The cinnamon is rising, and the jade dew is frosted.

As soon as we entered August, the weather suddenly became cold, not autumn, but frost.

The ministers of the household department panicked, the drought in spring, the rain and flood in early autumn, and the frost made the grain harvest a foregone conclusion.

There will be famine in many places next spring, and if it is not handled properly, it will lead to the migration of displaced people and starvation everywhere, then it will be bad.

The palace was originally going to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the queen immediately stopped it, took out the silver taels, and put them into the account of the household department to help the victims.

Wei Yining was wearing a plain silk shirt and skirt, followed by the palace maid named Bai Lu, who was assigned to her after entering the palace.

"Girl, this road is not easy to walk, I'll go there myself!" Bai Lu said.

"It's okay, I'm on my feet!" Wei Yining turned around and said, "Let's go quickly!" Otherwise, the snacks in the basket will be cold. ”

It turned out that since the last time Princess Qinghua came to see Liu Cairen, Wei Lanqi and Wei Yining often took turns to bring some food to Liu Cairen.

The Lord of Duanmin also knew about this matter and supported it.

Princess Qinghua naturally sent people every once in a while, but she was alone, and there was always a time when she couldn't take care of her.

"Tsk, these flowers and plants are really pitiful, they are called frost, and nothing else, the thousands of pots of chrysanthemums and camellia used in the Mid-Autumn Festival are originally blooming well!" Bai Lu said regretfully.

The originally festive atmosphere in the palace had already been dissipated by this frost.

Wei Yining and the others walked all the way and saw that they were cleaning up the fallen leaves and flowers everywhere, most of them were famous camellias and chrysanthemums, and each pot cost more than five taels of silver.

Although these flowers are all tributed from the local government, they are transported by boat and car along the way, and they cost the people and money, so I am afraid that it will be more expensive than buying them with silver, but Wei Yining knows these words in his heart but can't say them.

The two of them crossed a stone bridge, and happened to see Ding Neijian walking over with a few little eunuchs.

Ding Neijian still looks so feminine, he laughs when he sees people, and his smile is very subtle, as if he has ulterior motives.

Behind him were four little eunuchs carrying two pots of flowers, which were obviously well cared for and had not suffered from frost, and were blooming brightly at this time, and they smelled a fragrance from afar.

Seeing Wei Yining, Ding Neijian took the lead in asking for peace, and Wei Yining returned the salute.

"Miss Wei, where are you going? The weather is so cold, you have to be careful not to catch a cold. Ding Neijian said with concern.

"Thank you Father-in-law Ding for your concern, I want to see Liu Cairen." Wei Yining was blunt.

For a scheming person like Ding Neijian, there is no need to say a simple lie, because he can see through it at a glance.

"Oh?" Ding Neijian was slightly surprised: "I remember that the girl is not Princess Qinghua's companion!" ”

"It's really not," Wei Yining responded generously, "I'm going for the county lord." ”

"Liu Cairen is indeed pitiful, it is also appropriate to look at her more, the girl is really a good person," Ding Neijian smiled with a smile on his face, and quietly looked at Wei Yining's face a few times: "Liu Cairen is much better, right?" ”

"I haven't met anyone yet, so it's hard to say. Isn't my father-in-law busy? Let's go over here, so as not to delay my father-in-law's business. Wei Yining's expression was at ease, and Ding Neijian couldn't see anything.

"The old slave was ordered by the concubine Niangniang to send these two pots of flowers to the emperor," Ding Neijian was not busy leaving: "Now that there is such a trouble, the saint is naturally concerned about the society, and it is inevitable to work hard." This flower was sent to the emperor to relieve his boredom. ”

Wei Yining stopped talking, just nodded and smiled.

Ding Neijian looked at her back and looked away for a long time.

"Master," a little eunuch with a long camera spirit came up behind him, and unlike the four little eunuchs who carried flowers, he only held a whisk in his hand, obviously more favored, and approached and asked, "This Wei Yining's means are not low!" How did I hear that the people over there in Fengyi Palace said that the queen intends to promote her as the second prince's side concubine? ”

Ding Neijian squinted at him, snorted coldly in his nose, and said: "To do things in this palace, it is good to see the six ways and listen to the eight directions. But there's something more important than that, I'm afraid you haven't learned it yet, right? ”

The little eunuch shrunk his neck and asked with a smile: "Please also ask the master to give me advice, I will give your old man a good beating of his legs in the evening, and sing a song again." ”

"Seeing that you are so filial, I will sell you a good girl." Ding Neijian said with a smile: "Listen more, watch more, open your mouth less, you can live longer in this palace and climb higher." ”

The little eunuch was slightly stunned, put away the expression on his face, and then nodded and said, "I understand what your old man means, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask." ”

"You're smart." Eunuch Ding smiled with a bit of approval, closed his mouth with one hand, and instructed his apprentice in a low voice: "The queen intends to ask her to be the side concubine of the second prince, or she does not want her to be the side concubine, regardless of our liver pain."

Besides, these news are only afraid that they will change their taste, this surnamed Wei has no backers, and their companions have only been in the palace for a few months, and the days to come will be long, and it is impossible to say what will happen in the middle.

So you should be smart and don't mix it up. ”

The little eunuch nodded very convincingly and said, "Master's words are remembered, and I won't ask around in the future." ”

Ding Neijian smiled calmly and said: "You have to keep these words I told you in your stomach, like you newcomers, if you want to live in the palace, you must remember two words --- duty." Those who do not keep their duties and think about taking risks will only die faster. ”

For Wei Yining, Ding Neijian also had doubts in his heart, and did not rule out the possibility that she was here to take revenge.

Although Wei Zongyong was exiled by Juejue, Wei Yining was safe and sound, and he also entered the palace as a companion.

This is simply a fantasy for ordinary people, but who wants to let her do it smoothly.

Naturally, others will not think that Wei Yining has anything to do with the fall of the Zhiyong Mansion, but Ding Neijian is a person who knows the inside story, so he has to be suspicious of this.

However, suspicion is suspicion, Ding Neijian did not take Wei Yining in his eyes, don't say that there is no trace of what happened back then, even her father Wei Zongzhao could only suffer a dumb loss.

If Wei Yining didn't do enough to try to find out what happened back then, Ding Neijian was sure that she would die quietly in her own hands.

"Be careful! If a flower touches a leaf, it will peel off your skin! Because there was a little eunuch behind him who slipped on the soles of his feet and almost fell, Ding Neijian turned around and reprimanded him fiercely, and directed himself at a poisonous snake that was about to bite someone.

The little eunuch was so frightened when he saw that Ding was like this, and Ding's father-in-law was known for his ruthlessness, and he couldn't afford to provoke him.