Chapter 211 The Queen's Killing Intention
With Chen Ning's 50,000 kilograms of high-quality raw silk, the Royal Weaving and Dyeing Bureau started work that same day. The Queen and her faction had been planning for several days to launch a big move, but in the end they had to hold it back.
Queen Wei had never imagined that the little girl from the Shen family would actually dare to disobey her. She sneered angrily, "Well, well, now any random person dares to disregard me... If such a thing were to marry the Seventh Prince, who knows how much trouble she would cause me in the future."
To this day, Queen Wei has long known that she was plotted against by her own son. The seventh son's original target was not Xie Lingyue, but this girl from the Shen family.
This was the first time that Lao Qi had any feelings for her...it had never happened before.
She was originally a little worried that the seventh brother knew something, but now it seems that it was all this restless Shen girl who was causing trouble.
The engagement has been made, and it was granted by the Empress Dowager's decree. It's too late to say anything about the marriage now, but it doesn't matter.
There is no way to get married. What if this person is gone?
Queen Wei sneered, "You're courting death."
Beside her, Aunt Rong hesitated to speak, and finally sighed deeply...
In the next few days, in the Cining Palace, Xu Wanqing and Shen Nian were forced to copy scriptures until late at night every day, and they had to get up early in the morning to serve the empress dowager. Their eye sockets were darker than the other.
Chen Ning, the "injured one", was well fed and well cared for... The matter of the weaving and dyeing bureau was resolved without any danger. The empress dowager severely reprimanded Prince Xiao Yuanfeng and secretly reconsidered the candidate for the management of the weaving and dyeing bureau. She was in a good mood.
If there was anything that was not satisfactory, it was that Shen Ning, who came to take care of the patient, was too annoying.
Early every morning, Chen Ning came to pay her respects to the Queen Mother... This disturbed the Queen Mother's sleep, but she had just fallen in love with someone and couldn't get angry.
Moreover, the Shen girl seriously suggested that she get up and do morning exercises. Her words were tactful but the meaning was very clear, that is, she, the Empress Dowager, slept too much.
It is normal for people to feel sleepy when they get older. This is the first time someone has dared to say that she sleeps too much.
Shen Ning explained it very seriously, meaning that sleeping too much would affect her body's function? It seemed that this was the word, meaning that it was bad for her health.
What else did that fool say? Since she was here to take care of the sick, she had to be responsible for the health of the Empress Dowager. In addition to medication and diet, she also had to exercise?
Empress Dowager Zhou was extremely annoyed, but the girl from the Shen family was ignorant of the danger. She would greet her loudly outside her bedroom early every morning, and then she would order people to drive her away. However, the girl would run away very fast, so even if she wanted to catch her and punish her, she couldn't catch her.
Nanny Gui was so annoyed that she covered her lips and laughed... She even helped the fool: "Empress Dowager, look, you have been waking up early and going to bed early these days because of Chen Xiangjun. You are in much better spirits than before."
Before, the empress dowager only felt sleepy when she woke up in the morning, and she always wanted to sleep more. However, if she slept too much during the day, she would have difficulty falling asleep at night. So she went to bed later and later at night, and got up later and later during the day. Even though she had slept for a long time, she still didn't feel energetic enough.
Speaking of which, I've been woken up early these days and fell asleep early in the evening due to fatigue. I feel much better now.
Nanny Gui advised from the side: "Mrs. Shen Xiangjun's medical skills are good. Why don't you try what she says? Your health is important."
Queen Mother Zhou scoffed, but the next morning, she actually got up and left the bedroom. Then, she saw the unruly Shen daughter smiling and stretching her arms and legs in the courtyard. She said to her, "Queen Mother, you should try it too... Go slowly, move around a bit, it'll make you feel refreshed."
The Queen Mother sneered: "Do you think I'm your pet monkey?"
Shen Ning smiled: "I dare not, if there must be a monkey here, then let the minister do it."
Nanny Gui chuckled, and Empress Dowager Zhou was speechless: "He has no manners. He is really a naughty monkey who grew up in the countryside and lacks discipline..."
The Empress Dowager always said whatever she thought, and there was no need for her to care whether others liked it or not. But after she said this, she saw that the girl opposite her, who had just been smiling, had a slightly stagnant expression and her smile became forced. For the first time in her life, Empress Dowager Zhou felt some regret.
After all, the Shen girl had just told her about her family a few days ago, but now she said this... It was as if she was taking advantage of other people's honesty to slander them, as if she was deliberately mocking her for being stranded in the countryside.
Queen Mother Zhou felt remorseful, but she was still the Queen Mother after all, so it was impossible for her to lower herself to coax a court lady.
Queen Mother Zhou thought that at most she would give some rewards later. How could this daughter of the Shen family dare to hold a grudge against her?
But at this moment, the Shen family girl pursed her lips and said aggrievedly: "Queen Dowager, please try it. You will know it really works if you try it."
She was not frightened or embarrassed by the ridicule of her background just now, and now she is still thinking about helping her to keep fit... Empress Dowager Zhou hadn't seen such a person for many years, and for a moment she was a little at a loss.
After a pause, she said with a straight face: "If it's useless, watch out for your skin!"
Then, a strange and rare scene appeared in the courtyard of the main hall of the Cining Palace: the Empress Dowager, who was always noble, graceful and supreme, stood in the courtyard with her hands raised in a somewhat difficult posture. The maids and palace maids beside her also had the same posture. It was a large group of people, and it looked a bit funny.
Inside the hall, Xu Wanqing and Shen Nian, who were dizzy from copying scriptures, looked at the situation outside and even wondered if they were dizzy from copying scriptures.
The two looked at each other and saw fear and astonishment in each other's eyes.
The Queen Mother actually accompanied that Shen Ning in making trouble?
Shen Ning was there correcting the Queen Mother's movements.
"That's right. You've been complaining about stiff shoulders and back pain these past few days. This exercise is very helpful."
The Queen Mother was very skeptical: "Really?"
By the evening, the Queen Mother realized that what Shen Ning said was actually useful...During this period of time, every night when she lay down, the Queen Mother felt that her shoulders and back were stiff, and it was difficult to turn her head. The imperial doctors prescribed a wave of treatments, and the palace maids kept massaging and kneading her, but it was of no use.
It turns out that you have to move it yourself.
But of course those imperial doctors didn't dare to say that the empress dowager's illness was due to inactivity, let alone ask her to strengthen her body... Only this monkey was so bold!
Two days later, Emperor Jiaping, as per previous years' custom, took the harem, favored clan members, high-ranking officials and their families to the palace outside the capital to escape the summer heat. Shen Ning, Xu Wanqing and Shen Nian naturally followed and continued to serve the empress dowager.
The palace was built on the mountainside. When the large group of summer vacationers entered the mountain, the unbearable heat disappeared in an instant, leaving only the gentle mountain breeze.
Although the temporary palace is not as grand as the imperial palace, it is also very magnificent. The empress dowager's residence is in the northeast of the palace. The several small palaces in the palace are exquisite and elegant. If there is any disadvantage, it is that it is in the mountains after all, and some palaces have more mosquitoes.
When it came time to arrange accommodation, Nanny Gui asked the Queen Mother, "Where will the three young ladies be accommodated?"
Although the road was filled with sedan chairs, the Queen Mother was also extremely tired. She lazily raised her eyelids and said casually, "That naughty monkey of the Shen family will be placed in Xunfeng Pavilion next to me. The other two... will be housed in Queyun Pavilion to the south."
Aunt Gui suppressed her laughter and replied, "Yes."
Queen Mother Zhou was dissatisfied: "What are you laughing at? I'm not taking care of her. I'm asking that monkey to come and serve me early tomorrow, so that she won't have an excuse to be lazy if she lives far away."
Who dares to shirk in front of the Queen Mother... Nanny Gui knew it all: the Queen Mother knew that Xunfeng Pavilion had fewer mosquitoes and a better view, so she made a special trip to take care of Chen Xiangjun...
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