Because the harem newspaper is mostly female dependents, so when the palace newspaper was designed, taking into account the needs of the female dependents, a room was specially reserved for them to dress up, and there was some rouge gouache in it, but often no one used it, it had already dried up, and the water could barely be used.

"Do you want to wear peach makeup today, or do you want to wear wine makeup? I'll take a look at ......" Zhang Lianfeng took An Ge's face and washed it, and couldn't help but sigh, "Little girl from the south, this skin is good, I can be regarded as seeing what skin is like coagulation, I look at peach blossom makeup, how about it?" ”

An Ge shook her head, she had been thinking about how to speak before, she took Zhang Lianfeng's hand and said, "Lord Zhang, I can't go to see the queen mother......"

"Why?" Zhang Lianfeng smiled slightly, and comforted kindly, "The queen mother summoned people among us except Lord Liu, and you are the first one, this is a great honor." Are you afraid? I heard that the queen mother is kind and kind, and she is very good to the officials and the people in the palace, so you don't have to be afraid. ”

"I have a last resort, I really can't go to see her...... "Even if it will be done after a while, the queen mother will manage the six palaces, and after a while, maybe she will forget about her as a little person, but now she is not sure, and she does not dare to take this risk."

Zhang Lianfeng thought about it and hesitated: "But ......"

"Lord Zhang, will you go to see the queen mother on my behalf? Let's just say that I am not feeling well today...... It's okay to say that I came to Yuexin today and it hurts terribly, or that I was trampled on by a carriage on the way to Yingmao and broke my leg, or that I was seriously ill and dying. ”

"You girl, don't curse yourself!" Zhang Lianfeng hurriedly covered her mouth lightly and said, "Although I don't know why you don't want to see the queen mother, but she wants to summon you, but you let me go to see it, is it a little disrespectful to the queen mother?" ”

"Lord Zhang also said just now that the queen's temperament is excellent, I think the queen summoned me just to ask about the newspaper, Lord Zhang is the deputy director, and I am just an ordinary minister, so how can I say that it is better for Lord Zhang to come forward? If it weren't for the content of the newspaper, just to praise me, he must have liked me, and he wouldn't blame me for refusing to see her today, and naturally he wouldn't blame Lord Zhang......" An Ge pleaded with a face full of pleading, "Lord Zhang, you can do me this favor." ”

Zhang Lianfeng thought about it for a while, but finally nodded: "Okay, then I'll try, but don't go far today, in case the queen has to see you, it is estimated that she will have to call someone to invite you over." ”

An Ge nodded again and again, looking at her gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Zhang!" ”

*

Zhang Lianfeng really didn't know why An Ge was reluctant to enter the palace, early this morning Liu Yongxu said that the queen was very optimistic about her, and at this time she asked her to enter the palace, obviously wanting to reward something. Since she was unwilling to go, this fat difference fell on her head, and she categorically had no reason to refuse.

Even if the queen really blames, she will only blame An Ge, she came after An Ge's repeated begging, how can it be fine.

Since her husband left, she has not set foot in the deep palace for a long time, but a few years ago, during the Shangyuan Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, the palace gave a banquet, and she, as a wife, also entered the palace several times.

The road to Yikun Palace is still deeply engraved in her mind, she soon arrived there, and told the guard guarding the door about her intention, and immediately someone went in to report to the queen, and after a while, a palace maid personally came to pick her up, saying that the queen and Concubine Li were inside, and asked her to go in.

"Minister Zhang Lianfeng has seen it to ask the queen mother and concubine Li to say goodbye." Walking into the inner hall, Zhang Lianfeng immediately knelt down.

"Zhang Lianfeng? If your name is Zhang Lianfeng, then 'An Xingjian' is your number? Arise and give your seat. The queen lady raised her hand, and immediately a palace maid brought a stool and put it behind Zhang Lianfeng, Zhang Lianfeng thanked the queen and sat down.

Zhang Lianfeng was about to open her mouth to explain that she was not An Ge but came in place of An Ge, but she didn't expect the queen to open her mouth one step ahead of her, and said with a smile: "An Xingjian, but An Zhi Ruosu, what does it mean to be respectful and simple?" You are a woman, how can you give yourself the name of a man? But it doesn't matter, Hongu called you here just to see what a woman who can write such an interesting article looks like. ”

The concubine beside her also chuckled and looked at Zhang Lianfeng: "Do you know, you are now a celebrity in our palace, and several palace maids there are clamoring to see you, and they ask when the story will follow." I'm here today with the commission of the other sisters and palace maids, and I want to urge you to write the rest of the story in person! After that, she didn't even give Zhang Lianfeng a chance to reply, and looked directly at the queen again, "Queen Mother, the concubine thinks that Zhang Da must be rewarded." ”

The queen nodded, glanced at her, and said with a smile: "Do you still need to say this?" Hongu has been ready for a long time. Zicui, you bring the things up. ”

The palace maid named Zicui answered, and after a while, she brought out a sandalwood plate with a row of silver ingots on it, and some jewels and jade, Zhang Lianfeng only glanced up, and then immediately lowered her head.

Those things, without looking closely, are more than her two years of earnings......

Since her husband left, she has taken two children alone, and now her eldest son is almost old enough to marry a wife, and her daughter is already married, and it costs money to prepare a good outfit for her daughter. And there is no man in their family, only she is busy alone, raising the two children, and she can't wait to turn a copperplate into two flowers on weekdays. With all the money in front of her, she really couldn't help but be moved.

She didn't dare to look up, and glanced at the queen and Li Concubine with her spare eyes, the queen was wearing a purple palace dress, and every corner of the skirt was full of delicate embroidery, I don't know if it was embroidered by the embroidery girls of the first palace for a few months, and when she came in, she glanced at the hair of the two, she didn't even see what kind of hairstyle the two of them were combing, she only felt that although there were not many pearls on their heads, they were big and bright, so that she couldn't look at them directly.

They...... It's really rich, so it's not a big deal to get something from them, right?

The words explaining the truth still swallowed when they came to their mouths, Zhang Lianfeng got up and accepted the reward with both hands, and then sat back again.

"By the way, this palace remembers your previous articles, and the name of the signature is Zhang Lianfeng, right? Why did you think of using a new name this time? The queen asked curiously.

"Back to the queen's mother, most of the articles made by the minister before were about women's virtues and the like, and this is the first time the minister has written a script, and I am afraid that the ladies will not like it, so I used a new name...... This also saves you embarrassment in the future. Zhang Lianfeng felt the heart in her chest pounding, but in the end, she was a person who had seen strong winds and waves before, and since she had lied, she immediately thought of an excuse to lie.

Concubine Li hurriedly said: "You don't need to worry about this at all, I see that your words have a bit of Mr. Xiguo's flavor, have you seen him?" ”

"No, but last time a colleague from our newspaper office informed me of the needs of the ladies, I looked at some other scripts that sold well in the bazaar, and I didn't find this Mr. Xiguo."

Concubine Li was a little lost: "Alas, I want to ask if you know if Mr. Xiguo has written the story behind......"

Zhang Lianfeng lowered her eyebrows and smiled secretly in her heart. She just expected that Concubine Li would find out, so she simply said that she hadn't seen it, so she didn't have to show her stuffing.

"Alas, what is the story behind the 'Deep Palace Prison Love' you wrote? Are the two of them good or bad? Concubine Li was lost for a moment, then cheered up again, and chased Zhang Lianfeng and asked.

This is a bitter Zhang Lianfeng, she was just claiming the reward, the script written by An Ge, she only read it once when she made a typo, but she didn't like that kind of story, she had already forgotten the characters, how could she get back to her now? In case you reply casually, if An Ge doesn't write like that in the future, won't it have to be a goof?

Zhang Lianfeng frowned slightly, she knew that she shouldn't have coveted this money, isn't this exchanging her life for silver!

"Now you ask, what else is there to see?" The queen glanced at Concubine Li with disgust, and said to Zhang Lianfeng, "You don't have to tell us now, just go back and write out the rest well." ”

Zhang Lianfeng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes." ”

The three of them were about to talk about something else, when a famous palace maid came in and reported: "Queen Mother, Tan and Bai ask to meet." ”

Tan and Bai, the overseers of the East Factory...... Zhang Lianfeng reacted for a while before remembering the identity of Tan and Bai in her mouth, she remembered that not long ago, she heard that Concubine Hui, who was pregnant, fell to her death for no reason, and the cases of the Dali court and harem are generally investigated by Dongchang, presumably Lord Tan is here to report the truth to the queen, so she quickly got up and said: "Since the queen still has to deal with it, Weichen will retire first." ”

"Well, you can go back first." The ease on the queen's face suddenly disappeared, and a touch of sorrow crept up her eyebrows.

After Zhang Lianfeng went out, Concubine Li noticed the queen's expression and knew that she was worried about Concubine Hui's affairs, which was inevitable, Concubine Hui had two lives, the emperor was furious, and the atmosphere in the palace had always been low, but fortunately, at this time, An Xingjian's words were sent over, and laughter was only heard in the palace in the past two days.

But she didn't know how to share her worries for the queen, and was thinking about whether she should find an excuse to quit first, when the queen suddenly asked her: "Concubine Li, is there any rumor in the palace about Concubine Hui's death?" ”

Concubine Li didn't dare to hide it, and replied: "It's not just inside the palace, two days ago, I happened to hear the palace maids chatting with the guards, saying that the wind was heard outside the palace. However, it is still the people in the palace who are the most eager, and they have made many guesses about the death of Concubine Hui, the most is that she was killed by Concubine Ning, but there are also those who think that it will not be Concubine Ning, because Concubine Ning and she are the two most valuable concubines under the queen, if Concubine Ning does it, the suspicion is too great, and there are people who have something to do with gods and demons, and some people guess ......" Concubine Li looked at the queen's expression carefully before she dared to continue, "There are also people who guess that Concubine Hui's child is not the emperor's, She ...... because she was afraid."

"Bold! What the hell is talking nonsense! The emperor doesn't like others to chew the root of their tongue the most, if they find out, the palace will cut off their heads! The queen's thin willow eyebrows suddenly twisted together.

"Queen Mother, the truth has not been found out, these rumors and rumors cannot be stopped." Concubine Li was overwhelmed by the queen's sudden anger, but at this time there was a somewhat shrill man's voice behind her, she looked back, the Dongchang Governor Tan and Bai Sheng were not ugly, about thirty years old, five official positive, the skin is different from ordinary men's delicate, but the body bones look very strong, Kong Wu is powerful...... Concubine Li sighed secretly in her heart, but unfortunately, she was a eunuch.

"Xiaguan Tan and Bai see the queen's mother!"

The queen glanced at him and said nonchalantly: "What's the point of Concubine Hui's case?" ”