Compared with the lively side hall, the small hall where Shen Guifei is located seems very quiet, and there is a faint cloud of smoke lingering in the purple and gold incense burner standing on the side, and Shen Guifei is sitting there, dressed in plain clothes, and she still looks luxurious.

Seeing Qi Xiangsi saluting, Shen Guifei raised her hand: "Give Miss Qi a seat." ”

"Thank you, Lady Gui." Qi Xiangsi lowered her head and sat there, a little cautious.

Shen Guifei didn't say anything in her eyes, only lightly asked about her taking care of Prince Yu in King Yu's mansion, and at the end, she changed the topic lightly and asked: "King Yu entered the palace more than a month ago and asked for something in the palace, do you know." ”

Qi Xiangsi shook her head: "The courtiers don't know. ”

"He didn't mention anything, so he asked the palace to marry him."

Qi Xiangxi raised her head suddenly, hiding her surprise but not hiding her movements, she quickly lowered her head, and the roots of her ears were a little red. Shen Guifei didn't say anything, her reaction seemed to be that the prince was here to ask for marriage for her, and she was a dead person.

Shen Guifei smiled and deliberately asked her, "Do you know who you are asking for?" ”

"The courtiers don't know."

"Originally, the palace agreed to this matter, and also went to open up with the emperor for him, and the emperor was just a holy decree." Shen Guifei didn't mention who it was, but said lightly about the progress of the marriage, "It's not a coincidence, the cold wave is coming, the saint is sick, and then the queen mother is funeral, and the holy decree is delayed." ”

Qi Xiangsi's hand hidden under his sleeve twisted his leg slightly: "The prince didn't mention this matter. ”

There is no matter of the dust settled, according to his son's temper, of course he will not mention it, if not, he will not enter the palace first to beg, but this is her own son, the mother can see her son's intentions, how can she not help her son.

So Shen Guifei looked at Qi Xiangsi with kindness: "This palace is thinking, if this holy decree is issued, I don't know what will happen." Although you can't disobey the holy decree, you have to be willing, not to mention this marriage event, Miss Qi, are you right? ”

"What the concubine said is that His Royal Highness King Yu ...... His status is noble, and it is a gift to be able to marry him, how can he be reluctant. ”

"Hey, that's too general for you to say."

Qi Xiangsi twitched his eyebrows and took a breath: "His Royal Highness King Yu has only known people, he is expensive and thrifty, he is lenient and forgiving, he has excellent moral character, and the rumors outside are not credible." ”

Shen Guifei nodded seriously: "Those rumors are indeed not credible, all because of his temperament, Miss Qi can see it clearly." ”

"Niangniang sent courtiers to serve, courtiers naturally have to do their best, although His Royal Highness Yuwang doesn't like to talk, but his attitude towards Yuwang can see that he is a person, not as preached in Kyoto City."

"And how does he treat you?"

"......" Qi Xiangsi was angry and chaotic again, "His Royal Highness King Yu treats his courtiers very well. ”

Shen Guifei couldn't help but smile: "Oh? What a good way. ”

If she was too embarrassed to answer at this time and said, "You don't have to embarrass the courtiers", maybe this conversation would end here. But the buried things are not finished, Shen Guifei didn't say that it was she who asked for marriage, Qi Xiangsi calmed down a little in her heart: "His Royal Highness treats his courtiers like Lu Wei, who has followed him for many years, and the courtiers are grateful." ”

Shen Guifei nodded with a smile: "You are a person who understands kindness." ”

This mother, who is always thinking about the little prince, has only investigated her a lot. Thinking of this, Qi Xiangsi's heart that was constantly drumming calmed down, raised his head and said calmly: "The prince is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, but he doesn't like to say much, the prince treats his courtiers kindly, and the courtiers ......."

"Just grace?"

Shen Guifei gently said a word to bring Qi Xiangsi away from the calm, this time she couldn't resist, her face was slightly red, she opened her mouth and couldn't say anything.

"I've heard that you've seen the Eighth Prince."

Qi Xiangsi was stunned, and the words of the noble concubine Niangniang changed too quickly, so she replied honestly: "Back to Niangniang, the courtiers did treat the Eighth Prince, but the courtiers were not good at learning and failed to cure the Eighth Prince." ”

"In your opinion, what is the cause of the Eighth Prince's illness?"

"The courtiers are stupid, and they can't find out what caused the illness of the eighth prince." Qi Xiangsi lowered her head and looked a little ashamed, "At first, the courtiers thought that the eighth prince was not sick, but he was just a little weak, but thinking that the eighth prince had been sick for so many years, it should not be as simple as the courtiers thought." This matter is really ashamed to be entrusted by the prince. ”

"The Eighth Prince and King Yu grew up together since childhood, and among the many princes, their relationship is extraordinary and very deep." Shen Guifei paused, the expression on her face seemed to be smiling, "King Yu is a person who values feelings, in order to treat the Eighth Emperor for several years, he has searched all over the Great Li Dynasty, but the Eighth Prince's illness is even beyond the emperor's choice, so many people in the hospital are helpless, they can't be cured, why should you feel guilty." ”

Qi Xiangsi heard the faint mockery in Shen Guifei's tone, as if she knew something, but she didn't know whether it was the emperor or the eighth prince.

After a long time, Shen Guifei reminded her: "Since you are sent by the palace, you don't have to be too concerned about other things, you are busy with those who lead the palace, the cold wave at the end of the year is coming, the heavy snow is coming, the weather in Kyoto City is unpredictable recently, I am afraid that there is something abnormal, you are in the palace of King Yu, but you have to take good care of King Yu for the palace." ”

Qi Xiangsi's heart shook slightly, and she said solemnly: "Don't worry." ”

Shen Guifei raised her hand and waved, Yueling left the small hall with Qi Xiangsi, looking at the disappearing figure outside the hall, Shen Guifei seemed to be talking to Mama Su beside her, and seemed to be talking to herself: "It's a smart child." ”

Mama Su stepped forward to soften her shoulders and said with a smile: "Your Highness is willing to ask you to marry for her, I think Miss Qi will not live up to His Highness's wishes." ”

Shen Guifei smiled, leaned back lazily, and under the deliberately light makeup, the slight gloom around her eyes revealed her tiredness in recent days: "She is defending the reputation of the king." "Clear-minded, but also has a tolerant temperament, the girl didn't find it herself, and she can talk with a lot of maintenance.

Niangniang deliberately didn't say who she was asking, wasn't it just to try that Qi girl, Su Mama followed Shen Guifei's thoughts and said slowly: "Miss Qi and Niangniang are of the same heart. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Guifei's expression darkened, who is of the same heart with whom in this palace at the moment: "Who is there now, Your Majesty?" ”

"The queen mother was unwell and went back to rest early, and now she should be accompanied by Concubine Liang."

"Concubine Liang, she's diligent now." Shen Guifei cheered up a little, "Let's go over and take a look." ”

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An hour after the dinner in the palace, Yan Congyu returned to the palace, saw the light on in the viewing pavilion outside the study, pushed the door in, and saw Qi Xiangsi who was on the table.

"Come in yet, watch out for the brazier, don't step on it." Qi Xiangsi glanced up at him, reminded him to bypass the small brazier placed on the ground, took the plate from Lu Li's hand and put it on the table, urged him to sit down, and put the dishes in front of him, "Eat dumplings, I made them with Uncle Wang." ”

Yan Congyu looked at the dumplings in the dishes, and then looked at her: "Why don't you sleep?" ”

"Keep the year." Qi Xiangsi put the sauce and vinegar in front of him, and listened to his voice was slightly hoarse, "You drank?" "It doesn't smell strong.

"I went to Zhenshui Temple." Yan Congyu picked up the dumplings and took a bite, and said lightly, "Accompany the starling to incense Concubine Xian." ”

"Isn't Concubine Xian's tablet in the palace?" Qi Xiangsi thought that something was wrong, raised his hand and gently put it on his forehead, stared at him and asked, "Have you been waiting for him outside the tower?" ”

Seeing that he was silent, Qi Xiangsi put down his hand: "If you take a leave tomorrow, you will say that you are sick with cold." ”

After watching it for a few seconds, and didn't ask anything, Yan Congyu nodded: "Okay." ”

The next moment, Yan Congyu frowned, spit out a copper coin, Qi Xiangxi was happy, and hurriedly asked Lu Li to receive the copper coin into the small bag: "The dumplings for the New Year eat copper coins, which means getting rich." ”

When he ate the fourth one, he couldn't help it, and looked at Qi Xiangsi, who was happy to put copper coins in his bag: "How much did you put it?" ”

"I didn't count it, I grabbed a handful and washed it and wrapped it, Uncle Wang cooked a lot, and the rest was sent to Lu Guards." Qi Xiangsi smiled and urged him to finish eating the rest, maybe he could eat a few more.

In the end, Yan Congyu ate six copper coins, Qi Xiangsi washed them and put them in the small bag and recalled: "When I was a child, my mother told me that eating copper money is a blessed person and will make a fortune, so every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, I wait, eat before stopping, one year, the dumplings on the table were almost eaten by me and did not eat copper money, my father was afraid that I would eat the accumulated food, let my sister take the rest away and not let me touch it, I was anxious, crying and had to eat it." ”

"Later, my mother couldn't help me, so she dug up the rest one by one to find copper coins." Qi Xiangsi said and smiled, "But no, now my father and mother began to worry about whether I was in too much of a hurry to eat and swallowed the copper coin." ”

"My grandfather also cooked medicine for me to drink, but it was bitter and astringent, and the next morning, after a night of discomfort, the nurse found the copper coin that I had forgotten to wrap under the stove in the kitchen." Qi Xiangsi shook the bag in his hand, and said a little childishly, "From now on, I will have to pack some more before I stop." ”

Yan Congyu's eyebrows added a smile: "Then you can take it away for me." ”

Qi Xiangsi's hand shook, and he pinched the bag to change the topic: "Qi Henian has arrived in Yongzhou." 166 Reading Network