As Qingluan expected, she was not selected for the second day's dancer.

Even if she is the most beautiful and talented among the palace maids, since the queen has a grudge against her, she will naturally not give her this opportunity to be in the limelight. It's just that Qingluan also has this intention, so that she doesn't have to attract attention with great fanfare, as long as she finishes her own thing, she can have half a day to spare.

Qingluan secretly admired herself, in the past few days, she has also sewed comfortable cotton socks. In the past few years in the palace, she has gone from not knowing a stitch to being a female celebrity now, and she has also learned a craft. If you can really get out of the palace in the future and open your own shop, you won't have to worry about making a living.

After the incident with the confident concubine, the waves in each palace surged, each recuperating and recuperating, and the surface of the palace was calm for a while. At present, in order to please the emperor on the day of the New Year's Festival, the masters are still very busy. Even if she happened to meet Concubine Chen in the Imperial Garden sometimes, Qingluan just avoided her in a hurry, and they were finally safe with each other.

In fact, according to Qingluan's temperament, as long as others do not maliciously target her, she is also happy to be at ease, and she does not want to participate in more disputes in the palace. After all, if you step on this quagmire, you will fall deeper and deeper, and it will be difficult to extricate yourself.

Fushou Palace is also very busy because the New Year is approaching, and there is a lot of traffic in front of the palace gate, and there is a feeling of the downtown of the imperial city. The constant stream is nothing more than the person who gave the gift, and they all racked their brains in order to be courteous in front of the Queen Mother. The queen mother nominally retired to the harem and lived in peace, but in fact she still refused to lose power, and Ping Suli also had a lot of dealings with the courtiers in the name of lecturing and learning, and knew everything about the court. Now that she has the opportunity to meet with the princes and ministers in a grand manner, she naturally refuses to cut off this road. And the result of the influx of ministers is that the queen wants to ask for peace, and she has to say a few intimate words after the unitary time.

On this day, I finally got free time, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finally sat side by side in the Fushou Palace to talk about the recent idle things. Because there was no one present, the queen mother did not particularly care about etiquette, only asked the queen to sit on the couch together, and she herself spread a lacquered gold back velvet blanket painted with dragons and phoenixes on her lap, and her face was peaceful.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and you seem to have lost a lot of weight." The Queen Mother looked at the woman's clear face, and there was a look of pity in her eyes.

The queen bowed her head slightly, and said respectfully: "The child has been assisting the Holy Lord in planning the ceremony recently, and he failed to ask his aunt for peace in time, and I hope my aunt will forgive me." ”

"How can the mourning family be such an ignorant person." The Queen Mother smiled faintly, her complexion softened a lot, and the solemn and solemn deterrence on weekdays also turned into shallow laugh lines, just like a charitable, ordinary old man.

"If you can help the emperor, it will be good to promote the relationship between husband and wife." After a pause, he instructed the people in the lower palace, "Go and brew the best dragon well that the emperor brought to the palace a few days ago, and give the queen a taste." ”

After the words, immediately a palace person held a black wood purple gold tea tray, placed a white porcelain carved tea cup on it, and gently misplaced the lid of the pot, and suddenly felt a refreshing tea fragrance curling out. A few green leaves are like floating shadows in the water, but what is outlined is the inexhaustible ancient rhyme.

The queen took a small sip and smacked the taste in her mouth. I felt that my body and mind were relaxed, so I asked about the origin of this tea. The palace maid with the teacup immediately replied smartly. When the queen heard this, she couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and saw that she was only in her early twenties, although her appearance was not good, but she was quite familiar. The queen was curious, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

"Auntie, why hasn't this palace maid been seen in Fushou Palace before."

"This is the newcomer Huiyun who was just transferred by the emperor not long ago." The Queen Mother glanced at her and said, "I haven't seen the Queen yet." ”

When the woman heard this, Yingying bowed, "The slave maid Huiyun has seen the queen's mother, and the mother is a thousand years old." As soon as she raised her face, the queen seemed to suddenly remember something, and she was shocked. It's you? A slightly questioning tone expressed her displeasure. It was because he recognized the person in front of him, who was the personal maid who followed Concubine Xin that day.

Although the whole matter was handled by the emperor and did not go through her hands, all the palace people related to Hua Wei Palace and Concubine Xin were handed over to the Zongren Mansion for investigation, confiscation of confiscation, exile of exile, no one could escape it. I didn't expect this little palace maid to become an aunt in charge overnight, and all of this is needless to say.

The queen immediately understood the ins and outs of the matter, and a wave of malice suddenly appeared in her heart.

"Su Yue knows her?" The Queen Mother saw that her face was pale, and she also felt that there was a hidden secret.

"After returning to her mother, she was the maidservant of the original concubine, and she never thought that she was a traitor seeking glory." Although the queen has no friendship with Concubine Xin, she was able to contain Concubine Chen when she was there, and now that she is gone, she also has a sad heart for the death of a rabbit and a fox. Seeing that this slave and maid saw the wind and rudder, she couldn't help but reprimand angrily, "Now you want to hide in your mother's harem and harm people?" ”

The Queen Mother just listened with a blank face, and when the Queen finished speaking, she suddenly raised her eyes, "Since Su Yue can't see you, you can go to Xin Zheku." If the emperor asks about it, he will say that it is the idea of mourning the family. Someone, take her down. ”

The trembling Huiyun didn't seem to be able to believe this fact, and just these two sentences ruined her brilliant future. Remembering that a few days ago she was still arrogant in front of everyone, Huiyun stayed where she was for a while, forgetting to beg for mercy, and let the guards drag her out of the palace.

The queen became more and more annoyed when she saw her frightened look, and she pressed her temples with a faint pain, but she still couldn't suppress the disgust in her heart. People's hearts are cold and warm, even if she is the queen of the middle palace, she still feels cold. After a few sips of tea, he seemed to gradually calm down.

"The emperor has been so busy recently, and the state affairs are so busy, he has meddled in the affairs of the concubines in the harem."

"This is one of them, my aunt doesn't know, a few days ago, the emperor transferred the girl next to Concubine Chen to Erchen. Nominally, she learned etiquette from Mama Gui, but she didn't allow her to treat her in the slightest. The queen glanced at the queen mother meaningfully, and the armor set intentionally or unintentionally depicted the texture of Yunqing on the white tea cup.

"Is that her?" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes like a fox, and a fine light in her eyes was fleeting. Since she saw Qingluan that day, she had a strong premonition that this little palace maid was by no means an ordinary person. Not to mention her hibiscus-like appearance, she entered Cining Palace alone, and had the courage to be unflustered in the face of her own accusations, how many people were among the subordinates? didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse to get this person in the palace, but the emperor took pity on her at this time and transferred her to Chaofeng Palace. The reason for this is that even if the queen doesn't say it, the queen mother is clear in her heart - the emperor just wants to see her a few more times through the emperor's ceremony.

Although she thought of a lot, the Queen Mother didn't point it out, but just asked nonchalantly: "According to this, the emperor cares about the palace maid very much?" ”

"Su Yue didn't dare to speculate on the holy will, but she had to guard against it." Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, the queen suppressed her unhappy emotions, and only replied with respectful words, "Recently, when the emperor came to sit in the palace, Su Yue did not let her come forward to serve, and the emperor did not mention it too much......"

Hearing this, the Queen Mother suddenly covered her sleeves and smiled, and there was a kind of charm between her eyebrows. "You're a woman, and you haven't read a book of war, so it's no wonder you. But do you know how the founding monarch of the Great Wei State defeated an enemy who was dozens of times superior to our army and expanded his territory at that time? ”

Hearing this, the queen put down the teacup, sat up straight and looked at the queen mother with dark eyes.