Chapter 308: Fake flower appreciation, real set chapter
Song Qingci pretended to be confused and innocent on the outside, but he was actually complaining madly in his heart.
She had thought that as the last palace fighting champion and the one who held real power, the Queen Mother's methods could be very clever. So that's it? !
Did she underestimate herself or did I overestimate her?
"Madam Shan, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant." Aunt Zhao quickly tried to make amends. "It was just a slip of the tongue. You are so beautiful, and you have your hair in a bun like a girl. Anyone who sees you would think you are still unmarried and forget that you are already married."
"Oh, so that's how it is. I misunderstood Madam. I thought Madam didn't approve of my marriage with Ali." Song Qingci made an apologetic expression.
A girl's bun? She just didn't like those heavy hairstyles, so she kept it simple on weekdays. Unexpectedly, it became a habit.
Not only she got used to it, but the maids in Chixiao Courtyard also got used to it. No one raised any objections.
"Qingci, stop talking and try the chestnut cake that I just made in the palace's kitchen. It's sweet but not greasy and very delicious." Seeing that Zhao Ma didn't get any benefits, the Queen Mother took the initiative to change the topic.
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Song Qingci stopped while he was ahead. He thanked the Queen Mother for her reward very obediently.
Of course, this plate of chestnut cake was tested before being eaten.
It’s better to be careful with things in the palace.
Seeing that she had almost finished eating, the Queen Mother said, "Qingci, the lotus flowers in my palace are blooming. Please accompany me to see them."
"Yes." "It's just to enjoy the flowers. I'll go if I want to. Besides, wasn't she summoned to enjoy the flowers in the first place?"
She didn't know if it was intentional or not. Ever since Song Qingci entered the Cining Palace, she found that there were no servants in the palace. She didn't know if it had always been like this or just today.
Nanny Zhao supported the Queen Mother and walked in front, while Song Qingci followed obediently behind them.
All the lotus flowers in the Cining Palace are grown in large vats.
Large round vats, more than one meter high and almost one meter in diameter, are neatly arranged in the backyard of the Cining Palace.
A rough look shows that there are probably no less than fifty.
Each large pot is planted with lotus flowers of different varieties and colors.
It seems that the Queen Mother is a collector.
With so many lotuses of different varieties and colors blooming at the same time, I imagine the brains of the craftsmen who take care of these flowers must be drying up.
There is a certain distance between the large vats, which ensures that people who appreciate the flowers can get close to these carefully cared for flowers.
"Qingci, what do you think of this Wenjun whisk?"
The Queen Mother suddenly stopped and pointed at a double-petaled lotus with pale yellow and green in a round vat and asked.
How could Song Qingci know anything about flowers? She only had two standards for flowers: beautiful and ugly.
As for the rest, she really knew nothing.
"The animals kept in the Empress Dowager's palace are naturally excellent." This is common sense. How dare bad things be moved into the Empress Dowager's palace?
"What about this one?" the Queen Mother pointed to another lotus with pure white petals but pink edges.
"In my eyes, all the flowers here are beautiful!" Song Qingci didn't want to be asked one by one, so he simply blocked all the remaining questions.
The Queen Mother turned around, stared at Song Qingci from head to toe for several times, then smiled and said, "You are different from what your father said."
Her father?! Song Yuelin?
Oh, Song Qingci remembered that the reason she was able to marry Shan Li was because Song Yuelin asked the Queen Mother for this marriage.
"What did my father say about me?" Song Qingci asked tentatively.
She really didn't know what Song Yuelin said to the Queen Mother.
"Your father said that you are an extremely filial and well-mannered girl."
"Then the Queen Mother doesn't think I'm filial?" Song Qingci asked in a seemingly ignorant tone.
"No, you are filial, but you are more lively than your father said." The Queen Mother said calmly.
"Father is busy with official business all day long, so he naturally doesn't know us that well. Queen Mother, next time you want to know something about me, you can ask me directly." Song Qingci didn't think Song Yuelin knew his daughter.
How can a person who is only focused on personal advancement have enough time and energy to devote to his children's education?
What he saw was just what he wanted to see.
What's more, the current Song Qingci is not Song Yuelin's daughter at all, so he can't even talk about understanding her.
"Okay, then I will come to you directly if I have any problems in the future, and I won't have to bother your father anymore."
"Okay." Song Qingci smiled innocently.
In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, she is just a girl who is ignorant of the world.
"Qingci, if you are wronged in the general's mansion, you can come to me directly. Yunzhi has been stubborn since childhood and doesn't know how to adapt. If you marry such a person, you will definitely suffer grievances. However, you don't have to be afraid, I will always stand by your side. If he makes you angry, I will definitely help you teach him a lesson."
After all that talk, the Empress Dowager brought the topic back to the topic.
"Okay. With the Queen Mother's words, Ah Li will definitely not dare to bully me in the future." In this case, Song Qingci might as well go along with what she said.
"Did Yunzhi really bully you?!" The Queen Mother and Aunt Zhao looked at each other, and the same light flashed in their eyes.
"It's not really bullying. He just doesn't talk to me very often." Song Qingci continued to pretend.
What's more, she was telling the truth. The two of them were usually busy with their own things, so it was easy for them to not have much to say to each other when they met.
The Queen Mother suddenly grabbed Song Qingci's hand, patted it and said, "Qingci, since you are already married, you should take the initiative. If a man doesn't talk to you, it will be a problem after a long time. Yunzhi, I understand. If he doesn't take the initiative to talk to you, you can take the initiative to find him. We women can turn steel into soft silk. Do you understand this?"
"I didn't understand it before, but now that the Empress Dowager has explained it, I understand it now." Song Qingci nodded quickly.
"That's good. This man is actually not difficult to understand. You should get along well with Yunzhi. If you have any problems, come to the palace to find me." As she said this, she took a waist badge from Zhao Ma's hand and handed it to Song Qingci.
"Take this badge. With it, you can enter the palace directly."
Song Qingci took the badge and said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."