Early that morning, Qingying hurriedly finished washing and went to Fucha’s palace to serve. In order to facilitate daily life, Fucha Langhua lived in the nearby side hall.

The sky was bright when Qingying left. Ru Xin tickled the curtain and welcomed Qingying in, and said with a smile: "The little master is here so early. The master is just getting up."

Qing Yingqian smiled and said, "I should have served my master and empress get up earlier."

The curtain was lifted up inside, and the palace maid who was serving the washing was carrying a scarf and came out one after another. Qingying knew that Fu Cha had finished washing and it was time to serve the makeup.

Ru Xin whispered to the inside: "Master, Qing Fujin is here."

Only a gentle voice could be heard: "Please come in."

The maids on both sides raised the curtain with their hands, half bent their waists, lowered their eyebrows and nodded their heads to welcome Qingying in. Qingying secretly praised her. Even if it was a national mourning, the rules here in Fucha were all good.

When Qingying entered, Fucha was sitting upright in front of the mirror, and the hair was combed by a special nanny who combed her hair. Fucha was about the same age as the emperor, and she was naturally in a calm and charming life. The simple and single square green jade without embellishment made her look particularly light and pleasant, like a white mulan in the wind. Although it is simple, it is peaceful and pleasant.

Qingying invited An, and Fucha smiled and turned around, "Get up. It's rare that you came early."

Qingying stood up and thanked her. Fu Cha pointed to the box of open boxes on the mirror stage and said, "It is not advisable to have too many beads in mourning, but it is also a joke if it is too simple. You have always had good eyesight, so you can choose for me."

Qingying smiled, "Master, Empress, has never seen any good things, it's just a test of my eyesight."

Fu Cha smiled and said nothing. Qingying picked up a little bit of green silver phoenix with pearls and compared it, saying, "Today is the last day of mourning, and tomorrow is the official throne ceremony. Although the master is dressed in plain clothes, he must wear some bright jewelry. This phoenix has green feathers, and the phoenix's eyes are also sapphire beads. With a few sapphire pearl flowers, it is the most elegant and simple."

Fu Cha smiled at the combing nanny, "I haven't done what Qing Fujin said."

Qingying stepped back and guarded her, only waiting to hand over the things. Fu Cha saw it and didn't say anything. After finishing the dressing, she slowly laughed and said, "I'm so kind to the concubine, I'll do these little skills for me, and I'll be wronged."

Qingying hurriedly said, "I dare not."

Fu Cha looked at the mirror and then, and smiled and said, "You can't find any mistakes in the beads you match. If you can be impeccable in everything, you can be considered a person who practices both blessings and wisdom." Fu Cha closed his eyes for a moment and said seriously, "You are wronged after all."

Qingying didn't know what Fu Cha pointed to, so she knelt down and said, "I am stupid and do not understand what the Empress is saying. I will ask for advice."

Fu Cha looked at her and said slowly: "You know how you married into the royal palace and became a concubine."

Qingying knelt on the ground, but didn't know how to say it after all, so she had to lower her head and dare not speak.

Seeing her bowing her head, Fu Cha slowly smiled, and said, "I asked you this way when you and my sisters are in a fight. After all, you are successful and Xiao He is the most afraid of defeat. No wonder Gao wants to steal your limelight everywhere."

Qingying smiled reluctantly, "I am serving the emperor with Sister Gao, but I can't say who has stolen the limelight from whom. If there is someone who is worse than others, Sister Gao should give me advice."

Fu Cha smiled faintly, "Tell me? In the past, did she dare to teach you in the palace? Now that time has changed, how should you deal with yourself?"

When Qingying heard this, she felt cold sweat flowing and said softly: "Master Empress..."

Fu Cha stared at her for a moment, then returned to her usual virtuous expression, and said softly: "Okay. I'll just remind you, things may not be so bad." Fu Cha was slightly proud, "After all, I am the queen, the emperor's legitimate wife. If you are just abide by yourself, I will not allow Gao to bully you again."

Qingying heard this and had to thank her, "Thank you, Master. Master, has always treated me and my sister equally. The only one I can rely on is Master."

Fu Cha's eyes swayed on her wrist. Seeing that there was no other ornament on her white white wrist, except for a string of jade beads wrapped in silk red lotus bracelets, she couldn't help but nodded secretly: "The bracelets on your wrist are also treasures that the emperor paid tribute to the prince when Annan Kingdom was the emperor. At that time, the late emperor gave them to our mansion. I thought that you and Gao were on par, so I gave them one by one to you. It was to let you have a close heart between you, but you also want you to understand that as a concubine, you should not distinguish between each other and not to worry about everything. Now you are willing to wear them every day."

This bracelet was originally a rare tribute in Annan. Annan originally produced good jade, but it is really rare for this pair. A string of green jade beads are the same size, transparent and warm, and what is even more rare is that they are so uniform that they are as bright as a pool of flowing green water. If they are shining under the sun, they will appear with white light marks like water waves, like peacock feathers. Because the jade beads are dark and green, they are specially equipped with red gold-wrapped silk flower leaves to protect the whole body of the bead. Both ends of each jade bead are wrapped with thin lotus-shaped gold foil, which is even more ingenious.

The emperor, who was still the fourth prince, was extremely happy to get the bracelet. Although he favored the two newly married concubines, he still gave it to the legitimate concubine Fucha. Fucha was considering the emperor's wishes, and after a few days of acceptance, he gave it to Qingying and Xiyue.

Qingying lowered her head, stroked the bracelet with a calm and easy-going look on her face, "What the master said is. I am really grateful for the Empress's wishes, so as the Empress told me back then, I always wear them and always be alert."

Fucha said softly, "You are a sensible. I think Gao is wearing it every day, but I may not remember this meaning." She paused, "Oh, I don't know that Gao's traitor last night, but you have to give in from now on." Qingying thought about what Hailan said last night, and was about to speak, but she heard Fucha say, "Before you come, the emperor had already made an oral order to raise the flag for Gao, and the one who raised the yellow flag and gave the surname Gaojia. The Qing Dynasty was founded for nearly a hundred years. Only Gao can receive the emperor's personal harem. Only the two flags of Zhenghuang and Huanghuang are the confidants of the emperor. You can think clearly about the weight of this."

Qingying felt throbbing in her heart. She wanted to speak, but she was so surprised that she could not speak a word. She had to smile.

Fu Cha turned his head and leisurely picked out a pair of exquisite sapphire earrings in the jewelry box, and said, "In the past, your status was naturally more noble than Gao's. Now it seems that she is going to compete with you. Oh...you kneel down first."

Qingying slowly walked out of the Fucha Hall, feeling dry mouth, as if she had never been so troubled. Even when... she was rejected by the third prince Hongshi, she never did.

When Langhua saw the Empress Dowager enter the hall, he hurriedly led everyone to perform rituals. The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, "Okay. It's all time for the late emperor to do his best to do his best to do his best to do his best to do his best to do so many rules."

Langhua quickly responded to "yes" and stood up to support the empress dowager. Qingying had always been in the palace with Langhua the most, so she also took a step to support the empress dowager. However, Xiyue hit her elbow and stepped forward to support the empress dowager's other hand, and said quietly: "The empress dowager has been tired for several days, and she is sad and hurts her body. She should also pay attention to the phoenix body."

The Empress Dowager nodded and patted Xiyue's back of her hand, "You have the heart."

After the empress dowager approached, Qingying dared to look up at her. When she met in the palace, the empress dowager was a favored concubine. Although the young Ningpin and Qianpin came from behind, they were also the kind-hearted person who had been with the late emperor for many years. They always had delicate makeup with greasy makeup without any relaxation. Now, after carefully looking at it, the years were ruthless, and accompanied by sadness, silently crawling across her skin, and thin marks were crushed on the corners of her eyebrows. The empress dowager's thin face was haggard and dull, as if no matter how good silk satin was, after a long time, it was dyed with light yellow marks of time, no longer smooth.

Due to the death of the late emperor, the empress dowager's outfit became much lighter. Under the mourning white robe, she was wearing a plain dress with silver-bottomed satin embroidered white bamboo leaves, the lightest and sad color, the cuffs were delicate and dense black and dark blue silk threads, and the silver-widthed tangled Buddha's hand flowers were twisted with silver threads. The jade scattered on the foggy moon-shaped bun became more and more beautiful, making a handful of white hair that could not be hidden in the black hair like dazzling weeds, and a trace of them tied into people's eyes.

Qingying felt sorry for her, and she knelt in front of the spirit with the Empress Dowager and Langhua, and she cried sadly.

Although the days of crying spirits are tired, I really think that I am a candlestick in front of the spirit, or that I have been tied into the white curtain of the ghresu by a thin string of gold wires, and time passes much faster.

At lunch time, because Lu Yun gave birth to the third prince, the empress dowager specially allowed her to go back to take care of her. Lu Yun was extremely grateful and went immediately. Then, Langhua, Xiyue and Qingying went to the side hall to serve the empress dowager for lunch.

The Empress Dowager's lunch was originally intended to return to the Shoukang Palace. The rule of this dynasty was that the new emperor could not live in the six palaces with the concubines of the late emperor. Therefore, the late emperor passed away and hurriedly moved all the concubines from the six palaces to the Shoukang Palace to be placed in the Shoukang Palace. The Empress Dowager also temporarily lived in the main hall of the Shoukang Palace, but did not move to the Cining Palace where the Empress Dowager should have lived alone. This day was originally the last day for mourning for the late emperor. The Empress Dowager was unwilling to work in the carriage and would rather mourn for the late emperor for more time, so she instructed the imperial kitchen to move the lunch to the side hall.

Langhua originally planned to go and see the second prince while having lunch, but the empress dowager was here. She served her wholeheartedly in her filial piety, and she was good. For a moment, the meal came, Langhua added rice, Xiyue cloth vegetables, and green cherry soup. Although there were many people serving her, she didn't even hear a slight cough, as quiet as no one was there.

When the empress dowager saw Langhua serving, she asked unconsciously: "The second prince is still young, why don't you go back to the palace to take care of her? You still have to stay here to serve the Ai family?"

Langhua smiled calmly, "The Empress Dowager doesn't know anything. In order to take care of all the affairs of the harem, I have sent the second prince to the prince's place to take care of by the nanny according to the rules of the ancestors."

The Queen Mother was slightly surprised, as if she was surprised, "What? You don't take care of him for two days first, and you are not afraid that he will not be used to the prince's house?"

Langhua's eyes were quiet, as if he was safely endured, "The family rules of this dynasty, once the princess was born, if there was an order, the concubines in the low position would be given to the concubines in the high position; if there was no order, they would be given to the nanny of the princess, so as not to be too deeply in love with the mother and son, and could not serve the emperor with peace of mind, or miss the opportunity to give birth to the royal heir. I dare not set an example, so the second prince and the eldest prince were sent."

The queen mother focused for a moment and said slowly: "That's hard for you. In this way, the third prince of Su's family should not be left by their side to educate him. Fujia, please continue to order the princess Su to move the third prince to the prince's house as soon as possible so that she can concentrate on serving the emperor."

Aunt Fu agreed, gave the order, and then turned back to the Empress Dowager to serve.

The rule of the Queen Mother's meal was to drink a bowl of soup first. Qingying saw a dish of fresh ham bamboo shoots on the table, with snow-white bamboo shoots and bright red ham. The soup was golden, which attracted people's appetite. So she scooped a spoonful of them with a silver spoon with Ruyi Head in the bowl, then picked up the bamboo shoots and handed them to the Queen Mother to put them down.

The Queen Mother took a sip and nodded slightly, "When it comes to soup, there is nothing better than the best Jinhua ham with bamboo shoots. The soup is fresh and the bamboo shoots are tender. But the umami tastes are in front, and no matter how good the dishes at the back are, I always feel that they are tasteless."

Aunt Fu, who served the Queen Mother, was an old nanny who had been a long time, and hurriedly said, "The Queen Mother has always liked this soup, but she has been mourning for the late emperor for several days. She has tasteless tea and food. Now that the fresh flavor has passed, I am afraid that it will not be able to eat it later."

Qingying was startled and knelt down and said, "I am only thinking about the Queen Mother's favorite, but I didn't realize the Queen Mother's current appetite. It's my fault."

Seeing Qingying like this, Xiyue couldn't help but sneer and just watched from the wall.

Langhua also said: "It's fine to just soup. Although the bamboo shoots are fresh and tender, they have more food to hurt the stomach, which is not suitable for the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said tiredly: "Forget it. You are also filial. It's because the Ai family has no appetite." The Queen Mother glanced at the meal on the table and said lazily, "Let me ask someone to take it down. The Ai family has no appetite even after seeing it."

Xiyue sneered silently and said slowly: "My sister is so filial. The Queen Mother's diet has been reduced these days. She finally used some lunch and was defeated by her younger sister after taking a sip of soup. There were still several hours this afternoon. Is her sister planning to let the Queen Mother stay there hungry?"

Qingying bit her lip and kowtowed, "I would like to forgive the crime. I have made mistakes for a while and I don't want to implicate the Queen Mother Feng Tai. The Queen Mother wants to punish me without any regrets, but please ask the Queen Mother to take care of her and get in more."

The Empress Dowager was lazy and did not want to eat. Seeing this, Langhua hurriedly scooped a bowl of extremely thick porridge, took a silver spoon and blew it gently, and handed it to the Empress Dowager, "The Empress Dowager has no appetite anymore, so please add a bowl of porridge for the sake of the late emperor."

The Empress Dowager raised her eyes and then closed her eyes lazily, saying, "The Ai family has no appetite."

Aunt Fu frowned slightly and said softly: "Master, the Queen Mother has a bad appetite these days. At most, she can add some extremely thin porridge. Such thick porridge is really not as good as it is."

Langhua was not discouraged and said with a smile: "This kind of rice that makes porridge is newly imported from Oden. Each grain is full and crystal clear. It tastes slightly sweet when eaten, soft but chewy. It is most suitable to boil it into thick, but it melts in your mouth. The emperor was sad that the emperor had passed away these days and was busy with the previous dynasty, so he had no appetite. The minister instructed the imperial kitchen to make such porridge, so how many bites the emperor could eat."

The queen mother nodded then, "You are the emperor's first wife, so you should care more about the emperor and avoid him from working hard." She paused, "Forget it, the emperor is working hard to add more meals. No matter how sad the Ai family is, they have to use a little. Just try it."

Langhua couldn't help but feel relieved when she saw that the empress dowager had eaten a few bites and she still had her stomach. Xiyue was attentive to dish dishes, picked up some light side dishes, and watched the empress dowager drink half a bowl of porridge.

Langhua just smiled a few times and said softly: "Miss Qingying's soup is fresh, and it can be eaten with light porridge and side dishes. If the dishes at the back are still rich and fresh, it will really hurt your appetite."

The Queen Mother recalled for a moment, "You are intent. But I was drinking it at Ai's house. There was a faint ginger smell in this porridge. It would warm my stomach and feel a little more comfortable after eating it."

Unexpectedly, Langhua really didn't know, so he hurriedly glanced at the eunuch in the imperial kitchen who was waiting behind him and asked, "What's the reason?"

The eunuch beat Qian'er and bowed and replied, "The empress's instructions were to use the rice newly added from Oden to make porridge, but the emperor had a little stomach cold at night before. The young master of Qingying knew about it and specially ordered the servants to add a little tender ginger to the porridge to warm the stomach. The emperor always thought it was good after using it, so the porridge that the empress dowager put in today was also prepared in the same way."

The Empress Dowager sighed softly, "My son! This is what I have done with my heart." She glanced at Qingying and ordered, "Kneel outside, kneel at Ai's house, and I'm not afraid of hurting my knees. Get up."

Qingying then dared to thank her for her. The empress dowager helped the silver-tipped pearl phoenix hairpin on her temples and said, "The Ai family still wants to drink some soup, so you can choose a bowl for the Ai family."

Qingying didn't dare to act rashly anymore, so she thought carefully, so she chose a bowl of "Purple Ginseng and Snow Chicken Soup" and scooped it for the Queen Mother. After the Queen Mother took a look, her eyes turned a little red, "Why did you choose this soup?"

Qingying said cautiously: "Purple ginseng can boost the energy and the snow chicken nourishes the body, which is suitable for the empress dowager's phoenix body. Moreover, when the late emperor was still there, I served the late emperor and the empress dowager for food, so I heard the late emperor's instructions that this soup is suitable for the empress dowager to drink. Now I invite the empress dowager to drink it again, just to ask the empress dowager to care about the late emperor's painstaking efforts and to take good care of himself."

The empress dowager concentrated for a moment, picked up silk and wiped her tears and said, "When the late emperor was there, he liked this soup the most. He always said that it could refresh his spirit and replenish his energy, and he often told the Ai family to drink it. Now he looked at it, it was just a scene and hurt the situation. What's more, the late emperor left, and the table of food was mostly meaty and fishy. Where can the Ai family get in? That's it."

Although these words are not refusing to eat, they are more serious than before. Qingying only felt that the back of her ears became hotter and painful, which made her scalp hurt. In order to avoid getting cold, the soup drinks of Yushen were warmed there with a copper hanger. Qingying held a bowl of hot soup in her hand. At first, she felt that the fingertips were hot and painful, like a bite of an insect, and gradually lost consciousness. She was holding the soup and either went back or retreat, which was very embarrassing.

Seeing the opportunity, Xiyue hurriedly picked up chopsticks and put them in the empress dowager's bowl, "This dragon beard is quite clear. The empress dowager tastes it and eats some vegetarian food, so she can just take a little bit of love to the late emperor."
Chapter completed!