After entering the palace, there was still a distance to get off the sedan chair and walk, and the queen was probably not in good health, so she sent the powerful eunuch Shui Gonggong to pick up Liu Qingyan.

Along the way, Father-in-law Shui was full of smiles: "Princess Qi is really well-born, I have heard people say it so many times, saying that King Qi has a wife who is as beautiful as a flower, I really don't know if I haven't seen it." If other women are pregnant, they must be depressed, but when they see the queen, they are still so beautiful. ”

Liu Qingyan thought in her heart, there is a eunuch father-in-law with a very sweet mouth and a particularly powerful sycophant.

On the surface, Liu Qingyan just smiled at him: "It's really my father-in-law who has won the award, and I am also depressed at home, only if I want to see the queen and be in a good mood, it will be like this." ”

"It's the princess who is too modest." Grandpa Shui smiled.

"But I don't know, the queen mother came to me this time, what kind of tea did you drink?" Liu Qingyan asked again.

Grandpa Shui smiled: "When the time comes, don't you know, princess?" ”

Liu Qingyan nodded slightly: "What Father-in-law Shui said is true." ”

After a few more innocuous words back and forth, Grandpa Shui brought Liu Qingyan into the queen's palace. The hall was very bright, and the queen was sitting on a side of the coffin, and a pot of tea was boiling on the green jade table in front of her, and the cup on the side and the teapot were made of white jade that could hardly be found to be blemished.

Liu Qingyan walked up to the queen and saluted: "The queen's mother." ”

"Princess Qi, you're here." The queen looked at her and smiled. Liu Qingyan found out that the queen's face was very pale and not very good-looking.

Just when Liu Qingyan was a little curious why the queen's face was not so good, the queen flicked her sleeves: "Sit down." ”

Liu Qingyan nodded, answered "yes", and sat down opposite her. But the queen spoke up again and said, "Come, sit next to the palace, get closer." ”

Liu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and the queen said with a smile: "What's wrong?" The relationship between the two of us is not as good as it is now, right? ”

"Not really." Liu Qingyan hurriedly smiled and took the initiative to sit next to the queen.

The queen sat up straight, poured a cup of tea for her, and said, "This tea was left to the palace by the emperor, and it originally had a name, but then we all forgot it." There was something sad about her tone.

The drunkard does not mean to drink.

Liu Qingyan actually knows very well that what the queen is talking about now is definitely not just about tea. Sure enough, she found Liu Qingyan, not to drink tea and chat with her.

Especially now that the queen also mentioned the "first emperor", Liu Qingyan quickly understood what the queen meant.

The emperor has died, but not many people know about it. And Liu Qingyan is one of them.

Now Nangong Hui has begun to show off that she is the crown princess, saying that she will definitely be able to be the queen. In this way, it should be that the queen and the crown prince have been combined, and they are about to announce the news of the emperor's death, and they are about to support the crown prince as the emperor. And this emperor needs an opportunity, what is the opportunity?

Liu Qingyan only needs to use her brain a little to know that such an opportunity is also about Lu Siguan.

Lu Siguan is considered the prince's man, he won the battle in the frontier and defeated the Khitans, which is a matter of great face for the Great Wei. And the prestige of the crown prince was also very high at this time. If it is announced at this time that the emperor has died and the crown prince has ascended the throne, it is the most appropriate, and the queen must have made this plan.

And the queen must ensure that no one in the world will tell the fact that the emperor has already died, and Liu Qingyan has become the object that the queen needs to ensure that she will not talk much.

Liu Qingyan was not in a hurry to speak, but just picked up the white jade cup, took a sip, and put the cup down: "Some things are indeed like this, if you don't mention it for a long time after you say it, then you will forget it." ”

After a pause, she looked at the queen again and smiled: "However, Queen Mother, I think we can choose a new name for this tea." After all, it's a good tea, so you can't do without a name, right? A lot of times, we need to have a measure and we need a rule. ”

The queen's eyes when she looked at her lit up slightly, and her face gradually became bloody: "That's right." What the princess said has always been very reasonable. It's because Hongu can't figure out what to call it. ”

"There are a lot of talents around the queen, if you want to ask me, I can't give any special advice, maybe the queen won't like it, but since the queen asked, then I will definitely answer." Liu Qingyan smiled, lowered her eyes and looked at the cyan leaves floating in the white jade cup in front of her, and said, "Why don't you call it Cuishan Silver Needle?" ”

The queen raised her eyebrows: "Why this name?" ”

Liu Qingyan looked at the queen and smiled: "It's also intuitive, I feel that the shape of these tea leaves looks like a needle, and it is an emerald green color, so I thought maybe it could be called this name." ”

The queen laughed, "That's a great name!" Hongu likes it. ”

After speaking, she turned to the servant girl beside her and said, "Go, write down this new name, and write it down outside the box containing the tea leaves." ”

The maidservant answered, and went back to work.

Liu Qingyan looked around left and right, without making a sound, the queen looked at her and said with a smile: "The princess is looking at Miss Nangong?" ”

Liu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, looked at the queen, and nodded slightly: "Yes." I heard that Miss Nangong had a very good relationship with the queen mother recently, so I wondered why she didn't show up when she was drinking tea. ”

"She went to find the prince," the queen poured herself a cup of tea, "where is her relationship with the palace is good, she just has a good relationship with the prince." ”

"I think it's also the prince and Miss Nangong who love each other, so Miss Nangong also thinks that the relationship between the two of you and the queen mother is a little better." Liu Qingyan said with a smile.

"If it's really just a better relationship with the palace and a little more relaxed, then that's fine," said the queen, who had already frowned tightly, "but how do you know what this girl is doing all day long?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Qingyan knew what the queen wanted her to do when she called her over.

The relationship between the queen and Liu Qingyan is not really to the point where you can drink tea together if you want to, and the two are just using each other. At that moment, the queen found Liu Qingyan, and said dissatisfied words in such a tone, the meaning was extremely obvious.

If Liu Qingyan can't hear what she means anymore, then Liu Qingyan is a little too far-fetched to sit in this position. She needed to do something.

"Queen Mother," Liu Qingyan deliberately pretended to be stupid, "Miss Nangong, she ...... What did you do? ”

The queen, who originally didn't have much affection for Nangong Hui, naturally didn't have much to look good at the moment, snorted coldly, and said, "Who knows what she thinks?" I didn't marry the prince in the first place, where is the crown princess? ”

Liu Qingyan suddenly realized.

It turned out that Nangong Hui had already recognized herself before she was really recognized by the queen, she thought she was the crown princess, and even publicized the matter. can make the queen so angry, it should be that Nangong Hui not only told Liu Qingyan about this matter, but many others also heard her say this.

Causing a storm in the city can be said to be stupid, but it can also be said to be smart.

Now that everyone in Mandu City knows that Nangong Hui is the crown princess, if the queen still doesn't let her be the crown princess, then there will inevitably be some people who think that the people of the royal family love to lie. This is a benefit that ensures that Nangong Hui will become the crown princess.

But at the same time, it is impossible to avoid that the queen, as a person who wants to save face, will definitely have different emotions towards Nangong Hui. I am tired of her, look down on her, and don't even like her.

At that moment, Liu Qingyan nodded slightly: "But ...... If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes Miss Nangong, if the two of them really get married, it won't be a big deal. In my opinion, Miss Nangong is still very well-behaved by the side of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Well-behaved?" The queen snorted coldly.

Liu Qingyan obediently closed her mouth and waited for the queen to continue.

The queen took a sip of tea and said, "Princess, don't you know how arrogant she is, by her side in the palace, in front of the prince is indeed better, but once she doesn't stay by the two of us, she will be a demon all the time, where are there palace people in the palace who are not afraid of her?" ”

It just so happened that the maid was busy with what the queen gave her to do, and when she walked back, as soon as the queen saw her, she grabbed the handmaid's hand, lifted her sleeves, and revealed the skin inside for Liu Qingyan to see.

"Look, princess, these are all beaten by this good Nangong lady." The queen said coldly.

"Ah......" Liu Qingyan saw the scars on the handmaiden's body clearly. Originally, the maid's skin was pale, but because she didn't know what she had been beaten, she showed many hideous scars. The scars were purple-red, and at first glance, they were terrifying.

The queen let go of the maidservant and said, "Isn't it because the tea is slower, so you have to treat it like this, if the position of the queen is really given to her in the future, then it won't be to take the palace in your eyes!" ”

Liu Qingyan realized an extremely important point, that is, there would be no compatibility between the queen and Nangong Hui.

At that moment, the queen took another sip of tea and said: "This palace will not interfere with the marriage ceremony between the prince and her, but the queen position in the future, this palace will definitely not let her do it!" Princess Qi, you have to help the palace. ”