"The emperor makes dumplings in Meixi Palace?" The Queen Mother put down the golden spoon in her hand, saw Aunt Luo nodding affirmatively, and chuckled, "It's the mourning family who underestimated Concubine Jing." ”

"But the emperor left without eating a few bites, his face was very ugly, he thought that Concubine Jing was going to be punished, who knew that it was just now." Aunt Luo paused for a moment, and it seemed that even she felt that what she wanted to say was ridiculous, "Just now, Changzhong went to Meixi Palace with things again, and the emperor seems to be... Don't be angry anymore. ”

"Not angry?" The Queen Mother seemed to have heard something strange, she thought for a moment before saying, "The emperor has been in a lot of mood recently, and on the surface, he seems to be in favor of Concubine Jing, but he has really pushed her to the tip of the knife, Concubine Jing is Princess Dongshu, whether the emperor really thinks it is interesting and wants to stay by his side, or does he want to use the hand of the concubine to fight In addition to Concubine Jing, it is not clear what happened to them, and the mourning family is not easy to ask. ”

Seeing that Chu Miao was about to enter the palace, it was a good thing to have Concubine Jing in front of her to block a lot of hostile glances.

"The emperor is eloquent and strategic, focusing on the world, the queen is deceased, naturally it will not be because she is indulging in love, she should have another plan." Aunt Luo responded, there are always things that don't understand the emperor's thoughts.

"Sustenance lovesickness, decadence and indulgence are also a manifestation of catharsis." The Queen Mother raised her eyes and was not impressed by Aunt Luo's words, "Does Concubine Xian know about this matter?" ”

"I should know, but I'm afraid the specifics are not so clear." Aunt Luo replied.

"Before the emperor went to Meixi Palace, he met Concubine Qing?" The Queen Mother lowered her eyes.

Aunt Luo looked at the Queen Mother's face, and knew that the Queen Mother had a plan in her heart: "Yes, the emperor ignored it and left directly, Concubine Qing lost her temper for this, and scolded Concubine Jing twice, many people in front of the Jinchi Palace heard it, and they were very dissatisfied with Concubine Jing." ”

"She's always had that temper." The Queen Mother's attitude towards Concubine Qing was indifferent, "She has a straight temperament, everything is on her face, and the words in her mouth are just out of her head, saying that it sounds good is straightforward, and if it is ugly, it is stupid, and she can't even hold back her breath and scold her when she returns to the palace, not to mention that the emperor doesn't like to listen to her, and the mourning family doesn't like to listen, and it's noisy." ”

A person like Concubine Qing can do bad things, but she can't do big things, but because of this, it is difficult to become a big thing, there is no threat, Concubine Xian and the Queen Mother don't look down on Concubine Qing very much, even if she offends people everywhere with her reckless temperament, because she is the daughter of the captain, she has not caused much trouble, which is very lucky.

"Concubine Qing is talking to Concubine Xian in the Anxuan Palace at this time, she is very angry during the day, and it doesn't go down in the evening, so she has to find someone to spit out the fire blocked in her heart again." Aunt Luo understood what the Queen Mother meant, and then replied, "I want to come to Concubine Xian with a calm temperament, and she can persuade Concubine Qing a little." ”

The Queen Mother hooked the corners of her mouth, turned her head to look at a plate of sleeve pastries placed on the table, and had not used them since she put them on: "The mourning family is now old, and they are afraid of toothache and tired of eating too many sweet pastries, and they are afraid that they will be tired of eating sweets. ”

Aunt Luo said yes, walked quickly to the door to call a little palace maid to find the food box, and then carefully put the pastries in, and bowed to the queen mother, so that people carried lanterns to lead the way, and went to the palace in person.

The little palace maid with the lantern stared at the food box in Aunt Luo's hand and whispered: "Auntie's order is enough, and it won't be long before the slaves and maids run for Auntie." ”

With a smile on her face, Aunt Luo said softly: "It's the Queen Mother's Longen." ”

Since it is Longen, it is natural to send it to her eldest aunt, which can be regarded as decent and valued.

The little palace maid seems to understand whether she understands or not, and the aunts in the palace who can get out of the palace speak very profoundly, and she still knows a little bit now, and she can't understand them all.

But the superfluous don't dare to ask deeply, Aunt Luo has long taught that when you are an errand in the palace, you must learn to be blind, deaf, and foolish, and if you don't get to that position, the less you know, the more you can survive.

So she chose to bow her head to the lantern that did her duty, in exchange for Aunt Luo's approving smile.

Because they only took one palace maid to travel, the two of them walked low-key against the wall, and the light was dark at night, and the lantern could only illuminate the distance of a few steps in front of their feet, so if they didn't come forward to look carefully, they couldn't see that this was a person from Yunde Palace.

When he arrived at the palace, the little eunuch at the door didn't see Aunt Luo's face clearly at first sight, and when he came to the front, he found that it was the person next to the queen mother, and hurriedly went in to tell him.

Concubine Qing was scolding, and suddenly a little eunuch knelt down, and just frowned to scold her for not understanding the rules, she heard the little eunuch say that Aunt Luo, who was next to the Queen Mother, was here, and she was outside.

When the words came to her mouth, she suddenly stopped, and Concubine Qing glanced at Concubine Xian with some weakness, and almost got into trouble: "At this time, how could Aunt Luo, who was next to the Queen Mother, come?" ”

At this time, there were also Zhao nobles sitting in the room in addition to Concubine Xian, but Zhao Guiren had been silent and had no sense of existence, and Concubine Qing didn't pay much attention to Zhao Guiren.

Guo Zhenzhen took the nuts peeled by the nobles, put a cotton sleeve on the delicate glass cup, and did not freeze her hands: "Quickly invite Aunt Luo in." ”

When the little eunuch heard this, he hurriedly got up and went to invite someone, and Aunt Luo came in alone, and at a glance she took all the three people in the house into her eyes, and then lowered her eyes and saluted one by one.

Guo Zhenzhen said with a smile: "Auntie, please get up, come over in the evening, it's windy, sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

As he spoke, he gave Xingyue a look, and Zhao Yuan, who was standing on the side, turned around to move the embroidery stool.

"Don't bother the mother, the slave is just here to send a plate of pastries for the queen mother, the queen mother is not far away, next time I will come to ask for the mother's tea." Aunt Luo politely refused, telling Xingyue and Zhaoyuan not to be busy, she handed the food box in her hand to Xingyue who came forward, and saw her take out the sleeve crisp inside and put it on the table, before she continued, "Today, the emperor went to Concubine Jing's mother, wrapped dumplings, and ate dumplings, it was very lively, thinking that Niangniang was also lively here, the dumplings were naturally not eaten, but there was just a plate of pastries, so I rewarded you with the little masters." ”

Guo Zhenzhen raised her eyelids slightly, and heard a lot of things from Aunt Luo's words: "Thank you to the Queen Mother, the concubine has a new Fang Yuzhu here, the concubine is young, and she can't suppress such a noble thing, and she also bothers to ask her aunt to dedicate it to the Queen Mother for the concubine, so as to add a little excitement to the Queen Mother." ”

Aunt Luo was blessed, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "The Queen Mother is devout to worship the Buddha, these days are the time to be pure and self-cultivation, there should not be any excitement in the palace, the virtuous concubine Niangniang is virtuous and valuable, and she can naturally afford it, and the mother and the mother chatted with the masters with peace of mind, and the slave and maid went back first." ”

Guo Zhenzhen motioned to Xingyue: "Send one to my aunt." ”

Concubine Qing hunched over and saw Aunt Luo walking away, so she sat down and looked at Guo Zhenzhen: "What did the Queen Mother send pastries?" ”

She didn't understand the conversation between Aunt Luo and Guo Zhenzhen just now, what it meant literally, what she was thinking about in her head.

The words hidden under these words are like riddles to her that can never be guessed correctly at the Lantern Festival.

Zhao Guiren lowered his head, still concentrating on his own business, as if neither Aunt Luo's words nor Guo Zhenzhen's words could distract her.

"The Queen Mother sent pastries, naturally to support you." Guo Zhenzhen picked up a piece of pastry on the plate, handed it to Concubine Qing with a smile, "Who gave you your humiliation in front of the Golden Pond Hall today?" ”

"Naturally, it's Concubine Jing's little slut!" Speaking of this, Concubine Qing was angry again, scolded and was angry, and saw that Guo Zhenzhen was still holding the pastry, so she reached out and took it, "But what does this have to do with the Queen Mother giving us pastries?" ”

"Didn't you listen to Aunt Luo? The emperor went to Meixi Palace today and was with Concubine Jing. Dumplings were wrapped. The coldness in Guo Zhenzhen's eyes flashed away, and there was still a decent smile on her face, "The Queen Mother doesn't like to be lively, so tell us to be lively together, what do you think?" ”

Concubine Qing was stunned for a moment, blinked and thought for a while: "Does the Queen Mother think that Concubine Jing is too rampant?" Want us. Cure her? ”

Guo Zhenzhen didn't nod or shake her head, but glanced at Zhao Guiren: "What do Zhao Guiren think?" ”

was suddenly called, and after Zhao Guiren calmly patted off the fine crumbs on his hands and skirts, he said softly: "I heard that the emperor also gave Concubine Jing two cats, and they were named after Fugui, so it can be seen that they still read Concubine Jing, and I think that Concubine Jing always has something outstanding to keep the emperor, but... In the end, we are from Dongshu, as the emperor's concubines, we should put the emperor first, and now that the queen is gone, we should work together to solve problems for the emperor. ”

Zhao Guiren didn't follow Concubine Qing's words, but just talked about the matter, said a lot of reasoning, and set up the stage for Guo Zhenzhen's next play.

Sure enough, Concubine Qing hadn't reacted yet, just hearing that the nobles of Zhao said that the emperor had sent two cats to Concubine Jing, and seeing that the anger was about to start again, fortunately, Guo Zhenzhen answered the call in time, and pushed the Queen Mother's pastries in front of Concubine Qing: "Now in this harem, although I am bothering about big and small things, but I am only because I have cooked one or two with the former queen in the past, and the left and right are the goosebumps of the palace people. But this is really the time to solve problems for the Queen Mother, and it still depends on Concubine Qing's sister. ”

Guo Zhenzhen has always been able to erect a tall building and wear a high hat, reached out and patted the back of Concubine Qing's hand, and immediately said that her little ability was insignificant, as if she was in a big matter, but she became the one who had no idea.

"Me?" Concubine Qing was also a little stunned.

But it doesn't matter if she is stunned, Guo Zhenzhen's eyes are very sincere, helping Concubine Qing to affirm herself: "It is Concubine Qing's sister, I used to follow the former queen, everything is the mother's decision, I just discipline a few people for the mother, now Concubine Jing is rampant, how to contradict me as soon as I enter the palace Everyone is looking at it, the Guo family is humble, not as noble as Princess Dongshu, I am only thanks to the emperor's trust of two points, only to arrange the funeral of the first queen, the sisters appreciate their faces to listen to the palace of Anxi, is also looking at the emperor's face to raise me one or two, now in this matter, I have to ask Sister Qingfei to get an idea, Zhang Taiwei is in a high position, Sister Qingfei's speech is naturally very important, there is someone I can help, although I open my mouth. ”

was suddenly flattered by Concubine Xian like this, Concubine Qing was a little stunned.

After being stunned, I felt that Guo Zhenzhen was right.

The Zhang family's support for the Qi family back then was also very important, compared to the Guo family attached to the Jiang family, the Zhang family's status in Shengjing was indeed more important than the Guo family.

It's just that Concubine Xian is older, and she is the person who has always followed Queen Jiang Wan, and she is meticulous in her work, so she will leave a reliable and credible impression on everyone in the harem.

Guo Zhenzhen is analyzing it now, Concubine Qing thinks about it carefully, and it is indeed what she said, whether she followed Jiang Wan in the past or now, what she holds in her hands is only the scheduling of the palace people and the trivial work in the palace, if it is really important, why don't you even have the power to be the assistant of the six palaces?

was flattered by Guo Zhenzhen like this, Concubine Qing was also a little fluttering, after all, the resentment in her heart was already heavy, and it was just a matter of everyone being snubbed together in the past, but now someone suddenly jumped up and took the upper hand, and the imbalance in her heart was instantly broken and turned into a crazy jealousy.

She actually doesn't quite understand the way of the royal people here, in Concubine Qing's heart, the power of the assistant of the six palaces and even the power of the queen is the real power, but she doesn't know that there are many matters in the harem, thousands of people inside and outside, what a terrible hidden force it is, when Jiang Wan was alive, because of the command of the army, it was very important in this regard, Guo Zhenzhen was able to develop a group of her own forces under Jiang Wan, and now that Jiang Wan is dead, she dares to blatantly take all of these into her pocket, Probably only Concubine Qing in this palace will fully believe what Guo Zhenzhen said that she herself is a useless person.

"You're right, you can't call Concubine Jing so rampant! Don't say that the Queen Mother doesn't look down on her frivolous appearance, I can't get used to it, in a few days it will be the beginning of winter, and at the palace banquet, I will definitely give her a good look! "Concubine Qing is a powder keg that explodes at a moment's notice, and when she says such a thing, she is determined to fight Jiang Wan endlessly.

A smile flashed in Guo Zhenzhen's eyes, but she quickly retracted, she groaned for a while, and pretended to speak in a worried tone: "This year's palace banquet in Lidong is still set on the side of Min Lake, but the stones along the front of the small island in Min Lake have slipped down, and no one dares to go into the water in winter, and the asphalt is slippery too close to the side, so I think that the spring will come and then slowly rest, when the palace banquet is so many people, it is good that the daylight is bright when I go, I am afraid that it is easy to get distracted and fall off the road when I come back at night with a lantern, Xingyue, Tomorrow, I must remember to send someone to tell the palace people in each palace to pay attention, if anyone accidentally falls, the slave will be fine, I am afraid that the concubines are delicate and frail, and if they fall into the water in this winter, I am afraid that they will freeze half their lives. ”

That road is the path that must be passed to Min Lake, this year in the autumn everything is not going well, many places in the palace have been renovated, in fact, try not to get close to the lake is fine, but Min Lake there are few people on weekdays, after all, there are a few people in the palace who know about this.

Guo Zhenzhen originally meant to Concubine Qing, but Concubine Qing really listened to it all, rolled her eyes, patted her chest, and said angrily: "Where can I let you come to Zhang Luo alone?" You have worked hard enough for the funeral of the first queen, aren't all the nobles sick? You must also pay attention to your body, and you will leave it alone on the side of the West Third Palace. ”

She really has everything on the bright side, Mei Xi Palace is in the West Third Palace, Guo Zhenzhen is naturally happy to throw it on Concubine Qing.

Repeatedly prevaricated politely, Concubine Qing insisted on this, Guo Zhenzhen pretended to be reluctant to come down, so that she must remember this matter, but she couldn't be sloppy, probably because she was afraid that Guo Zhenzhen would regret it again, after listening to her answer, Concubine Qing got up and hurried away, and the nobles also stood up and retired together, and after leaving the palace with Concubine Qing, they turned around the corner again.

As soon as she entered the room, Guo Zhenzhen had completely changed her appearance, and her demure self-control had turned into a gloomy and indifferent face, she knew everything that happened in Mei Xi Palace today, and because she knew, the fire in her heart was no less than that of Concubine Qing, but she was too good at disguising her emotions, and she was too good at using others as her own knife, so she never easily revealed her joys and sorrows, even in front of Zhao Guiren, she was just indifferent.

"The pastries rewarded by the Queen Mother are excellent, try them." Guo Zhenzhen picked up the pastry plate and handed it to the direction of Zhao Guiren.

Zhao Guiren stepped forward and picked up a small piece and said softly: "What do you think Concubine Qing will do?" ”

"What she wants to do has nothing to do with this palace, does it?" The corners of Guo Zhenzhen's lips hooked up a cold smile, she gently bit down on the corner of the pastry, held it in her mouth, melted in a moment, and the sweet milk smell spread.

There is a problem with Minhu, she told Concubine Qing clearly, and asked the palaces to mention it and avoid it carefully, and it was also clear that she knew with Concubine Qing, from beginning to end, the words that she couldn't get along with Concubine Jing were all said by Concubine Qing herself, and she had to arrange someone to inform Concubine Qing of the matter of the West Third Palace.

"How?" Guo Zhenzhen raised her eyes, "Do you think Concubine Qing is pitiful, do you want to mention her?" ”

Zhao Guiren hurriedly restrained his expression, lowered his head and said obediently: "The concubine is soft-spoken, clumsy and dull, how dare you mention Concubine Qing?" The concubines didn't understand anything about this, they only knew that the Queen Mother had rewarded a pastry. With that, under Guo Zhenzhen's gaze, he ate the pastry in his hand.

Guo Zhenzhen's eyes softened a little after half a sound, she sat up straight, and straightened her skirt: "You are not in good health, don't go out these days, I don't have anything important here, I don't need you to accompany me from time to time, take care of it for a few days, the Winter Palace banquet is lively, but don't miss the table." ”

Zhao Guiren sighed in her heart, she was very stunned that Guo Zhenzhen suddenly said such a thing to herself, she hurriedly looked up at Guo Zhenzhen, she leaned sideways and lowered her eyes, she couldn't see what kind of expression it was, her tone was ordinary, she didn't hear anything wrong, Zhao Guiren stabilized her mind, and said: "Yes, the concubine will go back first." ”

"Go ahead." Guo Zhenzhen raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Guiren, her eyes reflected the candlelight, looking very ethereal, and when Zhao Guiren took two steps back and turned around, Guo Zhenzhen suddenly opened her mouth again, "By the way, I received a letter from my father two days ago, and the letter mentioned two sentences about your family, and I almost forgot about it." ”

Zhao Guiren paused suddenly, clenched his palms, and turned around as calmly as possible: "Such a trivial matter, I still remember it." ”

"Don't be nervous, your father just made a small achievement, and my father praised him twice, everything is fine in your family, you are in the palace, don't let them worry about disappointment." Guo Zhenzhen's voice was obviously very soft, but Zhao Guiren heard a cold sweat.

When he heard Guo Zhenzhen say that everything was fine at home, Zhao Guiren breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard the second half, his whole nerves tensed again.

Fortunately, there was nothing extra to say, and when Zhao Guiren walked out of the room, he reached out and handed it to Qingge.

Qingge saw that her face was wrong, and hurriedly helped Zhao Guiren to leave the Anxuan Palace quickly, and after walking far away, Qingge whispered: "What's wrong with the little master?" I just said a few words when I went back, why was my face so ugly? ”

Zhao Guiren was uneasy: "I always feel that Concubine Xian knows about our meeting with Jingyue. ”

Qingge was also taken aback by Zhao Guiren's words, and hurriedly comforted her: "No, it was so early at that time, the slave and maid were careful and careful, and I was sure that no one would see it!" What did Concubine Xian Niangniang say? Don't scare yourself, little master. ”

"She told me not to go out for a few days." Zhao Guiren still didn't feel any more relaxed, she had been by Guo Zhenzhen's side for a long time, she was suspicious, her words seemed to have some side meanings, "She said let me take care of my body, don't miss the excitement of the Winter Palace banquet, is she mentioning me?" Let me not have the heart to report to others? She also specifically mentioned things in my family, and I always felt that . . . She's warning me something in a subtle way. ”

Qingge felt that his master's mood was unstable, and hurriedly helped Zhao Guiren to the side, and lowered his voice: "Don't think about it, little master, let's not mess up with our own proportions first, Concubine Xian's words like this must not have any real evidence, if you really know what the master does, it will not be such a means to face the master." ”

Zhao Guiren looked at Qingge sideways, and in Qingge's firm eyes, he finally calmed down: "Yes, it's me who is too sensitive." ”

"That... Aunt Jingyue's side, we can ask for it. Qingge asked carefully, after all, Jingyue didn't fully trust them, and this incident was a good opportunity to take a stand and win over Jingyue.

Zhao Guiren immediately said: "After returning to the palace, you are not allowed to go out, the news tonight cannot leak from me at all, Jingyue's matter will be talked about later, how about Concubine Jing, what do we have to do?" Jingyue is concerned about the queen's affairs, if tonight's matter leaks out, once the clues are found, our thoughts are clear, but the road is also at the end, the time in the palace is still so long, what is the hurry? ”

Qingge hurriedly said yes.

Zhao Guiren raised his head, looked at the bright moon hanging in the sky, and sighed lightly: "The water of Min Lake is so cold in winter, I don't want to taste that taste yet." ”

The world is so big, she is as small as an ant.

The only thing you can do is protect yourself.