"The concubine asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother Jin An. Zhang Erzhen bowed down in her skirt.

The Queen Mother was wearing a long cotton dress with auspicious ruyi pattern brocade trimmed with gray squirrels and gold edges, and there was a close-fitting Mama Chu standing next to her, nodding lovingly.

Mama Chu moved a cotton pier and put it behind Zhang Erzhen, and the Queen Mother motioned for her to sit down, as if she was at home, and her voice was kind and gentle: "I haven't seen you for a long time, are you still used to life in the palace?"

Zhang Erzhen said shyly: "Empress Dowager Lao is worried, and everything is fine with the concubines." ”

The Queen Mother asked with a smile: "I heard that you don't go anywhere all day except to go to the crown princess to ask for peace, and you are bored in the palace all day long, so you shouldn't be as comfortable as when you're outside, right?"

Zhang Erzhen didn't understand what the Queen Mother meant, so she continued to be a gentle granddaughter-in-law: "The concubines have always disliked to move around, and they become more and more lazy when the weather is cold. ”

The Queen Mother slowly took a sip of hot tea: "I heard that Qin Yatou is sick, the queen is busy sending the imperial doctor to the East Palace several times a day, and the princess is also running to the Fengzao Palace as soon as she is free, only you, who are lazy all day long and don't go anywhere, if it weren't for the mourning family looking for you today, you plan to sleep all day......? , you're not going either?"

Zhang Erzhen was quietly looking at the surrounding furnishings, antique and rich and elegant, coldly hearing the Queen Mother mention Empress Wu, she involuntarily snorted, originally wanted to mix it up, but the Queen Mother's deep and mysterious eyes stared at her quietly, she still answered honestly: "The concubine has been there once, and she has never been there again." Wu Niangniang did not allow the concubine to go again, the concubine was just curious, but now she has seen it. ”

"Curious...... , do you know that the most important thing in this palace is the word curiosity. The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "If you point to her to support you, you don't have to, she can't protect herself, and she hasn't been involved in these things in the palace for a long time, the things of the year have passed, if you go to mix these things again, do you know how dangerous it is?

"The concubine knows her mistakes, and the concubine is indeed full of loopholes. "How else do you always know? Zhang Erzhen is naturally not the very stupid and naïve type, "The concubine knows, maybe someone is secretly staring at the concubine, just waiting for the concubine to throw herself into the net, but the concubine is young, and there are people who are panicked at that time, not to mention that there is no excuse for the crime that wants to be added, so those who think that the concubine makes a mistake and criticize the writer don't care about this." ”

The Queen Mother smiled from the corner of her eyes, and looked at Concubine Zhen who was drooping her little head and said: "I have long reminded you that this palace is not better than the outside, you must be careful, you still don't care, the most important thing in this palace is the soul." ”

Zhang Erzhen replied with a smile: "How can the concubine be able to get the queen mother's words, the queen mother is relieved, the concubine and the prince are one, and will never do anything that damages the prince's reputation and the royal reputation, and does not dare to fight against it with meager strength, the concubine is enough to share the prince's worries, and she does not want to drag the prince down." Zhang Erzhen's temperament when she swore to wear a red scarf was no more than that, the Queen Mother became more and more satisfied, and nodded straight and said: "I knew that you were an understanding person, and the most lacking person in this palace is also an understanding person." "But the most cold-blooded and ruthless people are naturally also understanding people.

Zhang Erzhen didn't understand why the Queen Mother said this to her, whether it was for her good, or for the good of the prince, her heart was still full of emotion, this kind old lady, playing with the wagtail beads with her fingertips, comfortably leaning on the soft gold-threaded python pillow, which is completely different from the image of the Queen Mother in the TV series in her previous life, Zhang Erzhen thought of the innocent words that Xiaoyanzi said when she saw the Queen Mother: Can I call you grandma, it feels awkward to call Lafayette. What is the final result? Lafayette has become a big obstacle to the combination of Xiaoyanzi and Yongqi, so Zhang Erzhen does not dare to underestimate the queen mother at this time, the ancestor who has lived in the palace for decades, who dares to underestimate it?

The Queen Mother was not in a hurry to say anything else, but asked a few words if she didn't have a match, "...... Wanhua said that you told her a story, but there was no ending, but the mourning family had heard this story, and they all said that Daji was a demon concubine of the country, and the king was mediocre, so what do you think of the fall of the Shang Dynasty?"

This can be involved in the affairs of the family and the country, Zhang Erzhen did not dare to be sloppy, patted the horse and said: "The concubine has worshiped under the master's door since she was a child, and she has learned some literature and ink, knowing that the king of Su is also a brave and warlike monarch, and the great victory is the Su people, Daji was sent to the king of Su as a defeated prisoner, and then the king of Zhou became more and more obsessed with women, and the concubine thought at that time, if Daji kept himself, how could the king of Zhou be so faint, so the Shang Dynasty fell, and the concubine was foolish, and the fault was Daji. Saying this, Zhang Erzhen is very disdainful in her heart, isn't the saint repeating the footsteps of the queen today, a country is destroyed, and it is shameful to blame the woman. Zhang Erzhen secretly condemned himself again, saying such nonsense for fear that he would be punished! If the king was a fuel-efficient lamp, why would the people be angry and the heavens angry and resentful. But obviously the Queen Mother was very satisfied with Zhang Erzhen's answer, she always felt that her wise and martial son was becoming more and more ridiculous in middle age because of Wan Zhen'er's demon concubine, the Queen Mother sighed in her heart, and suddenly lost the interest in speaking, "You go back, what should you do, Wanhua is a child, you won't care about these things with her." ”

"That's natural, the fourth princess is innocent, and the concubines like it tight. "I don't like it, but I don't hate it......

Zhang Erzhen hurriedly saluted out, the bigwigs are much more terrible than the leaders, let people go, why don't you hurry up and go back to the East Palace?

Here, Mama Chu gently hammered the Queen Mother's shoulder, and the Queen Mother was depressed between her eyebrows, and said dissatisfiedly: "What is going on in the Danfang, have you found out?"

Mama Chu sighed and said: "Five palace maids went in last night, saying that they were serving the emperor, and then an old Taoist priest went in, and there was no other movement." ”

"Where's the Fengzao Palace?"

"Wan Guifei didn't see anyone except the crown princess, and she didn't go to Kunning Palace to ask for peace today, Xiao Xiazi came to report in the morning, saying that Wan Guifei was sick, and she was still very sick. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "The emperor didn't see her for a few days, and she fell ill again, and this illness is really a coincidence." ”

The old slave originally thought so, thinking that Wan Guifei was just pretending to be sick again, but Xiao Xiazi said that Wan Guifei was really sick this time, if she really pretended to be sick, the emperor would have known about it a long time ago, and she was still as secretive as she is now, Wan Guifei didn't even see the Nine Emperors, which must not be a good thing. ”

"The queen's niece is sick on her front foot, and Concubine Wan is also sick on her hind foot, do you think there is a problem here?"

"Concubine Qin fell ill after leaving the flower-viewing banquet that day, but whether it has anything to do with Concubine Shao or not, the old slave doesn't know for the time being. But if it really has something to do with Concubine Shao, the queen would have gone to Chuxiu Palace a long time ago, how could she be so calm. Mama Chu hesitated for a while and said, "Maybe I didn't find any evidence, so I didn't dare to act rashly." ”

The Queen Mother said slowly: "These people, one person has a hundred hearts and livers, and there is nothing to do except calculate." The most correct thing the emperor has done in the past few years is to set up a prince as the crown prince. If you really wait until then, whether it is the queen or Wan Guifei, or the women of all sizes in this palace, life will not be easy. Now they can't see that this girl is cautious and intelligent, and there is no need to say much about wealth in the future, the mourning family only hopes that this girl can persuade the prince more, don't kill too much in the future, and don't follow the way of others. ”

"The Queen Mother's heart is good, presumably Concubine Zhen can understand it. ”

"It's getting more and more depressing and depressed in this palace, let's go to Zhuangzi for a while another day to save our worries. ”

"The queen mother wants to go out of the palace, and the emperor is naturally happy, and when the old slave tells the emperor, pack up and go. ”

As soon as the mourning family went out, the emperor was naturally happy, no one restrained him, and he wished that the mourning family would not come back! ”

Mama Chu persuaded: "The Queen Mother, you are in good health, the imperial doctor said that you can live a long life without borders, and said that those things are so bad, the old slave still wants to take care of you for a few more decades." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and didn't say much, she still went out of the palace, the imperial city is becoming more and more unstable, she doesn't have the energy and the means to take care of it, as long as the prince is stable and the Zhu family is stable, she is worthy of the ancestors.

Maybe Zhang Erzhen really shouldn't have left the East Palace, because she is not on the way back now, she was invited to Fengzao Palace by the little eunuch sent by Wan Guifei, can she choose to refuse? The answer is obviously no, the white-faced eunuch who looks gloomy and terrible directly stopped Bu Bao and refused to move a step, Zhang Erzhen was reluctant in every way, and Bu Bao still fell at the gate of Fengzao Palace.

Zhang Erzhen was led into the warm pavilion on the east side of Fengzao Palace, and saw that the cloud top sandalwood in the dormitory was the beam, the crystal jade was the lamp, the pearl was the curtain, and Fan Jin was the pillar base. The six-foot-wide agarwood bed is hung next to the shark silk treasure tent, and the tent is embroidered with pearls and silver thread begonia flowers, and the wind is moving, like falling clouds and mountains and phantom seas. There is a huge bright moon pearl hanging on the top of the treasure in the hall, the ground is paved with white jade, the gold beads are inlaid inside, the ground is chiseled for the lotus, the flowers become the appearance of a five-stemmed lotus, the petals are fresh and exquisite, even the stamens are delicate and recognizable, there are six palace maids standing on both sides of the room, all with their heads down, Zhang Erzhen walked in, a blue-green palace maid opened the curtain, Zhang Erzhen vaguely saw the emaciated human figure on the collapse, wearing a water-red nightgown, long hair jet black, just look at this figure, really can't see that it is a nearly fifty-year-old mother.

"The concubine asked the concubine to say goodbye. Zhang Erzhen curtsied.

"Give me a seat. Wan Guifei waved her hand, and the palace maid on the side moved a cotton pier over, and Zhang Erzhen sat down next to each other, while quietly looking inside the curtain.

"Do you know what mistakes you made?" Wan Guifei's voice was a little weak, but the cold feeling was still there, Zhang Erzhen couldn't guess what Wan Guifei was going to do, but lowered her head and replied obediently: "The concubine is stupid, I don't know what the concubine has to advise." ”

Wan Guifei sneered again and again: "In those days when the prince was in the palace, you were entangled day by day, and when the prince left the palace, you shrank up, and you didn't have to come to ask for peace, and you didn't need to salute, why, when this palace is your house, what do you want to do, you still have to be petty?!"

Zhang Erzhen said confusedly: "The concubine is Mingjian, the concubine goes to the princess every time to ask for peace and has never been left behind, why is it rude?"