When they arrived at the gate of the harem, Ning Shenzhi and Ning Hengzhi turned back, and Qiu Xiyin and Dong Jin'er went all the way to Cining Palace to meet the Queen Mother first.

Xiao Chengzong's biological mother Empress Dowager Wu is in her early sixties, plump, energetic, looks loving and friendly, since Ning Shenzhi provoked Xiao Guoliang, and also managed Xiao Chengzong obediently, Empress Dowager Wu is not much of a director, raising flowers and worshiping Buddha all day long, and living a leisurely and comfortable life.

When Xiao Yin was born, she was filial piety every day, worried about state affairs, and had no time to bring her grandchildren, until Xiao Qi Xiao Lin was born, the focus of her life shifted to this pair of twins, and now there are several more princes and princesses, she is even more happy, and the biggest fun is to go back and forth in the palaces and take a few little grandchildren to play.

Today's full moon banquet for the little prince, she even cleaned up the Cining Palace as a place to entertain female guests, this is the first time that Cining Palace has been so lively since she moved into Cining Palace, and it is also the first time that all the children of Xiaochengzong have such a big face.

When Qiu Xiyin and Dong Jin'er entered, Xiao Chengzong was also there, and when he saw them, he greeted them repeatedly, exempted them from courtesy, and said to the Empress Dowager Wu in a conspicuous manner, "Look, Queen Mother, so many years ago, I took a fancy to her as a daughter-in-law to Yu Shi, isn't it as wise as a torch?" ”

Empress Dowager Wu glared at her, lovingly beckoned Qiu Xiyin to sit down beside her, and said to Xiaochengzong, "Don't mix around here, Princess Ningjun is here, Yu Shi must have arrived, you go and take a look."

Xiao Chengzong was very filial, and left with a smile when he heard the words, as soon as he left, the already lively atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, and the ladies and ladies who were dressed up in fancy clothes stepped forward to greet Qiu Xiyin and the two.

After some polite greetings, Empress Dowager Wu waved her hand and said, "What about the little prince?" Take it to the princess of the county to see."

It was his biological mother who came to hold the little prince, a girl from the far branch of the enemy's family, at that time, Xiaochengzong recruited beauties, and Ning Shenzhi specially found them, so Xiaochengzong was particularly favored, and this Qiu beauty was also a blessed one, and soon conceived a child.

Qiu Meiren walked to Qiu Xiyin with the child in her arms, saluted with a smile on her face, and handed the child to Qiu Xiyin, "Princess County, hug him."

Qiu Xiyin hurriedly excused himself, "No, no, I won't hold the child."

She rarely has the opportunity to deal with children, not to mention such a young child, Xie Tanwei's child has grown up to more than half a year old, she dared to reach out and hug it, when she was young, she was afraid that she would not be able to hug it, and she broke his arms and legs roughly.

Qiu Meiren directly threw the child to Qiu Xiyin, Qiu Xiyin instinctively reached out to pick it up, Qiu Meiren held her arm and taught her how to use force, and said with a smile, "I didn't dare to hug him at first, looking at him so small and soft, for fear that he would be broken, isn't it very good now, the princess of the county will take a look, but will hug it?" ”

Qiu Xiyin stiffened her arms, although she still didn't dare to push too hard, but she also felt as if she really knew how to hug, the little person was very stable in her arms, there was no sign of crying at all, the little hands exposed outside the swaddling clothes waved back and forth, and the fingers curled up and opened for a while, very cute.

Qiu Meiren said with a smile, "The princess of the county needs to hug it for a while to add joy, and ensure that the princess of the county will be able to conceive a big fat boy soon."

Qiu Xiyin's heart moved when she heard this, and her hands tightened subconsciously, and at this moment, the little prince suddenly grinned at her, revealing his bare gums.

Qiu Xiyin was stunned for a moment, only to feel that her heart was softly bumped by something, and her heart was almost soft into a puddle of mud, and the action of returning the child to Qiu Meiren immediately was also taken back.

The ladies around saw her expression, where there was something they didn't understand, and they hurriedly made up their minds.

Qiu Meiren took Qiu Xiyin's arm and taught her to hold the child with one hand, and took a rattle from the nurse and stuffed it into her hand.

Qiu Xiyin held the child in fear, gently shaking the rattle with one hand, the child stared at her intently, and kept grinning with a small mouth, which made people's hearts soften when they looked at it.

Qiu Meiren joked, "Princess Jun, you see, the little prince likes you very much, and he must know that his aunt is holding him!" ”

Qiu Meiren is Qiu Xiyin's distant cousin, and it is natural for the little prince to call her an aunt.

Qiu Xiyin smiled, didn't answer her obvious words, and shook the rattle again, the little prince waved his little hand, as if he was going to grab her rattle, Qiu Xiyin lowered his hand slightly, the little prince's open little hand just grabbed her index finger, and held it tightly, the soft touch made Qiu Xiyin hold his breath.

The little prince shouted twice, and Qiu Meiren hurriedly smiled, "Ah, the little prince really likes his aunt, this is holding on to his aunt, so that his aunt will continue to hold on to it!" ”

The ladies and ladies were busy making fun, Deng Wenya gave Xiao Lin a look quietly, Xiao Lin ran to Qiu Xiyin's side in a few steps, and pulled Qiu Xiyin's sleeve, "Auntie, can you let me hug the little emperor brother too?" ”

Qiu Xiyin's expression softened, "The princess is still too young to hold the little prince."

Xiao Lin puffed out, "I've grown up!" The mother said that I am already a big girl! ”

Qiu Xiyin smiled, reluctantly looked at the little prince in his arms, and returned the little prince to Qiu Meiren.

Qiu Meiren hugged the little prince and refused to leave Qiu Xiyin's side, poked the little prince's face, and said with a smile, "That day, the emperor was still saying that the little prince's nickname should be taken by King Ningjun, King Ningjun was busy with government affairs, and the concubine didn't dare to bother, it just so happened that the little prince was close to her princess, and the princess of the county gave him a nickname."

Qiu Xiyin hesitated for a while, reached out and gently touched the little prince's face, and said softly, "Then call it An An, I hope he can grow up safely and healthily and have a smooth life."

Qiu Meiren was overjoyed, hugged the little prince and bowed, "Thank you to the princess of the county, with the auspicious words of the princess of the county, you can grow up safely and healthily, and your life will be smooth!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a salute of "I have seen the emperor, I have seen the king of Ningjun" sounded outside the house.

Everyone in the house hurriedly got up and prepared to describe, the nurse reached out to take the little prince from Qiu Meiren's hands and left, Qiu Meiren hugged him and glared at the nurse viciously.

The nurse's heart was crossed, and she went to grab it, and at this moment, Qiu Xiyin, who had already raised her feet and was about to leave, suddenly stopped, and looked back at it lightly.

The nurse was startled, and the outstretched hand was quickly retracted, Qiu Meiren smiled at Qiu Xiyin gratefully, Qiu Xiyin ignored it and walked to the side of the wife.

After a visit, Ning Shenzhi walked to the group of women very calmly, stood beside Qiu Xiyin, looked her up and down, and asked softly, "Look at the little prince?" ”

Qiu Xiyin nodded, thought about it and said, "Qiu Niangniang asked me to give the little prince a nickname, and I took it."

"What's it called?"

"An'an".

Ning Shenzhi raised his hand and helped the gladiolus hairpin on the side of her bun, and praised, "Sure enough, it is worthy of being taught by Chonghua himself, and this nickname is very good."

Qiu Xiyin, "......"

Even if I wasn't taught by my uncle himself, it shouldn't be difficult to take such a nickname.

Everyone showed an indescribable expression when they heard this, only Xiao Chengzong smiled and said, "What Yu Shi said is that this nickname is excellent!" "Baixiao

Ning Shenzhi turned his eyes to look at Qiu Meiren, "That's the little prince, bring it to me and take a look."

Qiu Meiren hurriedly hugged the little prince and sent it to him, still the action of slamming it into Ning Shenzhi's arms, and Ning Shenzhi reached out to catch it.

Qiu Xiyin said, "Don't fall with you, I'll come."

Ning Shenzhi, "......"

Ning Shenzhi reluctantly put the child in Qiu Xiyin's arms, looked at it for a while, and said, "It's like the emperor."

Xiao Chengzong was proud, "That's nature, my son, not like me!" ”

Ning Shenzhi untied the jade pendant around his waist and stuffed it into the swaddling clothes of the little prince, "This is a gift to the little prince as a meeting gift, I hope that the little prince can be safe and healthy as Yinyin said, and have a smooth life."

Qiu Meiren was flattered, saluted again and again, Ning Shenzhi waved his hand, looked at the child in Qiu Xiyin's arms and asked, "Are you tired?" ”

Qiu Xiyin also knew that it was not appropriate for him to hold the little prince all the time, and when he asked, he was reluctant to return the little prince to Qiu Meiren.

Ning Shenzhi asked again, "Do you want to find a place to rest for a while?" ”

Qiu Xiyin shook his head, Ning Shenzhi said a few words, and then saluted to the Empress Dowager Wu, "Yinyin is young and ignorant, so please ask the Empress Dowager to take care of her."

Empress Dowager Wu said with a smile, "Take care of it, you can rest assured that you can go to the front to be busy, there is a mourning family to ensure that no one can bully your baby lady."

Ning Shenzhi bowed again, and Fang left with Xiao Chengzong.

As soon as they left, the atmosphere that was still a little dull just now suddenly became warm, and the ladies of your mansion all said in a tone of envy or joking how considerate Ning Shenzhi was to Qiu Xiyin.

Qiu Xiyin had heard such bad words in his previous life, and responded with a smile.

About two quarters of an hour later, a little eunuch came to announce that the ladies and nobles were ordered to go to the Zhaoyang Hall for dinner.

Qiu Xiyin was not the oldest among them, nor was he the highest-ranked, but he was surrounded in the center and followed the eunuch to Zhaoyang Palace.

The banquet of the female dependents was arranged in the side hall of the Zhaoyang Palace, Qiu Xiyin was arranged in the chairman, from the beginning of the banquet, there were constantly people to toast her wine, she deduced that she was not in good health and could not drink, only willing to drink tea, but was still poured a few cups of fruit wine by a few spicy ladies, and there were a few respectable women at the banquet, she inevitably also toasted a few glasses, and after a few times, she felt that her cheeks were hot, and she had a slight sense of wine, and she excused herself to change her clothes and go out of the side hall.

Qiu Xiyin went to the clean room first, washed her face with cold water, and felt that the heat on her face had dropped slightly, she didn't want to go back, and held Xiujin's arm to take a closer look at the scenery on the side of the road.

didn't take a few steps, and saw Qiu Bu running over in a hurry, pulling her and leaving, "Third sister, my father asked me to look for you, and my mother was assassinated in Wuhua Nunnery, let's hurry up."

Qiu Xiyin's heart jumped, could it be Bai Feng? He didn't come to see him and did it directly?

She was dragged all the way forward by Qiu Bu, and by the time she realized that the road was wrong, they had already run to nowhere they had gone, and the lively voices of Zhaoyang Hall were completely inaudible.

Qiu Butan also seemed to feel that something was wrong, let go of her wrist, looked left and right, and muttered, "I did what my father said, where is this?" ”

Qiu Xiyin didn't realize that something was wrong, so he just took the wrong road in a panic, and said, "Xiujin, you find a higher place to take a look and see if you can find the way."

Xiujin answered, and suddenly pounced forward, Qiu Xiyin couldn't react at all, Xiujin had already fallen to the ground, she was shocked, and hurriedly leaned forward to pull her, "Xiujin, what's wrong with you?" ”

"She's fine, it's just a little poison, she'll wake up in a while, and she won't die."

Qiu Xiyin paused, got up slowly, Qiu Buyan took two steps forward to block in front of her, and spoke vigilantly, "What does the concubine want to do?" ”

Deng Wenya smiled gently, "Brother Tan, the third sister doesn't need to panic, we sisters and brothers haven't talked about the old for a long time, and the identity of the third sister is expensive, and I have no choice but to find such a way."

Qiu Xiyin stretched out his hand to push away Qiu Buyan, who was blocking in front of him, his face sank like water, "My father asked my brother to lead me here?" ”

Deng Wenya still had that gentle and shallow smile, "Third sister, don't be afraid, we are cousins, I won't do anything to you, I just want to borrow something from the third sister."

Qiu Bu couldn't hold his breath and asked, "What do you want to borrow from you in such a battle?" ”

Deng Wenya's gaze fell on the gladiolus hairpin on Qiu Xiyin's bun, "The hairpin of the third sister is very wild, why don't you borrow it from me to take a look, and in the future, you can find someone to make a similar one."

Qiu Xiyin's face didn't move coldly, and the smile on Deng Wenya's face became more and more gentle, "Third sister, you have been smart since you were a child, don't be stubborn, isn't it good to leave us with some decency?" ”

Qiu Bu said angrily, "You have used such a method, you don't know what to do, and you dare to say anything to be decent!" ”

Qiu Xiyin pulled his sleeve and pulled off the hairpin, Qiu Bu hurriedly picked it up, "I'll give it to her."

Qiu Xiyin nodded, Qiu Bu couldn't bear to give the hairpin to Deng Wenya, Deng Wenya took the hairpin and looked at it, waved his hand, and immediately two eunuchs stepped forward, yin and yang weird aura, "Princess Jun, Uncle Qiu, please?" ”

After Deng Wenya left, Qiu Xiyin was imprisoned by the two eunuchs in an empty hall, in addition to the two eunuchs, there were at least twenty guards outside, and Qiu Buyan was taken away by the other two eunuchs, and he didn't know where he was imprisoned.

Qiu Xiyin guessed that Deng Wenya's battle was mostly aimed at Ning Shenzhi, but her eyes were black, and she was powerless, so there was no way to escape.

She was anxious and frightened, but she couldn't do anything, she could only try her best to look out, hoping to see a clue and at least let herself know that Ning Shenzhi was safe.

However, no, the light of the lanterns in the distance could be faintly seen in the night sky, but not even a sound could be heard.

It should have been ordered by Deng Wenya, the two eunuchs were watching her in the hall, at least a zhang away from her, the doors and windows of the hall were open, and there were guards wearing light armor outside, with only the little poison in her hand and the secret weapon given to her by Feng Jiang, there was no way to play any tricks from under the noses of so many people.

The waiting time seemed to be extraordinarily long, Qiu Xiyin didn't know how long he had waited, and finally there was a loud commotion in the distance, faintly mixed with the sound of crying and sorrow, Qiu Xiyin stood up suddenly.

The older one among the two eunuchs guarding immediately said coldly, "The princess of the county is still sitting obediently."