Concubine Xian never thought that Queen Zhou would not give her face so much, so she directly broke this sentence in front of her.

She was a little embarrassed.

But I didn't know that Queen Zhou didn't say more seriously for the sake of the eldest princess and his wife, otherwise Concubine Xian would not let go easily for such a clear reason to make excuses.

She has always remembered Motoji's words in her mind-

If you don't want the virtuous concubines to fall into the fate of those traitorous concubines of the first emperor dynasty in the future, she, as the queen, has to be disciplined well.

Empress Zhou thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood the meaning of Concubine Xian's purpose today.

I'm afraid that she hasn't seen the emperor for a long time, and she knows that the eldest princess Guining Emperor will definitely show up today, so she found a clumsy excuse to come to Kunning Palace, right?

Concubine Xian was sneering, and was about to speak, when she suddenly heard the eldest princess take over, "What's so difficult about this?" There's no need to send someone to ask, I grew up in Changchun Palace since I was a child, and I know everything in it. ”

The eldest princess said: "The few large vats in that courtyard were built by the Internal Affairs Office during the first emperor's dynasty, and there is an allusion to it. ”

"What's the allusion?"

"At that time, the queen mother was still the favorite concubine of her father, because she liked lotuses, and put several large vats in the courtyard of Yongshou Palace to raise lotuses, and there were goldfish and frogs or something, which was very interesting. At that time, the concubines in the harem envied her affection, thinking that this would attract her father, so later such a large vat was placed in each palace. ”

It's late spring, the lotus flowers haven't bloomed yet, and the jars are empty, so they don't look useful.

Concubine Xian sighed and made a look like she had just known, "It turns out that this usage was actually thought up by the Queen Mother, which is really elegant." In that case, I won't move it out, so I'll keep it for the summer when the lotus flowers bloom! ”

I originally came to consult Queen Zhou, but after listening to the words of the eldest princess at this time, I remembered that the eldest princess's biological mother, the former Emperor Huifei, lived in Changchun Palace in the past, and Concubine Xian felt that she could get close to the eldest princess, so she forgot her previous words.

Empress Zhou frowned almost inaudibly.

The eldest princess noticed her expression and said lightly, "That's not necessary, those concubines in the palace didn't really like lotus flowers back then, but they just blindly imitated the queen mother to compete for favor." I see that the palace of the imperial sister-in-law likes to put chayote, the aroma is quite good, the virtuous concubine might as well go to the two vats, and get more chayote swings. ”

Concubine Xian was stunned for a moment, and soon understood the meaning of the eldest princess's words.

Back then, the concubines followed the example of the queen mother, who was still a favorite concubine, in order to compete for favor.

Now the eldest princess asked her to follow the example of Queen Zhou......

Isn't this a turn of the corner to sarcastically compete for her favor?

Concubine Xian didn't have time to think about it, but suddenly heard the report of Xiao Jizi outside, and a bright yellow figure strode in.

Seeing Yuanzhi, the eldest princess became even more affectionate, "Brother Huang! ”

The two brothers and sisters got together and faced each other, and Yuan Zhi kept looking at her, feeling that she was in good spirits, and then he was relieved.

And Queen Zhou and the others had already bowed, and when they got up, the eldest princess remembered to salute, so she blessed Yuanzhi.

"Sit down, don't see outside."

Yuan Zhi said, and glanced at Bai Yan intentionally.

He is a newlywed colt who has just joined the royal family, and it is inevitable to be restrained when entering the palace, so Yuanzhi has to take extra care of him.

Bai Yan nodded knowingly, Yuan Zhi looked at Queen Zhou again, as if he was about to ask something, and suddenly saw Concubine Xian standing aside.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Concubine Xian is also there?"

Princess Celestia felt the deep disgust in Motoji's words.

Other people don't seem to feel it, but the eldest princess is different, she is originally a brother and sister connected to Yuanzhi by blood, plus they have studied and grown up together since childhood, so they naturally know more about each other.

Concubine Xian said Fang Cai's lame excuse again, and Yuan Zhi slightly hooked the corners of his lips after hearing this, and smiled a little sarcastically.

Concubine Xian thought that she had seen something wrong, but after a closer look, Yuanji's expression really returned to normal.

He didn't drive Concubine Xian away, didn't say anything, and didn't even mock Concubine Xian's lame excuse, but said to everyone: "Sit down, I'm late." ”

"It's not too late, we've just arrived."

The eldest princess said: "I heard that Gonggong Ji said that the imperial brother is discussing political affairs with the ministers, isn't there something important?" ”

Concubine Xian glanced at the eldest princess, and only the eldest princess dared to ask.

If she asks Queen Zhou, then there will be a suspicion of interference in the harem, and Bai Yan can't ask even more as a concubine.

When it came to the political affairs of the previous dynasty, Yuan Zhi's expression was a little gloomy, "Something did happen, even if I don't say it, you can hear it when you return to the Hou Mansion in a while." ”

Bai Yan was stunned, and quickly reacted, "Could it be a war?" ”

He was born in a family of military marquis, and he was particularly sensitive to war.

Once there was a war in the imperial court, the relevant documents would be spread throughout the military families, so that the generals could give advice and be ready to go to the battlefield at any time.

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Zhi said this, Bai Yan immediately thought of the war.

Yuan Zhi was very satisfied with his acumen and nodded, "The Northwest Grassland tribe rebelled, and that Jungar tribe was scattered and disappeared during the First Emperor's Dynasty, and now there are signs of a comeback. ”

"Jungar?"

Bai Yan frowned, remembering the stories he had heard from his father and grandparents about the pacification of the war in Junggar.

At that time, the Jungger Department was a hard bone, and it was a great luck that the imperial court was able to win in the end, but now it is back, and I don't know if it is still as shocking as it was back then......

Seeing the expressions of Yuan Zhi and Bai Yan, the three women present were silent, and they also guessed a little in their hearts.

It must be quite a serious thing to make the two men look like this.

Yuan Zhi raised his head and saw Empress Zhou looking at him with a concerned face, and hurriedly spoke to comfort her, "Don't worry, it's nothing." The Jungar Department was indeed strong back then, but now that it is the return of the lost dog, it must be not as strong as it was at the beginning. Perhaps it was just the remnants of the defeated army from the northwest, acting in the name of the Dzungar Division. ”

"If so......"

Empress Zhou made up her mind, "Then why are the emperor and the concubine so worried?" ”

Motoji glanced at Bai Yan and motioned for him to explain.

Bai Yan didn't realize it for a while, and after understanding, he hurriedly said: "The queen mother misunderstood, as the son of the general, she is just habitually worried about the war." After all, as long as there is a war, there will definitely be casualties, and the ministers are reluctant to die on the battlefield with those good sons. ”

"yes."

Yuan Zhi answered: "It's me who scares you, I started from being the crown prince, then to the throne, to the pro-government, this road is too smooth, and the biggest thing is just the drought in the northwest." Now that there is a sudden war, I am a little surprised for a while, but it is okay to think about it, it is okay, it is okay. ”