445, fortunately
Xu Shu slowly walked back to Xihuaxuan, and sure enough, she heard the sound of Long Yan walking away. The Xihuaxuan was filled with joy and bright lights. The palace people came and went, not at all like the scene that should have been late at night!
Li Ying'er is favored and has the Queen as her backing. Everyone in the harem is afraid of her. The people who work in Xihuaxuan will have a better life and will be looked up by other palace ladies, so they will naturally be happy.
Xu Shu quietly entered the room where she lived temporarily. As soon as she took out the medicine from her sleeve, she heard someone knocking on the door. She hurriedly took the medicine back and asked in a deep voice, "Who?"
The person outside the door was obviously relieved, "Miss is in the house, why don't you light the light?"
Xu Shu is a blind man. What is the difference between her or not? It’s just that others don’t know that she is a blind man. In order to avoid unnecessary suspicion, Xu Shu still illuminates the lamp and then asked, “Is there anything wrong?”
The palace maid outside the door replied, "The beauty is afraid that you will be hungry, so she specially asked me to send you some food. These dishes were specially delivered by the imperial kitchen after the emperor came, but they can't be eaten normally!"
Li Ying'er is showing off! She didn't even let her go, for fear that others wouldn't know she was favored, and Xu Shu was too lazy to pay attention to Li Ying'er's little thoughts.
"Come in! Thank you for the beauty for me!" Xu Shu got up and opened the door for the palace maid.
"You are polite girl!" The palace maid put down her food and retreated. When she left the door, she found that the light in the room behind her was out again. Could it be that she would sleep so soon? But when she just entered, she clearly saw that the girl was dressed neatly. The palace maid was curious, but because of this, she had nothing to do with it, so she left straight.
After blowing out the lamp, Xu Shumuzu finally turned on the medicine given by the queen mother after changing her clothes, and held it in her hand. Until she held the small bottles and heated up, she finally slowly poured the bottle and mixed the pills into the spices one by one...
Early the next morning, Li Ying'er hurriedly packed up and went to thank the queen. Yesterday, the emperor came to her for her. According to the rules, she had to go to thank the queen early the next morning. After Xie Wan'er came back and hurriedly changed his makeup to pay tribute to the queen. He was hesitating whether to bring Xu Shu with him, Xu Shu had already appeared in front of her.
Li Ying'er was startled, "Did you not sleep well last night? There is so thick bruise now!"
Xu Shu touched her eyes and said "Hmm", "I ate too much last night and couldn't sleep!"
Thinking of the food he sent, Li Ying'er smiled decisively, "It turns out that the dishes made in the imperial kitchen are so delicious, and I can't compare with the things I make in this small kitchen! Are you going to the queen's place?"
Xu Shu nodded.
"Then let's go together!" Li Ying'er stepped forward, and Xu Shu followed silently.
Li Ying'er was proud and walked lightly along the way. She did not change her brisk pace when she entered Kunning Palace. Hearing the voices of concubines from the main hall, Xu Shu immediately avoided the side after entering the door. Madam Yuan, who was waiting aside, saw Xu Shu hurriedly pulled her to the side hall, "Miss Xu Jiu, please!"
Xu Shuqi said, "What day is today? Why are the empresses from all palaces here?" Today is neither the first day nor the fifteenth day. It is not the day to pay tribute. In addition, the emperor is compassionate with the queen and takes care of the princess' hard work, even the custom of paying tribute to the concubines on the first day and fifteenth day is just a matter of seeing the concubines come to me.
Madam Yuan said helplessly, "My beauty Li comes to Kunning Palace every day to pay tribute to the Empress and serves the Empress. Everyone in the palace knows that after the Emperor came to Meiren Li yesterday, the empresses of each palace felt that it was because Meiren Li was diligent in serving the Empress and that they were favored. So they all came one by one, making a noise, and woke up the princess. They were all precious people, and they couldn't even say a heavy word. Queen, it was so annoying!"
Xu Shu smiled and said, "Now that Meiren Li has gone, the Queen should be able to steal a moment of leisure!"
"That's right!" Madam Yuan also laughed. After so long in the harem, Meiren Li suddenly became lucky. So many eyes in the harem would certainly gather on her. The Empress expected that the concubines would come to Kunning Palace to pay their respects today, and Meiren Li would also come. She was afraid that Xu Shu would come with Meiren Li and be seen by other concubines, so she asked her to wait at the door. Sure enough, Xu Shu really came.
"I don't know when these empresses will leave?" Xu Shu asked.
Madam Yuan said, "The Empress hasn't had breakfast yet, and the Empresses of each palace come on hungry. They can't stay for too long. They will leave in a quarter or two!"
Xu Shu nodded, and Madam Yuan asked, "What? What? Miss has something to do to find the Empress?"
"Yes!" Xu Shu took out an object filled with brocade bags from her sleeve, "I have something to hand it over to the Queen!"
Looking at the brocade bag, Madam Yuan's eyes were filled with surprise, "This is..."
Xu Shu nodded, "I stayed up all night yesterday and finally got it done. I was afraid that the Queen was in a hurry to ask for it, so I sent it here early in the morning!"
"Thank you Miss Xu Jiu! I will tell the Empress now!" Madam Yuan went to the main hall in glad pleasure.
Sure enough, a kind of concubine was surrounding Meiren Li, saying everything was very lively, but Meiren Li arrogantly raised the orchid and pointed at the small mouthful of tea, siping tea in small mouthfuls. Facing the concubines, they smiled and never responded to a word. The concubines were angry and couldn't stand Li Ying'er's behavior when they were in power. However, Li Ying'er was the queen's person and was in Kunning Palace again. No matter how angry the concubines were, they could not get angry, but their faces gradually became angry.
Madam Yuan walked in and walked behind the queen, leaned over and whispered a few words to the queen. The queen's eyes flashed slightly, suppressed her smile, waved her hand and turned away Madam Yuan, then she said to the concubines with a sad face, "If all the sisters are fine, please go back to the palace. The princess cries endlessly, I have to go and see!"
The queen spoke directly and expelled the guests. The concubines knew that it was time to leave even if they were not tactful, so they all stood up and said, "I will leave!"
Li Ying'er also stood up. Seeing that the queen had no intention of trying to keep her, she had to retreat with the concubines. When she went out, she didn't see Xu Shu. She was surprised and thought that she was lucky yesterday, so it would be fine if the queen didn't leave her words. In short, this matter was originally the arrangement of the queen, but what does the queen meant to leave Xu Shu?
As soon as the concubines left, the queen couldn't wait to withdraw and summoned Xu Shu. As soon as she saw Xu Shu enter the door, she asked anxiously, "Is the incense ready?"
Xu Shu took out the brocade bag, "Yes! It's done!"
Madam Yuan added with a smile, "Empress, look at Miss Xu Jiu's eyes. The bruises at the moment seem to have been in a whole night!"
Chapter completed!