When Concubine Nie Guifei came back from the Imperial Heart Palace, Yuan Jiusi was waiting for her in the main hall of the Guiyan Palace.

The antique hall was covered with thick brocade, and a few wisps of cigarette smoke wafted from the half-man-high refined copper furnace.

This is the Yin rhino incense that she specially selected to pay tribute from the Western Regions in order to avoid her impetuousness. It is used to refresh the mind and calm the mind.

"Mother!" Seeing her come back, Yuan Jiusi immediately got up from the couch and lifted the pearl curtain to greet her.

Nie Guifei answered with a smile after entering the door, until she smelled the aroma in the furnace, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly.

Yuan Jiusi understands most of the incense he learned from her. The effects of different incense are different, and there is also a certain amount of attention to when to burn what smell. The fragrance is slightly bitter and spicy, with a spicy aftertaste, and this kind of strong fragrance is not like what she will like.

With a faint glance on Yuan Jiusi's face, Nie Guifei's heart was like a mirror, thinking that she had done something wrong again. But she didn't find fault today.

"The palace exam is over, why didn't you call that girl to go out to play? ”

Holding Chuan Qiong's hand, Nie Guifei sat down slowly, her voice was calm, and she couldn't hear joy or anger. "When I came back just now, this palace also told Chuan Qiong that you must have slipped out, and I don't want to blame you. ”

If it weren't for the handkerchief falling off, she would always be afraid of her, how could she want to be stuffy like this. Yuan Jiusi didn't dare to make a noise before he figured out the situation, and only muttered in a low voice: "Isn't the palace so big, and the places where you can go have already been." The scenery is the same every year, what else can there be in the palace?"

Secretly glancing at Nie Guifei, Yuan Jiusi felt that his language organization skills were gradually improving. The choice of words and sentences is subtle and tactful, implying a thin layer of deep meaning.

These little tricks can't hide from Nie Rufan, the corners of her mouth are slightly raised as if she is smiling, and she said idly: "During the April Cold Food Festival, Your Majesty will personally go to Putuo Mountain to burn incense and drink wine to worship the ancestors." Jiu'er, rest assured, you will be among the entourage. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Jiusi began to puzzle, why didn't she play her cards according to common sense, and went straight to the Cold Food Festival directly over the matter of Yuan Xihe leaving the palace?

After having this kind of awareness, Yuan Jiusi begged with an awkward red face: "Mother, you must know that at the end of the first month, the child wants to be with the imperial sister" In the end, Yuan Jiusi's voice became lower and lower.

As she spoke, she was still worried about the lost handkerchief, which was a huge handle.

"Oh?" Nie Guifei replied lightly, reached out and gently rubbed the corners of her forehead, and her expression did not change at all.

"Speaking of this, Roude happened to mention it to the palace when he asked to see the palace a few years ago, and the palace also took the opportunity to mention it to His Majesty today-" Nie Guifei's tail tone turned, and she glanced at the nervous Yuan Jiusi, and suddenly stopped speaking.

"The imperial sister actually said it for me?!Mother, what did the emperor say?" Yuan Jiusi didn't expect Yuan Xihe to think about himself so much, and he was happy and looking forward to it for a while. He asked with his hands on the small table on the couch with wide eyes.

Unexpectedly, she reacted so strongly, Nie Guifei was a little surprised, but she still relayed it to her: "Your father said that this is not in line with the ancestral system, and secondly, you are still young, and there may be foreign ministers on the palace ship at that time, so it is not appropriate to go with you." ”

With Nie Guifei's words, Yuan Jiusi's expression darkened little by little, and finally replied in a very low voice, "Erchen knows." "It's okay not to go, and I found so many reasons to refuse her, so that she didn't have any hope of fighting.

Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, she still couldn't suppress her feelings of loss at this time.

Seeing her drooping her head, Nie Guifei actually smiled, and said: "Your father was not allowed to do so, but at that time, someone spoke for you, and that person persuaded your father and the emperor a few words, and His Majesty finally agreed." ”

"What?" Yuan Jiu was stunned for a moment, and accidentally knocked the celadon cup in his hand with a crisp sound. The volume was a little higher, and she asked her again in disbelief, "Is my father really accurate?"

That is the sacredness of doing good deeds without leaving a name. Yuan Jiusi was grateful, and if she knew who it was, she would definitely thank her for this priceless kindness.

Maybe she reacted too much and made Nie Guifei a little displeased, so before Yuan Jiusi could ask who was helping to speak, Nie Rufan frowned and sneered: "It's not a small person, and I don't pay attention to my demeanor." If you are really idle in the past two days, you will go to learn etiquette from the ordinance mama. ”

As soon as Yuan Jiusi heard about the Ordinance Bureau, he immediately became a spirit. jumped off the stool and walked to Nie Guifei's side, took her hand and coquettishly said: "Thank you, concubine, the sons are not idle, the sons are busy! ”

Nie Guifei let her climb, and continued to advise, "You are not allowed to show up at will after you go, and let Hua Jian prepare a veil for you at that time." After all, this is Joor's prayer. Also, don't go down the palace boat."

Knowing what she meant, Yuan Jiusi agreed indiscriminately, "Erchen just went to see how he could steal the limelight from the imperial sister." ”

After listening to the instructions for a while, Yuan Jiusi left contentedly after using a plate of plum blossom fragrant cakes and a few auspicious fruits. As she walked, she also thought to herself, Nie Guifei should be old, and she remembered that she hadn't been so nagging before.

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When Chuan Qiong sent her out, Yuan Jiusi was still not very steady, and after careful consideration, he spoke to Chuan Qiong: "Aunt Chuan Qiong, will my mother be displeased after I leave today?" ”

didn't expect her to think like this, Chuan Qiong smiled kindly: "The noble concubine Niangniang certainly hopes that the princess can be a dragon and a phoenix among people and read poetry and books. But she is also a mother! In the first few days, the princess's hard work was seen up and down in the eyes of the Guiyan Palace. Although the mother didn't say it, she was secretly happy and distressed, and she was worried that the princess would hurt her eyes if she worked too hard, so she asked the doctor how many times. During the day, he often told the slave and maid that the princess had grown up and was sensible. ”

"Since the princess is enterprising, how can the mother blame you. It's the princess who is overwhelmed. ”

Chuan Qiong said sincerely, but Yuan Jiusi listened to it, but it was not very tasteful. If Concubine Nie knew that her hard work in those days was all tinkering with tricks and tricks, she would definitely be very disappointed. There are also the schoolwork that the royal sister helped her write.

She smiled uncomfortably, and didn't bother to ask any more.

After pretending to thank Chuan Qiong calmly, he returned to Yun Yanxuan with Cai Rong, and said nothing all the way.

As soon as Yuan Jiusi left, the hall fell silent. It was so quiet that Nie Guifei felt a little uncomfortable. She remembered that in the early years, she was most afraid of quarrels, she was a woman who grew up in a water town, gentle as water.

In the twenty-ninth year of Hong Xuan, when she reached the age of sixteen, she left her family, gave up Tanlang, and took Chuanqiong and Yinzhu to the imperial city for thousands of miles.

When I first entered the palace, I was not accustomed to the water and soil, I always couldn't eat, and I gradually lost weight.

Later, the family learned of her condition, and her mother asked someone to bring a bag of local land from afar, and drank it in water to gradually get better. She was not in good health, and she was bleeding profusely when she was born Jiusi, so she was such a child in her early thirties.

Smelling the refreshing incense, Nie Rufan felt tired.

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It wasn't until Chuan Qiong returned to his side that Nie Rufan took his gaze back.

Seeing that she looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, Nie Rufan waved her hand, "If you have anything, just say it." ”

"The slave maid is thinking that our princess will not leave Princess Joude when she opens her mouth and closes her mouth, and the relationship is so good that the slave maid is really envious. Chuan Qiong said casually.

Nie Guifei lowered her hand supporting her head, her eyes wandering, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Then he glanced at her, and Nie Rufan pretended to be angry, "When did you like to beat around the bush? What are you afraid of, isn't this palace still sitting here and sitting well?"

With a sneer, Chuan Qiong said: "The slave doesn't dare to trespass, but Princess Shuyi has a straight temperament and takes her sister's feelings too seriously. And Princess Jode seems to have reservations. ”

"Sister, hehe, how can there be real sisterhood in the palace?" fiddling with the agate ring on his finger, Nie Rufan sighed sarcastically.

"Let's do it first, Shuyi is young, and this palace can see and protect her. What's more, it is now at the critical juncture of Joude's marriage, she is not so stupid, she is more worried than anyone else, and wait. "Just because you have a lot of eyes like Joude doesn't necessarily mean it's good.

Yuan Jiusi is just not good at discerning other people's feelings and sophistication, and he is not stupid.

Recalling that day, Yuan Xihe came to see her alone, and there was a lot of temptation in his words. If she directly explains what she wants, it's okay, but she can be smart and look at people obliquely.

Even if you really marry a prominent and merry young man, you have to be blessed. Nie Rufan scoffed.