Halfway through the words, Yuehua felt the corners of her skirt behind her be pulled suddenly, interrupting the words she was about to blurt out. When she raised her eyes, she saw that the Empress Dowager's face was already slightly gloomy, her heart sank, and her words changed, and she pursed her lips and said: "Yuehua is stupid, and I can't guess it." ”

Shao Ziqing turned his head in surprise, glanced at Yuehua in disbelief, Taishan's face that collapsed in front and was still warm and unchanged appeared for the first time, and he looked at Yuehua in a daze for a moment, the two flames in his eyes flashed twice, completely darkened, and the hand in his sleeve trembled slightly, and returned to silence. Then he turned his face away and never looked again.

Mo Guhan's eyes jumped over Yuehua's face, and the chill at the bottom of his eyes deepened and deepened.

The corners of the Empress Dowager's lips curled slightly, and she breathed a sigh of relief invisibly, took a sip of the tea in her hand, and praised it: "Ling Yan has a heart, and it is rare to have such extensive knowledge." It's just that this peacock feather embroidery picture is like a dot emerald process, which is somewhat cruel. In the heart of the mourning family, I feel that I can't bear it. ”

Say no more.

Lian looked forward to the following, but the Empress Dowager pointed out the blood, and then lowered her head to drink tea, and did not look at her here, obviously a little disgusted and dissatisfied.

The atmosphere was a little embarrassing for a while, as if cold water had been poured on a hot face, Lian's smug calculations were messed up, the beautiful dream was extinguished, and the women of hundreds of officials whispered sarcastic sarcasm and gloated. He retreated with Chang Lingyan in a disgraced manner, and turned all his anger on Chang Lehou.

The ceremonial music, light singing and dancing, staggering, the fragrance of wine, and the birthday banquet officially began.

Yuehua stood behind the Empress Dowager, serving tea, water, wine, cloth and dishes, calmly and thoughtfully. The smell of the wine and food mixed with the greasy smell of fat powder is brewing and fermenting in the steaming Fushou Pavilion, and the auspicious flattery of every word is tired of listening, and it is boring.

Mo Guhan sat on the right side of the Queen Mother, Yuehua didn't dare to look at it, and always felt that the cold gaze would pass by him from time to time, numb and crispy, like a mang on the back, and a layer of cold sweat appeared in the palms of his hands, which was slippery.

The Empress Dowager is old, her spirit is a little weak, and she is obviously a little tired after tossing for a long time. I sat with my spirit for a while, ate Shou Noodles, and then drove back to Ci'an Palace. Yuehua naturally followed step by step, waited for her to clean her face, removed the heavy hairpin ring on her head, and then pulled off the green tent of the lake and rested.

Yuehua and Mama Lin quietly withdrew, and the little eunuch in the imperial dining room brought a table of noodles, saying that it was a reward from the Queen Mother, and Yuehua had been busy serving the Queen Mother's meal, and she must be hungry.

Mama Lin appreciated the palace people who spread the words of the Queen Mother on behalf of Yuehua, and placed the banquet in Yuehua's room, and there were people in the Queen Mother's dormitory, so Yuehua invited Mama Lin to dine together. After Mama Lin gave a few words, she was no longer polite.

The two of them ate opposite each other, retreated left and right, Yuehua picked up the teacup in his hand and arched his hand to Mama Lin: "Yuehua replaces wine with tea, thank Mama Lin for being vigilant." ”

Mama Lin didn't hurry and didn't panic and owed herself: "Miss Yuehua, don't be polite, it's just the duty of the old slave." ”

"If it weren't for Mama Lin's secret reminder, Yuehua would be about to make a mistake."

Mama Lin smiled slightly: "Presumably Miss Yuehua understands the subtleties of the "Hundred Birds and Phoenix"? ”

Yuehua did not hide it, so she brought the cruelty of this embroidered picture one by one.

"When I saw Lian's today, my eyes were very red, Yuehua was still resentful in her heart, and she really couldn't help but want to expose it, embarrass her, and reduce her hatred."

"The Empress Dowager and her old man have lined up the Lian family three times, and she can't get off the stage in full view of everyone, which can be regarded as a distressed girl."

"Yuehua is puzzled, in that case, why did Mama stop Yuehua?"

Mama Lin ate the tea in her hand: "The old slave will be raised today, and the acting empress dowager will give a few words of advice to Miss Yuehua." ”

"I was about to ask Mama Lin for advice, so I listened to you."

Mama Lin wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and looked at Yuehua with a smile: "In Fushoutang today, a small embroidery will cause an undercurrent. Although the Empress Dowager and her old man don't know what's wrong with this, she knows some things. As the saying goes, 'when things go wrong, there must be demons', this Lian is afraid that he has fallen into the trap of others. If the girl said Shicai's words, it was clear that it was the sharp spirit of killing the Lian family, but at the same time, she also slapped the face of the Empress Dowager and his old man, after all, that Chang Lehou is the Empress Dowager's nephew of her old man, do you say yes? ”

Yuehua nodded.

"That Lian family is really not pleasant, the Empress Dowager and her old man also gave the girl this bad breath today, but if she falls into someone else's trap and lets outsiders see the joke, it is another story. I can't write two words in one stroke, the girl turned around and gained power, how to cure the sins of the Lian family, but only can't be used as a gun by others. When our family is fighting against outsiders, we must be sincere and united, and we must not fight inwardly and mess up our own hands and feet. Otherwise, if the girl ignores the overall situation of the entire Chang family, and the Empress Dowager is angry with the Lian family and Miss Ling Yan, can she still wait to see us? That's how the man killed two birds with one stone. ”

Yuehua's heart froze, and she suddenly realized that this was the true intention of Shao Ziqing nodding to herself. As long as the empress dowager is dissatisfied with herself, then she will reconsider the candidate for entering the palace and give up on her completely. If you don't do what he wants, does it mean that you missed such a wonderful opportunity?

She is not a blind obedience, at the moment when she got Mama Lin's instructions, she didn't hesitate, but just weighed it again, feeling that if she couldn't put Lian to death in one fell swoop, such an innocuous trick would be meaningless.

Therefore, she obeyed Mama Lin's wishes.

Yuehua couldn't tell what she was feeling in her heart at this time, she had already made up her mind to enter the palace, and she was somewhat remorseful at this time, and she always felt that she had failed Shao Ziqing's kindness. Especially when I think of his momentary gloom, like the wind blowing a candle out, I feel even more guilty.

She tried her best to restrain her thousands of emotions, and nodded slightly frustratedly: "I've been taught, thank you Mama for your advice, Yuehua still has something unknown, Mama and I have never known each other, why do you want to take the risk to help me?" ”

Mama Lin sighed lightly: "The old slave has served the Queen Mother all her life, and she just wants to coax her old man to rejoice, as long as the master is good, we can be slaves, right?" ”

After saying something sincerely, Yuehua smiled slightly: "No wonder the Queen Mother is so important to her grandmother." ”

Seeing that Yuehua was so cautious in front of her, Mama Lin carefully spoke, leaned forward half of her body, and said in a low voice: "According to the girl's opinion, who did today's incident in secret?" ”

Yuehua was afraid that Mama Lin's old and spicy gaze would see through her thoughts, so she lowered her eyes unhurriedly, fluttered twice, and shook her head: "It shouldn't be so complicated, right?" ”

"Maybe Lian's got this embroidered picture just by chance, but the emperor only asked about you, girl, it's too much of a coincidence."

"Mama Lin means that this matter turned out to be ......" Yuehua pretended to be taken aback, and swallowed the second half of the sentence just right.

Mama Lin shook her head meaningfully: "The old slave doesn't dare to say anything, but I think the girl should guess it." ”

Yuehua recalled the face of the Empress Dowager, and always vaguely felt that Mama Lin seemed to know about this matter for a long time, but she was just testing herself in secret, so she became more cautious and did not dare to confide half a word easily.

After lunch and a short rest, Mama Qin led her to kowtow to the Queen Mother's dormitory, Ruian Palace.

There, Yuehua once again saw the most favored concubine Ling in front of the emperor, her mother's surname is Shen, her mother's name is Xinling, her father is in an important position in the court, and the official worships the household department, and is the brother of the queen mother's family. Concubine Ling is graceful, bright and pretty, and has an aggressive and domineering arrogance.

When she saw Yuehua, she looked at her from head to toe with a critical gaze, and calmly accepted Yuehua's kneeling salute, snorting disdainfully and coldly at the end of her nose, revealing a strong hostility.

However, the Queen Mother glared at her, stepped forward to help Yuehua up, praised a few words, and appreciated the jewelry, and then Yuehua withdrew. I still heard Concubine Ling shouting indignantly behind her: "The emperor hates her so much, how long will she be arrogant?" ”

When Concubine Ling said this, she didn't shy away from Yuehua, but on the contrary, she seemed to know it on purpose. Yuehua thought, did this Ling Guifei have no scheming, or was she arrogant and used to it, so she didn't take Chu Yuehua in her eyes? After all, it is not a wise move to engage in such a naked-for-tat.

Sure enough, her later words were suppressed by the Queen Mother in a low voice.

Yuehua smiled bitterly, he hated himself? It turns out that everyone knows it, and it is no secret for a long time.