Xue Qixi picked up the oil-paper umbrella in the corner of the wall, came out of the Zichen Palace, and saw Liufu standing by the door with his hands down.

It turned out that Luofu was always there, but His Majesty was in a bad mood now, so he just stood at a distance, neither approaching nor expressing any opinion.

Maybe this is the unique way of getting along with people who have been with His Majesty for a long time, but he doesn't know this, so he just went in, listened to His Majesty's words, and couldn't help but express his opinion,

As a result, His Majesty was once again annoyed.

He seemed to hear Liufu say slowly and meaningfully, leaving His Majesty alone......

Scold.

In this regard, the concubine Niangniang is probably not a very smart person, and those of them who follow Niangniang are also very stupid.

Qixi walked outside the door and nodded to Liufu, which was regarded as a greeting.

Liufu and Qixi are still familiar with each other, and His Majesty was angry just now, and he also saw it in his eyes. Seeing Qixi come out, Liufu pouted in the main hall and said in a low voice: "No wonder, the first lady in Penglai Hall resented this person's intentions, and His Royal Highness the Prince is another case, you still say such things, but it's not a coincidence!" ”

Qixi also said in a low voice: "It's just seeking truth from facts, is Your Majesty really a ruthless person?" ”

Liufu knew His Majesty better than anyone else, he shook his head lightly and sighed: "It seems to be the most ruthless, but I am afraid that it is really the most affectionate and sexual." ”

When Qixi returned to Penglai Palace, he went directly back to his room without saying a word. Lu Luo stared at his back for a while, and said to Nianyun: "Gonggong Xue just went to Zichen Palace, I'm afraid that he will also be deflated and will be reprimanded by His Majesty." ”

Nian Yun shook his head: "That's it, ignore him, let him rest." Qixi is a person, there are always some people who are dead-brained and don't know how to greet them. Fortunately, I have always followed this palace, otherwise, I don't know how many grievances I have to suffer to be this deputy manager! ”

At this time, I heard outside that Du Siyi was coming.

To say that this Du Qiu, she has indeed helped Nianyun a lot over the years, she has been very attentive to the ministry in the Shangfu Bureau over the years, and has risen all the way to the Wupin Siyi, not only handling the affairs of the Shangfu Bureau properly, but also teaching a stable princess Taihe, so Nianyun often summons her alone.

Du Qiu came over because he heard that Princess Taihe was sick.

Although people close to him know what is going on, but for the top and bottom of Daming Palace, Penglai Palace's statement is just that Princess Taihe is sick. Du Qiu had already heard some gossip, and she had been here twice during this period, and she heard that the princess had woken up, and it was pouring rain outside, so she still came over with an oil-paper umbrella.

Du Qiu went into the house to visit Princess Taihe, and talked to her for a while to comfort her, and when he saw that she seemed to be very tired, he did not delay much, and went outside to talk to the concubine.

Nian Yunzheng cooked a pot of tea, and then beckoned Du Qiu, "Du Qiu, come over and eat a cup of hot tea, add minced ginger." Look at you, the skirts are all wet. ”

When Du Qiu came, he wore high-soled tung oil clogs on his feet, but the skirt was still stained with a lot of muddy water, dragging a long mark on the smooth and mirror-like ground of Penglai Palace.

Rao is like this, his demeanor is not chaotic at all, as if he is wearing a luxurious brocade robe.

Nianyun admires her bearing the most, so she asked Luoluo to learn from her, not only to learn the things of the Liushang Bureau, but also to learn the attitude and demeanor of the world.

Du Qiu didn't shirk, stepped forward to thank him, took a cup of tea with minced ginger handed over by Fennel, and saw that there were no outsiders in the hall, so he said: "Du Qiu just saw Qixi Gonggong outside, and he didn't seem to be very happy." ”

Nianyun felt that she had something to say, but when it came to people close to her, she simply asked Fennel and Pothos to go down first, and then said: "Qixi is a scholar's heart, and he has never known how to hide his emotions. ”

Du Qiu's eyes flashed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "When Du Qiu entered the palace, he also studied the palace rules, and knew that as a slave, everything is centered on the master, and his own emotions and encounters are not important, so he must be able to be happy and angry in order to serve the master well." ”

Nian Yun nodded: "The people close to this palace have never asked too much, and you know it. Qixi has followed the palace for many years, and there are some who are reckless - I don't know what Du Qiu wants to say? ”

Du Qiu thought for a while and said, "If Niangniang is defending Qixi Father-in-law every word, Du Qiu's words, don't say it." ”

Nianyun said: "It's okay for you to say, in front of this palace, you don't have to swallow and vomit." ”

Du Qiu drank the water in the teacup in one gulp and said, "Since Qixi father-in-law has been following Niangniang for many years, I don't know if Niangniang knows his past and his details?" ”

Nian Yun frowned slightly, recalled those long-ago things, and replied seriously: "When he entered the East Palace, he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he had just been punished by the palace, and the palace was short of cronies at that time, so he was left behind......"

She also sent someone to visit back then, but his ancestral home was not in the capital, but in the Qingzhou area. It's too far away, it's a little troublesome to investigate, and it doesn't have anything to do with the capital, so I didn't check it anymore.

I only know that he is a slave of the official eunuch's family, and he is a companion to the children of the master's family, so that he can read and write. But later, the master's family fell into the middle of the road, and he also wandered outside the city until he wandered to Chang'an City. After hitting the wall several times, he cleaned himself in order to get a bite to eat, and finally came to the East Palace.

She could also see that there was always such a faint sadness in Qixi's eyes, as if there had been many sad things in his past that he couldn't bear to recall.

But she didn't want to pursue it, it was a sad thing for her family to fall and prosper and decline. Whether it's Qixi or Fennel Pothos, they are all living people with their own thoughts, and she doesn't want them to be puppets without sorrow and joy.

Du Qiu was silent for a moment. Nian Yun asked, "What do you know?" ”

Du Qiu shook his head: "Du Qiu is a native of Runzhou, he followed his mother into the palace from Zhenhai and lived in the deep palace for a long time, how can he know everything about the world?" It's just that Du Qiu feels that Qixi's father-in-law seems to have too many mixed feelings, and it seems a little inappropriate for a slave, especially a slave entrusted with important tasks by Niangniang's side. ”

Nian Yun held Du Qiu's hand, "This palace knows what you mean, you are a smart one." But Qixi has been following the palace for many years, and the palace has always been unsuspicious of employing people, and Qixi has helped the palace a lot over the years. ”

Du Qiu was not sure in his heart, but from the previous incident of King Li's handkerchief that Qixi hid and did not report, to now, he felt more and more that Qixi seemed to have some secret hidden in his heart. But the concubine was unwilling to pursue it, so she had no reason to continue.

Du Qiu saluted the concubine: "In this way, Du Qiu retires." ”

When Du Qiu walked out of the Penglai Palace, the concubine stopped her behind her, "Du Qiu." ”

She stopped and looked back.

Nian Yun looked at her across the humid atmosphere in the main hall, and said softly: "After Princess Taihe recovers from her illness, I'm afraid you will need to worry more." ”

Others don't know, but Du Qiu knows, with a down-and-out heart, I'm afraid he won't be content to marry a mediocre scholar, and only worry about some ordinary couples' firewood, rice, oil and salt every day, so he will say that he wants to become a monk.

If this is the case, it is better to let her continue to be in charge of the inner palace as a princess, and if she does not propose to marry, maybe she will feel much better.

"Yes, Du Qiu will follow Yi's order."

She paused and walked out of the door, the rain outside the hall still did not stop, weaving a fine net, shrouding the entire Daming Palace in the mist and rain, and filling Yan Shan's heart.

The concubine in the hall was also a little distracted, what did Du Qiu want to remind her, remind her to pay attention to Xue Qixi, in case something happened to him?

Thinking about it carefully, starting from Emperor Dezong, the power of eunuchs in the palace began to swell.

When Emperor Dezong first ascended the throne, he was very opposed to eunuchs taking power, so he ordered the palace to serve the province and not interfere in politics. However, in the Jingyuan Rebellion of that year, the rebels attacked Chang'an City, Emperor Dezong fled in a hurry, and the civil and military ministers were scattered, and there was no one to rely on. At that time, it was a few big eunuchs around Emperor Dezong, who sacrificed their lives to meet the enemy regardless of the danger and saved Emperor Dezong's life.

After that, Emperor Dezong slowly began to rely on the internal eunuchs, and let the eunuchs hold important positions in the Shence army, and even lead the entire Shence army.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, he tried to reduce the power of the inner province, reduce the number of internal prisons, and carry out drastic reforms, but in the end the reform was aborted, which stimulated many contradictions.

Since Li Chun ascended the throne, he has not tried to make major changes in this regard, and he has always been peaceful. In the Shence Army, including Emperor Dezong's confidant Liu Zhenliang, Li Zhongyan by the side of the first emperor, as well as Liufu, Qixi, and even Shiquan around Li Heng, all held some important positions in the Shence Army.

In other words, the control of the entire Shence Army is basically in the hands of the internal supervisor.

But Qixi is a close confidant who has been with her for so many years, except for the last time King Li, there have been no mistakes and omissions over the years, and he can be called his right-hand man.

She closed her eyes and thought intently about everything about Qixi over the years, but she didn't come up with any clue, only felt that the sadness on Qixi had never disappeared over the years, and even became deeper and deeper.

What is the purpose of his sorrow?

Back then, she was just a small county lady and didn't have enough power, so going to Qingzhou to visit the details of Qixi was really a matter of excitement and trouble, so she stopped halfway.

Now that she is the mistress of Daming Palace, the Guo family has the ability to quietly go to Qingzhou to visit some past events.

Nianyun thought for a while, called Fennel in, and instructed: "Ask Your Majesty for the palace to summon the third brother into the palace, the palace has something to see him." ”

Fennel smiled: "Isn't Niangniang reluctant to meet Guo Juma in the past few years, what is the reason is to ask Qixi to deliver a letter outside, why is he going to call him into the palace again this time?" ”

Even Fennel could see that she was deliberately unwilling to meet her third brother.

Nian Yun was a little distracted, and she really missed Guo Yan in her heart. If it weren't for the words of her mother on her deathbed, she would still be the closest brother and sister in the world to him.

That secret, in addition to her mother, is probably known to her and Guo Yan, and even the people around her, fennel pothos, have never revealed it.

She was silent for a moment and said, "I haven't seen the third brother for a long time, so I'll call him into the palace tomorrow, and take a look at Luoluo by the way, he has always been very concerned about Luoluo." ”