"It's no wonder that she keeps running away to the cold palace recently, but she keeps it secret from me."
Xuanzong held the longevity fruit in his hand and looked complicated for a moment: "What's going on with Concubine Xian?"
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian has been traveling frequently to the Cold Palace recently. She even took Concubine Xiu and Lady Xiu Yi to the Cold Palace."
Yang Sixu's report did not satisfy Xuanzong.
"That's not what I'm talking about. Forget it, come with me to the imperial garden."
The small courtyard where Queen Wang lives in Leng Palace is getting more and more decent.
The various medicinal materials planted in the courtyard bloomed from time to time. Chickens and ducks were pecking at insects on the grass beside the stream. Several pigs in the pen were also fed until they were fat and white. Li Sixu also caught two from Ganlu Palace. The rabbit was given to the queen.
With grape vines, you can look forward to harvesting a grape trellis with cool summers and fruitful autumns.
In the Daming Palace, Leng Gong, who should have been shocked by the news, turned out to be like a farmhouse. The wise concubine who came to Leng Palace to see the queen was so envious that she could not even ask the queen to leave Leng Palace and take charge again. What about the sixth house?
Therefore, Concubine Xian not only went to the cold palace by herself, accompanying the Queen to feed the chickens and ducks to experience the rare pastoral life, she also brought Yang Guibi and Huangfu Xiuyi there.
Concubine Xian is quick-talking and straightforward, so the queen does not have to leave the cold palace, but she is also well aware of the affairs in the palace, and will also help Concubine Liu Xian to come up with ideas.
"Concubine Shu behaves like this, and the poor one is the prince after all!"
When she learned that Concubine Shu was in charge of affairs, she deducted food and clothing from the concubines and wanted to blame the concubine Xian. The Queen sighed as she thought of the difficult situation the prince was in.
"Who says it's not the case? The prince is a good person, and she insists on causing mother and son to separate. If it weren't for the prince's sake, Concubine Shu would probably end up like Concubine De."
Concubine Xian looked at Concubine De, who was carrying dung and cursing in the distance. Concubine De had changed beyond recognition. She kept telling the Queen what she had learned from Liu Jieyu.
"The prince accompanied our tenth princess to a separate courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. He first went to the Xue family. Concubine Shu lost her temper."
"And she even went to the emperor to complain, saying that the prince was instigated and alienated from her."
The methods Wu Chongyuan used to deal with her were now used against Concubine Shu!
Now Concubine Shu has lost her sense of proportion and is really confused: "How come she keeps going back as long as she lives? Does this mean that our tenth princess is instigating her and the prince?"
"That's what he meant. The emperor took the account book presented by the concubine on the spot, smashed her head and face, and asked her if she wanted the prince to have a concubine who stayed in the cold palace? He also fined her three years of monthly salary, then The bit just stopped."
Concubine Liu Xian had a headache and said, "It's just that she hated Wu Chongyuan and reached out to the prince's house. The Qing prince fell seriously ill, so I had to ask the third prince to take more care of the child."
"Wu Chongyuan even suspected Concubine Shu of Prince Qing's illness, but our emperor would not let her go to the prince's office. Now she and Concubine Shu are even more incompatible. The harder they fight, the more our emperor becomes Bored."
Queen Wang was thoughtful, and still told the Concubine Xian: "The child is innocent. No matter whose descendant he is, he is your majesty's heir after all. It doesn't matter how she and Wu Chongyuan fight, but if your majesty's heir is harmed, you now If you are in charge of the Sixth Palace, you will be suspected of neglecting your responsibilities, so you should let Si Sheng take more care of his imperial brother."
After hearing these words, Concubine Liu Xian was filled with admiration for the queen.
She deserves to be treated like a mother in the world!
No matter how small the personal grievances are, the overall situation and Li Tang's bloodline are always the most important thing.
The Concubine Xian said submissively: "I, I, please remember your Majesty's teachings!"
After planting the grape vines, Li Sixu accompanied Queen Wang to build a nest for rabbits, and then the harvest season of longevity fruit came.
On a warm sunny afternoon in autumn, I walked through the ridges of fields full of longevity fruit seedlings and knocked down a bunch of leaves. I saw that the leaves of the plant were no longer green and turned yellow-green. Li Sixu dug out the leaves with a small hoe. One plant, shaking off the mud on it, harvested numerous fruits.
Queen Wang happily picked up the longevity fruit with her hoe and came to see her concubine in the cold palace. She grabbed a few muddy peanuts and washed them in the stream, and then peeled off the uneven shells outside.
"This longevity fruit is really a rare ingredient."
Concubine Liu Xian grabbed the peeled peanuts and asked Li Sixu: "Tell me quickly, how to make this longevity fruit?"
"It can be eaten boiled, stir-fried, fried, or fried. It's also great for making snacks. Rather than calling it longevity fruit, Sisi prefers to call it peanut. This one can be used instead of pine nuts to make peanut cakes. It's delicious. Concubine Xian You can also try the peanut brittle.”
Seeing the coveted look on Concubine Xian's face, Li Sixu straightened up in the field with a small hoe: "But although it is an excellent ingredient, Sisi can't give it to the empress, only one basket at most."
"Look how stingy you are!"
Concubine Xian was so annoyed that she clicked her forehead and complained to Queen Wang: "I made some snacks and most of them went into her stomach. It's good for her. The longevity fruit you planted has been harvested well. I only want to give some to this palace." "
"You want me to make delicious food for her, and you are reluctant to share some longevity fruit with me. How can such a good thing happen?"
Concubine Xian sat on the field and helped pick peanuts, pretending to be angry: "I won't make snacks for her anymore!"
"No, how can I threaten your little princess?"
Li Sixu dropped the hoe and held her arm and acted coquettishly: "Sisi will use half of the longevity fruits planted by the queen mother, and use some for other purposes. When the new year comes, the empress will ask for several baskets of longevity fruits. Sisi will plant a few baskets for the queen."
She shook off Peanut's muddy little paws and scratched and wiped her body. Concubine Xian felt disgusted.
"Then tell me, what are you going to do with the longevity fruit?"
She didn't know when the things she asked Liang Dong, the minister of the Ministry of Works, to make would be delivered to Leng Palace.
Before this, Li Sixu had been very strict with her mouth, and she would smile and say nothing no matter how Concubine Xian asked her.
"You little heartless thing!"
Concubine Xian was so annoyed that she wiped her face with her muddy hand: "I send people to Leng Palace every day, and they can always know what medicine you are selling in your gourd."
After smearing Li Sixu into a cat face, looking at her angry look, Queen Wang and Concubine Xian burst into laughter. Xuanzong and Yang Sixu hid behind the big tree under the palace wall, and what they saw was a scene of joy and harvest. .
Although they were a little far away, Xuanzong could still see the numerous fruits hanging on the roots of the longevity seedlings in Queen Wang's hands after shaking off the soil.
She has lived in the cold palace for so long, but her face is still so beautiful, her figure is slimmer, and her skin is fair, but it is not exactly the same as before.
She participated in the labor and experienced ups and downs, and her body gained an indescribable charm. When the sun shone on her body, her whole body was filled with a faint luster.
Xuanzong didn't know whether he was curious about her skillful movements of grabbing the longevity fruit seedlings and shaking off the soil, or something else. In short, he had never taken his eyes off her since he was hidden behind the big tree in the cold palace.
It wasn't until Concubine Xian wiped mud off Li Sixu's face that Queen Wang burst out laughing. Then he followed the Queen's gaze and saw his princess grabbing Concubine Xian to wipe it back.
Xuanzong snorted coldly: "That's all for Xiao Shi. Do I enjoy seeing a good concubine and miss Shu?"
