Shui Qingqing came to Jingren Palace for the first time at the appointment of Concubine Xian, and also saw the mysterious and low-key Concubine Niangniang for the first time.

Then, after Shui Qingqing arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion where the banquet was held, she didn't have time to look and greet Concubine Xian, but she was shocked by the figure standing silently beside her.

The person standing beside Concubine Xian turned out to be Aunt Piet!

It turned out that after hearing about Shui Qingqing's plan to bring Aunt Pian into the palace, Mei Zijin felt that it was too dangerous and too eye-catching for her to take Aunt Pian into the palace, so she thought of the fourth prince Li Xuan, asked Li Xuan to help, and quietly brought Aunt Pian into the harem, and secretly arranged for Concubine Jingren to enter the palace.

Concubine Xian, as the master of the palace, after Queen Chen's fall, when she was most favored and powerful, there were already many palace people around her, one more person, and one less person was difficult to be noticed, but it was much more secret than Aunt Pian staying by Shui Qingqing's side.

The moment she saw Aunt Pian, Shui Qingqing was shocked, but in an instant, she understood that all this was arranged by Mei Zijin, and she was happy and relieved.

She smiled happily at Aunt Pian, and then stepped forward to salute Concubine Xian respectfully.

Concubine Xian is a native of Jiangnan, with a gentle appearance, and between her eyebrows and eyes there is a unique grace and meticulousness of a Jiangnan woman, but she does not lose her atmosphere, sitting there upright, giving people a very calm feeling.

And from the moment Shui Qingqing entered the pavilion, her eyes fell on her gently and calmly, and said with a smile: "The county lord of Guanqing, who is famous in the capital, this palace has finally been able to meet today-fortunately!"

After that, let the aunt next to him step forward and help Shui Qingqing get up and take a seat.

If someone else says something like this, it may feel false, even sarcastic.

After all, the rumors about Shui Qingqing in the capital were all bad.

But when these words came out of Concubine Xian's mouth, it made people feel disgusted.

After Shui Qingqing sat down, Aunt Lian naturally stood by Shui Qingqing's side with Xiaoxi.

When Concubine Xian saw it, she smiled again: "Aunt Pian has been looking forward to seeing the county lord since she entered the palace. Bengong thought that the county lord was probably also worried about his aunt, so he let the county lord come over at night. ”

Shui Qingqing picked up the teacup in front of her and said respectfully to Concubine Xian: "Thank you Niangniang for taking care of me, please be grateful!"

Concubine Xian looked at Shui Qingqing closely, and then looked at her actions, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised in her heart - but it was too different from the rumors she heard before.

The woman in front of her, instead of being as rumored, did not understand etiquette and was unruly, but she was generous, and her demeanor was also frank and unrestrained.

Although it is not as elegant and beautiful as the average daughter, it has another beautiful atmosphere, which is very eye-catching!

Especially the black and white, clear and transparent eyes, clear and calm, not at all like the uninformed ninth-rate woman who grew up in the market, giving the feeling of the virtuous concubine, but it is the spirit of the county lord and everyone else!

Concubine Xian finally understood why Emperor Jin Ming was so partial to her, and it was not good to pull out her mother's friendship with the emperor, just her own grace and elegance were also in line with the emperor's appetite.

After thinking about this, Concubine Xian's good impression of Shui Qingqing became better and better, and she sighed in her heart, the queen and the prince were really clumsy, aside from her previous experiences in the people, she was more outstanding than the county lord of Linrou!

The jade cup in her hand and Shui Qingqing's cup knocked lightly, and Concubine Xian smiled calmly: "Speaking of thanks, this palace wants to thank the county lord, otherwise, it will be difficult for this palace and Xuan'er to have a chance to turn over - among them, the county lord is indispensable." This palace must remember the kindness of the county lord, and will help the county lord! ”

Compared with Queen Chen's hypocrisy, Concubine Xian seems to be gentle and graceful, but she is really cool in talking and doing things, and she does not hide it, and she is not afraid of inheriting Shui Qingqing's love, and she is very down!

Dealing with such a person, Shui Qingqing also likes it very much.

She got straight to the point and said: "The matter of pity for my aunt, I think His Royal Highness has already told Niangniang." And I have another thing I want to ask my mother to help with! ”

Concubine Xian smiled: "County Lord, please speak!"

Shui Qingqing said: "There is a palace maid named Sheng Yu in the queen's Chuxiu Palace, and I want to ask the mother to help get her out of the palace."

Concubine Xian took half a sip of tea, nodded clearly, and said, "I know this palace maid." The palace that suddenly entered is still the daughter of the imperial physician Sheng Fang, and the girl you married before, and the palace maid that Queen Chen found for Princess Leyi early - now that I hear the county lord talk about it, I'm afraid that things are not so simple. ”

Liuli, the big palace maid beside Concubine Xian, chuckled and said, "Niangniang is right." There are so many palace maids around the five princesses, and there are countless palace maids in this harem, why did the queen mother deliberately pick up an obviously older girl from outside to be the palace maid of the fifth princess - not to mention that this girl had committed suicide by jumping into the lake for the sake of Marquis Mei before...... The implication is too obvious. ”

Concubine Xian did not shy away from Shui Qingqing's presence, and smiled calmly: "Isn't this exactly the style that everyone in the harem has always had?" It's not profitable to be early, don't say that the mother is like this, and the same is true of the palace! ”

After that, she looked at Shui Qingqing and said indifferently: "I really won't hide it from you, although the queen is grounded now, she has been in charge of the harem for many years, and her power cannot be underestimated." Although the palace is now in charge of the palace, if she wants to easily ask for someone from her palace, she still needs a person who thinks about it, but I am afraid that it will be difficult - and she is grounded now, and the entire Chuxiu Palace is like an iron bucket, and it is not easy to enter it......"

I have to say that Concubine Xian is very reasonable and very frank.

Wang Zhongren has just been arrested and imprisoned, even if he was arrested in the name of corruption and bribery, but he is as shrewd and cunning as Queen Chen, how can he not understand the mystery of this?!

So in order to prevent Sheng Fang from coming out to accuse her, this Sheng Yu, she will squeeze it tighter in her hands......

And although she is grounded now, the identity of the queen is still there, and with the help of the crown prince and the queen mother, even the virtuous concubine in charge of the palace can't easily move her......

Frowning involuntarily, Shui Qingqing has been very difficult since this matter, but if she can't take Sheng Yu out of Chuxiu Palace, Sheng Fang and her will be in danger.

Sheng Fang and the entire Sheng family are kind to her, but she can't finally take revenge and harm the Sheng Taiyi family......

Thinking of this, Shui Qingqing's face unconsciously swelled with sadness.

Aunt Pian stood beside her, looking at her sad appearance, and couldn't bear to say, "Don't worry too much, county lord. If you think about it slowly, you will always come up with a way...... What's more, as long as the county lord exposes the old things of twenty years ago, it is enough to make the queen doomed......"

Hearing Aunt Pian's words, Shui Qingqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and she had an idea in her heart.

She looked at Concubine Xian and said with a smile: "Presumably, the appearance of Aunt Pian will cause chaos in Chuxiu Palace." At that time, Niangniang will lead people into Chuxiu Palace on the grounds of eliminating evil spirits, and then take advantage of the chaos to bring Sheng Yu out...... If the queen asked, the mother could have said that she was the one who attracted the evil spirit. Even if she doesn't believe it, at that time, she is afraid that the shrewd Empress Chen will not be able to care so much......"

After listening to Shui Qingqing, Concubine Xian also smiled easily, looked at Shui Qingqing approvingly, and said: "The county lord has a good plan - presumably everything will happen at the same time, no matter how powerful the queen is, I am afraid that she can take care of the east and not the west." And the more chaotic it is, the more mistakes go wrong, but it is in our favor. ”

Although Concubine Xian had a good impression of Shui Qingqing before, she secretly estimated in her heart, I don't know what the chances of joining forces with Shui Qingqing to deal with Queen Chen are?

Or, she didn't know that this seemingly thin and thin woman had enough wisdom to compete with Empress Chen, and what kind of temperament was she?

Seeing that Shui Qingqing insisted on saving Sheng Yu and calmly came up with countermeasures to deal with Empress Chen, Concubine Xian let go of all her worries in her heart.

From these two points, it is enough to see that Shui Qingqing is a woman who values love and righteousness, and is calm and resourceful, so of course Concubine Xian is desperate for such an ally.

Therefore, an affectionate 'we' is enough to show the determination of Concubine Xian and Shui Qingqing to share the same hatred!

In this way, after solving the troubles of Sheng Yu's matter, Shui Qingqing turned her head and asked Aunt Pian, "Did Master Hou tell you, when will the plan start?" ”

Aunt Pian's expression was grim, and a resolute and irrepressible excitement appeared on her face, and she said in a deep voice: "Master Hou said that after the assassination case, everything else must race against time, and do not give the wicked a chance to breathe. The most important thing is that I am afraid that the county lord is in the palace, under the noses of the queen and the prince, I am afraid that they will jump over the wall and attack the county lord in the palace, so we must not hesitate to start acting tonight! ”

Mei Zijin knew that Shui Qingqing had not been in the palace for a long time, and the most important thing was that after the assassination, he really didn't worry about letting her be alone in the palace, so he wanted to deal with everything as soon as possible, so that he could take her out of the palace and return to the Hou Mansion, and live happily and steadily with Yun'er and them......

Shui Qingqing knew Mei Zijin's thoughts, and this plan was also thought up by herself, but when she thought of the danger in it, she couldn't help but worry about Aunt Pian.

Turning around and clenching Aunt Pitian's hand, Shui Qingqing solemnly instructed: "Aunt must be very careful, not only not to be found out of you, but also to protect your own safety, don't remember."

Aunt Pian thought about Princess Wuning, who died tragically, and the tragic life of Princess Wuning twenty years ago, Aunt Pian's eyes were not wet, and she choked her throat and said tremblingly: "Don't worry, if the old slave can get back the justice of twenty years ago for the princess, even if the old slave is broken, the old slave is willing......"

Seeing Shui Qingqing's worried expression, Concubine Xian comforted: "Don't worry, the county lord, Xuan'er has sent the best guards to protect Aunt Pian." And the palace also asked us to send people in Chuxiu Palace to light a special misty iris incense in the red-sleeved room in advance - this incense can confuse people's minds the most and make people hallucinate. At that time, Red Sleeves will definitely be unable to distinguish between reality and falsehood. And under the loss of her heart, she will definitely believe it. ”

In the harem, the open and secret battles never stop.

And in order to compete for favor and protect herself, not only Queen Chen sent eyeliner to each palace and hall, but other masters and mothers will do the same.

What's more, in recent years, due to the dispute between Li You and Li Xuan, the two most outstanding princes, for the heir, Queen Chen and Concubine Xian are also like fire and water, and they dare not relax for a moment.

Therefore, it is very common for Concubine Xian to have eyeliner to stay in Chuxiu Palace.

Concubine Xian smiled again: "And in this palace, Jingren Palace, a few days ago, I found five palace people with unclean hands and feet, and they were sent to the Xin Zheku by Liuli, so Aunt Lian is very safe in this palace, and the county lord can rest assured."

You don't have to think about it to know that the five palace people mentioned by Concubine Xian must be the eye money that Empress Chen had previously placed in Jingren Palace, and they were seen through by Concubine Xian early on.

After Concubine Xian took charge of the palace, she took the opportunity to clear them out.

After listening to Concubine Xian's words, Shui Qingqing's worries were completely put down, and she raised her glass again and solemnly thanked Concubine Xian: "Thank you Niangniang and Your Royal Highness for your great help-in this way, as long as the red sleeves are defeated by the psychological defense, presumably Queen Chen will not be able to sit still and make a move." And when the queen made a move, it was when she was caught. ”

Concubine Xian smiled with satisfaction and said, "In the future, the palace will also help the county lord keep an eye on it at all times, and help the county lord deal with it together." The county lord is waiting for the good news with peace of mind! ”

Bidding farewell to Concubine Xian, and repeatedly telling Aunt Lian to be more careful, Shui Qingqing withdrew from Jingren Palace and led Xiaoxi back to Liangfeng Terrace.

Although she knew that Mei Zijin and Concubine Li Xuanxian had prepared everything, thinking that Aunt Lian was going to make a move on Red Sleeves tonight, Shui Qingqing was still nervous and worried and couldn't sleep.

But in order not to arouse suspicion, Shui Qingqing still let Xiaoxi blow out the lights and candles, pretending to be asleep, but her ears were always nervously listening to the movement outside.

And those who also couldn't sleep, in addition to Concubine Xian, there were also Queen Chen in Chuxiu Palace and Li You, the crown prince of the East Palace.

During the day, it suddenly came that Wang Zhongren, the head of the Tai Hospital, was ordered by the emperor to be imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple for corruption and bribery, and was raided to investigate the evidence of his embezzlement of money.

As Shui Qingqing expected, Empress Chen and Li You both did not believe the reason why Wang Zhongren was imprisoned.

Although Li You didn't know much about Queen Chen asking Wang Zhongren to poison Shui Qingqing with dementia medicine that day, he was also sensitive to the fact that Wang Zhongren's imprisonment was related to his mother, so he didn't care that Queen Chen was grounded, and quietly entered Chuxiu Palace through the back door, and told Queen Chen about Wang Zhongren.

When Empress Chen heard this, her face turned pale, and her expression was panicked.

Without waiting for her to speak, Li You frowned and wondered: "When I was in the imperial study before, my father didn't have anything to do, and he also called the head of the royal court to see her at that time, why did he arrest him and imprison him in a blink of an eye?!" Mother, is there anything I don't know about? ”

Empress Chen held back the panic and panic in her heart, and had to tell Li You in detail about the dementia medicine in her throat......

"Corruption is fake, but helping that slut find out his dementia is real...... Unexpectedly, she really knew about it and told the emperor...... It's really hateful to hurt this palace so badly and refuse to let go......"

Li You was also very angry, she never expected that she had hired the most powerful killer organization on the rivers and lakes this time, but she couldn't take her life.

And he also knew in his heart that Shui Qingqing's move was a counterattack against them.

Thinking of this, Li You said coldly: "In this case, this Wang Zhongren can't stay anymore - the queen mother can rest assured that the son will send someone to Dali Temple to quietly send him on the road." As soon as he dies, there will be no more evidence......"

"There is one more person who knows the events of the day!"

Empress Chen thought of Sheng Fang, and said coldly: "Sheng Fang from Tai Hospital is also one of the insiders......

Li You knew the relationship between Sheng Fang and Shui Qingqing, and the killing intent in his eyes was even stronger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Once you break out, you won't leave a single one!"

Empress Chen stroked her forehead with a headache, and said hatefully: "In this way, it will only arouse the emperor's suspicion of us even more, coupled with the provocation of that slut, I am afraid that I will not be able to wash it away by jumping into the Yellow River when the time comes......"

Thinking of this, Empress Chen suddenly thought of Sheng Yu, and said coldly: "Sheng Fang can't die for the time being, his daughter is in the hands of this palace, he doesn't dare to betray us, and he can help us in turn." Therefore, he is a good chess piece, and he can still die! ”

Listening to her words, Li You's anger on his body decreased by half a point, but his expression became more and more solemn.

He said coldly: "My father handed over the assassination case to Li Xuan, and obviously began to trust him. And the ministers who supported him began to act again, and they were still not dead set on the storage position! So at this time, the queen mother and I have to be very careful......"

What Li You said was exactly what Empress Chen was worried about.

She is not afraid of being grounded and punished, she is afraid that it will affect her son's position as the crown prince.

And as long as Li You is the prince one day, no matter what happens to her, the emperor will be concerned about the prince's face and will not punish her heavily.

Therefore, Li You's position as the crown prince is the most important at the moment.

Thinking of this, Empress Chen hurriedly pushed Li You away, and Yin Yin instructed: "Your father has strictly ordered that you cannot visit during the lockdown period...... In the future, don't come to the queen mother again, if your father knows about it, you will fall into the hands of others......"

"You must remember that on weekdays, you go to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace more often, and you also visit the Lord of Linrou more often. Now that the queen mother is out of power, you must have a good relationship with the queen mother and let the queen mother protect you......"

Li You responded with an annoyed face, and after quietly withdrawing from Chuxiu Palace, he immediately sent someone to sneak into Dali Temple to kill Wang Zhongren and kill him......

After Li You left, Queen Chen thought of Wang Zhongren, although the prince went to kill people, but she was still worried, and she didn't realize that she had a head attack and a headache!

At this time, another palace person quietly came to report, saying that the virtuous concubine of Jingren Palace had invited the county lord of Guanqing to Jingren Palace for dinner.

After hearing the palace people's confession, Queen Chen was so angry that she gritted her teeth and scolded fiercely: "Two sluts, they want to join forces to deal with this palace, it's just hateful - when this palace becomes the queen mother, these two sluts, this palace wants to make them worse than dead!"

In this way, Queen Chen couldn't take a break, and she didn't dare to relax, so she hurriedly asked the palace people to recruit Sheng Yu to the palace to see her.

Since the grounding of Chuxiu Palace, Sheng Yu, who has bet all his hopes on the queen, began to panic inexplicably.

She couldn't help worrying, if the queen has been losing power like this, and the power of the palace cannot be regained in the hands of Concubine Xian, then the operation of Princess Leyi's marriage will naturally fall into the hands of Concubine Xian, and if Concubine Xian doesn't let her be Princess Leyi's maid to marry, won't all her hopes be in vain, and she will have to accompany a lifetime of happiness in the boring deep palace to die alone?

Sheng Yu's age not only exceeded the age when the palace maid entered the palace, but even the age when the palace maid left the palace.

So if there is no palace maid with Princess Yi Leyi to leave the palace in the end, I am afraid that I will really have to stay in this terrible and boring harem for a lifetime.

The more she thought about it, the more worried Sheng Yu became, and it was only then that she began to regret and be afraid.

At this time, someone from the palace came to pass her to see the queen.

Since she smashed the errand given to her by the queen that night, Sheng Yu didn't dare to see the queen at all, plus I heard that the queen was enough to come from her confinement, and her temper was strangely hot, and the palace people waiting around her would be beaten and scolded if they were not satisfied.

So when she suddenly heard that the queen wanted to see her, Sheng Yu was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.

She cautiously asked the palace maid who came to summon her, and said worriedly: "Sister, it's so late, I don't know what the queen has summoned me?"

The palace maid said impatiently: "How can I guess Niangniang's thoughts?" The left and right mothers are uncomfortable in their hearts, and they have a head disease, so you can be careful after you go. ”

Listening to the palace maid's words, Sheng Yu became more and more frightened, and her heart was bitter.

Sheng Yu cautiously went to the queen's bedroom, and met the red sleeves guarding there at the entrance of the palace.

Red Sleeves heard that the queen had summoned Sheng Yu, but she was worried that the silk cloth that Sheng Yu took back from Xiaoxi that night would be known to the queen, so she deliberately guarded her at the door.

Stopping Sheng Yu, Red Sleeves lowered her voice and threatened her again: "Niangniang's mood is not depressed, it is all caused by the grounding. And what killed the mother's grounding were the two secret letters handed over to the emperor by the county lord of Guanqing...... Therefore, you must remember what I told you before, don't let the mother know that you failed that night and took the wrong thing...... Otherwise, when the mother comes, I will blame you for being stupid, blame you for grounding her, and I won't be able to protect your ......"

The words of the red sleeves made Sheng Yu shudder all over, and said with a white face: "Auntie, don't worry, I will always remember it."

Seeing her trembling with fright, Red Sleeves let go of half a point of worry and led her into the hall.

When she entered, Empress Chen was leaning on the couch in pain due to a head attack, and when she saw Sheng Yu coming in, she was upset, but her face was a group of kind: "I heard that when you were at home, you learned the art of massage with your father, so the palace summoned you to help the palace press your forehead."

Sheng Yu's heart was relieved, and he hurriedly responded respectfully, and stepped forward to carefully help Queen Chen press her head.

Empress Chen smiled with satisfaction and said, "Your technique is really good-so, in the future, you will be a first-class palace maid by the side of the palace, and together with the red sleeves, you will wait for the palace."

Hearing this, Sheng Yu's whole body trembled, and the heart he had just put down hung high again, and he didn't pay attention to the one in his hand, but he actually pulled Queen Chen's hair.

Her eyes sank, Empress Chen sat up coldly and looked at her, and said coldly word by word: "What, you are not happy to let you be a first-class palace maid next to the palace?!"

Sheng Yu was so frightened by the coldness in Queen Chen's eyes that her soul was about to fly, and she knelt down in front of the couch with a 'plop' and kowtowed.

"The mother is angry, and the slave is very willing...... Being able to serve the mother close is a blessing that the slave maid has cultivated for several lifetimes, and the slave and maid are grateful...... The slave is so happy......"

Empress Chen smiled coldly, slowly lay down again, closed her eyes and said coldly: "Since this is the case, you should learn from Red Sleeves......

Empress Chen's intention to suddenly leave Sheng Yu by her side was of course known to Red Sleeves.

The queen is afraid of regeneration, and she wants Sheng Yu to be under her nose, so that Sheng Fang can continue to help her.

But when he thought of the silk cloth that Sheng Yu brought back that night, Red Sleeves was terrified, for fear that Sheng Yu would accidentally forget his words and say it after staying by the queen's side for a long time......

However, what Red Sleeves never expected was that what she had been worried about happened that night......