Pei Luoan walked towards a remote courtyard in the East Palace with a gloomy face.
Even before I got close, I could already smell the strong scent of incense and candles in the air.
The gate of the courtyard was open. Pei Luoan waved his hand and took only one eunuch in. The guards were stationed on both sides of the courtyard.
"Your Highness!" A beautiful nun appeared at the door of the main house. Seeing the prince coming, she stepped aside and bowed, behaving graciously and appropriately.
She was about twenty years old, in the prime of her life. Even though she was only wearing a simple Taoist robe, she had an indescribable charm. What's more, she was very good-looking. She didn't look like a female Taoist nun, but rather a young lady carefully trained by a noble family. The Taoist robe made her look even more extraordinary.
It has a different charm!
"I'm here to take a look." Pei Luoan said with a gloomy face and walked inside.
The Taoist nun consciously stepped aside and waited for Pei Luoan to go in before following him into the room.
After entering the door, under the statue of the Three Pure Ones in the middle was the spirit tablet of Ji Hanyue. Three incense sticks were lit, with clear smoke rising up. There were two cushions on the ground, and a young Taoist nun was kneeling there with her head bowed.
Hearing the sound, he did not open his eyes and continued to kneel on the mat.
Pei Luoan didn't care. He took the three incense sticks from the Taoist nun, held them up with both hands, lowered his head, and bowed three times.
The ceremony was over, he placed the incense into the incense burner and waved his hand.
The Taoist nun pulled up the other nun on the cushion, and the two of them tactfully withdrew and waited outside the door.
Pei Luoan looked at Ji Hanyue's spirit tablet quietly. After a long while, he moved his stiff feet and turned to walk forward.
At the door, two young Taoist nuns bowed and respectfully saw him off...
"The Concubine Dowager has summoned you to the palace. You must be careful when you go." The lady admonished Qu Moying. She had just received the message from Concubine Dowager Qu and was unsure, so she called Qu Moying over to give him a warning.
The old lady was really worried about Qu Moying going to the palace. Such a big incident happened after Qu Qiuyan and Qu Moying entered the palace. Although it has been settled now, the old lady still has a knot in her heart.
If possible, she really didn't want to let Qu Moying enter the palace.
"Don't worry, grandma. Nothing will happen. I will go into the palace alone and will be more careful." Qu Moying comforted the lady.
The reason why the incident happened before was mainly because Qu Qiuyan had become a demon in there.
"That's good. Because of your incident before, I didn't dare to let you enter the palace. This time, since the Concubine Dowager has summoned you, you should give her a gift on my behalf. As she ages, she always has some physical deficiencies. What I asked you to bring into the palace are some medicinal herbs that I happened to have collected in the past."
The lady said.
Good medicinal herbs cannot be bought whenever you want, and they are hard to come by. The lady thought that Concubine Qu was old and might not need other things, and even if she gave them to her, she might not be happy with them. It would be better to give her some medicinal herbs to keep for her.
Of course, the Imperial Hospital in the palace also has medicinal herbs, but they are for all the nobles in the palace. Concubine Qu is an old concubine, and sometimes it may not be convenient for her to use them, or even if she uses them, they may not be good.
The lady pulled Qu Moying up and walked to the bed. She pointed to a large portion of medicinal herbs placed on the bed and said, "Take it over later. Bring it to the Concubine Dowager tomorrow and say hello to her for me."
"Grandma, I understand." Qu Moying nodded.
The lady pointed to another small pile.
Yao Yao said, "I prepared this for you. You are a junior, so you don't need much. Just the thought is enough."
One is the expression of gratitude from the lady on behalf of the Qu family, and the other is prepared for Qu Moying, a salute from the younger generation to the elder. The lady has already made arrangements.
In front of Qu Moying, he put in two gift boxes, stacked them up and let Qu Moying take them away.
Early the next morning, after Qu Moying greeted the old lady, he took Yu Dong and Nanny Yan to the Qu Mansion's carriage. The carriage followed the official road all the way to the palace gate.
The carriage stopped at the palace gate. Nanny Yan got off first and helped Qu Moying. Yu Dong was the last one to get off, holding two stacked gift boxes in his hands. The group walked towards the palace gate.
The guards at the gate raised their swords to stop them. Nanny Yan took two steps forward, explained her purpose, and took out the token of the palace where Concubine Qu was.
The guards checked and let him go.
Nanny Yan had something else to do, so she went ahead. Qu Moying and Yu Dong stayed behind and went over slowly.
Just as Nanny Yan left, someone else came to the palace road behind. Yu Dong looked back curiously and saw that they were also a master and servant, and it looked like a young lady with a maid.
When Yu Dong saw the veil on the young lady's face, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took a step forward, approached Qu Moying and lowered his voice and said, "Miss, the one coming behind seems to be the eldest young lady from the Fuguo General's Mansion."
Although he had never seen it before, it looked like not everyone had a veil like that. Apart from his own daughter, the only other person who could wear such a veil was the daughter of the general who assisted the country.
"Miss Liu is behind us?" Qu Moying didn't look back, but was also very surprised. This was really a coincidence.
"Yes, it seems they saw us, miss. They walked a little faster." Yudong looked back again and said.
From the palace gate outside the main gate to the palace gate behind it, there is a long palace road between the two palace gates, with high walls on both sides. I heard that there are arrowheads on them.
Walking in such a place, you will feel that the road is particularly long.
When I turned around, I could see only these four people at a glance.
Yu Dong had already turned back twice and was still speeding up his pace. Qu Moying sighed and had to slow down.
Sure enough, not long after, the footsteps became clearer. Qu Moying stopped and turned around to look. Sure enough, a woman with a veil came over with a maid, and her watery eyes narrowed slightly.
Although she had played Miss Liu before, this was the first time she had seen this one.
As they got closer, they could see more clearly. When Liu Lanxin saw Qu Moying and Yu Dong stop, she smiled gently, but her steps were not slow. She walked closer and stopped. After looking Qu Moying up and down, she asked with a smile, "Are you Miss Qu Si?"
"Yes!" Qu Moying turned sideways and saluted.
Liu Lanxin hurriedly returned the greeting, "My father is a general who assists the country."
"Ms. Liu?" Qu Moying was silent for a moment, as if he had just remembered her last name.
"Yes, I didn't expect that Miss Qu Si also knew my father." Liu Lanxin said with a smile.
"General Fuguo, the pillar of the country, who in the capital doesn't know him?" Qu Moying smiled slightly and said softly.
Liu Lanxin smiled again and asked gently, "Has Miss Qu Si's eye disease healed? The doctor there is very good at treating eye diseases. My previous eye disease has almost completely healed in just two or three years."
Qu Moying's eye disease sounds
It has been more than ten years since Liu Lanxin's eye disease began. She has only had it for two or three years, and looking at her current condition, it wouldn't be a hindrance even if she puts the veil on directly. She should be almost healed.
Qu Moying's veil was too wide and too big, and the sewn lines on it were tied to her forehead, covering her eyes and nose. Her veil was not as thin as Liu Lanxin's.
Comparing the two, Liu Lanxin's situation is indeed much better.
"Thank you, Miss Liu. My eye disease is not serious. I just need to take care of it." Qu Moying thanked with a smile.
"I heard that when Fourth Miss Qu returned home, she said that she was almost well. It has been several months now. How come she is still only almost well? Is the medicine she used not right?" Liu Lanxin asked with concern.
"No, it's just that it's better to keep it. Actually, it can be taken away." Qu Moying thanked her for her kindness again.
Seeing that she kept refusing, Liu Lanxin stopped talking about this topic and looked at the exit of the palace in front of her: "Did Fourth Miss Qu come to the palace to see Concubine Qu?"
"I dare not disobey the summons from Her Majesty the Dowager." Qu Moying answered politely.
"I was summoned by the Queen. In that case, let's go in together." Liu Lanxin invited.
If two people are heading in the same direction, they will naturally be together.
Along the way, Liu Lanxin seemed to have a special liking for Qu Moying and would ask Qu Moying about some things from time to time. But every time Qu Moying avoided answering, Liu Lanxin did not force him to answer. His words and actions were also very comfortable.
It’s just that Qu Moying spoke very little. She only gave simple answers after Liu Lanxin asked a few questions.
As they were talking, the two of them arrived at the gate of the inner palace. There were two eunuchs guarding the gate. They were much kinder than the two guards outside. After greeting them with a smile, they pointed to two sedan chairs on one side.
"Miss Liu, the red sedan was prepared for you by the Queen, and Miss Qu Si, the green one was prepared by Concubine Qu." The eunuch smiled and pointed at the two sedans on one side.
The red sedan was obviously a size larger, while the green one was much smaller, so it could just barely fit in. Qu Moying rode in this sedan every time he entered the palace, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
He nodded to Liu Lanxin and wanted to go over.
Liu Lanxin grabbed her sleeve and said, "Miss Qu Si, please wait a moment!"
"Miss Liu, is there anything else?" Qu Moying stopped politely and pulled his hand back slightly.
Liu Lanxin let go immediately: "Miss Qu Si, I was in a hurry and I was rude!"
"No problem!" Qu Moying said.
"Miss Qu Si's sedan is a little small, so it must be uncomfortable to sit in. Let's exchange them. I have a good constitution, but Miss Qu Si doesn't look very healthy!" Liu Lanxin said with a smile.
"I'm fine! Thank you, Miss Liu." Qu Moying shook his head and thanked him.
"Miss Qu Si, please take this one. This one is bigger, and it's stable and spacious inside." Liu Lanxin said with concern, and then explained, "I just arrived in Beijing and don't have many friends. The first time I saw Miss Qu Si, I inexplicably felt close to her and wanted to get closer to her."
"Me too!" Qu Moying smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
"Then Fourth Miss Qu, please exchange your sedan chair with me!" Liu Lanxin didn't expect Qu Moying to respond, and said excitedly. It seemed that she really wanted to exchange her sedan chair with Qu Moying.
The eunuch at the palace gate glanced at Qu Moying with a meaningful look...