Winter is getting colder, and wind, frost, rain and snow are beginning to fall. The howling north wind blew, and the muffled sound beat at everything here. It adds infinite sadness to the gray pickaxe capital, since the queen Shen entered the palace, there has never been such a depressed season, the royal court of the Zhou Dynasty is just a big mansion revolving around the king and monarch of Zhou, but now the axis is gone, and the women in the harem have lost their sense of proportion for a while, panicked like a swarm of headless flies.

After discussing the courtesy of Empress Shen and the ladies of the two rooms, several adjustments finally gradually brought the affairs of the harem back on track. The women of the harem found their way from the panic and lived their special time in an orderly manner. Different from the past, in addition to the morning pilgrimage is a mandatory ritual, the harem ladies also pray for blessings at dusk every day, praying for peace and victory for the king of Qi far away.

As the wind and snow grew heavier, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians walking outside the house, and the rest of the day, except for the daily rituals, all the women in the room sat around chatting and occasionally making needles. There are not so many people in Qiongtai Palace, and Bao Xi is not very willing to sit around with people, in addition to helping Empress Shen take care of the affairs of the harem every day, the most time is spent with Nian'er, Nian'er is not fed by her, so she has to be extra attentive in other aspects.

Nian'er is also more and more sticky to Bao Xi, as long as she sees her mother coming, she must stretch out her hands, her mouth is drooling, her eyes are full of peach blossoms, and she stretches out her hand to hug Bao Xi, and Bao Xi always puts away her serious and cold face at this time, and her face is glowing with a soft luster, like all the kind mothers in the world.

"Niangniang," Xiuxiu pushed the door in, called in a low voice, and tiptoed to Bao Xi's side, for fear of disturbing the little prince who was about to fall into a dream, Bao Xi turned to Xiuxiu, gave her a look, and motioned for her to continue.

"Zhao Shangqing is here," Xiuxiu said, "and ......"

Xiuxiu paused when she said this, and for a while she didn't know what to call the other comer, Bao Xi put Nian'er on the bed, and whispered to the nurse to take good care of the child, got up and walked out, "Is my brother here?" ”

Xiuxiu nodded, "I said that I arrived in the morning, and as soon as I settled down, I brought it to the palace to see Niangniang, and I also brought some specialties from Baocheng, I was afraid that Niangniang would be homesick, so I asked people to put it away first." ”

Bao Xi nodded, signaling Xiuxiu to know.

On the top of the main hall, Bao Hongde kept pacing, walking around and seemed to be quiet in his heart, looking at Uncle Zhao and saying, "Why can't Bao Yu come out?" But you don't want to see me? He was a little nervous, and there was an inexplicable sense of trepidation in his heart.

"Niangniang's name is only afraid that it will be difficult to call in the future, although you are Niangniang's brother, but you also have to call Niangniang like most people. Niangniang is now in charge of the affairs of the harem, and you came suddenly, originally to let you settle down for a day and come to see Niangniang, but you are anxious, and it doesn't hurt to wait now. Uncle Zhao said calmly, making it impossible to see what his attitude was towards this relative who was not related by blood.

Bao Hongde was a little nervous, but he corrected his color, "I came in a hurry, and I didn't think about how busy Niangniang is now." But something is out of line with the rules of the palace? ”

"It's okay," Uncle Zhao said, "Niangniang has always not followed the rules of the palace, since it is someone from the mother's family who came, she should be anxious to meet her." Uncle Zhao said, always putting on a middle-of-the-road posture in his tone, and Bao Hongde didn't like him very much. The relationship between Bao Hongde and Bao Xi has not been affected by his mother since he was a child, and he thinks that he is quite good, so he doesn't want to listen to the arrangement of this uncle who has nothing to do with him, and is eager to come to the palace to see Bao Xi.

"That's fine, I'm afraid that my mother doesn't want to see me." Bao Hongde said with some concern, Bao Xi was sent to the palace was the idea of his mother and Ying De to discuss together, although Bao Hongde wanted to speak for Bao Xi, but he couldn't interject, he could only see his sister being sent into the sedan chair and went far away. Since he was a child, Bao Hongde's most greedy time was to go out hunting with his younger brothers, and come back to hide outside his sister's house to watch Bao Xi dance, her movements are soft and charming, he has never seen a second woman in his life can have such a posture.

"Brother is just afraid that he is thinking too much," Bao Xi walked out from the direction of the back hall and dormitory, and walked towards Bao Hongde, her face was pale, her body was thin, as before, her tone was low, her voice was a little hoarse, it seemed to be extremely serious, and the topic was a little short, like a coquettish complaint, "It's just that I'm just coaxing Nian'er to sleep, I'm afraid that he will cry again as soon as I put him down, so I coaxed it for a while." ”

"Nian'er is entangled with you tightly." Uncle Zhao looked at Bao Xi and said with a smile.

"Xu yes...... I'm afraid I'll leave too, right? She let out a long sigh, put away her sad expression and looked at Bao Hongde and asked, "My brother has had a long journey, has it been hard along the way?" ”

Bao Hongde waved his hand, "How can this be considered hard?" It's just a few steps! Bao Hongde waved his hand and asked, "Who is Nian'er?" He was not familiar with the affairs in the palace when he first arrived, and naturally he didn't know what Bao Xi and Uncle Zhao were talking about.

"Brother's nephew." Bao Xi said.

Bao Hongde looked Bao Xi up and down, and was taken aback in his heart, although Bao Hongde has not yet started a family, but women have always seen children, Bao Xi has not changed from the original pickaxe to the capital, if you have to say that it has changed, it has become thinner, so it is not like a person who has given birth to a child, "You are ...... He didn't know how to say this, but Bao Xi had already nodded, "Another day's 1......00-year-old wine, I'm afraid that my brother will have to be invited to preside over it." She whispered.

Bao Hongde nodded, speechless in surprise, he thought that Bao Xi might not change much when she left the palace for a year, but now it seems that the change of Bao Xi is too big, so big that she is no longer the original sister.

Bao Jue said that Bao Jue is now chaotic in the harem and specializes in politics. At first, Bao Hongde didn't believe it, but in the current situation, I am afraid that he can't believe it, children, rights, relatives, palaces, status...... The king gave her everything he could give her.

Uncle Zhao asked, "When will you arrange for the prince to enter the palace on an errand?" ”

"Uncle arrange it, my brother has no doubt about everything with others now that he has entered Beijing," Bao Xi glanced at Bao Hongde and said for him, "Uncle just handle it in the past way." ”

"Yes, that's what I arranged." Uncle Zhao said.

Bao Hongde pursed his lips, the whole person looked a little uncomfortable, Bao Hongde glanced at him, continued to look at Uncle Zhao and said, "If Uncle has other things, go and get busy first, I'll just greet my brother." Later, I will send someone to take my brother out of the palace. ”

"It's okay," Uncle Zhao replied, and exchanged a look with Bao Xi, meaning to ask Bao Xi to listen to the current situation in the Qin State, Bao Xi nodded slightly, and exchanged thoughts with Uncle Zhao, watching Uncle Zhao leave from the main hall, Bao Xi pointed to the small wing room in the back hall, "It's a little cold in the main hall, brother might as well move and go to the back wing room to talk?" ”

Bao Hongde originally hoped that Bao Xi would retreat left and right, just as she said it, he immediately nodded, and as Bao Xi walked towards the back hall, there was still a fire in the wing, and there were beast furs everywhere that could make people feel warm in winter, Xiuxiu came in to pour tea and water for Bao Hongde, and then went down to wait outside the door.

There were only the two of them left in the room, and Bao Hongde asked, "The king...... Is it okay with you? ”

"Didn't my brother see it all?" Bao Xi replied, her expression was extremely calm, making it impossible to see her true emotions.

Bao Hongde lowered his head, "I don't know if this is good or bad," he sighed, "I should have stopped my mother and Qin Shizi from sending you into the palace that day, but it's a pity that ......" he said and shook his head, "I always feel that this matter is a little unpleasant for you, the palace is not as good as other places, the king is extravagant, and the concubines are intriguing, it is difficult for you." ”

Bao Xi frowned, "Why is my entry into the palace related to Yingde?" ”

Bao Hongde blinked his eyes, touched his nose again, and knew that he had said a little too much, but at this point, he had to say it again, "Mother has been worried about my father's affairs for many days, so Qin Shizi made a plan for his mother and sent you to the palace. Qin Shizi took care of his father, but he heard that the king loves you very much, although he has fallen out of favor a few times during the period, but in the end he still treats you well. I heard that on the day of the sacrifice, he even asked you to take the position of Empress Shen? The messenger told the family, and the father drove the messenger out. ”

Bao Xi blinked and took a deep breath, "What else did my father say?" ”

"There is a harem of female chaos, and the family is unfortunate." Bao Hongde said word by word, his voice was very choked, "I'm sorry, if it wasn't for me...... You don't have to be told that right now. ”

Bao Xi pursed her lips lightly, "If I don't come, my father won't be able to get out, he's in prison, or I'm here, it's okay." ”

"If your father doesn't appreciate it, he's wasting your hard work!" There was a kind of indignation in Bao Hongde's tone, "I really don't know why he is like this? I was admonished that day, and I refused to see you today...... Sometimes I really don't understand what he's insisting on! ”

"Now that you're in this palace, what does he say?" Bao Xi looked at Bao Hongde and asked, she thought that she had been used to her father's attitude towards her for so long, but it was not until she mentioned it today that she realized that it was impossible for her to ignore her father's opinion.

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