Qingdi couldn't guess what Yin's intentions were, but it was certain that he must not have any good intentions.

She hung these maids on a plate, thinking carefully about how to deal with this matter, and the maid headed by her suddenly said: "Fifth Miss, please attend today's dinner, Concubine Zhou, Imperial Concubine Niangniang, and Concubine Li will all come over to celebrate Madame." ”

Concubine Li? Qingdi has more or less heard of this person, I heard that she was brought back from the Southern Barbarian Kingdom by His Majesty, she looks charming and lovely, and knows some tricks of the Southern Barbarian Country, and His Majesty loves her very much. If it weren't for the fact that she had no heirs and no foundation, her status would not necessarily be lower than that of the imperial concubine.

And although the imperial concubine has no heirs, she can come to this position, probably because His Majesty values the family behind her and does not involve much government politics, and the Chu family is now rich and rivals the country, so there must be a head to win over the Chu family, so that the Chu family can contribute to the Li country with peace of mind.

Qingdi became more and more puzzled about what the Yin family wanted to do. Since Concubine Zhou and Imperial Concubine will come over, does she dare to do anything against her? Both of these men were clearly protecting her.

Since he didn't know what to think about dealing with it, Qingdi couldn't agree to go over so-so, so he said to the maid: "I'm afraid I can't go to tonight's dinner, you go back and tell Madame that the injury I suffered last time is not yet healed, and it is inconvenient." And tonight, there are imperial concubines and other ladies to support you, Madame already has a lot of face, there is no need for one more me. ”

Her words were not light or serious, making these maids look at each other, not knowing whether she was vain or really didn't want to go.

"Fifth Miss, this is not good, it is precisely because the imperial concubine Niangniang and others will also go, if they ask about you, if you are not there, Madame will not be able to explain. And they will inevitably feel that the relationship between the women in the prime minister's house is not harmonious, and it will make people laugh when it is spread out. ”

Qingdi glanced at this maid, she didn't know who this person was, and she hadn't seen her by Yin's side before, it was probably not Yin's personal maid, but what she said was so leaky, if Yin hadn't taught her in advance, this maid would be really powerful.

Even Yin's maid is so powerful, it seems that if he wants to bring her down, he has to continue to work hard.

Qingdi heard her and smiled slightly: "It's still the thoughtfulness of Madame, I'll go." But now that my wife has replaced my mother as the third rank of the fate, in what capacity should I attend the dinner? Daughter-in-law, or concubine? ”

The maid was dumbfounded. In fact, like Feng Boyang, when he married his wife, he straightened his concubine and served a man in the main room, and there was a precedent before Li Guo, but it was all because his wife had no children, and this kind of entanglement would not happen after Fuzheng. If the wife had children before her death, ordinary people would never straighten out the concubine.

However, Feng Boyang is not an ordinary person, he is a scumbag.

Seeing that she couldn't answer, Qingdi smiled slightly and said, "Put the things here, I'll go over in the evening." After all, Aunt Yin has been planning for so many years, and she finally got what she wanted, so I have to congratulate her. ”

The maid answered, and told the others to put down their things, and withdrew.

After they left, Apricot said, "Miss, are you really going to attend this dinner of the Yin family?" ”

"Go," Qingdi chuckled, "With the imperial concubine Niangniang here, the Yin family doesn't dare to embarrass me." ”

"Yes, there is a lady to protect the young lady, and the Yin family will never dare to do anything to the young lady. But the slave maid felt a little strange," Apricot frowned and said, "The Yin family let Miss out, are you really not afraid of Miss Sue?" Especially in front of so many ladies and other official eunuchs, the young lady said that the Yin family has been under house arrest these days, and if the young lady is injured and the Shen family is blamed, then the Yin family's life will be ruined. ”

Qingdi looked at the apricots, sighed and said, "The Yin family is familiar with those female dependents, and I don't know most of them, if I say it, not many people will believe it." It was precisely because of this that the Yin family expected this to let me out generously. ”

Apricot scratched her head and said distressedly: "Hey, what a bad woman, is it inconvenient for Miss to eat dumb losses?" ”

Qingdi smiled slightly, to defeat the Yin family, not for a while.

"Miss leave her alone, when Miss goes to the dinner tonight, you must avoid that concubine." Apricot suddenly became nervous, and said to Qingdi: "That Concubine Li, she knows witchcraft." ”

"Hex?" Qingdi seemed to be interested, and said: "I have heard others talk about her before, I heard that she was just a dancer in the Nanban Kingdom at first, Your Majesty once was invited by the Nanban King and his wife, went to the Nanban Palace as a guest, and took a fancy to her, so he brought her back to our Li Kingdom." After arriving in the Li Kingdom, this Concubine Li quickly became one of the four concubines as an exotic dancer, second only to the imperial concubine Niangniang, is this the case? ”

Apricot nodded: "You know, even if the daughter of our Li General's family enters the palace, it will take four or five years to be crowned the fourth concubine, and Concubine Li has only been in the palace for two years, and now she has been sealed as a concubine, just because she has witchcraft!" ”

"What kind of hex?"

"Don't believe it, Miss, there is a pond of lotus flowers in front of Concubine Li's dormitory, and when Concubine Li didn't come, it was a normal lotus, and it bloomed in summer and failed in winter. But after Concubine Li came, the lotus flowers have bloomed for two years and have not withered, and there are thousands of carp in the pond, and that Concubine Li has to eat a pair of carp eyes raw every day, saying that it can maintain her pretty face. Apricot frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "This normal person must think that it is witchcraft, but Your Majesty actually thinks that it is because Concubine Li is the reincarnation of the Heavenly Maiden that this pool of lotus flowers will always bloom undefeated." ”

Qingdi raised her eyebrows, she didn't believe that there was any magic in this world, but Concubine Li could do these things, she must have very means. She now wants to see this concubine more and more.

"Also, this Concubine Li is a person who is not willing to be ordinary, has Miss heard of her and Lord Rui?" Apricot asked Qingdi quietly.

Qingdi shook her head, in fact, she didn't even know who King Rui was, there were so many princes in the court, she only knew the fourth prince. The fourth prince is the king of Jue who was personally crowned by the first emperor during his reign, but if it is not a formal occasion, others are still willing to call this most people-friendly prince the "four princes".

"Isn't it because of his frailty that our majesty only has two princes with the former queen, and there are no other heirs? Now the eldest prince is only six years old, and the second prince is not yet one year old...... Your Majesty can't wait for the two princes to grow up, and the throne is bound to be ceded by Chan to one of the several princes, otherwise even if the eldest prince succeeds to the throne at a young age, he will be eaten by all the princes. Apricot said, and hurriedly explained to Qingdi: "Miss, what the slave and maid said are all things that were done in the palace before, listen to what the people in the palace say, whether it is true, the slave and maid don't know, Miss just listen to it." ”

"Don't worry, you won't talk nonsense to others." Qingdi has lived with Apricot for these days, and knows that Apricot is a talkative person, especially loves to talk about the secrets of these palaces behind her back, no wonder the imperial concubine doesn't want her. Qingdi smiled and said, "You go on, who is King Rui, what happened to him and Concubine Li?" ”

"Prince Rui is His Majesty's seventh brother, King Kang is His Majesty's second brother, and there are four princes, these three princes are strong, if Your Majesty really can't wait for the two princes to grow up, the new emperor can only choose one of these three princes." Apricot said that she was full of energy, dragged a stool and sat in front of Qingdi, as if she regarded Qingdi as a palace maid who could talk nonsense when she was in the palace before, she continued: "Who has more power in the court, the slave and maid don't know." However, the slave maid feels that King Kang is more powerful, and our Chu family is also close to King Kang. Concubine Li took a fancy to that King Rui, and Concubine Li didn't understand the morality and etiquette that our women in the Li Kingdom should follow, so she often went out hunting with King Rui and didn't tell His Majesty. Later, His Majesty found out and didn't care much about her, and I heard that His Majesty loved her free and easy nature. ”

Qingdi nodded, no wonder, the women of Li Kingdom are as gentle as water, and occasionally an apricot is free, His Majesty feels fresh, so he naturally pampers her.

"That's not the point, the important thing is that the slave maid also heard about ......" Apricot swallowed and spitted, looked left and right, and continued: "The slave maid also heard that Concubine Li felt that His Majesty was weak and couldn't give birth to a child, so she went to find Lord Rui ......"

Apricot said the most important place, took two breaths in a row, Qingdi was also nervous, picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip, and Apricot said: "Find Lord Rui to borrow seeds!" ”

Qingdi squirted out all the tea in one gulp, and asked rhetorically, "What?" ”

"No, no," Apricot hurriedly shook her head again: "Miss, what the slave said is all hearsay, and there is no real evidence, Miss should just listen to the jokes, don't take it to heart." ”

Qingdi came back to her senses, gossip has never been groundless, maybe this Concubine Li is getting closer to Prince Rui, plus she is deeply favored by His Majesty, it is impossible for other concubines in the palace to release these words to slander her.

But the emperor doesn't mind, Concubine Li is not really pregnant with a child, what does she, a person who has absolutely nothing to do with Concubine Li and the secret fight in the palace, want to do so much? She just listens to the story.

"Okay, I'll avoid Concubine Li tonight and don't contact her." Qingdi said, then got up to change the clothes that Yin had prepared for her, and asked Xingzi to comb her hair.

After everything was in order, it was already late, Qingdi took the apricots to the flower hall together, and only when she arrived at the flower hall did she know that Concubine Zhou said that she was ill, and the imperial concubine was also late because of something.

However, a woman wearing the clothes of a palace concubine arrived first, and was talking to Yin in front of the hall. Qingdi saw that she was beautiful, so she turned around and asked Apricot Zi, "Is that Concubine Li's mother?" ”