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"Ayo?" Empress Dowager Han raised her eyebrows slightly, with a look of surprise on her face, as if she was wondering, Ji Xiaotang and Qi Younian were not related, why did they call Qi Younian so cordial.

Ji Xiaotang lowered his eyes, blocking the emotions that came up in a moment. Empress Dowager Han is like this, it is clearly a temptation, but also determined, she is a person who understands current affairs, and in this case, she will never say anything inappropriate.

She won't say anything inappropriate and make Empress Dowager Han unable to come to the stage, but she won't say anything against her own will, make Empress Dowager Han happy, and even hold the handle.

Therefore, Ji Xiaotang just smiled and only said yes.

After all, Empress Dowager Han didn't understand what else to ask, didn't she.

Empress Dowager Han listened to Ji Xiaotang's reply and smiled.

"The mourning family also heard from Steward Zhang that the two princes of the mourning family, King An and King Su, came to send Xiaotang into the palace, and they were reluctant." When Empress Dowager Han said this, her eyes flashed, and the smile on her face became even bigger, which seemed to have a bit of playfulness.

Qin Zhen and Qin Lin went to Xinhuatang, but they didn't hide it from anyone, and they couldn't hide it from the ears and eyes of the Empress Dowager Han.

Therefore, Ji Xiaotang does not intend to hide it.

"Prince An and Prince Su did go to Xinhuatang, saying that it was my first time in the palace and wanted to see me off. …… Although I entered the palace for the first time, I was summoned by the Queen Mother, so I only thanked the two princes for their kindness. ”

Empress Dowager Han couldn't help but nodded, Ji Xiaotang's words were hearty and watertight. Even she can't help but admire in her heart.

It's a good talent, but it's a pity......

Empress Dowager Han left Ji Xiaotang to say a few words, and then asked Ji Xiaotang to rest in the side hall.

"Your cousin. Zheng Zi and Wu Jiayan are all in Chuxiu Palace, if you are willing to go over and take a walk, let the people who serve take you there. Empress Dowager Han seems to be very kind to Ji Xiaotang, and she can't help but walk around the palace.

Ji Xiaotang thanked him and took Mama Cheng and others to the side hall to settle down.

Empress Dowager Han gave Ji Xiaotang the blue yarn cabinet in the side hall.

When I entered the blue gauze cupboard, there was a small cubicle, where the people who served were located. walked through the compartment, and inside was Ji Xiaotang's bedroom.

The bedroom is divided into two partitions, the innermost of which is a low-hanging bed. It is a Huanghuali stepping bed, and there is a round table of Huanghuali in front of the bed, with embroidered piers on the side of the table, and the rest of the wardrobes are equipped with dressing mirrors.

Lean outside. Next to the window is a large kang. There are kang tables and kang cabinets on the kang, and under the kang near the window, there are large cases, chairs, and two pot-bellied porcelain jars, which can be seen to be the fine products of the official kiln, but I don't know what they are for.

Mama Cheng is experienced, and several girls can do it, and it will take a while. Ji Xiaotang settled down.

In addition to the few she brought into the palace, Empress Dowager Han sent another grandmother and two palace maids to take care of her.

Ji Xiaotang asked the three of them some trivial things. It can be seen that these three should be carefully selected, clever and sophisticated, and the tone is very tight. Living under the nose of the Empress Dowager Han, Ji Xiaotang didn't plan to find out anything useful, so he was not disappointed, and rewarded the three of them generously, only letting them serve with Mama Cheng.

"It's still early, don't the county lord go to Chuxiu Palace to have a look?" Mama Fang asked Ji Xiaotang with a smile.

"I'm not feeling well, so I'm not going to go today." Ji Xiaotang knew that when Mama Fang said this, she thought that Empress Dowager Han wanted her to go.

But she didn't go, she only shirked her discomfort, took the book and leaned on the pillow, slowly calmed down, and actually looked in.

Seeing this, Mama Cheng waved her hand and took all the people who served to the outside compartment.

"The county lord just reads books? Isn't that good? Mama Fang didn't seem to have seen such a master, so she asked Mama Cheng with a smile.

"That's the temper of the county lord." Mama Cheng explained to Mama Fang with a smile.

Ji Xiaotang has one of the most significant differences from other girls of the same age, Ji Xiaotang loves to read, of course, as a woman, she doesn't have to go to scientific examinations, but reading is not only a pastime for her, but also a kind of enjoyment.

"The county lord can read the book for a whole day, but he really doesn't hear what is going on outside the window, and he feels annoyed by the people around him who are serving. We're here, and it's very convenient for the county lord to summon something. ”

Mama Fang listened to Mama Cheng's words, and showed a sudden expression, she asked Mama Cheng some more words, and Mama Cheng answered.

All in all, Ji Xiaotang is very good to serve.

"I looked at Mama, it seemed a little familiar." In the end, the topic of Mama Fang fell on Mama Cheng herself.

"Mama and nobles are forgetful, I recognize Mama, but Mama is precious, and I dare not recognize each other rashly." Mama Cheng said with a smile.

Mama Fang immediately showed a surprised expression.

The two talked, and Mama Fang knew that Mama Cheng had served in the palace of the concubine, and after the concubine passed away, she was just in time to release people from the palace, and Mama Cheng went out.

“…… In fact, there was no one at home for a long time, passing by Qingyuan, it happened that the second lady of the Ji family wanted to find a nurturing grandmother for the two girls, so I stayed in the Ji family and served with the county lord. Mama Cheng told Mama Fang the ins and outs of Yiying.

"I didn't expect that Mama would have such an adventure, and it can be regarded as a fate with the county lord and this palace." Mama Fang looked at Mama Cheng and said.

Mama Cheng nodded with a smile and said maybe.

Mama Fang and Mama Cheng talked and laughed for a while, and then found an excuse to leave the side hall.

Although Mama Fang and the other two palace maids arranged to serve Ji Xiaotang, Ji Xiaotang couldn't care about them, and Mama Cheng couldn't control Mama Fang's whereabouts, so she let her go.

Mama Fang left the side hall and deliberately went around in a circle, and then returned to the main hall of Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Han was sitting behind the bookcase to review the folds, and Mama Fang entered the door, not daring to come forward to disturb, and bowed down to stand beside her.

Empress Dowager Han approved a recital, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Mama Fang, so she asked her to come forward and speak.

Mama Fang told Ji Xiaotang everything she saw and heard.

Ji Xiaotang only reads, and he ignores other things. It's very easy to meet.

In this way, Empress Dowager Han was a little surprised, she knew that Ji Xiaotang was well-read, but she didn't know that Ji Xiaotang was such a character.

"Will she be so trouble-free?" Empress Dowager Han obviously didn't believe it.

Mama Fang talked about Mama Cheng again.

This thing. It was still Empress Dowager Han who specially instructed her. It turned out that Mama Cheng accompanied Ji Xiaotang into the palace, especially this time, she was seen by the Empress Dowager Han. Empress Dowager Han looked at Mama Cheng in a trance, but she couldn't remember who it was. And Mama Cheng's appearance is obviously the old mama in the palace, so Empress Dowager Han asked Mama Fang to investigate.

I knew Mama Cheng's name, and served in the palace of the noble concubine. Empress Dowager Han remembered that there was indeed such a person in the palace of the noble concubine at that time.

Empress Dowager Han's face sank slightly. The gaze also deepened.

Mama Fang told Empress Dowager Han that she knew Mama Cheng in the past.

"It's very embarrassing in the palace of the noble concubine, but he is not the confidant of the noble concubine." Mama Cheng's temperament is not so gentle, and she is mainly responsible for teaching the rules.

For Mama Fang's words. Empress Dowager Han believes it. However......

"It's still too much of a coincidence......"

The people in the palace of the noble concubine. went to serve Ji Xiaotang. King An, who was born to the concubine, went to Qingyuan, got acquainted with Ji Xiaotang, recruited the Ji family, and married Ji Xiaotang as a concubine.

"The Queen Mother is suspicious ......"

"It's too early to tell, you serve the county lord with all your heart." Empress Dowager Han instructed Mama Fang.

With this attentive service, Mama Fang naturally understood her meaning, and hurriedly bowed and withdrew.

Ji Xiaotang entered the palace on the first day. In addition to eating, I actually read a book for a day in the side hall of Cining Palace. When it was time to hold the lamp, she met the Empress Dowager Han, and she retreated to the side hall and rested early.

Her every move, naturally someone reported to the Empress Dowager Han.

"It's calm." Empress Dowager Han nodded and said gloomily. She didn't believe that Ji Xiaotang would be such a quiet woman. After pondering for a moment, Empress Dowager Han nodded to the people serving beside her, "Tell him to come in." ”

The attendants withdrew, and soon brought in a man dressed as a eunuch.

This person is not young anymore, he is elegant, although he is dressed as a eunuch, but he does not have the slightest temperament of an internal official. When this person came in, he knelt down and kowtowed in front of the Empress Dowager Han.

"Lord Shen is exempt from courtesy, give me a seat." Empress Dowager Han had a gentle face at the moment, and she treated people very politely.

"The lower officials don't dare." Although Lord Shen stood up, he didn't dare to sit down in front of Empress Dowager Han.

"You've been out all year round, in the water and on fire, and you almost lost your life last time. The mourning family knows about your family. Your credit will be remembered by the mourners. ”

"To serve the Queen Mother, the lower officials are willing to smear their brains." Lord Shen said immediately, but still refused to sit down.

When Empress Dowager Han saw that he was so humble, she followed him.

"What's the situation on Ren An's side?" Empress Dowager Han asked Lord Shen.

If Ji Xiaotang was present at this time, she would definitely be very surprised, because she would definitely recognize this Lord Shen. It's just that she never imagined that this Lord Shen would appear in Cining Palace at this moment.

Listening to Lord Shen's report on Ren An's situation, Empress Dowager Han nodded lightly.

"So, the ...... of the incident that asked you to investigate over the years is the Ji family, the Xie family, or someone else?" Empress Dowager Han recalled Lord Shen back to the capital at this time, and the main thing she wanted to ask was this question.

For this question, Lord Shen did not answer immediately, but paused slightly.

Empress Dowager Han's gaze immediately sharpened, and she froze on Lord Shen's face, as if she wanted to see the answer from his face.

"You won't say that after so many years, you still can't find out the results, right?" Empress Dowager Han asked.

"The lower officials are incompetent." Lord Shen immediately bowed down, "The results of the investigation of the lower officials have all been written on the fold. ”

As he spoke, Lord Shen took out a fold from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully.

Empress Dowager Han took the fold and turned it on under the lamp to take a closer look. After reading the excerpt, Empress Dowager Han had a look of joy and anger on her face.

"It's really not the Ji family?" Putting down the fold, Empress Dowager Han asked Lord Shen.

"According to the investigation of the lower officials, it is not the Ji family." Lord Shen told the Empress Dowager Han that the Ji family was indeed an old family in Qingyuan, originally poor, and thin, and could not survive in Qingyuan during the war, so he simply left his hometown, started as an apprentice, and slowly started his business, and later took the opportunity of the troubled times to make a fortune.

In the process of making a fortune, the Ji family is naturally not a blank slate. However, there is nothing to be said about that, and there is nothing worth paying attention to.

Later, when the world was calm, the Ji family was already quite wealthy. Remembering the instructions of his ancestors, he returned to his hometown in fine clothes.

From Mrs. Ji to become an official, the Ji family really developed.

In addition, Lord Shen also told the Empress Dowager Han that the Ji family seems to have ancestral talents and are very good at management, and now the third master of the Ji family is hanging an idle official given by the imperial court. Going to sea with the fleet not only helped the imperial court a lot, but also accumulated more wealth.

"The Ji family is not. Why did King An hold on to the Ji family? Empress Dowager Han frowned slightly.

According to Xiaguan's speculation, at the beginning, Prince An also doubted the identity of the Ji family. As for the later,...... My Fair Lady and Gentleman. The three daughters of the Ji family do have something extraordinary. ”

"The Ji family is not. Xie Huaijin is? Empress Dowager Han continued to ask.

"Xie Huaijin's identity, I'm afraid that only the dead Xie Ziqian can tell clearly." For this question, Lord Shen said that he could not answer it either. "When the fake is true, the truth is also false, and the false is ...... the real and the real"

When he replied like this, Empress Dowager Han believed it even more.

"Hmm......" Empress Dowager Han muttered.

"The Queen Mother is wise, Xie Huaijin is just a dou back then, so there is really nothing to worry about. The Queen Mother said that whoever he is, he is who he is. ”

"Hmm. Well said. Empress Dowager Han nodded.

At that time, Xie Huaijin's identity was confirmed out of the consideration of stabilizing the world.

Empress Dowager Han no longer asked this question.

"So. What about the treasure? ”

“…… The treasure thing, I'm afraid it's nothing. Lord Shen smiled bitterly.

This answer could not satisfy Empress Dowager Han.

"It took a lot of manpower and material resources to send you out for so many years, and you actually gave the mourning family such an answer."

"The lower officials are incompetent, and the lower officials will continue to investigate." Lord Shen said immediately.

Empress Dowager Han nodded, and her tone softened: "You know, now that the treasury is empty, if you can find the treasure of the past, it will not only be a blessing for the country, but also a blessing for the people of the world." ”

"Yes, the lower officials will do their best to investigate." Lord Shen bowed again.

"I heard that your grandchildren are all in the Ji family?" Empress Dowager Han seemed to ask unintentionally.

Lord Shen hung his head, and his face couldn't help but look cold.

"Back to the Queen Mother, at that time in Qingyuan, the three daughters of the Ji family met the granddaughter of the lower official. Xia Guan also doubted the identity of the Ji family at that time, and knew that King An and the Ji family were very close, so he pushed the boat down the river and sent his grandson and granddaughter to the Ji family. ”

He sent his grandchildren to Ji's house, and he could spy on Ji Xiaotang nearby.

"It is precisely because of this that Xia Guan got more evidence to prove that the Ji family is indeed not the person the Queen Mother is looking for." Lord Shen said solemnly.

"The rest of your family is gone, and only the grandchildren are left. If it weren't for the Ji family taking them in, I'm afraid that they would have died in the chaos at that time. The mourning family heard that the Ji family treated them very well, and you will definitely repay the kindness......"

"Queen Mother......" Lord Shen didn't wait for Queen Mother Han to finish speaking, and knelt down with a thud. The lower officials are loyal to the Queen Mother, and only the sky can learn from it. If the queen mother has doubts about the lower officials, the lower officials are willing to die to make their intentions clear. Over the years, Xia Guan has wasted time, and he has no shame to face the Queen Mother......"

Lord Shen actually begged for death in front of Empress Dowager Han.

Empress Dowager Han stared at Lord Shen for a long time, and suddenly laughed.

"Lord Shen, the mourning family is just asking casually, why should you be careless. For so many years, your loyalty, the mourning family knows, get up quickly. ”

Lord Shen said another word of loyalty, and then slowly got up.

It wasn't until the drum beat the third watch that Lord Shen, dressed as a eunuch, left Cining Palace.

His arrival and departure were arranged very cleverly, without attracting the slightest attention from others.

Ji Xiaotang, who was in the side hall, naturally didn't know that between these two shifts, she had already fought back and forth between life and death.

The next day, Empress Dowager Han asked Ji Xiaotang to accompany her for breakfast, and told Ji Xiaotang that there will be a banquet today, and the girls in Chuxiu Palace who have passed the re-election will participate, and in addition, Emperor Longqing, Empress Han and Concubine Zheng Guifei will also come.

Ji Xiaotang naturally also had to attend the banquet.

The selection of female officers has reached the last joint, of course, the girls will not be selected one by one as if they were taking exams, and such a banquet is actually the final link of the alternative.

Of course, this feast may not be enough, and there will be others to come.

And Ji Xiaotang wants to participate in the banquet, which also means that she is also among the selected again.

The banquet was set up in the imperial garden, and Ji Xiaotang cleaned up neatly and accompanied the Empress Dowager Han to the imperial garden.

The wind was beautiful and the sun was beautiful, the Empress Dowager Han was sitting in a soft pocket with a yellow umbrella cover on her head, and Ji Xiaotang was accompanied by all the lieutenants, grandmothers and palace maids. Different from everyone, Ji Xiaotang occupied the position next to the soft pocket, and was at the hand of the Empress Dowager Han, holding the soft pocket while walking, and talking with the Empress Dowager Han.

When they arrived in the imperial garden, the girls who were temporarily living in the Chuxiu Palace had already arrived.

In the splendid pile, warm fragrant nephrite.

The girls all came forward to greet the Empress Dowager Han, and then the Empress Dowager Han introduced Ji Xiaotang.

Looking at Ji Xiaotang's eyes, there were all kinds of emotions.

When Ji Xiaotang entered the palace, Chuxiu Palace was well-informed and got the news. These girls all know how Ji Xiaotang won the favor of the Empress Dowager Han.

Live in Cining Palace, accompany the Empress Dowager Han to dine together, and even hold the soft pocket of the Empress Dowager Han all the way to the imperial garden for a banquet.

Among all kinds of eyes, there is a clear hostility.

Ji Xiaotang knows that many girls regard her as their strongest competitor.

In their opinion, there is only one reason why Empress Dowager Han is so favored by Ji Xiaotang. Empress Dowager Han planned to leave Ji Xiaotang in the palace and give it to Emperor Longqing. I'm afraid that among them, the first one to be crowned a concubine is Ji Xiaotang.

Among these girls, there are also a few familiar faces.

Because Ji Xiaolian, Zheng Zi and Wu Jiayan knew Ji Xiaotang, they all came forward to talk to Ji Xiaotang, so they got closer to the Empress Dowager Han.

Sure enough, Empress Dowager Han spoke to them one by one, and her attitude was very cordial.

At this moment, everyone wished they could recognize Ji Xiaotang.

"Xiaotang, you entered the palace yesterday, why didn't you come to see me? I'm in Chuxiu Palace, I can't walk around, I want to come to Cining Palace to see you......" Ji Xiaolian was talking to Ji Xiaotang in a low voice, when she heard a loud report from a lieutenant.

Emperor Longqing is here. (To be continued......)