A second to remember, for you. When the nurse withdrew from the concubine's house, she happened to meet Xiangwei outside the door, they have been together for a long time, and the relationship is closer than others, Xiangwei didn't ask much about anything, only asked with concern: "Niangniang is better, today Zhou's father-in-law came back, I thought I could make Niangniang happy, but who knew that it made Niangniang even more sad."

"But isn't it, all of them are like this, the concubine is not good, and the queen is not good." The nurse sighed, and suddenly remembered Concubine Fangcai's instructions, but she was not afraid that she would talk too much, but that she was afraid of being heard by Concubine Shu, so she took Xiangwei and walked away and chattered casually.

Inside the door, Concubine Shu was standing in front of the dressing mirror, carefully looking at her appearance, she had neglected to maintain herself these days, as if she had aged a few years all of a sudden, but what about being young and beautiful, that person could no longer be seen.

"Your Majesty, will you come back, are you still alive?" She seems to ask the sky, but also like to ask herself, maybe one day there is news of death, Concubine Shu will be in pain, although her heart is blocked again and again, and she seems to be desperate again and again, but after a long time, even the pain will be used to it, as if in the past four years, she has gradually become accustomed to being snubbed and even forgotten by the emperor, and used to being subservient to Qiu Min'er.

However, what Concubine Shu said and the nurse soon spread to the Shangyang Palace, when Qingya heard it, her face turned green with anger, and she hesitated again and again to hide it from the queen, she didn't want to say anything to a pregnant woman who worked hard to support everything.

But Qingya couldn't hide things in front of Min'er, and once or twice she was seen to have something on her mind, Min'er took the initiative to ask: "What's the matter, what's going on in the palace that makes you so irritable?" Or am I making you impatient? ”

Qingya hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that Niangniang is not troublesome enough, but you carry everything by yourself."

After asking for a long time, those words were all said in one go, and Qingya said sadly: "How can they talk about you like this behind your back, if it weren't for Xiangwei there, we wouldn't know anything."

Min'er smiled and said, "It's not fair, I just want them to disappear, isn't it the same if Concubine Shu wants me to disappear?" She was by the emperor's side more than ten years earlier than me, and I said early on that it was natural for her to drive me away, but I didn't want to be the one who was driven away, and now I don't plan to drive her away. ”

Qingya asked, "You gave up?"

Min'er smiled: "I don't know, the second prince and the third prince are the meaning of her eternal existence, whether she is in the palace or far away, is there really a difference?" Of course, I just think about it, if there is such a chance, I still have to let her go. ”

As she spoke, Min'er had red circles in her eyes, tried to hide her sadness with a smile, and said, "It's time like this, I'm still thinking about this kind of thing, God won't punish me."

Qingya was distressed: "Don't say such things."

But Min'er said with a resolute gaze: "Don't be afraid, even if God punishes me, I have achieved more than half of it, and I can't shake it?" He'll definitely come back, and I'm not going to give up. ”

As they spoke, the palace maids led Mrs. Shen to arrive. I saw Yunshang dragging Shen Yun all the way in from outside, presumably the same outside, the little guy couldn't walk fast, and it was not difficult to follow his mother, but he didn't cry or make trouble obediently, but Min'er saw that he was sweating on such a cold day, and hugged and hugged him distressedly, wiping the sweat of the child while blaming Yunsheng: "What's wrong with you, you are angry, so that the Queen Mother can see it?"

Yunshang said angrily: "When I see him, I think of his father, and I hate it so much."

Qingya took the initiative to take the little boy to play with the princesses, and left tea for Yunshang and retreated, and then listened to Yunsheng's chatter, saying that she was forced by Shen Zhe to recruit everything, and guiltily said that she might not be able to help Min'er.

"I'm relieved that you're good, it's not good for me." Min'er said guiltily, "I'm still afraid of affecting your husband and wife, if only you could make it clear." ”

Yunshang snorted: "I'm not afraid of him, but he's too smart, and he knows my thoughts, and he can't ask anything." Originally, I hid it from you and gave you some hope, but it is not a way to keep waiting. ”

Min'er smiled and said, "I'm happy when you tell me the truth, you don't have to hide anything from me for my good, you know?"

Yunshang nodded again and again, she finished her thoughts, and became cheerful again, at least when the clouds did not disperse, there was a ray of sunshine by Min'er's side, which she cherished. Compared with Yunshang's guilt for not being able to do anything, Min'er took the initiative to say: "For the sake of state affairs, Shen Zhe has been seeing me every day recently, in addition to him, there are many other ministers, I myself don't take those pedantic etiquette as a thing, but I can't stop those malicious gossip, you must not listen to anything, if there is a misunderstanding, come and ask me what's going on, don't hide it in your heart."

Yunshang grinned: "Niangniang is too careful, I wouldn't have thought about it before, but now I don't have to worry about it, Shen Zhe only has me in his heart, only me."

Min'er smiled, this smile brightened her heart a lot, and she took Yunsheng's hand and said, "With you here, I'm not a lonely person."

And at this moment, Song Yuan had already made an appointment to meet, and Yunshang saw that she couldn't understand what they said, so she ran to take the children to play, and then came back, talking and laughing as usual. She knew that the Empress might not be really happy, but even if she was temporarily distracted from thinking about the Emperor, it would be better than her being immersed in sadness and disappointment all the time.

If so, Yunshang comes to accompany the queen almost every day, and occasionally takes a look at Concubine Shu on the palace road, although Concubine Shu doesn't say anything on her face, how can she not care in her heart, obviously she is also suffering from the emperor's disappearance, how can anything fall on the queen is worth feeling distressed about, and it is natural to fall on her?

However, such injustice, now even the women who are helping are gone, and they are soon covered by heavy snow, and this year's winter came in a particularly hurry, and after the snow in early October, there were several heavy snowfalls.

If this is still the case in the capital, it will inevitably be colder outside Xiping Mansion, whether it is the Queen Mother, the Queen, and the ministers of civil and military affairs, although no one has given up and continues to send people to look for the traces of the emperor under the cliff, they all know in their hearts that the hope is getting smaller and smaller.

Only in this situation, the court not only did not have chaos, but also restored the former glory more steadily, because the Zanxi people were eager to make peace, the queen originally invited Queen Zanxi to visit at the end of the year, but she set off as soon as she received the invitation, and arrived in the capital in October, expecting that her trip would bring peace to the Zansi people. Who would have thought that a woman who was hiding in the harem would stand up for her own nation at this time.

Daqi was controlled by a woman, and Zanxi also sent a woman to show up, and the Empress of Liang was also critically ill because of the Emperor of Liang, and was trying to stabilize her son's status as the crown prince, and controlled the court autocratically.

This kind of politics greatly stimulated the self-esteem of the men, and they dealt with Min'er obediently and respectfully, but behind their backs, they began to plot to let the queen hand over power as soon as possible, set up a prince to support the new king, and let men rule the world again.

Moreover, due to the differences in language and culture, this time Queen Zanxi entered Beijing to seek peace, and every time Min'er saw her, whether it was a banquet in the Xuanzheng Hall or the Antai Palace, or a walk in the Imperial Garden and the Taiye Pool, Song Yuan was always with her because she was well versed in Zanxi culture. This is the case in the court, and there are also traces of him in the depths of the inner palace, as if now that the concubines are scattered, there is no boundary between the front and court of the harem, and the foreign minister can easily enter and leave the palace at will.

On this day, news came from Liang that the old emperor died violently, and the cause of death was naturally the Liang royal family's own affairs, they were busy with the old emperor's death, busy with the establishment of a new monarch, and it would take a year and a half to live in peace.

When Xiang Ye disappeared before, and there was chaos inside and outside Daqi, Liang Guo did not take advantage of the situation, and at this moment, the imperial power and army of Daqi were already stable, and they were not afraid of Liang Guo's crooked brains, not to mention that they were now too busy to take care of themselves.

Shen Zhe sent the news to Beizhuang and talked to Xiang Ye for a while, and when they parted, Xiang Ye asked Shen Zhe if Min'er was okay, but his younger brother smiled coldly: "Why don't you go and see it yourself?"

Xiang Ye was so angry that he glared: "You honestly ask me to do it."

Shen Zhe said: "Brother, don't blame me for not reminding you, even if you fulfill her, she may not appreciate it, this period of time is too bitter for her."

But Xiang Ye was unwavering: "I don't just want her to be free."

He didn't say anything further, Shen Zhe still had a task to do, but he went back to his house first, and only waited for the news from his subordinates to send the news, so he left the General's Mansion and ran all the way to the Song Mansion.

And at this moment in the Song family, Mrs. Song is in charge of the door and has an argument with Song Yuan, in order to see Song Yuan and not go home these days, I don't know what he is busy with, Mrs. Song only heard that Song Yuan followed the queen inseparably, but she accompanied her during the day, why didn't she come back at night.

Song Yuan said that he was too late when he was busy, and he was afraid that the return of the third watch in the middle of the night would disturb the whole family, but no matter how he explained, he could not eliminate his wife's doubts, and Mrs. Song said even more sadly: "Do you know what outsiders say about you and me?" Do you know what your family thinks? If you think I'm old, I won't be able to take a concubine generously, how can you provoke the queen? Song Yuan, are you crazy? ”

Song Yuan was extremely helpless, and when he was about to explain, the person outside the door said, "My lord, General Shen has arrived."

Mrs. Song wiped her tears and laughed: "They all say that you two are the same dog." One is an old love, the other is a new love, no wonder the queen will let the concubines go, is she planning to do this? ”

Song Yuan said angrily: "If you talk nonsense again, I can only leave home to seek a clean house, you and I have been married for more than ten years, I am such a person in your eyes?"

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