In the Weiyang Palace of Weiyang Palace, Queen Zhu sat crookedly on the low kang and ate tea appropriately. He was dressed in a pigment-reducing suit, with a cloud bun on his head, and a five-tailed phoenix hairpin made of sterling silver on the left hairpin sparkled.

After swallowing the fragrant tea in her mouth, the slightly wrinkled corners of Queen Zhu's eyes were slightly raised. After putting down the teacup, she stretched out her white and tender jade hand, cocked her orchid fingers, picked up a Ruyi head plain silver hairpin on the table, and played with the small and delicate incense burner a few times.

The incense in the incense burner burned more happily, and the aroma wafted out from the cracks carved in the incense burner, mixing with the air in the Weiyang Palace.

Fang Meiren sat on a small carved round stool next to the low kang in a green plain dress, her head slightly bowed, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of meekness. Its head is tied with a horse bun, not hairpin beads, only a white hosta hairpin on the head, taking advantage of its green silk like ink, the face appears more and more white.

Seeing that Queen Zhu put down the exquisite tea cup in her hand, Fang Meiren was also busy putting the blue and white tea cup in her hand on the mahogany table at hand. He took a strip of supa and gently pressed the corner of his mouth. Meimu raised slightly, looking at the look on Empress Zhu's face.

"If you want to see it, you can look at it generously." Empress Zhu raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, "The daughter of the Zhu family is not so childish. ”

Fang Meiren listened to Empress Zhu's words and hurriedly straightened up, raised her head and handed her beautiful eyes to Empress Zhu's body. said in a soft voice, "The queen's eyebrows and eyes are full of smiles, which shows that the mood is really good." ”

"Of course it's excellent." Queen Zhu raised her eyebrows, put down the plain silver hairpin in her hand, and stretched out her white hand to Fang Meiren.

Fang Meiren hurriedly got up, held Queen Zhu's outstretched hand, and helped Queen Zhu get up.

Empress Zhu stood up and walked around the hall gently, and finally stood in front of a screen made of white jade, looking at the scenery of fairy clouds on the screen, and smiled at the beauties beside her, "This palace has not been so comfortable for a long time." ”

"Actually, why did the queen mother bother to be so angry with her?" Fang Meiren raised her eyes to pay attention to Empress Zhu's expression, and said, "She is from a low background, and she has no prominent family background outside the palace, even if she is favored, what can she do?" Don't you want to kneel down and greet the queen every day? ”

"Of course this palace is not willing to make such idleness with her." Empress Zhu raised her white left hand, used her fingertips to trace the vigorous strokes of the fairy clouds on the screen, and said, "It's just that someone wants her to die, and this palace is just a favor." ”

"The queen is talking about a noble concubine?" Fang Meiren said softly, "Although the concubine has not been in the palace for a long time, I have also heard that it is a rare relationship between the concubine and her. I heard that Concubine Xian still didn't make enemies with Concubine Ren for her, but now what's the matter? ”

Empress Zhu withdrew her finger and looked at Fang Meiren and sneered, "The Ye family came out of the palace of the Xian Gui Concubine, and the relationship between the Xian Gui Concubine is indeed not shallow. But if you look at the past two years, Xian Guifei has not been favored by the emperor since the third prince suffered from dementia, but the five princes born by the Ye family are smart and clever, and they are more and more favored by the emperor. In this contrast of ups and downs, sorrows and joys, how can the hearts of the noble concubines not be resentful? Coupled with the dirty things done by that fool of the Roucai people, how could the noble concubine not hate it in her heart after finding out? In front of this list, the noble concubine already hated the Ye family in her heart......"

Empress Zhu glanced down at Fang Meiren and asked, "Do you know how many years they have been friends?" ”

Fang Meiren shook her head slightly, and the jade earrings on her ears drew a hint of coolness on her cheeks.

"Seven years, seven whole years." Empress Zhu let go of Fang Meiren's hand, walked to the bamboo couch and sat down, and said, "Do you know how many concubines they envy each other?" ”

Fang Meiren continued to shake her head.

Empress Zhu leaned on the kang pillow, looked at the screen, and seemed to fall into memory, "This palace still remembers that when the concubine first entered the palace, she was very timid, and she didn't dare to raise her head when she talked to the palace. Her third prince, if it weren't for the care of the Ye family, who was a palace maid at the time, how could she have been born safely? Xian Gui Concubine is indeed a gracious one, for the Ye family in the Yilan Palace, for the Ye family to slap the Liu family (the concubine who died in the cold palace), in the chrysanthemum garden did not hesitate to be the enemy of the concubine Ren......"

"It's really enviable...... "Fang Meiren sighed.

Empress Zhu opened her eyes, pulled back her thoughts and said, "I envy this palace, I can't wait to meet such a good sister who knows so much......"

"The queen mother has soft talents, and she is no worse than the Xian Gui Concubine and the Ye family...... Fang Meiren looked up and saw Queen Zhu's knife-like eyes, and quickly changed the topic and said, "Queen Mother, the concubine has recently embroidered a new handkerchief, can the mother still see it?" ”

As he spoke, he took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Queen Zhu, looking timid.

After Emperor Yong'an sent Lingxi into the cold palace, he did not withdraw the holy decree to punish the Roucai people. Not only that, but he also severely punished the wrong concubines and slaves in the Hall of Mercy.

Roucai is Queen Zhu's cousin, and Fang Cairen selfishly thought that Empress Zhu would not hear Roucairen's name at this time.

Empress Zhu glanced at Fang Meiren, stretched out her hand and took the brocade handkerchief over to take a closer look at the light. On the satin material with a red base, a colorful seven-tailed phoenix is embroidered with gold thread and multicolored silk thread by Fang Meiren. The seven-tailed phoenix landed on the sycamore, swinging its tail and spreading its wings, looking down with its head high, showing its arrogance. The phoenix's eyes were adorned with two small drops of blood-red rubies. Looking at the sun, the ruby sparkled like a phoenix alive.

Empress Zhu raised her eyebrows, satisfied with Fang Meiren's excellent embroidery skills. But then his face turned cold again, and he put Jinpa on the table.

Seeing that Empress Zhu's expression changed three times in an instant, Fang Meiren's heart immediately pinched, and she said in a low voice, "Queen Mother, but there is something that is not well embroidered?" The concubine will change the ...... again."

"It's well embroidered, that phoenix is beautifully embroidered, just like the real thing." Empress Zhu said expressionlessly, "In this entire harem, if you embroider better than you, you will be a noble concubine." ”

Hearing Empress Zhu say this, Fang Meiren's heart was slightly relieved. smiled shyly and said, "When the queen mother said this, the concubine was relieved." ”

"Rest assured?" Empress Zhu frowned, and said with some anger, "You have such leisure all day long, why don't you put your mind on the emperor?" No matter how well your veil rusts, what can you do? Is there a difference between it and the embroidery girl in the palace bureau? Maybe let the emperor remember you for half a point? ”

Fang Meiren's face turned white, and she wrung her fingers without saying a word. After a while, he took out a brocade and held it in front of Queen Zhu, and said, "Concubine, concubine embroidered a pair ......of brocade pads, and the dragon and phoenix are auspicious."

The handkerchief held by Fang Meiren is bright yellow, and it is also made of satin base, and a dragon is embroidered with gold thread and colorful silk thread. The dragon's eye is decorated with two black jade, and the scales on the dragon's body are layered, and they look like the real thing with cold eyes.

Empress Zhu raised her forehead, frowned and said to Fang Mei, "Fang Fei, how much do you want to spend the rest of your life in the cold palace like the Ye family?" ”

Fang Meiren was shocked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Please also ask the queen to calm her anger." ”

Fang Meiren didn't understand why she was just embroidered two handkerchiefs, why she was so unhappy that Queen Zhu wanted to send her into the cold palace.

"Think about Yan Meiren and Qi Baolin who have been demoted." Empress Zhu tips.

Fang Meiren suddenly realized, and hurriedly put away the Ming Emperor's color brocade in her hand, and a layer of cold sweat was already on her back.

Since the death of Emperor Yonghe, Emperor Yongan has become moody, especially when he can't see the concubines in the harem wearing festive and gorgeous things. Now that Concubine Wan has been harmed by others and lost the six princes, Emperor Yong'an's mood must be even worse. At this moment, she embroidered such a brocade and enshrined it to Emperor Yong'an, isn't that the same as looking for death?

Empress Zhu saw that Fang Meiren understood, and took the tea cup that Ziwan had re-offered, and said, "In the harem, the most important thing is a stupid person. You are the niece of this palace, and this palace doesn't want you to follow the old path of a soft talent. ”

"The concubines obey the teachings of the queen." Fang Meiren said in fear.

Empress Zhu no longer looked at Fang Meiren, but after taking a sip of fragrant tea, she asked Ziwan, "How is the Roucai people?" ”

Ziwan said to Empress Zhu Yifu and replied, "Imperial Doctor Zhang said that Roucai people have madness, and they prescribed medicine last night, and they are much quieter today." ”

Fang Mei's heart trembled again, and she didn't dare to speak anymore.

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"After entering the door of the cold palace, there is no one who can go out." After closing the palace door, Mama Liu, the head of the cold palace, said meanly, "I don't care what kind of noble lord you are when you are outside. When you get here, all have to listen to me. Otherwise, huh...... Bring the baggage! ”

Lotus Ye hurriedly put the burden behind him, and stared at Mama Liu, "What do you want to do?" ”

Mama Liu, who had a big waist and a round waist, snorted coldly, and reached out to snatch the burden from Lingxi's body. Lingxi was invincible, so he could only let the burden fall into the hands of Mama Liu.

Mama Liu opened the bag in front of Lingxi and Lotus Leaf, scattered all the clothes inside, and then squatted on the ground to look through it carefully.

Lingxi understood when he saw it, took off the bracelet on Hao's wrist, handed it to Mama Liu, and said, "I am a degraded person, and there is no Zibo on my body." This bracelet is something I got in my early years, if my grandmother doesn't dislike it, I will accept it. ”

Mama Liu, who had a meaty face, stood up, took the bracelet in her hand and looked at the sun. After confirming that it was indeed a good object, he stared greedily at the burden on the back of the lotus leaf.

Seeing this, the lotus leaf took the initiative to put the burden on the ground and opened it, and there were only a few heavy winter clothes in the baggage, and there was no money.

Mama Liu was a little unwilling to see that she couldn't get the benefits from the lotus leaf, so she hugged a new cotton coat into her arms, got up and said, "Mama, I have a good heart, so it's inconvenient to take it." ”

Lotus Ye gritted his teeth in anger, but he could only swallow the burden on the ground and put it away.

Lingxi looked at this cold palace called Zhaohua Palace when Mama Liu looted her belongings.

The palace configuration of the cold palace is the same as that of other palaces, one main hall and three matching halls, in addition to the countless pavilions, pavilions and pavilions, the same is not lacking. However, due to disrepair, most of these buildings are only ruined and desolate.

As far as the eye can see, there are waist-high weeds, and there are many small flowers blooming among the weeds. The grass emitted a foul smell, and there were flies and mosquitoes flying in the October weather.

Lingxi frowned, can such a desolate place live in people?