[Red Mansion+Qing Chuan] The heroine comes from the last days

Jiang Ling followed the queen mother to the side hall.

There are quite a few more people in the side hall, besides Jia Yuanchun, Concubine Yi and the aunts in charge just now, there are also Baoqin and the big court lady in front of Concubine Yi, the imperial physician who was just invited to show Concubine Yi, and several The maid in front of another concubine.Jia Yuanchun's slap was really too hard, and half of Concubine Yi's cheeks were flushed red, even though more than half an hour had passed, and after the imperial physician applied medicine, some traces could still be seen.

In fact, according to Yifei's temperament, there must be trouble.

But now, Concubine Yi and Jia Yuanchun were sitting beside each other, being comforted by their confidantes, and no one was making trouble.When Jiang Ling followed the Empress Dowager into the palace, Concubine Yi was propping her forehead, closing her eyes and resting her mind, with a hint of coldness leaking from the tip of her eyes.Several aunts in charge were persuading them, but neither of them had any intention of reconciling.

Obviously, this result was intentionally caused by Yi Fei.

It was intentional to provoke Jia Yuanchun, it was intentional to let her slap herself, it was also intentional to wait quietly in the side hall until the banquet was over, and then let the queen mother deal with their affairs.The words Jiang Ling heard at the small side door just now, and the glance that Concubine Yi looked into the palace outside not long ago, all confirmed this conjecture.

Jiang Ling followed the queen mother, looked around slowly, and decided to keep silent this time.

There is no need for her to get involved in the grievances between Concubine Yi and Concubine Gui.

"The concubine pays her respects to the queen mother, and to the imperial concubine."

"The concubine pays her respects to the queen mother, and to the imperial concubine."

"Slaves and maidservants see the empress dowager, see the imperial concubine."

There were high and low greetings from all around, Jia Yuanchun, Yifei, as well as the surrounding maids and aunts all greeted in unison.After the imperial doctor greeted them, he took the medicine box and left; the queen mother went to sit on the main seat, and Jiang Ling stood beside her. After the salute was over, the queen mother said: "Get up. You two, what is it?" What's the matter?"

Jia Yuanchun stood up, looking a little pale, looked down at his hands, but didn't speak.

Concubine Yi glanced at Jia Yuanchun with a gloomy expression: "Back to the Empress Dowager, I have to ask your master about this."

Jia Yuanchun suddenly turned to look at her: "You—"

Concubine Yi smiled, turned her face slightly, and asked: "Isn't this your master's hand?"

Jia Yuanchun choked with anger, and was about to refute, but for some reason, fell silent again.

The queen mother looked at the two of them, one cheek was slightly swollen, and the other kept silent. She couldn't help but beat the armrest again and again, and said angrily: "What's the matter with you two. Concubine Jia, tell me first, Concubine Yi The wound on the face was caused by you?"

Jia Yuanchun raised his head, looked at the Queen Mother, and suddenly there was a sad expression on his face: "Yes."

The Empress Dowager suddenly stood up: "You..." She took a few deep breaths and said, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, but you are fighting with Concubine Yi outside the banquet, where have you learned all the manners and etiquette! And Concubine Yi, you two were changing clothes outside one after the other, why did you bump into each other, and like last time, you started your hands in public? You..."

Jiang Ling glanced around, Jia Yuanchun was still silent, but there was a hint of resentment and unwillingness in his eyes, Concubine Yi was still sneering, and it was the kind of sneer that was sure to win, obviously everything was in her calculations.Baoqin and the big maid next to Concubine Yi tried to go forward a few times, but they were stopped by the aunt in charge: now that the queen mother is here, they definitely have no place to speak.

The queen mother said angrily: "How did I warn you two last time? Concubine Jia needs to contemplate her mistakes behind closed doors in the palace, and concubine Yi, you must not be unreasonable and offend her too much. Now the confinement is finally lifted , and another incident like this happened in the palace, are you two going to be grounded by Aijia together?"

As soon as the word "foot restraint" came out, Jia Yuanchun suddenly raised his head, his face changed slightly.

Concubine Yi lowered her head, with a sneer on her face, she said: "But it's up to the Empress Dowager."

The queen mother slapped the armrest hard: "You guys!..." She waved her hands and said, "Let the imperial concubine stay. The Ai family is tired, how should you deal with the two of them, you follow the rules." See It looks like they've been annoyed by them.

Just as Jiang Ling was about to respond, she suddenly saw Jia Yuanchun heaving a sigh of relief, while Concubine Yi stepped forward and said, "Back to the queen mother, this matter should not be handled by the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine is young, and she is concerned about the old things in the palace." If you don’t know anything, you will inevitably be biased.”

The Empress Dowager raised her head to look at Concubine Yi, and after a long time, she said: "You just said, what happened in the past?"

Jia Yuanchun's complexion turned pale, and even the one holding the piano didn't look very good.

Concubine Yi respectfully lowered her head and said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, that's exactly the case."

The Empress Dowager remembered something, and her complexion also became unsightly. After a long while, she said: "If that's the case, the imperial concubine will step down. Call Rong Concubine and Hui Concubine. You guys, send the imperial concubine back to Chengqian Palace .Since you are young, don’t get involved in these things.”

There were maids in the surroundings who responded and politely invited Jiang Ling out.Although Jiang Ling was a little curious, she also knew that these so-called old things must have been involved in a lot, and if there was one thing missing, one thing would be missing, so she stopped talking and left with the maids.Before leaving, she happened to pass by Concubine Rong, and Concubine Rong's eyes had the same coldness as Concubine Yi's.

After returning to Chengqian Palace, Jiang Ling took off her heavy court clothes and crown, took a bath and changed clothes, and hugged her little elder brother softly in her arms.The little elder brother had just had a full sleep, and was babbling in her arms, his little hands and feet were very vigorous.After coaxing the little elder brother for a while, Jiang Ling leaned on the couch and fell into a dream.

But after a while, there was a light knock on the door: "Master."

Jiang Ling woke up from the dream, dispersed the light fragrance that had just wafted out, and said hoarsely: "Come in." Then he hugged the little elder brother to him, and took care of his swaddle.Now that the weather was a bit cold, Jiang Ling wrapped up the little elder brother tightly.

The one who came in was Jiang Ling's confidant nanny who had just been left in the palace by Jiang Ling.

"Master." The nanny said, "There was a commotion in the palace just now. Concubine Yi, Concubine Rong and Concubine Guifei, three of them insisted on their own words in front of the Empress Dowager, and they all talked about an old incident in the palace more than ten years ago. Son, it has nothing to do with them. Later Concubine Concubine Concubine Yi and Concubine Yi were grounded, Concubine Rong was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager, and now they all dispersed. Oh, when Concubine Yi left, there was one person left with Concubine Concubine Rong."

Jiang Ling caressed the little elder brother's swaddle slowly, and said softly: "But when I left, I saw that the imperial concubine's face was not very good."

"Yes." The nanny said, "Just now, the slaves inquired again, and they said that people died in the palace 17 years ago, 12 years ago, and ten years ago, but at that time people in the palace kept silent. A noble concubine at that time also died in the midst of depression. But the emperor and the empress dowager were not in the capital at that time, so there was no more information. Now they have dug up those old cases and said vaguely that these things are all It is inseparable from the people in the palace now."

Jiang Ling was startled, and murmured: "It's actually..."

The mother said again: "But more things, the servants can't find out, for fear that the old people in the palace will become suspicious. Master, we'd better not get involved in this matter. The empress dowager probably doesn't want the emperor to know .”

Jiang Ling was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Even the emperor doesn't know?"

The nanny smiled: "Master, you are in a daze. At that time, the emperor was only fourteen or five years old, and he was busy fighting with the assistant ministers. How could he know about the dirty things in the harem. As for the empress dowager, slaves and servants Don’t dare to speak out.”

Jiang Ling nodded slightly, and said, "It's okay, you can go down."

Mammy responded and withdrew again.

Jiang Ling let out a sigh of relief, looked down at the little elder brother in the swaddle, and tapped his forehead lightly.

The little elder brother thought it was his mother coaxing him to play, so he babbled and smiled with innocent and innocent eyes.

Jiang Ling closed his eyes, and thought carefully again, those so-called dirty old things should be related to the old people in the palace.Last time Concubine Yi asked Concubine Rong, "You have been eating vegetarian food for more than ten years in the palace", and Jia Yuanchun also had the so-called "handle of Concubine Hui more than ten years ago". With a slap in the face, Concubine Yi said, "The imperial concubine is young", and the queen mother called Concubine Rong in as soon as she heard the words old things... The things mentioned by the nanny just now should have something to do with them.

Otherwise, it is difficult to explain the reasons for these actions.

The little elder brother played in the swaddling baby for a while, and when he saw his mother ignoring him, he flattened his mouth and cried.

Jiang Ling was woken up by the baby's sobbing and crying, and put aside the trivial matters just now, and hugged the little elder brother in his arms and softly coaxed her.The little baby is actually more casual than adults, after being coaxed by the mother for a while, he put the matter behind him and giggled again, even though there were still crystal tears on his face.

Jiang Ling stretched out his fingers to wipe away those teardrops, and sighed secretly.

That night, Jiang Ling heard that Concubine Rong had been copying Buddhist scriptures overnight in the Buddhist hall.

At noon the next day, Jiang Ling heard again that Concubine Jia accidentally ate badly in the morning, and called two imperial physicians to the palace to see a doctor.

Then the next afternoon, Jiang Ling heard that several vases had been dropped in Concubine Hui's palace, and it was said that a cook was also dismissed.

Concubine Hui dismissed the cook, of course, because Jiang Ling didn't drink that bowl of porridge.But Jia Yuanchun had a bad stomach, and Concubine Rong copied the Buddhist scriptures all night, but it seemed particularly intriguing.In addition, Concubine De, who usually copied Buddhist scriptures with Concubine Rong and chanted scriptures in front of the Buddha, was unexpectedly quiet these two days, staying in the palace all day, not going out of the gate, which made it even more intriguing.

Jiang Ling, as the imperial concubine who took care of the affairs of the Six Palaces, called the aunt in charge to ask her in accordance with her authority.

The aunts in charge were ambiguous, saying that the imperial concubine fell ill because she had a bad stomach from eating and was overly worried.On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, no one dared to say anything about the Empress Dowager, Concubine Yi, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Rong in the side hall. They must have been given a gag order.

Jiang Ling tried to ask Baoqin in the dream, only to know that that night, Concubine Rong revealed a previous incident, and the queen mother asked all the maids who served in the palace to retire. Neither heard.

Even so, the Empress Dowager issued a sealing order, which shows the seriousness of these matters.

Jiang Ling asked some simple questions, and then asked the aunts in charge to retreat.In the afternoon of that day, she took her confidant, nanny, and two female officials who had just been transferred to Chengqian Palace to the imperial concubine's palace to visit her sick.

Jiang Ling has not entered Jia Yuanchun's palace for two full years.Coming back this time, it feels like a world away.

Jia Yuanchun's complexion was much more sluggish than before, and his whole body was visibly depressed, even his appearance was several years old.Baoqin lay in front of Jia Yuanchun's bed and wept mournfully, but nothing came out of crying.When Jia Yuanchun saw Jiang Ling, his face turned pale first, then he twisted himself vigorously, then bent down deeply and said, "Greetings to the imperial concubine. Please forgive me that my concubine is seriously ill and cannot salute."

This gift is really a bit unwilling.

Jiang Ling didn't bother with her, and asked the maids to move a chair over, and sat in front of Jia Yuanchun, watching her quietly.

Jia Yuanchun also looked at Jiang Ling, his complexion was astonishingly white.After a long time, she couldn't hold back and asked: "But I don't know that the imperial concubine is here, so what's the point? It can't be to see how sick I am?" As she spoke, she coughed hard twice.

Baoqin hurried forward and patted Jia Yuanchun's back.

Jiang Ling smiled and said:

"I came here today with two things in mind. The first thing is to have a look at you, and whether to send you two more imperial physicians. The second thing is to ask you, That day when the Second Wife entered the palace, Second Mistress Bao asked me to help you with the house, was it planned early in the morning, or was it just a sudden improvisation by Second Wife and Second Mistress Bao?"