After talking to Concubine Xuan, it was already dark when she walked out of the Autumn Garden, and for some reason, Kou Shu felt a little heavy.

It stands to reason that he has long been accustomed to the insidious methods in the harem, and for these things, he has long been unchangeable. It's just that after hearing that Bai Xuan's biological brother actually gave Bai Xuan such a lifeless thing as muscle breath pills, Kou Shu still had goosebumps all over her body.

The feeling of being alone, she understood.

And obviously there are people standing behind her, but those people don't want to help you, but the feeling of being ready to draw a knife and stab you anytime and anywhere, she thought, must be more painful.

The ripples and mandarin ducks beside him followed behind him with their hands down, and when they saw Kou Shu stopping, the two of them also stood in place.

"Let's go." Kou Shu spoke slowly.

The next morning, the news came out that in the autumn garden, Concubine Xuan committed suicide in fear of crime.

Concubine Xuan left a letter, sprinkled with thousands of words, and confessed all her hands and feet in the paintings of the Qing nobles. A roll of white silk, hanging from a beam and dying.

For a time, the whole palace went up and down, and everyone sighed.

The Queen Mother was a little disgusted with the people of the Bai family because of the relationship between the white pears in the previous life, Bai Xuan had a miscarriage, coupled with the incident of the desert mountains and rivers, the Queen Mother had a good impression of Bai Xuan to the freezing point, Bai Xuan was originally a concubine, but the Queen Mother ordered to be buried with the promised etiquette.

"Niangniang-" In Changle Palace, Yuan Yun pushed the door in, bowed his head and replied: "According to Niangniang's will, our Changle Palace still sends sea lanterns and sesame oil in accordance with the etiquette of the concubine." ”

"Well," Kou Shu nodded: "How is the Bai family?" ”

Yuan Yun was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "Back to Niangniang, no one from the Bai family attended the funeral that Xuan agreed. Even sesame oil was not delivered. ”

Now Bai Xuan is buried according to the position he promised, and the harem has also changed his name to Xuan Xuan.

Kou Shu nodded, turned around and entered her dormitory. I don't know why, but my heart always feels very heavy.

The weather was getting colder, the days were shorter, and from time to time there was a howling wind outside the window. Winter clothes were also distributed in the palaces, and Kou Shu was particularly afraid of the cold because of her weakness, so she ordered someone to light a stove everywhere in the palace early. Holding a soup woman in his hand and not letting go.

"Niangniang-" Mandarin ducks came in from outside the door: "The emperor is here." ”

Kou Shu's eyes moved slightly, and she saw Song Jinyan wearing a Qilin Rui Beast True Monarch robe, her hair combed high and tied into a purple and gold crown, and her gestures were full of the spirit of a king who looked down on the world: "Queen." ”

Kou Shu nodded slightly: "I've seen the emperor." ”

"Well," Song Jinyan nodded: "I haven't seen the queen for a few days, there have been a lot of things in the harem recently, and the queen has worked hard." ”

Kou Shu raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly: "Assisting the emperor, it is the responsibility of the concubines to share the emperor's worries." ”

Song Jinyan nodded, seemingly very satisfied with Kou Shu, and continued: "The end of the year is coming, seeing that Yang Qi is about to come back, I am going to arrange a palace banquet, and the queen is ready to prepare." ”

Since Xu promised to meet the emperor in Qiyinxuan that day, Xu Ling and Song Ningyin have a very close relationship, and the two have almost shared Song Jinyan's favor equally, and in recent days, the number of times Song Jinyan has gone to Yang Guiren to rest has gradually increased, and there is also this point in the middle.

Kou Shu bowed her head respectfully in agreement. I only heard Song Jinyan say again: "I vaguely remember that beside the queen, there is a girl who knows martial arts, what about the girl who knows martial arts?" ”

Kou Shu was stunned, obviously she didn't expect Song Jinyan to suddenly ask about Yuan Yun, shook her head and said: "Yuan Yun is a person who practices martial arts, and it is not easy to serve people to serve tea and water. ”

Song Jinyan nodded, didn't seem to care, sat for a while, and left after dinner.

"Niangniang-" As soon as Song Jinyan left, Ripple stepped forward to withdraw the dinner, and said: "Concubine Xuan Niangniang is dead, and now Concubine Shu is alone, plus Concubine Shu is not favored, you say......"

Ripples have been following him for a long time, but he has become smarter, Kou Shu smiled faintly: "There are four concubines in the palace, and now there is only one concubine, and the other three concubines are now empty, so they are naturally eager to try." ”

Ripple nodded: "Look, who is most likely to come up?" ”

The mandarin duck frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Ripples, how did you speak." "Random speculation is a taboo in the palace, in this palace, only by locking your mouth can you live for a long time. Ripples actually asked so casually, it would be bad if it caused a catastrophe.

Kou Shu didn't seem to care, squinted her eyes slightly, stretched out her fingers, gently dipped a little of the tea at hand, and wrote the word "spirit" on the table.

Seeing this, Ripple couldn't help but be surprised: "Queen Mother, do you mean that Ling'er?" ”

"Now it's Xu who agreed." Kou Shu said lightly.

"But-" Ripple was puzzled: "Niangniang, Xu promised to be in the harem, and there is no family background." Besides, although this promise looks not bad, it is still much worse than that of a Qing nobleman. ”

Xu promised to be born in a peasant family, although he looks a little aura, but he is indispensable to the rough and despicable peasant atmosphere, and the Qing nobles have grown up in a scholarly family since they were children, and between their gestures, they are naturally more agile and smart, and they look more delicate and tender.

Although Xu promised to look at it alone, it was also good, he had stayed in the Queen Mother's palace for a period of time, and he had learned etiquette to enter the wood, but compared to the natural nobility of Qing nobles since childhood, Xu promised to be a green leaf out of ten.

Hearing this, the mandarin duck was also puzzled; "Niangniang, that promise was originally for us to find a stand-in who looks like Princess Anping, and now there is not much favor, the emperor just thinks of her in his spare time, so he goes to her place to sit."

"That's right!" Ripple was even more confused: "Speaking of which, that promise doesn't even have his own palace, and he still lives in Chuxiu Palace, crowded with other promises." ”

Kou Shu shook her head: "Can make the emperor want to go back and forth to Chuxiu Palace, among so many people in Chuxiu Palace, and just think of her, just by virtue of this, who in the harem can do it?" ”

"That's it-" the mandarin duck said in his mouth, frowning and thinking a little deeper.

Kou Shu raised her eyebrows and poured herself another glass of water: "But these things, don't provoke our Changle Palace, and," After a pause, Kou Shu continued: "Mandarin duck, you send a message to ask Yuan Ming and Yuan Yun to come back quickly, the emperor is already suspicious." ”

The mandarin duck looked dignified and nodded yes.