239. Chapter 239 Concubine Rong said that the daughter of the Xie family has a red mole
It was the first time for Shen Ningning to enter Concubine Rong's palace.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a small indoor rockery for viewing placed directly opposite the door. With the gurgling water in the fish tank, there was a pleasant aroma that hit my nostrils.
A screen with flowers and a full moon stands behind the viewing tank, seeming to block out the biting cold outside.
Shen Ningning rubbed her cold face with her small hands and breathed out a warm breath.
The eldest maid said: "Your Majesty, the princess and the cousin are here."
Concubine Rong's cordial call came from the room: "The tea soup is also ready, come in quickly."
Shen Ningning was still a little restrained, but Qi Xiuwei, as if she had arrived at her own home, pulled Holding Shen Ningning's little hand: "Come on, have a taste. The tea made by my aunt is very fragrant."
After walking around the screen, Shen Ningning realized that the fragrance she smelled at the door was actually coming from the tea brewed by Concubine Rong.
Under the large, semi-open window, there was an Arhat bed and a small square table, on which a small red clay stove was steaming.
Concubine Rong sat next to her and greeted the two of them over with a smile.
Shen Ningning asked curiously: "How can you cook the fragrance of flowers?"
Concubine Rong looked at her with a gentle smile: "The princess has a really good nose. I also put plum blossoms and dried gardenias in this silver-tip tea soup."
"Not only does it smell refreshing, but after drinking it, it can drive away the cold and generate heat." As she said this, she handed over two cups.
Qi Xiuwei and Shen Ningning sat opposite Concubine Rong. The two little girls were holding hot fragrant tea and sipping it in small sips.
After taking a few sips of the tea, she felt comfortable all over. Shen Ningning exclaimed with emotion: "It tastes really good."
Qi Xiuwei immediately smiled at her and said, "If you like it, why don't you just come and drink it every day?"
Shen Ningning blinked her big round black eyes. "Then how can I trouble the empress every day?"
"Why not? As my cousin's escort, you can drink it every day."
After hearing what Qi Xiuwei said, Shen Ningning immediately put down the tea cup silently.
Concubine Rong saw it calmly and said with a smile: "Weier is recommending the princess to aunt, isn't it?"
Qi Xiuwei nodded: "Aunt, if the princess can stay, we can be my cousin's maids together. Now."
But at this moment, Shen Ningning, with her pink lips and waxy lips, mustered up the courage to say, "But I don't want to stay."
There was a brief moment of silence in the room.
Concubine Rong first asked: "What's wrong, Princess? What's the trouble?"
Qi Xiuwei was stunned for a moment before she realized: "Ningning wants to be a female official for the prince, right?"
Shen Ningning shook her head: "I'm temporarily I don't want to be anyone's female official, because I haven't learned it myself."
"Usually in class, I have to drag the trolley my brother made for me to move the books."
She stretched out her two chubby hands: "Besides, my wife, you see, my hands can only hold one pen at a time, so I can't help the prince read."
"The eldest aunt said that the female officer must not only hold the book for the prince, but also sharpen his ink, but where can I You're too busy to come here!"
Concubine Rong was stunned, then she covered her lips and laughed softly, and the maids around her also pursed their lips and snickered.
Princess Funing is so cute, she even refuses people with her childish talk in a serious manner.
Concubine Rong smiled and said, "Don't worry Ning Ning, I already have a candidate in mind for the female officer."
She looked at Qi Xiuwei: "This child Wei'er begs her father to send letters to me every day. You can't be this female officer, I really can't refuse."
"I heard that she got good results in all the assessments this time, so I think that the position of female officer should belong to her, so I'll ask you two to come here this time. It's just for tea."
When Shen Ningning heard this, she felt relieved, and the smile on her face became even sweeter and cuter. "Thank you, ma'am, the tea is so delicious." She was finally willing to pick up the tea cup again.
After chatting for a while, Concubine Rong said to Qi Xiuwei: "You should go back first. I have a few words to say to Ning Ning alone."
Qi Xiuwei had a well-behaved and quiet temperament. After listening to the words, she stood up immediately.
"Aunt, Naweier has resigned." As she said that, she blinked at Shen Ningning twice, then followed the palace maid and left.
After she left, Shen Ningning took out the wooden round sign with the deer engraved on it and placed it on the table.
"Your Majesty, this thing should be returned to His Highness Ninth Prince. I know His Highness wants to thank me for helping him feed the deer, but since I am not his female official, I shouldn't take his things."
Concubine Rong's gentle and deep eyes were like sea water. Just as dark.
She glanced at the wooden sign and smiled: "You kid, you demand a lot from yourself. Is this a little gadget worth returning?"
However, she did not force Shen Ningning to accept it.
Concubine Rong looked out the window. The north wind blew through the courtyard, bringing snow to fall.
The charcoal in the small red clay stove on the table seemed to be almost burned out, and the bubbling sound gradually disappeared.
At some point, all the palace people had retreated, leaving only one eldest palace maid standing outside the screen, motionless, like a sculpture.
"Hey." Concubine Rong sighed first: "Princess, don't blame me for being too talkative. I called you here because I want to take a good look at you. You and my sister are really similar. Similar."
Shen Ningning opened her dark eyes and asked, "Is this what Goddess is thinking about?"
Concubine Rong nodded, looking at the courtyard with a somewhat nostalgic look.
"I'm afraid Prime Minister Xie won't tell you something. The reason why my sister broke up with the Qi family was because my mother wanted to marry her to a distant relative of our Qi family."
"But at that time, My sister has already made a love with Prime Minister Xie, how can she accept anyone else? "
"My sister fought hysterically over this matter, but my mother insisted at home and my father couldn't do anything to her, so she left with Prime Minister Xie in anger. "
"This makes my parents and relatives in the clan feel angry. As the saying goes, a wife is hired as a concubine. They feel that my sister's leaving with a man regardless of her reputation has damaged the reputation of the Qi family."
"But I feel that my sister After all, she was brave for the one she loved. I have always envied her." At this point, Concubine Rong raised her hand and wiped the glittering corners of her eyes.
Shen Ningning kept holding the tea cup and listened carefully.
Those big eyes, with long eyelashes that only blinked occasionally, seemed to be listening very intently.
She also wanted to know about Shen Siyi's past.
Seeing this, Concubine Rong smiled slightly: "To be fair, after my sister severed ties with the Qi family, she became the wife of the Xie family."
"In the past few years of marriage, she gave birth to three children for Prime Minister Xie, the youngest daughter But he disappeared a few years ago. You should also know about this. My sister drowned because of this sadness."
"When I saw you, I felt an indescribable kindness because you and my sister have similar looks. They are so similar, that's why I gave that Yin Ruyi to you before. "
But I didn't expect that you are not her biological daughter. I am very puzzled. Why is there such a coincidence in this world?"
Thick clouds were falling in the sky outside, and the north wind was howling, making the unlit temple dark.
Concubine Rong was sitting in the half-dark light, her eyebrows slightly lowered, showing compassion and sadness.
"Ning Ning, I wonder if Prime Minister Xie made a mistake? You should be his daughter."
"Otherwise, how could you have the same red mole on your hand as his biological daughter?" Concubine Rong said. Then, he took Shen Ningning's little hand.
Palm facing up, the small and delicate red mole is extremely conspicuous in the cold and dim light.