The dark dawn, the morning sun rises into the sky, like a slight egg yolk in the sea of chaotic clouds, the imperial city is shrouded in holy light, and the dragon and phoenix wings on the golden eaves are vivid, wanting to spread their wings, as if they are going to rush to the vast sky in the next moment, straight out of the clouds. The sea of flowers in the courtyard corridor, white and red, pink and green, several are placed in the mud under the white tile and gray wall, which makes people feel confused.

The hairpins and pearls in the sandalwood box in the hands of the palace maids who came out of the internal affairs office were comparable to the scenery of the surrounding thousands of flowers, and they carefully carried them away, not only in a hurry, but also to make the steps steady, I was afraid that the little lords in the palace could not wait, and these beautiful women were very anxious in their hearts when they learned that the emperor and the queen mother had issued a reward.

A small eunuch sat in the internal affairs office, flipping through the account books, and then he turned around and ordered someone to take as much as he gave to the palace maid who came. "Shenghua Palace, Concubine Xi, six blue and white stickers, four butterfly tassels...... Frost Cloud Palace, good concubine, three new peach silk flowers, a pair of cloud lotus hostas...... And, huh...... Qinglian Pavilion, a pair of flying swallow earrings, a pair of white jade bracelets......"

"Thank you, nobleman." Lu Rong hurriedly took it, and a palace maid next to her secretly confessed to her, and then hurriedly left, Lu Rong was naturally not to be outdone after catching a glimpse, she snorted coldly, the palace maid who didn't step out of the house must have heard it, and then she turned around, leaving a figure of complacent departure, and the little eunuch behind her stared at Lu Rong's back for a long time, before he hesitated and pondered: "Which palace maid is this palace maid?" Why are you so eye-catching? ”

The inspector eunuch who had just passed by him heard him talking to himself, and quickly stopped his pace and glanced at Lu Rong a few times, "Think about it, who wants to enter the palace recently?" ”

The little eunuch suddenly realized: "Could it be the new niece of the Queen Mother-"

The inspector and eunuch raised his eyebrows slightly, looking like this was a natural style.

"But ......" The little eunuch suddenly hesitated, and then said euphemistically: "Isn't it that you haven't entered the palace yet, how can you send the palace maid over to receive the concubine's reward?" ”

"How can a noble relative who was born in the blood of the Queen Mother be treated by ordinary palace rules?"

"That, then you have to follow the rules of the palace, otherwise you will receive the reward before entering the palace, and the other concubines will not be jealous if they know......" The little eunuch pinched a cold sweat, he didn't understand why the queen mother would do this act that pushed people to the forefront, if she really wanted to pity her, shouldn't she be silent?

The inspector and eunuch put his hand on his shoulder gently, "Don't guess about the things in the imperial city. ”

"Understood, father-in-law." The little eunuch nodded in response, in the harem, the little eunuch who just came and wanted to climb up was not allowed to recognize a powerful noble person as his father-in-law, and there was a person with a hood on his head, which was the first step to mixing well in the palace. Like the queen mother's leading eunuch Gao Dezhong, he has countless party forces among the eunuchs, but it is still difficult to recognize such a powerful person as a father-in-law.

"The concubines who came to the capital have failed, why does the queen mother send another niece into the palace?" Puzzled, he asked his father-in-law.

The inspector eunuch's eyes were deep, he stared at the palace people walking away outside the door thoughtfully, all the forces in the palace parted ways in front of the door, and some concubines seemed to get together all day long, but in fact, they were divided into camps behind their backs, but if they were doing things in the internal affairs office, they could clearly detect many subtle problems. "The queen mother's chess skills...... How can we see through it? If you really see through it, you and I will either be transferred to a close high position, or we will be in prison in the court. He replied slowly.

The little eunuch lowered his head and flipped through the account book in his hand, closed his thin lips tightly, and did not say anything more.

In the blink of an eye, the palace ladies all walked out of the palace gate of the Internal Affairs Mansion and walked towards their respective courts. The palace people of Qinglian Pavilion all sent jade ornaments to the west wing, although the queen mother has not given a will, but in their hearts they all regard Shen Shuzhao as half a master, you see, the people they sent to serve the second lady to serve secretly for fun are now like wilted foxes, so they have to be people with their tails between their legs, and they dare not offend them more.

As for the relationship between the young lady and the emperor, it has a lot of blows, and I have to start from a long place-

"How did Xiao Shen and the emperor fall in love?" Others asked timidly, and people like Lu Rong were all glorious in an instant, and they couldn't wait for Shen Shuzhao to immediately turn into a phoenix on the branch and arrogantly ascend to the position of concubine, while they were the maids who supported their masters at the canonization ceremony, and accepted the envy and hatred of the harem. "I don't know how Miss and the emperor made up their minds, but before that, among the three young ladies, the first thing the emperor took a fancy to was the second miss, and it wasn't for the sake of the eldest daughter and the queen mother, the emperor had already directly chosen the second miss to enter the palace according to his own thoughts."

"You're really lucky, you have such a powerful master!" The man gritted his teeth and said words of envy, "He's getting thriving, but don't forget our good sisters." ”

Lu Rong didn't raise her eyes, but just smiled charmingly and said perfunctorily: "That's certain." ”

After the small gathering dispersed in the middle of the night, Lu Rong's vanity was extremely satisfied, so that she now paid attention to Miss Shen Er's behavior everywhere, what kind of inner charm did it make the emperor ignore Shen Zhuangzhao, who was so beautiful that all women sighed that they were inferior, and went to Shen Shuzhao, who was born out of the house? After paying attention for many days, she found that although the second lady was light and elegant, she couldn't help but be weak, and her gentle side face and pointed face were not as dignified and graceful as the eldest lady's carved goose egg face, but she was used to seeing the reserve and atmosphere of the famous lady, and this kind of folk little woman who came with a paper umbrella in the hazy rain in April in the south of the Yangtze River has a unique style.

She also found that the second lady was always silent and silent, and her gentle voice was not only a raindrop that could be hidden in the dust of all things, but also an evening breeze with moonlight, which would not be overlooked at at first glance and disgusted at second sight.

Because of the emperor's affection, Lu Rong gradually respected the second lady, a concubine who was not favored by everyone stepped on the throne of her sister-in-law, this story like Wei Zifu's reincarnation can always please some humble little people. She carefully compared the hosta issued by the Internal Affairs Office, and then flatteringly presented it to Shen Shuzhao and asked her to look at them one by one.

"Little master, no matter which one you bring, it will look good."

Who knew that Shen Shuzhao trembled when she heard this, like a curse, she felt a cold wind on her back, but she still maintained her composure like a breeze. "I haven't entered the palace yet, how can you call me little master? At this time, someone with a heart listened to it, and it should be rumored that I am not spoiled, so it is better not to mention the matter of entering the palace. ”

"The Qinglian Pavilion here is full of people who serve the young lady, and with the love and protection of the queen mother for the young lady, no one will say anything." Midori replied.

"It's really inappropriate for Lu Rong to call Miss the little master, but Miss is in Changle Palace, so she doesn't have to worry about her ears and eyes." The most sensible Huizhuang also interjected a sentence.

Changle Palace?

Shen Shuzhao felt a hint of irony, it was in Changle Palace that people were worried-

She would rather be regarded by the Queen Mother as a hostile concubine than an arrogant and ignorant rat, so she said sternly: "Even in the reassuring Changle Palace, you must regulate your words and deeds, and you should be cautious in the future. ”

"Yes, the slaves and maids must follow the teachings of the second lady." The crowd knelt down and bowed.

Then the palace maids began to think hard about the makeup of the day of her palace banquet, the left is the jasper hairpin, the right is the snow plum pin, what stamens need to be ordered in the center of the eyebrows, the eyebrows are depicted in the distant mountains or the moon, how good is the thin fan of the ayaluo, what kind of incense is used, these ordinary concubines are talking about things in the palace, and they have become noisy annoyances here in Shen Shuzhao. Either way, it doesn't matter. She was tempted to say so. Because she and the emperor are only in a joint relationship, he wants to suppress the queen mother, she wants to get rid of the queen mother, and each takes what she wants.

The drama of the emperor and her falling in love at first sight that is rumored in the palace has nothing to do with her, and it is purely the world's imagination of the drama of the love between the women in the palace and the emperor.

That's not my love.

She calmly looked at herself dressed up in the bronze mirror, remembering that when she entered the palace as a concubine in the past, the palace people were enthusiastic, but she was as cold as water. Marriage is just a transaction, it has nothing to do with the ups and downs, and it has nothing to do with the body. She suddenly wanted to stop time, wanted to have a good rest, she was not her real self in the mirror, her love was outside the screen door, on the cloud steps of a long distance, not beside the emperor that all beings yearn for. The person she loves is also a person who can't be together in this life, but the more unobtainable it is, the more she wants to grow old. The queen mother and the Shen family, after all, still don't look at her as a person, the eldest lady looks forward to Shen Zhuangzhao's prosperity in the blink of an eye, and now is her day of emergence. In her previous life, her biggest failure was that she still relied too much on the Queen Mother, because she forgot about it, and the world - only really belonged to the Son of Heaven surnamed Wei.

The past is gone, her once dim eyes rekindled, as if the ashes were frozen to the ground, there is no more worthy choice than her staying, there is a qiē she wants, with this qiē, she can protect the person she loves, like the person she loves silently waiting for herself again and again.

Half a pillar of incense passed, the clothes and accessories that should have been decided were all in place, and Shen Shuzhao took off the first hairpin, "Okay, now take these off." ”

Zhuyu was halfway unloaded, and Wang Xian walked in outside the door to report, he patted the robe in front of his leg and then knelt down on one knee, with a calm voice in his voice, "Miss, outside the door...... The queen's palace people came with a purpose. ”

"Xuan." Shen Shuzhao was in danger.

She is not afraid of the queen, but no one else knows if she will be afraid, after all, the two of them have not crossed paths yet, in fact, Shen Shuzhao knows the queen much better than anyone present.

Walking in a thin little eunuch, it seems that he is just a beater, it should be the queen's personal eunuch who received the righteous son and the like, he said in a young voice: "Second Miss, the slave maid came here on the queen's order. ”

Shen Shuzhao knelt down, "The courtiers take the order." ”

"Today afternoon, Shen Shi will go to the Jiaofang Palace."

"The courtiers obey the order, but dare to ask more, what is the matter with the queen?"

The eunuch shook the white hair of his cane and spit out four words indifferently: "The matter of the palace banquet." ”

Shen Shuzhao suddenly understood in her heart, "The courtier understands. ”

"The slave and maid won't be around for long." Before the eunuch led the palace people out of the door, he instructed again, "Please also ask Miss Shen Er to come on time, after that point, other concubines will come." ”

After they went out, Lu Rong felt a little afraid, what kind of role is the queen mother? Her indifference is something that no one in the Six Palaces is afraid of, Li Roufei's death back then had a lot to do with her persecution, even if Concubine Xi was so domineering, the queen had never fallen behind in front of her, and the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, the general, was really not easy to mess with-but Shen Shuzhao straightened out the embroidery of the skirt and asked indifferently: "What time is it?" ”

Wang Xian thought for a moment and quickly replied: "It was the time before the Shen time, and it was not the time." ”

"Then we'll be gone."

"Miss, does the Queen Mother need to intervene in this matter?" He asked worriedly.

"Not necessarily." Shen Shuzhao couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous, they were too fussful, so that they thought of the palace struggle too much on the surface, so she said: "The queen is the head of all flowers, the mother of a country, the more so, the more she can't do anything to me openly." Don't worry too much, from this point on, you can go with me without a stick of incense. ”

After finishing speaking, she wanted to wave everyone down, but suddenly thought of something, and replied: "When I leave, I will order someone to go to the Empty Cicada Hall to inform the eldest princess, and I will go directly to the palace to visit her when I return." ”

"Yes." Wang Xian said, he looked at the lower-level palace people next to him, "I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"By the way, if she is no longer there, just wait for me to be sued in the Jiaofang Palace."

"The slave obeys." The palace man replied happily, and the mood of being ordered by Shen Shuzhao for the first time was directly reflected on his face. Who wouldn't want to be the second king?

"Alright, let's go." Shen Shuzhao said, "Go and see what the queen will do immediately." ”

Lu Rong asked expectantly, "Second Miss, who do you call to accompany you?" ”

Shen Shuzhao looked her up and down slightly, facing her gaze, and then could only show a trace of imperceptible helplessness, "...... Wang Xian and Huizhuang are fine. ”

"Okay......" Lu Rong's eyes were very obviously disappointed, and the disappointment made this delicate beauty less beautiful by half. Shen Shuzhao pretended not to notice it and didn't pay too much attention to it, she naturally turned her back and left. For people who are too shallow, there is no need to pay more attention to cultivation, Huizhuang's calm temperament is still a good billet, and Ruoyun is silent, I don't know if it is really smart or really woody, before employing people, she has to think carefully for a while.

Beyond the court gate, the group walked slowly in the direction of the Jiaofang Palace.

Far away in the Jiaofang Hall opposite the imperial city, at this time it was a group of singing and dancing, not because the queen was holding a private banquet, but because the concubines were racking their brains to fight for the king's heart. Behind the nine-fold golden phoenix curtains, the concubines couldn't see the people inside clearly, but they just thought that the emperor was watching, they played the piano and sang and danced, and the delicate charm flowed in the main hall, and it was transmitted directly to the people sitting on the high typhoon seat behind the hazy cover.

Same-cutter style.

There's nothing new about it.

Even if the people inside felt a little tired many times, they forced themselves to finish the trial.

I touched the jade water jade on my waist boringly, and fortunately most of the sound was cut off from the narrow curtains, otherwise it would be dull to death. It's not that they're really boring, it's just that she doesn't like how she flatters the same man.

You use your talents to show to men who never value you?

She has been practicing hard for many years since she was a child, and her long fingers are unconsciously closed, and her mother said that the connotation of a woman's treasure should be shown to those who will appreciate it.

So she glanced at the person beside her while chatting in every possible way, the beauty who sat meticulously and was always indifferent and condescending. The woman's peach blossom eyes were dewy and shining, and the corners of her eyebrows were a little affectionate, but her temperament was so cold that people didn't dare to approach it lightly, as if she was born with a forbidden feeling, and she was naturally flirtatious. It is not as good as the eldest princess who does not eat the fireworks of the world, this is the unique forbearance of the monks, but the two have common characteristics, which are worth watching from afar, and heroism and beauty coexist, she can also dress up as a handsome beauty, but in terms of behavior, it is always a little more fake than the women who are really not confined to little women.

Therefore, the queen and their unique beauties can sit quietly and watch instead of marrying as companions. The cold alone is enough to extinguish it in the long run*, and the fingers that are stained with the spring water at that time are naturally greatly discounted, or in other words, they are not suitable for flattering men, and they do not need to.

Shen Zhuangzhao pondered the queen's silent side face, and the coldness of her sharp nose had already made her forget her previous hatred, and at this moment she was the only one, with a hint of envy to observe her closely. After all, she was still curious about the beauties who showed a completely different and rigid temperament since she was a child. She was a little nervous, but in front of the queen, Shen Zhuangzhao thought that she couldn't lose the face of the Shen family, no matter what the queen called her over to do in the name of the assistant, what she would say, she believed that there would be a proper solution.

After thinking about it for a long time, the concubines outside the silk tent became less important, and she hadn't heard them sing or play anything for a while.

The queen's face, which had not changed for a long time, finally raised her thin eyebrows at a certain moment, and then coughed.

"Concubine Yuan, you should look at the front, not the main palace."

Shen Zhuangzhao hurriedly restored her previous straight eyes in front of her, in fact, she didn't know that the queen had been paying attention to her "viewing" for a long time.

She still got up and apologized: "The concubine was distracted, it was the concubine's disgrace, and I hope the queen will forgive her sins." ”

The queen ignored her polite words and asked directly: "Why are you looking at the palace?" ”

"The concubine felt that they were too boring, so she unconsciously looked at the queen." Shen Zhuangzhao didn't go around in circles, she was one of the best beauties in the capital, she was both talented and beautiful, and she had her own arrogance.

The queen rolled her eyes slowly, staring at her with a pair of translucent eyes that could freeze the other party's thoughts, "So- do you think this palace is more interesting?" ”

Shen Zhuangzhao didn't know what to say, she was speechless, did the queen want to take the opportunity to further suppress her, or just ask her casually? Shen Zhuangzhao chose the most complete answer: "After the queen is in the middle palace, when it comes to talent and affection, the queen is erudite inside and outside the palace, how can the concubine not think that the mother is interesting?" ”

Just when Shen Zhuangzhao thought that the queen would say something unreproachful and unpraised, and then asked her to sit down, but the queen floated over and said flatly: "This palace is more interesting than you think." ”

What the?

Shen Zhuangzhao didn't understand the meaning of the queen's words, she looked at the queen carefully, and found that her cold expression had no other meaning at all, and after allowing her to sit down, Honda didn't mean anything further, could it be ...... Is the queen really just saying that she is "funny"?

After a brief silence, Shen Zhuangzhao quickly confirmed the matter - she was really just boasting about herself.

Knowing this, she suddenly tugged at the corners of her lips, not knowing what to say. She glanced at the queen, as elegant as living in the ethereal clouds, she looked at the concubines in the audience seriously, so that she had the illusion that her words were not from the same person - so unwilling! Shen Zhuangzhao was angry from the bottom of his heart, what is interesting...... She subconsciously rubbed the long satin tied around the waist of her skirt to vent her strength, she was very dissatisfied, Shen Zhuangzhao probably didn't expect the cold queen to provoke her anger with a word, I don't think you are more interesting...... She thought, really, how could there be such a woman.