The night in the Taiji Palace slowly deepened in the lights lit up in the pavilion of the palace, and Gu Mingzhu accompanied Princess Anping to talk for a while before returning to his Qiluan Pavilion.

"County Lord, take a break, the kitchen has sent sweet jujube soup, use some." Abi came up with a bowl in his hand, "The food in the palace is not in line with the county lord's wishes, and the county lord uses it very little." ”

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, asked her to put the bowl aside, and called her and Xiaokui over.

"It's this day, have you figured out who is waiting in the Qiluan Pavilion?"

If she is in the deep palace and can't even figure out the way and thoughts of the people around her, then she is afraid that she will soon fall into the calculations of others.

Ah Bi said in a low voice: "The maid has already asked clearly, there are fifteen palace maids serving in the Qiluan Pavilion, two housekeepers and grandmothers, and more than ten palace servants who are rough and sweeping. ”

Xiao Kui picked up and said: "The maid has inquired with several housekeepers and maids in the Qianqiu Palace before, the Qiluan Pavilion was originally empty, and it was cleaned up for the county lord to enter the palace, these people are all drawn from various palaces, and the two housekeepers are transferred from the Qianqiu Palace by Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Drawn from various palaces! Gu Mingzhu raised his eyebrows, that is, there was no one in it.

She frowned and ordered: "You don't have to be in the palace in this palace, you have to be extra careful in everything, these people can't see what they are thinking for a while, you all have to pay more attention." ”

She remembered that in the Ganlu Hall before, Concubine De and Sun Baolin had completely different attitudes towards her, and couldn't help frowning: "There are also things in this palace, and we have to find out how to find out." ”

In the past, she was a virtuous princess, and she didn't have much contact with the concubines of the inner court, but now she is different, in the deep palace, if she can't know herself and her opponent, how can she protect herself.

The sky was about to dawn, and the dawn drum of Chengtianmen had already sounded, Gu Mingzhu got up and asked Xiaokui to bring the palace maid in to serve and freshen up, and Abi came forward to give Gu Mingzhu a dress.

As soon as it was cleaned up, Princess Anping's personal palace maid Tourmaline had already come over, and bowed down with a smile: "County Lord, Her Royal Highness the princess invites you to come over and have dinner together." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "I'll go over now." ”

The rules in the palace are strict, even Princess Anping has to get up early according to the rules, and after going to ask the queen of heaven to say goodbye, she will go to Chongwen Hall.

Three couches have been placed in the main hall, and Zhou Chuchu, the county lord of Changping, has already arrived, sitting on the couch, looking at Gu Mingzhu with a cold gaze, with a little disdain.

Gu Mingzhu came in, but nodded with a smile: "Chu Niang came early, but I delayed." ”

Zhou Chuchu had a straight face, obviously a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little lady looked old-fashioned and serious, and what she said was also old-fashioned: "The palace is not as casual as in the county lord's mansion, since it is for Her Royal Highness the princess to read, it is better to abide by the rules, otherwise Her Royal Highness the princess treats you kindly, and you can't indulge you." ”

Gu Mingzhu responded with a faint smile, but it became more and more strange in her heart, she didn't have any old days with this Changping county lord, and she didn't know why she was so hostile.

It was Princess Anping who came out to break the embarrassment in the palace, she yawned and entered the palace, and saw Gu Mingzhu smiling with crooked eyebrows: "Mingzhu, I was used to sleeping in Qiluan Pavilion yesterday, and I am afraid that you are not used to it." ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at the cold gaze from the other side, and smiled softly: "Thank you, Your Highness, Qiluan Pavilion is very proper, and it can't be better." ”

Princess Anping sat down on the mat with a smile, picked up a piece of wind tomato and put it in her mouth: "That's good, you can also follow us to the Manna Hall to greet the queen mother in a while." ”

Zhou Chuchu's face was ugly again, but because Princess Anping was there, he didn't say anything after all, and ate the cake on the table in one bite.

It's just that when she arrived at the Manna Palace, Concubine De was already in the palace to greet the queen of heaven.

Seeing Princess Anping take Zhou Chuchu and Gu Mingzhu in, the two concubines stopped talking and looked at them with a smile and saluted.

"Looking at this group of children, I feel that I am old, when I entered the palace, I was also their age, but I didn't expect it to be decades in the blink of an eye." The queen said with a smile.

Concubine De took over with a smile: "The queen of heaven is in her prime, where she is old, wouldn't it be a torture for the concubines." She smiled and turned her head to look at Gu Mingzhu and Zhou Chuchu: "Are you going to accompany the princess to Chongwen Pavilion for a while?" Mingzhu has just entered the palace, so Chu Niang should take more care of her. ”

Zhou Chuchu's face changed, he glanced at Gu Mingzhu, and then said respectfully: "The lord of Lingling County has just entered the palace, and he is not familiar with the rules of Chongwen Pavilion, so he is afraid that Mr. will blame her, so he left her in Qianqiu Palace, and will accompany His Royal Highness to Chongwen Hall after a while." ”

When she said this, Concubine De looked surprised, looked at Gu Mingzhu, and saw that she lowered her head and did not speak, as if she acquiesced to Zhou Chuchu's words, her eyes couldn't help flashing, and she said with a smile: "So that's the case." ”

The queen of heaven was looking at Gu Mingzhu at this time, and looked at her for a while before saying, "That's fine, it's good to wait for Mingzhu to become familiar with the rules of the palace before going over." She turned her face and said to Concubine De: "Now that you are in charge of the affairs of the Shang Palace Bureau, you can take Mingzhu to recognize it in a while, so that you can get familiar with it earlier." ”

Concubine De responded with a smile and looked at Gu Mingzhu: "Good boy, come with me later." ”

Gu Mingzhu's heart tightened, and he bent his knees.

Hearing the words of the Queen of Heaven and Concubine De, the smug look on Zhou Chuchu's face flashed, and he stepped forward with a smile to take the teapot in the hands of the palace maid, and poured tea soup for the two maids, and the smile was much sweeter than in the Qianqiu Palace: "Niangniang, please use the tea soup." ”

It seems that she thinks that the queen of heaven has acquiesced in her arrangement by letting her go to see the people of the Shanggong Bureau, Gu Mingzhu smiled faintly, but she didn't know how important the Shanggong Bureau was in the palace, not to mention that she did have something to start with the Shanggong Bureau.

When the first emperor was seriously ill, A-Niang had entered the palace to serve the sick to see her, which was not surprising, but less than ten days after the death of the first emperor, A-Niang died of dystocia, and left those small clothes before death, there must be some reason for this.

She thought about it, only the Shanggong Bureau would have a record, and she might be able to find some clues.

Seeing Concubine De with Gu Mingzhu, Princess Anping withdrew from the palace with Zhou Chuchu one by one, and only the queen of heaven and Xu Siyan who were waiting on the side were left in the palace.

"Niangniang, the arrangement of the county lord of Changping is only afraid of ......," Xu Siyan said softly, "It's just that the county lord of Lingling doesn't have the slightest intention of fighting." ”

The queen of heaven was taking a small silver scissors to cut the flower branches in the bonsai, and she smiled when she heard her: "Don't fight in front of you, you are a patient person." ”

Xu Siyan stepped forward with the tray and picked up the flower branches she had cut, and whispered, "Then do you want to ......?"

"It's still early, I've just entered the palace, let's take a look again." The queen said indifferently, she wants more than that.