Qiu Yilan staggered out of Ganli Palace, and Mrs. E Guoguo, who was waiting outside the palace, came up to her anxiously: "How is it? What can Bing'er say?"
"Prince Lu has recovered. The Queen Mother said that she hopes to leave Beijing within three days!" Qiu Yilan looked at her aunt who couldn't hide her anxious look. She was silent for a long time and then said calmly.
"Leave Beijing?" Mrs. E Guoguo muttered it several times, seeming to understand something. She looked sad, but then she breathed a sigh of relief and said to herself, "It's okay to leave. Lu Di is south of the country and the climate is not bad. Ice. I will recuperate there for a few years, and then..."
Both of them knew what was going to happen in the future, so this was not the right time to say it out loud.
"I'm sorry to bother you!" Mrs. E Guogong stopped in time and said gratefully to Qiu Yilan, "I urged this child to abdicate, which made this child hate me! Even her sister-in-law didn't want to see me. It's a good thing she still has you. Can you help me take a look... Otherwise, it's been two days and two nights, and I heard from the palace servants that she was short of water, and I felt... "
"What did my aunt say? The Queen Mother is your biological daughter. Even if you can't figure it out now, can you still remember it for the rest of your life?" Qiu Yilan felt that the blood in her body was boiling at this moment, and she didn't know whether it was cold or hot. She was in a panic. After a few perfunctory words, he said, "Maybe I was exposed to the sun for a while just now. I feel uncomfortable now and want to go back first. Look, aunt..."
"Go quickly!" Mrs. E Guogong, who was busy thinking about how to arrange her daughter in the future, noticed something was wrong with her face. She was startled and asked hurriedly, "Do you want me to take you to the palace gate? Or go to Zishen first. Take a rest?"
The children of the Jiang family have not yet been granted the title. Even if they were granted the title, most of the children of Duke Qin would become grandparents and would not be able to live in the palace. Therefore, in the current imperial city, apart from the Ganli Palace where Xin Fubing and his son lived temporarily, the only ones being used were Funing Palace where Jiang Qianchuan lived and Mrs. Tao - in the future it should be Zishen Palace where Queen Tao lived.
Considering the relationship between Qiu Yilan and Mrs. Tao, if she felt unwell when she entered the palace, it would definitely be okay to borrow a room in Zishen Palace to relax. That’s why the Duke of E proposed this.
Qiu Yilan narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a weak voice: "What my aunt said is true, but I don't know if it will delay my aunt's affairs?"
"I came into the palace today just to know about Bing'er, and she refuses to see me, so what can I do now?" Mrs. E Guogong sighed, stretched out her hand to support her, "Let's go!"
Although Mrs. Tao has already moved into the palace with her husband, she cannot be called a queen yet because the ceremony to enthrone her has not yet been held. In addition, she is not in good health, so she has not established rules for the harem. The order in the palace was a bit chaotic at the moment. Of course, although it was chaotic, she did not dare to neglect the Jiang family - Mrs. E Guogong simply called the chariot over and carried the two of them to Zishen Palace.
First, he went to the Beique Hall to explain the situation. The palace guards guarding here did not dare to neglect. While asking Qiu Yilan to go into the side hall to rest, he went to report to Mrs. Tao: After a while, the old lady sent a message, saying that it was Someone has been sent to the imperial doctor so that Qiu Yilan can be properly settled.
"How have you been with grandma these past two days?" Qiu Yilan leaned on the soft couch in the side hall and asked, panting slightly with her hand on her chest, "I want to pay my respects to grandma later?"
Just as the palace man was about to answer, the Duke of E said, "You are already like this. Don't scare her when you go to the second aunt! It's better for me to go pay her respects!"
Qiu Yilan nodded with a pale face: "Please ask my aunt to plead guilty on my behalf!"
After the Duke of E's wife left, the imperial doctor arrived quickly. After checking her pulse, she said she had heatstroke. Without prescribing any medicine, she asked the palace servants to go to the kitchen to get a bowl of mung bean soup: "After drinking this, young lady, drink more water and rest for half an hour." It should be fine!”
Qiu Yilan responded, thanked her, and waited uneasily for Mrs. E Guogong. After a while, Mrs. E Guogong came back. She hurriedly asked: "Grandma?"
"I'm so sleepy." Mrs. E Guogong said, wiping the sweat from her face with a handkerchief, complaining about the hot weather, and then continued, "You didn't talk to me much, so you can rest here in peace." Let’s go back. Anyway, Second Uncle... His Majesty is very busy now and has no time to come to Zishen Palace.”
Mrs. Tao is old and separated from Jiang Qianchuan a few years ago.
Not to mention that Jiang Qianchuan was busy with business right now, and it was impossible for him to come over to his wife's place to spend the night. Qiu Yilan's situation was really not good, so she didn't need to avoid spending the night in Zishen Palace.
"Aren't you too energetic?" Qiu Yilan thought thoughtfully.
Mrs. E Guo Gong misunderstood her meaning. She stopped wiping her face and sighed: "I know you are a good and filial child, but I still don't want to comfort her." She looked around and waited for everyone. After exiting, he whispered, "Bing'er is still here, but she doesn't want to see me. My heart feels like a knife being cut! What's more, your miserable Fourth Aunt and Yongfu..."
She shook her head, "Don't mention it. It's okay if you don't mention it. It will hurt your heart every time you mention it! Now at home, no one is allowed to say the word 'bing' or 'shao'!"
"Auntie said yes, I took note of it!" Qiu Yilan nodded casually and said, "Auntie, just now the imperial doctor asked me to rest here for a while. If you have something at home, why not go back first?"
Mrs. E Guo Gong asked what happened and said, "Since the medicine has not been prescribed, it seems that it is nothing serious and there is no need to rest for a long time. I will go with you!"
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint my aunt." Qiu Yilan said with a bitter smile, "I'm okay lying down right now, but I feel dizzy when I stand up. I think the two children are not doing well in the past two days, so I got up and coaxed them several times in the middle of the night. I'm feeling a bit unwell, and now that I'm exposed to the sun again... I won't be able to leave until evening. Auntie, I'd better go back first. My uncle and cousin must also be anxious to know what's going on in Ganli Palace, right?"
Mrs. E Guo Gong also wanted to go back early to tell her husband and son about her daughter, but when she said this, she made things easier: "Okay, I'll leave first. Fortunately, this is now the second aunt's place, and you are familiar with it. "
"Yes, we are familiar with it. Don't worry, aunt." Qiu Yilan watched her leave with a smile, and the smile disappeared little by little: "Can I not be familiar with it?" Jiang Tianluan lived in this Zishen Palace when he first came here. He regarded Jiang Yashuang as his own son, and even she, his niece-in-law, had no taboos about coming in and out.
Princess Yongfu, Jiang Tianluan's only biological daughter, had a lively personality. In the past, she often took her cousin-in-law around with her. Later, her owner was Xin Fubing, and this best friend never knew her at all - Zi Shen Palace Bei Que Palace, In the eyes of ordinary people, the queen's residence is glorious and noble, but to Qiu Yilan, it is no more unfamiliar than Mrs. Tao's residence in the Duke of Qin's palace.
How could she not be familiar with it
So shortly after Mrs. E Guogong left, she called someone in and said, "I'm dizzy. I want to listen to the doctor and take a nap. Don't come in and disturb me."
After everyone was sent out, she was left alone in the palace. However, she quickly pushed the jade pillow into the thin quilt, then pulled down the shawl and stuffed it in. She pretended that someone was sleeping wrapped in the quilt and put down the tent hook. , walked to the back of the side hall, opened some windows slightly and looked around. When he saw no one was there, he quickly took it out and turned around to cover it up.
"Chu Shao was seriously ill. In order to abdicate, the imperial doctor gave him an injection to stimulate his potential. Although the ceremony was successful, he couldn't survive it!"
"In order to prevent the world from talking about Jiang's murder of the young emperor Rui, even though Chu Shao died, the Queen Mother Rui still had to take her son to live in Lu. She had to wait until no one paid attention to the young emperor, and the news of his death , to spread the word!”
"Before, I always thought it was very suspicious that my grandmother stayed at home after my father came back. The day before yesterday, my grandmother moved into the Zishen Palace in full view of the public, so I dispelled this doubt... But now I think about it, is my grandmother really still alive? Can Prince Lu be captured? Why can’t grandma pretend?”
Of course there are many people in Beijing who have met Mrs. Tao - but the old lady has just lost her daughter and granddaughter. Under the huge blow, it is not surprising that there are some changes in appearance, behavior and speech.
Especially now that she has become taciturn and dislikes meeting people, it is even more natural!
"My grandmother fell ill after hearing the bad news. I visited her several times in those days, but she was dying every time - but she was unwilling to do so and insisted on seeing my father in person to find out!"
"Later, when my father came back, he went to see my grandmother. Although I don't know what he told my grandmother, but... my grandmother didn't have any trouble after that. She didn't even have an outbreak... "
Qiu Yilan avoided the palace guards everywhere and walked toward the main hall. The sun was burning hot on her body, but her heart was cooling down little by little. "Could it be that the grandmother in the main hall is the same?!"
Carefully climbing over the railing, she was about to sneak into the main hall just as the two palace attendants passed by, when suddenly a heavy cough sounded from behind her!
Qiu Yilan was shocked. She turned around and clasped in her hand a pearl that she had plucked from her hairpin when she left the side hall!
But after turning her head to see the person behind her, her whole body froze - after a few breaths, she reluctantly pressed the pearl back from her fingers to her palm, folded her lapels, bowed her head and said, "Daughter-in-law, pay homage to my father! "
"Do you want to visit your grandmother?" I don't know when I noticed that Jiang Tianchi was wearing a golden crown and purple robe. She was standing with her hands behind her hands. Her eyes were sharp and unhappy. Resting in the side hall? Why are you so sneaky here all of a sudden? "
Calculating his age, he was already over fifty years old. The soil and water in Northern Xinjiang did not support people, and he had fought his way out of the army with swords and arrows, so his face had a vicissitude of life. However, the appearance inherited from Jiang Qianchuan's sword-browed eyebrows and starry eyes still remains majestic.
Especially since he has been the commander-in-chief for a long time and is not angry at himself. Even though Qiu Yilan had been scolding him in his heart these days, he still felt guilty when he was caught trying to peek into the Queen's chamber in person - but then he thought of Chu Shao just now. Guilt was replaced by disgust, so he said lukewarmly: "To answer my father's question, my wife feels better now, so she wants to see grandma. She is afraid of disturbing grandma's lunch break, so she wants to take a sneak peek! "
"Your grandmother is still asleep and hasn't gotten up yet." Jiang Tianchi glanced at her lightly and said, "Since you are well, go back first - your grandmother is not short of people to take care of her, but my two little grandchildren, listen. Are you saying that these two days are not good? You are so considerate as a mother!"
"...Yes!" She could hear the knock in his tone. The important point was that since he had stopped her, Qiu Yilan knew that it was impossible to prove whether Mrs. Tao was real or fake, so she had to leave in frustration, "Daughter-in-law, I obey my father's order." !”
She didn't know that when she was ready to leave, Jiang Yadan came out from behind Jiang Tianchi and asked anxiously: "Father, what is this?"