There was silence in the East Palace, and Empress Shen turned to Bao Xi suspiciously for a long time, as if she wanted to find out the truth of his words from her eyes, if the king was angry and wanted to push her to behead the public, in order to warn the people of the world, maybe Empress Shen at this moment would believe more, but if the king wanted to return the harem rights to her, it was too unbelievable, "How could the king explain it like this?" ”

"The prince's matter is that His Royal Highness the prince told the king not to come to the stage, and the king has to give him some punishment, Niangniang is the head of the harem, so naturally he should also bear some responsibility. After the punishment, the prince is still the king's biological son, and he is the prince, the king's trip, life and death are uncertain, how can he be so harsh? Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been punished, and the mother has also suffered, the matter is over, if it goes on like this, it will make people think that the king is not close to people! Bao Xi looked at Shen Hou and explained.

Speaking of which, she put Shen Hou up, she had no other way to go except to follow Bao Xi's words, Shen Hou sighed, "But this palace doesn't know what to do now?" Shen Hou stood up and paced around the hall, walking back and forth, restless.

"Reopen the daily hour to pay respects, and the harem women come to salute the mother, report the trivial matters of each room every day, no matter how big or small, and discuss them one by one." Bao Xi looked at Empress Shen and said, "The harem where Niangniang is not there is like a plate of loose sand, not to mention, if Niangniang continues to close herself like this, the prince will only intensify the blame on the king's head, but it will intensify the estrangement between him and the king, it is better to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to Dazai Palace to learn the way of governing the country with Zhao Shangqing, and understand things earlier, wouldn't it be better?" ”

"Do you really think it's so appropriate?" Empress Shen looked at Bao Xi and asked in surprise, she never thought that Bao Xi would help her to this part, and she also had some eyes in her heart, "If the king comes back and sees that I have disobeyed his punishment when he left the palace that day, presided over the pilgrimage, did not see Yi Jiu in the East Palace, and let him participate in political affairs, how can I be angry from the fire?" ”

Bao Xi covered her mouth and sipped slightly, as if she was laughing, but shook her head.

"What's wrong?" Shen Hou asked uneasily.

"When did the king say that he wanted Niangniang not to step out of the East Palace for half a step, the king just asked Niangniang to guide His Royal Highness the prince well, and now the crux of the prince is on the king, of course we must let the prince first understand what the country is, what the people are, and how to be a king in the center!" Bao Xi looked at Empress Shen and said, "The king didn't ask Niangniang to stop the pilgrimage, and now in the harem, everyone is whispering, speculating about the current situation, and people are panicking. ”

Empress Shen lowered her head and shook it, raised her head heavily and looked at Bao Xi and said, "It really makes my sister smile, I will send people down to inform the mothers of each room now, and from tomorrow, I will go to the East Palace to meet me." ”

"In the affairs of the palace, there should be a reward and a punishment." Bao Xi nodded slightly.

"You mean, if someone doesn't come or comes late, they should stop paying for the week?" Empress Shen asked, this is a good way, if the wealth of the harem women is cut off, whether it is a wife or a concubine, it will really be difficult.

Bao Xi nodded.

"And what should we discuss?" Shen Hou asked cautiously.

"Niangniang has been in charge of the harem for three years, how can she still ask such a question and discuss something, Niangniang should always know better than us, I have never participated in the pilgrimage, how can I know?" Bao Xi looked at Empress Shen and asked, what did Empress Shen think of again, and immediately said, "If you don't want to come here to participate in the pilgrimage, you can not come, I will never force you." From now on, you will have different rights from others in this harem. ”

Bao Xi shook her head, "I don't have much money to deduct." ”

Empress Shen smiled and nodded, "Thank you." ”

"The king once told me that when he married us and put us in this harem, he was ready to protect us. But everything changed, unexpectedly, the king was pushed into the current situation of the Zhou Dynasty, and found that he was struggling, and sometimes it was difficult for him to protect himself. When the king wanted to make Mrs. Qin the queen, he calculated that the mother would go to the queen Jiang for help, and the queen Jiang would definitely stand on your side, so this matter was not the king's fault, but the mother. The king didn't feel sorry for Mrs. Qin, and there was no reason for the Qin State not to help the king, how could the mother not know about this matter, and wouldn't she be willing to carry this black pot for the king? Bao Xi looked at Shen Hou and said.

Empress Shen let out a long sigh, she knew about this matter, but now that it came out of Bao Xi's mouth, she was willing to believe it, as if Bao Xi's words could be more credible than anyone in the court, even more credible than King Zhou, "If he wants to maintain his country, we should help him maintain his home." ”

Bao Xi nodded.

"Hongu knows what to do." Empress Shen looked at Bao Xi and smiled.

"I'm just waiting for the mother to send someone to come and inform?" Bao Xi got up and made a gesture to Empress Shen, who still had a lot of things to prepare, so he nodded, "Please talk about it another day." ”

"Niangniang is busy first, now that the king is not here, I am afraid that there are a lot of trivial matters." Bao Xi said.

Empress Shen nodded, and watched Bao Xi step out of her East Palace, and the matter quickly spread to the ears of the ladies in each room, and everyone was guessing in their front hall what Bao Xi was doing on this trip? Mrs. Qin speculated in her heart, isn't Bao Xi going to join forces with Empress Shen now and eradicate her first?

If Empress Shen has this intention, then even if she risks her life, she must disclose the content of the edict to Empress Shen, at least let her understand who the king is guarding against and who is at ease? But if not...... Mrs. Qin really couldn't think of anything, what did the two of them have to talk about?

Isn't Yijiu's cold reception just because of praise?

As soon as Bao Xi stepped into the Qiongtai Palace, someone hurriedly ran over and said, "Niangniang is finally back, just now a person came over to deliver a letter, saying that the twenty-seventh princess sent it back from Zheng Guo." ”

"What about the messenger?" Bao Xi asked.

"I still have to reply to Zhao Shangqing of Dazai Palace, so I have already gone first," said Xiren.

"I know," Bao Xi took the white cloth in Xiren's hand and walked towards the dormitory, Xiuxiu looked at it and didn't follow, but stopped at the main hall, and asked Bao Xi for the last time, "Do you need to ask Zhao Shangqing to come over?" ”

Bao Xi thought for a while, "I'll talk about it later, I want to go to Dazaigong Palace in person and talk to my uncle about the prince." ”

"Yes!" Xiuxiu nodded, and watched Bao Xi walk in the direction of her bedroom.

Twenty-seven's letter was written very simply, expressing his longing to Bao Xi, feeling anxious about going to Zheng Guo's future days, and also mentioning in the letter that it was really as Bao Xi expected, Zheng Bo treated her very gently, please rest assured. Now that she has arrived in Zheng Guo, she has not yet figured out the big and small affairs of Zheng Guo, so she will reply to Bao Xi in the future.

Bao Xi closed the white cloth and sighed.

This Twenty-Seven, a few words, a few sentences are true, a few sentences are false, and she is clear in her heart, she shook her head, knowing that Twenty-Seven is not happy now. If Twenty-Seven is happy, it will be a little carried away, but this letter is not reflected at all, but between the lines reveals a depressed and low atmosphere, after reading the letter, Bao Xi's heart is also low, I don't know whether my decision is right or wrong?

As the sun set, Bao Xi got up and walked towards Dazaigong, and several of the guards of Dazaigong still only saluted Bao Xi in their routine business, and then stood on both sides and watched her walk in. Uncle Zhao was sorting out the book played today, sorting out the affairs of the court and the princes one by one, and when he heard the footsteps, he guessed that it was Bao Xi, if it was someone else, the people would definitely come to spread it first.

"Mother is here?" Uncle Zhao closed the scroll in his hand and stood up and looked at Bao Xi and said, "The messenger who delivered the letter just now also replied to me, and now that the princess and Uncle Zheng have arrived in Zheng Guo safely, Niangniang can rest assured." ”

"The king's itinerary should also pass through Zheng Guo, right?" Bao Xi looked at Uncle Zhao and asked, Uncle Zhao nodded, "But I haven't received the news yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to come later." However, along the way, the support of the people should be extremely smooth. ”

Bao Xi nodded and patted his chest, "How sure is the king going on the expedition?" ”

Uncle Zhao shook his head, "No one has ever dared to say that they are somewhat sure of the war. ”

"I wonder when the king will be victorious and return to the court?" Bao Xi's expression was a little depressed, lowered her eyes, Ji Gongyan left for a few days, she was busy with harem affairs but didn't feel it, at the moment when she was idle, she suddenly found that she missed her heart very much, and the meaning of lovesickness was too strong.

"You miss him so much, why didn't you come to see him off when he left the court?" Uncle Zhao asked.

"I have already bid farewell to the king in the palace, so there is no need to send it to the city gate." Bao Xi said, "What's more, a group of women crying and crying around the king and two thousand military horses, what kind of system is it? When the people see it, will they not laugh again? ”

"There are many women who come to cry and cry, and those generals are also people with family members! Your posture is really high, and it makes the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty look sideways! Uncle Zhao patted Bao Xi's shoulder, this sentence can be regarded as a compliment, "I have taken care of the affairs of the harem women, and you have done a good job in this matter, how do you plan to take care of the harem in the future?" Any thoughts? ”

"When my uncle was dealing with the women who left the palace, did he notice a woman named Lu Ning?" Bao Xi looked at Uncle Zhao and asked, she didn't just come here today to say one thing, what she needed was time to discuss slowly.

Uncle Zhao nodded, "It's a concubine, but it's really a bit unexpected!" I didn't expect a concubine to leave the palace, can she talk about her future livelihood? ”

"Uncle, have you ever heard the king mention this concubine?" Bao Xi looked at Uncle Zhao and asked.

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