Chapter 2 Chapter Two

The moonlight outside was dim, too dim to see any brilliance, Qingying said in a low voice, "I'm afraid it's going to rain." Xin Xin said with concern: "My lord, stand under the eaves of the porch, if raindrops fall, I'm afraid you will be chilled." It just so happened that Su Xin led the imperial physician out, the imperial physician saw Qing Ying, gave a warm greeting and said, "My lord, I wish you well." Qingying nodded: "Get up. Is the master and empress healthy?" The imperial doctor hurriedly said: "Master, Madam Wan'an, it's just because of the hard work of handling the funeral ceremony for several days, and the sadness is too much. It only needs a few days, and it will be fine."

Qingying said politely: "I'm sorry for the embarrassment." Su Xin said: "The imperial doctor please hurry up, the empress is still waiting for your prescription and medicine." The imperial doctor Nuonuo agreed, Su Xin turned her face, smiled at Qing Ying, and said more politely: "If you go back to the young master, the master's wife is going to rest inside, I'm afraid I can't go to the hall to preside over the funeral ceremony tonight. Master Your Majesty has said, everything is up to you, my lord." Hearing what she said, Qingying knew that the Fucha family knew that Xiao Xiyue was not suitable for reuse, so she just relied on herself to deal with it, and hurriedly said: "Master, please rest in peace."

Qing Ying returned to the hall, the crying sound under the full hall has been much weaker, she knelt and cried for about a day, no one was tired.Qingying ordered the maids outside the hall: "The elder clan members, Fujin, are afraid that they will not be able to stay up all night, so you go to the imperial dining room and bring the stewed ginseng soup to the Fujins to drink. Please go to the side hall to rest, and please come over when Zishi cries loudly." The maids all agreed to go down, and when Xiyue saw it in the inner hall, her face was a little displeased.Qingying came in and said: "Just now I asked my younger sister to take care of everything for the master and empress, it's really hard for my younger sister."

Xiyue didn't make a sound, but just said indifferently: "You call me sister so fluently, in fact, in terms of age, I'm actually seven years older than you." Qingying knew what she was referring to, but she was in the hidden mansion. She was originally the number one Fujin, her name was clear, and her age was not her age.At the moment, he ignored it, and only smiled slightly: "Really?" Seeing that she didn't take it seriously, Xiyue was secretly angry, turned her face away and refused to talk to her again. After an hour, it was time to cry.The palace was silent, everyone endured the sleepiness and raised their spirits, for fear that the crying would not be effective, so they would be charged with "disrespecting the late emperor".The eunuch in charge of the ceremony shouted loudly: "My condolences—" Everyone waited for the concubines to take the lead and kneel down, and then they could burst into tears.

Because of Fucha's absence, Qing Ying began to cry, and was about to be the first to kneel down.Unexpectedly, Xiyue, who was standing a step beside her, knelt down first, mourning and crying. Xiyue's original voice was soft and beautiful, but when she cried, it became more clear and melodious, quite like singing three sighs, very sad.Even the little eunuchs who were standing far outside to serve did not feel sad. According to the order of positions in Qiandi, Xiyue should be behind Qingying, but Xiyue rushed in front of Qingying and mourned loudly. The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was stunned there for a while.

Gegesu Luyun from Qiandi was even more tongue-tied, and couldn't help but softly said: "Yue Fujin, this...Qing Fujin's ranking is above you." Xiyue ignored Su Shi's words at all, just knelt down and cried without moving. Qingying was humiliated in public, secretly angry in her heart, she just forcibly endured it and remained silent.Ying Xin's expression had changed, and she was about to step forward to speak, when Qingying secretly stopped her, and after glancing at Gegesu Luyun who was following behind, she knelt down slowly. Luyun understood, and immediately knelt down with Qingying, followed by Princesses one by one, and then Qingui Fujin, Mrs. Gaoming, court ladies and eunuchs, followed by Xiyue raised her right hand and bowed her ears to salute, crying in unison.

In the sound of mourning, Qingying stared at Xiyue's raised slender wrist, a string of emerald beads wrapped with silk red nasturtium lotus bracelets half exposed between the heavy plain sleeves, shining like spring water in the candlelight, piercing Her eyes hurt.Qingying bent down following the etiquette, looked at the exact same bracelet on her wrist, and bit her lips firmly. After the ceremony was over, half an hour later, Xiyue got up first, looked around everyone, and said: "Go and rest today, and salute tomorrow. Please come on time." He got up on his knees, held his hand, and walked out without saying a word.

Gegesu Lvyun has always been timid and fearful, silently put aside the maid's hand, and followed closely. Qingying was angry in her heart, she didn't even sit in the soft sedan when she left the palace gate, she walked faster and faster, until she reached the depths of the long street.Finally, Xin couldn't bear it anymore, and called out: "My lord, let's have a rest, my lord." Qing Ying stopped slowly, took a breath, and then felt a faint pain in her feet.When he turned around, he saw Luyun's temple hair slightly shaggy, panting delicately, and realized that he was walking too fast in a hurry, and he didn't even notice that Luyun was following behind.

Qing Ying smiled wryly, and said softly: "You have only given birth to the third elder brother for more than three months. Wouldn't it hurt you to follow me like this?" Seeing her frail body, Qing Ying couldn't bear it even more, "It's me No, I didn't realize you were following me." Luyun timidly: "Fan Fujin's words are serious, my body has nothing to do with it. But today... Sister Gao is so rude, how can I be good?" Qing Ying was about to speak, but she saw Jin Yuyan, who was sitting in a soft sedan chair, coming from Qiandi Gege. Jin Yuyan got off the soft sedan chair, approached with the maid's hand, smiled and said: "Zhensheng is good? The emperor and the master and empress always know about such a big event, let alone the queen mother. The grievances that Fujin suffered today , are you afraid that you will not have revenge?"

Qingying said softly: "My sister, what revenge is there, sister Yuyan is serious." Jin Yuyan had a blessing, and met Su Luyun again, Fang Nian said: "Sister also finds it strange, Sister Gao has always been gentle and pleasant, even if she used to be angry with Fang Fujin in the hidden mansion, but she didn't like it." That's not the case. Could it be that everyone's temper grows when they enter the palace?" Luyun hurriedly said: "Who has a good temper? Sister Yuyan is favored by the emperor, she can joke casually, but we dare not." Yuyan's winking eyes were like silk, and she said lightly: "When my sister mentions the word doting, my sister is ashamed of herself. Now there is a side Fujin, and the emperor's side Fujin is the one that is loved by thousands of people." She pretended to ponder, " Oops! Could it be that Sister Gao is thinking that after entering the Forbidden City, the side Fujin will be reunited with that family in Jingren Palace, and that she will be so disrespectful to the Emperor and Empress Dowager?"

Qingying was slightly serious: "The first emperor passed away, it was the time when the country was filial and the family was filial. Now, what do you say to love or not, is it the wrong time?" Luyun hurriedly withdrew her expression, and stood respectfully aside.Yuyan held her chin and said with a smile, "Ci Fujin has a good aura, but it's just this aura. If Fang can shoot at Sister Gao, it's enough to let Sister Gao know how powerful she is." Yuyan bent her knees and said, "Ye I'm so sleepy, I just entered the palace to have such a good show, are you afraid that there will be less in the future? My sister will leave first, and she has enough energy to wait and see." Yuyan walked away, seeing her like this, Luyun frowned unconsciously. Qingying persuaded: "Forget it. It's not that you don't know Jin Yuyan's temperament. Although she is of the same status as you, and her seniority in Qiandi is not as good as yours, she is the daughter of the Korean clan. , let's treat her more politely, and don't need to be angry with her." Luyun frowned: "Sister is right, why don't I know? Now the emperor wants to make her status more pleasant, and Tete has pointed out that Master Sanbao of Shangsiyuan is her adoptive father. No wonder she is even more extraordinary. " Qing Ying comforted: "I know that you are living with her, and it is inevitable that you are not happy. When the emperor canonize the sixth palace, he will give you a better palace sooner or later. Don't worry, you just gave birth to the third elder brother. Can't get past you." Luyun looked at Qingying worriedly: "Yue Fujin is the most gentle, gentle and considerate in front of the emperor, now that she has changed her temper once she enters the palace, what else can't be done?" Luyun looked at the long street corridor , the red wall is so high that it wants to crush people down, but she shrank her soft shoulders unconsciously, "Changdao Forbidden City has a haunted soul, haunting day and night, is it so powerful to change human nature?" In such a dark night, the moonlight is gone, and even the stars are not seen at all.I saw that the ridges of the palace were piled upon one another like distant mountains and ridges, with the potential to topple over, and the white paper lanterns of funerals were lit everywhere in the palace, like ghost fires, and people came and went in white clothes. It was really a desolate place like ghosts. Qingying shook Luyun's hand, and said gently: "My son is silent and strange. Luyun, you are still a little older than me, why are you trying to scare me? Not to mention Gao Xiyue's gentleness, it is against me. Your Majesty, but never against us." When Luyun heard this, she couldn't help smiling. Qing Ying looked at the strange Forbidden City, and said calmly: "Although you and I are both daughter-in-laws of the Forbidden City, and often visit the palace to pay their respects, it is the first time that we actually live here. Thinking about changing human nature, humans are better than ghosts." After all, they were busy all day long, and the two of them dispersed after talking. When Xiyue returned to the palace, she already felt sleepy.Xiyue sat down at the Hehefu fairy pear wood table, and immediately a maid came up with red dates and bird's nest, and said respectfully: "Young master is tired, use some bird's nest." Xiyue raised her face to signal the palace lady to put it down, then pulled out a few silver hairpins from her head and handed them to Mo Xin, her confidant servant, and said, "What a waste! It's dark and heavy, and it makes my brain ache." She said. He touched the jadeite bead-wrapped red gold lotus bracelet on his wrist, "Fortunately, this bracelet was given by the master and empress, so you don't have to take it off even if you are in mourning. Otherwise, looking at these gloomy colors all day long, you will be gone." angry." Mo Xin took the hairpin and put it on the dressing table, and took off the white silk flowers and pearls on the sideburns for Xiyue, and said with a smile: "My lord is born beautiful, even if she wears an ebony hairpin, she will still be beautiful. What's more Although this bracelet has the same items, the young master looks better than Qing Fujin when she wears it." Xiyue glanced at her, and said with a smile: "You can talk. Gorgeous and beautiful? Now there is Jin Yuyan. Doesn't the emperor love her for her unique beauty?" Mo Xin smiled: "No matter how beautiful and unique she is, she is just a lowly girl from a small country. What is it? The master's wife is weak, Su Luyun is cowardly, and the remaining few concubines are unattractive. The only one who can stand on an equal footing with the young master Yes, it’s just a Ulanara Qingying. It’s just that the young master has made a raft for her to see how long she can be proud!” Xiyue slowly scooped up two mouthfuls of bird's nest, and said with a slight smile: "In the past, she was always too proud to rely on the fact that she was the first emperor's filial piety to the empress and the niece and daughter of the empress of Jingren Palace, and was married to the emperor by the late emperor and the empress dowager. Now When the Empress Dowager gained power, both the late Emperor and Empress Xiao Jing had passed away, and the one from Jingren Palace had become her burden instead. Presumably, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor would not be perfunctory to her anymore." Mo Xin patted Xiyue's shoulder and said: "Isn't it true that slaves don't want to look at their master and empress?" Xiyue sighed: "Although I was always a Fujin in the past, and I was older than her, I was a princess when I entered the mansion. Although I was sealed as a Fujin later, in the eyes of others, I was not as good as her. How angry have I been? The same bracelet was originally a pair, but she and I have to be alone, and it doesn’t look as good as a pair together.” Mo Xin thought about her young master's future, and was quite happy: "That's not true. The young master's wrists are slender and fair, which is the most suitable for wearing jadeite. It's just her pride in the past, and now she has given her a good reputation, and she knows it. What matters to the side Fujin, what matters is the position in the harem and the favor of the emperor." Xiyue smiled softly, looked at Mo Xin approvingly, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "I did this while crying today, it's really risky. Is your news true?" Mo Xin smiled and said: "Young master, don't worry about it. It was Lian Xin who was next to the master and the lady who came to tell the slaves, saying that she heard what the emperor and the master and the lady said. Even if Lian Xin had ten thousand courage, she would not dare to let it go. Such a big lie!" Xiyue closed her beautiful long and narrow phoenix eyes, and said with a smile, "That's good."