In addition to the Queen Mother in the warm pavilion, there was really a thin middle-aged woman wearing a dark robe, who looked like she was forty or fifty years old, older than the Queen Mother on the side, with a girl who was only ** years old and beautifully dressed, sitting at the bottom, thinking that it was the queen mother and Princess Qinghe. Songyan greeted her one by one, Queen Cao was very amiable, and spoke to her softly, like an ordinary elder, because she saw how quickly Ping An changed her face, Songyan didn't dare to believe casually that the people in this palace were the same, and just replied respectfully.

Empress Cao was very thin, sitting on the chair like a needle, and seeing that Songyan didn't say a word, she smiled and said to the Queen Mother, "People who don't know still think that Gorou is so powerful at home, and he has turned the first beauty who was famous in the capital into a little puppet." ”

Songyan choked up when he heard this, his eyes involuntarily wandered around the room, and when he saw that Shao Ding didn't know where he went, his heart became flustered.

The Queen Mother leaned on the pillow of the Luohan bed, glanced at Songyan, and said to the queen with a smile, "What first and second beauties are all jokes of young children, and you actually follow along." But then again, Gorou has been fighting outside for many years, and he is not better than others, otherwise will the Qiangrong people obediently retreat to the north of Dicheng? ”

Empress Cao covered her mouth and smiled, "It's that I said too much, but I remember that when I saw this child a few years ago, or at the hairpin party, my nephew who didn't make a weapon paid a lot of money in order to snatch the three drunken hibiscus flowers on the child's sideburns, and only made my brother so angry that he wanted to discount his legs." Now seeing that our Mrs. Hou is well-behaved and her aura is gone, it is inevitable that there will be some regrets in my heart that the good times will not last long. ”

The Queen Mother frowned slightly in annoyance, and was about to refute again, but when she saw the pine smoke wood standing on the ground in a daze, she couldn't help but be deflated, so she pretended not to understand, put the chess pieces in her hand on the chessboard, and no longer paid attention to Queen Cao.

Queen Cao's eyes hidden under the small phoenix crown moved, and her face, which was originally old because of her thinness, became smart, which made people realize that she had a pair of very beautiful phoenix eyes, and only heard her say, "Fang Cai Niangniang said well, Wulang did his best for our Dachu in Northern Xinjiang, and now he has returned to Fengnuma's house, with Mrs. by the side, he can loosen the burden on his shoulders, Mrs. Hou, but he also thinks so?" ”

Song Yan saw her smile and nodded her name, her mind was blank for a while, and she opened her mouth blankly and said, "I...... I ......"

She subconsciously looked at the people in the room in embarrassment, looked at the queen mother on the chessboard coldly, stared at her tightly Empress Cao, and stood aside with her hands down, listening to her answer with her ears pricked up, and suddenly realized that not only was no one in this room going to help her, but everyone wanted to see her jokes!

Someone in the room suddenly sneered, Songyan's cheeks were red, and he didn't even dare to look at who laughed at him, and lowered his head to hear Princess Qinghe's milky voice and said to Queen Cao, "Queen Mother, why doesn't she seem to be able to speak?" ”

Even the seven or eight-year-old Princess Qinghe couldn't look down on Songyan's cowardly appearance, and made sarcastic remarks. Empress Cao shook her head at Princess Qinghe and said, "How can you say this in front of Mrs. Hou, fortunately, Mrs. Hou has a good temper, I'm afraid she won't mind, right?" ”

Song Yan saw that she had exposed the question just now, although she was humiliated in front of everyone, and felt a little uncomfortable, she still nodded obediently. Empress Cao laughed with satisfaction, Songyan listened to her laughter, and felt as if something was blocked in her heart, she raised her head and looked around aimlessly, in order to relieve the grievances and depression in her heart, and suddenly bumped into the eyes of the Queen Mother in front of her, and looked at her.

I saw the Queen Mother looking at her coldly, with a complicated expression, as if she was looking at a puddle of mud that couldn't support the wall, but she was stuck on the wall of Longchi Palace. Songyan seemed to be nailed to the spot by this look, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head in a panic, not daring to look up at the Queen Mother again.

I only heard the Queen Mother command Ping An above her head, "...... It's time to feast! Don't wait for the emperor and Gorou! ”

Ping An agreed, and then took a few palace maids to retreat.

Shao Ding and the emperor didn't know what to do, and never appeared again, and when Songyan didn't know how to survive this small palace banquet, he finally knelt down to the queen mother, walked on the long palace road and went to the inner palace gate, thinking that he was nervous and excited when he walked on the same road in the afternoon, he couldn't help but blame himself more, disgusted with his embarrassment, and even the impression of taking the young lady in the hearts of others also declined.

If it was a young lady, she would not let herself appear so stupid in front of others. Songyan smiled self-deprecatingly, blaming himself for not being self-aware, pheasants can't be phoenixes with gorgeous feathers, and this idea of pretending to be a phoenix is all wishful thinking! She thought she could help the young lady hide from the world, but in fact? She didn't do anything. The two aunts in the Hou Mansion may have already held a grudge against her for telling the Hou Ye, hurting people behind her back, Xue Ya and Yunwu also seem to be suspicious, and they will go to the gang at any time, the queen in the palace doesn't like her, and even the queen mother, who was originally quite gentle, can't bear her anymore.

She had belittled herself enough, and another unspeakable grievance came flooding back. After all, I'm just a maid. What is the identity of the young lady, and what is her identity? What's so strange about a maid who can't say decent and beautiful words, and can't meet the standards of Mrs. Hou's behavior? Now that he is about to show his original form, he will go and ask the young lady to change it back, and he will no longer bear the burden of this lady of the Hou Mansion!

Walking to the carriage, the two little maids saw that she looked down, and didn't dare to ask a word, but just wanted to serve her to get into the carriage, Songyan waved his hand weakly, and walked up by himself, but the more discouraged he was, the easier it was to do something wrong. She went up two steps, and as soon as she stepped forward, she somehow lost her center of gravity and turned to the side.

Songyan only felt that this was his own punishment, and did not shout, closed his eyes and fell to the ground on the side, but was firmly caught by a pair of arms and gently helped her up.

Songyan opened her eyes and saw that it was Shao Ding looking at her with a smile in her eyes, and said, "Madam is careless again." ”

Shao Ding didn't know what was going on, he looked a little happy, his eyebrows and eyes were rarely stretched, which made people vaguely see the handsome and sparse maniacs of riding horses back then, Songyan looked at him stunned, suddenly turned his head, and said in his heart, I can't watch it anymore, since I want to exchange it with Miss, I am not qualified to watch it again. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Shao Ding for the last time before saying, "Master Hou, I'm sorry for you......"

Shao Ding saw that her expression was wrong, so he asked worriedly, "What's wrong?" ”

Songyan whispered, "I'm too self-conscious, and I messed everything up. But don't worry, Master Hou, I will restore these to their original state immediately, and I won't trouble you again. ”

Shao Ding was silent for a while, and helped Songyan into the carriage. Songyan saw that he had nothing to say, and suddenly felt that it should be so, and suddenly thought that he really felt that I had caused trouble for him when I was a young lady.

The carriage swayed back to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion and stopped in front of the hanging flower gate in the inner courtyard. The curtain was opened, and Songyan was depressed to get out of the car, but he saw that it was Shao Ding who opened the curtain, and he stretched out his hand to pull Songyan. Songyan lifted her skirt and signaled that she could be alone, so she got out of the carriage, and after getting out of the carriage, she saw that there was no coachman around the carriage, and even the maids didn't know where they went, only the two of them looked at each other speechlessly.

Songyan knew that Shao Ding had something to say to her, and although she was physically and mentally exhausted today, she still respectfully put on the posture that a maid should listen to her teachings.

Shao Ding was silent for a moment, and said to Songyan, "Madam, are you hungry?" ”

Songyan's posture was instantly defeated by this sudden question, but his stomach gurgled in response to the situation.