It has been more than a month since the newcomers entered the palace.

In the afternoon of this day, the queen Li Shushen accompanied the queen mother to drink tea in the Yongfu Palace.

The Queen Mother gently twisted the leaves of a silver needle tea with two fingers, and said with a smile, "This tea in the Queen's Palace is also excellent." ”

The queen pursed her lips and smiled, added a little hot water to the teacup in front of the queen mother, and said, "The things that the emperor rewards are naturally excellent." ”

The Queen Mother didn't answer, only helped the jade bead flower on the sideburns, pondered for a moment, and said slightly, "No matter how good this thing is, it's just some objects." ”

The queen was stunned, a few drops of tea spilled on her dress, the queen hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, and the queen mother only glanced at her slightly, and asked softly, "Empress, among these show girls who entered the palace, whose brand did the emperor turn over?" ”

The queen was a little stunned when she heard this, and Nuo Nuo agreed, and hesitated, "Your Majesty, he ...... I haven't turned over the show girl's brand......"

"Haven't flipped it?" The Queen Mother frowned slightly, and her tone rose a little, "The green head card of the Internal Affairs Office has already been done, and it has been seen by the mourning family, how can it not be turned over?" ”

The queen still had a palpitating face, "The emperor has been staying in the Chonghua Palace these days, and even the court clothes have been shelved in the ......."

"It's nonsense!" The queen mother slapped the table violently, and the tea in the cup spilled out, so frightened that the palace maid who was waiting on the side was shocked, and quickly knelt on the ground.

The queen was also shocked when she saw this situation, and hurriedly called Miaochun to wipe the remaining filth, and bowed down herself, and said in a low voice, "Aunt is angry......

The Queen Mother realized that she had lost her temper just now, sighed, and said to the queen, "Do you mean that the emperor has always been in the Chonghua Palace, and has never been to the residence of other concubines......

The queen bowed slightly, and replied, "Yes......"

"Even the daughter of the Zhong family has never seen it?"

Queen Fu lowered her head a little lower, "Yes......"

"Ahh

Another heavy sigh.

The queen's heart also fell with this sigh.

Hui Zhi walked in quietly, and saw that the palace maid in the hall was kneeling on the ground, and the queen was also standing, knowing that it was not good, she was solemn for a moment, and whispered in the ear of the queen mother, "The little master of Zhong Meiren is here, and now she is waiting outside." ”

The queen looked a little darker, and her tone became a little softer, and she said, "Call her in." ”

Hui Zhi answered and went out. The Queen Mother slowly looked at the queen and said, "You can also come and sit." ”

The queen got up gracefully, and after a while, she saw a delicate figure coming gracefully.

Zhong Yuxiu is wearing a red brocade dress today, which is long and dragged to the ground, and her thin waist is restrained by a cloud belt, which shows that she is not holding a hand, and a Qibao coral hairpin in her hair is like a hibiscus. The smiling spring is peachy, and the clouds are piled with green buns; The lips are full of cherry blossoms, and the teeth are fragrant, which is a little more delicate than when Shushen saw her a few days ago.

She brought a palace maid and lightly blessed the queen mother and the queen, "The concubine is to the queen mother, and the queen mother is greeting." ”

The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, motioned for Huizhi to step forward and help, and said, "Yu'er, come and sit beside the mourning family." ”

The queen was still stunned when she heard this, and looked at the queen mother with some doubt in her eyes, and the queen mother looked at it in her eyes and said to the queen with a smile, "The queen hasn't been here for a while." But Yu'er has come to the mourning family every day since she entered the palace, talking to the mourning family, and the mourning family is also very happy. ”

The queen felt that her face was burning hotly, and she lowered her head and said, "Please forgive me, Shushen has been maintaining the harem trivial matters these days, and she has never been free to ......."

The Queen Mother shook her head, waved her hand and said, "That's it, the mourning family doesn't mean to blame you, the queen is the master of the harem, and there are naturally many things to worry about." After that, she turned to look at Zhong Yuxiu, with a slight smile on her lips, "It's the same with Yu'er to accompany the mourning family." ”

The queen's heart was shocked, and she felt that she was about to stand unsteadily, Yuxiu saw this and hurriedly helped her, and said with a clever smile, "Yuxiu can be fortunate to enter the palace to serve the saint, thanks to the queen mother and the queen's mother, this kindness Yuxiu will naturally keep it in mind." ”

The queen barely smiled on her face, and said no more.

Queen Li Shushen and Zhong Yuxiu have known each other since childhood, and have a deep friendship, Shushen is six years older than Yuxiu, and has always regarded Yuxiu as her sister, teaching her to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and stroking the qin and singing, and Zhong Yuxiu's beauty is not under Li Shushen, and even more delicate and cute than Shushen. When Li Shushen came out of the cabinet, Zhong Yuxiu was only twelve years old, but she was already a peerless beauty. Now that five years have passed, and her fall is even more moving. As soon as she entered the palace, Zhong Yuxiu was promoted to the position of beauty, which is the highest position among the show girls, and she served a husband with Li Shushen's sisters, which is self-evident. Zhong Yuxiu saw the old man again, and she was overjoyed. And Li Shushen was a little embarrassed at this time, he used to be the lord of the county, and he was the object of the eyes of many little sisters, including Zhong Yuxiu, but now he has become the queen, in name only, she is the mother of a country above 10,000 people on the face, but in private she is like an abandoned woman in the cold palace, and she does not see her holy face all day long. I don't know how many people have seen the joke. The only thing that comforted her a little was that Zhong Yuxiu, like her, was not favored. Thinking of this, the queen's face also looked slightly better.

At this time, Cheng Dehai, the father-in-law in charge of the emperor's side, came in with a lot, and after saluting, he said to the queen mother with a smile, "The emperor asked the servants to send the jade Ruyi from the court this year to the queen mother, please take a look at the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and didn't let the palace people pick it up, but said, "Why didn't the emperor come?" ”

"Your Majesty's ......" Cheng Dehai rolled his eyes, and said with a smile, "The emperor can't pull away now, so let the servants come over." ”

The Queen Mother's face was cold, "Go and call the emperor." ”

Cheng Dehai was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and said timidly, "Your Majesty...... The emperor is now in the Chonghua Palace......"

"Bastard!" The Queen Mother's eyebrows were blue and angry and spurred, scaring everyone again, she exhaled a long breath, and slowly said to Chengde Haidao, "That's it, you retreat." ”

Cheng Dehai was released, and hurriedly handed over Yu Ruyi to Aunt Huizhi, and quietly retreated.

Zhong Yuxiu poured a cup of tea and put it in front of the Queen Mother, and asked softly, "The one who lives in the Chonghua Palace, but ...... But the virtuous concubine? ”

The queen immediately raised her head and glanced at her, Zhong Yuxiu understood, and did not dare to speak again.

The Queen Mother nodded slightly, pulled the queen on one wall, and Zhong Yuxiu on the other, and said to the two in a deep voice, "Concubine Xian is categorical and can't spoil the harem, you two have been sisters since childhood, and when you enter the harem, you have to support each other." ”

The queen and Zhong Yuxiu glanced at each other, and they didn't understand the meaning of the queen mother's words. After the two bowed their heads in response, they sat silently for a while, and Fang quietly left.