Empress Gu was stunned at first, and then secretly smiled. This Gu Xinian is not at ease with her aunt! Are you afraid that she will bully a thirteen-year-old girl?

At this time, Queen Gu completely forgot the fact that she had tried in every possible way before.

"Let them in!" Empress Gu commanded lightly, and couldn't help but glance at Ye Qinglan. But seeing Ye Qinglan standing up, her expression was soft and calm, and she didn't show any surprise when she heard that Gu Xinian was coming.

At such a young age, it is really rare to have this determination......

The figures of the crown prince and Gu Xinian soon appeared at the door of the side hall.

Ye Qinglan hung her head slightly, her eyes did not squint, and she didn't even look at Gu Xinian from the corner of her eye. Queen Gu knew that it was one thing, and she couldn't just frown in front of her. It wouldn't be wonderful if it left a bad impression on Empress Gu as frivolous.

"Erchen has seen the queen mother," the prince smiled and greeted Queen Gu, but his eyes drifted to Ye Qinglan, who was standing quietly on the side.

It turned out that she was the lovely person who made Gu Xinian worry! If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have seen this girl twice......

Gu Xinian also stepped forward to salute Queen Gu. Empress Gu smiled and said, "Okay, there's no need to be so polite. After a pause, he teased him teasingly: "Why are you free to come?" Didn't you know that there were guests here in the main palace? ”

Gu Xinian replied with a smile on his face: "How can my nephew's thoughts be hidden from my aunt." As he spoke, he naturally looked at Ye Qinglan: "Cousin Lan, don't come unharmed?" ”

Since receiving Ruomei's news, she learned that Ye Qinglan deliberately tossed herself to be sick so that she was able to escape the persecution of the Xue family. He has been trapped in an inexplicable anxious feeling. Even if a qiē is arranged, I still can't rest assured. Knowing that she will enter the palace today. As soon as he took care of the errand in the official office, he hurriedly entered the palace, just wanting to see with his own eyes whether she was okay.

His tone was indifferent. But there was concern in his deep dark eyes.

Ye Qinglan's heart was filled with a burst of soft sweetness, and she was slightly blessed, and Ying Ying smiled: "Thank you Cousin Gu for your concern, I had a slight illness a few days ago, and now I have recovered." ”

To say that he is healed is an exaggeration. She was sick and bedridden for several days in a row, and it wasn't until yesterday that she got better. In such a short period of time, it is simply impossible to be completely good. Even if you apply a thin layer of fat powder, you can still see a little bit of thinness and haggard after illness.

Gu Xinian quietly recorded this account on the Xue family's head.

In front of Queen Gu and the crown prince, it was inconvenient for the two to say more. They quickly exchanged knowing glances, and then looked away.

The prince was very curious about Ye Qinglan, looked at Ye Qinglan with a smile, and then winked at Gu Xinian ambiguously: "Cousin, this Ye Shi girl is really a Peugeot." ”

Gu Xinian was very displeased with his slightly frivolous tone and attitude, and smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has praised it falsely." ”

……

Every time Gu Xinian was not very happy, he would always call him His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in such a tone.

The prince coughed and decisively withdrew his gaze. Because of Shen Qiuyu's matter, he still feels guilty about Gu Xinian. In addition, Gu Xinian is scheming and resourceful. It seems that he has become the backbone of his faction, so he has never been able to pose as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of Gu Xinian......

Gu Xinian saw that the prince was so interested, and the unhappiness in his heart finally calmed down a little. There are lessons from Shen Qiuyu's past. He would never allow the prince to get close to Ye Qinglan for half a step, even if he took one more look, he would not allow it!

"It's already noon, you two stay and have lunch with Hongu!" Empress Gu's smiling voice sounded.

Of course, Gu Xinian wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Ye Qinglan. But the Fengyi Hall is by no means a suitable place. Just when he hesitated, he heard the prince answer with a smile: "Okay." The minister won't be returning home today. There are also some days when I haven't had lunch with my mother. ”

Empress Gu smiled pointedly: "You are very busy every day now, where do you still have time to accompany me, the queen mother." ”

The prince smiled a little wryly. The crown princess Mohs was frail and sickly. He has never been pleased. What he really loves is Concubine Shen Qiuyu, and after Concubine Lin gave birth to her eldest son, he also had a lot of favors. plus the two beauties of Xinna a few days ago...... It is inevitable that you will not have much time to enter the palace.

Seeing that the prince was silent, Empress Gu couldn't help but count a few more words: "How many times have you said a long time ago, don't be obsessed with women all day long." You just don't listen. If your father finds out, I'm afraid I'll reprimand you again. ”

…… The father is not the same, one beauty after another beauty. The prince muttered secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute, so he could only agree. At first glance, it is a perfunctory left ear in and out of the right ear.

When Empress Gu saw him like this, she was not interested in saying anything - after all, there were still outsiders here, so she had to save some face for the prince.

At this moment, another palace maid came in to report: "Queen Qi, the crown princess and Concubine Shen and Concubine Lin are asking to see you outside the palace!" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was very surprised. Especially the prince, he couldn't help but say to himself: "Strange, why are they here." "When they came out of the Prince's Mansion in the morning, they didn't want to enter the palace at all, why did they all suddenly pop up?

Ye Qinglan couldn't help but glance at Gu Xinian. Hearing the name of his old lover, Gu Xinian's reaction was unusually calm, almost cold. It's like that Concubine Shen has nothing to do with him.

Empress Gu lightly ordered: "Let them all come in!" The palace maid replied respectfully, and then withdrew, and after a while, the three women entered the side hall.

Mo is dignified and elegant, Shen Qiuyu is beautiful and elegant, and the concubine Lin is also good-looking, and she is a bewitching beauty.

This prince is really a bit of a blessing. Ye Qinglan thought casually and lowered her eyelids. Since these three are here, they naturally have nothing to do with themselves. Just stay honest and stay in peace.

The Mo family stood in front, and Shen Qiuyu and the concubine Lin each stood on the side of the Mo family, and saluted Queen Gu together: "The concubine has seen the queen mother!" ”

Empress Gu said with a smile: "No need to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

Mo Shi smiled and agreed, and then sat down beside the prince. As for Concubine Shen and Concubine Lin, they sat at the bottom of the Mo family.

Gu Xinian sat on the other side, facing the crown prince. In this way, the only people standing in the side hall were Lady Yue and Ye Qinglan.

But Queen Gu didn't seem to see it, so she didn't sit down, but chatted with Mo Shi cordially: "You haven't been in the palace for a few days. The main palace was still talking about it two days ago! "Although Shen Qiuyu and the Lin family are side concubines, they have no place to speak in front of Queen Gu. Unless Queen Gu took the initiative to ask, she had to stay on the side honestly.

Mo replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern." The concubine also wanted to enter the palace to ask the queen mother for peace, but unfortunately this body was not angry, and she had been unwell a few days ago, so she didn't enter the palace because she was afraid of giving her mother a bad breath. ”

Empress Gu couldn't help but be concerned for a few words, and then asked casually, "By the way, why didn't you bring Brother Ming with you today?" ”

At the mention of Brother Ming, the smile on Mo's face deepened: "Brother Ming is still young, and he often cries and makes noise, but he is afraid that it will disturb the purity of the queen mother, so he didn't bring it." ”

The royal mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are actually no different from ordinary mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the topics they talk about when they sit together are nothing more than the short ones in the parents. Concubine Lin also interjected when the topic revolved around Brother Ming: "Brother Ming has gained a lot of weight these days!" ”

Empress Gu really didn't mind her interjection, but asked with interest, "Really?" Have you been working on an appetite lately? ”

Concubine Lin said with a smile: "Yes, this is thanks to the queen mother, the two nurses specially selected from the palace have enough milk, Brother Ming eats a lot, and he grows fast." ”

When Empress Gu heard this, her heart was naturally comfortable, there was a smile on her face, and her attitude towards Concubine Lin was also a lot kinder. Concubine Lin was secretly proud in her heart, and glanced at Shen Qiuyu intentionally or unintentionally.

Hmph, it's just that he confused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with that face. It's a pity that I haven't given birth to a son and a half daughter for a few years......

Shen Qiuyu turned a blind eye to Concubine Lin's seemingly nonchalant gaze, and still maintained a subtle and elegant smile, but most of her mind was occupied by the girl who was standing quietly aside. A series of fragments flashed through my mind......

Two months ago, the prince once inadvertently said after drinking: "Xi Nian already has a sweetheart, and he wants to ask his mother to marry him." At that time, she was surprised and dazed when she heard the news, but she couldn't believe it.

How could Gu Xinian fall in love with other women, he should only have her in his heart! The prince must have said this on purpose to test her. It must be so!

Although she tried her best to comfort herself, she always felt unsteady in her heart. But this kind of love can only be hidden deep in the bottom of the heart, and it must not be detected by anyone, especially the prince......

For the next two months, she sent someone to inquire about the matter quietly. But I inquired and asked, but I didn't find anything. Gu Xinian is busy with the official affairs of the imperial court every day, basically going out early and returning late every day, and has no time to contact any woman.

Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the news that Gu Xinian was staying in Zheng Guogong's mansion. She didn't take this matter to heart, but when she heard the maid who was sent to inquire about the news mention that there was another lady in the Zheng Guogong Mansion, she suddenly felt a strange uneasiness and anxiety.

When she heard that the girl was Miss Ten from Uncle Changyuan's Mansion, she was sensitive to the fact that Gu Xinian and this Miss Ye Shi must have a lot to do with each other...... Thinking of what the prince had said, she became more and more uneasy.

With Gu Xinian's temperament, if he could solve the family affairs by himself, it would be impossible to ask Queen Gu for it. In other words, his so-called sweetheart must be of a humble status and far less worthy of him. (To be continued......)