Meng Xilan's face sank after hearing this. As a human being in two lives, she never believed in any ghosts and gods. Perhaps, everything in the dark has its own trajectory, but there must be a demon when things go wrong, and she definitely knows this better than anyone else.

Are there really ghosts in Changqing Palace? Meng Xilan thought of Zhou Youchen, who suddenly appeared and disappeared that night, and couldn't help but be suspicious in her heart. Perhaps, it may not be a real ghost, but someone is pretending to be a ghost! So, who could this person be?

Just for a moment, Zhou Youchen's face appeared in front of Meng Xilan's eyes again...... Maybe it's him...... But why? Why did he do it?

Gao Fuli saw that the master was contemplating, stood still, and whispered: "Master, don't you want to say hello to the Queen Mother?" Don't miss the hour. ”

Meng Xilan put aside the doubts in her heart for the time being, and walked to the queen mother's bedroom.

This is the time for breakfast.

The Queen Mother didn't seem to have much appetite today, and after a few bites, she shook her head and said she wouldn't eat.

Gonggong Lu, who was waiting on the side, was holding chopsticks, and he was in trouble, and when he heard the rumors outside that Meng Xilan was coming, he breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that she must have a way to make the Queen Mother happy.

Meng Xilan Yingying stepped forward to ask for peace, and the Queen Mother raised her hand and said lightly: "Get up." ”

Meng Xilan stepped forward in time to take the chopsticks in Father-in-law Lu's hand, and said with a smile: "Son-in-law serves the queen mother and eats." ”

The Queen Mother shook her head unhappily: "The mourning family has no appetite, let them all withdraw." ”

Meng Xilan only put the chopsticks away when she heard this, held the tea cup, and waited for the Queen Mother to rinse her mouth, and Gonggong Lu presented the scarf, and the palace maids behind him moved faster, busy and orderly, and removed all the breakfast on the table in three or five strokes.

When drinking tea after dinner, Meng Xilan hesitated and asked, "Queen Mother, is there anything on your mind today?" ”

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes, coughed lightly, cleared her throat and said, "The mourning family is a little annoyed. ”

"Why?" Meng Xilan leaned forward with pretended concern and gently pulled the sleeve of the Queen Mother's coat.

The Queen Mother didn't seem to want to say much, so she sighed and sighed, and then slowly spit out three words: "Changqing Palace......"

Meng Xilan thought for a moment before she said, "It turns out that the queen mother is worried about the affairs of Her Royal Highness the Nine. ”

The Queen Mother put down the tea bowl and said in a slightly displeased tone: "The mourning family has been in the palace for so many years, and I have never seen a child like him who is stubborn and does not know what to do." The emperor sent someone to teach him the rules, but he didn't listen or learn, he only knew how to mess around! The emperor invited Mrs. Zhou to teach him to study, but it only took him one morning to make Mrs. Zhou so angry that he couldn't afford to be sick...... This evil obstacle! It's just lawless. ”

Meng Xilan heard the word "evil barrier" from the mouth of the Queen Mother, and she knew how disgusted she was with Zhou Youchen in her heart! Maybe even disgusted!

"Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness Nine lost her mother at a young age, and there has been no strict discipline from concubines around her, so her temperament is inevitably a little withdrawn. However, fortunately, he is still young, and he must be a material to teach patiently in the future. Meng Xilan deliberately avoided the important and trivialized, and had the intention to say a few words for Zhou Youchen, in order to arouse the Queen Mother's doubts.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and stared at her for a while before she said, "What?" Have you seen that kid? ”

The corners of Meng Xilan's mouth rose slightly: "After returning to my mother, I met His Royal Highness Nine a few times by coincidence, and I also said a few words. ”

The Queen Mother said with a surprised face: "There is still such a thing...... He can talk to people......"

It turned out that none of the previous teaching grandmothers had a way to make Zhou Youchen speak. Listening to the minions' replies, Zhou Youchen was the most unruly. No matter who you meet, you don't have a good face, you don't talk if you don't ask for peace, you don't care about people, no matter what you say, he is indifferent, and when you can't listen to it, turn around and leave, regardless of it!

However, such a person, how can he have something to say to Meng Xilan?

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother looked at Meng Xilan's eyes with a hint of emotion that was not easy to interpret, "You have a way." ”

Meng Xilan still smiled: "Erchen has no way, I just feel that he is alone, a little pitiful, and he doesn't dare to speak too seriously." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she lowered her eyes thoughtfully, and said after a while: "Alas...... Born in the emperor's family, it was his blessing, but he was not born with a blessed life. ”

As the heir of the royal family, who has not been raised by everyone since he was a child, only he is not. But this can't be blamed on the emperor, if you want to blame, you can only blame it, his mother, who is not worry-free, brought him trouble before and after death.

Meng Xilan obviously still had something to say, and said slowly: "Mother, the last time Erchen met His Royal Highness the Ninth was in the Imperial Garden, and he said that he liked plum blossoms, because his mother liked plum blossoms. When Erchen heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little sour, he was not even eleven years old, but unfortunately, there was not even an amiable person around him. ”

When the Queen Mother heard her say this, her heart was not good, and she was a little sour. "Actually, the mourning family also wants to hurt him more, but they also want him to do something that hurts first."

Meng Xilan saw that her attitude had eased, and said with a smile: "The queen mother doesn't have to worry, the days ahead are still long, just find someone to teach slowly." ”

"With his temperament? Who can teach him! ”

"Erchen is willing to ......" She was only halfway through her words, when someone suddenly came from outside: "Prince Xian, King Wenjun has arrived!" ”

Meng Xilan chuckled violently in her heart, these two names were connected together, and they could instantly evoke the dormant nightmare in her heart.

She slowly turned her gaze to the door, and sure enough, she saw two tall and thin figures.

Meng Xilan hadn't seen Zhou Shili for a while. It seems that he has not had an easy time during this time, and his body looks like he has lost a lot. As for Zhou Youlin, his complexion looks pretty good, but he was tossed thin by the epidemic last time, and he still hasn't made up for it.

After Zhou Youlin saw Meng Xilan, his gaze paused for a moment, and his eyes could not hide the fluctuations, but he was quickly silently restrained and looked away. Zhou Shili was still the same as before, with a gentle smile on his face, and stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother also felt a little surprised: "Why did you two come together today?" ”

Zhou Shili just smiled and said nothing.

Zhou Youlin replied lightly: "It's just a coincidence." After the early dynasty, he followed the wishes of his mother to Cining Palace, who knows, Zhou Shili has been following him, it seems that he has something to say, but he followed all the way here.

Zhou Youlin has not come to Cining Palace often recently, firstly because he is busy, and secondly, to avoid Meng Xilan. Of course, he still wanted to see her, but he didn't want to be disappointed every time he saw her.

Whether this is a coincidence or not, Meng Xilan doesn't like Zhou Youlin and Zhou Shili getting too close, but fortunately, she reminded him before to be careful of Zhou Shili. She hoped he remembered it clearly......

Only Meng Xilan was alone to talk to the Queen Mother, and now there are more Zhou Shili and Zhou Youlin, even if the Queen Mother has no energy, she has to cheer up and say a few words to them.

In and out of the conversation, there is always a free time, Meng Xilan concentrates on holding the tea bowl, and drinks every sip of tea carefully.

Zhou Youlin sat opposite, and when he occasionally drank tea, the afterglow of his eyes would fall on Meng Xilan's body, and once it fell, he was reluctant to move away. After thinking for a moment, he simply turned his head slightly and looked at her generously.

When Meng Xilan was slightly aware, she didn't see it, looked at the Queen Mother, and continued: "Queen Mother, I just talked about the matter of His Royal Highness the Nine, and the sons are willing to give it a try......

In this way, at least she can enter and leave the Changqing Palace freely in the future.

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned when she heard this, and Zhou Youlin and Zhou Shili also looked at it together, as if they didn't understand what they meant.

"There are so many minions in the palace, why bother to let you suffer this burden!" The Queen Mother's tone was a little distressed, but she felt that there must be another reason why she would voluntarily bring it up.

Meng Xilan met the Queen Mother's gaze, stood lightly, and said earnestly: "If you say that you can learn, Erchen doesn't dare to pretend to be self-assured, but now His Royal Highness Jiu needs to learn the rules of how to speak and do things in the palace the most, and Erchen is willing to give it a try." Moreover, I have also had a few encounters with His Highness, and he may give me a face. ”

When Zhou Youlin heard this, he could understand it, but he understood it in his ears, but he was even more puzzled in his heart.

Could it be that she also has to take care of Zhou Youchen's idle affairs?

Everyone in the palace thinks that Zhou Youchen is a trouble, he can't stammer, he can't serve if he wants to, he can't serve well if he wants to, and he can't afford to slack off if he wants to.

However, he is the emperor's flesh and blood, since the emperor recognizes him, he is the emperor's son, and he can't be left alone as in the past. The queen mother is old, so naturally she has no intention of teaching Zhou Youchen in person, and the concubines in the palace are also very taboo about him, and they are even more reluctant to keep him by her side.

The Queen Mother was silent, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "You can teach if you want, just don't be idle." ”

Meng Xilan put down the cup and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, the queen mother, he is just a child in the end, a child's heart is the purest, whoever is good to him, he will be good to whom, likes and dislikes are clear." ”

In fact, teaching Zhou Youchen is not the most anxious, she has to figure out the "haunted" things in the palace first.

When Zhou Youlin and Zhou Shili heard this, their faces changed.

Zhou Youlin's eyes have a lot of emotions, which are complex and difficult to understand, and they are tangled. Zhou Shili, on the other hand, stared calmly, his eyes were also meaningful, and he seemed to be curious about what the motive behind Meng Xilan was.

When he got out of the Queen Mother's bedroom, Zhou Youlin was originally at the forefront, but he deliberately hesitated two steps and deliberately waited for Meng Xilan behind.

"Have you been very idle lately?" When Meng Xilan passed by, he opened his mouth lightly, and his expression was slightly stiff.

Meng Xilan didn't turn her head, only turned her face to him, and lowered her lips: "This is all thanks to the prince." ”

Zhou Youlin heard this, and of course had something to say, but when he saw Zhou Shili turning around in front of him, he kept staring at the two of them, so he had to stop talking.

Meng Xilan just had a chance to get out, and when she passed by Zhou Shili's side, she deliberately turned her head and smiled at him, nodded her head, and looked very polite.

Zhou Shili arched his hand slightly and returned to her.

Such a scene, in Zhou Youlin's eyes, was extremely dazzling.