bookcurios Chapter 199: A note stuck in a pig's nose
Chapter 199: A note stuck in a pig's nose
The epidemic in this life is far more serious than that in the previous life.
More and more servants in the palace were infected with the plague, and there was no room for anyone to stay in Huichun Pavilion.
Noble Lady Fucha's condition had not improved, but fortunately, according to the information Zhou Ninghai had heard, there was no problem with the dragon fetus in Noble Lady Fucha's belly.
One morning, the Queen, based on the advice of the Imperial Medical Bureau, ordered martial law in the harem. Servants and masters in each palace were not allowed to move around freely, and daily meals and the necessary fruits and vegetables were provided by the Imperial Kitchen at fixed times.
Many servants in the palace fell ill, and there were few people working. Even the imperial guards had to do the work of transporting vegetables.
Concubine Hua hasn't seen Linglong and Concubine Xin for a long time, even though they are only separated by a wall.
In order to prevent the palace servants from disobeying discipline and running around at will, the queen arranged two guards to guard the gate of each palace.
This actually got the emperor's approval.
Concubine Hua is no longer feeling so safe sitting in Yikun Palace. The amount of medicinal herbs sent to Yikun Palace is decreasing day by day, let alone the other palaces.
I guess their lives are not as good as mine.
Fortunately, no servants in the Yikun Palace have been infected with the epidemic yet. Zhou Ninghai said that yesterday Xiao Huanzi peeked through the crack in the door and saw the Changchun Palace opposite, where the guards carried out a little eunuch on a stretcher.
I don’t know what the current situation of Changchun Palace is.
With the Queen on such a strict guard, Hua Fei is now cut off from information and feels a little anxious. She feels empty inside after not seeing Linglong making a fuss for a few days.
Zhou Ninghai couldn't go out, and couldn't find out what was happening in the various palaces.
One day, when a young eunuch from the Imperial Hospital came to deliver medicinal herbs to the Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua gave the eunuch some money and asked him to pass a message to Wen Shichu, asking him to find a prescription to treat the epidemic as soon as possible.
As time went on, Concubine Hua was afraid that the Queen would do something unusual again.
"Don't panic, Your Majesty. Zhou Ninghai said that the young eunuch is just someone who sweeps the Changchun Palace and does rough work. He will definitely not serve the princess closely." Songzhi comforted Concubine Hua while dyeing her nails.
In spring, the Impatiens in the Yiku Palace grew particularly well. It was a new variety that she received as tribute from foreign countries from the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year. It was said that the flowers grown were particularly bright in color.
When the flowers bloomed this spring, Songzhi saw that it was indeed true.
The whole palace is now under martial law, only the flowers and plants are still growing on their own, ignorant of the world.
"That being said, Linglong is a very active girl. Even the servants and maids in Yikun Palace have played the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken" with her, not to mention Changchun Palace." For the first time, Concubine Hua was not in the mood to appreciate the color on her nails.
Songzhi used gauze to wrap Hua Fei's ten fingers, which were as white as scallions, and waited for the Impatiens juice to color them.
Songzhi had just finished wrapping it and when she straightened up, she saw a kite floating in the sky outside the window.
"Your Majesty, look, what is that?" Concubine Hua looked in the direction of Songzhi's finger.
That was Linglong’s favorite kite. Zhou Ninghai ran errands to buy the Zhu Bajie kite for her on the way to the Old Summer Palace.
Concubine Hua saw through the window pane that a big pig's head was floating on the wall of Yiku Palace.
No, it was a cute pig head floating above the Forbidden City.
Every palace servant who was forbidden to go out saw this pig head in their respective palaces.
Songzhi helped Hua Fei out. After a closer look, Hua Fei became more certain that this must be the kite released by Linglong.
The kite was not too high, just enough for him to see.
"Zhou Ninghai, go get a long pole and knock this bamboo pole down." Concubine Hua was a little excited.
Linglong must have been following me around all the time and learned a lot from me. It’s obvious that she inherited her smartness from me.
Songzhi: Your Majesty, even if the princess wants to deliver a message, she should at least choose a normal kite.
Hua Fei: What's wrong with the pig head! The pig is so cute! It's obvious that it was Linglong who put it there, definitely not someone else!
Zhou Ninghai looked at the familiar Zhu Bajie kite and felt so excited. After hearing the last words of Concubine Hua, he ran to the backyard to look for the bamboo pole himself.
He didn't even wait for Xiaolouzi to make a trip for the master.
Zhutou asked Zhou Ninghai to ride on Xiaolouzi's neck and hook him down with the bamboo pole used to hit persimmons.
As expected, Concubine Hua found two small notes in the crack of the pig's nose.
The note was stuck in the pig's nose because Xin Chang and her daughter had done something wrong.
Hua Fei unfolded them, one was written by Xin Changzai, the other was written by a delicate scribble.
The note from Xin Changzai read: "Everything is fine. Is the queen okay?"
On Linglong's little piece of paper was a picture of a flower with many petals, and next to the flower there was a pretty little girl.
The little girl's eyes were curved with laughter.
Concubine Hua could tell that the flower was her favorite peony, which represented herself, and that little girl was Linglong.
It seems that Linglong is indeed fine.
Concubine Hua looked at the scribble-like little piece of paper, but her face was full of smiles.
"Empress Hua, Empress Hua." Linglong's voice came to my ears.
At this moment, Concubine Hua was standing in the courtyard of Yiku Palace. When she heard Concubine Hua's voice and looked up, it was Linglong.
Linglong actually climbed up the wall!
It can be seen that Linglong is riding on the little eunuch's neck. The little eunuch probably climbed up the ladder to lift Linglong so high!
"Oh, my little ancestor!" Zhou Ninghai also saw Linglong on the wall. This princess would scare him to death. She was so high, what if she fell?
Zhou Ninghai wanted to move the ladder, but he was afraid that Linglong would fall down without him seeing her, so he jumped in anxiety.
Concubine Hua was also quite shocked. Linglong really dared to go up to the roof and tear down the tiles.
"Linglong, go down quickly." Hua Fei said.
"Empress Hua, have you received the painting that Linglong drew?" Linglong grabbed the ears of the mount below her tightly with both hands.
"Got it, got it. Go down quickly. Empress Hua will put Zhu Bajie back to you later." Concubine Hua was really worried when she saw Linglong's skin.
But he didn't dare to lose his temper. What if he got so angry that Linglong was scared and fell down?
"Okay, it seems that what my mother said is correct. Empress Hua really saw the kite that Linglong released."
It seems that you climbed so high just to verify whether your kite has landed in the courtyard of Yikun Palace...
For a moment, I didn't know whether to say Linglong was smart or clever.
If you want to talk, why not just climb over the wall? Why bother letting the pig head out?
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"Empress Hua, I'm waiting for your reply~" Linglong said, patting the head of her "mount" below, indicating that she was about to get off.
Hua Fei: Is it necessary to reply to this letter?
Seeing Linglong disappear from the edge of the green brick and yellow tile wall again, Hua Fei knew that she must have landed safely, so she turned around and went back to the main hall.
He asked Songzhi to remove the gauze wrapped around his fingertips by the Impatiens, and he also wrote a reply on a piece of paper: "Everything is fine, let me know if you need anything, and don't climb over the wall again!"
Hua Fei rolled the small piece of paper into a small roll and inserted it back into the nostril of the pig.