Early the next morning, the decree came. The news that Sui Yuanzhou was released, but was demoted to Liupinlangzhong, spread all over the palace, and naturally also spread to Changle Palace. When Kou Shu heard this, she just smiled faintly, obviously not surprised.

The mandarin duck looked at the calm queen mother, and slandered in her heart, such a big thing, the mother seemed to have expected it. It's like remembering something. Mandarin Duck continued: "By the way, Queen Mother, there is another news. ”

"Huh?" Kou Shu raised her head slightly and motioned for the mandarin duck to continue.

"Niangniang, do you remember that you once asked the slave to pay more attention to that concubine?" The mandarin duck opened his mouth and continued: "In recent days, the emperor has stayed in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion of Xiao Concubine every night. ”

"The emperor is really. Originally, I still came to our Changle Palace every day to sit, but in the last few days, I haven't come for several days, and I was fascinated by the fox spirit. Ripple pouted dissatisfied.

"Ripples-" Kou Shu's face turned cold: "Don't be presumptuous!" ”

Kou Shu has also heard of this matter a little, but this is not the first time that Concubine Xiao has entered the palace, and she has been accepted as a concubine for some time, but recently she has become the emperor's pillow person, I don't know why, Kou Shu always feels that there is something strange in this matter. It seems to have been planned for a long time.

But even though he sent mandarin ducks to investigate in many ways, he never found out the true face of the concubine. If it is said that a woman from the Western Regions happened to be selected by the three princes of Daxuan, entered the palace to perform singing and dancing, and was given to the emperor and became a palace concubine, this matter is purely a coincidence, and Kou Shu doesn't believe it.

originally thought it was Lan Ruoxuan's arrangement, but after a few inquiries, Lan Ruoxuan didn't seem to be able to figure out this person. Could it be that the emperor found something?

Kou Shu squinted her eyes and fell into deep thought.

On the first day of every month, as usual, all the palace concubines have to go to Changle Palace to listen to the queen's teachings, but today, Xiao Concubine is late.

Lan Ruoxuan, who was sitting at the bottom, raised her eyebrows and said in a strange voice: "Sister Xiao, I know that you are busy on weekdays, but this rule can't be broken." ”

When Concubine Xiao heard this, she was not ashamed on her face, and said with a shy smile: "What Sister Concubine Lan said is that the emperor and I lingered for a long time yesterday, and I really couldn't get up in the morning, and I didn't want to......" After that, she covered her cheeks with a handkerchief, revealing an infinitely shy look.

Lan Ruoxuan snorted coldly, don't look over. Seeing that Concubine Lan didn't speak, the other concubines at the head didn't dare to speak, they were all silent, and they were also very dissatisfied with Concubine Xiao's domineering.

Kou Shu suddenly didn't notice the turbulent undercurrent of a few people, and said with a dignified smile: "It's good that everyone is here, there is nothing to do today, it's just a daily narrative, and you don't have to be restrained with everyone." ”

Kou Shu has always been easy-going in the past, and what she says today is no different from what she says every month.

His eyes flicked slightly, and he saw that Wang Cairen, who was sitting at the bottom, had a pale face: "Wang Cairen, why is your face so bad, but your body is sick?" ”

Wang Cairen was stunned, he didn't expect the queen to think of herself, she raised her head with a shy face and said, "It's okay, the concubine just occasionally feels cold, so it doesn't matter." Don't mind. ”

Without waiting for Kou Shu to speak, Concubine Xiao raised her eyebrows: "Wang Cairen, since you are sick, you should take care of it well, don't come out to hang around." ”

This concubine is too presumptuous, Lan Ruoxuan frowned, just opened her mouth, the words were still in her throat, but she heard Concubine Xiao continue: "Wang Cairen's illness is small, if it infects me, and I infect the emperor, wouldn't it be a big sin?" The words are full of hints at how favored he is now.

At this time, even Kou Shu frowned, and her tone was slightly cold: "Concubine Xiao, if you are worried, you can leave now." ”

Originally, this was a counter-sentence, but when Concubine Xiao heard this, she stood up without hesitation: "Since this is the case, I will retire first." Then he turned around, leaving everyone looking at each other in astonishment.

Lan Ruoxuan's heart was already furious - Kou Shu still gave herself a few thin noodles, this concubine was simply presumptuous, she didn't take herself seriously at all, but she ordered Youzhu to investigate many times, but the news sent back said that Concubine Xiao's diet and rest were as usual.

Lan Ruoxuan knows that in this palace, normality is the biggest abnormality. The more Concubine Xiao behaves as if nothing happened, the more strange it becomes. This can only show that Concubine Xiao is very deep hidden, and she does not reveal a flaw at all. couldn't find out the background of Concubine Xiao, Lan Ruoxuan didn't dare to act rashly.

After sitting for a while, Kou Shu saw that everyone was not interested, so she directly dispersed today's lecture. Lan Ruoxuan deliberately fell behind and stayed in Changle Palace.

Seeing that everyone was almost gone, Lan Ruoxuan turned around, pouted and said with some dissatisfaction: "Senior sister, look at what that concubine has become, it's really too deceitful." ”

Kou Shu smiled faintly, but ignored Lan Ruoxuan's pruning: "Senior sister, relax, now that Concubine Xiao is really prosperous, why bother with her." ”

"Oh? Senior sister thinks the same way? Lan Ruoxuan stared at Kou Shu with a smile and said, "It's just that no matter what happens outside, the sisterhood between you and me is inseparable, senior sister, do you say yes?" ”

Kou Shu nodded, although there was a smile in her eyes, she didn't see the bottom: "Senior sister, this is natural." ”

Looking at Lan Ruoxuan's departing back, the mandarin duck said worriedly: "Concubine Lan Niangniang, this is ......"

"She was worried that she would be plotted by Concubine Xiao, so she came to remind me that she and I were from the same school after all, and we were in the same boat at the moment." Kou Shu smiled coldly, turned her head to the mandarin duck and said, "Mandarin duck, concubine, you send a little more manpower there, keep an eye on it, I don't believe that you can't dig anything out." ”

Hearing this, the mandarin duck nodded, and turned around to set it up.

For several days, the wind and waves were calm, and there was no gain.

Kou Shu was not in a hurry, she waited patiently day by day, and finally, early in the morning, Mandarin Duck came early in the morning to report a surprising news to Kou Shu - Concubine Xiao seemed to be worshipping in the palace.

"Worship?" Kou Shu frowned: "Concubine Xiao is a native of the Western Regions, could it be that she has a family member who has passed away recently?" Can you see what exactly was done? ”

The mandarin duck frowned and shook his head: "The people who sent out only saw Concubine Xiao eating a lot on the ground, and there were words in her mouth, and after reading for a while, she took out some paper talismans from her arms and pasted them on those foods. I kept saying something in my mouth while sticking it. ”

Kou Shu frowned, the Western Regions is a wild land, the people are fierce, she has never heard of such a cumbersome worship ceremony, this kind of practice reminds her of a kind of Western Regions evil art that she once heard of in Qingchengmen, but this secret technique is a little different from what Xiao Concubine did......