The next day, the sky was glazed, but the wind was still a little biting cold.

Shen Shuzhao rushed to the Jiaofang Hall early, and under the leadership of Da Changqiu,

The queen's Jiaofang hall is really beautiful from the inside to the outside, and the inner room used to meet the concubines and concubines is even more so, which seems to have the meaning of showing the identity of the master. At the door of the single bedroom, there are two Pixiu beasts to ward off evil spirits, with a large glass ball with pearls and jade in their mouths, which are as big as five palm fists of the big man, transparent and clear, and enviable. The hanging on the back door of the room is also a six-crystal curtain made of glass, which is not an ordinary pearl jade, and the glass has always been precious, and the financial resources of the queen's Xiao Mansion can be seen.

The ground is spread with a long carpet of phoenix wandering peony, the enamel color baby play double bottle with flowers is placed in the middle of the high case, a few green bamboo small dwelling corners, the white wall shows a famous painting, although the brushwork is wonderful, but the phoenix is painted with the dragon flying towards the sky, in fact, it is just the ingenuity painting made by everyone on the order of the palace. On the edge of the handrail of the central seat, a phoenix of Nirvana rebirth is carved with its head and wings spread, and it and peonies are everywhere in this room, revealing the identity of the owner as much as possible in every subtle corner. When the little concubines arrived, they couldn't help but feel their humility.

The familiar, a familiar sight, re-emerged.

Shen Shuzhao suddenly felt like a dream, she stood in the center, she was very familiar with every inch of the corner, and the crowd was surging, and it was difficult to shake her mood. In her previous life, the queen was an enemy who fought with her and lost both, but in fact, no one was more pathetic than the other. If she saw Xiao Mengru again at Meng Po Bridge after her death in her previous life, she guessed that they would look at each other coldly and helplessly, and then go their separate ways.

But now, knowing the destined fate of the other party, she has unbearable pity.

It's a pity that such a talented and mature woman.

She sat down and waited for Xiao Mengru to arrive.

After waiting for less than a moment, the eunuch outside the palace shouted loudly that the queen had arrived, except for Concubine Xi, who had not been in good health after giving birth, after everyone had gathered, the queen appeared as the main palace. Shen Shuzhao rarely saw her again in this life, the queen's makeup was exquisite, and the sharpness in her bones was not extinguished at all, and she was still the kind of temperament she was familiar with. The queen wore a red and gold long-tailed robe with four people lifting the tail of the skirt and a peacock pattern feather satin cloak on the outside, which was extremely extravagant.

"Meet the Queen."

The queen was not in a hurry to shout, but just stared at these women, paying special attention to Shen Shuzhao, she sat on the seat, and spoke with a hint of cold provocation, "Shen Concubine, are you still used to the new time in the palace?" ”

Shen Shuzhao knelt down unhurriedly, "With the queen mother properly placed, the concubine has gradually become accustomed to life in the palace. The queen took the brunt of her questioning, the meaning was obvious, and it was clear that she was looking for someone to open the knife first.

"When you first came, the palace was sick and didn't visit you in time, but now that you are well, I immediately summoned you over." The queen looked carefully, "The emperor has treated you well recently, and you are the only one in the palace who is the most favored, so you have to carefully let the imperial hospital pay attention to your body, and don't let down your heart." ”

"The queen is the mother of a country, everything should be the first step, and the concubine does not dare to cross the rules."

"You're sensible." The queen smiled coldly, and she waved her hand to summon several palace maids, holding a heavy thing covered with a red cloth in her hand. walked in front of Shen Shuzhao, and when he was about to unveil it, he saw that it was the bottle of white jade that sent the son Guanyin. "This palace remembers that you are humble and decent, and serve the emperor properly, so I prepared a small gift to show your apology for not taking good care of you when you first entered the palace, and this thing that asks for the blessing of the son will be given to you. The queen mother is in the palace, and the person who is most looking forward to extending the heir is you. ”

"The concubine doesn't dare to bear it, and the queen should come first in praying for a child."

"You just accept it, this is the intention of this palace to make amends. If you really feel ashamed, it is enough to copy scriptures and pray for the palace in the future. ”

"The concubine is willing to copy more scriptures for the queen and pray day and night, but she really can't bear it. Even if she accepts it, the concubine will enshrine it in the palace temple and pray for the mother. ”

"This palace knows that you are working hard, since you are forcing it, so be it."

"Empress Xie is compassionate." Shen Shuzhao breathed a sigh of relief, and this hot jade mountain finally passed away.

"Okay, it's all flat." Only then did the queen drag out the end and make everyone who knelt down to get up. After everyone sat down, she looked at Shen Shuzhao kindly, "Concubine Shen is really a model of virtuous lady, no wonder everyone in Bailu Palace has unanimous praise for you." ”

Shen Shuzhao was shocked, how did the queen learn about her inner palace? Could it be that she has already inserted someone?

Ignoring the subtle changes in her expression, the queen on the throne continued: "It's really better than Concubine Li Rou back then, so much the difference between heaven and earth. ”

Li Roufei.

These three words are like a curse, and when they are spoken, all the old people present are talking about tigers, and the air seems to freeze at this moment. Only the newcomers such as the good concubine Shen Zhuangzhao are no different.

"Concubine Li Rou...... Back then, no one was in the limelight, and it was the same as Concubine Shen's favor now, but she was even more pampered and arrogant, arrogant and unreasonable, so that the sisters of the Six Palaces stayed in a single room for a long time, even the queen mother, which was really hateful. Concubine Yan said in a resentful tone, and it could be seen that she was still obsessed with it.

"Why do you want to compare Li Rou Concubine to Shen Concubine?" Concubine Xi's henchman Concubine Lin answered in a weird way, causing Concubine Yan to glance at her.

The queen naturally doesn't have a good face for Concubine Xi's people, just like they dare to tear down their platform in public, "Concubine Lin, I heard that Concubine Xi's body has not recovered since she gave birth, you have to serve her well, lest the court outside the palace be unpredictable, and you don't know what happened." made her body angry, and the gains outweighed the losses. ”

Concubine Lin reluctantly cowardly under the queen's aura, "Yes......"

"Let's get down to business today." The queen's fingers slowly raised the tea cup beside her, and took a sip of tea, "It's the end of the year, and the monks in the capital will go to the palace temple to worship the ancestors, this year the Son of Heaven won the war in Beisai, so it is believed that there is the blessing of the spirit of the emperor in the sky, so this year's vows and prayers are particularly grand." Not only will you perform a ceremony in the palace, but as the concubines of the six palaces, you must also set some examples: those scriptures, the more copies the better, and those tablets, the longer you kneel, the better. In this way, the ancestors will see the piety of our royal family, understand? ”

Everyone was nervous when they heard this, the queen said this, is she not as idle as before?

The queen also seemed to see their thoughts, so she said: "Just busy for this time, think about what to do with peace of mind." If you do it as soon as possible, the palace will also end up easy. That's right - Concubine Shen, since you intend to copy the scriptures for me, then I will bother you a lot. ”

"The concubine is not tired." Shen Shuzhao said secretly, it turned out that he was waiting for me here.

"Huh. Forgive you and you won't say tired. The queen closed her eyes contemptuously.

Shen Shuzhao was said like this in public, although she couldn't get off the stage for a while, she was still used to it, so she had to sigh in her heart that Xiao Mengru was still as old as ever.

"Disperse, this palace is not a person who is idle and troubles you, go back to the palace and enjoy it, everything that should be said has been explained." The queen leaned lazily on the phoenix seat, she was indeed this kind of person. The others got up and saluted her, and then they all took their leave.

When Shen Shuzhao turned around, she glanced at her eldest sister Shen Zhuangzhao more attentively, she was her sister-in-law, and she should walk behind her, so she noticed that Shen Zhuangzhao's face was gloomy and her heart was heavy, and she didn't know why. Before she could blurt out the words of "Long ......", Shen Zhuangzhao got up, and before leaving, she turned her head as if she was looking at the queen, but she quickly turned her back. Shen Shuzhao keenly discovered this move, and suspicion suddenly filled her heart, the queen was behind the eldest sister, she should have seen her movements, but the queen did not have anything abnormal, her eyes locked Shen Zhuangzhao's back deeply, until she disappeared in front of the palace door.

Shen Shuzhao noticed that something was wrong, because the eyes of these two people looked ......

There is play.

There must be something hidden, she hurriedly followed the steps of the eldest sister.

Shen Zhuangzhao was speechless on the road, walked out of the Jiaofang Palace, and left by himself after getting on the sedan chair, Shen Shuzhao was angry about her actions, frowning and watching the sedan chair leave, if it wasn't for the good concubine calling her, she wouldn't have come back to her senses.

"Why is my sister standing still here?" The concubine's gentle and arrogant voice that was different from the queen's voice sounded behind her, which was extremely beautiful. Shen Shuzhao knew that she was caring about herself, "It's okay." In the end, she seemed to remember something, so she asked, "Has my sister ever been to Chengqian Palace recently?" ”

"You mean Concubine Yuanniang?" Concubine Liang hesitated slightly, "I went there twice after that, but I went with the Queen Mother's people." ”

"My sister just asked, sister, don't take it too seriously. It's just that...... My sister recently saw that the eldest sister was not in good spirits and lost her appetite, and I don't know what happened, you know, she has never been willing to be close to me, so I want to ask my sister. ”

Concubine Liang fell into deep thought, recalling whether Shen Zhuangzhao had any similarities in his complaint.

"But...... The younger sister didn't want to involve her sister in the affair between the concubine and the eldest sister. Shen Shuzhao said apologetically.

Facing Shen Shuzhao's words, Concubine Liang was in a trance for a while, as if she suspected that she had not heard it wrong.

Shen Shuzhao was accustomed to the ignorant face of the concubine who often appeared, so he didn't take it seriously, didn't think about it anymore, and continued: "Let this matter go for the time being. Good sister, sister has a matter, in fact, I have to ask you-"

The concubine looked at her cautious and serious eyes, and somehow, she didn't think about it, and then she answered. When she made an "um" sound, even she was surprised, is this the self who has to be in charge of everything? She was incredibly surprised by the slight change in herself, and this change, in the eyes of everyone, was very usually expected. But this is not the real self, the concubine was in shock for a long time, and she didn't even have time to hear what Shen Shuzhao said afterward.

And on the eldest sister's side.

Not long after the sedan chair left the queen's palace, in the winding path, Shen Zhuangzhao, who was sitting in the sedan chair, stared at the direction leading to the Chengqian Palace in front of him, and suddenly shouted: "Stop-"

The eunuch stopped and looked at her strangely, why did the mother shout to stop on the way back to the palace?

"Hmm......" Shen Zhuang Zhao opened his lips slightly, and his gaze moved to a direction that was completely different from Chengqian Palace, but very close to Jiaofang Palace, and said, "Go to the left, Cui Sexuan." ”