Murong Yichuan never thought that the knowledgeable, graceful and affectionate Cao Xiujuan in his impression was no different from the ordinary harem concubines, thinking that the gentle lingering between himself and her was not the original intention but the effect of external forces, he had calculated others for half his life, but he didn't expect to be calculated by a woman, and he was calculated so willingly and so intoxicated.

The small bridge was full of wind, and Murong Yichuan stood in the evening breeze and looked at the lights that were clearly extinguished in the palace.

It was late at night, and Murong Yichuan felt an unprecedented loneliness, and he didn't know which light was his home.

This is a kind of loneliness that is unbearable in the cold, and it is also a kind of sadness that is untidy and messy.

Now Murong Yichuan has realized the taste of being far and near, desolate and infinitely boring, at this moment he hopes that he can appear when his thoughts are chaotic and lonely, and use her tenderness to peel off the cocoon of his chaotic mind, the affairs of the court, the harem, one by one, Murong Yichuan feels tired, people always know and cherish after losing, the kind of sadness that Murong Yichuan feels at this moment is unprecedented, for him, it is not only his wife, but also the sustenance that he can complain about without scruples, but now that his wife and his sustenance are nowhere to be found, God knows how Murong Yichuan is sad and depressed.

The next day, Empress Dowager Xiao learned from Zi Yan that the Cao family used incense to gain favor and did not express too much surprise, this woman who has lived in the deep palace for half a century is too familiar with the battlefield of the harem without gunpowder, and she is very familiar with the women for their own glory and family wealth to charm the emperor's heart.

"Cao Xiujuan, a woman mourning family, looked at her dignified and virtuous at first, and she liked it very much, but since the fifteenth day of the first month of this year, she stepped forward to block the wine for you, like a sister-in-law, my mourning family saw the ambition from her and Shun's eyebrows, and this time the truth of your sister-in-law's departure from the palace is also the Cao family's intentional or unintentional mourning family, your royal brother asked her to temporarily take care of the harem affairs, and the mourning family was very worried, so he summoned Xiao Xiangyi into the palace and took the right from the Cao family." Empress Dowager Xiao adhered to a string of black jade Buddha beads and said leisurely.

Zi Yan's heart tightened after hearing this, "The imperial brother did not particularly punish the Cao family, it seems that the imperial brother has a lot of friendship with him." ”

Empress Dowager Xiao smiled slightly, and then said in a tone of insight; "Your imperial brother is a person who likes the new and never gets tired of the old, valuing affection and righteousness is his taboo, and the mourning family can also see that he is moved by the Cao family, if it weren't for this, my sister-in-law would not have left in a bad mood. If Pan Sai also made your royal brother move her true feelings, then she would not have fallen out of favor and lost her son. ”

"After the mother, the daughter still thinks that Zhiqian should return to her biological mother." Zi Yan built yì road.

Empress Dowager Xiao lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and then said, "I want to reform after coming to Pan Sai, the child should indeed be raised by his biological mother, and the mourning family will take the time to tell your imperial brother about it, by the way, Zi Yan, you are also pregnant now, and when your sister-in-law comes back in a few days, you will return the comfort to others." ‘

Empress Dowager Xiao's last words made Zi Yan frown slightly, looking very entangled, "What the queen mother said is very true, let's talk about it when the German sister-in-law returns safely, Zi Yan hopes that the queen mother will not embarrass the sister-in-law, she is also unintentional, before you said that you want to abolish the sister-in-law's posterior, but the royal brother is worried." ”

Seeing that Zi Yan was like pleading for the Empress Dowager Xiao's peaceful face, a cloud immediately appeared, "How can she embarrass her now with the grandson of the mourning family, how can the mourning family embarrass her, and the matter after the abolition is just a moment of anger for the mourning family, your imperial brother is a fan of the authorities, are you still confused, the abolition is a matter that shakes the country's foundation, isn't it a matter for the mourning family to be determined, the mourning family has long seen that your sister-in-law is not the material for the family, so the mourning family took this opportunity to summon Xiangyi into the palace, Xiangyi can help her mother take care of the family at the age of ten, and this girl is calm and smart, she is the daughter of our Xiao family, Speaking of which, she calls your sister-in-law and aunt, she will naturally be your sister-in-law's good helper in the future, when your eldest brother was in power, it was because of your imperial sister-in-law's incompetence that Ximen Ruoying was overbearing in the harem, and it was impossible for the mourning family to let the real power of the harem fall into the hands of people with the surname next to them. ”

Zi Yan stayed in the Anning Palace for half a day, and it was already dusk when she came out.

The spring breeze was like silk, and when she walked to the imperial garden, Zi Yan was intoxicated by the burst of fragrance and couldn't help but stop.

The courtyard is full of flowers, and the brilliance in front of the eyes is added a little softness and tranquility under the rendering of the sunset.

Zi Yan saw a young woman standing on the small bridge of Kunming Lake, dressed in carmine, which matched the sunset on the horizon, with fluttering clothes, and the woman hurriedly waved at her when she saw Zi Yan wanting to pass by, and Zi Yan put aside Caiyun's hand and walked towards the woman on the bridge.

"Concubine Xiao De." Zi Yan walked in front of the woman in a few steps, and softly disturbed the thoughts between the woman's eyebrows.

The woman hurriedly looked back when she heard the voice, and Zi Yan hurriedly responded, "The concubine has seen the eldest princess." ”

Zi Yan smiled and pulled the woman's sleeve. "It's really unpredictable, yesterday's Xiao Xiangyi, today's Concubine Xiao De."

A trace of the shyness of the beginning of love flashed over the woman's delicate little face, and turned into a silence that did not match her age; "Xiangyi heard that the princess and the queen's aunt are friends, and anyone who is an enemy of the aunt is the princess's enemy, and Xiangyi doesn't want to be the princess's enemy."

Zi Yan smiled and patted Xiao Xiangyi's slender hand and said; "You are the niece of your sister-in-law, and when it comes to it, I want to call your father a cousin, and we also had a relationship before, I will be your enemy, you are Xiao Xiangyi and Concubine Xiao De, it doesn't matter to me."

Zi Yan's words undoubtedly gave Xiao Xiangyi a reassurance, she knew Zi Yan's weight in the hearts of the Queen Mother, the emperor and empress, and naturally hoped to get better with it, Xiao Xiangyi knew that Zi Yan entered the palace to greet the Empress Dowager Xiao, so she deliberately waited here.

The evening scene of Purple Spring Palace seems to be a little more lonely than in the past.

At this time, Cao Shuyuan was sitting under the window, looking at the sunset outside the window, but she had no interest.

A sachet in Cao's hand quietly landed, Shan Qing hurriedly bent down to pick it up, and re-damaged it to Cao's, "Niangniang, this sachet actually displeased you so much, the slave might as well discard it." ”

Cao Shi shook his head vigorously, "No, this is a d given by the emperor to this palace, and if this palace loses the emperor, he will not come." ”

Since yesterday, Murong Yichuan sent the sachet full of beauty incense and the warning of self-inflicted beauty to the Cao family yesterday, the smart Cao family had a premonition, and at the same time, the Cao family learned from the early summer that Zi Yan and Wang Taiyi had teamed up to solve the secret of the beauty fragrance, and the Cao family instantly had a feeling that the five thunders had hit the top and the general trend had gone.

Cao's was absolutely sure when he used beauty incense, her uncle had collusion with the people in the rivers and lakes, and this beauty incense was a kind of folk and palace that has never appeared and was also accused of being a thing, despised by all the green forest heroes, I heard that this kind of incense has been lost in the rivers and lakes for many years, Cao did not expect that there was a doctor who knew this incense, this spice has a taste of poppy, if people use this spice containing poppy for a long time, they will gradually become addicted, Cao didn't expect that his plan would be announced to be over before the emperor was completely addicted.

Cao understands that this misstep may not be able to make a comeback for a while, and a queen is gone, and a concubine is here, and now his favor and the right to control the harem have all been taken back, only the second prince Murong Zhiqian is his only hope, thinking of the second prince, Cao's eyebrows moved slightly, and he instantly had the idea of turning things around