I thought she was going to ask about me toppling Concubine Ning this morning, but the queen mother changed her words and asked me with a smile: "Can Lin Changzai play the flute?" ”

The expression on her face was as warm as a breeze, but I only felt sweaty on my body, and my mind spun around a few times before I lowered my head and gave her an answer.

"Hui Niangniang, the concubine has learned to play the flute, but her skills are unfamiliar, and she is not good."

She didn't seem to care much about my answer, just nodded casually, and motioned to Bai Li, who was standing next to her, "Go and get it." ”

The maid seemed to be prepared, and as soon as she turned around, she took out a red lacquered wooden box, and when she slowly opened the box, my eyebrows couldn't help but jerk violently.

It's the finale.

The queen cushioned it with a handkerchief, took the jade flute out of the box, and smiled at me: "This jade flute is very special, Lin Chang is here, can you recognize it?" ”

This thing was lost in the snowy night, and was picked up by the emperor, and now it appears in the hands of the queen, and it is really shocking to toss and turn.

I was about to admit that I had lost the flute, and to test the Queen's intentions. But when he raised his eyes slightly, he suddenly found that there was an inconspicuous ebony hairpin in the queen's long hair. The hairpin was so low-key and small that I wouldn't have noticed it if it hadn't been for a pearl embedded in it.

I suddenly had some subtle thoughts in my mind, this hairpin was very similar to the one that Yanami Xue had picked up from the snow before, and the women in the palace have always liked complicated and rich jewelry, and this low-key hairpin is really rare.

From this point of view, the woman who left in a hurry, even if she is not the queen, must have nothing to do with her. If it was really the queen herself, then the person who played the flute in the Yimei Garden last night, and the person who played with me that day, were all queens?

No matter what the queen does, she is often accompanied by a bunch of people, but that day she was just alone in the Yimei Garden, which is really strange, I think of those two unidentified men, the queen hides from everyone, who will meet late at night?

The doubts in my heart were swirling, and I forced down what I had just wanted to say.

"Lin Changzai, what are you doing in a daze, this palace is asking you, did you drop this flute?"

The queen's voice came, like thunder on the ground, and I hurriedly responded: "Back to Niangniang's words, the concubine thought about it carefully just now, this flute is not the concubine's." ”

"Oh, is that true?" The queen still smiled softly: "But this palace sees two small characters engraved on the inside of the flute, which are the name of Lin Chang's eldest brother in your family, Huai'en." I thought it was a gift from Lin Changzai's eldest brother, so I specially asked you to come over and ask. ”

When the queen said this, I was even more drenched in cold sweat, and the word Wynn was engraved in the depths of the finale, but the queen even paid attention to such a branch and leaf. The flute must have been carefully watched many times in her hand.

"The queen is really careful, but it's a pity that this flute is not mine." I raised my head and smiled calmly and indifferently: "Maybe the eldest brother's name is more flattering, the word Huaien." Many people will use it! ”

Although my words are not leaky, they are reasonable, and the queen naturally has no reason to continue to interrogate me.

"A few days ago, the emperor went to the palace at night, and picked up this flute in the heavy snow and thought it was cute, so the lost must also be an interesting beauty. I saw the emperor playing in his hand every day, I must have wanted to see the owner of this flute, so I took the initiative to look for it, only hoping that when the emperor really saw the master of this flute can be happier, it is also my blessing as a housewife. Originally, when I saw the word Huaien, I thought that the owner of the flute must be Lin Changzai, but I didn't expect it to be not, it turned out that what the palace did was useless. ”

Hearing the queen say this, I was relieved. Even if this flute was picked up by the emperor, it was already very bad, but at least the process did not deviate too much from what I imagined, and it was already the best if there were no extraneous branches.

I didn't admit that I lost this flute just now, otherwise if the queen knew that the beautiful woman who was haunted by the emperor's dream was me, even if she was still happy as a housewife on the surface, she would definitely be jealous in her heart.

Looking at the queen's gentle and generous expression, I became more and more nervous in my heart, in the deep palace, I really had to be careful every step of my actions and words. There is a smiling face in front of him, and a knife behind him.

"Lin Changzai has always been good friends with Liu Guiren, do you know that Liu Guiren also likes to play the flute?" The queen asked.

I was calm and self-controlled, smiling and shaking my head, not revealing any flaws: "Sister Liu is bold and generous, but she doesn't understand these little daughters' things, so she must not know." ”

"Oh, what about Wen agreeing?" The queen asked, as if unintentionally.

"I don't know very well what Wen promised, and she never mentioned it to me." The queen must know that I didn't know this show girl from Jiangnan Mansion before. It is just a common thing for people who have only met after entering the palace to be unfamiliar with each other.

Maybe my answer was too formal, and the queen didn't show any other emotions to me, but just said lightly: "Since you and I have entered the palace, whether it is the queen or a nobleman, or a promise, we are all the emperor's women, and everything must be based on the emperor's joys, sorrows, and sorrows." Don't be jealous with others, just like today's flute player, once you find any news, you must tell the emperor, if the emperor can be happy, it will be a blessing for the people of the world. ”

"Queen Xie's mother taught, and the concubine was moved by it." I looked well-behaved and sensible, and the queen didn't care much about me very much, so I quit and went out.

It's just that. When I was in the queen's palace, I was able to cope with it like a stream, and as soon as I stepped out of Kunning Palace and saw Bailu, I was already weak under my feet and almost fell into her arms.

"Little master, what's wrong?" Qiushui Bailu hurriedly supported me, I held the hands of the two of them, and calmed down after taking a long breath.

"Bailu, you hurry up and go to Sister Liu and tell her that no matter who asks her about whether she can play the flute, she must do everything possible to shirk it. There is also a small master. I told her, "Go and come back quickly." ”

"The little master was worried that Liu Guiren and Wen agreed." Qiushui was waiting outside just now, so he naturally listened to everything that was happening inside.

"I hope there won't be any more turmoil." I frowned and looked at Bailu's back.

The next few days turned out to be unusually calm, my body was just right, and there were so many competitors, the queen was not in a hurry to call me to bed. Bai Lu installed an embroidery frame for me, and I embroidered a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with Qiushui day and night.

Liu Jianxue still runs to me whenever she is free, but she is now a celebrity in front of the emperor, so naturally there are many people who go to break through the threshold of his air, and they are not idle for a while.

At that time, Wen Xiuyuan is not too far away from the mountains and roads, and comes to me every day, and soaks in me for eight out of ten days. I feel sorry for him that the Mountain Moon Pavilion is remote and deserted, and sometimes I leave her to live here for a day.

It's rare that one day Wen Xiuyuan didn't come, I waited for her to come and waited for her to come, but the weather was very good today, so I simply opened a posture in the courtyard and lifted out my box of ancient books and left them to dry.

The three of us were busy, but the little palace maid Hua who was next to us had already come, followed by two little eunuchs, carrying a big bag, I don't know what it was.

"Lin Chang is in Wan'an." The flowers are smiling early, and the etiquette is more thoughtful than anyone else.

"I'm so idle today, I'm used to your master coming over in a hurry, and I'm a little unaccustomed to seeing you so quiet." I put the book down in my hand and walked over to her.

"It's not that my little master is used to being lazy, so he asked me to send this thing to you." Hua Zao wanted to open the bag for us to see, but well, but finally put it away: "Here is a big bag of fresh venison, the little master said that fresh game, the most suitable for roasting and eating!" ”

"It turned out to be venison, this thing is extremely rare, and there may not be many in the palace, where did your little master get it?" I was interested, and hurriedly asked Qiushui to lead the little eunuch to send the things in his hand to the small kitchen.

"It was rewarded by the emperor. The little lord was worried about you, and he wanted to have a banquet in his palace, but he really couldn't get out, so he asked me to send it. Said they wanted to come and eat together tonight. Hua Zao smiled: "The little master dislikes me, saying that Qiushui's craftsmanship is the best, and she must be allowed to do it." ”