On the second day, Taiming Lake, Ye Yuan was sent by Chu Nian to Taiming Lake, saying that something big had happened today, until now, Ye Yuan seemed to be able to see the extremely serious face of his county lord, and Qiu'er with a "wicked smile" on her side. Yesterday, he played chess with her until late at night, and lost more than a dozen games in a row, he cried bitterly and begged for mercy more than once, until the county lord came back, Qiu'er was reluctant to let him go.

But even though I lost for a day and a night...... Ye Yuan felt that it was also excellent to be able to see Qiu'er's face full of smiles. It is worth mentioning that whenever Qiu'er laughs out loud, it is almost time for him to lose.

At this moment, a hint of foreboding rose in Ye Yuan's chest, but the county lord had no reason to harm him...... He looked at the fishing boats in the distance along the lotus flowers on the shore of Taiming Lake, at this moment at noon, Taiming Lake was a holy place to enjoy the coolness, playing in the water, picking lotus flowers, Ye Yuan noticed for the first time that something was wrong.

This Taiming Lake is all women.

Taiming Lake was originally a place for the children of rich families to rest and enjoy the shade, and the gentlemen wanted to flirt more when they saw the female dependents, but at this moment there were so many women, but there was only one man like Ye Yuan, which was too unusual.

At this time, the women not far away looked up at the sun, someone secretly glanced at Ye Yuan, and saw that Ye Yuan's old face was flushed, and he saw that the first woman "deliberately" jumped into the water, and then, the second and third, a group of women discussed and played in the water.

"Help! Childe, help! ”

Ye Yuan saw that the white and delicate little hand was exposed, and he didn't care about anything else, he dropped the folding fan in his hand and jumped into the water, the water's edge was not too deep, Ye Yuan stood up, just to his chest, but the women all drowned the top of his head, Ye Yuan didn't think about it, probably because the women were shorter than the men.

rescued the women who had fallen into the water earlier, and before Ye Yuan could take off his wet clothes, he heard a "poof", and when he turned his eyes, he saw that several women not far away also fell into the water.

At this time, he no longer suspected that there was fraud and insulted his "Mr." name, but before he had time to question it, he heard a familiar voice not far away: "Mr. Ye! Autumn doesn't know how to water! ”

So the kind-hearted Mr. Ye jumped into the water again.

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Not long after, there were rumors in Beijing that the women of the Yanhong Mansion in the north of the city went to Taiming Lake to play, and accidentally fell into the water, and Ye Yuan, who was selected for the palace examination, passed by and rescued more than 30 women by himself.

When this news spreads, it is likely that people will be jealous. More than 30 beauties, where did he get such good luck!

Hearing these rumors, Chu Nian just glanced at Ye Yuan meaningfully, and then turned his eyes, and then smiled at Shang Mu Qianqiu's treacherous smile. Sure enough, it didn't take long for a summons to be summoned in the palace: "The Queen Mother has a purpose, I heard that Ye Yuan, a candidate for the long history of Tingchuan, has made a contribution to saving people, and I specially invite Ye Yuan to enter the palace to receive the reward." ”

Ye Yuan only understood the intention of his county lord at this moment. The group of Qinglou women, as well as Qiu'er hiding in it, were all arranged in advance by the county lord, and the matter could be transmitted to the palace in such a short period of time, presumably it was also arranged in advance by the county lord, in order to give the queen mother a righteous and bright reason to support him to become the chief of Tingchuan, as long as the queen mother is willing to say a word for him, no matter how the king of Huainan tries to canvass for his people, no one dares to vote for others.

After such a dramatic scene, Ye Yuan has naturally become the only candidate for Tingchuan Changshi. Until sitting in the carriage to the palace, Ye Yuan hadn't come back to his senses, and looked at the corner of the carriage in a daze.

Seeing his wooden demeanor, Chu Niancai smiled lightly and said, "I will meet the Queen Mother later, do you know what to say?" ”

Ye Yuan nodded, and said as if remembering something: "After the last incident, then Mu Qianqiu really didn't look for the county lord again?" ”

In order to be the chief of Shangting Chuan, Mu Qianqiu dared to ask the county lord for protection in front of him, but it didn't make sense to retreat just because the county lord had scared him.

Chu Nian looked at Ye Yuan's suspicious appearance with amusement, and for the first time felt how the word "foolish loyalty" came from, Ye Yuan had the ability to lead a party's landscape, the ability to control the drought, and even the people's aspirations, but this person didn't know anything when it came to human feelings, especially after meeting Mu Qianqiu, Chu Nian only felt that this person who seemed to be full of grandeur was stupid.

He was so stupid that he had to listen to her say everything herself, and he believed it. But at this moment, Chu Nian just turned his head and didn't look at him, and he didn't mean to solve his doubts at all.

Mr. Ye lowered his head and thought about it, it should be that kid who flinched.

Not long after, the palace arrived, Chu Nian took Ye Yuan to Cining Palace, but only saw the light gauze and thin man, the originally lifeless Cining Palace had an inexplicable and vivid appearance at this moment. Chu Nian frowned without a trace, and walked towards Cining Palace under the traction of Mama Li.

In the center of the dormitory is a large bed covered by peach-pink tulle, and a cigarette is burning in the corner of the bed, and a peony fragrance faintly comes, and behind the peach-colored tulle, a figure looms. If Chu Nian didn't know that it was the Queen Mother, he was afraid that he would have driven the woman who was lying in the middle of the bed scratching her head from the bed.

It was still a hoarse voice, but the Queen Mother sounded very happy: "Nian'er is here, and the mourning family is not very comfortable today, so I won't receive you in person." ”

Chu Nian took Ye Yuancheng and knelt down in fear: "Ask the Empress Dowager Hongen." ”

The person in the tent didn't speak, through the tent, a pair of eyes looked at Ye Yuan's handsome face, Ye Yuan felt uncomfortable, his head lowered, and he heard a chuckle from the Queen Mother: "Mr. Ye is so handsome, now it seems that I don't know whether Mr. Ye is cheap, or those Qinglou women are cheap." ”

Chu Nian and Ye Yuan secretly glanced at each other and didn't speak, but Ye Yuan's face was almost buried under the carpet.

"Now it's your wish." The Queen Mother didn't know who she was saying this, she poked out a hand to reach the fruit on the table, and the exposed hand almost made Ye Yuan gasp - blindfolded by the thin tent, it was clearly the outline of a jade arm, revealing an old arm full of wrinkles, and the fingers were still painted with scarlet dankom, like elegantly twisting a grape, and slowly retracted into the tent.

How scary it is, how scary it is.

Chu Nian glanced at Ye Yuan as if warning, Ye Yuan hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the thin tent again, so he listened to the Queen Mother continue: "Nian'er, it seems that you have other things to report to the mourning family. ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian smiled lightly, of course she had something to report to the Queen Mother, now Mu Qing was still lying unconscious on the couch, Mingyue had been watched closely by Ming Xiu for the past few days, and she should not have had a chance to report the matter to Concubine Liang, if the King of Huainan knew Ming Xiu's secret, I was afraid that they would fall short after working hard for these two years.

"Recently, Concubine Liang seems to have found out something from Cining Palace." Chu Nian lowered his eyes, ignoring the shadow of scratching his head behind the thin tent, if he didn't know that there was a drooping old woman in the shadow, maybe he wouldn't have turned the river and the sea in his belly at this moment.

Is the dosage of bamboo green too much? It should have been called so "young" for the Queen Mother a later day, why did she ...... so quickly

Without waiting for Chu Nian to dig deeper, the Empress Dowager of the head had already developed a strong interest in Chu Nian's words, and the head of the Zhuqing Daoist said that this stage is only to restore her inner body, she can have the strength to find someone to comfort the lonely body and mind after the death of the first emperor, but for the time being, she will not be able to reproduce the youthful appearance of her youth, if outsiders see her current state, they will definitely feel strange, not to mention ...... At such an age, the queen mother has a few young guards in the palace who keep coming and going all day long, and she has a bad reputation.

Concubine Liang...... What did you find out from Cining Palace? What's going on in Cining Palace now?

The Queen Mother felt a little upset, "I shouldn't have kept this woman in the first place, but now it has become a scourge." ”

Chu Nianwan smiled, but did not answer, and listened to the Queen Mother: "Nian'er, what do you think the mourning family should do with her?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian seemed to hang his head and think for a while, and after a while, he said meaningfully: "This is a matter in the harem after all, and the queen mother may have a way." ”

The figure in the thin tent did not move, and the Queen Mother seemed to be very satisfied with Chu Nian's answer: "Just do as you say." ”

The Queen Mother, who has gained "youth", trusts Chu Nian very much, but her desire to control still does not allow her to miss Chu Nian's actions.

Therefore, Chu Nian had to get permission from the Queen Mother to go to the queen, otherwise the people who secretly monitored her around her would tell the Queen Mother as soon as possible, and that would be to make trouble for the queen.

This time Ye Yuan entered the palace in a high-profile manner, in the end it was just a formality, as long as the hundred officials believed that the queen mother was the person behind Ye Yuan, in the end, the queen mother was the head snake, even if the king of Huainan was dissatisfied, there was absolutely no way to shake the hundred officials.

Ye Yuan was sent out of the palace by the little eunuch, Chu Nian went straight to the Zhengyang Palace, at this moment, the Zhengyang Palace was quiet and silent, compared to the "vitality" in the Queen Mother's Palace, the Zhengyang Palace was lifeless.

The grandmother who was waiting at the door went in to inform the queen, and Chu Nian was directly led towards the queen's bedroom, and when she arrived at the queen's bedroom, Chu Nian found that the queen seemed to be terminally ill at this moment.

I saw the queen lying on the couch, her originally beautiful and moving face was emaciated at the moment, her black hair was listlessly draped on the queen's shoulders, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be trying to focus on the direction Chu Nian had come from.

The queen is sick like this, why is there no news in the palace at all? Even Ming Xiu didn't mention it to her?

Looking at the queen who was still full of kindness, Chu Nian was a little sad: "Queen Mother." ”

The queen nodded slowly, and beckoned to Chu Nian: "The news that you sent in a few days ago, this palace knows." ”

Chu Nian opened his mouth, and the news to the queen did not mention that Ming Xiu was not a stupid person, but only that Yue spied on some of their secrets, and for Ming Xiu, the queen's mother was still kept in the dark.

"What should be prepared, this palace has already been prepared, you can rest assured."

"Niangniang, now that your body is sick, it won't be a big deal to put those things on hold for the time being." Chu Nian frowned, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction with Ming Xiu in his heart, now that the queen is seriously ill and still working, it is just to pave the way for his stupid son, and Ming Xiu is willing not to tell his mother the truth.

The queen groped for something, and the grandmother who had followed her for many years met on the side, and sent Chu Nian's hand to the queen's hand, Chu Nian lowered her body, and felt that the hand wrapped around her palm was like five fragile branches, and she didn't even dare to act rashly, for fear that if she moved lightly, the queen's hand would be touched and scattered.

The dazed eyes seemed to have regained a trace of clarity, and the queen's other hand touched Chu Nian's face: "Nian'er, the emperor has always wanted a princess, but the palace only gave him a Ming Xiu, and there was no movement in his belly, although the emperor no longer mentioned it, but this has also become a thorn in the heart of the palace." ”

"When I first saw you, this palace felt that I was in love with you, and I heard that you helped Liu Qi solve a big case and get rid of the Wang family's right-hand man one after another, so this palace knew that you were a reliable person."

Chu Nian lowered her eyes and didn't say a word, what this queen showed in front of her has always been the image of a mother and wife, she does not deny that the emperor and the queen are both foolish and filial people, but compared to this cold court, these two emperors and queens who are regarded as puppets are definitely the only insignificant warmth in the entire court.

What's more, after the queen saw her, she kept trying to break free from the shackles of the Wang family, although it was too late.