A few days later, in the Imperial Garden, a girl in a red palace dress was whispering to another woman in a blue skirt with a lake. Not far away, beside the rockery, a pair of sinister eyes were staring at them closely.

"Your Highness is really ready to get out of bed and walk?" Cai Ling struck the two crescent-shaped jade pendants on the blue palace of the lake with a crisp sound, and she was already smiling.

"Why don't you get out of bed and walk around, Your Highness went to the early dynasty today?" Manyun said happily.

"Really?" Cai Ling almost jumped up, "That should be great." ”

"Is it true that the girl doesn't let the slave tell His Highness what happened?" Manyun wanted to try to ask again.

"It's good to have him full, don't add to the trouble." Cai Ling smiled, it was impossible for Shen Muchi to be with her, there was no need to ask for trouble.

The two chatted for a while, the peach blossoms were thousands of low branches, a warm wind blew, the flowers were scattered overhead, and the crimson peonies and goose-yellow spring were blooming at their feet, as if they were in a dream.

"I wonder if the girl is used to living in the palace?" Manyun asked with a frown.

"It's good. The Queen Mother treats me kindly, Ziwei Palace is elegant, the three meals are in line with the taste, there is nothing to worry about. Cai Ling comforted Manyun instead.

"It's just ......"

"What is there to hide?" Manyun hurriedly asked.

Cai Ling took her hand, "It's just that in the future, can you and I change our name?" ”

"Slaves don't dare." The clouds are hanging down.

"What don't you dare. Now I am also guilty of staying by the side of the Queen Mother, serving her every day and the old man does not dare to slack off, everyone is on an errand in Weiyang, how can I call myself a 'slave'? Cai Ling smiled in her eyes, "Besides, Yuan'er was able to escape death thanks to you, I wonder if you are willing to marry Jin Lan with me, and from now on be worthy of sisters?" ”

"Slave ......" Manyun looked at Cai Ling anxiously, and his speech was slurred, "How dare Manyun?" ”

This person in front of her is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who grew up in brocade clothes and jade food since she was a child, growing up beside the Queen Mother, and the people who respect her are like carp across the river, including many of them are strong and virtuous, such as Yang Duwei, the son of the general of Xiaocai, and his sister Meng Ming, such as Liang Mingyue, the daughter of the foreign minister, and even the thirteen princes and His Royal Highness the Prince. How could she dare to be commensurate with such a person and sister?

"Don't worry about it." Cai Ling smiled, "I am two years older than you, and you will be my sister from now on." ”

"Manyun ......" She still wanted to excuse herself, but when she saw Cai Ling pretending to be unhappy, she thought about it for a while before she said, "Sister Ling." ”

"Sister Yun." Cai Ling is already overjoyed. Although this girl hides her thoughts very deeply, she has also read countless people, and she is a person who has come over, how can she not see through her little heart. Although Yuan Jie left this person, although the city government is deep, he attaches great importance to love and righteousness, and he is definitely a good man who can be entrusted for life. One day, she will match them, and when the time comes, she will marry into the Yuan Mansion in the name of her sister, and she will not suffer in the end.

After saying goodbye to Manyun, Cai Ling didn't dare to stay outside for too long, and hurried back to Ziwei Palace, fortunately, the Queen Mother was still taking a nap, Aunt Chun only glanced at her, she stuck out her tongue, slipped to the window and continued to embroider plum blossoms.

Just after a few stitches of embroidery, her fingers were stabbed, she endured it, and continued to embroider as if nothing happened. On a spring afternoon, the sun is just right, and everywhere you look at it, it is the verdant lotus pond full of ponds, and a flat boat in the pond is drifting with the wind.

Because she was inattentive, her fingers were punctured again, and the blood was stained with a white silk handkerchief, she frowned and said nothing, but she suddenly felt that it was easy to worry, so she stained a little blood on the branches that had been barely embroidered, and the "plum blossoms" were ready to be released. She held a bloody handkerchief and sighed, she couldn't imagine that being a female celebrity would also risk her life.

"Take it away." The Queen Mother came and sat on the other side of the brocade, "After a morning of tinkering, you embroidered like this?" The mourning family is only afraid that you will go to Yunnan and attract jokes. ”

"Maybe the women of Yunnan embroider from time to time?" Cai Ling collected the veil.

"Have you ever heard of cloud embroidery?" The Queen Mother scolded, "No one in Yunnan knows how to embroider women's flying needles." ”

"That's going to be hard." Cai Ling pouted and was about to beg to see if she could not go to Yunnan, but the queen looked cold, obviously knowing her idea, and immediately vetoed it.

Aunt Chun came over with a pen and paper at this time, and the Queen Mother said: "Although you and Lao Thirteen are old acquaintances, they don't have much contact, such as today, and there is nowhere to cultivate feelings." Even if you are a woman, you don't have to be polite and write a letter to the thirteenth. ”

Cai Ling bounced up from the couch, "That's weird, I'm sorry." "She has even shaken hands with the King of Dian, and she is still afraid that the wild goose will pass on the book? It's just that you can't be too ostentatious in front of the Queen Mother.

"What's so embarrassing. It won't be long before you are his person, wouldn't it be good to cultivate your relationship in advance? "The Queen Mother is right.

"Ling'er can't figure out something." Cai Ling to make a skeptical state.

"What can't you figure out?" The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

"Why did the Queen Mother's aunt and grandmother think of marrying me to His Royal Highness the King of Dian?" Cai Ling made a distressed look, and while rubbing the legs of the Queen Mother, she said, "When the time comes, should Ling'er call you 'Aunt Mother' or 'Queen Mother'?" It's a bit of a mess. ”

"Nonsense!" The queen mother scolded, and glanced at her deeply, and her tone softened a lot, "The mourning family has repeatedly emphasized that you have no blood relationship with the old thirteen, and the mourning family is only a distant relative of you, after becoming the princess of Yunnan, you naturally want to follow him to call the mourning family ......" The sentence seemed to be unfinished.

"The Queen Mother?" Cai Ling timidly completed it.

After glancing at her, the Queen Mother nodded reluctantly. Cai Ling couldn't help laughing, and even Aunt Chun had a smile on her face.

took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in Aunt Chun's hand, Cai Ling's brows were deeply locked, and she didn't know where to put the pen. Let's talk about the situation in the capital? He doesn't seem to care. Share the operation of Moyuan Pavilion? It seems to be asking the shopkeeper for credit. Ask him about the current situation of the eighteenth concubine? It seems that he wants to meddle in his private affairs, and it will surely be disgusted.

I really cut my scalp and don't know where to start. However, with her familiarity with the King of Dian, banter and playfulness were the most appropriate, and she decided to set her style of writing in a relaxed direction. After the style was decided, she wrote freely and freely.

After writing, she found that Aunt Chun had forgotten to give her the envelope, and the ink had not dried, so she came out of the inner hall with the page to find Aunt Chun, and showed them by the way, she had completed the task seriously.

"Aunt Spring...... Where do I put this letter? How is it delivered? It can't be a flying pigeon, right? A few questions in quick succession made myself laugh.

As soon as she walked to the main hall, she saw that the palace was silent, and the eunuchs and palace maids stood with their heads down, and some acquaintances were giving her a look. How? Could it be that the emperor is here. She didn't dare to look forward, so she quickly put away her smiling face and prepared to slip away quietly.

"Ling'er." The Queen Mother called her.

"Huh. Here it comes. Cai Ling hurriedly replied, holding the paper in her hand, and she didn't have time to put it down.

But the page didn't stay in her hand for long, and it fell on the side of the brocade couch before it was prepared, and landed right at the man's feet. Cai Ling was also like that page, stunned and unable to move.

The person who was thinking about it was right in front of her, but she couldn't say a word. In the past, I was able to be polite, but now I have forgotten to say a greeting. Although he is still handsome and graceful, he has lost a lot of weight at a glance, and he doesn't know if he has been eating properly, has he taken his medicine on time?

After looking at each other for a moment, the prince had already hidden his surprise and only asked with a smile: "You are also here?" ”

They really hid it very well, and he didn't even know how she entered the palace and why she stayed in Ziwei Palace.

For several days, she had stayed up all night serving the decoction and did not dare to slack off, and she had also inquired about his condition many times, rejoicing at every progress in his body, and had secretly passed by the Chengqian Hall just to guess the situation from the faces of the palace people. Once, the little palace maid said to the little eunuch: "Miss Wei is really meticulous to His Highness, and has been taking care of her for several days. ”

She wished she could take care of Shen Muchi like Wei Wei, but who could give her that opportunity? During the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, she envied Princess Jinghe's recklessness and dared to boldly confess her heart, and now she envied Wei Wei and was able to serve in front of the bed with all her heart.

"Hmm. I entered the palace a few days ago. She replied with a smile, but her eyes couldn't help but look at the piece of paper that had fallen at his feet.

He noticed her nervousness and wanted to bend down to pick it up himself. She hurriedly walked to the arrow, and also squatted down, the distance between the two of them was a stone's throw away, she smelled the faint smell of herbs on his body, and in a trance, he had picked up the piece of paper, his eyes only swept lightly, and his smiling expression slowly turned solemn.

It is written on the paper: His Royal Highness the King of Dian respects the Jian, a few months, thinking very much, I don't know if His Royal Highness is all right? Since I cause trouble, I can't be alone, I will not abandon the king, save it from fire and water, and I dare not forget the grace of the king, and I will do my best to the king from now on. It is known that the monarch's family is like a family, accompanied by eighteen beautiful concubines, I have the grace of the king, I dare not have a grudge, and I have to be called the queen mother and the queen mother, it is enough!

That's enough! She actually used the word enough. No amount of friendship in the past can be worth the years she wants, and she is indulgent! In fact, he can also give her a stable and unrestrained life, but she has never spoken.

Don't dare to forget the grace of the king, and do your best! He didn't even want his life for her, but in exchange for a sentence that Jun En didn't dare to forget, where was she when he was seriously ill and didn't wake up? It's ridiculous!

"Your Highness......" she timidly stretched out her hand.

He glanced at her, only threw the paper back to the ground, and after a while, he still didn't give up, and asked, "You and Uncle Thirteen?" ”

Cai Ling picked up the letter, folded it, and didn't know where to answer, the Queen Mother's calm voice came from above her head, "Ling'er has promised the mourning family to marry your thirteenth uncle as a concubine." ”

It should have been so straightforward, but she was usually too indecisive to add a lot of worry to each other. However, Shen Muchi's hand was pinched on the table, as if she was about to pinch off the wooden handrail, she was afraid that his old injury would recur, so she hurriedly said: "Your Highness! ”

Shen Muchi turned his eyes to look over, his face was cold, and his eyes were blazing, as if he wanted to see the truth of the matter in her eyes.

In the past, although she knew that she loved to laugh with Uncle Thirteen, she never thought about the private relationship between the two of them. The woman in front of him used to chase after him, clamoring to marry him, how could he have thought that one day even she would change her mind.

"Imperial grandmother, my grandson is unwell, so I will leave first." He stood up and spoke.

Cai Ling stood aside, and when she heard the words "unwell", she hurriedly stepped forward to ask clearly, didn't she say that everything was fine? How can it be uncomfortable again? But now that you can't even say the words of your heart, how can you care wantonly? She stood with her eyes down to one side. Fortunately, people are in the palace, and they can still learn about his recent situation by inquiring, unlike when the door of the Zhuqiang Palace was locked deeply, and there was no news of the people who were thinking about him.

"If you are recovering from a serious illness, it is better to go back and rest earlier. Chun'er, go and send off the prince. The Queen Mother commanded.

"No need." Aunt Chun was about to go to help the prince, and he had already strode to Cai Ling's side, "You send this king back." ”