Because of Bao Xi's exposure, Xiuxiu's expression was extremely panicked, her face was blue and white for a while, she knelt in front of Bao Xi, her hands tightly clutched her dress, fiddling vigorously, her hands were full of sweat. Bao Xi looked down at Xiuxiu in front of her, sighed softly, and stretched out her hand to help Xiuxiu up from the ground, "I don't blame you, I can't blame you, you don't say it, it's also taking into account the palace, taking into account Nian'er......"

"Xiuxiu begs for punishment!" Xiuxiu pulled Bao Xi's sleeve and said very firmly, but this determined tone made Bao Xi feel a little surprised, she squinted at Xiuxiu in front of her, "How could I punish you for this?" ”

"Xiuxiu is a female queen, but she has a heart for other men, and she should be punished." Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi with eager eyes, but Bao Xi's eyes were full of puzzlement, she never thought of punishing Xiuxiu for such a thing, after all, when she was named the female queen that day, Bao Xi was angry with the king because of this time, and now if Xiuxiu begged herself to fulfill and let her out of the palace, she wanted to ...... She'll say yes too.

Seeing that Bao Xi didn't answer, Xiuxiu continued, "If Niang Niang refuses to punish, the prince will never let go. If it is entangled Xiuxiu for a long time, Mrs. Shizi will definitely find out about it, and if the two have a gap in their hearts, they will definitely blame the king and Niangniang's marriage is inappropriate, so that Qi Bo will hate the king! Now if the mother is willing to punish Xiuxiu heavily, if the prince cares for Xiuxiu, he will definitely not be entangled in the future, and it will be regarded as once and for all from now on. ”

"You think about him well......" Bao Xi patted Xiuxiu's shoulder, she opened her mouth and closed it, without saying the second half of the sentence, the relationship between the East Palace is tense and delicate, if Bao Xi punishes Xiuxiu, outsiders will definitely think that this matter is a competition for favor between master and servant, in the eyes of outsiders, it must be that Bao Xi is narrow-minded, and she can't tolerate others, nor can she tolerate the people around her, hesitated again and again, Bao Xi still agreed to Xiuxiu's request, "How do you want this palace to punish you?" ”

"Please also praise the whip!" Xiuxiu replied.

"It's not a light criminal law," Bao said.

"That's what makes people think it's not a joke." Xiuxiu said.

"But if I punish you for this, and say it, the king's face will not be able to pass. What's more, if a harem woman has an affair with a man outside the palace, she only punishes you, but she doesn't hold that man accountable, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? Bao Xi asked again, pacing back and forth in place, "Do you have any perfect method?" ”

"Do you want to find any fault with each other?" Xiuxiu asked.

"Tomorrow, you take Nian'er out of the palace, go and find Dutu, just say that Nian'er wants to see him. If you come back later, if I can't find your person at night, I will always have to worry, and if you bring Nian'er back, I will punish you again, and it will be reasonable. Bao Xi thought about it again and again, and felt that this matter involved Nian'er, so it made sense.

"But when the prince leaves the palace, I'm only afraid that his safety will be calculated by someone with a heart." Xiuxiu shook her head, always feeling that this matter was inappropriate, Bao Xi pursed her lips and smiled, "Not really, he has the protection to win and the digging by his side, who is so bold as to dare to calculate him?" If someone really has a calculating mind, Nian'er is not a helpless person, you just need to take care of the prince, and you don't have to worry about these things. ”

"Thank you, mother." Xiuxiu said that, she knelt on the ground with a "bang", Bao Xi turned around and whispered, "Get up, I should thank you for this." After she finished speaking, she walked farther and farther, returned to the main hall of the East Palace, carried her skirt and walked back to the front of the hall and sat down beside Ji Gongyan, Ji Gongyan was talking to Zheng Boyou about Jinbei, seeing Bao Xi coming, the corners of her mouth smiled slightly, and held Bao Xi's hand, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay," Bao Xi shook her head, "There is a smell of alcohol in this room, and I feel a little uncomfortable." ”

"If you're not feeling well, you can leave the table first, right?" Ji Gongyu asked.

"So let's talk first?" Bao Xi looked at this Ji Gongyu and asked, "The concubine retired first?" ”

"The widow will accompany you," Ji Gongyan whispered in Bao Xi's ear, and then turned to Zheng Boyou, "The time is almost up, in a few days Zheng Bo will set off, and the widow will personally practice outside the city gate for you." Today's time is not early, the widow handed over this banquet to Bofu, the hospitality was not good, and asked Uncle Zheng to take care of it more. ”

"Mother's body is important." Zheng Boyou said, his face did not change much, but he got up and retreated from the side of the main hall, just now taking advantage of the time when Bao Xi went out, Zheng Boyou said goodbye to Ji Gongyan, but Ji Gongyou asked him for an extremely important matter, asked Zheng Boyou to send a team of his men and horses to find the second son of Jin Muhou who was hiding in the Jin Kingdom, Zheng Boyou agreed to this matter, but he was a little puzzled by the purpose of Ji Gongyan's behavior, on the one hand, he put Uncle Jin to death to show his authority and fairness, On the one hand, he corrected Ji Qiu, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, who was forced away by Uncle Jin Yan, but now he continues to look for the second son of the Jin Kingdom, what does Ji Gongyan want to do to the Jin Kingdom?

Since he couldn't figure it out, Zheng Boyou didn't think about it anymore, after watching Ji Gongyan support the delicate Bao Xi to retreat, Zheng Boyou thought that he and Bofu could leave the table with a greeting, but he didn't want to see Zheng Boyou and Ji Gongyan's discussion just now, so he took the initiative to come to Zheng Boyou to pay respects, and then talked about the Kemin in northern Jinbei, and took out the geographical location, strategic deployment, and folk customs and feelings of northern Jin one by one and talked to Zheng Boyou, and then left the East Palace, the moon was already high in the sky, The sky is exceptionally clear and the moonlight is exceptionally bright, reflecting the brightness of the pickaxe capital.

The dinner in the East Palace ended very late, the music gradually became quieter, the crowd gradually dispersed, and finally left a cold and lonely endgame, the cups and plates were messy, full of scraps and cold, the rest of the East Palace was cleaning and tidying up, Nian'er yawned and got up, Ying Kai had already retired and fell asleep, Xiuxiu was still busy directing the people at the scene, Nian'er walked in front of Xiuxiu with her hands behind her back, and looked at her face, "Have you cried?" ”

"No," Xiuxiu shook her head in a hurry.

"Mother trained you?" Nian'er asked.

"No," Xiuxiu still shook her head, Zhang Luo went to divide the nearby people into several groups of people to clean a few different places, Nian'er stared at Xiuxiu's face, "If you don't say it, I will only treat it as a mother to train you, but why?" I've seen you leave the table with Dutu, but for the sake of it? ”

"I said no!" Xiuxiu stared at Nian'er in front of her and said this again in a serious voice.

Nian'er pursed her lips, "The more you say no, the more I think you have, you have it, you don't have it, why can't you tell me, I'm not a mother?" How will I train you. ”

"I ask Niang Niang to punish me," Xiuxiu looked at Nian'er and found that she couldn't resist him, "If there is a rumor that the master and servant of the East Palace are out of harmony, Father Yu Shi will naturally trust me more, and if I stay by his side, I will definitely be able to find out what he wants to do, so that the East Palace can prepare first." ”

"You've thought it through," Nian'er nodded, feeling that it was wrong, "But that's what you told your mother?" ”

"If I say it, with my mother's heart, can you respond to me?" Xiuxiu asked rhetorically, and Nian'er breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right, if my mother knows that we are doing this behind her back, I'm afraid we will have to stop you and me!" Just now I listened to the tone of Winkai, if I had commanded, he would have done it, but he has always been the suzerain of the Qin State, and now he is only thinking about returning to the Qin State, and he will definitely not do his best to me. ”

"He can't be blamed for that." Xiuxiu said.

"I don't blame him," Nian'er pouted and said, "It's just that I'm a little uncomfortable in my heart, whether this matter should be used to win, I have to think about it again, if I use him, and finally fold myself in, it will be more than worth the loss!" ”

"Tomorrow Niangniang sent me to the house of Dutu, and I will take you with me," Xiuxiu looked at Nian'er and said, "If I go with you and can't come back in time at night, Niangniang will have a good reason to punish me!" ”

Nian'er stared at Xiuxiu for a long time, covered her mouth and laughed, "I want to know, what did your mother say, asking her to agree to your request to punish you?" But after Dutu followed you out of the table tonight, what happened to the two of you, you were broken by your mother? ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Xiuxiu stomped her feet, her face flushed with shame.

Nian'er raised her eyebrows, walked towards her room with her hands behind her back proudly, yawned, and then raised her head to Xiuxiu behind her and said, "Your adult's affairs are really complicated, I'm sleepy, call me after noon tomorrow, what time is it, my father will save a lot of trouble." ”

Xiuxiu looked at Nian'er's back and shook her head with a smile, this child is not very old and has a lot of thoughts, if he can grow up in the future, he must be a dragon and a phoenix among people. It's just that you're in this palace, it's hard for you to say what your tomorrow will look like, Xiuxiu has been used to seeing separation and merger, life and death, and has long known that the most inconclusive thing in this world is the pickaxe capital, and you do your best in everything, but the result is only to resign yourself to fate.

Xiuxiu clasped her hands together, hoping that God could give him a good future in Nian'er's exquisiteness.

In the dormitory, Ji Gongyan hugged her tightly in his arms from behind Bao Xi, and asked softly behind her ear, "You don't look very happy today." ”

Bao Xi pursed her lips, "No." ”

"No?" Ji Gongyan's cheeks were pasted with praise, "You have been in the palace for six or seven years, you are used to seeing life and death, and you have witnessed the indifference of widows, are you worried that one day your face will not be there and the years will pass, and the widows will treat you like abandoning you?" ”

"No one can guarantee tomorrow," Bao Xi turned to look at Ji Gongyan, and forced herself to grin a little, "Especially in this harem, at the top of this royal power, the king can treat me wholeheartedly today, Bao Xi has no regrets in this life, and he doesn't dare to ask for more." What the concubine thinks about is not this, but she feels that as soon as people grow up, there are too many helplessness, too many joys and sorrows, and the concubine feels that she is small and powerless, and can only let the situation develop and fall into it, without any room for maneuver. ”

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