"It's windy. Ma Xiuying covered her face with her sleeve, quietly wiped away her tears, and stopped talking.

The silence along the way made the noisy Xunying dare not say much, and when she returned to Kunning Palace, she had the courage to change the topic, "Master, let's see what arrangements need to be arranged in the palace?"

Ma Xiuying was also anxious to get herself out of her sadness and cheer up to pay attention to the busyness of the palace people. I saw Bai Ling and others were pasting the cut window flowers, and there were their own embroidered colorful purses hanging under the window lattice, and when the wind blew, the small purse trembled slightly, as if the flower bones were slowly blooming.

Fushun held a stack of red paper and said respectfully: "Please give the master a couplet." ”

In the past, Ma Xiuying used to wield it himself in the palace, but now in the palace, Ma Xiuying said humbly: "There are many literati and heroes in the court, how dare I get an axe, you can go and ask the Song students for a pair of ink treasures." ”

Xun Ying said: "The master's writing and ink are no worse than those scribes, and besides, it is in our own palace, why bother to be so particular, the slaves and maids are still used to seeing the master's handwriting." ”

Fushun and others also asked Ma Xiuying to give words.

Ma Xiuying thought about it, and wrote: Min'an Guotai is in a prosperous era, and the wind and rain are happy to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Horizontal batch: the mountains and rivers are magnificent.

Fushun carefully dried his handwriting and patted his ass, "This ink treasure, this spirit can also be written by the master, how can it be compared to Master Song and others." ”

After Ma Xiuying finished writing this couplet, the depression in her heart seemed to have been vented a lot. She is not an indecisive person, why bother with a guilty feeling, the private relationship of children is not as important as the national well-being after all, some things have to be let go, at least he is not too bad, and she has more things to worry about.

After figuring out this, Ma Xiuying smiled and personally pasted Spring Festival couplets with the palace people.

said that it was done by himself, in fact, Ma Xiuying just smeared a layer of paste on the back of the Spring Festival couplets, and it was really Fushun, Fu'an and others, after all, it was more appropriate for the tall lintel man to climb.

Zijuan took a blessing and pasted it in the middle of the courtyard gate.

Ma Xiuying smiled: "It's reversed, it's reversed." ”

Zijuan looked left and right, crossed his mouth and wondered: "Does the master laugh at the slave and maid for not being literate, the slave and maid are neatly pasted, where is the opposite?"

Xunying has followed Ma Xiuying for many years and knew what she meant, so she stepped forward and gently removed the word Fu and pasted it upside down.

Zijuan muttered: "Sister Ying just posted it backwards, and the blessings have fallen." ”

"Haha, you see you yourself said that you were blessed. Xun Ying pursed her lips and snickered, "The master said that the word blessing should be pasted upside down, so that it means that the blessing has arrived." ”

"Hey, what a blessing. Zijuan suddenly realized that she had seen the upside-down blessing word in the palace before, and she thought it was a mistake, but the original intention was here.

A group of people laughed and laughed, so far the palace has pasted the word blessing upside down, and I don't know who spread this meaning out of the palace, and then the people also pasted the blessing upside down.

While talking and laughing, the palace people told Concubine Qi to ask to see her.

"Let her in. Although Ma Xiuying was surprised that Li Qi'er suddenly asked to see her, she knew that Li Qi'er had always lived in a simple place, except for coming to Kunning Palace to invite An and Zhu Yuanzhang to sleep, she generally did not take the initiative to go out, and there must be something wrong with her coming this time.

Li Qi'er was still wearing the skirt of the soup kitchen, and the sleeves were stained with a little stain of Laba porridge, which showed that she either didn't notice this because she was too worried, or she was too anxious to come directly to Kunning Palace without changing her clothes.

Ma Xiuying didn't wait for her to salute, so she stepped forward and asked, "You've been busy all day, why don't you go back to rest?"

"The concubine has something on her mind. Li Qi'er looked up at the palace people beside Ma Xiuying, and first asked her palace maids Silkworm Girl and Red Bean to step down.

Ma Xiuying understood, and led Li Qi'er into the inner room, leaving Xunying alone at the door, "What's the matter, so urgent?"

Li Qi'er asked hesitantly, "The concubine saw the queen and Brother Yao...... Master Daoyan spoke, and now that Master Daoyan has entered the palace to pray for blessings, I don't know how the queen plans to arrange it?"

"It's so strange for you to ask, Master Dao Yan didn't enter the palace alone, he and the masters will naturally return to the temple after praying for blessings, why do you need to arrange it in the palace?" Ma Xiuying's face turned cold, and her heart also cooled down, no wonder Li Qi'er was a little out of shape, it was because of Dao Yan, could it be that she still has no feelings for Dao Yan? But how can this kind of thing be put on the table, after all, Li Qi'er is already Zhu Yuanzhang's woman, even if the remaining feelings are not over, she should not show it, just like Ma Xiuying herself has an indescribable guilt or other feelings for Dao Yan, which can only be hidden in her heart, not daring to reveal it at all, and even not allowing excessive concern.

Li Qi'er hurriedly defended: "The queen misunderstood, the concubine is worried that Master Daoyan will collide with Concubine Hui in the palace, after all, Concubine Hui also knows him, and the concubine is afraid that someone will talk about the events of the year, which will damage the queen's reputation......"

Ma Xiuying stared at Li Qi'er, trying to see the clue from her face, but Li Qi'er had already lowered her head and couldn't see the expression on her face clearly. Ma Xiuying snorted coldly: "This palace is standing upright, and I am not afraid of criticism." Bengong Nian is also thinking about Bengong for the sake of Bengong, so I won't care about it this time, don't mention such stupid things in the future!"

"The concubine knew that she was wrong. Li Qi'er's face turned red and she bit her lip in frustration.

She is different from Ma Xiuying, Ma Xiuying can occasionally learn about Daoyan from the mouth of the shadow guard, and rushed to Pingjiang to save Daoyan a few years ago. And she has never seen each other for more than ten years since she separated from Dao Yan, and today she suddenly saw Dao Yan at the gate of the palace, and the shock in her heart was indescribable, especially when she saw Dao Yan's thin and single figure, her heart was inexplicably sour, and the ghost sent her to Ma Xiuying.

As soon as she said that, she realized that she shouldn't have said this in front of Ma Xiuying, as a harem concubine, how could she care about other men in front of the queen. She reproached herself in annoyance that she shouldn't have forgotten her deeds, although Ma Xiuying had a harmonious relationship with her, she was not really a sister who could talk about everything.

Ma Xiuying reminded pointedly: "You and this palace are both old men who have followed the emperor for many years, and only by keeping to themselves and being cautious in words and deeds can you set a good example for other concubines." If someone dares to chew her tongue in the palace, the palace will not spare her! The affairs outside the palace are handled by the emperor, so you just need to take care of yourself. ”

"The concubines don't dare, and the concubines obey the queen's teachings. Li Qi'er hurriedly answered, wishing that she had never been to Kunning Palace.

Looking at Li Qi'er's panicked appearance, Ma Xiuying was a little unbearable. She is also a person from the past and knows what first love means to a woman, Li Qi'er just made a verbal gaffe and did not do anything really out of line. She softened her tone and said, "You have educated the fourth prince and the fifth prince very well, and the prince also said that you care about him a lot, and the palace is very pleased." ”

"This is the duty of a concubine. Li Qi'er replied and knelt down and left.