On the first day of the fifth month, at dawn, two black-painted flat-topped carriages carried He's, Duanmujun and Duanmufei's ancestors and grandsons to the palace gate.

This is the second time Duanmujun has entered the palace, and he is much calmer than the last time.

A small chamberlain respectfully led the three of them all the way to Duanmu Guifei's Zhong Cui Palace.

Zhongcui Palace is one of the six palaces in the east, naturally it is magnificent, the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain glazed door, the left and right are embedded with colorful glazed flowers to shine on the wall, the yellow glazed tile is on the top of the mountain, the main hall is hung with the emperor's imperial inscription, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances and writes the four big characters of "Roujia Shushun", which shows the emperor's love for the concubine.

A woman in her prime gracefully sits on a mahogany five-screen marble inlaid high-waisted straight-legged arhat bed.

I saw her combing a complicated peony bun, inserting a Chaoyang five phoenix hanging bead hairpin, wearing a purple-red gold butterfly wearing a carved silk gown, a pair of charming Danfeng eyes slightly raised, skin like jade, bright ** people.

Duanmu Guifei has a son and a daughter under her knees, it is the emperor's eldest son and the fourth princess, she was the emperor's side concubine when she was in the palace, and after the emperor ascended the throne, he named her a concubine and favored the harem.

At this moment, it was not only Duanmu Guifei who was in the hall, but also the fourth princess Hanxing, just looking at Duanmu Fei's eyes with a little inquiry.

"Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Imperial Concubine and the Fourth Princess."

The three of them, including He's, all saluted Duanmu Guifei and Han Xing.

"Mother should be polite." While Duanmu Guifei was speaking, her palace maid had already helped the He family with her eyes and hands.

After the He family sat down, Duanmu Guifei beckoned Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei to the front, pulled one of Duanmu Jun's plain hands with a smile, and said with a sigh: "This seems to be just a snap of a finger, Sister Jun is so big, my family has a girl who has just grown up!" The two girls' homes are carved in powder, and the water and soil of our Duanmu family really raise people! ”

Duanmu Guifei affectionately praised Duanmu and Duanmu Fei, with a familiar and natural attitude, and she couldn't tell that this was the first time their aunt and nephew met.

A dark color flashed in He's eyes, his expression was faint, and he didn't speak.

How did Duanmu Guifei not know about her mother's heart disease, but in her opinion, since her mother was a stepmother, these unhappiness could not even be called grievances, and she was frightened every step in the palace!

In the eyes of outsiders, she is a noble concubine, and she gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor and the fourth princess, with both children and daughters, and she is extremely honored.

But after all, she is old, the emperor is in the prime of spring and autumn, and she boasts of being romantic, and there are fresh and beautiful newcomers in the palace, for example, last month, there was a fifteen-year-old Liu Cairen who just became Jieyu because she was pregnant, maybe she will give birth to seven princes in the next year.

In the past two years, on the bright side, the emperor has often come to Zhongcui Palace to sit, but she knows that the emperor rarely stays overnight.

Thinking about it, Duanmu Guifei's eyes darkened, and she still maintained an elegant and reserved smile on her face.

Two days ago, the mother suddenly asked people to hand the sign in, Duanmu Guifei still felt strange, and specially asked the eldest prince to know that the family had done such a stupid thing, but the good deeds of the sisters to save the car were made like this, which not only made the emperor unhappy, but also offended Cen Yin.

Although this Cen Yin is not involved in harem affairs, but now the holy family is thick, it can be said that he is powerful, and with Cen Zhenxing's father-in-law as the backing, there are many people in the harem who want to slap him, if Cen Yin intends to target himself, he doesn't need to be ordered at all, someone will naturally do it for him with a look.

Duanmu Guifei looked at the sisters' eyes softer, praised a few more words, and rewarded each of the sisters with a delicate red gold ring bead nine-turn exquisite bracelet, and then looked at her daughter who was obviously in a daze, and said: "Hanxing, it is rare for your cousin and cousin Scarlet to enter the palace, you accompany them to walk around." A few days ago, didn't your eldest brother give you a few paper kites? Why don't you go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers, put paper kites, and have a good time. ”

Han Xing was originally a character who couldn't sit still, so he immediately stood up with a smile on his face, and received the order: "Yes, mother concubine." ”

He and Duanmu Guifei watched the three little girls go away, and sent the palace people serving in the palace back, leaving only a personal palace maid to guard the door.

In the gilded unicorn double-headed incense burner in a corner of the hall, the curling incense rises, light and elegant, diffuses in the hall, and it seems extraordinarily quiet.

"Mother," Duanmu Guifei took a sip of hot tea, her face revealed a trace of solemnity, and she said in a deep voice, "Yesterday, the emperor was reprimanded by the emperor......

"Niangniang, could it be that Cen Yin came to the emperor......" He's pupils shrank, and he blurted out in shock.

Duanmu Guifei's face sank like water, and her voice became deeper and lower: "Those eunuchs are either distorted or narrow-minded, Cen Yin and Na Cen Zhenxing are the same, they have always been eager to repay, but the emperor seems to be fascinated by them, and trusts the father and son the most." ”

Duanmu Guifei actually can't confirm whether it is related to Cen Yin, but she is not afraid of ten thousand, but she is only afraid of what happens.

She took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued, "Mother, go back and tell your father to prepare a generous gift. ”

He frowned slightly, and said in embarrassment: "Niangniang, the last time Cen Yin came to the mansion to issue an edict, he refused to even accept the silver. "Will Cen Yin accept gifts from them now?!

Duanmu Guifei put down the porcelain fetal painting enamel ink plum blossom white ground teacup in her hand, hooked a sneer at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Where will Cen Yin be short of silver?!" ”

Not only in this palace, but also the civil and military officials in the court and those local officials who secretly gave Cen Zhenxing, Cen Yin's father and son filial piety and silver, and the most important thing for this father and son is silver.

Duanmu Guifei mentioned this, and the He family thought about it, too, how could a little silver impress the eunuchs who leaned towards the government and the opposition!

Duanmu Guifei continued: "Mother, Cen Zhenxing is the prince of Dongchang Factory, he is busy with official business on weekdays, and he doesn't have much time to serve by the emperor's side. On weekdays, I can't find the right time to show goodwill, so I'm afraid that it will be self-defeating, but now I just take this opportunity to admit my mistakes and show goodwill......"

In this way, the disadvantage can be turned into an advantage. He's eyes flashed slightly, and he bowed his head thoughtfully: "It's still Niangniang's foresight." ”

The room was quiet for a moment, silently, and the incense lit in the hall burned at some point, and the fragrance was ethereal, and gradually faded.

Suddenly, He rubbed the Buddha beads in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, I will treat those sisters well in the future." ”

Seeing that her mother could listen to her own persuasion, Duanmu Guifei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The mother has always been well-versed, that is, she is easy to make mistakes in the affairs of the long house, and she can't even look down on the pair of orphan girls, but now the situation is different, not to mention, the long house has become extinct, only this pair of orphan girls, sooner or later they will marry out, what is there to worry about with this sister......

Whether it is Duanmu Guifei or the He family, I don't think Cen Yin cares much about the pair of sisters, that is, Duanmu Mansion didn't open the door that night and damaged Cen Yin's face, so he wanted to apologize to Cen Yin euphemistically by showing favor to the sisters.

"Mother, second sister-in-law, you can't indulge in it anymore......"

The sound of the mother and daughter talking echoed in the hall, and the sound of the wind blowing the leaves appeared and disappeared.