In the main hall of Changning Palace, Empress Dowager Zhang was discussing political affairs with King Xunjun and several ministers. There was laughter from time to time, and the Queen Mother was in a good mood. After the emperor ascended the throne, although he was nominally pro-government, he often asked the queen mother about large and small affairs, and there were often courtiers in the Changning Palace.

However, even if Qiyue is used to being so reckless, she does not dare to trespass when the Queen Mother is discussing politics. If there is anyone in this palace who makes her afraid, I am afraid that it is her mother-in-law.

She pulled Ah Yuan and walked cautiously around the periphery of the main hall, but she couldn't find a place to peep, so she had to give up. When Fang was about to go back, he saw Liu Fuquan go out of the palace gate first, standing on one side and bowing to the palace.

"Hey, it's out." Qiyue pulled Ah Yuan and hid behind the pillars under the corridor of the side hall.

Ah Yuan was really helpless, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Eldest princess, how old are you, are you in a hurry to find a colt?" "I'm familiar with her, and I don't shy away from talking occasionally.

Qiyue laughed in a low voice: "My fair gentleman, the lady is good." ”

Ah Yuan Yu Sai. I saw a few people coming out of the hall one after the other. The two people walking in front looked like they were fifty or sixty years old, presumably not Wei Han, the person in the middle was dressed in a long black suit and had a dark complexion, and it was the king of Xunjun. After a while, another person walked out, the man was wearing a navy blue plate collar and narrow sleeves, and a white jade leather belt was embedded around his waist. Even standing behind the dashing and handsome King Xunjun, he was not compared to him.

"Alas, it's better to be famous than to meet." Qiyue seemed to be very sorry, "It's not as good-looking as my seventh brother." ”

Ah Yuan didn't realize it, and covered his mouth and snickered.

Qiyue tilted her head and asked her, "What do you think?" ”

"Slave maid ......" Before Ah Yuan could finish a sentence, he only smelled a faint fragrance, but found that there was already a person standing on the right side of the phoenix opera peony shadow wall......

"Sister."

Qiyue asked, "What did you say?" ”

Looking at it, the person under the shadow wall was like a cold bamboo under the moon, standing alone, and the aqua blue light Luo long skirt made her look like she was swaying in the breeze. Wei Han didn't see her, and the two older ministers walked out of the Hanging Flower Gate from the left side. And Yang Muzhi hid on the other side of the shadow wall, watching him leave in a daze, unaware of the gaze of others.

It's been two years, since marrying Jingzhen, she never thought that she would be able to meet him again, let alone meet in a hurry in such a place. Yang Muzhi's eyes did not blink for a moment, she was still staring at the outside of the palace gate in a daze, the wisteria flowers on the door had been decayed, and the gray-brown branches were winding back, as if she had turned her heart nine times, and finally became a lonely person.

Ah Yuan suddenly recognized Wei Han!

It's just that this Changning Palace has a lot of eyes that look at words and emotions and speculate on people's hearts, and her soulless appearance can be seen if people can see the clues...... Ah Yuan hurriedly left Qiyue under the pretext, trotted towards Yang Muzhi, and deliberately laughed loudly: "Why is my sister here!" ”

Yang Muzhi was still distracted, Ah Yuan was in a hurry, hurriedly walked around to her, blocked her sight, and said in a deep voice: "Concubine Lan!" ”

Empress! Yes, she is no longer the girl who sang poems and played in the water with him by the water in the south of the Yangtze River, she is married and a wife, and her husband is still a son of heaven! Concubine Lan woke up suddenly, tears in her eyes: "Ah Ruan...... He ......"

Ah Yuan held her hand, only to feel that the palm was cold and slippery, and couldn't help worrying about her: "Sister, I'm Ah Yuan, I'm Ah Ruan anymore, and so is my sister." The things of the past have passed, and I can't help my sister to think about it. Sister, this is Changning Palace! ”

"Changning Palace...... Changning Palace ......" She took a deep breath, and Ah Yuan's words were like a sharp blade, straight into her already fragile heart, "Sister is here to see you, are you doing well?" ”

"Sister, don't worry about me, now that the Queen Mother has ordered me to serve the Fourth Emperor, he is very good to me, and the Queen Mother will not embarrass me. It's my sister...... I know everything......" She glanced back at Qiyue, she went to play with King Xunjun again, and in the distance, Mu Xiang and Liu Fuquan were talking, no one seemed to be paying attention to them, so she whispered earnestly, "The emperor is sincere to my sister, and my sister should have a happy marriage." I can't go back to the past, my sister is not worth hurting too much for that person, and she has wronged herself! ”

Yang Muzhi knew her intentions, and reluctantly squeezed out a miserable smile, and gently covered her hand: "Don't worry." ”

This reassurance sentence has become an outright lie. That day, Concubine Lan left directly after visiting the Queen Mother, and soon the news came that she was sick. Although Ah Yuan was anxious, she couldn't take time to visit her, and the Queen Mother bluntly said that she was not allowed to go to Yuntai Palace, in case she was sick and angry. What is more worrying is that Concubine Lan has always been sick, and usually when she is unwell, Jingzhen has always been by her side. However, this time, not only did Jing Zhen often visit Yuntai Palace, but the sixth palace was full of rumors that the emperor and concubine were not compatible......

At the beginning of July, the queen was about to give birth, and she no longer asked about harem affairs, and Concubine Lan was also sick in Yuntai Palace and did not show up for a long time. In the early morning of this day, Concubine Min and all the concubines came to greet the Queen Mother. Jingyu happened to taste the ice bowl brought from the kitchen, and after eating half of it, he was reluctant to put it down, and if he brought it out, he was afraid of melting. According to the usual practice, on ordinary days, the inner woman is not allowed to see the foreign man, so the Queen Mother had to allow him to go behind the screen to continue to enjoy.

As soon as Concubine Min stepped into the palace gate, she heard her delicate call "aunt", and went straight to sit on the queen mother's knees.

Since the last poisoned dumpling incident, Ah Yuan has long had a bad feeling for Zhang Jingjing, a woman who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, and when she sees her again, she still has an indescribable disgust. While dealing with Jingyu, he took a look out from time to time through the narrow slit between the fans, hoping to hear some recent information about Concubine Lan.

"What is my sister looking at?"

Ah Yuan said casually: "The four emperors are good, eat slowly." ”

"I don't want to eat it."

Ah Yuan had no choice but to coax: "My sister is listening to their stories, you eat slowly, and listen together, okay?" ”

Jingyu nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to my sister." ”

Ah Yuan smiled, scooped up a spoonful of fresh fruit and fed it to him: "The fourth emperor eats slowly, don't be in a hurry." ”

Outside, the queen mother and the concubines talked about some homely things, at first it was still lively, and it didn't take long for the queen mother to be a little displeased: "I heard that the emperor has been busy with political affairs recently, and he has no time for the harem, and you are all idle, and you will come to the old woman of the mourning family to relieve her boredom." ”

When the concubines heard the implicit meaning in these words, their faces were like liver, and they were embarrassed and speechless. Everyone knows that since Jingzhen ascended the throne, except for staying in Chengqing Palace on the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, most of the rest of the time when he came to the harem went to Concubine Lan, and other concubines rarely had the opportunity to see Tianyan.

Concubine Rong, who was sitting on the left, was also born with a good color, and she only said with a sad face: "The emperor hasn't been to the harem for two months, so the queen mother will persuade her." ”

The Queen Mother sat up straight and said dissatisfiedly: "You have always been serious, how can you say such things to the mourning family." It is the duty of the concubine to serve the emperor, and it is your ability to keep his heart or not. In vain, you are all young and beautiful, and you boast that you are beautiful, why do you still want to ask the mourning family to help you compete for favor? ”

Concubine Rong couldn't speak, and the Queen Mother said again: "That's it, why don't you see the emperor, the mourning family may not see him for a long time." ”

Concubine Min gently slapped her shoulders and said coquettishly: "Auntie is angry, cousin may be too tired." I heard from the people in front of the emperor that my cousin was busy making folds day and night, and he didn't eat much, so he coughed for several days. ”

The Queen Mother's face sank after hearing this, and she said solemnly: "Holy bow against peace? Why don't you pass on the imperial doctor? "If it alarms the Tai Hospital, there will be rumors that will reach the ears of the Queen Mother.

Concubine Min said: "It's not all the harmful spirit, she got sick well, and even the emperor's cousin was also sick, and she couldn't eat or sleep well, which was really distressing." ”

The Queen Mother said in a trembling voice: "This is worth it!" The mourning family has to go to Xihe Hall to see, for the sake of a woman to die or live, does he want to be this emperor! ”

As soon as the words came out, the hall was silent. When today's son relied on the power of the queen mother's family to inherit the unification, everyone knew this. can let the queen mother say it so bluntly in front of the concubines, it can be seen that she is really angry: she has raised two princes successively, and one of the fourth sons of the emperor has been abolished, if this Jingzhen, who has been put on the throne, is only blindly confined to the love of men and women, her life's hard work may be in vain.

Concubine Rong said: "The queen mother doesn't know, the emperor hasn't seen anyone these days, and he won't go to Yuntai Palace." I'm afraid it's not for Concubine Lan's sister to be sick, the concubine guessed......"

"You say."

"The concubine listened to the little eunuch below before she said that more than a month ago, someone saw the emperor coming out of Yuntai Palace, and his face was ugly and scary. It is said that Concubine Lan's sister said something to the emperor, which made the emperor sad. The concubine thought that her sister had been sick for several months, and she was not in a good mood, and it was also common for her to accidentally offend the emperor by speaking, so she asked Sun Meiren to go to Yuntai Palace to visit her sister together. Who knew that my sister was still closed to the guests, and it was just a matter of not seeing her, and her dowry maid also made our sisters eat a nose of gray ......"

Hearing this, the corners of Concubine Min's mouth pulled out a hint of sarcasm: "Sister Rong, how can you come to the door to be angry with her." The minions of Yuntai Palace, hehe, rely on the majesty of their masters one by one, and they don't even pay attention to the palace, let alone you. ”

The weather was hot, and the hall was very stuffy, and Makika looked at the queen mother's expression, and the fan in her hand shook tighter. The wind blew the red jade tassels on the queen mother's head up and down, and they became entangled in a short time. The Queen Mother was very upset: "It seems that the mourning family can't be ignored, since the emperor has promised the mourning family the right to act as the agent of the six palaces......" She groaned slightly, called Liu Fuquan, and ordered: "You go and call Zu Cheng to ask clearly." ”

Today coincided with Zu Cheng's absence from the imperial duty, and after a while, he came with Liu Fuquan: "The slave asks the Queen Mother for peace." ”

The Queen Mother asked: "The mourning family has something to ask you, Concubine Lan has been losing her temper with the emperor recently?" ”

Zu Cheng didn't know what she was asking about this matter, and he couldn't figure out how to answer for a while, so he said: "When the emperor is usually at Concubine Lan's place, he doesn't ask the servants to serve in front of him, and the servants don't know what he says. ”

The Queen Mother was angry: "You are becoming more and more erranded, do you follow the emperor every day, but you don't know how he is doing?" In that case, what do you want a slave like you to do? ”

Zu Cheng hurriedly knelt down and said: "The slave should die, please calm the anger of the Queen Mother." More than a month ago, the emperor did go to Yuntai Palace, and it was not good to come back, and the slaves didn't know how to ......."

The Queen Mother didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "That's really the case! He also said to Liu Fuquan: "Passing on the will of the mourning family, Concubine Lan Yang, her words and deeds are rebellious, offending the king, and she will be demoted to the position of concubine and fined for one year." Without the will of the mourning family, you must not go out of Yuntai Palace for half a step! ”

Concubine Rong hurriedly got up from her seat, knelt down and said, "Although Sister Lan has always refused to associate with our sisters, as a sister, I still have to ask for a favor for her." My sister has been ill for a long time, and it may be an unintentional mistake to contradict the emperor, if she is punished so heavily, the concubine is afraid of her sister...... I'm afraid my sister won't be able to stand ...... for a while."

Seeing this, the rest of the low-ranking concubines also left their seats and knelt down together, and said in unison: "The concubine asks the Queen Mother to calm her anger and spare Sister Lan this time." ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "As a concubine, I don't know how to take care of my body, isn't it also a loss of virtue?" ”

Concubine Min took the tea handed over by Hongcalyx, handed it to the Queen Mother, and pretended to persuade: "Jingjing also asks my aunt to think twice, no matter how much my aunt doesn't like that woman, she is also the person in the emperor's cousin's heart." If you and the emperor's cousin, mother and son are at odds because of this, wouldn't it be the sin of a few of us? ”

"Last time I punished you in Yiyuan Palace, you are good at it." The Queen Mother said gently, but she didn't like the Yang family's favor the most, and the emperor repeatedly argued with her because of this woman, and Concubine Min's words just poked her sore spot. Therefore, the conversation changed sharply, and he said sharply: "So the Yang family can't go unpunished, the mourning family wants to let her have a long memory, don't expect to rely on the emperor's favor to know the height of the sky!" ”

The concubines in the palace still wanted to fan the flames again, and the queen mother said impatiently: "Don't persuade you anymore, it just so happens that the emperor may not come to visit the mourning family for a long time, if he is dissatisfied, he can come to the mourning family theory, and the mourning family is waiting for him in this Changning Palace!" ”

Ah Yuan, who was hiding behind the screen, was shocked when he heard it, and a layer of fine and dense beads of sweat unconsciously appeared on his forehead. Concubine Lan was favored that day, and once told herself about her situation, and she was favored in vain, which would only make her the target of public criticism. However, Ah Yuan didn't care at that time, he just thought that she was just worrying about the sky. Now it seems that it is a prophecy!