The Queen's fingers were clasped in the armchair. They carried out the emperor, and they brought out the ancestors and training?

How high-sounding is it, asking her to go to the emperor to admonish? She is not the imperial history, whoever admonishes this kind of thing to get up is unlucky, and the emperor has always disliked her, An can give her a good look!

But now the matter has been provoked. As the queen, if she ignores this, she will definitely have a reputation for being incompetent, and the concubines will also blame her for their anger against the Chu family.

She sighed and said, "This palace will advise the emperor." Arise, all of you. ”

A group of people got up and found their seats one by one, but the two Chu sisters were still kneeling because they had made a mistake. At this time, everyone stopped talking, which was very different from the lively scene just now.

Xu Ronghua bowed more and said to the queen: "It is really a sin for the concubines and others to disturb the mother today. It's just that the concubines are unwilling because of the ice cubes, so they beg Niangniang to call the shots, and ask Niangniang not to blame. ”

The queen raised her eyebrows, glanced at her and said, "What you said is right, and this palace naturally won't blame you." After a pause: "In this palace, as long as you follow the rules and do things, the emperor and the palace will like it." If you don't know how to advance or retreat, and you have that non-dividing thought, you don't blame the palace for being ruthless. ”

The concubines got up one after another and said, "Follow the teachings of the mother." Concubine Mao's body shook involuntarily.

What does the queen say, she doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and she thinks about it...... Concubine Mao was a little drumming in her heart.

After tossing in the morning, the queen was tired, and the concubines were also tired. In the end, everyone didn't want to sit down anymore and dispersed early.

The queen went back to the inner room and sat crooked on the couch to think about her thoughts. The palace people serving on the side knew that their master was in a bad mood, so they all lowered their heads and solemn faces, and they were lifeless in the huge Jiyue Yaotai. The palace maid in charge of the clothes and sundries, Rindong, wanted to tell the queen that the ice cubes in our palace were only enough to last for fifteen days, and whether she wanted to reduce the amount used today, but she never dared to mention the word ice cubes at this time, and she was so worried that she didn't know what to do.

She wanted to discuss with Mama Qi, but she didn't see anyone for a long time. As soon as she turned around, Mama Qi trotted in from outside, ignored her, and went straight into the hall and said to the queen: "Niangniang, a letter came in from outside, and there are extra ice cubes in the Qi State Mansion and the Zhennan Hou Mansion. There are still many mansions that I haven't asked, the capital is so big, we will definitely be able to make up enough of them. ”

Such good news did not make the queen happy. She just raised her eyes slightly and said, "Patchwork can naturally make up for it." It's just that no matter how it is remedied, the sin of this palace's ineffective handling has already been confirmed. As he spoke, he laughed again: "Thousands of catties of ice are hard to get from other people's houses, so why don't you give three more points for the price." Calculate it, 100,000 taels of snowflake silver, all of which are from our Xiao family. ”

Mama Qi lowered her head and stopped talking. The queen rubbed the corners of her forehead and said helplessly: "Mama, why do you say she just can't get along with me." ”

"Concubine Shen Rou disregarded the law of etiquette, and her crime should be punished." When Mama Qi talked about Concubine Rou, she gritted her teeth.

"There are many people in this palace who ignore etiquette. I just don't understand, what a big target Concubine Xiang's belly is, and her eldest prince is not the only male heir when she gives birth to a son, she can tolerate it. The queen smiled a little inexplicably: "She just wants me to be in this position?" ”

"How can the name of the eldest son of the emperor be compared? She may also be secretly calculating Concubine Xiang, thinking about catching two of them with one hand. Mama Qi said, a glance swept over and ordered Lindong to close the door tightly, and then leaned into the queen's ear and said: "Niangniang can't sit still, she dares to make trouble in the royal ice transport, let's tell her the truth!" Let the people in the palace see how 'virtuous' Concubine Rou is! ”

Mama Qi can become the person the queen relies on the most, not only because of her affection, but also because of her ability. She paused, rolled her eyes twice, and said: "Today, the masters come to ask for peace, the old slave is stealing in the hall, that Xu Ronghua may be able to be used by us!" ”

The queen glanced at Mama Qi: "Do you think that Xu Shi had anything in mind about what he said to me in the end?" ”

Although Xu Ronghua is Concubine Rou's minion, she rarely goes against her mother, and even this time she didn't make trouble with the concubines. Her temperament is similar to Concubine Rou, but she can't be liked and supported by Concubine Rou. The old slave looked at her and was not loyal to Concubine Rou. ”

"Mama has always known people."

"Niangniang's eyes are like torches, I am afraid that these mothers who the old slave said today have already ......known in their hearts" Qi Mama became more and more respectful on her face: "When Niangniang recommended Xu Ronghua to serve the Queen Mother, she saw that she was different from Concubine Mao and others...... Xu Ronghua wants to curry favor with both ends, so it is better for the mother to use her ......"

The queen smiled and nodded, and said, "Fortunately, there are people like Xu Ronghua, otherwise if Concubine Mao is promoted in order to suppress Concubine Xiang, wouldn't it be too cheap Concubine Rou." It's just that Xu Ronghua is sleek and cunning, and she is good at fishing in troubled waters, so if she really wants to do things for us, I'm afraid it won't have any good effect......"

He finally shook his head as he spoke: "Forget it, this is not the best policy." If Concubine Rou can do it, she will have a trick, and if she can't find out the famous hall, she will be even more shameless. ”

In fact, people like Xu Ronghua are not liked by the queen, she likes people like Bai Xiuwei.

Mama Qi looked at the queen's face and asked, "That lady...... Must have an idea, right? ”

The queen smiled lightly and said, "Invite Bai Liangdi over in the afternoon." ”

***

In the afternoon, as soon as Bai Xiuweifu received a message from Bang Qiu, she hurriedly picked up the queen's place.

She had been serving the queen for some time. But somehow, every time she was summoned by the queen, she would be nervous, and this nervousness did not improve in the slightest because she had been with the queen for a long time...... The queen has a gentle temper and treats her well, but she is always too afraid of the queen.

She walked into the queen's Jiyue Yaotai with broken steps, walked on one wall, and looked up at the furnishings in the dormitory. She thought to herself, the palace is nothing more than that, it is as solemn and depressing as the Changxin Palace, and the palace pillars and eaves should be carved with phoenix patterns, which is not new at all.

The queen smiled at her, pointed to a plate of red and bright lychees on the small table in front of her, and said, "I only got one plate from Qizhou, you can taste it." ”

"Xie Niangniang." Bai Xiuwei sat down beside the queen. The queen has never been stingy with herself, she thought.

After a while, Bai Xiuwei seemed to think about it for a while, and then said to the queen in a caring tone: "Niangniang is worried about the ice cubes?" ”

The queen smiled and said, "Please remember this palace." The food and clothing of the harem are all from the hands of the palace, and if something goes wrong, you naturally have to worry about it. ”

Sure enough, for this matter, Bai Xiuwei said in her heart.

Every time the queen summons her, there is a purpose. Although she is not smart, she is from the background of a family and will not be stupid to be a little white rabbit. At least she knows that no one in this palace will be nice to you for no reason. The queen lifted her, and she had to reciprocate.

She smiled and said to the queen: "The Ruan family's minions are guilty of stealing, just deal with them, don't be angry." ”

The queen smiled but said nothing. Bai Xiuwei's brain is a lot worse than Ruan's, and the queen hates the useless Ruan's, but she likes Bai Xiuwei's appearance very much.

She took a peeled lychee from the palace maid's hand and said casually: "I heard that you had an argument with the Lin family on the way to the palace. ”

Bai Xiuwei's hand shook, and she smiled embarrassedly: "The concubine is impulsive......"

"Okay, this palace just reminds you of one or two, you can change it slowly in the future." The queen was not angry, but admonished her earnestly like an elder: "You are young and have the problem of being competitive, it is not a big deal. But this palace wants to persuade you, the more you are like this, the more the emperor will not like you. You saw that the last time Lin was sick, you competed with her in the Mirror Moon Pavilion, and she designed it, right? After the emperor, he rarely passed you to bed. Now that Yun Guifei and her concubines are gaining momentum, and Concubine Xiang has taken away the emperor's heart, where does the emperor still remember you? ”

These words were said softly, but the meaning of the words made Bai Xiuwei tremble. She thought about it, she really didn't get much favor these days. If it goes on like this...... If she is not liked by the emperor, she will be useless!

She bit her lip and said, "It's the concubine who doesn't fight...... Queen Mother, the concubine will definitely do a good job in the future! ”

"If only you knew it in your heart." The queen nodded, and her words became more and more earnest: "This palace knows that you are not the kind of girl who likes to intrigue and calculate, you have a straightforward temperament, and it is really difficult for you to let you fight with those people with bad stomachs." However, we are all women in the harem, and we can't help ourselves, if you don't learn this, sooner or later they will be cleaned up and there will be no bones left. ”

Bai Caiwei couldn't stop nodding yes when she listened. Although she didn't understand what her use was to the queen, she knew that these truths taught to her every time by the queen's mother were golden rules, and a woman who hit the south wall in the harem may not be able to understand for a lifetime. Although she is not smart, she will always try her best to remember the words of the queen.

In short, she is very grateful to the queen.

The queen then said to her: "This is also an opportunity. You do what the palace says, if you do well, it will not be difficult for the emperor to favor you again......"