When Nangong Yue woke up, it was already dark, and she felt her head was still aching, so she couldn't help rubbing the center of her brows.
Nangong Yue was a little helpless. She had been in good health all these years, but she never thought that she would become so squeamish after getting a heatstroke occasionally.
"Sister-in-law, do you want some water?"
Xiao Fei's voice sounded at this moment, which made Nangong Yue sober again.
Why is Xiao Fei here
Baihui hurried forward, helped her sit up, and took a big pillow for her to lean on.
Sure enough, Xiao Fei was sitting on the round stool next to the bed, with a book in hand, obviously she was reading just now.
Nangong Yue asked hoarsely, "What time is it?"
Baihui replied, "It's a moment in Yinshi."
And Xiao Fei went to pour a glass of clear water, handed it to Nangong Yue, and said, "Sister-in-law, drink water."
Nangong Yue took the cup with a frown, drank it all in one gulp, and then said, "Baihui, send the eldest girl back to rest."
Before Baihui could respond, Xiao Fei shook her head resolutely and said, "No. It's my duty to serve my sister-in-law. The ancients said:..."
Seeing that Xiao Fei was about to quote the scriptures again, Nangong Yue seemed to interrupt her unintentionally, and said, "I'm afraid I'll be sick for a few more days. If you don't go to rest, won't you let me take care of things tomorrow?" Yet?"
It made sense for Xiao Fei to think about it carefully, and hesitated.
"It's better than this." Nangong Yue continued to coax, "It's so late, don't go back to Yuebiju, just rest in the Bisha closet, if there is anything, I will let Baihui call you of."
Xiao Fei thought about it carefully, and finally compromised. After saluting, she was led by Thrush to the Bisha cabinet.
Nangong Yue let out a soft breath.
Baihui asked Nangong Yue what she meant, and ordered a second-class maid who was waiting outside the house to bring porridge from the small kitchen and serve her.
After taking a nap and eating some porridge, Nangong Yue's spirit improved a bit, and she asked about what happened after she fell asleep.
Baihui naturally reported everything, and when she heard about Xiao Fei's treatment, Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly.
Judging from this matter alone, Xiao Fei acted more moderately. Although she didn't go to the Xiaohua Hall to see the overall style of the decoration there, she also knew that the yellow ground foreign color is the icing on the cake. Passiflora Vase with Five Chilong Patterns on Branches These two vases are similar in color and style and can be substituted for each other.
However, still young...
This matter is not just a matter of changing a vase.
Although the pair of dragon ear bottles were only broken, it did not affect the practicability, but for the Zhennan Palace, breaking a hole is no different from smashing the whole thing, and it is impossible to take it out again. In such a situation, the warehouse should report the loss, instead of just leaving it in the warehouse so casually, which in itself is against the rules.
When it comes to the rules, Nangong Yue's head hurts even more. The inner house of the palace really needs to be rectified.
But let's think about these things after Zhennan Wang's birthday banquet. Nangong Yue lay back, Ren relaxed all over, and soon fell asleep again.
Nangong Yue is really not so delicate, it's just heatstroke, and she will feel better the next day, but thinking that this is a good opportunity for Xiao Fei to exercise, she simply ordered the nurses in charge to come to Bi What happened to Xiaotang, and let Xiao Fei go to see him.
The whole morning passed peacefully, and the news that Xiao Fei took the place of Nangong Yue, who was unwell, to preside over Zhongfu also spread in the palace in this short period of time.
Regardless of the others, Xiao Fei's concubine sisters were a little anxious.
Now the situation in the palace is clear, and everyone can see that Madam may not have a chance to stand up again. They can only rely on their sister-in-law Nangong Yue for their future future, and they have to please her no matter what, otherwise if the sister-in-law decides a marriage for them casually in the future, It was so hard that I couldn't even cry! No wonder Xiao Fei has been following her sister-in-law's lead ever since she went to the capital. I'm afraid she has thought of this a long time ago!
Xiao Fei is so cunning!
The concubines of King Zhennan, no matter they got their aunt's orders or they figured it out, they rushed to Bixiao Hall that afternoon, and they kept saying that they wanted to take care of their sister-in-law, which made Nangongyue dumbfounded. He thought that he suddenly became an old lady and was enjoying his old age.
While Nangong Yue was taking a break from her busy schedule to recuperate, three black-painted flat-topped carriages stopped at the entrance of Fangzhai in Luoyue City.
"The old man is here! The old man is here!" The concierge hurriedly ordered a woman to pass the message, and the woman hurried away after responding.
The concierge opened the double-flowered ink-painted gate, and greeted the three carriages graciously.
The carriage stopped at the second gate, and several people came down from the three carriages one after another, including men, women and children, among them the leader was an old man in his sixties, wearing a brocade robe with dark patterns on pine and rock, Slightly short and fat, with gray hair and dim eyesight, this person is Fang Jilian, the third-bedroom grandfather of the Fang family.
The group of people hadn't got off the carriage when they heard a rush of footsteps from the other side of the second gate. The third master Fang Chengling brought Mrs. Fang San, Fang Shilei and others to the direction of the second gate, and bowed to those who came. Salute: "I have seen my father, my mother!"
"Ah Ling, there is no need to be too polite." Fang San old master Fang Jilian looked at the eldest son with satisfaction. This is his first son, and he was also the one who taught him to grow up. Naturally, his affection is extraordinary.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman on Fang Jilian's right hand cleared her throat and said, "Old Master, it's getting hot now, everyone stop talking too much, it's not too late for us to go in first and catch up on the old days."
The middle-aged woman has a beautiful appearance, a slender figure, fair and moist skin, wearing a silver-red double-breasted dark makeup flower bedding, her hair is neatly combed in a bun, and a red gold hairpin inlaid with beeswax drops is inserted. , looks radiant, making it impossible to judge her age at a glance, only the thin lines at the corners of her eyes and mouth reveal her true age when she speaks.
Fang Chengling hurriedly echoed, "What my aunt said is true."
This beautiful middle-aged woman is Fang Chengling's biological mother, Aunt Niu. If Fang Chengling hadn't revealed her identity in a word, people who don't know would probably think that she is Mrs. Fang Santai.
The corners of Mrs. Fang San's mouth froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal, smiling nonchalantly. The situation in the father-in-law's family that he is not a son and a concubine did not start today. However, Aunt Niu is the husband's biological mother, and Aunt Niu's gaining power will only benefit her family, and there will be no harm.
Thinking about it, Mrs. Fang San quickly glanced at her father-in-law's left hand side. There stood a slightly fat woman. She was Fang Jilian's original wife, Chu Shi, and Mrs. Fang's serious mother-in-law. Chu seems to be in her fifties, her hair is already grey, and she is wearing a stone-blue beige with twigs and silk, which makes her skin look sallow.
At this moment, Chu's lips were tightly pressed into a straight line, the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, and he didn't even look at Aunt Niu, as if he didn't care about the other party's distraction.
Standing beside Chu was a brocade-robed man in his early thirties. It was the Sixth Master Fang Chengyong. His ordinary Chinese characters were habitually filled with a smile, and he replied obediently: "Third brother, let's go in quickly." .”
Not only Chu's mother and son, but other Fang family members present also had no objection to Aunt Niu's hostess demeanor, or were accustomed to it.
After that, Fang Jilian and his party headed towards the main hall under the guidance of Fang Chengling.
After a while, the originally empty hall was filled to the brim, the two master chairs at the top were naturally given over to Fang Jilian and Chu Shi, while Aunt Niu sat on an armchair at the bottom.
There are indeed a lot of people here, and their seniority is also complicated. All of a sudden, there were voices of greetings one after another, and it took nearly an incense stick of effort for everyone to finally sit down.
"Father," Fang Chengling, who was sitting across from Aunt Niu, looked at Fang San's old master Fang Jilian, and asked a little strangely, "How many days are left until the prince's birthday, didn't your previous letter say that you will arrive in two or three days?"
Mrs. Fang San was afraid that her father-in-law would misunderstand, so she hurriedly added: "Fortunately, my daughter-in-law has cleaned up the yard where father, mother and aunts live in advance."
Fang Jilian stroked his gray beard, glanced at Aunt Niu, and said with a smile: "It's not your aunt, she hasn't seen your sister for a year, she wants to come and see your sister soon!"
Fang Chengling has only one younger sister of the same father and mother, that is, Xiao Fang.
As soon as Xiao Fang was mentioned, Aunt Niu's slender waist straightened even more, and there was a hint of arrogance at the corner of her mouth.
In this half of her life, she did the two most correct things. The first thing was to climb into Fang Jilian's bed before she was sent to serve as a servant; and the second thing was to give birth to this daughter.
Her daughter is much more promising than her two elder brothers. She leapt into the Dragon Gate and became the second concubine of King Zhennan. It's even easier, except that she doesn't have the name of a regular wife, she has everything. Even Fang Jilian has to respect her a bit, and the two sons are getting better and better... But recently...
Thinking of her second son, Fang Chengxun, Aunt Niu's eyes darkened again. In the past two years, their life suddenly became unsatisfactory. First, their daughter was expelled from the concubine's order; Even his brother Niu Xinglong was framed by traitors and imprisoned not long ago...
After Aunt Niu got the news, she couldn't sleep for several days and nights. This time it was rare for King Zhennan to celebrate his birthday, so Aunt Niu hurriedly urged Fang Jilian to come over with a large family, planning to make a good plan with her daughter.
"Ah Ling," Aunt Niu hurriedly said to Cheng Ling, "Hurry up and send a post to the palace, I want to see your sister."
Aunt Niu thought that this request could not be easier, but she didn't expect Fang Chengling to show a look of embarrassment on her face. She frowned and said, "Aunt Niu, I'm afraid this matter will not work..." He hesitated for a moment, thinking that Aunt Niu would always know, and continued Said, "My sister is now grounded by the prince."
What? ! Aunt Niu almost didn't jump up, and was about to ask a question, when she heard Mrs. Fang angrily complained: "Aunt Niu, you don't know, the palace has changed a long time ago, and the concubine doesn't know if it's against the prince. What kind of a voodoo has been played, the prince let the concubine take control of the royal family! Now everyone in the palace still remembers the lady aunt!" The third lady Fang still finds this incident a bit unbelievable. Yi, somehow she was subdued by the concubine Shizi, and Xiao Fei...
The corners of Mrs. Fang San's eyes twitched, and she continued: "We went to the palace several times to ask to see my aunt, but the princess refused, and she kept saying that we should go find the prince by ourselves..."
After speaking, Mrs. Fang San thought of something, and quickly cast a sideways glance at Fang Chengling. If he hadn't caused those nasty things, how could he have put them in such a passive position!
Fang Chengling shrank back guiltily, how dare he go to see King Zhennan. My sister once secretly asked Nanny Qi to come to Fangzhai to pass on the message, saying that King Zhennan was very angry because of that incident. If she went to the palace now, not only would she not be able to help her sister, she might even add fuel to the flames!
Naturally, Fang Chengling would not tell Fang Jilian and Aunt Niu about these dirty things, and Aunt Niu was so angry that she didn't notice that there was something wrong with the expression of the eldest son and daughter-in-law.
Aunt Niu's fair face turned green and white with anger, she clenched her fists and said angrily, "No respect! This concubine really has no rules! No, I have to go to the palace myself, I don't believe that I want to see my daughter, she alone The junior dares to stop me!"
Aunt Niu has been used to going smoothly for more than ten years, and feels that there is nothing she can't do by herself. But Mrs. Fang San couldn't be so optimistic, she had seen the power of the Shizi Concubine before. Since the arrival of the crown prince, my family has suffered a lot.
However, Mrs. Fang San would not be so stupid as to pour cold water on Aunt Niu. After all, Aunt Niu was Xiao Fang's biological mother, and she had some face even in front of King Zhennan.
The more Aunt Niu thought about it, the angrier she became, she got up and said, "I'm going to the palace right now!"
Fang Chengling originally wanted to persuade Aunt Niu to rest for a night before going there, but thinking that Aunt Niu's temperament has always been one-sided, he moved his mouth and swallowed the words.
He gave Mrs. Fang a wink, but Mrs. Fang didn't want to, but she could only say: "Auntie, I will order someone to arrange a carriage. I will accompany you to the palace."
who wants to-
"No need!" Aunt Niu gave Mrs. Fang San a disdainful look. She just felt that this eldest daughter-in-law is really useless. She is still an elder after all, but she was overwhelmed by a little girl of the imperial concubine, "I'll go by myself!"
On the one hand, Mrs. Fang San felt displeased, but on the other hand she secretly breathed a sigh of relief: she didn't want to go to the palace to suffer anger.
Half an hour later, Fang's carriage arrived at the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, and the concierge of the Prince's Mansion immediately opened the door to welcome him.
When the wife's biological mother came, she naturally had to report it to Nangong Yue who was in charge of the gift, so immediately a woman in Tsing Yi went to Bixiao Hall to report...
In Bixiao Hall, Nangong Yue was leaning unhappily on the pillow of the beauty's couch.
Accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, someone came in through the curtain, and Xiao Rongxuan and Xiao Rongying, who were sitting on the tavern, immediately cheered up and cast their gazes in unison.
Ying'er came in holding a mahogany tray, on which was a celadon bowl, steaming white mist, dense white air, exuding a strong medicinal fragrance, blowing towards her face.
Xiao Rongying happened to be closer to the door curtain, so she quickly stood up, walked over with big strides, and said with a smile: "Miss Ying'er, let me help my sister-in-law with medicine."
As she said that, Xiao Rongying had already grasped the mahogany tray with both hands and secretly exerted force. Yinger's eyes twitched speechlessly, she glanced at Nangong Yue for a signal, and then let her go, letting the other side take the soup away.
Xiao Rongxuan, who didn't seize this good opportunity, glared at Xiao Rongying, regretting secretly: I knew that my fourth sister was a cunning, no wonder I just snatched the position of being close to the sister-in-law, and she didn't fight with herself, so she was waiting for this opportunity ah!
Xiao Rongying walked over cautiously holding the mahogany tray, and deliberately smiled at Xiao Rongxuan: "Third sister, please let me go, sister-in-law should take medicine."
Xiao Rongxuan stood up unwillingly, her tone was gentle, but she gritted her teeth and said: "Fourth sister, you have to be careful, don't burn your sister-in-law."
"Thank you, Third Sister, for reminding me, my sister saved it." Xiao Rongying said slowly, met Xiao Rongxuan's gloomy eyes without showing any weakness, and then sat down on the little chair.
Xiao Rongying carefully picked up the medicine bowl, then picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of black soup medicine, blew it attentively, and brought it to Nangong Yue's mouth, and said softly: "Sister-in-law, I'll blow the medicine to cool down It won't be hot."
Nangong Yue was a little speechless, this is medicine, drinking such a spoonful, she must die of suffering.
She smiled slightly, and said without doubt: "Fourth sister, I'll do it myself." After speaking, she took the medicine bowl from Xiao Rongying's hand, first took a sip to test the temperature, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Xiao Rongying realized that she seemed to have done something wrong? But it was also like this when I was taking care of my mother in the past...
Before she could figure out where she was wrong, Xiao Rongxuan's soft voice sounded: "Sister-in-law, do you feel bitter? I have candied fruit here, you can eat one quickly."
Xiao Rongxuan also came over with a small plate of candied fruit, skillfully squeezed Xiao Rongying away, twisted a candied fruit covered with powdered sugar through the handkerchief, and brought it to Nangong Yue's mouth.
Que'er shook his head secretly, looked at his concubine with sympathy, and thought: This is not serving the sick, but fighting for favor? She now knows what the phrase "the most difficult to bear the grace of a beauty" in the book means, she must be in the situation of the Crown Princess!
The two girls were competing with each other, and Yukou, who was waiting outside the house, reported: "Shizi Concubine, Aunt Niu is here."
Aunt Niu? Nangong Yue didn't realize it all at once, but Xiao Rongxuan timidly reminded her: "Sister-in-law is mother's biological mother."
Nangong Yue nodded slightly and let Yukou in.
When Yukou finished telling the mother-in-law, Nangong Yue couldn't help frowning.
Wang Mansion opened the main gate to greet an aunt of Fang Mansion
The maids serving on the side also looked at each other in blank dismay, which was really unheard of.
According to the rules, a concubine is a half-servant, so neither the concubine's room nor the relatives of the concubine's room can be regarded as serious relatives. If the concubine's family members want to visit, they have to go to the corner door, and they must obtain the consent of the wife. Not to mention Aunt Niu, Aunt Niu herself is a concubine. For the Wangfu, Xiaofang’s aunt Chu is the in-laws. joke!
It can be seen from this that the Xiaofang family used to be so arrogant and dominant in the palace, that the entire palace forgot these basic rules.
In the morning, Nangong Yue was still lamenting that the Zhennan Prince's Mansion was really unruly, but she didn't expect such an even more unruly thing to happen.
She couldn't help but gave a wry smile, and ordered: "Baihui, take someone there and lead Aunt Niu to the west side hall of Guanju Hall."
No matter what happened in the past, since he is in charge of the palace now, he cannot let an aunt from a foreign palace rampage in the palace, it is really inappropriate.
After a pause, she instructed Que'er again, "Que'er, tell Concubine Wei and ask her to go and greet her."
Aunt Niu is Xiao Fang's biological mother, so it is only reasonable that a concubine of Wei's order should entertain her.
Baihui and Que'er took orders in unison.
Nangong Yue did not avoid Xiao Rongxuan and Xiao Rongying, they could not help being stunned because they could hear clearly.
Although Aunt Niu doesn't live in Luoyue City, she always comes here once or twice a year. Every time, her mother will call them over and ask them to salute and call her grandmother... The sister-in-law is so courageous. Is the concubine a concubine room to entertain guests
The two who were still "competing for favor" just now couldn't help looking at each other.
Baihui and Que'er parted ways after leaving the courtyard, and Baihui hurried to the second gate of the palace with the woman who had reported the news.
When they arrived, Aunt Niu's carriage had stopped at the second gate, and she was sitting in a shoulder-carriage, surrounded by maids and women, walking along the road paved with huge square stone slabs.
As soon as Baihui came, a woman leading the way for Aunt Niu immediately explained Baihui's identity to her in a whisper.
It turned out to be the eldest maid of the Crown Princess! Aunt Niu felt disdainful, it seems that the concubine Shi Zi knew that she was coming, so she ordered her big maid to welcome her!
The corner of Aunt Niu's mouth curled into a haughty smile, she just said, she is the elder, the biological mother of the princess, and the grandmother of the second son Xiao Luan, who in this palace would dare to neglect herself!
"I've met Aunt Niu." Baihui bowed her knees and blessed Aunt Niu upright, the standard of etiquette was so standard that no one could find a single fault.
Seeing Baihui's submissive attitude, Aunt Niu felt even more proud, she raised her chin and said, "Excuse me! But the imperial concubine asked you to come?"
Baihui followed Aunt Niu's words and replied: "The concubine Shizi ordered my slaves to take my aunt to the Guanju hall for a little sitting."
It seems that the crown prince is coming to visit me! Aunt Niu straightened out her plump breasts, and said lightly: "Then I will trouble you to lead the way."
Baihui gave her a wink, and the mother-in-law who was leading the way for Aunt Niu stepped back respectfully.
A group of people moved to Guanju Hall...
Gradually, Aunt Niu felt that the direction she was walking seemed to be getting more and more remote, and she couldn't help but frowned slightly, but thinking that it was the Shizi Concubine who invited her to go, she finally suppressed it first.
After Aunt Niu was introduced to the west side hall, the maid immediately served hot tea. Aunt Niu had just picked up the teacup and pretended to use the tea lid to flip it, when she heard the voice of a little maid saluting outside: "I have seen Wei side concubine."
Aunt Niu's hand holding the tea cover froze for a moment. She had also heard of the prince's side concubine Wei Shi, but had never seen it before. Maybe this Wei side concubine heard that she was coming, so she came here to pay her respects. .
While thinking, I saw a young woman in her twenties coming gracefully from the hall, wearing a lake-colored embroidered pair of green calyx and plum blossoms, a peony bun, and two white jade hairpins on her hair. , looks dignified yet elegant.
Aunt Niu paused for a moment on Wei's beautiful face, and said in her heart: She is indeed a charming one, no wonder she can fascinate the prince like that... But even if this little bitch is a side concubine, so what's the use if she can't have a son !
Wei Shi ignored the contempt in Aunt Niu's eyes and walked forward on his own.
"I've seen the side concubine." Baihui stepped forward to salute Wei.
Wei quickly glanced at Aunt Niu, and said with a smile: "Miss Baihui, thank you for your hard work."
"The side concubine is being polite, this is the duty of a maidservant." After being blessed again, Baihui withdrew.
Mrs. Wei sat down on the teacher's chair at the top, and asked politely: "Aunt Niu came to the palace this time to visit your wife?" While speaking, the servant girl also served tea to Mrs. Wei.
Aunt Niu was impatient and said lightly, "Exactly."
Wei Shi didn't care, and repeated the set of excuses he used to outside: "It's a pity that Madam has been unwell recently, and she has been raising her in the house, so it's inconvenient to see guests."
Aunt Niu snorted coldly and said nothing.
She was impatient to talk to Wei Shi, so she drank tea slowly while waiting for the concubine Shi Zi to come to see her.
She thought that when the concubine Shizi came, she must teach her what is superiority and inferiority, and then ordered the concubine Shizi to lead her to see her daughter.
But, after waiting and waiting, until the tea is cold, why hasn't Shi Zifei come
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