Night fell quietly, and thousands of lights lit up in Chang'an City.

The palace lights in the Changle Palace are swaying, and in the main hall of the dormitory, the queen mother rarely leans lazily on the couch and sits upright, showing the posture of the mother of a country vividly.

On the verandah between the palaces and pavilions, Xiao Qi walked slowly to the main hall with a personal maid, her eyes did not squint and her expression was waveless, but Qiao'e, who led the way, did not dare to come out with trembling, and even the surrounding palace maids were silent, which was enough to see how strong the aura of this eldest lady who sat in the Xiao family as a woman was.

Because she entered the palace of the Queen Mother, Xiao Qi was followed by a strong woman with five big and three thick, and Kong Wuli was taller than a man. Xiao Qi himself is a pragmatic character, knows people and makes good use of them, and his requirements for his subordinates have never been their appearance, and the role of the maid growing like this is far greater than that of Qiao'e, who is slender and weak, and she is always with her.

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Footsteps through the corridor outside the palace, the entire Changle Palace seems to have only this orderly footsteps.

The Queen Mother's face was obviously a little restrained, but she made a calm and dignified appearance, folded her hands on her waist, and waited quietly.

Soon, Xiao Qi, who was wearing a long black dress, walked into the main hall and gave a blessing in front of the couch: "See the Queen Mother." "The standard of action is impeccable.

"No courtesy."

The Queen Mother smiled and raised her hand to signal the sister, whom she hadn't seen for several years, to sit down.

Xiao Qi straightened up and tilted her head slightly:

"All out."

"Yes!"

The palace maid nodded hurriedly, and ran out with a brush, closing the door.

The Queen Mother's apricot eyes widened slightly, her face was obviously a little dissatisfied, and she frowned and said, "You are such a big shelf, you are snorting and drinking in the palace house." ”

Xiao Qi hooked the corners of her mouth, sat down beside the Queen Mother, raised her hand and pinched the Queen Mother's face:

"After being the queen mother for a few days, you even forgot about the elders and children?"

The action is not presumptuous, but more intimate, after all, they are sisters of the same mother.

The Queen Mother frowned and was a little annoyed, slapped her face away with her hand, and sat next to her:

"How old are you, you still move your hands and feet, and sit honestly."

Xiao Qi leaned on the soft couch, supported the armrest with her elbows, and turned her head to look carefully at her sister who she hadn't seen for a long time:

"I haven't seen you for so many years, I just came to the palace to visit when I arrived in the capital, and you didn't even call my sister?"

The Queen Mother pursed her lips, a little unhappy: "You were born half a quarter of an hour earlier than me, why do you want to call you sister?" Now that I am the Queen Mother, you have to understand the rules, and there is no etiquette at all. ”

Xiao Qi knew this sister's temperament the most, and she didn't believe that she would talk about etiquette and rules in private, so she looked at the solemn and solemn hall, and said softly:

"Just cleaned up today?"

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, looked at it a few times, and after making sure that there was no problem, she said indifferently:

"It's always been that way."

Xiao Qi raised her eyebrows, and her eyes looked at the place where the low table and the stove were originally placed:

"The copper furnace has been used for a long time, no matter how good the wood used for the floor is, it will be deformed, depending on the position of the stove, there should be a table on it, as the queen mother, you usually sit on the ground to eat, and stretch your legs under the table?"

The Queen Mother's face froze, she looked at it sideways, under the dim candlelight, the light reflected from the floor was indeed slightly distorted, and she couldn't find it if she didn't look carefully, she was slightly stunned:

"You're a dog, huh?"

Xiao Qi smiled lightly, sat on the soft couch, and looked at the Queen Mother carefully:

"You and I are sisters, and we are both daughters, I used to call you young, and you have been in the palace for ten years, I know what you have suffered, and I won't say anything about you."

“……”

When the Queen Mother heard this, a trace of trance flashed in her eyes, she pursed her lips, resumed her previous sitting posture, and leaned on the soft couch a little lazily:

"I thought you didn't have any human touch at all, you couldn't even think of the sin I suffered, locked in a cage like a bird, just staying in this slap-sized place, not getting up the slightest wave all year round, even being angry is a luxury, because no one competes with me at all. How can you be like you, strategizing in Huainan, what do you want...... You deserve the ...... of this sin."

Xiao Qi sighed softly, got a little closer, and held the hand of the Queen Mother:

"You and I are destined to have one enter the palace, and you robbed Xuanhe Bakui by yourself......"

The Queen Mother was a little annoyed in her eyes, and pulled her hand away: "You didn't tell me at the time, Xu Danqing was going to paint you, I want to fight with you to grab it, if you tell me that you will enter the palace, I ......"

Xiao Qi shook her head, and her delicate face, which had always been calm, also showed a little helplessness:

"Born in a family, I can't help myself. It's nothing for me to enter the palace, but after the eldest brother's incense is cut off, someone must be left to sit in the Xiao family, even if I tell you, can you take on this heavy responsibility? ”

The Queen Mother squinted slightly: "Why can't I?" ”

"If you could, you wouldn't have been stupid enough to run to grab Xuan and Bakui."

“……”

The Queen Mother was speechless, snorted lightly, and turned her head away.

Xiao Qi sighed, sat beside her sister, and looked at her cheek carefully:

"I know that you are in the palace like a caged bird, you can see and hear but you can't touch it, but I think you have a comfortable life in Huainan, all day long, scheming, deceitful, and I don't even dare to have the slightest relaxation in my sleep, for fear that if something goes wrong, Xiao's thousand-year-old incense will be buried in my hands, and you can't feel this suffering. You entered the palace and kept a widow, I still don't marry, I can only say that my two sisters have a bad life, how can I say that I treat you badly? ”

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and was silent for a while before she breathed a sigh of relief: "That's it, it's all like this, just live a good life in the future." ”

Xiao Qi nodded and stood up: "I'll go with you?" ”

The Queen Mother hesitated, pinched the small wooden sign in her arms, and said softly:

"Sister, come here, I'll discuss something with you."

Xiao Qi smiled a little, sat down beside him again, and leaned over to ask like a cardamom age:

"Say, what do you want my sister to help with? Is it a mess or something else? ”

The familiar scene made the Queen Mother's nose sour, and she raised her hand to rub it before she said softly: "I...... I've been in the palace for ten years, and I've never gone out alone, and I heard that Qujiangchi is very beautiful tonight, ...... Can you help me as you did when you were a child? ”

Xiao Qi blinked her eyes and hesitated a little - when she was eleven or twelve years old, her sister was more rude and naughty, and she always wanted to go out and run around, but the daughter of a big family could not show up easily, because she had been in trouble, and the family was more strict with her sister. In order to be able to go out, my sister often risked her name and asked her to stay honest in the boudoir.

But after all, it was when I was a child, and pretending to be the queen mother was not a small crime.

Seeing Xiao Qi's hesitation, the Queen Mother's eyes suddenly softened, as if begging for a promise:

"Good sister, just once, I have been in the deep palace for ten years, do you want me to die in the palace? And it's nothing to be discovered, and the saint won't punish me for my sins today, I'm his mother, at most the clan has some unpleasant words in private...... If you don't say it, I won't say it, no one will find out, I'll play for two days and come back. ”

Xiao Qi blinked, thought for a moment, and smiled: "Come back tomorrow morning, I still have something to do." If you want to stay in the capital for a while, you will be allowed to go out for a walk when you have time. ”

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly showed a little brightness, and she quickly stood up and pulled Xiao Qi to the bedroom:

"Change your clothes, go now, your carriage will stop outside the palace......"

Xiao Qi was dragged forward by her sister, and her eyes showed a little helplessness......