Chapter 1: The Change of the East Palace 2
"It's about turning enemies into friends. No matter how fierce the enemy, once he is tamed for his own use, he is the pillar of support. Taizu fought vertically and horizontally, even friends eliminated enemies, and although he set aside part of the land to distribute to other clans, he also received tribute from them. If you can get what you can't get indirectly, it's also very good. Although we are people in the harem and do not care about the government, we must know how to take a long-term view. Do you understand the meaning of mourning? ”
"Auntie......" The queen outline spoke, but seeing that the queen mother was already tired, she waved her hand and said: "That's it, you also have a lot of things to do, go back and think about it carefully." ”
The Queen Mother spoke, and the woman had to take her subordinates to salute respectfully.
It had just snowed outside, and the sky was clear and clear, like a giant mirror. The silver-covered palaces rise and fall, giving birth to a tranquil beauty in the afterglow. The beautiful scene of this picture scroll is reflected in the eyes of the palace people, as if the soul can also become transparent. And the young queen has long forgotten how long it has been since she married into the palace that she has not been able to enjoy the snow so comfortably.
Although the huge palace gathers the wonders of the world, there is no doubt that people are absent. Blinded by the world, I noticed whether the flowers or fallen leaves outside the window were colorful at this time.
"Niangniang, according to the slave's opinion, that Qingluan can't stay ......"
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone behind him whispering and persuading. The queen subconsciously turned half of her face sideways, "What." ”
"When you talked about this person with the Queen Mother, even the Queen Mother, who has always favored you, said ambiguously, which shows that she is not small. This is just a palace maid, if she is allowed to develop, she will be a difficult character to deal with in the future. Although Niangniang is the head of the harem, these subordinates have to guard against it. ”
"Mama's words are serious." I thought it was following the queen's wishes, but I didn't expect that the woman smiled faintly, and her eyebrows were full of carelessness. She took a pinch of edelweiss in her hand and let it melt in her hand little by little, only to feel a refreshing coolness coming from the palm of her hand. "That palace maid, instead of touching her, the palace should treat her like a biological sister, and do her best to let her be favored."
Mama Gui listened on the side, but her heart trembled. In the past few decades in the palace, she has seen a lot of deception, how could she not understand that the queen intends to emulate the traditional concubines and cultivate puppets to stabilize her position. But most of those people are old and decrepit or childless concubines, and they are simply one day and one place with the queen, and she really can't figure out what the queen's intention is to plan these things too early.
"Niangniang is now in her prime, and she is the head of the middle palace, and in a year or two, she will give birth to the heir to the throne and have a lifetime of entrustment. Why do you bother to make a wedding dress for her? ”
"Mama doesn't need to persuade anymore, you have served your side since you were a child, and you are dedicated to this palace, but you must know that there are some things that cannot be forced. Besides, wouldn't it be much more convenient if you could smoothly understand the emperor's preferences through her, and then prescribe medicine according to the situation? In any case, that girl is from Baoyi after all, what kind of climate can she become. After a pause, a trace of ruthlessness suddenly appeared in her eyes, and the queen bit her lower lip tightly, almost spitting out word by word, "There is a person, if he continues to stay, he will become a disaster." ”
"You're talking ......"
"It's just a concubine who has been favored for a while, do you really think that the queen's position is handy, who can get on it if you want to?" As soon as the queen mentioned her, she almost gritted her silver teeth, "Recently, on the grounds of the New Year's sacrifice, she even waived the invitation of the queen mother and the palace, and no one can return it in such eyes!" ”
The old woman smiled respectfully, but her face was gloomy. "This is easy to do, and the slave maid still has a few good prescriptions in her hands."
Unexpectedly, the queen sneered, brushed her sleeves and said, "Mama really thought that she would be so without a city government?" In the past two years, there have been thousands of unjust souls under her hands. Besides, there are many people in the palace, and the emperor is very concerned about her, and if she acts rashly, she will only steal chickens and rice like Concubine Xin, and compensate herself. The queen paused, a hint of shrewdness suddenly crossed her eyes, she lowered her voice, and smiled a little weirdly, "Mama Gui, you go down and tell the steward in charge of the dance line, replace the current stamen, such a prominent position must be reserved for the good sister of the palace." ”
"Yes, slave and maid will do it."
Looking at the back of her henchman staggering away, there was a bewitching smile in the woman's eyes. The shadow of the tree flickered on the face, as if it was a haze that could not be seen clearly, and gradually swallowed up the whole bright face. I've seen enough of the play, and since Concubine Chen has helped her clean up the mess in the palace, she can't sit idly by all the time.
"County Lord! Don't mess around, the slaves can't afford it. ”
A commotion was heard from afar, and Qingluan, who was carrying the brocade box, heard it from the direction of Xining Palace, and followed the source of the sound to speed up his pace.
She was worried in her heart, the master of Xining Palace, the virtuous concubine Niangniang, was also a favored master, although she was not as popular as Concubine Chen, but as long as the emperor was free, he would still go there to sit for a while. Now, if such a noise alarms the people in the palace, it is indispensable to be punished.
It's just that the more she thinks about it, the more noisy the voice in front of her becomes. Qingluan trotted a few steps before faintly seeing that on the towering eaves of Xining Palace, a little girl who was no more than a year old was climbing on all fours, and she stretched out an arm as white as a coupling, trying to reach the kite with a broken line in front of her.
The emperor has no heirs, and this girl is not like a person in the palace, but she is exquisite in clothes. It's just that her bold and dangerous actions caused a group of palace maids and eunuchs below to complain.
"County Lord, little aunt and grandmother, please come down." A few little eunuchs built a human wall, but they couldn't reach the height of the eaves under the swaying, and the people below were as ugly as monkeys, but the girl didn't hear them.
Qingluan was anxious in his heart, and blurted out: "What kind of system is it to be noisy in the palace." ”
When the people turned around, they saw a woman dressed in crescent moon white frowning, but there was a solemn deterrent around her. Suddenly, as if he had seen a savior, he hurriedly ran forward to salute. "The lord of the county on the eaves is the sister of the virtuous concubine, and as soon as the minions were not careful, she climbed up by the pillar. Girl, you have a clever mouth, so let's persuade this little master. ”
Seeing that the girl's figure was crumbling, Qingluan didn't have time to speak, it was already a flash of lightning, and the girl on the beam lost her center of gravity with the kite that had just arrived, and fell down from the eaves. The faces of the subordinates were like ashes, but when they saw Qingluan throw down the brocade box in their hands, they took three steps and one step, and caught the county lord before she fell.
Qingluan had never practiced martial arts, and this huge momentum caused her to stumble a few steps in succession, and her body fell backwards to the ground, but she was tightly protecting the young county lord in her arms. The thrilling scene in front of him made all the palace people scatter in place, until they heard a muffled sound from the woman before they suddenly came back to their senses, and helped the little county lord up from the woman, and then pulled up Qingluan.
The little county lord stood firm under the support of everyone, but he did not show any gratitude, but put on a small face and put on a lofty posture. "It's all you minions who are so useless! The lord of the county who was harmed almost died. What sin are you to blame? ”
"Damn the minions, the lord is frightened."
Qingluan, who was supported by others, endured pain and looked at the inferior boy in front of him, but he was speechless for a while. The girl who was called the lord of the county wore a delicate double snail bun and only a pink gown, which made her face flush and cute. Although the person is not big, his eyes are bright. But instead of repenting at this time, he angrily accused his subordinates.
Qingluan really couldn't see it, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a soft but slightly angry voice.
"Jin'er, you're bullying people again."