The Queen Mother was very happy to see the concubine, and she was busy giving her a seat, speaking very kindly, and even being kind to Xie Fanyan, Xie Fanyan saw that the queen mother's forehead was broad and angular, and there was no sharp color, so she believed the concubine's words about the queen mother's kindness, and put her mind at ease, thinking that today was just a routine greeting, as long as she sat quietly and obediently, but who knew that after a few simple chats between the queen mother and the concubine, she turned her attention to Xie Fanyan.

"Is this Mrs. Xie, you don't have to be restrained here in the mourning family, Jinyu often goes to the mourning family, talks to the mourning family, and often hears Jinyu mention you, but she is reluctant to take you in to meet the mourning family."

Xie Fanyan hurriedly said: "It's not the courtier's, I should have come to the Queen Mother to say goodbye earlier, but the palace is a place with strict rules and royal bearing, and the courtiers are afraid that if they don't pay attention, they will not be polite, so they have not entered the palace with the prince to ask the Queen Mother for peace." ”

"Look at what you said, where are there so many rules in this palace? What's more, rules are dead, people are alive, and the mourning family will not deliberately embarrass you, how can they rush to set rules for you? The Queen Mother smiled, "You are pregnant with Concubine Shu, and it is also your fate, if you are bored in Fanghua Palace in the future, you can just come to talk to the mourning family, the mourning family is always stuffy here, and then in the future, when you go out of the palace, you can often come to see the mourning family with Jinyu." ”

This queen mother is so approachable, can she invite people casually, Xie Fanyan was slightly surprised in his heart, but before he had time to think deeply, he could only respond, "That courtier will inevitably have time to disturb the queen mother in the future." ”

"Whoever bothers or doesn't bother is his own family. I have always regarded Jinyu as my own grandson, and naturally I regard you as my granddaughter-in-law, Jinyu is a good child. There is also a fate with Princess Ruizhu, the granddaughter of the mourning family, they have been married since childhood, and the mourning family also looks at it, I heard that Princess Ruizhu has not run to the Changkang Palace, that is the annoyance. The Queen Mother smiled while carefully looking at Xie Fanyan's face.

Xie Fanyan heard the words "Princess Ruizhu" and replied attentively: "The Queen Mother laughed." Princess Ruizhu is smart and lively, innocent, and the prince has always loved her as a sister. The whole family likes the princess very much, how can it be said to be a nuisance. ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but smile widely, although she knew that Xie Fanyan's words might not be all true, but she always liked someone to praise her favorite granddaughter like this. But he said: "But the mourning family heard Ruizhu go out and caused you a lot of trouble." This girl has been naughty since she was a child, Jinyu is her favorite brother, and the mourning family can't look down on her, you will see her again in the future, but you have to teach her the rules well, if only she was as sensible as you. ”

Xie Fanyan's heart sank: "The princess is still not bad in nature, and she should be naughty, but she is just naughty." I didn't have any bad intentions, and it was too late for the courtiers to like it. How can you teach the princess the rules. ”

The Queen Mother was also carefully observing Xie Fanyan, how to look at how she felt weak and docile, her eyes had smoothed out a little, coupled with Xie Fanyan's modest words, she didn't seem to have any disgust for Ruizhu, if it wasn't for her granddaughter who said that to herself first, she would really like this Mrs. Xie.

But thinking of her granddaughter's sad crying, the Queen Mother felt embarrassed, and said tentatively: "The mourning family is idle in this palace, but I heard that the relationship between Mrs. Xie and Jinyu was bad before?" No, I also see that Jinyu often comes to the palace of the mourning family, so there are always people in the Shoukang Palace of the mourning family who talk about the affairs of the Changkang Palace, and now that you are pregnant, it can be seen that it is a rumor, but you are too careless, you can't indulge in this person who chews the root of the tongue. ”

"What the Queen Mother said is, but the Queen Mother talked about it yesterday, the Queen Mother said that rumors are rumors after all, and they will be self-defeating in the face of the truth, and the Queen Mother sees it very clearly." Mentioning this, Concubine Shu couldn't help but interject, "My younger brother has a bit of a stubborn temper, he picked Ayu's portrait at the beginning, and the concubine made fun of him, but he said to the concubine seriously, what do you say to be good to this person wholeheartedly, and you will definitely not live up to it, the Queen Mother, do you say that Ayu is a blessed person?" ”

"There's something else going on." The Queen Mother nodded, "Jinyu, this child is naturally good, whoever marries him is blessed, but it's a pity that my ......" As she was saying, the Queen Mother thought of something, and she stopped and sighed.

"What a pity?" Concubine Shu said quickly.

"Oh, nothing." The Queen Mother smiled, and stretched out her hand to Xie Fanyan again, "Good boy, come, sit closer, sit close and let the mourning family see." ”

Xie Fanyan felt that the Queen Mother's attention to herself was a little too much today, but seeing that the Queen Mother had no malicious intentions, she obediently walked a few steps to the Queen Mother's side, sat down next to the Queen Mother, and got closer to the Queen Mother.

"Come closer, come, sit here." The Queen Mother said and patted the soft couch beside her.

"The courtiers don't dare." Xie Fanyan said hurriedly.

"Hey, you kid, you said don't be formal, it's all a family here, there are not so many rules in the mourning palace, come, sit down, otherwise the mourning family can't see clearly."

Xie Fanyan glanced at Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu nodded lightly to her, Xie Fanyan could only follow her words and sat down beside the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother looked at Xie Fanyan carefully, "This kid is really a stumbling child, could it be that he has a bad appetite?" This pregnant child must open up the appetite, and the child must not be left hungry in the stomach. As he spoke, his hand slid to Xie Fanyan's stomach and stroked it.

Xie Fanyan straightened his back suddenly, a little stiff, and a little frightened, his stomach without a trace of fat naturally couldn't hide from the world, and he specially padded some cotton cloth, which looked a little similar on the surface, but he didn't know if he could hide it from the Queen Mother, who had read countless people.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother was not suspicious of Xie Fanyan, but because she was thin, she said a few words of concern.

Xie Fanyan responded to the request, the Queen Mother looked at Xie Fanyan's low eyebrows, and felt a little boring, but she was just a woman from an ordinary family, although she was beautiful, she was always a little unsatisfactory, although it was not as unbearable as Ruizhu said, but it seemed that Jinyu was a little wronged by Jinyu.

"The mourning family also heard that Mrs. Xie is the eldest daughter of Xie Yuan, a scholar of Xie University, but the relationship with the family is a little stiff, I don't know if it's true?"

Now even Concubine Shu is a little strange, why does the Queen Mother pay so much attention to Xie Fanyan, it is really a bit abnormal, if you want to say that she is interested in Xie Fanyan, she may not see it, after all, Xie Fanyan did not immediately summon Xie Fanyan when she first entered the palace, she only said that she will see you in the future, and seeing you today should be just a routine greeting, why did the Queen Mother show so much interest in Xie Fanyan.

Xie Fanyan lowered his head, "This is just the root of the tongue chewed by passers-by, my mother died early, and I didn't get along well with my father's stepfamily, and my steproom also had a pair of children, so the courtiers didn't go back to Xie's house diligently, but it was always my mother's house, my father was still my father, and my eldest daughter was still my eldest daughter, and this flesh-and-blood connection would not change." ”

I see, it makes sense that the person in charge is not his own mother.

"It's a pitiful child."

The Queen Mother and Concubine Xie Fanyan were talking, the more Princess Ruizhu who was hiding behind the screen listened, the more anxious she became, this Xie Fanyan was really a honey sword, and she said it well, and she was about to fool the imperial grandmother, Princess Ruizhu was anxious, if Xie Fanyan's first impression on the imperial grandmother was too good, then the matter between herself and Chen Jinyu would be even more difficult in the future, the temper of the imperial grandmother knew by herself, although it was already an extremely valuable position, but she had always had soft ears, and whatever happened in the concubine would only be with the mud, It is said over and over again that harmony is precious, and it has never been tough.

How is it good?

Princess Ruizhu sat on the small bench behind the screen a little dejectedly, and held up her cheeks in distress.

The Queen Mother said a few words to Xie Fanyan again, and thought about Concubine Shu's unborn child, and held Concubine Shu's hand for a while, until she was a little tired, she let go of Concubine Shu's hand, glanced behind the screen, and said: "That's it, let's disperse today, originally the Mourning family wanted to leave you for dinner, but today's Mourning family's appetite is not very good, you better go back and eat what you like, go back and take Mrs. Xie to see the Mourning family, the Mourning family likes Mrs. Xie very much." ”

"Yes, the concubine knows." Concubine Shu saluted with Xie Fanyan and slowly withdrew from the gate.

But when she was about to leave the palace, she saw several palace maids walking in with trays in their hands, which looked quite delicate and small meals and snacks, Concubine Shu couldn't help but glance back at the Shoukang Palace, remembering that the Queen Mother said that she had no appetite, she was full of surprise but didn't say anything, but she and Xie Fanyan both shouldered.

Xie Fanyan also saw it, thinking of the Empress Dowager Shoukangdian's question and some inexplicable attention to herself, and was silent thoughtfully.

When she arrived at the gate of the palace, Concubine Shu looked at Xie Fanyan's preoccupied appearance, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with Ayu, the Empress Dowager is very satisfied with you, and you also have an extra guarantee in this palace, you should be happy." ”

"Just ...... There seems to be someone in the Queen Mother's Palace. ”

"You also noticed, I also found out when I left, but I don't know who, I am one of the four concubines, the position of the concubine has not yet been decided, then I will only have the queen after me, I really don't know who it is, I can not come out to see each other, it should not be the palace concubine."

"I heard that the Queen Mother is very fond of Princess Ruizhu? Princess Ruizhu and Jinyu seem to be very good. Xie Fanyan was a little hesitant in his words.

Concubine Shu also understands people, and suddenly understood, and said in a low voice, "I have heard it for a long time, you mean, the person behind it may be Princess Ruizhu?" It is very likely that the one who can be so rude in the Queen Mother's palace is definitely not the palace concubine, Princess Ruizhu must have said something to the Queen Mother, no wonder the Queen Mother seems to be very concerned about you today. ”

Xie Fanyan nodded and smiled faintly, "I just don't know what I said." ”

"Based on what she said, can she still say that she is a dignified princess and wants to come to our palace as a concubine? In any case, Ayu, the position of your young lady will not change, and you will be the only princess in the palace in the future. Even if it's a princess, there are things she can't climb. (To be continued.) )