Lightning and thunder roared, and the scoop was like a note.

Only lived two royal maids, a woman who had fallen out of favor for a long time, and died two years ago A woman who had been favored Although the Changxin Palace was the residence of the concubines of the past dynasties, and it was very close to Jique, it seemed desolate and deserted because of the lack of people, especially on such a rainy night in late autumn, the fallen leaves were thickly piled up on the unattended palace road, and the heavy rain fell, rustling like cannibalization, and the thick mist quickly spread.

One after another lightning flashed, the autumn wind carried the autumn rain, rolled up the fallen leaves and flew all over the sky, under the ghost of the night, the more timid palace people couldn't help but feel cold when they saw this.

Ah Shan's courage is naturally not small, she stood quietly at the corner of the corridor, listening with bated breath, the wind swept under the corridor rapidly, and the wind chimes left by the old people still rang crisply, and the cloak in Ah Shan's hand was blown up.

When Mu Biwei arrived, her dress was already half wet, and her face was blue because of the cold.

Ah Shan put on a cloak for her neatly, and took out a silver pot from his arms, but it was still warm ginger tea, Mu Biwei drank two sips, then eased up, nodded to her, didn't have time to explain carefully, and said: "I just returned the umbrella, let's go." ”

Hurriedly returned to Changjin Palace, Lin Jia personally greeted them at the corner gate of the promised one, and diligently held an umbrella and sent them back to the Chenglian Palace, which had already prepared ginger soup, and first presented a lamp for Mu Biwei and Ah Shan to drink, and then sent the big bucket into the bath, Ah Shan drank the ginger soup, and said to Mu Biwei: "The rain is cool at the end of autumn, the girl goes to take a bath." ”

The robes and plackets waited for Mu Biwei to finish bathing, walked through the corridor with clogs, and returned to the dormitory, Ah Shan had already laid out the bedding, and saw the robes and plackets coming in with the lamp, so he said, "You go down and rest." ”

The two knew that Ah Shan must have something to say to Mu Biwei, but they didn't insist, but said with a smile: "It's hard work in Tsing Yi." Then he took up the lamp and withdrew.

Mu Biwei sat down in front of the dressing table, wiped her long wet hair with a handkerchief, and looked at the occasional purple electricity outside the window: "This thunder is not small today. ”

"The girl is also so old, Princess Xiping has been raised for a few years, why don't you know how to cherish yourself like this?" Ah Shan came over, took the handkerchief in her hand and complained, "Just after bathing, you should make the robe and placket dry the girl's hair and come over, just walk through the corridor like this, it's always bad to be blown by the wind." ”

"I'm not Yutong, I'm in good health." Mu Bi pursed her lips and smiled, she seemed to be in a very good mood, but she had the leisure to say to Ah Shan, "Ah Shan always talks like this, when do I ignore my body?" ”

Seeing this, Ah Shan paused in his hand, and Fang smiled and said, "Okay, the slave doesn't talk about girls...... It's just that the girl knows that the slave maid was waiting at the Changxin Palace, but what did she see? ”

Mu Biwei's mind hadn't been withdrawn from Qingchixuan yet, and when she heard the words, she said casually: "But what does the Shen family have to worry about?" Thinking that the Queen Mother's birthday is close to the left, I will no longer start, after the Queen Mother's fiftieth birthday this time, it is not too late to take care of her again! ”

"Where is the Shen Clan?" Ah Shan smiled faintly, and said in a strange tone, "The Shen family will be taken care of by Jiao Shinu, I'm afraid I won't be able to get up, so the imperial doctor will delay and delay, and it will be very good to be able to get up when the queen mother is on her birthday...... But the slave saw Li Shiwei! ”

"Li Shinu?" Mu Biwei thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "The one in Yan Nickname Palace?" ”

Originally, there was only one Li Shiwoman in the palace, that is, the Li family of Yan Nickname Palace, more than two years ago, Mu Biwei only entered the palace, at that time the disgraced Fan Shiwei had not passed away, but fell ill in the Yongyan Hall of Changxin Palace, Zuo Zhaoyi went to visit several times, so that Mu Biwei was curious, so that Ah Shan went over to inquire quietly, and happened to bump into the Li family with a few people there to fall into the well, but I heard a little bit of Fan Shiwoman's origin, but I didn't hear why Zuo Zhaoyi took special care of Fan.

Therefore, when Li Shinu was mentioned, Mu Biwei naturally knew who it was, but last year there was another royal maid in the palace who was casually promoted by Ji Shen after being lucky, and it was Li Shinu of Yuntai Palace.

Ah Shan nodded: "Naturally, it is the Li family of Yan Nickname Palace." ”

"This is strange, Fan Shinu has been there for two years, and the Yongyan Hall where she lives is afraid that it has long been empty, right? Lee: What do you still want to do when this passes? Mu Biwei said strangely.

"The slave and maid didn't look like they were continuing to embarrass Fan Shiwei, but they were carrying paper money and incense burners as if they were worshipping." Ah Shan said thoughtfully, "But I forgot, today seems to be Fan Shinu's sacrifice day?" ”

Mu Biwei thought about it carefully: "I don't remember much, but it seems that the Fan family did go around the birthday of the Queen Mother, and then we were busy moving the palace and taking care of Yutong, the Fan family has fallen out of favor, just like that, where can I remember it clearly." ”

She said again, "Could it be that before the Fan family left, the Li family went to embarrass her again and again, and didn't want the Fan family to die, and the Li family actually became empty-hearted?" ”

Ah Shan muttered: "The slave maid will listen to the Li family's embarrassment of the Fan family outside the Yongyan Palace, as if this person is very mean, and it doesn't seem to be a person who will change his mind and repent because of Fan's death, the slave and the maid are thinking, could it be that what happened to Yan Nick Palace, or what kind of person made the Li family quietly go to the Changxin Palace to worship around Fan's sacrifice day?" ”

The Li family of Yan Nick Palace has been a little favored in the past two years, and gradually it is not as plain and lonely as before, that one Li, Mu Biwei has also occasionally seen twice, Xu is affected by the influence of Cui Lierong, the lord of Yan Nick Palace, guarding the greenhouse hall without leaving home, although the Li family has to be favored, but it is also lukewarm in front of people, and it is not very close to other people.

Although Mu Biwei paid attention to her, but the Li family's favor and family background were extremely far away from threatening her, Mu Biwei's attention was naturally more focused on the people of the Right Zhaoyi Sun family and the Guangxun He family, which would listen to Ah Shan's judgment, so he frowned and asked, "You mean...... Zuo Zhaoyi? ”

Originally, Mu Biwei's impression of Zuo Zhaoyi's Qu family was not bad, but when Qu's proposed to her to raise Princess Xiping, she was a little suspicious, at that time, Mu Biwei felt that Ji Shen could not only have two princesses, after all, there would be other children, with Qu's identity, are you afraid that you will not be able to adopt children? I don't want to have a series of miscarriages in the palace in the past two years, and Princess Xintai has no heirs to live to give birth.

In this case, Mu Biwei was naturally worried that the Qu family would snatch Princess Xiping with herself, but now that she heard that the matter might be related to the Qu family, she immediately became cautious.

Ah Shan said: "The slave maid can't say for sure, but the girl knows that the lord of Yan Nick Palace is Cui Lierong, and Lierong has never heard of the time when he was favored after entering the palace, until now, the girl has been in the palace for almost three years, and she has not seen Lierong's person, although so, but the queen mother is not uncaring for Lierong, Lierong has been silent in the palace, but it is the right Zhaoyi, and she will not bully Lierong's head when she is idle, the slave and maid think that although the Li family is now ranked in front of His Majesty, but in the end it is just like that, You Zhaoyi will not cross the girl and the Shen family to deal with her, and the queen mother's side will not suppress her, so if someone forces her to have to sacrifice the Fan family, I am afraid ...... When Fan's was not good, Zuo Zhaoyi visited frequently. ”

After listening to Ah Shan's reminder, Mu Bi frowned slightly and said: "Although the assassin history of Jinan County is also a big official, no matter how you say it, you can't put it in Zuo Zhaoyi's eyes, what is this?" ”

He said, "It's right to think so that you can fund the Lu clan, the two of them were favored by His Majesty at about the same time, and they were promoted to the throne at about the same time, and I think that before the Fan family did not have a palace, Xu had been working together with the Lu clan, maybe the Lu clan knew something." ”

"Even Zuo Zhaoyi is involved in a major matter, I'm afraid that the Lu family may not know about it." Ah Shan felt that things were not so simple, she said, "It's just that the slave maid always felt very strange in her heart, and a pair of red gold ingots was not worth anything, if the Lu clan didn't know, just treat the slave maid as a good deed." ”

"That's your red gold, and you gave it out, if you don't ask anything, don't I have to blame you?" Mu Bi scolded her slightly, reached out and touched her long hair, but it had been dried by Ah Shan little by little with a handkerchief, and said, "Okay." ”

Ah Shan put the handkerchief aside, took a porcelain box out, and opened it to reveal a stream of jasmine. Li. The fragrance of flowers wafted out, took a jade comb from the dressing table, carefully smeared the fat in the box on Mu Biwei's long hair, combed it with the jade comb, combed it a few times, and then asked, "How are the Nie Sheren now?" ”

When Mu Biwei heard Nie Yuansheng, the corners of her mouth turned up involuntarily, and she felt that it was too revealing again, so she hurriedly regained her expression and said lightly: "He has nothing to do." ”

It's just that Ah Shan accompanied her out of the palace and picked her up, how can I not know how long she has been in Qingchi Xuan? refused to be sent away like this, and said cautiously: "The girl is now Xuanhui." ”

Mu Biwei naturally heard the meaning of her words, squinted her eyes slightly, and said, "I know." ”

"Nie Sheren saved the girl's life back then, and the girl was close to her, which is not unreasonable, but it's just ......" Ah Shan pondered for a while, and said in the end, "Now the identity of the girl is not as good as before, Changjin Palace is closer to Jique Palace, and it is always in the harem, although the Nie Sheren enter and leave the palace with the permission of His Majesty, it is also recorded, if it is detected by someone......"

Mu Biwei said disapprenously: "I went to Qingchi Xuan, and it wasn't him who came to Changjin Palace, besides, even if he came, would he go to the main gate of the palace?" ”

"But girl, it's not a woman's virtue!" Ah Shan couldn't help but say, "Backyard dumping, intrigue, this is an inevitable thing, but it is extremely inappropriate to have a private meeting with a foreign man like this!" ”

Mu Biwei's face sank quickly, and Ah Shan was shocked when she saw it, but she still looked at her stubbornly.

"Women's virtue?" Mu Biwei opened her hand to comb her hair, turned her head suddenly, and said with a sneer, "Is that faint gentleman worthy of me to treat him with women's virtues?" If it weren't for his mediocrity and lustfulness and listening to the words of the He family, I would have already married someone to be my housewife, and why would I be like this today, which seems to be glamorous, but I still have no biological flesh and blood comfort under my knees! ”

Ah Shan whispered: "But Princess Xiping ......"

"No matter how good Yutong is, it's not my own! Ah Shan, you have your own parent, don't you know the difference between this biological and adopted daughter! Mu Bi lowered her voice slightly, and said sharply, "If it weren't for the fact that I drank the shunzi soup in the first few months of entering the palace and hurt my body, if I passed through the door and became a bride in a serious way, how could I be pampered and nothing so far!" Her voice was lower, but with endless sadness and anger, "After He's miscarriage, I have been thinking, is that Shunzi soup really just hurting my body?" Will I be as easy as I am to conceive, but I will lose my body when I am pregnant? Or maybe I've suffered a big loss, like that Ho ......"

"Why would the girl think that?" Ah Shan couldn't help but say, "He's small birth is obviously in the hands of others, and besides, the girl's body has always been healthy, even if there is a loss, she can always recuperate......"

Mu Biwei sneered and said, "How powerful is He's scheming city? At the beginning, the Queen Mother, Nie Yuansheng, me, and even the Sun family may not have been planted in her hands! Since she is pregnant and a male fetus, how can she be gone in less than six months? You must know that although there is a saying that there are seven lives and eight are not alive, in fact, if the middle nourishment is good, you can give birth to a lifetime in six months, no matter how much the Queen Mother hates He, there is an example of Jiang's in front, and He's one is a diagnosed male fetus! The Queen Mother won't start, Sun's side, only Princess Xintai has a daughter, maybe not tempted, we want to do it but didn't find the opportunity...... You say, how did that baby fall out? Is it really because of the two maidens? ”

"As soon as you enter the palace gate, there will be no turning back in this life." Mu Biwei closed her eyes a little tiredly and said, "Could it be that you want me to guard Ji Shen's greedy and disgusted master wholeheartedly, and at most do something to the Sun family and the He family, and look back, we are all old and decrepit, or the newcomers are disgusted when they enter the palace, relying on the official position of their father and brother, can they learn from Cui Lierong?" I may not have been out of the cabinet in a serious way, and my descendants were blessed with knees, but because the faint king listened to He's slander, he sank into the palace from then on, what is he, and why should I be asked to guard the so-called women's virtue for him? ! ”

Ah Shan lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

"If you're afraid, I'll find an excuse to send you out of the palace when you go back." Mu Bi opened her eyes slightly, glanced at her coldly, and said in a deep voice, "After all, you took care of the eldest brother and me, that is, you will go to tell the secret that I have been in secret with Nie Yuansheng for the past two years, and I don't blame you!" ”

"What did the girl say?" Ah Shan heard this, but he suddenly raised his head and shouted, "How can I hurt the girl!?" ”

Although Su Xiu Suge was sent away, the palace people who served Princess Xiping were also alarmed, and they heard the sound, but it was not real, but when Mu Biwei happened here, he heard a palace person hurriedly come over and ask: "Niangniang?" ”

"It's all right, go down." Mu Biwei calmed down, and said in a loud voice, and only after the palace people were sent away, did she say softly, "It's me who said wrong, Ah Shan, don't blame me." ”

Ah Shan's face turned white and red, and he sighed in the end: "The slave knows that the girl is unwilling and resentful, and the slave is confused...... It's just that when the lady was dying, she taught the girl......"

In the mighty night of the autumn rain, the lights were quiet, the master and servant were opposite, and they all unexpectedly remembered the Min family, Mu Bi was slightly stunned for a long time, and finally smiled bitterly: "Ruo A-Niang has always been alive......"

"As long as the girl is doing well, it will be done." Although Ah Shan didn't like Mu Biwei's betrayal of Ji Shen, compared to the girl who grew up since she was a child, she still made a decision in the end, and said abruptly, "It's the slave who is too talkative, and the girl Quan Dang didn't ask anything tonight." ”