Zhou Youchen's eyes flashed and flashed, and he was reluctant to speak for a long time. With his almost instinctive intuition, he could feel that the woman in front of him was unpredictable and unkind.

Since he was a child, his aunt had taught him how to distinguish the smell of conspiracy, which was a very subtle and unique smell.

"Ninth Master ......" Seeing that the atmosphere was deadlocked, Meng Xilan had to speak out again to remind Zhou Youchen.

Zhou Youchen lowered a pair of brown eyes, got up and saluted Queen Su and said, "Son-in-law greets the queen mother." ”

When Queen Su heard this, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, and she smiled very meaningfully, and reached over to touch his head. Who knows, Zhou Youchen deftly dodged away, took a step back slightly, and the defense in his eyes was unabated.

"Good boy. This palace knows that you recognize your life, but it doesn't matter, the coming day is long, and we will be closer and closer in the future, you naturally know that this palace treats you well. "Queen Su's attitude is extraordinarily courteous, which really makes people feel a little dangerous.

Zhou Youchen ignored her, sat back, lowered his head and fiddled with the teacup in his hand.

Empress Su turned her eyes to look at Meng Xilan and said, "During the time when Chen'er was sick, thanks to you, you are thoughtful inside and out. ”

Meng Xilan saw that she turned her words to herself, and couldn't help but cheer up and deal with it: "Xilan is also under the command of the Queen Mother, and she doesn't dare to slack off. However, the fact that the Ninth Master's body was able to recover so quickly was all due to the imperial doctors. ”

The queen has ulterior motives, she doesn't want to ask for credit in front of her.

Empress Su smiled, her eyes slowly fell on the half of her exposed wrist, and found that the jade bracelet that Concubine Ning gave her was still there...... It seems that the relationship between her and Murong Qiao is not as stiff as it is rumored outside!

Ever since Murong Qiao was grounded, Zhaohua Palace has become extremely deserted, and everyone has stayed away, but Meng Xilan has gone as usual and has not shied away from suspicion.

Queen Su secretly thought in her heart, feeling that this was a good time for her to fall into the well.

When Zhulu put the dim sum up, Queen Su deliberately looked outside, and Gonggong Xiao happened to walk over, still holding a tray in his hand, and a soup pot was placed on the tray.

Meng Xilan sniffed and smelled a burst of delicious meat, as well as the faint bitter taste of Chinese medicine.

"The slave greets the ninth master." Gonggong Xiao smiled slightly, knelt down and served the soup pot.

"This is the medicinal chicken soup specially made by the palace in the imperial dining room, there are a lot of nourishing herbs in it, you can drink it while it's hot." Queen Su personally brought him a bowl, then handed it over, looked at Zhou Youchen and said cordially.

Zhou Youchen bowed his head and thanked him, and took it with both hands, but he didn't move for a long time.

Queen Su immediately gave another bowl to Meng Xilan and asked her to taste it too. Meng Xilan smiled lightly and looked down, this bowl of chicken soup was really real, and there were a lot of angelica codonopsis and astragalus.

Meng Xilan took the lead in taking a sip, then looked at Zhou Youchen and nodded with a smile: "It's delicious." ”

Zhou Youchen heard her say this, looked at the bowl of chicken soup with a little oil star in his hand, and drank it directly, without even having time to taste it, he drank it all in one go.

Queen Su was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "You kid is really anxious, and you're not afraid of burning yourself." ”

Zhou Youchen was a little embarrassed, and was about to wipe his mouth with his sleeve, but Meng Xilan had already handed over a handkerchief: "The ninth master must be grateful for Niangniang's heart, so he is so anxious." ”

Empress Su looked at Meng Xilan's face and smiled meaningfully.

It seems that the relationship between Meng Xilan and Zhou Youchen is really extraordinary.

Gonggong Xiao's mind was the same as that of his master, and he secretly looked at Meng Xilan, and said in his heart: I haven't seen you for a long time, this girl has become more standard. When I first saw her, her cheeks were round, but now she has lost a lot of weight, which shows that her life is not easy. Also...... Is

Zhou Youchen is not good at greeting people politely, and after sitting for a while, he got up and said, "Erchen still has to practice calligraphy, so I will leave first." ”

Meng Xilan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, glad that he could still take care of the etiquette when he was impatient.

Empress Su nodded gently: "Go, this palace happens to have some considerate words, I want to talk to the princess." ”

Zhou Youchen glanced at Meng Xilan and seemed a little worried, but he still turned around and went back to the house to practice calligraphy.

Meng Xilan and Queen Su glanced at each other, and the eyes of the two of them looking at each other became a little meaningful, and they deliberately removed Fang Cai's polite disguises.

"I'm here today, so I'm scared of you." Empress Su took a sip of tea and asked first.

Meng Xilan smiled slightly: "The queen mother is so concerned about the comfort of the ninth master, Xilan is very happy. ”

When Queen Su heard this, her eyes rolled, and she said with a bright gaze: "Chen'er was bitten, how did the Internal Affairs Office investigate?" ”

"This ...... Because I didn't find any clues, I had to stop for the time being. Meng Xilan replied truthfully.

Empress Su sneered: "Those rice buckets in the Internal Affairs Office!" pointed to them to do things, and in the end they had to stop it. Li Jieyu's womb, the snake of Changqing Palace, none of them did a good job. ”

Seeing her mention Li Jieyu, Meng Xilan's heart tightened, and she deliberately lowered her eyes and did not answer.

Who knows, Gonggong Xiao, who was waiting behind him, interjected: "Niangniang...... If the minions themselves had taken action, they would have been able to find out the truth in less than three days. ”

He spoke in a really loud tone, Meng Xilan glanced at him with a little displeasure, but Queen Su smiled: "You owe it." In fact, everyone knows what the truth is, but no one wants to tell it. Halfway through the conversation, she looked at Meng Xilan again and said, "Xilan, you kid has always been smart and clever, so you must have your own thoughts in your heart." ”

What does she mean by that? Is it deliberately tricking her words?

Meng Xilan shook her head slightly: "Xilan is stupid, I really can't think about it so much." Fortunately, with the blessing of the emperor and his mother, the ninth master was able to escape without danger. ”

Seeing that she was so cautious, Queen Su shook her hand suddenly: "Xilan, this palace said this, but it treats you as its own, why are you so restrained?" ”

Own...... Hearing Empress Su call herself with such words, Meng Xilan only felt a pain in her brain.

"Xilan, thank you for the queen's compassion." Meng Xilan deliberately got up and saluted her to thank her, and broke free of her hand, with a distant and polite gesture.

Queen Su was just deliberately teasing her, seeing that she was so sensitive, she was faintly unhappy in her heart, and sighed lightly: "You are really very different from this palace student." ”

Meng Xilan bit her lip slightly, and deliberately didn't say anything, which can be regarded as a kind of acquiescence.

She was really strange today, knowing that she was on Concubine Ning's side, why did she show favor to her three times or twice?

Empress Su held Gonggong Xiao's hand and got up slowly: "This Changqing Palace, even if you count the palace, you haven't been here for ten years, and it looks no different from before." Xilan, why don't you accompany the palace for a walk. ”

She said the opposite, ten years ago, this was the most extravagant and gorgeous palace in the harem, but now it is full of a sense of depression.

Meng Xilan got up and responded: "If Niangniang doesn't like it, Xilan is willing to accompany you for a walk." ”

This is a cold palace, no one likes to stay for a long time, presumably she must have something to say.

Empress Su and Meng Xilan walked side by side, Gonggong Xiao waited beside him, turned his head to Zhulu Zhuqing, who was about to follow, and smiled lightly: "You don't have to follow." ”

Zhu Lu paused slightly, he was a seven-rank eunuch, and he was a person next to the queen's mother, so he couldn't help but listen.

Gao Fuli looked at his emaciated back, frowned and spat out: "This Xiao Heixin, it's really troublesome!" ”

Xiao Heixin? Zhu Lu looked at him puzzled: "Why do you casually give people nicknames?" Not afraid to get into trouble by looking back? ”

"Sister, don't wronged me, isn't this my nickname? Xiao Heixin has always been his nickname, he is a ruthless person, and the little eunuchs in the palace are afraid of him! Gao Fuli said with a serious face.

Back then, when he first entered the palace, he heard a lot about Grandpa Xiao. He is a celebrity next to the queen's mother, and he has accepted more than a dozen godsons in the palace alone.

"Are you afraid of him, then?" Zhulu suddenly asked,

Gao Fuli straightened his back: "I'm not afraid." ”

Hearing this, Zhulu immediately patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, then you go over and secretly follow and guard the master." ”

The queen mother is clearly a smiling tiger, and the father-in-law Xiao next to her is even more demonic, which makes people's backs chill.

Needless to say, at this moment, Meng Xilan's heart is also hanging quietly. "Niangniang, what do you think of the scenery in this Changqing Palace?"

"Simple and elegant, looking at it is also calm. However, Chen'er is still a lively child in the end, and it is really pitiful for him to be in front of these old things all day long. Empress Su said in a distressed tone: "Why didn't the Internal Affairs Office send someone over to rest and recuperate?" ”

Meng Xilan said lightly: "Back to Niangniang's words, because the ninth master misses his biological mother, he cherishes every grass and tree in the Changqing Palace, and never allows others to fiddle with it at will, and it is bound to keep everything as it is." ”

Queen Su pondered for a moment when she heard this, and then said, "I see, that kid is really filial." To be honest, in her eyes, Zhou Youchen has always looked no different from the barbarians outside the Saiwai.

"Chen'er was bitten, Bengong thought about it, and he couldn't let go of it in his heart. Come to think of it, he has been working hard in the palace alone for so many years, and finally got the attention of the emperor, but he suffered this disaster again. This is clearly deliberately targeting him and harming him. ”

At this time, there was no one else, and Queen Su spoke brightly: "After Chen'er's name entered the imperial tree, the emperor has not found a suitable adoptive mother for him. Hongu felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer, and a decision must be made as soon as possible. ”

Meng Xilan's eyes flashed, and she said quietly: "Then Niangniang, what do you mean......"

According to the rules of the palace, the prince who is not yet an adult, once his biological mother is not there or his background is too low, he must recognize the next adoptive mother as soon as possible, and from then on he will be fostered in her name, and from then on he will be prosperous and lossy.

The reason why Zhou Shixian has not made a decision for a long time is because he has not been able to find a suitable candidate for a long time. Although there are many concubines in the palace, most of them are new beauties who have entered the palace, but all the concubines who have given birth are taboo about Zhou Youchen's background in their hearts, so no one wants to recognize his son.

"This palace has decided, this palace wants to keep Chen'er in his name, and from now on, let him no longer be bullied." Empress Su groaned and said gently.

She also made a decision with great difficulty, she was willing to accept Zhou Youchen's trouble, firstly because she wanted to please the emperor, and secondly, because she wanted to fall into the trap of Murong Qiao and win over the new forces in the palace.

Meng Xilan was stunned on the spot, looked at Queen Su as if in disbelief, clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and asked, "Is what Niangniang said serious?" ”

Empress Su showed a flawless smile and said, "Of course it's true." How? You don't believe what this palace says? ”

Meng Xilan's body shook slightly, and she hurriedly lowered her head and said she didn't dare, feeling a little chaotic in her heart.