The Queen Mother neither asked me to sit down, nor did she tell me to do anything, and the place where I stood was exactly where the winds from all directions met, but fortunately, the sun was warm enough, and I didn't feel cold when I stood here.

I was like a person who was penetrating the yin, I didn't speak or make any movements, and the Queen Mother almost ignored my existence. If you want to take the opportunity to beat your father, then where will the father know about the queen mother's actions in the palace, and what is not painful is simply the boring quarrels and quarrels between women, without the slightest level of manners, words and deeds, how can she be worthy of her wrist?

Then there is only one reason left - Jiang Yao!

Jiang Yao has been busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty recently, where can I have time to take care of the affairs in the harem, not to mention that I am just a vain queen, not Jiang Yao's hand, the queen mother is nothing more than embarrassing Jiang Yao, but it is only an embarrassment on face, except for letting Jiang Yao know that the queen mother is angry with him, there is no other effect.

So why is the Queen Mother angry with Jiang Yao? Could it be that the affairs of the previous dynasty involved the power and interests of the Queen Mother? But the Queen Mother has been in the court for so many years, even if Jiang Yao does something unpleasant to her, she can be restrained by the power in her hands, what kind of operation is it to use me to vent her anger?

For a moment, I seemed to believe very much what the fifth sister said-I was just an outcast, the most useless person for the Rong clan, so I was ruthlessly put in such a dire situation, so that I could be put here from afar, out of sight, and without any care and maintenance.

Soon, this idea was dispelled by myself, no, how could I start not believing my father because of the fifth sister's words?

I shook my head, trying to get these bad thoughts out of my head, I don't know if it was in the wrong way or what, but now I feel more and more headaches, and even the people in front of me are starting to have double visions.

Fortunately, I still held out until the Queen Mother asked me to retreat, and I don't know how long I stood motionless like this, and the sun was no longer the height I was when I first came to the Imperial Garden. The gloomy sunshine is still loving and fair to give warmth to all, and it will not pity me because I stand in the sun, nor will it abandon some people from the light because they hide from the sun.

I walked along the pebble path with my head down, not fast, on the contrary, a little too slow. But Jiang Yao walked very quickly, and the pace of the meteor collided with me with a sharp wind.

The gravel road is non-slip, but I didn't fall not because of the gravel road, but because Jiang Yao grabbed my arm in time. Jiang Yao's hand was slender and powerful, and he went up along the bone joint that divided the yin, and saw the scar that was not very inconspicuous.

Jiang Yao noticed my gaze, deliberately dodged it, let go of his hand, and the wide sleeves covered the scar in the shadow.

I didn't feel so wronged, I also felt that my grievances were bearable, I don't know why, just looking at Jiang Yao's hand stretched out to me, all the self-righteous strengths collapsed.

Maybe I have been silently accustomed to Jiang Yao's existence in my heart, although in his eyes, I am just a tool used to test the Rong clan and the Queen Mother, a dispensable chess piece in my hand, maybe I have a bad attitude, maybe I am disgusted by my identity, but he is real, he really doesn't like it, doesn't woo it, and doesn't take advantage of it.

Although he doesn't love me or care about me, he is the only person I can rely on in this shaky palace.

I'm not someone who will show softness to others, and I don't want to win Jiang Yao's sympathy, but Jiang Yao, as a gentleman, is obviously a little at a loss for my sudden tears, he may not have a soft heart, and there are no other emotional fluctuations, but the cultivation engraved in his bones requires him not to be too ruthless to a woman with tears.

Even out of politeness and gentleness, it was he who threw away the shackles that shackled me and gave me a person.

Jiang Yao looked at me silently for a long time, and then wiped the tears from my face with the hand without a scar and said, "Don't cry." ”

Tears are the most useless, but they are also the most direct, I am like a panicked child who has done something wrong at the moment, and I can only hold back my tears and nod my head under his comfort.

"Hmm." I bit my lip and tried not to sound so pathetic in my voice, at least not to take advantage of this innate gentleness of men to my advantage.

Jiang Yao seemed to know that his actions were a little ambiguous, maybe it was hindsight, and he remembered my identity and the disgust he had for me, and the expression on his face froze for a moment, and then his gloomy eyes instantly dimmed.

Jiang Yao's father-in-law sent me back to the Fengluan Palace, and the Queen Mother's people naturally didn't dare to say anything to stop me. When I went back, the silence in the palace was terrible, and I was a little surprised, and when I looked up, everything was working as usual, and nothing bad had happened.

It turned out that just without me, this palace could be swallowed up by the overwhelming tranquility, Pei'er heard the movement outside, and the first one came out, and saw the tears on my face, and saw my father-in-law beside me, his face was even more ugly.

Pei'er's impression of the people around Jiang Yao is still stuck in the scene when she was punished and kneeling, not to mention how many personal emotions are mixed in, in short, it is synonymous with not being easy to mess with, and it must not be implicated in any relationship.

Changyun also came out, and after a few polite words with the father-in-law, he helped me in and said, "But you met the emperor?" ”

I nodded, took a sip of the hot water handed over by Pei'er, and was a little puzzled: "Listen to what you mean, I already knew that I would meet the emperor." ”

Changyun smiled slightly, and said calmly: "It is said that knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, the queen mother does not dare to directly express any attitude towards the emperor, naturally the queen mother, you bear the brunt." ”

I sneered, and my words were mostly disdainful: "I am a useful tool, disrespect for the queen is nothing more than a slap in the face of the emperor, the emperor can't sit still, so he naturally has to come forward to give an explanation, so as not to test each other endlessly." ”

The meaning of my words is very gloomy, and Changyun didn't say much, so he just smiled: "As the saying goes: resentment in unintentional life, dislike in life, these moves are difficult to get into the elegant hall, but they are very easy to use for family affairs." ”

"Why, they still have any family affairs that they can't say directly, do they have to pull me into the water?" Actually, I didn't want to say it so sharply, and I didn't have such a deep hostility towards Jiang Yao in my heart, but I just cried my nose at Jiang Yao in front of so many people, and now that I think about it, I only feel that my scalp is numb, and I want to find a crack in the ground to get into.

I just deliberately want to say this, and I want to make myself believe that everyone has a time when they are moved by a piece of candy, let alone unexpected concern.

"Doesn't the mother know yet?" Pei'er whispered: "The slave maid also just heard what the people in front of the emperor said, I heard that the people of Xiliang asked the emperor to marry Princess Wenle, and now the court is unstable, internal and external troubles, everyone says that the emperor intends to agree to this marriage, and exchange Princess Wenle for the stability of the frontier!" ”

I have heard a little about Xiliang here, although it was just a small tribe of barbarians before, since the king of Xiliang unified the border tribes more than forty years ago, it has become more and more prosperous and powerful, and in recent years, it has been smooth weather, and it is naturally strong and strong.

However, I have never taken these small countries seriously, but now that such a thing has happened, it is precisely when the people's will is unstable, and I am afraid that the army's will will be unstable, and we will not be able to win any glorious battles.

deliberately took advantage of this time to propose marriage in order to climb the high branches, this King of Xiliang seems to have ulterior motives.

"This matter is still inconclusive, so don't talk nonsense." Changyun motioned to Pei'er, and said to me again: "The emperor and the queen mother are in charge of these things, but the slave maid is a little surprised." ”

Halfway through Changyun's words, I was a little curious and asked, "What was the accident?" ”

"If the emperor's bargaining chip is Princess Wenle, the queen mother's equal bargaining chip, the slave maid thought it was Su Meiren, but she didn't expect it to be the queen's mother."

"No matter how angry the Queen Mother is, she also knows how to be proportionate, ordinary people can't stand others using their weaknesses as a threat, if she really rashly moves Su Ko, I'm afraid that Wenle will have no room for maneuver anyway."

If it was really Su Ko, Jiang Yao would not have noticed it after so many days, but he was afraid that as soon as the front foot left the palace, Jiang Yao would chase after him. I was able to be rescued by Jiang Yao, but it was not because of my identity.

Changyun only smiled and didn't say anything else.

I was still sick, but it was not serious, it did not affect my daily greetings, and even Zhao Fei invited me to sit in her palace, and I gladly went.

I was not the only one who was invited to Zhao Fei's palace, almost all the concubines came, and there were not many people in Jiang Yao's harem, but except for Su Kou, Wang Yin, and Zhao Fei, I didn't remember any of them.

Su Ko will not participate in any banquet as always, Wang Yin is cold and indifferent, not to talk about warmth, a few words of greeting, and then he is reluctant to look away.

Zhao Fei has never been a person who is willing to form a gang, she only attracts people who are useful to her, this time the concubines are invited to the banquet, I am afraid that the drunkard does not mean to drink, although I don't know what tricks she is playing, but even if she wants to take advantage of others, she has a certain bottom line, and basically will not cause too much trouble to others, so to some extent, I am still very relieved of her.

I'm an idler, so I naturally have a lot of time to notice the people around me, and the concubine in the plain dress has already secretly looked at me several times, and every time I catch it with my peripheral vision, she hurriedly looks away.

She seemed to have something to say to me, but she didn't dare to step forward or speak. Perhaps it was my attention that gave her courage, she gritted her teeth and walked to me with her skirt bowed her head.

"The queen mother Wan'an."

I didn't expect her to come over suddenly, and I didn't know what to do for a while, Changyun on the side naturally saluted and said, "Qiao Meiren." ”

I received Changyun's prompt, nodded at this rather timid woman, and said, "Qiao Meiren, please get up." ”

"Yes." Qiao Meiren got permission and knelt on the side very meekly, "Disturb the cleanliness of the mother, and hope that the mother will forgive the sin." ”

I put my hand on my cheek, and I could feel the stiffness on my face when I laughed: "It's fine." ”

Qiao Meiren doesn't know where she is, her eyebrows are picturesque, and she has just the right amount of heroism, but she is disproportionately cautious in dealing with people, maybe everyone has a love for beauty, looking at this face, I only feel that my good feelings have doubled.

I paid special attention to Qiao Meiren's words and deeds, except for a simple greeting and a few small talks, she didn't seem to ask for anything to help me, I don't know where she got her trepidation, so groveling in front of me as a queen.

I ate the dried fruits in front of me, and motioned to the people around me to give some to Qiao Meiren, Qiao Meiren thanked her, but her eyes didn't stop on it, maybe she didn't like to eat these things, but I regretted it a little, it was better to keep it for myself.

As she was talking, Qiao Meiren suddenly vomited, she didn't eat anything, and all she spit out was some water, I and the people next to me were startled, or Changyun immediately sent someone to ask for a doctor.

Seeing Qiao Meiren vomiting badly, Zhao Fei was also a little worried, after all, people were problems at her banquet, and what three strengths and two shortcomings were naturally inseparable from her.

"How is Qiao Meiren, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"It's fine." Qiao Meiren wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "The concubine has lost her manners." ”

At this time, I frowned, I liked her gentleness, but I didn't like her too humility, such a person would make himself very tired.

Zhao Fei asked Qiao Meiren to move to his dormitory, during which Qiao Meiren retched several times, until the imperial doctor came, and she was almost about to vomit out all her internal organs.

The imperial doctor cautiously checked the pulse, asked some more questions, and checked what Qiao Meiren had eaten just now, before he smiled and shook his gray beard and saluted me: "Back to the queen, Qiao Meiren is a happy pulse." ”

For a while, I didn't look at the reactions of the people around me, I didn't know what to do first, I looked at Changyun a little helplessly, Changyun shook his head, signaling that I didn't need to talk more.

Sure enough, Zhao Fei was the first to react and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Qiao Meiren, this is the emperor's first child." ”

Qiao Meiren couldn't see how happy she was on her face, but she still responded very politely to others' congratulations, and the originally tense atmosphere was swept away, bringing everyone's joy.