Shang was slightly startled. Is Concubine Liu actually a woman with such a strong jealousy? Haven't you heard that she is a gentle woman? But when Yun Shang thought about it carefully, she also understood that once this woman entered the palace,
No matter how innocent and gentle you were at the beginning, you will be trained into a hard-hearted person by the open and secret arrows in this palace. If you don't resist, you will only live to be stepped on by others.
Qinyi walked around to Yun Shang and tied Yun Shang's clothes gently. Yun Shang paused and then said: "When you left Concubine Liu, did Concubine Liu give birth to the seventh prince?"
"Yes, by the time I left the Jade Palace, the Seventh Prince would have been more than three months old." Yuqin responded softly.
Yun Shang had already put on her clothes and walked to the bronze mirror to take a look. The clothes were carmine red and looked very pretty. Although there was a lot of cotton stuffed inside, they did not look bulky. Yun Shang nodded.
, this clothing bureau's skills in making clothes are quite good. Yun Shang turned around, walked to the soft couch and lay down, took a sip of tea, and then asked again: "Tell me, Liu
It must have been like the concubine when she was giving birth."
Hearing this, Yuqin was slightly startled and then fell silent.
Yun Shang was not in a hurry, and drank a cup of tea leisurely, and asked Qinyi to pour another cup. Yuqin then spoke softly: "Perhaps the empress will not believe it. Although I was the servant of Concubine Liu at that time.
.But this servant really doesn’t know what happened on the day Mrs. Liu Taifei gave birth. No, it should be said that it turns out that no one in the Jade Palace knows about it.”
Yun Shang frowned, a little surprised: "No one knows? Why is that?"
Yuqin frowned, with a vague look in her eyes, as if she was recalling what happened back then. After a while, she said: "Concubine Liu had a few miscarriages before and finally reached full term. She cherished her very much. She was suspicious.
Someone in the palace harmed her, so he begged your majesty to find Wen Po outside the palace to deliver the baby, and your majesty agreed. After Concubine Liu's amniotic fluid broke, your majesty sent guards and rushed all the palace ladies from the Jasper Palace to the Jasper Palace.
"Outside, I remember that what the guards said at that time was that Concubine Liu had an order that no one from the palace should stay in the Jasper Palace when she gave birth. Then, the guards surrounded the Jasper Palace." (To be continued)
