Chapter 18

Due to the emperor's disappearance after leaving the Roufu Palace for the second time, Pan Chen was once again 'arraigned' by the harem reconnaissance team, Pan Chen only insisted on one policy, two basic, the policy is to pretend to be stupid, basically no matter how the queen mother asked, she said, 'The concubine's fault', 'The concubine doesn't know', Pan Chen didn't make a mistake, and there was no handle, what can the queen mother do with a piece of wood, it's over.

A month later, the Ministry of Rites advocated the draft, the Queen Mother and the virtuous concubine and the concubine supervised, and the hundreds of show girls sent to the palace from various states and prefectures were selected one by one, and finally eight beauties were selected.

The moonset trotted all the way into the Roufu Palace, Pan Chen's was using a silk handkerchief to pollinate each other with the courgettes that had bloomed, after the moonset came, he saluted Pan Chen, took a cup of tea handed by Xingshuang and took a sip, before panting and saying the results of his investigation:

"Mother, it's decided. Eight beauties were selected, four of them were named Liangyuan, three were named Jieyu, and one was Zhaoyi like you. ”

As soon as Yueluo's words were finished, he saw that Xingshuang couldn't stand still and panicked: "There are so many brides and women in the palace at once, what should we do?" ”

Pan Chen glanced at her and didn't care, Xingshuang sighed with hatred: "Alas, Niangniang, now that the situation is critical, don't mess with this thing of yours anymore, let's hurry up and think of a way." ”

"What can you do?" Pan Chen lightly tapped the last flower with a pollen-stained silk handkerchief, and then dusted off the tender yellow pollen on his skirt and walked out of his private place. Seeing that Xingshuang was in a hurry, Pan Chencai continued:

"Xingshuang, it's not me talking about you, your mentality is not right, since something happened, it's useless for you to be in a hurry here, let's not be in a hurry, the brides and mothers have already entered the palace, you can't change it, I can't change it, it's better to go with the flow."

Xingshuang looked at Pan Chen's leisurely appearance, wanted to refute but didn't know how to say it, and after thinking for a long time, he came up with a sentence:

"The big truth, the slave doesn't understand, but I think the mother is too ...... Too unmotivated. ”

After saying this, Xingshuang couldn't help crying, saluted Pan Chen and turned to leave, Pan Chen looked at her departing back, and asked Yueluo, "What's wrong with her, is this?" ”

The moon set and stopped, she was timid, she didn't dare to be rude to Pan Chen like Xingshuang, Pan Chen saw her like this, and couldn't help asking:

"Someone bullied you?"

Yueluo was surprised by Pan Chen's keenness, she didn't say anything, Niangniang could guess, maybe Niangniang was not as stupid as she seemed on the surface, Yueluo hesitated for a moment before telling Pan Chen the truth.

"Back to Niangniang, the slave is okay, that is, Xingshuang went to the imperial dining room yesterday to get the sweet jujube soup booked the day before yesterday, and met the Lingzhi of Changle Palace to get the meal, Lingzhi took a fancy to Niangniang's soup, and said that she would take it back to the virtuous concubine Niangniang to enjoy, Xingshuang was unwilling, and quarreled with Lingzhi, Lingzhi slapped Xingshuang's two ears in public, and said some ugly words, Xingshuang has always been high-spirited, it is said that she used to be a young lady at home, and she only entered the palace in the middle of the family, and she has not suffered such a big grievance, and she can't think about it for a while."

Pan Chen looked at the moonset and found that his focus was a little different: "Did you inquire about these things yourself, or did Xingshuang tell you?" ”

According to Pan Chen's analysis of Xingshuang's relatively strong personality, she was wronged outside, or she was looking for someone stronger than her to cry, and Moonset's soft lying on weekdays was definitely not the object of Xingshuang's confiding, so Pan Chen was curious about Moonfall's intelligence sources.

Sure enough, Yueluo lowered her head and whispered: "It's not Xingshuang who told me, I listened to Xiao Zhao of the Inner Court Division about yesterday's incident, and I listened to Aunt Fang of the Shangyi Bureau about Xingshuang's life experience." ”

I didn't expect you to be such a moonset, a little expert in probing that is well hidden, Pan Chen's impression of Yueluo has completely changed, timidity and weakness are not innate, it may just be a disguise for her to avoid trouble.

Pan Chen didn't say anything, nodded and was about to leave, Yueluo followed behind Pan Chen in small steps, and asked in a low voice:

"Niangniang, what about Xingshuang?"

Pan Chen walked into the dormitory with the hem of his skirt, turned his head and smiled at Yueluo: "Xingshuang can't blame Lingzhi for being beaten, Lingzhi is a first-class maidservant girl in Changle Palace, Xingshuang and you are both third-class, and they are already inferior to the level, Xingshuang is not fighting for sweet soup for me, but fighting with Lingzhi for a breath, this kind of vindictive behavior, not to mention naïve, is easy to cause trouble for yourself, just like now, Mingxing Xingshuang was beaten by Lingzhi, we have no reason to go to someone to settle accounts, do you know why?" ”

Pan Chen's eyes were sharp, and he saw the corner of the tender green palace maid's skirt exposed behind the screen, and did not say anything, but continued to talk to the moonset.

Yueluo turned her back to the screen, so she didn't see the problem, thought about Pan Chen's question, and replied, "Slave maid...... Aware. Because, our level is not enough. ”

"Hmm." Pan Chen nodded and added: "That's right, because your level is not enough, because your mother's position is not enough, so, how can we find someone to settle accounts, how can we vent our anger to Xingshuang?" ”

When Yueluo heard this, she also understood what Pan Chen meant, Pan Chen smiled at her, glanced at the corner of her clothes behind the screen, sighed silently, and then said nothing more and went to the small study.

Xingshuang walked out from behind the screen, and when Yueluo saw her, she was about to open her mouth to call her, but Xingshuang glared at her, and made a silent gesture, Xingshuang walked over and glanced at Pan Chen, who was writing in the small study, and then took Yueluo and went to the courtyard.

Yueluo knew that Xingshuang heard what Niangniang said, and had the heart to defend Niangniang, but Xingshuang didn't appreciate it, and said angrily: "Don't say good things for Niangniang, I heard it, and I didn't say that I wanted Niangniang to vent my anger, but what Niangniang said was too chilling, our level is not enough, her position is not high, but if she really wants to be angry for me, with Niangniang's identity, can't she rectify the little of Lingzhi?" Isn't it because my mother doesn't care about us, and I don't think there's any need to toss for our business. ”

Yueluo disagreed with Xingshuang's words: "Sister Xingshuang, don't talk about Niangniang like that, up and down the palace, there is no one more easy-going than our Niangniang to treat the palace maids, not to mention, in fact, I think what Niangniang said...... Also to ......"

Xingshuang couldn't get the support of the moonset, so she snorted angrily, and said disdainfully: "Okay, okay, I said it wrong, I deserve to fight for my mother, you wait for it, just her stupid nature, and the Roufu Palace will suffer in the future." ”

Xingshuang had many sisters in the family before entering the palace, and she knew that she wanted to compete for favor since she was a child, thinking that this was the normal state of human nature, but after arriving in the palace, she followed such a lady who would not compete for favor, and pushed the emperor out all day long, so that she took the initiative to attack and did not listen, Xingshuang felt more and more that there was no future in the Roufu Palace.

After saying those words to Yueluo, Xingshuang didn't want to listen to any more answers from Yueluo, turned around and went to the imperial garden from the arch on the left side of the Roufu Palace, Yueluo came back dejectedly, but after the circular carved window in the corner of the hall, Pan Chen saw the conversation they had just now, and looked at the arch where Xingshuang disappeared, Pan Chen sighed helplessly.

Due to the revelation of Yueluo's small skills, Pan Chen does not intend to suppress it, although she doesn't want to compete for favor and doesn't want to make a small report, but the direction of the harem always has to be seen clearly, Pan Chen is still more looking forward to and believing in Yueluo's ability, because if it weren't for Yueluo taking the initiative to expose her skills, even Pan Chen, a brick family who specializes in human psychology and expressions, didn't notice it, and always thought that Yueluo was a timid and easy to push down a soft girl.

Xingshuang is going out these days, Pan Chen doesn't stop her, she can't take back her heart, and the people who want to leave can't keep her, in the final analysis, the twisted melon is not sweet, Lan Xiang can't assign the work of New Oriental, it's painful to have the wrong major, people go to high places, Pan Chen understands Xingshuang very well.

With the blessing of Moonset's hidden skills, Pan Chen can actually know some of the situations in other palaces in the Roufu Palace, just like now:

"Niangniang, today Song Jieyu sent a bowl of Tianqi ginseng soup to the Taihe Palace, I heard that the emperor accepted it, and let her go in to ask for peace. Song Jieyu's flower and moon appearance are rumored in the palace, saying that she is like a goddess, and she is especially good at dressing up, and the fragrance on her body can attract butterflies. ”

Pan Chen was studying the tools she had drawn, and when she heard Yueluo say that Song Jieyu could attract butterflies, Pan Chen thought of Concubine Xiang, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, Yueluo thought that she had said this, and she could see a little jealousy and anger on her face, who knows, her own mother listened to this, not to mention jealousy, she actually smiled, hooked the corners of her mouth, and a sweet dimple on her cheek, not to mention how good-looking, in Yueluo's opinion, her own mother's appearance may not be worse than that Song Jieyu, but her own mother's ...... Alas, no more.

Pan Chen raised his eyes to look at the moonset, and when he saw that she was disappointed, he put down the paper in his hand, and deliberately surprised as if he was half a beat slow:

"Oh, Song Jieyu sent the soup. It's good, it's good. ”

Moonset: ......

"Niangniang, except for Song Jieyu, Yan Zhaoyi's status is the highest, she is the eldest daughter of the Protector General's Mansion, and the cousin and niece of the Queen Mother, and she was named Zhaoyi after entering the palace; Song Jieyu is beautiful and delicate, Zhao Jieyu and Su Jieyu know everything, calligraphy and painting; The four good ladies are also talented women who are knowledgeable and reasonable, and now they are not yet asleep, but for some reason, the Queen Mother directly summoned them to the audience. ”

Yueluo dutifully reported the situation in the palace to Pan Chen, and Pan Chen listened to it without a match, and affirmed Yueluo's work ability.

That night, to everyone's surprise, because the emperor had not entered the harem for a long time, the queen mother couldn't sit still, so she simply washed Song Jieyu and sent it directly to the Taihe Palace.

"The moon falls, you can have connections, you can inquire about the affairs of Taihe Hall and Kangshou Palace."

The corners of Yueluo's mouth twitched: "Niangniang, that's not the point!" The point is that Song Jieyu is going to bed! ”

Pan Chen took a sip of porridge, winked at Yueluo twice, and under Yueluo's extremely expectant gaze, Pan Chen said very powerfully:

"Oh."

The moon goes down.