"Empress Shen wants to reuse you, and has always ordered me to investigate you in secret. How is it here in Concubine Jiang?, are you still used to it?"

Originally, Empress Shen didn't pay attention to the affairs of Concubine Jiang's side, but the recently popular Concubine De went out from here, which made her have to wonder, is this Concubine Jiang not as peaceful as she used to be? If she wants to get involved in the rights of the harem, it will be directly Empress Shen's plate. How can this be accepted by Shen Hou, who has always held power alone?

However, due to previous negligence, there was no one in the Phi Xiang Palace. The temporary placement must be easy to see, and Ning Shuang had to think about how to dig the foot of the wall from the existing people in the Phi Xiang Palace.

Zhi'er, a person who has been serving Concubine Jiang's side, is naturally not easy to retract, and the rude palace people who are too low have not been retracted. After combing through all the personnel of the Phi Xiang Palace, Ning Shuang found Xi'er, a newly favored person who was not too low-status, and thought he was a little smart, but he was actually relatively stupid. This kind of person is not so loyal to his master, and after a little setback, he is most likely to be sowed discord.

Ning Shuang has been in the harem for a long time, and he is very familiar with this kind of open and secret struggle around a master. Generally, the newly favored palace people will always be suppressed by the original right-hand palace people around the master to prevent her from threatening her status. Ning Shuang himself did not do this kind of thing. Looking at Xi'er's angry expression when she came out just now, she was obviously angry. This is the best time to win her over.

"Empress Shen wants to reuse me?" Xi'er said with round eyes and surprise.

"Yes, I was going to transfer you to the West Palace to work with me, but you were suddenly taken by Concubine Jiang again. You also know that the masters in this palace are not willing to use people who have been used by others. Now that you are serving Concubine Jiang closely, it is not easy for our mother to rob the concubine, so there is no way. What a pity!" Ning Frost looked at Xi'er with a sad face, as if she had given up her great future and entered a fire pit.

Xi'er, who had just been suppressed by Zhi'er, turned her heart upside down. It turns out that she is not so useless! It turns out that the first person in the harem, Empress Shen, values herself so much! Originally, she thought that she could change from a rough palace maid to a person who served by Concubine Jiang's side, and it was already good luck, but now it seems that what is good luck, this is obviously bad luck!

Doing things with Ning Shuang, it is definitely no worse than his current status in the Phi Xiang Palace! Besides, Shen Hou is the person in real power, and the benefits he can get by Shen Hou's side will definitely be much better than now.

"My sister came out of the hall just now, but did she suffer any grievances?" Ning Shuang saw the proud expression on Xi'er's face, played with the jasper bracelet on her wrist, and asked kindly.

"It's not that Zhi'er yet! The concubine wants to reward me, but she has to stop her. Xi'er pouted.

"Isn't it, she's going to exclude you if you're rewarded with something?" said Frost, pretending to make a fuss, "can't it be the string of beads on your wrist?"

Xi'er looked at the simple bead string on her wrist, which was obviously not the same grade as the transparent and exquisite jasper bracelet on Ningshuang's wrist. She used to treat this string of beads as a treasure, but now when she compares it, she almost wants to throw it away immediately. She glanced greedily at the frost's bracelet as she embarrassedly covered her wrist with her sleeve.

Ning Shuang was secretly amused in her heart. In all fairness, the string of beads in Xi'er's hand is the master's normal reward for the slave, and the quality is not bad. And this jasper bracelet of her own is a commonly used thing that she gave herself after she helped Empress Shen get rid of a confidant. Of course, the things used by the master are different from the things of the slaves.

However, the frost still felt determined to induce Xi'er. She took off her bracelet, took Xi'er's hand, and put it on hers.

"Sister, this can't be helped!" Xi'er excused herself, but her body was very honest, and she put it on by the frost.

"What's the point of not being able to? Empress Shen often rewarded us with such things. If you hadn't been in the eyes of the concubine, you would have been transferred to the West Palace by now. Our mother will give this kind of gift to everyone who is new to the West Palace. "Ning Shuang deliberately exaggerated Shen Hou to be extremely generous.

"Then thank you, sister!" Xi'er happily saluted Ning Shuang, and said with remorse, "It's a pity that I don't have the opportunity to serve Niangniang." ”

"Who said there is no chance? As long as your heart is towards our mother, no matter where you are, our mother will not treat you badly. Frost winked at Xi'er.

"You mean ......"

"You're so smart, you must understand!" Ning Shuang saw that Xi'er was obviously in the trap, so she left at the right time, "My business has been done, I can't delay too long, so I'll leave first." ”

In the Phi Xiang Palace, Bao Xi has not left yet. Zhi'er reported to Concubine Jiang and Bao Xi: "Concubine Niangniang, Mrs. De, Xi'er has seen the frost and accepted her gifts. ”

Bao Xi and Concubine Jiang glanced at each other, and there was no look of surprise in their eyes.

"We know, you go down!" said Concubine Jiang with a wave of her hand.

"Yes!" Zhi'er said goodbye and withdrew, and only their mother and son were left in the inner sanctum.

"Mother, she ...... after Shen" Bao Xi said worriedly. She is not unclear about Concubine Jiang's situation, and now that she is not ready, she is afraid that Empress Shen will attack Concubine Jiang first.

"You don't have to worry, it's just to buy a second-class maid! I'm just careful, the people of the queen can't get involved. "Concubine Jiang is confident.

Although she has no external power at hand, she maintains absolute control over the people in the Phi Xiang Palace. Besides, she lives in a simple place, and if Empress Shen wants to move her, it is not so easy to catch her.

"That's good!" Bao Xi also trusted Concubine Jiang's ability very much, so she didn't say anything anymore.

"Now that Mrs. Hui has fallen, Empress Shen will soon have her hands free to deal with you!Sang'er, you have to be mentally prepared!" Concubine Jiang looked at Bao Xi worriedly.

"I know!" Bao Xi was also anxious, but she couldn't hurry. Everything has to be arranged step by step. Fortunately, King Zhou is on his side, even if there are some twists and turns, there should be no major problems.

Concubine Jiang saw that Bao Xi had promised well, but her brows were tightly furrowed, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly. After Bao Xi left, she called Zhi'er in.

"Where is Bao Yao imprisoned now?"

"Back to Niangniang's words, after Mrs. Hui was deposed, His Majesty personally issued an order to trap her in the palace and never came out. ”

"Don't go to the palace, you go and find out how she is. If it's in the palace, although it's a little bitter, it should be fine. ”

"Yes!" Zhi'er replied with a curt.

The non-visiting palace is the cold palace at this time. "Don't swim" means can't get out. It is full of palace people or concubines who have made mistakes and been deposed, although there will be food to eat, but this life will be over. Although Empress Shen manages all the things in the harem, the people in the palace think that place is unlucky, and they don't want to approach, and she can't be an exception. Therefore, Baoyao's personal safety should not be a problem.

Empress Shen let Bao Yao suffer such a big loss, and she has already formed a big feud, if she can get her out, she will be able to block it for Bao Yao for the time being.

Two days later, Concubine Jiang sent a message to Bao Xi and asked her to lead King Zhou to walk around the Buyou Palace. After lunch, Bao Xi dragged King Zhou around the palace on the grounds of eating.

"The sun is shining, the scenery is just right, it would be nice if Sister Yao was here, the song she sings is a must!" Bao Xi said casually.

"Hmm, do you miss her?" King Zhou looked at Bao Xi's white cheeks, thinking that both of them were from Bao Guo, and responded cooperatively.

"Hmm!" Bao Xi turned around and pulled King Zhou's sleeve, looked at King Zhou's eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, Sister Yao is wronged!"

"This king knows!" King Zhou turned his head sideways and looked in the direction of the Buyou Palace. How many people in this palace are not aggrieved? Although Bao Yao is not bad, it has not entered his heart. However, thinking of the current tense atmosphere between Empress Shen and Bao Yao, Bao Yao is still at a complete disadvantage, and he feels that it is not a bad thing to release Bao Yao.

King Zhou pressed the little compassion in his heart. He won't admit that he is feeling sorry for Bao Xi, he is just trying to strike a good balance and support Bao Xi to fight against Shen Hou.

The two "unconsciously" walked to the vicinity of the Buyou Palace. A grumpy and tactful singing voice came from inside the palace. Rong He, the inner supervisor beside King Zhou, was about to scold, but was stopped by King Zhou.

"Listen to it!" King Zhou listened intently for a long time, this song is a story of a woman missing a man but can't do it. This voice is somewhat similar to Bao Yao.

King Zhou knew in his heart that this should be Bao Yao. He looked at the little eyes of Bao Xi beside him who were inexplicably looking forward to it, turned his head to Ronghe and said, "Go and call this singing woman out!"

"Yes!" After a while, Rong He led a woman dressed in ordinary palace clothes to walk out.

"Slave maid see Your Majesty, Mrs. De!" the woman curtsied, her voice was extremely weak, and when she raised her head, King Zhou really saw that this was Bao Yao.

Bao Yao is still beautiful, but she is plain and unpowdered, and she looks much thinner and haggard. She saw King Zhou staring at her, and she didn't know if she was overly excited, or what, she fainted directly in King Zhou's arms.

As soon as she was dizzy, King Zhou could only take her away from here. Bao Yao watched this scene from the side, and she was also admiring Bao Yao's caution in her heart. If this woman is not too weak, she will also be her enemy!

However, their current common enemy is Empress Shen!

King Zhou arranged Bao Yao in the side hall of Linhua Palace, and only gave him the status of a "royal wife", which was the lowest status among the concubines with rank. There is no one behind Bao Yao, and he "made a big mistake" before, if he lifts it too well all of a sudden, it will cause a backlash from Shenhou's side. So she was only given an insignificant identity, and she was arranged in Linhua Palace, so that Bao Yao and Bao Xi could help each other and support each other.

"I won't be grateful to you!" Bao Yao looked at the large pile of daily necessities sent by Bao Xi, and said to Bao Xi in a cold tone. They are just forced to cooperate, and they can be regarded as taking what they need, and Bao Xi is helping herself now just like she helped her at the beginning, she just wants to use each other, and she can't be grateful to her.

"No, but we're not enemies, are we? at least not right now. Bao Xi originally put some thought into Bao Yao, but looking at her current appearance, it seems that the betrayal of Hongyun by her side before made her feel related and distrustful of anyone. In this case, I don't have to bother to really befriend her. It's useless anyway.

"What do you want me to do for you?"

"I don't need you to do anything for me. Again, I won't bind you here. "The meaning of Bao Yao is that Bao Yao can do anything or nothing, and it is up to her to decide. She will not restrain the other party, and naturally she will not help the other party clean up the aftermath. Bao Yao also understood this meaning.

Of course, Bao Xi will not be stupid enough to train opponents for herself, nor will she use any strategies to drive away the wolf. If she is aligned with her own goals, she is an ally, and if she is not aligned with her goals, she will go her own way and not interfere with each other.

Bao Yao's attitude made it impossible for Bao Yao to bargain with her. At the moment, he didn't have any resources, which couldn't help but make Bao Yao feel anxious. Not long ago, his status was far higher than that of Bao Xi! I didn't expect the status of the two to be reversed so soon.

That's fine, she hates the feeling of being forced to be a pawn, and now at least she has a choice, doesn't she? Although the result of the choice is still to fight against Shen Hou first, Bao Yao's impression of Bao Xi is much better. In the case of taking advantage of the situation, the other party did not take advantage of the situation to bully himself, which is already demeanor.

In the West Palace, Empress Shen smashed something on the ground again. Ning Shuang stopped his steps into the hall and secretly asked the palace maid at the door what was going on.

"The original Mrs. Hui, I don't know how to use it, actually asked Her Majesty to take her out of the palace. The mother was angry about this and had been losing her temper all afternoon. The little palace maid at the door leaned into Ning Shuang's ear and whispered, and looked at Ning Shuang with sympathy in her eyes after speaking.

Everyone knows that no one will recognize Empress Shen's anger when she starts her temper. Even if she is such a powerful person as Sister Ningshuang, Niangniang usually relies on her so much, and when she is angry, she doesn't scold and scold? Wasn't Sister Ningshuang beaten a few times before her nose and face swollen? In this way, although she is a rough maid who guards the outer door, she doesn't have to suffer from those angers!

Ning Shuang looked at the little maid in front of her with sympathetic eyes, thinking of the previous humiliation, she turned around and wanted to leave. Who knew that the Empress Shen inside had already seen her.

"Frost, where do you want to go?" a sharp voice came out.

"No, mother, the slave just came, and I didn't want to leave. Ning Shuang hurriedly entered the hall and knelt on the ground to argue.

"Dare to quibble, did you betray me?"

"No, mother!ah~~~" A hard thing slammed into Frost's forehead. Frost touched it with her hand, and blood was stained on her fingers.

At the same time, in the Linhua Palace, Bao Xi was talking to Xi Bing. Now that the struggle in the palace is becoming more and more intense, Bao Xi wants to send her father and mother out of the palace to live, and by the way, inquire about Xi Bing's marital status. Suddenly, Wu'er walked in hurriedly and whispered a few words beside Bao Xi.

It was exactly what happened inside the West Palace. Empress Shen cleaned up all the palace people who were waiting in her bedroom, and smashed the most powerful palace maid around her.

Bao Xi has a little impression of that frost, and she took her with her last time, and she even asked Wu'er to investigate it!

This Shen Hou's heart is too wide, and he wants to use others, and he doesn't treat others as human beings at all. Isn't this forcing others to stay away from her? At least judging from the subtle feelings between the two last time, this Ning Shuang must have a grudge against her in his heart. Thinking of the frost against Xi'er, I don't want to reverse the frost!

Bao Xi made up her mind, so she assigned Ji Bing one more task: to check the background of the frost around Empress Shen. The frost was brought out by Empress Shen from the Shenhou Mansion, although the Ji family is not as good as Shenhou, but the ability to check the subordinates should also be there.