After the makeup on her face was painted, Qixi began to comb Ji Ling's hair, preparing to go to Kunning Palace to pay her respects later.
I'm afraid that by now, the news has already spread throughout the harem, and Kunning Palace will naturally know that there was a turmoil at the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday, but the emperor did not have the slightest intention to blame Mr. Ji, and announced in the evening
The noble lady came to Yangxin Hall, took her out for a walk in the inner palace, and stayed in the east courtyard of Jingyang Palace at night...
When Ji Ling thought of this, she didn't dare to dress up.
After picking and choosing, I found the most inconspicuous gray-green flag dress with dark blue embroidery underneath.
Although the color is a bit dull, the materials are all fine Suzhou embroidery and autumn-scented satin, and the pipa buttons on the piping are also in a youthful and lively style.
There is also a white jade pendant around her neck, and there are no gold-embellished beaded flowers, green flower diamonds, etc. on her temples. There is only a green velvet flower pinned between her left temples.
In addition, she wore a pair of thin pearl-embedded double butterfly and flower bracelets on her wrists.
After finishing her makeup, Ji Ling took a look in the mirror.
I saw the person in the mirror with a pair of delicate eyebrows. The ends of the eyes were lengthened due to the eye makeup, which made them look more subtle and elegant. In the blink of an eye, they seemed to have a look of forwardness. The bridge of the nose seemed to become straighter.
Some of them really seem to "grow out".
Qixi held the bronze mirror and looked at her tailed hair on the back, while sighing: "My master usually doesn't wear such stable colors. He always said he was afraid of looking old-fashioned, so when he really put it on, the slave looked at it, even though it was gentle.
It’s not the same as usual, but it’s quite pretty!”.
Bixue said with a smile: "That's not because the master is now valued by the emperor, and he has become more and more stable! The servant looked at it, and even his demeanor was different from before. Even the concubines in the East and West Twelve Palaces
The empress is nothing more than that!".
Ji Ling raised his eyes and glanced at her, frowned and said: "Bixue, don't talk nonsense!".
After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and touched the end of her hair.
Qixi saw some unkempt hair emerging from her bun, and quickly said: "I just ignored it."
After she finished speaking, she picked up the wooden comb with the green sandalwood carving moonflower pattern on the table again, applied some osmanthus hair oil, stepped forward, held the bun in one hand, combed her hair with the other, and straightened out the few stray hairs.
After he obeyed, he said softly: "That's almost it, Master. Can I go and deliver breakfast?"
Ji Ling nodded.
Qixi turned around, and when she was about to give orders to Bixue, she saw that she was packing the jewelry box, so she paused and said, "It's better for me to go!".
When they arrived in front of the dining room, Qixi noticed something was wrong. Those handy eunuchs were often at the door of the dining room, and there was also movement at the door of the tea and fruit room.
Today, the door was closed tightly, and the windows and rafts in a long row of penthouses were removed, so that no one could see what was going on inside.
She frowned slightly, raised her hand and patted the door gently.
I heard someone inside shouting urgently: "Here we come!" It was Xiao Dazi's voice.
Qixi heard a hint of panic in his voice, and knew that he was not one to lie, so she became more suspicious.
When Xiao Dazi opened the door, Qixi looked normal and just smiled and said: "Master is about to have dinner, I came to see if everything is okay here."
Xiao Dazi said repeatedly: "Not yet, not yet, I'm afraid it still needs some work." Then he said hurriedly: "The calamus cake is ready. Sister Qixi, why don't I send the cake to the master first.
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Qixi shook her head and smiled: "No rush, I'm not here to rush you. Let's get the noodles together when they're ready." As she spoke, she turned aside and walked into the dining room beside Xiao Dazi. inside.
Qixi looked around calmly and carefully, and saw a long crack in the leg of a brand new bench in the dining room.
The floor seemed to have been swept and was extremely clean, but there were still a few fragments of white porcelain under the table legs, as if some bowls, plates, spoons, etc. had just been broken.
Several handy eunuchs were sitting not far away, peeling vegetables and fruits for dinner. When they saw her coming, they all stood up and nodded.
Xiao Lezi was wearing plain white sleeves and stood in front of the stove without turning his head. Qixi walked over and said: "The noodles for breakfast are ready to be cooked. Remember not to have too much soup when you start cooking them later." ,master……".
Xiao Lezi turned around. Qixi saw that he had not dared to look back. Although she had expected it in her heart, she was still shocked when she suddenly saw his face. She saw that the right corner of Xiao Lezi's mouth was swollen, as big as a Wada jujube. A piece, red and purple, with blood spilling out.
Qixi said in horror: "How did this happen?"
As soon as she said these words, several thoughts flashed through her mind. The noble master is now in the limelight and is favored by the emperor. No one from Jingyang Palace will dare to do anything dirty.
That means one's own family beats one's own family.
Of course, it was impossible for those few handymen to be rough on the eunuchs. Xiao Dazi was so docile and honest, even if a stick was put into his hand, he probably wouldn't be able to do it. Xiao Kezi was also a submissive person. of.
There is only Xiao Fenzi.
Seeing Xiao Lezi's secretive expression, Qixi turned around and pulled off Xiao Dazi's sleeves, walked to a deserted place under the corridor outside, then increased her tone and said solemnly: "Since I asked, of course I want to help. You are hiding this in front of the master, but you have only allowed me to be a kind-hearted person, and you still haven’t told the truth?”
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When Ji Ling returned from greeting the Queen at Kunning Palace, it was already noon in the blink of an eye. After lunch, she squinted for a while, and when she got up, it happened to be two or three o'clock in the afternoon.
Ji Ling thought that Yin would stay overnight and leave in the morning, fearing that he would probably not come over tonight.
But there was nothing else to do, so she wandered out and played on the swing in her small yard.
The swing was built by Xiao Dazi. There are many shades of flowers on it. People sitting under it can't get the sun, and their clothes are dyed with the fragrance of flowers. If there is a strong wind, the petals will fly all over the sky and fall red like rain.
Qixi stood behind her, pushing the swing gently and saying with a smile: "Master, Xiao Dazi's hands are really skillful. I look at this swing...Master really likes it!".
Ji Ling held the handle of the swing, resting her face on the back of the hand comfortably, and said nothing for a long while.
Qixi was about to try to bring the topic to the turmoil in the dining room when she looked up and saw Xiao Fenzi ushering in a group of people. It turned out to be the imperial attendant of Yangxin Palace and the imperial physician Di An.
The imperial eunuch saluted with a smile, saying that it was the emperor's decree. He was worried that noble Ji would be frightened during the Dragon Boat Festival that day. He was still worried, so he had to let Dr. Di come to check on noble Ji, just to find out his pulse. .
Qixi couldn't speak now and could only swallow half of what she said back into her stomach.
She looked at Xiao Fenzi carefully, and sure enough she saw that his face was slightly tilted, and he kept his head buried while talking. He was not as arrogant as usual. Even when Ji Ling asked, he did not dare to raise his head, and there seemed to be a faint black eye in the corner of his eyes. Green Scar, but Ji Ling was only paying attention to dealing with the royal servants, so he didn't notice it.
The imperial physician Dean entered the front hall, put down the medicine box, and after looking around for a while, he looked heavy and frowned.
Seeing that the imperial eunuch had been dragged to the ear room by Xiao Fenzi to drink tea and rest, Imperial Physician Di pursed his lips and said: "My Lord Ji, Lord Zhang of Yonghe Palace has mentioned to me several times that your food is too cold, I don't know.
Did the noble man realize it himself?"
Seeing Ji Ling looking at him with a slightly doubtful expression, Dean raised his hand and said in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible: "Ji Guiren, you can rest assured. Zhang Guiren and I are old acquaintances. She has mentioned Ji Guiren's food to me before.
There seems to be something wrong, and it is the time when a noble person is favored, so I must pay more attention to it."