When it was halfway through April, the sky was getting hot, and women in light summer shirts could be seen everywhere in the palace.
Concubine Xian was finally able to walk out of Yuquan Palace, but she was still wearing a thick skirt.
Even so, standing in the open space outside Yuquan Palace, she still felt a little cold.
She knew that this coldness didn't come from the early summer wind, but from her heart and bones.
The thoughts in my heart were gone, my body collapsed, and naturally it was cold inside and out.
"Niangniang, it's windy at the intersection, be careful to catch a cold." The palace maid reminded.
Concubine Xian closed her collar and said softly, "Go to Cining Palace."
She always felt that there was another deep meaning in what Mother Chang said that day.
The Queen Mother seems to have changed in the past two years, not as reclusive as before.
Concubine Xian had a hard time these days, but she took the words of Chang Momo in her heart, and when she felt better, she went to the Cining Palace as soon as possible to greet her.
Only halfway through, Concubine Xian began to pant and her face turned pale.
The palace maid looked worried: "Niangniang, take a rest."
Concubine Xian waved her hand: "What do you want to take a break? It's like asking the Queen Mother to be late."
Stop and go like this, and finally arrived at the Cining Palace.
The queen mother was asking the two princesses to read stories to her in turn. When she heard that Concubine Xian had arrived, she opened her eyes and said, "Concubine Xian, please come in."
Not long after, Concubine Xian came in and respectfully greeted the Queen Mother.
"Give a seat to Concubine Xian."
A palace maid brought Xiao Tuzi and placed it next to Concubine Xian.
Concubine Xian sat down.
The queen mother smiled and said, "Wait a minute, Fuqing is almost finished."
The girl's clear and pleasant voice sounded again, and Concubine Xian listened silently, realizing that this was a completely unfamiliar story.
"Grandma, you're done." Princess Fuqing finished reading the last page, still unfinished.
Apparently this story made Princess Fuqing like it very much.
The fourteenth princess beside her was as quiet as ever, without any sense of existence.
The queen mother motioned the maid to put away the words book, and said with kindness: "You two go back first."
Princess Fuqing and Princess Fourteen bowed to the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian and left together.
The queen mother smiled and said first: "The book is getting more and more interesting now, it is said that it was published by a family outside the palace called Liuchuhuazhai's study, that time when the mother Chang went out of the palace Shangxiang brought back a few books to relieve the boredom of the Ai family. , I wonder if you have heard of it?"
Concubine Xian sneered: "The concubine has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and she is ignorant and ignorant. I have never heard of it."
The queen mother nodded slightly, with a bit of emotion: "Yes, after living in the deep palace for a long time, it becomes completely unfamiliar outside the palace."
Concubine Xian didn't know how to answer for a while.
The queen mother was not close to her in the past, or to any concubine, but now it is common to gossip with her, which is a little confusing.
"You all retreat." The queen mother took the tea cup offered by the palace maid and sent out the waiter in one sentence.
Concubine Xian was holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, feeling uneasy in her heart.
"You rarely go back to the Duke's Mansion, do you?" The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and asked casually.
Concubine Xian hurriedly said, "I only saved one kiss eight years ago."
The queen mother thought for a while and said, "Aijia remembered, your father was ill at that time."
Concubine Xian's eyes warmed and she nodded slowly.
That year came the news that her father was seriously ill. In order to see her father for the last time, she asked the emperor to save her relatives.
At that time, she was a proud person in the palace, and the emperor also gave her face, and agreed very happily.
That was the last time she saw her father and the last time she came home.
Thinking about this, Concubine Xian felt more and more unwilling.
After many years of bitterness and silence in the deep palace, why did you not endure the status of the woman in front of you
"If you think about saving relatives in the future, I'm afraid you won't have a chance, right?"
Concubine Xian looked at the queen mother in astonishment, she couldn't believe that the words were spit out of the other party's mouth.
But there are only the two of them in this room, not even the third person, who can it be if it is not the queen mother
I don't know if it was an illusion or not, but the light where the Queen Mother sat was a little dark, which made her expression look gloomy.
Such an empress dowager made Concubine Xian feel hairy when she saw her heart, how could there be the warmth of the first child and the second child sitting around reading when she first came in.
The empress dowager stared at Concubine Xian: "Why don't you answer?"
Concubine Xian became more and more unsure of the Queen Mother's thoughts, and said slowly: "The Queen Mother is right, the concubine is not in good health now and can't stand such a bump-"
The queen mother smiled: "Even if you can stand it, the emperor probably won't agree."
"The Queen Mother—" Concubine Xian was even more shocked.
What does the queen mother mean? That day, it was not easy to let Momo Chang hint that she came over to ask her for peace...
"Concubine Xian, you understand in your heart that you and King Qi are not as good as before in the emperor's heart, and you can even say that you have been rejected."
Concubine Xian couldn't sit still, got up from the little twig, and said with a pale face: "The concubine is stupid, please make it clear."
"Explicitly?" The Queen Mother asked back.
Concubine Xian nodded: "The empress dowager is kind and generous, and she will definitely have a lot of meaning in what she said to her concubine, but it's just that the concubine is stupid and can't understand it, so please clarify."
The queen mother smiled: "Ai's family has something, and I want to use your hand to do it."
Concubine Xian's heart skipped a beat, and she lowered her eyes and said, "It's a concubine's honor to be able to do things for the Queen Mother. I wonder if you have any instructions?"
The queen mother took two sips of tea slowly, put the tea cup on the table, and said unhurriedly, "Aijia wants Fuqing's life."
The teacup in Concubine Xian's hands fell directly, shattering her bones, but these were not as terrified as she was at the moment.
She took two steps back and looked at the queen mother in shock, as if she had never known this woman standing at the top.
Did she hear it wrong
"Why, are you scared?" The Queen Mother gave Concubine Xian a look, her tone indifferent.
Concubine Xian opened her mouth: "Concubine—"
The queen mother sneered: "Aijia thought you had nothing to lose, and you have nothing to fear."
"The queen mother, the concubine doesn't understand—"
"You don't need to understand, Aijia only asks you to do it or not."
Concubine Xian didn't answer with a white face, and she keenly caught a murderous intent from the Queen Mother's eyes.
Immediately, her heart froze, and she regained her senses: Since the Queen Mother said this to her, if she did not agree, she might not live long after she left the Cining Palace.
Realizing this, Concubine Xian bit her lip and said, "Fuqing is the princess, the queen's eyeball. I'm afraid it will be difficult for a concubine to find an opportunity... Even if there is a chance to start, it will be extremely difficult to retreat completely—"
The queen mother smiled: "Aijia just wants to have nothing to do with Cining Palace."
The meaning of the words is that Concubine Xian is dead or alive after she takes action, she doesn't care at all.
Concubine Xian was stunned.
The queen mother tapped on the table, and said with pity: "I'm afraid your body has run out of oil and dried up?"
Concubine Xian was shocked and stared at the Queen Mother.
She has sealed the mouth of the imperial doctor, how could the queen mother know her physical condition
In the past, she was willing to shout out to win the emperor's pity and attention when she was in minor illnesses and pains, but when it really didn't work, she just wanted to hold on for one more day, forcing herself to get better in front of others.
The old voice sounded again, and it sounded unfamiliar: "Do you think it is not worthwhile to use the peripheral vision of your dying person for the help of King Qi of Aijia?"