The empress dowager's birthday banquet is far away from Wei Yingluo, but the miserable people born because of her longevity are very close to her.
"Who is that?" On the way back from pushing the dung cart, Wei Yingluo stopped and looked at the boy who was crying against the wall not far away, a hint of doubt flashed in her eyes.
Judging from the way he dressed, he didn't look like a master or a servant, but an ordinary person, but where is this place, every brick and tile of the Forbidden City is not something that ordinary people can step on and touch.
Yuan Chunwang glanced at the other party and said indifferently: "It's a technician who was recruited by the concubine from outside the palace to prepare for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. I heard what it was playing..."
"A thousand purples and a thousand reds."
The two turned their heads and saw an old man hunched over his back, holding a snow-white steamed bun in his hand.
"Grandpa!" The corner boy threw himself into his arms and cried even more.
Only then did Wei Yingluo realize that the child was badly injured, and the arm with the cuff exposed was full of scars from molten iron.
"The so-called Wanziqianhong is to pour molten molten iron onto the brick wall, as if 10,000 flowers are blooming, which is incredible. This was learned by the Tianjin commander Gao Heng, and he took us into the palace in the name of birthday wishes. He also forced some villagers to learn together with my grandson." The old man sighed, opened the steamed bun, and fed it to his grandson a little bit, "But performing requires arm strength, he is still a child, how can he not get hurt? "
Xu was seeing the two of them pushing the dung cart and dressed as low-ranking palace servants. The old man had to talk to them a few more words. When a palace servant with a slightly neat and gorgeous dress passed by, he immediately closed his mouth and pulled it. Leaving with grandson.
After he left, Wei Yingluo and the two continued to push the dung cart towards Yongxiang. "This is a servant." Yuan Chunwang suddenly said, "Let's not talk about the stunts like Wanziqianhong, but the embroidery girls in the embroidery workshop can stay in the folk and work happily, but once they enter the palace, they have to work day and night. Hurrying to work, so busy that you can’t lift your head, how many people are less than 30, and their eyes are blind and their hands are shaking, and they have become cripple? This is a slave, this is a powerful person.”
Wei Yingluo looked at him and wanted to refute, but couldn't say a word to refute.
"...This is the Forbidden City." Yuan Chunwang stared into her eyes, like a warning or a warning, "Unless you climb to a high position, you can control the fate of others, otherwise, close your eyes and don't look at anything!"
In the Yujing Pavilion, dogwoods are planted all over the place, and the palace maids are constantly flowing, wearing chrysanthemum purses around their waists, and bringing bottles of chrysanthemum wine and plates of Chongyang cakes to the stone table.
The queen mother sat with the queen, she patted each other's hands, and her concern was palpable: "Empress, it is inconvenient to climb the imperial palace pavilion. I didn't let you rest in Changchun Palace, why are you still here?"
The queen smiled and said: "The queen mother is rarely interested, the concubine should accompany her, what's more, the concubine is healthy, but because she is pregnant, the emperor ordered the emperor to lie down in the Changchun Palace every day, it is really impossible to lie down. If I can take the opportunity of the Chongyang small banquet to come out and get some air, the concubine will be the grace of the queen mother!"
The queen mother also smiled: "you, you still have to take care of yourself and don't be brave everywhere."
The queen replied yes, and while the other party was in a good mood, she announced the prepared remarks: "Everything in the palace is complicated, and the concubines do feel overwhelmed. I hope the queen mother will be gracious and allow the concubines to unload the burden on their shoulders and feel at ease. Raising a fetus."
The queen mother pondered for a moment: "Who does the queen want to take over the palace affairs?"
The movement in the pavilion could not be concealed from the people around, and all eyes were fixed on the Queen's mouth for a while, expecting their name to come out from inside.
"Chen and concubine believe that Concubine Chun is meticulous and considerate everywhere; Concubine Xian has a noble character and is admired by the Six Palaces." The Queen opened her lips and said, "The two of them will work together to manage the harem in an orderly manner, so that the emperor will have no worries."
"I also fully agree with the candidates recommended by the Queen. Concubine Chun, Concubine Xian—" The Queen Mother turned her attention to the two, "From today onwards, the two of you will assist in the affairs of the palace, but don't disappoint the Queen's expectations."
The two looked at each other and hurriedly got up and returned the salute: "I will do my best to help the queen."
The queen mother smiled with satisfaction: "Sit down, today is a family banquet, so you don't have to be so restrained."
After the two sat down, the people around them congratulated the two of them, but not everyone was willing to toast the two of them.
For example, Concubine Hui, she sat alone on the table, turning the wine glass in her hand in a leisurely manner.
Until the Royal Tea Restaurant brought the tin hot pot, and the dishes were served one by one, and finally, a pot of deer blood came up.
The hand that turned the wine glass suddenly stopped, Concubine Huigui leaned on the armrest of the chair, Nalan Chunxue stood behind her, bent down and whispered to her, "Miss, everything is ready."
The corner of Concubine Hui's lips twitched.
"Shut—" On the other side, the queen saw the deer blood in the basin, her face changed suddenly, she covered her mouth with her sleeve, and made a retching sound.
Mingyu's face changed: "Although deer blood clots are great supplements, deer blood is something that revitalizes blood, and the empress can't touch it now!"
The queen mother hurriedly said: "Hurry up and take it down!"
The maids rushed up, and one of the maids was halfway through. Suddenly, with a hoot, her body fell forward, so she could not die. It happened to be planted beside the table where the deer blood was released. When the table was shaken, the whole pot of deer blood was poured out. The ground was stained blood red.
The maid in charge hurriedly said: "What are you doing, don't hurry up and clean up, don't spoil the master's interest!"
The palace maids rushed forward to clean it up immediately, but the deer was extremely bloody, and it would take a while to clean up somewhere, and soon, the whole pavilion would stink.
"...Huh?" Concubine Xian suddenly exclaimed, "Listen, there seems to be some noise?"
Queen: "Voice?"
Fluttering and fluttering, it was like the sound of a bird flapping its wings, getting louder and closer.
"Look!" Concubine Xian suddenly turned her head, with a hint of panic in her voice, "What is that?"
I saw the woods shaking violently under the palace wall on the back of Xiushan Mountain. After a while, countless black bats emerged from behind the leaves, covering the sky in an instant and rushing into the Yujing Pavilion.
Concubine Xian exclaimed and rushed towards the Queen Mother: "Be careful, Queen Mother!"
She threw the queen mother on the ground, quickly tore off her flag suit, put it on the queen mother's head, blocked the bats that kept coming, and shouted sharply: "What are you panicking, you—"
Concubine Xian pointed at a palace maid and said, "Go and call the guards, everyone else will come and protect the queen mother with me. Whoever dares to run around and scream will be dealt with by the palace rules!"
The eunuchs and maids have no masters, but the servility in their bones is still there. Now that they have the master's order, they have come back to their senses, guarding the queen mother in the center, and taking off their robes to beat the bat. The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Xian, who was calm and composed, and was stunned for a while.
Concubine Xian's eyes and hands are fast, and the series of accurate disposals seem to have been prepared for a long time, but the others are not as fast as her.
The queen stared blankly at the top of her head, only to feel a cloud of ink rushing towards her face. In just a moment, the whole world was dyed black. In the blackness where you can't reach your fingers, only different voices sounded. The sound of the disc being knocked over was more of a cry for help from people, as well as the sound of chaotic footsteps.
"Go away, go away!" Mingyu's voice sounded in her ears, accompanied by the sound of waving her arms, "Mother, be careful!"
Watch out for who? Bat or Human
One by one bats fluttered towards the deer blood on the ground. I don't know how many wings scraped the queen's cheeks, and I don't know how many people rushed past her, turning into an unstoppable stream of water, wrapping her all the way forward, unknowingly. In between, we came to the edge of Yujing Pavilion.
"Queen Empress, Empress Empress!" Mingyu's voice sounded behind her, getting more and more urgent and farther away, "Where are you?"
"Bengong is here!" The queen just shouted, when she felt an extra pair of hands behind her and pushed her hard on her back.
The queen slipped, and if she hadn't grabbed the railing on the climb in time, she would have already rolled down.
"Be careful." A hand suddenly stretched out beside her, supporting her crumbling body.
The queen turned her head and was about to thank the other party. After seeing the other party's face clearly, the words of thanks condensed on the tip of her tongue.
Concubine Huigui smiled at the empress, her color was coquettish, like a peony stained with blood, and suddenly shouted: "Be careful, empress!"
After saying that, she suddenly let go!
The queen was like a kite with a broken string, falling from her fingers and rolling down the path.
Concubine Huigui admired this scene condescendingly, like a picky spectator, watching a very agreeable opera, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on her face.
This smile is like a peony that blooms to its peak, and it is fleeting. She suddenly put away her smile and whined, "My hand hurts so much, come here, come here soon, the Empress has fallen from the building!"
Everyone was shocked. After a while, Mingyu squeezed the crowd and rushed towards this side like a madman. In the end, he almost rolled and climbed down the road and threw himself beside the queen.
"Empress, wake up, queen!" She cried with tears in her heart, "Save people! Save the empress! Come on, save the empress!"
Under the Yujing Pavilion, the guards rushed over with torches. Torches gathered around Mingyu's body, and the torches illuminated the unconscious queen on the ground, and also illuminated... A large amount of blood gushed from the hem of her skirt.