However, as soon as the harem concubines were mentioned, Princess Zhaoyuan suddenly opened up the conversation and began to talk to Lin Zuiliu about the harem gossip that she couldn't stop.

She mysteriously approached Lin Zuiliu's side, waved her hand at her, and said, "A few days ago, the lady concubine in the palace was pregnant with a dragon fetus, but she didn't save it. ”

The emperor has a thin heir, only a son born to his earliest concubine, Tong Guifei, who is the eldest son of the current emperor of the Beihuan Kingdom.

And Concubine Tong turned out to be just a concubine, but she was directly promoted after giving birth to a child.

After rising several ranks in a row, there was not a single woman in the entire harem who did not want to give birth to Qi Jingheng.

However, if the prince was really so good, he would not have had children only with Concubine Tong for so many years.

"Drunken Willow, you said that my imperial brother has always favored Sister Chen for so many years, why doesn't she have an imperial heir."

Princess Zhaoyuan didn't know that Rong Zhengyu would ask this now, and Lin Zuiliu didn't plan to tell her.

After all, no matter how much Princess Zhaoyuan likes Concubine Chen, if she knew that she had another man in her heart, she ran away with that man, so she was lukewarm to the emperor for so many years.

Probably with the temper of Princess Zhaoyuan that Lin Zuiliu understands, she will go crazy directly.

So let's not talk about it.

Thinking so, she suddenly said, "By the way, Zhaoyuan, when it comes to heirs, why is it that the queen has a respected status, and now she doesn't even have an heir?" ”

When it comes to the queen mother, Princess Zhaoyuan, who has always adhered to the principle of staying away from the harem, couldn't help but sigh.

"You also know that when Sister Chen was here, the queen mother, the master of the harem, didn't have much sense of existence."

"The queen mother is actually my cousin in terms of relatives, she has always been in poor health, just like that, until she is older, she doesn't have the heart to engage with the harem group of people, and the royal brother doesn't like her, so she was naturally left behind."

It is said that in the limited few times she got along, Lin Zuiliu felt that the queen was also a very good person, speaking gently and considerately, and also having the temperament of a lady.

It's just that the temperament is too cold, and I don't like to take the initiative to make friends with others, but let others be pinched as soft persimmons.

"I look, the queen is also very good."

"Who's to say it isn't." Princess Zhaoyuan took a sip of tea, and then said slowly, "People are very good, but in such a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, it's useless just to be good." ”

Princess Zhaoyuan's words were not rough, and Lin Zuiliu knew in her heart that what she said was right.

She suddenly became interested, looked at Princess Zhaoyuan excitedly and said, "Why don't we go back and visit the queen mother, I have always wanted to make friends with her, but I didn't find a good time." ”

Zhao Yuan didn't have a temper at all because of her temperament, but he looked at her very speechlessly for a while, and saw that she seemed to really have this thought, so he spoke

"It's not impossible to go, but let's think about it a little bit, we don't have much friendship with the queen, so if we go to visit rashly, people really won't think we're very strange."

What Zhao Yuan said seems to have a point.

Lin Zuiliu waited quietly for a long time, and felt that Princess Zhaoyuan was right, so he nodded, and said a little embarrassed, "Okay, then consider going again." ”

Lin Zuiliu came with Cui He and Yidong this time, after all, it was his own maid who was more comfortable to use.

Besides, before Liao Luan left, he specially explained that Cui He must take a good look at Lin Zuiliu and don't let her cause any trouble, so Cui He has been following her every day in the past few days and trying to implement Liao Luan's instructions.

The two rummaged through the warehouse of Princess Zhaoyuan's Changle Palace all morning before finding a gift suitable for the queen's mother.

One person, Princess Zhaoyuan gave a jade Ruyi, which has the meaning of sending a son and sending blessings, which can be regarded as a good omen for the queen.

Lin Zuiliu gave a ginseng that has been around for a thousand years, and this ginseng was originally given to her by the emperor, and now it is used for the queen's mother, which can be regarded as returning to its original owner.

The two of them took the gifts and took the palace maid and maid directly to the Kunning Palace where the queen mother was.

After all, she is the queen, her status is respected, and the location of the Kunning Palace where she lives is also the closest to the emperor's Qianqing Palace.

When the two walked to the gate of Kunning Palace, they smelled a faint smell of burning incense, and before coming, Princess Zhaoyuan said to Lin Zuiliu that the queen mother had taken care of the Buddha with the queen mother.

It's not for anything else, it's just that the health is not good, for the sake of self-cultivation, I started to worship the Buddha, but I didn't expect to develop a habit at this time.

The two of them were reported by the eunuch at the door, and when a well-dressed palace maid came out, she looked at the two and said with a smile, "Princess Zhaoyuan, Princess Zhennan, the queen is invited." ”

Because of her poor health, the queen has never interacted much with these concubines in the harem, and Kunning Palace is deserted all year round, and no one has stepped at the door.

Now that Lin Zuiliu and Princess Zhaoyuan came to visit her, she was a little surprised and a little happy.

When the palace maid welcomed the two people in, the queen mother hurriedly got up and sat down with the two, let the palace maid behind her accept the gift, and said with a smile, "Why are you free to come over today?" ”

I really don't blame the queen for asking, she has been in the palace for so many years, and Princess Zhaoyuan has come to Kunning Palace to see her only a handful of times.

Not to mention Lin Zuiliu, the princess of Zhennan who has no friendship on weekdays.

Princess Zhaoyuan couldn't speak, and Lin Zuiliu didn't wait for her to speak, she said directly, "It's not that I talked to the princess about the queen today, so I wanted to come to Kunning Palace to see the mother." ”

Hearing this, the queen mother was also a little interested, "Oh? talked about the palace, I don't know what the princess and the princess talked about. ”

Her life has always been dull and uninteresting, so she really doesn't know what topics she has for Lin Zuiliu and Princess Zhaoyuan to talk about.

Referring to what she said, Lin Zuiliu already had some thoughts in her heart, her expression became slightly serious, and she looked at the queen mother and said

"Su Rili often heard that the queen mother is not in good health, the concubine was originally lonely and unheard, and she didn't know about these things, but now when she heard about it, she wanted to do her best to help the queen mother take a look, I don't know what the queen mother wants."

Lin Zuiliu didn't want the queen to agree at once, after all, the two of them didn't have much friendship, she looked very strange when she came rashly, and now she even offered to help the queen take care of the stubborn disease.

It would be very strange for her to think about it for herself.

However, Lin Zuiliu didn't expect that after listening to her words, the queen mother only hesitated slightly and nodded happily.

"Okay, although this is really a bit annoying to the princess, but the palace really wants to cure this stubborn disease, I heard that the princess cured the stubborn illness of the first queen mother, and I am really moved."

Knowing that the queen mother happily agreed, Lin Zuiliu's heart also brightened a lot, and on the spot asked the palace maid to take a pillow and put it under her wrist, and touched the pulse of the queen mother.

Her pulse is indeed similar to that of the Empress Dowager, although Lin Zuiliu is very confident, but she suddenly hesitated in the face of this disease.

It was really because she had not succeeded in treating the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother suddenly went early, leaving some shadows in her heart.

Seeing that her face was gloomy and unkind, the queen mother and Princess Zhaoyuan on the side were startled.

Princess Zhaoyuan was anxious, so she asked directly, "How is it?" Why is this expression, is the queen's illness difficult to treat? ”

"Not really," Lin Zuiliu shook his head, bit his lip, frowned and hesitated for a long time before he spoke, "Don't hide it from the queen mother, the first queen mother's illness is very similar to yours, and the concubine is really afraid...... I'm afraid it won't be cured. ”

The queen mother naturally knew that Lin Zuiliu had also treated the queen mother, but the condition had been repeated for a long time, and finally she went directly.

However, she always felt that Lin Zuiliu was really not to blame for the physical affairs of the Queen Mother, and she didn't know why, she always felt that this matter was repeated over and over again, and it didn't seem simple at all.

Thinking so, the queen mother directly stretched out her hand to hold Lin Zuiliu's little paw and patted her gently, then smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, princess, this palace believes in your ability, so she will directly help me heal." ”

Lin Zuiliu himself didn't believe in himself anymore, he didn't expect the person who was treated to think so much, since the queen believed in herself so much, Lin Zuiliu's self-pity in her heart was a little better.

She nodded, and shook back the hand held by the queen mother, and her heart was indeed a little moved.

"Don't worry, the queen mother, the concubine will definitely be treated."

When the two of them said this, they remembered that they seemed to have cooled Princess Zhaoyuan aside.

The queen mother stretched out her other hand to hold Princess Zhaoyuan's hand, and said with a smile, "This palace knows that the news of her illness must have been passed on by the princess to the princess, the princess has a heart, and the palace is also grateful in her heart." ”

At this time, Princess Zhaoyuan was also happy, Lin Zuiliu watched from the side, and suddenly felt that the queen mother said that she was not sociable, but in fact she was a seven-trick exquisite heart.

It's just that he doesn't want to be in the same stream with the harem concubines, but in fact, his mind is very delicate, and he is really likeable.

Several people chatted in Kunning Palace for a long time, and it was not until it was dark that Lin Zuiliu and Princess Zhaoyuan got up to say goodbye.

At this time, the basement of a certain village in the Zhennan Palace.

The dimly lit basement is very hot and humid on a summer day, and the lights are dim with a few candles.

Guan Yan, who had stopped following up since Lin Zuiliu entered the palace, was standing in the basement with Guan Lan, the deputy captain of the Dark Feather Guard, at this time.

In front of them was an old man over half a hundred years old, with gray hair and beard.

If someone wants to be here at this time, they will find out that this old man is the Prime Minister Zuo who has gone into hiding.