Happy times always pass very quickly, obviously feel like they have just had lunch, but the curtain has quietly fallen, the sun sets, the ten thousand rays of light render the sky red, blooming before the night is the most brilliant after a touch of splendor.

Ling Ruo personally sent Moyu to the palace gate, took two red gold pearl-inlaid collars to her, took her back to the two children, and told her to enter the palace more freely.

Seeing Moyu leave, Shui Xiu helped Ling Ruo, who was a little lost, to go back, but when she was about to arrive at Chengqian Palace, she suddenly said: "This palace wants to go to Shoukang Palace for a walk." ”

Shui Xiu's thin eyebrows raised slightly, but she didn't say anything, and helped her straight to Shoukang Palace, along the way, she kept meeting the palace people who were lighting the street lamps, and they all knelt down to salute when they saw Ling Ruo coming.

The people in the entire Forbidden City know that although this Concubine Xi is not the master of the harem, nor does she hold the power of the six palaces like Nian Guifei, she has the deepest favor of the emperor today, and countless people are jealous, but no one can take away a single penny.

Shoukang Palace is located on the west side of Cining Palace, and the yellow glazed tiles flow with a dazzling luster like gold under the illumination of the setting sun, covering up a little of the twilight of Shoukang Palace.

Outside the courtyard wall, there are sandwich roads in the east, west and north, and there are more than ten rooms in the west sandwich road, and the people who live in them are all palace people waiting in the Shoukang Palace.

As soon as Ling Ruogang entered, he saw Fang Li'er kicking the shuttlecock in the courtyard with a few palace maids, flickering back and forth, full of tricks, and there was a little eunuch next to him counting, but he had already kicked more than a hundred.

Seeing Ling Ruo come in, Fang Li'er hooked her toes, and the shuttlecock with four colorful goose feathers crossed a graceful arc in the air, and then landed steadily on a white jade-like palm.

"Keep playing." Fang Li'er casually threw the shuttlecock to one of the palace maids, and walked towards Ling Ruo herself. Looking at Fang Lian'er who was approaching, Ling Ruo smiled slightly, leaned over and said, "I've seen Concubine Xi." "As the widow of the first emperor, although Fang Li'er has no power and no power now, she is really Ling Ruo's elder in terms of seniority.

"No courtesy." Fang Li'er raised her hand, her expression seemed indifferent, but if she looked closely, she would find that there was a deep smile in her eyes.

Because Shoukang Palace is used to house the concubines of the first emperor, there are many palaces, and Fang Li'er now lives in Fuyue Xuan on the west side.

After sending the waiting palace people down, Fang Li'er poured a cup of tea for Ling Ruo and said with a smile: "Why does my sister have time to come to see me today?" Although they have different identities, they have always been called sisters in private, and they have not changed for more than ten years.

Ling Ruo held the slightly warm tea cup and looked around, the layout here is also elegant, but it is a little too small, and it is not the same as Qixiang Palace, "Since you moved into Shoukang Palace, I have never been free, today I suddenly remembered, so I came over to see, how is it, can you still get used to it?" ”

"Did I say that I couldn't get used to it and move back to Qixiang Palace?" Fang Li'er's expression darkened slightly, but she quickly said casually: "The left and right are just a place to live, it's the same everywhere, my sister doesn't have to worry about me." ”

Ling Ruo snorted and said, "If there is anything missing, just send someone to tell me, and I will let the Internal Affairs Office take care of it for you." ”

Fang Li'er could feel Ling Ruo's concern from the bottom of her heart, and said movingly: "Although this place is not as good as Qixiang Palace, there is nothing lacking, although my sister can rest assured." ”

Ling Ruo glanced at her and said with a smile: "I can not worry, you are in the mood to kick the shuttlecock." ”

Hearing her say this, Fang Lian'er couldn't help laughing and said: "I have nothing to do these days, so I made a shuttlecock and kicked and played, my sister can't expect me to go to the Buddha hall all day long like those concubines and concubines, I can't calm down that heart." Although she was called a concubine, in the final analysis, she was not even thirty years old this year.

Without waiting for Ling Ruo to answer, she sighed again and said, "Even these shuttlecocks are not kicked so casually, and I don't know how many people are secretly assigning me right now." ”

It is normal for the palace concubine to kick the shuttlecock, but Fang Li'er's identity at the moment is the concubine, and in this Shoukang Palace, only the sound of chanting and the sound of wooden fish are reasonable.

Ling Ruo brushed his clothes indifferently and said: "If they like to make up, they can go to make up, and the mouth of Youyou can never be blocked, as long as they haven't done anything wrong." After a pause, she said: "In the future, if you have nothing to do, go to my palace to sit more, and Hongli often thinks of you." ”

Speaking of Hongli, Fang Lian'er suddenly remembered something, "By the way, sister, isn't Concubine Yi's seventeenth elder brother already an adult and has already opened his teeth to build a mansion, why does she also live in Shoukang Palace?" ”

"It's Concubine Yi." After correcting Fang Li'er's miswords, she said lightly: "Concubine Yi and the Queen Mother are like sisters, and they have been waiting for the first emperor for many years, and the relationship is the best, and now the Queen Mother is overly ill in bed because of the memory of the first emperor, and with Concubine Yi to accompany her to explain, the Queen Mother's illness will also get better faster." ”

Fang Li'er said suddenly: "I see, so after the Queen Mother recovers from her illness, Concubine Yi will go to the Seventeenth Elder Brother's Mansion to recuperate?" ”

"Maybe." Ling Ruo vaguely agreed, but he knew very well in his heart that Concubine Yi would not be able to leave the palace gate for the rest of her life. Accompanying the Queen Mother is just an excuse, the real reason is that Yinzhen does not allow her to leave Shoukang Palace. Even if the Queen Mother recovers from her illness, there will be one reason after another for Concubine Yi to stay in the palace

When the first emperor was funeral, Concubine Yi knelt in front of the queen mother, although Yinzhen didn't say anything at the time, her heart was extremely unhappy. Everything now is for the purpose of curing the crimes committed by the concubine at that time.

Since Fuyue Xuan came out, the sky had completely darkened, and the palace lamp replaced the sky light, illuminating the palace courtyard.

"Master, shall we go back?" Seeing her come out, Shui Xiu asked softly.

Ling Ruo raised his hand to hold the loose bead flower on his sideburns, looked up at the sky in the twilight, and said softly, "This palace still wants to see an old man." ”

"Yes." Shui Xiu agreed, took Ling Ruo's hand and slowly walked towards Na Xiangju, it was Shi Qiuci who lived there, and when he saw Na Xiangju from afar, Shui Xiu suddenly said softly: "Has the master already thought of how to deal with Concubine Jing?" ”

Ling Ruo glanced at her and said lightly, "What do you say Concubine Jing cares about most at the moment?" ”

"What do you care about the most?" Shui Xiu muttered a sentence, and couldn't think of an answer for a while, when the first emperor was in the past, Concubine Jing cared most about the favor of the first emperor, but now she is already a concubine, even if she is respected as a concubine in the future, it is just a false title, and it is not the same as when she was an imperial concubine.

Just when she was puzzled, Ling Ruoyun's faint voice suddenly sounded in her ears, "It's the twenty-third elder brother, and the one that Concubine Jing cares about most at the moment is the twenty-third elder brother, because she herself has no way out when the first emperor died, and all the glory and wealth can only rely on this only son." ”

With these words, Li Se flashed in Ling Ruo's eyes.