The weather was getting hotter, and in Shoukang Palace, several maids stood beside the Queen Mother and fanned. Although the wind was breezy, the Queen Mother still felt sultry, so she ordered a few words to the maid next to her, and the other party quickly held a unique shape. box out.
"What is this?" After giving a few words, the other party quickly came out with a uniquely shaped box, and the queen mother said: "The emperor is filial, and he specially ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build a refrigerator to send it, which is very convenient."
The box was opened, and there was a layer of ice cubes inside, with ice grapes stacked on top of the ice cubes, and a layer of frost and snow hung on the dark purple grape skins.
The queen mother twisted a pill and ate it, and her pores immediately opened, and a smile appeared on her face: "This weather is really hot day by day, is it really different from me going to Changchun Garden to escape the summer?"
Concubine Yu sighed: "People say that illness is like a mountain, and the illness is like a thread. Hong Zhou's serious illness has almost cost him half his life. I am very worried, so let's stay with him to recuperate!"
The empress dowager nodded: "I hope Hong Zhou can keep your mother's heart in mind."
"The Empress Dowager, Hong Zhou regrets what he has done!" Concubine Yu pointed out, "If I hadn't been able to get up, I would have entered the palace to plead guilty!"
This time, the queen mother did not nod, but gave her a deep look, and then shook her head gently: "The emperor cared about his brotherhood, defended Hong Zhou with all his strength, and made trouble with the clan, and the limelight has not passed. , you let Hong Zhou stay in the mansion to recuperate, and don't enter the palace easily."
"But..." Concubine Yu wanted to get entangled in this matter, but the queen mother's face immediately turned cold, and she said lightly: "I'm tired, you go back first."
Concubine Yu hesitated to speak, but finally did not dare to speak again, and saluted and retired.
After leaving the Shoukang Palace, the anger in her heart could no longer be contained and surfaced.
"It's all caused by that slut!" Concubine Yu twisted the handkerchief in her hands and said, "It made Hong Zhou seriously ill, and even was rejected by the Queen Mother!"
The maid beside her also added fuel to the fire: "Tianfei, Wei Yingluo is very flattering, she coaxed the queen into obedience, and personally vouched for her in front of the emperor. I heard that the refrigerator was used by her to please the master, and she also It has become popular in the Forbidden City, and now all the palaces are instructing the Ministry of Internal Affairs to step up their efforts!"
"Oh, she's really smart!" Yu Taifei listened, her footsteps paused, and then she said with a cold smile, "Bailing, you go to Changchun Palace immediately!"
Bailing: "What does the concubine mean?"
"Borrow someone?"
Inside the Changchun Palace, the Queen was surprised.
"Yes." Er Qing said, "Concubine Yu sent someone to come over, name and name, and use Yingluo to go there."
The queen shook her head.
"Is the maiden going to reject them?" Er Qing said, "The servant feels inappropriate."
"What's wrong?" The queen said displeased, "You know that Concubine Yu blamed Yingluo for her affair with the prince, so you still want her to go?"
"However, Empress." Er Qing explained, "Prince Yu has made it clear that she wants Yingluo to instruct the maids on how to use the refrigerator. The request is reasonable and reasonable. How can the servant refuse?"
"Then say that Yingluo is ill, in order to avoid passing on her illness to the nobles, let's avoid this matter." The queen thought for a while and said.
"But there will always be a day when you get better." Er Qing said, "And this time, will you be sick again next time? Isn't this a blatant trick to Concubine Yu? Niangniang, Concubine Yu lives in Shoukang Palace with the Queen Mother all the year round. He and the Prince's biological mother are well respected in the palace. If you openly play tricks on her, how can she live with her face? I'm afraid that at first I just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but in the end, I want to... "
She didn't say anything, but the queen could guess what she was going to say.
Face is more important than lining, which is also a common problem of noble people.
Sometimes, in order to save face, one or two people would be killed rather than punished.
"Hey." The Queen felt helpless and could only say: "Call Yingluo over, and this palace instructs her a few words."
Although she has received a lot of advice from the Queen, Wei Yingluo still has to walk on her own, just like walking on floating ice. Under the floating ice is an abyss. She must be careful and choose her next place to stay.
"Here." In the side hall of Shoukang Palace, Wei Yingluo pointed to the bottom of the refrigerator and said, "Leave a small hole here, so that the melted ice water can flow out smoothly, and then put a small basin below, the ice water can lower the whole the temperature of the house."
Concubine Yu laughed: "In order to please the master, you really worked hard!"
Her words revealed blatant sarcasm and undisguised ill will.
Wei Yingluo didn't want to argue with her, and she didn't want to stay here any longer. She just pretended that she didn't hear what she just said, and said, "Princess Yu, the use of the refrigerator has been explained, and the servant will retire first."
However, he heard a bang, and looked after the sound, only to see two eunuchs walking in, and then backhanded the door to death.
Wei Yingluo turned her head slowly: "Princess Yu, what exactly do you want to do?"
Concubine Yu narrowed her eyes dangerously, and suddenly said sharply, "I also want to ask you, what does it mean to send a head!"
She wanted the wicked to sue first, but Wei Yingluo didn't counsel her. Carefully, looking at her up and down for a while, Wei Yingluo suddenly laughed: "Everyone knows that Concubine Yu believes in Buddhism, and she doesn't even go to the garden in summer, for fear of stepping on an ant, but who knows, Under your merciful face hides the heart of a jackal, not only did you kill my sister, but you also wanted to kill me to vent your anger!"
Seeing that she could easily guess what she was thinking, Concubine Yu looked up to her, but there are some things, even if she said it, Concubine Yu would not admit it, and immediately sneered: "You said me Killing your sister? What is the crime of slandering the concubine, do you know that?"
"Whether it's a slander, the concubine knows better." Wei Yingluo said without fear, "That day the concubine said that she had been to the Prince He's Mansion and understood the ins and outs of the matter, but Hong Zhou was unconscious at the time, and who told you What about your truth? There is only one possibility, the one who killed your sister is you... woo!"
With one hand on the back of Wei Yingluo's head, she slammed into the refrigerator in front of her.
"Woo-"
The crushed ice stabbed his face, and the grapes were crushed and turned into red juice during the struggle, dyeing the entire refrigerator and Wei Yingluo's entire face blood red.
Seeing Wei Yingluo's struggle getting weaker and weaker, the hand on the back of her head finally released.
"Huh, huh..." Wei Yingluo raised her head slowly, the blood-red juice kept falling down her chin, and she looked at Concubine Yu who was facing her in a slightly embarrassed way.
"That's right." Concubine Yu shook the fan in her hand and smiled at her, "I really killed your sister."
When Wei Yingluo heard this, she reflexively wanted to rush in front of her, but the two eunuchs behind her were pressing her shoulders tightly. She was like a fish on a chopping block, unable to move.
"Do you know why I want to kill her?" Concubine Yu slowly came to her, "Because she seduced Hong Zhou, she is a natural bitch!"
"Shut up!" Wei Yingluo scolded, "It's clear that Hong Zhou is arrogant, but you are blaming your elder sister, you are completely confounding right and wrong!"
"There are too many women who want to fly up the branches to be phoenixes, do you have to blame the sycamore branches for being too tall?" Yu Taifei sneered, "Without you bed-crawling sluts, Hong Zhou would not have fallen to this level. I called you here today, just to tell you one thing, listen carefully!"
A eunuch grabbed Wei Yingluo's hair, lifted her head like a fish for sale, and showed her resentful face to Concubine Yu.
"You are a celebrity by the Queen's side, and you are a loyal servant who got sick for the emperor's servant. I can't kill you openly, but don't forget—" Yu Taifei patted Wei Yingluo's cheek with the fan in her hand and smiled. , "Your father is still the leader of the house, as long as I say a word - his end will not be any better than your sister."
"You..." Before Wei Yingluo finished speaking, the eunuch behind her threw her to the ground.
The bones all over her body hurt, and the pain made her unable to get up for a while.
"From now on, you will pick up your tail and be a human being, and if you commit a crime to me again, not only will you pluck your head, but you will also be buried with the entire Wei family." Concubine Yu's voice sounded softly above her head, and finally fell. What came down was a palace fan that slapped her cheek.
Concubine Yu despised her sister and her, and even the fan used to pat her cheek felt dirty.
Taking the veil from the palace maid, she slowly wiped her hands. Concubine Yu didn't even look at Wei Yingluo on the ground, she just spit out two words: "Go away!"
Wei Yingluo returned to the Changchun Palace in a daze, and as soon as her forefoot entered the inner courtyard, she heard the noise of people inside.
But seeing the flowers like brocade, there is a long coffee table under the falling flowers. On the coffee table are placed a dozen small porcelain bowls, either white or green, or plain or colorful, with a few petals floating on the surface of the bowl, and a dozen little palace maids are surrounded by porcelain bowls. In front of the bowl, a game of throwing needles is being played.
Although she hastily sorted it out, Wei Yingluo still looks haggard at the moment. She raised her hand and wiped her face. She felt that the smell of grape juice and humiliation still remained on her sleeve, so she kept her hands lightly, thinking of not attracting attention. When she returned to the western room, she heard Erqing say, "Yingluo, you are back, come here!"
A few familiar little palace maids even ran over, one pulled her left sleeve and the other pulled her right sleeve, pulling her into the crowd.
Wei Yingluo was helpless: "What are you playing?"
"You are really a noble person who forgets things." Er Qing smiled and said, "Today is the seventh day of the seventh month, the daughter's day, and our big guys are begging for cleverness!"
Wei Yingluo glanced at the coffee table and thought so.
Put the needle on the water in the north-south direction. If the sun's light can pass through the needle hole, the Weaver Girl will bless the needle thrower to have a pair of skillful hands.
Several little palace maids tried before and after, without exception, the needles sank into the bottom of the bowl.
"Yingluo, try it out." Er Qing handed over a needle, "You have the most skillful hands, and you will definitely succeed."
Wei Yingluo had no interest in Qiqiao at all, but under the instigation of everyone, she had no choice but to take the needle. The tip of the needle just touched the surface of the water, and when the water swayed, Concubine Yu's face appeared on the surface of the water.
"I did kill your sister." She laughed, "Do you know why I killed her? Because she seduced Hong Zhou, she is a natural bitch!"
Wei Yingluo shook her hand, and the silver needle immediately sank to the bottom of the water.
There was a moment of silence all around, and finally Wei Yingluo broke the silence first. She said calmly, "I'll try again."
When the needle touched the surface of the water, Princess Yu's face surfaced again.
"Your father is still the leader of the house. As long as I say a word - his end will not be any better than your sister."
Wei Yingluo's hand shook, and the needle shadow crooked again.
Erqing's eyes are sharp and careful, she frowned slightly and said, "Yingluo, are you alright, why are your hands shaking all the time?"
Wei Yingluo lowered her eyes, only to realize that her right hand was shaking constantly. She held her right hand and said expressionlessly, "I'm fine, let me try again."
The needle sank again.
"I'll try again."
Same this time.
"I'll try again."
…
The shadow of the moon slanted and the insects were chirping. Before you knew it, there was no one in the yard, only Wei Yingluo was standing by the coffee table, throwing silver needles into the water reluctantly.
"I'll try again." Wei Yingluo muttered to herself.
No one responded, only the ugly face that surfaced again.
"From now on, you will pick up your tail and be a human being, and if you commit a crime to me again, not only will you pluck your head, but you will also be buried with the entire Wei family." Concubine Yu looked through the water, sarcastically. She laughed, "Go away!"