Chapter 17: Old Friends

"Put it away."

"Ahh Put it away. Aunt Chen unconsciously agreed.

Xiangzhu is silently looking at the sky.

Since Mu Bingyue hugged Xiaoyun to the middle pavilion on the covered bridge, everyone in front of the building began to get busy.

"Miss Mu?" An uncertain voice woke Mu Bingyue from her meditation.

She looked up at Xia Lanxin, who appeared in the pavilion at some point.

Seeing those pair of ice jade pupils, Xia Lanxin finally made up her mind, "It turns out that it's really Miss Mu." ”

When she saw the masked woman on the stage that day, she thought it was her, and today she was even more certain.

Xia Lanxin is the daughter of the military department, so she will naturally stay in the palace. Mu Bingyue couldn't tell how she felt when she saw her acquaintance appear here at the moment, "Lan Xin." ”

The past suddenly became as distant as the previous life. Why is she here to confirm now?

When Mu Bingyue was in a trance, she heard Xia Lanxin continue: "Lanxin lives in Li...... now My sister is not far from the palace of knowledge. ”

"Zhiyu Palace?"

"Well, Lan Xin's own name", Xia Lanxin sat on the stone bench in the pavilion without waiting for Mu Bingyue's greeting, "The emperor has special permission, and the sisters' palaces are all built by themselves...... Lan Xin didn't have a plaque outside when she came to see her sister just now, I think my sister didn't know it just now? ”

Regarding the strange scene of being supposed to be best friends, but serving a husband together at the moment, Mu Bingyue still didn't come back to her senses, and only nodded lightly after hearing it.

A hint of gloom flashed in Xia Lanxin's eyes, "Sister, do you think Lan Xin is here for a purpose?" ”

"I really don't know why Lan Xin is here?" Mu Bingyue said bluntly.

In fact, Mu Bingyue has been hurt by the betrayal of her divorced daughter, and now that she is in the game, she has not seen some things as thoroughly as before.

"Lan Xin still remembers her sister's words, 'The lack of true friends is the purest and most pitiful loneliness'." Clear eyes are looking forward to it, "Lanxin's heart today is the same as yesterday." ”

Seeing that Mu Bingyue didn't answer, Xia Lanxin sighed and stood up silently, "Actually, Lanxin didn't know what she asked for when she came here today?" Lan Xin took her leave first. ”

Mu Bingyue sighed faintly, "What about Situ? ”

Lan Ying paused and looked at Mu Bingyue's expression, "Situ was influenced by his sister and chose a husband by himself. ”

"Then why didn't Sister Lan Xin pick one?"

Xia Lanxin paused and sat down again, and sank her shoulders helplessly when she heard this, "Sister thinks that everyone is like you, so maverick?!" ”

"Situ is also blessed, and Daddy is also enlightened. I don't have any hearts, otherwise I would have to fight. ”

"Then who did Situ marry?"

"Linghu Xia, the son of the supervising imperial history, is now like you, the dragon pet of the saint!"

"Kidding me?"

"How dare you, it's not Concubine Yue, so I'm so pampered and arrogant, I didn't even take a sip of tea for me, who is a concubine Lan." After Xia Lanxin finished speaking, she saw Mu Bingyue frowning, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why don't you really like the emperor?" ......" The voice gets lower and lower at the end.

"What about you?"

Xia Lanxin pursed her lips, "It's like this every time, and when it comes to what you don't want to say, you change the topic." ”

After speaking, he quietly stepped forward, "When you were still in the draft, you had already made a lot of enemies, and this time you didn't enter the palace through the draft, and you were even more criticized." ”

Seeing that Mu Bingyue still didn't care, Xia Lanxin couldn't help but be extremely angry, and then glared helplessly, "I don't know why I have a heart for an iceman like you?" ”

Mu Bingyue glanced at her idly, "It's too late to regret it now!" ”

After a gag, the only mustard and discomfort between the two disappeared.

Although Mu Bingyue was annoyed, Xia Lanxin still forced her the recent situation in the palace.

Now in the Red Flame Palace, except for the hundreds of women who are still in the Chuxiu Palace and have not yet made a name, there are only eleven people with status except for Mu Bingyue in this deep palace. Among them, there are five old people who lived in the palace before the draft, respectively, Mei Yutong, the daughter of Prime Minister Mei and now has been named Concubine Mei, Concubine Beixi, the daughter of Dingbei Hou, and the two daughters of the Empress Dowager's family, one is Concubine Nalan Yaxue Xue, one is still a concubine, and one is Liu Hanyan, the daughter of the former Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who is now implicated and demoted to the lowest grade.

From this information, Mu Bingyue can see that these five are all the daughters of Nangong Chen's unstable ascension to the throne in the early years, and they are the daughters of trusted cronies, and the first person to catch her attention is the last person Xia Lanxin said - Liu Hanyan.

Liu Hanyan, whose father is the former secretary of the Criminal Department, was dismissed from his post because of the case of Yu Li, and she later heard that Liu Yong lost his lone seedling due to old age, and was belittled by the emperor.

Now listening to Xia Lanxin, this Liu Hanyan was demoted from a concubine to a maiden because he refused to accept the emperor's verdict.

Mu Bingyue sighed silently, there is a narrow road for enemies, I just hope that they will not have an intersection in the future.

And the six people who entered the draft this time, the most conspicuous is the brave candidate with great achievements, that is, the daughter of Sikong Ling, who has just returned from sweeping the battlefield in the sky and was newly named the protector of the country by the emperor. From the tone of Xia Lanxin's introduction, Mu Bingyue could guess that what she looked down on the most was this Sikong Ling, who was named Concubine Ling.

Among them, the second daughter who is slightly inferior to Sikong Ling is Shangguan Meiluo, the daughter of Shangguan Yun, the new Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and she heard in Xia Lanxin's jealousy that she was not jealous, this is the recognized first beauty in the palace when she comes in the future.

The rest is accepted by the royal family for the courtiers, the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, An Murui; Pang Jinwen, the daughter of the Ministry of Officials; Gu Yingxuan, the daughter of Taifu.

The six people who entered the palace later, including Xia Lanxin, were all concubines, and as for the hundreds of women in Xia Lanxin's mouth, Mu Bingyue thought that they should be left for the queen to select after Nangong Chen's wedding.

It seems that the emperor Nangong Chen is quite modest, not as messy as Heiyi and the sky.

Seeing Xia Lanxin looking at her with a sly smile after her introduction, Mu Bingyue had to ask the reason, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I'm working hard, I'll have to call you sister in a month."

Mu Bingyue's eyes were rare and white.

"I mean it", seeing that Mu Bingyue was not serious, Xia Lanxin put away her expression and said very seriously: "When I met An Murui in the morning, she said that the Ministry of Rites was already arranging the ceremony for your concubine, and it was said that it would not be more than a month at most." ”

Seeing Mu Bingyue frowning, Xia Lanxin said cautiously: "Sister, aren't you really unwilling?" ”

"What if you don't want to?" Mu Bingyue said as if it was true or false.

For a moment both were silent.

After a while, Xia Lanxin sighed: "The emperor should also make a queen soon, and our free days will not last long." ”

"The thought of going to the queen every day to say goodbye to the queen and staying with those women who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic every day makes me feel uncomfortable." After speaking, he chased seriously, "If only you were the queen?" ”

Seeing that Mu Bingyue began to frown again, Xia Lanxin couldn't help but say angrily: "This is not something without precedent!" As long as you have a stomach, even if the Queen Mother is unwilling, she will have no tricks! ”

Hearing this, Mu Bingyue knew what was wrong. Glancing at Xia Lanxin, who was getting more and more energetic as she spoke, "There's nothing to do, it just so happens that my yard hasn't been cleaned up yet." ”

"I've seen you here from afar as a shopkeeper, and you're still pretending to be with me here, it's really treacherous! If I can't fit the expensive things, I have a lot of empty space in my house! ”

"Then you can move quickly, there is Xiaoyun here, I really haven't put it aside."

"Gotcha! It's not the emperor's reward, or the queen mother's reward, I can't afford it! ”

The crowd who were in full swing couldn't help but stare when they saw the excitement of what was being said.

This Lan Concubine is really an eight-sided exquisite character, even the emperor didn't give any smiling mother, and the smile at this time will make the flowers in the garden bloom!

"In addition to Xiangzhu and Aunt Chen, you don't believe the others in this house, there are people from the Queen Mother, and two of them have been found in my house." Xia Lanxin glanced at it and said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Mu Bingyue lowered her eyes, and she was still caressing Xiaoyun in her hand.

The only thing that can protect oneself and avoid disaster in this deep palace is that incident. With the attitude that Xia Lanxin and the people in the house seemed to be unaware of in her mind, she shook her head unconsciously, she thought too much!

"After the eldest one, we all have to go to the Empress Dowager's Deyi Palace to ask for peace, if my sister doesn't understand anything, you can ask me quickly, although my sister entered the palace late, and it is understandable that the palace ceremony is inappropriate, but if you are caught by those who have a heart, you have to make a fuss."

Mu Bingyue could see that Xia Lanxin was sincere when she said this, nodded, and picked out some questions that were needed at the moment, Xia Lanxin patiently explained.

While the two were talking, they saw a group of people coming in from Hulala.

The leader Mu Bingyue had seen it, it was Nangong Chen's chamberlain, called Xiaofuzi, and when he saw Xia Lanxin standing up, Mu Bingyue also stood up.

The little Fuzi trotted forward in three steps and two steps, smiled and said: "Niangniang, the emperor instructed the lowly to select some people from the Internal Affairs Office, and let Niangniang pick ten pleasing ones by herself." ”

Mu Bingyue looked at it, and there were thirty or forty people in a hurry, and hesitated for a moment, "Just the ten in front." ”

Xiao Fuzi was stunned, Xia Lanxin was helpless and sank her shoulders, and she didn't discuss it with Mu Bingyue and said directly: "Take those people to the front of the building first."

Xiao Fuzi raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Bingyue, and seeing that she did not object, he hurriedly responded and went to collect people in person.

When Xiaofuzi walked away, Xia Lanxin said angrily, "Why don't you take anything to heart, this service is not sloppy, I can't say which one is someone else's secret nail, and then be careful that you don't know how to eat the secret loss." ”

Seeing that Mu Bingyue still didn't react much, she said helplessly: "Yes, you can continue to be your hands-off shopkeeper!" I'll pick it. After speaking, he led Mu Bingyue to the front of the small building.

The thirty women were also brought to the front of the building after a while, and Mu Bingyue watched with a smile on the side as Xia Lanxin commented there.

People are separated from each other, although Mu Bingyue disagrees with what Xia Lanxin said honestly, she didn't debate with her, and just waited idly on the sidelines.