Kunning Palace.

Empress Duolun summoned the envoys of Dzungar and discussed with him the dowry of Princess Xinyao.

The envoy said: "Our prince has no other requirements, only that the more the better, the princess of the Celestial Empire is noble, and the queen mother naturally can't give less." ”

Duolun smiled faintly, "Xin Yao is the adopted daughter of this palace, and the concubine of the emperor's younger brother King Dejun, except for the princess born to the emperor, she has the most noble status, and this dowry must be indispensable." ”

The envoy was surprised, "Queen Mother, you said that Princess Xinyao is not the emperor's own daughter?" ”

Duolun was stunned, covered his mouth with his hand, and made a look of regret, "Oh, what's wrong with me, why did I lose my words." ”

She immediately comforted the envoys, "Although Princess Xinyao is not born to the emperor, as the palace just said, in addition to the princess, she is the most noble one. ”

The envoy of Zhungeer was very dissatisfied, "That's not good, Princess Xinyan who married in the past is the daughter of the former queen of the Heavenly Dynasty, and the one who marries again, even if she is not a concubine, cannot be too low." ”

Empress Duolun sighed, "You may not know the situation in the palace, among the emperor's own daughters, except for Princess Xinyan, the rest of the princesses born by Concubine Jing are the most noble, but unfortunately, she is only eight years old this year and is not yet an adult." ”

Shu Ying stood behind Queen Duolun, made an indignant look, and said: "What about her noble status, her mother is uneducated and unruly, and the emperor will not punish her if she leaves the palace without permission, and it is not good for her to grow up." ”

Queen Duolun's face was full of melancholy, "The emperor favors her, let alone leaving the palace without permission, she is clamoring to kill the queen mother and the palace, and she is reluctant to reprimand." ”

When the envoy heard this, his eyes rolled slightly, obviously thinking about something, and after a while, he took his leave.

When he left, Queen Duolun smiled at Shu Ying, "Fang just did a good job, he will definitely go to the emperor and ask to marry Xinyun." ”

Shu Ying was puzzled, "But...... Princess Xinyun is only eight years old, how can she get married? The emperor will definitely be reluctant, and Concubine Jing will not agree. ”

Queen Duolun said inscrutablely: "Things are man-made. ”

For a few days, the palace was calm, Queen Duolun was busy preparing a dowry for Princess Xinyao, and the other concubines were also very peaceful, only Tang Jingchen had been in fear and worry.

Chunlan and Dongxue didn't know how to persuade them, in fact, they were all worried in their hearts, as if something big was about to happen.

Before the storm, the sky is calm.

On this day, Qiu Ju suddenly came, and when she entered the door, she asked for peace, and said: "This concubine is sick, and she is afraid that she will be sick to her mother, so she didn't come to ask for peace, and asked her to forgive her sins." ”

Tang Jingchen couldn't help but feel surprised, and looked at her in a daze.

Dong Xue sneered: "Qiu agreed to say this, we didn't understand, since the little master left here to listen to Yuxuan, how can he ever come to my mother to say goodbye?" ”

Chunlan glared at Qiu Ju, "Qiu agreed to come to the door coldly, it doesn't look like he was asking for peace, he was looking for trouble." ”

Qiu Ju immediately knelt down in front of Tang Jingchen, "Niangniang, the slave maid shouldn't have made a big mistake and betrayed the maid for a while, now the slave maid has already known that she was wrong, and asked the maid to forgive the slave." ”

Tang Jingchen said lightly: "Now you are promising the little master, you are the emperor's concubine like this palace, you don't need to call yourself a slave, and you don't need to kneel, hurry up." ”

Qiu Ju shook her head, "If the mother doesn't forgive the slave maid, the slave won't get up." ”

Chunlan was annoyed, stepped forward and dragged Qiu Ju up, and spat on her face, "I'm sorry, what kind of play are you going to play again, get out of here, you are not welcome in Yuxuan!" ”

Hearing the word acting, Tang Jingchen's heart moved, and he looked at Qiu Ju and said slowly: "What are you going to do today, and tell me about it." ”

Qiu Ju bit her lower lip, "Since the slave was fortunate by the emperor once, although he agreed, he has never seen the emperor's face, a few days ago, because Xi Concubine sued the slave and maid in front of the emperor, and now even the green head card has been withdrawn......"

She began to cry as she spoke, "In this way, what hope does the slave and maid have, please help the slave and maid in the old love, the slave and maid will not forget the grace of the maid." ”

"You said Lan Changxi sued you in front of the emperor?" Tang Jingchen was a little unconvinced, "She is not that kind of person, she never refuses to talk about right and wrong behind her back." ”

"!"

Qiu Ju shouted, "This deep palace is a place to eat people, whoever comes in will change, the slave maid is still the maid of Niangniang's dowry, hasn't it also changed, I have done something sorry for my mother, not to mention others." ”

As soon as she said this, Tang Jingchen remembered the old love, and couldn't help but sigh, "The emperor is handsome and handsome, and he is a supreme and noble person, facing him every day, it is inevitable that you will be tempted." ”

Chunlan heard that Tang Jingchen meant to forgive Qiu Ju, she was anxious, and scolded Qiu Ju: "You don't find a reason here, it's clear that you are cheap, and you are even involved in it." ”

Qiu Ju knelt down again, "Yes, the slave maid is a scumbag, but the slave maid has also been punished, the palace maid will be released one day, but the slave maid will end up in the deep palace with a promise, isn't it desperate enough?" ”

He couldn't stop crying.

Seeing her crying sadly, Tang Jingchen felt a trace of compassion in her heart, Qiu Ju was right, the low-ranking concubines who had no favors and no children really had no hope except to wait for death in the palace.

However, sympathy is sympathy, Qiu Ju climbed the bed and betrayed herself, which is not easy to forgive.

"You are much better off than the poor people outside, and you don't need to be so desperate."

After Tang Jingchen finished speaking, he instructed Chunlan, "The palace is tired, wait for freshening up and settling down." ”

That's what it means to be evicted.

Qiu Ju was stunned, Dongxue had already pulled her out, "Don't you understand what Niangniang said, Niangniang is going to rest, the emperor told us not to be tired, but you still bother her." ”

"Yes, the slave doesn't dare to disturb the mother's rest, and the slave will come back another day to say goodbye."

Looking at Qiu Ju's distant back, Tang Jingchen asked Chunlan Dongxue, "What do you mean by her?" ”

Dong Xue snorted coldly, "It's not because the emperor ignored her, seeing that Niangniang was favored, she wanted to come to Niangniang to find some opportunities." ”

Chunlan said: "There is nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, and the slave and maid are not at ease when they see her." ”

"Well, whatever she is, I'll just ignore her." Tang Jingchen looked at the distant night sky outside the window, "I don't know if the emperor has found that Ya Po, and Lamei, I'm really worried about her." ”

Dongxue went out to inquire, and came back to tell Tang Jingchen, "The slave maid listened to the little nobleman beside the emperor, and searched the whole city, but she didn't find the tooth woman that Niangniang said. ”

Tang Jingchen frowned, and his hands were involuntarily twisted together.