"Why did you go when no one goes there on weekdays?"

Jiang Qingran hesitated: "Slave maid...... The slave and maid were aware of their adultery, so they followed the adulterer. ”

"You're smart." The queen teased her, "It's just that if the two really have a private relationship, and they have a private meeting on the palace road, wouldn't it be happy to be in the house, and they will avoid being discovered by a clever person like you." ”

"Niangniang, this slave doesn't know." Jiang Qingran couldn't say clearly, so she could only blindly grasp what she saw, "But when they met, the slave saw it with her own eyes, please be sure to see it." ”

The queen was really tired, and she didn't bother to listen to her anymore: "Gu Wenzhou is a well-known scholar in the world, and he is treated by the emperor with courtesy, Shangguan Ansu is the steward of the palace maid, and he will be named a concubine in the near future." You come to the palace to sue the two of them, and if there is evidence, show the evidence, and the palace will punish them. If there is no evidence, this palace can punish you for a false accusation. ”

"This ...... Isn't what the slave and maid saw with their own eyes evidence? ”

"Joke, if I casually say that I saw you having a private meeting with a man, can it be used as evidence?" Lixin preemptively reprimanded.

"Alright, you go back!" Seeing Jiang Qingran standing up slowly, the queen seemed to be unwilling, so she was worried that she would be disturbed repeatedly, so she simply added, "Wait until you find evidence and then report it to the palace." ”

"No."

When Jiang Qingran finally answered and retreated, the queen breathed a sigh of relief. Lixin hurriedly served the tea, and the queen drank several sips in a row before lying on the table at once.

"When is this day going to be the end?"

"Queen, you can't say that. You are now the master of this Jiaofang Palace, one person is above ten thousand people, and you are noble, don't say such depressing words. Although Lixin knew the queen's thoughts, she still persuaded on the side.

"Bengong knows that you are worried about being listened to by the Queen Mother, but Bengong is trapped here, like a canary in a birdcage. No, it's not as good as them, at least they can still call a few words, but this palace has to think twice about even saying a word. The queen walked to the birdcage used for decoration in the hall, opened the cage door and released the birds, "The palace is very tired of being alone. ”

"Queen Mother, you are the master of the harem, the queen mother and the eldest princess spoil you, and we are all slaves with you, how can you feel lonely?" Lixin wanted to comfort the queen, but after thinking about it, she still said these few words.

"Lixin, you don't understand. This palace is not a few years younger than Princess Lu Yuan, but in fact she is not her own child, and the mother of this palace is her father's concubine. But in order to better control the emperor, the queen mother and Princess Lu Yuan worked together to let her adopt the palace. The queen looked up at the sky, as if she was caught in a memory, "A few years ago, Princess Lu Yuan gave birth to a daughter who died young, so she asked the palace to take the position of her daughter, and even changed her age to nine years old. In fact, the palace is fifteen years old, only four years younger than Princess Lu Yuan. ”

"Don't say anything about the queen mother, if the queen mother and the eldest princess listen to this, you will be in a big disaster." These things are also clear in Lixin's heart, but they must not be said. She nervously checked the outside of the hall and quickly closed the door.

"What are you afraid of, they are still counting on this palace to give birth to the eldest son, and they won't do anything to this palace." The queen didn't care, "It's just that the emperor is the uncle of the palace, how can this eldest son be born?" ”

"Queen Mother, let's not think about this." Li Xin was so frightened that she changed the topic again and again, "What do you think of what the palace maid said?" ”

The queen finally came back to her senses: "It's okay to find trouble, not only does the palace not like it, but even the entire palace can't tolerate this kind of person who has nothing to do, let her go!" ”

"But what if what she said is true?" Li Xin thought about it in her mind for a while, and said tentatively, "The slave maid once saw that Gu Xiangshi, and his appearance was beautiful, which was really amazing. If Shangguan Ansu really has something to do with him, the slave feels that it is also credible. ”

"What's the matter, men love women, human nature, let them go!" The queen seemed to recall An Su's appearance in her mind, and actually laughed, "That Shangguan An Su is also a rare beauty, and these two people are quite right together." ”

"Niangniang, what about the emperor?" Lixin's face was full of embarrassment, "Listening to what the eunuch who accompanied me last time, looking at the emperor's appearance, it seems that I like that Shangguan Ansu very much." ”

The queen snorted coldly: "The emperor's uncle is just a freshness, there are so many people in the harem, which one of them he doesn't like?" ”

"Niangniang is saying that the emperor will leave Shangguan Ansu behind in a few days?"

"No, according to the main palace, what has not yet arrived is the most precious. If Shangguan Ansu doesn't become the emperor's woman one day, he will always think about it. ”

"What are you going to do?"

The queen waved her hand: "What can this palace do?" This palace is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect herself, how can she have the energy to take care of other people's affairs, it all depends on herself. If you have a worry like this, you can hide from it. ”

When the queen was talking to Lixin, Jiang Qingran had already returned to the palace maid's office. She couldn't understand at all that the queen was indifferent to this matter. According to her considerations, if An Su succeeds in becoming a concubine, she will take away some of the emperor's favor for the queen's mother, shouldn't the queen try her best to stop her? Now that she has created such a good opportunity for the queen, why is she so cold?

Jiang Qingran felt that perhaps the queen was cautious, worried that her testimony alone would not be able to completely solve An Su, so she had to come up with evidence. In that case, she found the evidence.

"Where have you been? Why are you coming back now? As soon as Jiang Qingran entered the door, he saw An Su leaning against the door. She was a thief and was shocked.

"I, I, you care about me!"

An Su saw her swallowing, and felt even more strange: "I am the palace maid in charge, and it is my duty to count the number of palace maids and find out the whereabouts of the palace maids." ”

"I ...... Hmph, I was invited by the queen to be a guest at the Jiaofang Palace. Jiang Qingran didn't know what to remember, and suddenly became arrogant.

"The Queen Lady invited you to be a guest?" Ansu was clearly not convinced.

"What's wrong? Isn't it possible? Jiang Qingran crossed his arms and held his head high, "As long as you are allowed to go to Huanning Hall every day to talk to Xu Meiren, I am not allowed to go to Jiaofang Hall to talk to the queen?" ”

An Su remembered the last election of the steward palace maid, although the queen punished Jiang Qingran, she also seemed to like the dim sum she made, and it was not impossible to send someone to find her to go to Jiaofang Palace.

"Alright, now that we're back, let's go to work!"

"Yes, yes, I will listen to you to do your work, but in a few days, I don't know who called whom." Jiang Qingran seemed to be in a good mood, and when he turned to leave, he still hummed a song in his mouth.

An Su felt that she was really strange today, but she only thought that she had been rewarded by the queen, and did not take it to heart. Until the next night, Su Zili secretly gave her a look, and An Su followed her to the willow tree in the corner of the yard.

"In the afternoon, Jiang Qingran secretly turned over your bed in the bedroom." As soon as the two stood still, Zili went straight to the point.

"What the hell is she trying to do? What's there to flip in my bed? Ansu was puzzled.

"I'm just telling you what I've seen, and it's up to you to figure out what she's going to do." Zili took out a two-piece handkerchief from his arms and handed it to An Su, "This is the list of apprentices you want from the Tai Hospital, I can't bring the roster directly out of the Tai Hospital, so I took the time to copy a copy and bring it to you." ”

I hadn't heard Zili mention the progress of this matter before, and suddenly got the list, and An Su couldn't help but be overjoyed. I just took the list and checked it carefully several times by moonlight, but I still couldn't find the name of Shaojun.

"Didn't you?" Zili looked at An Su's disappointed look and had already guessed this result.

An Su shook his head lonely: "Not among the eunuchs, not in the hospital, where are you, Shaojun!" Hurry up and show the eldest sister a way to find you! ”

"Ansu, don't worry too much, aren't there still a lot of places you haven't found? Bands, juggling troupes, artisans' offices...... These could be where your brother is. ”

"Zili is right, I will continue to look for it, the sooner the better."

Ansu held her worries about her brother and returned to the bedroom with her son. As soon as I walked to the door of the bedroom, I saw a shadow flashing by.

"Who?!" Ansu shouted, but was a step too late. The man seemed to have run out of the bedroom, and he was quite fast, and he disappeared as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

"Leave that person alone, let's go in and have a look!"

The palace maid used to be a palace where the master lived, but because the location was too remote, it was changed to the residence of the new palace maids, but the structure of it still did not change much. There were two doors outside the palace maids' bedrooms, and An Su and the others had just entered through the first door, and the figures they saw also flashed in front of the first door.

When they walked through the second door into the bedroom, everyone they saw was still asleep, only Jiang Qingran's bed was empty. An Su remembered Fang Caizili's words to remind her, and quickly checked her things, and really found that she had lost a handkerchief, which was the one she liked to wear on weekdays.

It would be fine if she was a petty thief, but Jiang Qingran was born as a rich lady, although she was not the master in the palace, she would not lack these things on weekdays, and she disdained to steal her things as a peasant girl. An Su felt that Jiang Qingran's move must have other intentions, her whereabouts have been mysterious recently, and she always said some inexplicable things, which really made people have to guard against it. Ansu decided to figure out what she wanted to do first, and then take the right medicine.

But only two days later, the truth of the matter was delivered to the door. After Ansu had lunch, Mama Qin did not arrange work for her as usual, and she was also happy. People always take it for granted after getting used to a series of special treatments, and Ansu is the same. After putting down the dishes and chopsticks, she walked directly through the two utility rooms and sat down on the steps at the back door.

Today's sun is still shining, but perhaps because of the change of seasons, there is no longer the hot temperature of summer. The sun shines warmly on the body, giving people a gentle warmth. The place where Ansu sat was half sunny and half shady, and she felt the different temperatures with her two arms, which was a wonderful feeling, like happiness and pain in her head, but there was no winner.

"Ansu, you're really here." An Su raised his head and saw Gu Wenzhou's smiling face, he bent down slightly and stretched out his hand to her.

An Su hesitated for a moment, and a sentence called "Men and women do not kiss" flashed in her mind, she bit her lip for a long time, and finally relented and stretched out her hand. But Gu Wenzhou also seemed to realize that something was wrong, and at the moment when An Su stretched out his hand, he turned around. An Su's hand froze in mid-air, as if he had lost something that was clearly at his fingertips at this moment.

"Wen Zhou, what a coincidence, you are here too." Ansu retracted her hand, always feeling that she should say something to ease the subtle sting in her heart like being bitten by an ant.

"Unfortunately, I'm here for you." Gu Wenzhou turned around, and the brilliance in the fox's eyes seemed to be comparable to the sun.

Yes, he did come to Ansu on purpose. The palace maid is remote, but the remoteness also has the advantage of remoteness, the palace wall here is not high, and you can have an unobstructed view of this place if you stand on any tall building. Gu Wenzhou looked at the direction of Chang'an in the Crane Tower that day, and stumbled upon An Su's figure, so he couldn't take his eyes off it.

He always couldn't help but want to climb the crane tower, to see the woman who was wearing the palace maid's costume but didn't look like the palace maid at all, watching her sit quietly on the steps, holding her head and not knowing what she was thinking. So, the inconspicuous small building of the Crane Tower is also famous in the palace, and the palace people say that the Crane Tower where Gu Xiangshi often stays must be a treasure of feng shui, and you can get blessed when you get close.

Every time Gu Wenzhou climbs the crane tower, if he can't see An Su, he is always uneasy in his heart, and if he sees her, he can put a smile on his lips. Those palace maids who rushed to the Crane Tower to get good fortune were also fortunate to see his smile, and since then there has been a touch of bright moonlight in their hearts, and the blessing has become secondary.

However, although Gu Wenzhou likes to follow An Su's figure, he still follows the guidance of the phoenix's fate and never disturbs the path she is about to take. When I came to see her on this day, I really had something important to discuss.

"Ansu, is this handkerchief yours?" Gu Wenzhou carefully took out a handkerchief from his cuffs.

An Su recognized it at a glance, it was the piece she always loved to carry with her, which was stolen by someone a few days ago, and somehow fell into his hands.

"This veil is mine, but it's been lost for days, how can you find it?"

Gu Wenzhou breathed a sigh of relief, but there seemed to be some loss in his eyes, he hid all his emotions, and handed the veil to An Su: "This was mysteriously sent to me yesterday, and the package was tightly sandwiched in the crack of the door, and there were some crooked handwriting on it, saying that we will meet here tomorrow night." ”