"Don't worry, if good and evil are not rewarded in this world, then what is the justice of heaven?" Li Jingyi also had some regrets that Rong Lan was summoned at first glance, but this chess game has just begun, and it is too early to draw conclusions about who will win or lose, "Let's discuss it when we come out of the palace tomorrow, Sister Yu's post is correct, what she wants most now is a good reputation, let's fulfill her." ”

Rong Lan got up early the next morning, because of the outstanding performance of the lotus wind yesterday, Rong Lan decided to accompany her into the palace by the lotus wind this time.

The morning light shines through the half-open window lattice on Rong Lan's smooth forehead, her fine white skin is like a semi-transparent jade, delicate and picturesque eyebrows, bright peach blossom eyes, and cherry lips with a layer of light pink lip honey, Rong Lan's gaze fell on the shallow scar in her ear, and her gaze became gloomy.

The more perfect things are, the more they can't tolerate some flaws, and this scar on her ear is simply the biggest shame and frustration in her life, "Lotus Frost, take out my pair of purple jade bright moons,"

Today, Rong Lan's body stands out for her low-key and feminine, but the pair of bright moons are carved into the shape of a crescent moon with purple jade, and a finger-sized southern pearl is inlaid on the top, which is really not very coordinated with the rose hairpin on the head and the red gown on the body, Lianshuang hesitated a little, "Miss, why don't you wear that pair of rice beads, that one is more suitable for today's clothes......"

Rong Lan also knew that the pair of earrings was a bit exaggerated, but the earrings of the rice beads couldn't stop the scars on her ears at all, could it be that when she really saw the face of the sky, the emperor found the flaws in her appearance? She didn't dare to take this risk, "Don't talk nonsense, what I want, you just give it to me!" ”

"Since Miss likes that pair of purple jade, it is better to replace the rose hairpin with a phoenix hairpin on the side of the beads," He Feng said with an idea on the side, "In fact, with Miss's appearance, there is no makeup at all, and it will also suppress the people around you, so it is better to dress up carefully, so as to save people from finding fault with your disrespect." ”

is also said that if she is too simple and low-key, others will only think that she is acting coyly, and maybe she will say that she did not take the queen's summons in her eyes.

Rong Lan's gaze swept over the side phoenix hairpin that He Feng took out, and found that it was actually more lined than the rose hairpin on his head, and it was also more compatible with the bright moon on his ears, "Okay, just change this,"

Rong Lan was satisfied and took a pair of shrimp bracelets from the makeup box and handed them to Hefeng, "Yesterday I asked you to spare a silver one, and today I will reward you with a pair of gold ones, as long as you work hard, I will not treat any of them badly, you follow me with some heart today, that Li Jingyi can't wait to swallow me alive, this time I entered the palace, I am afraid that I will not let me pass safely,"

Rong Lan helped the gown to tie the gold silk on the skirt, and the whip into the palace was not wanted to take it, she reluctantly found such a belt to pretend to tie the skirt, this silk silk is wrapped with gold wire, which has a certain hardness and weight, and can be used as a soft whip in case of emergency.

Li Jingyi and Zhou Yan met at the palace gate, and together they took a small sedan chair with their aunt to Kunde Palace, and Queen Yun was already waiting for them in Kunde Palace.

"The concubine has seen the queen's mother, the mother is blessed with Jin'an,"

Where would Queen Yun ask Li Jingyi to pay a full salute to Zhou Yan, without waiting for them to kneel, she had already asked the palace people to go down to help, "I watched the two of you grow up, every time you come here, you are so polite, this is an iron heart to be separated from this palace, isn't it?" ”

Zhou Yan is a cool character, and the Peiguo Mansion also has a lot of friendship with the Weiguo Mansion in front of her, and she is no stranger to Queen Yun.

Queen Yun looked at Zhou Yan, and then at Li Jingyi, "Speaking of which, you are more in line with my temperament than Jing Niang, the three of us are the daughters of the Xungui family, and our ancestors all started with military exploits, why is Jing Niang quieter than the daughters of those scholars?" ”

Is this it? The reason is obvious, but it is not something that she can evaluate at will as a courtier, Zhou Yan pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not that Jing Niang has loved to read and write since she was a child, and the whole person has read the whole person, Niangniang, you don't know, she used to write to me, I can't recognize all the words there, and I have to ask the female gentleman to help read it!" ”

"If you want this palace to say, what if you don't study? We can't be slaughtered for officials, now look at the capital, the most blessed is the daughter of your Zhou family, "It is obvious to all that the daughter of the Peiguo Mansion is easy to marry, not to mention the family background, the key is that a few girls can speak well, the director of the family is not a problem, and they will give birth and raise, and now Zhou Yan's four sisters, each of them are children, how can this make Queen Yun not envious?"

"When I didn't go out of the cabinet, which one wasn't a piano, chess, calligraphy and painting who couldn't wait to hang up all the skills? But after really becoming a parent, which one can be used? Even if you want to paint two strokes and stroke a paragraph, you have to have kung fu to do it, "With Zhou Yan, who is already a wife and mother, Queen Yun has more to say, plus they are all her own people, and she speaks a lot more casually."

Zhou Yan stroked her palms and said, "Niang Niang is wise, I'll just say, every time I go to a poetry club, I either do painting or fight poetry, what's the point?" It's not as interesting as me reading the ledger! ”

It's a pity that I learned the skills of running a family with my mother and eldest sister, but I didn't use it at all in Xiuwuhou Mansion, Zhou Yan couldn't help sighing, "Now, every time I go to these places, okay, I don't ask me to write poems and paintings, but call me to comment instead, Niang Niang said, I'm not more difficult to do, I'm not more difficult, I'm not?" ”

"It's true, in the past, when you participated in a poetry meeting, you could also find a gunman to do it on your behalf, but now it's okay, you can say which one is good, but if you say why it's good, it's bad," Thinking about Zhou Yan's poems for people, Li Jingyi couldn't help but laugh first.

"It's not," Zhou Yan spread her hands and looked at Queen Yun and Li Jingyi with an innocent face, "I said that you only invited me to dinner, but I didn't expect that there would be a dismount before this banquet, but I won't come again!" ”

Queen Yun was also amused by Zhou Yan's aggrieved appearance, she thought about it for a while, and said, "I also blame me when I talk about this matter, and I have found you a lot of things to do,"

She beckoned to Qingliu and rewarded Zhou Yan with a pair of jade chuan, "You have a fair complexion, and when this palace sees this pair of jade chuan, I think you look good when you wear it!" ”

That is, you can see the queen several times a year, but how many wives are there who are really rewarded by the queen?

Zhou Yan suppressed the excitement in her heart, hurriedly took it with both hands, leaned over to thank her, and after getting up, she shook the jade chuan on her wrist to Li Jingyi proudly, and Li Jingyi laughed again, "Niangniang has rewarded me with more good things, I will take you to my Chonghua Courtyard to see?" ”

"Hey, Niangniang loves you because you are her niece, not how beautiful and virtuous you are," Zhou Yan raised her eyebrows at Li Jingyi, and said to Queen Yun, "Niangniang said that the concubine said that this is not the reason?" ”

"Haha, Sister Yan'er, you have this mouth, the first few times you came over with your mother-in-law, it was the same as a gourd with a sawed mouth, and the palace said, how did this Sister Yan become a mother, and even her temperament has changed, well, now this is you!"

That's because she came out with her mother-in-law, thinking of the difficult mother-in-law in her family, Zhou Yan smiled bitterly, that is, her mother taught her everything, and there was no way to deal with a mother-in-law who was widowed in her early years and regarded her son as her own eyeball.

Li Jingyi saw Zhou Yan's wry smile in her eyes, and said with a smile, "After Sister Yan became a mother, she is indeed much more stable than before, and now she is just in front of her mother, and she is forced to fill up the daughter who has not left the boudoir, because she is afraid that the mother will not remember that she is a girl from the Peiguo Mansion!" ”

Empress Yun also remembered the difficult old lady in the Xiuwu Hou Mansion, and sighed, "It's hard for you, after this woman gets married, who can still do as she did when she was a daughter?" ”

"Your mother-in-law, who has worked hard all her life, you should be more accommodating," Thinking of Old Madam Quan's style, Queen Yun also smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, Su Hou is not very confused." ”

The only thing that Zhou Yan can comfort now is that Su Shuyan usually treats her well, "Niangniang also heard about it, as soon as the letter that my Hou Ye made a flower and bird envoy spread, the threshold of the Hou Mansion was about to be broken,"

Su Shuyan, the flower and bird envoy, was given by the queen, who to do things for, Zhou Yan knew very well, "The concubine looked at it coldly, this Zhongtai half of the mansion in the capital has a heart of loyalty to the emperor!" ”

Ha, the mockery on Queen Yun's face was undisguised, "Then let them show their loyalty, since everyone thinks that this palace is not virtuous and jealous by nature, then this time this palace will be virtuous and virtuous, and also block the mouths of those people!" ”

"This time, there are twenty girls in the small draft, and six people who enter the palace are not blessed to enter the palace to serve the emperor, and the other fourteen people will also become famous, and the courtiers feel that many families are rushing to this, "It is the middle palace, what if you are favored by the emperor, Li Jingyi feels that Queen Yun is just a pitiful person like them."

Her niece is really getting more and more intimate and able to speak, Queen Yun bowed her head and said, "What you said makes sense, even if this is the case, this draft, it is better to give those who have both ability and political integrity some opportunities,"

Empress Yun looked at Zhou Yan meaningfully, "The Peiguo Mansion is the old surname of the capital, this family that is full of weeks, there is nothing you sisters don't know, the emperor who serves the emperor in this palace must naturally have excellent appearance and talent, as for the family background or something, it is secondary,"

Queen Yun smiled suddenly, "If there are girls like you who are selected this time, they will not be able to enter the palace, and this palace will also pick a good family for them!" ”

Zhou Yan didn't quite understand what Queen Yun meant, but she didn't show it on her face, got up and said, "The concubine must bring the meaning of Niangniang to Xiuwu Hou." ”

Queen Yun nodded, "Su Qing is a sincere person, sometimes she doesn't know how to turn around, Mrs. Quan, it's not in our old mansion in the capital, plus since the first dynasty, she hasn't had a draft for decades, and she doesn't know much about many things, so Mrs. Zhou still has to worry about it." ”

"Yes, the concubine understands," Zhou Yan glanced at Li Jingyi, who was sitting calmly next to her, with her spare eyes, "The concubine must live up to her mother's expectations." ”

"Niangniang, the eldest lady of the Rong family has arrived,"