Chapter 13 Glory and favor
Quan Shenglan leaned against the bathhouse, soaked in hot water, and lay there in meditation with her eyes closed.
The queen in my memory is always noble and treats her like the daughter of an ordinary minister. She is close but not close, which is very different from today. So why?
Now, the queen has allowed her to live in the eldest princess's former bedroom and is so intimate with her, just like an elder who loves her. She obviously likes her, but in her previous life, the queen has never even seen her alone. Is it because she has done something that makes the queen dissatisfied?
Quan Shenglan kept recalling that the relationship between the queen and her father was already kind, so she would naturally not be like an ordinary minister. So, only what she did after returning to Beijing that made the queen dissatisfied. However, Quan Shenglan couldn't remember what she did, and she felt a big headache.
"Miss, what are you thinking?" Sheng Xiao slowly walked to Quan Shenglan and asked softly.
"It's nothing, I just feel a little tired!" Quan Shenglan raised his eyes slightly and said softly.
Sheng Xiao lay down beside Quan Shenglan, then closed his eyes: "Yes, after running around for several months, the lady has lost a lot of weight."
Quan Shenglan curled the corners of his lips: "It's better to look thinner, right?"
"Miss is also very beautiful even if she is not thin!" Sheng Xiao said softly, "I don't know how General Xia is doing. His wounds need to be treated again!"
General Xia?
Yes, Xia Yu!
Quan Shenglan suddenly remembered that Xia Yu was seriously injured because of the wolf attack, and died in the wolf's mouth in the Xu hour. Xia Yu was an orphan and had not yet got married. He had no relatives at home, but the Xu hour was different. At Xu hour, he still had parents at home, and several siblings who relied on the Xu hour to have dinner.
At that time, something happened in Xu, Quan Shenglan was already sad. She found a good cemetery to bury Xu, and sent someone to hand over the pensions issued by the court to the family of Xu. She also added a lot of them. Unexpectedly, the family in Xu were simply rascals. They died in the line of duty in Xu. Instead, they were not sad, but instead depended on Quan's mansion.
It would be fine if Quan Shenglan wanted to subsidize some silver. After all, he was a family member of Xu Shi. How could he know that Xu Shi's mother and sister not only spoke loudly, but also fell in love with Sheng Xiao who was following Quan Shenglan. He actually wanted Quan Shenglan to compensate Sheng Xiao for them as their daughter-in-law. Xu Shi's younger brother only knew how to eat, drink, and gambling. He would not agree to any of Quan Shenglan.
At that time, Quan Shenglan was unwilling to continue clamoring at the gate of Quan's mansion in Xu Shi. Quan Shenglan didn't want to show up, so he asked his servants to drive them away. However, he didn't expect that the servants in Quan's mansion had just bought them, and they didn't know the importance of the attack. He accidentally beat the younger brother of Xu Shi.
The matter was a big deal, and Quan Shenglan was sued for going to court. If his father didn't come back in time, Quan Shenglan would probably be in prison. The queen has always been gentle and kind, and she even went to the imperial field to work every year in the beginning of autumn, which made her feel most distressed to the people. I think that the queen at that time might have been so heartbroken to Quan Shenglan for this matter.
"Miss, Miss?" Sheng Xiao stretched out his hand and gently pushed Quan Shenglan, then woke up Quan Shenglan who was thinking, "What's wrong with you? Why are you always in a daze?"
"Maybe I'm too tired!" Quan Shenglan sighed, then walked out of the bathhouse and took the towel and clothes handed over by the palace maid, "I'm going to have a good sleep!"
Chapter completed!