After removing the jewelry and fat powder, no matter how well the maintenance is, the traces of the years can be seen, Rong Ruo gently combed his hair with a comb dipped in jasmine water, and said softly, "The palace maid was born, and no matter how favored she is, it is limited, not to mention that there is no foundation background, and it is not for you to handle." According to the slave maids, they are better to deal with than the concubines. ”

The queen nodded, and suddenly asked, "Que Er has been there in the afternoon, do you think this matter will have anything to do with Que Er?" ”

"Lord Wang?" Rong Ruo's hand also paused, "Niangniang, what do you say about the prince?" But the prince didn't say anything when he was here just now! ”

"Que'er, that kid has always been filial, could it be that he didn't say it because he was afraid that the palace would be sad. The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes, where is it so coincidental to a slave maid in the palace, knowing that I am crying and missing the old master in the imperial garden? ”

Rong Ruo was also suspicious of the queen's words, "Niangniang, when you say that, it's true!" Gong Ran is Hua Concubine's slave, so Hua Concubine is also the prince's person? Hua Concubine's death was also arranged by the prince? ”

The two looked at each other. Rong Ruo couldn't help but feel a chill in her back, King Qin, who she had watched grow up since she was a child, was already able to control the harem behind the queen's back?

The queen showed a smile, "If that's the case, Que Er has really grown up!" This palace can't spoil his big thing! This child, this palace has a son like him, what is not satisfied? Rong Ruo, Ming'er, you help me take a good look at the palm of my eyes, this palace should take a good look at this palace dye! ”

It is customary in the palace that nobles and above the ranks, in addition to sickness, grounding and the queen's permission, must ask the queen of the middle palace every day to ask for peace and listen to the queen's teachings. And the concubines who are favored by the emperor, regardless of their grade, have to ask the queen for peace on the second day.

The news that the emperor favored the maids beside Concubine Hua had already spread throughout the harem that night.

Today, the concubines arrived at Kunning Palace early, to see what kind of character this newly favored palace dye is. Back then, she was just a quiet girl by Hua Concubine's side, but there was also a day when she climbed on the branches!

Sure enough, this time is different from the past, the original palace dye is just a pretty girl, today she is wearing an apricot yellow half-arm canned collar dress, a smoky red floor-length skirt on the lower body, and a wide leather belt around her waist, which makes her more and more graceful and refreshing.

She wore a string of gold silk eight-treasure Yingluo collars, the skin between her neck, and one or two suspicious red spots, the concubines naturally knew that it was a trace left last night, and they couldn't help but be jealous and hateful, and the undisguised contempt in her words "My sister accepted her kindness last night, and she doesn't have to be so ostentatious today!" How can you ask the queen to ask An Du to come late, is there still a mother in this eye? ”

Gong Ran didn't care about it, stepped forward and knelt down to salute, and said, "The queen forgives her sins, the slave and maid are clumsy and won't serve the emperor, and they are in a hurry, so it's too late." ”

The queen naturally couldn't get used to her reckless words and deeds, but said with a smile on her face, "The first time you serve the emperor, you naturally have to panic, everyone here is your sister, and they are all used to serving the emperor, and you have to learn more rules from them in the future." ”

One sentence not only appeased the concubines, but also did not lose the queen's bearing.

Gong Ran responded timidly "yes". The queen ordered a seat in the lower corner.

Concubine Shu touched Hua Sheng on her sideburns, and asked tentatively, "This palace dye used to be just a slave of Hua Concubine, but now she has climbed on the branches, and she is on an equal footing with our sisters, I don't know what to call it in the future?" ”

"This palace knows this matter, so Concubine Shu doesn't have to worry about it. The sisters will disperse if they are fine, you are new to the palace dye, stay first, and the palace will teach you some rules. ”

Everyone only thought that the queen wanted to be trained, and they all looked at the palace dye with a gloating look, and then retreated.

The lively Kunning Palace suddenly fell silent.

The queen quietly looked at the palace dye in front of her, sure enough, young is better than all kinds of fat powder, her face is clean, there is no trace of fat powder on her fair skin, revealing the luster that only a girl has. The whole person looks a little bit of a foreign woman's characteristics, the bridge of the nose is towering, and the lips are not like the cherry mouth advocated by the Central Plains women, on the contrary, it is a little rich, and there is a wild and untamed style.

The queen smiled, "Concubine Hua was quite favored by the emperor in the palace before, but unfortunately she was not blessed and left early." Since you are blessed and favored, I don't know if there is a blessing that lasts for a long time? ”

"Of course, Gong Dye wants to be in this palace for a long time, and I also ask the queen for guidance." ”

"Of course you'd be sensible. So tell me about this palace, why are you deliberately approaching the emperor? The queen suddenly changed her previous gentleness and asked sharply.

Gong Ran didn't panic as she imagined, she knelt on the ground, and replied unhurriedly, "Concubine Hua is the master of the slave, what Concubine Hua wants to do is what the slave wants to do, I don't know if Niangniang will help the slave?" ”

The queen smiled without a trace, looked at her carefully maintained hands, and said for a while, "Get up!" Sister Hua Concubine is pitiful, and her wish will naturally come true. ”

The emperor in the imperial study corrected the recital of the afternoon, and was feeling dizzy, so he stood up and walked to the door of the study, only to see that the sunlight after summer was a little dazzling, and the sound of cicadas chirping.

Gonggong Cao smiled on the side, "Does the emperor feel noisy? The old slave will find someone to stick the cicada after a while. ”

The emperor waved his hand, "Lao Yan and the chicks are talking, and the high willows are singing and the cicadas are harmonious." After the shower, the pearls were scattered all over the new lotus. There's some cicadas chirping in the summer, isn't it? ”

Gonggong Cao's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit: "It's still the emperor's elegance!" The old slave thinks about some mundane things! ”

"Hahaha, you old thing! Hey, who's coming? The emperor squinted and watched a figure in front of the hall come over gracefully.

"Yo! It looks like a palace dyeing girl! Gonggong Cao also squinted, and because the palace dye had not yet been sealed, he had to call vaguely.

"Oh?" The emperor's interest was even higher. Sure enough, when I walked up, it was Gong Dye, dressed in apricot yellow and red, which was pleasing to the eye.

"How did you get here? This is not a place for you to come to casually! ”

"Of course the slave does! The slave didn't dare to disturb the emperor, she just wanted to take a look at the emperor from a distance and leave! However, who made the slave and maid blessed, and happened to meet the emperor here! She did not shy away from holding the emperor's arm, said delicately, raised her head and asked, "Does the emperor want to blame the slave?" ”

Where did the emperor still have the heart to blame, nodded at her nose, and deliberately said with a straight face, "So willful, I should punish you, you say, how to punish it?" ”

Gong Ran buried his face in his arms with a smile, and called out with a red face, "Your Majesty!" "The voice is delicate, and the waist is soft.

The emperor smiled heartily and walked into the imperial study with her in his arms.

Gonggong Cao quietly brought the door and guarded outside the hall. There was a burst of laughter from inside.

I saw the queen's guard of honor coming from a distance. In front of them are four pairs of palace maids playing palace fans, and on the Fengluan car is a dignified and virtuous queen, and on the side is Aunt Rongruo, who is the most trusted by the queen in Kunning Palace.

Gonggong Cao hurriedly asked his apprentice to go up to support, and he cautiously walked to the door of the palace, heard no movement inside, and reported loudly, "Your Majesty!" The queen is here! Would you like to see it? ”

"Let the queen say something tomorrow!" As soon as Gonggong Cao answered, the emperor's voice came from inside, obviously changing his mind, "Okay, you let her in." ”

When Gonggong Cao led the queen in, he didn't see Gong Ran's figure. He felt strange in his heart, and stood aside with his usual face.

After saluting, the queen got up and said, "The summer days are long and tired, so the emperor should take a nap!" The concubine brought lotus leaves to cool off the heat, can the emperor try it? ”

"Hmmm! There is Queen Law. The emperor said a little vaguely, "I feel a little sleepy. ”

Gonggong Cao brought the box handed over by Rong Ruo, and there was a bowl of cold tea soup in it, which was not too cold, but also looked fresh and pleasant.

Gonggong Cao brought the lotus leaf soup up, and faintly saw the table in front of the dragon chair swaying slightly, and his heart was relieved. I can't help but sigh that this palace dye girl is really not to be underestimated.

"What is the queen looking for me today?"

"Your Majesty, the concubine came here to ask you for an idea." The queen's smile is always just right, looking gentle and appropriate, "The emperor added a sister to the harem yesterday, and the concubines are also happy for the emperor, but on this name, I don't know if the emperor has an idea?" ”

The emperor took a deep breath, as if he was trying to endure something, and asked, "Then what does the queen have in mind?" ”

"The concubines think that the average palace maid and slave always start with the lowest-level selection and talent." The queen looked at the emperor's obviously disapproving face, and said with a smile, "However, Gong Ran is different, she is the old person of Hua Concubine, for the sake of Hua Concubine's sister, this share, it can be mentioned." According to the concubines, it is good to directly seal the beauty, what does the emperor think? ”

The emperor naturally knew in his heart that this was already two levels in a row. I was about to nod my head in agreement, but I felt a slight pain under my body, followed by an incomparable comfort.

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and leaned back on the dragon chair with half-squinted eyes. The queen couldn't figure out the emperor's intentions, so she had to stand there and wait for the will.

After a while, the emperor finally spoke, "The queen is right, palace dyeing is different from ordinary palace maids, this is also Hua Concubine's affection for me, so let's call her Zhaoyi!" Title, I think about it, just use the word Li. What does the queen think? ”

The queen felt that the smile on her face was almost unbearable, a little palace maid had just accepted the favor, and she directly jumped over the selection of servants, nobles, talents, and beauties, and was directly named Zhaoyi, and gave the title, which is not available to many concubines in the palace, and it seems that she is going to be favored for a while!

The queen thought again and again that she couldn't spoil King Qin's plan, so she suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart and said with a smile, "Since the emperor gave her this face, the concubine thanked the emperor for Li Zhaoyi first." The concubine went back to prepare for it, and cleaned up Li Zhaoyi's residence, and it was convenient to go back to the emperor. ”

"Hmmm! Or the queen is proper! The emperor praised it, and then remembered another sentence: "By the way, Li Zhaoyi doesn't have to move her residence, just live in the Chang'en Palace before Hua Concubine!" Her grade is not enough, so Chang'en Palace should not arrange for other people to live first, and then talk about it after mentioning the grade. ”

"The emperor is really good to Li Zhaoyi! The concubines are going to be jealous. The queen was joking. Does the implication of these words actually mean that Gong Ran will soon be promoted to the position of the lord of the first house? She is a small Zhaoyi, and she can actually occupy a Chang'en Palace alone!

The emperor laughed twice: "The queen is also joking with me!" My queen is the most virtuous woman in the world, and it seems that I am wrong! Rongda, go and bring the pair of jade bracelets that entered the palace in western Yunnan and give them to my queen! ”

The queen smiled half-angrily and said, "The emperor is joking about the concubines again, according to the concubines, what the emperor really wants to send is not the bracelet of western Yunnan, but the old vinegar of Shanxi!" ”

After saying that, the emperor laughed for a while, and said, "On a hot day, Rongda, send the queen back to rest first, and then go to Kunning Palace for dinner in the evening." ”

The queen smiled and bowed again.

Here, a small head came out from under the emperor's table, his hair was slightly messy, his lips were slightly red and swollen, and his eyes were shining at the emperor.

The emperor was in a happy mood when he was seen by her adoring and tame eyes, gently rubbed her lips, and jokingly said, "Are you satisfied now?" ”

"Hmm!" Gong Ran nodded vigorously, and the whole person threw himself on the emperor's lap, and said softly, "The emperor is too good to the slave!" Slaves and maids don't know how to repay the emperor! ”

The emperor hooked her chin with his fingers, his little face was full of the girl's deep gratitude, and the emperor also had a little pity in his heart, "Okay, don't call yourself a slave in the future, Li Zhaoyi." ”

Gong Ran sighed and said in a low voice, "Gong Ran will always be the emperor's slave alone." ”

"Silly girl." The emperor picked her up in his arms.

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Li Zhaoyi? Xue Ke frowned as he looked at the news sent by Gonggong Cao.

"Concubine Hua just died, why is there another Li Zhaoyi? is still the person next to Hua Concubine! Nangong also felt that it was not good, and paced back and forth in the Linglong Pavilion.

"Nangong, don't turn around, I'm dizzy when I turn." Xue Ke covered his temples with a handkerchief and said in a low voice.

"What does this news mean? Could it be someone from King Qin? What does it mean to be possible? Is it or not? Nangong obediently stopped, but couldn't help but read this short message again, a little crazy, and asked Xue Ke rhetorically.

"It is not easy for Gonggong Cao to make an inference in just a few days, since he said so, he must have found some clues. You and I can't be harsh on Gonggong Cao, and any of Cao's words must be based on real evidence. Xue Ke made an objective assessment.

"That's nature." Of course, Nangong knew that it was not easy for Gonggong Cao to send such a piece of information, "It seems that this Li Zhaoyi is a friend or foe!" ”

Xue Ke nodded: "Right now, His Highness's situation is extremely bad. ”

"Not really! Hua Concubine's matter, the emperor's heart has not been removed, and there is another Li Zhaoyi who blows the pillow wind! What's more, the last time the courtiers spoke for His Royal Highness, the emperor suffered a secret loss, these few times the emperor obviously asked His Royal Highness to study more and cultivate his self-cultivation, but in fact, he handed over several important things to King Qin, which is a heart of vigilance! ”

"The emperor and His Royal Highness have a weak father-son relationship." Xue Ke was about to say when the prince's voice came from the door, "What's so weak?" ”

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