At this time, the audience over there was also very lively, and Jing Guiyi asked Lin Zhaoyi: "Sister, when will you drink this pot of wine, is it possible to bring it back to the Daisy Palace?" ”

Seeing many people staring at him, Lin Zhaoyi stomped his feet and said hatefully: "I'll drink it now." She picked up the big wine jug with both hands, raised her head, and poured it into her mouth, but when she drank less than half of the jug of wine, she couldn't support it, her body was weak, she fell to the ground, and the wine jug was shattered, and a palace maid was busy helping her.

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "It's been a long time since the mourning family has had such fun as tonight, it's good!" She pointed behind her hand and said, "Concubine Duan, you come out!" ”

A eunuch sent a message, Yue'er didn't know what else the Queen Mother was looking for, so she came out to receive Yi's will.

"Concubine Duan, the mourning family will send you another errand, the dinner party of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you have to carefully prepare a program, if it is as good as today, there will be a heavy reward!"

Hearing this, the empress was slightly stunned, at the dinner party of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the empress dowager named Concubine Duan to participate, and she had no intention of calling her to participate.

Yue'er thanked her and stepped back, and the concubines sitting in front of her heard it clearly, their faces were ugly one by one, and they couldn't imagine that today's dinner party would actually make this concubine Duan, who was despised by anyone, out of the limelight.

The banquet was about to end, Yue'er returned to her seat, Li Fengjun and Liu Shiyu had already shrunk to a corner, only to see Zhou Shanggong walking towards her in a hurry with a palace maid, and smiled coldly in her heart, she already had a premonition.

Sure enough, Zhou Shanggong came closer, took out an envelope, and bowed with a sneer: "Concubine Duan, your palace distribution is wrong, and the small one is here to replace it." ”

"Oh, is it wrong, more or less?"

"The little ones don't know, the little ones don't know."

Yue'er took the envelope and took it out to see that the ink inside had not dried, and fifty taels had become five hundred taels, and in the blink of an eye, her palace score had increased tenfold.

Li Fengjun glanced at it, his face changed again, and Liu Shiyu asked in a low voice, "How much?" ”

At this time, the Queen Mother had announced the end of the dinner, she left the table accompanied by Xuan Ling and the Empress, and the concubines below toasted each other, and some people began to leave.

The concubines on the side respected Yue'er, although she was the most popular tonight, but everyone guessed that the queen didn't like Concubine Duan, a woman with no face, if she could only dance, it would be better to teach the Fang Division to find a maiko directly.

Li Fengjun and Liu Shiyu got up and left like a plague god, although they attended the dinner today, they got nothing.

Yue'er was about to leave, when she turned her head and saw that there was only one concubine left at the next table, she was looking at herself with her eyes wide open, and couldn't help but smile and said, "This sister, why don't we get together and go together?" ”

This is a middle-aged concubine, wearing a blue sleeve, her dress is very simple, there is no headdress on her head, she is older than Li Fengjun, the green silk on her head has also been whitened, the skin on her face looks very rough, as if she has gone through vicissitudes, but her eyes are very bright.

Yue'er's heart moved, and she suddenly guessed the identity of the woman.

"You, you're Baili Fei?"

The middle-aged concubine gave a salute and said, "Niangniang praises falsely, the Baili concubine can't afford it, and the concubine is only Zhaoyi now." ”

It turned out that this concubine was the Baili Concubine who had recently been promoted from the palace to Zhaoyi, the Baili concubine's name was Baili Hui, Yue'er couldn't imagine that her position was so close to herself, and it seemed that the queen didn't want to see this Baili Concubine, and the identities of both of them were a little embarrassing.

Seeing that the people on the side were leaving, the two followed the palace maid out together.

"Sister, which palace do you live in?"

Yue'er asked.

Concubine Baili clasped her hands in her sleeves and said with a wry smile: "Niangniang is polite, I still live in the palace room, and I haven't arranged the palace." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yue'er was taken aback.

"What, my sister is already Zhaoyi, why does she still live in the palace room?"

"The queen said that the new hall is still being cleaned up, and I want to wait a little longer, and it's uncertain whether I can move in before the year."

"Then what's the matter, my sister's identity is different now, how can she live with the palace people?"

"My sister misunderstood, there is no one else in the palace room where I live, only me."

"And what about the palace maid who serves you, where does she live?"

"I haven't arranged it yet, I said that I would pack up the new hall and arrange it for me."

The palace room is a small black room next to the palace wall, each room has eight beds, even if the Baili concubine lives in a room alone, it is quite difficult, Yue'er has seen the worst palace room, there is a stinky ditch on the side, it is really uncomfortable.

Seeing that Concubine Baili looked unfazed, Yue'er secretly admired in her heart, such an insult, ordinary people are afraid that they can't stand it, she is a little strange, hasn't this Baili Concubine been a palace person, Rudong said that she is unkempt and languishing all day long, is it possible that she is strong in her heart, even if it is the biggest blow, she can accept it silently?

Walking outside the hall, a chill hit.

The sky was cold and rainy, but the rain was very light and turned into a light drizzle.

Yue'er couldn't help but shudder, she saw that there were many people around her, and it was not good to talk about Zhaozhen here, so she carefully said to Concubine Baili: "Sister, if you have time, please come to my Baiyu Palace as a guest, my sister has something to tell you." ”

Baili Concubine was a little surprised, but she neither agreed nor objected, just smiled slightly.

Rudong waited outside the hall with a lantern in one hand and an umbrella in the other.

When other concubines left, many people had royal chariots to pick them up, and only some low-status concubines walked away by themselves accompanied by palace maids.

Yue'er only has one palace maid, Rudong, which is shabby enough, but Concubine Baili doesn't even have a palace maid to greet her.

"Sister, you, are you going alone?"

Baili Concubine smiled faintly.

"After so many years, I'm used to it." She waved goodbye to Yue'er and walked into the darkness alone, her steps were firm and steady, as if she could withstand the wind and rain.

"What's wrong with Concubine Baili, why does she look like she rejects people, is there something wrong with me?"

Yue'er felt that she and Concubine Baili were in a similar situation, they had the same fate, Concubine Baili had no reason to refuse herself, and when she thought of this, she was relieved.

At this moment, on the Ciming Tower of Ciming Palace, the candlelight is flickering.

There were only two people upstairs.

The Queen Mother sat on a collapse with her eyes closed, and the Empress Sikong Wenlan gently beat and kneaded her back behind her back.

The queen changed her appearance at this time, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and an obedient look, like a little palace maid.

"Did the emperor go to Lin Zhaoyi again?"

"Yes—"

"Where is the emperor this month?"

"No, this month, he went to Concubine Xian once, and Jing Guiyi once."

"What about you, you are the queen, how many times has he come to accompany you?"

"Three, three times."

"Hmph, I didn't touch you three times, did I?"

The queen lowered her head, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

"Since he went to stay with you for three nights, what did he do?"

"Your Majesty said that it was a low back pain, and the concubine helped him rub it."

"Nonsense, low back pain must be a loss of kidney yuan, he can't go to Lin Zhaoyi!"

"Yes, Lan'er also persuaded Your Majesty, but he didn't listen."

"Okay, tomorrow the mourning family will tell him in person, and call an imperial doctor to call the pulse!"

"Yes—"

The Queen Mother snorted.

"The emperor is also almost fifty years old, in addition to painting and writing all day long, he should take care of more government affairs, and the harem should be wet with rain and dew, Lin Zhaoyi, this girl, is too ignorant."

"Yes, the concubine will have a good talk with her one day."

"By the way, you said that the mourning family is holding the concubine today, what will everyone think?"

"Queen Mother, you have a lot in your heart, Lan'er is stupid, where can you guess?"

"Alas, you are already the master of the harem, you should be assertive in everything, you can't expect the mourning family to help you in everything, and when the mourning family goes west, how can you preside over the overall situation?"

The Queen Mother blamed in her mouth, but her tone was full of pity.

"Yes, the Queen Mother is to blame, but Lan'er thinks that the Queen Mother will definitely be able to live a long life, and with your blessings and shade, Lan'er really doesn't have to worry about many things."

"You, I'm just afraid that people will gossip and say that you are from the Sikong family, but in fact, you can't get rid of this relationship."

"Yes, Lan'er understands."

"What do you understand, then guess why I was holding Concubine Duan before?"