As soon as Lingxi stepped into the inner hall, she was greeted by a hot cup of tea poured in front of her, plus a majestic and angry "Kneel!" from Xiao and the Empress Dowager! ’

Lingxi fell to his knees with a pop, raised his eyes and glanced at the Empress Dowager Xiaohe with anger on her face, and tears immediately rolled down. She didn't wipe the tea-scented water stains on her face, but crawled to the front of the low kang on her knees.

The Empress Dowager, who is over 70 years old, sits on a low kang and wears a loose palace robe embroidered with a swastika in dark green. The snow-white silver hair was tied into a loose bun, and only a few beaded flowers made of golden amber were held on it. Hanging from the ears is a pair of emerald jade earrings, and on the neck is a string of Buddha beads made of one hundred and eight green jade jade beads, which is extraordinarily gorgeous.

Lingxi lowered his head, stretched out his hand and gently grabbed the skirt of the Empress Dowager, and wept in a low voice.

In her heart, filial piety and the empress dowager have always been the same as when they left the palace, and seeing the old state of filial piety and the empress dowager at this time, she couldn't help but feel sad.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe looked at Lingxi, who was wearing the costume of a palace maid at the moment, and asked angrily, "Do you remember what you said back then?" ”

Lingxi nodded, his hand still holding the corner of Xiao He's skirt of the Empress Dowager, like a drowning man catching the last straw.

"The mourning family gave you three paths to choose from, but you said that you only want to go out of the palace and live an ordinary life." The Empress Dowager Xiaohe tapped the dragon head crutch carved from pear wood in her hand and asked sharply, "But what about the result!" ”

"The Empress Dowager is angry, don't be angry with your body" Ling Xi saw that Xiao and the Empress Dowager were angry, and hurriedly raised his head to persuade him. But when he saw Xiao and the Empress Dowager's eyes with a little disappointment, Lingxi lowered his head again, choked up, and said, "The slave doesn't want to, the slave doesn't want to stay in the palace, the slave ......."

"Why don't you leave the palace as soon as you leave?"

Lingxi held a handkerchief in his left hand to cover his face, and sobbed repeatedly, "Because of the city, because of the ......"

"Is it because of Allure or because of your good sister Xian Gui Concubine?!" Although the Empress Dowager is old, her heart is not confused. She stretched out her hand and picked up Lingxi's tear-stained chin, raised her eyebrows and asked, "The mourning family has taken you with me for eight years, but I didn't expect you to be an uncompetitive person in the end!" The mourning family feels sorry for you and takes care of you everywhere, but in the end, you chose the ...... that disappointed the mourning family the most."

"The Empress Dowager...... Slave maid, slave maid ......"

Lingxi faced the criticism of filial piety and the empress dowager, and found that he had no excuse. After Allure leaves the palace, she can leave the palace under Qian Weishi's arrangement. But at that time, she was thinking about the pregnant concubine, and finally was trapped in the palace and struggling.

As soon as his eyes closed, tears slipped down in large drops, and the disappointment in the eyes of the Empress Dowager made Lingxi unbearable to look at him.

Lingxi loosened the skirt of Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager, put his hands on the ground, knocked his head on the ground, and cried, "The slave maid has spent the Empress Dowager's love for many years, slave maid, regret not being at the beginning!" ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe looked at Lingxi's trembling shoulders, and after a long time, she sighed helplessly, "That's it, you get up." Now that you are the emperor's favorite concubine, it is useless to talk about the past. ”

Lingxi didn't dare to get up, but just raised his head and wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.

"The mourning family knows that you have not had a good time over the years, and you have survived several times." The Empress Dowager Xiaohe stared at Lingxi, and her forehead with three forehead lines wrinkled tightly, "This is how it is in the palace, if you fight for your life, you may have a chance of surviving." If you don't fight, you can only be trampled on by others and bullied at will. Since you have stepped into this harem, you must have the consciousness of striving for the top! ”

Lingxi's heart was sour, and tears fell again. Although Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager were angry with her, these words were teaching her how to be a concubine.

Although these few sentences are short, they contain the sorrows and sorrows of filial piety and the empress dowager's life.

Lingxi has been a concubine for six years, but she has only tasted it.

Looking at the sobbing Lingxi, Xiao and the Empress Dowager sighed again. She bent down slightly, tapped the corner of Lingxi's eyes with a handkerchief, and muttered, "I'm all a mother, and I'm crying in front of me like a female doll." I can't say a word of weight, I really spoiled you back then, and raised you with a stubborn and willful temper......"

The warmth hit his heart, and Lingxi held the hand of Xiao and the Empress Dowager like a withered branch, and her tears fell even more, "Niangniang, don't you blame the slave?" ”

A lady said all of Lingxi's feelings for filial piety and the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe withdrew her hand and said with a straight face, "Who said that the mourning family doesn't blame you?" If you don't have to go out of the palace, will your life be smooth now? A small house, with your means or don't turn your hands over for the sky to cover your hands for rain? ”

Without waiting for Lingxi to speak, Xiao and the Empress Dowager relaxed her expression again, and said helplessly, "What's the use of blaming you?" It's not your intention to be a concubine, do you want to fight to the death to refuse the emperor......"

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe stood up tremblingly on crutches, and Lingxi hurriedly got up to help. Looking at the snow-white bun of filial piety and the empress dowager, Lingxi's heart was sour again. Six years have passed, Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager have slightly outlined their bodies, and they are actually three points shorter than themselves.

"You have had a problem since you were a child," the Empress Dowager Xiaohe held Lingxi's hand and said slowly, "That is, you can't see the weak being bullied." That girl in Allure, you have been protecting it since you were a child, and if you can't protect it, you can only let her fly by herself, right? Your sister is a noble concubine, that's a person with a big idea! If it weren't for the mercy you had for her back then, would she be able to be your enemy in such a high position as she is now? ”

Lingxi bowed his back, and listened to every word of filial piety and the Empress Dowager in his heart with respect.

"Ling'er girl, do you know who your worst enemy is?" The Empress Dowager Xiaohe turned her head to look at Lingxi and asked.

Lingxi analyzed everyone in the harem, and then said cautiously, "Back to Niangniang's words." Now the three concubines with high positions in the harem are only slaves, concubines and concubines. Concubine Ren is an extremely smart person, but her background is Princess Otsuki. In this harem, she will not easily ally with others, nor will she easily trust others. So as long as the slave doesn't mess with her, she can't pose a threat to the slave and the maid. Although Concubine Rou was implicated by the Zhu family, she was the biological mother of the second prince. Now that the second prince is deeply valued by the emperor, it is the time for her to be proud. Concubine Rou had a lot of resentment with the slave maid in the past, and she would definitely not look at the slave maid well. And then there is the Xian Gui Concubine......" When it came to the Xian Gui Concubine, Lingxi's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but use three points of strength to hold the hand of Xiao and the Empress Dowager. By the time she reacted, Xiao and the Empress Dowager had already sensed her strangeness.

Lingxi lowered his head, hid the hatred in his eyes, and said, "The matter between the slave and the noble concubine is complicated, and the knot cannot be untied, and now it is regarded as a mortal enemy. ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe retracted her gaze and said in an affirmative tone, "It's all wrong!" ”

Lingxi was stunned, "Isn't the slave's analysis wrong?" ”

"Your biggest enemy is the emperor!" The Empress Dowager Xiaohe pointed at Lingxi's head with her finger wearing an emerald ring, and said, "Think about it carefully." ”

Lingxi was shocked in his heart, and his head pressed even lower, "Empress Dowager, the slave doesn't understand......"

"The concubines in the harem are making trouble again, and the last person to make a decision is the emperor. If you can't influence the emperor's decision, then no matter how you win in the harem, the final result will be defeat. Xiao and the Empress Dowager had walked enough, sat down on the dwarf kang again, looked at the Lingxi standing beside him, and said, "Just like this time you knocked down Concubine Ying and Concubine Xian, on the surface, you won, but you lost the emperor's favor for you." Girl, do you know what you did wrong this time? ”

Lingxi shook his head and said sincerely, "Please teach the Empress Dowager!" ”

"Your mistake is to chase and beat Concubine Ying." Xiao and the Empress Dowager showed a three-point smile on her wrinkled face, "You have been by my side for many years, and you should have understood the fact that the former dynasty and the harem are closely connected." Cao Guifei is an abandoned son who was given up by the Cao family, whether you beat her, kill her, or punish her, the emperor will not say anything. But Concubine Ying's uncle Pan Changfei is in the position of the right Shangshu and is the emperor's most important minister. Not to mention anything else, just to take care of Pan Changfei's three-point face, the emperor will not study Concubine Ying too deeply. After the imperial physician came, you wanted to completely cross the concubine, of course the emperor couldn't tolerate you......"

Lingxi suddenly realized and said, "But I want to involve the matter of the noble concubine......

"Noble concubine?" Xiao and the Empress Dowager looked at Lingxi and sneered, "You have such a big appetite, you actually want to bring these three people down together!" Do you know that if you move as a noble concubine, the emperor can't tolerate you? ”

Lingxi was surprised, "Why?" ”

"Situ Yuanchen, the eldest son of Situ, is only less than thirty years old, but he has been promoted to the position of deputy general from the fourth rank in the army. For the rest of the words, do you still need to mourn more? ”

Lingxi's heart was cold, and a layer of cold sweat was already on his back.

Since Situ Yuanchen was able to be promoted to the position of deputy general at the age of less than thirty, it was intentionally done by Emperor Yong'an. King Ping holds military power and is proud of his achievements, this Situ Yuanchen is likely to be an important person trained by Emperor Yong'an to seize the military power in the hands of King Ping.

In this context, how could she fight against the noble concubine.

After thinking about it, Lingxi lowered his head and smiled miserably, and said calmly, "It's still that the slave maid is too delusional, I thought that if you have your old man's words, let the slave and maid thoroughly investigate Concubine Wen's matter, and the slave and maid can take this opportunity to make a big move and take down these people together in one fell swoop." Unexpectedly, the slave maid finally lost in the family line. The Empress Dowager, at this time, the slave and maid only blame the slave and maid for not having a good background, and no Lao Tzu brother can be reused by the emperor......"

"...... you" The Empress Dowager Xiaohe looked at Lingxi and raised her eyebrows, "You are Miss Situ Jiayan, so you really don't want to recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors?" As long as you recognize this relative, the backer of the Xian Gui Concubine will become your backer, and it will not be easy for you to bring down the Xian Gui Concubine? ”

"The Empress Dowager, why haven't the slaves and maids thought of recognizing their ancestors and returning to their ancestors?" Lingxi smiled gloomily, "But how easy is this to say?" Not to mention whether the Situ family is willing to recognize the slave and maid back, just talk about the slave and the maid themselves, the slave and the maid are unwilling. The slave maid entered the palace at the age of nine, and it has been a full thirteen years now. How have slaves and maids lived in the palace over the years, have they ever seen it? Not only did they not see it, but even the noble concubines framed the slaves and maids and put them in the cold palace, and they did not make any moves. Mother, the heart of the slave is also fleshy......"

The most important thing is that Xian Guifei is holding King Rui's letter in her hand, if this matter is shaken out, even the Empress Dowager Xiaohe will not be able to stop Emperor Yonghe's determination to kill Lingxi.

During the Yonghe period, Li Chenyi, who was the crown prince, and Li Chenfeng, the king of Rui, were a pair of mortal enemies!

"Say you're stubborn!" The Empress Dowager Xiaohe pointed to the foot pedal under the dwarf kang and asked Lingxi to sit down, "You are taking your life to control your anger!" ”

Lingxi sat on the footrest, pinching Xiao and the Empress Dowager's legs as before, "Niangniang, there are no slaves and maids of the Situ family who have survived so many years. You can say that the slave is naïve, but the slave and the maid can't get over this hurdle in their hearts......"

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe looked up at the Jinsong on the white jade screen, and after muttering for a long time, she sighed, "It's the same stubbornness as the mourning family back then!" If you weren't so stubborn, maybe the mourning family wouldn't love you so much. ”

Lingxi lowered his head and stopped talking.

"That's it, since you don't want the Situ family as a backer, then the Mourning family will find you another backer to help you gain a firm foothold in the harem, what do you say?"

Lingxi raised his head violently, and looked at Xiao He and the Empress Dowager's eyes were full of surprise.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe lowered her head again, stretched out her finger and pointed at Lingxi's forehead and said, "But you have to promise a condition to the mourning family." ”