90 Days of Spring: Sixty-ninth day

The servant girl served hot tea, and the fragrance of Dongting Junshan tea was overwhelming. Empress Wei sipped it leisurely, as if she was thinking about how to speak.

"I heard that you have been in the Four Kings Court these days?" She looked down and spoke bluntly.

Miaomiao shuddered violently. She didn't know who passed on the words. Since she asked this question, she must be 100% sure. "...Yes."

Pausing for a while, he explained: "My lord has bad legs and feet. For the convenience of taking care of him, the maid temporarily lives in the Rongguang Courtyard. There is no violation of the rules."

"Isn't it overstepping the rules?" Empress Wei raised her eyebrows, then straightened her face and asked sharply, "Sleeping on the same bed every day, isn't it considered overstepping the rules?"

Miaomiao raised her eyes in amazement, met her angry face, and knelt down on the ground without thinking twice, "The queen calms down, maidservant..."

Before she finished speaking, she interrupted, "What's the matter with your arm?"

Queen Wei stared at her left hand with displeasure, and felt something was wrong when she came in. That hand was like a prosthetic limb, hanging stiffly by her side, and even the big arc she had just knelt down, only swayed slightly with her body.

Unable to hide the feeling, Miaomiao lowered her head and said frankly: "I don't feel it anymore."

…

That's useless, a crack appeared on Empress Wei's face, and the hand holding Gai Zhong tightened, almost losing her composure. Where did the fourth child fall in love with her? She is not beautiful, let alone smart, and now she is not even healthy, she really cannot accept it.

Empress Wei calmed down, and then asked, "You accidentally fell into the water a month ago, and even the imperial physician was helpless. I remember this clearly, and the saint ordered you to be buried with honor..." She changed the subject. , with sharp eyes, "Why are you living well now?"

At that time, she got news that the fourth prince had a dispute with the crown prince, and after further questioning, it turned out that it was because of a servant girl in the fourth prince's residence. Both are her sons, the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, she punished neither of them, and later the sage ordered the prince to contemplate for a month behind closed doors before giving up on the matter.

At the beginning, the four kings languished because of this servant girl for several days, and they finally recovered from it, but now they fell into it again.

When Empress Wei learned that the maid in front of her was the same person as the one a month ago, she had mixed feelings in her heart. Before coming here, Empress Wei even thought about it, since she is a maid, it is not a bad idea to lift her up as an aunt, but this hand... It really discredited the royal family.

Miaomiao narrowed her eyes and said: "The servant girl took a medicine, which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life, and this saved the servant girl."

There is such a miracle medicine in the world, Empress Wei did not believe it at first, but after seeing her, she had no choice but to believe it.

When I came to the Fourth Prince's Mansion today, I took advantage of Yang Fu being summoned by the sage, and she came to see this secret servant girl. She saw it, but unfortunately it was quite different from what she had imagined. Empress Wei sighed, she was even more unwilling to fulfill her and Yang Fu.

She put down the bell and said softly when she passed by Miaomiao, "You go with me."

Miaomiao didn't know why, so she tilted her head to watch her leave, then stood up while supporting the Eight Immortals table, and staggered behind her.

When they reached the gate of the palace, there was a palace attendant parked outside the gate, watching Empress Wei step into the carriage, she stood stiffly by the side, at a loss. On the other hand, the servant girl couldn't stand it anymore, so she pushed her and said, "The empress is dead, what are you still doing?"

Miaomiao stepped on a yellow wooden stool to get into the car. Inside the car were Empress Wei and two other maidservants.

The wheels of the car were pushed slowly, and the interior of the car was very stable. The two maids sometimes talked with Queen Wei, making them look more and more lonely.

Probably because she looks too pitiful, Empress Wei looked at her and said: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't do anything to you."

Miaomiao raised her head, her watery eyes were timid, "Empress Empress, where are you taking me?"

Empress Wei looked away, "Go back to the palace."

Go back to the palace? palace? Miaomiao gasped, she thought that the queen was going to throw her into some wild mountains, and she would never go back to the palace... But what did she bring herself into the palace for? I wanted to ask again, but Empress Wei no longer looked at her, so Miaomiao suppressed her curiosity and stopped asking.

*

Entering the palace gate, the chariot stopped at the gate of Yongfu Palace. Miaomiao followed Queen Wei out of the chariot and walked all the way into the Qingxi Hall.

The imperial palace is no better than the palace, and there are strict rules everywhere, even the maids walk a little easier. Miaomiao glanced at the surrounding scene, bright and bright. She stopped outside the hall and waited for a long time. Empress Wei changed into her normal clothes and came out, "Come here."

The words were addressed to Miaomiao. Miaomiao followed her in two or three steps and wanted to ask her where she was going, but was infected by the surrounding atmosphere and finally swallowed her doubts.

The corridors in the palace were twists and turns, I only remember turning many corners, Miaomiao was afraid of losing her attention, so she followed her attentively. The front view is gradually widening, and the roses in the garden are competing to bloom, and the pink and white petals are clustered together.

The queen brought her here to enjoy the flowers? Miaomiao couldn't help but wonder, besides the Chinese rose, there are other delicate flowers in the garden, making the whole back garden look like a sea of ​​flowers. Looking forward, I saw two shadowy figures behind the lush ginkgo trees.

One red, one hundred and two figures stood by the pool, and after taking two steps closer, they could hear the woman's cowardly whispers.

"Last time at the villa, Alan was rude and disturbed the prince's cleanliness. He has always felt guilty about it. I hereby apologize to the prince..."

They stood at a corner, and the other party could not see the scene here.

As soon as these words came out, Miaomiao wondered who was standing there, and she looked up at Queen Wei in surprise. What does it mean? You brought her here purposely just to see this scene?

Yang Fu seemed to have said something, Jiang Alan's eyes turned red, and he followed him for two steps.

In the eyes of outsiders, this scene seems to be bullying her by the Four Kings. The girl rushed forward to meet him, but he had a cold face, and he was so indifferent to people, that Empress Wei couldn't help sighing.

"Qi Han is not close to me. For his marriage these years, I and the saint have spent a lot of time and effort. There are so many ladies in the capital, but he doesn't like any of them, and he hasn't got married until now." Empress Wei Turning her head, I don't know if it was Miaomiao's illusion, but there was something in her eyes that blamed her, "Jiang Alan is the granddaughter of the Taifu, with good conduct and good looks. This palace and the saint fell in love with each other. I thought this matter was inseparable, but it's a pity that he still disagrees with this marriage."

Miaomiao supported her left arm, her eyes rolled around, the queen told her what to do...

However, the queen's next sentence made her completely stunned, "I told you these things, because I want you to go back and persuade him, so that he can agree to the marriage with the Jiang family as soon as possible. At that time, I will discuss it with the saint again." After a while, it might be possible to promote you as an aunt."

Miaomiao stared blankly, "Let me persuade the prince to marry her?"

Empress Wei glanced at her, she didn't need to speak, there was already a maid in the palace who said: "Presumptuous."

Miaomiao pursed her pink lips into a line, finally understood the purpose of this trip, and said solemnly: "My queen, my servant will not do this."

Queen Wei frowned, "You want to disobey me?"

"I don't dare." She took a step back and knelt down with her left hand down, "The prince should decide to marry a wife and have children. If I open my mouth, it will only cause more trouble for the prince. Besides, I like the prince, so I can't say that." kind of language."

Kneeling in front of her, she said word by word, the scorching sun fell on her shoulders at noon, the little girl seemed to be wearing a soft armor, her long eyelashes drooped slightly, and she looked fearless.

Empress Wei was stunned for a moment, she probably didn't expect her to refuse so readily.

After a long time, he whispered, "Then there is no need to go back."

Miaomiao raised her head, "What?"

Empress Wei turned away and turned back, "Before the four kings agreed to the marriage, you have been living in the palace. Be honest, I will order someone to watch you."

Watching her go away gradually, Miaomiao slowly regained consciousness, is she imprisoned in disguise?

Looking behind the ginkgo tree, Yang Fu had already left, leaving Jiang Alan standing alone.

*

Following the palace man, the other party led Miaomiao to a small courtyard in Yongji Palace, "This is the place, if the girl has any orders, just call the villain."

Miaomiao stopped at the door and saw that he had no intention of leaving, so she just pushed open the courtyard door and walked in obediently.

Compared with other places in Yongzhu Palace, this place is really simple, and everything in the house is still complete, but it is a little old. There is always someone to take care of here, but it is still clean.

Miaomiao sat on the embroidered pier, looking at the door with her chin in one hand, wondering how the prince would react after returning to the mansion... Would he guess that she was in the palace?

I don't know what Queen Wei's plan is to keep her in the palace. She has a bad left hand and no one to help her. Even dressing and eating is a problem. Fortunately, the people in the palace were not harsh on her. In the evening, someone brought food and some change of clothes.

After the meal, the palace maid sent a message, saying that the queen invited her to come over.

Miaomiao was cleaning her hands at the side, she put down her towel after hearing this, and followed the maidservant to the Qingxi Hall.

There were red candles burning throughout the arms in the hall, Empress Wei was about to have her dinner, and she was reclining on the pillow and sipping tea. He raised his eyes and saw her coming, and cut straight to the point, "Have you thought about what the White Palace said?"

“…”

It turned out that it was because of this matter that Miaomiao bent her lips helplessly: "Queen, I have thought about it very clearly, the servant girl will not open her mouth."

Perhaps guessed a little bit, this time the queen did not show sullenness, but gave her a light look, "then continue to live until you think it through."

Miaomiao said silently: "... Oh."

Empress Wei chatted with the servants in the other palace, intentionally leaving her aside, not letting her go back, and ignoring her. Miaomiao stood quietly by the side, with her head drooping a little bit. She woke up early this morning, and she was sleepy early in the morning. If the queen hadn't suddenly summoned her, she would have planned to go to bed early.

The force of the servant girl beating her legs was moderate, the queen closed her eyes comfortably, and when she opened them again, she saw a small figure swaying in the corner of her eyes, as if she was about to fall down at any moment.

She has a big heart, and she still has the mind to doze off at this time.

Queen Wei took a sip of tea, "Your name is Miaomiao?"

Miaomiao leaned over and suddenly woke up, "Yes..."

After asking, the queen didn't speak any more, but a servant girl from outside the house entered with a worried look on her face: "Your Majesty, the Four Kings are here."

Her voice was not loud, but it was enough for Miaomiao on the side to hear clearly, and all the sleepy people ran away, staring at the outside of the house intently.

The sound of footsteps came from the corridor, gradually walking towards the hall, getting closer and closer.

Empress Wei thought about it, and said to Miaomiao: "Go to the inner room, you can't come out without my palace's order."

Yan Qi ordered the palace maid to take her in, and when Yang Fu was about to come in, she was pushed behind a red sandalwood phoenix and peony screen.