Since Ruan Liuyan returned to the palace, everyone in Chonghua Palace had a smile on their faces, and they were full of joy. Her return to the palace brought a lot of waves to this deep palace, but the person in the whirlpool was very leisurely.

Soon it was the day to greet the Queen Mother every month, and early in the morning, Ruan Liuyan set off for Renshou Palace after dressing up. Sitting in a high sedan chair, she ignored the unknown, jealous, envious, and even disdainful glances cast by all sides. Because the hour is still early, there are only a few concubines who have come to Renshou Palace, including the "cold beauty" Qin Guifei, and Xue Jieyu, who was demoted a while ago.

Qin Guifei's face was as cold and indifferent as usual, Xue Jieyu also glanced at her and looked away, now Xue Jieyu is only followed by a personal maid, looking really pitiful. With a slight smile, Ruan Liuyan got down from the sedan chair and took the initiative to say hello to Qin Guifei, who was known as the "cold beauty", "The concubine asks for peace to the noble concubine, Sister Qin is auspicious." ”

"Yin Chongyuan is fine." Qin Guifei nodded slightly, and there was a hint of warmth in her gaze. Xue Jieyu on the other side also immediately bowed to Ruan Liuyan to say goodbye, and her tone was full of respect and humility: "The concubine sees Yin Chongyuan, and Sister Chongyuan is auspicious." Ruan Liuyan listened quietly, the smile on the corner of her lips was like nothing, the feng shui took turns, and now that Xue Jieyu had lost her momentum, presumably that person also regarded her as an outcast. Otherwise, how could Xue Jieyu be so humble to her, even with caution in her eyes.

"Calm down, Xue Jieyu." Ruan Liuyan helped her for a while, and said unhurriedly: "Xue Jieyu looks like she has lost a lot, the weather is hot, you should pay attention to take care of your body." ”

Xue Jieyu raised her head when she heard this, her eyes with a hint of doubt. Ruan Liuyan smiled at her, "I heard that Sister Jieyu's palace doesn't have much ice, there is a shortage of ice in the Internal Affairs Office, and there is still some left in Chonghua Palace, so I'll ask Xiao Liuzi to send you some another day." ”

"Concubine Xie Yin Chongyuan is very loving." Xue Jieyu responded, her long eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her face became more and more pale. Ruan Liuyan's attitude made her unsure, since the conflict between Tai and Men, she had learned the power of this woman, and she couldn't get up at all after planting that time. With a glimmer of hope, Xue Jieyu went to find the person behind her, but the person told her to let her behave for herself from now on, she was useless, just have a life, don't think about regaining her favor.

Xue Jieyu was still stunned here, the concubines over there arrived one after another, just like last time, after everyone almost arrived, the Queen Mother Zheng and Dongfang Kefang were late. Unlike last time, this time they came with Princess Jiahe Dongfang Rong, who had just recovered from a serious illness.

The main hall is still magnificent and majestic, and once again in this spacious hall, Ruan Liuyan only feels like a dream. The smile of the Queen Mother on the high seat always hung on the corner of her lips, and from time to time she swept to the audience with a hint of cold killing, exactly the same as Ruan Liuyan's conjecture, after the Queen Mother greeted her for two sentences, she understated the verdict with Dongfang Ke to mention that Li Zongxun was guilty of abusing the death penalty, and the result of the judgment was dismissed, investigated, and beheaded, and the family members were demoted to commoners.

The high-ranking person commands to go down, and a fluttering word can kill a person. Ruan Liuyan had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he didn't sympathize with Li Fushan, since he helped people do bad things, he should have the consciousness of missing the stuffing and bearing the consequences. spared the lives of his whole family, leaving him alone to go to Huangquan, he should be content.

In order to make up for the suffering of Ruan Liuyan in prison, the Queen Mother proposed to reward her, and Dongfang Ke pushed the boat, and immediately sealed Ruan Liuyan as the second concubine, and gave the name Yan, and since then there has been one more concubine in the palace. The concubines were in an uproar, and the face of the queen mother on the side was also a little unhappy, after all, she first proposed to compensate for the title, and it was not good to brush Dongfang Ke's face in public, so she could only swallow this mouthful of "Coptis chinensis".

The meaning of Yan is beautiful, which shows that Dongfang Ke attaches great importance to Yan Concubine. Originally, Concubine Yan was imprisoned, except for Concubine Qin, the harem concubines in the palace have been divided into two factions led by Concubine Rong and Concubine Xiao, but now everyone thought that Concubine Yan had been out of the game but killed out of thin air, and now the water in the palace that has gradually calmed down has begun to boil again, and all the dust has become unknown.

After good morning, the concubines dispersed one after another.

Sitting in a sedan chair and driving back to the palace, Ruan Liuyan thought about Dongfang Ke's intention to give her such a high title, she is now in the limelight, I am afraid that in the palace for a while, there will be a wave of people who regard her as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh. When her team reached the halfway point, He Zhaorong's sedan chair chased after her, ordered someone to stop, Ruan Liuyan got off the sedan chair with a gentle smile, and He Zhaorong had too much hope for her before. There was a hint of coldness in that smile.

"What is He Zhaorong looking for this palace?"

"It's not like there's anything wrong, the concubine congratulated Concubine Yan and congratulated Concubine Yan on her entitlement." He Zhaorong stepped forward casually, as if nothing had happened before.

Ruan Liuyan nodded, "He Zhaorong has a heart." ”

"Concubine Yan, I have something to tell you..."He Zhaorong opened her mouth to speak, but Ruan Liuyan interrupted her: "He Zhaorong, why does Zheng Cainu always follow you, not far away..."

She frowned and looked at He Zhaorong's side, as if there was really someone there, He Zhaorong's face turned pale with a 'brush', and when she came back to her senses, she pointed at Ruan Liuyan and said, "You... What nonsense are you talking about, Zheng Cainu has been dead a long time ago, how can it be behind me? Concubine, don't scare me—"

"It's true." Ruan Liuyan smiled lightly, and continued with a wave of his eyes: "How can this palace scare you? It was indeed Zheng Cainu who sued me, and you took great care of her before her death. She said that she would repay you well after she died-"

"Shut up!" He Zhaorong glared at Ruan Liuyan angrily, "Concubine Yan, do you know that the Queen Mother and her old man are the most taboo about this demon and monster, if you dare to bewitch the public, even if your position is longer than mine, I will definitely punish you with the Queen Mother." ”

"Alright." Ruan Liuyan smiled and said coldly: "It's just a joke with Sister Zhaorong, I didn't expect Zhaorong to be so frightened." There is a saying called, 'Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door', Zhaorong's sister reacted so aggressively, could it be that Zheng Cainu's death has anything to do with you? ”

"How is that possible! She's obviously ..."

He Zhaorong's words of defense came to an abrupt end, and only now did she understand that Ruan Liuyan was testing her, and she was testing whether Zheng Cainu's death had anything to do with her. Concubine Yan wanted to find out who helped Zheng Cainu to impersonate and imitate her gift on the day of the princess's birthday banquet.

"Why didn't you say it?" Ruan Liuyan pressed forward step by step, and He Zhaorong was hesitant.

Suddenly, He Zhaorong's eyes lit up, and he greeted her behind her, "Concubine Rong Niangniang, Concubine Rong Niangniang is auspicious." Ruan Liuyan turned around and saw that Concubine Rong's sedan chair was late, and she also greeted Concubine Rong according to the due courtesy.

Concubine Rong's sedan chair stopped.

Glancing at the two of them, Concubine Rong frowned, "Concubine Yan, He Zhaorong?" What are you doing here? ”

"Hui Rong Concubine Niangniang, the concubine just returned to the palace, this happened to meet He Zhaorong, so she said a few words to herself, and forgot where she was for a while, please don't blame Concubine Rong." Ruan Liuyan said words of pleading, but there was no trace of respect in his eyes.

Concubine Rong has been in the palace for a long time, how could she not see the provocation in her eyes, after all, Jiang is old and spicy, she only smiled slightly, "Really?" As soon as Concubine Yan came back, she was promoted to the title, so favored by the emperor, how dare the palace blame her? The palace is going to visit the eldest prince to read early, so I won't chat with the two sisters, you talk slowly, and the palace will take the lead. ”

With Concubine Rong's order, her sedan chair moved slowly again. Ruan Liuyan watched her leave with an expressionless face, and here He Zhaorong bowed slightly to her and led the palace maid away. Ruan Liuyan did not stop her, the opportunity to find out He Zhaorong's tone has been lost, if the two stay and entangle, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of people with hearts.

After returning to Chonghua Palace, Ruan Liuyan instructed Mingyue to let people pay special attention to the movements of Qingyan Palace, if He Zhaorong really knew something, then the person hiding behind it, in order to let He Zhaorong cooperate and keep his mouth shut, he must find a way to communicate with He Zhaorong, and as long as he keeps an eye on it, the fox will show his tail sooner or later.

Ruan Liuyan thought he was thinking properly, but after only one night, the haunted thing in Qingyan Palace spread all over the city the next day. It is rumored that He Zhaorong saw Zheng Cainu's ghost last night before he was ready to rest, fainted from fright, and after waking up, he kept shouting 'There are ghosts in the palace, there are ghosts, Zheng Cainu's ghost is back' and so on.

This sudden incident caught Ruan Liuyan a little off guard, Zheng Cainu's death was strange, she thought of what the people behind her would do to prevent her from investigating the cause of Zheng Cainu's death, but she didn't expect these people to be so afraid that she would follow the vine, and even wanted to turn He Zhaorong's chess piece into a waste chess.

She led Mingyue to Qingyan Palace in the name of visiting, but was stopped at the door, on the grounds that He Zhaorong was too frightened and already a little unclear, in order to avoid the visiting concubines being injured by her, the Queen Mother gave an order: During the treatment of the imperial physician He Zhaorong, everyone is not allowed to visit He Zhaorong in the palace, otherwise the palace rules will deal with it.

If you can't enter He Zhaorong's palace, you can't know He Zhaorong's current situation. For the will of the Queen Mother, all the palace concubines can only abide by it and not disobey it, and the only thing she can do now is to let people keep an eye on the imperial doctor who is responsible for diagnosing and treating He Zhaorong, so that they can get the news from the imperial doctor as soon as possible.

Besides, since Yu Wei entered the palace, she has followed Mingyue to learn to do things, she is diligent and studious, and she has mingled with the palace people in Chonghua Palace in a few days. When Ming Yue reported the situation of Yu Fu to Ruan Liuyan, she couldn't help but praise each time, and only smiled lightly at Ruan Liuyan, until one day, a news spread silently in the palace.

It is said that the palace maid called the jade embellishment in Chonghua Palace was specially brought back from outside the palace by the emperor, and the person in Chonghua Palace is nominally a palace maid, but in fact, the jade embellishment is the real "Niangniang", and the concubine is just a pedal when the emperor and the jade embellishment meet. It's not about making a wedding dress for her.

Since this news came out, everyone outside who talked about the master of Chonghua Palace, Concubine Yan, couldn't help but have a sympathetic look and said. The ups and downs outside, and the Chonghua Palace was also full of dark clouds, at this time, Yu Wei was kneeling in front of Ruan Liuyan, and the whole person was crying pear blossoms with rain. "Niangniang, jade... Jade Decoration doesn't know how there are such rumors outside, you have to believe that Jade Decoration has absolutely no selfishness other than serving Niangniang, if Jade Decoration has a false word, let Jade Decoration hit five thunderbolts in the sky, and it will not be a good death-"

Ruan Liuyan reclined on the pear blossom wooden chair, fiddling with the armor of her little finger with both hands, her tone was careless, "Of course I know that you won't be selfish, get up." ”

The jade embellishment rose in response, "Xie Niangniang trusts the jade embellishment!" ”

"Thanks?" Patting his palm, Ruan Liuyan chuckled. Standing up with both hands on the handles of the chair, she paced around the jade ornament, "Don't rush to say thank you yet. What if I sue you now, all of this news is for me to let people out? ”