Seeing that the concubine was swaying and had walked out of a distance, Gui Ying was in a good mood and kept up with her, and silently sent the concubine back to the palace.

According to Xiao Xia's instructions, Gui Ying arranged the mother-in-law she brought to guard at the gate of Xiu Concubine's palace, and Xiu Concubine laughed: "Gui Ying, you don't really want to use this old slave to lock me up, do you?" ”

Gui Ying bowed her head and blessed her body: "I'm sorry, Concubine Xiu, this is what the concubine Niangniang meant, the slave maid is just acting on orders." ”

"Oh, what a person is told, do you think I dare to confront her like that is stupid? If I dare to contradict her, I will be sure that she will not be able to move me. I'll show you the way, what should be said is also said, you can do it yourself! ”

Concubine Xiu put down her words and twisted into the palace gate, and came to the grandmother with Gui Ying cautiously and asked, "Girl, do you really want to lock up Concubine Xiu?" I'm afraid that a few old slaves can't stand it! ”

"This is the order of the concubine Niangniang, you just act like it, if she dares to come out, it will be disobedient, and the mother will repair her."

Mama was relieved when she heard this: "In this way, there is a girl, and the old slave has a number in his heart!" ”

"Well, you guys keep an eye on it, and report any movement here at any time."

"Yes, yes! Rest assured, the old slave will definitely be optimistic. ”

Gui Ying was about to leave after arranging here, but unfortunately she happened to see Wang An coming here, and Wang An was followed by two little eunuchs, carrying a food box in their hands.

Gui Ying stepped forward to say hello, Wang An stopped and glanced at Gui Ying: "Yo, Gui Ying girl, why are you here?" ”

"The slave sent the concubine back, and the concubine was disrespectful to our concubine in front of all the new concubines, and everyone asked for severe punishment of the concubine, and my mother ordered her to think about it behind closed doors for a month."

Wang An was stunned for a moment: "A month!" Concubine Xiu only entered the palace last night, no, the emperor also asked our family to send some pastries to Concubine Xiu, the concubine Niangniang ordered this, did our family send it in or bring it back? ”

Gui Ying was also a little surprised, you must know that the current emperor Feng Jintian has always been cold, and he rarely pays attention to the harem concubines except Xiao Xia, and the rewards are even fewer, and like Wang An, who sends snacks anytime and anywhere, the emperor generally eats them and thinks they are delicious, and they are rewarded to the concubines casually, which seems to be worthless on the surface, but it shows the status of the concubines in the emperor's heart, and the concubines who are not favored do not have this honor.

Gui Ying thought of the confident concubine before, and suddenly understood the meaning of her words, everyone said that she was pampered and arrogant, but she was really not wrong, she was really pampered and arrogant! The key is that you have to have this honor!

Wang An saw that Gui Ying didn't speak for a long time, and said lightly with a sharp voice: "Forget it, the girl is just doing an errand for the mother, and our family won't embarrass you, but the girl must understand that our family is just an errand boy, the emperor asked our family to send snacks, and our family must send it, and we have to personally send it to the concubine Niangniang, girl, our family will leave for the time being!" ”

Wang An arched his hand, paced Fang Bu and walked towards the gate of the concubine palace with the little eunuch.

Gui Ying looked at the same place for a while, this Wang An's attitude is obviously different from the past, he has always helped to say good things with a smile in the past, maybe he offended him last night, and he turned his face today, they all said that women turn their faces like turning books, in fact, this Wang An is typical.

Gui Ying shook her head amusedly, turned around and went to Xia Yu Palace.

When she returned to Xia Yu Palace, the concubines who invited An had already dispersed, and Xiao Xia was still sitting in the front hall drinking tea, looking like she was waiting for herself on purpose, Gui Ying stepped forward and saluted, and told her about meeting Wang An halfway.

Xiao Xia paused in his hand and looked back at Gui Ying: "The dim sum sent by the emperor?" What dim sum? ”

"The slave doesn't know, but looking at the food box carried by the little eunuch, it should be ...... The kind that I used to give to my mother. ”

Xiao Xia thought for a while and laughed at himself: "Most of them are pastries made of petals, although the emperor is cold, he has always liked this, and it may be related to his biological mother's love for flowers before her death." ”

Xiao Xia finished speaking calmly, and began to drink tea by herself.

Gui Ying was a little anxious after seeing that Xiao Xia was gone: "Niangniang, if Wang An goes, Xiu Concubine will definitely cry, so isn't your grounding of Xiu Concubine in vain?" ”

"So what? She can make the emperor feel sorry for her, and I can't help it if the ban is lifted. ”

"But Niangniang gave the order in front of so many people, if it is solved like this, won't it make other concubines doubt your status and authority?"

Xiao Xia paused, remembering Su Linglong's expression when she left, she always felt that she wished she could punish her, it turned out to be for this! She thought that the order I gave was immediately withdrawn by the emperor, which means that the emperor favors her more than me? Or is it to guide people's hearts? She thought about it thoughtfully, let him go, this status authority is just an empty shell, what's the use of using it?

Gui Ying saw that Xiao Xia still didn't react, so she could only sigh secretly and retreat to the side.

Xiao Xia glanced at him: "Gui Ying, these **** good people restrain the people in our palace, go out less and cause less trouble, pay attention to the movements in the palace of the concubine at any time, and report me quickly if there is something." ”

"Yes, sissy."

Xiao Xia took care of it, went back and changed into a leisurely dress, and asked the janitor to close the palace door directly, so she watered flowers in the palace every day, read books and painted, and lived a leisurely life.

And the Xiu Concubine Palace was very lively, as Xiao Xia expected, the mother-in-law sent by the Xia Palace to guard the Xiu Concubine was sent back in the afternoon of the same day, saying that it was the emperor's personal order, reading that the Xiu Concubine entered the palace for the first time, she didn't understand the rules, and those who didn't know were not guilty, forgive her this time, if there is a punishment next time, it is not too late.

Xiao Xia didn't react when she heard this, and asked Mama to go down and rest.

Then one after another, Emperor Feng Jintian went to the palace of Xiu Concubine, which made other people not blush, and those with low grades began to visit and woo, and those with high grades were not convinced and also came to him to trouble him, such as Concubine Fang, who was still favored before, and Su Lingman, who had always been partial to Concubine Fang, gradually got closer and closer to Concubine Xiu at some point, and within a few days, they were inseparable from each other.

In the past few days, the form of the harem has changed dramatically, but Xia Yugong has been calm and has no reaction, anyway, the emperor did not come, the concubine did not provoke trouble, and everyone had no time to pay attention to this side, everyone's attention was focused on the emperor, everyone stared at him wherever he went, and did everything possible to pile it up, for fear that he would miss half a chance.

In the evening of that day, Xiao Xia had been painting in the study for a whole hour, she straightened up and twisted her neck, and suddenly felt a pair of calloused hands on her shoulders and gently kneaded.

Xiao Xia was startled, and when she looked back at the comer, she was relieved, she stood up and looked out: "Why are you here?" It's not dark yet, just in case ......"

Liang Chenjing took advantage of the situation to hug her waist and looked at her eyes with lowered eyebrows: "I miss you, come and see you." ”

Xiao Xia Ergen was hot, and beat him hard: "Then it depends on the time, in case the emperor comes......"

"No, he is ******** on Su Linglong now."

Xiao Xia was stunned and raised her eyes to look at him: "Do you also believe that she is Su Linglong?" ”

"When she pretended to be Guo Lanxiang before, she was a little confused, and she couldn't be sure, but I could be sure that she entered the palace."

"And did you find out how she changed her identity?"

At the mention of this, Liang Chenjing's face immediately changed, and his eyes became dark and cold, he let go of Xiao Xia, turned around and walked to the bookshelf, and looked at the rows of books with his hands in a daze.

Xiao Xia walked over and took his hand: "What's wrong?" ”

Liang Chenjing took a deep breath: "It's nothing, Xiao Xia, I'm actually here today to say goodbye, I'm going to leave the capital for a while to verify something." ”

"Leave? Where are you going? When will you be back? Is it dangerous? ”

Looking at her nervous appearance, Liang Chenjing's heart softened, and he gently held her cheek: "Can I understand that you care about me?" ”

Xiao Xia frowned and glared at him: "Be serious with you, don't be joking." ”

Liang Chenjing paused for a moment: "Su Linglong has a big background this time, I have a bad premonition, and I have secretly found some clues, I want to confirm this matter, this trip must go, and it must be fast, if it is late, the emperor may be in danger, the specific time is uncertain, at most one or two months, at least ten days, let's see the investigation!" ”

Xiao Xia was quite nervous when he heard this: "Will the emperor be in danger?" How so? Isn't the queen's party completely wiped out? ”

"It's not the queen, it's someone else."

"Who?"

"This ...... Xiao Xia, it's useless to say more, the matter hasn't been confirmed yet, I prefer to believe that it's not true, you can protect yourself during my absence, if you can......"

Speaking of this, Liang Chenjing stopped, and seemed to be a little hesitant about the next words.

"What? You're done, huh? Don't let me be scared. ”

Liang Chenjing turned around and grabbed Xiao Xia's shoulder, his eyes were a little tangled and complicated: "Xiao Xia, you ......"

"What? Is there anything you can't say directly? You mean! ”

Under Xiao Xia's repeated urging, Liang Chenjing gritted his teeth and said: "Xiao Xia, I found some clues, Su Linglong's purpose in coming back this time is not pure, she may be involved in a certain force, this force operates secretly, and seems to control a lot of resources, and I always feel that they are ambitious, not just for money." ”

Xiao Xia thought for a moment and then reacted: "What do you mean...... Could that group of people still dare to rebel? ”

"Shh~~" Liang Chenjing looked outside vigilantly and said in a low voice: "Don't say this at any time, whether it's true or not, this must be another bloody storm." ”

Xiao Xia lowered her eyebrows and connected Liang Chenjing's intermittent words, she was very surprised: "Brother Jing, do you mean that Su Linglong is also involved, or is she originally a pawn used by the other party to contain the emperor?" ”

"Quite possibly."

"That'...... That...... Then Su Linglong himself must know, can't he just arrest him and torture him? ”

"By all means, firstly, this matter has not been verified, and secondly, if they startle the snakes, they will either do it in advance, or run away, hide and wait for the opportunity to move, it will be difficult to find them again in the future, no matter what, you must not act without authorization."

After Liang Chenjing finished speaking, he looked down at Xiao Xia, his eyes were quite emotional, and he took Xiao Xia in his arms: "Xiao Xia, if I can, I can't wait to take you away now and leave this place of right and wrong." ”

Xiao Xia's head was pressed against his chest, and hearing his puffing and powerful heartbeat, Xiao Xia closed his eyes and leaned into his arms with peace of mind: "I know, I want to go too, but we can't do it, right?" The emperor is kind to me, I can't watch him being persecuted, when this is done, we will leave, okay? ”

Liang Chenjing hugged her tightly in his arms and said hello softly.

It wasn't until someone knocked on the door outside that Liang Chenjing let go of her, and finally pecked her on the lips, jumped out of the window.

Xiao Xia sat down in her clothes before shouting, "Come in!" ”

Gui Ying pushed the door in, and inadvertently looked at the window, she thought thoughtfully, and said softly: "Niangniang, it's time for dinner!" ”

"Good! Is there any news from Xiu Concubine's side today? ”

"Yes, I heard that the emperor was going to go to Xiu Concubine for dinner tonight, and met Concubine Fang who went out for a walk halfway, Concubine Fang had already injured her foot, and accidentally twisted it again, expecting the emperor to send her back to the palace, but the emperor didn't send it, only asked Wang An to find a sedan chair to send Concubine Fang back!"

Xiao Xia sneered when she heard this, "This Concubine Fang, she doesn't look stupid, why did she use the same move again and again, she made the emperor unhappy last time, and this time she came again, heh!" ”

Gui Ying also smiled: "This Concubine Fang, she used to be smarter when Su Lingman was by her side, but now that Su Lingman has turned to be with Concubine Xiu, Concubine Fang is full of mistakes and omissions, it seems that it is not easy to compete for favor." ”

Xiao Xia raised her eyes to look at Gui Ying, and when she talked about Su Lingman and Su Linglong, she suddenly remembered Su Lingfeng, who wanted to enter the palace, and Su Bingren, who wanted to send her to the palace.

It's really a place in life where we don't meet, a few little sisters are now gathering in the palace, I don't know how Su Linglong reacted when he saw Su Lingfeng?

"By the way, Gui Ying, didn't you say that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is preparing for the draft? Is there any progress? ”

"The slave really wants to report this, this afternoon the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a post, which is the schedule of the draft, please see if it is suitable?"

"I see? Can I still pick the day? ”

"Niangniang, after all, the emperor has not been established, it stands to reason that you should be the abbot of this draft, and you can naturally set the date."

"Really? Heh, that's a good errand. You don't need to look at the date, you go back to the Internal Affairs Office directly tomorrow, let them choose as much as possible, arrange the schedule faster, and be sure to let the newly selected show girl enter the palace within January. ”

"A month! This...... Wouldn't it be too rushed? ”

"If you don't hurry up, the emperor will not be fascinated by the concubine, and then others will have a chance?"

Gui Ying was stunned for a moment, and after a little hesitation, she said, "Niangniang, let's talk about it...... The emperor hasn't come to our palace for a few days, and the reward is gone, this is something that has never happened before, do you want to ......"

"There are so many poisonous things in our warehouse, are we done with the reward?"

"That's not it, it's just that the people below are a little anxious, and it is inevitable to get some blank eyes when they go out."

"Heh, I can't take care of that much, they want to think that I, the concubine, are about to fall out of favor, they can give them a chance, anyone who wants to leave and wants to find another place to go directly to you to report and leave, but you are not allowed to take away anything in my palace, you keep an eye on them, don't let people take advantage of the loopholes." (To be continued.) )