Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven Pipa

The queen was telling Su Xin, but she heard the eunuch's characteristic high-pitched communication voice from outside: "Concubine Hui has arrived——" The queen nodded: "Let's pass it on." I saw the brocade curtain of the flower embroidered mantle among the white vines move lightly, the cold wind poured in from outside, and a beautiful woman walked in Yingying, Su Xin had already knelt down first: "Hui Guifei Wanfu Jin'an." Concubine Hui quickly smiled and said: "Get up quickly. When you meet each other every day, don't have so many rules."

Saying that the maid Mo Xin took off the cloak, Concubine Hui lightly blessed her body: "Greetings to the Empress Empress, my empress is blessed and safe." The queen smiled hurriedly and said, "Give me a seat. This palace is also what you said - if you meet each other every day, don't have so many rules." Concubine Hui thanked her, sat down on the bat-patterned pear blossom wooden chair, and then said with a smile: "I just woke up from a nap, thinking that the day will be long, so I came to talk to the empress, didn't you bother the empress?" The queen smiled and said: "I was talking about you, so you came." She looked at Concubine Hui, although the weather was cold, Concubine Hui changed into a cotton brocade robe with pink thick satin embroidered with orchids and osmanthus. Underneath is a pink embroidered damask skirt with folded branches and flowers, and the movement is like peach blossoms overflowing with endless spring flowers.She wore a dark pink ermine jacket with flowers on her outside, the collar and cuffs were inlaid with blue and white ermine trims inlaid with the word "Fushou". Amethyst tassels hanging from a gilt phoenix hairpin with two wings spreading flat on the jet-black hair bun made her face even more pink like a newly blooming peach blossom.

Concubine Hui was curious: "What did the queen say about the concubine?" Seeing that Su Xin brought some tea, the Queen said, "I said that it has snowed a few times and it has turned cold. You are the most afraid of the cold. As expected, you are even wearing wind-haired clothes. If it is the first month of the lunar year Well, what should I wear?" Concubine Hui held the copper flower basket in her hand and refused to let go for a moment: "The empress knows me. I have always been cold and cold. In winter, I can't stand the cold. I feel cold all day long. Just wear what you have."

Mo Xin smiled and said: "The empress doesn't know. Although it is said that we will be on the ground dragon in November, our little master is still unbearably cold. We hold the hand stove all day long and step on the foot stove." .” The queen sighed and said: "You are young, and you should take good care of it. Now it is no better than when you were in the mansion. Is there any good doctor? Just look at it. Take good care of your body, and give it to me like a pure concubine. It would be good for the emperor to add an older brother." Speaking of the heirs, Concubine Hui felt a little sad, and hurriedly lowered her head and responded softly.

The queen called Lian Xin to come forward, and said: "I remember that in the storehouse of Changchun Palace, there is a black fox fur tribute from General Jilin. The emperor just rewarded it, so you go and get it." Lian Xin hurriedly retreated, the queen saw Both sides are confidantes, Fang Ken said sincerely, "Actually, you are older than this palace, and you have served the emperor for a long time. To put it bluntly, the emperor also lives in your palace the most. No movement at all? You should pay attention to it." Concubine Hui's eyes turned red, and she said in a low voice: "When the queen said this, she was full of love for my concubines, and all the concubines knew it. But the imperial physician has been taking care of it, and the emperor personally appointed the imperial hospital to judge Mr. Qi, so I can't help but say it carefully. Look at it. It's just that the concubine's own fortune is poor."

The empress sighed, feeling deeply: "There are only three elder brothers under the emperor's knees. Needless to say, the second elder brother in this palace. The elder brother and the third elder brother are of ordinary background. How much I expect you to be able to do the same." Needless to say, there is an elder brother who is smart and intelligent, and the second elder brother also has a companion. That is the real brother!" Concubine Hui was full of gratitude when she heard these words, she hastily knelt down, and said with tears in her eyes, "The Empress has always cared for my concubines, and all the concubines know about it. With such heartfelt words from the empress, it is difficult for the concubines to repay the empress even if they die." I love you."

The queen quickly helped her up and said: "If this is the case, it is alienation. I have been with you for many years, and it is only because I hit it off that I treat you like a sister." She looked up and saw Lian Xin holding the black fox fur in her hand , the queen said, "Leave it to Mo Xin, I will give it to Concubine Hui." Concubine Hui knew that there are "first-grade black foxes, second-grade mink, and third-grade fox mink" for fur goods. She also saw that the fur of the fox fur was as dark as ink, except for a bright silver beard on the top. The whole leather was smooth and smooth. , and it is also the tribute of General Jilin, only one or two pieces a year. I know that it is a first-class good product, so I thanked him quickly: "How dare my concubine use such a precious thing? It was rewarded by the emperor to the empress. .”

The queen said softly: "Since the emperor rewarded me, I can be the master. Just keep it. Tomorrow, I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make some warm clothes. It won't be a waste to warm myself up." Concubine Hui thanked her repeatedly, and Fang ordered Mo Xin to take it carefully.The empress turned to the fox fur with clear eyes, and suddenly sighed: "Actually, the things I give you, no matter how good they are, are nothing more than tributes. But there is no black fox this year, and it will always be returned next year and the year after. Yes. How can it compare to others, even a plaque hanging in the palace was bestowed by the emperor himself."

Concubine Hui seemed puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "What plaque?" The queen was about to answer, but after thinking about it, she waved her hand: "Forget it, what's the important thing, I just said it casually." Concubine Hui saw that she would rather keep things at peace, and was even more unwilling to relax: "Does your empress have something to hide from even my concubines?" Seeing that the tea in Concubine Hui's cup was no longer steaming, Su Xin hurriedly added some water, thinking: "Your Majesty, why are you trying to hide this from the young master? I'm just afraid that if I say it, it will only add to my anger, so I'm too lazy to talk too much. The servant girl can't rub the sand in her eyes. This morning, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported back and forth, saying that the emperor wrote a letter to Concubine Xian's Yanxi Palace, and Concubine Xian hastily ordered someone to make a golden lacquer plaque and hang it on it In the main hall. In fact, the emperor rewards whoever is not rewarded, but she is so clever that she insists on hanging in the main hall for fear of being invisible. Do you think that you will be favored by this? In fact, slaves see, Even if the emperor wants to bestow a hanging plaque, it should be in the empress and the lord's palace first, so where will it be her turn?"

Concubine Hui gritted her teeth lightly, and said with a sneer: "I thought that the emperor didn't call her to sleep with her these days, so she would be more peaceful. It turns out that she still has this aggressive character. I don't believe it, It's just the emperor's pen, a plaque is so difficult." She got up and left in a hurry. The queen looked at her back, just smiled faintly, and said: "I am thinking about the second elder brother, you take the clothes that I sewed for the second elder brother with my own hands, and let's go to the elder brother's place."

Su Xin said: "Didn't the House of Internal Affairs send you some useful clothes this morning? The slaves look pretty good, the lady always stays up all night making clothes for the second elder brother, so I should take care of myself." The queen glanced at the pile of colorful clothes, and shook her head coldly: "I don't trust the things sent by others, no matter how good they are. I'd rather work hard on my own, and feel more at ease even if you handle them." Su Xin was stunned when she heard the words, and agreed: "Your servant understands."