It's night.

Linyou County.

Sleeping in the palace of ten thousand years.

The moonlight is sultry and the stars are good, the wonderful shadow under the veil is blurred, the golden splendor is in ink, and the beautiful shadow leans on the jade seat.

The purple gold plate is covered with light jade, the green smoke curls like silk, the jade tent is golden, the candle is colored, and the phoenix perchs on the branches.

The fragrance of flowers is pervasive, and in the courtyard where the leaves are swaying, there is a faint fragrance wafting out from time to time in an embroidered gold-white veil covered with smoke and rain.

Under the night light, you can faintly see the wonderful woman leaning alone on two couches inside.

The two young women are wearing wide sleeves embroidered with foundation and gold, and the other is wearing a vermilion palace dress lined with goose yellow, both of which are beautiful and noble, especially the woman in the vermilion palace dress, between the phoenix eyes and slender eyebrows, the state of Gao Hua and majesty can be faintly seen, just like the moonlight on the horizon, the sun is in the sky, and it faintly makes people feel that they can't look directly.

On one side, a young waiter in a red coat with pink boots and extremely delicate eyebrows held a sandalwood whisk and stood quietly on the side, looking ahead.

Suddenly, Mei Niang's voice came from within the curtain:

"Minghe, you come and move this incense cage out, it's a little choking."

The little waiter in Zhu Yi is the current son, the close attendant of Zhaoyi Wu, the favorite concubine of Gaozong Li Zhi, Minghe. Smelling the master's call, he immediately responded, took a few steps forward, lifted the veil that was as smooth and cool as water, moved out of the incense cage that was still bubbling with a little fragrance from the inside, and said with a smile:

"Although Niangniang said so, but according to Minghe, the weather is getting hotter, I'm afraid that there are some insects and mosquitoes or something, so let's stay on the side for use?"

Mei Niang nodded and replied in a casual voice:

"Yes, it's good to stay. It's just that although this kind of aroma is not harmful, it is also a fireworks incense, so it is better to smell less. ”

Another woman, the swordsman who has been following Li Zhi since he was a child, and the wife of Li Dexian, the second son of Li Jing, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, smiled and said:

"My sister still can't smell the aroma so much. Didn't you say before that this incense doesn't hurt a pregnant woman? ”

"Yes, but in the end, I'm not at ease."

Mei Niang sighed lightly, and her voice was as thin as water, revealing some helplessness:

"After all, in this court, although there is nothing that cannot be said to be the best in the world......

But you can't enjoy it all. ”

In this way, it seems extremely cold under such a moonlight, and it is helpless for a while.

After a while, Su Qin asked Mei Niang, who was leaning on the couch, gently shaking the fan in her hand, and looking at the sky through the veil like a jade plate:

"Sister, do you regret doing that to Queen Wang?"

“…… Suqin, it's for your sister, and I never regret doing this. I even hate that I was late. ”

Mei Niang said leisurely:

"I don't think I'm the kind of gentle and graceful lady who is full of female virtues, and I don't like that kind of person. What's more, it is in this inner court, under the splendid step, it is also a place to kill every inch...... I wouldn't be so naïve as to think that as long as I have Jiro as my back, I'll have no worries.

Let alone......

It has never been my nature to have revenge and not revenge. Hui'er's pain is not the injury of your family, but also the hatred of my life, and Yan'er, and Hong'er, and the child in the womb, and ......"

Mei Niang was speechless, turned her head to look at Su Qin for a while, and then said softly:

"And the little Suqin from before...... Whether or not everything about them is related to them, one thing is certain:

If you want to gain a firm foothold in this Tang Dynasty, if you are not ruthless, it can only be a dead end.

It's like Jiro's current situation in the previous dynasty......

If it can't be above 10,000 people, it can only be a lonely grave. ”

Su Qin took a deep breath, nodded silently, and said lightly after a long time:

"In the previous situation of my sister, Suqin always thought that my sister was so benevolent and forgiving for the sake of the Lord...... Now, it seems that there is more to it than that? ”

Mei Niang smiled faintly:

"For the sake of Jiro, this is the first one. But if I don't have the slightest selfishness, that's also false.

Since they were still useful before, it is natural to keep them here. Now they are useless......

Naturally, it was time to move out, like those things that were unusable. ”

Su Qin raised her eyebrows and said softly:

"Just move out?"

Mei Niang lowered her eyes, and said lightly after a while:

"Suqin, do you know why the first emperor was so taboo about me?"

"Suqin...... I've listened to some of it, but does it matter? ”

Su Qin was stunned, but she didn't expect Mei Niang to suddenly mention this matter, and she was inevitably a little surprised, so she hesitated for a moment before saying:

"I heard that the first emperor ...... It's because of a horse. ”

"It's because of a horse, but the real reason is because of a person."

Mei Niang said leisurely:

"Back then, there was a person who caused me and Jiro to suffer so much in the palace, and in the end, I couldn't bear it anymore, and together with your sister, I cleaned her up.

And the punishment we gave her was to let her hear with her own ears the truth that the first emperor hated her, and never had any affection for her, which made her collapse to the point of almost madness.

And then...... She was arranged by Jiro and died at the hands of the man she wanted to love and marry the most...... And this man also killed the man with the same name as you, the little sister whom your sister and I regard as the most beloved.

After the first emperor found out, he felt that I was really vicious enough, and at such a young age, I was able to think of such a method that made life worse than death, and death was uneasy...... So they gradually tabooed me and alienated me. ”

After saying this, she suddenly looked at Suqin and laughed:

"After hearing this, will you be afraid of me?"

"Why be afraid?"

Suqin asked curiously:

Su Qin knew what those two people had done, knew that what they did was even more vicious, and knew that her sister was like this, but it was an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth......

And what's so scary? ”

Mei Niang looked at her in a daze, and said lightly for a long time:

"Only you, a stupid boy, aren't afraid of me......"

After thinking about it, he shook his head and laughed again:

"No, no, there is one more person who is not afraid of me...... It's Jiro. ”

Su Qin nodded with a smile and said:

"That's right, in this world, after all, there are still people who understand my sister's personality, so why care about what others say?"

Mei Niang looked at her and suddenly laughed:

"Yes...... Why care? Originally, they criticized me, wasn't it because I couldn't live as they wanted, and was willing to be a so-called martyr who died and died in the emperor, or a so-called loyal servant who spent her youth and wasted her life?

Since I am not what they want...... Why should I care? ”

After a few words to herself, she suddenly shook her head and laughed:

"That's it...... These days, perhaps this child has been in the womb for a long time, and he has cowered all at once. It's not like it's normal. ”

Su Qin smiled and reached out to stroke her bulging abdomen and said:

"Isn't it? Maybe this child is a kind-hearted child, so he will dye his sister like this! ”

"Kindness is good, but it also depends on the situation and the right thing."

Mei Niang finished speaking, and then turned her head and asked Minghe:

"What's going on in the Tai Chi Palace right now?"

"Back to my mother, I'm happy! Brother Ruian's manipulation made the two of them almost fall out, the queen has been working hard to find Concubine Xiao Shu these days, and Concubine Xiao Shufei is too, secretly not less hands and feet, only ready to wait for the lord and the mother to return to the palace, there will be a pot on both sides......

Niangniang, do you want to talk to the Lord tomorrow and return to Beijing on time? ”

"But you don't have to."

Mei Niang said leisurely:

"Although the child has passed three months now, it is not yet the most stable time, and I don't want any more accidents. What's more, they are also idle at the moment, and it is time to find something to do with them, so why should I go back and bother them?

And you just tell Ryan to tell him to arrange more things in the back court and do it with the two of them, so that they don't bother me and my children.

As for Jiro, I'm afraid that going back now may not be what he wants. ”

Su Qin also nodded and said lightly:

"Isn't it? Yesterday, I heard the award still say, saying that the Lord asked him to allocate more manpower into the palace, this stay, I am afraid that I will live until my sister has finished giving birth before he will go back. ”

Mei Niang shook her head, but said with a smile:

"No way. According to Jiro's temperament, at most, he will live until the end of October. After all, according to his wishes, my child still has to go back to the Lizheng Palace to give birth. ”

Su Qin was stunned:

"Why do you have to go back to the Imperial Palace? Ah......h

She realized:

"Could it be that the Lord really thinks that in the Lizheng Palace, there is the heroic spirit of the former queen mother?"

"Don't say it's Jiro, but I think it's ...... Since I gave birth to Hong'er, I have always felt that this journey is thanks to the protection of the first queen mother, otherwise it would be difficult for my mother and son to come to this point. ”

Mei Niang's eyes revealed deep gratitude and admiration, and then turned her head to look at Minghe:

"Do you remember what you just said?"

"Niangniang is at ease, when Fang Jiang Niangniang and Mrs. Li were talking, Minghe arranged for someone to go."

"You're always in order."

Mei Niang responded again with a smile, and then said slowly:

"But in this way, Ryan is alone in the inside, and there are many risks, you go and talk to Jiro, and say that if you are not too busy, it is better to invite your master back to the palace town.

With him, this Taiji Palace can play a game of chess better. And in this way, your master can also relieve the resentment that has been depressed in his heart for decades. ”

"Yes."

Minghe responded lightly and immediately went to do something.

Su Qin watched Minghe go down for a while, and then leaned lightly in the direction of Mei Niang, and said in a low voice:

"My sister wants the princess to go back, I'm afraid it's not just for those reasons? Could it be that he was worried that Ryan would behave? ”

When Mei Niang heard this, she sighed, reached out to hold her hand and said softly:

"I can only talk to you about this kind of thought...... If Jiro knows, I'm afraid that I'll still complain that I'm acting too tolerantly, and even arrange for Ryan to do his best......

But Suqin, think about it, this time I asked Ryan to act, it was originally just a small trick, just let the two palaces fight. But what about Ryan?

But he was directly poisoned......

This kind of means, although it is because Hong'er, Hong'er, and Wen Niang were victimized, he was indignant in his heart, but in the end, he was also a little extreme, and he didn't think about his own safety.

Wen Niang ...... so"

Mei Niang paused, shook her head and sighed:

"I'm afraid that in this life, it will be difficult to wake up again, and if I lose him again, I really can't afford it. After all, Ryan and Wen Niang, and a few of them, for me, it's not just as simple as serving the host. ”