"Imperial grandmother, what Zhu'er said is true, Imperial Grandmother, now Zhu'er doesn't ask for anything else, she just wants to see Brother Jinyu from time to time, isn't this request allowed to Zhu'er?"

"Silly girl, you get up first, get up and talk." The Queen Mother saw Rui Zhu crying like a tearful person, and what she said was reasonable, and she was a little distressed all of a sudden, "Your imperial grandmother is also a person from the past, and she grew up slowly when you were so old, where would you not understand your thoughts, you now think that it is good enough to see him, but I don't know that when we can really see each other every day, I will want more, and sooner or later I will seek that name, you now see that Jinyu's wife is not pleasing to the eye, don't you already have the heart to replace it?" ”

Princess Ruizhu sobbed and was helped up by the Queen Mother, rubbing her eyes, "Zhu'er is really just unconvinced, a good person like Brother Jinyu, then Xie Fanyan is not worthy." ”

"Okay, don't cry, don't cry, wait a few days, the mourning family will personally go to your mother and concubine to say, so that you can go out of the palace to play, and wait for your brother Jinyu to enter the palace to see the mourning family, and the mourning family will try to let him see you, but you and him are not a long-term solution after all, no matter how bad Mrs. Xie is, she is a wife after all, what can you do if she is already like this, Zhu'er should let it go."

"Imperial grandmother, I can't let go of ......" Princess Ruizhu felt uncomfortable and cried even more sadly.

"That's it, what you said is just one side of the story, wait for tomorrow the mourning family to personally summon that Xie Fanyan to see, if she is really as unbearable as you say, she is indeed not worthy of Jinyu, then it is okay to find another way, if she and Jinyu are husband and wife, they are not a great evil. Zhu'er still regards Jinyu as your best brother, the mourning family will definitely choose a better husband for you, listen to the mourning family. Good no good? ”

Princess Ruizhu's heart moved when she heard this, and she knew that it was useless to force it immediately, and now it was already the best start, the best start for her and Jinyu.

"Zhu'er understands, it's still the imperial grandmother who feels the most sorry for me." Rui Zhu was happy in her heart and rubbed into the arms of the Queen Mother.

"You kid. Ah, look, crying and laughing. wiped his mourning family with tears on his face, why don't you go wash it quickly, and then apply it to your eyes, or go back to your mother's palace in a while. Your mother still thinks I've abused our little princess. ”

Outside Tinglan Palace. A bright yellow suddenly stopped, and looked at Concubine Xian Hu, "Concubine Xian, thanks to your filial piety, from time to time to speak for my mother to relieve boredom, I remember it all." ”

Hu Shi looked at the palace close at hand, and his heart tightened, knowing that the emperor had no intention of returning to the palace with him at this time. sighed, but still replied: "This is what a concubine should do." The concubines are ordinary, and they can't be by the emperor's side to make the emperor pleasing to the eye, but they remember the words of their parents when they were in the boudoir, and they must abide by women's morality and serve the high hall with their hearts, and the queen mother treats the concubines really well, and the emperor always wants to say that the concubines are panicked. ”

"Master Hu, teach your daughter well." The emperor smiled and held Hu's hand, "But I think Concubine Xian is arrogant, your appearance is not ordinary, I look very good." ”

Concubine Hu's heart jumped, and her face suddenly turned red, "The emperor made fun of his concubines." ”

"I don't have any jokes." The emperor didn't smile, his expression was serious, "I will go back to the Zhengde Palace to deal with government affairs first, and I will come to see you in the evening, the meals in Tinglan Palace have always been the most suitable for me, and I will have dinner together in the evening." ”

Hu's heart, which had been gloomy when he saw the emperor stop, suddenly jumped up again, and he smiled and laughed, "Okay, the concubines are waiting for the emperor!" ”

The emperor shook Hu's hand again, and then walked away, and the virtuous concubine Hu sent each other silently, standing and watching the emperor walk away step by step, and gradually put away the initial moved look.

"Zhi'er, what the emperor just said, did you hear it?"

"The maids have heard it, congratulations to the mother, the emperor's heart is always the same." The maidservant behind Hu hurriedly replied.

"Yes, you heard it too, but this palace doesn't believe it."

"Mother?" The maidservant girl named Zhi'er hesitantly called Hu Shi, "What doesn't Niangniang believe?" ”

Concubine Xian suddenly turned her head and looked at Zhi'er, "Zhi'er, you tell the truth to this palace, how is this palace compared to Concubine De?" ”

Zhi'er hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Brother Concubine De is the emperor's most trusted guard with a sword, with a fourth-rank military rank, although it is not big, but it is better than the emperor's trust, so although Concubine De's mother's family is thin, she is also very favored by the emperor." ”

"How is Concubine De a person?"

Zhi'er lowered her voice, "Mean and stingy, good at holding grudges, and there is no room for sand in your eyes." ”

"Then you talk to this palace again, how is this palace better than Concubine Shu? In the emperor's heart, who is superior and who wins? ”

"Concubine Shu is young and beautiful, and she has a bit of talent, and she has always been very sacred, I am afraid that she is on par with Niangniang, and Niangniang."

"You don't comfort this palace, this palace doesn't need to be comforted at this time, this palace needs to see it more clearly, this palace is in the emperor's heart, far less than the concubine. How about you say that Concubine Shu is a person? ”

"Concubine Shu was born in the palace, and she used to be a upright person, a little willful, she has suffered a lot in the palace over the years, and she is a lot more meticulous, and she looks at her coldly, she is a reasonable person, but she has no upper or lower eyes in her eyes, and she does not look at the people below in her eyes, she is quite arrogant, and she is not an easy person to get along with."

"What you said is right, but in the eyes of the emperor, the palace is not as good as these two people, if Concubine De becomes the head of the four concubines, second only to the queen, the Queen Mother is certainly kind and generous, but who knows how long she can protect the palace, over time, if you don't submit to Concubine De, I'm afraid that this harem will be difficult to gain a foothold. You say that the palace has a good status in the emperor's heart, but the palace doesn't believe it, if there is a conflict between the palace and the two concubines of De and Shu, you say, who will the emperor protect? ”

"What does Niangniang mean......" Zhi'er thought for a long time, looking at her mother's sad appearance, she didn't dare to guess, so she had to ask.

"In this palace, you can't trust anyone, and the only one you can rely on is yourself. Now I am more worried than this palace, I am afraid that it is the one from Fanghua Palace, and it is time to find an opportunity to visit Concubine Shuniang. Concubine Hu shook her sleeves and returned to her palace.

"Visiting the Lady? I heard that she didn't care much about ordinary concubines, and Niangniang had shown favor to her before, but Concubine Shu was indifferent. Why are we going to visit Lady Lady? ”

"Zhi'er is always smart, so it's better to guess why this palace wants to visit Concubine Shu."

Zhi'er followed behind Concubine Hu. After thinking about it for a while, she cautiously whispered in Concubine Xian's ear, "Could it be that Niangniang is worried about Concubine De and wants to prepare in advance?" ”

Concubine Xian nodded silently.

Zhi'er continued: "Now that Concubine De is powerful, if she gives birth to a prince, she will definitely be like a brocade of flowers. The icing on the cake, and the only one who can compete with it at the moment is the concubine who is also pregnant with the dragon heir. It's just that firstly, Concubine Shu's birth has been delayed in determining whether it is a male or female, and secondly, even if it is a prince, I am afraid that it will be a little later than Concubine De. At that time, I was afraid that the position of the harem concubine had been decided. All the ladies under the queen have to be ordered by Concubine De, do we really want to go to Concubine Shu's side to show goodwill? This Concubine De and Concubine Shu have been at odds for many years, if Concubine De really can't tolerate people, then Concubine Shu must bear the brunt, let's make friends with Concubine Shu instead, aren't you afraid of touching Concubine De's mold? ”

Concubine Xian smiled, "You have been studious since you were a child, and you are no more illiterate than ordinary maids." You used to lie down and read like this palace, haven't you heard the truth that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold? If the concubine does not exist, then we are only afraid that sooner or later we will have to submit to the concubine, it is better to go to the concubine to explore the truth, the reason why the palace chose the concubine, first, the concubine also has a dragon heir in the belly, or the prince, and in the belly of the concubine, the imperial doctor said very clearly that day, it is very likely to be the prince, the palace only wishes to pray every day is the imperial doctor's diagnosis of the pulse error, so that the concubine gave birth to the princess, and in vain made the concubine empty of joy in vain; Second, the palace gambles on the emperor, the emperor is benevolent and filial, and rarely disobeys the queen mother, but when the queen mother first promised Concubine De to give birth to the prince Jin Guifei, she did not immediately second, and today she even pleaded with the queen mother, and she wanted to wait for the concubine to give birth before determining the concubine's position, which is obviously biased towards the concubine, and the palace gambled on the emperor's bias towards the concubine; Third, Concubine De, in the final analysis, is just an empty shelf, not as good as Concubine Shu, not as powerful as Concubine Shu, just has a brother who has an excellent relationship with the emperor, but with a single brother, can it really shake the Concubine Shu from a famous family, the palace doesn't believe it. Zhi'er, do you think what Hongu said makes sense? ”

"It's still the mother's far-reaching, the maid is the maid in the end, not as far as the maid thinks, listening to the mother's analysis, I really think it makes a lot of sense."

Concubine Xian nodded Zhi'er's nose, "I'm asking you seriously, your insight and mind sometimes impress me, this is a key decision, don't fool me like usual." ”

"How dare Zhi'er fool the mother." Zhi'er hurriedly said, "Zhi'er really thinks what Niangniang said is very reasonable, but wasn't Niangniang very interested in the rumored method of concubine Niangniang's pregnancy in the palace a few days ago, if she really got along with Concubine Niangniang, it would be difficult to worry about that recipe anymore." ”

"That Fang Zi ......" Concubine Xian pondered for a moment, her eyes drifted a little, "Rui Zhu, this child is certainly loved by the Queen Mother and the emperor, but after all, she is a princess, and she will marry sooner or later, if the palace can give birth to a prince again, it is really complete, if the rumors in the palace are true, how can it be said that you can not worry about it if you don't worry about it, I hope that after having a heart-to-heart relationship with Concubine Shu, she will be trusted and mention this matter to her, if she is willing to take the initiative to explain Fang Zi to the palace, it would be better, if not, then think about it......"

"What Niangniang said is, then when will we go to Concubine Shu's Fanghua Palace, that Concubine Shu has always been arrogant, and I don't know if she will ignore our overtures." Zhi'er replied and asked again.

"Well, this matter is not in a hurry for the time being, let this palace think about it for a few more days, this palace and the concubine are average, naturally you can't be too humble, but you can't be too arrogant, but it's even more impossible, and it's not easy to prepare speeches."

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All this, Xie Fanyan of Fanghua Palace naturally didn't know, Xie Fanyan returned to the side hall, and a few people laughed and came over quietly for an afternoon, and had dinner with Concubine Shu in the evening, Concubine Shu seemed a little absent-minded, not very energetic, from time to time to look outside the hall, Xie Fanyan thought about it for a while, and roughly guessed the reason why Concubine Shu was absent-minded, these two days I came, I haven't seen the emperor's holy drive, for myself, it is naturally better to have more than one thing, for Concubine Shu, But it seems to be a little less caring and attention.

However, in the end, it was his own conjecture, it was difficult to say, and there was no way to talk about it, Xie Fanyan filled some stomach at will, said goodbye and returned to the side hall, Concubine Shu was uneasy, so she did not leave Xie Fanyan to speak again.

Day after day, when Xie Fanyan was talking in the Shufei Palace on the second day, a small chamberlain came in outside, who was very familiar with the whole of Fanghua Palace, and said to the Shufei with a smile, "Shufei Niangniang, the Queen Mother has an order, let Niangniang take the young lady Xie of Changkang Wangfu to the Queen Mother to say hello today." ”

Concubine Shu wiped the crumbs on her hands with a handkerchief, and said, "The Queen Mother is free today?" The father-in-law went first, and the palace and Mrs. Xie cleaned up a little and passed. ”

"Yes, sissy." The little waiter replied.

Wei Hongyu stepped forward at this time, took out a bag from his cuffs, put it in the hand of the waiter, and said, "This time, I bothered Father-in-law Miao to run again." ”

"Yes, yes, I haven't seen Mama Wei for a long time, are you still used to coming back from the palace?"

"Nature is habitual, it's all the duty of serving people, and it's the same everywhere." Wei Hongyu smiled peacefully.

"Mama can see it, it's naturally good." The chamberlain surnamed Miao took the bag, saluted Concubine Shu and Xie Fanyan and left. What the people in Fanghua Palace didn't know was that when Miao Nei came out of Fanghua Palace, he was called aside by Princess Ruizhu dressed in Zhao Fan, "How about it, did you tell Mrs. Xie that the Queen Mother likes simple and plain clothes?" ”

The chamberlain pondered for a moment, "Princess, it's not that the slave disobeys the princess, it's that the concubine was guarding the side at that time, and the slave really can't interject." ”

When Princess Ruizhu heard this, she stomped her feet angrily, "You are really useless!" After speaking, he ran away, and the direction was the Shoukang Hall of the Queen Mother.

In Fanghua Palace, Concubine Shu looked at Xie Fanyan with a smile, "The Queen Mother has always been charitable and friendly, Ayu Mo should be nervous, let's go and change our clothes and meet the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother can still think of us today, it can be seen that we are at ease, so it is good for Ayu, the master pays attention, and the people below dare not slack off." ”

Are you worried about refusal? Thinking about it a lot, Xie Fanyan smiled, "Then I'll go back and change my clothes." ”

"Go quickly, the Queen Mother likes the red, green, and green that people in the harem wear, the more flowers are full of flowers, the more complicated and luxurious, the more she likes it, the more she thinks you have vision and taste, although you are not a palace concubine, but you also wear more gorgeous, one shows that you pay attention, and the other can also get the eyes of the Queen Mother."

"I understand, thank you for the teachings of the eldest sister." Xie Fanyan saluted, then went back to the side hall, picked a new cluster of goose yellow flowers and brocade gold thread embroidered clothes, picked a set of gems on the head, cleaned up, it happened that Concubine Shu had just packed in, Concubine Shu glanced at Xie Fanyan, showed a satisfied look, and the two of them walked out of Fanghua Palace together. (To be continued.) )