Xie Xiangfei walked into the main hall of Kunning Palace, only to see that the hall was deserted, and there was not even a trace of popularity.

He frowned and asked the palace people that the queen brought from her mother's house: "Where is Niangniang?" ”

The palace man replied with tears in his eyes: "In the small Buddha hall at the back." These days, Niangniang copied scriptures and prayed in the small Buddha hall every day, regardless of her physical weakness, she refused to see the imperial doctor, and even did not allow anyone to stay in the hall to listen to orders. Little master, you can persuade the mother! The slave is worried that if the mother continues like this, her body will not be able to hold on. ”

Xie Xiangfei nodded silently, and strode into the small Buddha hall behind the hall. This is a small room separated by a blue gauze cupboard, the place is not big, it was originally the place where the emperor took a break in the afternoon. There is a large window under the south wall, and a wooden kang is repaired, and when the weather is good, the sun will shine in, and the whole wooden kang will be warm. After the death of the first emperor Yuanhou, there was no owner here for many years, and when the new monarch ascended the throne, it was already dilapidated, so it was renovated according to the queen's will, and it was transformed into a small Buddha hall. During the filial piety period of the first emperor, the queen enshrined the tablet of the first emperor here, and bowed to the incense from time to time. Now that the anniversary of filial piety has passed, she has instead enshrined a Buddha statue.

The large window on the south wall was pasted with window paper, and the sunlight could not penetrate it, and the small Buddha hall was deep and dark, filled with a strong smell of fragrant ash. The queen was wearing a long jacket with a crow green collar, a moon-white skirt, plain and light, only combed a simple round bun, except for a crested golden hairpin, she didn't wear any jewelry, and she didn't wipe the flour on her face, just so yellow with a melon seed face, pointed chin, and kneeling on the futon in front of the Buddha in a daze, her posture was quite casual. The hands were also placed casually, and the string of prayer beads on the right hand was about to fall to the ground, but the queen seemed to be unaware. The two eyeballs didn't know what direction they were looking at, so they were in a daze.

Seeing this, Xie Xiangfei couldn't help but sigh. The queen said that she was recuperating in the temple, but it was just an excuse. Except for eating and sleeping, and occasionally meeting her children, she has been sitting in front of the Buddha in a daze almost all the time. She didn't even have the heart to take care of her little daughter. It was completely lost to the confidant palace people, that is, to go over and take a look in the morning and evening. Xie Xiangfei felt very uncomfortable, even though he suffered a heavy blow. My sister shouldn't be so decadent. If this continues, she will really be hopeless!

Xie Xiangfei's sigh alarmed the queen, and she turned her head woodenly to see that it was her younger brother coming. There was no expression on his face. Only the eyebrows were slightly raised: "You're here?" She turned back again, and her tone was very cold: "What do you always run to do?" As I said earlier, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about it, just live a happy life at home. ”

"What did my sister say?" Xie Xiangfei frowned and said, "My sister is suffering in the palace now, where do we have any happy days?" Mother has to worry about you every day at home, for fear that you will burn your body out. I can't eat every day, and I can't sleep. My father and younger brother were also on the edge of their seats. Worried about my sister. If my sister heard this, her parents would not be very sad. ”

The queen chuckled, "Really? The care and love of my father and mother, I am really a daughter...... Ming! Feel! In! Heart! She gritted her teeth and squeezed out the last four words, each word carried a deep resentment, so deep that even her facial features were a little distorted: "It's a pity, if my father and mother hadn't told me about sending my cousins into the palace, maybe I would have believed you more." Now? Don't think I'm as easy to deceive as I used to! ”

When Xie Xiangfei heard this, he was also a little uncomfortable, and bowed his head and said, "Mother is still persuading my father to change his mind, sister, don't worry, the matter is not a foregone conclusion." Moreover, his father was also worried that his sister would be isolated in the palace, and the eldest son of the emperor would lack support. Our own sisters don't say anything else, they will always be with their sisters. ”

The queen sneered and said, "They are not me, how can they have the same heart as me?" If they want to enter the palace to help me and protect the emperor's eldest son, it is not impossible, first make a poisonous oath, saying that she will never climb the emperor's bed, and if she violates the oath, she will let her whole family die! If they dare to make this oath, I will immediately go to the queen mother and the emperor to summon them into the palace, and from then on treat them as if they were their own sisters, and believe in them. ”

How is this possible? Xie Xiangfei was extremely helpless. The Xie family wants to send the daughter into the palace again, just to consolidate the favor of the queen and keep the throne of the emperor's eldest son. If you are not favored by the emperor, then where does you have the confidence to say these words? It's a pity that the queen insists on going her own way, as long as someone wants to compete with her for the emperor's favor, even her own sisters will not tolerate it. For this matter, Qu Shuibo has been worried about it at home for a long time, and he doesn't know how to explain it to his brothers. And Xie Xiangfei himself didn't want the queen to suffer any grievances, so he and Mrs. Qu Shuibo were hesitating, whether to send the girl to the palace, or not to send it, otherwise the queen would be hit by her mother's family after falling out of favor, and she didn't know what it would become. It's a pity that Qu Shuibo was too anxious, and seeing that the rumors outside were becoming more and more unfavorable to the queen, he hurriedly entered the palace and confessed his plans to the queen. As a result, the queen fiercely objected, and now she looks at her mother's relatives. Things turned out like this, and Xie Xiangfei didn't know what to do.

He could only persuade the queen: "Sister, don't talk angry, my father is the head of the family, so naturally I have to think more about the family." But for my mother and me, only my sister is the closest relative, and although the cousins have the same surname, they are far inferior to my sister. If it weren't for the last resort, who would be willing to watch them enter the palace to hinder their sister's eyes? Even now, my mother still has no intention of giving up, hoping to convince my father to change his mind. If she knew that her sister was complaining about her in the palace, wouldn't it hurt her heart? ”

When the queen heard this, her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she burst into tears: "It's not that I don't know what to do, it's really ...... As soon as I heard that there was such a meaning in my home, I felt as if I had been struck by lightning. In the past, the emperor was angry with me again, and the emperors were not allowed to come to see me every day, and I could still hold on, but I was just waiting for the queen mother and the emperor to dissipate their anger. With the emperors here, they won't really abolish me. But if even my parents and relatives have to ignore me, how can I survive this life? It's better to die sooner! ”

Xie Xiangfei sighed: "Sister, don't say these frustrating words. My father would have such thoughts, also because my sister was repeatedly confused. The four girls of the Jiang family before. It's my sister who did it wrong. You have offended the Quang Binh royal palace again. The two families are the close relatives of the queen mother and the emperor, how can they not be angry? But it's okay to be angry, and life has to go on. As my sister said. With the emperor's eldest son, there is always a time for them to dissipate. But if my sister has always been like this, she doesn't care about everything, not to mention that the queen mother and the emperor are even more angry when they see it, and even the two eldest sons of the emperor don't look like it. People outside will feel more and more that my sister is useless! In the past, when my sister sat firmly in the middle palace, there were still people outside who were ready to move. I want to persuade the emperor to recruit the harem and reproduce heirs. Now that the queen doesn't care about anything, can't they be more proud? The emperor didn't know if he would refuse the courtiers' requests again. If you don't refuse, a new person will be added to the harem, and a new prince will be added in a few years, what if my sister is called Da Lang and Erlang? If my sister can't protect them. Could it be true that the two of them had to face other people's calculations?! ”

The queen's face turned even paler. I couldn't help crying bitterly: "Then what should you do if you tell me?!" The queen mother hates me, the emperor hates me, and now even my parents ignore me! What the sisters of this family think about is how to borrow my strength to enter the palace and win favor, so as to fulfill her own wealth. What else can I do?! ”

"As long as my sister can pick herself up again." Xie Xiangfei said, "After all, the emperor and his sister have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and there are princes and princesses. As long as my sister can save the emperor's heart, even if there are really newcomers entering the palace in the future. I can't go beyond you. I know my sister is upset, but now is not the time for you to be willful. My sister should only be for the sake of her children. Put away your heart and be a virtuous queen again! ”

The queen trembled all over, and she wanted to say no, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them. As the younger brother said, she was already at the end of her rope. No matter how unbearable she is in her heart, can she still be sad to see her children suffer? What's the matter, even if it's a couple of more than ten years? He didn't want her to take a break, but she was just a show, could it be that she was a dignified noble daughter and the mother of a country, and she couldn't even do this little thing?!

The queen wiped the tears from her face and took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll listen to my brother's persuasion." It's just that...... I've been sick for a long time, but I'm afraid that people outside will already think I'm useless. The queen mother and the emperor are very annoyed with me again. Even if I have the heart to cheer up, I may not be able to do it. ”

Xie Xiangfei saw that his sister cheered up, and a smile appeared on his face: "Sister don't worry, the news in the palace spread that day, although there were rumors, but the queen mother and the emperor all said that you were sick, and they didn't mention anything else, let alone stop my sister's middle palace notes." My sister only thinks that she is really sick, so she can recuperate and recuperate, clean herself up, and summon some foreign women or clan relatives into the palace to talk in her spare time. As long as they see that their sister is still the virtuous queen of the past, they will spread the news without their sister having to bother more. When the queen mother and the emperor saw that their sister was getting better, they would naturally gradually lose their anger. Maybe for a while, the two of them won't be as close to their sister as they used to be, but there will always be a day when they change their minds. ”

The queen nodded secretly when she heard this: "According to what you said, in two days, you can ask your mother to hand over the sign and ask for a meeting." I miss her. But she couldn't help but lose her temper a little: "But I'm impatient to see the others, so let my mother not bring the third sister and the fourth sister, and the daughter of the in-laws family is not allowed!" After speaking, he sneered: "Actually, my father is also delusional." I just angered the Queen Mother and the Emperor, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are angry, it's too late to annoy me, how can I agree to other Xie family daughters to enter the palace? If I had introduced me, it would have been even more impossible. Why can't my father even think about this? ”

Xie Xiangfei sighed again. I'm afraid that Qu Shuibo doesn't understand it, but he just has a fluke heart. The queen mother and the emperor always have to think about the eldest son of the emperor, if the queen is really irretrievable, there will always be new people in the harem, rather than accepting some people with foreign surnames, who may not have good intentions for the eldest son of the emperor, it is better to accept a daughter of the Xie family, at least the daughter of the Xie family will not harm the princes born by the queen.

persuaded the queen, Xie Xiangfei didn't stay long, so he saluted and retired. He is a foreign man after all, and he wants to stop by to see the two princes, if he can persuade them to come to Kunning Palace to visit the queen, maybe it will make the queen even more cheered.

When he was about to leave the Kunning Gate, he paused at his feet, and couldn't help but ask the palace people on the side: "When I came just now, I saw a lady leaving from the palace gate with a girl, I don't know which lady it is?" ”

The palace man replied: "It is the sister of the Duchess of Jiannan County and the Marquis of Jiannan." ”

Xie Xiangfei was thoughtful. (To be continued......)