In the late autumn and early winter of Jingren Palace, the fallen leaves in the courtyard are covered with withered grass, and the rustling sound is made when you step on it, which adds a bit of gloom to the quiet courtyard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Ruoxue took Zhu Jianshen's hand and slowly walked towards the palace.

"Prince, when you meet the concubine Niangniang, you have to get closer to her. Say more nice things to make your mother happy. Ruoxue knew that bringing Zhu Jianshen to visit Zhou Guifei at this time was the greatest comfort to her.

"Hmm." Zhu Jianshen nodded sensibly. "Mother ....." The mother concubine who he hadn't seen for nearly a year had gradually blurred in his heart, and he only vaguely remembered the colorful clothes of the mother concubine, and the pearl and green clothes.

The palace gate of Jingren Palace was deeply hidden, perhaps because it was too cold, and it was tightly closed, for fear of blowing in a trace of cold wind. "Niangniang, Zhen'er has brought the prince to see you." Ruoxue gently tapped on the palace door.

"Shen'er!" With an urgent call, the door opened with a bang, and a layer of earth fell. The dust was filled, and Zhou Guifei, who was dressed in gray coarse cloth, stood in the backlit place, "Shen'er!" My deep son! Let the mother take a good look at you! ”

This grizzled woman is the former concubine? Zhu Jianshen's young heart was really difficult to think of with the gorgeous and bright mother concubine in the past, and he not only hid behind Ruoxue timidly.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, quick! Say hello to your mother. Ruoxue hurriedly squatted down and coaxed Zhu Jianshen, she knew that the prince must not dare to believe that this woman like a village woman was her own concubine, but how much haze would he leave in Zhou Guifei's heart if he dodged like this, Ruoxue couldn't imagine it.

"Mother... Mother. Say hello to the concubine. Zhu Jianshen heard Ruoxue say this, so he had to hesitate and ask for peace.

Her own son, the son she thinks about day and night, is so raw at the moment, and she is a little timid, she really has no human appearance. Zhou Guifei's heart was half cold, and she stretched out a pair of hands with chilblains, "Come, Shen'er, let my mother take a good look at you." ”

"Ahh Zhu Jianshen had never seen such vulgar and terrifying hands, and with a scream, he hid behind Ruoxue again.

"! Your hands! Ruoxue held Zhou Guifei's hand distressedly. Why do you get chilblains before it's cold today? ”

"Zhen'er, am I looking like a ghost now? Even my own son is afraid of me? Zhou Guifei asked Ruoxue indifferently. Once upon a time, she used to be so bright and dazzling, but in just one year, she has become not like a human and a ghost, but she is only 22 years old now, Zhou Guifei looked at Ruoxue. The woman in front of her is still young and beautiful, with broken skin, swaying eyes, nose like gall, hands like softness, lips without dots, eyebrows without description, and there seems to be a ray of light surrounding her in the sun. The fairy-like person is her former maid, and she, the master, has become obscure. Zhou Guifei's heart inexplicably rose a sourness, which was a sigh for the injustice of fate, and there was even a little bit of jealousy in the sigh.

"Mother, you can't say that about yourself. You are in the prime of life, and the best days are yet to come. Ruoxue comforted her while saying that Concubine Zhou Guifei helped her into the house. The room was dark and gloomy, but fortunately it was not very dirty, and it seemed that it always worked to give the eunuch on duty some silver from time to time. It's just cold, it's just early winter, it's so cold, no wonder Zhou Guifei's hands have frostbite. Presumably, this chilblain is a problem that fell from the cold winter last year.

In the shadows, Zhou Guifei's face turned pale. Without the backlight outside the house, Ruoxue took a closer look at Zhou Guifei's face, and she hadn't come to visit for a few months, this woman was a lot older, and a layer of dry lines appeared on her face, and she didn't see the day all day long, making her look thin and bloodless. Ruoxue combed her hair with pity, but found that a white hair had burst out, and Ruoxue didn't know whether to pull them out or not.

"Just comb it like that. These gray hairs are no longer plucked. Zhou Guifei seemed to guess Ruoxue's embarrassment.

"! You need to relax. The Emperor Taishang has returned to the court, your good days are coming, you must take good care. Ruoxue unconsciously burst into tears. Everything about Zhou Guifei is already like ashes, just like this gloomy room can't help the sunshine, but such a good year has been spent like this, which woman can accept it. Ruoxue tried her best to say something that would make her happy. However, the cowardly Shen'er who was hiding in the distance, the dwarfed face of the passing, was like a knife in Zhou Guifei's heart, tearing at her last bit of hope.

"The Emperor is back? Can I get out? Zhen'er, don't coax me. If I could get out, I would have gone out yesterday. Presumably, the emperor can't take care of it himself now. ”

"Niangniang, how can you not know that when the emperor comes back, everything will go smoothly slowly."

"Ahem....." Zhou Guifei sneered, and the cold in the obscure Jingren Palace made people feel painful.

At the end of another year, Zhu Qizhen came back for a few months, and his younger brother was still kind and righteous, and handed over some foreign affairs to him, although it was not an important matter, but it also gave him a lot of opportunities to re-establish his prestige. Now that it has entered the wax moon, the Forbidden City is full of lights, a festive atmosphere. Xu Youzhen, Shi Heng and other ministers who were not very favored also took advantage of the new year to come to meet the emperor one after another, in order to get or have a new opportunity. Nangong, which is deserted on weekdays, is bustling and very lively for a while.

Cao Jixiang brought the New Year's goods rewarded by Zhu Qiyu to his former master, and when the master and servant saw each other, they were full of joy and sorrow. Xiaofuzi poured tea and water for this father-in-law Cao with great eyes, and was enthusiastic.

"Little Fuzi, you kid is blessed. Follow us too much, but we are very blessed. Cao Jixiang said with something in his words.

"Yes, Gonggong Cao, our Emperor Taishang is the most generous." Xiao Fuzi replied with satisfaction, he knew that it was extremely difficult to do things by Zhu Qiyu's side, just like when he was in the palace of King Yu, he was demoted from Zhu Qiyu's personal eunuch to a little eunuch who did miscellaneous work because of a little mistake, and now Zhu Qiyu has sent him to the emperor. Privately asked him to monitor everything about the Emperor Taishang, but it gave him a chance to make up for his mistakes. Perhaps, it won't be long before Cao Jixiang's position will be his again.

"Father-in-law Cao, our emperor's errand is not very good, right?" Fukuko asked tentatively.

"Ahem. Little Fuzi. Don't talk about the current emperor behind your back. Zhu Qizhen interrupted Cao Jixiang's opportunity to respond. After all, the people in this Nangong were all arranged by Zhu Qiyu, although they were kind on the surface, they should not be too gullible. Especially at this moment, he hasn't got anything back.