"In Ninggu Pagoda, it's a good thing to know that you are afraid. If you know that you are afraid, you will become obedient. Only then can you survive." Old Jiang patted A Chou's face, turned and left humming a little tune.
As soon as Ah Chou's legs went limp, they slid down suddenly. He sat down on the bottom of the wall.
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Enough crying, Ah Chou sat in front of the stove. He ate up Zhong Mingwei's remaining sticky bean buns and buns. A little stretched, Ah Chou was too lazy to get up, and fell backwards. Just fell into the quilt, she stared at the dark roof, her fingers lightly covered her neck again. Empty. Except for the extra red mark, Ah Chou touched it back and forth, a little tingling.
from now on. The little connection with my parents. gone too.
Ah Chou buried himself in the quilt. After a while, he let out a long sigh.
Jiasheng thirty-two years May twenty-eighth
capital.
Compassionate Palace.
The Empress Dowager has just recovered from a long illness. In the past two days, he was finally able to go to the ground, Long Live Master Zhong Zhiheng was in a good mood. As soon as he was free, he would come over to have a meal with the Empress Dowager, and even the concubines from the harem would always come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and the Empress Dowager was too lazy to see her. It's just that she is still willing to meet concubines like Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu.
"Empress Dowager, Concubine Shu and Concubine Zhao have come together, and now both of them are waiting outside." The Empress Dowager was reading scriptures in the side hall when she saw Bi Qiao, her personal servant, come in, "Does the Empress Dowager want to see you?"
"It's rare for them to be so harmonious, let them come in," the queen mother said slowly, while flicking the prayer beads gently, while looking out the window, she sighed softly, "It's summer again so soon."
"Yes, servant girl obeys." Bi Qiao bowed back in a hurry, and led Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu in after a while.
"The concubine has met the queen mother, respectfully greet the queen mother Jinan!" The two greeted the queen mother together.
"Get up," the queen mother said slowly, while lowering her head to take a sip of the montmorillonite flower in the cup, she said to Bi Qiao, "Look at the seats."
"Yes." Bi Qiao was so busy moving two embroidered piers over.
"Thank you Queen Mother." Concubine Zhao Gui and Concubine Shu sat down, although they were sitting, but they were just sitting in a corner. It was tiring to look at it, but she was used to it, the Queen Mother was always serious, and all the concubines were not afraid of seeing the Queen Mother, even the most favored concubine Zhao Gui did not dare to make any mistakes.
"The concubine sees that the Empress Dowager's complexion is much better than the previous days. It can be seen that she is very good," Concubine Shu said with a smile, while taking out a sachet from her sleeve, bowing and handing it to the Empress Dowager, she said, " A few days ago, Ming E came to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager said that her body smelled of bitter medicine. When Ming E went back, she asked the concubine to make a sachet for the Empress Dowager. However, the concubine was clumsy, so I beg the Empress Dowager not to dislike her. "
Zhong Ming'e is the second prince born to Concubine Shu Cui.
The Empress Dowager took the sachet, looked at the day lilies embroidered on it, and nodded with satisfaction: "Ming'e is careful and filial."
"Yeah, Ming'e is filial. A while ago, Long Live Lord was unwell. Didn't Ming'e beg Shufei's sister to make a sachet and send it to Long Live Lord as a pillow?" Concubine Zhao said, looking at Shu The concubine pursed her lips and smiled, "It's also thanks to my sister's quick hands. If I were a younger sister, no matter how fast my hands are, I'm afraid they won't be able to match Ming'e's filial piety."
Concubine Shu's face froze suddenly, and then she smiled again: "My sister was joking, teaching children to be filial is the duty of parents, and I am just doing my duty as a mother and concubine."