After the token matter, Hua Qingrao slept peacefully and slept until night.

Hua Qingrao was almost awakened by the fragrance of rice, she lifted her heavy eyelids, and looked sideways at the table was already covered with delicacies.

Jinlan stepped forward and gently helped Hua Qingrao up, and asked in a low voice, "Did Niangniang sleep well?" ”

Hua Qingrao hummed in a nasal voice, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and said truthfully: "I'm really hungry." ”

While serving Hua Qingrao for dinner, Jinlan reminded her vaguely: "Niangniang, tonight is the first day of the new year, and the emperor comes to Weiyang Palace to sleep." ”

First? Hua Qingrao naturally knew that the emperor would go to the queen on the first day of every month, but she was obviously more interested in the queen mother's purple honey incense on the first day of every month.

"When I went back to the worship room, I said that I had a menstrual period." She said coldly.

Hui Ping hesitated for a moment and hesitated: "But... So what should happen when the mother really comes? ”

Hua Qingrao looked at her with a smile on her sideways, "That's what you should think." ”

She put down her chopsticks and looked outside the hall, it was already the middle of the moon. "What time is it?"

Jinlan followed her line of sight and looked outside, "The first watch has just passed, and it's already the second watch." ”

Hua Qingrao got up full of wine and food, "Let's go to the Queen Mother's place and take a look." ”

Everyone is surprised, now I am afraid that it is the time for the Queen Mother to go to bed, what kind of trouble is my mother going to make?

Jinlan glanced at the stunned crowd and hurriedly ordered, "Didn't you hear it?" Why don't you go and inform the Jingshi room and pack up and go to Kunning Palace. ”

Hua Qingrao led the group to Kunning Palace in the twilight hour, which was already pitch black, and there was no trace of even a palace person.

Jinping showed doubts on her face, and her words came out directly without thinking, "Even if the Queen Mother goes to bed at this hour, why don't there be any palace people!" ”

As soon as the words came out, she realized that something was wrong and hurriedly covered her mouth.

Jinlan glanced at her thoughtfully, and turned her head to look at Hua Qingrao.

Under the hazy moonlight, Hua Qing's beautiful face shone with a faint light, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be slightly upturned. She turned around and said, "The Queen Mother is probably resting, I still want to say something considerate to the Queen Mother, let's do it another day." ”

As soon as she walked out of Kunning Palace, Hua Qingrao met a man head-on, the man looked in his 40s, dressed in brocade clothes, and was very surprised to see Hua Qingrao.

Hua Qingrao knew him, King Qi, when she was still the county lord of Jingyao in the past, she often saw her father dealing with him. Calculated by generation, King Qi is still Gao Qixuan's uncle.

"King Qi, why do you have time to come to the palace today?" When she saw King Qi turn around to leave, she asked enthusiastically.

King Qi's body was shocked, and he turned around with a dry smile, pretending to be the one he had just seen: "It turned out to be the queen's mother!" It's the king's clumsy eyes, I didn't see it, and I asked the mother to forgive me! ”

"Where is it, I used to see the prince often in King Zheng's mansion, and I have to call you uncle in terms of seniority."

King Qi waved his hand hurriedly, "Niangniang's words are serious, Niangniang is now in the phoenix position, how can this king afford Niangniang's uncle." ”

The smile on Hua Qingrao's face did not decrease, and she continued to repeat the question: "It's so late, why is the prince in the palace?" ”

King Qi laughed twice and said perfunctorily: "Suddenly there is an urgent matter to meet the emperor." ”

Hua Qingrao nodded and said with a smile: "No wonder today is the first day of the new year, the emperor has not come to me for a long time, I thought that I was hooked by the flowers in the palace, but I was just entangled by the prince." ”

King Qi also heard the cry of his daughter, that is, Concubine Hui, and now when he sees it, this queen is really a jealous master. "The matter has been said, and this king is preparing to leave the palace before the palace ban."

Hua Qingrao glanced around, covered her mouth and smiled: "The prince is confused, isn't it, this is the direction of Kunning Palace, and the palace gate is in that direction!" She pointed in the opposite direction.

The smile on King Qi's face froze a little, and then he said in a sleek trance: "It's too dark at night, it's this king who is confused and lost, which makes Niangniang laugh." ”

The smile on Hua Qingrao's face was even stronger, "Lord Wang, let's go quickly, if you keep talking, I'm afraid you will really be locked up in the palace tonight." ”

"What Niangniang said is that this king will leave first." King Qi responded twice, turned around and walked away quickly.

Hua Qingrao looked at his back, and her originally smiling face cooled down a little, turned around and walked in the direction of Weiyang Palace.

Walking into Weiyang Palace, Jinlan retreated from everyone, glanced at Hua Qingrao's face, and then spoke: "Niangniang, there is an interesting story here for the slave, I don't know if Niangniang wants to hear it?" ”

Hua Qingrao didn't raise her eyes.

"When the slave saw King Qi just now, she thought of the previous rumors about King Qi and the Queen Mother. However, the slave maid thought that it was all nonsense from some palace people, and it was just a matter of curiosity when it sounded. ”

As soon as Hua Qingrao looked up, she saw Jinlan looking at her with a smile on her face.

"The slave maid heard that before the queen mother entered the palace, she grew up with King Qi's childhood sweetheart and made a marriage contract. However, coinciding with the election of the first emperor, the Queen Mother's family married her daughter to the King of Qi, and the Queen Mother sent her to the palace. Jinlan said unhurriedly.

Hua Qingrao's eyelids moved slightly, staring straight at Jinlan, with an expressionless face: "You don't look like a gossip person." ”

Jinlan smiled softly and replied methodically: "I've been in this palace for a long time, but I don't want to hear it, and this rumor has also entered my ears." ”

Hua Qingrao's eyes were bright and dark, she didn't know about the Queen Mother and King Qi, she had always scoffed at this kind of gossip before, but she didn't expect that it seemed to have some effect today.

Outside the door, a sudden shout: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

Hua Qingrao's face suddenly darkened, and she turned her head to see Gao Qixuan walking in unhurriedly.

"Didn't the Worship Room inform you?" She didn't have a good look on her face at all.

Gao Qixuan sat straight beside her, looking at her face with a pair of cold eyes, "I heard that you went to the queen mother's place late at night?" ”

Hua Qingrao chuckled lightly, and said with a slightly provocative look in her eyes: "What? Are you afraid that I will be angry with your mother? ”

Gao Qixuan looked away, rubbing his fingers against the edge of the teacup, "The queen mother is old, if you want to say something about your daughter's boudoir, you don't have to go to find it during the day." ”

"I love to eat closed-door soup, it seems that I will visit your queen mother more at night in the future!" Hua Qingrao put on a playful smile on her face, gritted her teeth and spit out her words.

Gao Qixuan turned his head sideways and instructed the palace people: "You go down first." ”

Hua Qingrao immediately spoke out to stop: "Jinlan, you stay." He looked at Gao Qixuan provocatively, "How can my people allow you to summon me!" ”

Gao Qixuan got up and looked down at her with a cold gaze, and Hua Qingrao was unwilling to be defeated.

His slightly cold fingers rubbed her chin, "Is it true that you reported it to the worship room?" ”

Hua Qingrao smiled perfunctorily and sneered: "If you like it, I can still do it every day, every month." ”

Gao Qixuan's face was not angry, but a smile. Leaning over suddenly, the face stopped a finger away from Hua Qingrao's face, and an ambiguous breath spit out from his mouth.

"If you say it in the daytime, I can make it happen."

Hua Qingrao's face froze, and she pulled the stool back, keeping a distance from him, "What did I say?" ”

"I'm busy making villains." Gao Qixuan closed them one by one and spit out such a sentence lightly.