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Du Guifei couldn't see the queen mother, so she had to tell the car to turn to Fushou Palace, and she wanted to ask the prince. The emperor has fallen ill since the autumn hunt, and has not summoned any concubines except for the queen so far. The Queen Mother had already issued a ban forbidding any of them to ask to see the emperor for any reason.

Du Guifei slowly looked at a strand of hair in her ear, looking at the outside scenery that appeared from time to time as the curtain fluttered, her face floated with a faint indifference and arrogance, and she didn't look weak and helpless in front of the Queen Mother's palace just now.

In recent years, the old queen mother rarely interfered in the affairs of the emperor's harem, and the emperor was like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, out of his mother's control, and wanted to oppose his mother everywhere. The queen chosen by the Queen Mother was snubbed by him, and the Queen Mother and those guys in the first cabinet designated many new policies, and he was passive and delayed.

Du Guifei didn't understand those new policies, but Du Yuan explained to her when he entered the palace that those new policies were beneficial to those small traders, craftsmen, peddlers and pawns, and also gave more hope to those who read poetry and books and hoped to get ahead with the scientific examination rules formulated by the new policies. Even Du Yuan has sighed a few times, If the new deal is implemented early, with his Du Yuan's intelligence, even if the Du family does not have a noble gate, he can support the Du family and his sister, so why take the tortuous path. But the New Deal is something that their benefactor doesn't want to see, and she doesn't understand the real reason for it, but she does what the benefactor says. For the sake of the new policy, she united with the royal nobles in the palace who were favored by her help, and Concubine Zhao and Cao Meiren said bad things about the old guys in the first pavilion in front of the emperor. The emperor is a simple person, as long as it is against the queen mother, he is willing to fulfill them.

But since the emperor fell ill, the uneasiness in her heart has gradually expanded. Without the protection of the emperor, no matter how powerful the benefactor's various methods are, she may not be able to protect her in this palace, and she may even unload the mill and kill the donkey at that time. Just when she was confused, Luoyang brought a letter to say that Du Yuan was escorted to Beijing. For such a big matter, Du Yuan himself did not ask someone to bring a letter, and the benefactor did not instruct, if it wasn't for the old housekeeper to bring a letter, I was afraid that everyone would enter Beijing to ask and behead her, and there would be no news. After knowing Du Yuan's news, she begged to see the emperor bitterly, but she didn't expect that the emperor had not improved for so long.

What worries her the most is not that she can't see the emperor, but that she can't contact the benefactor. The palace people, who usually send messages to the master for her, have been saying that the benefactor has not replied and there is no news. Du Yuan's matter, if there is no benefactor, even if the emperor does not fall ill, she may not be sure to solve it in front of the emperor, after all, it is a bloody case with ironclad evidence, and the most important thing is that the bitter master is the Tang family. If they can contact the benefactor, they can start from other aspects, maybe Du Yuan can still be saved. After breakfast this day, she went to listen to the piano in the rain court as usual, but there she unexpectedly found a note and a sachet given to her by the benefactor, which ordered her to bring the sachet to the Queen Mother during the winter solstice banquet today, and try to stay with the Queen Mother for as long as possible. Although the things and notes were not sent by the palace people who usually contacted her, but she knew the handwriting and logo on them, and believed that they must have been sent by the benefactor, maybe the benefactor felt that the original palace people were unreliable and contacted her in another way.

So she took the sachet and asked to see the Queen Mother without consulting anyone. She took out the sachet and carefully checked it again, although the sachet is not big, but the workmanship and materials can be compared to the things in the jade needle workshop in the palace, the thick silk woven from the finest tussah silk, it feels thick and delicate to the touch. One of the great advantages of this thick silk for sachets is that it allows the strong flavor of spices to slowly leak out of the heavy fabric, even if it is a new spice with a stronger flavor, the taste will not appear strong and arouse suspicion. The embroidery is the boutique of Shu embroidery, not the needlework of ordinary women, and the masterpiece of the top master, which is by no means ordinary people can have. And this spice smells good, with a faint sweet fragrance of acacia flowers, and it is also significantly in line with her identity.

When Du Guifei arrived at the Fushou Palace, all the officials had arrived, and the queen had already taken a few palace concubines to the seats, and when she came in, the dignified queen just rolled her eyes slightly. When the emperor was in good health, the queen didn't take her seriously by virtue of her family status, let alone now. If it was in the past, Du Guifei was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she would definitely find an opportunity to toss something out, according to the benefactor's instructions, that is, to let this harem not stop, so that the queen mother did not stop the days. But now that Du Yuan has an accident, the Du family relies on the support of the benefactor in the palace, but who the benefactor is, she has not figured it out now, there may be more places to ask for people, and it is better for her to be more restrained. When he entered the Fushou Palace, he went to greet the queen in a proper manner.

At today's banquet, in addition to the hundred officials and palace concubines, the queen mother also allowed officials above the second rank to bring their sons and daughters-in-law, and there were more beautiful and energetic young women at the banquet, which made the whole scene look very vibrant. These young men and women have also gone to the autumn hunt with the royal car, and the bravery of the young masters of the Tang family during the autumn hunt is obvious to all, and a pair of people to rob her makes her feel very uncomfortable.

Chen Bihua happily watched the lively room of people, especially those young people, from time to time ask people to bring food to the elders of several families, or ask them to come and talk. Xing'er stood not far away with a dust whisk and a handkerchief, quietly watching the old lady deal with these ladies with ease. She is convinced that in the heart of the Queen Mother, she will not look down on these ladies who tend to be inflammatory, but as the Queen Mother, virtuous and virtuous will inevitably be a model for the harem, how can she not envelop the family members of these hundred officials. She sometimes sympathizes with this old lady, If she wasn't in the harem, she would have been full of children and grandchildren, but here, not only must all aspects be taken care of, but also be always guarded against calculations. To be a woman, you still have to be born in the royal family like Jing'an, and choose a lovely husband, instead of marrying into the royal family, which is a cage and shackles for a lifetime. As a palace maid, her biggest dream is to be able to be a good husband out of the palace at that time, instead of being trapped here. How favored Ning Er was back then, not only did the Queen Mother take care of her in everything, but the prince Yiyi took care of her like a brother, but Ning Er did not escape the clutches of the former prince. I don't have the special love of the queen mother, and I don't want to get involved with any prince, if I don't plan early, I may be worse than Ning'er at that time.

Tao'er is very happy today, she was assigned to the prince Yiyi cloth vegetables as she wished. Kneeling beside him, smelling the sweet sandalwood on his body, he smiled in his heart. Even the iceberg face of the eldest young master of the Tang family sitting on the right looked much softer. The prince did not sit on the left and right of any official children, but sat on the Tang brothers. Although the Tang brothers and the prince are also cousins, but when the banquet was held, the two sat near the left, which really made people think about it.

Xinye sat on Yiyi's left, Tao'er turned her back to him, and couldn't see her face clearly, but she didn't reach out to make a dish for Yiyi, and there was a faint smell of grass mixed with yellow horn orchid, which surprised him a little. Although the taste is not strong, it is very special, especially since today everyone drinks osmanthus aged wine. At this time, Yiyi also smelled the fragrance of Tao'er, It is not surprising that the women in the palace use various spices in order to attract men. The smell was very pleasant, and looking at her tender skin that was blown and broken, he had a great desire to reach out and touch and pinch her round fleshy little face, so he really moved his hand when he thought about it. Tao'er lowered her head shyly, revealing her snow-white neck, Yiyi felt a little shaky, and the angle at which she lowered her head was actually two points similar to that person: "You can go back to the East Palace with me today." ”

Concubine Yan, who was standing beside the Queen Mother and holding a teacup, shook her hand when she heard this, the tea was spilled out, and her fingers were red and had to be hidden. Chen Bihua saw that she didn't speak, since Ning'er left, Yiyi suddenly became a little lustful, and accepted a lot of concubines to have a room, and most of these people were put there to watch, he didn't really favor much, and it was even rarer for Yan'er to directly accept the side concubine. He still can't let go of it. Men and women are not afraid, but they are afraid that others know very well what they are looking for, and take the initiative to make up, in that case, the people around him will become more and more complicated. In this eventful season, she really can't let Yiyi make mistakes. Thinking of this, she glanced at Mama Mao standing beside her, and nodded understandingly.

This is the people in the imperial dining room began to serve a snow pea maw mutton soup commonly used in the palace in winter, the warm herbs supplemented by the aroma of mutton, not only make people's stomach warm and comfortable after drinking, but also make people feel a little more comfortable sleepy: "This soup is good, I drink so that the mourning family is a little sweaty, I will go to the side hall to scatter and come again, everyone continue." ”

The queen mother left, so that the palace concubines suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, just wanted to let go of eating and drinking, but unexpectedly saw the prince Yiyi stand up, holding the palace maid Tao'er who had just given him vegetables with his left hand, and went out with a red face. The prince has always been a decent gentleman who keeps manners in everyone's minds, although there are a lot of girls in the East Palace, but in his position, there are too many women who voluntarily dedicate themselves, which is not surprising. However, at the time of such a feast, the prince who was guarding the ceremony dragged the palace maid away, which has never happened, when did the prince become so anxious?

Just when everyone's eyes were intertwined with Tao'er and the prince, Du Guifei also quietly got up and walked towards the side hall where the queen mother was resting. Most people didn't pay attention to her, and even if they did, they thought that Du Guifei wanted to go alone to ask the queen mother for her brother's affairs.

The face of the crown prince's concubine Yan'er turned pale at this time. When the Queen Mother went to rest, she specially instructed her to sit beside the prince and serve the prince. Although there are many women in the house, but those women are not named, and they are more or less similar to someone who was collected by him, and neither their identity nor anything else can be put on the table. As we all know, the prince loves her Yan'er very much, and he loves many children. It's the women who can't reach it, and she tolerates them because they're so much weaker. But Tao'er came from the Queen Mother's palace like her, and accepted her on this occasion, in front of hundreds of officials and family members, not only gave Tao'er a name in disguise, but also broke the myth of Concubine Yan's exclusive favor.

Yiyi led Tao'er towards the side hall, Tao'er lowered her head shyly all the way, and Yiyi was more satisfied, and from time to time she picked up her little hand and patted it with her other hand, with a smile on her face, and her eyes were full of love. Although the surrounding palace people couldn't speak, the surprise on their faces was indispensable. The prince has always been a righteous gentleman, although there are many concubines in the East Palace, but that is the prince's house affairs behind closed doors. In this kind of feast, the prince has always been dignified and steady. I've never seen such a picky behavior.