Green Jade walked in front, Shangguan Yan'er followed behind her with the cat, Lingxi followed behind Shangguan Yan'er with a bird cage, and Ziyu pressed behind. The four of them walked out of the archway, passed through the corridor, crossed the palace maids who shuttled back and forth, and finally came to the main hall of the Yongshou Palace.

When Luyu was far away, she saw the queen mother standing on the side of the corridor and beckoning to her.

Green Jade turned around and instructed Ziyu to take Lingxi and Shangguan Yan'er to stand in front of the main hall, and walked in front of Biyu and blessed her.

Jasper combed the palace maid's hairstyle, and a water-colored hosta was placed on her left sideburn. It was rewarded by the Queen Mother, saying that it matched Jasper's complexion and her name, so that she wore it on her head every day.

In the palace, the palace maid without grade can not wear flowers, even if it is a grade palace maid, the hairpin on the head is mostly silver jewelry or beads without gold and jade, and it is just a matter of competing for skill in style.

Jasper was allowed by the Queen Mother to bring a hosta, and its favor made people staggered.

Jasper asked softly, "How's it going?" ”

Green Jade lowered her head and whispered, "I'm too young, I almost got into a fight in the cubicle." If it weren't for Ziyu's reprimand, it wouldn't have been what it would have been. ”

Jasper's good-looking eyebrows rolled, and she muttered to herself, "It's not as good as the previous ......"

Green Jade didn't dare to take what Biyu said, and said without preface, "The one called Shangguan Yan'er is a duty." ”

Jasper's eyebrows raised imperceptibly, and he said to Green Jade, "It's good to do your part, just like you, it's good to be good and smart." ”

Green Jade trembled in her heart, and her face remained unchanged and blessed Biyu.

Ziyu took Lingxi and Shangguan Yan'er to wash their faces first, and then asked them to wait outside the door of the Changle Palace.

Lingxi was too tired to carry the bird cage, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he tilted the bird cage and leaned on the ground slowly, and when he heard footsteps, he pointed to it and lifted the bird cage.

Although Shangguan Yan'er's cat listened to her, she didn't dare to let go, for fear that the cat would cause trouble in the main hall. After a long time, my arms couldn't help but feel a little numb. With a glance at Lingxi, he was relying on his small stature and the big bird cage to be lazy, and he coughed viciously in his mouth.

"Rude!" The eunuch in front of the palace immediately reprimanded, "Don't make noise in front of the Changle Palace!" ”

Lingxi immediately knelt down when he heard the sound, and freed his hands by placing the birdcage on the ground completely.

Shangguan Yan'er trembled, and his pale face also knelt down.

At this moment, the door of the main hall opened, and a little palace maid came out and said to Xi Ling and Shangguan Yan'er, "The Queen Mother will pass you in, follow me and don't look around." ”

Lingxi hurriedly stood up and carried the bird cage in his hand, Shangguan Yan'er followed behind the little palace maid, and after Lingxi pressed, the three of them entered the warm pavilion on the east side of the Changle Palace.

The little palace maid stood in front of the door, lifted the door curtain embroidered with a hundred flowers on the dark green base, and after Shangguan Yan'er and Lingxi entered, the little palace maid followed up and went to the blessing and retreated to the door.

As soon as Lingxi entered the warm pavilion, he only felt that the warm fragrance was rushing towards him, and even if he didn't look up, he knew that there must be countless masters here. When planning whether to go up and bow two times or kneel here, Shangguan Yan'er had already made a palace salute neatly, and said in a milky voice, "The slave maid invites the Queen Mother Jin'an, the mother is a thousand years old." ”

Lingxi hurriedly knelt down, but the greeting in his mouth couldn't be shouted anymore.

Cui Guifei, who was sitting on the small stool on the right side of Empress Dowager Cui, showed a trace of contempt in her eyes, raised her hand and picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Also with Cui Guifei's face is not good, as well as Dong Guifei, who is sitting in the second place on the lower left.

Cui Guifei's face is not good, because she blames Lingxi, this girl didn't give her a long face, and Dong Guifei blames Shangguan Yan'er for being in the limelight in everything.

Queen Wang sat on the left hand, seemingly unintentionally glanced at Cui Guifei and Dong Guifei, and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.

Empress Wang is nearly forty years old, and she is the second queen of Emperor Yonghe, although she is well maintained in the deep palace, there are still slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, especially when she laughs.

Cui Guifei is anxious and happy-hearted, so she naturally knew that the queen was laughing at her, so she took out a handkerchief embroidered with lilies and pressed the side of her nose, and said, "The concubine has heard that the queen was beautiful back then, and now she is really ...... when she sees the queen smile" Cui Guifei held back the smile at the corner of her mouth and continued, "It's really amazing." ”

Queen Wang used her still white hand to help her flying fairy sideburns hairpin can only be worn by the queen to wear a first-grade hairpin, and touched the beaded flowers with ruby as stamens and gold as leaves, and said with a soft smile, "This palace is old, where can it be amazing." However, my sister is young and beautiful, one looks at the city, and the other looks at the country, she is a rare beauty~ It is said that the emperor is constantly gracious to his sister, otherwise the palace wants to let her sister sit in the Weiyang Palace, and she will definitely be able to compare the newly raised red plums in my palace. ”

Cui Guifei wanted to satirize Queen Wang's old age and decrepitness, but she didn't want to touch a soft nail, and her face changed a little at the moment.

"Ouch!" Empress Dowager Cui put down the teacup in her hand, pretending to be angry and unrelenting, "Where are you sisters here to greet this old woman from the mourning family, you are Douyan here!" Look at you one by one, so tender that you can pinch out the water, and this old woman of the mourning family is the fallen leaves after autumn, dry and yellow. ”

"Look, look at ......" Concubine Dong Guifei smiled skillfully, pointed at the Empress Dowager Cui with her hand and said to Concubine Hui behind her, "The Empress Dowager is making fun of us ...... again"

Concubine Hui Gui's eyebrows were drilled with red flowers, her willow eyebrows were bent, and she looked at the Queen Mother with big eyes and smiled, "That's it, who doesn't know that the Queen Mother is a rare beauty in our Dashun Dynasty." She was the most beautiful queen back then, and now she is the most beautiful queen mother......"

"Look, it's a poor girl!" Empress Dowager Cui pointed at Concubine Hui and said to everyone, "Be careful to take the second princess's mouth badly, you can't find a good horse." ”

The concubines sitting all chuckled, and Cui Guifei was especially proud. Her grandfather once told her that her appearance was sixty percent similar to that of the young Empress Dowager Cui.

Concubine Hui is nearly 30 years old and has a son and a daughter. One son is the eighth prince of the emperor, who has become a family and built a mansion, but the first daughter is the second princess of the emperor, who is thirteen years old this year, and will soon be at the age of choosing a horse.

Hearing this, he immediately said coquettishly to the Queen Mother, "The Queen Mother, is it not possible for the concubine to be wrong?" ”

Empress Dowager Cui had a smile in her eyes, but she deliberately said with a straight face, "Look at how dare you make fun of the mourning family......"

Concubine Hui hurriedly begged for mercy, but her mouth was full of witty words, which made the Queen Mother and the concubines in the house laugh even louder.

Empress Dowager Cui laughed until tears came out, and Biyu hurriedly took a plain handkerchief and handed it to Empress Dowager Cui. Empress Dowager Cui took the handkerchief and pressed the wrinkled corners of her eyes, pointed at Concubine Hui and said, "You little monkey cub, I will spare you today, and you will not be allowed to do it again in the future." ”

Concubine Hui hurriedly thanked her.

Empress Dowager Cui handed the handkerchief to Biyu who was guarding the side, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Shangguan Yan'er and Lingxi who were still kneeling on the ground, and said, "Ouch, I'm so old, I forgot to let these two children get up~ Get up quickly, get up quickly, the ground is cold in this winter." ”

Shangguan Yan'er and Lingxi hurriedly thanked each other, bowed their heads and stood aside to accept the scrutiny of the masters.

Dong Guifei pointed to Shangguan Yan'er and said to Empress Dowager Cui, "Queen Mother, this child is called Shangguan Yan'er, the kitten she is holding in her arms is really strange, the eyes are yellow and green, the green one is like jade, the yellow one is like amber, it is very good-looking~"

Shangguan Yan'er saw that Concubine Dong Guifei had introduced her, so she hurriedly stepped forward with the kitten in her arms, knelt down again in front of the Empress Dowager Cui, and let the cat's eyes face the Empress Dowager Cui.

Empress Dowager Cui saw that the cat was so white that there was no hair at all, and the two eyes, one yellow and one green, were even more beautiful, so she said, "It's really strange, it's strange and good-looking." ”

Saying that, he asked Biyu to bring the cat over to show her, who knew that Shangguan Yan'er leaned sideways and said to the Empress Dowager Cui, "The Queen Mother, this cat recognizes life, or the slave will hold it for you." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and skipped Biyu, and walked in front of Empress Dowager Cui with the cat in his arms, leaving Biyu cold.

Empress Dowager Cui took the kitten and held it in her arms, and when she saw that the kitten was very well-behaved, she said, "I don't recognize life either." ”

Shangguan Yan'er said, "That's the Queen Mother's kindness and generosity, this cat likes you." ”

Empress Dowager Cui smiled, gently supported the kitten, and said with a smile, "It's really an obedient little thing, white and snow-like, let's call it a snowball." ”

Shangguan Yan'er smiled, lowered her head and did not speak. Dong Guifei on the side had no smile on her face, and she couldn't see her joy or anger. Shangguan Yan'er is a member of Dong Guifei's mother's family, and this time entering the palace to offer cats is just a disguise, the real purpose is to leave Shangguan Yan'er behind, so that she can please the Queen Mother in the future, and let the Queen Mother point out to the prince as a concubine.

However, as soon as she saw Shangguan Yan'er, Concubine Dong knew that her kindness was in vain. Now she only hopes that the Queen Mother will send Shangguan Yan'er out of the palace, because it is too difficult and difficult for her to live in this palace with her temperament.

"Hey, why is there blood on this cat?" Empress Dowager Cui pointed to the kitten's armpit and said suspiciously.

Shangguan Yan'er hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Please forgive the Queen Mother, the blood belongs to the slave." As he spoke, he stretched out his little hand and said, "This cat has a wild temperament, and caught a slave outside the hall, and it must be that the slave accidentally dyed the sedan chair on the cat's hair." ”

Empress Dowager Cui glanced at it with her eyes, turned back to Biyu and said, "Poor man, take it down and put some medicine, don't leave a scar on such a tender little hand." ”

Biyu was blessed and went down with Shangguan Yan'er, who was hugged back in her arms.

Cui Guifei saw that Biyu went down with Shangguan Yan'er, pointed to the bird cage next to Lingxi and said to Empress Dowager Cui, "Queen Mother, this is Brother Wren specially picked by Uncle Cui Guo from the warm garden, I heard that the voice is very good, and he can speak~"

"Yo, really?" Empress Dowager Cui became interested, pointed at Lingxi and said, "Come forward and show me." ”

Lingxi hurriedly knelt in front of the Queen Mother with the bird darling, and took off the blue cage clothes, revealing the pure black and hairless wren in the cage with orange beaks.

At first, Brother Wren seemed a little irritable in an unfamiliar environment, jumping up and down in the cage.

Lingxi gently patted the cage twice with his little hand, and Brother Wren stopped to listen carefully. Lingxi slapped it twice, and Brother Wren made a loud voice, "Mo Dao is not **, the curtain is rolling in the west wind, and people are thinner than yellow flowers." ”