Slaves are forbidden to take a sedan chair in the palace, so when it is still far from the back door of the palace, Lin Ling'er got off the sedan chair.

From Pizi's inquiry, I learned that every time I entered and left the palace, the guards would strictly check to prevent the eunuchs from taking things out of the palace, and also to prevent them from bringing in some things that they should not bring when they returned.

Lin Ling'er asked Pizi if anyone asked him to bring back something from outside the palace that he shouldn't bring, Pizi said no at first, and then under coercion, he had to say that someone really asked him to bring something, and it was a taboo in the palace.

This thing is very important to Pizi, but it is even more important to Lin Ling'er.

Therefore, when the guards wanted to come up and check like every time, Lin Ling'er took out more silver than usual, and it wasn't her silver anyway, so it didn't hurt to scatter more.

The guard weighed his weight, showed a satisfied smile, and happily let him go, and Lin Ling'er's hanging heart was half relieved.

Shun Lì entered the palace, distributed the purchased things according to the use of each palace, and ordered different people to send them to each palace, and then it was her main event.

There was no one around, her hand reached into her bosom and touched it, the thing was still there, and a smile on her face that was both comfortable and slightly nervous, she exclaimed:

"Little three, little four."

Two little eunuchs came in from outside the door, and Pi Zi said that these two were his henchmen.

"Yes, what does the chief command?"

The junior and the fourth entered in response, and the blessing was in front of Lin Ling'er.

The two were no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, of medium stature, slightly thin, and looked like stunted teenagers.

"Take what the queen wants, and come with me."

Lin Ling'er imitated Pizi's voice and intonation, and took the lead out of the house, and the junior and fourth picked up their things and followed behind.

She is not familiar with the Zhebei palace at all, she doesn't know how to go to the queen's bedroom, only knows that the queen's bedroom is called the glazed palace, because the queen is particularly fond of glaze, the outer wall and roof of the palace are mostly decorated with glaze, and there are also a lot of glazed objects in the palace, so it is named.

"Little third son, lead the way."

"Yes, sir."

It doesn't matter if she doesn't know the way, everyone around her knows it, she just needs to move her mouth.

One route was led by the third son, and it was nearly ten noon when he arrived at the Liuli Palace, and the concubines who came to greet the queen in the morning had already retreated, and the Liuli Hall was very quiet.

After the report, Lin Ling'er secretly stabilized her mind and took the little three and four to follow the maid who came to lead.

"The slave greets the queen, and the queen is blessed with peace."

Lin Ling'er knelt on the ground, her voice loud and transparent.

"Well, get up and talk."

The person who spoke was the queen of Zhebei, and her voice was quiet, sounding slightly hoarse, as if she had just cried.

"Thank you, Queen."

After Lin Ling'er thanked him, he got up and stood on one side, and secretly glanced at the upper seat out of the corner of his eye, and took a general look at the queen.

She was wearing a snow-white phoenix robe, the corners of the robe were decorated with white mink fur, and the hair ornaments were also full of white animal fur, which looked gorgeous and bold, and it was very moving.

The ancestors of Zhebei were nomadic people, and most of them were barbarians, all of whom lived by hunting and grazing, so the fur of animals has become a characteristic that has been passed down from generation to generation, regardless of clothing and headdress.

It's just that today is the Queen Mother's birthday, why does the Queen wear plain white?

After a short period of thought, Lin Ling'er asked the junior and fourth to present the things that they had bought for the queen this time, and said flatteringly:

"Queen, this is your favorite rouge, Zhen Zhu, according to custom, the minion only found a box for you."

She had already inquired in the rouge gouache shop, this kind of rouge called "Zhen Zhu", red but not gaudy, like a thin layer of cinnabar on the white Zhen Zhu, is the favorite of Queen Zhebei, but also the treasure of this shop, due to the scarcity of production, every time the skin comes out to buy, will deliberately bring back such a small box for the queen, only the queen has it.

The queen's interest was not high, and she said lightly to the maid standing beside her:

"Qiuyun, take it."

"Yes, Queen."

The maid who was called Qiuyun was about the same age as the queen, about forty, and when she came down to get the rouge, she quietly glanced at Lin Ling'er, and then took her things and walked away.

Lin Ling'er muttered in her heart, but thinking about what she was carrying in her arms, she quickly understood her intentions.

After offering rouge, the queen asked what else she bought when she left the palace this time, how much it cost, and other ordinary questions, Lin Ling'er answered them one by one according to the information she got from Pizi before.

In the end, I saw that the queen glanced at Qiuyun, and then said:

"Okay, I've been busy all morning, I'm tired of this palace, you guys should retreat."

Lin Ling'er led the junior and the fourth to answer:

"Yes, send off the queen, and the minions will leave."

The three of them were retreating outside, only to hear Qiu Yun shouting again:

"Wait!"

Lin Ling'er knew that this was calling her, so she stopped, turned around and said respectfully:

"Yes, what does Aunt Qiuyun command?"

Qiu Yun's expression was very positive, and he couldn't see the slightest clue:

"Pizi, the queen remembers your filial piety over the years, and especially on today's Queen Mother's birthday and the day of great joy in the world, she will also reward you with something."

Lin Ling'er immediately cooperated and pretended to be overjoyed, bowed over and nodded like a shrimp:

"Yes, this is what a slave should do, I don't dare to receive the reward, and the slave thanked the queen first."

Humility has been a virtue of the Chinese since ancient times, whether you receive the reward or not, you must first be humble and humble, and thank you is essential.

Lin Ling'er has been working in the palace on an errand day, and she hasn't learned other ancient sayings, but these polite words are very slippery.

Qiuyun didn't say anything more, only said lightly:

"Come with me."

"Hey."

Lin Ling'er responded obediently, and then waved her hand at the junior and fourth, which means that you go to wait outside the hall first, and I will come when I go, and the junior and junior nodded and went out.

Lin Ling'er knew that the critical moment was coming, and her hand unconsciously pressed the position of her heart, every step here should not be wrong, because every step was related to Mu Jiuxiao's life.

At this moment, his life is more important than anything else.

Follow Qiuyun all the way to the inner hall, and there are many colored glasses, various colors and forms where you pass, decorating the queen's bedroom with luxury and magnificence, and Lin Ling'er can be regarded as earning a blessing for her eyes.

When he arrived at the inner hall, Qiuyun retreated everyone, and when he went inside, he saw the queen sitting on the couch alone, her face haggard and full of melancholy, and she was gently wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

"Minions see the queen."

Lin Ling'er hurriedly saluted, and then said with concern,

"Yo, Queen, what's wrong with you? Why do you cry so sadly? Look at your pretty appearance of pear blossoms with rain, even the slaves want to cry when they see it. ”

said flattering words, but in fact, she knew the reason in her heart.

The internal forces of Zhebei are divided into two factions, one faction is led by the civil official Zuo Prime Minister, and the other faction is controlled by the military general Ha Mulang, but the king of Zhebei has to employ people on both sides, the queen is Ha Mulang's sister, and the concubine is the daughter of Zuo Prime Minister, one is the uncle of the country, and the other is the father-in-law.

But now that Hamulan is dead, the queen's status is obviously not the same as before, she is sad that her brother's death is true, but she is more worried that her position is the key, so she will cry in front of the minions, not to mention that Qiuyun and Pizi can be called her confidants.

Qiuyun came over and poked Lin Ling'er's head fiercely, and said:

"You skin, what's the use of having a good skin and a sweet mouth, the news came back from outside the palace, the queen's own brother died on the battlefield, you say something witty at this time, and the queen can't laugh!"

Mentioning her brother's death to her face, Queen Zhebei could no longer hold back her grief and cried uncontrollably.

Lin Ling'er hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down on her knees, looked empathetic, and said:

"Queen, actually, in fact, the slave Shicai also heard rumors outside the palace......"

At this, her expression became frightened, her body shrank sharply, and her eyes kept poking around, as if there was something around her.

The queen and Qiu Yun were also nervous when they saw her, Qiu Yun hurriedly walked to her side and asked nervously:

"What, what kind of rumors?"

"Minions, minions dare not speak."

She glanced cautiously at the queen.

The queen wiped away her tears, and thought that there must be something important to say about this skin, so she said:

"But it's okay to say it, this palace won't blame you."

Lin Ling'er shrank back and poked her head out slightly towards the queen, like a stimulated turtle, and lowered her voice:

"The slave heard that General Ha died a terrible death."

"Huh?"

The two women were shocked, presumably no one had described Hamulan's death, and besides, Hamulang had just died, and the news might not be so detailed.

"What's the wrong way?"

The queen asked, frightened and frightened, but inevitably plagued by her curiosity.

"I heard that General Ha captured the soldiers of Wani as hostages, which had a great chance of winning, but when he confronted Mu Jiuxiao, the king of Hades, an evil wind blew from nowhere, and after the wind passed, General Ha was dizzy, and he couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and the king of Hades took this opportunity to whip the general's head, and then a few lashes went down, and the general's body was dismantled, and it was miserable......"

Lin Ling'er spoke in suspense, her expression was serious and rich, and the two women turned pale.

Sure enough, under her first round of bombardment, the queen couldn't stand it, covered her face and cried bitterly:

"My brother......"

As her own sister, the focus of what she heard was of course the tragic situation when her brother died, but in the ears of outsiders, it changed her taste.

For example, Qiuyun, what she grasped was the key point that Lin Ling'er wanted to express:

"You mean, that gust of wind only knocked General Ha unconscious, so the Hades King will be fine?"

Lin Ling'er was secretly happy in her heart, she finally didn't waste her lips and tongue in vain, and there was someone who understood.