Then the Queen Mother said with a pleasant face: "Ji Chang is here, you don't have to be afraid. Just do what Concubine Ning said and tell the Emperor everything about the situation in Jingyang Palace tonight. Don't say a word of lies in front of the Emperor."
Ji Ling raised his head slightly and saw that although Ulanara had a smile on his face, there was a deep and vast indifference in his eyes.
This kind of indifference is like a black hole in the starry sky, which is completely different from the domineering attitude of Hai Guiren. Because it is invisible and cannot be seen through, it makes people even more wary.
Ji Ling folded his hands and kowtowed respectfully, then raised his head and replied with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the Queen, please forgive me! I heard nothing and saw nothing tonight!".
As soon as these words came out, the Queen was startled for a moment, and then her brows relaxed a little unnoticeably.
Hai Guiren stopped crying, blew his nose with a handkerchief, and looked towards Ji Ling with wide eyes.
With everyone watching, Concubine Ning looked Ji Ling up and down, and then said suspiciously: "Ji Chang is here, you don't have to hide the truth because you are afraid of Hai Guiren, you need to know that the Queen has just said, 'Don't tell lies in front of the emperor.'"
, the emperor is here, and he will make decisions for you. If you really heard something or saw something, but refused to say it, then you are deceiving the emperor!"
Ji Ling turned around and said with an apologetic smile: "What Concubine Ning taught me is that I dare not tell lies in front of the Emperor. In fact, I just finished my dinner today and lay down early to go to bed."
Concubine Ning raised her eyebrows disdainfully and said: "Ji Changzai kept saying to go to bed early, but everyone in Jingyang Palace heard it. Ji Changzai's little eunuch in the courtyard went to the dining room to bring the supper and brought it back. It was
Neither?".
This Concubine Ning is so persistent..., Ji Ling thought.
She apologized and said, "What Concubine Ning said is true. But the late-night snack is for me to drink medicine when I get up at night. Good medicine is bitter and needs to be moisturized. It consists of candied dates, sweet soup, sweet cakes, etc. If Concubine Ning were
If you don’t believe it, send someone to ask the dining room of Changchun Palace and you will know.”
After saying that, she didn't wait for Concubine Ning to speak again, and immediately rushed to say: "Thank you, the Queen! I have a strange thing in my heart, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
The queen was really nice this time: "But it doesn't matter.", and added: "Get up and answer."
"Yes, I would like to express my gratitude to the Queen." Ji Ling agreed, and Qixi immediately stepped forward to help her up, looking at her with worry and uneasiness.
Ji Ling squeezed Qixi's hand comfortingly, then swallowed and stammered: "Actually, I slept deeply tonight because...because I had a dream."
Everyone thought she was going to say something, but they didn't expect that she would say something like this after holding it in for a long time. For a moment, Hai Guiren almost sneered.
Yin narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Ji Ling.
The queen was surprised, leaned forward a little, and asked: "What dream?".
Ji Ling said loudly: "I went to bed early, and in my daze, I seemed to have arrived at a place where gods live, and I bumped into an extremely strict woman. I looked familiar, like someone I had seen in the temple when I was a child.
Along the way, a goddess walked with a flower in her hand."
Before the queen could speak, Mao Bi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interjected: "Ji, can you tell what color the flower is? Is it golden?".
Ji Ling met her eyes and saw a hint of cunning in Maobin's eyes.
Ji Ling felt blessed and immediately nodded: "Yes, yes! It's golden!".
Mao Bi immediately turned to the Queen and said seriously: "The Queen, maybe she is the Golden Flower Queen!".
When the queen heard this, her expression changed.
The Golden Flower Empress? That’s the Gifting Empress!
It is said that during the Hongwu period of the previous dynasty, a lady who was patrolling Guangzhou had a difficult delivery. When she was in extreme emergency, she vaguely saw an old fairy who said: "As long as we invite the Golden Flower Queen, we can ensure the safety of mother and child."
Seeing that his wife was about to die, both mother and son, the governor was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and immediately ordered his men to search throughout the city.
As a result, the subordinates actually found a girl named "Golden Flower" and immediately dragged her to the inspector's house regardless of whether the girl wanted to or not.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the girl entered the house, the lady actually gave birth to the baby safely. The minister was overjoyed and thought that Jinhua was indeed a fairy who had descended to earth. He cried with joy and knelt down to thank the girl.
The news spread from ten to ten, and for a time, all the women in Guangzhou came to beg the Golden Flower girl to come to their homes if they were about to give birth to a baby.
However, unmarried girls were not allowed to enter the women's delivery room. As time went by, Jinhua's reputation was gradually ruined, and many unsavory legends spread. In the end, no one dared to marry Jinhua. She was so sad that she finally surrendered.
The lake drowns itself.
A few days later, an agarwood statue appeared in the lake, which looked exactly like the Golden Flower Lady. The people then built an ancestral hall and sculpted a golden body. From then on, the Golden Flower Lady was worshiped by the people as the queen who gave birth to children.
This is the legend of the Queen who gave birth to a golden flower. The custom of admiring her was especially strong in the Qing Dynasty.
Ji Ling continued in a dignified manner: "The goddess told me that the most noble goddess in heaven is the Queen Mother, and the most noble woman in the world is the Queen in the Forbidden City! She just sent blessings and reconciliation.
It was shipped to the Empress, but when she was leaving, a little mouse came out of an unknown palace and stole the flower cake in her pocket! Therefore, she wanted the little mouse to be punished for doing something wrong as a punishment.
".
Ji Ling continued: "As for when I was woken up, several empresses had already said they were coming to Kunning Palace, so I didn't know what was going on in Jingyang Palace tonight."
After Ji Ling finished speaking, he bowed his head and stepped aside, saying nothing again.
In the palace, everyone secretly glanced at the smile on the queen's face.
The queen turned her head slightly backward and asked Hua Rong: "Just now...what is the name of this trouble-making slave in Jingyang Palace?".
Hua Rong stepped forward and said with a smile: "Back to the queen, call me a mouse, a mouse's mouse!".
Behind Hai Guiren, the eunuch Xiao Yoko said nothing, his eye circles were hot and red, and he almost wanted to kneel down in front of Ji Changzai.
He knew: the mouse’s life was saved!
The queen smiled and said, "That's right! Isn't this the little mouse that stole the food!" She glanced at the mouse again and laughed and cursed: "Since Haigui has beaten you, even if you, this mouse, are at an advantage,
Go and get a job from Xin Zheku."
Hai Guiren had no choice but to look at the Queen and said in a low voice: "I don't believe it, there are such coincidences in the world, mice, mice... Haha, is it true, or is Ji Chang thinking about it?
In order to keep this slave, you made up a story to confuse the public by talking nonsense?"
Ji Ling's face was full of surprise: "Why do I want to protect her? The mouse was originally an old servant of Maobin, and now he is your slave. He has never had anything to do with me. Why did I come here?"
