In the following days, there was a series of names of Shu Mulu's family, which made the people who originally wanted to laugh at her being carried back by Jingshifang on the first night tightly shut their mouths, and did not dare to say a word.

In the Chengqian Palace, Ling Ruo sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, with a horizontal and vertical chessboard in front of her, and the black and white chess pieces were lying quietly in their respective chess boxes.

In the late spring of April, the cherry blossom trees are already getting old, and the cherry blossom trees are gradually losing their petals, leaving only the lush leaves there.

There will be a time when the flowers will bloom again, but people are not, people are old and old, and there will be no day when they regain their youth, she is thirty-eight years old this year, even if the maintenance is proper, even if the years are favorable, they cannot be compared with those young women who are in the prime of their youth.

Yinzhen has been flipping through Shu Mulu's brand for four days in a row, except for the first night at her place, the rest of the days, she has not even seen Yinzhen's face.

Sometimes, she really can't help but wonder, will Yinzhen get tired of looking at her face? After all, she was never the person Yinzhen cared about the most......

"Master, the noble Tong is here." Yang Hai's voice woke Ling Ruo from her contemplation, and when she looked up, she saw Tong Jiashi standing a few steps away, and when she saw her gaze, she bowed and bowed, "The concubine has seen Concubine Xi's mother." ”

Her voice was the same as her person, revealing arrogance, which made people feel unapproachable, but Ling Ruo knew that what was hidden under this arrogance was a pure heart, which was difficult to see in the harem.

Ling Ruo beckoned her to come over, then pushed the white chess in front of her for a few points and said, "Let's start, this palace has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Tong Jiashi replied lightly, and took a white chess piece with her fingers and placed it in the upper left corner of the chessboard, but whenever she played chess, she always liked to start here, Ling Ruo played against her many times, and never had an accident.

In today's game of chess, Ling Ruo was a little absent-minded from the beginning, and made several wrong moves, making the chess pieces a defeat and unable to be saved.

Seeing that he was about to win the chess, Tong Jiashi stopped his hand, looked at Ling Ruo and said, "Niangniang has something on your mind?" ”

Although his voice was as cold as usual, Ling Ruo heard a hint of concern from it, and shook his head and said: "It's nothing, it's just that I can't concentrate a little bit today, I originally wanted to play a few more games with the Tong nobles, but now it seems that if I play again, I will lose, so let's leave it for the day of defeat." ”

Tong Jiashi was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Niangniang is thinking about the emperor?" ”

Ling Ruo was a little surprised that she would ask so unabashedly, and then felt that this was in line with her Xingzi, got up and looked at the tall cherry blossom tree and said, "Why do you ask this, is it written on Bengong's face?" ”

"No, the concubine is just guessing." Tong Jiashi stood up with her, "But looking at the appearance of the mother, the concubine should have guessed correctly." ”

Ling Ruo smiled and said, "If the noble people of Tong could use these thoughts on the emperor, it would not be today's situation. ”

"The concubine likes the emperor." Tong Jiashi suddenly said this, Ling Ruo turned her head in surprise, surprised that she was talking to herself about this, and only after a while did she say, "Since you like it, what do you ...... for?"

"Why does it seem so indifferent?" Tong Jia raised her head, looked at the cherry blossoms mixed with countless green leaves, and said: "It's because I like it, so the concubines don't want to think about the emperor, don't you think it's sad to use your thoughts and means on the people you like?" ”

Ling Ruo thought that he knew enough about this Tong Jia's family, but at this moment, he realized that his understanding was still superficial, "But if you don't use it, you will always be left out in the cold, is this good?" ”

Tong Jiashi shook his head and said: "The concubine doesn't know what to do, the concubine only hopes that the emperor is good, as long as he is good, even if it is just a glance from a distance, it is good for the concubine." "Her face is very beautiful, especially the side face, she can't find a trace of flaw, and she is even more beautiful than Liu.

After staring at it for a long time, Ling Ruo sighed softly, "It's a pity that these emperors don't know what to do. ”

Tong Jiashi lowered his head and smiled, and the cold arrogance seemed to melt at this moment, and disappeared, "As long as the concubine knows the Tao in her heart." ”

Ling Ruo also laughed, "Unexpectedly, although this palace is many years older than you, it is not as good as you in this matter, which really makes this palace ashamed." ”

Tong Jiashi shook his head and said: "It's not that the mother is not as good as the concubine, but the mother is deeper than the concubine, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows are all tied by the emperor, and it is difficult to extricate herself." ”

"Maybe." Ling Ruo closed his eyes and said, "What about you, why do you like the emperor?" ”

A rare wisp of blush appeared on Tong Jia's face, and he said in a low voice: "When the concubine was still in the boudoir, I heard many things about the emperor, and it was rumored that he and the thirteenth master went south to raise money for disaster relief, and it was rumored that after he was in charge of the household department, he was under pressure to collect the arrears from the ministers, etc., so in the hearts of the concubines, the emperor is a big hero who stands up to the sky." ”

Her words evoked a long memory of Ling Ruo, it was when Yinzhen went south to raise money, she entered the palace to meet Kangxi, and met Nalan Mei'er, Nalan Mei'er was extremely shameful about Yinzhen Salt's official salt merchant's means of donating silver, and even accused him of unscrupulous means.

Nalan Mei'er has known Yinzhen for more than ten years, and she doesn't know her as well as Tong Jia Xiaotong, who has never seen Yinzhen, and it is ironic that Yinzhen has not been able to put her down for so many years.

Tong Jiashi never saw Ling Ruo speak, so he couldn't help asking, "What is Niangniang thinking?" ”

Ling Ruo said casually: "It's nothing, this palace suddenly thought of some old things, and the nobles of Tong may not be interested in saying it." ”

Tong Jiashi knew that she was willing to continue, and said: "Many things are more and more annoying the more you think about them, and it is better for Niangniang to look at some." ”

"Hongu wants to do the same, but I can't help it." Saying this, she took a long breath and said: "But after talking to the Tong nobles for a while, the palace feels a little better, can the Tong nobles be interested in accompanying the palace to play a game of chess?" ”

"The mother invites each other, and the concubines should obey their orders." Tong Jiashi said in a rare joking, although she was arrogant, she also looked forward to someone to talk, and Concubine Xi was undoubtedly the only person to talk to besides the people around her. Although she didn't understand why Concubine Xi would look at her differently, this did not prevent her from having a good impression of Concubine Xi.

The two of them played until nearly noon before they dispersed the chess game, in the afternoon, Ling Ruo asked a few words of Hongli's homework, then sat in the warm pavilion and continued to embroider the money bag prepared for Hongli, now the dragon body has been embroidered more than half, only half a tail is missing, Ling Ruo is ready to make another set of clothes, and then wait for Hongli to be sixteen years old to give him a birthday gift.

When she was embroidering, a shadow fell above her head, blocking the sunlight shining in from the window, and when she looked up, she found Yinzhen standing in front of her, which startled her, and when she was about to get up, she was firmly pressed by Yinzhen's shoulder, "Sitting." ”