After a rain, the temperature seems to have dropped as well.

Xie Fenghua stood in front of the window, looking at the half-green and half-red maple leaves in the distance, and fell into deep thought for a while.

Zhu Qiu brought a few clothes, compared them with her, and then frowned and asked, "Young lady, what clothes are you going to wear to the Prime Minister's Mansion for a banquet today?" ”

Xie Fenghua turned around and looked at it, then pointed to one of the simple purple dresses, "That's it!" ”

After changing his clothes, Xie Fenghua took Zhuqiu and walked to the door. As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw that Mrs. Yuan also came over, and she hurriedly strode up to meet her, shouting, "Mother! ”

When Mrs. Yuan saw her dress, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

saw her wearing a purple dress, her long hair was pulled into a bun at will, and a white jade plum hairpin was inserted obliquely. There are no other ornaments on her body, only the skirt is trimmed with gold wire, and there seem to be ripples between walks, which is indescribably dignified and elegant.

Purple is a luxurious and heavy color. There are very few boudoir ladies in Tianjing who can wear purple with charm, and at this moment she stands gracefully, smiling lightly, making people feel a rushing momentum for no reason, and she just pressed the purple into her foil.

- Honorable, grand!

Since Xie Er married into the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Yuan had never looked at her so closely. At the moment, this shocking glimpse actually made her eyes light up, as if she could see Marshal Xie's supreme demeanor from her.

"Ma'am." Xu was aware of her distraction, and Mama Ying hurriedly reminded her.

Mrs. Yuan came back to her senses, nodded at her, and went out with her.

The banquet was set up in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when Mrs. Yuan and Xie Fenghua arrived, there were already many people sitting in the banquet. When the prime minister's wife saw them, she greeted them in person and said with a smile: "Thinking of you!" If you don't want to, you'll be there! ”

Mrs. Yuan smiled slightly, "Thank you." It's late. ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late!" Mrs. Prime Minister hurriedly patted her hand, and her eyes fell on Xie Fenghua next to her. At this glance, I couldn't help but be stunned in place.

Seeing this, Xie Fenghua hurriedly bowed his head at her, "I've seen the Prime Minister's wife." ”

She just stood quietly, calm and generous. Although she is not as blessed as others, it does not make people feel arrogant and rude, as if she was born to be such a high-spirited posture, just waiting for the submission of others.

The prime minister's wife finally came back to her senses, and she couldn't believe it: "This, could it be the young lady?" ”

"Exactly." A hint of pride appeared on Madame Yuan's face.

The prime minister's wife looked at her and said with great envy: "You are really a blessing!" The young lady is really a good temperament. In my opinion, this Liang Dynasty is comparable to the queen mother and the young lady. ”

Originally, Xie Fenghua was quite happy when he heard the first half of the sentence. But when I heard the second half of the sentence, I was not happy in my heart.

Compare her to Du Pingfei?

Is it comparable?

She sneered to herself, the smile on her face unchanged.

When Mrs. Yuan saw this pampered and unfazed look, she also had mixed feelings in her heart. To tell the truth, she has lived most of her life, and she has hardly seen such a good woman, and even the current queen is a little less atmospheric than her.

But when she thought of it, her joy slowly faded.

Perhaps, Xie Er is a good woman who amazes everyone, but she is not necessarily a daughter-in-law suitable for the Hou Mansion.

In a short time, the guests have gradually arrived. This time, Mrs. Yuan deliberately brought Xie Fenghua out, just to let her show her face in front of many ladies and ladies in Tianjing.

But when Xie Fenghua wandered in the crowd, a very strange phenomenon suddenly appeared - everyone who talked to her unconsciously stayed away from her. Among these people, many of them have followed their husbands out to see the world, and they are used to seeing storms, but when dealing with her, they feel that they are a little shorter.

This feeling is really heart-wrenching.

Compared to their heart-piercing, Xie Fenghua only felt full of exhaustion. After this trip, the smile on the corner of her mouth was already very stiff, and she had to secretly hold up the table even when she sat down.

This work is much more tiring than going into battle to kill people.

She couldn't help but think of the old days when she was on the bloody battlefield, and the momentum around her suddenly became majestic, and she was sitting precariously at the moment, like a commander who was making a decision, and the others were the soldiers under her hands.

In an instant, many people stood up and found the person farthest away from her to chat, but her back became more and more straight.

After a while, Xie Fenghua also came back to his senses, and suddenly someone walked up to her and asked, "You are the young lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion?" ”

The soft and glutinous sound is reminiscent of the fluffy kitten hiding under the green vine tree on a summer afternoon.

Xie Fenghua's heart moved, and he turned his head to look. But I saw a woman in pink standing in front of her, a round face that could be broken, two curved willow eyebrows slender like a crescent moon, the eyebrows were slightly raised, and the tips of the eyebrows were slightly heavy. The most attractive thing is that the eyes, like two smooth black pearls, are as quiet as an abyss when they are not moving, quite bookish, once they turn around, the whole face seems to be lit up, becoming extremely vivid and bright.

Xie Fenghua blinked and nodded at her.

"My name is Sun Hengbo." The woman sat down and stared at her with a smile.

It turned out to be the daughter of Prime Minister Sun.

Xie Fenghua saw that she was looking at herself without blinking, and couldn't help asking, "Why is Miss Sun looking at me like this?" ”

"I heard that Marshal Xie is very majestic and domineering, but unfortunately he will never see him again in this life. But now that I see you, I know what Marshal Xie is like. Sun Hengbo held his cheeks with one hand, and his eyes rolled slightly, as if he couldn't get enough of it.

Xie Fenghua couldn't help but laugh, "What does it look like?" ”

Sun Hengbo snapped his fingers and said word by word: "The eyes are firm, the temperament is calm, and he is ...... magnanimous."

Listening to her words of praise, Xie Fenghua couldn't help but shake his head. The world treats her as a god, but they don't know that she is just an ordinary person - an ordinary person who will be painful, tired, crying and laughing.

But Sun Hengbo didn't think so, "No matter how ordinary it is, it is also a big hero in my heart." Since you are Marshal Xie's sister, why don't you tell me about her great achievements? ”

After a pause, she seemed to remember something again, shook her head and said, "No." I heard that you don't go out all year round, so naturally I don't know what great achievements Marshal Xie has. Forget it, I still won't embarrass you. ”

Xie Fenghua breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably. Faced with such a cute little girl, she really couldn't refuse. But if you want her to talk about her great achievements, what can she say?

All achievements are built on a lot of bones.

She didn't want to reminisce.

At this moment, the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion ushered in a lady.

Xie Fenghua heard everyone call her "Mrs. Li", and after thinking about it carefully, he also knew that she was the wife of Li Gongxin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. At this moment, Mrs. Li had already greeted everyone, and then set her eyes on her.

A lady next to her saw it and hurriedly teased her, "It is said that the young lady of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion has an outstanding temperament and is eye-catching." Now it seems to be true. Look, this has stunned Mrs. Shangshu. ”

Mrs. Li's eyes flashed with a trace of inexplicable emotion, and she exclaimed: "I have long heard that Marshal Xie has a variety of styles, and now that I see the young lady, I can realize that this is true." Now it seems that the girls of the Xie family are very outstanding, and even Miss Xie San has won the favor of the emperor. ”

Xie Wanhua won the emperor's favor?

When did this happen?

It's only been one night, why did the shrimp jump over the dragon bed and the sparrow turned into a phoenix?

Xie Fenghua couldn't help but squint his eyes, thinking that Xie Wanhua couldn't make any more moths?

And after Mrs. Li said that sentence, she was immediately questioned by everyone. She glanced at Xie Fenghua, who was as immobile as a mountain, and feigned surprise and said, "Don't you all know? Early this morning, the emperor named Miss Xie San as a concubine and gave her a place in Bangyun Palace. The whole day of Kyoto spread. ”

Xie Fenghua listened, and the folds between his eyebrows became deeper and deeper. Unexpectedly, Xie Wanhua actually entered Zhao Pei's harem.

Is this idea hers, or is it Empress Dowager Du's?

For a while, she couldn't figure it out, and she didn't notice Mrs. Yuan's sudden change in expression. Suddenly, I heard Mrs. Li say: "Although Second Master Xie was demoted to Mocheng, but my daughter is so capable, I don't think I have to suffer in Mocheng." When my lord heard about this, he kept praising it! ”

Praise what?

Xie Fenghua heard something strange from this, and raised his eyes to look at Mrs. Li at this moment, but accidentally bumped into her dodging gaze, and suddenly understood in his heart.

Is this to ruin the reputation of her Xie family?

Don't ask her if she agrees!

Thinking of this, she stood up, walked up to Mrs. Li, hooked her lips and smiled: "What I don't know, Mrs. Li is extraordinarily powerful." It's no wonder that I saw the little boy of your house riding a sweaty BMW on the street that day, and I thought I was dazzled! Now it seems that it's not that I'm dazzled, but that Shangshufu's ability is really great! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and their eyes looked at Mrs. Li with a little scrutiny.

Sweat and blood BMW is so precious, non-royal family can't have it. And where did the Ministry of Industry get such a horse?

Mrs. Li couldn't help but clench the Jinpa in her hand and glared at her with a complicated expression.

On that day, after Li Pingyi was carried back to her home, she learned about the cause and effect. She has always loved that little son very much, and has always wanted to find an opportunity to breathe this out. Now, I finally got the opportunity to slander the Xie sisters in front of everyone, but I didn't want to be stabbed by this Xie Er.

How good is that?

Seeing this, Xie Fenghua's eyes turned a little colder, and he continued: "Mrs. Li, since you know that my third sister has been made a concubine, you should know that she is also a noble person in the palace. Excuse me, what is the crime of a courtier's wife who vainly discusses the royal nobles? ”

If it was said that the sweat and blood BMW was poked out, it had already made Mrs. Li tremble, and at this moment, when Xie Fenghua was questioned in public, she almost lost her heart, and even her voice trembled a little, "It's just a casual remark, please don't take it to heart." If you have offended just now, please forgive me. ”

Saying that, she actually blessed Xie Fenghua, and her attitude turned out to be full of humility and sincerity.

Everyone was stunned. When they saw Xie Fenghua calmly accept Mrs. Li's salute, many people were glad that they had kept silent just now.

This Xie Er is not easy to mess with at first glance.

And so the episode passed. Xu is heart has something in his heart, Xie Fenghua didn't pay much attention to the comings and goings of you at the banquet, and after barely coping with it, he also went back with Mrs. Yuan.

In the car, Mrs. Yuan and Xie Fenghua sat opposite each other, frowned and asked, "Your third sister, do you know what's going on?" ”

"Back to my mother, I just got the news." Xie Fenghua furrowed his brows rarely.

The sound of the carriage came in, and the atmosphere inside the carriage became more and more quiet and cold.

After a while, Mrs. Yuan sighed: "I don't know very well what happened to your Xie family before. But what kind of place is the palace, and how can Miss Xie San have anything to do with it? ”

Xie Fenghua vaguely guessed something, but he couldn't say it at will. However, what puzzled her at the moment was Mrs. Yuan's attitude. She pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Mother, what are you worried about?" ”

There was a hint of surprise in Mrs. Yuan's eyes, but she didn't expect her to notice this. For a while, she was also a little emotional, and soon said: "You are a good boy, and I am not afraid to tell you the truth." Now the power of the Hou Mansion is already the only one in Tianjing. My wish is that you are all safe, healthy, and healthy. As for those positions of power, if you can let them go, if you can lose them, you must not lose your heart. ”

Xie Fenghua was stunned and was silent for a while.

She has seen many parents who hate iron and steel, and she has also seen many relatives who spur their children to chase fame and fortune, and it is actually rare for Mrs. Yuan to have a rational and sober idea.

This Mrs. Yuan is really not an ordinary woman.

However, when she thought about it, she felt relieved. If Mrs. Yuan was an ordinary woman, I am afraid she would not be able to teach a son like Yuan Minzhou.

Thinking of this, she muttered, "Mother, please rest assured. I understand all these things you said. I've just gotten the news, and I'm not sure what the cause and effect is. However, you don't have to worry, the second uncle will sort out these things. When the time comes, I'll see if I need to make a move. ”

Mrs. Yuan glanced at her and nodded hurriedly, "Then I'll rest assured." ”

Nothing to say all the way.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, Xie Fenghua went straight to the study.

At this time, Yuan Minzhou had already gone down to the court and should be dealing with things in the study.

Xie Fenghua strode in, propped his hands on a stack of folds, looked at him condescendingly, and asked, "What are the causes and consequences of Xie Wanhua's concubine?" ”

Yuan Minzhou only felt that it was dark in front of him, then raised his head, leaned back, and withdrew from her shadow, and said in surprise: "Your news is quite fast." ”

"It's not me, it's Li Gongxin's wife." Xie Fenghua sat down in front of him and said thoughtfully, "I always feel that this matter is not simple, but there is no way to find the detailed experience, so I can only come to you." ”

Yuan Minzhou put down the fold and said with a smile: "After that, the emperor met Miss Xie San in the imperial garden, and he was shocked, and he included her in the harem that night. ”

"Was that her idea?" Xie Fenghua couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and there was a touch of cold frost between his eyebrows.

Yuan Minzhou smiled and said, "Now, is it still important? ”

Xie Fenghua was stunned, then shook his head.

Indeed, at this point, it seems pointless to ask any more questions. Now that Xie Wanhua has become a member of Zhao Pei's harem, there are many more people and things to face than before.

For example, Du Pingfei, who controlled the harem.

was thinking like this, but heard Yuan Minzhou praise Du Pingfei, "Your third sister has a lot of courage, and you actually want to enter the emperor's harem." You know, Queen Du's ability is great! For so many years, how many concubines have gone back and forth in the harem, but they have not been able to make waves from under her hands. ”

Xie Fenghua pursed his lips and asked him, "Trouble you?" ”

"Nope." A trace of surprise crossed Yuan Minzhou's eyes, and he couldn't help but glance at her more, and said suspiciously, "Why do you think so?" Besides, even if it causes me trouble, I can't solve it? ”

Xie Fenghua laughed dryly and didn't reply.

At this moment, Changying suddenly came with a message, saying that Concubine Shu had come to the decree and asked her to enter the palace immediately.

Xie Fenghua also wanted to ask her face to face clearly, and he didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he went to the palace to beat his horse.

There were already palace people waiting at the palace gate, and when they saw her, they hurriedly brought a soft sedan chair and carried her to Bangyun Palace.

After a while, she stepped out of the sedan chair, looked at the high palace gate in front of her, and walked in with a blank face. She was still wearing the purple dress, and now she walked slowly from the light, her figure was tall and slender, like a weathered pine on the cliff.

Xie Wanhua sat on the top, and when she saw her coming to the light, she inexplicably felt a sense of stability in her heart.

It felt so sudden that when he saw her standing with her hands in her hands and not saluting, she didn't rebuke her. But seeing that she waved away the palace people waiting in the hall, she pointed to the chair on the side and said, "Second sister, please take a seat." ”

Xie Fenghua sat down and looked at her calmly.

From beginning to end, she didn't say a word.

Xie Wanhua was a little unsure of her thoughts, so she could only pick up some polite words and say, "Second sister, I'm sorry for inviting you into the palace so presumptuously." ”

"Don't be sorry." Xie Fenghua said lightly, "You are the emperor's favorite concubine now, and your identity is more noble than mine!" ”

Xie Wanhua bit her lip and couldn't help asking, "Is the second sister blaming me?" ”

"Nope. I don't blame you. Xie Fenghua glanced at her and said with a sarcastic smile, "Where am I qualified to blame you?" I should have thought that since you have the idea of becoming a master, it is naturally not something that I can say in a few words. It's just that this person feels like a master, is it okay? ”

Xie Wanhua was about to say something, but she continued: "I thought wrong. You've just entered the harem now, and you shouldn't have experienced what it's like. After a while, after fighting with Queen Du, I also had a deep understanding. ”

Hearing her specifically mention Queen Du, Xie Wanhua couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, and said with some hesitation: "Second sister, what do you think will happen if I fight with Queen Du?" ”

"You're far worse than her." Xie Fenghua didn't hide anything, and made a straightforward judgment.

didn't want to, but Xie Wanhua changed color and said angrily: "Second sister, you and I are out of the same door, why should you grow the ambition of others to destroy the prestige of your own people?" If Queen Du is very capable, why hasn't she given birth to a son and a half daughter for so many years? ”

Xie Fenghua couldn't help laughing, "Whether to live or not is not something that can be decided by the people in the harem, but by the emperor." But I have to say that Queen Du has been able to manage the harem in an orderly manner for so many years, which shows her great ability. Just by what you just said, you can see that you are not a little worse than her. If you still have the idea of going against it, I advise you to die as soon as possible! ”

Still, she found it strange too.

Why hasn't Du Pingfei given birth to a child so far?

Could it be that the relationship between the emperor and the queen is not as harmonious as she thought?

Thinking so, she suddenly heard Xie Wanhua ask: "Then in the second sister's opinion, can I compete with Queen Du?" ”

"Fight?" Xie Fenghua immediately laughed dumbly, shook his head, and sighed, "I'm not from the harem, so there's no need to compete with anyone." ”

Moreover, her battlefield is not in the harem either!

She stood up, looked at Xie Wanhua, and said, "Originally, I wanted to ask you whose idea it was to climb onto the dragon bed." However, it seems that it is really unnecessary now. You seem to be enjoying it. In the days to come, you can do it yourself! ”

She walked towards the temple gate, but stopped halfway through, and did not look back, leaving only a word.

- Beware of Queen Du.

Xie Wanhua looked at the disappearing figure and muttered, "Bai Juan, you say, what does the second sister mean by this?" Could it be that Queen Du is really powerful? ”

Bai Juan is her personal maidservant and enters the palace with her. Hearing her ask at this moment, she hurriedly said, "Niangniang, since it was specially instructed by the second young lady, it is better to be more careful." ”

Xie Wanhua thought of something else.

In the harem, the reliance of the mother's family is the confidence to survive. For her, relying on the second room of the Xie family alone is far from enough to support her ambitions at the moment.

If she wants to use the power of Dingyuan Hou, she can only do so through her second sister.

But nowadays, it doesn't seem to be working?

Thinking like this, Bai Juan beside her reminded her that it was time to go to the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and she could only temporarily put aside that little thought and go directly to the Queen Mother's palace.

And after Xie Fenghua left Bangyun Palace, he had just passed by the Imperial Garden, but saw Xie Zhengyun coming towards him. Compared with when he left Tianjing, Xie Zhengyun's expression was a little more energetic.

- Presumably, this is also the credit of Xie Wanhua.

When he saw Xie Fenghua, Xie Zhengyun suddenly hesitated, and then stepped forward to say hello, "Second girl, why are you here?" ”

"Oh, Concubine Shu called me into the palace." Xie Fenghua looked at him and said.

Xie Zhengyun's expression froze, "What did Wanhua say to you?" ”

Xie Fenghua's expression was faint, "Actually, it's nothing." However, when did the second uncle return to Tianjing? How did I not know? ”

"Just arrived this morning." For some reason, Xie Zhengyun didn't dare to look into her eyes, and only said, "I just heard about this." At the beginning, Wanhua secretly got out of the car halfway, which also frightened me, and I didn't think it would be long before I entered the palace. ”

Xie Fenghua pursed his lips and asked him, "Second Uncle thinks that this result is very good?" ”

Xie Zhengyun was a little puzzled, "Second girl, what do you mean?" ”

"It doesn't really matter what I mean." Xie Fenghua's fingers tugged at the flowers in his hand, his eyes were dark and gloomy, "The important thing is that the third sister's entry into the palace is inseparable from the Empress Dowager Du." ”

"Empress Dowager Du?" Xie Zhengyun was taken aback, "How could you have anything to do with Empress Dowager Du?" ”

Xie Fenghua told everything about yesterday, and said at the end: "Second uncle, the most important thing now is to find out, is it the idea of the third sister or the idea of the Empress Dowager Du to climb the dragon bed?" ”

Although the word climbing on the dragon bed is not very good, Xie Zhengyun still selectively ignored it and asked her: "Is there any point in saying this now?" ”

Yuan Minzhou also asked such words, but at this moment, Xie Fenghua wanted to say to Xie Zhengyun, "Naturally, it is meaningful." If it's the third sister's idea, then what you need to worry about is her safety. If it was Empress Dowager Du's idea, then what you need to worry about is the lives of everyone in the Xie family. ”

After speaking, she staggered over, leaving Xie Zhengyun with a gloomy face.

When she arrived at the palace gate, Xie Fenghua turned over and got on her horse and was about to go home, but she saw a carriage coming towards the palace gate, and when she saw the sign on the car, she suddenly stopped.

One person walked out of the car, and it was Zhao Xiang, the king of honor.

Xie Fenghua immediately dismounted, stepped forward, and arched his hand: "I've seen King Yu." ”

Zhao Xiang looked dazed, and it wasn't until the entourage next to him reminded him that he suddenly woke up, immediately squinted, and said coldly: "You are Xie Yinghua?" ”

"Back to the prince, it is the courtier."