Xu Xun has a very good characteristic, that is, she knows very well that she is two pounds. Qiangang is dictatorial, that's not her character, she has always listened to other people's suggestions. Although with the passage of time, she has become more and more aware of her own ideas, but she can come to this day, several grandmothers and even Hong'er, Lan'er and other palace maids have made great contributions, and Xu Xun has always paid attention to maintaining the relationship with them. Like a few grandmothers, this time Xu Xun got the benefits, and when she turned her head, she was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and those who couldn't find good things with lanterns, she also let go, and when she left the palace, she picked one by herself, and she thought about it.

In fact, this is all false, and it is still the current hereditary official position of the Xu family. As long as Xu Xun can stand in the palace, after the people around her leave the palace, life will naturally be smooth and smooth. Therefore, no matter what the relationship between the old people of Yong'an Palace is, they are closely united around Xu Xun, and no one gives Hu any crooked ideas.

Hearing about the difference in this reward, Mama Zhao was the first to show a look of shame and self-examination, "The old slave is really big, these things should have been inquired about by the mother." ”

"At that time, Mama was also busy, so there was no need to say these empty words." Xu Xun let out a sigh of relief, "Who would have expected these ups and downs?" In fact, even if I knew it earlier, it didn't help, who knew that the eldest brother would reward so much? Let's talk about what to do. ”

Whether it is resignation or non-resignation, there are pros and cons, what brilliant ideas can a few grandmothers give Xu Xun? It is easy to say that the treatment of the concubine is superior in the court, but it is extremely difficult to do it. This can't be said that a few grandmothers gave Xu Xun ideas in vain at that time, the key is that they didn't expect that feng shui would take turns, and the queen mother would let the emperor do this, and directly forced the queen to have nowhere to stay.

A group of people are spitting, you look at me, I look at you, but they can't say anything. Xu Xun saw that Liu Zhien wanted to speak and stopped, so he named him, "Liu Zhien, you are bold and straightforward, even if you say something wrong, I won't blame you." ”

Xu Xun was a well-known eunuch before, and the chamberlains were all doing rough work - she was not qualified or necessary to summon high-level chamberlains before. Therefore, Liu Zhien did not face any competition, although his status was special, but in the end, he had shared hardships, and Yong'an Palace was also established on the spot. Xu Xun also called him for this kind of small meeting, anyway, even if Liu Zhien would go to make a small report with the emperor, this kind of show that Xu Xun was cautious and didn't want to cause trouble.

Liu Zhien hesitated for a moment, but still said, "In the opinion of the slave maid, in this matter, the attitude of the mother is no longer important, it is the attitude of the queen." ”

In the end, it was the emperor who made it, and he got to the point in one sentence. Xu Xun's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, Liu Zhien saw that she listened, and exchanged glances with a few grandmothers, and seeing that Mama Qian nodded slightly, she continued, "Although the queen mother was wise and fair in the past...... But people change. Wasn't you just a noble person in the past, and when your identity changes, your mind will change with it. How should this relationship be handled, if you look at it from the perspective of slaves and maids, it is already up to you to be a mother, and it depends on what Kunning Palace thinks. ”

Xu Xun didn't understand Liu Zhien's attitude, she just couldn't accept this speculation. The queen and her had a friendship during the draft period, she couldn't accept the favor when she first entered the palace, and when she was trembling like she was about to the abyss, the queen didn't pull up and lift, these things, Xu Xun kept in mind. She believed that she had also shown enough obvious attitude to let the queen know that she had no arrogant and rude intentions, and that she would always respect the eldest woman. Is it true that just because of these twenty hectares of land, two people are going to be separated like this?

But Mama Qian agrees with her attitude, and Xu Xun is not unable to see it: among a few mammies, Mama Qian's eyesight makes Xu Xun trust. In addition, Liu Zhien's is also among thousands of Chinese people, and he has become a talent with his grandson. You see him standing on the ground with his hands in his hands, with a humble and honest face, so that his ability must not be small. At least he has real skills than Xu Xun, and he should also know how to speculate on people's hearts.

She was silent for a moment, but still reluctantly said, "You let me think about it." ”

Liu Zhien didn't dare to say anything when he first arrived, and the rest of the people stopped persuading when they saw Xu Xun's face. The group was about to disperse, but Xu Xun stopped Liu Zhien again. "You accompany me to the back garden."

Although he is a eunuch, he is not a man after castration, Xu Xun is a palace concubine with this status, how can there be few cronies and eunuchs around him to help the counselor in palace affairs? As long as it's not some private occasions where you need to undress and expose your flesh, you don't need to avoid anything when you touch each other, just bring two big girls with you. A few grandmothers also didn't care: Liu Zhien was born as the emperor's cronie after all, and Xu Xun wanted to ask about the emperor in private, which was normal.

In this court, once it is related to the emperor, many things are full of taboos, not to mention that the grandmothers can fly, even Hong'er and Lan'er are far behind, and they don't want to get close. In the backyard of Yong'an Palace, there are only Xu Xun and Liu Zhien.

Xu Xun also has a good impression of Liu Zhien, not to mention some previous interactions, let's just say that when Nanjing forced the palace, the moment the door was knocked open, Liu Zhien was the first to protect her, Xu Xun still remembers that moment He was agile and decisive. In addition, after Han Er, these two people can be regarded as having a friendship with her, and Han Er was not sent to do idle work through her a few good words, but went to the local area to be a town guard eunuch. - Being able to imitate the emperor's voice so vividly, although Han Er has made great achievements and received a lot of wealth, it is not suitable for him to continue to serve closely.

is also because of these frontiers, although the two get along very shallowly, Xu Xun can rest assured to say something to Liu Zhien about his deep troubles. "Liu Zhien, how many years have you been serving by your eldest brother's side?"

"The slave has been fortunate to serve by the emperor's side for nine years." Liu Zhien replied in a proper manner, without looking at it randomly.

Xu Xun nodded, "Then what kind of person do you think the eldest brother is?" ”

Liu Zhien was taken aback, "This ...... The sky is like the sea, and the slave and maid really dare not speak falsely. ”

Xu Xun nodded secretly, and refined his question, "I just want to ask you...... You said, the eldest brother specially rewarded me with more land, do you have some other plans in your heart? ”

Xu Xun's meaning was also very clear, Liu Zhien couldn't continue to pretend to be stupid, he groaned for a while, and then a pot of orchids came to his feet - Xu Xun didn't have time to appreciate it, she only then found that she had a lot of silk bonsai in her yard, which was also a skillful craft.

"If the mother doesn't blame the slave and maid for offending ......" Most of the lieutenants spoke, either the male duck voice or the special girls were shrill and sharp, but Liu Zhien and the three treasure eunuchs were the same way, I was more rude, and my voice was very low and good.

"Just tell the truth." Xu Xun hurriedly said, "Aren't you still clear about my temperament?" ”

Liu Zhien seemed to smile imperceptibly, but he hid it very much, he did not comment on Xu Xun's innocent confession, but continued slowly. "Judging from the past few years of serving by the slave and maid emperor's side, the emperor's mind is mostly based on the previous dynasty. Isn't this emperor's mental technique wasted in the harem? ”

Liu Zhien is tantamount to giving Xu Xun all the truth. - According to his understanding, the emperor's harem will not play any conspiracy at all, to put it mildly, from the queen to Xu Xun, these concubines are tied together, and they can't wrestle with the emperor. My mother's family all relied on the emperor to get up, so don't you have to be at his mercy? This is a serious and a loss......

Therefore, if the emperor gave Xu Xun a reward, he would not have any intention of letting her share her worries with Sun Guifei, he just really wanted to reward Xu Xun. There is no dark thought in this at all, if the emperor promoted Xu Xun in order for her to share the pressure on Sun Guifei, it would be too much to look down on the emperor.

Xu Xun was a little relieved, before she had a child, she couldn't offend the emperor if she offended anyone. And although the eldest brother has always doted on her, and even now gives her these benefits, but he doesn't know Weishenme, Xu Xun always feels that he is in front of her, she is a little unconfident, she always suffers from gains and losses, and she doesn't know what to worry about.

"Hmm." She groaned and nodded, and somehow, she burst out with a sincere word. "I may be happy to hear you, but somehow I am not happy at all."

Yoo Ji-eun smiled and didn't pick up. The two walked a few more steps in silence, and he thought about it again, "Niangniang's heart is kind......

Xu Xun was still waiting for Liu Zhien to follow, and after waiting for a long time, he stopped and squinted at Liu Zhien, "And then?" What is the follow-up of the benevolence of the house? ”

Liu Zhien's eyes slipped away as soon as his face slipped, and he said in a low voice, "But the people in the palace are unpredictable, and the world has changed, and everything is not quite the same as when Taisun Palace was in the palace." ”

Xu Xun felt something about his point of view, but she didn't feel it so deeply, she was silent for a moment, and then asked, "If you were me, what would you do?" ”

"The slave and maid will not resign, and if they do, they will slap the concubine in the face......" Liu Zhien's voice was low, "but she will not resign, she always asks the queen mother first before speaking." ”

Xu Xun was a little happy, "Let's go together." ”

Liu Zhien said hesitantly, "This is not necessarily, the mother is blessed and sincere...... The villain is thoughtful, although he is the same as Niangniang, but when he asks the words, it must be completely different. ”

Liu Zhien's words were out, and he had already expressed his meaning very clearly. He didn't dare to say it thoroughly, but Xu Xun didn't understand. She was silent for a long time before she sighed, "Is it necessary to think so complicated about people's hearts?" Sister Hu has always treated me badly. ”

"Therefore, Niangniang is a person of great luck." Liu Zhien immediately gave the words back, and he bowed deeply to Xu Xun. "The slave maid is the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, a little bit of subtle knowledge, and I ask the mother to forgive the villain for the crime of polluting and listening."

"Alright." Xu Xun frowned, and suddenly became a little unhappy again. "I said I wasn't like that...... I don't agree with you, but you can be honest with me, and that's where you come in. In the future, it will be the same, you can say whatever comes to mind, and you don't have to look at my face to speak. There are so many sycophants around me, if you want to listen to it, why bother to ask someone from the eldest brother? ”

Liu Zhien naturally apologized repeatedly, but he just apologized and refused to say anything. It seems that Xu Xun will not ask any more questions, and he will not speak again.

Xu Xun had lost the interest to continue asking, she stood in the open space, feeling the breath of the wax moon in the middle of winter - through the thick white fox cloak, the cold wind could not blow Xu Xun at all, and only the soles of her shoes could feel a little cool.

Life in the harem is like this, the cold and heat in the world don't seem to have much to do with the heavenly palace.

"Yoo Ji-eun." She suddenly had a thought, so she asked casually, "In the eyes of your lieutenants, is the life in the palace much darker?" ”

Liu Zhien glanced at her in a little surprise, and bowed his waist, "Our inner servants are all pickled people, we didn't accumulate virtue in our previous life, and we will pay off our debts in this life...... Living nature is a hard time. ”

"Don't say that." Xu Xun shook his head and said sincerely. "Everyone can't help themselves......"

She looked at the white eaves in the distance and said softly, "Actually, it's our concubine, why don't you feel that you have a thin life?" Sometimes I feel that this day is simply dark, and I can't see any light...... But the more this is the case, the more we have to help each other, you say that even we have to fight like this, how boring should it be? ”

A faint look of surprise flashed on Liu Zhien's face again, and his lips twitched, but he didn't make a sound.

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Xu Xun still followed the path that she and Liu Zhien had thought of in the end, and early the next morning, she went to Kunning Palace to greet the queen.

With the change of identity, many things have indeed changed, and it is a bit impossible to say the same as before, everyone gathers every morning to greet the queen. The population in the first house is getting more and more, if a room of people doesn't have an agreed time, you come and I go in the morning, does the queen want to do something else? But if it is a fixed time, it is the same as a point. Second, the palace is a big place, unlike the previous courtyard, not a few steps, and now Xu Xun wants to go from Yong'an Palace to Kunning Palace, and it takes a lot of time on the way.

The convention is the same, and now a few concubines will go to Kunning Palace every few days to sit, as for whether they are diligent or not, it depends on their filial piety. Sun Guifei has not been to the queen's palace too many times, and in comparison, Xu Xun often goes to ask for an appointment among the concubines.

In the final analysis, the queen is indeed a little overwhelmed, and when Xu Xun walked into Kunning Palace, he also sighed in his heart: after all, they are concubines, and they also have a bit of privilege. What are the ordinary beauties, they should come over every day, but now there are only two people, Li Meiren and Wang Meiren, who have arrived at the side hall of Kunning Palace and waited for the queen to meet.

They arrived a little early, and the queen hadn't finished freshening up. I was also very happy to see the three of them coming, and asked them to accompany them to breakfast. However, Xu Xun and the others had eaten, Xu Xun took the initiative to get up and serve the queen, Li Meiren and Wang Meiren helped, and the three of them waited for the queen to use breakfast, and accompanied the queen to tease the big girl. Li Meiren and Wang Meiren got up to say goodbye, leaving Xu Xun to talk to the queen.

Xu Xun then took the initiative to mention the land appreciation, "It was also reminded by the people below, and I realized that it was a few acres more than my sister's family." I think that the eldest brother has a lot of opportunities, and the time between the two rewards is long, so he may not notice these little things......"

She didn't say anything, and the queen didn't speak, just looked at her and smiled slightly.

Xu Xun had never seen such a queen, her eyes were cold, but the smile on her lips was still so kind - after saying that, she had no way out, so she had to bite the bullet and said, "If I say hello to my eldest brother, it is better to avoid a few acres." ”

The queen didn't say yes or bad, but just asked Xu Xun, "What does Concubine Zhuang think of herself?" ”

Xu Xun thought that Liu Zhien was worried outside of his words, and Mama Qian had hidden worry in her eyes, and she really broke out in a cold sweat for a while. She wondered if she was too naïve, if people's hearts had become like this, if in the eyes of the queen, she was just here to show off and step on her - but in the end, there was still a trace of luck. After all, the queen is different from Sun Guifei...... Hey, in fact, it's Sun Guifei and her, how can the two of them not have a trace of true feelings?

"What the mother thinks, the concubine thinks." She suppressed all the grievances in her heart, answered cautiously, and carefully observed the queen's face.

Suddenly, she realized that she didn't know the queen that well, and the queen's face looked a little strange.

But the queen sighed the next moment, and there was a little wave on her face - it can even be said that there was a trace of anger and a trace of grievance.

"What else could I think?" The queen had never spoken to Xu Xun like this, as if she was complaining to Xu Xun about someone. "Even Jinbao can accommodate it...... Can't fit your acres of land? You're too careful. ”

Xu Xun couldn't speak for a while, and after a while, she felt that her spine slowly regained consciousness, she forced a smile and said in a low voice. "Sister......

The queen shook her head, "You don't have to say it. ”

She stared at the teacup in front of her and seemed to smile a little self-deprecatingly. "I know what you mean, and I know what you want...... But these are all false, small cycles, and rituals, which can't compare to people's hearts. ”

She said that it was definitely not the emperor's heart, and both of them knew it: the emperor's mind had never stayed on the queen from the beginning, and the queen had only been respected by him, but she didn't know that Weishenme, for a while, this respect has gradually become a little thin...... And originally relied on the queen mother, but now she has changed her mind a little, not that she is not close to the queen, but she is not so pressed on the concubine to death.

The queen almost never said it so clearly, and Xu Xun couldn't just say some scenes.

"It's all trivial." She muttered to comfort the queen. "It matters, it's still the heir......

The significance of the eldest son is very extraordinary for the court and the harem. The relationship between the emperor and the queen was estranged, but the emperor still had almost five days of rest in Kunning Palace every half a month. Working so hard day and night, in fact, I want to have a sister-in-law.

The queen smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm just asking for an heir now!" I just hope that my stomach can withstand this piece of hard work! ”

Having said that, the queen is okay, Xu Xun is uneasy - there are still people around the queen, these words are passed out, the queen can withstand it, but she will inevitably be in trouble. Besides, she is clearly pampering the concubine, the queen sits in front of her, the proud person accompanies the disappointed, and if she doesn't press it, it's not that she doesn't want to show off the queen.

It was easy to escape from Kunning Palace, she breathed a long breath, she almost felt like she had escaped from the cage, she didn't even want to look back, she just hurriedly walked in the direction of her shoulder.

Liu Zhien and Mama Qian hurriedly greeted her, Mama Qian's face was faintly anxious, but Liu Zhien had a calm expression, but when she bowed to help Xu Xun on her shoulders, she glanced at her inquiringly.

- Xu Xun had a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say it clearly on this occasion, and when he entered Yong'an Palace, he sighed, and Liu Zhien sighed, "Fortunately, my sister is still reasonable, at least, I can recognize the current situation ......clearly."

Thinking of the queen's face, she was also a little indescribable, "Even though she can't help but be angry......"

There are still some words, but they can't even say to Liu Zhien and the grandmothers: Xu Xun feels that the queen doesn't take the emperor seriously at all, and the emperor is close to the concubine and even her Xu Xun, and she is not sad at all. She is angry and resentful, not because the emperor is partial to the concubine, but because she lost the support of the queen mother, and even said that she was not able to give birth to an heir, she complained that her status was unstable, not that the emperor was not enough - at least in terms of the queen's intention to have children, the emperor has not neglected.

She had a terrible feeling, she felt that the queen had no feelings for the emperor at all, because she had no feelings, so her requirements were low. Moreover, this state is not new, it may have been extended from the beginning to the present, but in the past, the queen was still relatively densely covered.

It's not that it's bad, it's not that Xu Xun himself is fascinated by the emperor. It's just that...... Isn't it all said in the female commandment, as an eldest woman, you must respect your in-laws, care for your husband, and love your children......

If even the queen herself does not abide by the "Female Commandment", what if Xu Xun and these little women must abide by the "Female Commandment" and respect the eldest woman?

She shook her head, as if she wanted to shake away this confused emotion, and rejoiced with Liu Zhien, "Although I can't help but be angry, my good sister is still clear in her heart." I just want to have a son, but I don't seem to want to say goodbye to Sister Sun. - What Amitabha! ”

Liu Zhien and Mama Qian exchanged glances, and Liu Zhien sighed silently and shook his head gently.

Mama Qian's face was also quite dark, and she said in a low voice, "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, Niangniang ......"

Xu Xun stubbornly shook his head, "Sister Sun is not a prodigal person, if she is, the Queen Mother will not tolerate her." ”

"People's hearts are back," Yoo said in a deep voice. "Niangniang, now in this palace, it's not just the four of you......"

Xu Xun was taken aback by what he said, and her eyes reflexively turned to the northwest of Yong'an Palace.

The residences of several concubines are basically concentrated in that direction.

The author has something to say: Hey, Xiao Xu is also difficult, he is really walking on thin ice step by step, even if he is basically a good person, he is still challenging everywhere.

That's a lot of words today!

Speaking of emotion, at least the Ming generation of the Zhu family basically does not have to be angry with their wives. In the harem, the scheming is weak, and Emperor B will do this...... Men are scheming outside, and they are generally too lazy to play this set at home