Chapter 42: Planning and Gifting

"Does the queen really think of the two of us as fools? Do you really think that we will obediently fall into her trap, I think I am extremely smart, and I haven't been seen by my sister into her mind. Concubine De said a little angrily.

The concubine condensed and said, "Sister, you can't underestimate the queen, otherwise she won't sit firmly on the throne of the queen for more than ten years." You and I both know her methods in our hearts, and we can't underestimate the enemy. And then there are the two of us who seem to be beautiful, along the way, fighting with the queen, how many dark arrows have been eaten behind the back, others don't know, but you and I are clear in our hearts! ”

Concubine De also sighed after hearing this: "It's not, after so many years, I am also tired, but for the sake of self-protection and my little Jin'er, I can only fight with the queen to the end." ”

The concubine patted Concubine De's hand to comfort her: "In this deep palace, who is not walking on thin ice, if you take a wrong step, you will enter the abyss, and you have to guard against this and that, the most afraid are those who have no scheming, and in the end they will be used as a gunman and die in vain." ”

Concubine De nodded with deep feeling, "Since we know that the queen wants to deal with An Ning and may also move the disaster to the east, we have to make some preparations in advance to push it on her head, and when the time comes, she will be in a hurry, and she can take care of one end but not the other, which will naturally disrupt her plan." ”

The concubine frowned and said, "The idea is good, but where to start?" As far as I know, the queen has always wanted someone from her mother's clan to come out and be Nan Xuanyu's concubine, so why don't you start from here? ”

Concubine De thought for a while, nodded and said: "This matter is still to be discussed, but my sister said that Nan Xuanyu is infatuated with An Ning, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the queen to let the people on her mother's side win Nan Xuanyu's heart again, so she has a lot to do." ”

The concubine's brow furrowed. With a somewhat mocking tone, he said: "You must know that the prince and the queen have always been at odds with each other, how could he Nan Xuanyu obediently listen to the queen's words, such a scene of mother and son centrifugation is really happy for me." It seems that we don't have to start from this aspect, it is estimated that her Duan family will start, and when the time comes, we will make a hindrance from it, help the prince, and lose the face of the Duan family. ”

Concubine De was a little angry when she heard the concubine mention the Duan family: "The Duan family of this queen family is not relying on means and some tricks to straighten things up. This kind of destruction of one's own clan makes people feel disdainful when they mention it, but as a queen, she covers the sky with one hand, so she might as well shake this matter out during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

The concubine pulled out a cold smile, "This is also a good idea, doesn't she Duan Xue like the face of the palace, this time I will let her completely lose face." ”

The two of them continued to talk about how to deal with the queen, and here Ji Yueqin was not worried that the queen would deal with her, and the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, and now they could only wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to come.

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Three days later.

Today is the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the palace people are in full swing to arrange the layout of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at the same time, the palaces are decorated with joy.

The clear blue sky is as clear as a piece of clear jasper, and there are many clouds dotted with white snow, which look like clumps of soft cotton, and people can't help but indulge in the clear day.

All the palaces were busy preparing, and the palace people had a faint solemn look on their faces, for fear that they would lose their lives if they made some mistakes.

This time, even the Qianxi Palace began to get busy, because tomorrow will begin to celebrate the advent of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the high-grade concubines and princes are bathing in the palace and burning incense and fasting for a day.

The purpose of this time is to purify the heart and clean the body, and tomorrow is the moon worship ceremony, so there must be no mistakes in this.

Today, Ji Yueqin didn't have to go to Taixue to attend classes, so she had to stay quietly in the Qianxi Palace to pray for blessings.

Tonight's moon sacrifice is an annual sacrificial activity, the number of rituals must not be less, Ji Yueqin was also taught by the embroidered bamboo good students to learn those cumbersome etiquette.

Since Xiuzhu followed Ji Yueqin, she has also served this little county lord wholeheartedly, and Ji Yueqin treats her like a relative, and the two are not like master servants but more like relatives.

"Aunt Xiuzhu is already twenty-five years old, why haven't you thought about going out of the palace to spend some days?" Ji Yueqin looked at the embroidered bamboo who was busy for her, and said softly.

Aunt Xiuzhu saw that the little county lord called herself, and she also stopped the work in her hand and said with a hint of melancholy: "The slave maid is an orphan girl adopted by the queen mother, and this Qianxi Palace is the slave's home." ”

Ji Yueqin couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, she didn't expect Aunt Xiuzhu to have such a past, and then thought that the Queen Mother would put Aunt Xiuzhu by her side and take care of herself, so she couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Then when my aunt is old, I'll take care of my aunt, okay?" Ji Yueqin smiled and looked at the embroidered bamboo, but her tone was gentle as if she was about to turn into water.

After Xiuzhu heard this, he looked at Ji Yueqin in a daze, and tears unconsciously burst out of his eyes.

Ji Yueqin was also startled by Aunt Xiuzhu's sudden tears, for fear that she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe Aunt Xiuzhu's tears.

"What's wrong with Aunt Xiuzhu, why are you crying? Did Yueqin say something wrong, offended her aunt, and made her uncomfortable. Ji Yueqin said to Xiuzhu a little nervously.

Xiuzhu took Ji Yueqin's handkerchief with some trepidation, and said with a hint of crying in her voice: "No, how dare Xiuzhu be angry with the county lord." Xiuzhu listened to the words of the county lord and felt very moved. ”

Ji Yueqin suddenly burst into a warm smile, like the sun in spring, shining so brightly that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

I saw her take Xiuzhu's hand and say: "Aunt Xiuzhu, I know that you are good to me, you and I don't have to be so angry in the future, and you don't have to call a slave and a maid in the back of people." In the future, Yueqin still needs her aunt to take care of me. ”

Xiuzhu nodded hesitantly, and suddenly shook his head. Seeing this, Ji Yueqin immediately straightened up and said, "Isn't it that Aunt Xiuzhu looks down on me as an orphan girl, and doesn't want to take care of me well, and doesn't want to really have friends with me?" ”

Xiuzhu knelt down as soon as he heard this, "The county lord is wronged, how dare Xiuzhu?" It's just that Xiuzhu can't afford ......."

Ji Yueqin suddenly smiled on her face, she hurriedly picked up the embroidered bamboo, and stuck out her tongue at the embroidered bamboo and said, "Since this is the case, my aunt will be busy, and I will treat it as if my aunt has promised me." ”

Xiuzhu saluted Ji Yueqin, then put away the county lord's handkerchief and left the house. A little bit of waves swelled in her heart, and from now on, whether she lived or died, she would follow this beautiful and not delicate woman.

In fact, Nan Xuanyu had been standing outside the house for a while, and when he saw that Ji Yueqin treated his subordinates so leniently, a trace of indescribable feelings surged up in his heart.

He secretly swore that he must marry Ji Yueqin and let her stay by his side forever.

Ji Yueqin found Nan Xuanyu standing at the door in a daze, so she said softly: "Brother Yu, what are you doing standing stupidly at the door, don't you come into the house quickly, the wind is still a little strong today." ”

Nan Xuanyu came back to his senses and found that Ji Yueqin was calling himself, so he burst into a brilliant smile and said, "Isn't this a look at this sister and Aunt Xiuzhu talking in their hearts, how dare you come in and disturb the two of you as a brother." ”

Ji Yueqin chuckled, "How can Brother Yu have time to come to see me today?" ”

Nan Xuanyu rushed forward and pinched Ji Yueqin's little face and said, "Come and see if you, this little girl, are ready to sacrifice the moon tomorrow." ”

There was an ambiguous atmosphere between them, and Nan Xuanyu looked at Ji Yueqin's cherry-like mouthful, and suddenly had an urge to bite it gently.

Ji Yueqin seemed to be a little unaware, although she was shrewd, she had never experienced emotional matters, and her mother had never told her about this kind of thing, she was just a brother and sister relationship with Nan Xuanyu. So she naturally classified Nan Xuanyu's feelings towards her as brother and sister.

She smiled at Nan Xuanyu, Nan Xuanyu felt that she was in a hundred gardens full of flowers in spring, and the beautiful woman in front of her, her face was like a pear blossom blooming on a tree, the smile was written all over her face, and the upward curve of the corners of her mouth made him feel even more relaxed.

I only heard her say softly: "Yueqin has been ready for a long time, just waiting for the moon sacrifice tomorrow." Later, I asked Aunt Xiuzhu to pick some osmanthus flowers and come back, and Brother Yu stayed in Qianxi Palace to eat, and the Queen Mother will be very happy to see you. ”

Nan Xuanyu rubbed Ji Yueqin's head, he really wanted to hug the thin woman in front of him into his arms, but he was afraid that the palace people would see it, and some bad things would be ruin, just afraid that it would ruin her reputation.

Ji Yueqin said with some dissatisfaction: "Okay, Brother Yu, don't rub my head anymore!" The bun that Aunt Embroidered Bamboo helped me with just now was damaged by Brother Yu! ”

When Nan Xuanyu saw her cute appearance, he was also slightly smacked, and he didn't know where to conjure up a comb and gently spread Ji Yueqin's green silk.

Because Ji Yueqin had just bathed, her hair was still slightly damp, exuding a faint fragrance, which couldn't help but make Nan Xuanyu intoxicated.

Ji Yueqin was scattered by Nan Xuanyu's hair, and just wanted to turn back, but Nan Xuanyu held him down and said, "Don't move, I messed up my sister's hair, so naturally I want to recomb my sister." ”

Ji Yueqin wanted Nan Xuanyu to comb her hair one day, so she also sat obediently in the distance and stopped moving.

Nan Xuanyu stroked Ji Yueqin's green silk like a waterfall, and gently combed Ji Yueqin's hair with a comb, the two jade-like people seemed to come out of a painting, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

Not long after, Nan Xuanyu combed Ji Yueqin into a simple but sweet bun.

Nan Xuanyu smiled and handed the comb to Ji Yueqin and said, "I brought this comb to you today, but I didn't expect to use it today." ”

Ji Yueqin accepted the comb that Nan Xuanyu gave her, and asked with a chuckle, "Why did Brother Yu give me a comb?" ”