Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Saltpetre
Long Baiyue cautiously followed Princess Yunyang and her party into the Cuiying Palace. The winter night was deep, the palace courtyard was brightly lit, and the darkened corners became darker.As Long Baiyue walked, she felt the strange atmosphere surrounded by bamboo shadows. She didn't feel cold until she entered the warm pavilion in the palace.
Princess Yunyang went all the way into the depths of the Nuan Pavilion. She took off her cloak casually, laid it on the bed, and then lay down in the brocade tent on the gums with her whole body. After turning over, she saw Long Baiyue: "What are you doing?" Followed in?"
Long Baiyue was stunned, and found that the other court ladies had already retreated, and only she followed Princess Yunyang foolishly all the way.She hurriedly knelt down: "The servant does not know the rules, the princess forgives the sin."
Princess Yunyang smiled, and hooked her fingers at Long Baiyue: "It's not that you don't understand the rules, it's that they dare not come in. Come here..."
Long Baiyue approached Princess Yunyang without knowing why, and saw her eyes were thick and sweet like honey, shining amber luster under the lamp.The thick black hair is brighter than satin, curling and unwinding along the slim figure like a flowing cloud, the fine luster of the gold thread and silk is reflected in the glossy black color of the long hair, shimmering and seductive.After all, it is a princess who can be so beautiful. By her side, Long Baiyue feels that she is like a fake, and she can't be called a beauty.
"What a beauty," Princess Yunyang was also sighing, and Long Baiyue was taken aback when she heard that, "Are you a medical girl? Can you massage?"
"Go back to the princess, the servants will."
"Whether you are annoying or not, just say 'yes', don't be wordy," Princess Yunyang nodded her shoulder, "Come up and try."
Long Baiyue hesitated for a moment, and could only bravely stand up and walk to the bedside to sit down tremblingly: "Yes, please lie down, princess."
Princess Yunyang closed her eyes impatiently, stretched her curled body, and lay down for Long Baiyue to massage.Long Baiyue took a deep breath, and stretched her hand strength, she was very precise, and within a few strokes, Yunyang was so comfortable that she moaned.Hearing Yunyang's coquettish moan, Long Baiyue couldn't help but her heart fluttered, and she almost lost her hand. Looking at Yunyang's plump body following her own hand, the softness of the touch made Long Baiyue feel soft. I can't help thinking about such a stunner princess, and I don't know who to point to in the future.
Princess Yunyang suddenly opened her eyes, and said abruptly: "Unexpectedly, that old woman really brought me something good."
"Huh?" Long Baiyue was puzzled, and couldn't help crying out.
"I'm talking about you," Yunyang turned to look at her, and said, "I'll keep you."
Huh?Didn't she already leave her?
Long Baiyue couldn't figure it out.In fact, there are many things in Cuiying Palace that Long Baiyue can't figure out.It was three days later that she realized that this huge Cuiying Palace was actually a cold palace.
When she first heard the news, Long Baiyue didn't believe it at all - haven't you seen this resplendent palace? , How could it be a cold palace... But if it is not a cold palace, why is the scenery here cold, the atmosphere cold, the maid's face cold, even the princess is cold?Except for the warm charcoal fire and warm wine all day, I really can't find a warm thing.
Long Baiyue rolled up the bead curtain, heheed her cold hands, and looked helplessly at the desolate green bamboo forest outside the hall.She turned her head and looked at the cold-faced court ladies beside her, knowing that they still wouldn't talk to her.Everyone here seemed to be living numbly, not talking or laughing at each other, as if they were walking dead.Except for Long Baiyue, only Princess Yunyang had a vivid expression on her face, but that expression was always mocking and arrogant.
"Of course this is a cold palace, otherwise, why did the empress send you here?" Princess Yunyang sat by the stove, crossing one leg comfortably, with a little jade foot showing under her green and gold robe, swaying slightly.She was holding a golden hairpin inlaid with eight treasures in her hand, and she was leisurely picking her long nails like onion tubes.
"But, I've never heard of a cold palace imprisoned princess..." Long Baiyue replaced the water bowl for warming wine with hot water, and picked up the copper chopsticks to stir the charcoal in the stove.
"You mean there should be a disgraced concubine living here?" Princess Yunyang smiled, took a cup of hot wine and drank it in one gulp, "Yes, but she is dead."
Long Baiyue was startled, she didn't dare to ask about the relationship between Princess Yunyang and that concubine.The purpose of her entering the palace was to help Zi Mian find out about his life experience, and that time would have to be traced back twenty-four years ago.For the complex and ever-changing harem, twenty-four years is really a long time, many dust-laden past events can no longer be found. Princess Yunyang is only sixteen years old, and she has lived in the cold palace for a long time, so what can she know.
She had to find another way, Long Baiyue came back to her senses, just about to pour another glass of wine for Princess Yunyang, but was surprised to find that she was half asleep on the imperial concubine chair.The wide sleeves of Princess Yunyang's robe meandered to the ground, shining golden dots in the light of the fire, bright and beautiful.In her deep sleep, her expression is no longer cold, her brows and eyes are extremely soft, and she looks carefree—is she really a princess who has no worries about food and clothing? How much sorrow can she really have in her usual cynical appearance?Long Baiyue smiled helplessly, stepped forward to add a blanket for her, got up and walked to the window to lower the curtain.
She looked at the vast bamboo sea outside the Cuiying Hall in a daze, and there were some golden glazed tiles in the distance, layer upon layer, which could not be seen clearly in the twilight.Will there be a chance for her?What should she do to break the current deadlock?Long Baiyue was a little anxious, she put down the curtain helplessly, and the shade of the curtain concealed her restless expression and slight sigh...
Where is Zimian...
The place where the golden glazed tiles are located outside of Zhuhai is the queen's bedroom.Empress Jiaren was lying leisurely on the brocade couch at the moment, listening to the female historian beside her report the epitaph of Concubine Yan to her. "Well, remove the phrase proficient in female red, it's too petty, and change it to singing and dancing." Empress Jiaren Zhiyi smiled, and added, "Although Concubine Yan Gui suddenly coughed up blood and died while doing embroidery, but it is written that she is' It’s too much for the Weaver Girl to return to the sky, so it’s better to change it to ‘The Xuannv Returns to Serve Yaochi’.” Female Shi accepted the order obediently, rolled up the paperwork and withdrew.The maid on one side wanted to wait for the queen to take a nap, so she stepped forward and removed the palace lantern, and the light in the brocade tent dimmed suddenly, but in the darkness, Empress Jiaren said: "It's still early, help Ai's family get up." "Yes." The palace maid immediately blessed herself, supported the queen's hand outstretched from the brocade tent, and waited for her to get up. Empress Jiaren Shi Shiran got out of the bed. She was over forty years old. She was originally tall, but now she was even plumper.I saw the queen slowly walking to the water chestnut mirror, sat down, and glanced at the mirror, showing a smug smile.However, this smile froze when he suddenly found a silver thread in his temple. The long court lady on one side understood and stepped forward to help the queen pull out the silver thread, but she stopped her: "No need. Old age is old, avoiding this is even more ridiculous." "Yes, the queen is still very knowledgeable." Empress Jiaren smiled, and suddenly asked: "The female history was reported this morning, and Tong Jieyu, who is just pregnant, is Concubine Yan's younger sister?" "Yes, the queen has a good memory." "En," Empress Jiaren nodded, and smiled to the mirror, "Her sister just passed away, and the Ai family sympathizes with her grief. We must ask the Holy One to raise her rank." "Queen Rende." Empress Jiaren stared at her pupils in the mirror, observing how they shrank slightly, and couldn't help but tighten her eyelids—it was a matter of time before Tong Jieyu rose to rank, she was already full-fledged, and Concubine Yan Gui had just died, so she couldn't help it If it is convenient to move her, the evil in the belly can only be discussed after she is born... If it is a female fetus, it is her good fortune; if it is a male fetus, you have to find another way... Empress Jiaren looked at her eyebrows and eyes in the mirror again, and she couldn't find any fine lines, so she nodded in satisfaction.She picked up a golden phoenix hairpin, looked at the nail-sized round pearls on it, and the red and sapphire inlaid on it, and inserted it into her hair with satisfaction: "The past two days have been too clean." Aijia will not accompany that goblin Sujing... The maid hurriedly stepped forward to help, she stretched out her hand to protect the queen's bun, and carefully straightened out the trembling nine-phoenix tail of the gold hairpin.The maid on one side offered jujube tea, and Empress Jiaren took a sip, warm and palatable, and drank it slowly with the cup in her hand——The empress is virtuous, advocates thrift and cherishes blessings, and the harem has always been praised by all officials. Thinking of the twenty-four years since she became a queen, she has accomplished everything without leaking water, and she can't help but feel complacent. The action of drinking tea is a bit heroic, as if she is celebrating her achievements.From the corner of her eyes, she only had time to see the silver light in the reddish-brown tea water, and then the silver light had already traveled along the tea water to her throat.Empress Jiaren turned pale with fright, she wanted to stop swallowing, but her instinct could not be restrained, she saw that her throat moved and she swallowed an embroidered silver needle. The teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
It was already late at night when the door of Cuiying Hall was knocked open.Long Baiyue was woken up, she put on her clothes and walked out, and saw Yu'er fell to the ground trembling all over. "Yu'er?" "Sister..." Yu'er ran out from the warm pavilion in the palace without adding any clothes. The whole way was freezing, Long Baiyue hurriedly helped her into the palace, but Yu'er grabbed her, "Sister, help me..." "What's wrong?" "Queen, the queen swallowed the embroidery needle by mistake. The imperial doctors have been busy for most of the night, and there is nothing they can do..." Yu'er's lips trembled, and tears filled her panic-stricken eyes. will die..." "Which imperial physician sent you here?" A lazy and coquettish voice came from behind Long Baiyue, and Long Baiyue immediately turned around and bowed down: "For disturbing the princess's sleep, princess forgive me." Long Baiyue stepped aside, and Yu'er, who was sitting on the ground, saw Princess Yunyang—her black hair was like clouds, a sapphire blue golden flower cloak was casually draped over her shoulders, and her chest and neck were white and greasy under the apricot nightgown. Ivory has a delicate face like jade, but has cold eyes and mocking mouth corners.Yu'er had never seen such a noble beauty before, she was stunned for a while, and then kowtowed on the ground: "Return to the princess, there is no imperial doctor to invite the dragon doctor girl, she is a slave..." "It's you who are afraid of death and want to put a back on your shoulders, don't you?" Princess Yunyang smiled and watched her trembling on the ground. "No, it's not..." Yu'er was stunned, and said innocently, "Dragon Doctor's medical skills are better than that of the servant girl, and the servant girl thought that inviting her to go would have a better chance." "No matter how good her medical skills are, she can't be better than the imperial doctor, right? She is not the one who serves the queen, what does the turning point have to do with her?" Princess Yunyang turned sideways, no longer looking at Yu'er, but only squinting at Long Baiyue and asked, "You Well, what do you think?" "The servant is going." Long Baiyue replied with a blessing.Why does she not understand Yu'er's thoughts, if she gets rewards for her visits, she might have nothing to do with her; the reason why she came to invite her at this moment is because the risk is too great, and if she fails, she will be buried with her.However, she can't stay in the Cuiying Palace forever, even if there is a slight chance, she will go out and venture out. Princess Yunyang looked at Long Baiyue's firm expression with a half-smile, moved her body, and snorted coldly: "It's up to you." She turned around and walked into the palace. As she walked, she said to the maids at the side: "Give them a lantern and two cloaks. It's freezing to death in this damn weather..."
The place where the golden glazed tiles are located outside of Zhuhai is the queen's bedroom.Empress Jiaren was lying leisurely on the brocade couch at the moment, listening to the female historian beside her report the epitaph of Concubine Yan to her. "Well, remove the phrase proficient in female red, it's too petty, and change it to singing and dancing." Empress Jiaren Zhiyi smiled, and added, "Although Concubine Yan Gui suddenly coughed up blood and died while doing embroidery, but it is written that she is' It’s too much for the Weaver Girl to return to the sky, so it’s better to change it to ‘The Xuannv Returns to Serve Yaochi’.” Female Shi accepted the order obediently, rolled up the paperwork and withdrew.The maid on one side wanted to wait for the queen to take a nap, so she stepped forward and removed the palace lantern, and the light in the brocade tent dimmed suddenly, but in the darkness, Empress Jiaren said: "It's still early, help Ai's family get up." "Yes." The palace maid immediately blessed herself, supported the queen's hand outstretched from the brocade tent, and waited for her to get up. Empress Jiaren Shi Shiran got out of the bed. She was over forty years old. She was originally tall, but now she was even plumper.I saw the queen slowly walking to the water chestnut mirror, sat down, and glanced at the mirror, showing a smug smile.However, this smile froze when he suddenly found a silver thread in his temple. The long court lady on one side understood and stepped forward to help the queen pull out the silver thread, but she stopped her: "No need. Old age is old, avoiding this is even more ridiculous." "Yes, the queen is still very knowledgeable." Empress Jiaren smiled, and suddenly asked: "The female history was reported this morning, and Tong Jieyu, who is just pregnant, is Concubine Yan's younger sister?" "Yes, the queen has a good memory." "En," Empress Jiaren nodded, and smiled to the mirror, "Her sister just passed away, and the Ai family sympathizes with her grief. We must ask the Holy One to raise her rank." "Queen Rende." Empress Jiaren stared at her pupils in the mirror, observing how they shrank slightly, and couldn't help but tighten her eyelids—it was a matter of time before Tong Jieyu rose to rank, she was already full-fledged, and Concubine Yan Gui had just died, so she couldn't help it If it is convenient to move her, the evil in the belly can only be discussed after she is born... If it is a female fetus, it is her good fortune; if it is a male fetus, you have to find another way... Empress Jiaren looked at her eyebrows and eyes in the mirror again, and she couldn't find any fine lines, so she nodded in satisfaction.She picked up a golden phoenix hairpin, looked at the nail-sized round pearls on it, and the red and sapphire inlaid on it, and inserted it into her hair with satisfaction: "The past two days have been too clean." Aijia will not accompany that goblin Sujing... The maid hurriedly stepped forward to help, she stretched out her hand to protect the queen's bun, and carefully straightened out the trembling nine-phoenix tail of the gold hairpin.The maid on one side offered jujube tea, and Empress Jiaren took a sip, warm and palatable, and drank it slowly with the cup in her hand——The empress is virtuous, advocates thrift and cherishes blessings, and the harem has always been praised by all officials. Thinking of the twenty-four years since she became a queen, she has accomplished everything without leaking water, and she can't help but feel complacent. The action of drinking tea is a bit heroic, as if she is celebrating her achievements.From the corner of her eyes, she only had time to see the silver light in the reddish-brown tea water, and then the silver light had already traveled along the tea water to her throat.Empress Jiaren turned pale with fright, she wanted to stop swallowing, but her instinct could not be restrained, she saw that her throat moved and she swallowed an embroidered silver needle. The teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
It was already late at night when the door of Cuiying Hall was knocked open.Long Baiyue was woken up, she put on her clothes and walked out, and saw Yu'er fell to the ground trembling all over. "Yu'er?" "Sister..." Yu'er ran out from the warm pavilion in the palace without adding any clothes. The whole way was freezing, Long Baiyue hurriedly helped her into the palace, but Yu'er grabbed her, "Sister, help me..." "What's wrong?" "Queen, the queen swallowed the embroidery needle by mistake. The imperial doctors have been busy for most of the night, and there is nothing they can do..." Yu'er's lips trembled, and tears filled her panic-stricken eyes. will die..." "Which imperial physician sent you here?" A lazy and coquettish voice came from behind Long Baiyue, and Long Baiyue immediately turned around and bowed down: "For disturbing the princess's sleep, princess forgive me." Long Baiyue stepped aside, and Yu'er, who was sitting on the ground, saw Princess Yunyang—her black hair was like clouds, a sapphire blue golden flower cloak was casually draped over her shoulders, and her chest and neck were white and greasy under the apricot nightgown. Ivory has a delicate face like jade, but has cold eyes and mocking mouth corners.Yu'er had never seen such a noble beauty before, she was stunned for a while, and then kowtowed on the ground: "Return to the princess, there is no imperial doctor to invite the dragon doctor girl, she is a slave..." "It's you who are afraid of death and want to put a back on your shoulders, don't you?" Princess Yunyang smiled and watched her trembling on the ground. "No, it's not..." Yu'er was stunned, and said innocently, "Dragon Doctor's medical skills are better than that of the servant girl, and the servant girl thought that inviting her to go would have a better chance." "No matter how good her medical skills are, she can't be better than the imperial doctor, right? She is not the one who serves the queen, what does the turning point have to do with her?" Princess Yunyang turned sideways, no longer looking at Yu'er, but only squinting at Long Baiyue and asked, "You Well, what do you think?" "The servant is going." Long Baiyue replied with a blessing.Why does she not understand Yu'er's thoughts, if she gets rewards for her visits, she might have nothing to do with her; the reason why she came to invite her at this moment is because the risk is too great, and if she fails, she will be buried with her.However, she can't stay in the Cuiying Palace forever, even if there is a slight chance, she will go out and venture out. Princess Yunyang looked at Long Baiyue's firm expression with a half-smile, moved her body, and snorted coldly: "It's up to you." She turned around and walked into the palace. As she walked, she said to the maids at the side: "Give them a lantern and two cloaks. It's freezing to death in this damn weather..."