On the first day of entering Jinyang City, when her sister Qingjiao appeared in front of Ying'e with her mother, who had given birth to Huafa, Ying'e couldn't hold back her crying anymore, she rubbed her mother's white hair, choked, "A-Niang, when did your hair turn white?" ”

Princess Beixiang looked at Ying'e with a loving face, as if she couldn't see enough, she followed her hair all the way to her cheeks, and carefully looked at Ying'e's body, "I'm back, I'm finally back, okay, it's good." ”

Qingmao took advantage of her mother's patronage to see Ying'e, and said, "Queen, A-Niang is not in good health these days, and she talks every day that the queen is good in the palace, and the doctor says that she can't think about it anymore, because it is in the way of her health." I often advise A-Niang not to worry too much about the queen, A-Niang just doesn't listen, sometimes she cries in the direction of Luoyang at night, and the queen is so good to persuade A-Niang. ”

Princess Beixiang saw that Qingjiao was going to continue, so she interrupted her, "The queen seems to have lost weight, is she unhappy?" ”

Ying'e shook her head, "No, A-Niang, my daughter is doing well, and the emperor treats her daughter very well, you must not hurt your body by worrying about your daughter." The loss of her daughter is caused by running out of Luoyang these days, and A-Niang must not worry too much. It's just Auntie, okay? Is the second lady still respectful to A-Niang? ”

Princess Beixiang saw that Ying'e was worried that Gu Ronghua would be pampered, and she instructed Qing Yuan, "You go and invite your second mother to come in and meet the queen." Qingmao went out to call Gu Ronghua according to her words, and Princess Beixiang then said to Ying'e, "When the queen saw her, she knew that this woman was very good, she knew how to measure and advance, she not only respected A-Niang, but also knew your sister." ”

While the two were talking, they saw that Qingjiao led Gu Ronghua in, Ying'e saw what a beauty this was, wearing a plum pink skirt, the skirt was green and soft with smoke and rimmed, covered with a white yarn embroidered with pink lotus, and a pearl silk was tied around her waist. It's just that under the seductive bones, there is a sense of arrogance that is not afraid of wind and frost, and when the cherry lips are raised, there are thousands of styles. Gu Ronghua's clothes and accessories are simple, and he does not show his arrogant bearing, and he won Ying'e's favor at the first meeting.

Ying'e saw that she was down-and-out and generous to her, but her eyes were fixed on the lotus hosta on her bun. After Ying'e flattened her, she pretended to be an understatement and asked, "The second lady also likes lotus?" ”

Gu Ronghua replied, "Back to the queen, the concubine has liked the lotus flower since she was a child, and she likes its cleanliness. ”

Qing Miao interjected, "Yes, Queen, Erniang's liking for lotus flowers has reached the point of being crazy, not to mention that this dress is decorated with lotus flowers everywhere, but the courtyard also let Daddy plant several large vats of lotus flowers." In autumn and winter, when the flowers and leaves are defeated, Erniang will not let the dead leaves be pulled, I asked her curiously, but she said that she likes to listen to the sound of the rain and the residual lotus, which is simply a lotus idiot. ”

Gu Ronghua smiled slightly, "Second Miss is exaggerating, the concubine is just a person who loves lotus." ”

Ying'e pointed to the lotus hairpin on Gu Ronghua's head, "This one is chic, can you show it to the palace?" ”

Gu Ronghua hesitated for a moment, but still took off the hairpin and gave it to Ying'e, Ying'e looked at the hairpin made of jasper, the front and back of the two lotus flowers carved together, the workmanship is exquisite, the polishing is fine, it can only be made by the palace supervision.

Princess Beixiang said, "This is a letter written by the queen to your father that day, and sent it together with the emperor's reward, and the courtiers also received a copy. ”

When Ying'e heard that it was rewarded by Yuan Ziyou, she was even more puzzled, and "The green lotus covers the green water, and the hibiscus is covered with red and fresh." There is a root lotus root below, and a lotus root on the top".

Gu Ronghua also seemed to realize something from Ying'e's strange expression, and she said calmly, "There are many gifts from the emperor, and there are all kinds of hairpins, but because the concubine likes lotus flowers, she chose this one to wear." The emperor's reward is the favor of the general, and the concubine is just stained with the general's light to see such a heavenly thing. ”

When Ying'e heard her say this, she also felt that she was thinking too much, after all, Yuan Ziyou had never seen Gu Ronghua. Raising her eyes, she found that her mother and sister were looking at her nervously, she smiled faintly, and returned the hairpin to Gu Ronghua, "I heard that A-Niang said that the second lady respects her very much, and the palace is pleased, but now A-Niang is not in good health, and the palace is not always around, Qingjiao still has her husband's family to take care of, and the other sisters and brothers in the palace are still young and do not care about the severity, and they still need to be bothered to take care of the second lady more." ”

Gu Ronghua even claimed, "The queen said this, the concubine really can't afford it, and serving the lady is what the concubine should do." ”

Ying'e was very satisfied with her humility and courtesy, and the few people chatted for a while, and it was getting late, and Aunt Qiu came in to report that Yuan Ziyou was going to eat in the queen's room in the evening. Princess Beixiang led Qingjiao and Gu Ronghua to get up and say goodbye, when the group went out, they happened to meet Yuan Ziyu entering, Gu Ronghua's reluctant eyes, wanted to see but quickly moved away, everything was seen by Ying'e, she felt a little uneasy in her heart, this Gu Ronghua's origin, she wanted to ask that Gao Huan. She pretended to walk up to Yuan Ziyou briskly, took his hand and asked affectionately, "Are you tired today?" The concubines have prepared jade hibiscus soup for the emperor, which is the lightest, and the emperor will drink a few more bowls. ”

Yuan Ziyou knew that Princess Beixiang was still watching him at this time, and he clenched Ying'e's hand, "I know that the queen is attentive to me, so I will come to see you after I am busy, and I can be happy with my mother today." ”

Princess Beixiang watched Sunset enter the house hand in hand, and felt a lot more relaxed, Qingmao saw her mother breathe a sigh of relief and comforted, "Auntie, you see, the emperor treats my sister very well, you are too worried." ”

Princess Beixiang looked at Gu Ronghua and said to Qing Yuan, "But it's not that A-Niang is too careful, the royal maid of the emperor's new Na is the maid of the former queen, and now many people really can't see through it." As long as the emperor is still sincere to your sister, I won't be so worried. Rong Hua, let the general go to you tonight, my head hurts, and I'm tired of this day. ”

Gu Ronghua replied, "Madam, before the general discussed politics with the emperor during the day, he told Ronghua that the loss of Luoyang was a shame for the country, and he decided that after the discussion was completed, he would discuss political affairs with other generals overnight, and would not come to Ronghua's Hanlian Residence." If Mrs. doesn't think Rong Hua is noisy, Rong Hua wants to dine with Mrs. tonight. ”

Princess Beixiang said with a smile, "It's okay, this girl has been with me for so many days, and Kuan'er is back, so it's time to go back to the reunion of the young couple." Just sister, you can eat with me, a few days ago, Gao Huan's wife specially sent a few good pheasants, saying that Gao Huan hunted, the taste is extremely delicious, and it just so happens that my sister also tasted it. ”

Gu Ronghua thanked him, "Mrs. Xie's reward, this tall man is really a good lady, no wonder the tall man is becoming more and more ambitious now." ”

Qing Miao sneered, "I thought you were sent off by Gao Huan, and you must be familiar with this Lou Zhaojun, but I didn't expect you to look down on them the most." ”

Gu Ronghua looked lonely and thoughtful, "I'm just a floating daughter, just a gift, I know that I can't climb him Gao Huan, how dare I get acquainted with his wife." ”

Princess Beixiang hid a smile, stepped forward and gently took Gu Ronghua's hand, "Now he can't climb you with high joy, and if he doesn't like to care, he won't care." Let's go, my sister prepared some mung bean soup today, which is the most heat-clearing and dryness. ”

After Ying'e laid out the dishes over there, she saw Yuan Ziyou reading the scroll, stepped forward and gently pulled it up, and said angrily, "Your Majesty, this day has been hard, so don't bother anymore, let's eat first, and the concubines will beat your shoulders later." ”

Yuan Ziyou smiled lightly, obediently pulled to the table by Ying'e, looked at the dishes on the table, and kissed Ying'e on the head, "I don't work hard, the war has your father, I just listen to how many soldiers and horses need to be recruited, and how much grain and grass needs to be transferred." The queen worked harder than me, and made such dishes, and the weather is getting hotter, so let someone do it. Your previous chamberlain followed the maid Ru, and now you are short of people to serve, so you still have to arrange an attendant to serve, you see who is good, so you arrange it. ”

Ying'e sandwiched a chopstick fish for Yuan Ziyou, carefully removed the fish bones from the fish, and then put it in Yuan Ziyou's bowl, "Your Majesty, the concubines think it's good to have Aunt Qiu now, but there are many people but they can't do their best, it's better to be few, and the concubines are still happy." Besides, now it is not as good as the palace, and there are not so many places to place people, and the concubines thank the emperor for his concern. ”

Yuan Ziyou put the fish back in the bowl, looked at Ying'e and asked, "Does the queen still blame me for accepting the princess?" ”

Ying'e looked at Aunt Qiu, only to see that she was shaking her head gently, signaling Ying'e not to say any further, Ying'e turned her gaze, and took another piece of lotus root and handed it to Yuan Ziyou's mouth, "Your Majesty, this lotus root is a new lotus, and the concubine specially ordered someone to pick it in Erniang's Han Lianju, and the emperor tasted it." After seeing Yuan Ziyou chew and swallow, she continued, "The hairpin given to Erniang by the emperor is beautiful, which reminds the concubine of the one given by the emperor to the concubine, but the one given by the concubine is more luxurious. ”

Yuan Ziyou heard Ying'e's jealousy, if he knew that one day he would escape from Beijing and meet Gu Ronghua in Jinyang, he would not send that hairpin anyway, and now it really aroused Ying'e's suspicions, but what he is worried about now is whether Gu Ronghua deliberately let Ying'e see it. He pretended to pick up the fish calmly and praised it, "The queen's mandarin fish is really delicious, the meat is delicate, the soup is thick but not greasy, and it is a lot better." ”

Ying'e saw that Yuanzi diverted the topic, and obviously didn't want to answer, she was about to ask again, when Aunt Qiu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the queen is afraid that the emperor will not be used to eating when she comes to Jinyang, so she got up and prepared." This fish was caught by the queen herself at the mouth of the stream, and it took an hour to cook and season the live fish. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Ziyou looked at Ying'e with a grateful face, regardless of Ying'e's stomach full of words and couldn't speak, he hugged her to his lap and sat down, "The queen is hard, in fact, I can eat anything, I don't need the queen to work so hard, I am reluctant." ”

Ying'e swallowed what she wanted to say, and reluctantly spit out a few words, "As long as the emperor eats happily, the concubine's heart will be at ease, and the emperor's head disease will be better after a long journey, and I will let Imperial Doctor Zhao take a look after dinner." ”

Yuan Ziyou nodded, and whispered in Ying'e's ear, "I want Imperial Doctor Zhao to show you, when can I plant a child, I didn't touch Qihua, my first child can only come from E'er's belly." ”

Ying'e's resentment towards Qi Yu and her suspicion of Gu Ronghua disappeared without a trace at this time because of Yuan Ziyou's faint words, she blushed like an unfamiliar girl, buried her head deep in Yuan Ziyou's arms, and said coquettishly, "In broad daylight, the emperor is really not serious." ”

Yuan Ziyou closed his eyes deeply, sighed, and picked up Ying'e and walked to the side of the bed. Ying'e exclaimed, "Your Majesty, the meal hasn't run out yet." As soon as the words fell, the whole person was pressed under Yuan Ziyou, Yuan Ziyou's rainstorm-like offensive made Ying'e experience the passion that she had never had, Yuan Ziyou ripped off Ying'e's underwear with one hand, and ripped off the bed tent with the other, and the curtain fell, covering the beauty in the curtain.

Zhang Haosong reminded Aunt Qiu, who was stunned, to exit the door together, and slowly closed the door of the hall, Zhang Haosong straightened out his clothes, looked at the sky and said to Aunt Qiu, "Jinyang is really drier, I just felt depressed when I arrived at our house yesterday, Aunt Qiu's hometown is from Jinyang, Aunt Qiu should still adapt to this weather." ”

Aunt Qiu knew that Zhang Haosong had something to say, and hurriedly said, "The slave maid has been in Luoyang since she was born, and she entered the palace at the age of eleven. ”

The corners of Zhang Haosong's mouth rose slightly, "It doesn't matter if Aunt Qiu and our family experience are different, the important thing is to remember that the emperor took you out of the Shen Penal Division, otherwise you should have to finish cooking rice before you can eat." What the emperor values is Aunt Qiu's few words, but now I didn't expect Aunt Qiu and the queen to fall in love so much. ”

Aunt Qiu was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, "Father-in-law Zhang, the slave doesn't dare to forget it for a while, if the father-in-law doesn't believe it, the slave is willing to eat dumb sticks." ”

Zhang Haosong always kept smiling, but his smile was so chilling to the spine, he picked up Aunt Qiu, patted her hand and said, "The emperor is benevolent, he will not do such a cruel thing, at most, let Aunt Qiu go back and forth, Aunt Qiu was afraid that she could only tell the story by herself at that time, Aunt Qiu said yes?" The emperor and the queen are both awkward, and if an outsider is added to speak, the meaning will change. Aunt Qiu is an old man, she has seen a lot, she should understand it, whether she should say it or not, who should her heart be, Aunt Qiu's heart is like a mirror, don't force our family not to respect the elderly. ”

Aunt Qiu was covered in a cold sweat, she watched Zhang Haosong walk to the porch with her hands behind her back to be on duty, and the scene of the first time he came to the Shen Criminal Division to select people appeared in her mind. That day was Qihua's complete betrayal of Ying'e, and she cooperated with Yuan Ziyou to act in a play, when she arranged for Sai Yi to go to the flower room to choose flowers, she deliberately let Xi Yi meet Sai Yi by chance, because Sai Yi and his deceased wife resembled him, so it was expected that he would fall in love at first sight. Sure enough, after being given marriage, Xi Yi was even more grateful to Yuan Ziyou and did his best. After Ying'e's two palace maids left, Yuan Ziyou needed to find another palace maid for Ying'e to serve, but this time he chose an old man who had experience in the palace for Ying'e, an old man who was rescued by him and would be loyal to him. He locked his eyes on Yu Moyun's palace maid, the former queen of Yuan Ke, after Mo Yun was poisoned by Gao Ying (Yuan Ke's second queen), Gao Ying was worried that the matter would be revealed, and he was close to Yu Moyun's all of them into the Shen Criminal Division, and they were not allowed to talk to people every day, and over time, these people were about to lose the function of speaking. But they have experience and know how to take precautions, Yuan Ziyou doesn't want Ying'e to have an accident when he is alienated by him, not only is he worried that Ying'e will have an accident, Er Zhurong will rebel, but he does have true feelings for Ying'e. Zhang Haosong, who he sent, chose Aunt Qiu among a bunch of people, the reason is very simple, she not only witnessed Yu Moyun's death, but also saw Baoyue being knocked and killed in front of the steps, and she had seen death, she spared her life more than anyone else. It's just that Zhang Haosong didn't know that when Aunt Qiu didn't dare to sleep during the long night, she whispered stories to herself every night, and her speaking function had not degraded, and now she was talking more and more to Ying'e, Zhang Haosong had to come forward to warn.

That day, Zhang Haosong spoke to Aunt Qiu with such a look, with a cold chill in her smile, Aunt Qiu looked around at the people working in the palace, she began to worry about Ying'e in her heart, there was no one around this poor queen who could be trusted, and the person she loved the most was the most scheming person for her. Aunt Qiu sighed, walked back to her room, took out a purse from the package with trembling hands, poured out a piece of the stem of the powder leaf, chewed and swallowed it with tears, the pain of her tongue made her sweat cold, she wanted to make herself gradually mute, so as not to make Ying'e suspicious, the slanting sun shone through the gap in the window lattice on Aunt Qiu's small body curled on the ground, and she whined in pain from the bottom of her throat. Outside the window, Zhang Haosong witnessed everything and showed a satisfied smile, humming a song in his mouth, slowly pacing under the corridor and waiting for Yuan Ziyou.