From the moment she entered the Pujia Palace, Ying'e saw the secret of the main dormitory, there were no big trees in the hall, and the wall was half a meter higher than the wall of the normal palace. There are hundreds of pots of narcissus of different shapes placed on dozens of flower stands in the hall, and there is a small piece of plum forest behind the main hall, and there are no other precious flowers.

Sai Wan said puzzledly, "The Queen Mother gave other ladies such a gorgeous palace, why did she give us this one so simple, not even a beautiful flower, don't you like Miss." ”

Ying'e said inwardly, "You are becoming more and more open-mouthed, how do you know that this is a palace specially built by the emperor for the queen mother, and the queen mother has lived here for more than eight years." I can live here by the grace of the Queen Mother, you are my maid, don't talk nonsense anymore. ”

Sai Wan immediately put on a smiling face, "Miss scolded, I won't talk nonsense in the future." ”

Ying'e shook her head helplessly, at this moment her mood was uncertain about her future, she could only hold on to her heart and wait for the day she left the palace.

The days of the palace are lonely, every day Ying'e only counts the fallen leaves in the Pujia Palace, looking at the withered yellow of autumn, the Empress Dowager Hu sent a few pots of daisies and begonias, which is considered to give this monotony a little vitality.

Looking at Ying'e sitting under the porch in the distance, looking at Ying'e who was squatting on the ground to pick up the fallen banyan leaves, thinking of the emperor's grace in the Huiyin Palace, Zixin's dog is invincible, and gradually has some whispers in her heart about this master who is no different from entering the cold palace. She was warm in the sun, and she was lazy, and called the slightly older palace maid who was kneeling on the ground to wash the ground, "That Qihua, come here, I have something to say." ”

The palace maid named Qiwan hurriedly came over and asked, "Girl, do you have something to order?" ”

Sai Wan said, "You see that our mother can play with broken leaves for a long time, and she picks up a few leaves that she thinks are good-looking, and she will be like a baby, and she will draw on the leaves again in a while, I still have something to do, you go and wait for Yanmo." ”

Qi Wan replied "yes", quickly wiped her hands on her body, walked to Ying'e's side, and said, "Niangniang, you will get dizzy after squatting for a long time, let the slave help you." ”

Ying'e wiped the dust off the leaves with a handkerchief, stood up, and said with a smile, "Am I so squeamish, I will faint after squatting?" You are the palace maid who watches the night for me, is your name Qihua? ”

Qi Wan nodded, "It's hard for the mother to remember the slave's name." ”

Ying'e said, "Just because your name is good, but it's not as tacky as other palace maids." ”

Qihua seemed to have unspeakable pain, swallowed her words, walked quickly to the desk and began to study the ink, but Ying'e didn't notice her beginning to talk and stop, holding the leaves and thinking about what to draw.

Qi Wan inadvertently said to herself, "The ink comes out of the green pine smoke, and sure enough, the pine smoke and ink are on top, and with Yi Yan, they complement each other." ”

Ying'e saw that she had a little knowledge, and thought that she should follow the previous master's ears and eyes, "Mrs. Wei's "Pen Array" also said that her ink is taken from the pine smoke of the book, but I think the pine smoke ink is not good, it is dark and dull, and it melts when it encounters water, which is rare and lasting. ”

Qiwan was about to continue, but Sai Wan saw that Qiwan actually wanted to come out, so she hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Bai Dao, "You girl, I asked you to wipe the floor of the cloister, and I couldn't find you for a long time." It turns out that you are lazy here, Niangniang, I will serve you, you go and finish wiping the ground. ”

Qi Wan didn't dare to argue, so she retreated. Ying'e didn't have the mood to paint at the moment, put down the pen, and said to Sai Wan, "I'll go out for a walk, you don't have to come with me." ”

Sai Wan hurriedly said, "Miss, you are a mother now, how can you go out without anyone following." ”

Ying'e pointed to the two little palace maids who were cleaning the courtyard at the door and said, "You, and you, go out for a walk with me." Sai Girl, you take advantage of this rare sun to dry the fur I brought, the weather is cold fast, find a master to make a few clothes in a few days, I don't need you to serve. ”

Sai Wan heard Ying'e's unhappiness, she just wanted to be lazy, if it weren't for watching that Qihua girl be too good at things, afraid of robbing her position, she continued to bask in the sun happily. Accompanied by a mother who has not been seen by the emperor for three months in the palace, but her mother is happy every day, when will this unproductive day be the end, Sai Wan sighed in her heart, and watched Ying'e take the two little palace maids out of the palace.

The autumn breeze was cool, but fortunately there was some sunshine, Ying'e tightened some clothes, came out in a hurry, forgot about the cloak, looked at the stupid appearance of the two rough palace maids around her, suddenly remembered the one named Qihua, and asked, "Which palace was that Qihua in before?" ”

The palace maid on the left whispered back, "Qi Yu Niangniang, Qi Ju was originally from the palace of the former emperor's Li Guiren." ”

Ying'e heard her father say that the former imperial concubine Li Min'er and the Empress Dowager Hu were the best, knowing books and etiquette, but it was a pity that Xiangxiaoyu died too early, she couldn't help but sigh, "In the end, it came out of Li Guiren's palace, and it is strange that he has some knowledge." ”

The palace maid on the right rushed to speak, "Niangniang, she was transferred out of the Huanyi Bureau in Li Guiren's palace for only two or three years, and she hasn't seen Li Guiren a few times." It's just that her surname is Ru, and I heard that her grandfather was a big official in the previous dynasty, and she learned it at that time, but unfortunately later the family declined, and an official lady was confiscated into the palace, and it was the same as us. ”

Ying'e asked curiously, "Which surname is Ru?" ”

The two palace maids shook their heads and didn't know, saying that they were still young after all, and Qihua didn't like to talk, only knowing her surname Ru, but not her ancestors.

At this time, a slightly old boy's voice picked up, "That was the Puyang Taishou Ru Hao back then, and later because he was too close to the King of Beihai, he was killed by the traitor Gao Zhao with a pepper, the male dependents were confiscated into the army, and the female dependents were not enslaved." ”

Ying'e followed the sound and saw a fifteen-year-old man, dressed in a blue-blue cloud satin robe, with a moon-white auspicious cloud ribbon around his waist, and long jet-black hair tied with a cyan hairband only at the end of the hair. After taking a few steps closer, I could see this boy with a face like a full moon and eagle eyes, his face was calm and quiet, with a gloom that did not match his age, and his eyes were sharp but evasive, making it impossible to see where he was looking.

Ying'e saw that the boy was dressed but not a palace attendant, so she saluted slightly, "Little girl Erzhu Ying'e, I don't know your honorable name." ”

The boy bowed down and saluted, "It turned out to be Ying Concubine Niangniang, and the villain emperor accompanied Yuanzi to see Niangniang." ”

Seeing that he was Yuan Xu's companion, Ying'e withdrew the two palace maids and asked, "You are also surnamed Yuan, so you must be the royal family, but why don't you attack the lord at home, but come to read to the emperor?" ”

Yuan Ziyou smiled bitterly, "Niangniang has always lived on the border, and she doesn't know that this imperial city is precarious, even the royal family. My father's title is empty. The Queen Mother sympathetically asked me to enter the palace to study, in the hope that in the future, I could seek an official position by virtue of merit and revive the reputation of my Pengcheng Palace. ”

"King Pengcheng, is that generation of virtuous kings, who was framed by Gao Zhao and died?" Ying'e has heard of this virtuous king, because since she was a child, she saw that her mother would give this prince a stick of incense every time she came to the sacrifice day, so she was curious to ask her mother about his story, and also remembered that day in the Jiafu Hall heard the Queen Mother and King Qinghe mention, I didn't expect to see him today, and he was really handsome and elegant.

Yuan Ziyou felt a little warm in Ying'e's heart that knew her father, and a layer of fog appeared in her eyes, "Niangniang also knows my father?" I didn't expect my mother to know my father at such an age, and Yuan Ziyu was pleased. ”

Ying'e saw the mist in his eyes and knew that he was talking about his sadness, after all, he was only one year old, and Wang Yuanxian of Pengcheng was framed by Gao Zhao and died. She didn't want to continue this heavy topic, because she felt distressed when she looked at this boy named Yuan Ziyou, but it was inconvenient for her to talk to him anymore, there were many people coming and going in the imperial garden, and if it caused unnecessary trouble, it was a twist and turn, so she casually greeted her, "After seeing King Xian today, Ying'e Sansheng is lucky, but I still have to go to see the queen, so I will say goodbye to Mr." ”

Yuan Ziyou bowed his hand, "Niangniang walks slowly, and the minister retires." After saying that, he turned around and flew away.

The figure was tall and resolute, but why Ying'e felt some hidden anger, an indescribable coldness, she suddenly felt that she might feel wrong, maybe it was just his protective color, so that people would not bully him. When she was thinking nonsense, the palace maid on the left asked inappropriately, "Niangniang, we are going to the queen's palace, we should go over there, closer." ”

Ying'e turned to look at the palace maid for a while, and said, "How does the master want to go, do you still need your orders?" ”

Frightened, the palace maid hurriedly knelt down and begged Ying'e for forgiveness. Ying'e didn't want to go to the queen's palace at this time, a pretext was believed by the stupid palace maid, she looked around, the huge palace, she didn't know where to go, where to get rid of hypocrisy. She sighed deeply and was about to go back to the Pujia Palace, but was stopped by Lu Lingyuan, who was standing under the osmanthus tree not far away. She looked at Lu Lingyuan, who was gently holding Guizhi and leaning out, with a smile on her face, she couldn't help but take a breath, she didn't even notice that there were people there, and she really had to be cautious everywhere in this palace.

Lu Lingyuan walked in front of Ying'e with light steps and saluted slowly, "I've seen my sister, my sister has been good lately." My sister still remembers that when she was in Changqiu Palace, she wanted to take some melon seeds in her room for her sisters to taste, but I didn't expect that when I returned, my sisters were scattered. I thought I would be able to get together again in a few days, but I didn't think that I would divide the dormitory so soon, I think no one has tasted this melon seed, I don't know if my sister can appreciate her face? ”

Ying'e looked at the seemingly innocent smile on her face, but she thought in her heart that it was not good to directly brush off her kindness, nodded and smiled, "But it's the best, Sister Xie." ”

Lu Lingyuan asked Qingqin to go back to the palace to prepare tea first, and she led Ying'e to walk slowly, and said lightly, "It was the emperor's companion who just talked to my sister, and that companion is here, and I think the emperor should not be far from here." ”

Ying'e also replied lightly, "I didn't see the emperor, and Mr. Yuan hurriedly went back, thinking that the emperor had something to find him." ”

Lu Lingyuan quietly put away a touch of loss in the corner of her eyes, and replaced it with a brisk voice, trying to hide Ying'e's awareness, "The emperor has a lot of opportunities, so he can't come to the Imperial Garden at this time, even if he goes to the Huiyin Hall in the next dynasty, we sisters can eat tea and chat if they have nothing to do." ”

Ying'e stopped when she heard this, she was thinking about how to answer, Murong Shaozong had said something to her when he sent her into the palace. That day she asked, "Daddy, my mother knows that this place can eat people, why did you send me there?" ”

Murong Shaozong replied, "What the teacher taught you in the past is not to be greedy, not to be angry, not to be stupid, but to be happy. But now what the teacher is going to tell you is different from before, because soon you will wonder why you are there, you don't do anything, you don't say anything, but every time someone will do something that hurts you, say something that hurts you. That's because of your excellence, you make them afraid, and the beauty, knowledge, and cultivation they dream of, but you are born with it effortlessly. Telling your rumors can satisfy the settings they have made for you in their hearts; Do things that hurt you because they live a repetitive and monotonous life every day, and they need to make some changes, but what can they change because they are incompetent and shallow? Harming others became pleasure and filled her emptiness. So E'er, remember the teacher's words, where you can be safe if you are not silent, you must learn to protect yourself, sometimes the necessary counterattack is a deterrent to other people who are ready to move, but the counterattack needs to see how many hole cards you have, and this hole card is how many people are willing to speak for you. The teacher knows that your situation is a play nowadays, and you don't want to perform the role that others want you to play on the stage, but you have to remember how many people in the audience want to replace you and learn to draw different faces. Singing different plays may go against your original intention, but if you want to spend all these years peacefully until the day you leave the palace that you have been thinking about, you must see their hearts regardless of whether it is a man or a woman who can be used for you, lead them to do things for you, and don't let others see you through. ”

Ying'e looked at Lu Lingyuan, who looked immature, but already had a deep palace grudge next to her, and secretly felt sorry for her in her heart, since the wedding, Queen Hu had never seen Yuan Xu a few times, and they couldn't bear the loneliness and had to learn to fight, she would rather choose an ordinary, maybe the same as Yuan Ziyou, to stay together. Ying'e was suddenly startled by her thoughts when she thought of this, why did she suddenly think of him, and she couldn't help but blush.

Lu Lingyuan saw Ying'e stop for a long time and asked, "What is my sister thinking?" ”

Ying'e hurriedly and deliberately groomed her hair, stopped on her hot face, and wanted to lower the temperature, "I'm not thinking about anything else, I'm just thinking about what you said, my sister continues to lead the way." ”

Lu Lingyuan smiled knowingly, "My sister is so beautiful, and she is favored by the Queen Mother, but she doesn't need to think about what her sister is worried about." ”

Ying'e didn't answer, and asked casually, "The queen mother is the charm of the queen mother, and her beauty even women can't help but want to be pitied. ”

Lu Lingyuan heard the middle of Ying'e's words, and it was not good to say anything, so she led Ying'e to the Yihe Hall to sit for a while, gossiped about the customs of her hometown, and then dispersed.