Li Helan's proud and frantic laughter echoed in the warm pavilion, and the queen mother and concubine Yun also laughed, leaning back and forth, as if they had seen the most interesting thing.
Princess Tana's laughing Tatar words burst out, pointing at Qin Yining and grumbling. The Queen Mother couldn't understand what she was talking about, but they thought it was even more funny!
Seeing this situation, Bingtang and Jiyun cried out anxiously. Ji Yun got up and was about to rush forward, but was pulled by Bingtang.
"No, you can't ruin the princess' affairs. If you rush over now, won't the princess' previous patience be in vain? We are soft-spoken and offend the queen mother, the master will try to protect us!"
Ji Yun knelt down slowly again, she knew that Bingtang was right, but seeing Qin Yining being so humiliated in public, she couldn't do anything...
If only the lord was here! The lord will definitely tear up this group of shreds!
Qin Yining was not as excited as the two maids, she turned a deaf ear and still gave the standard three-kneeling and nine-kowing salute towards the Qianqing Palace.
She didn't know how long she had done the salute, and she forgot how many times she had kowtowed. She only knew that her legs and knees were numb, and she kept repeating the phrase "Long live the Holy Spirit", even His voice was a little hoarse.
She knew that she couldn't resist, as long as the queen mother had enough fun, today's level would be over. If any handle falls, it may become the reason for Li Qitian to punish her.
"Forget it, I'm tired of watching Aijia."
After a long time, the queen mother covered her mouth and yawned, and waved her hand impatiently.
Qin Yining swayed and stood up straight with difficulty. The pain in the knee was like a needle stick, and respectfully said: "Yes."
Princess Tana wasn't enjoying herself yet, so she managed to hold back her smile and suggested, "The Empress Dowager, do you want to let Princess Zhongshun perform a blessing ceremony for you again?"
The queen mother snorted and laughed again, "Okay, okay, this blessing ceremony is commonly used, and Princess Zhongshun should do it well. Let's make one for Aijia to see."
"Haha!" Li Helan laughed again, disregarding her image, and even patted her thigh.
Li Helan and the empress dowager both laughed like this, and Concubine Yun naturally laughed and trembled, and the palace servants serving in the warm pavilion also laughed in response to the occasion.
Ji Yun and Bingtang knelt on the ground, lowered their heads and gnashed their tears quietly.
Amid the roar of laughter, Qin Yining responded respectfully, and his body couldn't help but swayed, his right hand resting on his left hand to his left waist, his right leg resting on the back, and he bowed his knees with difficulty and said, "Greet the Queen Mother."
The queen mother continued to laugh at her swaying appearance: "come again, come again."
Princess Tana also shouted, "Come again."
Qin Yining continued this action according to the words. Every time she bends her knees, her knees sting sharply, making her kneel down.
The more she endured the pain, the more expressionless she became, which formed a strong contrast with the empress dowager, Li Helan and Concubine Yun who laughed wildly again.
This blessing ceremony lasted for another stick of incense, and the queen mother finally laughed enough, clutching her stomach and saying, "Okay, enough, the laughing Aijia has a stomachache, you are so good at learning etiquette."
"Yes, cousin, to make you laugh, Princess Zhongshun's etiquette learning really played a big role, and it's not a waste of time for us to watch her boring performance here."
"No, it's just like that back and forth. It's annoying to watch." Li Helan snorted coldly, feeling more refreshed than ever before.
Princess Tana took her seat at the sign of the Queen Mother.
The queen mother pointed at Qin Yining and said, "Tell me, what do you think about the salute today?"
Qin Yining reluctantly maintained a dignified standing posture and said with a smile, "It is a blessing for the world that the Queen Mother is healthy."
The queen mother didn't react for a while, "What do you mean by that?"
Qin Yining said with a smile: "The queen mother can laugh continuously for a long time, and she does not feel breathing difficulties, which proves that her heart and lungs are healthy. This is a sign of good health. You should be lucky."
The expression on the back of Tai quickly darkened.
"You dare to mock Aijia?"
Qin Yining said earnestly: "The court lady's words come from the bottom of my heart, and there is no sarcasm. They are sincerely happy for the Queen Mother's health. Besides, the court lady can make the Queen Mother smile today, which is a beautiful thing worthy of praise."
Praise
Yes, Qin Yining's experience in the palace today will spread to the inner court in less than half a day, and soon even the family members of the courtiers will know about it, and those ministers will naturally know about it.
Wouldn't Pang Xiao also know
Qin Yining did not mean to threaten, but when the queen mother thought of Pang Xiao, her pride was half cooled.
Pang Xiao has a lot of power. He holds a heavy army in his hand. A jab into the army is equivalent to a tiger talisman. He dares to lift the table in front of the queen mother.
But on second thought, the queen mother was relieved.
He wants to settle accounts with her, and he has to come back with his life.
The queen mother sneered a few times and said, "Sit down."
"Thank you, Empress."
Qin Yining sat down in the same place, no matter how painful his legs were, he didn't show any clues.
The queen mother sullenly turned her head and asked the servants around her, "Is the milk and bird's nest ready?"
"Back to the queen mother, it's ready."
"Yeah. Go and get it. Everyone uses some. That's the blood swallow that the emperor specially sent to Aijia."
"Then I would like to thank my cousin and aunt." Concubine Yun said with a tender smile, "The sage is very filial to his wife. Usually, Bai Yan is assigned to the court of the imperial concubine."
Li Helan sneered, "I don't know anything, there are so many blood and swallows, can they be rich enough to provide for your concubines except for the mother?"
Concubine Yun sighed and continued to smile.
Not long after, the bird's nest was carried up by the palace people of Ci'an Palace in a food box.
Gong E gave the bird's nest to several people.
Qin Yining took it and slowly stirred the bird's nest with a spoon, looking at the Queen Mother from the corner of his eye. There was no immediate entry.
Both the Queen Mother and Li Helan ate it, and Princess Tana ate it faster. Concubine Yun also used half of the bowl, and Qin Yining took a slow bite.
Concubine Yun smiled and said, "Oh, such a good blood swallow, it's a pity that the empress and the eldest prince are not here."
"Well, yes." The Empress Dowager made a move and suddenly said: "It's time to send a bowl to the eldest prince. Brother Hao has been able to eat complementary food recently, so this is the best one." Pointing at Qin Yining, "you go for a visit. Kunning Palace, send it to His Highness."
Qin Yining was stunned for a moment, stopped with the spoon in his hand, and looked up at the Queen Mother in surprise.
Concubine Yun put down the bird's nest slowly, and covered her mouth with a coquettish smile, "Cousin, she is a princess, how could she agree to do errands? Isn't that a loss of her status as a princess?"
"Aijia is the queen mother! Who dares not to listen to what Aijia said!" The queen mother glared at Qin Yining, and threw the porcelain bowl on the square table beside her.
With the sound of broken porcelain, everyone in the warm room stopped and saluted.
"The Queen Mother calm down."
The queen mother pursed her lips and said coldly: "No matter who the Ai family is or where they are, don't let the Ai family forget who the world is in this world. If you don't want to do a little thing, is it really true? Are you rebellious?"
"The queen mother is too serious." Princess Tana smiled.
She has not forgotten the purpose of her and her visit.
Qin Yining lowered his head, endured the pain in his knees and maintained a salute posture, frowning tightly.
Things were weird all over the place today.
"Ms. Qin, are you going?" the Queen Mother asked in a deep voice.
Qin Yining smiled and saluted: "When you return to the Queen Mother, you will naturally obey your orders." If she doesn't say anything, she will be punished immediately, and the Queen Mother will be waiting for her here.
Only then did the empress dowager turn pale and instruct the palace servants behind her.
"Well. Go get a bowl of milk and blood swallows and give it to Princess Zhongshun."
"Yes."
The palace servant immediately took the order, and after a while, he brought an exquisite black lacquer snail snack box.
Ji Yun and Bingtang both looked tense at this time.
The queen mother actually used Qin Yining's dignified princess as a palace eunuch and asked her to run errands to deliver things. What does this mean? Isn't the humiliation in the warm house today not enough, but also pull people to continue to humiliate
As long as Qin Yining went out of this door, he took a step forward with the food box, and let other palace officials see that in the blink of an eye, Princess Zhongshun was reduced to the empress dowager. How can Qin Yining get along with the ladies
Ji Yun gritted his teeth, and Bingtang's eyes were red.
They all have the heart to stand up for Qin Yining, but their status is low and they have no right to speak. On the contrary, it will cause Qin Yining more trouble.
Today's shame, they remember!
Qin Yining took the food box.
The queen mother instructed: "Go and return quickly. Don't let the bird's nest get cold. Brother Hao won't feel well after eating it. Come back soon after sending it away, and Aijia still wants to talk to you."
"Yes, the court lady will go here."
Qin Yining held the food box in a curtsy salute, and walked out with stiff steps, her knees hurt more and more, she could only grit her teeth and resisted any strange reaction.
Bingtang and Jiyun also bowed their heads and saluted, following Qin Yining's pace. Bingtang could see that Qin Yining's knees should have been swollen, so she thought of going out to a place where no one was there to check on Qin Yining.
Li Helan took another bite of the bird's nest at this time, and said with a chuckle, "Tsk, the dignified princess has been reduced to delivering bird's nest, and this eldest princess in this palace has no choice but to eat bird's nest, ha!"
In one sentence, Concubine Yun and Princess Tana laughed.
Qin Yining had walked far away, and could still hear the laughter from the warm pavilion.
Turning around a corner, Ji Yun stretched out his hand to pick up the suit in Qin Yining's hand: "Princess, my servant, come and get it."
"It's not right, I gave the bird's nest to His Highness under the decree of Yi. I have already complied and endured it. I changed someone to take it in the middle. If the Queen Mother finds out, I am afraid that there will be trouble again. Let's talk about it after this."
Qin Yining's face was pale, her knees were sore, and her forehead was sweating.
Bingtang gritted her teeth and said, "Princess, is your knee hurting? I'll give you medicine when you go back."
"Okay." Qin Yining smiled soothingly at her, and said while walking: "It's alright, it's all trivial. I just don't know what happened outside, and the queen mother will change like this."