After the queen gave birth to the crown prince, the six palaces were overjoyed.

In the phoenix perched pavilion, the orchestral silk bamboo everywhere, the reed bell chime, day after day, sang for more than half a month.

In the Chenyang Palace, the Queen Mother said that she couldn't afford to be sick, but she sent Yingyan to greet her every day.

"Niangniang, the pipa of Chenyang Palace is here."

The queen's expression was faint, without the slightest surprise, Mingyue stepped forward to take the white jade bowl in her hand and handed over the remaining half of the blood swallow.

"Please let her in."

After a while, a middle-aged woman wearing a blue skirt carried a vermilion lacquer orchid food box to the temple.

"I've seen the Queen."

Even at this time, she still refused to call herself a "slave".

The queen slowly raised her head, looked at the visitor, and smiled.

"Please, is the concubine okay?"

"Back to the queen's mother, the concubine master has always been fine, and the mother is worried. Niangniang gave birth to the little prince, my master remembered, specially cooked, made purple japonica lotus soup and osmanthus cake, please Niangniang tasted. ”

A smile suddenly bloomed on the face of the superior.

"In this way, then thank you to the concubine Niangniang, please tell my aunt on behalf of the palace, and when the palace is well, I will go to see her old man's house."

She said these words with great warmth.

Pipa looked at her and suddenly paused.

"Yes...... The heart has arrived, and there is no one to serve the master, so Pipa retired first. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Ming Yan stepped forward and gave her the empty food box.

The master and servant, looking at the distant back, their eyes were all calm.

"It's all come to this, and you're still so arrogant!"

The queen took a sip of hot tea, but smiled silently.

"Didn't you hear her? There is no one around to serve you...... This is complaining to the palace, condemning the palace for being inconsiderate and slapping the palace in the face! However, this time, it seems that the Song family's luck is only afraid of coming to an end. ”

"That ...... girl"

"Don't worry, let's just watch from the sidelines, someone is more impatient than us."

Mingyue wanted to say more, but saw Mingshan hurriedly come in.

"Hui Niangniang, the concubine of Jingyutang...... The palace people around him came to visit. ”

Hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on the queen's originally indifferent face, and she couldn't help but move in her heart when she thought of the past.

"Oh?"

"The people in Jingyu Hall haven't been out for a long time, it's interesting...... Please come in! ”

"Yes."

There was silence all around, and only a green silhouette was seen, gradually walking forward from outside the hall.

"Slave Jialan, knock on the queen."

After saying that, she put down the strip covered by the brocade in her hand and wanted to bow down.

"Auntie, please get up, don't be polite. Bright moon, look at the seat. ”

"The status of slaves and maids is low, and it is difficult to bear it."

As she spoke, she raised the plate above her head with both hands, and said humbly: "The queen is very happy, although my mother is in the Jingyu Hall, she has always remembered the Fengqi Pavilion, praying for the blessing of the Jiangshan Society every day, this kind of object, talk about my mother's heart." ”

Mingyue took it and opened the splendid cover, and there were two rich and auspicious red jade silk ruyi.

The queen immediately smiled.

"I'm tired of the concubine Niangniang, I don't know if the mother is still safe recently?"

Jialan has always been alert, and when she heard the intimacy in her tone, she smiled kindly, and replied crisply:

"Thank you for the queen's greetings, the concubine has always been Kangtai, but the weather has been hot recently, the spleen and stomach are not good, and the food is not as sweet as before, which is also the norm."

The master and servant looked at each other and smiled.

"Look at it, this palace just said it!"

Seeing that Jialan was puzzled, Mingyue hurriedly explained:

"Recently, my mother's spleen and stomach are not good, how to think of these little monkey cubs, so I learned to make a hand, called" vinegar stuffed cypress soup ", the mother eats very good, sweet and cool, calm and rest, relieve the heat and appetize, the girl can give the concubine a try."

After Mingyue finished speaking, the queen picked it up.

"It's just that the recipes that the minions have indiscriminately introduced, replacing such a valuable gift as the concubine, it seems that the palace is stingy."

After speaking, looking around, everyone smiled heartily.

It wasn't until this moment that Jialandi's heart relaxed.

When the queen first appeared at the ceremony, she was slapped by Emperor Yin in the Huayang Palace, and all thoughts were lost, so Concubine Jing asked her to send this "vinegar-stuffed cypress soup" to express condolences.

Unexpectedly, today, the queen suddenly mentioned this.

That's what it means...... She remembers!

Thinking of this, the smile on Jialan's face immediately loosened a lot.

"Thank you for the queen's concern, since ancient times, the courtesy is light and affectionate, and the mother's heart is really rare, and the slave will definitely convey it to the concubine!"

Mingyue handed her a piece of rice paper.

"This is a recipe, aunt must keep it."

She respectfully took it, thanked her, and put it in her arms properly.

"The hour is not early, and the slave maid has to go back to the palace to serve the mother and drink medicine, so it is inconvenient to stay for ......a long time."

"What? Does Concubine Jing keep renewing the medicine? ”

Her tone was very concerned, but Jialan was silent. After a long time, she slowly raised her head and looked at the person on the phoenix seat in a daze.

From that unspeakable gaze, the queen saw helplessness.

"My mother's illness is often medicated, but recently, this medicine has been used too violently, the more I eat this disease, the more serious the disease, the mother's body and bones, day by day is not as good as a day, the slave is really helpless......"

Speaking of the back, Jialan choked faintly.

At that moment, the queen suddenly realized that she understood the real reason for her trip!

I see......

She groaned slightly, hesitating to herself.

"Bengong remembers that the concubine's body has always been healthy, since this medicine can't cure the disease, it's not interesting to eat, but you can slow it down first, and Ming'er Bengong will personally send the imperial doctor to see the concubine."

The queen's words were extremely light, but to Jialan's ears, it was a life-saving straw.

She fell to her knees and knocked her head a few times.

"So, thank you!"

After Jialan left, the queen lowered her head and didn't speak for a long time, as if she was thinking about something.

Mingyue handed over the ginseng soup.

"After enduring for so many years, as soon as the emperor sat on the throne, the queen mother couldn't hold back...... It's just that the king of Nan'an hasn't been eliminated yet, she killed someone's mother so quickly, so she is not afraid that the prince will be angry and Chen Bing will rebel? ”

"Niangniang refers to...... Jingyutang? ”

The man on the phoenix seat nodded.

"Ask Mingshan to inquire, which imperial doctor is the one who treated Concubine Jing?"

"Yes."

"It's just...... Niangniang's hard work, I don't know if you understand it over there? ”

She quietly fiddled with a pair of jade bracelets on her wrist, and her expression returned to her usual indifference.

"If you have the same heart as us, your sense of smell is naturally sensitive."

It was only at this time that Ming Yan seemed to remember something and reported in a low voice:

"Oh, by the way, the Shangguan clan also came, and it happened that someone was in the hall, so the slave maid asked her to wait in the side hall, and several waves of people followed, and the slave and maid forgot for a while."

The queen's eyes were over, and she felt a chill in her vest.

"How long?"

Mingyan knew that he had caused a big disaster, and he didn't dare to hide it.

"I came early in the morning, and now it's been two or three hours."

Mingyue saw through her master's worries, and said in a low voice: "She is in the side hall, and there is a solid wall between the two halls, so she can't hear it." ”

"I hope she's ...... unintentionally"

"That's it! Poor person, too, you call her in! ”

"Yes."

After a while, a woman appeared in the center of the temple. She is wearing a floor-length skirt that promotes flowers by a hundred birds, not very beautiful, and it is not beautiful and natural. It's just tall and tall, with a willow waist and shaved shoulders......

At first glance, it looks a bit like the one who used to be in the Sea Pavilion.

She bowed respectfully.

"The concubine congratulated the queen on her joy, and the sky fell on the stone; May the mother be blessed with longevity and Kangning, His Royal Highness's Lanjie Tuxiu, and Lintoe Chengxiang. ”

The voice is soft and glutinous, and the humility is fully displayed in the words.

The queen glanced at her, took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "You get up." ”

"Yes, thank you, Queen."

There was silence all around, and there was no sound.

Seeing that the people on the phoenix throne ignored her very much, Shangguan stood in the center of the hall, his face was slightly embarrassed, and the people in the hall were silent, as if the person in front of him did not exist.

She laughed wryly.

"The concubine came today, first, He Niangniang was a thousand joys; Secondly...... is to ask the queen for sin. ”

So saying, she knelt down again, her hands prostrate on the ground.

A sneer crossed the corner of the queen's mouth.

"Although you are a palace slave, but for the harem concubines, for no reason, to give this great gift to the palace, the palace will suffer from the harem criticism, and end up with a reputation of 'pampered and arrogant' and 'harem'...... Why don't you get up soon? ”

As soon as these words came out, the famous goose pretended to help him.

"Get up, please."

Unexpectedly, the Shangguan clan hit the floor tiles hard.

"Queen Mother! Thousands of mistakes, all of them are the fault of the concubine! Even if the concubine kneels to death today, and repents in front of the Buddha day and night, it is difficult to atone one-ten-thousandth of the concubine's sins, but the concubine's body is not a pity, and she can only pray for the mother's virtue and blessing, and become a great treasure as soon as possible, and you can get eternal years! ”

Everyone was shocked.

When the superior heard this, he raised his head and glared at her, slammed the tea on the ground with a "clang", and immediately scolded angrily.

"Bold!"

"The words of the concubine can trap the palace in unkindness and injustice!"

Hearing Shangguan's words, Mingyue was also frightened, and hurriedly closed the door of the palace, leaving only Mingyan and Mingshan, who were personally guarding outside the palace.

Shangguan was still prostrate on the ground, his shoulders shaking, and in the empty hall, only low sobs could be heard.

After waiting for a while, the queen's temperament gradually calmed down.

Looking at the woman below, she said coldly:

"You look up."

That face, slowly raised, I don't know whether it was remorse or fear, was already in tears.

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?"

"If you know that there is a calamity today, why should you harm others in the first place? You were so insidious and vicious at the beginning, even the child in my womb wanted to be taken out together, didn't you? ”

Speaking of the second half of the sentence, the man on the throne became agitated.

"Mother's life......"

Shangguan's eyes were closed, tears were streaming down, and he couldn't cry anymore.

"All the mistakes are the fault of the concubines, and the mother can punish her as she wants, but please ...... Please also ask the mother to leave her concubine a cheap life! Just think of it as ...... Leave a dog to call ......"

"Phew!"

"What this palace wants is a loyal slave, a wall grass like you, who only knows how to harm people but doesn't know how to save people, and for the whole palace, it is a cancer!"

Every time she saw her face, she would think of the dead people in Canghai Pavilion.

The man ruined her love, ruined her first child, and almost ruined everything for her.

"Niangniang, you have a lot of adults, let go of the concubines!"

The queen closed her eyes in disgust.

"What you said is strange, this palace has always been kind to the six palaces, and is known all over the world for "benevolence", so how can you let it go? You are the emperor's concubine, and this palace has not treated you harshly, so don't blame this palace. ”

Thinking of what had happened in the past few days, Shangguan's family was terrified.

The mung bean soup was obviously sent from the imperial dining room......

And the head of the imperial dining room used to be an errand in the Qi Pavilion, all of which are inseparable from the people on the phoenix throne!

She insisted on the queen, only thought it was a word of shirk, refused to forgive herself, bit her teeth, raised her forehead, and smashed it down with a fierce "dong dong", and blood suddenly flowed.

"Niangniang, the concubine really knows that she is wrong!"

"It's not that the concubine intends to harm you, but the queen mother forced it, and the concubine had to do it, and the concubine came to visit that day, and when she left, in the corner of the palace wall, she had the heart to talk about her father and brother, and she almost caused her mother to have a difficult birth, and the concubine knew that she was wrong...... The concubine really didn't mean it......"

"Bold!"

The queen was so shocked that she was furious, walked straight down the phoenix seat, and slapped Shangguan's face.

"Slut! Dare to slander the Queen Mother! ”

"Bright Moon! Go and ask the emperor to come up and let him personally send down this rebellious slut! ”

Mingyue was already stunned when she heard this, looking at her master in shock, she didn't dare to move, and when she held the palm, it was even colder.

"Mother, don't be deceived by her."

"The Queen Mother has always come to take care of you, and she values the little prince even more, and once decreed that the palace would be sealed, so that the mother could protect the fetus wholeheartedly, at the critical moment of childbirth, how could she do such a thing? You can see that this man is lying! ”

"You ...... Unbelief? ”

"What the concubine said is true, and now, the concubine has reached this point, there is really no reason to deceive the mother anymore!"

In an instant, the anger in the queen's eyes turned cold.

"Don't go yet!"

"Yes...... It's ......"

"No ......"

Mingyue was raising her legs to leave, but her legs stagnated, and she was firmly hugged by Shangguan's family.

"Don't go...... Please, don't go ......"

In desperation, the woman on the ground stretched out her finger and slashed it in her mouth, and blood flowed from the ground.

Her tone was sonorous, and she swore to the sky:

"What the concubine said today, if there is half a lie, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, and they will be thrown into the hell of Abi, and they will not be able to live forever, and the whole family will not die well, and the male generation will be slaves, and the female generation will be prostitutes!

The coldness deepened and deepened, like eighteen layers of ice.

"You go back."

"What you said today, this palace should not know."

Shangguan stopped crying, looked at the person in front of her, her face was full of disbelief, and in an instant, she was full of indignation, raised her head and stared at the person in front of her, and said word by word:

"So, even if the concubine is so low-voiced, you still refuse to let me go?"

"Spare it?"

The queen narrowed her eyes and glared contemptuously at the people on the ground.

"When life and death are at stake in this palace, why did you let me go?"

"Hehe......"

Shangguan straightened his body, his face was cold and resolute, and he had a posture of being open-minded, and said sharply:

"This is a hurdle in my heart, if the mother really can't get over it, then the concubine will ...... today If you die in this hall, you will be considered to have returned the blood of your mother! ”

The more excited she was, the calmer the person in front of her became.

When I looked at those eyes, my face was already expressionless.

"You don't have to threaten this palace, what this palace has done, you won't deny it; What has not been done, will not be admitted. If this palace wants to get rid of you, it's so easy, why hide it anymore? Think about it...... Who is the person who wants you to die the most? ”

After hearing this, Shangguan's resolute face instantly turned like ashes.

"Thank you ......"

As if the air had been drained, she knelt straight back, no longer weak, no longer begging, not even saying a word more, standing up in a trance, her knees kneeling for too long, and two staggers, and walking out of the hall in despair.

"Mother?"

Mingyue tried to go forward in vain, but was stopped by her master.

"Mo Chase, seeing her various behaviors today, there is no way out, and this palace can't go to this troubled water."

"Niangniang misunderstood, this kind of harmful spirit, the slave doesn't want to protect her! It's just that if she can't figure it out and dies outside our palace gate, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to our Fengqi Pavilion. ”

"Don't worry, selfish and vicious people cherish their own lives the most."

The people around him were thoughtful and stopped talking.

"Yes."

"Mingyue, this palace is tired, you can help me to rest."

After speaking, the queen stood up, only to feel dizzy, her body shook, and she almost fell to the ground.

"Mother, be careful."

“…… Hongu has always thought that ...... It's Concubine Song......"

When she said this, her face was pale and there were tears in her eyes.

"Master, I still remember that Mingyue told you that we are in the palace and have no relatives."

"You...... You've been aware of that for a long time, haven't you? ”

Looking at the bright moon in front of her, the queen was stunned and very unspeakable.

Mingyue was silent.

"Hehe......"

"Why the hell did she want to hurt me? The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years. For the sake of the Yin family's grand plan and hegemony, how many men have my Zheng family sacrificed? The father and brother are deceased, the younger brother is young, and the palace has always been submissive, and his words and deeds have never exceeded the norm......"

Thinking of the back, the queen felt more and more pain.

She clenched her chest tightly, only to feel that the feeling at this moment was like a thousand arrows piercing her heart.

Mingyue hung her head silently, only regretting that she had made too many mistakes

"Niangniang is relieved, although the slave maid is aware of it, but from this matter alone, it is not necessarily, the words of the Shangguan family alone are really not credible, let's not mess with ourselves, we must find out carefully."

After some gentle words, she still chattered comfortingly.

"Yes. I want to sleep for a while. ”

The person in front of him had a hollow gaze and was very weak to speak.

"Yes...... The mother is at ease to sleep, the slave and maid are waiting outside the hall, if the mother wakes up, call someone to be. ”

"There you go."

After putting the curtains, Mingyue sighed lightly and walked silently towards the outside of the hall. As soon as he left the gate of the palace, he met the nurse of the little prince to ask for peace.

"Niangniang has gone to bed, is there anything wrong?"

The woman was resigned, took a few steps back, and looked a little restrained.

"Back to the girl's words, it's fine."

"Just ......"

"Huh?"

"It's just that the slave's family has suffered an accident, and his father has passed away, so I want to ask the mother to allow the slave to leave the palace."

When the mother-in-law spoke, she was nervous, and kept her head down.

Mingyue glanced at her coldly.

"Since it's a family accident, let's go, Niangniang has always been sympathetic to people......"

As she spoke, she took out thirty taels of silver from her bosom.

"It's for you."

After the woman took the money, she bowed and thanked her, turned around and walked to the next person's gatehouse.

"Mingshan, call a reliable person and follow her!"

"Ming Yan, everything that everyone brings in the future, all those who come into contact with the little prince must be carefully examined, and they can't be slackened."

Neither of them knew why.

"Sister Mingyue, what happened?"

She then picked up the important words that happened in the palace, and told them concisely, both of them were startled, Ming Yan was too frightened to speak, and Ming Shan had always been bold and careful, and suddenly realized.

"I see, I'll just say ......"

Ming Yan suddenly spoke, her voice trembling a little.

"Isn't our current situation much more difficult?"

Mingshan said awe-inspiringly: "I volunteered to purify myself and came to serve Niangniang, I thought that there would be these pickled things, but now I am only afraid of it!" ”

"Shh......h

Mingyue glanced left and right, and whispered:

"Don't make a noise yet, let's be careful, and we'll see."

"Okay."