In Zhaoyang Palace, in the inner hall of the concubine's dormitory, the concubine and the second lady sat on the temple and talked considerately, and only Mama Lan stood aside and was ready to serve at any time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"How are you doing?" The second lady took the concubine's hand and asked with concern

The concubine smiled comfortingly, "Mother doesn't have to worry about her daughter, four years have passed, except for the beginning when it was a little difficult, and then the newcomers entered the palace, they were all in a hurry to compete for favor, who has time to take care of my daughter and me?" ”

When the second lady saw the bitterness she said, she felt uncomfortable herself, so she had to pat the concubine's hand and sigh silently.

The concubine didn't want to mention her life in the palace more, lest the second lady feel uncomfortable and change the topic herself, "Hey? Did my mother enter the palace with my third aunt this time? ”

In the past four years, the second and third ladies of the Murong family have generally come to visit the palace, and the old lady has something important to convey, so that the shrewd and calm eldest lady will come in and say.

The second lady looked left and right, and saw that there was only one confidant of Mama Lan, so she whispered into the concubine's ear and said, "The sister-in-law is also here, as if the old lady has some instructions, and followed the third brother and sister to the Evergreen Palace of Wan Concubine." ”

Now the concubine was surprised, her eldest aunt is not ordinary, she can manage the family inside, there is no disobedience from her peers in the family, and juniors like the concubine also respect this eldest aunt very much, and even the older generation admires and praises this eldest aunt; Her popularity outside is not ordinarily good, from the royal family to the common people, everyone will praise her for being good, and even this aunt has followed the uncle to the battlefield, which can be described as a woman among women. She usually doesn't come to the palace, but this time she actually came, it must be another big move from the Murong family.

The concubine's face was surprised, her heart moved, and she also lowered her voice, "What's the matter, mother?" Actually the labor aunt personally entered the palace? ”

The second lady looked unhappy and pursed her lips, "I also heard what your father said, isn't it that the old lady is sick and fell in bed, the old lady is afraid that he will go like this, and His Majesty will take the Murong family, so he thought of a way to let the sister-in-law enter the palace and say to Wan Concubine Niangniang, if you want Wan Concubine Niangniang to test Your Majesty, can you decide the relationship between your eldest daughter and the sixth prince?" ”

As soon as the concubine's eyes rolled, she understood the intention of the old lady Murong, this was to test Emperor Qingping's attitude towards the Murong family, if Emperor Qingping agreed, it meant that Emperor Qingping could tolerate the Murong family; If they don't agree, the Murong family will have to think of another way out, after all, the six princes they were counting on at the beginning are still young and useless.

"That's what the eldest aunt entered the palace for this time?" The concubine shook her head and pondered for a while before she spoke, "My daughter guesses that the informant in our family in the palace has already told the old lady what he meant, and the eldest aunt came to the palace today to ask what the result was." ”

The second lady hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

The concubine rolled her eyes, and said with sincere admiration, "The old lady will not send such characters as the eldest uncle, only the old lady will tell the eldest aunt about important things, if it is just a message, it is impossible for the eldest aunt to go out in person, only by asking the result, it is possible to let the eldest aunt enter the palace in person." ”

The concubine guessed correctly, the eldest lady came to ask Her Majesty what Concubine Wan said this time, and the facts are not far from what the concubine guessed.

After listening to the concubine's explanation, the second lady nodded again and again, "You're right, sister-in-law and other characters will not be easily dispatched." ”

"It's a pity." The concubine said regretfully, "Concubine Wan will never tell Your Majesty, she is not as favored as she was four years ago, she is cautious, it is too late to please Your Majesty, how can she do such an unpleasant thing as testing Your Majesty." ”

The second lady was excited, and her spirit came, "What do you say?" Is Wan Concubine Niangniang about to fall out of favor? ”

The concubine glanced at the gloating second lady and shook her head, "The favorites of the daughters in the palace are all from outside families, and now the major families have declined, and the daughters in the palace have no particularly prominent favorites." ”

"Poof" the concubine suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help laughing, "Mother, haven't you seen it, in the past four years, after the daughters of the civil and military ministers entered the palace, what has become of the fight, today she went to His Majesty's Qianyang Hall to deliver soup, tomorrow people will send pastries, today someone sings and gets His Majesty's praise, tomorrow someone will learn to dance, today someone sues Diao, tomorrow people will spread your private words to the entire palace, lose your face, hey, it's really like singing a big show." ”

The second lady covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed too.

After laughing, the concubine became sad again, her eyes were misty, "After this big drama, I don't know how many blood and tears of the daughters trapped in the palace are shed, but it is only four years, and more than 20 good daughters who have been in the palace in four years have gone to more than a dozen, Wan Concubine?" Hehe, it's really blessed, I gave birth to a prince in the first year, and with a little security, I can survive until now. ”

The second lady waved her handkerchief, "Who says it's not?" Pity your daughter. ”

The second lady was busy covering her mouth with a handkerchief, knowing that she was about to say the wrong thing for a while, and the atmosphere was also very sad, the concubine forced a smile, "My daughter also wants to open now, although she is like an invisible person in the palace now, but her daughter's life is still there, and she has a child, she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and she embroiders to pass the time when she is bored, which is also very good." ”

The second lady had tears in her eyes, "Your suffering, mother understands." ”

The concubine took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of the second lady's eyes, then pursed her lips and smiled, unfolded the handkerchief herself, and discussed the tricks with the second lady.

In the Evergreen Palace, the eldest lady stared at Wan Concubine tightly, her eyes were calm and waveless, and Wan Concubine did not back down, looking at each other with the eldest lady, and the atmosphere between the two was extremely tense. The third lady next to her kept twisting her body, and her heart was nervous.

After a long time, the doctor spoke, "What do you mean?" ”

Concubine Wan blinked her charming eyes, and her lips opened slightly, "This palace feels that the six princes are still young, and it is too early to talk about family affairs." ”

The eldest lady is such a shrewd character, how could she be fooled like this, she picked up the teacup, tasted it, and then closed her eyes and reminded Wan Concubine, "Don't forget that the Murong family sent you to the palace, so that you can be a noble Wan Concubine Niangniang." ”

These words have two meanings, one is that Concubine Wan is supported by the Murong family, don't be ungrateful, and the other is that without the Murong family, her Concubine Wan is nothing.

Concubine Wan naturally heard the meaning of the eldest lady's words, but she still smiled casually at the eldest lady, "Auntie, if you don't say it, I also remember, but the Murong family is now in decline, there is no Murong family, now the concubine is a concubine, and the concubine will still be a concubine in the future." ”

The eldest lady suddenly opened her eyes and stared at Concubine Wan fiercely, "You are also from the Murong family, and the Murong family is your maiden family." ”

"But I am Your Majesty's concubine now, and I will only be Your Majesty's concubine in the future." Wan Concubine said indifferently.

"The woman had nothing to say, and she took her leave."

The angry eldest lady stood up, entered the inner hall, led Murong Shan, who was playing with the six princes, out, bent down perfunctorily and saluted, and walked out of the dormitory.

The third lady wanted to get up and stay, but was stopped by Wan Concubine's look, and after the eldest lady left, the third lady asked Wan Concubine in a hurry, "Niangniang, isn't it okay to be angry with your sister-in-law like this?" She went to the old lady to complain, maybe the Murong family would not support Niangniang anymore. ”

Concubine Wan smiled and shook her head, "I am Your Majesty's Concubine now, my backer is now Your Majesty, and besides, the Murong family has declined, how much can I help, it is better to please Your Majesty." ”

"Qingmei, come in."

Qingmei came in and waited for the order.

"Go, go and spread the word about our conversation today, preferably to His Majesty's ears." Wan Concubine rubbed her fingers with a faint smile, and when Qingmei was about to go out, the third lady opened her mouth to stop her.

"Wait." Qingmei stopped, watching Concubine Wan wait for her instructions.

Seeing this, the third lady turned her head and looked at Concubine Wan pleadingly, "Daughter, what are you doing here?" If you publicize the Murong family's temptation of His Majesty like this, aren't you putting the Murong family in danger? ”

The gentle concubine, who was still smiling a moment ago, suddenly stood up, her expression was hideous, her originally charming and moving face was like a ghost, she picked up the teacup on the table and slammed it, and asked the third lady, "What do I do, I just want to win back Your Majesty's favor, I just want Your Majesty to know how much I love him, and the Murong family, hehe, if it weren't for the Murong family, I wouldn't have come to this deep palace, living a frightened life, and I couldn't take a wrong step." ”

She cried weakly, fell down in her chair, and looked at the third lady with tears, "Mother, I'm miserable." Do you know how many women came into the palace with me? Twenty-three, do you know how many are still there today? Eight, three are crazy in the cold palace, except for my daughter and me, the other four are also like subordinates, living a life of groveling, mother, daughter is worried about her fate every day like them, so she does everything possible to please Your Majesty, and wants to get Your Majesty's pity, Mother, now the Murong family has asked me to test Your Majesty and annoy Your Majesty, do you know what happened to me? Falling out of favor is still light, and the daughter is most afraid of entering the palace vertically and being carried into the imperial mausoleum horizontally. ”

Wan Concubine collapsed on the table and cried bitterly, the third lady walked over cautiously, gently hugged Wan Concubine, and muttered in her mouth, "It's your mother who hurt you, it's your mother who let you enter the palace, and it's your mother who hurt you." ”

Suddenly, the mother and daughter cried by themselves, regardless of the green plum on one side and the six princes in the inner hall.

The eldest lady took Murong Shan and followed the eunuch out of the Evergreen Palace, thinking in her heart, it seems that Concubine Wan is unreliable here, Guifei there, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, go and have a look.

So, the eldest lady stopped another eunuch and asked, "In which direction is the Zhaoyang Palace of the noble concubine, this father-in-law?" ”

The concubine has long fallen out of favor, in addition to food and clothing, Zhaoyang Palace is no different from the cold palace, and has long lost power, this is known to everyone in the palace, and this eunuch's father-in-law naturally knows, seeing that the eldest lady asked Zhaoyang Palace, the eunuch pointed in a direction at will, and wanted to walk away impatiently.

The eldest lady grabbed him, and without waiting for people to get impatient, she stuffed a purse over, and the people immediately smiled, and talked in detail about how to walk and how to turn, and finally asked the eldest lady if she understood, the palace is such a realistic place.

Zhaoyang Palace

The concubine spread out a handkerchief embroidered with mandarin ducks and explained to the second lady, "This pair of mandarin duck daughters have been embroidering for two months, and it took a lot of work to embroider Su with a needle and a thread." ”

The second lady nodded while watching, "Well, it's so small, the palm is big, you even embroider feathers, and your eyes are also very expressive, no wonder it takes a lot of effort, you also blame you for being patient." ”

In the end, she blamed the concubine again, "Don't embroider for too long, carefully hurt your eyes." ”

The concubine smiled, "Mother don't worry, my daughter is just passing the time, and she doesn't want to rely on embroidery in exchange for money, how can she be so hardworking?" ”

She led the second lady to see other embroideries she embroidered, "This is a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren, and my daughter embroidered it intermittently for a year last year to complete ......."

Before she could finish speaking, Mama Lan came over and interrupted her, "Master, madam, the eldest lady is here?" ”

Both of them looked at Mama Lan in surprise, and then looked at each other.

"Sister-in-law is really here, I just said a kind word, I didn't expect her to really come to you, it seems that she is still worried about you, and it is not in vain that your niece respects her so much." The second lady said to the concubine.

The concubine hummed lightly, but thought in her heart, isn't it that the eldest aunt didn't achieve her goal at the concubine, so come to her to try? She rolled her eyes again, now that the old lady is seriously ill and counting the days to live, the Murong family will be the uncle in charge in the future, if she can win the uncle's family, the Murong family will naturally support her in the future.

This is a rare opportunity to turn over, the concubine thought to herself.

The concubine secretly took a breath, settled down, put on a smile, and went out with the second lady to entertain the eldest lady who came unexpectedly.