"Thank you for your kindness."

Xue Shi was neither humble nor arrogant: "It's just that I still have a lot to say with the queen mother today, and the queen mother left me for dinner, and I can't go to Changchun Palace." Fortunately, the emperor kept me and the prince in the palace, and then I had to stay in the palace for a few days, so I naturally had time to see her. ”

Yan'er was a little surprised.

One is because the Xue family still wants to live in the palace, and the other is because the Xue family does not have much respect for Concubine Li Xian in his words.

The Xue family clearly said that Queen Zhou wanted to keep her for dinner, but Yan'er naturally didn't dare to persuade her anymore, and honestly withdrew from Kunning Palace.

"It's still like this, she looks superior, only she is the eldest lady!"

Yan'er felt uncomfortable, and went back to tell Concubine Li Xian, "In the past, the slave maid felt that Miss Xue was not affectionate enough to treat you, and she always held her identity as a young lady, I am afraid that I look down on our family's background." Now that Miss is the imperial concubine, she is just a princess, and she still dares to put on a shelf? The slave is really not convinced by you. ”

Concubine Li Xian didn't take it to heart, and wrote lightly: "Then you blame her, she is that kind of character, abiding by etiquette and law, and more solemn than others." In the past, the queen was close to me, because she had a good temperament, and the rest of the ladies with noble status were almost the same as the Xue family. ”

"So what's the same?"

Yan'er was not convinced, "Don't say that Miss was famous when she was in the boudoir, how many young ladies want to make friends with you?" Just say that now, she is the princess and you are the princess, she should flatter you, why do you still have that attitude? ”

These days, everyone in the harem thinks that Concubine Li Xian is favored, and even Yan'er is a little inflated.

Concubine Li Xian didn't want to pay attention to her words at first, but after listening to it a lot, she inevitably had more thoughts about the Xue family.

"She said she was going to stay in the palace for a few more days, have you inquired, where does she live?"

"I live with the second prince in the East Fourth Institute."

Yan'er had already inquired, and blurted out when she heard Concubine Li Xian ask.

The East Fourth Institute has been renovated before, and now there are few people living in it, only the fourth and fifth primary two are still inside, and the others have moved out one after another.

Therefore, Yuan Tao took Xue back to live in his former house, which was not only spacious, but also did not interfere with each other with his two young brothers.

Yuan Tao was also happy in his heart, after all, he had already left the palace to open a mansion and build a government, and it would be rare to have the opportunity to live here again in the future......

"I'll take you around and see where I read and played when I was a child."

In the evening, with a gentle breeze, Yuan Tao took the Xue family to wander around the East Fourth Institute, where the renovated houses and buildings were much more elegant than before, but the original layout was still there.

Yuan Tao explained as he walked, "Originally, these houses were smaller and much older than they are now, do you know why? ”

Xue followed his train of thought, "Why? ”

Yuan Tao shook his head and chuckled, "Because my father is strict, he is always worried that we princes are noble and pampered, and we can't really understand the common people." Therefore, we should live in a simple place to hone our hearts, and our mothers are not allowed to bring food and clothing on weekdays. ”

Xue Shi heard him talk about this, and felt interesting, "No wonder the prince is now both civil and military, all of them were well raised by the first emperor since childhood, but ...... The prince has also suffered a lot, right? ”

"It's not bitter."

Yuan Tao said: "It's just that the queen mother doesn't approve of this way of disciplining children, so later the queen mother asked the East Fourth Institute to completely renovate it." You can probably see that the queen mother is very good to us children. ”

Xue nodded, and Yuan Tao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "In the future, the eldest sister-in-law's child will be blessed when she is born, and these will be his ...... in the future."

At the mention of Empress Zhou, Xue frowned almost inaudibly.

Yuan Tao's eyes were sharp, so he asked her, "What's wrong?" When you came back from the emperor's sister-in-law today, you seemed to be a little unhappy. ”

"It's not because of the Queen."

Xue told Yuan Tao everything that Queen Zhou told her today, "The prince must keep it secret, don't tell others, this is the little secret of the queen mother and me." If others find out, I will be guilty of greatness. ”

Yuan Tao saw that she was solemn, so he also nodded solemnly, but couldn't help but smile and said, "Since it's a secret, you shouldn't tell me." Now that I've told it, I'm worried, is it too late? ”

"That's different."

Xue said: "The prince is my husband, and there should be nothing to hide between husband and wife." In addition, I have a little selfishness...... The prince always knows the emperor better than me, you say, does the emperor really like Concubine Li Xian? ”

When Yuan Tao heard the words Concubine Li Xian, his heart was inevitably touched, thinking of his biological mother.

He quickly came back to his senses and said to the Xue family: "Isn't it normal for the imperial brother to like his concubines?" Why do you say like he shouldn't like Concubine Li Xian? ”

Xue was stunned.

Seeing that she was stunned, Yuan Tao couldn't help but feel cute, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you." Are you worried that the eldest brother will favor Concubine Li Xian and ignore the feelings of the eldest sister-in-law? ”

"Yes, exactly. The queen is the wife of the queen, how can there be a reason to favor the concubine and wronged the wife? ”

Yuan Tao shook his head, "This is your carelessness, the situation has not yet reached this point." According to what you said, the eldest sister-in-law's displeasure is just because Concubine Li Xian used her, and she cared about her on the surface, but in fact, she used her to seduce the eldest emperor. It's not because the eldest brother really spoils his concubine and kills his wife, isn't it? ”

He remembered that when he was talking in the Qianqing Palace today, he said: "Today, I happened to hear Xiao Jizi say that the eldest brother has to go to the palace of the eldest emperor's sister-in-law almost every day, not to stay overnight, at least for lunch or dinner. Today, it was because the eldest sister-in-law left you behind, and it was inconvenient for the imperial brother to go over, so I didn't go. ”

"According to this, the emperor still respects the queen very much."

Xue nodded, relieved in his heart.

This kind of relief is quite a bit of sympathy, she is also worried that she will fall to the point of competing with the concubine in the future, and hopes that at that time, Yuan Tao can be like the emperor, no matter how respectful she is a wife.

The two turned a rockery, and Yuan Tao suddenly held her hand, "You have time to worry about the imperial sister-in-law, but I am worried about you." Listening to your tone, it is clear that if you see Concubine Li Xian, I am afraid that you will offend her. ”

Xue touched his nose weakly, "How can I offend her?" She is now the imperial concubine, so naturally I don't dare to say anything serious. It's just that my heart is biased towards the queen's mother, so naturally I won't give her any good words. ”

As a concubine, she does not keep the duty of the concubine, and she competes for favor in front of her wife, and the Xue family will inevitably stand on the same front as Queen Zhou in this matter.

Yuan Tao couldn't help but laugh, "That's it, it doesn't matter if you offend her." You are my princess, and if she dares to do anything to you, she must also ask me if I agree. ”