The red plum is placed on the side of the corridor and looks deserted, looking at it, it is still the window sill to explore the branches, and it looks more like the last mood in winter.

Because I was grateful for what Mrs. Zhen'anhou said to me, I felt that Mrs. Zhen Anhou should be a very kind-hearted person, so I made a special trip to ask Aunt Shenyun for a good time at the banquet later.

After asking, I learned that Zhen'anhou and the queen Tong are a big family, surnamed Mu, Mrs. Zhen'anhou is the third girl of Changdong Jue's Mansion, surnamed Lin, and has a son and a daughter under her knees.

Aunt Shenyun saw Ruyi thoughtfully, and chatted with her a few more words: "Mu Gongzi and Prince Xun have some discord, it is said to be an old incident on the flower boat, Mu Gongzi had to let the singer sell himself to him, the singer lady refused, and threw herself into the lake in shame, it happened that the prince was also on the boat that day, and after ordering someone to go into the water to save people, he quarreled with Mu Gongzi for a few words, and Mu Gongzi has been holding a grudge, feeling that the prince is nosy, and he is very dissatisfied. ”

Ruyi blinked: "The singer sings, but she is also an innocent daughter, she can play the piano and practice music, presumably the family was also good, presumably the family is in decline, and has his own suffering, why should Mu Gongzi be so hard." ”

Aunt Shenyun shook her head: "The children of the family, some are high, and naturally there are those who are not talented, the old marquis is such a sister-in-law, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and the lady is such a bodhisattva temper, and it is not an uncommon thing to raise a demon king of the mixed world, the slave and the maid said this to the little master, and also hoped that the little master would not get too close to Mrs. Zhen'anhou, the emperor does not like this Hou Mansion concubine, and he will match it in the future, it is estimated that he is just the daughter of the adjutant of the waiter, and today the lady comes to ask for it, and it is probably the young lady of this official family, There are some things that the little master hears less and has less contact, which is also a good thing, otherwise he will be depressed and always feel sorry for others. ”

What other people's lives are like is just a story for themselves.

After hearing it, no one can live for anyone, and no one can truly empathize with the suffering of others.

Ruyi is a soft-hearted person, if she gets close to Mrs. Zhen'an Hou, if there is anything going on in the Hou Mansion in the future, she must also feel uncomfortable in her heart, and she feels that it is not worth it, but the bad things in the courtyard of the mansion are not much less than those in the palace.

Ruyi memorized Aunt Shenyun's words, and sighed in her heart, thinking that someone as good as Mrs. Zhen'anhou couldn't do everything well, which was really a sigh.

Just sighed, Ruyi woke up again, and then understood the deep meaning of Aunt Shenyun's words, if she has a deep friendship with Mrs. Zhen'anhou, there will be many things in Zhen'anhou's Mansion in the future, and Mrs. is sad, she will also be sad.

Aunt Shenyun knew her thoroughly.

Soon it was time to go to the banquet, Ruyi helped the Queen Mother to go out, and met the Queen Mother when she got off the sedan chair and came in, and when she saw Ruyi next to the Queen Mother, the Queen was stunned for a moment.

But soon the queen had a smile on her face, and walked quickly towards the other side of the queen mother: "It seems that the concubine is late today, and there are people waiting for the queen mother, so the concubine is relieved." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes to look at her: "Didn't you say that you don't have to come over today, what are you doing every day, you have to take Yuelang with you." ”

The queen smiled lightly: "So many people followed, Yuelang went to Princess Rui's side early in the morning, where do you need the concubine to bother, the concubine is just a trick, and she wants to do her filial piety in front of the queen mother, but she thinks that the concubine is too verbose, and the queen mother is bored." ”

The Queen Mother was amused by the queen's words, and deliberately stopped to look at her: "If the mourning family says a word, you always have to think about ten more words, if it really annoys you, let people send you away early." ”

The queen's face softened slightly, she thought that the queen mother let herself not come because she was there, but listening to the queen mother's words, it didn't seem like this, she was not going to come, but just now Concubine Ming came over, talking about Mrs. Zhen'anhou in the queen mother's palace, and mentioned whether it was for the marriage match, the queen thought about coming to ask, and she and the queen mother could talk on the way.

Who knew Ruyi was here.

The queen was confused, but she was not the one who asked casually, and many words were filled with conjecture.

The Queen Mother knew what she was thinking when she saw the queen's expression, pulled Ruyi's hand, and said softly: "The red plum you sent is not bad, has it been sent by the Qianzheng Palace?" ”

Ruyi's voice sounded softly in the queen's ears: "The concubine is grateful for the grace of the queen mother and has never sent anything to the Qianzheng Palace." ”

The last doubt in the queen's heart was dispelled.

It turned out to be for the earlier things to thank the Queen Mother, but this time is also a coincidence, presumably not the Queen Mother's original meaning, just caught up, so that Ruyi followed to the banquet together, speaking of which, maybe it was Ruyi's own thoughts, and she wanted others to see her own situation.

The queen naturally won't care about this little bit of caution with her, and if she suffers a loss, people will always grow a little after all.

On the way to the banquet, the queen mother deliberately did not say that she wanted to pass the sedan chair, and the queen accompanied her like this, and the group talked and laughed, but the atmosphere was good.

The queen accompanied the queen mother to go nothing, but this way, the Ruyi Yiyi was very different, Hui Guifei put her front foot outside the banquet door, and heard Xia Lan say that the queen mother came this way, so she stood by the door and waited.

Su Jingyi followed behind Concubine Hui reluctantly, she wanted to sit down quickly, she didn't want to meet Concubine Yi's crazy woman again.

When she saw Ruyi coming in with the Queen Mother, Concubine Hui was stunned at first, and then clenched her fingers.

Mrs. Zhen'anhou has also arrived a long time ago, and what she has seen and heard in the Queen Mother has already spread in her own small circle, and it is a lively time at this time, Ruyi accompanied the Queen Mother to come in, obviously adding a fire to the credibility of Mrs. Zhen'anhou's words.

After saluting, Mrs. Zhen'anhou straightened her chest: "See?" This little constant is here, and the future will definitely be limitless, you should pay attention to what you say in the future, don't talk nonsense. ”

These words happened to be heard by Hui Guifei who came in closely, Hui Guifei raised her eyebrows slightly, her face was slightly displeased, Mrs. Zhen'anhou was pulled by the person next to her, and the words behind her didn't have time to say, she swallowed back when she saw Hui's concubine, and after greeting Huiguifei, Mrs. Zhen'anhou sat down, and then talked to the people around her about what happened just now.

Xia Lan Liuren listened to a few words over there, and whispered to Concubine Hui: "Mrs. Zhen'anhou is somehow helping that little Chang to talk." ”

Concubine Hui lowered her eyes, glanced at the queen and the queen mother above after half a ring, and sneered: "More than that, look at the queen, come all the way, and be very affectionate to that little Changzai." ”

Xia Lan frowned: "Niangniang, the slave has already told the young lady carefully, and she will not cause trouble again." ”

Concubine Hui's eyes were gloomy, and her tone was very cold: "If you are a little restless, the excitement of Chengxi Palace will be exhausted." ”

It's not that she doesn't know the subtlety of these attitudes in the palace.

From the very beginning, the Queen Mother protected her and the face of the Su family and scolded Ruyi mercilessly, and even almost got into trouble with Jingchen, until now the Queen Mother personally interrogated a small and constant matter, which is enough to reverse Ruyi's status and changes in the entire harem, she did not cast a powerful step in one fell swoop, and could only rely on such a little penetration to change her situation and position in the hearts of the palace people.

What can be seen more from this is Jingchen's attitude towards her.

If Jingchen's attitude is the same, it doesn't matter, the Queen Mother will not play such a big game of chess, so that Ruyi can not only grow and learn a lesson, but also not lose herself in this storm.

It's a pity that they are all fools, confused by the Queen Mother's attitude of flickering far and near, and only now can I see that the emperor and the Queen Mother have already made an agreement, and she is already a person with a name and a surname in Jingchen's heart.

Hui Guifei was distraught to see Concubine Ming, who had just quietly entered the table, she was the most observant of words, from the beginning of Ruyi to the Yucui Palace, she took care of her, but she was not too close, so that the emperor is not bad to her now, and there are a lot of things sent to the Yucui Palace during the New Year.

Only now do I realize that among these rewards, there is also a wishful share.

It's just a pretense of human hand.

After the first difficult step, she has come to the permanent position, and the road of this little palace maid has just begun.

She no longer has to be humble and cautious in front of others, she survived cautiously and cautiously when she was most vulnerable, and Concubine Hui can even foresee that after the New Year's Festival, whether it is the emperor or the queen mother, she will no longer hide her love and support.

A small seedling in the harem sprouted, and the wind and rain did not destroy her, so she could only thrive and soak in the sun.

The days ahead seem to be very long.

Jingchen came back late, and when night fell, he strode in with a group of young men, still wearing riding clothes, and he was heroic.

They went out of the city in the afternoon to hunt, and brought back a lot of things, and they didn't have time to change their clothes.

The queen mother took out her embroidered handkerchief and wiped a little mud mark on Jingchen's forehead, and the queen was close, so she hurriedly brought tea and handed it to Jingchen to drink.

The banquet frolicked, and among the people who went with him today, there was also the sister-in-law of Mrs. Zhen'anhou.

Ruyi sat here, and happened to see Mu Gongzi talking to Mrs. Zhen'anhou, I don't know what he said, Mrs. Zhen'anhou was happy, asked Mu Gongzi to bend over, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The boys were tired and dusty, and the Queen Mother patted Jingchen's arm and asked them all to go back to bathe, and they kept dinner for nothing, so they didn't wait for them.

Jingchen got up and said okay, a group of people came noisily and bustled again.

Ruyi could only glance at Jingchen's back in the cracks, his eyes followed, and he was blocked in a moment.

Hai Changzai didn't speak until now, and when he saw Ruyi's expression, he turned around and promised to the silent Cao: "I see that everyone has no appetite for the banquet today, the emperor is gone, let's use it early, anyway, we have nothing to do." ”

Cao promised to lower his eyes and respond in a muffled voice.

She didn't want to see Ruyi's appearance, she showed goodwill to Ruyi that day, originally thinking that the two of them would be able to be companions.

But in just a few days, Ruyi has experienced ups and downs, and now she is still sitting firmly in front of her, and Cao promised to know that although Hai Chang was mean in their words, what she said made sense.

A little palace maid can step on her head, what else can we talk about each other?

In the future, they may all be the ones who want to look at their backs.

Cao promised to remember that she used to feel pitiful and sympathetic to her, so she felt sad and wanted to laugh, she should feel sorry for herself.

It's been so long since she entered the palace, and the emperor probably can't remember her person.

Hai Chang didn't pay much attention to Cao's reaction, the plan to pull Ruyi down was unsuccessful, Hai Chang was on fire in his heart, but he couldn't take Ruyi for a while, so he could only say meanly: "But Ke Chang is different from us, I think I will have to accompany the Queen Mother later, maybe I can see the emperor?" ”

Ruyi heard Hai Chang saying her name, so she glanced sideways at Hai Chang and saw that she was provocative, and she didn't want to be too entangled with Hai Chang, but after bowing her head slightly, she concentrated on eating.

The laughter in front and the silence in the back are completely like being in two worlds, Hai Changzai can be angry with Ruyi's cold attitude every time, she turned around angrily, stared at the side dishes in front of her for a long time, and finally threw the chopsticks and said angrily: "What's the matter, don't eat it!" ”

At this time, like Hai Changzai, there is also something that Su Jingyi can't eat.

She originally chose the seat next to Prince Xun, but yesterday Prince Xun quietly changed positions and ran to Prince Rui's side, she now has a nasty ghost sitting next to her, always turning around and talking to a few sons next to her, always touching Su Jingyi's table, which makes her feel very annoying.

And Prince Xun also followed the emperor back to bathe just now, and it is estimated that the prince will only come after he has finished eating, and when everyone leaves, she can't wait here for a girl's family, right? That's really not anyone who doesn't know her thoughts, and she's embarrassed.

was boredly poking at the dishes on the plate in front of her, the girl next to her didn't know what jokes she told the sons, the movement was louder, but her elbow was on Su Jingyi's wrist, and with a shake of her hand, the dishes on the plate spilled on the table, and the oil stains stained the sleeves and skirt.

Su Jingyi's face darkened, and she pulled the girl sideways: "What are you doing?!" ”

Seeing that she was in trouble, the girl smiled and wiped Su Jingyi: "I'm sorry, sister of the Su family." ”

Su Jingyi looked at her coldly for a long time before she recognized that this should be the concubine of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites who had just rushed into the palace today, and before she could continue to have a seizure, the palace people around her had already persuaded Su Jingyi and asked her not to make a loud noise at the banquet.

Su Jingyi scolded angrily: "I don't know what I'm proud of." ”

After speaking, he dragged the handkerchief and wiped it twice, and scolded: "A whole smell!" Stinks to death! ”

The concubine of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites originally apologized with kind words, but Su Jingyi spoke politely, so she sneered and said: "With your temper, no wonder the prince wants to change my position, sister of the Su family, you can also learn from Hui Guifei Niangniang, how calm you are?" ”

Su Jingyi raised her eyes and stared at her: "What do you mean?!" You mean the prince is avoiding me?! ”

The concubine of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites shrugged: "Who knows, I didn't say that, you just have to think so yourself." ”

After saying that, don't stop your own veil, and continue to turn around and talk to others.

Over there, Xia Lan had already noticed the movement, hurried over to ask the ins and outs, persuaded Su Jingyi, who was about to have a seizure, and whispered: "Miss's clothes are dirty, the slave will accompany Miss back to change her clothes." ”

Su Jingyi took a deep breath, pushed Xia Lan's hand away, raised her eyes and saw Concubine Hui looking at herself, her arrogance disappeared suddenly, and she said in a muffled voice: "You accompany your sister, I'll go back by myself, I'm full, I'll go out for a walk later, aren't there performances in every pavilion in the palace tonight?" Leave me alone. ”

Xia Lan bowed: "Miss come back early, remember not to be reckless in case of trouble." ”

Su Jingyi didn't say anything, got up and walked out.

Xia Lan was still not at ease, and shouted that many people would follow, and then returned to Hui Guifei and said softly: "My clothes are dirty, and I am not happy." ”

Concubine Hui put down the wine glass in her hand, and rubbed the pattern on the edge of the cup with her fingertips: "If you find someone to catch up, just say that the new clothes at the bottom of the box that she has in mind will give her to wear, so that she will be happier." ”

just ran out in a huff, and it would be strange if she didn't get into a bunch of things again.

Xia Lan responded and hurried to do it.

Concubine Hui turned to the side slightly, looking at Su Lu who was chatting with others, after provoking the Queen Mother before, Su Lu said that she didn't care about the affairs of the two sisters, and she really didn't interfere much.

This is very good, Concubine Hui Guifei has a relaxed tone, without Su Lu's indiscriminate support, Su Jingyi is still a lot more settled.

After the people arranged by Xia Lan caught up with Su Jingyi's team and told her what Concubine Hui meant, Su Jingyi was really happy, she snorted angrily and thought, she couldn't let that woman look down on herself, since she had changed into such a beautiful dress, she naturally still had to look for the prince.

After Su Jingyi thought about it, she asked people to inquire to see if Prince Xun had any arrangements later.

The little eunuch who went to run errands was clever and talked to the people around Prince Xun, only to know that Prince Xun had already made an appointment with several sons to go to the sailboat on the central lake to watch the song and dance performance, and there was also food there, so there was no need to go back.

Su Jingyi changed her clothes and was in a good mood when she heard the news, so she pulled out a hairpin at random and gave it to the little eunuch who was doing the work, and led the people to the central lake.

Prince Xun originally wanted to avoid Su Jingyi, thinking that Su Jingyi would most likely squat nearby, but Su Jingyi was full of thoughts about having a 'chance encounter' with Prince Xun.

There were always annoying people between her and the prince before, and she lost her temper, but if she behaves well from now on, the prince will definitely change his opinion of her.

Su Jingyi is full of confidence in herself, no matter what, she is still very similar to Concubine Hui, both are of the best looks, and there are few people in the imperial city who can compare to her.

The two sisters finally lived up to Su Lu's appearance.

After watching it for a long time, Prince Xun will naturally be fascinated by himself.

Su Jingyi put together her shawl, she deliberately chose a few tassels of Concubine Hui to wear on her head, it was a little heavier, but it made her immature face look a little more charming, Su Jingyi looked at it with satisfaction before hurried to the side of the sailboat.

The singers and dancers on the boat are naturally different from the outside, these are all supported in the palace, specially for the amusement of the queen concubine, at this time the boat is full of lights, singing and dancing, lively and good-looking, young people will almost go over there.

In order to arrive early, Su Jingyi specially chose a remote path to walk, and met many people at the beginning, but finally walked more and more afar, seeing that the central lake was about to arrive, and the sound of string music on the boat came from afar, which made people can't help but feel excited.

It was in the interval of these silk and bamboo sounds that Su Jingyi suddenly heard two cat-scratching sounds, and instantly the whole person tensed up and stood still.

"What sound?" Su Jingyi looked around suspiciously.

The palace man beside him said suspiciously: "There is no sound, Miss." ”

Su Jingyi raised her finger and told them to shut up and be quiet, she tensed her nerves, and waited carefully for a while, and sure enough, she heard two more light gasps, which sounded like thunder.

Su Jingyi squinted her eyes, there must be someone on the dark path in front of her!

Who?

Curiosity and madness prevailed, and when Su Jingyi was struggling with whether to go over, Sizhen, who had been squeezed behind the crowd, rolled her eyes, saw the opportunity and rushed forward, supported Su Jingyi, and said softly: "The slave also heard the sound, could it be some cat or dog over there?" The slave and maid should accompany the young lady to have a look. ”

After speaking, Sizhen turned around and said to the others: "You guys are just waiting here, there are too many people to scare the cats away." ”

Su Jingyi was shrugged like this, and immediately said: "Yes, you all wait, let's go and go back." ”

After speaking, he went over with Sizhen.

After taking two steps, Su Jingyi glanced at her: "Did you really hear it?" ”

Sizhen shook her head: "Miss wants to come, just let the slave accompany Miss to come." ”

Su Jingyi chuckled when she heard this: "You are very knowledgeable, the old-fashioned and boring one who followed me earlier, I haven't seen you much before, what is your name?" ”

Sizhen said happily: "The slave maid is called Sizhen, and she has been working in the back kitchen, Miss has seen the slave maid, but there are many people, Miss is afraid that she is not impressed, Aunt Xia Lan asked us to have more people to follow Miss, and the slave maid is here." ”

Su Jingyi bowed: "You follow me, I'll go tell my sister." ”

Sizhen looked surprised, since the concubine lost her son and she embarrassed the Wen family in the inner mansion, the concubine seems to have forgotten her credit, and it is good to be able to show her face in front of Su Jingyi now.

After speaking, Su Jingyi raised her hand and signaled not to speak, the voice over there gradually got closer, this time she heard it clearly, it was not the voice of a cat or a dog, it was indeed a human voice.

Not just the woman's gasp, but a man's low laugh.

Su Jingyi, who was standing in the dark, didn't see anyone, and she didn't dare to rush forward, her whole face turned red after hearing two sentences.

The palace is important, and there are people who do such a shameful thing here! It's crazy!