dhibooks Chapter 23 The World That This Palace Made for You
Chapter 23 The World That This Palace Made for You
???? That bag of ecstasy was bought by Huanxi from other court ladies and eunuchs. Although I don’t know what Huanxi used it for, it was aimed at the queen’s growing power in the harem, and she was able to keep the queen down. At this point, everyone wants to get close to the big tree of Changle Hall.
????So when he sold it to Huanxi, the man stuffed a big bag as if he was giving it away for nothing.
???? This has caused today's tragedy——
???? "I think you want to make good things happen in pairs. Send Jiang Yao down to wait for the emperor first." The system was too late to stop it, but now it saw the large bubble of medicine powder with relatively low solubility forming a mass in the water , suspected that Hua Baihe might want to poison Jiang Yao to death.
???? Hua Baihe: "This is because you think too much, how can I be willing to destroy my happy future with my own hands? When I go all the way to get the emperor, I will come back and admit my mistake."
???? The system is incredible: "You still want to come back?"
???? Hua Baihe is very innocent: "I haven't tried all the treasures that the queen specially searched for me. My mother told me since I was a child that I have to use everything when I buy it. How can you instill this kind of extravagance and waste in me?" mentality? Are you trying to teach me badly?"
????system:"……"
???? It took a few deep breaths and sneered, "Leaving the palace without permission is a capital offense."
???? Hua Baihe: "...Oh!"
???? Hua Baihe showed a little melancholy on his face, and asked Huanxi to pour out most of the pot, and add some wine to the rest, and finally made the pot of undrinkable wine normal look like.
???? The next thing is to wait for Jiang Yao to come for lunch.
???? After all, the plan to sneak away in the middle of the night has been aborted, and now she can only focus on another time when she can move freely.
????...
???? At noon.
????Jiang Yao began to arrange the itinerary to the northwest. The emperor was getting seriously ill now, and he didn't know how many days to live, but this war had just begun.
????She was not sure whether Jiang Zhenhai's ability could convince the public, so she decided to go to the front line in person under the name of Shiji.
???? As for the affairs of the rear, although she was reluctant, there was no doubt that Shen Qingyu was more useful than Concubine Liang.
???? After her orders were sent out one by one, Hua Baihe also received the world information from the system synchronously. When Jiang Yao walked back from the study to the side hall, what she saw was Hua Baihe sitting silently at the table , The scene of looking at each other with a sumptuous meal.
????After so many days of getting along, she has already adapted to her awkward status between a slave and a bed companion. She no longer stubbornly wants to serve Jiang Yao for meals, and has learned to sit obediently at the table and wait for her.
???? Jiang Yao felt somewhat satisfied.
???? It's just that when she looked at Hua Baihe's almost dull face and saw those much dimmer eyes, she felt a little uncomfortable.
???? Jiang Yao walked to the table, glanced casually, saw a pot of wine in Hua Baihe's hand, and asked Huanxi next to him:
???? "Why did you serve wine?"
???? Hua Baihe took the initiative to take responsibility: "It's the idea of a slave."
????Recently, Jiang Yao didn't allow her to serve her meals, and she wasn't allowed to kneel down at all times, as if she wanted her to get out of this slavery. Picking vegetables, seems to be used to being slavish and unwilling to pick them up.
???? Jiang Yao was a little surprised. After all, this was the first time she made a request to herself, but she soon thought of the consequences of last night when she wanted to run but failed. When she saw her pouring wine into her glass, she suddenly smiled :
???? "Why, do you want to drink away your worries?"
???? Hua Baihe said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is worrying too much, but I just heard that there is mulberry wine in the palace, and I asked Huanxi to bring it for me to try it out—this slave has already obtained a blessing that others cannot envy, how can it be What is there to worry about?"
???? That's what she said, but there was no trace of 'flattered' on her face.
???? Jiang Yao was a little annoyed at her refusing to pretend to be sincere when she lied, but last night she had already tossed people enough, she didn't want to lose her temper with Qing Jia again, so she could only suppress the emotion in her heart Displeased, he sat down at the table.
???? There was only one cup in front of Hua Baihe, which was already filled with purple-red fruit wine.
????She didn't move her chopsticks, she just picked up the cup and poured it down for herself, showing the posture of a cow drinking boiled water.
???? "Cough, uh, cough, cough..."
The cup was hastily knocked on the table. Hua Baihe hadn't had much alcohol since he came to this world. He drank in such a hurry that it was almost inevitable that he would choke.
???? Maybe it's because she hasn't seen the sun very much recently, and she is bound to the bed every day, her skin looks a little weak and pale, which makes the big blushes on her face more obvious.
???? She choked so hard that she almost fell off the table in embarrassment. She finally stopped, but her first reaction was to apologize to Jiang Yao next to her:
???? "Disturbing the empress, the servant deserves to die."
???? Jiang Yao pursed her lips, and when she picked up the flagon to pour a second glass, she raised her hand and snatched her glass, and ordered coldly: "No more drinking."
???? Hua Baihe couldn't help but follow the cup in her hand, and said in a low voice, "I just accidentally choked on it. Since I poured a second cup, I'd better not waste it."
???? After all, slaves are not like masters, who have many good things to squander. What they can do is to try their best to get more and better things from the rewards of the masters above.
???? Jiang Yao's beautiful brows unconsciously frowned, and the hand holding the glass stopped. Seeing her boldly raising her hand, she took a step ahead of her and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.
???? Then she put the empty cup on the table, and she repeated:
???? "Don't drink anymore, eat well."
???? Hua Baihe looked at her and counted quietly in his heart:
???? "1...2..."
???? Jiang Yao was picking vegetables with silver chopsticks without changing her face. Seeing her eyes resting on her body, she looked back for a moment, as if asking her: What's the matter?
???? Hua Baihe blinked, hurriedly looked away, and continued to count in his heart:
???? "2.5..." Get dizzy, get dizzy.
???? "2.8!" Still dizzy!
???? Hua Baihe was anxious, but Jiang Yao in Yu Guangli calmly finished the cold dish and went to pick a piece of braised pork, but his movements suddenly paused halfway.
???? Hua Baihe's eyes lit up, thinking that the medicine had taken effect, but Jiang Yao cast a sideways glance at herself, and bent the corners of her lips: "What are you expecting?" She has learned to peek at her.
???? After finishing speaking, he put the meat he just picked into her bowl.
???? Hua Baihe subconsciously blinked more, and asked sincerely: "Your Majesty, you drank a glass of wine, don't you feel dizzy?"
????Jiang Yao was just about to ask her, "Having been with Ben Gong for so long, when did the Yong Dynasty not have wine to accompany her during festivals? It's not like you haven't seen Ben Gong drink before", but when she realized this, she The movement of eating stopped suddenly.
???? Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yao's eyes turned around among the rich dishes on the table, and there was a little alertness in his brows.
????Then, she suddenly cast her eyes on the pot of wine in Hua Baihe's hand, surrounded by a burst of low air pressure:
???? "Qing Jia, how dare you—"
???? Hua Baihe scolded the guy who sold fake medicine to Huanxi, he better not let her catch him.
???? She wanted to say something else to get this matter out of the way, but Huanxi in the corner knelt down with a 'plop' and shouted tremblingly:
???? "Your Majesty! This has nothing to do with Qing Jia! This is all my idea!"
???? Hua Baihe: "..." Not afraid of god-like opponents.
???? She looked up at Jiang Yao in despair, wondering if Liu Ye could hold on after she climbed out of bed next week.
???? As a result, in the next second, the anger on Jiang Yao's face seemed to have been pressed by the pause button. She reached out to support the table, but she only felt a darkness in front of her eyes, and she fell forward uncontrollably.
???? Hua Baihe breathed a sigh of relief, quickly got up and went to catch her, and helped her to the bedside.
???? Huanxi got up from the ground nervously, she was so scared that she couldn't speak because of the audacious thing about drugging her master: "Qingqingqing——"
???? Huabai Hetou did not respond: "What are you kissing, you still want to kiss me goodbye?"
????Huanxi took the next half of the word: "... Jia."
???? "You, what are your plans for the future?" Huanxi didn't care about her teasing, and looked at her uneasily wringing her fingers.
???? Hua Baihe thought for a while, and then turned around a few times in the corner. Huanxi saw her open a heavy wooden box, and hurried forward to stop her: "Qing Jia, taking away the things made by the palace is a violation of— —”
Huanxi's voice disappeared, and then he looked at Hua Baihe with an indescribable gaze...
???? and the huge, arm-thick jade pendant in her hand.
???? It seems to say: I didn't expect you to be such a Qingjia.
????The system was caught off guard by the mosaic, and after a long silence, he opened his mouth: "Speaking of which, what you miss the most is her box of treasures."
???? Hua Baihe buried her head in the boxes, and didn't have time to pay attention to Huanxi's complicated expression of "I don't know you have such a strong demand, but I'll keep it secret for you" and smiled at the system:
???? "Of course, we won't have to meet each other in the future. I must leave some souvenirs for myself."
???? But in the end, because the thickest and longest one was inconvenient to carry, Hua Baihe reluctantly took some small objects made of pure gold and silver, then went back to the bed, and took off the one on Jiang Yao's finger. The ring, the gold and silver pattern on it is hollow, and there is a small imprint hidden inside, seeing the imprint is like seeing a queen.
???? Hua Baihe originally wanted Huanxi to leave together, but Huanxi obviously has a high degree of loyalty to the queen:
???? "Today's incident, I will die forever. I know how the empress has treated me for so many years. You don't need to say more. When she wakes up, she will be killed or punished. I will take it all."
???? Hua Baihe sighed, thought for a while and left a sentence for Huanxi: "If she really wants your life, tell her that I'm going to the front barracks."
???? Anyway, when the queen arrives, her task has already been completed——
???? At that time, it is not the queen who wants to play, but she will cooperate, hehe!
????Maybe some new type of small black house gameplay can be developed.
???? Hua Baihe trembled with excitement just thinking about it.
????...
???? Half an hour later, a carriage drove out from the capital.
???? Jiang Yao suddenly opened his eyes, and in extreme dizziness, he called for someone to come and serve him.
????Huanxi honestly brought a glass of water, and made a gesture of handing it over respectfully, but he bowed his head and knelt in front of the bed: "Your Majesty, this slave is covering up Qingjia's departure. He deserves death. Please, Your Majesty." punishment."
???? Jiang Yao raised her hand and brushed away the glass of water. The sound of the teacup falling on the ground was accompanied by her extreme anger, so that her voice was a little hoarse: "If you commit crimes below Huanxi, you will be punished for [-] years." Daban, banished to Xin Zheku, from now on, you don't have to wait by Ben Gong's side."
???? Huanxi closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Yes... the servant obeyed."
???? It wasn't until the people around him changed again that Jiang Yao continued to issue orders: "Let Jiang Desheng come over."
???? "In addition, order the chief of the palace servants to come and see me with the list of people leaving the palace today."
???? "Pass down the decree of the palace, from now on, if any government-made goods are found flowing into the people, the culprits will be arrested and brought into the palace."
The palace people responded one by one, and within a short time conveyed her will, while Jiang Yao stared at the swaggering word 'Qing Jia' on the list of people entering and leaving the palace in her hand, gnashing her teeth.
????...The reward that others can't even ask for, but when it comes to you, it becomes a burden instead, doesn't it?
???? She wanted to see how far Qing Jia could go with the little rewards she got in the ordinary days.
????...
???? the same moment.
???? Hua Baihe changed into an ordinary woman's attire, got off the carriage that nearly knocked her butt off, looked up at the signboard of 'Golden Dictionary' in front of her, and walked in.
???? The bell of 'Ding Ding Dong~' rang, and the clerk in the pawn shop smiled at her: "Guest officer, what do you want?"
???? In the next second, a cloth bag was taken out of his arms by the person in front of him, and pushed to the window on the side where the word 'Dang' was written.
???? Listening to the heavy cloth bag, the buddy guessed that this guy had a lot of things to pawn from the protruding shapes inside. After taking it with a smile, he opened it——
???? What dazzled his eyes more than those jewels were the shapes designed by those gold, silver and jade objects inside.
???? It happened to be a woman who came here, smiled at him generously, and asked calmly, "How much money can these be exchanged for?"
???? The guy's eyes were straightened, and he didn't know if he had never seen so much money or such an expensive toy.
???? The system reacted with hindsight: "You were secretly picking up in the box before, just to pick out the things that didn't have the mark of Shangguan's creation?"
???? Hua Baihe pretended to be blank and asked back: "Look at what you are asking, do you think I am the kind of person who likes to do things by himself and have enough food and clothing? I don't take unmarked things. What if someone gets caught?"
???? The system was speechless when asked by her upright and awe-inspiring tone.
???? Hua Baihe knocked on the high platform of the pawn shop, showing a smile that was not a smile, and reminded: "Boy?"
???? After being reminded by her, the people in the table suddenly regained their senses as if they had just woken up from a dream. They nodded hurriedly at her and said, "This order is too big. I have to ask the shopkeeper for instructions. Please wait."
???? After he finished speaking, he turned back and entered the back room. After a while, he led out a man in a blue cloth gown.
???? The man came forward with a magnifying glass in his hand, showing a warm smile welcoming the big customers, but when his eyes fell on the cloth bag, his expression froze immediately:
????"This is……?!"
???? Where did this baby come from!
???? Hua Baihe replied quite calmly: "My master has been a little tight lately, as you can see, it is inconvenient to barter these things, so I specially sent me to exchange some common bank notes."
???? The shopkeeper suddenly showed an expression of "I understand", and ordered the staff below to weigh the two gold and silver objects, and reported the price of these gold and silver objects to her, and then looked at the jade objects, After carefully looking at the color, I estimated the price for her.
???? Hua Baihe has a system to check the prices for himself, knowing that the shopkeeper gave a standard price, which is not too bad, so he raised his eyebrows, collected several thousand taels of silver bills and left.
???? As soon as she turned around, the man called her again from behind the counter:
???? "Girl, please stay."
???? Hua Baihe turned around: "?"
????The shopkeeper rubbed his hands, smiled at her, and said: "The girl's master must be a good businessman who can use these high-end goods. It is different from those ordinary Yanliu alleys. You might as well keep it." An address, and I can come to hold a show someday."
???? As he said that, he winked at Hua Baihe and gave her a look of 'You know how to be a man'.
???? Hua Baihe: "..." Actually, she doesn't understand it very well.
???? But it didn't prevent her from speaking sincerely: "Thank you for the shopkeeper's kindness. It's just that the location of the master needs someone who is predestined to find it. I can't say more."
???? After all, if the shopkeeper went to Gongli to go whoring, he might die.
????Then, the shopkeeper sent her away with regret, and sighed and asked the guy next to him to put away the treasures on this table, thinking very much about the place where he could use such high-end goods to train people.
????...
????Jiang Yao didn't know that Hua Baihe walked away with the treasure in the box in the corner, let alone guessing that Hua Baihe could play her a show of 'exchanging shy toys for money' for her.
???? With her thumb, she touched the pad of her middle finger, which seemed a little unaccustomed to the lack of a ring. Looking at the candlelight on the desk, she asked the person bowing in front of her:
???? "Jiang Desheng, do you want to go to a higher position?"
???? On her face, she caressed about the people below, but her heart was already flying thousands of miles away: Qing Jia took her seal because she simply wanted to escape from the palace, or... for another purpose?
????Jiang Desheng immediately bowed lower when he heard the implied meaning of promotion in her words: "But according to your mother's order!"
???? Jiang Yao nodded, and continued: "I have important matters to leave the palace. During this period, all the affairs will be handled by the queen mother, and you will assist me. Do you understand this?"
????The queen mother is old now, and the one who is making decisions for her is nothing more than the old mother. If Jiang Desheng is by the side, it will be equivalent to having the opportunity to contact the former court in disguise. In the future, it will not be limited to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , Great eunuch, this kind of opportunity, when he thought of this, his mouth felt a little dry.
???? When he spoke again, he couldn't help raising his tone a lot, full of gratitude:
???? "Your Majesty, please rest assured! Slave—obey the order!"
???? Jiang Yao's expression was still very calm, and she turned to ask another question: "How is the matter of the Shen family?"
???? Jiang Desheng looked serious, stepped forward two steps, leaned into Jiang Yao's ear, and reported in detail: "The empress has orders, and the slaves dare not neglect. Chen Xianglan was locked up on the mountain by some wild bandits for a few days. After a few nights, her reputation was ruined, and she went crazy the day she heard that she was brought back to the Shen residence."
???? Jiang Yao listened calmly, nodded slightly, indicating that she already knew.
???? Jiang Desheng did a wrong job when he first entered the palace. Fortunately, Jiang Yao saved his life, so he always wanted to repay her, but the closer he got, the more he realized that he couldn't see through the queen's master. The task is very strange.
???? After all, he remembered that the queen has always been the existence of 'no one offends me, I will not offend others'. Although she hides the thunder tricks, she is still very easy to get along with most of the time.
????——Well, except for the fact that the palace lady from Qingjia left the palace privately today, which made her a little angry.
???? Out of curiosity, Jiang Desheng couldn't help but say a few words: "Mother, did Miss Chen Xianglan offend you, or Concubine Jing..."
???? He swallowed the words in Jiang Yao's eyes.
???? He paused stiffly, raised his hand and slapped himself: "It's the slave who overstepped the distance."
????...
????In Chuxiu Palace.
???? "Look how I've been living these days. Yesterday was Qingjia's birthday, I even forgot..." Shen Qingyu received news about her sister from home in the past few days. He was worried about his younger sister's health, and sent good things outside the palace as if they didn't need money.
After being so busy, she almost forgot about Qingjia's affairs, and now she called Chuntao to her side, asking her to help her figure out what gift she should give Qingjia, and embroidered I don't know where this handkerchief is.
???? Who knew that when Chuntao heard her mentioning that name, a bit of anxiety appeared on her face.
???? Seeing her expression, Shen Qingyu immediately asked: "What's the matter? What happened to the Empress?"
???? Chun Tao said hesitantly: "The servant saw that you have not been very happy in recent days, so I didn't poke the rumors of the servants in front of you. In fact, it has been spread all over the palace— —”
????She said: "Aunt Qing Jia escaped from the palace privately, causing the empress to be furious. Aunt Huanxi and Aunt Huanxi beside her were also implicated and sent to Xinzheku."
???? As soon as Chuntao finished speaking, she saw that Shen Qingyu was stunned. Chuntao was about to say something to comfort her, when her eyes fell on the needlework in her hands, and she suddenly took a deep breath:
???? "Ma'am!"
???? Red blood oozes from the edge, deeply staining the beautiful peacock blue silk cloth.
???? Shen Qingyu followed her reminder and looked down, only to find that the index finger of her left hand was in severe pain. The silver needle had pierced the flesh, and blood was constantly oozing from it.
???? Chun Tao has already shouted outside: "Quick! Go and invite Doctor Zhang to come!"
???? Shen Qingyu didn't care so much, and hurriedly said to her: "No, don't bother the imperial physician, it's just a trivial matter, Chuntao, just follow me to Xinzheku."
???? As she spoke, she pulled out the embroidery needle, casually took her own handkerchief to wrap it around, and was about to get up and walk out, "Qing Jia is definitely not someone who would betray the queen, there must be something wrong here."
???? When Chuntao saw that she was going out regardless, she was startled, and immediately wanted to stop her:
???? "Your Majesty! How can you go to such a place with such an honorable status? If there is anything you need to do, just tell me!"
???? Shen Qingyu kept shaking her head. She had just entered the palace, and that kind of thing happened to her sister who had the best relationship with her. She finally found a warm-hearted person in the palace, but she didn't wait for her. Get close, and that person is also unlucky.
???? Shen Qingyu thought desperately, there are not many people she cares about, but... there must be someone she can save.
????...
???? "Ah-choo!" Hua Baihe sneezed loudly, and sniffed in the carriage that bumped her to pieces.
???? She said to the system: "I kind of miss Jiang Yao..."
???? After a pause, she continued, "With those babies of hers."
???? System: "The second half of the sentence is the truth, right?"
???? Hua Baihe ignored the truth it exposed, and continued: "I regret it, really."
???? She huddled herself into a ball in the cold carriage, trying to ignore the cold wind coming in, trying to fall asleep.
???? System: "You can't go back even if you regret—"
???? Hua Baihe was even more sad: "Yes, I should have brought out the thickest piece of jade today."
???? System: "..." You are really coquettish.
???? Hua Baihe didn't hear its complaints, and his face showed nostalgia for himself: "It's made of warm jade, warm in winter and cool in summer. Holding it to sleep at night, it must be warmer than now."
???? Hua Baihe: "It's a great invention to move forward to smash Huanglong, and to move back to warm the bed."
???? System: "... I beg you, shut up, please?"