Taking advantage of the relocation chaos, Rishi disguised himself to deliver the letter to the palace gate, and then sent someone to deliver the letter to the prime minister's mansion with silver taels.

The housekeeper heard that the letter was coming and quickly delivered the letter to Zhong Honghai. However, Zhong Honghai did not set off immediately after reading the letter, nor did he burn the letter as before, but folded the letter into his pocket and changed into court clothes to travel.

"Lao conveyed to the Empress Dowager Tong, and Zhong Honghai asked to see him." Outside the palace gate, Zhong Honghai said respectfully.

Although the king of Southern Chu died, the status of the Zhong family was still the same, how dare the gatekeepers delay, hand over the guard responsibility to the shift soldiers, and personally run to spread the word. When the news reached Jinyang Palace, the Empress Dowager Tong was pruning flowers and branches in the garden.

Huanxiang and Fuxiu looked at each other, and Huanxiang said: "Queen Mother, Zhong Honghai is afraid that he is uneasy and kind when he sees you at this time." ”

"The soldiers are coming." Empress Dowager Tong smiled and handed the scissors in her hand to Fuxiu: "Huanxiang, make good tea." ”

Empress Dowager Zhong did not wait for Zhong Honghai, but waited for the news that the other party had met Empress Dowager Tong, and she was confused for a while. "But the Empress Dowager Tong summoned him to see him?" She pulled Rishi over and asked, uneasy.

"Slave heard... It was the prime minister who asked to see the Empress Dowager Tong. ”

"What the hell does my brother want to do?" Empress Dowager Zhong murmured, and the two willow eyebrows were knotted.

Jinyang Palace.

"Chen Zhong Honghai has seen the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Tong is auspicious." Zhong Honghai saluted respectfully and modestly.

Empress Dowager Tong raised her hand with a smile: "The prime minister is an important minister of my court, so there is no need to be polite." ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." Zhong Honghai said, only then straightened his back.

Halfway through a cup of tea, Zhong Honghai raised his head, looked at the people on the throne, and said: "The first king went suddenly, the new king has just ascended the throne, the frontier is eyeing the tiger, the court is turbulent, I don't know what the Empress Dowager Tong plans?" ”

Empress Dowager Tong sneered in her heart, and said that this old fox was the biggest threat, but she pretended to ask for advice with sincerity on her face, and asked, "What does the prime minister think?" ”

"The minister thinks that the biggest threat to the border is rampant, and the imperial court... There are many Wang brothers, and it is difficult to predict the ambition of the wolf, so you must guard against it. ”

"The prime minister is right." Empress Dowager Tong bowed her head, paused, but said: "But the prime minister seems to have found the wrong person, a woman in the palace is a woman, and she is a person in the harem, so it is not appropriate to intervene in the affairs of the court." ”

"This is a mistake, no one in Nanchu knows that the Empress Dowager Tong is smart, although she is in the harem, she cares about the people. In addition, the minister had a few ideas and wanted to hear what the Empress Dowager Tong meant. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Zhong Honghai smiled and sat upright: "First, the rampant rebellion, the minister thinks that the rampant Ping, Beizhen, and Xicheng tribes have always been brave, and now that Rampant and Xicheng are united, it is better to use wolves against tigers, and let Beizhen deal with the rampant barbarians on our behalf?" ”

Empress Dowager Tong frowned: "Beizhen and Nanchu are married, and there is Mrs. Shen in the palace, this move is inappropriate." ”

"Empress Dowager Tong, although Beizhen married to our dynasty, her mind is unpredictable, and she is a foreign race after all." Zhong Honghai said, his eyes quietly noticed the changes on Empress Dowager Tong's face.

"This matter is important, Rong Bengong and the king will discuss it later." Empress Dowager Tong said that she would put the matter on Yu Jinfan.

Zhong Honghai had expected it, his eyes were shining, and he suddenly knelt on the ground on his knees: "Forgive the minister, the king is quite fond of Mrs. Shen, I am afraid that it will be affected and mess up the decision." ”

Empress Dowager Tong slapped her face on the table, and her eyebrows rose: "What is the king?" Faint? ”

"Don't dare!" Zhong Honghai buried his head in panic.

Empress Dowager Tong stared at his trembling body, narrowed her eyes mockingly, and her face quickly returned to peace, and said, "Get up, this palace knows your good intentions, does the prime minister have anything else?" The implication is to drive away the guest.

"There's one more thing." Zhong Honghai said, straightened his back, and met the eyes of the Empress Dowager Tong again: "The minister has a daughter, who has admired the king since childhood, and asked the Empress Dowager to fulfill her wish." ”

Seeing Zhong Honghai leave, Huanxiang quickly walked into the hall, came to the side of the Empress Dowager Tong, and asked: "The Empress Dowager, go." ”

Empress Dowager Tong snorted coldly when she heard this: "This old fox! ”

"What are we going to do?" Huanxiang asked.

Empress Dowager Tong pondered for a while and ordered: "Check Zhong Honghai's daughter for the palace, and in addition, follow his wishes, spread the news of the Zhong family's daughter entering the palace, especially the palace of Prince Hai." ”

Huanxiang couldn't figure it out, and wondered: "The Queen Mother knows the tricks behind Zhong Honghai, why do she have to follow his mind so much?" ”

Empress Dowager Tong hooked her lips: "It hurts if the needle is pricked in the flesh even if you don't continue to go inside, why don't you just pull it out!" ”

Huanxiang immediately understood what she meant, but... After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Empress Dowager Zhong's side..."

Empress Dowager Tong swept over with a cold eye: "Huanxiang, do your part." ”

Huanxiang lowered his head in fear: "Yes." ”

The news that Zhong Ziyan would enter the palace quickly spread throughout the harem, of course, including Shen Rui and Yu Jinfan.

"Yu! Brocade! Every! Shen Rui, who had been sulking with Yu Jinfan for a long time, jumped up when she heard the words, gritted her teeth and was about to go out to find Yu Jinfan. Before he stepped out of the palace gate, he bumped into Huanxiang head-on.

"Mrs. Shen, Empress Dowager Tong is invited."

Shen Rui wanted to shout irritably: "The old lady is not available." However, in the face of Yu Jinfan's mother, he finally gave up and chose to obey, and it just so happened that he also wanted to talk to the Queen Mother!

At the same time, Yu Jinfan, as the party concerned, knew no earlier than Shen Rui, and when he heard the news, he didn't even bother to review it, and rushed to Shen Rui's Qianhua Palace.

Since that day of conflict, Shen Rui turned her away on the grounds that she was busy with relocation, so the news reached her, and she really fell into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it away, of course, she also knew that this matter was probably from the hands of the Empress Dowager Tong, and she was angry, but she couldn't understand why the queen mother chose the daughter of the Zhong family?

But she didn't have time to think about it, and when she came to Qianhua Palace, there were only a few palace people and Manzhao left in the palace. Seeing this, Yu Jinfan hurriedly pulled Man Zhao over and asked, "What about your master and Bi Town?" ”

"The Empress Dowager Tong ordered someone to see her, and my sister went with her master." Man Zhao explained, seeing that Yu Jinfan's face was becoming more and more ugly, he was puzzled: "Wang, what's wrong with you?" ”

"What does the Queen Mother want to do?" Yu Jinfan didn't have the intention of answering her at all, and after talking to himself, he turned around and walked out of Qianhua Palace and ran towards Jinyang Palace.

"Queen Mother, the Zhong family's daughter entering the palace, but what do you mean?" In the hall, Shen Rui asked directly.

Huanxiang, who led her in, heard this, and his expression was not depressed: "Mrs. Shen, you are guilty of the following crimes!" ”

Shen Rui naturally knew that she was impulsive, but she was such a personality, she had already restrained a lot after entering the palace, and now they forced herself! Thinking like this, his brain was also hot, and he said in disregard of others: "Speaking of the following crimes, what qualifications do you little palace people have to make trouble for me?" ”

Although Huanxiang is a palace person, she has always followed the Empress Dowager Tong, and she is respected in the palace, even the new king Yu Jinfan has never treated her in such a tone. "You-" The master and servant were different, and no matter how angry he was, Huanxiang was still speechless.

"Huanxiang, you step back first." At this time, the Empress Dowager Tong spoke.

Huanxiang had to obey the order to close the palace gate and make room for her to be alone with Shen Rui.

The hall was quiet for a moment, Shen Rui hated this atmosphere the most, and she just wanted to ask-

"Don't be impatient, drink tea." Empress Dowager Tong turned around and picked up the teacup on the table and gestured to her.

Shen Rui was so anxious and annoyed that she couldn't refute the face of the Empress Dowager Tong, so she had to take the teacup in her hand and take a few sips of cooperation.

"Tea and heart?" Empress Dowager Tong asked, with a smile on her face.

Shen Rui rolled her eyes darkly, where did she still have the heart to taste tea, and replied casually: "Good tea." ”

Empress Dowager Tong smiled even deeper, put down the teacup, and said suddenly with a gentle expression: "Mrs. Shen, how long have you been in the palace?" ”

Shen Rui was inexplicably asked by her, stunned, and replied: "More than three months." ”

"Time flies so fast, this palace still remembers the scene when you first entered the palace." Empress Dowager Tong said, walked to her side, took her hand and looked at it carefully: "It's really good-looking, I'm sad that Wang Xin is thinking about you." ”

Which one does the Queen Mother sing? Shen Rui was in a fog, and withdrew her hand awkwardly: "The Queen Mother has something to say, there is no need for this." "It's really uncomfortable.

"Beizhen is honest, as expected." Empress Dowager Tong smiled, withdrew her hand, and turned the ring in her hand: "Since this is the case, this palace will say bluntly, the matter of the princess is indeed the meaning of this palace, but this is also an established thing." ”

"What does the king mean?" Shen Rui asked, her fists clenched, if the Queen Mother said that Yu Jinfan knew and approved of this, she... Cut it in two!

"Presumably the king has just knew."

Shen Rui's tall heart let go, and a trace of excitement surged up.

"The king will agree." Empress Dowager Tong categorically.

Shen Rui stood up from the chair she had just sat down, and said coldly: "Yu Jinfan won't." ”

Empress Dowager Tong put away the smile on her face, and her eyes narrowed deeply: "Yes, maybe Yu Jinfan won't, but the king of Nanchu will be." Raising her chin, she reminded coldly and cruelly: "Mrs. Shen, you have to understand that Yu Jinfan in your mouth is not only your 'husband', but also the king of Southern Chu!" She's got more on her shoulders than you think! ”

"So what, she is still my Shen Rui's lover, someone I trust, I believe she will not turn her back on me!"

Empress Dowager Tong was stunned, the person in front of her was too much like her past self, however, it was precisely like this, she had to stop the tragedy before it happened! "You don't count all this." She said, holding everything in the palm of her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Today, the palace has sent you here to tell you, Mrs. Shen, you are just a tool for the marriage of Beizhen and Nanchu, and you are just the king's little lady, you have no right to interfere in major events in the palace and the king's decision-making!" ”

Shen Rui sneered: "In this way, Empress Dowager Tong is just the little lady of the first king, the queen mother of the king, how qualified are you to intervene in the affairs of the palace!" ”

Empress Dowager Tong stammered, not angry but laughed: "I don't see that your mouth is so powerful on weekdays." ”

"The concubine is not only powerful in her mouth, but also in the wind blowing in her ears."

"This palace is happy that you trust the king so much, and this palace also believes that the king cares about you very much, but-" Empress Dowager Tong narrowed her eyes: "You say, which one does the king care more about people and friendship?" ”

Shen Rui was suspicious, and just wanted to ask her what she meant by her words-

"The king has arrived!"

Empress Dowager Tong raised her eyebrows: "It came a quarter of an hour faster than I expected." After that, he ignored Shen Rui and went out to greet Yu Jinfan.