Linglong is the first time to enter the palace, fortunately, he followed the second lady, first, someone reminded the etiquette, and secondly, the second lady's status is not low, and she kowtows and kneels without seeing people.

Most of the distance in front is full of palace walls, and when you really enter the harem, the front suddenly opens up, and the undulating palace buildings are still magnificent, and the elegant landscape is breathtaking.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the palace maids and beauties shuttling between the scenery and flowers, they are all pink-faced peach blossoms and smiling, Linglong loves it as a woman, let alone a man.

No wonder men in the world think that the harem is a fairyland on earth, of course, it is just a fairyland on earth that men dream of. Linglong, a married woman's thoughts, certainly can't be compared to that of an unmarried woman.

She walked around with great interest all the way, and every time a beautiful palace maid passed by, she would look twice, and she almost whistled and shouted: Hey, beauty, are you free tonight?

The fifth sister, Liang Chenfang, glanced at Linglong with disgust, and muttered as she walked: "What a shame!" Hillbilly! ”

The second lady just scolded her twice, and then introduced the scenery in this palace to Linglong with a smile. It's not that Linglong didn't hear the words of the fifth sister, but he just didn't want to worry about this little brat, so it's rare to come here, so why ruin the good mood.

They walked for more than a quarter of an hour and finally arrived at the gate of the Queen Mother's Palace.

The Queen Mother's Palace is not much different from other palaces, anyway, they are all blue bricks and red tiles carved beams and paintings.

After waiting for someone to report, Linglong followed the second lady in, swept the corner of his eyes, and was immediately attracted by the round object covered by the black cloth on the beam.

Pearl of the Night! It must not be wrong, I heard that the master of the palace used this thing as an electric light. I thought it was just a legend, but it turned out to be true!

"Caixia and her daughter-in-law and daughter ask the Queen Mother to read it;!"

The second lady's voice made Linglong retract her thoughts and stand respectfully.

"Caixia, it's been a long time! Hurry up and excuse me, give me a seat! ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

The second lady got up and retreated to the side and sat down, and Linglong and the fifth sister followed and sat under the second lady. Linglong had time to secretly look at the legendary Queen Mother.

This queen mother has gray hair. Although it is well maintained, it looks like he should be in his sixties, and the deep wrinkles on his forehead are not much more than those of the old lady.

Old lady. It's all like this, if it sounds good, it's kind eyebrows, and if it's bad, it's an old face full of wrinkles, and you can't see the original appearance.

The Queen Mother smiled and spoke to the second lady: "Caixia." You haven't been back to Beijing in years, have you? How is your father? ”

"Thank you Queen Mother for your concern, my father Wang Yiqiē is well."

"He's getting old, too. After serving the country for most of his life, the emperor has long said that he will let the Axe King return to Beijing to recuperate, and he is worried that there will be no successor in the border cities of the Western Regions. I heard that your eldest brother's son is young and capable of taking on heavy responsibilities, but is this so? ”

The second lady smiled: "What does he know as a hairy boy?" Without the guidance of an elder, it will definitely not work. ”

"Hi. What's in a hurry? They all grew up slowly, and I think that when your father was ordered to go to the border city, he was only in his early twenties, and a few decades passed in the blink of an eye. That's fast! ”

"yes, decades have passed. Queen Mother, you are still so young and healthy, it is really enviable! ”

"No, old man, hey, by the way, why didn't your old lady come?"

"The old lady is not in good health, she has to be a wheelchair when she goes out, she can't compare to the Queen Mother, she hasn't been out of the house for several years."

"Really? When I thought that the mourning family and your old lady were like sisters, and when we were still in the boudoir, we also traveled together, and wanted to steal other people's peaches to eat on a whim! ”

The second lady covered her mouth and smiled: "The queen mother has a really good memory, every time my grandfather talks about the queen mother, you will mention this matter, and the old lady used to talk about this matter, she misses you so much!" ”

"Alas! Yes, the mourning family also misses her, if it weren't for the restrictions of this palace rule, the mourning family would have seen her a long time ago! ”

"Queen Mother, the old lady can't come, but Caixia brought the old lady's distressed granddaughter-in-law to you, look!" The second lady turned around and gave Linglong a look, and Linglong quickly got up and knelt down and kowtowed.

The Queen Mother stared at Linglong and looked carefully: "This is ......"

"This is my daughter-in-law of Jing'er, surnamed Su Linglong. The old lady loves Jing'er the most, and she also likes this granddaughter-in-law very much, and when she heard that I was going to enter the palace, she specially asked me to bring it to the Queen Mother. ”

"Really? Hurry up and excuse yourself, get up and show the mourners! ”

The Queen Mother beckoned to herself, Linglong was a little drumming in her heart, and seeing the second lady nodding to herself, she cautiously walked to the Queen Mother and asked her to hold her hand and look up and down.

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile: "Sure enough, it's a good girl, Su family?" The ...... of the surname Su in the middle of the court"

The second lady hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, this child's grandfather is Su Qichang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials;!" ”

"Su Qichang? It turned out to be that little old man, hehe, I think that back then, at the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, he was appointed as a jinshi and a first, and he was transferred to the ministry to serve. For decades, he has been honest and conscientious, and he has never made any mistakes, this person is a good man! ”

"The Queen Mother, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the country's finances, isn't this kind of honest and conscientious person how to do it?"

"Also, Su Qichang's granddaughter must also be honest and well-behaved, no wonder your old lady likes it."

"Yes, the old lady often says that our family Jing'er has no fame, and many things are not easy to do, you see, Jing's daughter-in-law wants to enter the palace to see her sisters. Queen Mother, if you look at this girl well, why don't you give a name first, so that she can come in and talk to you in the future? ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "This is what your old lady means?" ”

"Of course, the old lady misses you and is inconvenient to come, so why don't you send a kind person to pass a message to you?"

"This is, think about it, your grandfather is a second-grade waiter, and it's not easy to say that you want to give you a title to bypass your grandfather, since your mother-in-law is a first-grade lady, then the mourning family will give you a second-grade lady?"

The second lady was stunned for a moment: "Queen Mother, this ...... Isn't the grade too high? This girl is young after all......"

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "It's rare that your old lady likes it, and it's you, the county lord who hasn't returned to Beijing for many years, who doesn't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, and I'm worried about giving her the second grade an order to go back." Your old lady is not happy! ”

"Gladly! Thank you, Queen Mother! Jing's daughter-in-law, don't hurry up and thank you! ”

Linglong didn't understand that the second rank of the Lady of the Decree was a grade, which sounded good, so he quickly knelt down and thanked him.

Linglong stepped aside and sat down, listening to the second lady laughing with the Queen Mother, the two seemed to have a good relationship before, even so. Every time I talk about the second lady's mother's house. The second lady obviously avoided talking about him, or talked about him left and right.

Coming out of the Queen Mother's Palace, the fifth sister Liang Chenfang muttered dissatisfiedly: "Mother, you will ask her for a title." Why don't you ask for one for me too? ”

The second lady glanced at her: "What title do you want at a young age?" ”

"I'm going to do it! Just like you, there is a title of county lord, everyone wants to give you a few points, and I will also be titled. In the future, you can find a wishful man! ”

"This ...... The Queen Mother has just sealed your second sister-in-law, and it would be too cheeky to beg again. Or next time! ”

"Why? Mother, you didn't take me to heart, help her with everything! ”

"You child, Mrs. Decree can be sealed casually, the county lord has a fief. How can you say that you want it? ”

"What is a fief?"

"Don't make any noise, go back and talk to you slowly."

The second lady stopped and turned back: "Daughter-in-law Jing, I'm going to go to the queen's palace now." The queen is not a good talker, don't you want to see your sister? Why don't you go now? An hour later, I was waiting for me at the gate of the palace. ”

"Is there only one hour?"

The second lady thought for a while: "I look at the situation, if I tell the queen well, maybe I will stay until the afternoon."

Otherwise, you now have a second-grade destiny in your body, and you can walk in the palace, but don't contradict the nobles in the palace.

You talk to your sister, leave the palace before Shen Shi in the afternoon at the latest, of course it is better to leave the palace earlier, this place of right and wrong is still less subtle, you know? ”

"Then I'm not waiting for you?"

"Don't wait, just leave the palace, Cailan, come here!"

The second lady pointed a quiet and delicate maid to Linglong: "This Cailan grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she was sent to the border city the year before last, I rescued her by chance, she is quite familiar with the rules and regulations of personnel and place names in the palace, and you can follow her wherever you go." Cailan, serve the second young grandmother, do you know? ”

"Yes, ma'am!"

The two groups of people parted ways, Linglong looked at the figure of the second lady in the distance, and turned back to ask Cailan: "Is it difficult for the queen to get along?" ”

Cailan was startled, looked around vigilantly, and lowered her voice: "Second young grandmother, the palace is different from other places, be careful that the wall has ears, and you can't say bad things about the masters." Second young grandmother, where are you going, the slave maid will show you the way. ”

"I'm looking for my sister Su Lingman, who only entered the palace a few days ago, she made a nobleman, I don't know where she lives."

"That's it!" Cailan turned her head to look around, and saw that there was a pavilion in front of her, and there were no people around, so she whispered:

"Second young grandmother, why don't you go to the front pavilion and wait, and the slave and maid will find someone to inquire, and come back to you when you find out?"

"Okay, there you go!"

"Second young grandmother, there are a lot of forbidden places in the palace, don't run around, wait for the slave to come back."

"Okay, got it, go ahead!"

Linglong walked to the pavilion in front of him, looking at the beautiful scenery in the palace, it was peaceful, not as exaggerated as they said, right?

She walked around the flower bed and stepped on the steps into the pavilion, and when she looked up, she saw that there was someone inside, still a young man dressed in white.

Linglong was stunned for a moment, and Fufu wanted to withdraw, but he heard the other party call him: "Miss Su Er?" ”

Linglong raised her eyes and immediately recognized the other party, she happily walked over and sat down opposite him: "Third prince, what are you doing here?" ”

"Look at the view, you?"

"I ...... Let's see the scenery too! ”

The position of this pavilion is slightly higher than the surroundings, and the direction of coming is not felt, but when I look at the opposite side, I find that the lower part is about two meters shorter, and in front of it is a huge open space, which is full of all kinds of flowers and plants, and the combination of different colors is changed into different patterns.

"I didn't expect that there are so many flowers to see in the deep winter season, I'm afraid that only the palace has this scenery in this world, right?"

The third prince smiled faintly, and there seemed to be something different in his voice: "These flowers are irrigated with the blood of the unjustly killed people in the palace, how can they not look good?" ”

Linglong was so frightened that his face turned white: "Third prince, this ...... This ......"

The third prince turned around and smiled at him: "Are you serious?" ”

Linglong shuddered, and then looked at those flowers, and suddenly felt that it was not so good-looking, but a little bloody, she simply turned around and looked in the direction where Cailan left.

The third prince also turned around and sat side by side with her: "Why did the second young lady enter the palace?" ”

"I'm going to ask for a title, reads;!"

"Oh? What do you want to ban? ”

"It's convenient to get in and out of the palace!"

"You want to enter the palace?"

"yes!" Linglong turned his head and winked at the third prince, jokingly:

"Third prince, you say...... If I didn't marry and entered the palace to come to the draft, could I be selected? ”

The third prince stroked his chin and looked at Linglong seriously, and then thought about it carefully: "It's a little hanging!" ”

Linglong frowned: "Am I ugly?" ”

"It's not ugly, but it's not the type my father likes, and besides, your family background is not too good......"

Uh, that's too shocking, isn't it, although it's true, but why does it sound so awkward?

Linglong pouted unhappily: "Fortunately, I didn't come to the draft." ”

The third prince smiled: "Brother Chenjing is not good to you?" Why do you want to be drafted? ”

"No, I just

As soon as he thought that he might not be in this world for a long time, Linglong's heart became inexplicably sad, and he really hoped that his husband would not be too good to himself, and it was best not to be tempted by himself, so that he would not be sad when he left in the future.

Suddenly she lowered her eyebrows and was sad, which made the third prince stunned for a moment, looking at her side face, and suddenly felt that this woman was unpredictable, as if she would disappear at any time.

The third prince's heart moved, and the ghost envoy stretched out his hand to brush the corner of her eyes, Linglong was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the other party in surprise: "The third prince!" ”

The other party pursed his lips and smiled: "I thought you were crying?" See if there are any tears? ”

He looked at his fingers seriously and shook his head regretfully: "It turns out that I read it wrong!" ”

As he spoke, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and Linglong's disrupted heart gradually recovered as usual.

It's really scary, I'm a married woman, why did the third prince suddenly touch me?

Although he is good-looking, like a fairy in fluttering clothes, occasionally mysterious, sometimes melancholy, sometimes evil and seductive, such a man is indeed quite attractive, but I already have a husband, how can I be tempted by other men?

"Third prince, why are you the only one? Your princess? ”

The third prince glanced at her and turned his head: "I don't have an imperial concubine." ”

"How is that possible? Didn't the emperor give you a marriage last time? I heard that she is a stunning beauty! ”

"I don't know her, let alone ...... She's gone. ”

"Gone? What do you mean? ”

The third prince had a faint sadness on his face: "My father gave me three marriages, but I failed to do it three times, and they disappeared one after another before marrying me." Oh, Miss Su Er, like you, I also have a wife's life! (To be continued.) )