Shen Shuzhao helped the plain hosta on the green silk next to her ear, and the hanging flower spikes reflected the darkness in her deep pupils, and after some meditation, the person sitting changed his gentle appearance, smiled slightly, and said briskly and delicately: "It's all skillful and careful work, but it's not sloppy at all, it's really the person chosen by the Queen Mother herself." ”

After hearing this, everyone with their heads bowed was happy.

Shen Shuzhao struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Although I have temporarily stayed in the side hall this month, if you serve with all your heart, I will definitely talk to the Queen Mother." ”

As soon as the word "temporary" was mentioned, everyone instantly secretly raised their eyes to look at Shen Shuzhao who was sitting on the top seat, such a gentle appearance and voice, but with a strong style that could not be concealed, what could not be said with such confidence?

Shen Shuzhao calmly accepted that they secretly looked at herself, yes, even if she was only a concubine, but she just wanted to make them feel that there was no need!

The palace maid and the eunuch looked at each other, in their hearts, Shen Zhuangzhao was determined to be selected, but whether the queen mother wanted the second and third misses was also uncertain.

Listening to this tone, it seems that the Queen Mother has other plans in private?

These palace maids and eunuchs couldn't help but be determined to serve the master in front of them more well, if they said more good things about her from the queen mother, would it make the queen mother more satisfied?

When the time comes, the master in front of them is selected and becomes a nobleman, maybe they will be promoted to the first-class slaves and maids next to the palace concubine immediately.

So Wang Xian bowed down and said: "The slaves and maids will definitely serve the second lady well, and do all the instructions well, so that the second miss will feel like she is in this mansion." ”

"Very good," Shen Shuzhao nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that what she said was useful, and then she asked, "What is the next arrangement for the Queen Mother?" ”

"If you go back to the second lady, dinner will be at the Queen Mother's place. The second lady is tired all the way to the palace today, it is getting late, and dinner is coming, it is better to take a bath to wash away the tiredness before meeting the queen mother. ”

It seems that Wang Xian has completely entered the state.

Shen Shuzhao didn't answer after hearing this, but just turned sideways slightly and glanced at the twilight sky outside the window.

The sun was already like blood outside, and the golden light was gradually being swallowed up by the corners of the palace eaves, and Shen Shuzhao's eyes were temporarily pierced by the afterglow of the setting sun.

It turned out that it had unconsciously reached this time.

The auspicious clouds in the sky hover above the Weiyang Palace in the distance like a golden phoenix, and the beautiful palace seems to be plated with a layer of red-hot golden lin, exuding a sparkling luster, which attracts people's attention.

Is that...... Weiyang Palace.

When she saw the familiar phoenix horn eaves, she suddenly felt worried.

It used to be where she lived for three years.

Every corner and attic on the corridor in Weiyang's palace was so familiar to her who walked alone.

After entering the palace for three years, all the sleepless nights, she stood at the door of the dormitory with her clothes on, looking at the lonely distance. At that time, how I longed for someone worthy of standing like this all night.

It's a pity that the emperor is not her lover.

And she wasn't waiting for him.

Later, I finally had someone I was willing to wait for, but I ended up being given wine.

If there was no sudden summons from the Queen Mother to enter the palace, she would probably have lived a different life, what kind of person would she be loved by at that time? Or ...... After entering the palace, in this place, she could only stare at the back of that woman like this all her life and grow old.

Such thoughts began with her staying in Weiyang Palace, from spring and summer to autumn and winter, from Sheng Quan to the sealing of the palace, from life to death, and it was still an unanswerable answer.

And now, she is back again, but everything has long been wrong, no, or everything has returned to the past, only she is burdened with a painful past and the uncertain present, returning to the same place and starting over.

Still no one can be relied on.

Still alone.

Shen Shuzhao was a little stunned, and after a while, she eased up, hiding her inexplicable pantothenic sadness, and she replied softly...... It's good.

Then she stood up slowly, her body was a little late, Wang Xian hurriedly stepped forward to help her, bowed her head and bent over her softly and said, "Second Miss, please, go outside." ”

The remaining three palace maids such as Lu Rong led Shen Shuzhao to the door, they had just stepped on the elm corridor, and the palace maid Huizhuang turned her head to the other maids waiting at the door and said, "The second lady wants to bathe, hurry up and prepare for something." ”

When the six servants heard this, they immediately ran to find a change of clothes and perfume.

Walking through the winding corridor, several palace maids ushered Shen Shuzhao into a private room where he could bathe, which was the last room in the west room.

As soon as you push open the pure fragrant wood door, and after entering, you will see a screen of sunrise in the east in front of you, and there is a spacious warm pool behind it.

The palace maids first took Shen Shuzhao into the wardrobe and began to untie her clothes. Then a number of servants brought red petals and precious Chinese medicine from the outside, and skillfully put them into the warm bath.

Not long after, after Shen Shuzhao inside finished bathing, he took her back to the wardrobe, and several palace maids held a few beautiful clothes and some jewelry in their hands, and let the master in front of them choose, these were all specially ordered by the old lady of the Shen Mansion to bring in.

Shen Shuzhao pointed at it casually and chose a gardenia-colored embroidered moonlight skirt with a plain fabric and no loss of atmosphere, after all, the old man of the Queen Mother likes to see through the steady young man.

Presumably the emperor will not meet them so early tonight, coupled with the queen mother's simple behavior in the palace recently, so Shen Shuzhao simply went to welcome the queen mother's preferences, and even the pearl flowers were simple.

When they met for the first time, they wore a grand dress to respect the Queen Mother; When they met for the second time, they wore plain clothes to express their support for the Queen Mother's initiatives.

The palace maid began to dress her up, and when she turned sideways, Shen Shuzhao inadvertently raised her head and found that there were many pairs of calligraphy characters and white flowers and blue drawings hanging on the opposite wall, which attracted attention for a while.

She squinted her eyes and saw that the word was as warm as jade, and the words were strong, with both the tender drizzle of Jiangnan, and the madness of the storm, like the scattered temples of the peerless beauty lying on Yang Guifei's couch, but also like the resolute side face of the brave woman Mulan who was riding a war horse and running fearlessly.

Gentleness and strength coexist, graceful and beautiful and full of atmospheric phoenix, which makes people think deeply.

The strength of these words is similar to the turning point of the journey and the plaque hanging on the door of Qinglian Pavilion, and it can almost be concluded that it was written by one person.

Shen Shuzhao had a strong curiosity about it, she looked at the calligraphy on the wall, and asked aloud: "Which master is this calligraphy from?" ”

Hui Zhuang, who was curling her hair next to her, smiled when she heard it and replied, "This is not from everyone's hands. ”

Shen Shuzhao was even more puzzled after hearing this, Huizhuang took out the belt in the brocade satin box and tied it for her, and at the same time replied to Shen Shuzhao's words: "Second Miss Hui, all of this is written by the eldest princess before. ”

Huizhuang's words were said lightly, but it seemed that a light feather fell into his heart, which made Shen Shuzhao's heart suddenly touched.

The eldest princess?

Oh...... It turned out to be her.

Shen Shuzhao hummed softly, and then looked at these words, and vaguely recalled the vague appearance of the eldest princess in front of her.

In her previous life, she had hardly seen her closely, and the only time they met was when the eldest princess got married.

It was only half a month after she entered the palace that year, and the marriage of the eldest princess caused a sensation in Luoyang City.

People gathered on the side of the avenue in the center of Kyoto, and at the request of the forbidden army on the street, they had to turn back into their houses, but climbed up the terraces and rooftops, just to see the grand scene of the royal marriage.

Ten miles of red makeup, white horses together, sent by the Son of Heaven himself, its carriage and honor guard have exceeded the specifications of the ordinary eldest princess's marriage, such a scenery, it can be seen that the Queen Mother has great love for this daughter.

Before the convoy left the palace, the Son of Heaven stood on the high platform, and the Huangmen waiter on the side read out the holy decree in public, announcing that the princess was canonized as the eldest princess of Kunyi.

Shen Shuzhao was just a noble man at that time, and according to the rules, he stood behind the queen.

She saw the eldest princess in a wedding dress sitting in the red tent of the sedan chair, and the twenty-eight steps on the frightened bun and the fine gold feathers on the forehead Huasheng made people feel the royal style.

It's a pity that she can't see the true face of the beauty inside, she really wants to know, what is the precious appearance of everyone in this palace and outside the palace who is praised as a rare beauty?

Shen Shuzhao kept looking at the eldest princess from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh, who in the world has such an honor when he gets married, and he will have no regrets in his life.

The princess's carriage began to set off, the emperor and queen walked to the high platform and watched them go away, and the concubines who stepped down knelt down one after another, and Shen Shuzhao also knelt down.

When the first carriage of the honor team began to pass in front of her, she wanted to see more and more the appearance of the princess, whether she was more beautiful than Shen Zhuangzhao of Chang'an? If so, then how glad it was a princess and not a concubine!

When everyone lowered their heads, she secretly raised her gaze, and the carriage went very slowly, and when the eldest princess's white carriage passed, she finally saw the person sitting in the thin red tent for the first time, and then her body stiffened all of a sudden.

On the carriage led by six white horses, the eldest princess sat upright in a veil, revealing only a pair of dewy eyes under the eyebrows of the distant mountains, and a little cinnabar on her forehead seemed to be better than the red plums in the snow.

Just this hope quickly left a deep impression on Shen Shuzhao's heart.

And what surprised her even more was that the eldest princess looked at the thousands of women kneeling around her, and it fell on her naturally as the carriage passed.

Although the eldest princess in the carriage has waist-length green silk, she reveals a more heroic taste than ordinary soft women from between her eyebrows, adding a unique charm to her beauty, which is different from ordinary beautiful and charming women.

When the four eyes met, Shen Shuzhao was stunned for a moment, and her heart suddenly panicked, and she quickly realized that at the same time, this incomparably noble celestial maiden seemed to be looking at herself.

Shen Shuzhao hurriedly lowered her head, just being stared at by such a pair of eyes was enough to make her staggered her gaze in a hurry.

Compared to this, the peeking thing was actually seen, and if such an disrespectful thing was known, I am afraid that it would annoy the emperor.

But...... Shen Shuzhao recalled the scene when she met her eyes just now, why was the eldest princess's eyes full of melancholy when she looked into the distance before?

On such a happy day, the princess frowned, and looked worriedly at all the people who congratulated and paid her respects.

The huge battle team went farther and farther, Shen Shuzhao and all the concubines finally got up, and she watched the bright red gradually disappear at the palace gate, and she couldn't let go for a long time.

She had only one thought in her mind at the moment.

The world does not deceive me!

Now after being reborn, Shen Shuzhao, who returned to Changle Palace, looked at the words left by the princess on the wall, and recalled the appearance of the eldest princess in her previous life.

The palace maid on the side looked at Shen Shuzhao, who was deep in thought in front of her, and glanced at each other suspiciously, Lu Rong finally couldn't help it, coughed lightly, and asked, "Second Miss?" ”

Shen Shuzhao came back to his senses, immediately blushed, and said with a loss of consciousness: "Ahem...... Since it is the word of the eldest princess, why is it hanging here? ”

Huizhuang then replied to her with a smile: "I heard the old people in the Changle Palace say that these were written by the princess a few years ago, but in fact, the Empress Dowager's palace has His Royal Highness's words hanging everywhere." ”

Shen Shuzhao nodded, the palace maid beside her had already begun to draw makeup for her, and she didn't ask any more. And Lu Rong talked about the eldest princess, and it sounded like she admired this princess very much.

"The eldest princess is the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother, it is rumored that it took a lot of trouble for the Queen Mother to grow up as a princess, so the Queen Mother loves the princess very much, as long as she mentions the princess with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's eyes are always bent!"

Lu Rong said with a smile, but Huizhuang beside her secretly glanced at her, with indescribable affection.

After listening to Lu Rong's words, Shen Shuzhao calculated in her heart that as long as the Queen Mother's birthday banquet passed next month, it would be time for the eldest princess to get married.

So she casually continued: "Next month is the eldest princess's big day, and the queen mother is afraid that she will be even happier." ”

As soon as these words came out, these palace maids immediately stopped what they were doing, looked at Shen Shuzhao suspiciously, and were stunned and didn't speak.

Shen Shuzhao asked them very puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Rong blinked her eyes and looked at Shen Shuzhao with an unknown expression, and said in surprise, "Second Miss Hui...... The eldest princess, she doesn't have a marriage contract! ”

"What?"

Shen Shuzhao turned back suddenly, the happy event of the Emperor Sister of the Son of Heaven should have been scheduled early, not to mention such a grand and spectacular pomp that day, how could it not be announced?

She sensed a strong sense of something wrong, which she had never encountered in her previous life, and the Queen Mother always avoided talking about what happened before she entered the palace, what happened that month!

Shen Shuzhao hurriedly held Lu Rong's hand and asked in an urgent tone, "Is this true?" ”

Lu Rong was a little frightened by the second miss's gaffe, she didn't understand what even the people in the Queen Mother's palace didn't know, where did the second miss hear about it.

She thought for a while, and said seriously and affirmatively: "The slave maid is sure that when serving the queen mother, the slave maid has never heard of the happy event of the eldest princess next month. ”

Shen Shuzhao let go of his hand, only to feel that the sky was dark in front of him.