After Cen Muning returned to his palace, he was stunned for a long time without saying a word.

Qing Li and Bingling didn't know what was going on, but they saw her head covered in cold sweat and wanted to change her into a set of dry clothes, but they didn't know how to speak. For fear of disturbing her peace and mind.

After sitting for about an hour, a maid slowly came in, and in the copper basin she was holding in her hand, the fragrance of the water was particularly good.

"This is a fragrant soup made by the slave maid herself, and it is the most suitable for moisturizing the skin."

Cen Mu frowned and glanced at it, and snorted lightly: "You come and go freely in this deep palace?" Fang was in the dark prison, and now in front of the palace, Xuanyue, you are already a dead person, isn't it good to appear in front of people so frequently? ”

As soon as Xuanyue's two words came out, Qingli and Bingling were startled.

If you look at the servant's face carefully, sure enough, the late queen of the deposed emperor. Both were taken aback.

"How can this be ......" Qingli wanted to ask, and when he asked, he understood the deep meaning.

Xuan Yue raised her head slightly, and there was a hint of alienation in her smile: "The slave maid was in the dark prison just now, and she had to do this in order to cooperate with the Queen Mother." But when I came here at this time, I knew that the queen still had doubts in your heart. Therefore, the slave maid is here to answer the doubts of the mother. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about here." Bingling frowned: "Who has the kung fu to listen to you talk here." Your identity is embarrassing, it's better to leave Fengling Hall as soon as possible. ”

"Let her speak." Cen Mooning looked at Xuanyue silently, and her tone was slightly chilly.

"His Royal Highness King Ruiming is the master of the slave and the maid, and the slave and the maid are close to the abolished emperor on the order of the master, and they are also on the order of the master to instigate the harmony of their mother and son. The slave maid remembered that when she was getting along with the queen mother who was still Princess Ruiming, she deliberately guided you to find out that the queen mother was poisoned. Because the slave knows that once you have any doubts, you must first suspect that the emperor will kill your mother. But in fact, these are all slave methods. Of course, when letting the slave and maid act, it is the queen mother's mind to show everything in front of your eyes. This move, whether it is a slave or you, is actually no different. ”

Cen Muning's eyes were slightly weak, and her smile was cold and indifferent: "So you came here this time to tell this palace about these trivial things, just to let this palace know your situation?" ”

"Not really." Xuan Yue smiled lightly: "The slave maid came here to stay in the Fengling Hall and serve the queen. ”

"What did you say?" Qingli was stunned for a moment: "Your face, serving by the queen's side, didn't you tell the whole world that the abolished emperor was forced to death by the queen's mother?" And if you stay in the palace, won't the slaves and maids who have seen you and served you see you again and will be so frightened that their souls will be gone? Those women who often come to the palace to greet the queen have never seen you at all, so will they want them to salute you and meet you, the dead queen? ”

"Naturally, the slave and maid will not serve the queen in their current form." As she spoke, she pulled out the golden hairpin on her sideburns, and with a twist of her wrist, the sharp section almost cut through her face.

Thanks to Qingli's quick eyes, he grabbed her wrist, tightened his strength, and said nothing to let her succeed.

"Do you think that if you disfigured your appearance, you can stay with the queen? Where do you want to put me and Bingling? Let me tell you, although this Fengling Hall is big, it can't accommodate you, a cheap maid who can make a career with love. Don't think we can't see what you're thinking. Keeping you by your side, wouldn't you spend your days with a sword hanging over your head, who knows when you will poison the queen and hurt the queen. ”

"How dare a slave." Xuan Yue's hand couldn't exert her strength, and her brows were furrowed. "The queen mother let the slave maid continue to stay in the palace, just to remind the queen of what she saw today. Those who work with love are not slaves from the beginning. ”

Cen Muning smiled slightly, and a slight coolness appeared in her eyes: "Qingli, tie her up, don't let her ruin such a good-looking face." Bingling, changing clothes for the palace, the queen mother should not have lunch at this time. Prepare the pastries made in the kitchen, let's go to Fengluan Palace. Take her with you. ”

As the Queen Mother expected, Cen Muning really came.

Lei Zhen brought a cup of hot tea, waited for her to salute, and the Queen Mother gave her a seat, and put it in her hand. "Queen Mother, please have tea."

"Thank you for your kindness." Cen Muning hooked her lips slightly: "It's just that I'm too tired these days, but I can't sleep restlessly, and the imperial doctor advises me not to drink tea." The queen mother has excellent things here, and the concubines are afraid that they will not be blessed. No matter how good things are, if they are not timely, they are just burdens and burdens. I also ask the Queen Mother to forgive her sins. ”

"The queen's words obviously mean something else." The Queen Mother looked slightly: "What?" Isn't the person you want to serve by the mourners? ”

"Concubines have always been served by Bingling and Qingli. One of them is an old member of the concubine's mother's family, and the other has been with the concubine since the palace. It's all done with all your heart. The concubine has always liked to be quiet, and there are not many things around her. Your own people will be able to take care of it. That one, as soon as he entered the Fengling Palace, he was going to ruin his face, and this ruthless concubine couldn't afford it. It's better to ask the queen mother to take back the decree and send it out of the palace. ”

While speaking, Qing Li made a look, and someone brought Xuan Yue up.

When the Queen Mother saw Xuanyue being tied up like that, she gagged her mouth with a cotton cloth, and couldn't help laughing. "What is this doing, Queen? It's just a servant, and I don't like it. How did you get so big of it, so grand? ”

"She is the late queen of the deposed emperor. suddenly appeared next to the concubine, but I was afraid that it would not be good. Cen Muning said with a smile: "What's more, she is already a dead person." A person who came back from the dead, the concubine was a little unclear about who her master was. Is it His Royal Highness King Ruiming, who she keeps saying that she grew up with, or is it the queen mother who secretly manipulates and plots something...... I don't know if the emperor knows about leaving her with the concubine? ”

"What does the queen mother mean that the queen mother can't even be a slave master?" Lei Zhen looked at the queen indignantly.

The Queen Mother glanced at her, and she lowered her head and stepped aside.

"The mourning family will naturally talk to the emperor. After all, the emperor is the flesh and blood of the mourning family. ”

Cen Mu smiled and said, "What the concubine doesn't understand is ...... Why did the queen mother guard against her concubines like this? In fact, the concubine's intention has always been the same as that of the queen mother, that is, to accompany the emperor and accompany him well, hoping to help the emperor with all her might. Since the original intention is the same, why is the queen mother so worried about her concubines? Just because the concubine's mother's family used to be loyal to the abolished emperor? But now, my father and uncle have surrendered to the emperor and become the emperor's ministers, helping the emperor to calm down the civil strife in the court, pacify the courtiers, guard the border passes, and train the troops to consolidate the foundation. Isn't this enough to reassure the Queen Mother? ”

"As soon as the queen enters the door, it is the queen mother's ......" The queen mother had empty eyes and a somewhat cold tone: "Speaking of which, you are now the queen, and the mourning family is the queen mother, how can you call the mourning family to call the queen mother." How can you see the outside like this? ”

"Yes." Cen Muning said with a smile: "The queen mother's lesson is right, it is the daughter-in-law who is estranged for a while. I always admire you from the bottom of my heart as the Queen Mother. ”

"Hmph." The Queen Mother snorted lightly, her face faintly displeased: "The mourning family has never seen Yan Chen tempted by any person or woman. I didn't have it when I was in the mansion, and now I can't have it in the palace. Isn't that a good example of the deposed emperor? Therefore, the mourning family does not allow anyone to rely on the strength of the mother's family to interfere with the imperial power step by step, and even collude with courtiers and form parties for personal gain. In the future, if you give birth to a prince, you will not be canonized as a prince and become the most suitable candidate for the successor king. Who would have thought that you would also use your feelings to make things happen and put Yan Chen in danger. Mourning family letters, your original intention now is to protect him and do your best. But the mourning family also believes that one day, if you have a good opportunity, you may not become the second Xuanyue. People's hearts, after all, are separated from the belly. ”

"Poof." Cen Muning couldn't hold back her laughter, looking at the Queen Mother's eyes with a thin mist. "The reason why the queen mother let Xuanyue do so much, and let the concubines witness the whole process, is because you saw through the concubines and were moved by the love between the abolished emperor and the abolished queen. Guilty of what I did to the aftermath. Subsequently, you uncover the truth and let the concubines see the emperor's plan clearly. Let the concubines understand the truth that the king has no selfish feelings. The emperor's heart is so cold, the concubines naturally will not fall into it. But you still don't feel at ease, and you still have to leave Xuanyue by the side of the concubine, one is to monitor, and the other is to remind the concubine, so that the concubine will never forget that the husband you married is a ruthless monarch who does everything for the emperor's business. Let the concubines never think that they can get a trace of the emperor's true affection. Only in this way will the concubines not have the same affection for the emperor and make the emperor emotional. Husbands and wives who don't have love, together, are only for glory and power, and for being able to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family. And the real master of the harem will always be the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction: "Queen, you can comprehend this, the mourning family has not worked in vain." Things are often like this, and when you can't see clearly, you will have illusions, and you will mislead yourself to get what you want. But in fact, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and you can see everything clearly, so you naturally don't bother with thoughts, but you fantasize about unrealistic things. The mourning family has been working hard for so many years to survive in the cracks of this harem, and walk step by step to this high phoenix chair. How can you mess around and destroy the mourning family's hard work like this? By Chen's side, there can only be women who serve and assist wholeheartedly. There must be no misfortune that will allow him to waste the country and abandon the imperial power. Do you understand? ”

"I understand the Queen Mother's words." Zhuang Yanchen walked up to the hall with steady steps, his face was cold and tense, obviously angry. "Wouldn't it be more useful for the Queen Mother to say to me. What's the use of letting the queen hear? ”