In front of the palace gate, a palace guard stretched out his arms to block the way of the Jiang family, and respectfully said to the alienation: "This lady, you are not allowed to enter the palace without an edict, or ask the lady to show the house card, and the slave can go to report." ”

Jiang's expression inevitably paused, he didn't know Jiang, and it could even be said that there were very few people in this palace who knew Jiang's, and the biological mother of the queen's mother had always lived in the prison of talking after dinner. Jiang Shi was not angry, but just asked the little maid behind him to hand over the sign, and said politely: "I want to see the queen mother." ”

The little father-in-law took the sign casually, turned it around, and saw the dark rosewood card carved with the word "Lan", is it a person from the Prime Minister's Mansion? The little father-in-law peeked up and down at the lady in front of him, wearing a jujube red cloud brocade yarn, with a graceful posture and delicate appearance, thirty or forty years old, but because of the precipitation of the years, it became more and more beautiful and tasteful, and the most important thing was that the eyebrows and eyes, the cherry lips, were exactly the same as the queen's mother.

The little eunuch lowered his head, and inadvertently saw Jiang's hands held at his waist, the ten fingers were a little thick, not like an ordinary lady, the ten fingers were as tender as snow, more like the appearance of doing rough work all year round, the judgment in his heart became more and more affirmative, and the tone became more and more respectful, but Jiang felt that the respect was not for himself, but for the queen of the Weiyang Palace, and he was the pity and sympathy that could only be seen after opening the layers of illusions.

"Madame, wait a moment, and the servant will immediately send someone to report it." After speaking, he bowed and bowed, and walked quickly towards the palace.

After he left, the little maid Jade behind the Jiang family stepped forward and whispered: "Madam, if you want me to say that you should really enter the palace more often, and be close to the queen mother, now this palace is full of people, only know the eldest lady, not the second lady, I am afraid that I have long forgotten the biological mother of the queen mother." ”

Smack-

A crisp sound interrupted Jade's words, Jade cheated her head, exclaimed, and a bright red palm print was imprinted on her left cheek, and she said in a deep voice: "Jade, this is the palace, you can't speak and do things without measure." ”

Turning her head to look, she saw several workers standing in front of the palace gate, whispering in front of the ring beast, she sighed lowly, and took Jade's hand again, Jade didn't feel wrong at all, she was obviously thinking about the second lady, and her words were not wrong, but she didn't want the second lady to be so unappreciative, she hung her head, pursed her lips and didn't speak.

As if he knew Jade's thoughts, Jiang couldn't help but ease his tone and said in a deep voice: "I know you are wronged, but Jade, do you know what is the most taboo for the queen?" ”

Jade shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

"It's identity, she's not the identity of the prime minister's concubine, do you know? If you continue to talk about it, we may not be able to get out of this palace today. Jiang Shi raised his eyes and looked at the city wall several people high, and said seriously.

Jade is also a person who has served the Jiang family for a long time, and some things are naturally seen in her eyes, and she also knows the severity of the matter, and she knows that she is wrong, so she can only lean over and say to the Jiang family: "The slave and maid know, and the slave and the maid will thank the second lady for protecting the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid will definitely be cautious in their words and deeds, and will not cause trouble to the second lady." ”

The small episode between the master and servant was just over, and as he was talking, he saw someone coming with an umbrella on the palace road, looking at the service, it should be someone in the queen's palace, but it was not Qiao'er next to the queen, but a little palace maid with a face, and the person didn't know who it was, and looked at it with some doubts, the little palace maid had a white and round cheek, and her eyes were bent into the shape of a crescent moon when she smiled, and she respectfully gave a salute and said, "Father-in-law, I am here to pick up the second lady into the palace, and the queen is waiting." ”

The little eunuch saw that this little palace maid was cute, and nodded to the Jiang family who was waiting outside, and asked with a lot of mouth: "Why isn't it Sister Qiao'er, but I look at you more like little sister." ”

The little maid was not annoyed, but just smiled, faintly revealing the pear vortex on her face, and said softly: "Sister Qiao'er went out of the palace today, and the queen assigned me." ”

As soon as the words came out, several people were thoughtful, looked at the weather, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, even if it was out of the palace to do business, how could they choose such a weather, everyone just thought that this little girl found an excuse, but it was just the queen mother, who neglected the two ladies, and sent a little maid with a low status.

The rain was dripping, Jiang Shi walked closer, only to see this little maid, stunned, not a coincidence, but when I thought about it, what could I do in the palace, but I was too careful.

After thanking the father-in-law of the communication, he took the Jiang family to the direction of the harem, the Jiang family rarely walked around the palace, and it was raining, and there was a fog everywhere, so she had to follow the little palace maid in front.

After walking for a long time, Jiang only felt that something was more and more wrong, although she had not been to the palace, but she still knew the approximate location of each palace, Ruo'er's Weiyang Palace and the Emperor's Heart Cultivation Hall were next to each other, both of which were in the center of the palace, and she had just passed by the Imperial Garden, and she should have arrived soon, but the farther she went, she didn't mean to stop at all.

The uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, she stopped but didn't want to take half a step forward, and noticed the strangeness of the person behind her, the little palace maid still said with a smile: "Second lady, why don't you leave?" It's been delayed, but it's time for dinner, and today the queen is going to His Majesty's Heart Palace for dinner, and the second lady doesn't have to delay. ”

Jiang's feet seemed to have roots, she carefully inspected the little palace maid's face, and asked coldly, "Who are you?" The voice was mixed in the rain, as if it had been quenched with broken ice, there was some gentle coldness, and the person in front of him obviously seemed to be a harmless little girl, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so careless.

As if with a look of surprise, the little girl frowned, seemed to be a little distressed, and muttered in a low voice: "Am I pretending to be so unlike?" ”

"Pretended, what? Who the hell are you? What is the purpose of bringing me here? Jiang Shi was furious, staring at the person in front of him, but he didn't want to, the little girl who was still smiling just now, at this time, there was hatred in her eyes, obviously the corners of her mouth were still smiling, but her eyes seemed to be able to shoot out thousands of cold ice blades, and she would kill Ling Chi, Jiang Shi took a step back, and the umbrella in her hand was loosened, and fell to the ground, leaning on Jade's body, she felt that the person in front of her was very familiar, but a little strange.

No, it's impossible, that person has obviously been buried in the fire, and only charred corpses remain, how can it be?

Seemingly completely unaware of his wife's panic, Jade called out repeatedly: "Second lady, what's wrong with you?" Second Lady—"

But Jiang Shi didn't have the slightest movement, just looked at the woman in front of him fixedly, as if she saw a demon crawling out of hell, the voice of the jade was high and sharp, even in such a rain curtain, it was also very penetrating, the little palace maid turned her head and looked at the direction of the entrance of the imperial garden, as if there was a figure in Tsing Yi walking in this direction, she hurriedly bypassed the rockery behind her, just a few corners, and disappeared.

Jade was very dissatisfied, and muttered, "Why did the queen mother send such a strange person?" After a while, the slave and maid must sue him well, and let the queen mother punish her well. ”

Jade still didn't know that the person was not sent by the queen mother at all, but complained to herself, while picking up the paper umbrella that Jiang had just taken off on the side of the road, the umbrella was covered with muddy water, and the umbrella bones were broken a few, thinking that it could no longer be used.

The master and servant were huddled under a small oil-paper umbrella, and half of each person's body was soaked by the rain, and they were sticking to their bodies wet. Jiang Shi groaned: "We were fooled, that person is not the queen's side at all, there must be some purpose for bringing us over, we must be more careful." ”

Jade's heart sank, nodded, Jiang Shi looked at the rain for a while and a half and couldn't stop, going back is the imperial garden, she remembered that there was a pavilion, first go to shelter from the rain, if Lan Ruo received the news of his entry into the palace, he would definitely send someone to find him, what he could do was to wait for someone to come.

Told Jade what he thought, where did Jade have any ideas, nodded again and again, and followed Jiang all the way in the direction of the Imperial Garden.

Suddenly, the top of his head darkened, only to feel that the raindrops that fell on his body were a lot smaller, Jiang looked up suspiciously, and saw the man who made her unforgettable for the rest of her life, at this time he was wearing a green coat and court clothes, his hair was simply tied with a crown, and a pair of old hands were raised above his head and covered in front of the two.

"Qingqing?" He is calling her, calling her maiden name, yes, her name is Jiang Qingqing, now everyone calls herself the second lady, no one has called herself like this for a long time, so long that she almost forgot, her name is Qingqing, Jiang Qingqing, the past scenes come to mind, vows and alliances, and concubines.

"I'm afraid this adult has recognized the wrong person, the concubine is the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, not the person in the mouth of the adult, we still have something, let's leave first." Jiang Shi suppressed the complicated look in his eyes and tried his best to make himself act as if nothing happened.

But his hands couldn't be suppressed no matter what, and he pulled Jade and fled quickly as if leaving the man's side, this person was none other than Zhao Yancheng, the commander who had just been transferred back from Changzhou, that is, Zhao Ruxue's father.

He kept recalling the words of the Jiang family in his mind: "The concubine is now the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I am afraid that my lord has recognized the wrong person." ”

Lan Zhili's second lady? The biological mother of the queen mother, how could this be? Zhao Yancheng stood in place as if struck by lightning.