Xu Qing'er said softly: "What is this that Niangniang said, the concubine's body is not so heavy now, but why is Niangniang free to come over today?" ”

Lan Ruo sighed softly as if helplessly and said, "Wanxiu Palace has been vacant since today, and this palace just brought people from the Internal Affairs Office to sort out Concubine Zhao's things and send some back to Changzhou." The people under his hands are hairy, and this palace has come to see. ”

After that, Lan Ruo tiredly helped her sideburns, Xu Qing'er was not careful, and her feet were unstable, but fortunately, the green pothos on the side quickly supported her mother. Lan Ruo immediately asked with concern, "Sister Shufei, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Qing'er almost fell, only then did she come to her senses, stretched out her hand and stroked her flat lower abdomen first, and blamed herself for a while in her heart, she was so careless, and sat down in shock, and then she said quietly: "It's just that I didn't have a good rest last night, thank you for Queen Mother's concern." ”

"But it's because of Concubine Zhao?" Lan Ruo picked up a cup of tea, which was cool and delicious, and turned his head to see the sweet and sour dates on the desk that were turning over the cool mist, and his eyes were getting darker.

"Although Concubine Zhao has a bad temper and loves to offend people, but we live so closely, we can often hear the laughter on the other side of the wall, which is suddenly deserted, and I am still a little unaccustomed." Xu Qing'er followed the vermilion palace gate and looked outside, she seemed to be able to see the sound of the wind and the rain, but she could no longer see such a vivid life.

The entire palace became dead in an instant.

"It's also a poor person, the one in the Hehuan Hall is too ruthless, but after all, it was Concubine Zhao who framed her first, even if the palace wants to help her, there is no way." Lan Ruo said infinitely embarrassed.

"Queen Mother, there is a sentence that concubines don't know whether to ask or not." Xu Qing'er seemed to have finally mustered up her courage, her fingers tightly grasped the hem of her clothes, the peach-colored palace dress was intertwined with warp and weft, embroidered with peach blossoms and the scene of spring, and she was so gripped that it looked a little distorted.

"Sister Shufei wants to ask what happened yesterday?" Lan Ruo sighed lightly and patted Xu Qing'er's hand with some understanding.

"If the queen can't say it, the concubine hasn't asked, and His Majesty has declared it to the public on the charge of violent death, presumably trying to hide the truth of the matter." Xu Qing'er is not a stupid person.

Lan Ruo was a little surprised that she could think of this, and glanced at Xu Qing'er with deep meaning: "Although Your Majesty has this intention, but you are one of the four concubines, and when your sister gives birth to the prince, Your Majesty will inevitably promote her sister to the imperial concubine, and she will help the palace manage the affairs of the harem, these things should not be hidden from your sister, and if it is said from someone else's mouth, it may not be the original way." Lan Ruo meant something, and sure enough, Xu Qing'er's face turned pale and she didn't answer.

Lan Ruo eased her tone before she told the story one by one, but she hid the fact that Zhao Ruxue and Yuexin teamed up to frame He Xi, and naturally also hid the traces of her participation in this matter.

Xu Qing'er frowned after hearing this, Lan Ruo looked at Xu Qing'er's expression, and naturally knew what she was thinking.

Lan Ruo looked at the sky outside, quickly stood up, and said, "It's almost easy to come to the Internal Affairs Office, and the palace will go back." ”

Xu Qing'er hurriedly got up, but was stopped by Lan Ruo, and said softly: "This palace has just said that there is no need for so many courtesies here in this palace, my sister should take good care of her body, and strive to give birth to a white and chubby little prince in one fell swoop, which is the hero of our calendar." Besides, I see that my sister looks a little tired, and I should pay attention to resting well, as for the Wanxiu Palace, my sister doesn't need to mind too much, in this palace, the most important thing is women. ”

The last sentence seemed to be a faint sigh, and Lan Ruo's dignified and feminine expression also derived infinite sorrow, I don't know if it was for herself or for Concubine Zhao.

She glanced at the plate of sweet and sour dates on the table as if unintentionally, and then floated away with Qiao'er.

Walking outside, it was noon, the June sun was also a little bigger, a few days ago, just too much, so sunny, the air was a little more humid and stuffy, the cicadas on the trees seemed to be impatient to buzz. made people feel irritable, and Qiao'er said respectfully: "The slave maid has already passed the sedan chair, waiting outside, and the mother has taken the sedan chair." ”

But Lan Ruo didn't stop, and the more he walked, the more he walked, the skirt of the palace dress was blown by a hot wind, and it was really like a golden phoenix spreading its wings, noble and glorious.

Qiao'er hurriedly followed quickly, and said continuously: "Niangniang, Niangniang, you slow down, wait for the slave." ”

Although Lan Ruo was in a hurry, her sideburns were not messy, and the hairpins on her hair did not deviate in the slightest, which was really good.

Knowing that she had walked far away, so far that Qiao'er turned her head and couldn't see the red gates of Wanxiu Palace and Bingquan Palace, Lan Ruo's footsteps slowed down, and as soon as she turned around, she saw Qiao'er and a group of palace maids and a group of palace maids following behind her silently, and the black pressure was like her own shadow.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "Go back to the palace." ”

Qiao'er hurriedly stepped forward and padd her hands with a handkerchief, afraid that her palms would be sweaty and stain the queen's phoenix body, so she helped Lan Ruo to get into the sedan chair. There was not much left to do, just a moment of effort, Lan Ruo saw Weiyang Palace, gold characters on a black background, a plaque inscribed by His Majesty himself, hanging above the high palace gate.

Weiyang Palace is magnificent and huge, this full palace, in addition to His Majesty's heart palace, it should be the eternal longevity palace where the queen mother lives, it belongs to the most magnificent and huge Weiyang Palace, carved beams and painted buildings, flowers turn to the corridor, even the master under the corridor has used dozens of fine gold wire wood of uniform thickness to carve the relief of the dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, painted with gold powder, which is not in other palaces.

But the bigger the palace, the more difficult it is to fill it, only people are not enough, and there are people's gradually expanding ambitions, Lan Ruo seems to have finally made up his mind, and said to the little eunuch beside him: "Go and pass the decree to the prime minister's wife, the palace is homesick, but there are many things in the harem, and I can't get out, please invite the prime minister's wife to come." ”

After thinking about it, Fu added: "There is also the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

The second lady, Xue, was originally a girl who washed her feet, because she looked a little charming, she climbed into Lan Zhili's bed, pregnant and pregnant, at that time, because the eldest lady did not have a concubine, the old lady attached great importance to this unborn child, but she didn't want to give birth once, just a girl.

Xue's had a difficult birth again, and he walked around the ghost gate, but he was miraculously rescued, which Cheng thought, since then he has injured his body and can no longer get pregnant.

After that, the eldest lady gave birth to Lan Xin and Lan Bo, both children and daughters, and made up a good word, and the other aunts also gave birth to a few young ladies and sons, but no one can overshadow Lan Xin and Lan Bo.

Lan Ruo and the Xue family seemed to have been forgotten, and it was not until Lan Ruo met Mu Jin and Tuoba Chen and ascended to the throne that Lan Zhili raised the Xue family as his wife.

But Lan Ruoshu's identity is like a brand, deeply imprinted in her own soul, which cannot be erased or erased.

Qiao'er helped Lan Ruo all the way into the inner hall, and she quietly instructed the people below: "Go out and bring in a basin of cold water, but it can't be too cold, you know?" ”

Lan Ruo opened her eyes and glanced at Qiao'er, Qiao'er returned to Lan Ruo's side, leaned over, and helped Lan Ruo rub her calves lightly, Lan Ruo just walked quickly, stopped at this time, and felt that her legs were sore, weak and swollen.

"Mother, what's wrong today? How can it be so abnormal to come out of the lady lady? Niangniang said before that she would not give the eldest lady a chance to enter the palace, but now she ...... "It happened that at this time, the little palace maid brought in a basin of cold water, Qiao'er soaked the handkerchief, and carefully wiped the fine sweat on Lan Ruo's face.

"What did you see in the Ice Spring Palace today?" Lan Ruo's eyes were closed, and the warm and moist handkerchief was attached to her somewhat slippery and sticky face, which looked a little cool.

"Slave maid ......" Qiao'er recalled carefully, but she really didn't find anything wrong, and it was worth the queen's reaction.

"I don't think you noticed that on the table where I saw Concubine Xu Shu in this palace today, there is a plate of chilled sweet and sour dates." Just saying this, Qiao'er reacted as if she had just woken up from a dream.

She looked at the candied fruit in the queen's hand, and felt cold all over her body for a while.

"At this time of year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs pickles these sweet and sour dates with fresh red dates, but because the red dates in the first season are less ripe and the quality is uneven, the best of the best can be made in a total of several plates." Lan Ruo said, lowering his eyes a little unwillingly,

In previous years, His Majesty always remembered to keep a Weiyang Palace for the first copy of this thing, but this year, the Internal Affairs Office has not sent it for a long time, not because of neglect, but because it has already rewarded other palaces, and there is nothing for Weiyang Palace.

The biggest key difference is the offspring.

Because Xu Qing'er has an heir, His Majesty looks at her more, even higher than her, the queen in Weiyang Palace.

"So, does Niangniang want to let the eldest lady enter the palace?" Qiao'er remembered what Lan Zhili said that day, Lan Xin entered the palace to help the queen, if it was another day, Lan Xin was pregnant, and she would hand over the child in Lan Xin's womb to the queen mother to raise.

But is it really that simple?

Can Lan Xin really be willing to only be the green leaves under the peony flower? Qiao'er wanted to persuade Lan Ruo, but she didn't know where to start, Lan Ruo could see that Qiao'er's desire to speak stopped, she reached out and pulled the white porcelain bottle in her hand with these many roses.

The nails were embedded in the petals, and the bright red flower juice then turned the nails that had not been dotted with cardamom, and they were as red and terrifying as blood: "Even if you enter the palace, you are still a chess piece in the hands of the palace." ”