The new moon has never been so dark-eyed, because of this kind of thing without reason and purpose, who would do it to herself.

Seeing that His Majesty was interested, Xinyue also had to pay attention to it, and replied with a positive color, "The little girl just met the princess on the bridge, and saw that she was sad, and the wind was blowing at night, and it was a little cold on the bridge, so the little girl asked the mother to go back to rest, and the two of us said a few other greetings, and the little girl left." ”

"But when you left, your face was full of anger, and you reprimanded your handmaid because you couldn't find it for a while, do you dare to say no?" Xinyue frowned, she remembered that she had left from the bridge to the north, and Mei'er and the princess's palace people were standing on the south side, so she shouldn't have seen herself reprimanding Fei'er.

Xinyue raised her head and glanced at Fei'er, Fei'er found Xinyue's gaze, and shook her head again and again, while Feng'er frowned with Xinyue, "Miss Mei'er, Fei'er and I are both our girl's slaves, and the girl, as our master, naturally has the right to reprimand, and I was also present that day, the girl just asked where Fei'er went, why is it so slow, such a few words of inquiry, not a reprimand, Fei'er, do you say?" ”

After Feng'er finished speaking, Fei'er nodded, "Yes, the slave maid is usually on an errand in the palace of the king of Yu in the eastern capital, and she is not familiar with the route in the palace, especially the backyard of the East Palace is also the second time to set foot in it, so she is a little lost, delaying the girl to pray for the blessings of His Royal Highness the Prince, the girl is not to blame, but just asked the slave and maid a few words." ”

"Your wealth and life are in the hands of this slut..."

Feng'er stepped forward and slapped Mei'er violently, "When you call the marquis of Anxuan's mansion, your mouth is cleaner." ”

"It's so fast to beat someone, it can be seen that the heart is empty, slut, I'll call her slut, she killed our mother, I just skinned her, I can't avenge our mother" Mei'er's hands were tied, but she still struggled to get up from the ground.

When Xinyue heard this, she said softly, "Is there anything wrong with you being devoted to your mother now, and my maidservant is dedicated to me?" ”

If Mei'er said something wrong, then there would be no point in her climbing the crescent moon here today, after all, her heart for the Wang family is doubtful.

"You slut is clever and beautiful, who can say anything about you." Obviously, this Mei'er is not an idle person.

Xinyue sat firmly on the stool next to the Queen Mother, raised her hand and said to Xue Cui behind the Queen Mother, "Auntie, I'm a little thirsty. ”

"In the food box brought by the slave maid, ice mung bean water is prepared, Your Majesty and Niangniang should also taste it."

"Bring it up" His Majesty also came all the way, a little thirsty.

After a while, Xue Cui was holding four bowls of mung bean smoothie, and when Xinyue held the bowl in her hand, she felt cold in her palm, and her spirit improved.

The Queen Mother never said a word, she looked at the performance of the new moon, and the more she was like this, the more weight she would have when she spoke.

"Go on" The queen naturally didn't have the heart to drink any ice mung bean paste, Xinyue took a sip to moisten her throat, and said to the queen, "Please bother the mother." ”

The queen continued to ask, "Did you hear the quarrel between the new moon and the crown princess with your own ears, or did the crown princess tell you that you quarreled with the new moon, but is there any evidence?" ”

"It was the mother and the slave maid who said it, when the mother came down from the bridge and said to the slave and maid with tears in her eyes, because the prince died, the human affection was cold, and anyone could provoke herself."

"When I received the news from the prince, the first person to come to visit the palace was Xinyue, and you said that she despised your mother, and it was untenable." Xinyue frowned, Mei'er has never been out of the palace so far, so the person who can explain her can only be in the palace, but Mei'er can always see people with ulterior motives. And now, the queen has spoken for herself, and she is not familiar with the other ladies in the palace, and she has no intersection with them. And said that it was confessed before the Wang family went to hit the coffin, as the personal maid of the Wang family, and now the girl who is loyal here and seeks justice for her, can she not stop it?

So, in this palace, who has an enmity with him?

Xinyue's thoughts returned to the bridge that night, Xinyue was a little drowsy because she listened to the sound of praying and chanting in the hall, she was not a person with fairy fate and pure roots, and the smell of incense and pine oil also made her brain hurt, so she walked out of the main hall and walked from the side hall to the garden of the East Palace.

When Rong Zhao was ten years old, the East Palace was his residence, and the new moon naturally came here often to play, so she was very familiar with the terrain here, at this time there was a late lotus by the pool, the new moon stretched out her legs, and sat on a flat stone by the pond, on a summer night, there will always be fireflies here, and the new moon saw it and wanted to do it, but because the palace people felt that it was not safe here, it was easy to fall off the lotus pond in the dark, and did not give the new moon insect net, the new moon was crying and ready to leave, Rong Zhao opened the palace people, with his own silk clothes and branches, I made a very simple insect trap net for the new moon, and the two of them were near here, catching a bag full of fireflies, but the two of them were also bitten by mosquitoes around here. Especially Rong Zhao, on his white face, he was bitten with three connected bags, and half of his face was swollen.

In the next four or five years, the new moon was not able to come to the East Palace on a summer night, and later the prince got married and married himself, so after that, the two never caught fireflies.

The crescent moon looked deep into the night, wondering if there would be fireflies.

"Girl, for you" Feng'er handed the handkerchief to the new moon, and the new moon found that she was crying, and the fireflies around her seemed to be inspired by something, and flew up from the night sky where there was no at all, with a little green light, and the new moon made the tears laugh "This is really, creation makes people." ”

"Girl, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to a good place now." Feng'er reached out and touched Xinyue's shoulder, comforting.

"This firefly is a bully, so beautiful, I haven't seen it once." Crescent heard someone talking, and looked up to see a man standing on the bridge.

"Say hello to the mother." Xinyue stood up, stopped to greet the Wang family on the bridge, looked up and saw that her maids were standing on the other side of the bridge, and she went up like this, as if something was wrong, and remembered that a few days ago in the inner room of the East Palace, she was going to draw a knife to kill herself, so Xinyue stood under the bridge and talked to Wang.

"You come up" At this time, the Wang family is completely different from the crazy her that day, at this time her face is calm, and under the light of the moonlight, there is some white luster, just because she can't sleep well, the black green under her eyes cannot be ignored.

The new moon couldn't refuse, so she walked up to the bridge.

Wang smiled and glanced at Xinyue, who was shocked because she was too abnormal.

The crescent moon is like frost, and the wind is blowing from the north, and Wang's clothes are thin, "Niangniang, the night is already very deep, you still don't want to stand here for a long time." ”

"It's okay" Wang stretched out his hand, pinned the broken hair on his cheek, and said to the new moon, "On summer nights, the prince also likes to sit in the place where you sit, sometimes he will drink a jar of wine, and when he is happy, he will play a flute, he does not like me to be by his side, but as long as he sits here, I come, he will not drive me, we are in this place, we have spoken many times, I have been happy in my heart for a long time every time." It's just that by chance, the prince asked Mama Li beside him, why there are no fireflies in this pool, how can he invite her to come and see if there are no fireflies. I just listened, and I knew that this was her, not me, and I knew that it was you. I've been here many times with the Prince, but we haven't seen a single firefly. Even this firefly is so unfair to me. ”

Crescent Moon looked at the fireflies hovering around her, and reached out as if she could grab one, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

"This God, I really love to play tricks on people. You are not rare, I regard them as treasures, and I cannot get them. Crescent moon, what the hell should I do, out of this evil breath in my chest. As he spoke, Wang seemed to be hammered to his chest.

"It's not that I don't want it, but, you see, I can't catch it." As she spoke, Crescent Moon reached out and tried to catch a firefly, but the insect that was close at hand seemed to be far away from her, and continued to fly leisurely.

"You really have all your words. Now, you don't have much to look at. Wang still didn't understand the meaning of the crescent moon's words.

"I've never been in the limelight. When it was late at night, I didn't disturb my mother's rest, and the little girl retired. Xinyue felt that this was not a fate, and there were more than half a sentence, so she turned around and left the cross-moon bridge on the lotus pond.

After getting off the bridge, Xinyue saw that Feng'er was still standing there alone, so she asked, "Where is Fei'er?" ”

"The girl's handkerchief was dirty, and the slave asked her to go to our car to get the handkerchief and some other things."

As soon as the words of "girl" Feng'er fell, Fei'er carried a lantern and walked from the direction of the palace gate.

"It's just to get a clean veil, why is it so long?" Xinyue frowned, but seeing that she was running profusely sweating, she continued, "If you can't find the way, just ask someone, don't walk around by yourself, this palace is full of nobles, it's not good to collide." ”

"Yes," Fei'er handed the veil to the new moon, unfolded the cloak in her hand, and the new moon looked away, "Forget it, let's go, the last chant is coming soon." ”

With that, the three of them hurriedly followed the same path and returned to the main hall, and it was not until the next day when the sky was bright that the new moon came out.

"It's not because this slut is jealous that our mother is the crown princess, and she herself, Simu the prince, has never been close, so..."

Hearing this, the Queen Mother laughed, Your Majesty saw that the Queen Mother, who had always been serious, was like this, and listened to what the palace maid said, and couldn't help but shake her head, "It seems that it is really crazy, and it is a waste of time to ask again, drag it out, and kill it with a cane." ”

"Yes" His Majesty ordered, naturally no one dared to delay, and immediately pulled Mei'er out, so fast that Xinyue didn't think of the opportunity to ask her about the person behind the scenes. I only heard that when Mei'er was pulled away, she kept shouting, "Xu Xinyue, you slut, you killed our mother, you can't die well, I curse you, curse you not to die well." Your Majesty, Niangniang, the slave is willing to die to prove that what she says is true..."

Crescent Moon heard the sound of sticks falling on flesh and blood, for a short time, but after three or five strokes, Mei'er's voice was broken.

"Your Majesty..."The new moon frowned, and the emperor raised his head, still holding the cold mung bean paste in his hand, and a non-wavering indifferent appearance, "What's the matter, New Moon?" ”

His Majesty is a thin man, and he and Crescent's mother are the same mother's compatriots, and the two have very similar eyes, and then Crescent's eyes, the Queen Mother said, are the least like her mother.

"Your Majesty, Mei'er is the one who has served the princess for a long time, and now, although she was killed because of some mistakes, please ask Your Majesty's permission, Mei'er will be martyred as the crown princess and buried next to her mother." With that, Crescent Moon knelt on the ground.

"She slandered you, wearing a sinful body, how can she enter the mausoleum of the crown princess again." The Empress was the first to disagree with the objection.

"But the dead and the slandered have chosen to forgive, and the irrelevant people have not given this mercy? Get up, Xinyue, the mourning family is approved, Your Majesty has no objection, right? ”

"Yes, my son has no objection." The Queen Mother said so, and Your Majesty naturally has no need or room to refute it.

"It's not too early, the crown princess has just passed away, the queen has a lot of things to do, the mourning family won't bother here, Xinyue, let's go." Saying that, the Queen Mother was going to leave with Xinyue.

Xinyue nodded, "Your Majesty, Niangniang, the little girl is leaving." ”

Saying that, Xinyue, who stood up, helped the Queen Mother to leave the East Palace together, this should be the last time Xinyue came to this place. Thinking like this, Xinyue stepped very steadily step by step and left.

When she arrived at the Queen Mother's Palace, the Queen Mother did not sit on the couch, she bent over and coughed, as Xuecui said, the Queen Mother's health became worse and worse, Xinyue listened to the coughing sound, and worriedly helped the Queen Mother to sit on the couch, "Come on, go and invite Mrs..."

"No, I don't have to." As she spoke, the Queen Mother pulled the new moon and asked her to sit beside her.

Xinyue immediately poured a glass of water for her, the Queen Mother took it, took a sip, and stabilized her mind to relieve the cough, but her voice was a little hoarse, "Don't be busy, sit down." ”

Xinyue sat next to the Queen Mother, looked at the Queen Mother for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "Grandmother, you can't have anything to do anymore." ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother, who had closed her eyes and recuperated, opened her somewhat cloudy eyes, and tears fell down in a stream, nodding while crying, "Good boy, I know, I know." ”

"Why are you so sick?" After seeing the new moon for a while, the Queen Mother's lips were already white.

The Queen Mother stretched out her hand, touched Xinyue's hair, and said to her, "Children, people, like this grass and trees, spring comes and goes, and no one can avoid it. Grandmother is afraid that it will be winter and will leave you. ”

"I won't let you say that," she said, and Crescent Moon took her hand.

The Queen Mother smiled "good, good"

Xinyue personally took off the hairpin ring on the head of the Queen Mother, Xuecui took off her robe for her, and the two helped the Queen Mother to lie on the bed together.

"Grandmother, rest well." Xinyue was about to go outside to wait, but was pulled by the Queen Mother, "Sit, I have something to say to you." ”

In front of the new moon, the Queen Mother seems to have become an ordinary grandmother, touching the face of the new moon for a while, touching her hair for a while, in short, she can't put it down.

"The new moon is not leaving, grandmother, you rest first."

The Queen Mother shook her head, she leaned on the soft pillow, and the love in her eyes was not fake, "Let me ask you, what do you think of today's events?" ”

Crescent Moon was silent for a moment: "Someone is trying to harm me." ”

"Now Mei'er has been killed by the rod, but you are sitting here in a good manner, and it has not hurt you for half a minute."

"It is said that bullying the weak, but this Mei'er was arranged by others, and she used her identity as a weak person to make me a bully and a bad person, although she did not directly harm me, but if this matter spreads, my reputation will be over." The new moon saw through Mei'er's intention to make trouble early in the morning.

The Queen Mother nodded, "Smart boy, if you can see through it, I will be relieved." ”

"You can't rest assured, you can't" Crescent Moon took her hand in a rare childish manner.

The Queen Mother smiled, "They are all girls who have been married once, how can they be so childish." ”

"Compared to your grandmother, Xinyue is not just a child." As she spoke, the crescent moon fell on her lap.

"Okay, little kid, then you say, who wants to hurt you like this, what's the benefit?" After the Queen Mother asked, she felt that Xinyue should not have thought of it, and sure enough, Xinyue shook her head, "Xinyue doesn't know yet." ”

"Of course the people who are jealous of you." After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she sighed and continued, "Look at it, over the years, who have you suppressed the limelight, who has been ridiculed by your unintentional leader, and compared with you. ”

Xinyue frowned and thought for a long time, "I'm in the palace, there shouldn't be such an enemy." ”

"You think it's someone from the palace?" The Queen Mother asked.

"Yes, this Mei'er has never been out of the palace, and after the death of the prince, the princess also lived in a simple house and never saw guests. Mei'er was provoked, and she must have been able to see her often and instill hostility towards me, so that she would fight for her life to bite me and slander me. Xinyue said what she thought, and the Queen Mother stretched out her hand and patted her on the head, "It seems that you are really a child, and you can't help but praise, and when you praise it, you will your tail." This person's hostility and hatred towards people can often be intensified with just one look and one action. That Mei'er, by the side of the crown princess, looks at her master every day, in your shadow, life is better than death, only someone tells her the way to harm you, she doesn't do it immediately. ”

"It's just that in this way, I really can't think of someone who is so hostile to me." Crescent Moon shook her head.

"You don't suspect the crown princess?"

"How can I doubt her, the crown princess touched the coffin with a mortal heart, touched the coffin..."Xinyue paused, because before she touched the coffin, she was indeed fighting with her life and wanted to kill herself, but she was blocked by Rong Ying, thinking of Xinyue here, she was really a little worried about the injury on his hand.

"What happened before touching the coffin?" The Queen Mother asked.

Xinyue shook her head and continued to concentrate on the current matter, "That Mei'er is the slave of the crown princess since she was a child, if she knows that her master is looking for death, how can she sit idly by?" ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "That's the truth." I still think that people outside the palace are very suspicious, during this time, I will help you pay attention, this person, not to mention whether the means are high or not, but the eyes are vicious, and the brain is clear, and he caught the main contradiction at once, and splashed the dirty water on you, if you meet her without knowing anything in the future, you will definitely suffer. ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother was worried, Xinyue immediately couldn't help but say, "Grandmother, you don't want to, bother about the new moon anymore, you cultivate well, grandmother, mother went, aunt also went, you have to accompany Xinyue more"

Xinyue said and shed tears, but the Queen Mother was relieved, "Even if your grandmother lives as an old goblin, she can't protect you all the time, so my grandmother is going to find you someone who can always protect you and make you live comfortably." ”

"Grandmother, Xinyue doesn't want to marry again." Xinyue frowned, how could she talk about this, and said that she was married.

"What stupid thing do you say, how can a woman not marry? You heard my grandmother say, today, Jiang Wan's family, my younger siblings are here. "The Queen Mother mentioned this morning's incident," she told me about a suitable person. ”

"Grandmother" Crescent raised her voice, sat up straight and pouted.

"Don't worry, the prince's matter, there is still a year of mourning, I, my body, I don't know if I can hold it up, let's settle it with them first, let's settle the matter first."

"The Queen Mother..."The Queen Mother looked at the tears in Xinyue's eyes and nodded, "Okay, I won't say anything sad." It is the mourning family who is the first to decide, and when the national mourning is over, you are getting married. During this time, give you some time to get along and get to know each other. If you really don't want to, you will retreat, and you will not go out anyway. But you have to promise your grandmother that you will get along with others. ”

"With whom" Crescent Moon pretended to be confused, trying to hide from it, "Crescent Moon doesn't know anything. ”

"Jiang Yang, that kid, although he is older than you, he is a capable person, and your uncle also said that with his merits this time, it is okay to be a marquis, just wait for the mourning period to be done, and then do the reward. He was made a marquis before he reached forty, and he was the second person of my great sage, except for General Shen, who had the merit of founding the country. He is also a loving and righteous person, in order not to wronged his eldest son, he has always refused to continue the strings. You married him, his title, you, don't think about it, if you have a child, your uncle will naturally give him the arrangements he deserves, and your grandmother also knows that you are not a mean person, and you will be able to maintain a good balance between them. ”

Xinyue frowned and listened to these words, the queen mother had thought so far about these eight words, but Xinyue also saw through the queen mother's eagerness, and there was that kind of urgency to explain the future.

"Although this Jiang Yang is a little older, but what's the matter, the emperor is also ten years older than me, as long as there is each other in the heart of the husband and wife, you can live a good life. Jiang Yang must be a person who can love and protect you, so as soon as Zhuang told me, I was full of willingness, because my grandmother believed in Jiang Yang and believed in you, and you could live such a good life. As she spoke, the Queen Mother stretched out her cold hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes for the new moon, "Such beautiful eyes, don't cry." ”

"Queen Mother, Xinyue..."How could Xinyue bear to refuse, this, this can be said to be the last big thing that the Queen Mother did with all her might for Xinyue, Xinyue couldn't refuse, she couldn't open her mouth.

"What is the life of the queen, I, I have never been a queen, what is good about being a queen, that Queen Chai and the current Queen Chai, that is not exhausted, but also lost her son. You, just live your stable life, and men's affairs are not so important. The Queen Mother said with some self-deprecation.