It was night, and it was already late when Jingzhen came to Yuntai Palace. Ah Yuan had just finished dressing up and changed into a plain satin cardigan, sitting in front of the mirror, fiddling with the half of the crystal mandarin duck hairpin in his hand, and he didn't feel lost. When she was groaning, she suddenly felt a warm and humid breath behind her ears, and she suddenly turned her head and saw a bright yellow brocade dress. It turned out that Jing Zhen came to the dormitory at some point, and was bending down to stare at her in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his lips: "Haven't slept yet?" ”

Ah Yuan instinctively shrank to the side, glanced at the palace maids in the room, and hurriedly got up and bowed, and easily put the half of the mandarin duck hairpin into the jewelry box. She was a little flustered for a moment, and when she stood up, the beads on her bun gently brushed Jingzhen's chin.

There was a little itchy there, Jing Zhen put her chin against her forehead, and reached out to remove the beads from her bun for her, and asked with a smile: "What, are you not happy to see me?" ”

The ambergris was faint, and Ah Yuan smiled reluctantly: "Concubine...... It's a pleasure. ”

Seeing that she was becoming more and more embarrassed, Jing Zhen seemed to be even more interested, so he simply took her in his arms, and his deep voice was full of affection: "What were you thinking about just now?" ”

Ah Yuan buried his red face in front of his chest, only to feel that the silk pattern on the front of the dragon robe was a little abrasive, and after a long time, Fang said softly: "I was thinking about what the emperor could come over." ”

Jing Zhen smiled, picked her up horizontally, and walked towards the bed.

Seeing this, the palace people serving in the warm pavilion all bowed their heads and retreated. As Zu Cheng closed the door for the last time, the lust in the air disappeared in an instant, leaving only the two with cold expressions looking at each other quietly across the curtain.

Ah Yuan asked what he was confused about: "The emperor also thinks that those palace people are not trustworthy?" ”

Jing Zhen walked to the window with his hand, looked at the deep night outside, and said, "The palace people for you are all personally selected by Zu Cheng, so it shouldn't be a big problem." However, I am not very sure about people's hearts, so I still act cautiously. ”

Ah Yuan said: "The emperor has a heart. The heat behind her ears gradually faded, and she lowered her head to straighten her clothes, stood up, and took out a mattress from the cupboard and spread it on the ondol.

Jing Zhen raised his eyebrows: "You want to sleep here?" ”

Ah Yuan put up a four-page rattan screen, and said with a slight smile: "This is much better than living in Qianling at that time." ”

He turned his face sideways, and said nothing for the night.

The next day, Zu Cheng brought the emperor's court clothes into the warm pavilion and served him to get up and wash. The palace people of Yuntai Palace were all guarding outside the main hall, and after the emperor left, they could enter the warm pavilion to serve.

At that time, Ah Yuan had already dressed neatly, put away the screen and the mattress on the warm kang together, and sat on the couch in the main room to close his eyes and calm down. Cai Wei brought a group of palace mermaids into the palace and kowtowed to her one by one to say goodbye.

Among this group of palace people, the leader is a five-grade order attendant, named Qi Fang, who looks to be about thirty years old. She lowered her eyebrows, said auspicious words and the like, and introduced four other palace maids and two inner eunuchs to Ah Yuan. Among them, two second-class palace maids are named Huan Xia and Chun Ying, respectively, and they both look very old and have good faces. There are also two internal eunuchs with Xiao Binzi and Baotong, as well as two rough palace maids with Ran Er and Sixi.

Ah Yuan knew that these people had been checked by Zu Cheng personally, and even if there was any problem, she couldn't ask anything for a while. Therefore, after listening to their self-introductions in a hurry, he said: "You are on an errand in front of me, so you don't have to be too formal, but there is only one thing that you must remember." She paused before she said in a deep voice, "Except for Cai Wei and Qi Fang, none of you are allowed to enter the dormitory without permission. But do you understand? ”

She set this rule, firstly, to prevent anyone from doing anything to her close objects; Second, I am also worried that if these palace people learn about the true relationship between her and the emperor, I am afraid that there will be other hidden dangers. However, except for Cai Wei, Qi Fang was the highest-ranking palace person in this group of people, but she had to give her a few more thin noodles.

Everyone knelt down respectfully and said, "The slave understands." ”

Ah Yuan asked, "What time is it?" ”

Qi Fang said: "Go back to the little master, it's two o'clock." ”

Ah Yuan said: "Change my clothes and makeup, and I will go to Chengqing Palace to meet the queen at the time." ”

Although he entered the palace in a hurry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also sent a batch of fine palace jewelry and rouge gouache over last night. Cai Wei chose a set of snow blue pigmented gauze skirts for her, covered with moon-white wide-sleeved gowns, embroidered with a few plums. After Ah Yuan finished dressing, he looked at himself in the mirror, with a cloudy bun and a misty beard, and his headdress was only decorated with pale yellow silk flowers, which looked very elegant and beautiful.

She shook her head, "No, go get a more colorful set." ”

Cai Wei was slightly puzzled: "Little master, you look good in this." ”

Qifang was the one who combed her hair and makeup, and there was a look of doubt in her eyes. However, she didn't ask much, just immediately took off the silk flower on Ah Yuan's head, and re-combed a double-ring fairy bun, the front of the bun was decorated with layers of dotted cuihuasheng, and finally inserted a gilt white jade flower pattern silver hairpin.

At this time, Cai Wei also went to change into a carmine gold palace suit, embroidered with cloud phoenix flowers, showing luxury. Ah Yuan took a sip of the red lipstick again, looked at the pearls on his head, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you two for your hard work." ”

Regardless of how she dresses or behaves, Ah Yuan deliberately made this swagger, hoping to use herself as bait, so as to arouse the jealousy of the people who set up the bureau back then, and even harm her again, so that it is possible to find a clue.

She calculated the time, and when she entered the Chengqing Palace, the concubines were already full. Everyone saw her dressed up in gorgeous clothes and walked in unhurriedly, and there was a lot of discussion for a while.

Ah Yuan ignored their curious and unwilling eyes, walked straight into the hall, and bowed three times and six times to the queen on the phoenix throne.

The queen said kindly: "Get up." He asked Yurong to lead her to a seat.

Ah Yuan looked around, Concubine Min and Concubine Mei were in the position of the left and right heads under the queen. In the lower left, there are Rong Concubine, Ying Guiren, Zheng Baolin, Sun Meiren and other old people in the hidden palace. And the lower right led by Concubine Mei is a row of brand-new faces, although she doesn't know them, she also knows that these people are probably the women of the scholar clan who have been recruited by the emperor in the past two years.

Concubine Rong was slightly displeased: "It's only the first day I came to Chengqing Palace to ask for peace, and I was half an hour late. Sure enough, the saint is strong, and even the queen doesn't care about it. ”

Ah Yuan responded with a smile: "Where is my sister?" It turned out that when I was combing my hair, the emperor said that the previous bun was not very good-looking, so I combed it again, so it took some time. He said to the queen again: "I hope that the queen will forgive her sins, and the concubine has no intention of slacking off." ”

The queen said gently: "This palace knows that you served the holy driver last night, and it is inevitable that you will be tired, so naturally I won't blame you." ”

Concubine Min covered her mouth and smiled: "I just brought back a Zhou Cainu from Yuefu a few days ago, and how long has it been, and we have one more noble person from the Imperial Mausoleum." Come to the queen every day to say goodbye, it's really getting more and more lively. ”

Ah Yuan followed her gaze, and at the end of the right sat a beauty with an apricot face and peach cheeks, her face was flushed at this time, and she looked more and more moving, thinking that it was the new Zhou Cainu in her mouth.

The queen was unhappy in her heart, and said: "The body of the concubine's sister is gradually getting heavier, if it is inconvenient to come to Chengqing Palace, this palace can be exempted from your invitation." ”

Concubine Min said: "This is not good, it is customary for concubines in the palace to ask for peace in the middle palace every day." Concubines will not be like some people, pampered and arrogant, and they want to prevaricate the past when they find an excuse. She rolled her beautiful eyes and said: "Speaking of which, the last person who didn't follow the rules and didn't come to ask the queen mother for peace seems to be the sister of this noble person, but it's a pity that ......."

The queen snapped: "Shut up!" "Yang Muzhi's death is a taboo in this harem, and Concubine Min is so unscrupulous, which has caused the always generous Chun Yu to be really annoyed.

Mei Xueshen didn't say much, but at this time she just said kindly: "The queen mother is angry, and the sister of the concubine has always been outspoken, and she probably wants to reminisce about the old relationship with the noble people at this time." ”

Unexpectedly, among the concubines from the scholar clan opposite, there was a pretty voice: "Concubine Mei's words are not right, the queen has taught us early on what to say and what not to say, and to be measured." Sister Guifei is straightforward, but she can't just pick up anything in front of the queen's mother. Where is this going to put the queen's face? ”

Yurong persuaded: "Let's say a few words less, all the girls." A few days ago, the eldest prince was sick again, and the queen mother was so anxious that she couldn't sleep well for several days, and she had to listen to each of you every day during the day. ”

On one side is the queen mother's person, and on the other side is the emperor's person. Although she is the queen, she does not dare to offend anyone, and now it is so difficult to even be a peacemaker. The queen held her forehead for a moment, and said: "All the sisters are here today, and there is one thing to say in this palace." The eldest princess's provincial team will arrive in the capital at the beginning of next month, which is the first time she has returned to the palace in fifteen years, and the queen mother means to prepare a family banquet for the eldest princess. ”

Ah Yuan had also heard a little about the eldest princess before, her maiden name was Qiyu, and Prince Ke Jingyu was originally the sister and brother of the same mother. After Concubine Jin's death, she was also raised by Empress Dowager Zhang for a period of time. Later, when he was seventeen years old, he married General Fuyuan, who was far away in Longxi, and at the same time won the support of the Zhang family from Longxi Province.

The queen continued: "The family banquet should have been handled by the palace, but Chonghui's health has not been good recently, and the palace is probably powerless, so it still needs the help of the sisters. ”

The concubines immediately got up and said in unison: "The concubines are willing to share the worries of the queen." ”

The queen hummed, said a few more words, and then told everyone to disperse.

When leaving, I suddenly heard a scream from the palace gate, and then I saw Concubine Min staggering forward and pounced a few steps, fortunately there were many people, she pounced on Mei Xueshen in front of her, so she didn't fall to the ground immediately.

Ah Yuan was already at the end, and he didn't want to get involved in right and wrong at this time, so he just coldly looked at the front and shouted and made a mess.

I thought it was just an accident, but I heard Concubine Min say angrily: "Who is it?" Who pushed Hongu? ”