After staying in the deep palace for so many years, she still maintains such a simple and straightforward personality, which makes Qu Wurong feel very rare, and at the same time, she can't help but be curious about the things between her and Xiao Nansheng.

Xiao Qiao'er just finished eating the last piece of dim sum in her hand, and when she heard her ask, she put down the plate, motioned to the palace maid next to her to take away the empty plates, and then answered her question: "Brother Sheng and I grew up together. ”

"I know that." Qu Wurong nodded, "Then how did he find you later?" ”

"So my sister asked this!" There was nothing to eat, Xiao Qiao'er had to focus on answering her question, "My hometown is a small village in the mountains of western Bailiao, the place is very remote, I don't know why Brother Sheng was taken there, that day my father happened to go to work in the field, and found that he was thrown on the edge of the field, my father and mother always wanted a son, so I picked him up and raised him at home." ”

"At that time, I was less than a year old, these are all from my father's mother, Brother Sheng became my brother in this way, I thought he could stay in my house as my father and mother as a son, but when he was seven years old, a group of people suddenly came to the family, saying that Brother Sheng's biological parents sent him home, my father and mother and I were very reluctant to let him leave, but those people were holding weapons in their hands, my father and mother did not dare to resist, and could only watch them take Brother Sheng away from our house."

Thinking of the past, Xiao Qiao'er's face floated with a trace of sadness, "Three years after Brother Sheng left, my father and mother died of a sudden illness, and I was also taken to live temporarily at my aunt's house in a neighboring village, I thought that I would never have the opportunity to see Brother Sheng again in this life, but I didn't expect that he still remembered where we lived, and specially asked people to go there to find me, and then took me to the capital." ”

Qu Wurong finally understood at this time that Xiao Qiaoer's parents were also Xiao Nansheng's adoptive parents, no wonder Xiao Nansheng would let her, a woman with no identity and no background, be her queen, in addition to thinking of the affection between them, I am afraid it is also to repay her parents for their nurturing kindness, right? Otherwise, with Xiao Qiao'er's simple character, if Xiao Nansheng hadn't protected her like this, I am afraid that she would have been gnawed by this cannibalistic palace and there would be no bones left!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but raise her eyes and glance at the person in front of her, Xiao Qiao'er happened to look over as well, "Why did my sister suddenly remember to ask this?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just a little curious." Qu Wurong shook his head gently, "I look at him and cherish you very much, it turns out that there is such a relationship in it." ”

"yes!" Xiao Qiao'er nodded, "Otherwise, with a country girl who doesn't know anything, how could I be the queen of this hundred Liao countries?" I heard that Brother Sheng has offended a lot of people because of me! ”

Qu Wurong didn't answer, but he thought in his heart that when Xiao Nansheng wanted to canonize Xiao Qiao'er as queen, he must have been opposed by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and it was not just a matter of offending people, but there was no need for her to know about these things.

She originally wanted to ask, since their relationship is so good, why didn't she feel angry at all when she saw Xiao Nansheng pampering other women with such fanfare, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it back, what wife would not care that her husband doted on other women? It's just that in a position like her, what can you care about? It's just a waste of muddling yourself.

The two chatted about something else, and Qu Wurong got up to say goodbye and returned to his Yuxin Palace.

"Madame, are you back?" Huang Ying walked in with the brewed tea, poured a cup and put it in her hand, "Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wu came here just now, and waited for you here for a while, and left when I saw that you didn't come back for a long time." ”

Qu Wurong's hand holding the tea paused slightly, she didn't have any friendship with Xiao Nansheng's two ladies, at most, they had a few encounters when they were walking in the imperial garden, why did they suddenly come to visit her palace? Did you come over on a whim, or was there something else?

Thinking so, she asked, but Huang Ying shook her head, "The slave doesn't know either, the two ladies didn't say it." At this point she paused, and then continued, "But the slave maid thinks that they may have come to Madame to discuss Madame about Madame Jade. ”

"Discuss the matter of Madame Jade?" Hearing her words, Qu Wurong looked at her in confusion, "What does Madam Yu's matter have to do with them?" What does it have to do with us? ”

"Madame, you have only been here for a long time, and there are some things you may not know." Huang Ying said, putting aside the tea tray in her hand, "Lady Yu was also very favored by the lord of the country before, but she had a bad temper, and she looked down on other ladies by virtue of her background, so several ladies had a great opinion of her, but General Yu didn't dare to fight with her." ”

Later, I don't know why, the lord of the country suddenly stopped going to the Yuqing Palace, and after losing the favor of the lord, Mrs. Yu's temper was somewhat restrained, and several other ladies also took this opportunity to step on her a few feet in the open and secretly because they were angry with her; This time, Madame Jade was favored again, and Madame Li and Madame Wu were probably afraid that Madame Jade would wait for an opportunity to retaliate, so they wanted to draw Madame to their side, so as to compete with Madame Yu. ”

After listening to her words, Qu Wurong had a new understanding of Xiao Nansheng's harem.

Before that, her attention had always been on the front court, but she didn't know much about the harem, and she only knew that Xiao Nansheng had four ladies besides Xiao Qiao'er, and except for Yu Ruyi, the other three ladies were almost all living in seclusion, and there was no intersection with her at all, so Qu Wurong was not very clear about their situation.

But now listening to Huang Ying say this, Qu Wurong feels that her idea still has some truth, Yu Ruyi has been married to Xiao Nansheng for the longest time, her own background is excellent, it is normal to look down on other people, and her character is indeed able to make enemies everywhere, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wu will want to unite with her to isolate her and fight against her, and it is not completely impossible to do so.

After thinking about this, Qu Wurong had no other doubts in her heart, but she had to think about this matter carefully, although she felt that there was no need to be hostile to Yu Ruyi, but this did not mean that Yu Ruyi would not take the initiative to come to her for trouble, and she could not offend Mrs. Li and Mrs. Wu who took the initiative to show her favor because of this matter, otherwise she was afraid that she would also be isolated, and then her life in this harem would not be as pure as it is now!

"Okay, I got it." After thinking about it in his heart, Qu Wurong said softly, "You let the two ladies go back, just say that I have been entangled in some things recently, and I will invite them to come over when I have time to go back." ”

Huang Ying nodded and responded: "Slave maid, let people talk back." ”

After she finished speaking, she left the hall, Qu Wurong picked up the tea that was already slightly cold in her hand, brought it to her mouth and took a shallow sip, overflowing with an almost inaudible sigh.

The news that Yu Ruyi regained the holy favor, after the palace banquet that night, soon spread among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, in recent days the palace is very lively, from time to time people come in and out, most of them are the family members of the ministers of the court, take advantage of this golden opportunity to congratulate Yu Ruyi.

Of course, Dao He is fake, and it is true to take the opportunity to show his position to Yu Feilong, Xiao Nansheng was so angry that he almost lifted the imperial case in front of him after hearing about it, but in the end he endured it stubbornly, because since this big drama has begun, he has no chance to regret it, and he must continue to act according to the previous plan, otherwise not only will his efforts for so long be in vain, but it may also force Yu Feilong to jump off the wall in a hurry, and the result of tearing his face is not what he wants to see.

Looking at the person in front of him who didn't say a word and sulked at himself, Qu Wurong showed a rather helpless look on his face, their plan had just begun to be implemented, this person was already angry like this, she could imagine that as things deepened step by step, he would only get angry more and more.

Thinking that there was no way to go on like this, Qu Wurong thought about it, and finally persuaded him: "Didn't we expect this result a long time ago?" Are you so angry? ”

Xiao Nansheng looked at her with a faint look in his eyes, and after a long while, he sighed heavily and said: "Although I expected it, I just couldn't be angry, those people took my money, but they turned out to be towards the Jade Flying Dragon, they just didn't take me in their eyes at all!" ”

"Those people don't look at you, so why don't you just find some people who will face you?" Qu Wurong lowered his head and took a sip of the tea in his hand, and said unhurriedly.

Hearing her words, Xiao Nansheng was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"I mean, you're afraid you can't count on those people!" Qu Wurong put down the teacup in his hand and analyzed with him seriously, "In fact, such a situation is not all a bad thing, at least it allows you to see clearly those people that you can't count on, only when you understand this, can you find an opportunity to quietly kick these people out and replace them with your own cronies." ”

Judging from the current situation in the DPRK and China, almost most of the officials have overt and covert connections with Yu Feilong, Xiao Nansheng wants to stabilize his position by dealing with Yu Feilong alone, which is tantamount to using his own strength to resist the civil and military officials of the entire Bailiao Kingdom, so he has almost no chance of winning.

So what he has to do now is not to directly confront the Jade Flying Dragon face to face, but to remove all his wings without alarming him, and only when the Jade Flying Dragon loses its help, Xiao Nansheng will have the possibility of victory.

Xiao Nansheng obviously didn't think of this at the moment, he thought that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all afraid of the obscenity of the Jade Feilong, so they had to submit to him, and this incident just allowed him to see the shape in front of him clearly.

After listening to her words, Xiao Nansheng was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "But it is not easy to expel so many people from the court. ”

"Of course it's not easy!" Qu Wurong also sighed, "So there will be a lot of places you have to endure, if you can't bear it at the beginning, then I advise you to give up as soon as possible!" ”

Xiao Nansheng pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, then nodded, "I know!" ”