Chapter Forty-Eight: Misfortune Leads to the East
"Niangniang, the news from Changle Palace said that there were no guests." Kaori was sent by Lan Ruoxuan to Changle Palace early in the morning to spy on the news, but she didn't expect to hit a nail, so she replied honestly.
Lan Ruoxuan raised her eyebrows: "Why is this?" What did Senior Sister say? ”
Kaori honestly replied: "I said that it was because I was treating the queen mother, but now the queen mother is very weak and can't see guests." ”
Hmph-Lan Ruoxuan snorted coldly in her heart, she originally wanted to make a big deal and splash dirty water on Kou Shu, but she didn't expect Kou Shu to actually lead the Gu poison to herself, thinking that in the future, the emperor and the queen mother would have a great good impression of her. Now that he has the power of the assistant six palaces, he can't grasp any substantive power at all, and Kou Shu's side can't insert a needle or splash water.
Since Kou Shu woke up, she has failed step by step, almost as if she had premeditated. Lan Ruoxuan thought about it carefully in the past few days, and the more she thought about it, the more scared she became, if one or two of the dozens of maids and eunuchs in her palace were Kou Shu's spies, wouldn't her every move be in full view?
Thinking of this, Lan Ruoxuan hurriedly started writing and asked people to send the letter to Lan Haoke.
waited until late at night, and there were three knocks on Lan Ruoxuan's beam, and Lan Ruoxuan, who was originally pretending to sleep, opened her eyes suddenly.
Seeing that the person on the bed woke up, Lan Haoke lazily spoke: "There is a lot of martial law in the palace today, and it took me a lot of effort to come in." ”
"Concubine Xiao first assassinated the emperor, and then escaped from the prison, and the emperor can't do it without martial law." Lan Ruoxuan snorted coldly and continued: "Brother, what do you think of what I said? ”
Lan Haoke's voice came from the shadows, looking mysterious: "Don't worry, your identity Kou Shu doesn't know yet, as for the people in your palace, I have checked them one by one when I recognized you, and there is no spy from Kou Shu." ”
Lan Ruoxuan frowned, she was the princess of the dead country, and once this matter was revealed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Before Concubine Qiong's birthday banquet, Song Yuanxu once sent a painting to Kou Shu," Lan Haoke's voice continued: "The person on the painting is the mother, and the prompter on it is about the hatred of our country for the death of the country. The spy reported that Kou Shu had no reaction when he saw it, and he should not be suspicious of you for the time being. ”
Lan Ruoxuan nodded, put down a big stone in her heart, and immediately continued: "But my recent actions have been frequently suppressed by Kou Shu, and I always feel that things are a little strange. ”
"Do you know white pears?"
"White pear?" Lan Ruoxuan frowned, "That favorite concubine of the first emperor? Isn't she long dead?"
Lan Haoke sneered and said, "That Bai Li was constantly favored when he was alive, and he single-handedly established a dense intelligence network in the palace. Your every move is watched by Kou Shu, precisely because this intelligence network is now used by Kou Shu. ”
Lan Ruoxuan was stunned: "Bai Li has died a long time ago, and the Bai family has fallen like that, how can they have a relationship with Kou Shu?" ”
"You don't have to ask," Lan Haoke's voice still didn't have a trace of waves: "When the queen mother was the queen of the previous king, it is said that when Bai Li was there, she also regarded Bai Li's intelligence network as a thorn in the flesh. Now that the Gu poison on the Queen Mother's body no longer exists, Kou Shu's move to buy people's hearts will definitely change Kou Shu's opinion in the future. What you have to do is to tell the Queen Mother that Kou Shu has the intelligence network of Baili in her hand. ”
"Tell the Queen Mother?" Lan Ruoxuan was puzzled.
"This intelligence network has existed since the Queen Mother was still the queen, and now when she sees the old things again, she must want to destroy them, and she also reminds the Queen Mother that the reason why Kou Shu saved her is purely an exchange of interests, and she doesn't have to be grateful at all." Lan Haoke peeled back the cocoon and explained things very clearly and clearly.
Lan Ruoxuan nodded, and in a trance, a bag fell on the side of her bed.
"You do what you do. Without further ado, get started as soon as possible. As he spoke, there was a slight noise from the beams, and the windows seemed to be blown open by the wind, and after a gust of wind, there was nothing.
Lan Ruoxuan stared at the dark color bag beside the bed and fell into deep thought.
Because the queen mother was poisoned, thanks to the queen's mother's voluntary introduction of Gu, it is now a great thing, and every day she is supported by another maidservant girl to walk around the garden, sweating slightly and detoxifying.
Today, Lan Ruoxuan came to greet the Queen Mother, and naturally Lan Ruoxuan helped the Queen Mother to take a walk.
"How is Miss Lan lately?" The Queen Mother's body is better, and she speaks a lot more briskly.
Lan Ruoxuan smiled and said, "Thanks to the blessing of the Queen Mother, everything is fine." ”
The Queen Mother chuckled: "Look at my appearance, where do you look like a blessed person?" After that, he looked stunned, "I have to thank the queen for this incident, speaking of which, the mourning family was a little prejudiced against the queen before, and it was indeed a bit reckless." ”
Lan Ruoxuan's eyes froze, and she tilted her head to change the topic and said, "Queen Mother." You see, the maple leaves over there are red. ”
The Queen Mother looked at Lan Ruoxuan's hand and nodded: "Yes, it's autumn now." ”
Lan Ruoxuan smiled: "When I went out in the morning, I was still saying that it was almost time for the Shanggong Bureau to prepare autumn clothes." I don't know if the queen mother is here, but the Shanggong Bureau is here? ”
The Queen Mother nodded: "Just now the girl was talking about coming, let them send the patterns to Ningci Palace together with the patterns for your Yilan Palace, let's go back and take a look together." ”
Lan Ruoxuan's eyes flashed with a hint of pride and said, "Okay." ”
Throughout the year, when the seasons change, the Shanggong Bureau will send new cloths, silks and other colors of clothing and the most popular patterns at the moment, and tailor-made for the masters of each palace to make new seasonal clothes.
When the Queen Mother slowly returned to Ningci Palace, the people of the Shanggong Bureau had respectfully placed the clothes and patterns on the tray one by one for the Queen Mother to choose.
The Queen Mother pulled Lan Ruoxuan and approached with a smile: "The mourning family is older, and everything you wear is almost the same, you are still young, so you have to dress up." As he spoke, his eyes swept over the tray in front of him, as if he had found something, his eyes changed abruptly, and his expression was very complicated.
A smile crossed Lan Ruoxuan's heart, but her face was still very concerned: "Queen Mother, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?" ”
The Queen Mother frowned, carefully looked at the clothes and patterns on the tray, and the more she looked, the more solemn her face became. It took a long time to come to his senses and say to Lan Ruoxuan: "It's nothing, it's useless when you're old, and it's a little tired after standing for a while." ”
Lan Ruoxuan nodded, but listened to the Queen Mother continue: "The mourning family looks at these tricks are excellent, you don't have to pick a girl, you don't have to pick a girl, every trick is done." The mourning family is a little tired, you go back first. ”
Lan Ruoxuan bowed in an orderly manner, a smug smile rose on her lips when she lowered her head, and she raised her head and said, "The minister will retire first." ”
Seeing Lan Ruoxuan leave, the Queen Mother suddenly groaned and said: "Mama Meng, go and see if that thing is something we have seen." ”