Peach Blossom Wooden
The warm wind was gentle, all the windows in the south and east were open, there was ice in the house, and the little maid was fanning the air.
The queen lay lazily on her side on the sandalwood slump supplemented with a bamboo mat.
In the elegant yard outside the door, cicadas and insects chirped, and the queen frowned and was bored:
"Is Xia Chan born?"
Xiuqiu came in and nodded:
"That's right, summer cicadas sing frogs during the season. Empress doesn't like it, so I asked someone to rush over."
The queen closed her eyes and asked in a muffled voice:
"Hmm, where's Jiang Fuhai?"
Shuiqiu walked forward, sat on the seat where the sandalwood collapsed and put the shoes, took the round fan on the table with the picture of the spring Hunan and autumn moon, and fanned the queen again and again.
"Empress forgot, Jiang Fuhai listened to your instructions to pick up that little maid."
The queen answered and ordered:
"Don't worry about what he does. When he comes back, let him go to the kitchen and get the barley and lotus seed soup."
Autumn clipping:
"Yes, I will inform him."
It was rare to have leisure, and she didn't have to deal with the things in the harem. The queen's mind was deep, and her breathing gradually stabilized. Xiuqiu knew that she was asleep.
After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps of three or four people outside, Clipping Qiu frowned, put down the fan, and turned to the little maid who played the cold fan:
"You fan for the empress for the time being, I'll take a look."
The little maid nodded silently, put down her work, and fanned the queen in front of the queen's red sandalwood.
Xiuqiu walked out, Fang walked a few steps, and saw two palace maids who were wet all over, with disordered hair and embarrassed, crying and entering the door.
Cut Qiu's eyes were sharp. Although the two looked embarrassed, they also made her recognize them. One was the palace girl Qin'er beside the Jade Concubine, and the other was the palace girl Huanbi beside Zhen Guiren. Seeing Huanbi's obviously crying and swollen eyes, Cut Qiu asked in a puzzled and pitiful voice:
"Look what the two of you are doing, the empress just rested?"
Could it be that there is a fight?
Qin'er's face was pale, she couldn't help but shiver, knelt down and pleaded:
"Aunt Xiuqiu, this servant was originally here to report things to the Empress, but I never happened to see Huan Bixun's short-sighted view. This servant's clothes were all wet to save Huan Bi."
Shuiqiu's expression showed a touch of lividity, and when he saw Qin'er's pallor, he opened his mouth to appease:
"It's hard for you, go down first and let someone change your clothes and come back."
Huanbi ran to the inner room like crazy, kowtowed and begged loudly:
"I beg the Empress to see this servant, I really don't want to leave Noble Lady Zhen."
Several rough enlisted old palace maids stopped her, and Xiuqiu said coldly:
"You slave is too much. The Empress didn't blame you for committing suicide. You shouted injustice first."
Hearing this, Huanbi's tears fell. Although her body was strong, she couldn't stand the experience of falling into the water twice.
"Aunt, I grew up with Noble Lady Zhen since childhood, and came from the λ Palace. I and Noble Lady Zhen depend on each other for life. I am willing to stay by Noble Lady Zhen's side and serve her for the rest of my life."
Xiuqiu softened a bit, she was all slaves, and she knew how sincere the loyal slaves were to their masters. If she had the same situation as Huanbi, she would definitely not want to leave, and smiled softly.
"The Empress has always been kind and benevolent, and will definitely understand your loyalty as a servant, but the Empress is still..."
"Aunt Xiuqiu has woken up and is looking for you."
It was the little maid who appeared to interrupt Xiuqiu's words.
Hearing this, Xiuqiu couldn't help complaining that Huanbi didn't jump into the lake early, and didn't jump into the lake late, but jumped when the queen was about to fall asleep.
Huanbi listened to the persuasion and knew that she could not be in a hurry, so she bowed her head:
"I'm waiting for this appearance, it's still what Aunt Slave said to change my attire."
After speaking, she and Qin'er followed a rough old maid down.
In the house, the queen was sitting in front of the dresser, she was already wearing a coat. Only a well-maintained black hair was left uncombed.