After Nan Ming left, the remaining three looked at each other, speechless for a while, thinking that she might have to be nosy this time. There are some things that you know you can't do, but you want to do them, such as Nan Ming's crush on Concubine An, and what she wants to do next.

"Now that we know the truth about Concubine An's resurrection, the next step is to find a way to find out who is behind the scenes. "Hold the Verse.

Yes, Nan Ming has already provided them with a clue, but unfortunately even he himself does not know the identity of that person, and how to find him has become a big problem.

"In my opinion, this matter still depends on Concubine An and Nan Ming, after all, only the two of them have come into contact with that person. "He said. As for how to get them to cooperate, don't blame them in your heart.

The queen finally let Concubine An go, after all, she is a special existence in the palace now, and it is too late for other concubines to hide from her, and the emperor is busy with his own plans and has no time to take care of such a trivial matter, the queen is a considerate and virtuous person, and will not block the emperor at this time.

On the second day after Concubine An returned to the Lingxi Palace, Zhiying visited again, she is now a county lord, and it is very convenient to enter and exit the palace. When he entered the hall, Zhiying's gaze fell on Nan Ming, the sunlight was gilded on him, and he stood there quietly, performing the duties of a guard. What an infatuated person, Zhiying thought to himself.

Nan Ming noticed that someone was looking at him, and turned his head to meet Zhiying's four eyes, his face changed slightly, and quickly returned to normal.

When Zhiying entered, Concubine An was leisurely making tea. Beauty makes tea, and every move is a style.

She looked up and smiled at Zhiying: "Come on, drink a cup of autumn tea." The so-called "autumn tea" is the tea harvested after mid-July, and the autumn tea is from the summer to the cold dew. In the later stage of autumn tea, although the climate is mild, the rain is often insufficient, which makes the tea leaves appear to be relatively old. In particular, the tea tree has been harvested after spring tea and summer tea, and the nutrition in the body is deficient, therefore, the tea leaves are poor, and the contents are poor, in this case, not only the taste of the tea is weak, but also the aroma is not high, and the leaf color is yellow. The so-called "to be delicious, autumn white dew", in fact, is talking about the "taste and lightness" of tea.

Zhiying took the teacup, lowered her head and sniffed, took a sip and said, "Good tea." In exchange, Concubine An smiled.

Zhiying pretended not to notice her teasing, and said seriously: "I didn't expect you to dabble in the tea ceremony." ”

"I'm nothing, have you read Lu Yu's "The Book of Tea"? Lu Yu said in "The Book of Tea" that to make a good cup of tea, you must first crush the cake and tea for later use, and then start boiling water. Put selected water in a kettle and bring to a boil over charcoal. But not all boiling, add the tea powder. Tea and water blend, the second boiling of the appearance of foam, foam for small camellia, for the large flowers, are the essence of tea. At this time, the foam is ladled out and placed in the cooked bowl for later use. Continuing to boil, the tea and water are further fused, and the waves are rolling and surging, which is called the three boils. At this time, the water and tea that are filled with foam at the time of the second boiling are poured into the tea, and the amount is strictly measured according to the number of people. The tea soup is boiled and evenly poured into each person's bowl, including rain and dew, and the meaning of sweet and bitter is shared. She said a lot of things, and there was a suspicion of pretentiousness in her words.

Zhiying couldn't help but smile and said: "You should go to open a tea shop, and then go to that station and start talking about the "Book of Tea". ”

Concubine An said disapprerovingly: "What's wrong with selling tea, in the past, Zhuo Wenjun was selling wine, and it became a good story, I went to sell tea, maybe I can also leave a name in history." ”

"Yes, yes, it's not appropriate to let the imperial concubine go and be a tea lady, but it's not famous. ”

"You are a person, people are serious with you, and you take others as jokes!" Concubine An said angrily, reaching out to hit Zhiying.

Zhiying dodged sideways, tilted his head and said: "Although I have the intention of ridiculing, but my words are true, if you really don't want to stay in the harem for the rest of your life, then you have to plan early." ”

"What do you mean?"

"It means that all the concubines are avoiding you right now, because they don't want to make trouble for themselves, the queen has always been virtuous, so naturally she will not take the initiative to find your faults, as for Your Majesty," Zhiying leaned into Concubine An's ear and whispered: "Your Majesty is busy with national affairs, and I don't have time to pay attention to these things for the time being, but when everything settles, do you think about what will happen to you?" A woman controlled by evil spirits is the best scapegoat. In history, "Daji calamity to the country" and "Beacon Opera Princes" ultimately blamed a woman, a demon concubine, a fox spirit, and everyone was punished, and Zhiying didn't want Concubine An to be such a name in the future.

"You're right, what can happen to a person like me, it's just a 'death' word. It's good to just pity someone to die once, but I want it twice, what's the point?"

Seeing her like this, Zhiying was clearly happy in suffering, and said in her heart at the moment: "Hey, I said that if someone likes you and wants to take you away, do you dare?"

"Dare, I even offended the queen, what else dare I not do?"

Seeing that she agreed so happily, Zhi Ying was afraid that she didn't understand the deep meaning of this, so she knocked on the side and said: "You are beautiful and well-born, there should be many people who like you since you were a child, so do you have anyone you secretly like?"

Concubine An was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, Zhiying didn't understand what was ridiculous about this, but seeing that she was laughing so much that tears flowed out, she couldn't help but say: "You can stop in moderation, where is this question ridiculous." ”

Concubine An wiped her tears, pursed her lips and laughed non-stop, and it took a long time to recover, "Do you think I've been like this since I was a child?"

"Or else?"

"Let me tell you the truth, I was a half-girl at best, and when I was a child, I lived with my mother in a small city, which is Pingcheng, how about it, haven't you even heard of it? In fact, that city is not much bigger than a town, but the name is better, and then when I grew up to ten years old, I really couldn't delay it any longer, so I was taken to the capital by my father to learn all kinds of rules. At that time, my father was used to seeing all kinds of ladies, and naturally disdained my daughter who was a bun, I was not familiar with this place, and people were stupid, what did I do wrong, and my father wished that he had never given birth to me, until several years later, I was in time, and I gradually had the appearance of a little miss. When I entered the palace for the draft, my father didn't have much hope, in his heart, I will always be a wild girl who can't get on the stage, so when I first entered the palace, he didn't bother to come to see me, until I was named Concubine An, he was a little warmer, and always asked someone to bring me some food and a little money, but now, where do I need those things? He also mentioned twice that he wanted to see me, but the people who have been through my ghost gate have already taken these things lightly, so what if they do? It's just that they hate each other, it's better to keep some thoughts, and you can deceive yourself. Concubine An glanced at Zhiying and continued: "You ask me if I have anyone I secretly like, of course there is. When I was seven or eight years old, I remember that there was a little brother in the back street, Si Swenwen, a young master from a big family, and my favorite thing to do every day was to look forward to him going out, so that I could come up and say a few words to him. There are not so many rules for people in the small place, and the servants don't rush to see me coming over, I am stupid, and I can't say anything interesting in front of him, and the little brother doesn't pay special attention to me, but the old butler laughs and shakes his head, so ashamed that I can't do it. Later, when I entered the capital, the prince and grandson were commonplace, but I was born with a real daughter, whether it was talent or dress, less than half of the others, what 'the first talented girl in the capital', 'the first lady in the capital' emerges in endlessly, how can anyone have the kung fu to look at me? Even if there is an occasional pick-up, it is also for the purpose of fishing, I have also read Confucius and Mencius, how can I let them take advantage, this is all down, it will be the age of the draft, this time it's good, don't think about anything, just wait to enter the palace. ”

Zhiying was shocked by her words, and she didn't know what kind of expression to put on her face. No wonder she always ridicules herself and doesn't take her talent seriously, it turns out that there are still these hidden secrets. From childhood to adulthood, she has never been the one who has been in the limelight, but in the end, she has gone the farthest and the best, but she has long been accustomed to cold reception, and she is at a loss in the face of all kinds of hospitality, so she will have these unusual performances.

I'm sorry, I apologize in my heart, such a woman deserves to be treated gently.

The past can't be traced, neither of them is sentimental people, and after a while, the old state sprouted again, and Zhiying was so angry as usual, but there was nothing to be done. She was unwilling, she must let this heartless person taste the power, so she frowned and thought about it. "No, you're too much of a bully, I can't always be bullied by myself, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless I find some people to be bullied with me. "Zhiying said it righteously and strictly.

Concubine An laughed, "Okay, who do you want to find, the son who came with you that day? I'm afraid that it will be inconvenient for him to enter the concubine's bedroom." ”

"No, he doesn't have time to mess around with me, and besides, why bother to go far, there are many people in your palace. ”

"Do you mean the palace maids and chamberlains? No matter how bad I am, I am still the master, how dare they be presumptuous in front of me. ”

"The palace maid or something, forget it, once you play it, it will be difficult to manage in the future. Aren't there still guards in your palace, you can call them in. ”

Concubine An rolled her eyes at her, "Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid, that guard is no more difficult to manage than the palace maid, a martial artist, if you use it well, you will guard the courtyard, and if you don't use it well, you will wait to suffer." ”

"I didn't ask you to call everything in, just one or two. ”

"So you're trying to teach me to do bad things?"

Zhiying blinked, "You can say that." ”

"That's good," Concubine An walked outside the hall and pointed casually, "It's just you, come in with me." The person referred to was none other than Nanming.

Zhiying's heart shook, this is okay, could it be really fate?