Lan Ruo's smile deepened a lot, she used her armor to flick the petals of a rose bush beside her, and said with a smile: "Since someone wants to wade through this troubled water, then this palace can't be blamed." ”

Her voice was soft, but it was cold and cold, and the pure gold armor had been pinched into the soft petals of the rose, and the bright red juice dripped down her fingertips to the ground like bright red blood.

Qiao'er glanced up at Lan Ruo, and happened to see a smile on the corner of Lan Ruo's lips, this kind of smile is used to it, but I don't know why, at this time, Qiao'er felt a chill, sweat came out little by little, and she asked in a trembling voice: "What does the queen mean?" ”

Lan Ruo threw the flower branch that had just been pinched on his fingertips on the ground with a disgusted face, stepped on it fiercely and said, "Borrow a knife to kill." ”

The red lips opened and spit out four words.

At this time, in the Ice Spring Palace, Xu Qing'er had already panicked, she couldn't sit still, since Luluo brought back the news from the court, she had always had a bad premonition in her heart.

"Mother, mother, calm down." Luluo stood next to the copper incense burner and persuaded: "Niangniang, this is just what the slave maid inquired about, what the specific situation looks like, I don't know yet, you can't mess up by yourself." ”

Although the green pothos said so, her clenched fists could also see her true thoughts at this time.

"Pothos, do you think we're wrong? Should I listen to Sister He Xi? "Xu Qing'er is still six gods and no master, hasn't she obviously suppressed the matter?

How can there be refugees in Beijing? Now that her father is still in Shuzhong, what should she do, she wanted to ask He Xi, but she was a little hesitant, after all, she didn't believe He Xi's words at the beginning.

She sat on the soft collapse a little dejectedly, and a line of tears slid down the corners of her eyes, and when the green pothos saw her mention He Xi again, she couldn't help but say anxiously: "How can Niang Niang still receive her bewitchment, if she really obeys her wishes, presumably the master has already resigned and left Beijing now." Don't worry, there must be another way, let's think about it. ”

"What else can be done? My father is in a high position, how many people are staring at it below, I wish that something went wrong with my father, so that he could replace him, my father is honest, and he has not formed a party for personal gain all these years, and now he doesn't even have a person who can stand up and speak for him. Xu Qing'er's voice was choked, and her words were full of desolation.

"The people below are staring, and there are people above, mother." Lu Lu's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly said.

"The people above? Something happened to my father this time, and His Majesty was already extremely disappointed, so how could he protect his father. Xu Qing'er shook her head disapprovingly.

Seeing that Xu Qing'er hadn't understood what she meant, Lu Luo leaned forward and whispered something in Xu Qing'er's ear, Xu Qing'er was stunned, and then, her face turned pale, and her head shook even more: "Don't do it, Queen Mother-"

She wanted to say something, but stopped her words in time and said, "Pothos, things are not as simple as you think. ”

Green pothos frowned, only in her opinion, cooperating with the queen mother is always a little more likely to win than cooperating with He Xi.

"Niangniang, you still have a little prince in your womb, and now the four concubines in the harem, only you and Concubine Hui, and as far as the slave maid knows, the queen mother and Concubine Hui, although there is a deep sisterhood on the surface, in fact, this is not the case secretly. If you propose to cooperate with the queen, I think the mother will definitely be willing, and if you want to say that the position is high, our lord is still not as good as the prime minister. As long as the Prime Minister is willing to help with this matter, then-"

The pothos followed Xu Qing'er bit by bit to analyze the pros and cons of the matter, but Xu Qing'er kept her head shut and didn't make a sound, but in her mind, she remembered the pearl sent by He Xi before, although it was Lan Xin's hands and feet behind her back, but Lan Xin and Lan Ruo are both members of the Lan family, she doesn't believe that there is no Lan Ruo's handwriting in this matter.

She waved her hand to signal the pothos to stop talking, rubbed the corner of her forehead that was a little painful, and said, "I will think about this matter carefully, you go down first." Seeing that Xu Qing'er looked tired, even though she was unwilling, she could only close her mouth stupidly.

She bowed down and retreated, feeling upset, and instructed the little palace maid to wait outside the hall, and she went back to her bedroom, but she didn't want to just enter the house, and saw a little palace maid running in from the outside in a hurry, and said: "Sister Luluo, Sister Qiao'er from Weiyang Palace is here, saying that she is sending her sister some tricks that she promised her sister before." ”

Tricks? What's the pattern?

Green Pothos looked puzzled, and just wanted to ask, but suddenly stopped her words, she pretended to be calm and said: "It just so happens that Niangniang is resting at the moment, and I also have time, please come in with Miss Qiao'er." ”

The little palace maid sighed and ran out quickly.

After a while, I saw a pretty figure in a pink dress following in, holding a ball of things wrapped in silk in his hand, and when he saw the pothos, Qiao'er raised her voice slightly and said: "Pothos, I turned it out of the warehouse when you asked me for the pattern you asked me before, and I sent it when it was empty today." ”

Luluo understood, and said with a smile: "It's hard work, but I'm not good at embroidery, I'm afraid that there are some places where I have to consult my sister." ”

After saying that, he got up and welcomed Qiao'er into the house, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he closed the door and invited Qiao'er to sit down.

"Miss Qiao'er didn't come today to give the slave and maid a trick." Pothos gets straight to the point.

Qiao'er smiled, frowned with some concern, looked at the direction of Xu Qing'er's dormitory and asked: "Or the green pothos girl is smart, I came on the order of the queen's mother, Xu Shangshu's matter is now full of storms in the city, the queen mother is worried that the lady concubine is in a hurry, so she specially told the slave to come." ”

Luluo sighed lightly, and when she saw Qiao'er's frank answer, she also believed it a little, after all, this matter is not a secret in the harem.

Qiao'er saw that the look of the pothos did not have a look of wariness and rejection, so she said again: "Originally, Niangniang wanted to come in person, but you also know that the current situation of the prime minister of the previous dynasty caused Niangniang to be struggling in the harem, so she could only send slaves and maids in private." ”

Green Pothos said with a mocking smile: "In the past, when our mother was favored, one or two people in the harem came forward to stammer, but now that something happens, they are all like shrinking turtles. ”

Qiao'er responded and said: "The green pothos girl is not deeply involved in the world, as long as you stay in this harem for a long time, what can't you see?" Even sisters can stab each other with swords and stab knives in secret. ”

She meant something, and sure enough, she saw the pothos look become strange, and she said: "Our mother, we are also worried about the lady concubine Niangniang, so I specially instructed, now the situation is unknown, and please relax the lady Niangniang, don't be impatient, don't be used by people with a heart." ”

She didn't say it explicitly, but it was better than what she said.

Qiao'er said something, got up and wanted to leave, but she didn't want to reach the door before she heard the eager voice of the green pothos behind her: "Sister Qiao'er, please stay." ”

Qiao'er was maintaining an open door at this time, and when she heard the voice of the pothos, the corners of her mouth raised an arc, but she retreated when she turned around.

The two talked in the room for I don't know how long, and Qiao'er left in a hurry.

Time passed day by day, and things were getting more and more serious, He Xi was sitting in front of the desk at this time, looking at the secret report sent by the moon guard, and contemplating.

"Little master, just when our people were investigating, Xu Shangshu's men had already killed some of the refugees, and even those who had participated in corruption and malfeasance before, their families were secretly controlled, and tomorrow, Xu Shangshu will enter Beijing, and we can't do anything about this matter." Ruyi seems to be a somewhat unbearable way.

She knew that He Xi wanted to protect Xu Qing'er, but now in such a situation-

He Xi, who was sitting on the soft collapse, closed her eyes slightly, she didn't believe herself after all, and only after a while opened her eyes and said to Ruyi: "Find a way to mix the account books we sorted out into the information of the investigation officials." ”

Ruyi looked at He Xi with some puzzlement, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "Little master, it seems that His Royal Highness King Xian has also made a move here, and we secretly ordered the Yuewei investigation to be detected by the prince, if we do this, I'm afraid it is——"

He Xi's eyes were a little calm, and he was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Go ahead, I'll take care of what happens." ”

Ruyi wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by He Xi waving her hand, she said: "I have made up my mind about this matter, don't persuade me." Ruyi retreated a little helplessly, and the ugly child stood aside and asked, "Little master, why do you have to?" ”

He Xi just lowered her eyes, no one could see the look in her eyes clearly, she tried to open her eyes wide, as if she wanted to force back the heat in her eyes: "Ugly, I know what it's like to have a broken family." ”

In a word, there was no sound in the hall.

At this time, a palace maid ran in from outside the hall and interrupted the silence: "Little master, go to the Ice Spring Palace to have a look, Concubine Shu - Concubine Niangniang, she is a little bad." ”

"What's wrong with the lady?" The ugly girl stepped forward and asked, the palace maid knelt on the ground, hung her head and said, "The slave maid heard that it seems to be recently-the recent incident is quite big, and the lady concubine can't think about it for a while-"

Before she could finish speaking, she felt a plain figure rushing out, and the ugly child followed behind.

The master and servant went to the Ice Spring Palace one after the other, and the gate of the Ice Spring Palace was open at this time, and He Xi raised his feet and entered the hall, only to feel that there seemed to be something different today, but he couldn't say it, and he was worried about Xu Qing'er in his heart, and he didn't have time to think about it.