CHAPTER XIX

Empress Meiru's eyelids jumped, and she hurriedly knelt down and bowed her head and replied respectfully, "Concubine Xie Empress Dowager is worried." The concubines entered the palace and served the emperor with the concubines and sisters. Although the concubine is the queen, in charge of the harem, everything is exhausted, cautious, but it is inevitable that there will be thoughtful places, and I hope that the queen mother will teach her"

Empress Dowager Ming nodded slightly, her eyes inadvertently swept over the concubines behind the queen, although she stood behind, but carefully identified, her expression was still different, especially a few concubines who were not low-ranked, and they obviously disagreed with Queen Meiru's words.

This can't be blamed on them, who in the palace doesn't know that the Empress Dowager Ming is actually not interested in Mei Ru from the Mei Mansion, although Mei Ru is the queen at the moment, who is not allowed to see the Queen Mother?

A sneer appeared on the corner of Empress Dowager Ming's lips, and she handed the soup cup in her hand to Aunt Yu beside her, "The mourning family asked you to come today, just to let you know more about the rules of this harem."

All the concubines trembled in their hearts, and hurriedly replied in unison, "The concubines listen to the Queen Mother's teachings. ”

Ming Tai's color gradually became stricter, "This harem is stable, and the previous dynasty can be stable." Now that the emperor has ascended the throne, although there are only a few of you in front of you in the harem, the palace rules have always been respectful and orderly. The queen is the lord of the harem, this matter naturally depends on the queen's opinion, there are some bad rumors in the palace recently, although the mourning family is old but not deaf, and I have heard about it, today the mourning family will set up a rule, this rumor is a rumor, to spread falsehood, never let the mourning family hear the second time, otherwise, if anyone is willing to go to the cold palace to taste fresh, the mourning family will satisfy her"

Except for Mei Ru, the faces of all the concubines changed.

"This second thing, what the mourning family wants to say is the abolition of the cold palace, presumably this is also what you are most concerned about" The Empress Dowager Ming paused, looked at the shocked and uncertain looks of the concubines, and said coldly, "Today, the mourning family will sue you, this Meishuang is wronged The mourning family entered the palace when the ancestors were in the past, and over the decades, this harem dispute has seen a lot, but this kind of thoughtful framing really opened the eyes of the mourning family." Since the emperor's will has been issued, there is no reason to take it back, Meishuang is a pity"

When Mei Ru heard this, she quickly knelt down, and cried with joy, "The concubine's sister has been wronged, and the concubine has always been in a heavy mood, and now the queen mother has redressed her sister's grievances and corrected the name of Meifu, and the concubine is grateful." ”

Empress Dowager Ming glanced at Mei Ru, who was kneeling, nodded, and her tone became stern, "The mourning family just wants to tell you, the harmony and tranquility of this harem is the first, if there is such a dirty thing and dirty idea in the future, the mourning family will report to the emperor and punish him heavily."

After the Queen Mother's admonition, everyone understood that the Queen Mother only came today for two things:

One is to stand up for the queen;

The second is to redress grievances after the abolition.

For a while, all the concubines had different expressions.

Mei Ru wiped away the tears on her cheeks, kowtowed again and pleaded, "Queen Mother, the concubine's sister is suffering in the cold palace, can the concubine go to the cold palace immediately to pick up her sister back to the palace?" ”

"Back to the palace?" Empress Dowager Ming reprimanded, "The mourning family sees that you are confused, the emperor has already made a decree to abolish it, and now let her return to the palace, does it mean that the emperor will take back the holy decree?" ”

Mei Ru's heart shook and turned out to be very proper, and she hurriedly said, "It's the concubine who is confused." ”

"This, the mourning family has already arranged. Okay, the mourning family is tired, let's go back."

When the concubines came out of the Queen Mother's palace, their faces were different, and when they passed by Queen Meiru's side, they no longer seemed to be disapproving before, they were all a little more cautious and respectful, even Concubine Chen, who had always been unaccustomed to Mei Ru, actually paused slightly when she passed in front of Mei Ru, and bluntly called "Queen Mother" as a greeting.

Sitting on the sedan chair, Queen Meiru was thoughtful.

It was a few maids beside him, with straight waists and sè faces.

Songrong said, "I'm really angry today. Who said that the Queen Mother doesn't want to see the Queen Mother, but now the Queen Mother is all talking for the Queen Mother. Let's see who in the harem dares not to listen."

Lianxin said cautiously, "Queen Mother, the Queen Mother didn't say anything about the cold palace today, how did she arrange it?" If she comes out of the cold palace, the slave is worriedβ€”"

Empress Mei Ru waved her hand and wrote lightly, "That's it, this palace is the queen of the Great Qin State who is sealed in the iron book, and she is just a deposed queen." Besides, the queen mother's meaning has passed, as long as she can no longer enter the palace, no one can shake the back of the palace. What is this palace afraid of her? ”

Speaking of this, she squinted at the maid beside her and said meaningfully, "Besides, what does this matter have to do with this palace?" ”

Several maids understood and nodded again and again, "This is natural." ”

"You guys go to the cold palace and take a look at the situation. The palace is tired, go back to the palace to rest, don't forget, the palace still has the tasks assigned by the emperor" Mei Ru lazily fastened her hood and urged the sedan chariot to go quickly.

- When King Zhao Nangong Nuo followed the winding path to find Meishuang in the plum forest, it was already dark.

Meishuang was sitting on the steps, holding her cheeks, staring at the lights under the mountain in the distance.

Nangong Nuo looked at her, but there was nothing new except for the shadowy Merlin, and he said curiously, "On this cold day, aren't you afraid to sit here alone?" ”

Meishuang said lazily, "What are you afraid of?" It's not for nothing that I've been walking alone on mountain trails at night."

This is not a lie. Back then, as a not yet senior traveler, she also experienced many dangers. Once, on a famous mountain in the southwest of the motherland, I lost contact with other travelers, and walked alone on the sheep intestine trail and the steep cliff for a whole day before returning to the team. Such a thrilling experience is regarded by her as a precious treasure in her life, and she wants to share it with others. Now that she mentioned it, she wanted to share it again. But when she turned her eyes and saw the man sitting next to her, she suddenly realized that she was actually Miss Frost, who had lived in the boudoir for a long time.

Fortunately, the man beside her may not have noticed the loophole in her words, but only looked into the distance and said casually, "This king has never discovered that Miss Shuang has so many advantages. Especially the last time I kicked the guards in the cold palace, and defeated the enemy with one move, it really made this king admire, it seems that this king used to mislook at Miss Shuang, and only thought that Miss Shuang was useless except for a good hand and a huge temper."

Mei Shuang smiled dryly, "Actually, people's potential is unlimited, and they can be exerted at critical moments."

Nangong Nuo was noncommittal, just smiled.

"Oh, by the way, when are we leaving the capital?" Meishuang asked.

"Do you really like to go out with this king? This distance is far away, and it is also very hard, with your thin body, this king is still worried that you can't stand it. ”

The corners of Meishuang's lips curled, "Don't worry, I've always been in good health, and it's no problem to go as far as I go."

"Really?" Nangong Nuo stared at Mei Shuang, smiling, "Because of this, this king is still afraid that you will run away."