Returning to the Treasure Pavilion, the whole person seems to be alive. Aunt Lin knew that Wanying had always been afraid of the cold, so there were three reddish beast stoves in the house. Hongfu pulled the extremely reluctant Green Rong downstairs. Qiuli also went with her. There were only two people left in the room, Wanying and Aunt Lin, Wanying put away the young lady's shelf she was holding just now, and slumped loosely on the recliner affectionately, holding a spoon in her hand, stirring the rice balls in the bowl.

Aunt Lin sat on the edge of the bed and put the newly washed pillow case on Wanying's pillow.

"Mother, this osmanthus sesame filling, but is it made of those osmanthus harvested in autumn?"

"Good soul's tongue, the girl in Hongfu got up early in the morning, hid in the kitchen, grinded Jiang Mi Jiang Mi, fried the sugar filling, and made rice balls with her own hands before you went home, and said that she was afraid that it would not be sweet enough to put two more spoons of sugar."

Aunt Lin finished putting on the pillowcase, walked to the dressing table, opened the incense box with her left hand, picked up a piece of lily incense with her right hand, walked to the beast stove and threw it, and instantly a curling cigarette filled the entire room.

Aunt Lin walked gracefully to the door, gently closed the door, and the jewel on her head rattled the bell. The jasper bead curtain in front of the window also sang and harmonized.

walked to the wardrobe, took out a water lotus-colored homely dress, and said with a slight curvature: "Is this one good?" ”

Wanying also coquettishly said: "Hmm", the two walked to the bed, and Aunt Lin took off Wanying's palace clothes and changed into homely clothes.

Wanying only felt very comfortable, lazily leaning on the soft brocade quilt on the bed. The quilt in the palace is also soft, but there is no brocade for the surface. Wanying rubbed her face back and forth on the quilt, smelled the familiar incense, and said faintly: "This is the taste of home." ”

Aunt Lin was far away and didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What kind of smell?" What do you want to eat? ”

Wanying smiled coquettishly and said, "Qing'er said, 'This is the taste of home'." ”

Aunt Lin pulled Wanying, sat on the bed, and said softly: "Just now, my mother took a look from a distance, and I am really a blessed person." ”

Wanying said embarrassedly: "Mother, even you make fun of Qing'er." ”

"My son, the man should get married, and the woman should get married, what's so embarrassing. Does he really like you? Is it good for you? ”

Wanying's face was even more flaming, and she put the bowl of rice balls on the table and fell into Aunt Lin's arms.

I don't want Aunt Lin to pull Wanying to sit on the bed, and said with a worried face: "The affairs of the Feng family and the Zhou family, the family already knows, did the Queen Mother say something to you?" What is the Queen Mother's plan now? ”

Aunt Lin's voice was extremely low, but her expression was calm and serious. Wanying sucked her cheeks, nodded and said, "Mother, the Queen Mother can't screw the entanglement of the Feng and Zhou families, and promised to let the two young ladies enter the palace as side concubines." ”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Aunt Lin's eyes, and she asked, "What does the prince mean?" ”

"Of course the prince is reluctant."

"I heard some rumors outside, saying that at the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet, the king of Dong'an County and Prince Rong fought because of this matter? Even the Queen Mother was angry. ”

When Wan Ying heard this, she quickly distinguished: "The king of Dong'an County and he are a little disagreeable, but it is not because of the matter of the two young ladies of Feng Zhou, but because of ...... It's because ......"

Aunt Lin hurriedly whispered, "Because of what?" ”

"The king of Dong'an said that Qing'er was a young lady who was a concubine, and then ......"

Aunt Lin was a little sentimental and lost, and said in a low voice: "Mother understands, it can be seen that the prince is also sincere to you." I heard Gonggong Zhang tell your father that Prince Rong collided with the Queen Mother because of this matter and resolutely disagreed. It was you who persuaded the prince, and their mother and son reconciled as before. ”

Wan Ying was stunned: The matter at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, she had just learned about it for a few days, but she didn't expect it to have spread to her home, and it was exactly the same, which made Wan Ying very shocked: especially the matter of persuading Prince Rong, because there was a queen mother in the middle, she didn't dare to let the queen mother feel that Prince Rong had married his daughter-in-law and forgot her mother, so she didn't even mention Qiu Li Wanying.

The incense mist in the room was shrouded, the heat wave in the beast furnace blew the jasper bead curtain back and forth, and the sweat that was slightly soaked on the back stuck to the middle coat, and it actually hurt to pierce the body. Suddenly, several strange thoughts came to my mind, and I couldn't help but shatter the joy of going home. It is not known whether it will be the Queen Mother herself. However, Rongshou Palace and Cining Palace have always had well water that does not interfere with river water, so how could Aunt Bitong work for the Queen Mother.

Aunt Lin saw Wanying's depression and said softly: "Child, you are too young and kind after all. ”

"Mother, Aunt Bitong would never be so calculating."

"Bitong won't, and neither will Grandpa Wei. The only explanation is that 'the Queen Mother deliberately acted for Gonggong Wei.' ”

"Mother, the Queen Mother said that on the day of the wedding, let the sedan chair of the two young ladies Feng Zhou be secretly carried into the palace."

"You promised?"

"Hmmm......"

Aunt Lin looked stunned, and let out a long breath and said, "What the Queen Mother wants is the overall situation, and her mother just wants you to be stable for the rest of your life." ”

Wanying didn't expect that her mother was sitting at home, and she was clear about everything in the palace. But the matter has come to this point, the overall situation has been decided, and it is definitely not possible to regret it.

"But Grandpa Wei has no friendship with Wanying, why do you want Aunt Bitong to help Wanying?"

"Grandpa Wei looks like he is helping you, but in fact, he is helping the prince and the queen mother, Prince Rong grew up with Grandpa Wei, seeing that the prince and the queen mother fell out, can he not be in a hurry? The difficulty between the prince and the queen mother has been solved, but you ...... My son ......"

Aunt Lin looked distressed, and Wanying suddenly realized: It turns out that the rights and wrongs in the palace are really not as simple as she thought. At this point, he can only move forward, but fortunately he only has himself in his heart, and it would be good to have this.

Thinking of this, Wanying comforted Aunt Lin and said, "Mother, the two young ladies of Feng Zhou entered Prince Rong's mansion and couldn't marry into the heart of the prince. Mother don't be too sad. ”

"Silly boy, meet three kinds of love, let alone husband and wife. Don't underestimate these two young ladies, just because of the family power, we may not be able to win them. Now if they take you as an enemy and join forces against you, the road ahead will be even more difficult, and the more the prince cherishes you, the more they will penetrate you. That's what a woman is. ”

"With him protecting me, my mother doesn't have to worry too much, maybe the three of us are sisters, just like you and Aunt Zhao, haven't you been safe for so many years?"

"My mother has no mother's protection, two have no men, and the third is just an aunt's wife, and my mother's life is swallowed to the stomach."

Speaking of not having a man, Aunt Lin choked up slightly in her words, and Wanying comforted her mother and said: "Aunt Lin, my brother follows his wife, and there is no grievance, right, not to mention that he is the son of the main family, and he will be good in the future." ”

Aunt Lin nodded with relief and bitterness, and said slowly: "That's right, since ancient times, there has been an orderly line, and there is a difference between cloud and mud. You are a concubine now, and you may be a ...... in the future Mother is afraid, if the Feng family really succumbs to the position of the side concubine, if not, let Miss Feng enter the palace this time, do you know if it is to lure the wolf into the room? ”

"Mother, what did you just say might be in the future?"

Wanying's question, Aunt Lin exhaled deeply and said: "You are going to marry now, and you are not a child, since you will be the daughter-in-law of the royal family, if you still don't know the rights and wrongs in the palace, isn't it just fish on the chopping board." Mother really regrets that you didn't tell you this well before entering the palace. I'm always worried that I'm afraid that I'll scare you by speaking out, and besides, if you make a fool of yourself in the palace, you'll get into trouble. I didn't say anything until I said it several times. ”

"What's the matter? Make Aunt Lin so nervous? ”

"Daddy told Aunt Lin privately that the Queen Mother and the Emperor have not been on good terms for a long time, and the Emperor is bent on getting rid of Wu'anhou and placing the Queen Mother under house arrest.

"The emperor also wants to win over his father, right?"

"That's right. The most important thing is that Marquis Wu Anhou also seems to have instigated the Queen Mother, asking the Queen Mother to abolish the emperor and want to establish Prince Rong as the new emperor! ”

'Want to make Prince Rong the new emperor? Hearing this, Wanying was so frightened that the seven souls lost three souls, the queen mother and the emperor were not on good terms, and Wanying had heard it in the palace and seen it with her own eyes. But Yu Yan and the emperor have a deep brotherhood, not to mention that Yu Yan has never had the idea of seizing the throne, which Wan Ying dares to conclude.

Another point, Wanying felt that the Queen Mother loved the emperor more than Prince Rong, and she should not easily abolish the emperor.

"Mother, is this true? Yuyan and the emperor have a deep affection, and Qing'er dares to conclude that Yuyan has absolutely no thoughts about it. And the Queen Mother loves the emperor very much, and she has no intention of abolishing the emperor."

"Everything is just speculation, now the court situation is tense, obscure, the palace before the decree that you are the princess of Rong, on the one hand, you and Prince Rong are sincere, on the other hand, the queen mother also wants to use the family affair to win over your father, the Shuntian Mansion Yin, I am the princess of the court, and there has never been a concubine, do you know?"

"No wonder, Wanying also feels that things are going smoothly as if in a dream, I see."

"Not only that, on the second day of Wanyun's promotion to the throne of Guiyi, the emperor summoned your father to speak. The eldest princess of Anyang is also there. ”

"They're courting Daddy too?"

"It would be easy to do if it was wooed, listen to your father, what the eldest princess said that day was quite meaningful."

"Oh?"

"The eldest princess said, 'Master Shi has been ill for a long time and has become a doctor, and he must also know that the qi of the spleen and stomach is the middle qi, and the disease of the spleen and stomach is the beginning of the lack of middle qi."

"The eldest princess wouldn't say these things for no reason, would she?"

"On the same day, Princess Anyang's Mansion sent some tonic to nourish Zhongqi, but there are two flavors of medicine in it that are really intriguing." Aunt Lin didn't wait for Wanying to ask, and then said: "One is dragon sprout grass, and the other is angelica." ”

"Angelica is a good blood tonic product, mostly used in gynecology, and has little benefit from Daddy's stomach disease; Dragon sprout grass, Qing'er has never heard of it. ”

"That dragon's tooth grass also has a name called detachment grass."

When Aunt Lin said this, Wanying understood; "Detached - detached, angelica. The eldest princess is really well-intentioned. ”

"The eldest princess is warning your father in the name of medicine."

"The eldest princess is Zhuge among women, poor father, sandwiched between the queen mother and the emperor, in a dilemma."

"Your father also said that he has his own way to get out, and we are just worried about you."

"Mother, Qing'er agreed to Feng Zhou's two young ladies to enter the mansion because she was afraid that her father would be caught in the middle."

"My son, as long as you can be safe, my father and mother will be afraid, and others will use your mind to calculate you."

The charcoal fire in the beast furnace burned red, and the occasional 'beeping' of charcoal flowers, bypassing the lazily swaying jasper bead curtains, passing through the swaying smoke curtains, hovering lonely in the misty incense room, and disappearing among the beautiful paintings on the roof.

After thinking about it, he said lightly: "What a good one kills four birds with one stone, the queen mother can sit in the harem for many years, it is really not simple." ”

"Without some means, how can you live to this day? Empress Xiaomin, Concubine Xiao Shu, Mrs. Baohua, Concubine Xi, Yan Shuyuan, and Sun Zhaoyi are all the favorite concubines of the first emperor. ”

This kind of palace secret, Aunt Lin mentioned it for the first time in front of Wanying, and when she mentioned the palace before, she would always say some high-sounding words perfunctorily; Maybe Wanying will be involved in these battles of right and wrong in the near future, as Aunt Lin said, if Wanying doesn't know at all, she will definitely let people eat her.

"Didn't my mother say that Mrs. Baohua and the Queen Mother knew about the friendship between Jinlan back then."

"You also understand now that this is just a child's words, our Great Zhou Dynasty in order to prevent Si Chen, relatives from interfering in politics, imitate the Han system of saving children to kill their mothers. The first emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Li, and the current His Majesty's biological mother, Madame Baohua, are all like this. Before the old emperor died, the first thing to get rid of was the biological mother of the new emperor to prevent future troubles. ”

"The noble concubine is also able to be prosperous in the harem because of the feat of Empress Dowager Li."

"No child and mother are not expensive, there are children and mothers and there is the disaster of killing, today's queen mother is the best of both worlds, but I don't know that it was not calculated back then. People often say that doting must be drowning, the queen mother has been spoiling the emperor since she was a child, which biological mother will connive at her children to act recklessly, not seeking progress, and doing nonsense? The so-called friendship of Jinlan is just a measure of interests and interests, and Mrs. Baohua probably didn't see it through until she died, if she really knew it underground, I'm afraid she would have been angry and alive a long time ago. ”

Leaning on the brocade quilt, his arms were a little numb, his body moved slightly, and the broken jade and gold earrings on his ears were coldly sticking to his face and sliding back and forth, the gold and jade were precious, but at the moment they were so cold. Jin Yu's words, Jin Lan's friendship used to be the most beautiful praise in the world, but in the battle of interests, it is so dirty and dirty.