Chapter 293 Are you treating me like a little girl?
Yonghe Palace.
Aunt Wen helped Concubine De take off her crimson-purple cloak trimmed with white fox fur. She said, "Your Majesty, your wrist hurts again? Soak it in some hot water and I'll massage it for you."
De Fei nodded: "It's very sour."
"Your Majesty, you are too honest today. I saw that the other concubines were copying the Buddhist scriptures carelessly, and the Empress Dowager didn't even pay attention to them. It's okay for you to take a break." Aunt Wen took off the armor on Concubine De's hands with some heartache, dipped it in hot water, and helped her knead it from time to time.
The Queen Mother is now worshipping Buddha, and these masters want to please her, so they go to her side almost every day to accompany her, and copying scriptures is also a common occurrence.
Concubine De leaned back in her chair, her eyes slightly dozed, and she spoke with a tired voice, "I can barely read to begin with, and even that scripture is so well known to me, I can't read it. Even with all this effort, I can't keep up with Concubine Yi copying with her eyes closed. If I don't do it more carefully, won't the Empress Dowager think I'm just being perfunctory?"
As he spoke, he said with a certain irritation: "Take the incense burner out of the room. It's burning all day long, and it's making people robbed."
Aunt Wen immediately ordered the incense burner to be emptied, and then she said, "Your Majesty's calligraphy has improved greatly. If the Emperor saw it, he would definitely praise you."
Concubine De finally smiled. "You think so too, don't you? I also feel that my calligraphy has improved a lot recently." She sighed again, "Well, it's been a while since His Majesty came here. No matter how good my writing is, no one will read it."
Aunt Wen immediately advised, "Your Majesty has been busy lately and hasn't been to the harem much. When he's done, I think he'll come to see the Empress. Besides, even if Your Majesty doesn't come, isn't this reward for you, the Empress? This reward is generous, and no other Empress can compare to yours."
After hearing this, Concubine De curled her lips and said, "Do you think it was given to me by His Majesty? That was the Fourth Prince trying to win my respect."
"Isn't it your Majesty's pride that the Fourth Master is fighting for? Mother and son are of one mind."
De Fei laughed even wider, but then frowned slightly: "You know that mother and son are of one mind. Look at that fourth son. He's been back for a while, but I haven't seen him yet."
Concubine De snorted coldly, with a look of displeasure on her face.
Aunt Wen looked at Consort De carefully and said with a smile, "Your Highness, you are wrongly accusing me. The Fourth Master came to see you this morning. It was because you woke up a little late that the Fourth Master couldn't bear to call you, so he went to the Palace of Heavenly Purity first."
"Hmph, maybe he doesn't want to see me, his mother, so he came early on purpose." Concubine De muttered.
Aunt Wen laughed again: "Your Majesty has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. In the first two days after the Fourth Master left, Your Majesty kept complaining about him. She was worried about not having enough to eat or wear. Now that the Fourth Master is back, Your Majesty has put her worries to rest, right?"
"I am thinking about him, but who knows if he is thinking about me?" Defei said, and the smile on her face disappeared.
He has two mothers.
Tong Jia was a master of poetry, literature, and etiquette, far superior to his illiterate mother. Now that Tong Jia has passed away for so many years, doesn't His Majesty still miss her? The Fourth Brother was always indifferent, so who could tell what he was thinking?
"Your Highness, the Fourth Master will surely be heartbroken if you say that," Aunt Wen said gently. "The Fourth Master sent you two boxes of things this morning. I took a look and saw clothing, fabrics, jewelry, and even a small box of food. It seems he put so much thought into it. He must have missed you on the way."
"He brought me a gift?" Concubine De was also a little stunned. This was the first time her eldest son had brought her a gift.
De Fei took her hand out of the basin, wiped it, and endured it again and again, but she was still curious: "Bring it here and let me see."
"Hey, I'll ask someone to bring it in for you right away." Aunt Wen smiled and immediately ordered someone to get it.
Naturally, she hoped that the relationship between the Empress and the Fourth Master would ease. Her little girl was still in the Fourth Master's house, and now she just hoped that the Fourth Master would get better and better.
In fact, the Empress was just being stubborn. The Fourth Master had the same temper as the Empress. Now the Fourth Master had somehow come to his senses. He actually brought so many things for the Empress when he went out. How could the Empress not be happy?
Thinking of this, Aunt Wen immediately went over and opened the box that the eunuchs had brought in: "Her Majesty, take a look."
Concubine De subconsciously looked over and saw two boxes in total. The large box was half a person's height, and the smaller one was the size of a drawer.
"Oh, Your Majesty, is this Qingyanluo? I don't know where the Fourth Master got it from, but he actually has two of them. And this set of golden phoenix headdress looks suitable for Your Majesty." Aunt Wen said with a smile.
Defei said bluntly, "You have a sharp eye." This thing is rare in the harem. Emperor Kangxi would reward it every year, and the four concubines usually received two horses each.
However, Defei has been in a high position for many years and still has some vision.
If it was a gift from someone else, she wouldn't be very happy, but since it was from the Fourth Master, Concubine De couldn't help but take it in her hand and look at it carefully.
"This fourth brother, does he think I'm a little maid?" This Qingyanluo is light in color and dances in the wind like smoke. Wearing it gives people a sense of ethereality and elegance, and is more suitable for younger women.
"Your Majesty, you just can't tell your age. In my opinion, you will look very beautiful in this." Aunt Wen said.
"You're just trying to fool me." De Fei cursed with a smile. Inadvertently, she saw an object in the box and subconsciously reached out to pick it up. Then her smile widened: "Look, you said he was fooling me like a little girl? Where did he get this weird thing from?"
"My lady, this is a little tiger mask. It looks very nice."
As Defei said this, she seemed to be reluctant to let it go and played with it in her hand for a long time.
Aunt Wen took out the oil-paper bag from the small box.
"I wonder what kind of food the Fourth Master sent. Oh, I can smell it even through the oil-paper package. It smells amazing."
Concubine De glared at Aunt Wen and said, "You rascal, you just want to open it and take a look. Open it, I agree."
Aunt Wen responded and immediately opened the oil paper bag.
Suddenly, the spicy and fresh aroma of spicy strips bloomed in the air.
"Tsk tsk, Madam, look quickly. What is this? Why does it smell so good?"
De Fei subconsciously looked over and sneezed at the smell: "What is this?"
After studying it for a long time without understanding it, Concubine De subconsciously opened another oil-paper package and asked, "What is this? It looks like it's made of flour. Is it a pancake?"
Aunt Wen also shook her head subconsciously: "My Lady, I haven't seen this either."
As they were talking, they suddenly heard the eunuch outside announcing something.
"The Emperor has arrived~"
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