"This time, what do you think of what your grandfather mentioned about this?"

Her voice was still as low and gentle as ever, but it didn't seem as neutral and weak as before, but this sentence made me tremble violently.

She's talking to the Prince!

For a while, I froze there, and I also felt that the atmosphere in the room was dull for a while, and then Nian Shen's voice sounded with some hesitation: "Why did the queen mother suddenly ask her son this question?" ”

"When you are older, it is only a matter of time before you participate in politics, and the queen mother wants to hear your opinion."

“……”

"Since the queen mother said that she wants to listen to your opinions, she naturally wants to hear your true thoughts, and you don't have to deliberately show favoritism because the two sides of the court are your father on one side and your grandfather on the other. What do you really think, the queen mother wants to know. ”

My heart tightened.

How will Nian Shen answer?

My heart beat a little faster for a while, and at this moment, I saw that they were walking this way not far away, I thought about it, and listened to the silence in the room, Nian Shen didn't answer immediately, probably still thinking, or hesitating, so I took a few steps back and walked outside with Su Su.

As soon as they saw me, they immediately laughed and said, "Girl, get up so early." ”

"Hmm. I originally wanted to come over and say hello to the queen. ”

"Ah, but—"

"I know," I said with a smile: "The little girls told me that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is greeting the queen mother, and it is rare for their mother and son to talk about themselves, so I won't go in and disturb." Come back later. ”

"That's fine, girl, wander around."

"Hmm."

After a brief speech, we parted ways, and I took Su Su and walked out.

But the mind is still outside the door of Jingren Palace, Chang Qing's room.

Although he said that he mentioned to Pei Yuanhao yesterday that he would let the prince also participate in the discussion, and it seems that he has no intention of letting Nian Shen participate in the court discussion today, but after all, Nian Shen is the prince and the master of the world in the future, and his heart and actions determine the direction of the world in the future.

However, what kind of answer will Nian Shen give?

It's inconvenient for me to stay there and "listen to the roots", but I must find a way to know the answer to the deep reading.

As I was slowly walking forward, Su Su came over and grabbed my arm: "Miss, where are we going now?" ”

I thought about it, and it happened that the road in front of me here was not far from Yunhua Palace, so I said, "Go over and see the concubines and the three princes." ”

"Oh? Oh. ”

Su Su didn't know much about my past affairs in the palace, and he didn't know why I went to see it, so he only agreed, and helped me over, and walked to Yunhua Palace, which was still as quiet as usual, only two little eunuchs were cleaning in the courtyard, and when they saw me walking in, they immediately came up to accompany me and salute with a smile.

I smiled: "What about the concubine?" ”

"I went to talk to the concubine Niangniang with the concubine, only Concubine Kang Niangniang is still there."

"Oh?"

My eyebrows are raised-Ye Yunshuang?

Just when some people and things were floating in my mind, the door of the room over there was pushed open with a creak, and a beautiful woman in a long robe, white as if it was a snowdrift, stood at the door: "Who?" ”

When she saw that it was me, she immediately froze there.

I was also a little stunned for a while, but I immediately came back to my senses and saluted her: "Concubine Kang, the folk girl is polite." ”

Her face was whiter than snow-white, and there was obviously a trace of panic in her eyes, and she immediately said: "Miss Yan is really here with a noble foot, and she is not welcome." ”

"Don't dare."

"Please come in and sit down and have a hot cup of tea."

I thought about it: "It's fine. ”

After saying that, he walked over, and when he entered the door, I turned around and told Su Su to go out to play for a while, and come to pick me up after a while, although she was a little confused, she still nodded obediently and went out, and after Ye Yunshuang entered the house, she asked her personal maid to bring refreshments up, and also asked them to retreat.

As soon as the door closed, she and I were the only ones left in the room.

I walked slowly to the center of her room, and saw a delicate sewing basket on the table, and a delicate little belly pocket beside it, which had just been embroidered halfway, fragrant flowers and green leaves, and looked very bright.

I smiled.

This room, which is more gorgeous, is in the palace, and other things seem to be no different from an ordinary woman's room, and it can be seen that she is dedicated to her daughter's body.

I looked at the belly pocket and was about to turn around and say something, but I saw Ye Yunshuang close the door tightly, making sure that there was no one around, and then walked over and knelt in front of me with a plop: "Miss." ”

My brow furrowed.

After thinking about it, I said, "You are not my person, so you don't have to salute me." ”

"Yunshuang, it's a member of the Yan family, Miss Yan is here, Yunshuang naturally wants to give a salute to the eldest lady."

“……”

I was silent for a moment, and then said, "The salute has been done, so get up." ”

"Miss Xie."

After speaking, she slowly stood up, but her back was against the edge of the table, her hands were clasped, and she said with some entanglement: "Before, because I didn't dare to disturb the eldest lady, I never asked the eldest lady to say goodbye." ”

I smiled faintly: "Asking for peace is a trivial matter, but you helped at that time, but it was a big favor." ”

She was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered that I was embarrassed by the then concubine Shen Rou, and when Pei Yuanhao designed it and almost forced me to admit my identity, she manipulated it behind her back, and Pei Yuanzhen came forward to relieve me.

She lowered her head and said softly: "Yunshuang entered the palace and had her own tasks, but the head of the family also specially explained, no matter what the task, as long as the eldest lady is found, it must be important to protect the safety of the eldest lady." ”

Task?

Hearing these two words, I smiled faintly and said, "Mission? What task? ”

“……”

"Is it the same as the person who left Hongyan Mansion at the beginning, looking for an opportunity to lurk around the emperor, whenever the emperor wants to make any decisions to Xichuan, he can pass the news to Xichuan in a timely manner, and even use himself to influence the emperor's decision-making?"

I have long been familiar with these, and even, I have been entangled in dreams for so long, and they have melted into my bones and blood.

However, unexpectedly, Ye Yunshuang was a little hesitant, and Nie Nuo didn't speak.

Seeing her appearance, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart, and turned my head to look at her: "What, your tasks, aren't these?" ”

“……”

She was silent for a while, then turned her head to look at me: "Miss, when the people of Hongyanlou left Xichuan to enter Beijing, it was for the sake of what might happen in the future between Xichuan and the imperial court, but Yunshuang entered the palace, but it was the head of the family who personally explained it, for the sake of a 'past' matter." ”

"The past?" My brow furrowed, "What's the matter?" ”

"This—"

Seeing her hesitant look, I thought about it again and suddenly said, "But is it about the crisis that Xichuan is facing now?" ”

She looked at me, her face a little pale: "The head of the family also told the eldest lady about this?" ”

I didn't answer, I just asked, "What is the crisis?" ”

Ye Yunshuang shook his head: "This matter, Yunshuang is not very clear, the temperament of the head of the family is known, he will not really sue us subordinates." ”

"Well, you always know what you're going to check."

She was silent for a moment, looked at me again, and then said, "What the head of the family asked Yunshuang to check was some decisions made by the imperial court in the first two years of the eldest lady's birth. ”

"What?!"

I couldn't help but be shocked - in the first two years of my birth, some decisions of the imperial court?

Is this related to the crisis in Nishikawa?

Just when I was stunned, Ye Yunshuang was suddenly stunned for a moment, as if she felt something, and hurriedly made a gesture to me, I was also stunned, but I reacted quickly and immediately quieted down, and I heard the sound of people walking in the distance outside, and the footsteps slowly walked to the door here, and said softly: "Niangniang." ”

When Ye Yunshuang heard that voice, she seemed to be relieved, and said to me, "It's a wet nurse." ”

After speaking, he walked over and opened the door, and sure enough, he saw a nurse walking in with a princess with pink makeup, and when she entered the room and saw me standing at the table, she was startled, Ye Yunshuang hurriedly said: "Miss Yan came to talk to me today." ”

The nurse also had an eye, and hurriedly came over to salute, and I smiled: "You're welcome." ”

And the jade doll-like spirit princess was put on the ground by her, a pair of big eyes looked at me like this, full of curiosity, I couldn't help but smile at her, Ye Yunshuang took her hand and led her over, seeing that she meant to let the spirit princess salute me, I hurriedly stepped forward to stop it, and then saluted the spirit princess: "Meet Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

Princess Ling looked at me: "You are the eldest lady of the Yan family, I heard my mother mention you." ”

"Really?"

"Say you're smart and beautiful."

"That's Concubine Kang's praise."

Princess Ling looked at me with a wink and said, "However, you are really beautiful, my mother didn't lie to me." ”

I couldn't help but laugh and said, "Thank you, Your Highness Princess." ”

Ye Yunshuang watched from the side, for some reason she was a little cold sweating, and at this time she beckoned to the nurse: "You just came back, take the princess to wash your hands first, change your clothes and come over." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

After speaking, the nurse led the spirit princess out, the little princess was about to go out, and looked back at me, as if she liked it indescribably, I gently waved goodbye to her, and then the door closed again.

After they left, Ye Yunshuang listened for a while, until the sound of the nurse's footsteps disappeared far away, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that she has not had an easy life over the years.

I turned back again, looked at the bright belly pocket on the table, and said with a smile: "Just leave this thing to the next person to do, why do you still want to make this yourself?" ”

"Whether it's for my daughter to wear, or do it myself, rest assured."

"I see that the embroidery of the clothes on the princess's body is very special and exquisite, and you made it."

"yes, anyway, it's fine."

"Nothing? What you asked you to check, there is a result? ”

"No," she said, her eyes couldn't help but darken, "But this time, the head of the family is not so urgent, besides--after all, it was so many years ago, Yunshuang was not as good as the eldest lady, so favored by the emperor, and there were many things, Yunshuang couldn't touch it." ”

Her words made my brow furrow.

As soon as she saw my gloomy face, she immediately came back to her senses and hurriedly leaned over to make amends: "Yunshuang knows her mistake!" ”

I know, probably she just thought of where to say, but her heart was a little sullen for a while, and after a while, she said lightly: "You have been in the palace for a long time, if you still can't even look at people, then I think you have to complete that thing, I'm afraid it will be difficult." ”

She lowered her head and didn't dare to answer.

Looking at her frightened appearance, I couldn't bear it again, sighed, looked at the belly pocket again, and said, "What about now, what do you think?" ”

She looked up at me.

"You entered the palace with a mission, and now the task has not been completed, but a character has been born."

Her face turned even paler.

After being silent for a while, she said softly: "No matter what, a child is a child, and she is innocent." ”

"Well, if—I mean if," I said, looking at her, a hint of worry in my eyes, "what if one day, the Emperor finds out?" ”

Her body swayed from side to side, as if she had been hit hard, and she could barely stand still.

That face was so pale that there was no blood, and those autumn-like eyes were completely lost.

I don't know how long later, she looked up at me, but as if there was nothing at all, and said word by word: "At that time, whatever he wants to do to me, I will be willing." ”

“……”

At that moment, I was still a little apprehensive, but after thinking about it for a while, I understood.

The "he" she said refers to Pei Yuanhao.

She said to Pei Yuanhao-

I looked at the beautiful, even bewitching face, but there was a firmness in my eyes that I had never seen before, as if I was looking at death as if I was at home, and that kind of firmness made me stunned.

After a long while, I let out a long sigh: "So ......"

She looked at me, blushed, and lowered her head again.

For a while, I didn't know whether to sigh or pity, I just looked at her, looked at the small belly pocket on the table, and said sincerely: "It's hard for you." ”

She didn't dare to speak anymore.

I was silent for a while, and then said, "Then now, do you know what the emperor is discussing in the court?" ”

She nodded, "Yes." Chang Taishi and Nangong Shangshu both used troops against Xichuan to persuade the emperor. ”

"Aren't you going to do anything about this?"

She thought for a moment and said, "I can't do anything. ”

"Oh?"

"The emperor's thoughts, I still understand very well, if he really wants to use troops against Xichuan, he would have sent troops a long time ago, and he doesn't need to mention it in the Taishi monk's book."

I smiled faintly, "That's right." ”

"So, on the emperor's side, we don't need to exert our strength."

"Hmm."

"The only force that influences this matter is only in the court, but in the court, those of us who are concubines have no strength at all."

“……”

I listened, and could only nod faintly.

She said that the crux of the matter - if you say Chang Qing, or Nangong Lizhu, there are people in the government and the opposition at home, and there is still a little bit of strength, and she, with such an identity and such an environment, can't do anything, the only thing she can do is to blow the wind on the emperor's pillow.

But the wind on this pillow doesn't need her to blow, Pei Yuanhao is a sober person.

Therefore, it is not her turn to influence this matter.

She looked at me for a while, and said softly: "However, if Yunshuang can't do it, the eldest lady may not be able to." ”

“……”

"I know that the influence of the eldest lady in the court is still very-still there."

Hearing her words, I was noncommittal, and only smiled faintly.

At this time, there was another sound of footsteps outside, needless to say, it was the nurse who came back with the spirit princess.

The little princess put on a homely jacket, which looked less bloated, more light and light, like the golden boy and girl in the painting, I could see that she intended to be close to me, and seemed to like me, but I still remembered Jingren Palace in my heart, and Su Su had already come to pick me up, so I gossiped with them a few more words, and then left.

After leaving the Yunhua Palace, I felt the cold air outside, and I took a deep breath to clear up my originally somewhat chaotic thoughts.

Even Ye Yunshuang could see that the decision on this matter was only in the court, so the result of today's court meeting was very important.

It's just that, until now, it hasn't dispersed.

I took Su Su back to Jingren Palace, and as soon as I walked in, I saw Nian Shen walking out of it.

His expression was very solemn, and his brows were twisted together, but as soon as he looked up and saw me, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he hurriedly greeted him: "Aunt Qing!" ”

"Your Highness."

I leaned over and saluted, but he pounced on me and lifted my arm.

"I just wanted to go over to see Aunt Qing, but they said that Aunt Qing went out, and I only saw Sister Miaoyan."

"Your Highness greets the Queen Mother, right? I was also afraid of disturbing your mother and son to talk about yourself, so I didn't go in. ”

"When did Aunt Qing become so polite?"

Hearing him say this in a somewhat resentful tone, I couldn't help but laugh a little.

Then look at him.

This glance was originally gentle, but for some reason, it seemed to see what was in his heart, and gradually, his bright eyes became a little darker, and even his head was lowered.

I smiled and said, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

He was silent for a moment, then raised his head to look at me: "Aunt Qing knows that my father and emperor are in the early dynasty today." ”

"Of course I know, today is not every tenth, but the emperor is still in the court, but he is really diligent. Your Highness will also learn from your father in the future. ”

"Then, Aunt Qing knows that in the early dynasty of my father, the emperor expanded the court discussion for one thing, and all the officials above the third grade have arrived."

"Really?"

He looked at me: "It's just for, with soldiers." ”

“……”

I don't know if it was because of the faint gloom in his eyes, or the gloom in his words, my heart sank.

"Yes—use troops against Nishikawa, right?"

"Yes."

"Then, what does Your Highness think?"