"Madame Shang, are you questioning your father's decision?" Xiao Yongqing's tone was unwavering, and he said the most deadly words in the most peaceful tone.

"The concubine doesn't dare." He Ruolan'er knew that she had suffered a dumb loss, so she dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so she hurriedly asked the emperor for her guilt.

"Erchen heard that Zhuan Niang's piano skills were a must, so he proposed to the crown princess to invite her to help the fun." Xiao Yongqing was too lazy to argue with He Ruolan'er and explained to his father.

Yue Jin knew that he said this to defend Su Nian, but she was still a little moved in her heart.

Xiao Yongqing continued to say slowly: "I didn't expect that the poor consideration touched my father's sadness, which made the queen worried, and the sons and daughters were willing to be punished. ”

"Then ......"

The emperor was about to speak, and a small eunuch walked quickly from the side door to the side door and whispered a few words, and after listening, Cha Xi waved his hand to let him step aside.

"Your Majesty." He leaned over and whispered, "The envoy of Beili asks to see you." ”

"Why are you here at this time?" The emperor was stunned for a moment, flicked his sleeves and motioned for everyone to get up and return to their seats, and then his tightly knit brows relaxed, and he said calmly: "Please go to the main hall and wait for a while." ”

The little eunuch took his order and walked away quickly.

The emperor leaned back in his chair and took a few deep breaths, tapped his fingers on the edge of the small table a few times, turned his gaze back to Zhuan Niang, and said softly: "I speak count, what reward do you want?" ”

Zhu Niang knelt on the ground, straightened her upper body, and replied without humility or arrogance: "Slave and maid are brave, and I beg Your Majesty to forgive this cheap life of the slave and maid." ”

"I want to reward you, not punish you, so why do I say this?"

Lianniang bowed down and kowtowed her head three times, and then straightened her forehead, which was already a red mark, and she was afraid that if she used a little more force, she would see blood.

She said, "A few days ago, the slave offended a nobleman. The noble man threatened to take the life of the slave maid, but the slave and maid still wanted to live in the world for a few more years. ”

"Oh? Do you want me to punish that man? ”

"Definitely." Lianniang shook her head, a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, "The slave is just looking for an excuse to get rid of her slavery and climb the high branches." ”

"You're being honest." Such a straightforward remark actually caused the emperor to laugh, and said meaningfully, "But this high branch is not easy to climb." ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine ......"

The queen wanted to say something, but the emperor didn't listen to his sleeves and got up and said, "Come with me." This was said to Xiao Yongqing.

The two walked past Zhuan Niang, who was kneeling on the ground, and the emperor stopped, turned his head to look at Zhuan Niang, and finally sighed: "You...... Let's go to Lefu on an errand. ”

"Slave and maid, thank you for your grace."

Zhuan Niang smiled movingly, but Yuejin saw the sadness in it. She remembered that Lianniang said that if she was lucky, she could be accepted as a concubine by a nobleman, but how good was it to enter the palace as a female official?

After His Majesty left, the rest of the people also said goodbye, and Yue Jin walked to Zhuan Niang's side and helped her up and said, "Why are you doing this? ”

"The crown princess doesn't blame the slave family?" Listening to Yue Jin's tone, Lianniang showed a slightly surprised look and asked puzzled.

"Blame? What do you blame? ”

"It's all the slaves' own opinions, which upset the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and implicated you." Lianniang threw herself down again, and the loud voice attracted people who had not gone out to look back.

"Hurry up, you ......"

"If the crown princess does not forgive the slave and maid, then the slave and maid will not rise." Zhuan Niang knelt on the corner of Yuejin's skirt tightly clutched, like a drowning person grasping a life-saving straw, only to see her crying and saying, "But the slave maid just doesn't want to stay in that kind of place where there is no future, and she will be a courtesan in the end of her life." The slave is not reconciled! I want slaves and maids to have a better life and a broader world. If you refuse to forgive the slave and maid, then you can blame the slave and maid, so that the slave and maid can feel better. ”

Faced with Zhu Niang's sudden abnormal behavior, Yue Jin was stunned. She was not a smart woman in the first place, and she seemed to be calm in her daily life, but because she had carefully considered each situation in advance, and the situation at this time was completely unexpected by her, and she did not know how to answer for a while.

Lianniang let go of the hand holding the hem of Yuejin's skirt and slapped herself a few times quickly and hard. Yue Jin was busy pulling Lianniang, from other angles, it looked like she grabbed Lianniang's hand and forced Lianniang to slap her face.

He Ruo Lingwei's personal maid turned back in Banxia to help her master get something, and happened to bump into this wonderful scene. When she returned to He Ruo Lingwei with her things, she naturally reported this anecdote.

He Ruo Lingwei said: "This Lianniang is really interesting. ”

"Niangniang, why don't you go and help her?" Banxia suggested.

"What's the hurry, although it is the person left by His Majesty, but the concubine has not spoken yet." He Ruo Lingwei raised her hand and stroked the phoenix hairpin on her head, and snorted disdainfully, "If you want this palace to say that our majesty also has a big heart, any courtesan of unknown origin dares to stay in the palace, it is estimated that one day it will ......."

"Mother, be cautious." Banxia quickly stopped.

"What are you afraid of?" Having said that, He Ruo Lingwei still had some scruples, she didn't continue, she thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow at noon, you go to the Hengcheng Mansion to help the palace deliver a letter, enter through the side door, don't let people see it." ”

Banxia didn't ask much, so he answered.

In the banquet hall, Zhuan Niang left under the leadership of the palace maid. Yue Jin walked outside the hall, and Younan, who was waiting in the side hall, immediately greeted and asked what happened.

"Everyone has their own aspirations." Yue Jin rolled up her sleeves and sighed, but didn't say anything.

"The crown princess." Cha Xi came over and saluted, "Please move to the main hall." ”

"May I ask my father-in-law, is there anything important about this?" Seeing that it was the order from the chief eunuch, Yue Jin was a little puzzled.

Cha Xihan said with a smile: "Our family is just here to spread the word, and the holy will cannot be figured out without authorization, so please do it." ”

As Cha Xi entered the main hall, there was one person in the main hall besides the emperor and Xiao Yongqing, and Yue Jin didn't look at it and went up to salute the emperor first.

"Yuejin, your mother's clan has come to visit you." The emperor's tone was majestic, but his voice was very soft, and he pointed to the humane standing aside, "Since what I said is not a state matter, I will not listen here." So saying, he got up and left.

The person who claimed to be the envoy of Beili made a great salute of Beili and said, "This ...... I'm afraid it's not in accordance with the rules. ”

"Well, it doesn't matter." The emperor waved his hand, "Aren't you here to be constrained when you talk about family affairs?" If there is really something important, let the crown prince convey it. ”

The Beili envoy heard the emperor's voiceover: although he was not there, he did not allow the envoy to talk to Yue Jin alone, it was just another method of surveillance.

After the emperor left, the envoy of Beili first greeted Yue Jin briefly. During his conversation with Yuejin, his eyes glanced at Xiao Yongqing from time to time, and he wanted to speak several times and stopped.

Yue Jin couldn't help it first, and asked directly: "You didn't come here just to say goodbye to this palace, right?" ”