The number of concubines in the palace gradually increased, and the warblers and swallows were purple and red. Qiyun thinks that he is just living in the palace, and all this has nothing to do with him. She watched the green vines of the rockery in the water pavilion of Tianlan Pavilion every day, listened to the sound of flowing water, and read and compiled books in the study.

The palace maids in the Qilan Hall were led by Chunzhu, Aoju and other four people. They moved from the Taiwei Mansion and were still waiting by Qiyun's side.

As the number of concubines increased day by day, the cost was huge. The queen controls the six palaces, and is particularly stingy with the rewards of the Qilan Palace, and is particularly harsh to the palace people. Qiyun has never been concerned about these things, and she has never shared them with Yilong.

Chunzhu and others saw that the maid who was not as good as himself in the Yidu palace was better off than him after entering the palace, and often had silver to help his family. They were repeatedly treated harshly by the queen, and they couldn't help but secretly complain, and they also despised a little in front of Qiyun.

Qiyun saw it in his eyes and remained silent. When Yilong came to Qilan Palace, she just mentioned to him that the affairs of the palace were becoming more and more heavy, and the queen gave birth to a child not long ago, and she was weak and afraid that the affairs of the six palaces would not be taken care of. Yilong has no queen mother, the concubines are old, and when they enter the palace to preside over trivial affairs, Liu Xingdi, the eldest princess of Shouyang, is the first to be promoted.

Yilong felt justified when he heard this, so he sent someone to take the eldest princess into the palace and preside over the sixth palace. The eldest princess is in her prime, and her two sons are growing up, and there is nothing to worry about at home. In the past, as the eldest daughter in the Taiwei Mansion, she was shrewd and capable of housework. entered the palace and sorted out all the tedious affairs in an orderly manner, and the six palaces all praised her.

The eldest princess was impartial and treated all palaces equally, and the food and clothing of everyone in the Qilan Palace were naturally the same as those in other palaces, so Chunzhu and the others no longer complained.

On the afternoon of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the weather suddenly turned hot, and the spring sun was exceptionally warm. Qiyun invites Princess Shouyang to take a tour of the court. The eldest princess's youngest son, Xu Chunzhi, followed the other princes to study in the upper study. For his homework, Qiyun asked a few words from time to time, and won the favor of the eldest princess.

The two chatted as they walked, and Princess Shouyang felt a little tired. Qiyun invited her to take a nap on a soft couch under the plum blossom tree in the garden of Hanzhangdian. The eldest princess closed her eyes and rested, and fell asleep in a hazy manner. Qiyun sat on the side and waited. Seeing that there was a slight sweat on the eldest princess's forehead, she took a juanzi and gently wiped it for the eldest princess.

A breeze blew and blew the plum blossoms one after another, and a few of them happened to fall on Princess Shouyang's forehead. The breeze blows the petals, making it even more charming.

When Qiyun saw it, her heart moved, she picked up a plum blossom, pressed it between the princess's eyebrows, and fluttered some pollen at the corner of her eye.

When the eldest princess woke up, Qiyun smiled and motioned to the palace maid to bring the bronze mirror. Princess Shouyang saw that in the mirror, she had a plum blossom printed on her forehead, and the petals were smooth and transparent, like a carved piece of amber. She stretched out her hand to wipe it off, and her fair complexion in the mirror was more delicate and charming, adding to the elegant charm of ice and jade.

The eldest princess traveled to the harem, and when Empress Yuan and others saw it, they also liked it very much, and asked the eldest princess to keep it. It was not washed off with water until three days later. Since then, Princess Shouyang has often picked a few plum blossoms and pasted them on her forehead to help her beauty. When the palace maids and concubines saw it, they were all amazed, and they vied to imitate the plum blossom makeup on their foreheads.

When the eldest princess came to Qilan Palace, she saw that Qiyun was still plain and white, and she did not follow the trend. She took Qiyun's hand and said with a smile: "Sister Puyu Tiancheng, she can compare the beauties of the Six Palaces without any decoration." ”

Qiyun also smiled, her smile was slightly melancholy: "Eldest sister said that I laughed, I just felt sad in my heart, and I didn't have those thoughts." The eldest sister is not strange. ”

The eldest princess asked in surprise, "What does my sister have in mind?" Could it be that there is anyone else in this palace who dares to deceive you? Yun'er, you tell the eldest sister, I will naturally be angry for you. ”

Qiyun led her into the inner room, two spiritual seats were placed on the incense case, and the eldest princess approached, and saw that it was "the position of Liu Yifu, the king of Yingyang" and "the position of Liu Yizhen, the king of Luling".

Qiyun said to the spirit seat: "I have been loved by my two elder brothers since I was a child, and now they are in the prime of their youth, and they have died at the hands of murderers. Yun'er misses day and night, and hates that she can't avenge the murderer for her two brothers. ”

As soon as she said this, the eldest princess looked ashamed, her eyes were also red, and she took Qiyun's hand closely: "My sister is a person with a foreign surname and she has the matter of my two hard-working brothers in her heart, and the people of the Six Palaces will only compete to enjoy the favor of the new emperor, who can remember them?" Sister, you are so affectionate and righteous, the eldest sister knows it in her heart. It would be nice if my sister could stay by Yilong's side all the time, and he and I would have one more helper. ”

Since then, the eldest princess has taken special care of Qiyun, and the various rewards given to the Qilan Palace are the most in the inner palace, and the status of the palace maids and eunuchs in the Qilan Palace is also one level higher than that of the other palaces. Many concubines were hot-eyed and went to Queen Yuan to complain, and the queen was helpless.

The eldest princess saw that there were few people in the palace serving in the Qilan Palace, so she asked Yilong. Yilong appointed the young government supervisor to be responsible for procuring the palace maids and filling the Qilan Palace.

On this day, Qiyun had nothing to do, and saw that the young eunuch was procuring palace maids. At a glance, the palace maids were all wearing the same costumes, and they were full of heads. Looking at the young and young palace maids, Qiyun stopped to watch the excitement. The Shaofu supervisor saw the county lord of Zhuohua, and asked her with a smile on his face: "County lord, here is just the selection of palace maids to enter the Qilan Palace. Have you taken a look? ”

Qiyun put her hands behind her back and looked at the candidate palace maid with interest. When the palace maids saw her, they all lowered their heads timidly, unable to see their appearance. After looking at it for a while, she waved her hand lazily and said, "It's good to be chosen by adults, you don't have to ask me." ”

Qiyun was about to walk away, when he suddenly saw a direct gaze from the crowd of palace maids. Qiyun looked back, and the palace maid looked directly at her, blinked, and lowered her head again. She wore the same clothes and hair in the same bun as everyone else, but her body shape was very familiar.

Qiyun looked at it carefully, was shocked, pointed at her, and said to the young eunuch quietly: "What's her name?" I want this guy. ”

The young eunuch immediately waved his hand and motioned for the palace maid to step forward. The palace maid stepped forward and bowed her knees and said: "My name is Xue'er, I can do any work, please accept Xue'er, Xue'er is willing to serve the county lord wholeheartedly." With that, she raised her head and bravely met Qiyun's scrutinizing gaze.

"The county lord has a very good eye, she is diligent and sincere. So she went with the county lord? Seeing that Qiyun had a favor for Xue'er, the young superintendent nodded, and hurriedly patted the horse and said.

Qiyun nodded, and Xue'er followed her, and the two entered the Qilan Hall one after the other.

After entering the dormitory, Qiyun turned around to face Xue'er, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Xue'er, why did you come to the Song Palace?" Didn't I ask Mo Qi to send you back to the Chaoying Palace in Bingzhou? Do you know that your identity is not suitable to stay in Jiankang? ”

It turned out that the one who infiltrated the Jiankang Palace and pretended to be the palace maid Xue'er turned out to be Mo Yinxue, the eldest lady of the Chaoying Palace.

Yin Xue stepped forward and grabbed Qiyun's arm, and said coquettishly: "Sister Yun, these Xue'er all know the way. The reason why Xue'er returned to Jiankang is to find out the truth! Yizhen has no quarrel with the world, why did he end up with an innocent and tragic death? I begged my brother to help me visit the cause of Yizhen's death, but it turned out that Xu Xianzhi, Xie Hui and several other powerful ministers ordered to send killers to kill Yizhen. Sister, I must avenge Yizhen! Speaking of the most reluctant, Yin Xue said with deep hatred in her expression.

When Qiyun heard this, she said worriedly: "You are a delicate woman, defenseless. How to avenge Yizhen? ”

Yin Xue shook Qiyun's arm and said coquettishly: "Sister also has times when she is confused, must she be strong in martial arts in order to take revenge?" I have inquired carefully, and there is a contradiction between the current new emperor and Xu Xianzhi's several powerful ministers. We can take advantage of the contradictions between the emperor and them and wait for the opportunity to move......"

Qiyun was shocked and interrupted her: "You actually want to use the contradiction between the new emperor and Xu Xianzhi? Yin Xue, you ......" Qiyun wanted to reprimand Yin Xue a few words, but thinking of her feelings for Yizhen, she couldn't help but be silent. I thought to myself, if my beloved was murdered, wouldn't I give everything I had to avenge him? What is there to blame for Yinxue?