Since Xing'er was cured from the corporal punishment of the Queen Mother, she has become more and more careful in serving the Queen Mother, and since this time, she has often paid attention to the people around the Queen Mother, and the personnel in the palace, and slowly learned to know more people, just for one day, someone helped her find Grandpa Weng and take her out of this high-walled forbidden courtyard.

But things are not so simple, Xing'er is still too small to understand that this high wall is easy to enter and difficult to get out.

The draft in the palace, with the passage of time, has gradually surfaced among the more than 30 people to be selected, full of harem, about a dozen people left, Guanlongmen from the Lords clan, accounted for one-third, this proportion has been much less than the previous dynasty, Empress Dowager Guo is slightly displeased, but the general trend is so, there is no way.

The remaining twenty-one people, except for the thirteen people who were determined to marry, the rest were basically determined to be "written by the emperor", only one person did not have these three places, but was left by the queen mother. This girl is Chen Yiqing, who has a relationship with Xing'er.

This girl was born in Guanlong, is the eldest daughter of Guanlong Chen, the queen mother left her, on the one hand, she is indeed good-looking, good character and figure, both ability and political integrity, on the other hand, she is close to the prince's age, fifteen years old, the eldest prince is two years old, the queen mother intends to point her to the prince as a concubine.

There is also a reason that is not inhumane. Guan Long Chen and Guan Long Guo have intermarried in private, and this Chen Yiqing is the eldest daughter of the Queen Mother's niece. And Emperor Yude's former empress Xie is the daughter of Empress Dowager Guo's sister, so in the future, it is a kiss to the crown prince as a concubine.

Chen Yiqing was left by the Queen Mother, and she was also a female official with the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother was not like Xing'er who was brought into the palace to stay by her side, which attracted the attention of people from all walks of life, and Queen Zhou came to try and inquire in every possible way several times. The ladies of the palace are not idle, and they have to scold this girl.

And the prince seems to have learned the news, but the prince doesn't seem to like the queen mother's arrangement, and he originally asked for peace frequently, but it has decreased recently, and the queen mother sent someone to invite it several times, but it was late. And there are quite a few criticisms.

Because of the lesson of the last time, every time Xing'er came to ask for peace, he found various reasons to leave the main hall of Shuqing Palace, for fear of being implicated again, although this was very satisfactory to the queen mother, but it always caused the prince to be slightly angry.

The Queen Mother also tried to arrange for the prince and Chen Yiqing to be alone several times, but the prince refused on the grounds that men and women were different from each other, and then left immediately. This made the Queen Mother very unhappy and even angry, and because of this, the Queen Mother became even more strict with Xing'er. I can't help but get angry.

Xing'er's life in Shuqing Palace is becoming more and more difficult.

In addition to Chen Yiqing, there is also a girl who lives in Shuqing Palace, this girl is the young lady of the Langya Wang family of Guan Longwang, named Wang Zhen'er, eleven years old, lively by nature, but her appearance is mediocre, but her family is extremely prominent, and she is also one of the candidates for the crown princess selected by the queen mother for the crown prince.

Chen Yiqing or Wang Zhen'er, no one knows which one is more interested in the Queen Mother, but in terms of appearance and talent alone, Chen Yiqing is better. and her relationship with the Queen Mother, I am afraid that she is a candidate for the main concubine.

After lunch on this day, Xing'er saw that the Queen Mother had already taken a nap, so she took leave with Aunt Liyue. carried a small burden and carried a brocade box out of Shuqing Palace.

Xing'er went all the way along the side east road and detoured to the Imperial Garden, and then arrived at the Yaoyue Palace.

As soon as Xing'er entered the courtyard, she looked at the main hall, not like Concubine De in the palace, just in case, and quietly asked a rough palace maid, indeed Concubine Zhang De was not there, and went to the Fang Palace to see the second prince, Xing'er breathed a sigh of relief. Hurriedly turned to the back left hall in the backyard of the Yue Palace.

This back left hall is the residence of Liu Chongrong, oh no, Liu Zhaoyi. Xing'er hurried a few steps, and when she came to the front, she hurriedly asked the palace maid to send a message to ask for a meeting, and after a while, the palace maid came out and asked her to go in.

As soon as Xing'er saw Liu Zhaoyi's face, she immediately felt deeply blessed, this blessing is not just a dragonfly and a little water as usual, this blessing, Xing'er waited for Liu Zhaoyi to call her flat before she got up, and she was very serious.

"Say hello to Zhaoyi Niangniang!"

"Why do you have time to come to the palace to play today?!" Liu Zhaoyi smiled and raised her hand to signal the palace people to entertain them with melons and fruits.

"Xing'er turned into some Xie Zhaoyi's mother to save her that day." Xing'er said very seriously.

"Hehe, it's just a gesture of kindness. Why bother to come here to thank you. ”

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, Xing'er is young, and Xing'er can't say a whole sentence of the words of the big brother and big sister, but you have nothing to do with Xing'er, and you also rescued Xing'er, Xing'er is grateful!" Xing'er is another blessing.

"Xing'er people have little money, but they also know how to repay their kindness, and I specially present a box of Persian lip grease to Zhaoyi Niangniang, please Zhaoyi Niangniang must accept it." As she spoke, Xing'er held her hands high above her head.

This surprised Liu Zhaoyi, this Persian lip grease is usually not easy to get, where did this little girl get it? I'm afraid it drained her savings.

"Xing'er, your gift is a bit valuable, and your small income is not high, I'm afraid it cost you a lot of money, and this palace can't ask for it." Although Liu Zhaoyi liked this object in her heart, she didn't accept it directly.

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, this gift is not expensive, it is in Xing'er's heart, it is smaller than Xing'er's life, this gift is considered to be tempered, please Zhaoyi Niangniang don't shirk."

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, the slave maid sees that this is the maid is sincere, you can accept it," Liu Zhaoyi's personal maid said Gongxin.

"Zhaoyi Niangniang."

Liu Zhaoyi paused, looked at Xing'er, and suddenly smiled.

"Okay, this palace will accept a piece of your heart, and take it respectfully."

"Yes." Gong Xin happily turned out Xing'er's gift.

"Xie Zhaoyi. Xing'er took her leave. ”

"Go ahead."

Liu Zhaoyi sent Xing'er away with a smile, reached out and took the box of Persian lip balm, opened it and took a look, there was a little bit of it on the back of his hand, and he smelled it.

"Congratulations, this kid should pay more attention in the future. Let's stay more if you can come and go. ”

"Mother's ......"

"You come and see, it is not easy for such a young child to repay her kindness, it is rare to be stingy with finances, no wonder the Queen Mother takes a fancy to it, and Zhou Liang has to accept her as a righteous daughter."

"It's Niangniang, so pay more attention to it from now on. But Gong Xin is puzzled, you say that this star is not stingy with money? ……”

Liu Zhaoyi stretched out her slender hand to show Gong Xin.

"See? This Persian lip balm is genuine, do you know how much it costs in the market? ”

"Genuine? It's only two or three taels expensive, right? "Gong Xin was puzzled.

"Gongxin, you really should learn something." Liu Zhaoyi poked Gongxin's brow with her finger, "This Persian lip balm, rouge, and fragrance are all sought-after goods on the market now, and many businessmen recycle these Persian-style rouge cream boxes at high prices everywhere in order to make huge profits, and sell them fakely." ”

Liu Zhaoyi walked to the dresser with the box of lip grease, dipped a little Persian lip grease and applied it to her lower lip, and then changed her finger to dip a little bit of her usual use, applied it to her upper lip, and took a picture of it repeatedly in front of the bronze mirror.

"Gongxin, come and see, what's the difference?"

"Hmm...... It seems that Niangniang's lower lip is more moisturized," Gong Xin paused, and made a new discovery, "Niangniang, your lower lip is getting more delicate, and it seems to be fuller than usual." ”

"Where's the upper lip?"

"The upper lip is still the same as usual, with a few deep lines."

Liu Zhaoyi dipped a little Persian lip grease, applied it to her upper lip, and smiled in the mirror.

"Niangniang looks at it now, her lips are also moist and shiny."

"That's what makes Persian lipstick different. Vegetable oil is added to it, which is softer, but does not have the fishy smell of animal fat, and vegetable oil also has another aroma of plants, and it spreads out more evenly, without residue, and the color is more vivid. This box of lip balm is at least fifteen taels of silver on the market! ”

"Huh?" Gong Xin was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, "Fifteen taels of silver? That's three or four months of slavery! ”

"If it were you, would you be willing?"

"Slave ......"

Gong Xin swallowed, and Liu Zhaoyi smiled instead.

"This child is still young now, in a few years...... Not to be underestimated. ”

Xing'er left Liu Zhaoyi's residence, walked south along the west side road, and came to the door of Yinghua Palace in about half a pillar of incense. Walk towards the father-in-law who guards the door.

"Hello father-in-law, please help me pass on a message, just say that the Queen Mother is waiting for Xing'er to see the virtuous concubine."

"Miss Xing'er, are you here?"

"Yes, I'm going to trouble you again."

"Wait a minute, I'll inform you, the virtuous concubine may have taken a nap."

With that, the little eunuch ran in, and came out in a short time.

"Come in, Concubine Xian is waiting for you."

"There is Father-in-law Lao. I have here a bag of dates from Xibe, for you to taste, things are rare and precious, not too much, you don't have too little. ”

"Thank you, Miss Xing'er, I've long heard that our mother is dedicated to the Queen Mother, but we don't have anything to taste in our own palace, so today I borrowed the light of Miss Xing'er to fill my mouth." The little eunuch happily accepted it.

Xing'er walked towards the main hall of the palace with the brocade box in both hands.

The main hall of the palace is the name given by Emperor Yude, called "Qionghua", which means that the virtuous concubine has a noble character and a gentle temperament.

Xing'er looked at the plaque, and a thought poured out in his heart, in this palace, who the emperor loves the most, you can see it from the corners and corners, the plaque of "Qionghua", surrounded by Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, the four gentlemen in the flowers, and the dignity and beauty, this may be what Emperor Yude wants to say to the virtuous concubine.

"The Queen Mother reads Xing'er and asks to see you." Xing'er shouted.

Lianxin hurriedly walked out from inside and opened the door.

"Sister, come in, my mother is waiting for you."

Xing'er followed the lotus heart and entered the west hall of the Qionghua Palace, and the wall of the hall in the west hall of the Qionghua Hall was unusually rich, and several kinds of musical instruments that the virtuous concubine usually loved were hung, such as the qin, the ser, the flute, the Xiao, and a jade pipa, which was said to have been used in the ancient Fuxi style, and was one of the treasures of Guan Long.

There are still a lot of treasures in the room, some of them are liked by the virtuous concubine, and some of them are liked by Emperor Yude, and it can be seen from these furnishings that the harem is the most favored now.

In addition to the treasures, Qionghua Hall also has a vertical magnet chessboard, every time Emperor Yude plays chess with the virtuous concubine, there are palace maids on the side, the chess game is synchronously distributed on the magnet chessboard, there is a special interest.

Xing'er entered the west hall and saw that Concubine Xian was leaning on the floor of Concubine Xiang with slightly squinted eyes. Xing'er took a few steps, poof! He fell to his knees.