The slave maid took an umbrella, looked at the sky, and knew that the rain would definitely fall, so she wanted to hold the umbrella to cover Rong Qingyi, Rong Qingyi waved her hand, "That's it, you give me the umbrella, you and I can each hold one." ”

"This. The slave and maid were a little hesitant, "If the queen mother knows, she will definitely scold the slave and maid." ”

Rong Qingyi shook his head again, "No, besides, we just walk around casually, we won't go too far, and we don't take the official road, those bluestone paths can either pass two people, or only one person is allowed to pass, if you hold an umbrella for me, the two of us share one, when the rain falls heavily, avoid each other back and forth, it is inevitable that the clothes will be wet, but it is inconvenient." ”

The slave maid didn't want to insist anymore, so she went to get an umbrella and accompanied Rong Qingyi out of the gate of the queen mother's palace, slowly walking along the outside wall, it was very quiet outside, and there was no one with the sedan chair.

As I walked, I casually looked at the scenery of the place I passed, but in fact, it was just a high courtyard wall, and the trees in the courtyard wall that were occasionally higher than the courtyard wall. Rong Qingyi has no destination, she is not familiar with the layout of the palace, she has come to the palace only a handful of times, there is basically no memory in the nightmare, and when she comes back again, she only occasionally comes to Jian Ye once or twice.

However, according to her request before, Jiang Shiwei drew a layout map of the palace for her, she had seen it, Jiang Shiwei marked it very clearly, with the palace where the queen mother lived as the center, what buildings were nearby, and where did the people live, including the emperor and the emperor's concubines.

"It was so quiet. Rong Qingyi smiled slightly, and said softly, "Walking here, it seems that I can hear my own breathing, and I can hear it when a needle tip falls on the ground." ”

"Yes. The slave maid immediately said respectfully, "The Queen Mother has always been quiet, and in this way, if someone comes here, you can hear it from afar, the Queen Mother's ears are very good, and sometimes, those of us who are slaves have not heard it, the Queen Mother has heard it." ”

Rong Qingyi nodded, didn't say anything, just walked slowly along the courtyard wall casually.

I thought in my heart, if my father and mother were imprisoned in the palace and concealed from the Queen Mother, it must be a remote place that the Queen Mother didn't know or didn't care about, such as the Cold Palace or something, but there could be no place near the Queen Mother that the Queen Mother didn't know, and if there were, it should be far away from here.

Thinking about the layout map drawn by Jiang Shiwei, it seems that all the places marked on it are places with names and surnames, and there is no so-called remote place that I thought of at this time.

"It's so lively in the palace, there are so many houses. Rong Qingyi stopped, the rain began to fall, not in a hurry, but slightly dense, as if it was fog, it was not clear to see ahead, there was a small garden in front of it, it seemed that it was also a place to stop and rest occasionally when passing here, there was also a small pavilion, a low rockery, "It's starting to rain, let's go to the pavilion to take shelter." ”

"Yes. The slave maid immediately nodded and accompanied Rong Qingyi into the pavilion, "The stone bench here is still clean, Mrs. Jane, you can sit down and rest for a while, and you have been walking for almost half an hour." ”

Rong Qingyi nodded, sat down with a gentle expression, and looked at the neighborhood, "If you have something to do, this trip to the palace is really hard, fortunately, there are sedan chairs and carriages in the palace." ”

"Yes. "The slave maid stood beside Rong Qingyi, nodded, looked at Rong Qingyi's gentle attitude, and did not have a sense of arrogance, to a little good, Jian Ye is a red person in the eyes of the Queen Mother, this Mrs. Jian is Jian Ye's favorite woman, otherwise she would not have brought it to the palace, I heard rumors, Jian Ye loves his side room the most, but the rumors are not credible, it is this main room that Jian Ye really brought into the palace, so what Jian Ye loves and cares about the most must be this main room, not the side room that everyone rumored," However, the ones who have always run errands are those little fathers-in-law in the courtyards, if you really let the slaves and maids run, I'm afraid it won't be able to bear it, the palace is very big, hey, isn't that the princess who left the palace courtyard of the queen mother before?"

Rong Qingyi looked in the direction pointed by the slave and maid, and sure enough, from a distance, he saw from a distance that the prince who almost bumped into the fragrance just now was walking towards this side from another direction, but he was in a hurry, and he didn't even notice Rong Qingyi and the slave maid, and he didn't even glance at the two people in the pavilion when he passed here.

"You see, that's it, if anything happens, those little fathers-in-law are in such a hurry as the prince that he is so busy that he doesn't even look here. The slave said with a smile, "Look at his hurried steps, there must be something urgent, he turned a corner in front, he should have gone back to the emperor." ”

The slave said unintentionally, but Rong Qingyi paid attention, especially when the prince passed by, something on his clothes fell on the ground he passed, not too big, and it was not clear to look at it, vaguely guessing that it seemed to be an object in the shape of a petal.

After doing it for a while, Rong Qingyi stood up, "Let's go back, it's not a short time to come out, I'm afraid that the affairs of the Queen Mother and Xianggong are also about the same, let's go back to the courtyard and wait." ”

The slave nodded, "Madame Jane, please." ”

Rong Qingyi came out of the pavilion with an umbrella, deliberately walked while watching the wind and rain, and slowly fell behind the slave maid, looking at it seemed to be worried that there was rain on the ground and slipping, so she deliberately slowed down, passing by the place where the prince had dropped the object just now, and she was still a few steps away from seeing that it was indeed a petal, she quickly squatted down and picked it up and hid it in her sleeve.

When you come to the palace, you have to pass through some places in the palace, and you can see the courtyard walls from a distance, but there are not too many places with flowers and grass, except for some gardens, but this kind of flower, she has not seen it, this kind of flower needs a bracket, most of them bloom on the wall, or on the fence, a large piece is good-looking, and this kind of is really ordinary, so ordinary that only ordinary people will plant.

Although it has a nice name, Dogwood.

In the time after waking up from the dream, when she lived in the farm, she would always see this small flower, from summer to late autumn, in some inconspicuous places, there will be a large area of red and white flowers, the flowers are very small, like stars, in the morning when the bloom is the most beautiful, in the afternoon there is no brilliance, the seeds fall on the ground, next year will regenerate new ones, like to bloom in the sunshine of the place, do not need to deliberately take care of it, especially in some inaccessible places are the most.

However, this kind of flower and plant is rarely seen in the houses of the rich, and most of this kind of flowers and plants are used to decorate some low fences, and the peasants can see it on the fences that are randomly surrounded by branches, and sometimes they are shaded by morning glories, and the flowers are so small that a random flower can block all of them.

The petals have been somewhat retracted, it should have accidentally touched the person's body, so strange, unless someone deliberately likes this to be planted in their own courtyard, but, even if it is planted in the courtyard, how can a little father-in-law be contaminated on the body, and it is the position of the shoulder, unless it is squatting, a large piece of flowers will be stained with such a flower, and look a little broken.

"Madame Jane, you wait here, and the slave maid will go in and report to the Queen Mother. The slave glanced back at Rong Qingyi, who was thinking about something, her expression seemed calm, and her brows frowned slightly, "The slave at the door is still guarding, I'm afraid it hasn't finished talking yet." ”

Rong Qingyi nodded, "Okay, don't worry, this rain is falling, it's very good." ”

The slave smiled slightly, walked to the room where she left before, the slave at the door saw her, whispered a few words to her and let her into the room, after a while, the slave maid walked out, and said with a smile: "The queen mother said that the business has been discussed, and I am thinking that someone will invite you to sit in and gossip, which is just right, you have already rushed back, and asked the slave and maid if you had fun." Mrs. Jane, please. ”

"Good. Rong Qingyi said gently.

Jian Ye was talking to the Empress Dowager, and when she saw Rong Qingyi coming in from outside, she motioned for her to sit down in her original position, and said with a smile: "It's good to play outside? Just now, the Empress Dowager also said that she should find someone to take you around the neighborhood, this palace is very big, and I am afraid that it will not be able to finish shopping for a while." ”

"Yes. Rong Qingyi immediately smiled slightly, and said in a gentle tone, "It's very big, it's only been a short walk, and I saw a small garden, there are flowers and grasses in it, although the place is not big, but the flowers and plants grow very luxuriantly, and they look very eye-catching, so I sat in it for a while, and it was very pleasant to enjoy the flowers in the rain." ”

The Queen Mother said with a smile: "There are more exotic flowers and plants in the palace, if you like it, you have the opportunity, the mourning family sent someone to take you to take a closer look, just now the slave maid said, you just like those flowers and plants, Jian Ye also said, you usually like to tidy up flowers and plants, do some female red, is a woman who likes to be quiet by nature, the mourning family likes such a woman the most, gentle and lovely." ”

The Queen Mother praised her, and she deserved it. Rong Qingyi smiled slightly, and said softly, "It's just that Qingyi is a little lazy, and it takes some effort to do something else. When Qingyi was a child, his father and mother also liked to plant flowers and plants in the courtyard, and I remember that I once gave some to Yuntian Taoist Temple, a few days ago because of the wilting of red plums in the courtyard of Qingyi, Xianggong also deliberately moved a plum blossom from Yuntian Taoist Temple, looking at the flowers and plants, I thought of my father, and I had a sense of intimacy. ”

"Hmm. The Queen Mother sighed and said with three points of sympathy, "Your father and brother passed away earlier, but with Jian Ye loving you so much, and your mother-in-law also likes you, your father and mother and brothers must be at ease under Jiuquan." ”

Rong Qingyi nodded lightly and said gently, "Yes, Qingyi is lucky." ”

Jian Ye didn't say anything, only motioned for Rong Qingyi to sit down on the chair, casually found a topic, and the three of them chatted a few more words, and then said goodbye and left.