Concubine Qu slept for a long time. Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan had already had lunch in the side hall before Concubine Qu got up.
She looked much better after this sleep. After the palace maid served her half a bowl of porridge, she summoned Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan to come in.
Qu Moying followed Qu Qiuyan in. As soon as he entered the door, he glanced over and immediately saw the incense burner over there. Although it was not lit, the incense sticks had been inserted. It seemed that it had been taken out a long time ago.
"This sleep is much more relaxing than before. It seems that I really need to walk more. I didn't walk enough before, and I have no appetite. Not only do I not want to take medicine, I can't even muster the energy to eat."
Concubine Qu had already washed and dressed again, and was leaning on the bed, looking much better than before.
Qu Moying glanced at Concubine Qu's face. Actually, Concubine Qu was listless before, but it wasn't because she didn't walk around. The main reason was that Concubine Qu saw no hope and felt that she was doomed. How could she have the strength to walk? Now she seemed to feel hope again, and her whole mental outlook was completely different from before.
It seemed as if he had gotten much better all of a sudden.
In fact, it's not much better, but the most important thing now is to give her confidence, let her feel that this disease is not a serious one, it just needs to be treated slowly, so that she won't collapse.
After he stepped forward and bowed, he placed his hand on hers and after feeling her carefully, he smiled happily and said, "The Concubine Dowager is really getting much better."
"Are you really much better?" Concubine Qu asked in surprise. It was obvious that she trusted Qu Moying very much.
"Of course it is real, but I still can't tell specifically. Her Majesty, please ask the imperial physician to come and take a look. They should be the ones who can tell the difference best." Qu Moying said with a smile.
The concubine nodded repeatedly, her mood was completely different from the last time she met Qu Moying, she seemed full of vitality.
Qu Qiuyan was sitting on the side, and when she saw the Concubine Dowager talking to Qu Moying affectionately, she felt depressed and twisted the handkerchief in her hand tightly. She thought, they were also nieces, so why did Concubine Qu ignore her when she was talking, and even turned her back to her, while Qu Moying was talking so affectionately.
But no matter how jealous she was, Qu Qiuyan knew that she couldn't act rashly because this was not the Qu Residence.
After waiting for a long time, Qu Moying and Concubine Qu talked for a while. Concubine Qu was a little tired. Qu Qiuyan interrupted with a smile: "Since the Concubine is tired, Fourth Sister, we will take our leave first!"
She didn't want to stay any longer.
"Don't be in a hurry. Come here and give the reward!" The Queen Mother was in a good mood. She shook her hand and said with a pleasant face.
A palace maid walked in. She looked older than the other palace maids. When she came in, she walked differently from other palace maids. Qu Moying had never seen this palace maid before. She must have come in after he left. His eyes slightly raised, and he deliberately looked at her a few more times.
"Madam Dowager, I have prepared two copies according to your instructions, one for Miss Qu Si and one for Miss Qu San."
The palace maid came in and bowed to Concubine Qu with a smile, then pointed to the two little palace maids who came in behind her. Each of the two palace maids held a tray with two jewelry boxes on it. The palace maid first pointed to the one in front, and then to the one behind.
This means that the first one is Qu Moying's gift, and the second one is Qu Qiuyan's gift.
It can be seen that the two gifts are different.
She was obviously the older sister, but she fell behind Qu Moying. Concubine Qu was really biased and had no manners. Qu Qiuyan was already very unhappy before she even saw the gift.
He took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart.
"You two are both daughters of the Qu family, and you are also my late
"You are my dearest sister. Please come to the palace often to see me. I am alone in the palace, and there are no other younger generations from my mother's family. I like you young girls very much." Concubine Qu sighed, "I feel much better when I am with you. I am no longer depressed. When people get old, they sometimes think a lot, especially about things outside the palace."
"You are not old, you are just sick. You used to be in the best health. When the Queen Mother was here, she always praised you! The time when you had a meal with the Queen Mother, you ate two bowls at once, and the Queen Mother was shocked!" The maid laughed and said jokingly, "Many young ladies are not as good as you, Queen Mother!"
This made the Dowager Concubine laugh. She gently covered her lips with a handkerchief and scolded with a smile: "You only know how to make me happy! I was really hungry at that time. I accompanied the Dowager Concubine for so long, but she didn't give me any food. I finally got to eat, but I had to eat more!"
"I'm not kidding you, this is the truth. Apart from this, there are other young nobles walking with you, but in the end, you still won!"
The palace maid smiled and gave another example.
The Queen Mother was very pleased with what she said. She nodded repeatedly, then showed a trace of regret: "It happened, but it was a long time ago."
"It's not a long time at all. It's just a few months! The Dowager Concubine has recovered from her illness and can now compete with other young nobles in leg strength." The palace maid said jokingly.
These few words made the Concubine Dowager laugh so hard that she couldn't stop. She looked at Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan, pointed at the maid affectionately and said, "This is Hanyu, the senior maid beside me. If you have any problems in the palace in the future, you can look for her. She is usually a lazy person, but she can talk a lot!"
"Greetings, Fourth Miss Qu and Third Miss Qu." Han Yu did not refute, but smiled and walked forward to greet the two young ladies of the Qu family.
Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan both stood up in a hurry: "Aunt Hanyu, you are too polite."
The senior maids in the palace are often addressed as aunts.
"The two young ladies should come to see the Queen Concubine more often in the future. The Queen Concubine is always very happy when she talks about the two young ladies. She always says that the two young ladies are the smartest and most promising, and are also the Queen Concubine's family members." Han Yu was the kind of person who could talk, and she smiled as she spoke.
"Aunt Hanyu, you are so kind!"
"Okay, okay, send the gift out quickly. How long will it take if you don't send it now?" The Concubine Dowager said with a smile. It seemed that the Concubine Dowager had special trust in Aunt Hanyu.
Hanyu smiled and nodded, without further ado, she ordered the palace maid to go forward and pay her respects to the two young ladies.
The palace maid brought the gifts to them. Both of them thanked her and asked the maid behind them to take them.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Qu Moying stood up and said goodbye to Concubine Qu.
Concubine Qu originally wanted to keep them to talk, but at this moment the eunuch came to report that the imperial physician had come to take her pulse again. After thinking about it, she sighed helplessly and decided not to keep them any longer.
“My Lady Dowager, you should walk around more often in the future, go to places with fresh air, and open the windows sometimes. You can’t stay in the room all the time. If you keep staying in the room like this, you will get sick even if you are not sick.” Qu Moying pointed with her finger, as if she had just discovered the incense in the incense burner, and said in surprise, “This… why was it put in again?”
Concubine Qu's eyes followed Qu Moying's hand and saw it, then she looked up at Hanyu and her face darkened, "Did you ask someone to bring in this incense burner?"
"When I came in, I couldn't smell the Jingxin incense. I asked the palace maid and she said it was accidentally dropped, so she asked someone to bring it back, but it didn't light up. If the Concubine didn't sleep well, I would light it again. Fortunately, the Concubine slept very soundly. I thought it was no big deal, so I didn't light it. What's wrong with this incense burner?"
Hanyu was surprised
He looked at Concubine Qu and explained.
The incense was not lit, and this was reasonable.
Qu Moying's gaze fell on the ground. He seemed to notice Hanyu's words, but also seemed not to notice them. He only saw Hanyu's feet standing firmly on the ground without any panic movements, and his eyes became deep.
"There's nothing wrong, but the incense in this incense burner doesn't smell that pleasant anymore. Ask someone to take it away. From now on, for the sake of air circulation, I won't light incense here. Pull up the curtains from time to time to let the room get some fresh air, and I'll get some fresh air too."
Concubine Qu would not really make things difficult for the senior palace maid beside her because of the incense issue.
"Yes, I'll send someone to take it down right away." Han Yu smiled softly, stretched out her hand to call a eunuch to come over, and took the incense burner out again.
When it passed in front of Qu Moying, a wisp of fragrance was very soothing and indeed helped to calm the mind. However, Qu Moying keenly sensed that this fragrance was somewhat different from the one just now. At least the smell he had imagined seemed to be gone.
My eyes fell on the incense in the incense burner. It was exactly the same, not a single bit different!
But it has actually been changed.
Concubine Qu asked Hanyu to send the two sisters of the Qu family to the door. Hanyu told them to come to see the Concubine Queen in a few days. The Concubine Queen's place was quiet and peaceful. She didn't think much of it before, but now she especially wanted to see the sisters of the Qu family talking and chatting here. As she got older, she liked the hustle and bustle.
After Qu Moying and Qu Qiuyan agreed with a smile, they said goodbye to Hanyu and got on the sedan chair at the palace gate. This was the sedan chair that Concubine Qu specially asked the palace to prepare for them. Concubine Qu's palace was too far away from the palace gate. If calculated from the central axis of the palace, it was at least the most remote place, in the corner.
There are basically no noble concubines in this area, and some palaces are even empty, giving it a very desolate feeling.
But in fact, you can reach the lively places in the palace by going from the other side of Concubine Qu. In order to take a shortcut, several eunuchs took the direct road out. Although it was not the central axis, the road was not small and went all the way to the palace gate.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Yu Dong helped Qu Moying get off the palace sedan, and then followed Qu Qiuyan out of the palace gate.
After going out of the second door and getting outside, Yu Dong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his carriage was still parked there. He had been worried all the way, fearing that something might happen.
A group of people got on the carriage, and they were still in the state of you ignoring me and I ignoring you. After getting on the carriage, everyone closed their eyes to rest. The carriage turned a corner and headed towards Qu Mansion.
There was no delay along the way. When they arrived at the parking lot inside the Qu Mansion, the carriage stopped. The two sisters got off the carriage and walked out of the lady's yard.
The lady dowager had been waiting for them for a long time. When she saw them come in, she first asked about Concubine Qu's illness. She then said that Concubine Qu was in much better condition now. The lady dowager felt relieved and then asked about what happened to the two of them in the palace.
Qu Qiuyan just said she was going for a walk and didn't meet anyone. Qu Moying said she didn't leave the palace, so it was impossible for her to meet anyone.
The lady was quite satisfied with the two people's replies. After asking about the situation clearly, she told them to go back and rest. Although they had to ride in a sedan chair and a carriage to and fro, they were still worried and no one felt it was tiring.
When Qu Moying returned to Qianyueju, Nanny Yan was already waiting there. She had left the palace earlier, so naturally she arrived a little earlier than Qu Moying.
"Miss, there is a gift from Duke Qi's residence." After Qu Moying sat down, Nanny Yan came forward to report that this was something she had seen when she came in just now. When she heard that it was for Miss, she took it directly and brought it in through the gate...