The ladies of the Nan family have their own courtyards, from the eldest lady down, in turn is the warm fragrance pavilion, the warm jade pavilion, the warm heart pavilion, the warm winter pavilion, the warm green pavilion, the warm autumn pavilion, the daughters they gave birth to live with their mothers, if they give birth to a son, then arrange another place to live, a little older to invite a good gentleman to teach, in order to grow up to become a talent, plus a lawsuit to promote the knight, which shows that the status of sons and daughters in the prime minister's mansion is also quite different.

Although Nan Xueyu's mother-in-law entered the house after the second lady and the third lady, because she was promoted to the main room after the death of the original eldest lady, Nuanxiang Pavilion was naturally given to her, and the two Nan Xueqing sisters lived here with their mother. At this time, Nan Xueyu was sitting at the table, looking anxious, as if she was waiting for someone.

After a while, Dong Yi walked in, "Miss, someone called here, but no one saw it." She was followed by a twenty-year-old maid ring, although her eyes were red and swollen when she was crying, her expression was calm, her eyes were blazing, her steps were light, and her body was sharp, and she looked like a practitioner.

Seeing Nan Xueyu, she hugged her fists and knelt down, "The slave has seen the third lady." She is Nan Xueqing's personal ring, named Qiling, it is said that she once worshipped a master as a teacher, learned a martial arts, before protecting the eldest lady, and then the eldest lady passed away, she followed Nan Xueqing, because the master has a good temperament, and she is like a relative to herself, she is even more loyal to the master, and she goes to the soup and fire, and does not give up. But who knows, the master died of such a thin life, she has never accepted this fact, and she can't wait to go with the master!

"Get up," Nan Xueyu's voice was a little hoarse, knowing her loyalty to the eldest sister, of course she trusted her very much, and personally reached out to help her up, "When the eldest sister is here, thanks to your careful care, I should thank you well." "What's more, this Qi Ling is also very upright, and he is one of the few people in the house who has never had the slightest contempt for himself, a stupid daughter, and for this alone, he should also be respected and admired by himself.

"The slave doesn't dare!" Qi Ling sobbed softly, gritted her teeth and said, "It's the slave who didn't wait for the good lady, the slave and the maid should die, the slave and the maid should die!" "Today's visit to the garden, she should follow the eldest lady every step of the way, maybe there won't be an accident! but-

"I know, it's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself," Nan Xueyu motioned for her to sit down and speak, although her eyes were full of sadness, her expression was calm, "Qiling, now you think about it, tell me what happened today, the more subtle it is, the more you can't ignore it, do you hear?" If you want to find out who killed the eldest sister, you must know who the eldest sister met today and where she went, so that you can gain something.

"Yes, Third Miss," Qi Ling took a deep breath, perhaps because she was too sad about the death of her master, and she didn't notice anything wrong with the Third Lady until now, and began to recall carefully, "Didn't the Queen Mother summon the daughters of the four families to play together, the eldest lady came together and was very preoccupied, and it seemed that she was very unhappy......"

Nan Xueyu sneered silently, and there was a sadness in her heart: The eldest sister's fate is so bad, how can she be happy!

In fact, when it comes to playing today, we have to start with the emperor.

No one inside and outside the court knows that the current emperor is congenitally deficient, although he is not a complete idiot, but in addition to eating, sleeping, and having fun every day, he doesn't understand anything else, let alone major affairs of the court, and is definitely a puppet emperor.

Originally, according to his talent, it was impossible to ascend the throne as the king, but the first emperor just admitted the reason of death, and insisted on saying "establish a successor and establish a long", regardless of the opposition of the courtiers, he was appointed as the crown prince, the queen mother is a reasonable person, knowing that this move is not feasible, but the first emperor insisted on going his own way, and she could not stop it.

After the first emperor went, the crown prince ascended the throne as the king, he naturally could not deal with the major affairs of the court, the first emperor was also well aware of this, and when he was alive, he specially set up the Taishi Tang Haoxuan, the Taifu Mingzhixi, the Taibao Xue Shaoqian and the Prime Minister Nan Zhengyan as the four auxiliary ministers, jointly assisting the current emperor and dealing with the government.

From this, it can be seen that the four ministers are powerful in the court, they control things inside and outside the court, and anyone who wants to act has to go through them, and the real rulers of the Great Yan Kingdom are actually them.

The Queen Mother is worried about the future of the Great Yan Kingdom, but she is a woman, and she is powerless to change anything for a while, and the four ministers are doing their own things, often for the sake of the government, because they can't get into trouble because they can't get into trouble, and they have the intention of getting rid of each other and monopolizing the power of the court, so this open and secret struggle has never stopped.

Although the queen mother is helpless, but after all, she has gone through three dynasties, has already seen through the world, and knows that wanting the four ministers to return to the emperor is tantamount to a fool's dream, in order to balance the forces of all parties, she intends to choose a good woman from the daughters of the four ministers' families, respectively, as the "virtuous and virtuous" four concubines, on the surface it seems to be a bowl of water, in fact, they want to check and balance each other, maintain the current situation, lest the four ministers cause infighting, so that other countries have a chance.

Of course, it is impossible for Nan Xueyu in the previous life to understand this, and now it seems that although the Queen Mother's move is not a long-term solution, it is also a good way to temporarily maintain the balance of the situation. As far as the Nan family is concerned, of course, the winner is the eldest daughter Nan Xueqing, who has always been famous, she is referred to as "Concubine De", and together with the daughters of the other three families, she only waited for the concubine ceremony to enter the palace on the day of the ceremony and serve the emperor.

Thinking of this, Nan Xueyu felt a pang of grief in her heart, and couldn't help but touch her forehead with her hand, almost crying again. At that time, I couldn't understand my eldest sister's mood at all, and how could I know her difficulties. Although the eldest sister has a good temperament, she is not submissive, thinking that she will be accused of being a concubine and entering the palace to serve a stupid emperor, she doesn't know who to confide in the pain in her heart.

Qi Ling looked sad and angry, gritting her teeth, "The third lady forgives the slave and the maid bluntly, and the eldest lady also thinks that the third lady has no one to take care of, so she is very hesitant and doesn't want to enter the palace, but the holy order is difficult to disobey, and she, she can't ...... it."

Nan Xueyu closed her eyes in pain, and tears still fell. "I understand, you don't have to explain...... she won't understand before, but now there is no need to say more, the eldest sister doesn't want to enter the palace, the only concern is herself! But what about herself, in the last life, what did she do, so that the people who really care about her and love her are so embarrassed and sad, harm themselves, and use their own people, but they give everything to help, and the most damned person should be themselves!

"Yes, Miss," Qi Ling wiped away her tears and continued, "Later, later the Second Lady came to find the eldest Miss—"

"Wait!" Nan Xueyu's heart sank suddenly, and she suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were cold, "You said that Aunt Xie had found the eldest sister?!" After the death of her mother, the second lady Xie Yilian has been keeping an eye on the position of the lady of the main room, and has been fighting openly and secretly with several other ladies, but the eldest sister should not be able to prevent her from becoming the lady of the main room, will she still be unable to calculate?

"Yes," Qi Ling's face changed due to her overreaction, and finally saw that something was wrong with Nan Xueyu, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes, "It was last night, the eldest lady knew that she was selected as a concubine, and she had been unhappy, and the slave maid accompanied the eldest lady to take a walk in the garden, and the second lady suddenly, suddenly asked someone to invite the eldest lady over—third miss, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Nan Xueyu frowned, she didn't want to explain too much to herself, but asked, "Aunt Xie called the eldest sister in the past, why didn't I know?"

Qi Ling was stunned for a moment before saying, "Oh...... The third lady went out at that time and was not in the house. "Besides, according to the third lady's temperament, even if she is in the house, the second lady must have a way to separate her, and it won't change anything at all.

Nan Xueyu frowned, thought about it carefully, and instantly understood: Yes, according to her memory, it was Murong Yao who wrote to meet her yesterday, and she was full of joy, and happily dressed up and went out, where did she know about the affairs of the house.

And at this meeting, Murong Yao didn't say anything important, could it be that he deliberately called her away to facilitate Xie Yilian's actions in the mansion? In this way, the eldest sister's death is really suspicious, and it has nothing to do with Murong Yao and Xie Yilian!

"You continue," Nan Xueyu gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, "What did Aunt Xie say to the eldest sister?"

"The slave maid is outside, and I haven't heard too much," Qi Ling recalled carefully, and suddenly remembered, her eyes lit up, "Oh, the slave and maid vaguely heard the second lady forcing the eldest lady to enter the palace, saying that it was the order of the queen mother, who dared to disobey or something, and then ...... "Actually, it's not a doubt to think about it, after all, the queen mother's decree, many things really can't be changed."

Nan Xueyu took a deep breath and sneered, "Aunt Xie did something to the eldest sister?" It's not that she doesn't understand Xie Yilian's temperament, although she hasn't been promoted to the main room, she always considers herself "Mrs. Zheng", and she asks for any family law at every turn, and she is used to showing off her might, and most people in the house are afraid of her. Moreover, his father Nan Zhengyan has always attached importance to his own powerful position, if the eldest sister does not enter the palace, it will definitely annoy the royal family and affect his reputation, so even if there is no persecution from Aunt Xie, it is impossible for my father to agree.

"That's not true," Qi Ling shook her head, "but the second lady mentioned the third lady, saying that she wanted the eldest lady to think about the third lady...... Later, when the slave heard that the eldest lady seemed to be crying, she begged the second lady to take care of the third lady after she entered the palace, and she was relieved. "She actually knows the hardships of her master, but even if she has martial arts, can she still be hard to beat the imperial law?

Sister, you ...... Nan Xueyu's heart ached, and she couldn't wait to go with her eldest sister! Obviously she didn't want to enter the palace, but for her, she would rather sacrifice the happiness of her life -- you know, the eldest sister already had a sweetheart before her death, and the two of them were about to talk about marriage!

What's even more hateful is that Xie Yilian actually used her as a threat to force the eldest sister to enter the palace, this hatred alone is enough for her to hate Xie Yilian, a despicable woman!