When Qingxiang came over to call Wansu, Wansu was sitting in the small waiter talking to the young eunuch De Lian who was waiting on the waiter.
"Sister Wansu, the Queen Mother please come over."
Wan Su stood up when she heard the word "Queen Mother" and nodded in agreement: "Thank you for making the trip yourself." She then pointed to a copper kettle on the stove and asked: "How good is the tea here?"
Delian said: "Sister Wan Su, you are already well. You can just take her."
Wan Su wiped her hands, and a little palace maid in front of her hurriedly went over to pick up Wan Su. After the first one and the first one went out of the tea room, Li Wei was not in the Linglong Pavilion, the study room, the side hall, or the Nuan Pavilion. She went straight to the dormitory where Li Wei lived.
She took the copper pot from the hands of the little palace maid, tiptoed open the curtain and went in. She saw Li Wei leaning on the doorstep reading a book. She walked over, scalded the tea bowl on the table with boiling water, and gave it to Li Wei again. He poured a cup of tea slightly and held it up: "My queen, please try the new Mingqian tea this year."
Li Wei took the tea bowl, opened the lid and took a look. The green tea soup was very beautiful, but she did not drink it immediately. She raised her eyelids and said, "There is an embroidered pier over there, you can sit on it."
Wan Su became more and more uneasy. The Queen Mother hardly wanted her to serve in front of her these days. She was suddenly called here and there was no one else around. She felt a little uneasy in her heart. But then she thought again that she was the old man in front of the Queen Mother. Serving the Queen Mother these years has been hard work and no credit, so what should she be afraid of
After Wan Su sat down, Li Wei also closed the book, sat upright, and said to Wan Su: "The late emperor has left, and the emperor is still young. There have been constant famines since last year, and there are many troublemakers in the border areas. There is no peace in the world. I asked the director of Qin Tianjian, and he said that maybe there was too much resentment in the palace, so he punished the world. He suggested that I let a group of palace ladies go home. I also thought about it carefully. I think this is a good idea. We at Chongqing Palace should set an example in this matter."
Wan Su was confused, was the Queen Mother trying to drive her away? But why? She entered the Shangshu Mansion when she was ten years old. Later, the madam assigned her to serve as the servant of the third girl, and then she followed her into the palace. There were four maids who entered the palace at the beginning, and now she is the only one left. It's down.
Wan Su suddenly understood why the Queen Mother kept pushing her away these days and why she was always so cold towards her recently. She knelt down in front of Li Wei with a pop, and begged hard: "The Queen Mother, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life, and I don't want to go anywhere."
Li Wei went over to help her up with his own hands, took her hand and said: "You are my best maid. Thanks to you being by my side these years, but you are already twenty-two, you are really not young, how can you You will be buried in the palace for the rest of your life. I hope you can live a normal life, marry someone, have children, and live your own life."
Li Wei spoke truthfully, but Wan Su shook his head with tears in his eyes and said, "Please be kind to the Queen Mother, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to serve you."
Li Wei sighed in embarrassment: "What a dandy, I am the Queen Mother, Chongqing Palace must set an example first. Not only you, we Chongqing Palace and other maids must also be released. The people who are serving you are too It needs to be simplified. I will give you a generous reward and let you go back in glory. Don't you have a brother? I will also arrange for your father to be properly arranged. What else do you have to worry about? "
"I..." Wan Su burst into tears, like a dam bursting, and then knelt down in front of Li Wei.
Li Wei would be worried day and night if Wan Su was not dealt with. This reason is high-sounding enough, and it will not make the enemies hiding in the dark suspicious.
In addition to Wan Su, Li Wei listed eight more names as people to be released from the palace this time. Seeing that the Queen Mother had already begun to take action, other palace members had no choice but to respond and cooperate with the Queen Mother.
Ningkang Palace, Yongshou Palace, Yihe Palace and other places also submitted lists. Li Wei said that he would give generous rewards to these people who were sent out of the palace, and at the same time, their families would be properly accommodated.
In response to this kindness, many people who left the palace came to Chongqing Palace to kowtow to Li Wei. Li Wei asked Qingxiang to move the black lacquered official suitcase inlaid with mother-of-pearl from her warehouse.
After a while, Qingxiang actually brought a small official suitcase. Li Wei asked her to put the box on the table, and Qingxiang handed over the key. Li Wei opened the lock himself, and there was a box full of jewelry inside. They were all made or given as gifts over the years, including gold and silver, precious stones, and emeralds. There were hundreds of pieces in the box. number. She reached out and took out a brocade box. Inside was a emerald phoenix with a golden pearl in its mouth. The pearl was the size of a dragon's eye. It is this golden bead that is something extraordinary. This was a gift from the late emperor. Li Wei wore it twice and then put it down. Such a piece of jewelry is worth a hundred taels of silver. It was so difficult when I was in Yongning, worrying about the registration fee of 100 yuan. If there is such a thing, I am afraid that it can be exchanged for dozens of times the registration fee.
She put down the emerald phoenix, and then took out a long box. Inside was a filigree gold hairpin inlaid with gems. She put the box aside. He also casually dug out a few pieces of jewelry, including tourmaline rings, mutton-fat white jade bracelets, and red musk wrist beads, and collected twelve pieces of them. Then he handed the pile of things to Haruka and told her: "Take these things and record them, and give them all to Wan Su. Let her go with dignity."
Haruka agreed and asked the maids on her left and right to take down all the things on the table.
Li Wei saw a big red brocade round box underneath. She picked it up. Inside was a gemstone necklace. A rose the size of a wine glass was hanging on the silver chain. The petals were all made of densely scattered rubies. A chain several inches long was hanging from a petal below the rose. On the chain was an emerald the size of a fingernail. On both sides of the rose were red lotuses, and the petals were also made of tiny gemstones. It sparkled under the light. Just this necklace was a priceless treasure.
Lan Hui walked in and saw Li Wei holding the necklace and looking at it. She came up and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager, this was a filial gift to the regent when you and Ji were in the same year. I have never seen you wearing it. I have always kept it in this box. It's a pity." Such a treasure.”
"It's from the Prince Regent, are you sure?"
Lan Hui nodded with a smile and said: "I am sure, I am not wrong. This necklace is special. It is both ruby and emerald. It is very precious. It is a pity that the empress has never worn it."
She likes roses because the yard where she lived at home was full of roses, and the name of the yard is also related to this flower. He'd always known it, he'd known it since she was only fifteen.
(End of chapter)