Ning Hong saw that the Empress Dowager Xi's expression was full of solemnity, and knew that she really had such a thought, so she also replied with a straight face: "Queen Mother, the marriage of the county lord should be decided by herself, not as a tool for political marriage. ”

Empress Dowager Xi suddenly laughed, looked at Ning Hong and said: "Back then, your aunt Xiliang's eldest princess was willing to marry another country for Xiliang's sake, in exchange for so many years of peace, Li'er was lucky compared to her." ”

Ning Hong suddenly remembered Ning Yi's face, such a light and breezy face, but he was a little embarrassed, after so many years with Ning Yi, Ning Hong only felt that he knew him, but he didn't understand, he never understood what kind of thoughts and calculations were hidden under Ning Yi's smiling face, but what he could be sure of was that Li'er was a different existence for Ning Yi.

At least when Ning Yi looked at Li'er, his eyes were clear, with a hint of doting, although the woman was beautiful, smart and mysterious, but he still didn't believe that Ning Yi would give up in chaos.

Seeing that he was distracted, the Empress Dowager Xi couldn't help but call out and said, "What does the emperor mean?" ”

Ning Hong came back to his senses, he had always known his mother, since she asked so, she had already made such an idea, so she took a deep breath and said, "I want to see Ning Yu's personality again-"

Empress Dowager Xi nodded and said: "It's okay, the mourning family also happens to take a look, by the way, seeing that spring is coming, the mourning family will set up a spring banquet in the palace, and invite the old princess and Ning Yu to come to the palace from time to time, which can be regarded as allowing them to cultivate their feelings." ”

Ning Hong bowed slightly, and saw Li Ren coming in from outside in a hurry, obviously not expecting Ning Hong to be there, so he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, and then stood by the palace gate a little crampedly.

Empress Dowager Xi frowned, this Li Ren can be regarded as an old man beside her, when did she become so happy and angry, Ning Hong also knew that Li Ren had something to say to Empress Dowager Xi, so he found an excuse to get up and leave.

Before Ning Hong left, Li Ren hurriedly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "It's a big deal, the Queen Mother, Mrs. Qin broke into the palace gate at night, and the eunuchs guarding the door didn't dare to call the shots. ”

The Empress Dowager Xi's side was unsettled and rising again and again, and she was really a little haggard, so she waved her hand a little impatiently and said: "I went back to her, what an earth-shattering event, I even dared to break into the palace gate at night, the mourning family spoiled her, but I couldn't indulge her lawlessness like this-"

Li Ren stood there in a dilemma, and said with some cringe: "The Empress Dowager, the slave has been persuaded, but Mrs. Qin said that breaking into the palace gate at night is also death, and returning to the Qin Mansion is also death, she would rather die in front of the Empress Dowager than go back to the house and suffer the anger of that cheap hoof." ”

Empress Dowager Xi frowned, and said suspiciously: "What kind of cheap hoof, does this Qin Taiwei still accept any beautiful concubine?" Even if there is a beauty, the things in the back house are worth making trouble in front of the mourning family, I really don't know what to do. ”

Li Ren smiled flatteringly: "No, the slave is also persuaded like this, but Mrs. Qin said that this woman's origin is extraordinary, and she was sent by the little prince." ”

Empress Dowager Xi's face sank, and she turned her head and asked, "Little Prince?" ”

Li Renxu nodded matter-of-fact and said: "It's not, the slave was afraid that there would be a misunderstanding, so he asked someone to investigate, this woman was indeed brought by the little prince, and not only Mrs. Qin, but also several adults in the court." ”

The original good impression of Ning Yu in the heart of the Empress Dowager Xi completely dissipated, she snorted coldly, waved her hand at the maid on the side, signaled her to serve her makeup, and glanced at Li Ren with narrow phoenix eyes: "Go and invite Mrs. Qin over, but the mourning family wants to see what kind of ability this beauty from the south has." ”

Li Ren breathed a sigh of relief, responded happily and then trotted out to pick up Mrs. Qin, when Qin was brought to the Empress Dowager Xi, he had already cried into tears, and the delicate makeup on his face was also mottled by tears, as if it was an oil clay figure enshrined in the temple, embarrassed.

A little palace maid stepped forward, handed a warm handkerchief, and reminded in a low voice: "In front of the Queen Mother, Madame should wipe her face, so as not to lose her manners." ”

This Mrs. Qin saw that it was not Zike beside the Queen Mother who was serving on the side, although she was stunned for a moment, but her own affairs were already in a hurry, where could she take care of anything else, she wiped her face roughly, and then said eagerly: "Queen Mother, you want to be the master for Chun'er, that cheap maid entered the room - she-"

When the Empress Dowager Xi saw her, she was about to make a tirade, so she hurriedly stopped her words and said: "The mourning family knows about the process, but the mourning family heard Li Ren say that all the ministers of the court and the central government have received such concubines in their families?" ”

Mrs. Qin had thousands of grievances in her chest, and said with a sob: "It's not, if you want to say that it is an ordinary thing to send singers and dancers among ordinary officials, but where is there a gift, directly send a woman from an innocent background, such a person is not a slave, there is no way to sell, if you stay in the mansion, you can only be a subordinate, or be included in the room, but the person sent by Prince Kang's mansion, if the concubine is the master of the person into the slavery, I am afraid that I will slap the old princess in the face, and I can only accept it in the room." ”

The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became, the most unwilling thing for her was that this Qin Hao seemed to be very interested in this woman, saying that looking at the appearance of knowledge, she planned to stay in the study and serve-

The Qin family has been immersed in the back house for so many years, so she naturally knows that this is a disguised house, how can she endure it, and she made trouble in front of the queen mother in a fit of anger.

Perhaps no one would have imagined that the Qin family was really so reckless and made trouble in front of the Queen Mother.

When the Empress Dowager heard the words of the Qin family, she didn't speak, but kept turning the Buddha beads in her hand, and a pair of eyes flashed with a bright light, and she smiled after a while: "Since she is a knowledgeable person, the mourning family will give up this old face and ask someone to come over, it just so happens that Zike has been sick recently, and there is one less person to serve around the mourning family. ”

Qin's was overjoyed, she thought that relying on the Empress Dowager Xi's favor for herself, at most it was just a verbal message, the cheap woman who was knocked and beaten, she climbed on her head, but she didn't want the Empress Dowager Xi to ask people over directly, it was really once and for all.

Li Ren hesitated, he looked at the Empress Dowager Xi, and then said: "Empress Dowager, this woman's origin is unknown, and she was directly brought into the palace, if she-"

The Empress Dowager Xi smiled contemptuously, and said with an arrogant and cold expression: "What, I'm in the Xiliang Palace, am I still afraid that a little woman won't succeed?" ”

Li Ren didn't dare to speak, so he had to shrink his neck and stand aside.

Qin's heart went up and down, for fear that the Empress Dowager West would regret leaving this woman in the Qin Mansion again, seeing that the Empress Dowager West was so busy and said with a compliment: "No, Gonggong Li is too worried, just a woman, too thick Niangniang, the slave maid will go back to the house to prepare, and tomorrow morning, the slave and maid will send people into the palace." ”

The Empress Dowager of the West bowed slightly, and let the happy Qin family go back, and then she was a little tired, and let her subordinates serve her and fall asleep.

At this time, in the Regent's Mansion, He Xi looked at the beauties and grandmothers sent in, looked at the housekeeper with a respectful expression on the side and said, "The housekeeper just needs to arrange it-"

The housekeeper half-bowed his body and said in a deep voice: "The prince has instructed that everything in this mansion must be arranged by the girl, and the slave will not dare to disobey." ”

He Xi knew Ning Yi's intentions, so he looked at the seemingly honest and honest grandmothers and said: "I still have a few months before giving birth, so you will live in the mansion first, and then live in the courtyard of the west, if there is a need, I will call you." ”

One of the leaders of the plump grandmother immediately smiled: "The girl is afraid that she is pregnant for the first time and does not understand, this July and August is the most dangerous, if there is no experienced person around to serve, I don't know when, if I bump it, I will have a miscarriage, look at the little girl next to the girl, I have never given birth, I am afraid I don't understand anything." ”

Ruyi's face turned red, frowned and said, "What does it mean according to Mama?" ”

The grandmother said proudly, "According to the slave's wishes, the girl can choose one of us to serve by the girl's side, just in case." ”

After speaking, she straightened her waist, looking very confident that He Xi would choose herself, but she didn't want He Xi to just quietly play with the porcelain cup in her hand, and her slender white fingers tapped the surface of the fine porcelain again and again.

The housekeeper understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to stand in front of a few hungry grandmothers, and said with a smile: "A few grandmothers come with me, the palace has already cleaned up the guest room, please here." ”

Those few people didn't expect that it would be such a consequence, and Mama Tian, who was the leader, wanted to say something, but seeing that He Xi didn't pay attention to it at all, she also gave up. Anyway, they have to stay in this palace for three or two months, so they don't have to be in a hurry.

After a few grandmothers left, there were only three or four beautiful maidservants left in the courtyard, He Xi took a look, and saw that they looked deferential, all of them looked at their noses and noses, and the four of them seemed to be carved out of a mold.

He Xi put the teacup on the table and said softly, "But there is a name?" ”

Those people should say in unison, and one of them said: "The name of the folk girl is Shuxiang, and the remaining three are the three sisters of the folk girl, Shuqin, Shumo, calligraphy and painting." ”

He Xiwei raised his head in slight surprise, sighed, and then understood, and then said: "It's not a slave, then you go back, the Regent's Mansion Temple is small, but I can't let go of your big Buddhas." ”

Shuxiang smiled slightly and said: "What does the girl mean by this, since the folk girls have been sent in, and the prince has also accepted them, it means that the prince is in the know, is it impossible for the girl to drive away the folk girls?" ”

He Xi sneered, saw the figure of Tsing Yi at the gate of the courtyard flashed, and then said helplessly: "Didn't you hear the words of the housekeeper?" Everything in the Regent's Palace, but I am in charge, you are glad that you are not slaves, if you are slaves, I am afraid that today I will go back to the overnight to find a guy to sell you, okay, go back. ”