Entering the Yongshou Palace, the road is familiar, and in front of it is the cloister where the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting was held a few years ago. At that time, I seemed to be sitting there, and that was the first time I walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the first time I saw ...... Suddenly, I heard a shrill voice say, "Bold!" Who are you who dare to trespass on the Yongshou Palace? ”

When I looked up, I recognized that this was the eunuch next to her, Father-in-law Fujing.

I immediately bowed and said, "I'll see Grandpa Fujing, I'm ...... The slave maid is a ...... in Concubine Li's palace. Xiaoyu, on the order of the mother, asked to see the queen mother. ”

Father-in-law Fujing let out a "hmm" and said, "You're new here, right?" Since the mother asked you to come, don't you know that you have to report it? ”

I lowered my head and muttered, "It's just me...... The slave and maid did not see anyone at the door, so ...... So ......"

I have the impression that my father-in-law has always been a good talker, at least that's how it felt to me.

Sure enough, I heard him mutter, "This Xiaozhi, I don't know where he ran again", and then nodded to me: "In this case, you can come with me." ”

I followed behind my father-in-law and walked slowly to the inner courtyard.

"You're new here, aren't you? I don't understand the rules, and I look at the face; But it's strange, I seem to have seen you somewhere, and you know me again......" he began to mumble again. Originally, I wanted to answer the first sentence, but then I realized that I didn't need to answer, so I closed my mouth and listened to his chatter.

I haven't been to the inner courtyard of this Yongshou Palace, so I'm not familiar with it. Just look at the overlapping flower clusters in the inner courtyard, a delicate artificial lake and even a rockery piled up by a few rugged rocks on the lakeside. All of them show the elegance of the people in this palace. It seems that my previous worries were unnecessary, she has always been a delicate and powerful person, how could she affect herself because of the fall of a powerful minister? Sure enough, the unguarded palace gate. It was just an accident.

Yes, if it weren't for such a delicate and clear person, how could she make the two most powerful people in the world fall in love with her, and how could she still keep the spring of this garden undefeated after these two men died? It's just that this delicate and clear heart is also scarred and cocooned. Otherwise, how can you still be strong in the face of hurt after injury? I don't know what I can do.

After walking for a while, she reached her dormitory.

Father-in-law Fujing turned to me and said, "You wait here, I'll pass it on." The Queen Mother is not very comfortable today, whether she can see you or not, this is not guaranteed. ”

When I heard this, I was anxious that I would not see you again today. I'm afraid it will be more difficult to enter the palace later. Thought about it. He took off a jade bracelet from his wrist, handed it to Father-in-law Fujing, and said, "Father-in-law will give this thing to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will meet me." ”

Fujing took the bracelet with some suspicion, looked at it, his face changed sharply, he looked up at me, and said with trembling lips: "You are not Concubine Li's person...... You are ......"

Of course I know the consequences of giving him the bracelet. But I know one thing more than knowing that others are good at talking. That's how much she trusts him. That's why I dared to show him this bracelet.

I looked at him and nodded slightly. He looked at me, then at the bracelet, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes turned red, and said, "Okay, he always has a daughter, and the queen mother and her old man are also ......" After speaking, he went straight to the palace.

I think he said something wrong, but I can't tell what the problem is. But just listening to his words, I feel that today's events are half done.

Soon, Father-in-law Fujing came out to announce my entry into the temple. I walked slowly into the hall, and contrary to my movement of walking inside, all the palace maids quickly retreated outside the hall.

Incense was lit in the hall, and a trace of agarwood wafted out. The lilac gauze hung low, and I couldn't make out the man sitting behind it. There were still about seven or eight steps away from the yarn tent, and at the signal of my father-in-law Fujing, I knelt down lightly after standing still, and said clearly: "Half Lotus, the daughter of the criminal minister, knocks on the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is a thousand years old." ”

No one spoke for a long time, and I was so blessed that I didn't dare to move.

"Alas......" a soft sigh escaped from behind the gauze tent, "Jingfu, you go down." ”

Jingfu's father-in-law was blessed, and he also retreated to the door. But after exiting the door, there was no sound of footsteps leaving, and I thought that I was guarding the door of the temple. I curled the corners of my mouth clearly, worthy of being the person next to the Empress Dowager Shen, well-trained, and I didn't need the master's command to know that the words behind me needed to be guarded against eavesdropping.

"You...... Are you going to tear out the heart of your family? The Queen Mother spoke quietly after a while.

"The Queen Mother hasn't rested well lately?" I didn't answer the question. The Queen Mother is right, seeing her today reminds me of many things that I don't want to remember anymore. I thought she loved Ding Xiang, and I thought that without Ding Xiang in this world, she was just a walking corpse...... But I don't want to, the inner courtyard full of spring and the suitably arranged hall are all showing that its owner is alive and well. She's right, I do want to rip out her heart.

The Queen Mother didn't expect me to ask her this, so she shook her head and said, "It's true that I didn't sleep well...... How is it possible to sleep well? It's just that the mourning family is the queen mother of this palace, and she is tied to the lifeblood of my Shen family, and if you slack off, you will be chewed to scum by others. It's nothing to mourn the family, it's just that there are nearly a thousand mouths up and down my Shen family, but I can't ignore it, you ...... Do you understand? ”

Shen Biying chose to be on the king's side at the age of sixteen, and there have been two generations of emperors, and this generation is still supported by her own hands. After two generations without falling, I still have a pivotal position in this palace, and it is not unexpected to guess my little caution.

I smiled faintly and said, "I...... The slave did not complain about the Queen Mother, but admired the Queen Mother. Like slaves and maids, they always take the word 'love' too seriously, but they are not as comfortable as the queen mother. In fact, this can be put down, it is only six words, but there are people in this world who have spent a lifetime and have not been able to do it. For example, my dad ......"

I admit that I am evoking her guilt about Ding Xiang and guiding her in the direction I want.

She didn't speak, just the sound of clothes rubbing, and I knew it was her coming.

A pair of hands reached out to help me, which should have been a pair of pampered hands, but now the skin of these hands is like dry wood, and fine lines cover the entire back of the hand. I looked up in surprise, only to find that the fine lines were not only dense on my hands, but also crawled all over her face. When I first saw her four or five years ago, she looked like she was in her early thirties, and now she is in her early forties, but now she looks like she is more than ten years older than her actual age. (To be continued......)