The imperial concubine asked Apricot Zi, "How are things going?" ”

Apricot secretly glanced at the Qingdi over there, and saw that she didn't look here, so she went back to the imperial concubine and said: "I have already brought the words of the mother to the fourth prince, it is estimated that it will be until the fifth lady marries into the Chu family, and the fourth prince will start to act in the prime minister's mansion." ”

The imperial concubine nodded: "It's been hard for you these days, but even after the matter is done, the palace can't bring you back to the palace, so you can stay with Qingdi, this girl is smart but smart, but the experience of fighting in the back house is insufficient, and it is easy to suffer the loss of the He family when she goes to the Chu family." ”

Apricot nodded and responded: "Don't worry, the slave will definitely take good care of the fifth lady." ”

"Well, you took good care of Qingdi, and Yao Cen naturally won't treat you badly. At the same time, this side of the palace will definitely not lose your benefits. The imperial concubine also paid attention to the actions over there, turned to the side slightly and said, "Okay, don't let Qingdi know that you still have contact with the palace, go ahead." ”

Apricot nodded, and hurriedly walked to Qingdi's side.

At this time, Qingdi had almost finished being polite with these two, so he went back with Apricot to talk to the imperial concubine. As soon as they left, Concubine Li said to Yin, "Your daughter doesn't look very worry-free." ”

"No, she's not my daughter, she's the daughter of the Shui clan who died earlier." Yin Shi hurriedly explained, and then pointed to the side, who was talking to the young lady of the other officials' family, and said, "She is my daughter." ”

Concubine Li looked at Feng Yanhui and said with a smile: "I see, this little girl also looks like Tianxiang and is very similar to you." ”

When Yin heard this, his face was a little ashamed, and he said, "Where, compared to Niangniang, we are nothing." ”

Concubine Li was not modest at all, laughed twice, then took Yin's hand and said: "You speak so likable, I like you very much, I didn't know you were such a character before, and I thought that you were the same as other women in the Li Kingdom, you spoke harshly, and there were many layers of meaning in the words, I can't guess it." ”

The Yin family knew that she was talking about the imperial concubine, so they responded again and again: "Concubine Li Niangniang came to our Li country, you have to be careful in everything, and you have to accumulate your own power." ”

Concubine Li bent her eyes, in fact, she would not have participated in such a meaningless banquet and was polite to a group of unfamiliar women. But not long ago, she heard that the imperial concubine was very fond of the fifth lady of the Xiangfu, so she guessed whether the imperial concubine wanted to cultivate helpers. In the short few years since she arrived in the palace, she has defeated so many concubines and ascended to the position of the fourth concubine, presumably she will not be far away from becoming a queen. But if the imperial concubine also found a powerful helper, it would be difficult to say it herself. So she inquired again that the fifth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion was at odds with this newly sealed Sanpin, so she also came to find help.

As a result, I found out that the fifth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion was not prepared for the emperor by the imperial concubine, but for her stupid nephew. But if she can win over such a relationship, it will not be in vain for her to come out.

And the Yin family has also heard of Concubine Li's name early on, and has also heard about the of Concubine Li and Lord Rui. Although Prince Rui is the youngest prince of the dynasty, he is only a teenager, but he is strong, and he must be no different from the fourth prince. Originally, the Yin family wanted to take refuge in the fourth prince and marry Feng Yanhui to him, so he had always deliberately kept his distance from Concubine Li. Now that the fourth prince doesn't give them affection at all, why does she bother to entangle him anymore? So she immediately threw an invitation to Concubine Li, planning to join the Ruiwang family.

The two of them explained it half-clearly and half-secretly, smiled at each other, and Concubine Li asked again, "Is your daughter married?" Is there a partner family? ”

Yin shook his head, sighed and said: "Not yet, if you don't get high or low, you can find a few sons and daughters for her, but they are not very satisfied." ”

"Oh? What kind of does she want? Concubine Li asked curiously.

Yin looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and after a long time, he said: "Since Concubine Li thinks so highly of me, I can't hide it from Concubine Li." I'm not afraid of the mother's jokes when I say it, the little girl wanted to marry the fourth prince before, but unfortunately the fourth prince was fascinated by the green flute, and when they were about to get married, the marriage was canceled. ”

"Oh? There is such a thing! Concubine Li seemed to be very angry and said, "The people of our Southern Barbarian Country hate treacherous people the most!" Don't worry, don't say anything about the four princes, let's find a better one! ”

"Hey, this girl Yan Hui is very ambitious, and she wants to marry a prince, but in this court, who else can there be a prince of the right age besides the fourth prince?" After Yin finished speaking, he sighed again: "I kept persuading her, but she just didn't listen." ”

Concubine Li hurriedly said: "Girls want to go to high places, this is a good thing!" And who said that there is no prince of the right age in the court, Prince Rui is eighteen years old this year, and he asked me to find a princess for him a few days ago! ”

As soon as Yin heard this, the excitement in his heart could no longer be hidden. She invited Concubine Li to come over this time, in order to show favor to King Rui, and with the identity and appearance of Yanhui, it would not be a problem to marry an official of the second rank or above under Prince Rui, or a prince who was good friends with him. Now that the words have just been said a little bit, Concubine Li directly said that she was introduced to Lord Rui, how could this make her unhappy?

However, she still had to be polite on the surface, she said: "However, my family Yanhui is just a concubine, how can she be worthy of Lord Rui?" ”

"Then why did you want to marry your daughter to the fourth prince before? If you are not worthy of King Rui, can you be worthy of the four princes? Concubine Li said jokingly, and then said: "Don't worry, now you are a three-grade ordained, although I don't know what these official positions of your Li Kingdom mean, but I know that your official position must be very powerful, because the Imperial Concubine of Chu was invited by you." Since you are so powerful now, your daughter's identity is naturally not bad. ”

Yin knew that Concubine Li was a person who had never liked nonsense, and after saying a few modest and polite words, he gratefully shook Concubine Li's hand and said, "If you can marry Lord Rui, it will fulfill a dream of the little girl, and it will be a blessing that the little girl has cultivated for eight lifetimes." Therefore, the happiness of the little girl's life will be handed over to you. ”

Concubine Li generously patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, wait for my good news." ”

"Thank you, Lady Li." After thanking her, Yin invited her to take a seat.

The politeness before the banquet was almost over, and then everyone took their seats one after another, Yin led the imperial concubine to the main seat, and Concubine Li led to the position on the right hand side of the imperial concubine, and she wanted to sit on the left hand side of the imperial concubine, but her maid just helped her drag the stool, and the imperial concubine beckoned to Qingdi: "Qingdi, you sit next to the palace." ”

Yin stood awkwardly for a moment, then hurriedly set up the chair with a smile and said to Qingdi, "Yes, you come here to sit." ”

Since it was the imperial concubine who asked her to sit, Qingdi naturally walked over. As soon as she took a step, she shook her head gently at the imperial concubine.

Qingdi was a little puzzled, didn't she ask herself to sit there? Why is this shaking head now?

Qingdi thought about it for a while and understood, afraid that this was another test given by the imperial concubine. She was very dissatisfied with her falling out with Yin and Concubine Li in person tonight, so she deliberately did this now, she should have given her a chance to show it.

Because of what she said just now, it has made many other female relatives of the official eunuch family think that she has a gap with the Yin family, and now if she refuses the invitation of the imperial concubine and gives up this position to the Yin family, then everyone will naturally think that she has a good relationship with the Yin family, at least she still respects the Yin family.

Qingdi frowned, although she didn't want to show favor to the Yin family, but after all, this was the kindness of the imperial concubine, she did this, the Yin family would definitely not be happy in her heart, and she would also hold a grudge against her, but she still deliberately offended the Yin family in order to make herself better in the mouth of the women of the imperial city. With such thoughts, how could she live up to it?

After thinking about it, Qingdi smiled and said: "Qingdi, thank you for your love, but tonight's protagonist is Aunt Yin, and that position should still be Aunt Yin." ”

When the imperial concubine heard this, her face showed a little guilt, and she hurriedly said to the Yin family: "I'm sorry, this palace likes Qingdi so much that I forgot about this stubble, but fortunately, Qingdi thinks about you in her heart." ”

The Yin family didn't know what the hell these two people were doing, and the imperial concubine's actions made her even more ignorant of what to do, but it was certain that the imperial concubine was bound to praise Qingdi in front of everyone, so she hurriedly complied: "Niangniang is right, Qingdi, this kid is very sensible and careful." ”

The imperial concubine nodded with a smile: "The two of you are really the envy of this palace, not a mother and daughter, but better than a mother and daughter." ”

After she said this, some people present were unhappy, what does it mean to "not be a mother and daughter is better than a mother and daughter"? As her own daughter, she is not dead! Feng Yanhui's face darkened, and she dropped her chopsticks with a "snap", and this sudden sound not only scared others, but also woke her up.

She is now facing the imperial concubine, how can she make such an impolite act as throwing chopsticks in front of her?

At the same time, the Yin family was also greatly frightened, the Yin family looked at Fengyanhui in horror at first glance, then quickly looked at the expression of the imperial concubine, and finally looked at Concubine Li worriedly.

How could she give birth to such an ignorant daughter? What if Concubine Li thinks that she is impolite and does not have the temperament of a lady because of this move, and does not help Yan Hui and Lord Rui match?

Yin was worried for a long time, but Concubine Li looked like she was nothing, as if she hadn't heard the sound of chopsticks at all.

Yin breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and suddenly thought that there was no such thing as "chopsticks" in Concubine Li's country, and she definitely didn't know that throwing chopsticks was an act of expressing dissatisfaction.

However, the imperial concubine didn't plan to give her face, and asked Feng Yanhui in a cold voice: "Miss Feng, but what did this palace do to make you dissatisfied?" ”