The Imperial Palace, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart

After watching the whole day's performances, Xiao Yu was a little tired, and called Lin Luhai to bring a cup of herbal tea to relieve the heat, who knew that Lin Luhai also brought a plate of dim sum, and his appearance was very exquisite.

Xiao Yu picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it, it was silky in the mouth, but it was extremely delicious, and asked, "Who made this pastry?"

Lin Luhai smiled faintly, "Back to Long Live Lord, this pastry was sent by Qiankun Palace, and the slave must have been tired of watching the Long Live Lord for a day, so he took it in on his own initiative and asked Long Live Lord for forgiveness." Lin Luhai lifted his clothes and knelt down and kowtowed twice. Xiao Yu tasted the crystal cake slices, the more he ate them, the more addicted he felt, he was in a good mood, and waved his long sleeves

"That's it, this pastry tastes good, Yue Zhaoyi has a heart. Lin Luhai's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he immediately kowtowed twice, "Thank you, Long live Lord." ”

As expected, tonight Xiao Yu went to Yue Zhaoyi's Qiankun Palace, and the next morning Yue Zhaoyi returned to the concubine position, and the news reached Zhong Cui Palace, Duan Rubi just smiled, but Cao Zhi was half angry and half dead, seeing his own mother looking leisurely and complacent, he couldn't help but say: "Girl, shouldn't we think about what to do......?"

The maid waiting in the palace glanced at Caozhi and said with a smile: "Niangniang don't worry, Niangniang is now the respect of the concubine, the fourth concubine is missing, naturally our concubine Niangniang is the head, forgive her Concubine Niangniang and dare not provoke our Lady Niangniang, what do you say?"

Duan Rubi glanced at the rumors lightly, answered in a low voice without saying much, and was holding a cup of tea, Li Yuanshun, the big eunuch beside the queen, was led by the palace people to Duan Rubi, fluttered his long sleeves twice, and half-knelt on the ground, "Slave Li Yuanshun, please say hello to Concubine Shu-"

Duan Rubi smiled lightly and put down the porcelain flower cup in her hand, waved her robe and said, "Get up, it turns out to be Manager Li, is there something wrong with the head of the palace?"

Li Yuan stood up obediently on the ground, his shrewd eyes lowered, and he looked very cautious, "The slave came to find Concubine Shu's mother to go to Chuyue Palace on the order of the queen's mother, and the mothers of each palace have already gone." Li Yuanshun bowed and finished, a glimmer of light flashed in Duan Rubi's eyes, and he stood up with the support of Cao Zhi, "Since it is the queen's mother's invitation, it is natural." ”

Li Yuanshun complied, followed Duan Rubi to Chuyue Palace, who knew that when he arrived at Chuyue Palace, the palace maid guarding the door actually said that the queen had led a group of concubines to the imperial garden, Li Yuanshun frowned, hurriedly knelt down, and kowtowed to Duan Rubi twice, "Niangniang forgives the sin, it's all the slave's fault, the slave's legs and feet are slow, so he is called Niangniang..."

"Manager Li doesn't have to blame himself, it's the palace that is going slowly, where is the manager's fault. Duan Rubi smiled gently, very easy to speak, Li Yuanshun looked at it and sighed in his heart, sighing that this lady concubine is really a clear stream among the many concubines in the harem, if this is replaced by another lady, I don't know what the anger will become, this look will know that the queen is deliberately looking for fault.

Duan Rubi said with a smile: "Since the queen mother has gone to the imperial garden, the concubine will go to the imperial garden to find the queen mother and the sisters..."

Duan Rubi turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly a maid ran from not far away, stopped in front of Duan Rubi out of breath, and leaned over to salute, "The slave has seen the lady concubine." The slave maid is the palace maid next to the queen's mother, and on the order of the queen's mother, the queen asked the slave and maid to ask the lady to go to the queen's dormitory and take the lady's eight treasures and exquisite hairpins. ”

Duan Rubi Dai raised her eyebrows lightly, and sighed thoughtfully, "The queen's bedroom, it should be you palace maids who are familiar with it, how could the queen mother let the concubine go to her bedroom to get things, it's really strange." Duan Rubi's words fell indifferently, and she said: "Niangniang said, Concubine Niangniang is late, and she will always be punished..."

"So that's the case, then the concubine should go. Duan Rubi didn't seem to notice it, and entered the Chuyue Palace with Caozhi and Liuyu, the place where the Eight Treasures and Linglong hairpins were placed was not difficult to find, just in the mezzanine on the top of the jewelry box, Duan Rubi took it out after taking it, Feilian had already gone back to restore his life, and Li Yuanshun led Duan Rubi to the imperial garden.

Inside the Imperial Garden

The concubines laughed and laughed, it was very lively, and the queen sat on the top, holding a cup of herbal tea, and chatting with Concubine De.

Concubine Yue sat at the bottom of the four concubines, she was not one of the four concubines, and her position could not be seen among the four concubines at all, but Concubine Yue had always had a stable temperament, and she had lowered Zhaoyi for a while, but her heart was a lot more relaxed.

After a while, the maid beside the queen came over and whispered: "Niangniang, the lady has arrived." ”

The queen smiled and looked up, not far away, Concubine Shu came in a pink skirt, Concubine Shu is the youngest of the people who have been in the position of concubine in the past dynasties, Duan Rubi was named Concubine Shu, and suffered a lot of obstacles, but helplessly her father is a general, and there is a very favored sister Duan Rufang, and the eldest sister in the family is also very good, so she did not pursue her young concubine.

Duan Rubi has always been interesting, and when she arrived, the laughter was a little less, except for the four concubines and one queen, the expressions of all the concubines who looked at her were not very optimistic.

Duan Rubi paced in front of the queen, kneeling on the ground in her skirt, "The concubine asks the queen mother, and the queen mother is blessed with gold." The queen nodded and said with a smile: "Concubine Shu doesn't have to be polite, get up." ”

Duan Rubi didn't get up in a hurry, but handed the Eight Treasures Exquisite Hairpin in her sleeve to the queen, and said respectfully: "Niang Niang instructed the concubine to obtain the Eight Treasures Exquisite Hairpin, and the concubine body has already been obtained, thank you Niang Niang for not pursuing the late arrival of the concubine." ”

The queen smiled gently, and did not take the eight treasures exquisite hairpin, but chuckled and waved her hand, "This hairpin will be rewarded to you, Concubine Shu's virtue is a model of everyone's beauty, not arrogant or impatient, this palace has deliberately made you bigger, you have also done very well, sisters, we are all a family, but you have to learn more from Concubine Shu." ”

All the concubines knelt down together and said in unison: "The concubine obeys the teachings of the queen mother, and takes the example of the virtue of the concubine's sister——"

There are a lot of things that don't follow suit, and I won't pursue them much.

After taking a seat, Duan Rubi instructed Cao Zhi to put away the hairpin, and a laugh came from the opposite side, "Sister Shufei's face is like a peach and plum, she is really a beauty, no wonder the emperor loves Sister Shufei so much." ”

Duan Rubi looked up, she was a nobleman, no, now she is a concubine, she has been quite favored these days, knowing that her original title has caused ridicule from many people, Xiao Yu changed the word "Yin".

She has always been at odds with Concubine Yue, so she said with a smile: "Sister Shufei's holy favor, where can those old people in the past catch up, and only the queen mother can suppress Sister Shufei!"

Concubine Yin's words not only raised Duan Rubi, but also raised the queen by the way, although the other concubines were unhappy, but they all mentioned the queen, who dared to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Concubine Yue knew that Concubine Yin was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, her eyes became deeper and deeper, and she glanced at the past lightly, "Sister Concubine Yin looks a little haggard, isn't it that Jinghe Palace does not distribute bird food to Sister Concubine Yin, and her sister's complexion is worse?"

got up and knelt down towards the queen, "Niangniang, you have to be the master of the concubine, Sister Yuefei, she will always laugh at the concubine's title in the past, where did the concubine offend the concubine Niangniang! The concubine is so wronged!" The queen frowned, sighed and persuaded the concubine, "Concubine Yue, you have just been promoted to the concubine position, don't be spoiled..."

Concubine Yue smiled coldly, "The queen has forgotten the past of the concubine, the concubine has always been this personality, how can she be spoiled and spoiled, if you really want to say that she is spoiled, I am afraid that the concubine is the most prosperous!"

Duan Rubi noticed Concubine Yue's sharp and cold gaze, and smiled harmlessly, "Sister Concubine Yue, I don't understand what the concubine does, where does the concubine come from?"

"That's it, Concubine Yue is too wronged by the concubine. Concubine Yin wanted to be friendly with Concubine Shu, so she followed Concubine Shu's words and said, Concubine Yue's face sank, and she threw the teacup in her hand on the table, "Anfu, give the palace the mouth of the concubine! Slander the palace in broad daylight, concubine, you are so bold——"

An Fu is the big eunuch next to Concubine Yue, who was arrogant and domineering with Concubine Yue's power before, and it was not good to be a wronged person with his tail between his legs for a while, and finally had a chance to teach people a lesson, An Fu naturally stepped forward immediately, raised his hand is a slap, and pretended to be helpless, "Concubine Yin Niangniang is not to blame the slave, the slave is also doing things according to the order." ”

Yin Concubine was stunned, and looked at An Fu through gritted teeth, "Dog minion! dare to hit me-" Yin Concubine was about to hit An Fu with her backhand, An Fu pretended to be frightened and sat on the ground, and was bullied by Yin Concubine and had nowhere to escape, so pitiful, "Concubine Yue Niangniang saved the slave, Yin Concubine Niangniang, she is crazy-"

Concubine Yue knew that An Fu was pretending to ruin the reputation of Concubine Yin, and immediately called someone to come forward to help, Concubine Yin was stupid, she didn't know anything, she was going to beat according to people, the queen shouted many times that it was useless, and finally got angry, and slapped the table fiercely, "You all stop this palace!

Concubine Yin was afraid of the queen, so she also stopped, and was accidentally beaten twice by An Fu in private, and her eyes were red with anger.

Concubine De gloated and persuaded the queen: "Niangniang dissipates her anger, dissipates her anger..."

"That's it, mother, don't be angry. Concubine Qi also persuaded, Concubine Xian ordered someone to go down to show Concubine Yin the injury, but as a result, Concubine Yin was slapped in the face, and there was nothing beside her, but Anfu was caught and her face was full of scratches, so it was pitiful.

The queen took a few breaths and looked at Concubine Yue, "Concubine Yue, you don't take this palace seriously anymore!

Concubine Yue knelt down unhurriedly, with a confused face, "Niangniang, just now Yin Concubine slandered the concubine, and the concubine was angry, who knew that An Fu slapped Yin Concubine, this seriously injured is An Fu, the concubine is the victim, Niangniang is blatantly covering up the concubine." ”

As soon as Concubine Yue finished speaking, she looked at Duan Rubi again, "Sister Shufei, you also saw what happened just now, why don't you say a word?"