"Niangniang, that Bai Zhisong is really ashamed of his name, straight and Song, I thought he was such an upright person, and now his daughter is favored, like a pug, he rushes to the palace every day." Ripple peeled the pine nuts for Kou Shu, pouting and dissatisfied.

The mandarin duck frowned on the side; "Ripples, you forgot the queen's teachings, you can't chew the root of your tongue."

Ripple rolled his eyes, threw the pine nuts in his hand, and rolled up his arm, which was impressively covered with two blood-red scars.

The mandarin duck was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Ripple took a sip and said: "It's not that concubine yet, now that she's favored, the palace maids around her are also dogs, I went to get blood swallows for our mother early this morning, and a girl actually said that her master wanted it, and I couldn't argue with her, so I fought." ”

"That person is from Zhong Cui Pavilion?" The mandarin duck frowned and asked.

Ripple nodded, and said angrily: "Otherwise, why do you think I'm so angry?" The dog fights the human power, and the master is definitely not a good thing. ”

The mandarin duck was stunned, and he wanted to say something, but he heard Kou Shu's voice behind him: "Mandarin duck, go get the wound medicine." Kou Shu walked in slowly, stretched out her hand and raised Ripple's arm and said, "This is what he was injured with someone today?" That blood swallow doesn't care if she drinks less for a day, why did she hurt herself? ”

Ripple's mouth flattened, there were endless grievances in his words, and he said with tears in his eyes: "Niangniang, it's not Ripple who did it first, I go to get blood swallows every day, everyone in the imperial dining room knows that the boiled blood swallows are for the queen's mother, but the person came up and left without saying a word, Ripples just couldn't get angry, walked up and stopped him, and the man did it." ”

Kou Shu frowned: "I remember that you went to get the blood swallow in the morning, but you also went to get it in the morning today?" ”

Ripple was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Kou Shu was doing this, but she still nodded honestly.

A look of uncertainty flashed in Kou Shu's eyes, and he turned to say: "My body is almost replenished, you don't have to go to the imperial dining room to serve blood swallows in the future, you can rest first these days, don't do heavy work anymore." ”

Blood swallow is the afternoon snack, according to the rules of the palace, if the afternoon snack is to be made by the small kitchen of each palace, it is generally collected before noon, but the ripple children's heart, especially anxious, every morning to get their own blood swallow. The people in the imperial dining room have seen a lot and know the heart of the ripples, so they all prepared their own blood swallows in the morning.

But the concubine has only been in the palace for more than a month, and she hasn't even learned the rules in the palace, how can she know that she came to snatch her blood swallow early in the morning? What's more, listening to Ripple's description, that person is more like he is deliberately stirring up trouble, you must know that Ripple is his personal palace maid, and everyone in the harem more or less sells her face, and that person actually does it directly without scruples.

Although the blood swallow is precious, it is not a rare treasure, according to Concubine Xuan's current favor, it is not difficult to eat, why is there such a big conflict with the ripples? Kou Shu tightly locked her brows, feeling that the more she thought about it, the more strange it became. Seeing the mandarin duck coming over with the wound medicine, Kou Shu thought about it, whispered a few words to the mandarin duck, and turned to leave.

Ripple rested for two days because of the injury on his hand, but it happened to coincide with the ancestor worship ceremony of the three major announcements in early March every year. Yuan Yun and Mandarin Duck lacked the helper of Ripples, and for two days in a row, in order to prepare for Kou Shu's ancestor worship ceremony, both of them were busy and rotated, and they didn't even have time for normal meals.

The ancestor worship ceremony is of great significance, once a year, it is arranged by the Ministry of Rites, the day needs to sacrifice the ancestors and ancestors, when the emperor wants to announce their merits and mistakes to the ancestors one by one, and express their determination to work hard in the coming year. As the queen, Kou Shu is also indispensable for the rituals she has to participate in. Among them, it is cumbersome and complicated, and the etiquette system is strict, and the initial eulogy alone has more than 3,000 words.

Mandarin Duck and Yuan Yun were busy preparing things for Kou Shu to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, and Kou Shu was not idle these days. On the ancestor worship ceremony, he has to recite the ode with Song Jinyan, and a long article must be written in one go, without a word of stuck, Kou Shu has been familiar with the article for the past few days, so as not to make mistakes in the ancestor worship ceremony.

Kou Shu read it a few times, it was already past the time of dinner, originally her dinner was all Ripples to get it, the ripples have rested these days, Mandarin Duck and Yuan Yun are busy again, Kou Shu smiled bitterly and rubbed her stomach, comforting herself that it would be okay to eat less.

Suddenly, the door creaked open.

Kou Shu was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that someone would come at this time, and she subconsciously looked up, but saw that the person who came was actually Song Jinyan.

Just got up and wanted to salute, but saw Song Jinyan stumbling towards him, Kou Shu's eyes were raised, and he was stunned, Song Jinyan lost his center and threw himself into his arms. Kou Shu frowned, only to feel a faint smell of wine coming to her nose.

"Your Majesty, are you drunk?" Kou Shu frowned and asked.

"I ......" Song Jinyan's tongue had a hint of stumbling, "I'm not drunk—"

Kou Shu's brows furrowed even deeper, and she wanted to say something, but she heard Song Jinyan's voice murmuring in her ear: "Ashu...... I miss you so much, you didn't call me the emperor at that time, you called me Ayan, do you remember? ”

His eyes froze slightly, and Kou Shu's eyes seemed to have a trace of inexplicable emotion, but he was drowning out very quickly, and only said lightly: "Your Majesty, you have drunk too much." ”

As soon as Song Jinyan raised his head, his eyes were red and his pupils were dilated, obviously he was not lightly drunk. Stretching out his arm, Song Jinyan stopped Kou Shu, hugged Kou Shu tightly in his arms, lowered his head and said softly: "Bai Xuan is very similar to you before, Ashu, you were like this before, you will stand by my side and accompany me." ”

Kou Shu smiled with a hint of embarrassment: "Your Majesty, now I am also by your side." ”

Song Jinyan seemed to have heard it at all, as if he was talking to himself: "I know that you blame me for Kou Yunwu's matter, I promise you, I will find out the truth." You trust me, okay? ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Kou Shu's eyes, she didn't expect her own thoughts, Song Jinyan understood so well. Sighing slightly, Kou Shu nodded and said, "The concubine naturally believes in the emperor. ”

Song Jinyan's pupils, which were still dilated just now, flashed a light very quickly, and then he seemed to settle down, hugged Kou Shu and closed his eyes heavily. ordered someone to summon Su Peiyuan and sent Song Jinyan back to Weiyang Palace. Su Peiyuan couldn't help but look sideways when he saw that the queen didn't leave the emperor overnight.

Kou Shu saw Su Peiyuan's surprise, and said with a slight smile: "The emperor and the admiral will make an appointment tomorrow to discuss state affairs before the early dynasty, and I am afraid it will be inconvenient to stay in Changle Palace, so this palace will stay soon." ”

Su Peiyuan was stunned for a moment, nodded, and was even more puzzled in his heart. Everyone wanted the emperor to stay overnight, and the queen mother was good and sent the emperor out.

Back in the dormitory, Kou Shu summoned Yuan Ming: "Yuan Ming, do you remember one day when you and I visited the palace at night and saw a person going in the direction of Yilan Palace?" ”

Yuan Ming was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Yuan Ming still remembers." ”

Kou Shu nodded: "You don't have to stay with me these days, just keep an eye on the Yilan Hall and see if there are any unusual people." ”