Nangong Yue's face was calm, and she ordered lightly: "Que'er, go and see if the good doctor has arrived, and what he said."
After the magpie responded, he hurried away again, coming and going like a gust of wind.
After Nangong Yue washed the brush, she put the brush aside first, and then made a gesture, and Thrush handed her a new brush.
Nangong Yue concentrated on drawing flowerpots and window frames, but left half of the window frame, unable to draw.
Do you want to add a "beauty" by the window? !
This painting of peonies is better than she expected, especially the charm of the flowers and leaves in the breeze. If I paint it again, I am afraid it may not have such an effect...
Nangong Yue was hesitating when Que'er came back, and behind her was an eleven or twelve-year-old maid who said she was sent by the prince.
After the little maid saluted respectfully, she said, "Concubine Mei, Aunt Mei is not feeling well. The good doctor just went over to check her pulse. Aunt Mei is fine after taking the medicine. The good doctor said it was Mei. Auntie accidentally used something cold and cold, which made her fetus gas. But Aunt Mei didn’t use anything else in the afternoon except anti-fetal medicine.” As she spoke, the little maid swallowed nervously, and said, "My lord asks the concubine to come over."
The little maid stood with her body bowed, not daring to raise her head.
A few days ago, Shuang'er, who was in the same room with her, went to Yuge to ask the concubine to check Aunt Mei's pulse, but was ordered to be punished by the concubine, and she is still lying on the bed and unable to get up...
Nangong Yue put down her pen again, and decided to draw here for the time being.
"Baihua."
After she called out, Baihui immediately stepped forward and stood by.
"You go with her and see what your father has ordered."
Baihui went in response, the little maid felt a little uneasy, the prince ordered the concubine to go, but the concubine asked Baihui to go, which seemed a bit inappropriate. But the little maid didn't dare to say anything, so she took Baihui and left together in fear, thinking: Masters are fighting, it's just them servants who are unlucky.
While leading the way, the little maid couldn't help but secretly looked at Baihui's expression, but she saw that Baihui was calm and calm from beginning to end, as if what she was going to meet was not the majestic Zhennan King, but an ordinary man. people.
The little maid secretly exclaimed in her heart: I have heard for a long time that this elder sister Baihui is the first person in front of the Shizi Concubine, and the manner of acting is probably not comparable to that of the girls in some mansions.
In the little maid's various complicated thoughts, Aunt Mei's yard appeared in front of her.
"Sister Baihui, please go this way."
The little servant girl respectfully led Baihui into the main room, and only after she was told to report, did she lead her into the inner room.
The small inner room is a bit crowded at the moment.
Aunt Mei was sitting delicately on the bed, leaning on a big pillow on her back, wearing a snow-blue velvet mop on her forehead, her face was pale, her lips were bloodless, she looked sickly, fragile.
King Zhennan was sitting by the couch, holding his concubine's plain hand caringly.
In the center of the room, a seven or eight-year-old maid was kneeling on the cold bluestone floor, shivering like a broken leaf in the cold wind.
Seeing Baihui coming, Aunt Mei's eyes were half-closed, looking very pitiful.
Zhennan Wang's brows were tightly locked, he didn't expect that he ordered the concubine to come over, and the concubine dared to send a servant girl to perfuse him.
Baihui ignored Zhennan King's gloomy face, stepped forward without haste, and then saluted Zhennan King and Aunt Mei before saying, "Aunt Mei, the imperial concubine ordered the slaves to come over and ask what happened."
Aunt Mei didn't speak, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at King Zhennan timidly.
Baihui knowingly asked: "Aunt Mei, may I ask who is delivering the medicine to Auntie today?"
Aunt Mei's eyes turned red, she took out a moon-white embroidered handkerchief, wiped the corners of her eyes, and winked at the maid next to her, who hurriedly said for her: "It's that bastard!" The little girl named Ming Zhu who was kneeling on the ground was filled with righteous indignation, "It's a good thing that my aunt likes this girl so much and treats her well, but she doesn't want to lose sight of it. This Ming Zhu is actually a person with evil intentions!"
Ming Zhu, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled even more, his mouth opened and closed, and he wanted to speak, but he didn't dare. Although she is quite clever, she is still just a child under the age of eight.
Baihui glanced at Mingzhu indifferently, and asked again pretending to be suspicious: "This little girl looks very strange, I don't know which yard she is from?"
Aunt Mei trembled violently, looked at King Zhennan with tears in her eyes, suppressed the grievance in her voice, and said: "Miss Baihui, this girl named Mingzhu was sent to me two days ago. …”
Aunt Mei didn't mention Nangongyue's name in a word, but the imperial concubine Nangongyue was in charge of the imperial concubine Nangongyue, so it was self-evident who ordered the new maidservant.
Aunt Mei continued: "... the anti-fetal medicine used by my concubine has been boiled by Zhi Man in the past, but today this little maid brought it in."
So it was all good in the past, but something happened today.
Zhennan Wang's eyebrows were tightly locked, and a gloomy breath was released, not angry but arrogant.
Aunt Mei sobbed a bit, her slender shoulders looked so weak, she touched her still flat belly, and sighed faintly: "Fortunately, this child is lucky..."
Baihui watched this wonderful drama with cold eyes.
Obviously, she was implying that the imperial concubine ordered this little servant girl to do something with the anti-fetal medicine, and to do something to the child in her womb.
The eldest concubine and Aunt Mei have no grudges or enmities, but they are with the eldest son and husband, so the only possibility is that the eldest son does not want the prince to have another concubine born!
This Aunt Mei is really eloquent, she doesn't mention the concubine at all, but she guides the prince to think in that direction with every word.
Baihui sneered mentally, but she seemed to not understand what Aunt Mei meant.
She pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said: "So it was the new maid two days ago. I still remember that the eldest girl, the second girl, and the fourth girl went to the Youning Hall to pick out the maids in person, and I don't know that Aunt Mei Who picked the maid?"
Aunt Mei sneered in her heart, could it be that the concubine Shizi still wanted to put the blame on Kikyo
She frowned, and said: "I remember that it was Miss Jigeng who brought the bamboo, and it must have been picked by the concubine."
Bellflower? ! Zhennan Wang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something. Just now he was worried about Aunt Mei and the baby in her womb, but he didn't care about the little girl's appearance. Now that he took a closer look, this girl seemed familiar.
By the way, that day Jijiao brought four little maids to pick out for him, and he randomly picked two pleasing to the eye and asked Jijiao to take them to Aunt Mei.
Thinking of her implicative words just now, King Zhennan said coldly: "This girl was chosen by this king. Could it be that this king wants to kill you?"
What? ! Aunt Mei blinked, feeling a little dumbfounded for a moment. how could be? !
Before she could react, King Zhennan had already stood up and said impatiently, "Doctor Wang Liang!"
"The little one is here." The good doctor at the side hurriedly responded tremblingly.
The King of Zhennan said unhappily: "Give Aunt Mei a good look and see what has been eaten, and pay more attention in the future."
This person was chosen by herself, so there will definitely be no problems, so there is no doubt that Aunt Mei's fetus will be gassy, it must be because she didn't control her mouth and ate something cold!
Looking at Aunt Mei again, King Zhennan felt that she was guilty everywhere.
Maybe it was because he was afraid that he would blame her, so he was the first to push the matter on the little maid!
The more King Zhennan thought about it, the more he realized the truth about himself. Why did this concubine, who was considered sensible at first, become pampered and coquettish after she became pregnant? ! It seems that I dote on her too much, I have to keep her cold for a while!
No wonder the Concubine Shizi only sent a personal maid, maybe she thought of this and avoided it on purpose, so as not to embarrass herself in front of her daughter-in-law.
Hey, after all, a concubine is just a concubine, so she can't get on the stage.
Thinking of this, King Zhennan said, "Take a good rest", and left with a little displeasure.
"My lord..."
Aunt Mei hurriedly shouted, but she couldn't stop King Zhennan's footsteps. Her complexion suddenly became extremely gloomy, and her eyes were as deep as ink.
Unexpectedly, the concubine Shizi was even more difficult than she imagined, and it was no wonder that not only did he win over Shizi Xiao and spoil her alone, but also made Zhennan King trust her even more. These days, she has blocked the temptations several times, and has not affected the father-son relationship between King Zhennan and Shizi Xiao at all. If this continues, the task given to him by His Royal Highness may not be easy to handle...
You have to think of another way.
Aunt Mei lowered her head, hiding the strangeness in her eyes.
Baihui looked at it coldly, and after Zhennan King left, she blessed herself and said, "Aunt Mei, if there is nothing wrong, then the servant will leave." Then, she looked at the little maid named Mingzhu, " Since Aunt Mei felt that Mingzhu was not good for her work, the servant took her away."
Without waiting for Aunt Mei's reaction, she greeted Mingzhu to leave, not caring about Aunt Mei's expression at all.
The little maid named Mingzhu was still a little confused, but she got up intuitively and followed Baihui away. Although her knee was sore and numb, it seemed that it was not her own, but she couldn't care about it anymore. What is more important than her life? !
When she got out of Aunt Mei's yard, the poor little girl still felt like a dream, she couldn't help pinching herself quietly, the pain made her face distorted, but she didn't dare to cry out.
Baihui saw her little actions in a funny way, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It's just a child.
Baihui took Mingzhu back to Bixiaotang. At this time, Nangong Yue had already put away her painting tools and went back to her room, where she was casually flipping through a book of travel notes on the beauty's couch.
Mingzhu saluted Nangong Yue respectfully. The second time she saw the Shizi Concubine, she felt very different. With a girl like Baihui beside the concubine, how amazing should the concubine be!
Nangong Yue looked at the little girl's "respectful" eyes and felt a little weird. She thought that the other party had suffered a catastrophe just now, and she must have been frightened, so she said softly, "Is your name Mingzhu?"
Mingzhu hurriedly responded.
"Would you like to tell me about what happened today?" Nangong Yue asked again.
Ming Zhu straightened out his thoughts, and replied articulately: "Back to Shi Zifei, in fact, the servants don't know what's going on. Aunt Mei has to take three doses of anti-fetal medicine every day these days, and the nurse in the yard Mammy set up a stove in the backyard. On weekdays, a sister Zhiman would cook and deliver medicine to Aunt Mei. My aunt suddenly hugged her stomach and cried out that it hurts..."
Afterwards, to Mingzhu, everything that happened was like a raging wave on the sea hitting her at once. With her weakness, she was powerless to resist, and could only watch helplessly as she was almost swallowed up. … She almost thought she was going to be beaten to death.
Nangong Yue and Baihui exchanged a look, which was clear.
This little servant girl was also unlucky, and suffered an indiscriminate disaster.
Judging by her words and deeds, she is quite clever and her thinking is clear. She should be a teachable talent.
Nangong Yue then asked: "Mingzhu, you can stay in Bixiaotang and do the sweeping."
Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, followed by the ecstasy that could not be concealed on his small face, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, Shizifei! Thank you, Shizifei..."
Soon, Huamei took Mingzhu down, and it was not so easy to stay in Bixiaotang, Mingzhu had to train and train a lot first. As for her name, this "Mingzhu" was chosen by Aunt Mei, which sounds very unlucky, so she has to change it.
Huamei thought secretly and left, then Yinger came in and told that An's family had arrived in Luoyue City, and they had just sent a post to greet Shi Ziye and Shi Zifei in the future.
settle down
Xiao Yi added the An family to this hunt, and it obviously has his own intentions.
So Nangong Yue agreed without even reading the post.
Next, both the Wangfu and Bixiaotang were busy with the upcoming spring hunting. Two nights passed in a flash. This morning, before An's family came, Baihui brought Zhu Zhu first. Xing over there news.
"Prince Concubine, Housekeeper Zhu said that the matter you explained has been found." Baihui said seriously, "Butler Zhu ordered the secret guards to go to Li County to check Aunt Mei's background. Aunt Mei was hungry a few months ago. She fainted at the entrance of a Lijia Village near Li County, and was picked up by a hunter in Lijia Village. At that time, she was still suffering from a high fever, and thanks to the hunter's family background, she asked a doctor to show it to Aunt Mei. Two silver coins saved her life. The Orion originally wanted Aunt Mei to be the wife of the family's stupid twenty-year-old son who hadn't married yet. Who would have thought that the family would die after eating poisonous mushrooms picked on the mountain by mistake, and Aunt Mei Luckily, she narrowly escaped death by following an old lady next door to sell embroidery in Li County. Later, in order to repay her kindness, Aunt Mei sold herself to bury the family, and then met Qiao by chance. Madam, buy her back..."
In the end, he entered the palace "by mistake".
Nangong Yue casually played with a white jade ring hanging on her waist. Aunt Mei's "story" seemed to be fine. I am afraid that even if she opened the coffin for an autopsy, she would only see a few corpses that died from eating poisonous mushrooms. .
This Orion's stupid son is twenty years old, he must be not too young, he has lived on the mountain for decades, don't he know that there are poisonous mushrooms in the mountain
Besides, since the Orion's family can spend a few taels of silver to see a doctor for Aunt Mei, they must not be so poor that they can't get rid of the pot, and burying the family will not be reduced to a place where they sell themselves.
"I'm afraid there is something strange about the death of this family..." Nangong Yue narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, "If this is the case, the so-called selling her body to bury her father and her going to the palace as a concubine may not be a coincidence, but a deliberate design." of."
Nangong Yue recalled what the concubine Wei said that day, whether it was asking for the pulse, or the small kitchen, or the matter of the anti-fetal medicine two days ago, Aunt Mei did not seem to be fighting for favor, but aimed at Bixiaotang, or It was aimed at Xiao Yi and himself...
After Nangong Yue pondered for a moment, she told Baihui, "Baihui, go and send a message to Steward Zhu, and let him continue to investigate."
Baihui withdrew.
Next, Nangong Yue cheered up to deal with the visiting An Ziang family. There were quite a few people from the An family this time. An Ziang and his wife, the eldest son An Minzhong and his second son An Minrui all came, occupying the reception hall half.
After a group of people recognized their marriage, Mrs. An praised and praised her second son An Minrui, and asked Xiao Fei about all kinds of things, and the reason for her request was clearly revealed.
Nangong Yue exchanged casual greetings with them, and the An family was very knowledgeable. Knowing that the spring hunt was approaching, Nangong Yue was at her busiest time, so she left after sitting for a while.
Anyway, during the spring hunt, they still have a lot of opportunities to get close to Shi Ziye and Shi Zifei.
Of course, more importantly, you can also meet Miss Xiao.
As the spring hunting approaches day by day, the whole Luoyue City seems to be busy...
In the evening of this day, a gray carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew into Qingyunwu. While flying, the carrier pigeon cautiously looked around to guard against the sudden arrival of "danger", but unexpectedly, the journey was smooth and smooth. Yes, until it fell into Xiao Si's palms, Gray Pigeon still couldn't believe its good luck.
Gray Pigeon went in, and after a while, Guan Yubai came out and went straight to Xiao Yi's study.
Xiao Yi was appreciating the painting triumphantly after the desk, when he saw Guan Yubai coming, he waved impatiently and said: "Xiaobai, come and take a look at this "Peony Beauty Picture"."
Guan Yubai was stunned, Xiao Yi's calligraphy is good, but he is not interested in paintings, why did he suddenly have the interest to appreciate paintings
He responded, walked over to take a look, and couldn't help but smile.
This is indeed a "Peony Beauty Picture", but this "beauty" is Xiao Yi, so this painting must be painted by Nangong Yue, no wonder Xiao Yi is so engrossed in watching it.
On the rice paper that occupies most of the desk, one can see a man in red leaning against the window, with a vigorous gray eagle resting on his right forearm. This picture, as if you can feel the soft breeze...
Xiao Si also saw it, and frowned. This Xiao Shizi is still so cheeky, he actually claims to be a beauty.
Xiao Yi said braggingly: "Xiaobai, what do you think of Ayue's painting?" Only if Peony is really beautiful, he knows that in Ayue's heart, he is the unparalleled beauty in the world!
Guan Yubai couldn't help laughing, but since Xiao Yi asked, he looked at the painting seriously, pondered for a moment, and said: "In this painting, whether it is a person or a flower, they all capture their charm, but this Although people and flowers are in a 'frame', they lack a trace of connection with each other... ”
Xiao Yi looked at the painting again, he clicked through, and said: "Xiaobai, you are right!"
He picked up the Langhao brush on the side, dipped it in some ink, and then drew a stroke on the right eye of the person in the painting, then put away the pen and smiled with satisfaction.
When the tail of the right eye of the person in the painting is raised slightly, he looks like he is teasing an eagle or looking at flowers, and the painting has a more aftertaste that makes people ponder.
After Xiao Yi put down his pen, he took Guan Yubai to appreciate it for a while, and then asked with a smile: "Xiao Bai, but there is another letter from the capital?"
Guan Yubai handed him a piece of tissue paper.
Xiao Yi glanced at it, and the corner of his mouth curled up.
The letter said two things:
One is that Han Lingfu, the king of Gongjun, will marry the eldest daughter of Chen Commander of the Three Thousand Battalion as the successor princess, and the marriage will be done in a filial piety. The Cui family is deeply concerned about the sudden death of Cui Yanyan, the princess of the county. Cui Wei proposes to ask the emperor to uphold justice for his daughter. Afterwards, Han Lingfu went to Cui's mansion to meet Cui Wei. No one knew what the two talked about. As a result, the Cui family agreed to Han Lingfu's filial piety, and Han Lingfu would accept a girl from another branch of the Cui family as his side concubine. .
The second is that there are voices in the court opposing the establishment of the fifth prince as the prince, and it has intensified. The emperor has stopped the court for three days because of this.
Xiao Yi put down the tissue paper, without any surprise on his face, he said flatly: "The emperor really can't hold back."
Guan Yubai said calmly: "If this continues, the establishment of the crown prince will definitely be delayed."
Xiao Yi leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and asked: "Xiao Bai, in your opinion, what should the emperor do, is the best policy?"
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