The moonlight was as thin as a cicada's wings, quietly shining on the pure and immaculate face of the sleeping little girl.

Zi Ling quietly looked at Yu'er's beautiful face, reached out and gently brushed away her long black hair, her eyes were full of infinite love.

This is the first night that the emperor ordered Yu'er to be raised by Zi Ling, Zi Ling thought that she would not be used to changing the bed, but who knew that she slept so peacefully, with a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth. Zi Ling looked at this little girl who was as delicate as a porcelain doll.

What Meng Hongyu came into the room, Ziling didn't know. It wasn't until he gently put his hand on her shoulder that she came to her senses.

"Why are you so fascinated?" He asked softly.

"Behold our most beautiful little princess." She replied with a smile.

Because of her words, he was suddenly moved and slightly distressed. Sitting down beside her, he rested his head on her fragrant shoulder and whispered in her ear, "You have been wronged." ”

She turned her head, kissed his warm lips mischievously, held his face, and said with a smile, "I was indeed wronged." Ziling will help you find out the two little palace maids and confront them, so you can save a lot of worry. Zi Ling is miserable, offended the Queen Mother, I don't know what to do in the future? Your Majesty, what do you say, Zi Ling? ”

He kissed her back and pinched her cheek affectionately: "My ugly concubine is really smart! My cleverness has been compared to your cleverness. ”

She put her arms around his neck, rested her head on his broad shoulders, and asked softly, "Actually, the emperor, you believed in Ziling from the beginning, didn't you?" ”

"Yes." The firmness in his tone touched her, and she hugged him tightly and said infinitely affectionately, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

He believed in her from the beginning! Therefore, when Concubine De went to sue with a face full of grievances, he was not in a hurry to ask her? That's why he handed Xinyu over to her to raise? Does this mean that she has a place in his heart? From now on, in this frightening palace, she has someone to rely on?

How wonderful! After that, someone trusted her and made her trust.

The next day, Ziling took Xinyu to greet the Queen Mother. At the beginning of the winter sun, the snow gradually dissolves, and a few plum blossoms that are not afraid of the cold bloom early, and the dark fragrance is full of sleeves.

In the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, Concubine Liu Ruxin had already arrived, and she was gossiping with the Empress Dowager.

Ziling asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and Concubine Shu couldn't wait to speak: "My sister came so late, she must have been disturbed by Princess Xinyu last night." It's no wonder that sister, you haven't given birth to a child, and you haven't taken a child, so you must not be used to it. I don't think the Queen Mother will blame you. Right? Dowager? After speaking, she looked at the Queen Mother.

She seemed to be pleading for Ziling's tardiness, but in fact, she was reminding the Queen Mother that Ziling was late and should be dealt with! Zi Ling sneered in her heart, she didn't pay attention to a stupid woman like Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu looks like a hedgehog, but everyone knows how many thorns she has on her body, she doesn't know how to hide her jealousy and conspiracy, she only wants to be quick to speak for a while, offending the entire harem, and thinking that she has won one game after another.

Such a person is not terrible, because she only knows how to shoot, but she is not enough to hurt people. The best weapon against such a stupid woman is an indifferent smile.

Ziling just laughed, directly ignored her nonsense, turned her head to the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, Yu'er went to bed early last night and slept very soundly. Because the emperor and Ziling talked about the historical records for half a night, the time was delayed, and it was late to get up today, I hope the queen mother will forgive me. ”

The Queen Mother is a woman with big plans and no small conspiracy, because she felt sorry for Xinyu that day, she listened to her concubine's slander and blamed Ziling, so she didn't want to pursue such an innocuous trivial matter as "being late".

As a successful woman who has dealt with many women in the deep palace, she has long seen through Concubine Shu's tricks, and she has also seen through Concubine Shu - she has a beautiful face, but she is the kind of superficial woman who is jealous. And Zi Ling, who does not have the beauty of a concubine, is smart and kind-hearted. She gradually liked Ziling's cleverness, although she knew that being smart was not necessarily a good thing for women.

Exit from Cining Palace and pass through the Imperial Garden.

Xiaoru took Yu'er to play in the garden, and Ziling stood under the plum tree smelling the faint fragrance of plums, closing her eyes and enjoying the warm sunshine. From childhood to adulthood, it is her favorite to bask in the sun comfortably for an hour or two in winter, although this body is not her own after crossing, but the habit is really an imprint in the depths of the soul, and it is still difficult to change.

Concubine Shu came from a distance with the palace maids and eunuchs, and when she saw Ziling standing under the plum tree, she made a detour "thousands of miles away": "Yo, my sister still has leisure to enjoy the flowers." My sister is naturally beautiful, and when she stands by this plum tree, she doesn't dare to bloom the plum blossoms in this tree. When she finished speaking, she covered her mouth and smiled.

Zi Ling could hear it as malicious ridicule, not good-natured appreciation—beautiful women are always too proud to praise others, even if they are uglier than herself.

Zi Ling still smiled: "Sister smiled, Zi Ling is the posture of falling flowers, and my sister is the appearance of shy flowers." ”

Concubine Shu stopped laughing, her face was full of disgust in an instant, and she said to Ziling with a righteous posture: "You are really a calculating woman!" If he couldn't give birth to a child, he framed Concubine De and snatched Xinyu to his side, so as to win over the emperor and the queen mother. Who doesn't know that the emperor loves Xinyu the most, it's good now, my sister can sleep night and night. ”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ziling to say a word, she turned around and left angrily, and after walking a few steps, she turned back and said, "You must know that those who harm the separation of mother and son will have retribution sooner or later!" ”

Zi Ling looked at her distant back in a daze.

Because Concubine De is her own niece, the Queen Mother has always loved Xinyu and Xinyang, on the contrary, Concubine Shu's two daughters are not so loved by the Queen Mother, and Concubine Shu is always worried about this. Today, Concubine Shu said this, it is not ruled out that she was jealous, but what she said seems to have a point...... People who harm the separation of mothers and children...... Are you really that hateful?

Although Concubine De's abuse and beating of Yu'er is indeed hateful, if you think about it from another perspective, who knows how much pain she has endured in her heart? Otherwise, what mother would be willing to beat her children? Besides, Concubine De really loves Xinyang. Now, she is confined in the Cold Moon Palace, and Xinyang is also placed in the Cining Palace to be raised by the Queen Mother, how painful will it be for their mother and son to be separated?

Maybe she's wrong? Perhaps, it's not that she's wrong, it's Concubine De's wrong?

Tearful eyes ask every day silently, the flowers bloom and fold one, the oblique hairpin cloud temples, who knows?