Phi-Fic Chapter 521 Xiao Qingxi is depressed
Chapter 521 Xiao Qingxi is depressed
With such a huge Buddha living in her house, Shen Wantang couldn't be lazy, otherwise the Queen Mother would definitely accuse her of something else.
However, after she went to the Ning Wang's wife's courtyard, the Queen Mother ignored her. She had been guarding Ning Wang for a whole day and a night without eating, drinking or sleeping. How could her pampered body bear it?
She was lying on the lady's couch, and when she heard Shen Wantang coming to pay her respects, she didn't even raise her eyelids.
Shen Wantang was quite happy about this. It was just right to ignore her. She would just pretend to be afraid of disturbing the empress dowager's rest and then leave quietly.
As for taking care of Prince Ning and Princess Ning, there are naturally imperial doctors to take care of them, so there is no need for her to do anything.
The days passed peacefully one by one, and before I knew it, a month had passed.
Prince Ning and Princess Ning's breathing went from weak at first to calm, and their complexions went from pale to rosy. The only thing that did not change was that they still did not wake up.
The empress dowager initially lived in Prince Ning's mansion, but later, when she saw that her son had not woken up, she returned to the palace. After all, she was the empress dowager and could not live outside the palace forever.
After returning to the palace, she came to Prince Ning's Mansion every two days and returned to the palace half a day later.
A month later, she had begun to come to Prince Ning's Mansion every five days and return to the palace after a short stay.
Shen Wantang felt visibly relieved. Apart from visiting her parents-in-law occasionally, she no longer had any other worries. Even Xiao Qingxi, who always liked to make trouble for her, had behaved himself recently.
No, it should be said that Xiao Qingxi has been in a slump recently.
Because the Queen Mother came and scolded her every time, Xiao Qingxi is now more afraid of seeing the Queen Mother than Shen Wantang.
Although the Queen Mother did not like Shen Wantang, she knew in her heart that Shen Wantang was a real capable person. She had made an indelible contribution to the fact that Prince Ning and Princess Ning were able to survive until now. If they had only allowed those imperial doctors to treat them, her son would have died long ago.
So she didn't care about Shen Wantang, and to her, Shen Wantang was an outsider, so she wouldn't bother to scold or teach him.
But Xiao Qingxi was different. Xiao Qingxi was her own granddaughter, and she was very disappointed with her. So whenever she had the chance, she would give her a lecture.
The empress dowager even specifically asked Nanny Fu, who was by her side, to teach Xiao Qingxi the rules, such as respecting elders, serving them meals, helping them solve their problems, and also caring about the world, chanting scriptures and praying for the emperor and the prince, etc.
Xiao Qingxi was such a wild person that she couldn't stand such discipline, so she claimed to be sick every few days, refused to see the empress dowager, and even ran back to the Huo family to avoid the empress dowager.
Unfortunately, even if she ran back to the Huo family, the Queen Mother would send someone to call her back whenever she came to Prince Ning's Mansion. No matter if she was sick or something, as long as she was not dead, she had to come to honor the Queen Mother.
On this day, the Queen Mother came to Prince Ning's Mansion again.
Xiao Qingxi, who had been hiding, was dragged out by her again and taught a lesson.
Shen Wantang and her maids were enjoying the cool air in the pavilion by the lake when they heard the empress dowager's sharp rebuke coming from Shaoguang Courtyard from a distance.
Dujuan picked a handful of lotus pods and sat next to Shen Wantang to peel the lotus seeds for her.
Shen Wantang ate the crisp, sweet and fragrant lotus seeds while pricked up her ears to listen to the excitement.
Unfortunately, they were too far away to hear clearly. I only heard that Xiao Qingxi seemed to be unable to bear the scolding again, and started arguing with the Queen Mother while crying.
Shen Wantang couldn't help but shake her head. Xiao Qingxi really had a short memory. Every time she disobeyed the Queen Mother, she was punished more severely. The Queen Mother had the same stubborn temper as her. The more someone disobeyed her, the more she would not be satisfied until he was completely obedient.
After a long time, the noise from Shaoguangyuan gradually disappeared.
Qin Xin walked over quickly.
When Shen Wantang saw her coming, he was shocked: "Qi Yu, give Qin Xin a bowl of cold tea. She looks hot and sweaty."
Qi Yu smiled, immediately poured some cold tea and handed it to Qin Xin.
Qin Xin took it, drank it in one breath, and said excitedly: "Crown Princess, the eldest lady has been punished again!"
"What did the Queen Mother punish her for again? She started crying when I heard it."
"The Queen Mother said she didn't know what respect was and told her to kneel down in the sun and hold a bowl on her head!"
Shen Wantang glanced at the scorching sun outside the pavilion and nodded, "The Queen Mother will punish people. In such a scorching sun, she asked Xiao Qingxi to hold a bowl on her head outside, and she wasn't afraid that she would get a heat stroke."
Qin Xin whispered, "From what I can see, the young lady seems to be really feverish, her face is as red as a cooked shrimp."
"But the Queen Mother pretended not to see it. The young lady couldn't stand steadily and staggered. She broke five bowls in a row, which angered the Queen Mother. She asked Madam Fu to hit the young lady's palm five times with a ruler."
"The eldest daughter has been spoiled and protected by the princess since she was a child. She had never been beaten like this before. She cried and screamed in pain, saying that the queen mother was not her real grandmother at all. The queen mother was so angry that she took the ruler and hit her five more times."
"You don't know, when Aunt Fu beat her before, she always left some room for maneuver. It looked like she was beating hard, but in fact she was controlling the strength. But when the Queen Mother beat her, she beat her to death. After the beating, the young lady's palm immediately swelled up."
Shen Wantang waved the round fan in her hand slowly, and was very satisfied with the love-hate relationship between the Queen Mother and Xiao Qingxi, the grandparents and grandchildren: "If I had known that the Queen Mother was so good at teaching the younger generation, I should have found a way to invite the Queen Mother to our palace earlier!"
Qin Xin nodded in agreement: "That's right, ever since the Queen Mother came to the palace, the eldest lady has never bothered you again. She is very honest now, for fear that the Queen Mother will catch her again."
Shen Wantang chuckled, wondering if Xiao Qingxi regretted going to the palace and bringing the Queen Mother to pressure her.
Now, she was not crushed, but Xiao Qingxi himself was crushed to death by this mountain.
Shen Wantang felt inexplicably happy, and even her appetite, which had been weakened by the hot weather, improved: "Madam Chai, ask someone to pick some lotus leaves. Today we will have lotus leaf glutinous rice porridge, lotus leaf salt-baked chicken, and lotus leaf Dongpo fish! Let's pick some lotus flowers and make lotus tea, and send it to the imperial doctors."
"Yes."
Madam Chai smiled and responded, "Princess, you have made the imperial doctors living in our house fatter over the past month. Imperial Doctor Zhou said a few days ago that he is old and eating so much is not good for his health."
As soon as Nanny Chai finished speaking, Shen Wantang saw Imperial Doctor Zhou coming out of Shaoguang Courtyard from afar.
She waited for Doctor Zhou to come closer before she said, "In that case, we won't send Doctor Zhou any food today. Let's not delay Doctor Zhou's health regimen."
Doctor Zhou was quite old, but his ears were very good. He walked quickly to Shen Wantang and asked, "What kind of food is the Crown Prince's Consort going to make today? Why haven't you sent it to me yet? Did I offend you?"