The palace maid hurriedly bowed her head and said, "The slave maid shouldn't ask more." ”

Seeing her like this, the queen felt that something was wrong, and looked at her gently: "Fang is the palace is serious, Miss Shen is suitable for wearing red, and it is normal for the palace to give her jewelry of the right color." Tomorrow morning you will have these things brought over, and now they will all stand down. ”

"Yes, sissy." The palace maid stepped back, and when she walked out, she glanced back worriedly, and she saw the queen beside the candlelight holding the gorgeous pearl on the green silk with one hand, leaning on the phoenix seat with a sad face. Alas...... The palace maid sighed lightly and walked out, the queen mother rarely showed such an anxious look, just now it must have been affected by what was said in the letter, so her tone suddenly became heavier.

After all the palace people walked out, only the queen was left in the boudoir. The queen's slender fingers rubbed over the jade Huasheng in front of her forehead, and she looked at the burned ashes in front of her, which seemed to still have the advice and persuasion written by her biological father Xiao Cheng.

"Mo and the concubines of the Shen family have a positive dispute, openly making peace, and secretly plotting; Taoguang is obscure, and forbearance is the best policy. But still remember that no matter what the Xiao family is, you will always be the only middle palace, and your status will not be reduced. Until you give the Shen family a blow, you have to wait for her to be happy, remember. ”

The queen pondered the last few words repeatedly, "Until the destruction of Miè strikes ......", what is Daddy's idea again? She folded her hands on the table, stared contemplatively at the burned letters, and recalled the various actions of the emperor and the queen mother in recent days, becoming more and more puzzled.

Shen Zhuangzhao.

When the queen thought of this name in her heart, she appeared that peerless beauty who was ignorant of the world, if it weren't for the fact that she was the daughter of the Shen family, she wouldn't have much resistance to her.

But this qiē all started with this woman.

The thought of this made her gaze cold. When the Chen family was on fire, the Chen family actually had an affair with the queen mother wolf bèi and sent her daughter into the palace, which really made her disgusted.

The queen got up and had already made a decision in her heart.

She muttered coldly, "Those who are in the way of my family...... I will kill them. ”

On the second day, the queen's reward was sent to Qinglian Pavilion and Chuxiu Palace like flowing water. The generous statement of the middle palace disappointed those concubines who watched the fire from the other side, they originally wanted to see how the queen's difficult temperament in the past would now embarrass the concubines of the Shen Chen family, but they didn't expect that they began to fake virtues, which really disappointed them.

So today's east wing of Qinglian Pavilion is very lively, a group of palace people go in and out, a dazzling array of pearls and jades are placed in the eldest lady's room, Shen Zhuang Zhao and her palace maids are kneeling to thank her, and the big palace maid next to the queen looks at her with a smile: "These are all given by the queen mother to the eldest lady, and the young lady gets the first share, and it is the most." ”

"Thanks to the love of the queen, the courtiers are grateful." Shen Zhuangzhao replied humbly. In fact, I was still a little apprehensive in my heart, why would the queen give her so many things for no reason?

The palace maid smiled: "The eldest lady slowly picks up, and the slaves and maids retire first." So the queen's people retreated one after another, Shen Zhuangzhao was finally supported by the palace maids after kneeling, and for a while her legs were a little weak and she couldn't stand steadily, and the palace maids helped her and said: "Little lord be careful!" "Although the will of the emperor's concubine has not been conveyed, these people have privately identified Shen Zhuangzhao's position, unlike the queen's people, who are still the eldest lady.

Shen Zhuangzhao stopped lightly, she walked to those pearl hosta flowers, the queen's mother rewarded them were really one in a million good things, there were countless jewelry as red as white snow and plum blossoms, so she thought in a trance that the queen's favorite color was red, so she gave her so much.

The queen's beautiful and cold side face appeared in his heart, and Shen Zhuangzhao never forgot it, was the queen showing her goodwill? After thinking about it, she still couldn't make up her mind, so she asked the people around her, "Can the second young lady be on the other side?" ”

"Back to the little master, the second young lady just came back from the Yongshou Palace."

"Okay," she nodded, "and I'll go find her." ”

"Yes."

Shen Zhuangzhao led the palace maid and walked outside, and the palace people in the west wing opposite were still inside, and their eyes were red with envy, and when they saw Shen Zhuangzhao coming, they were busy kneeling down to the future imperial concubine.

"The slave and maid greet the little master Shen-"

Shen Shuzhao in the house heard the movement at the door, and knew that it should be the eldest sister who came, she made two cups of tea with a Liuxia flower pot in her hand, and took a sip by herself, she had already known that those palace people outside the door were eager to be looked at by Miss Shen at this time, and she only hated that she had not been arranged in the first place. So she simply sent all the others out, leaving only Wang Xian to stay inside.

"Second sister."

Shen Zhuangzhao appeared outside the screen in an embroidered shirt and skirt, and then she walked out, like a fairy coming out of the smoke and clouds on the mountain. "I have something to discuss with you." She said.

"Eldest sister can just say it."

Shen Zhuangzhao looked sideways and asked the palace maids who followed her to retreat, she stepped forward again, dragging the floor-length skirt really had the style of a palace concubine, she sat directly opposite Shen Shuzhao, "Do you have anything else to do in the afternoon?" ”

"Not yet, but you say it's okay." After speaking, Shen Shuzhao pushed a cup of tea in front of her, "Use tea." ”

was suddenly treated well by this third sister, who had always been indifferent, and Shen Zhuangzhao was still a little uncomfortable, but in the end she still took the tea.

Shen Shuzhao watched her use tea, she silently remembered the good concubine, if it weren't for the fact that she wanted the good concubine to get rid of the fate of vain death, and for the good concubine to have a good attachment, she wouldn't want to make tea for this woman.

She thought that Shen Zhuangzhao might have come to inquire about the Queen Mother, because the last birthday banquet was not good, and she might not be worried about it. Now the queen mother is closest to the second miss of the Shen family, not the eldest lady, this is something they know well. Shen Shuzhao picked up the teacup and waited for Shen Zhuangzhao to ask her something in a low voice, but he didn't expect Shen Zhuangzhao to ask like this-

"The Queen's Mother...... What kind of woman is she? ”

This sentence made Shen Shuzhao's hands tremble, and the water spilled out slightly.

"Are you asking Xiao Mengru?"

Shen Zhuangzhao snorted, and at the same time kept the name in his heart. It turned out that her name was Xiao Mengru......

"What else can I say," Shen Shuzhao recalled the events of her previous life, this woman who lived for the family as if she had no human touch, taught her husband and children, ascended to the queen mother's throne, and ensured the prosperity of the family for a lifetime, this is probably what the queen wants in her life, "She is a perfect queen, talented and good-looking, but a ruthless woman, except for power and family glory, she doesn't seem to love anything." I didn't trust anyone, but I was pitiful. A madman whose family is more important than life. ”

Speaking of which she admired the queen before her death, when the emperor summoned the Xiao family to destroy the order, the emperor ordered her to be trapped in the Changmen Palace for the rest of her life, the queen knelt at the door of the Long Live Palace in the pouring rain for three days and three nights to beg the emperor to give Xiao Chengxiang a burial place, and finally one day she put away her discouragement, and returned to the Jiaofang Hall alone, before the arrival of the eunuch who sent the morning meal, she picked up a sword and sealed her throat, blood spattered three feet, and ended her life with her own hands to face the soul of the family on the Huangquan Road.

After listening to what Shen Shuzhao said before, Shen Zhuangzhao asked rhetorically: "Ruthless? ”

"Hmm."

Shen Zhuangzhao was silent for a while, she didn't seem to have seen Shen Shuzhao have any contact with the queen, and most of the things that helped the queen mother out of the palace were related to the people in the Xiao Mansion, how could she say that the queen was like an old friend?

And Shen Shuzhao read her doubts, just calmly drank tea, thinking that she was my old friend......

"She sent me a lot of beaded flowers and hairpins today."

"Well, I saw it."

"A lot of it has to do with plum blossoms."

"And then ......"

Shen Zhuangzhao paused in his tone and said, "On the day of the Queen Mother's Thousand Autumn Festival, in fact, she and I met inadvertently on the way back to the palace. She took my handkerchief and asked if it was mine, and I embroidered a lot of red plums on it, and today she gave me a lot of silk flowers about plum blossoms, and you say, why did she do that? Didn't the Xiao family always despise our civil officials, the Shen family? ”

Not knowing how to answer for a while, Shen Shuzhao thought for a moment and wondered: "The Queen Mother didn't tell you about the previous dynasty?" ”

"Are you referring to the murder of Li Chong by the eldest son of the Xiao family? The Queen Mother has already told me about this, and the Xiao family is too lawless, and the Queen Mother will not let the murderer go. ”

"Hmm." Shen Shuzhao was silent, the Queen Mother was still pretending to be benevolent in front of her eldest sister with her hands not stained with blood, which was really deceiving, "Although the Xiao family is safe and sound now, it is also in danger. The emperor is still afraid of the sealing, but now that the emperor's foundation has been stabilized, he will not let go of these domineering relatives as he did in the previous two years. So Queen Xiao treats you well, deliberately, don't believe it, her kindness to you is fake. ”

…… Don't believe it.

…… It's all fake.

Shen Zhuangzhao looked at the other party's rare cautious look before slowly replying: "I know." ”

"You will enter the palace as a concubine in the future, and the days of contact with her have been long, this is a woman who is difficult to defeat. If you want to destroy her, you have to destroy her □□ first," Shen Shuzhao made tea for Shen Zhuangzhao again, "Because you Juanpa embroidered red plum and gave you these things, it can be seen that she cares about your every move very much, so you should be cautious and careful in dealing with things in the palace, and don't leave a little handle." Don't leave any evidence that can be destroyed...... In this palace, there are too few people who really get along with each other, except for good concubines, who are very good to everyone, but unfortunately she has no desire and no quarrel. Maybe it's because she doesn't love the emperor that she sees everything through like this. ”

She secretly glanced at Shen Zhuangzhao, and saw that the eldest sister had memorized this person's name in her heart, and she was glad to say anything, in fact, nothing can compare to a sentence of not loving the emperor, women in the world are always extra generous to uncompetitive women, I hope that the concubine can get close to her as she wishes.

Shen Shuzhao shook the Luo fan lightly, and said with a smile: "Maybe the queen is also struggling with how to get along with you because of the strict orders given by the family at this time, obviously the family is a torn face, but it is still because the queen wants to be good to you." You will take those things, she will not dare to do anything in them. When you see her in the future, you can be polite. ”

It's so interesting, she didn't receive the treatment of Xiao Mengru giving her a bunch of treasured top jewelry when she first entered the palace. Could it be that the queen looks at the face?

Shen Zhuangzhao got up, Shen Shuzhao didn't send her off, her eyes flowed with hazy eyes, and she wanted to say something, but she held back under Shen Shuzhao's cold gaze, and later, after she left, the people in the room took tea and cooled, and Shen Shuzhao shook the teapot,