Since the illness of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager recovered, Yongshou Palace has become calm again.

Zhou An Xiaoxiazi, who was waiting in the Yongshou Palace before, also transferred back one by one when he knew Qiu Zhiyue. Although it is not certain whether these people are still as loyal as before, they are familiar with filial piety and the character of the Empress Dowager.

Besides, after experiencing this incident, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe is not as obsessed with power as before, and more often, she prefers to stand in front of the rebuilt waterfront pavilion to feed the fat brocade fish in the water.

Lingxi felt that this was the life that filial piety and the Empress Dowager should have, because she was old, and she should enjoy her old age in peace instead of worrying about the government.

On August 16, Emperor Yong'an was crowned with five products of Qi and people as beauties from four products.

On August 20, Emperor Yong'an was crowned from Wupin Yu Baolin to be a talented person from Wupin Yu.

On the first day of September, Emperor Yong'an sealed the beauty from Sipin Ning to be the fourth Pin Ning Jieyu.

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On the first day of October, Situ Jing, a talented person of the fifth grade, wore a moonlight embroidered jacket, a sky blue silk skirt, and a colorful shawl about five feet long, wandering outside the peony pavilion in the imperial garden. Its head is tied with a horse bun, and the two are made of brocade cloth, like a fireball hairpin on the head, which has become a little red in front of the whole peony pavilion.

When Xiao and the Empress Dowager's guard of honor sailed towards the Peony Pavilion, the talented people not only did not evade, but they took the palace maid in front of them to greet them.

When there were still three battles away from filial piety and the Empress Dowager, the talented people slowly bowed down to the Empress Dowager Cui, "The concubines see the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Xiao and the Empress Dowager's right hand was on Qian Weishi's left arm, and he looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and wondered.

Seeing this, Qian Weishi hurriedly whispered, "Hui to the Empress Dowager, this is a talented person who lives in Guangyang Palace, and his father is Situ Yi from Langzhong, the military department on the fifth grade. ”

"Situ's?" The Empress Dowager Xiaohe was slightly stunned, and after waving her hand to let the talented person get up, she asked, "Who are you Situ Rongcheng?" ”

After thanking the talented man, he stood up, looked at Xiao He and the Empress Dowager with bright eyes, and said in a soft and moderate voice, "Situ Rongcheng is the great-grandfather of the concubine. ”

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe nodded slightly, the corners of her mouth were already smiling, and said, "General Situ is the hero of our Dashun Dynasty, and he made great contributions with the ancestors in the southern and northern wars!" ”

A trace of panic flashed on the coquettish face of the talented man, and he hurriedly said, "My great-grandfather is a subject of Dashun, and it is right to contribute to Dashun, so I dare not take credit." ”

Situ Rongcheng made great contributions when Dashun founded the country, but in the later period, he was proud of his achievements, and was finally taken away by the ancestor emperor, given 10,000 taels of gold, and sent back to his hometown to recuperate. It is precisely because of this that the highest position of the son of the Situ family is to be from the fifth grade, that is, the father of the talented person.

"Don't be humble." Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager walked up to the Peony Pavilion with the support of Qian Weishi, Lingxi hurriedly took out a thin and suitable mat and put it on the stone bench, and Zhiqiu took out the still warm tea cup from the food box brought by Zhishui. After Xiao and the Empress Dowager sat down, they offered it respectfully, and then stepped aside.

The talented man followed Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager to the Peony Pavilion, but he didn't dare to sit down, he only stood and replied, "The concubine doesn't dare to be humble." ”

After Xiao and the Empress Dowager took a sip of tea, she bluntly said to Xiancai, "Xiancai people have to come to see the mourning family today, but what's the matter?" ”

The Peony Pavilion is built in a peony bush, which blooms like fire in April every year, and is the most lively place in the Imperial Garden. It is autumn now, and the peonies in the garden have already lost their buds, leaving only green leaves, and there is no scenery to see. The Empress Dowager Xiaohe likes to come here to sit because of the quietness.

Therefore, there must be something wrong with the talented people not appearing here in vain.

The handkerchief was clutched tightly with his white hands, and his face was embarrassed. As if he had made a struggle in his heart, he turned around and took a beautifully embroidered veil from the hand of the palace maid beside him, and said in a low voice, "The concubine embroidered a square veil and wanted to give it to the Empress Dowager." Because there are rules in the palace, the concubines from the third rank cannot ask the empress dowager to say goodbye, so they ...... Hence ......"

The latter words, the talented people can no longer speak. Since the rules are like this, then she should abide by them, and now she has violated the palace rules.

"Please also ask the Empress Dowager to condemn!" The talented man knelt down with a handkerchief, revealing a pair of white arms, and on his right arm, he wore a gilded twisted bracelet, because the talented man did not wear other ornaments on his hands, so it was very conspicuous.

When Lingxi saw the bracelet, his heart flickered, and he stopped stealing.

The bracelet worn on the wrist of the virtuous man was not a precious thing, and the rewards that Lingxi had received over the years were innumerable and more expensive than it. But such a bracelet, Lingxi really has one.

That was when she was first elected to the palace, and Mrs. Guo's uncle rewarded her with a gilded twisted flower bracelet, and later the twisted flower bracelet was put on the wrist of her sister Ye Yiling by her.

After five years in the palace, Lingxi has never received the slightest news from home. The similar bracelet in front of her reminded her of a lot of past events before entering the palace.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe put down the tea cup in her hand and said to Xiancai, "Get up, it's also a piece of filial piety." knelt at every turn, and the mourners were dizzy when they saw it. ”

Then he gave Lingxi a look.

Lingxi hurriedly packed up his emotions and walked in front of the talented man to help him up. When he stretched out his hand and took the exquisite handkerchief from the hand of the talented man, he saw that there was a small character written on the left and right palms of the talented man, the right side was a pity, and the left side was a spirit.

If Lingxi's heart stopped when she saw the gilded twisted bracelet, then her heart was beating violently at this time.

Ye Xiling, Ye Xiling, is her name before entering the palace. How would the talented person in front of him know his previous name? And the bracelet in her hand......

This cannot be a coincidence, it can only be intentional......

Lingxi raised his eyes to look at the talented man, and saw a trace of anxiety in the eyes of the talented man, looking at Lingxi as if he was expecting something.

Mama An coughed lightly at the right time, and Lingxi withdrew her gaze from the face of the talented person, and took the handkerchief back in front of Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe took the veil, raised her eyes and glanced at the slightly pale Lingxi, and then looked down at the veil. After looking at it for a while, he said, "It's really a good stitch, the man of the Situ family is brave and good at fighting, and the daughter is even more skilled in embroidery, which is worthy of being Situ Rongcheng, and not dishonoring the family." ”

A shy smile tugged at the corner of the talented man's mouth, and he said, "The Empress Dowager has praised her concubines." ”

When he said this, although his eyes were looking at Xiao and the Empress Dowager, the focus was on Lingxi's body.

Lingxi had calmed down at this time, standing beside Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager, looking at his nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, as if the throbbing in his heart had never happened just now.

When the talented man saw Lingxi seeing the small words as if he hadn't seen it, a trace of disappointment flashed in his heart. After chatting with Xiao and the Empress Dowager for a few more words, he retired without disturbing Xiao and the Empress Dowager.

After the talented people walked away, Zhou An walked up to the Peony Pavilion and blessed the filial piety and the Empress Dowager and said, "The Empress Dowager Qiqi, the talented people have been in the palace for three months, and the emperor has not been fortunate yet." and because of his father's low official position, he was ostracized among the concubines. On weekdays, talented people embroider some handkerchiefs and purses and other objects to please those favored concubines, and they are very timid. ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe straightened her wide sleeves and sighed clearly in her heart, "No wonder I came here to wait for the mourning family, I was afraid that I would not be picked on if I didn't count the courtesies." ”

"Exactly." Zhou An continued, "After the talented people proclaimed themselves talents, they lived in the Half Moon Pavilion of Guangyang Palace, and lived next to each other from the Lanmei of the fourth grade and Yue Jieyu from the fourth grade. The talented person once gave Yue Jieyu a purse, and Lan Meiren was very unhappy when she found out, saying that the talented people climbed high branches and looked down on people, which made everyone in the West Sixth Palace know......"

"It's another jealousy thing." The Empress Dowager Xiaohe waved her hand a little impatiently, signaling Zhou An needless to say, "Today, she has also seen the mourning family, and the things have been sent." If she had eyesight, she would have let her. Although this scheming is a bit rough, it can be regarded as a method. ”

Mama An saw that Xiao and the Empress Dowager had been sitting for a while, so she ordered Zhiqiu to put away the tea cup on the stone table, and said to Xiao and the Empress Dowager Fu Yifu, "Niangniang, it's three o'clock, go back to the palace." ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe nodded and raised her left hand, and Lingxi hurriedly stepped forward to support her and helped her down the Peony Pavilion.

"Little Qianzi," Xiao and the Empress Dowager said to Qian Weishi, "Help the mourning family think about it, how can there be a place with unique scenery and few people in this imperial garden?" Talented people do this, I'm afraid that tomorrow will be lively here. ”

Qian Wei Shi said, "What the Empress Dowager said is true. At this time, the lotus pond is quieter, but it is too close to the water, and the wind will be cold. ”

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe shook her head, and the pearl on her head sounded, "It's not good, think about other places." ”

Qian Weishi wanted to go to a few more places, but was denied by Xiao and the Empress Dowager one by one.

Qian Weishi also has a headache, there are a lot of good scenery in the imperial garden, but Xiao and the Empress Dowager have been here for a lifetime, these sub-scenery has long been tired of seeing, and now I really can't think of the scenery that is chic and few people and filial piety and the Empress Dowager's heart.

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe suddenly tilted her head and said to the silent Lingxi, "Why is Ling'er so quiet today?" ”

Seeing Xiao and the Empress Dowager talking to her, Ling Xi hurriedly replied in horror, "The Empress Dowager forgives her sins, the slave maid was thinking about the talented person just now." ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaohe was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "What do you want her to do?" ”

Lingxi glanced at the face of filial piety and the empress dowager, and replied cautiously, "The slave and maid saw that the silk of the talented person was embroidered with money with two golden chrysanthemums, and its stitches were neat, and it looked like a real flower from a distance. ”

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Xiaohe raised her forehead a little and said with a smile, "As long as you have a lot of eyes, you will arrange the days to winter in such a while." What kind of rare things, don't we have them in the palace? ”

Mama An also replied with a smile, "The slave maid also saw the elegant shawl just now, it is indeed exquisite." But the slave saw one more thing, but it was more eye-catching than the shawl. ”

"Oh?" Xiao and the Empress Dowager were intrigued, "Let's hear it." ”

"The man of the skirmishes wears a gold-plated bracelet on his wrist......"

Lingxi's heartbeat skipped three beats.