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Chapter 25 Meeting an Old Friend in the Queen Mother's Palace
"The Queen Mother didn't say anything, so I guess she's going to give me a reward." Chunying said this, and Wu Qing and He Cui's little movements didn't escape her eyes. She smiled tolerantly, "Why? Didn't you have breakfast?"
He Cui nodded, "The doctor prescribed medicine for me to take early in the morning, so I just drank it."
Wu Qing then realized that He Cui had brought her breakfast but hadn't waited for her to start eating.
Chunying turned and led the two toward a small side door. After passing through two small doors, Wu Qing began to feel uneasy. In the palace dramas, isn't walking this way meant to harm someone? What had I done? Was he going to attack me?
Chunying looked at Wu Qing nervously, "What's wrong? We took this less-traveled road so that you could finish your snacks. Why aren't you eating?"
This Chunying is also covering for her, and she is quite nice! Wu Qing once again felt that palace fighting dramas were harmful.
I don’t know how long I will stay with the Queen Mother. He Cui and Chun Ying are both here to help me.
You’re welcome, I opened the handkerchief and ate the snacks one by one, finishing them quickly.
Arriving at Kunyi Palace, Chunying whispered, "Wait in the side hall. I'll go in and report."
He Cui led Wu Qing to the side hall and immediately poured tea for Wu Qing.
What was going on? Wu Qing didn't understand why they were drinking tea right away. She blinked and didn't have time to ask. She was thirsty, so she drank first.
He Cui whispered, "There's no such rule originally. This is Sister Chunying helping you."
Wu Qing realized belatedly that Chunying had seen her eat and was afraid that she would be thirsty, so she asked her to wait in the side hall.
"Oh, my sister's face..." He Cui seemed to have just remembered something and said, "Forget it, don't hide it. Just let the masters see the injustice you suffered yesterday."
Wu Qing found it amusing and asked how the two had looked at her in Xifeng Pavilion. They exchanged glances again. They just wanted to be watched by someone who could make the decision for them! Hanging out with these old people in the palace, she was always slow to realize everything.
Sure enough, just as he put down the teacup, someone came to tell him that it was the Empress Dowager who invited him.
Wu Qing followed the others into the main hall, lowered her eyes and restrained her emotions. She was led to perform a great ceremony without looking up at the person sitting in the seat of honor.
It's not that she is timid, nor is it that she is shy. It was only after the emperor ran away that she focused on inquiring about and learning the etiquette of the palace. She cannot visit the several masters of the palace casually.
I heard the kindly old woman's voice above say, "Stand up, come here quickly and let me see what kind of person you are."
Wu Qing stood up first after hearing this. Chunying led her a few steps forward to the Empress Dowager.
The old woman said again: "Look up, I will take a look."
When Empress Dowager Fu looked at Wu Qing, Wu Qing also looked at the Empress Dowager carefully.
Judging from the details, the empress dowager should be over fifty or almost sixty years old, but her skin is well maintained and still very delicate. Her face is as white as snow. Although her temples are white, she does not look old. Instead, she has a more mature charm, like aged wine or aged jade.
The Empress Dowager has soft facial lines, distinct features, willow-shaped eyebrows, and eyes like black ink. Her eyes are not sharp, but gentle yet powerful. Even the fine lines at the corners of her eyes reveal the gentleness bestowed by time.
Aren't those who can become the Queen Mother in palace fighting dramas considered powerful? Wu Qing was suspicious and lamented again and again that TV dramas are misleading!
Empress Dowager Fu looked at Wu Qing with a friendly and kind smile in her eyes, but after she saw Wu Qing's appearance clearly, she was still stunned for a moment.
This child is good-looking, but his eyebrows, eyes, and expression seem familiar...
She was sure she had never seen this person before, so had she heard about him from someone else? He seemed familiar, but she couldn't place him. Could he be an old acquaintance?
"Empress Dowager." A gentle reminder brought Empress Dowager Fu back to her senses. When she looked over, she saw the little palace maid opposite her looking at her.
The smile on Empress Dowager Fu's face deepened. She sat on the Luohan couch and carefully looked at the palace maid in front of her again. Her eyes looked at her more and more gently.
Seeing Wu Qing's face again, he asked, "What's wrong with her face? You can even see five finger marks. Who hit her?"
Wu Qing looked troubled. "I don't know who beat me. Yesterday, when I was trying to save the Seventh Princess, that person tried every means to stop me. He even beat me. I don't even know that person."
"Ah? How can this be tolerated? Chunying, go ask the people who followed Xue'er yesterday, who is so bold?" the Queen Mother ordered.
"Yes." Chunying turned and left.
Empress Dowager Fu took Wu Qing's hand, pulled her in front of her, and touched her face. "You look so small, but you were able to rescue Xue'er from the water. It's hard for you."
When it comes to this, Wu Qing feels embarrassed again. She can't stand other people constantly bringing it up. "It's my duty."
"Mother, is it our benefactor? I haven't seen the real person yet. Please show him to me!" The voice came from the back hall. It was not a steady one. It sounded like he was in a state of impetuousness.
Wu Qing inexplicably felt that she had heard this voice before, and the feeling was not very good. Before she could remember where she had heard this voice, the person had already bumped into her sight... Okay, she actually knew him.
Helian Suxue was also stunned, "It's you?!"
Wu Qing, observing her duty as a palace maid, bowed and said, "Greetings to the Seventh Princess."
Helian Suxue had already circled Wu Qing twice, looking her up and down. She first noticed Wu Qing's hand, "Your hand was already injured. Did it get worse when you saved me yesterday?"
Wu Qing: "That's true!" She couldn't help laughing as she said this. "I didn't feel any pain at the time, so I just tried to save him. But when I got back, the fractured part was dislocated again. The doctor realigned it, and he's fine now."
Helian Suxue gritted her teeth and said, "Reset the bones..." She knew it was really painful, but she didn't want to mention it in front of her mother.
Empress Dowager Fu looked at her daughter's expression and asked, "Xue'er, did you know him before?"
"She is..." The words that were about to come out of her mouth as she climbed onto her third brother's bed almost slipped out, but she swallowed them back, "She serves in the royal brother's palace." As she spoke, Helian Suxue smiled unnaturally, her mind a little confused.
Wait a minute, let her think about it: This woman, relying on her looks, had gotten into the Emperor's bed, and now she was considered the only one in the palace who enjoyed the Emperor's favor...but what was wrong? Then what was her motive for saving herself? She was clearly already favored by the Emperor, and could move freely in the palace, so why would she risk losing an arm to save herself?
No, no, let's start over: Could it be that she really has the talent to attract Third Brother? It's very possible. After all, she's not a peerless beauty. It's unlikely that she could climb into Third Brother's bed by relying on her good looks. Third Brother is not stupid.
So what was her ability? It was impossible that she had saved the Third Brother. If the Third Brother was in danger, the palace wouldn't be so quiet and no one would spread the news.
So... could it be possible that her ability was pure kindness? So pure that she was willing to risk her own life to save others?
Yes, it's okay for Third Brother to be attracted to someone like this! This is the epitome of a queen who rules the country!
……
Thus, the Seventh Princess Helian Suxue, whose mind was only filled with fighting and killing, conquered herself, and Wu Qing became the only candidate for the queen in her mind.
In just a few breaths, Helian Suxue's expression changed again and again, and finally she suddenly understood. She felt that she had seen through the root of this matter just like that, how clever she was!
"My real name is Helian Suxue. You don't have to call me the Seventh Princess. Just call me Suxue." Helian Suxue came back to her senses and hurriedly introduced herself to Wu Qing.
"This..." Wu Qing wanted it more than she could have wished, but she still had to be polite. "This servant dare not overstep the bounds."
Helian Suxue waved her hand, "It's okay if I say so. You don't have to call yourself a slave anymore... No, what's wrong with your face?"
Wu Qing raised her hand and touched it. "I can't explain it. Yesterday, when I was going to rescue the Seventh Princess, a maid ran out and insisted that I was going to harm you, so she beat me. At that time, saving people was the most important thing, and I didn't have time to reason with her..."
"Oh?" Helian Suxue was about to speak when Empress Dowager Fu said, "We've already sent someone to investigate and see who is so blind."
Helian Suxue nodded and said to Wu Qing, "Let's just call each other 'Mother'! Mother," she looked at Empress Dowager Fu, "I get along really well with her. Why don't you adopt her as your adopted daughter? No, I can't. Forget it!"
No, no, Helian Suxue was disgusted by her mouth running ahead while her brain was chasing after her. This was the person that Third Brother liked. What if Mother really adopted her as her adopted daughter? No, she really couldn't!
Empress Dowager Fu amused her daughter, "Xue'er, what are you talking about?"
"It's okay, mother. How about this, I get along very well with her, just give her to me and take her to my place to talk!" Helian Suxue remembered that there were people waiting for her in her palace.
"You are so impetuous, don't scare people." The Queen Mother smiled kindly.
"I understand, mother." Helian Suxue said, pulling Wu Qing's hand, "Come with me."
Helian Suxue walked back with Wu Qing and asked, "Do you really know how to bring the dead back to life?"
Wu Qing hurriedly shook her head. "That wouldn't happen to me. The princess's airway was simply blocked by water, but she was still breathing. I simply maintained that breath and helped reopen her airway."
"Don't use honorifics. Just talk like this." Helian Suxue protested, then asked, "Is this the case for all the drowned people?"
"Not necessarily, and it also depends on the physical condition. If the person is weak, the possibility of being saved is lower." Wu Qing did not lie. She was not a professional doctor, so the possibility of saving the patient was greatly reduced.
Wu Qing felt that her two skills were really not enough. Helian Suxue's survival was also largely due to her good physical condition.
"Then you..." Helian Suxue hesitated for a moment, but gritted her teeth and asked, "Are you willing to teach me this secret technique?"
"What's wrong with that?" Wu Qing didn't think it was a big deal at all, and Helian Suxue's expression when she spoke made her feel a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange.
"As long as you are willing, you can do whatever you want with anyone..." Helian Suxue stopped talking halfway.
The two of them said it almost at the same time. Helian Suxue only realized as she was speaking that the other party had already agreed, so easily. She turned around involuntarily and stared at Wu Qing. "Is it true? Are there any conditions? You can ask for anything."
"No!" Of course Wu Qing is willing to teach others. Teaching more people can also save more people, right?
"Ha! You...are you stupid? Anyone who knows this secret method must treasure it and not pass it on to others. How can you agree to it so easily?" Helian Suxue originally thought that it would take a lot of persuasion to convince Wu Qing to agree, but she didn't expect it to be so easy. She felt that something was wrong with Wu Qing. If she was so stupid, wouldn't she be sold out?
Wu Qing suddenly understood what that strange feeling was when the two people were talking. Their ideas were fundamentally different.
She wanted to explain, "If it wasn't you who was drowning, I would have saved anyone, even at the risk of losing an arm." She looked into Helian Suxue's eyes and said, "I'm telling the truth. Seeing a living person die in front of me, I would try any method with a one in ten thousand chance of success. And for someone who just drowned, I have a thirty percent chance of success. I can't just stand there and not reach out to save them."
Wu Qing spoke frankly. Her mother was a nurse, working in the emergency room. When she was in elementary school, her father would be away on business trips, and she would go to the hospital to wait for her mother to get off work. She watched her mother and other colleagues save lives for six years. This was a very normal thought for her.
"No, no..." Helian Suxue turned around twice, "We have to become sworn brothers. You're too kind. You'll get eaten by others. I have to protect you."
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The prince of Dayu would usually leave the palace and set up his own residence at the age of sixteen, while the princess would arrange marriage before she reached the age of marriage and would get married soon after reaching the age of marriage. Before reaching the age of marriage, she would live in her mother's palace, so naturally there was no need to separate.
But the seventh princess Helian Suxue was an exception. She had reached the age of marriage but refused to marry or discuss marriage. The empress dowager gave her the courtyard behind her Kunyi Palace and asked her to live there. But she thought the back door of Kunyi Palace was too small, so she insisted on having a big back door opened facing the front door of her courtyard. So every time she returned to the palace, she would enter from Kunyi Palace, meet her mother, and then go through the back door to return to her Dongning Palace - the name of this palace was also changed by her.
When Helian Suxue was walking with Wu Qing on the way to her Dongning Palace, she insisted on becoming sworn brothers with her first and immediately ordered someone to take care of this matter.
While waiting for the palace servants to bring the incense table, someone suddenly came running over, "Princess, Seventh Princess, you can't let this man fool you! Listen to what this old servant says..."
Helian Suxue and Wu Qing turned around together and saw the old lady running towards them.
Wu Qing still remembered this voice. It was the old woman who had slapped her yesterday. She couldn't help but twitch her lips. What was this old woman doing here again?
Helian Suxue didn't know what was going on. She took a few steps forward and supported her wet nurse, "Mammy, what's wrong?" This was an old lady in the palace who attached great importance to rules. How could she be so panicked?
The wet nurse pointed at Wu Qing and said, "This little slave knows how to swim. I saw it with my own eyes. She swam right up to you, but she refused to save you. She wanted to watch you die. Fortunately, you are blessed with a long life and good fortune! You can't believe that she saved your life."
Wu Qing raised her hand and touched her face.
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