Li Dequan personally sent Ling Ruo to the outside of Zhongcui Palace, Ling Ruo saw a person standing outside the palace gate from a distance, looking left and right, and wondered how there was still someone outside when it was snowing so late in the night, and when he got closer, he found that the person was actually Qiu Porcelain.

Qiu Ci also saw Ling Ruo, a heart that had been empty for a long time could finally be put down, and hurriedly walked up to meet her, "Where did my sister go, why did she come back so late?" ”

Seeing that Qiu Ci cared for herself so much, Ling Ruo was full of emotion, and shook her hand that was still cold as iron and said, "It's just idle and free to go for a walk, I don't want to worry my sister, I really shouldn't." ”

"It's good that there's nothing wrong with it." Qiu Ci let out a sigh of relief, and only then did he notice that there was an old eunuch standing behind Ling Ruo, and said suddenly, "This is ......"

Li Dequan took a step forward and said, "Slave Li Dequan asks for peace to the little master." ”

Li Dequan?! This name made Qiu Ci stunned, isn't that the emperor's close eunuch, and also the chief eunuch in the palace, she also specially inquired after entering the palace, how could she appear here, and still be with Ling Ruo?

"It's snowing outside, two little masters, go in quickly." Li Dequan handed the umbrella in his hand to Ling Ruo, bowed down and said with a smile: "If the little master has no other orders, the slave will go back to the emperor to give his life." ”

"There is Father-in-law Lao." Ling Ruozheng was about to salute, but Li Dequan hurriedly supported him, and hurriedly said: "You are going to kill the minions, you can't do it." ”

Li Dequan has been by Kangxi's side for decades, and he has never seen anything, after tonight's incident, if Niu Hulu Ling enters the palace, it is almost a foregone conclusion, and he will be the master of the Eight Classics in the future, how dare he accept the courtesy.

Ling Ruo smiled, understood his scruples, and was not reluctant at the moment, waiting for him to leave the rear and walk towards the palace courtyard with Qiu Ci, "How does my sister know that I am not in the house?" ”

Qiu Ci sighed and said: "It's not for that Guo Luo Luo, I'm afraid that she will be angry with you again, so I want to come and see, but I know that you are not here, it is dark and snowy, I am afraid that you will wait for you to come back at the gate of the palace if you have something." Speaking of this, the conversation turned and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to let me see Gonggong Li personally send you back, sister, should you have something to say to me?" ”

For Qiu Porcelain, Ling Ruozi will not hide it, and 1510 will tell you what happened at the right time,

After listening to Ling Ruo's narration, Qiu Ci was surprised at first, and then a heartfelt smile floated, "I didn't expect that before the draft, my sister had already met the emperor first, and it sounds like the emperor has a very good impression of my sister, otherwise I wouldn't have rewarded you with the jade flute. ”

Lowering his head and caressing his warm body, Ling Ruo was not as ecstatic as others, but rather disappointed, "I don't know if this matter is good or bad." ”

Qiu Ci brushed away the fine snow that flew between her sideburns, and said gently: "Do you think of Xu Gongzi again?" Seeing that Ling Ruo bowed her head and didn't answer, she sighed and comforted: "Sister, even if you think about it, what can you do, since you choose this path, you and him are two people from the world, no matter how much you worry about it, what can you do but increase your sorrow?" All you have to do now is to hold on to the emperor, only he can help you revive the glory of the Niu Hulu family, and only he can help you solve all your problems. ”

Ling Ruo was silently holding the tassel embellished with the jade flute, and only said in a low voice after a while: "I understand what my sister said, but I can't completely let it go, maybe it will be better after a while." ”

"I understand, but you must not let others know about this matter, otherwise it will do you a lot of harm and no benefit." Qiu Ci said solemnly.

Ling Ruo nodded, looking deeply at the thick inky night, "I will remember, my destination is in the Forbidden City, always remember." ”

She is not only saying this sentence to Qiu Ci, but also to herself, so that she can always remember and never forget.

In the next two days, the sky will be clear, and the snow will gradually melt, and judging by this trend, there should be good weather for the draft ceremony on the eighth day of December.

Yonghe Palace, one of the six palaces in the east, was assigned to the concubine who had just been promoted to live in the sixteenth year of Kangxi, and it has been more than 20 years.

Concubine Yi is now almost forty years old, but because of proper maintenance, she looks like she is in her thirties, and she can't tell that she has several children.

"Is she really going this far?" Concubine Yi twisted her eyebrows and asked Mu Yue, who was sitting on the side, with a faint hint of anger in it.

Mu Yue pouted with an aggrieved face, "How dare I deceive my sister, since I entered the palace to the present, she has relied on her own posture to be above the top, and she doesn't put other show girls in her eyes at all, I am often angry with her, once she splashed me with hot tea, sister, you see." As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves to reveal her snow-white arm, where there was a red mark that looked like it had been scalded by water.

Concubine Yi was already angry, but now that she saw that Mu Yue was injured, she could still hold it, and put the glass teacup on the table and said angrily: "If this Niu Hulu Ling is too angry, you are the sister of this palace, she dares to do this, you can see how arrogant it is." After that, he carefully looked at the wound on Mu Yue's arm and said: "Fortunately, there are no blisters, as long as the red mark disappears, there will be no trouble. ”

After Jiqiu left, Mu Yue bit her lower lip and said, "If she only targeted me, it would be fine, but the more she talked about it, the more she went too far, and she didn't even pay attention to your sister, and said ......" She glanced at Concubine Yi and looked hesitant.

Concubine Yi said coldly: "Even if you say it, this palace wants to hear what she has said." ”

Mu Yue said cautiously when she heard this: "She said that her sister is just lucky to have her current status, but in fact, she is useless at all, if she enters the palace, she will replace her sister." ”

"Good! Good! A good Niu Hulu clan is just a small ceremonial heart, but his mind is really not small, and he already wants to replace the palace before he enters the palace. Concubine Yi laughed angrily, but this smile was so cold that people trembled from the bottom of their hearts, and those who were familiar with Concubine Yi knew that she was really angry.

"The master is angry, Niu Hulu's family has been in decline for many years, it stands to reason that this Niu Hulu Ling shouldn't be so bold and genius. Maybe there's some misunderstanding in between. Ji Qiu took the muscle growth cream and persuaded softly when he heard Concubine Yi's words, and his eyes swept over Mu Yue's face intentionally or unintentionally, as if he wanted to see something from it.

How could Mu Yue not hear the meaning of her words, and at that moment Liu raised her eyebrows and shouted: "What do you mean by this, do you mean that I am lying and deceiving my sister?" ”

"The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid are afraid that someone will use the mother and the little master to achieve their ulterior purposes." Jiqiu said that he didn't dare, but he was clearly referring to her, and Mu Yue was so angry that the roots of her teeth itched and couldn't attack.

Concubine Yi is a person who has been immersed in the palace for many years, and she is well versed in the way of fighting for favor and power, she was angry for a while, plus Mu Yue is her own sister, she never suspected it at all, and now she feels that there is something wrong with it after calming down, but she does not break it, she took the ointment taken by Jiqiu and picked out a little and gently wiped it on Mu Yue's arm, and looked at her meaningfully and said, "Do you think she is a threat to you?" ”

Mu Yue "chuckled" in her heart, knowing that her sister had seen through her plan, but it was impossible to change her words at this point, not to mention that her sister asked like this, she was clearly moved, and at the moment she raised her heart horizontally and said in a deep voice: "Not to Yue'er, but to my sister."

"Oh?" Concubine Yi replied casually, withdrew her fingers, and saw that her fingertips had a faint red color in addition to the transparent ointment, her eyes tightened, and the other finger wearing openwork armor lightly crossed the tablecloth embroidered with flowers, and when she lifted it, there was a thin invisible silk thread hooked on it, which seemed to break with a little effort.

"If my sister had seen her, she would have believed Yue'er's words." Although Mu Yue was very reluctant to admit it, Ling Ruo did have a proud beauty, which was better than her.

Concubine Yi silently got up and came to the palace gate, staring at the eighteen bachelors just sent by the Internal Affairs Office this morning, that is the best camellia in the world, a total of eighteen flowers bloom on one plant, the petals are stacked on top of each other, forming a hexagonal tower-shaped corolla, the flowers are of different colors, the red is all red, the pink is all powder, all open and thank, it is very good-looking.

Such a treasure, even if the Internal Affairs Office carefully cultivates only a few plants, and the filial piety is given to the most holy ladies in the palace, and Concubine Yi is one of them; The rest of the concubines only had envy.

Seeing that Concubine Yi didn't speak for a long time, Mu Yue's originally determined heart gradually sank, didn't my sister refuse to deal with Niu Hulu Ling Ruo? If so, wouldn't her plan be in vain?

Just when she was uneasy, Concubine Yi moved, she turned to Jiqiu and said, "Go to the treasury and bring the white jade Guanyin that was sent a few days ago, and let's go to Jingren Palace." ”

Jingren Palace is the residence of Concubine Rong, now Concubine Yi is going there, the intention is clear, Mu Yue is happy, and when she is about to speak, Concubine Yi has moved to her, stroked her tassel hanging on her sideburns and said softly: "People, it is a good thing to be smart, but don't think that you are smart all the time, and treat others as fools, otherwise you can only suffer yourself, Yue'er, are you right?" ”

Mu Yue's body trembled, knowing that Concubine Yi was talking about herself, all along, she and this sister got together less and left more, when Concubine Yi entered the palace, she was not yet born, and then only during the New Year's holidays did she go to the palace with Concubine Yi to get together with Concubine Yi for a day or two. In her heart, she didn't have much family affection with Concubine Yi, but more about using and even coveting.

However, when she saw Concubine Yi's gentle eyes hidden in Ling Li at this time, she understood that she was very wrong, this sister was far more beneficial than she thought, far from being able to deal with and control it, at least not now.

Thinking of this, Mu Yue no longer had any hesitation, gathered all her sharp and non-trivial thoughts, and was as docile as a kitten, "Yue'er understands. ”

"I hope you really understand." Concubine Yi smiled faintly, and her fierce color gradually faded, replaced by warmth and affection, "Yue'er, you are the sister of this palace, as long as you don't make a big mistake, this palace will definitely protect you." ”

That's it.

After Jiqiu fetched the white jade Guanyin, Concubine Yi took the shoulder to go to Concubine Rong's Jingren Palace, and Mu Yue and Jiqiu accompanied her.