Tingzhu Xuancui micro-residence.

Jiang Suoyue sat in front of the embroidery frame, facing the sunlight outside the window, finely splitting the silk thread in her hand, with a smile on the corner of her mouth and a calm face.

Pearl came in with a satin material from outside, and when she saw Jiang Suoyue's single-minded needlework, she couldn't help but say bitterly: "Little master, why do you still have the heart to do needlework?" We have been in the palace for more than ten days, and some of those who were lower than you were summoned when we were canonized, and Yu Jieyu was summoned for three days in a row, so it should be our turn, but today the emperor went to Yao Zhaoyi again, why don't you care at all, little master? ”

Jiang Suoyue took the silver thread and twisted it with the ink-colored silk thread that had just been split, put it on the embroidery needle, and continued to embroider while bowing her head, and said with a smile: "Who said that I don't care, but the emperor refuses to summon me, what can I do." There is no rush for such a thing, but the time has not yet come. ”

Pearl replaced the cold tea in Jiang Suoyue's hand and asked, "But when are we going to wait?" Although there are still some newcomers who have not slept before, according to their position, it should have been the turn of the little lord a long time ago. ”

It's no wonder that Pearl is anxious, and the palace is watching the movements of these newcomers, if they can't take advantage of the emperor's freshness, they will only have a chance in the future. It's only been more than ten days, and there are already some rumors about Cuiweiju outside, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that the hearts of this Cuiweiju people will not be able to hold back.

"Just be patient. Look at your girl who is in a hurry, we have only been in the palace for more than ten days, and you can't bear it, this palace is very old, and there are many things that make people helpless and anxious in the future, you have to suppress this temperament. ”

"What the little lord said is that I am anxious, the days are still long, and I hope the emperor will summon the little lord tomorrow." Pearl leaned over to look at Mo Lan who Jiang Suoyue was embroidering, "The little master's clothes are so skillfully embroidered, Mo Lan is embroidered with ink-colored silk threads on this moon-white material, and silver threads are wrapped around the silk threads, when you want to wear it on your body, there is a silver light between actions, it must be very beautiful." ”

Jiang Suoyue tilted her head and smiled: "It's not all, I plan to embroider some cursive characters again, embroider longer, and look like a pattern from a distance, okay?" ”

Pearl smiled and nodded, and said: "The little master gave us the method, let us embroider a few of them, why do it yourself?" Now it's not the time to be in the house, and doing needlework hurts your eyes. ”

"I want to do it myself, and needlework is the easiest way to calm people's minds."

While the two were talking, Xiao Zhengzi came in from outside and said, "Little master, Mama Wei of Ci'an Palace has sent the queen mother's reward." ”

Jiang Suoyue hurriedly put down the embroidery needle in her hand, got up and walked out of the warm pavilion, and greeted Mama Wei coming in with a brocade box.

"Mama is busy, why did she come in person?"

Mama Wei was still the same kind as before, and said, "Say hello to the little master." On the order of the Queen Mother, the slave gave Jiang Liangyuan a beaded four butterflies inlaid with red, blue and green gems, and a roll of blue shark silk from the East China Sea. ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother." Jiang Suoyue salutes.

Mama Wei handed the brocade box in her hand to the pearl beside Jiang Suoyue, and said: "When the little masters entered the palace, the Queen Mother was concentrating on worshiping the Buddha, and she had not rewarded the little masters. It's just that the little master is different from other little masters, the queen mother recited the filial piety of the little master to copy the Buddhist scriptures, and specially instructed the slave to give the little master the blue shark silk from the East China Sea. There are only five volumes in this palace, and the queen mother loves the little master, so she specially gave it. ”

Jiang Suoyue bowed in the direction of Ci'an Palace and said, "The Queen Mother treats her concubines kindly, and the concubines have nothing to repay." ”

Mama Wei saw that Jiang Suoyue was grateful to the Queen Mother in her words, and she was satisfied, and said: "The Queen Mother loves the little master, and the little master has nothing to do to go to Ci'an Palace to walk around, and the Queen Mother must be happy to see the little master." ”

"Thank you Mama for mentioning it, I made a note of it."

Coral led Mama Wei out of Cuiweiju, Jiang Suoyue glanced at the brocade box that Mama Wei had just sent, and then glanced in the direction of Ci'an Palace, squinted her eyes slightly, and her face became grim.

The pearl on the side knew the young lady who was raised by her best, and seeing her expression, she hurriedly asked, "Little master, but what's wrong?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that Mama Wei's visit today has confirmed some speculations in my heart."

Pearl asked, "What guess?" ”

Jiang Suoyue opened the brocade box, twisted up a wisp of blue shark silk, and sent it to the sun to take a closer look, as if she was really admiring this precious silk thread, and only after a while did she speak, and said: "Didn't you just ask why the emperor has summoned a newcomer with a lower rank than me, but has not summoned me yet, I guess - it was the queen mother who did something to do it." ”

"The Queen Mother?" Pearl was puzzled.

"The emperor has no special impression of me, as long as the queen mother arranges for someone to put my jade plate in a less conspicuous position, the emperor will naturally not notice, how can he summon me?"

"That's right, but why did the Queen Mother do this?"

Jiang Suoyue put down the blue shark silk in her hand, closed the brocade box, snorted lightly, and said, "The Queen Mother sent Mama Wei to deliver a message to me before, and there was a clear intention in her words to solicit. Perhaps, according to the speculation of the Queen Mother, a person like me, who has been in the palace for a shallow time and has no foundation, can be appreciated by the Queen Mother of the current dynasty, and should be ecstatic to go to take refuge. But I'm a person who doesn't know what to do, and since that hint from Mama Wei, I don't even go to Ci'an Palace anymore. When the Queen Mother saw that I was so ignorant, she naturally wanted to punish me a little, so that I could understand who had the final say in this palace, and forced me to go over and take refuge myself. ”

Pearl was shocked: "Why did the little master call the queen mother to target it?" How do we deal with it? ”

"How to deal with it? If someone like the Queen Mother starts, how can someone like me who hasn't established himself in the palace deal with it? Naturally, I obediently did what the Queen Mother wanted, and the Queen Mother didn't want to checkmate me, otherwise she wouldn't have rewarded such a precious object, and I was only afraid that few of the newcomers could compare. ”

Pearl hesitated, "But...... But ......"

Jiang Suoyue smiled faintly and said: "I know your concerns, this harem seems to be calm, in fact, the queen and the concubine have already fought against each other, the queen mother naturally supports the concubine, if we take refuge in one side, we will be controlled by others in the future, when it is useful, we are the knife in their hands, and when it is useless, we are an abandoned son on the chessboard, and we are not free at all." ”

Pearl hurriedly said: "Why does the little lord still want to take refuge in the Queen Mother?" ”

Jiang Suoyue sighed: "I don't have a choice at all, the Queen Mother doesn't want to checkmate me now, otherwise do you think we still have the current days?" The Queen Mother has been pampered for so many years, her status is respected, only people go up to the knot, and when she meets someone like me who doesn't like her, do you think she won't be angry in her heart? Won't you want to pinch me to death? She doesn't have to do anything, as long as she does what she did before, I'm afraid that I won't have the chance to see the holy face from now on, and I can only drown in this deep palace for the rest of my life. ”

"Little Lord—" Seeing that the situation was like this but there was nothing to be done, Pearl had a little frustration in her tone.

Jiang Suoyue comforted her and said: "It's not a dead end now, not to mention that we don't know what the Queen Mother wants me to do, even at that time, it's not like there is no room for maneuver, let's take a step at a time." ”

"That's all there is to it. No matter whether the road ahead is difficult or not, the slave and maid will definitely accompany the young lady and accompany her through it, and the coral and glass will definitely be the same. ”

When Jiang Suoyue heard this, she felt quite relieved, nodded at her with a smile, and said, "Okay." You and Coral are waiting for me to freshen up, and we should be ready to go to Ci'an Palace. ”

"To Ci'an Palace?"

"The Queen Mother is generous, I should naturally go to thank you. The Queen Mother may be waiting for me in the palace to repent. Jiang Suoyue smiled slightly, meaning something.

When Mama Wei mentioned that she should go to Ci'an Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, it must have been that the Queen Mother was waiting for her to reply, and she was also forcing her to make a choice quickly. Although the Queen Mother gave her time to distinguish the pros and cons and make a decision, and when she hesitated, although she was punished, she still gave her another chance, but this does not mean that the Queen Mother is a patient and foolish person, on the contrary, this woman who has been trained in the harem for many years has an absolutely ruthless temperament and methods.

If there is no other way, why not do you do it sooner, lest you anger the other one?

It's just that although she temporarily took refuge in the Queen Mother, she didn't want to be very close to Ci'an Palace, and it was reasonable to go in the name of thanksgiving, but it was not dazzling.

Even if she succumbed in desperation, she didn't want to make everyone in the palace know that she was the queen mother. She shouldn't be someone in the harem, she should only be the emperor's person. If she can't do it, at least on the surface, she is only loyal to the emperor and is dedicated to the emperor, then what she can get from the emperor is absolutely limited. Although the queen mother is the most noble person in the harem, the emperor is the lord of the world, who should she be attached to, how could she choose the wrong one?