After Yunli ate noodles and returned to his yard, Hongying neatly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and then saw Concubine Qin sitting in the chair without saying a word, and couldn't help but say, "What is the concubine thinking?" ”

Concubine Qin came back to her senses and said with a cold smile: "I thought that Yunli would not tell me until the confinement in the Frost Pavilion was hidden, but I didn't expect him to say it now." ”

"The prince has always been very filial to the concubine." Listening to Hongying's words, Concubine Qin casually picked a pink peach blossom from the vase on the table and put it between her fingers, "It used to be like this, but now, Yunli has been fascinated by some people with ulterior motives, but she is not so filial to me." For example, this time, it took so long to tell me that if I hadn't known about the emperor's affairs from Ping'er's mouth, I would have been scared every day these days. ”

The reason why Concubine Qin was so tolerant in front of Yunli just now was not that she really didn't blame Yunli, but that she took the first step to know from Ping'er about Yinzhen's appearance in the Guojun Palace. Although I don't know what she said specifically, with her years of experience in the harem, she guessed most of them with just a few words.

And from the moment Yinzhen stepped into the gate of Guojun Wangfu, the crisis hanging over Guojun's palace was solved, and she no longer had to worry about it.

That day, she couldn't persuade Yunli to send Ling Ruo to the palace, and she was angry, but she knew very well that her son's Xingzi usually looked gentle and polite, but once he decided something, he would definitely do it, and no one could change it.

Although what Yunli said when she was arguing with her sounded reasonable, she still sniffed out a trace of something wrong in it, Yunli cared too much about Niu Hulu's clan and had crossed her duty as a courtier. So after Yunli left, he ordered someone to quietly find Ping'er and ask about the things along the way, and when he learned that Yunli fell off the cliff in order to pick perilla grass that could be fetus, he was shocked and angry.

Yunli didn't have to take this risk at all, but he just went, what was it for, she already knew the answer in her heart.

Since that time, Concubine Qin ordered Ping'er to look over there, and as soon as something happened, she immediately went back and forth, and because of this, she could know that Yinzhen had come to Guojun Wangfu.

Hongying rolled her dark eyes and said, "Concubine, forgive the slave maid for being blunt, Ping'er is not simple, she promised to be your eyeliner as a concubine, but I am afraid that she has another purpose." ”

Concubine Qin smiled coldly and said, "Then tell me, what is her purpose?" ”

"This ......" Hongying thought for a while and shook her head, "The slave maid can't think of it for a while." ”

Concubine Qin flicked the peach petals on her fingertips into the air and said leisurely: "If you can't think of it, let me tell you, that girl is bent on flying on the branches and becoming a phoenix!" ”

Hongying was suddenly startled and said, "Concubine, are you saying that she wants to climb the prince?" She is just a girl, the prince is the king of the dignified county, the dragon and the phoenix among the people, how dare she have such a delusion?! ”

Concubine Qin stroked her sleeve and said with a smile: "The first time I heard Yunli's name from her mouth, I could see that although this girl was from a humble background, her heart was not low at all, how could she be willing to be a girl for the rest of her life." It is precisely because of this thought that she will please me and use it for me. ”

"The concubine is saying that she wants to borrow the concubine's hand and become the person next to the prince?" Saying this, Hongying said a little bitterly: "She doesn't look at her appearance and background, let alone Fujin, even if she is a concubine, she is not worthy!" ”

Concubine Qin glanced at her and said indifferently: "Hongying, what are you doing so excited, could it be that you also have the same thoughts as her?" ”

Hongying was startled, and hurriedly bowed her head and said: "The slave and maid know that they are from a humble background, so they dare not have such delusions, and when the slave and maid were waiting for the concubine, they said that they would serve the concubine for the rest of their lives." ”

Concubine Qin walked up to her, her fingers wearing wisps of gold armor stroked the delicate cheeks of the red tassels, and said in a voice that made people wonder what was going on: "You are only twenty now, do you really have to be by my side in the future, don't you think it's a pity?" ”

Hongying felt the coldness on her cheeks and said, "It is a blessing for a slave to be able to wait for the concubine, and there is no such thing as a pity." ”

Concubine Qin put down her hand, and her voice cooled, "Okay, I know very well what you think in your heart, but for the sake of your dedication since you waited for me, I won't worry about you, and I won't treat you badly, but the premise is that you don't do something that I don't like, understand?" ”

"The slave knows the way." Hongying said in a low voice, not daring to look up at Concubine Qin, and when she had finished speaking, Concubine Qin's voice sounded in her ears again, "Ping'er, this girl, I am useful, no one is allowed to touch her." ”

Hongying didn't dare to say a word except for agreeing, she had been waiting for the concubine for five or six years, and she knew that this concubine who ate fasting and recited Buddha and made flowers and grass was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, on the contrary, she firmly controlled everything in this palace, including every inch of land and everyone.

But think about it, which one of the women who can survive the harem of deceit and become a concubine without wind and waves is simple.

All this is put aside for the time being, not long after Yunli returned to the study, Sori came in to report that Prince Ding was coming, Hongshi's sudden visit made Yunli very strange, although he and Hongshi are uncles and nephews, the relationship is also general, and they don't often come together, this time they came back from Junggar, Hongshi has not seen it, how can he come here at this time.

Strange is strange, since people are here, there is no reason to see them, and when he ordered Sori to invite Hongshi in, he also walked down from behind the long case.

"Prince Ding, please!" With Hongshi's words, Hongshi, dressed in a dark green robe and a brocade belt around his waist, walked in, and after seeing Yunli, he took the first step and said, "Hongshi has seen Uncle Seventeen." ”

"Second elder brother doesn't need to be polite." Although Hiroshi has been made a prince, Yunli is his elder, so he still comes according to his previous title.

Hongshi said with the eagerness in his heart: "Since the seventeenth uncle of Zhilu Dao returned to Beijing, he has always wanted to visit the house, but there have been many things in the household department recently, and he can't spare time to come several times, and I hope that the seventeenth uncle will not be surprised." ”

"How could it be, the second elder brother is so polite." Yunli said as he invited Hongshi to sit down, and when the next person came up with the tea and said, "It's just that I didn't expect the second elder brother to come over so late." ”

As soon as he heard this, Hongshi hurriedly said: "I didn't come to disturb Uncle Seventeen so late, but I heard in the mansion that something happened in the capital, someone stabbed Lord Ma Qi, and someone came to the Guojun Mansion to make trouble, worried that it would alarm Uncle Seventeen and the concubine, so I came to take a look, I don't know if the seventeenth uncle and the concubine are okay." ”