"Does the imperial concubine still refuse to see me?" Li Miaoxin held the cup in her hand and asked the maid, she had planned to wait for the imperial concubine under the scorching sun, but she was suddenly invited into the hall by the maid and gave tea, Li Miaoxin knew that all this was arranged by the imperial concubine, knowing that she still cared about her sisterhood and her sisterhood, and she still cared about herself, and there was a glimmer of hope in her heart.

"Madam, you better go back, the mother said that she won't see you, she won't see you." The maid repeatedly persuaded Li Miaoxin to leave.

"No, I'm not leaving!" Li Miaoxin shook her head very stubbornly, "Even if she refuses to see me now, she will definitely see me when she soft-hearted." I'm her sister, and she won't be so cruel to see me. ”

Seeing that Li Miaoxin was so stubborn, the maid just shook her head helplessly, knowing that persuasion was useless, so she retreated.

From day to night, late at night, Li Miaoxin always sat alone in the hall and waited, the imperial concubine never appeared, and her heart slowly cooled.

At this moment, someone walked in, she thought it was the imperial concubine who finally relented and was willing to see her, turned around and looked, and found that it was the maid who brought tea to her during the day, and the surprise on her face slowly became disappointed.

"Ma'am." The maid also saw the disappointment on Li Miaoxin's face, and said with a little softheartedness: "It's not early, Madame should go back to the house to rest first." ”

"What about the imperial concubine?" There was a trace of desperation in Li Miaoxin's voice, knowing that the imperial concubine would not see her, but she still asked.

"The imperial concubine has rested." Although she was a little unbearable, the maid still answered honestly.

The disappointed expression on Li Miaoxin's face slowly became a little mocking, and she said sadly and sarcastically: "I thought she would miss some sisterhood, but it turned out that I was amorous." ”

"Madame, are you alright?" Seeing Li Miaoxin stumbling a few steps, the maid worriedly stepped forward to help her sit down, wanting to speak comfortingly, but found that she was just a maid, and she was not qualified to speak at all.

"I understand, I know what she means, you go back and tell the imperial concubine, I won't come to her again in the future, she will be her imperial concubine in the future, and I am just an ordinary woman." Li Miaoxin pushed away the maid's support, slowly walked out of the hall, and left the palace of the imperial concubine.

After seeing Li Miaoxin leave, the imperial concubine walked out of it, looking at Li Miaoxin's lonely back, a little distressed and a little apologetic, and said softly to herself: "Don't blame me for being ruthless as a sister, you have to think about my son for the sake of your husband and son." It's only your husband and son who are so stubborn and refuse to serve my son, otherwise they wouldn't be where they are today. ”

"Niangniang, it's windy, and the night is heavy, so you better go back to the house early and rest." The maid picked up a cloak and put it on the imperial concubine, and persuaded with concern.

The imperial concubine looked at the direction where Li Miaoxin left again, although the palace was brightly lit, but Li Miaoxin's figure had long been gone, and the imperial concubine slowly turned around and walked into the inner room.

"Sister, you're finally back." Hearing the rumors from the people in the house, Zhou Xiaolan immediately ran out, and saw Li Miaoxin coming back in despair, thinking that this time she went to find the imperial concubine in vain, so she said with concern: "It's late, sister, let's go back to the room early to rest, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare some hot porridge for you to warm up." ”

"No need." Li Miaoxin said weakly. took Zhou Xiaolan's hand and returned to the house together, seeing her concerned eyes, Li Miaoxin suddenly laughed, her eyes full of sadness.

"Sister!" Seeing the abnormal Li Miaoxin, Zhou Xiaolan knew that she must have encountered a very sad thing to be like this, so she didn't ask intimately, but said comfortingly: "Today, the people from the Eighth Prince's Mansion came to spread the word, the Eighth Prince already knows about the master and the children, and has rushed back from the field quickly, I believe that he will be able to return to the capital in these two days, and the master and the children will be fine, so don't worry about it anymore." ”

Li Miaoxin knew that Zhou Xiaolan deliberately said these words to make herself relieved, and a warm current slipped through her heart, and she was silent for a while before she spoke: "The imperial concubine didn't see me. ”

Zhou Xiaolan didn't have any surprised expression when she heard Li Miaoxin's words, but seemed to have known that it would be like this for a long time, she quietly accompanied Li Miaoxin, let Li Miaoxin calm down a little, and waited for her to say it when she wanted to talk.

Li Miaoxin glanced up at Zhou Xiaolan, saw her intimate actions, and thought of the sharp contrast between the grievances and sadness she received from the imperial concubine, and said with a wry smile: "I thought she was my own sister, I am in trouble now, she will help me, but the so-called family affection is not worth mentioning in that deep palace at all." ”

"Sister, I think the imperial concubine also has her difficulties, on one side is her own sister, on the other hand is her own son, I think she refused to see you today, and I am very sad in my heart." Zhou Xiaolan comforted Li Miaoxin softly, "Besides, the third prince has the intention to embarrass the master and the children, and the imperial concubine may not be able to help if she wants to." ”

Li Miaoxin shook her head, her mood did not improve because of Zhou Xiaolan's comfort, but said clearly: "When she chose to avoid it, she had already made a choice, she chose her son, that is, she chose power, gave up the family relationship between me and her, she has changed, and she is no longer the imperial concubine I know." ”

Zhou Xiaolan sighed slightly in her heart, although she wanted to help the imperial concubine say something good to comfort Li Miaoxin, but now that her husband and children have been arrested, she doesn't know how to say it even if she wants to, so she has to stand aside silently.

The breath of silence flowed in the room, Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan were thinking about things with their own hearts, and after a long time, Li Miaoxin took a deep breath, the sadness on his original face disappeared, and he cheered up and said: "Even if the imperial concubine refuses to help us, we can't be disappointed, we have to support this family and wait for the master and the children to come home." ”

Zhou Xiaolan nodded vigorously, looked at Li Miaoxin firmly and said, "Yes, things will be clear after the rain, and the people who left home will also come back, and one day the people in this family will be reunited again." ”

Li Miaoxin and Zhou Xiaolan's hands were tightly clasped together, although they were just two powerless women's families, they had never encountered any storms before, and they had been teaching their husbands and children all their lives, but when the family encountered danger, they were braver than anyone else.

Since Li Miaoxin left, the imperial concubine has been feeling uneasy in her heart, and the next day she ordered someone to call Xuanyuan Mo into the palace at a slight light.

"Mother." When Xuanyuan Mo walked into the palace of the imperial concubine, he saw her sitting there thoughtfully, so he shouted softly and walked over.

"You're here." The imperial concubine looked at Xuanyuan Mo and sighed and said, "Yesterday, Mrs. Murong came to the palace to look for me, but I didn't see her. ”

"So the mother has a troubled conscience and feels very guilty about her, right?" Xuanyuan Mo didn't wait for the imperial concubine to finish speaking, and asked a little coldly. Seeing that the imperial concubine nodded lightly, she continued to speak: "Mother I, you don't need to feel guilty of yourself, you are right to do this. ”

Although Xuanyuan Mo said this, the imperial concubine still looked sad, and seemed to take Xuanyuan Mo's words as a kind of comfort, and did not take it to heart at all.

"Mother, if you saw your sister yesterday because of your soft-heartedness, would you still refuse her request?" Xuanyuan Mo saw that the imperial concubine was silent, so he took the initiative to answer on her behalf: "You won't, you will be soft-hearted and agree." But you must know that if you say yes to her, you will put me in trouble. I dealt with Murong He and his three sons, once they are released, will they still let me go? Don't talk about the crown prince at that time, maybe I won't even be able to be the prince, is this what you want to see? ”

The imperial concubine was shocked because of Xuanyuan Mo's words, she didn't think about it so much, she just kept thinking about the sisterhood with Li Miaoxin, and didn't want her to be sad.

Xuanyuan Mo saw that the imperial concubine's expression was a little shaken, and continued: "Thinking that Murong He was robbed of his name as a general, and his three sons were also put in prison, looking at the entire imperial court, who would dare to make me an enemy?" Who would dare to stop me from taking the crown prince? ”

"What about the emperor?" The expression on the imperial concubine's face slowly became different because of Xuanyuan Mo's words.

"My father's health has always been poor, although now the court has begun to deal with political affairs, but after all, he is a little powerless, so he is now handing over some political affairs to me, mother, do you know what this means?" Xuanyuan Mo said with some excitement, "This is not only me, but you don't have to live carefully in this palace now, concubine." The queen is under house arrest, although the emperor has not dealt with it for a long time, but what is the difference between her current situation and falling out of favor and being sent to the cold palace? Now in the entire harem, isn't the biggest and most powerful person you, the imperial concubine? Once I become the crown prince and become the future emperor, then who will dare to bully you from now on? ”

The imperial concubine listened to Xuanyuan Mo's words quietly, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that his words made sense, the mother is expensive by virtue of her son, as long as he is developed, he will get ahead in this harem, even if he is only a prince now, but with his current power in the court, he can also raise his eyebrows and breathe a sigh, and he can walk in this harem with his waist straight.

"Mother believes in you." The imperial concubine looked at Xuanyuan Mo with a look of trust and said: "Mother listens to you, whether it is the crown prince or the throne, the mother will help you fight for it, the mother is expensive by virtue of the son, and the mother believes that you will definitely give me a more glorious and rich life in the future." ”

Hearing the imperial concubine say this, Xuanyuan Mo's face also showed a satisfied smile, looked at the sky outside and said, "The time for the court is almost up, my son will go to the court first." I think Mrs. Murong should not come to beg you again after being rejected by you, but no matter who comes to beg you to let Murong Mansion go, I hope that the concubine will not waver and not be persuaded. ”

"Don't worry, whether it's for you or for myself, I know exactly what I have to do." The imperial concubine smiled and nodded.

Xuanyuan Mo stayed in the palace to find the emperor after finishing the early dynasty, although Murong father and son were imprisoned, but he wanted to deal with them without the emperor's permission and no reason to go to prison, so as not to be used by some people to make a big fuss.

"Father, this is the excerpt you asked your sons to deal with before, and your sons have taken care of it, please take a look at it." Xuanyuan Mo put a stack of folds on the emperor's desk.

"Well, I'll see." The emperor nodded, seeing that Xuanyuan Mo had no intention of leaving, so he asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”

Xuanyuan Mo nodded, pretending to be a little embarrassed and said: "The four fathers and sons of the Murong family have been imprisoned for a few days, and some people in the court have already begun to talk about their lack of interrogation, worried that their father will favor them, and the people are also worried that the court will protect each other when the officials do things, and then the matter will be over." ”

"Presumptuous, who would dare to say that." The emperor slapped the table angrily, "No matter who it is, as long as it commits a crime, it will be dealt with according to law." ”

"The sons know that their father will deal with it fairly, but some people don't know." Xuanyuan Mo said with a worried look: "The father and son of the Murong family are just locked up in prison, and there is no arraignment or treatment, which will inevitably make people with a heart want to be suspicious. ”

"You mean I'm going to interrogate them?" The expression on the emperor's face was not very good, and he asked.

"If the father can trust the son, the son will definitely handle this matter well, and he will not let the father worry about it." Xuanyuan Mo took the opportunity to speak.

The emperor thought for a while, and thought of letting Xuanyuan Mo deal with some political affairs in the past few days, and found that the handling was still good, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, I will leave this matter to you to deal with, and tell me in time what the results are." ”

"Yes, the son will not disappoint his father." Xuanyuan Mo secretly rejoiced in his heart, with the emperor's consent, he could finally enter and exit the prison justifiably, and he could also interrogate the four fathers and sons of the Murong family justifiably, even if he was tortured, he was not afraid of being suspected.