A month passed quickly, and Chu Xiangwan had been closed except for the first few days of ushering in. One is because of the confinement relationship, she must take care of it, and the other is because she and the child can only get along for a month, and after a month her queen's canonization ceremony is completed, the child will be sent to the queen mother's palace to raise, so she just looks at the child every day, no matter how she sees it, she can't see enough, sometimes she even takes the child with her when she sleeps at night, and she does it herself, and the nurse has become a decoration. Qian'er persuaded on the side: "Miss, if you take your children to eat and sleep with your children every day, where can you sit well in confinement?" When Huangfu Jingwen was there, Chu Xiangwan would take into account his words and hand over the child to the nurse to take care of, but as long as Huangfu Jingwen was not there, it was useless to persuade anyone.

In three days it will be the queen's canonization ceremony, the night outside the hall is like water, and there is only the sound of cicadas chirping in the quiet night, which is so noisy that people can't fall asleep over and over. Chu Xiangwan lay on the bed, thinking that the child would be taken to the Cihe Palace if she stayed by her side for a few more days, her heart was like her feet in cold water in winter, tightening and contracting, and she was not at peace up and down in her chest. I really couldn't sleep, as soon as I closed my eyes, the child couldn't stop crying, and finally got up in my clothes, freshened up, and shouted to Zizhang who was on night duty outside: "Zizhang, you come in." ”

"Niangniang, what's the matter with calling slaves?" Zizhang came in and saw Chu Xiangwan dressed neatly and sitting in the room, feeling very puzzled.

"Come with me to the Cihe Palace."

"Mother?"

"Don't alarm anyone, just let's go quietly."

"Yes." Zizhang held Chu Xiangwan's hand, and the two of them walked silently in the direction of Cihe Palace.

Before she arrived at the gate of Cihe Palace, Chu Xiangwan stopped, she turned to Zizhang and said, "You go and say that you want to see Mama Li and let people spread the word." ”

Zizhang did as she said, the guards went in to report, and after a while, they saw Mama Li walk out, Zizhang said a few words to her, Mama Li looked around, and went in again.

"Niangniang, Mama Li said that the Queen Mother is waiting for you inside, but let you in through the small door in the southeast corner of Cihe Palace." Zizhang was very puzzled about what happened all night, the queen was, the queen mother was too, and Mama Li seemed to have already received the order, so she directly said that the queen would enter the Cihe Palace through the small door.

"The concubine sees the queen mother." Although it was summer, people knelt on the golden marble floor tiles, still felt faintly cold, the queen mother's bedroom exuded a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, making people shudder, Zizhang followed beside him, and couldn't help but shiver.

"Get up, you—finally here." When Chu Xiangwan entered the queen mother's bedroom, he saw that the queen mother was also dressed neatly, since the day the queen mother decided to take Kai'er as a hostage, it was already Jiang Taigong fishing, knowing that she would take the bait sooner or later. The queen's canonization ceremony will be held soon, and the queen mother knows that she is reluctant to have children, and she will definitely come to her. Although Chu Xiangwan is smart, when it comes to guessing people's hearts, the Queen Mother's decades of open and secret battles in the harem, she is far from being able to compare. But Chu Xiangwan thought about it, this is not a good thing, at least there is a deal to negotiate between her and the Queen Mother, she only hopes that her Kai'er can be safe.

"Hasn't the Queen Mother been waiting for her concubines?" Chu Xiangwan asked rhetorically, since she had prepared for the worst, she didn't have to hide it anymore.

"Okay, talk quickly, and the mourning family will no longer go around the bend with you." The Queen Mother felt that Chu Xiangwan tonight was the real her, and the gentle and obedient her in the past was just an appearance. The Queen Mother picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip gently, and continued: "You also know the secrets of the Mourning family, and the Mourning family will not kill you, but you can't keep it in the palace." "The Queen Mother has the idea of the Queen Mother, if she wants Chu Xiangwan's life, Huangfu Jingwen will definitely break with her, the queen mother, and her raising a male pet will also be exposed. Therefore, only if Chu Xiangwan disappears into the palace forever and disappears into the land of the Great Zhou, can the unrest of the entire harem and the previous dynasty be avoided. After a long time, the emperor will forget Chu Xiangwan sooner or later.

"The Queen Mother means ······" Chu Xiangwan didn't know what the Queen Mother was referring to.

"If you leave Da Zhou, the mourning family will send you away, in this life, don't appear in Da Zhou, otherwise the mourning family will kill your child first, and then send someone to kill you. You must know that the lives of you and your children have always been in the hands of the mourning family, and since the mourning family can let you go, they can naturally kill you. When the Queen Mother said this, her eyes shot a vicious light, and her face was full of fierceness.

In fact, I had already thought clearly before I came, as long as I could keep Kai'er's safety, the big deal would be death, so Chu Xiangwan did not hesitate at all after hearing the conditions of the Queen Mother, and immediately replied: "I promise, it's just that the Queen Mother, I also have a request, the child should be raised by someone I trust." ”

"You actually dare to negotiate terms with the mourning family, the mourning family is already merciful if you don't kill you, why, do you still want to make an inch?" The Queen Mother spoke violently, slapped her palms on the table, and the lid of the tea cup on the table vibrated and jingled, and she trembled for a long time.

"Queen Mother, since I dare to come today, I can expect what kind of ending there will be, I can't die. However, the Queen Mother, although you have disposed of that little Xunzi, as long as this kind of thing is exposed, it doesn't matter whether it is true or not, because just rumors can make you lose virtue and create a gap between you and the emperor, and your prestige and status as the Queen Mother will also be shaken. Think about it, since you have promised not to hurt my child, then who to raise it is not the same? Besides, he grows up in front of you every day, and you will feel uncomfortable when you think of your concubine, so why bother? ”

"Okay, good, the mourning family never knew that you would be so sharp-toothed, I really underestimated you before. Since you have said it so clearly, the mourning family might as well make some concessions, and let you decide whether this child will stay or not. ”

"I beg the Queen Mother to hand over the child to Li Chongyuan to raise after the concubine leaves."

"The mourners promise you. There are three days to hold the queen's canonization ceremony, you prepare tomorrow, and the mourning family will send you out of the palace the night after tomorrow. "The Queen Mother has already planned everything, it doesn't matter whose hands the child is, as long as she is still in the palace for a day, she will always be under her control.

"Everything is subject to the arrangement of the Queen Mother." Chu Xiangwan knelt down again. A deal is reached like this, just one night that is no different from usual, it determines the fate of a woman for the rest of her life, and the harem is often like this, the ups and downs are silent, and only those who have experienced it know the thrilling in it.