The queen smiled silently, but her eyes looked at the concubines sitting below her.

Speaking of which, it is natural to be able to enter the harem of Emperor Chu to serve, not to mention what everyone's family background is, at least their appearance will not be bad.

It has been nearly five years since Emperor Chu ascended the throne, and in addition to the old people who served him when he was in the palace, many new people have also been added to the harem over the years, and naturally they are all girls who are as fresh as flowers and bones.

But Rao is like this, the most favored person in the harem is still her Liu Huang Guifei. The original outstanding appearance has not been damaged by the passage of time and the birth of children, but has added a bit of grace and charm.

"I heard that yesterday afternoon, the imperial concubine took the second princess to Lingyun Palace." The queen pretended to be inadvertently mentioning yesterday's events.

Emperor Chu has rarely set foot in the harem in recent months, and some of the concubines naturally ran to Lingyun Hall enthusiastically, but those who ran away and the queen failed to see Emperor Chu's face.

Only she, Emperor Liu, and the second princess not only entered the Lingyun Palace, but also lingered in the Lingyun Palace for a long time before coming out.

Some of the concubines who hit the south wall that day were immediately unhappy and whispered below. But in the end, the position and favor of Emperor Liu's concubines are all here, and those low-ranking concubines and concubines are no longer dissatisfied and dare not reveal them in person.

"I didn't expect yesterday's incident to reach the ears of the queen so quickly." The corners of Emperor Liu's mouth were lightly raised, she raised her hand to stroke the broken hair on her sideburns, and got up to defend softly. "It turned out that Xuan'er had an illness in the winter, and she was so delicate that she wanted to see His Majesty. The concubine really had no way to take her to disturb His Majesty for a while, but fortunately, His Majesty had always spoiled Xuan'er, and he didn't say anything. ”

"The second princess is Your Majesty's beloved little daughter, and Your Majesty naturally cherishes her the most." The queen said with a smile on her lips. "It's just that Lingyun Hall is not a harem for concubines to walk around at will, but an important place for His Majesty to deal with all the affairs of the previous dynasty, you need to pay more attention in the future."

"The concubine knows her mistake." Emperor Liu didn't argue, but responded to the queen's words softly. "Follow the teachings of the Queen."

There was a sudden commotion outside the door, and immediately a palace maid pushed the door and ran to Jinxiu, who was standing beside the queen, and whispered a few words.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty is coming, and the holy car has arrived in front of the Zhaoyang Palace." Jinxiu hurriedly bent down and said in the queen's ear.

"What?" When the queen heard the news, she couldn't help but be a little surprised. "Why did Your Majesty come here at this time?"

"Mother, that's all for later." Jinxiu reminded the queen in a low voice. "You have to take you out to greet Your Majesty now."

In Yihua Palace, Emperor Liu's concubine got up early in the morning and went to Zhaoyang Palace to greet the queen, and there was Xiao Xuan, a little master who was still asleep, in the palace.

Mama Zhang, who was waiting for Xiao Xuan, saw that it was time, so she had to dig Xiao Xuan out of the bed herself. Xiao Xuan got out of the quilt, and a pair of short arms like lotus roots immediately wrapped around Mama Zhang's neck, and she didn't know what she was muttering.

"Oh, my little ancestor."

When Mama Zhang was pregnant with the eldest son of Emperor Liu, the eldest princess of Yongshou got the permission of the first emperor and personally selected the one who was sent to the palace to serve her grandson. And Mama Zhang's family are all old people who serve in the eldest princess's mansion, and Mama Zhang is also the grandmother of Emperor Liu's concubine, and she is even more dedicated to serving after entering the palace.

Because of this, the crown princess was so angry that she was sick for a long time.

Mama Zhang took care of the eldest son and the sixth son of Emperor Liu all the way, until Emperor Chu ascended the throne, Emperor Liu became pregnant again, and gave birth to Emperor Chu's favorite daughter - Xiao Xuan. At this time, the sixth son of the emperor had also grown to the age of five, and Emperor Liu's concubine chose another person to serve him, and Mama Zhang came to Xiao Xuan's side again.

Xiao Xuan's small body is whirring, and her skin is white, because there is milk in her daily diet, her whole person exudes a faint milky fragrance.

"Okay, little ancestor, let's get up and change our clothes, okay?" Although Mama Zhang took care of Xiao Xuan's three brothers and sisters, in all fairness, her favorite is Xiao Xuan.

"Hmm...."Xiao Xuan nestled in Mama Zhang's arms, and still didn't even want to open her eyes, and her little furry head was still buried in it.

"That's it, Dantang." Mama Zhang had no choice but to order the little palace maid on the side. "Go get some cool water, and give me the whole handkerchief."

The little palace girl named Dan Tang had a pair of smart almond eyes, and immediately responded to Mama Zhang's words, turned around and ran out. But after a while, he went back and forth, and handed a wet handkerchief wrung out with water to Mama Zhang.

Mama Zhang took the handkerchief and carefully tested the temperature before applying the wet handkerchief to Xiao Xuan's face.

Sure enough, it only took a moment for Xiao Xuan to take the initiative to sit up straight.

"Mama, where is the mother?" When Mama Zhang removed the veil, Xiao Xuan's watery eyes purred, and she looked up suspiciously and asked.

"Today is fifteen, and the imperial concubine has gone to say hello to the queen." Seeing that Xiao Xuan had finally come to her senses, Mama Zhang hurriedly took the palace maids to serve Xiao Xuan to wash and change clothes, and said to Xiao Xuan. "The imperial concubine doesn't know when she will be able to come back, so she specially instructed the slave to take the princess to the imperial garden this morning to see the lion dog that came to pay tribute a while ago."

A while ago, there were envoys from overseas, and in addition to gold and silver, cloth, and all kinds of strange and ingenious objects, there was also a pair of small and cute lion dogs.

Xiao Xuan, who was with Emperor Chu at that time, took a fancy to the pair of lion dogs at a glance, and pestered Emperor Chu on the second day. Emperor Chu has always followed her habits, and immediately agreed to come down, but the concubine Liuhuang, who got the rumor, refused.

Xiao Xuan dared to rely on Emperor Chu to pestering and coquettish, but on weekdays, Emperor Liu's concubine was a strict mother, and even Emperor Chu had to look at Emperor Liu's eyes when it came to raising Xiao Xuan. Knowing that raising a dog is no fun, Xiao Xuan sat beside Emperor Chu and nested pitifully, looking up at Emperor Liu from time to time.

Concubine Liu looked at Xiao Xuan's pitiful appearance and couldn't help laughing.

Emperor Chu saw his daughter's sad little appearance, and hurriedly said a compromise method. He let the pair of lion dogs be kept in the apse of Lingyun Palace, and let people take them to the imperial garden for a walk every five days, so that the lion dog could accompany Xiao Xuan to play for half a day.

Xiao Xuan stopped dressing up, and was led by Mama Zhang and slowly walked towards the Imperial Garden.

The Imperial Garden is full of flowers and plants, and it is already a spring scene full of flowers. Wu Chuan's apprentice Song Cheng had already waited on a grass with a little chamberlain who was in charge of raising lion dogs, and two snow-white lion dogs were playing and playing on the grass lively.

Seeing the lion dog who was thinking about it day and night, Xiao Xuan immediately stepped forward upside down.

Originally, there was still a bit of wild lion dogs that have been trained by special personnel, and now they are tame and have many relatives. Xiao Xuan had just squatted down not far from them, and the two lion dogs immediately came over with their fluffy tails.

"Hey, princess, be careful." Seeing that Xiao Xuan was eager to reach out and touch the dog, Mama Zhang hurriedly stopped her.

Xiao Xuan obediently withdrew his hand, and turned his head to look at Mama Zhang who was standing beside him.

"Mama doesn't have to be so careful." Song Cheng smiled and spoke. "Your Majesty left this pair of lion dogs for the second princess, and specially asked my master to select the most experienced person from the Birds and Beasts Division to train carefully, and Your Majesty will let the slave take this dog out to play with the second princess, so it is okay for the second princess to want to be close to this dog."

After listening to Song Cheng's words, Xiao Xuan immediately came to his senses. Before Mama Zhang could speak, she couldn't wait to carefully put her little hand on the head of a dog that was closer to her.

Xiao Xuanren's little hands didn't have much energy, Xu felt that she was quite comfortable to touch, the dog's tail wagged more diligently, and the fluffy body simply slid sideways, and fell to Xiao Xuan's legs, exposing all the belly. Seeing that his companion was like this, another dog also came over and stuck to Xiao Xuan's side and obediently did not move.

After a while, in the imperial garden, Xiao Xuan happily took two dogs to chase and frolic.

Mama Zhang was old and couldn't keep up with the energetic Xiao Xuan, so she asked the two little palace maids of Dan Tang and Lulin to follow Xiao Xuan's side, and Song Cheng also asked the two little attendants who trained dogs to follow suit.

There is no bigger master than Xiao Xuan in front of her, and Mama Zhang saw that the dog was indeed docile, and she was relieved to let Xiao Xuan get close to the dog. As a result, Xiao Xuan became more and more crazy, and in a blink of an eye, Mama Zhang couldn't see Xiao Xuan.

Fortunately, although the Dan Tang and Green Forest who followed were not very old, they were both very clever, and Mama Zhang was not very worried.

But before Mama Zhang could completely relax her mind, not far away, there was a sudden exclamation from Dantang, which was covered by dense flower branches, followed by a louder dog bark.

Mama Zhang and Song Cheng immediately became excited, and hurriedly followed the sound to find it.

was still not far from Xiao Xuan, and Mama Zhang quickly found her.

"I've met Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess." Mama Zhang caught a glimpse of Xiao Xuan, who was firmly protected by Dan Tang and Green Forest, and her heart immediately relaxed, and when she saw it again, the person standing in front of Dan Tang and Green Forest was actually Xiao Lu, the eldest daughter of Emperor Chu.

Mama Zhang has lived in the palace for many years, so she is naturally familiar with this eldest princess. The biological mother of the eldest princess is Concubine Chen, who has been attached to the queen for many years, and her family background is not obvious, and she is not very favored by Emperor Chu.

Concubine Chen seems to have a cowardly personality, and the daughter born to her is arrogant and domineering, and she is not favored by Emperor Chu.

"You minions, get out of here." Xiao Lu is four years older than Xiao Xuan, and she is only eight years old now, and she has been coveting this pair of lion dogs for a long time.

But Emperor Chu had raised this pair of lion dogs in the Lingyun Palace before, and although Xiao Lu's eyes were hot, he didn't dare to go to Emperor Chu to be presumptuous. The palace maid who served her today heard that the lion dog was led to the imperial garden, Xiao Lu immediately rushed over, and saw Xiao Xuan who was playing with the lion dog.

"I don't know how Dan Tang and Green Forest collided with Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess." Mama Zhang knew that Xiao Lu and Xiao Xuan were not used to getting along, but the people in Yihua Palace on the bright side were slaves after all, and it would not be good if Xiao Lu's words were passed on, so she hurriedly stepped forward and made a gesture to let Dan Tang and Lulin get out of the way.

"Mama, my sister wants to take the puppy away." The palace people need to take care of Xiao Lu's identity, but Xiao Xuan doesn't need it, and when she saw Mama Zhang coming, she immediately complained. "She also smashed the puppy."

Following Xiao Xuan's words, Mama Zhang looked to the side.

It turned out that Xiao Lu came menacingly just now, so he commanded the pair of lion dogs to come over. However, the pair of lion dogs were playing with Xiao Xuan, and they ignored Xiao Lu's call.

Xiao Lu immediately lost his temper, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at one of the dogs. The corners of the stone were sharp, and the dog was smashed before he could dodge, and immediately the wound bled out, and he fell to the ground whining and screaming.

The other dog saw that his companion was smashed, and immediately barked fiercely at Xiao Lu. The little waiter who followed was afraid that the dog would hurt people, so he hurriedly stepped forward to trap the dog, but the dog was trapped and continued to bark at Xiao Lu.