In the Chufang Palace, Concubine Hui finished reading the letter from Lord Li's mansion and threw it aside.

Yingyu, the maid beside Concubine Hui, picked up the letter paper and put it on the table. "Mother, do you want to put this letter away?"

"No need, take it out and burn it!" Concubine Hui didn't care, she just replied casually, "Brother is just responding to people's requests, what's wrong with Concubine Lian, you can help me inquire." ”

Yingyu was a little puzzled and asked, "Niangniang, is it the prince's concubine?" It seems that I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recently grounded a side concubine. ”

"My brother has some friendship with Concubine Lian's father, Lian Qianmao, let me help take care of Concubine Lian, and help her if possible." Concubine Hui said, but then she laughed as if she was self-deprecating, "Brother, what is my identity to be able to go to the East Palace?" If it weren't for the fact that I had been whispering in front of the queen mother all these years, how would I have a foothold with the three princes now. ”

"Niangniang, don't say that, no matter how bad it is, you are also the prince's mother!"

"Hey, I only have the hope of the third prince. You go and see what happened to Concubine Lian, if you can help, it can be regarded as answering my brother's words. ”

"Yes, sissy."

After Yingyu went out, Concubine Hui leaned on the soft collapse as if someone had taken her strength. It is not easy to get to this position by himself, and he has protected the third prince Qi Ruilin all the way to the present, and he is not favored, but he was lucky to get the third prince. If Lian Xuerou really angered the prince, she would definitely not make a move.

On the other side, Lian Xuerou was anxiously waiting for her father's reply in the Fang Pavilion.

"What, Ah Fang hasn't received his father's letter yet?" For several days, Lian Xuerou kept sending Xingyu to the imperial dining room to ask Ah Fang for news, but her father never replied.

Xingyu shook her head, and her face was also depressed.

"Mother, not yet."

"Does my father ignore me?" It's been less than ten days since she was grounded, and even Xue Rou can't stand this kind of life anymore. The palace is full of people who see the wind and rudder, and the amount of carbon sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the first two days is significantly less than last month, and it is still bad carbon. The food delivered by the imperial dining room is also getting worse and worse, and it is all cold. If my father doesn't save himself, how will he spend this winter?

"Mother, no. You're the master's only daughter, he won't leave you alone, so we'll just wait. Xingyu saw her mother's depressed appearance, and she was also very distressed, and kept comforting her.

"Look at the people outside the door, I've only lost ground for a few days, and they're all busy looking for a home, let them all go and talk to Mu Kexian, I don't want such people in Fangge." Even Xue Rou was emotional, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered in the past few days.

Speaking of this, Xingyu is also a stomach full of grievances. Her own mother was just grounded, and the people who served in the yard began to slack. Not to mention that they are lazy in their work, they have already bumped into several little maids who have come together with the little maids of Fangyi Palace. That's not what happened, these people just behave.

"It's just you, Xingyu, it's just you." Lian Xuerou cried.

Xingyu was also in tears, and clenched Lian Xuerou's hand, "Niangniang, let's wait, the master must be thinking of a way, it will always pass." ”

For a while, the master and servant cried together.

In Chu Fang Pavilion, Yingyu came back from inquiring about the news.

"Niangniang, the slave maid went to ask a little eunuch who was serving in Ganquan Palace, and he said that even the side concubine was grounded because she tried to slander the princess in front of the queen, and His Royal Highness the prince grounded her in a fit of anger."

After hearing this, Concubine Hui nodded thoughtfully.

"Mother, how can we help this?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess naturally can't be offended, so let's wait for the evening, you quietly go to the Fang Pavilion to see what they lack, and send them over. The palace can be regarded as doing its best, as for pleading for mercy or something, when the palace goes to ask the queen to say goodbye, you can mention it, you can't forget it. ”

"Yes, sissy."

"Hey, this palace is also weak, and I can't help her."

"Niangniang, you are willing to help Concubine Lian now, it is her blessing." Yingyu also understood her mother's difficulties, and comforted her.

In the Fangyi Palace, Mu Kexian sat at the desk, looking at the account books on the table, counting them with or without a match.

"I see that the expenses of the East Palace have increased a lot in the past few months. But it's winter, and that's all normal. Recently, the snow has stopped, and it is the coldest time. Shui Ling, you go to the treasury and take out a sum of money, and divide it to buy East clothes for everyone in the East Palace. After a pause, he said, "If anyone asks, you say that I commanded it." ”

"Yes, sissy." Shui Ling received the order and immediately went out.

"Niangniang is still so kind." Aunt Huaqing heard Mu Kexian's order and said something.

"It's just doing my best to make everyone's life a little better, and it's nothing." Mu Kexian didn't think of himself as a saint, he just did his duty. However, Mu Kexian didn't notice that the word "still" in Aunt Huaqing's mouth turned out that there was still a relationship between Mu Kexian and Huaqing!

"Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he will accompany you for lunch at noon today." A little maid at the door got the word and immediately told Mu Kexian.

Mu Kexian only felt strange when she heard it, didn't she say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so busy that he didn't even have time for lunch, why did he still have time to come to Fangyi Hall today. "Got it, let's go down!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really loves his mother." Aunt Huaqing can also be regarded as a person who has come over, and she can't help but envy when she sees Mu Kexian and Qi Morui's stickiness.

Mu Kexian pursed her lips, as if she was dissatisfied, and said, "That's when my aunt didn't see him bullying me." ”

"Niangniang is in the blessing and doesn't know the blessing, I don't know how many people envy Niangniang!"

"Why, my aunt envy me too?" Mu Kexian said half-jokingly.

"Of course, the slave is naturally envious, and the status of the mother is still favored." Aunt Huaqing said lightly.

Hua Qing's answer was in Mu Kexian's expectation, how could a person like Aunt Hua Qing have no secrets, but she just didn't want to say it. Mu Kexian is not a person who is forced, and there is no need to inquire into other people's privacy.

"That's my fault!" Mu Kexian said with a smile, the smile was not in the end. Everyone else saw Qi Morui's kindness to him, and he understood it, but he just couldn't forget the night when Qi Morui spoiled others for the first time, how helpless and heartbroken he was.

"Shui Xiu, tell the imperial dining room to cook a few dishes that you like to eat, as well as my favorite sweet and sour carp."

"Okay, I'll go and command."

At noon, Qi Morui arrived at Fangyi Hall on time, just as Mu Kexian had just gotten up.

"You're here, I just wanted them to invite you over!" Mu Kexian took Qi Morui's hand and pulled him to the dinner table.

"What, can't wait, or are you hungry?" Qi Morui pinched Mu Kexian's cheeks and felt the extremely smooth skin under his hands, how did he feel that his skin was more hydrated after she was pregnant, like tender tofu, which made people want to take a bite.

Qi Morui followed his own wishes, took a bite on Mu Kexian's face, and immediately covered Mu Kexian's cheeks with shame, "What are you doing, everyone is watching!" ”

"Who dares to watch?" Qi Morui looked around, and sure enough, everyone either lowered their heads or turned their heads away under Qi Morui's obscenity.

"Look, no one is looking at us." Qi Morui said to Mu Kexian.

"Hmph, it's not all you're scared." Mu Kexian didn't eat this, and patted away Qi Morui's hand that tried to hold him, "It's time to eat, don't touch me!" ”

"I'm not touching you, I'm saying hello to our kids." Qi Morui touched Mu Kexian's belly with his hand, "It seems to be a little bigger." ”

"The doctor said that in the last two months, my belly will be bigger, and then I will really be a ball."

It is said that women love beauty, and Mu Kexian is even more important, and she is especially concerned about her figure.

"Why, I see you're still very thin, just fat belly. After giving birth, you will lose weight again. Qi Morui said indifferently, obviously men don't understand the importance of body in women's hearts.

"I'll believe you for once!" Mu Kexian said with a smile.

"Come on, let's eat!" Qi Morui shouted to the side.

A group of people came in one after another, serving a table of dishes, and there was a dazzling array of dishes.

Mu Kexian was hungry for a long time, salivating at a table of delicious food, and couldn't wait to eat it immediately. However, Mu Kexian still remembered his duties as the crown princess, and first gave Qi Morui the dishes he liked to eat, and then started himself.

Qi Morui forgot about himself when he saw Mu Kexian when he saw the food, and he was a little unhappy when he was cold, but when he saw Mu Kexian sandwiching the food for himself first, he felt a little better. It seems that she is still more important than what she eats.

Mu Kexian ate for a while, and she was not too hungry, so she chatted with Qi Morui. "Why are you so idle today?"

"The matter is almost settled, besides, there are ten days left before the New Year, if the matter is not dealt with, my prince is too incompetent."

Yes, Qi Morui's words reminded him that there are still three days left before Xiao Nian. "It's the first time I've spent the New Year in the palace, and I don't know what's so fun?"

"Actually, it's similar to outside the palace, but it's just a banquet. By the way, at the New Year's dinner in a few days, several neighboring countries came back to celebrate, but you can look at them, they don't look very different from us. ”

"Really?" Mu Kexian has lived in the capital since she was a child, but she has never seen the legendary foreigners, "Is it really different?" ”

Qi Morui thought for a moment, "But it's not particularly different, but there are always some differences." ”

"It seems that I always read about foreigners from books, but in fact I have never seen them, this time I finally have a chance, and I must let them introduce me to their customs when I have time."

Qi Morui took a chopstick dish and put it on Mu Kexian's plate, "Okay, I know you're excited, but let's eat first." Just now I said that I was hungry, so I don't need to eat such a little? ”