Chapter 37: Cold Encounter (IV)
Qian Han followed the Empress into the inner hall, she is already smart, naturally understand the Empress in defense of Hu Chenghua, so rather puzzled to ask: "Your Highness! Slave girl really do not understand, Hu Chenghua favor when you have not enlisted, now being cold down why you defend her?"
The Empress smiled and said, "It's easy to add flowers to brocade! It is difficult to send charcoal in the snow! Do you understand?"
"The reasoning is understandable, but Hu Cheng Hua is now out of favor, what use is there for him?" Qian Han continued to pursue the question.
Breakfast has been in the West Warm Pavilion cloth, kang table on a total of four dishes, one porridge, two main dishes. There are gardenia peony eggs, green onion with tofu, goose breast, olive cabbage, and parsley root cake and fresh meat pot stickers. The queen's standard naturally will not be so, but the queen has always been frugal, feel that the morning will get up with twelve dishes is really too extravagant, so everything is just as good as simple.
Qian Han sheng a night of porridge, put in front of the queen, the queen with a spoon turned over two, out of some heat, see the porridge has been cool, before scooping a spoon into their mouths, continue to say: "Although the emperor recently favored the six palaces, but you see the emperor's face of that group of gloomy gas, must be the heart of the heart can't let go of Hu Chenghua. The Palace guessed that less than three months Hu Chenghua must be back in favor!"
Empress Xu, as the successor to the Empress, is able to sit on the throne of the Empress has its own superiority. Qian Han suddenly realized the Empress's far-sightedness, and pinched another piece of goose breast into the Empress's bowl.
Inside the Hall of Containing Zhang, Qian He ran back from the door in tears.
Qian Ning was watering the vegetation in the courtyard at this time, seeing Qian Ning come back crying and returning empty-handed, she could not help but ask with some anxiety, "What's wrong? They won't give it?"
Spring clothing is not wearable, this labor up a move is a sweat, Qian Ning will let Qian He to go to the Bureau of clothing to ask for summer clothing, visible Qian He returned empty-handed, apparently the Bureau of clothing did not give.
Although Zhang is not in charge, the bottom of the people are also difficult, humiliate some not to mention that the clothes have not yet to come.
Qian Ning is a hot temper, see Qian He was bullied so pitifully, can not help but miso a fire, pulling Qian He is going to ask for a statement to go.
"Sister Ning, what kind of situation we are in at the Hall of Hanyang nowadays, sister knows, don't cause trouble for Cheng Hua because of me!" Qian He pulls Qian Ning's sleeve to yank back.
"To ask for an explanation is not true, but to get the clothes is true, stop crying and go with me!" Qian He broke away from Qian Ning, but Qian Ning pulled Qian He out of the Hall of Huan Zhang with a slight force.
Although Qian Ning among these maids is not as delicate as Qian Lan, her mouth is very powerful.
Coincidentally, the two came to the Shangyi Bureau, happened to run into Zhang Youwen instructed a group of yellow door to the warehouse to move material, think is another batch of fresh material. But I don't know whether this batch of material is the Division of cloth own weaving or Jiangling side to come.
Qian Ning has been in the palace for many years, and Zhang Youwen's status, naturally, can not be hard. See Zhang Youwen stood under the sun, the sun came out a few drops of hot sweat, then took a handkerchief close to shake the wind a few times and said: "Zhang Chief, this big sun strange sun people, you or find a shady place to stand good."
As soon as Zhang Youwen looked up and saw that it was someone from the Hall of Containing Zhang, he said with a smile on his face: ''Ya! Isn't this the person from the Hall of Harmonious Chapters? Which gust of wind blew Hu Cheng Hua's people here? It's not that the Emperor has given five more sets of clothes, right?"
This sarcasm is chilling enough, Qian He has just been humiliated, and now that she is being made up like this, she can't hang on to her face.
Qian Ning in the palace for a long time, or have seen some of the world, thicker skin, in the face of such cynicism but also frankly, continued: "Chief Zhang habitually love to joke! Mr. Zhang has forgotten a lot of things, slave girl this time is to take the summer clothes of the Hall of Hengzhang!"
"The summer clothes were sent out at the beginning of the summer, didn't Hanyang Hall receive them?" Zhang Youwen asked, pretending to be surprised.
"Including Cheng Hua's clothes, the clothes of the master's lackeys at the Hall of Containing Zhangs have not been issued as well. Just now, the slave girl came to the Shangyi Bureau once, and Huang Shanggong said it wasn't made." Qian He said in a noisy manner.
"Then I'll summon Shanggong Huang over to ask." Zhang Youwen then called an embroiderer nearby, and the embroiderer summoned Huang Shanggong.
"Huang Shanggong, you are in charge of each palace summer clothing distribution matters, Hanyang Hall said so far did not receive the summer clothing, can there be this matter?"
"Yet there is this matter." Huang Shanggong did not hide it.
"Why?" Zhang Youwen asked, pretending to stick up for Hanyang Hall.
"Hu Chenghua's five sets of summer clothes were actually finished early, but during the night rush, an embroidery girl accidentally knocked over the candlestick and burned a corner of the clothes. The lackeys are afraid that Chenghua will blame them, and they also know that Chenghua has always cared about what she wears, so they are rushing day and night to redo them for Chenghua."
"How many sets are completed today?" Zhang Youwen asked, picking his small eyes.
"Two sets!" Huang Shanggong said.
"Then why don't we ask your family Cheng Hua to wait for a few more days, and send it to the Hall of Huanzhang as soon as it's finished!" Zhang Youwen said to Qian Ning with a smile.
Qian Ning knows what Zhang Youwen means, if this time to go, the next time there will be other reasons to come, when the slave girl's at least some of the past season's clothes, and Cheng Hua a few days to go to the Hall of Xianyang to ask for peace has been a lot of jokes, today in any case have to get the clothes back.
Ruyi then suppressed the anger in her heart, smiling face said: "Why don't the slave girl fetch these two sets back first, the remaining is not urgent, Shangyi Bureau will send it to you when it's done! Around Cheng Hua has to have a piece of summer clothes to wear, otherwise every time you go to the Empress Mother's place to ask for peace, you will become a joke in the eyes of everyone!"
In fact, Qian Ning said this is soft with hard, Hu Chenghua is out of favor is not true, but then out of favor with the emperor also did not ban her feet, her summer still with spring clothes that is the emperor's face, but also the fault of the Bureau of Shangyi.
Upon hearing Qian Ning's words, Zhang Yuwen indeed signaled Huang Shanggong to fetch two sets of clothes, and Qian Ning and Qian He left with them.
All the way to the two are sullen, they know very well that the three sets of clothing Shangyi Bureau will not send again, Cheng Hua can wear the whole summer is only these two sets only.
The two have just returned to the Hall of Containing Zhang, the Shangyi Bureau will send the clothes of the palace maid yellow door also, but only this one set.
The embroidery women from the Shangyi Bureau delivered the palace clothes and left. Qian Ning brought the clothes back into the house and placed one set each in each person's place on the bunk.
Seeing that she only had one set of summer clothes, Qian He couldn't help but barf up her tears.
"What's wrong again?" Qian Ning asked.
Qian He barred tears, but did not speak, see Qian Ning so anxious. Although Qian Ning is a knife mouth, but it is tofu heart, nothing bad heart. Although Qian He first entered the palace, let her wait in the outer room, but did not treat her harshly. On the contrary, the idea of Qian He is young, a lot of heavy work instead of their own rush to do.
"How is just one set of clothes enough to wear!" Qian He continued to wipe her tears.
"Oh! Right! You and Qian Yun only got into the palace this year, you don't have summer clothes from previous years!" Seeing QianHuo still crying, she said, "Don't cry, it's no big deal! I'll find two sets for you, and when we have time in the evening, we'll change the size so you can wear them!" With that, Qian Ning climbed onto the bed and rummaged through the closet to find four sets of summer clothes from previous years, keeping two sets for herself and giving two sets to Qian He. Although the clothes were worn out, there was always something to replace them with.
Seeing that Qian He was still a bit upset, she said, "I know you still miss Qian Yun, don't be anxious, when Qian Lan comes back then let her find two sets for Qian Yun! There are some clothes, but don't mind the old ones!"
"Thank you, Sister! Sister is doing us a great favor, how could we dislike it!" Although Qian He is not very old, she is very smart and has already mingled with Qian Lan and Qian Ning in the past few months.
The problem has been solved and should have been happy, but Qian He has a shallow nest of tears and can't bear to see others treating them well.
When Qian Ning saw Qian He crying again, she asked again, "What's wrong with this?"
"Sister! You are too kind to me. When I first entered the palace, you asked me to wait with you in the outer room, and I thought that my sister would be difficult for me. But as a result, not only did sister not make things difficult for me, she instead grabbed the heavy work and did it!"
"Why are you talking about this? You're already small, it's only right for us sisters to love you more. Quickly wash your face, don't let Cheng Hua see you!"
"Uh-huh!" Qian He said and nodded solemnly before hitting a basin of water to purify her face.
Although the Hall of Contained Chapters is now suffering from a cold reception, the people are warmed by the human touch.