Shouren Palace is the same as before, but the flowers in the palace have been replaced from golden chrysanthemums to plum blossoms inserted in purple gold jars. Mama Yu stepped forward with a smile.

"Mrs. Su is here, the Queen Mother is chattering, the Lord of Qiling is still on the way, the card table is set up, and there is a shortage of three."

Since she taught the Empress Dowager the ancient version of mahjong, this Lafayette can be regarded as deeply involved, and now without the first emperor of benevolence, her old man is even more lonely.

People inside and outside the palace understand this, but our empress dowager has never said anything about it, so no one dares to say it.

"Is the county lord here too? Knowing this, I went to the eldest princess's mansion to urge her. Su Qi replied with a smile.

"The county lord of Qiling has come to the queen mother every day recently, and now it can be regarded as learning mahjong, today Lafayette personally set up the card table, how can the county lord not come when he gets the letter, and the county lord will come when he wants to come but a stick of incense."

"It's cold outside, lady, please come in."

Mama Yu personally opened the curtain.

The Empress Dowager sat crookedly on the soft couch by the window, covered with a thick black fox skin, looking warm.

Without waiting for Su Qixing to greet him, the words in front of him had already come.

"It's coming, let's just miss one, hurry, on the table." Yu Pozi, go and call the Ci Po to the mourning family, and leave the idea of the pantry to the little girls to do their work, we are here to get down to business. The Empress Dowager said loudly.

Hearing this, Su Qi smiled, and the fear in his heart somehow dissipated most of it.

It seems that he has thought too much, Su Qi said to himself.

Served. Yard cards, I didn't want to start playing, so the county lord of Qiling ran in in a hurry.

"Oh, it's still a step slower, I'll come when I say it's okay, why didn't the ancestor wait for me? It must be that the little eunuch who passed the word was useless. Lord Qiling complained.

said that it was a complaint, but the corners of the county lord of Qiling were raised, and his eyes were shining.

Ci Mama stood up, "The county lord came at the right time, and the old slave was cooking tea. Lafayette called the slave to draw a card. The county lord, please. ”

Mama Yu also got up.

Su Qi glanced at Qi Ling with a smile, and said hello.

It stands to reason that she, the lady of the General's Mansion, has to salute the county lord, but Su Qi's friendship with Qi Ling is already a secret known to everyone in the entire imperial capital. With these false gifts, everyone will be exempted.

The Empress Dowager waved her hand. "Su Qi is here. If the mourning family only looks at the cards and waits for you, wouldn't it be to let the mourning family look at the meat and not put down the chopsticks? Come, sit down. The cards in this round of mourning are very good. ”

Hearing this, Qi Ling smiled and sat on the seat of Ci Mama, "Ancestor, don't scare Qi Ling, you can win a lot of silver from us when your old card is not good, and now that we have a good card, don't we have to lose a fine light today and cry out of Shouren Palace?" ”

"Su Qi, you have to help me later."

The pitiful tone had a face full of delicateness, and even Su Qi couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Little monkey cub, the cards haven't started yet, it's good for you, so let's trick Su Qi into forming a gang first!" The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Seven cakes, you come out quickly." ”

The county lord of Qiling happened to sit under the empress dowager, and when he heard the words, he obediently took out Zhang Liubi.

There was laughter and laughter in Shouren Palace, and there was no wind and snow outside.

After playing four or five rounds, Su Qi and the county lord of Qiling teamed up to lose dozens of golden beans to the Empress Dowager, and Mama Yu won one or two games and lost a few games, but now it's okay, she didn't lose or win, she is really a good person.

Only the Empress Dowager won.

It's another circle, and Mama Yu and Su Qi are shuffling the cards.

The county lord of Qiling glanced at Su Qi, and then looked at Lafayette who was smiling and counting the golden beans he had won, seeing that the timing was just right, she asked nonchalantly: "Ancestor, why haven't you seen Brother Xuanwu recently, your card table has been set up, how can he be missing his card essence?" ”

The Empress Dowager's hand was stiff when she counted the golden beans, and she happened to be caught by Su Qi, and she couldn't help but jump with her heart.

"Yes, the mourning family also wants to know where the little rabbit has gone! said that he would accompany the mourning family to chant poems and enjoy the moon and watch the snow scene, but now there is a second snow in the imperial capital, and I haven't seen Ah Cheng come out. The Empress Dowager sighed.

"Yes, yes, Qi Lingdu hasn't gone to the Wuli Row horse race in the western suburbs of the imperial capital with Brother Xuanwu for a long time, what a good snow scene, staying in the imperial capital city every day, our family is losing temper month by month." Lord Qiling followed.

"Whoa" sounded.

The Empress Dowager swept all the golden beans together.

Su Qi was shocked.

"The mourning family is tired, Yu Pozi, you go down first." The Empress Dowager waved her hand.

The county lord of Qiling sat up straight.

"I've heard the rumors, too." The Empress Dowager said.

"I don't know where the rumors came from, I think it's ridiculous when I hear it, it just so happened that yesterday my father asked me to go to Xuanwang's Mansion to run errands and deliver something, I just asked casually, I didn't think that Brother Xuanwu was really not in the house, and he had been out of the house for many days, even the housekeeper in the house didn't know where he went." Qi Ling explained, "I don't believe the rumors, and I also scolded the mouthy mother-in-law in the house, but I didn't expect that this rumor was not only spread in my eldest princess's mansion, but even outside. ”

Su Qi didn't speak, but the doubts in his heart became deeper and deeper.

Qi Ling is not a brainless girl, not to mention that she has always acted so casually, even if she talks too much, how can the Empress Dowager blame and scold her?

Explanations have become a cover-up.

Su Qi thought that Qi Ling must know something.

"The rumor was told by the mourning family!"

Su Qi looked up in surprise, and it was Qi Ling's wide eyes that met him.

Deathly still.

"Isn't it, isn't it true?" Qi Ling asked cautiously.

The Empress Dowager's eyes were full of sorrow, and Su Qi's heart couldn't help but hurt.

The answer is self-evident.

The county lord of Qiling was weak.

And so it was, and so it was!

Su Qi looked firm. stood up, bent his knees and said, "I don't know how to rescue His Royal Highness King Xuan, and ask the Empress Dowager to tell Su Qi." ”

When the words fell, the Empress Dowager raised her head suddenly, and tears slowly continued to form in her eyes full of sorrow.

"Imperial grandmother, as long as you can rescue Brother Xuanwu, Qi Ling is willing to do anything, and please tell the imperial grandmother quickly." Qi Ling also stood up.

deliberately spread rumors, deliberately let the descendants of the eldest princess's mansion play with their tongues, and now suddenly invited her and Su Qi into the palace. With everything in front of her, if she still can't figure out the meaning. I'm afraid that if Su Qi doesn't open her mouth afterwards, she will dislike herself.

The clear words and firm tone reached the ears of the Empress Dowager more beautifully than the sound of the piano played by the best musician in the palace.

The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty is going to choose a concubine recently, do you know?"

Qi Ling glanced at Su Qi for the first time when he heard this.

Su Qi still nodded calmly.

Murong Qin was in charge of the Renqing Palace for a month. The ministers in the court began to play one after another: "Please ask the new emperor to take the concubine." "The reason is still very high-sounding." A kingdom shall not be without a king for a day. The monarch can't go without a queen for a day, and it is a major matter of the country to accept a concubine after the seal, and I hope that the emperor will make a quick decision. ”

These Su Qi still listened to what the second-room aunt You Shi said. Grandmother stopped drinking at once, and Su Qi sighed when she heard it, that is, for the ninth girl of the Mu family, and then forgot about it afterwards.

So many things have happened, if she still thinks about Murong Qin as she did at the beginning, maybe Su Qi and Su Muli will be like this, but she Cheng Mu will never be!

"Didn't the uncle and grandfather of the Mu family say that they wanted Mu Jiu to stay for two more years? What did the emperor's brother say? Lord Qiling asked.

Su Qi also wanted to know this question.

On the one hand, it is the request of the ministers of the court, and on the other hand, it is the words of my uncle and grandfather who once agreed, but I really want to know how our new emperor decides.

"The emperor agreed, and he refused."

"Promise, and then refuse?" The county lord of Qiling asked.

What is the answer to this, Su Qi was confused.

What did she promise and what she refused, why didn't the Queen Mother make it clear?

Su Qi couldn't help but get anxious, she glanced at Qi Ling.

"Grandmother, what the hell is going on?" Qi Ling really asked.

The Empress Dowager didn't answer immediately, she sighed, and then looked at Su Qi.

In his eyes without blinking, there was unspeakable helplessness and powerlessness, which made Su Qixin furious.

A sense of foreboding arises.

The emperor agreed to the request of the courtiers and refused...... rejected Mu Jiu. ”

When the cold words came out, they were already weak mosquitoes, but Su Qi still heard every word clearly.

There was a feeling in her heart that this was indeed the case, as if this answer was exactly what she expected, and it seemed to exceed her expectations.

It's already the third cup of tea, but it's a different cup of tea.

The first cup is bamboo leaf peach blossom, the second cup is green lotus, and the third cup is chrysanthemum wolfberry.

"Is the fourth cup of plum snow dew prepared?" Su Qi glanced at the tea cup and asked.

Shao Gong didn't say a word, and after a while, he served the fourth cup of tea, and asked about the faint fragrance of plum blossoms, and he didn't need to look at Su Qi to know that his guess was right.

She glanced at the entrance of the hall again, and there were several straight-headed gatekeepers, and there was no one else.

Su Qi couldn't help frowning.

Of course, there is no desire to taste tea.

She waved her hand and said, "Withdraw it, I'm not thirsty anymore." ”

In the Empress Dowager's Shouren Palace, she drank two bowls of mare's milk tea made by Mama Ci, and it was less than an hour before she arrived at the west hall of Renqing Palace, and she had already called the third cup.

It's just that why hasn't Murong Qin come yet?

Su Qi couldn't help but think of the eyes of the Empress Dowager, full of anticipation!

sent her Su Qi to the door of the main hall of Shouren Palace, and did not forget to shake her hand tightly before leaving.

Qi Ling's anxious eyebrows were still in front of him, but Su Qi couldn't even laugh.

"Good boy, now I am afraid that the only one who can save King Xuan is you."

"The news of your entry into the palace has been sent to inform the emperor early, and you will carry this plate of pea yellow to the past, the emperor loved to eat pea yellow when he was a child. You just said that the mourners asked you to run errands. ”

"Wait for the conversation to speak slowly, say it well, don't be afraid or anxious, there are mourners and Qi Ling in the palace."

"Now, the only person the mourning family can count on is you."

These words echoed in my ears over and over again.

Su Qi's brows furrowed even deeper.

"Your Majesty has arrived—"

The loud voice, coupled with the unique sharp voice of the eunuch in the palace, Su Qi didn't need to think about it to know who was coming.

Her heart couldn't help but beat faster.

He looked at Wu Niang's gaze a little more eagerly.

And when the eldest lord saw his mother's face red and clear, how could he still see that his face was like ashes a few days ago, and his eyes swept towards Qi Niang couldn't help but be a little more eager.

Miracle Doctor. It's really not a myth......

Just after the punctual time. The old lady took the tea and motioned to the princess to send off the guests, and according to the usual practice, Qi Niang stayed, but Si Niang took the initiative to support the old lady.

"Just let Qi Niang come, Luan Yu Pavilion is far away. You go back early to reassure your grandmother. She smiled and declined.

Siniang has always been filial and sensible. It's a pity that she has no memory of the original owner. I don't like this granddaughter closely.

"Yes." Siniang bowed and retreated, but there was nothing displeased.

Be generous and decent, advance and retreat freely. The old lady nodded in satisfaction.

In the warm pavilion, as soon as Qi Niang and the old lady sat down, Granny Wang closed the door and came in.

"Old lady, I have inquired clearly."

Qi Niang was surprised, didn't they already understand the matter in the house beforehand?

"Grandmother?" She looked at the old lady suspiciously.

"Don't worry, it's not a big deal, it's just that it has something to do with you, so I asked you to listen to it, and I can do it more safely in the future." The old lady patted her hand.

"Yes, bother Grandmother." Qi Niang got up and thanked her.

These days, Mother-in-law Chensu teaches Qi Niang the regular etiquette day and night, and although it is bitter, the effect is good.

What's more, the secret she crossed with her grandmother is that even a confidant like Granny Wang doesn't know, so in their eyes, she and her grandmother are just long-lost relatives.

"Sit and listen well." The old lady's eyes flashed with satisfaction, this is an agreement with Qi Niang, in order to live a good life here, it is always inevitable to pay.

"Murong Qin is the third son of today's saint, the mother concubine is the eldest daughter of the powerful Huo family, the Huo Concubine Niangniang, who has been favored for many years, and because the prince Murong Qin has been smart and smart since childhood, the emperor and the queen mother are very fond of it, and was once proposed by the minister of the court as a candidate for the prince, but it is a pity that it ...... Later, ......", Granny Wang looked at the old lady hesitantly.

"How?" The old lady frowned, "You know, I don't remember most of the past things about my illness, so you can tell me anything." ”

"Yes." Granny Wang sighed, the old lady didn't even remember these, it seemed that she was seriously injured by the poisoning.

"Later, because his mother, Concubine Huo, was suspected of poisoning our general......"

"Long wind, but long wind?" The old lady's eyes flashed eagerly, "Say it quickly." ”

"Concubine Huo's mother's family, Huo, was found to have colluded with the Nanban back then, and designed to frame General Changfeng, resulting in the tragic death of the general and his wife at the hands of the Nanban savages." Granny Wang looked excited.

"In other words, the Huo clan collaborated with the enemy and treason?" Qi Niang asked, "Join forces with Nanban to poison my father and mother?" Is it because of this that the third son of the emperor, Murong Qin, was abandoned in the south and no one cared about it? ”

Granny Wang was surprised, "That's right, I don't know how the Seventh Lady knows this?" ”

Although the three princes went south to recuperate, they were actually exiled, and over the years, they inquired a lot about him in the general's mansion.

"It's just two rumors that I heard in my spare time, and I don't want to be true." Qi Niang's face did not change her face and explained, "However, these three princes are bold, why did they come to Cen Zhou to recuperate." ”

At this moment, she wanted to know even more, didn't Murong Qin know his identity at all? If you don't know, it's better to say, but if you know and ask yourself to see a doctor to get close to yourself, the intention will be deeply investigated.

The old lady's eyes were full of cold light, and she was full of doubts in her heart, and she deliberately approached Qi Niang under the pretext of illness, in order to take revenge? Or is it for exploitation?

"The old slave doesn't know, but in the past three years, the third prince has lived in a simple place and has never had any contact with the general's mansion."

The implication is that Murong Qin should have no bad intentions.

Whether he had bad intentions before, Qi Niang didn't know, but now she doesn't think so. She remembered that Chu Qing girl came directly to Chunmanlou to look for herself, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she told the rumors of the miracle doctor, and at that time she was forced to hide in Chunmanlou, except for the dust and half-incense and Chunmanlou's ** and Yunying, no one else knew, but he could accurately find out, so it was easier to find out that she was the daughter of the general, why didn't he have half a sentence, what was his intention?

If it is simply just for revenge, then he has time and opportunity to diagnose and treat him in those days, and it seems that his purpose is not so simple.

Approaching step by step and using his intention to destroy the Su family of the General's Mansion? Or, is there something else going on?

But...... Isn't he afraid that he will know his identity sooner or later?

Qi Niang fell into contemplation, thinking about it carefully, it is true that Murong Qin is weak and sickly, it is true that the residual poison in his body is not clear, it is also true that he went south to recuperate, and in the depths of his memory, his warm and bright smile like the early spring sun is true.

He, Randao really deceives himself?

Thinking of this, Qi Niang suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and then the dull pain came along the divine passage like electricity, making her ...... Unexpected.

What's wrong with you, how can you have a good chest...... Throbbing? Just because, when he thought that Murong Qin would deceive himself?

Qi Niang took a few deep breaths, her mind was a mess, but the more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and she returned to Lin Yuge with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Lady, do you have any troubles?" Chensu asked tentatively, the lady was worried after returning from the old lady, and she didn't know what was going on.

Banxiang has been in a hurry to embroider during this time, the lady should be in daily life is all she does, the old lady cherishes the lady, as soon as she woke up, she dialed four third-class girls, two mothers-in-law and two second-class maids to come and wait, however, the lady's close affairs, she still did it herself.

"Mother-in-law, do you know the origin of Murong Qin's son?" Qi Niang couldn't help but ask, they had contact at the foot of Taihang Mountain a year ago, at that time they were half stupid and half stupid, and half fragrant was an ignorant person, if there was any plan, I was afraid that only Granny Chensu knew.

Chen Su was stunned by the question, and she immediately lowered her eyelids, "But Murong Gongzi, who was treated by the lady, we came into contact a year ago?" She asked rhetorically.

"Exactly."

"Although Murong Gongzi likes plain clothes like his wife, the consultation fee he pays every time is very generous, and his identity background is not simple." Chen Su really analyzed, "As for the rest, as for the other old women, I don't know, if the lady has any questions, or the old slave will ask Granny Wang tomorrow, she has been with the old lady for a long time, and I want to know more." ”

Chen Sugong stood behind Qi Niang, carefully observing the changes in the woman's expression in the bronze glasses. (To be continued.) )