Qingya thought for a moment and asked cautiously: "Niangniang, do you suspect that Concubine Niangniang is making trouble?" Thinking that she suddenly pushed the illness at a critical moment, she wanted to give you a dismissal. ”

Min'er said: "That's why I think it has nothing to do with her." ”

Qingya was stunned: "It's okay? ”

"She is sick and doing such a thing, and she is not even afraid that the emperor will know that she is pretending to be sick." Min'er recalled the previous situation, "At that time, the emperor dragged her to the Longevity Palace to deliberately anger me, and after the queen mother and I left, when I went back alone to pass the word, I saw the emperor and her standing in front of the door talking, and the momentum was not weak at all." You see, after all, Concubine Shu has been married to the emperor for more than ten years, and she has been together since the emperor was a teenager, and she has experienced all the things that happened to the emperor in the past, and she treats the emperor frankly. ”

Qingya hurriedly said: "Niangniang is right, the slave maid has been coldly watching in recent years, as you said, Shufei Niangniang is finally open." But in the past, Concubine Shu was the head of the concubines, almost half of the queen's posture, but the former pride is now gone, and it is difficult to say whether people will change. ”

Min'er said: "I also think about it, in short, be cautious inside and outside the Shangyang Palace, I think that person always starts in the palace maid, so it can be seen that there is no way to reach out to the top, if it is a concubine, why go around such a big circle." And before I was sent to white, if I continue to investigate, Concubine Shu is the one in charge of things, why should she have trouble with herself. Naturally, if the two are related, it may have nothing to do with her, and if not, I can't conclude that this incident has nothing to do with her. ”

Qingya said with pity: "It's really not easy for Niangniang, it's not easy to get in harmony with the emperor's affection, and she immediately gets involved in these rights and wrongs." The slaves and maids are used to it, the harem of the Zhao Dynasty in the past was even more ugly, although Emperor Jianguang was a small emperor, he also had a harem decently, and those concubines did not serve the emperor, so they pinched when they had nothing to do. Fortunately, the slave has been serving in the Qingming Pavilion, otherwise in the future, the days will not stop. ”

Min'er smiled: "Although I didn't want to, but it was true that I suddenly broke into their lives, disrupted or even took away what they had, and it was human nature for them to want to expel me, I don't care." ”

She thought for a while and asked Qingya: "Are the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace all left over from the old dynasty?" ”

Qingya responded: "The important positions have been assigned to the stewards of the former Kishu Palace, most of the eunuchs in the inner palace are left by the old dynasty, and the palace maids have changed many new ones after the past three years." ”

Min'er asked, "All the people from the Kishu Royal Mansion have come to the capital?" ”

Qingya nodded and said: "Now that Lord Qinzhuang has taken over as the king of Jizhou, so the queen mother has brought everything that the old and young in the palace can bring, saying that they used to take care of the palace, and now that the emperor is the emperor, he also wants them to share the glory and wealth." ”

Min'er smiled: "The queen mother is really kind, fortunately, this harem is taken care of by the concubine, if the queen mother is in power, ......" Seeing Qingya's boo, Min'er also followed her and lowered her voice, "Let's talk about it ourselves." ”

Indeed, like the queen mother, she is so kind, and she lets her stepdaughter ride on her head, and she can't bear to be ruthless, it seems a little weak, naturally she may feel that her son is strong enough now, and no longer needs her protection, so she has unloaded the courage of orphans and widows in the past, and it is a rare blessing for the world to have a good son who can live with peace of mind.

At dusk on this day, more than a dozen eunuchs carried several large vats of spring water from the approach bridge, Qingya asked them what to do, it was the emperor who was worried that the water source in the palace was not good, and sent all these royal springs to the queen, saying that the water in the Shangyang Palace in the future was responsible for the Qingming Pavilion.

Min'er sighed when she heard this, she understood what was read in the poem, and she smiled when she rode the red dust concubine, and no one knew that it was the luxury of lychees. But this is not the life she wants, it is best to make it clear to the emperor at the beginning, otherwise it will get worse and worse in the future, and it will be too late if something happens.

When Xiang Ye came at night, Min'er was writing a letter at the table, she spread out the letter paper and came to pick it up, the emperor came to see the letter paper when he entered the door, and said with a smile: "You just put it like this, not afraid of being seen, not afraid of being seen by me?" ”

Min'er said with a smile: "It's just to greet grandmother if she is okay, say something you have seen and heard, there is nothing you can't see, and the emperor can see it." ”

Xiang Ye said: "I won't read you write letters, but your handwriting is very interesting, at first glance it doesn't look like the handwriting of a girl's family, aren't all women's homes all Juanjuan Xiuxiu?" But your pen is more like a man. ”

Min'er picked up the letter paper and looked at it, shook her head and said, "I learned it from my grandmother, and this is the same handwriting as my grandmother." As she spoke, she pulled out a letter from her grandmother, and sure enough, the handwriting was almost the same, except that between the lines of the old lady's words, soaked in more years.

"Sure enough, I didn't expect the old lady to be such a gentle person, and her writing is so strong." Xiang Ye was very surprised, but thinking about it, Old Lady Qiu exuded an admirable but very low-key arrogance from her bones.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has something to tell you." Min'er was in no mood to chat about any handwriting at this time, so the spring water sent in the evening was enough for her to think.

Xiang Ye said: "Is it for the daytime?" ”

Min'er shook her head: "It's a matter between the concubine and the emperor." ”

Hearing Min'er's humble title, Xiang Ye knew that she was not joking, so she also made a serious face: "You say, I listen, but when I'm done, can you write me a few notes?" Xiang Ye wanted to make Min'er relax, and said with a smile, "You probably don't know, my words are not good-looking, I never thought of being an emperor before, but now that I am an emperor, I feel embarrassed to think that my ink treasure will be passed down from generation to generation." ”

Min'er said: "Then the emperor, first responded to the concubine. ”

Naturally, what Min'er wants to say is that she hopes that the emperor can be more indifferent to her, although she is the queen and is qualified to enjoy the most luxurious in the world, but according to the original habits in the palace, the emperor now treats Min'er as a maverick, Min'er originally hoped that she could live in this harem in a low-key manner, and now the emperor wants to be good with her, of course she is happy, but she can't be pushed to the forefront in vain.

Min'er said gently: "Brocade clothes and jade food, there is no longer any dissatisfaction, if the emperor really feels sorry for me, that is, the days are boring and lonely, the emperor comes to accompany me to play chess and talk, it is better than giving me anything." ”

Xiang Ye's eyes were full of joy, and he hugged Min'er and said, "Are you looking forward to playing chess and talking to me, and looking forward to me coming to accompany you every day?" ”

Min'er said: "Before the emperor bullied the concubines, the concubines hoped that they could meet a gentle and considerate monarch, but they were too disappointed at that time. ”

The emperor was slightly embarrassed and coughed dryly: "Didn't I tell you to forget, why do you always bring it up?" ”

Min'er shook her head: "After suffering such humiliation, if you forget it, it will be too short-sighted, not to mention that it is the first time we have met, so the emperor should not worry about letting the concubines forget." But I don't hold grudges, you also said that you would change, and now you treat me so well, and I am very content to talk to you like this. ”

Xiang Ye leaned over, pressed Min'er down, and said softly on her red lips, ambiguously: "I will feel sorry for Min'er tonight." ”

Min'er struggled a few times and asked softly, "What about those springs?" ”

The emperor promised: "I will never force you to do what you are not happy with, and I think it is the same, you have always been so cold and low-key, but I have to do so many things to make you look sideways." ”

Min'er's crimson cheeks were filled with a satisfied smile, and she took the initiative to nest into her husband's arms and said softly: "Your Majesty, the queen mother said that she was not willing to go to Pingshan with us to visit the hot springs. ”

Xiang Ye had already guessed: "You see, no one knows the queen mother better than me." ”

Love to the strong, forgetful ** joy, as if it is human instinct, men and women who love each other together, when they are young and vigorous, of course, can not live up to the best years.

And after the first night, Min'er is no longer so delicate and unbearable, now calm down, and can still say a few words with Xiang Ye with a little warmth, chatting and chatting, then mentioning the day's events, the emperor frowned and said: "I once reflected, never asked about the harem, is it too dereliction of duty, but the facts of the court are too cumbersome, Concubine Shu has always been well-governed, I am used to not asking, and nothing has happened over the years." All of a sudden, there was such a big incident, and I didn't know where to start. ”

"Sure enough, the affairs in the palace are inseparable from Concubine Shu." Min'er knows that she is not yet able to support the entire harem, and it is a fact that her grandmother said that she is fledgling, she can't help but measure herself, and she is not jealous of the existence of the concubine, but she has given all her youth.

But this sentence made the emperor misunderstand, Xiang Ye sat up and asked: "She tossed a pretending illness, she wanted to push the matter to you and give you a dismissal, I can not worry about her, because you don't care." But I can't allow her to hurt you, and if she did it this time, I can't guarantee that she won't hurt you next time. ”

"Your Majesty, what kind of existence do you and Concubine Shu have in your heart, do you contradict each other?" Min'er asked.

"You're asking a fresh question, but it's also to the point." Xiang Ye replied thoughtfully and sincerely, "I will not despise Concubine Shu or treat her wrongfully because of you, but I will not treat you because of her, you are not contradictory, and you are different existences in my heart." But ......"

Min'er showed a questioning expression, and the emperor smiled: "But if you have to choose one of them, I will only choose you." ”

"The emperor is not afraid that I will feel cold lips and teeth, and I can't withstand these few months in more than ten years?"

"Even if it's decades, how can I explain it to you?"

"I know it all."

"Know?"

Min'er lay in the emperor's arms and said softly: "Grandmother is also a stepfamily, I seem to have repeated my grandmother's life." ”