Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager was kind and kind, still smiling amiably, but the smile, like a trance, was covered with fog, faint, shadowy, a little empty, and not half real.

Yuehua bowed respectfully, meticulously.

The Empress Dowager was having lunch, and Mama Lin was waiting in front of her, slow and reasonable, serious and dignified.

"It's better to come early than to come by chance, just to dine with the mourning family."

Mama Lin stepped forward to help her up, and the Queen Mother gave her a seat, and immediately someone from the palace stepped forward to put cups, bowls and chopsticks and serve fragrant tea. The whole Ci'an Palace is silent, the palace people are a water of lake green placket palace clothes, the hair bun is light and can be seen, the hairpin is a tulip-colored yarn flower, light hands and slow feet, lotus step slowly back straight, slightly smiling, waist and hips do not twist, eyes do not squint, there is no slightest charm, it can be seen that the rules are very good.

Yuehua didn't dare to sit down, and lowered her eyebrows: "Yuehua entered the palace to serve the Empress Dowager, how dare she be so rude?" ”

The Empress Dowager smiled like a kind elder, without any majesty: "The Ci'an Palace of the Mourning Family is far away from the palace gate, and when you first enter the palace, it is not good to be too public, send a sedan chair to pick you up, and walk in all the way, if you are tired and hungry, you don't have to be polite." ”

Mama Lin took a bowl of bamboo shoots and black chicken soup, held it in both hands and put it in front of Yuehua, turned around and took the silver jade chopsticks handed over by the palace people, removed the embroidered chopsticks on it, and handed it to Yuehua: "With Miss Yuehua with her, the Queen Mother and her old man eat more sweetly." ”

Yuehua owes herself to thank Mama Lin, and sits leaning down under the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager has enjoyed a lot of dishes, and there are palace people waiting for the cloth vegetables, which are served in a mutton fat white jade soup bowl or shallow dish, stacked in front of Yuehua, Yuehua tasted some of everything according to her words, chewed slowly, and was elegant and calm.

The Empress Dowager only ate two bites of silver silk noodles, picked a few vegetables and vegetables, rinsed her mouth and cleaned her hands, and Mama Lin also said that she had an appetite and smiled.

"It's not sweet to eat anything when you're old, only toss people are left, and this will take you into the palace a long time ago."

The palace people quietly removed the dishes, Mama Lin served fragrant tea, and the Empress Dowager took Yuehua's hand and sat in front of her. Then a green-clothed palace man stepped forward, half-knelt at her feet, dug out a little balm from a rouge-colored box, smeared it on the back of her green hand, and rubbed it gently.

Yuehua smiled gently: "Being able to serve the Empress Dowager closely, Yuehua is flattered." ”

"I'll get bored in three or two days." The Empress Dowager sighed and stared at her with squinted eyes: "You see that so many princes and grandsons under the knees of the mourning family are hiding far away, and they don't see each other once a year." ”

The Empress Dowager is like the sun in the sky, blessed with all things, admired by the world, and no one wants to be able to flatter her knees. But there is always more 'respect' in my heart. ”

The Empress Dowager smiled meaningfully: "Figured it out? ”

Yuehua lowered her eyebrows and gritted her teeth secretly: "It used to be Yuehua who didn't know what to do. ”

Mama Lin led the palace people in front of her to retreat quietly, and burned the incense in the bronze crane tripod at the corner of the hall, and began to drift away.

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?" She rubbed Yuehua's hand, a little cold, and the balsam she had just applied made Yuehua feel uncomfortable inexplicably, as if a snake was swimming on the back of her hand.

"Because, because Yuehua doesn't want to be subordinate all the time."

"Inferior to others? What about the emperor? The Empress Dowager seemed to be joking, but she smiled meaningfully.

Yuehua was shocked, stood up, and bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, that's the sky." ”

The Empress Dowager smiled softly: "What you said is just the truth, better than those empty excuses." If you tell the mourning family against your heart today, you are for the glory of our Chang family, and the mourning family will not be seen. ”

I couldn't hear whether this was true or false, and Yuehua secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "The Empress Dowager is here, she doesn't dare to talk nonsense, it's just heartfelt words." ”

The Empress Dowager picked up the teacup at hand and gently filtered the floating tea on the water with the lid of the cup: "Since you have entered the palace, the mourning family will naturally give you the supreme glory and help you step into the clouds." You yourself must also remember a few words, this palace is full of dangers, you want to be alone, do not fight or rob, it is a cold palace, not a palace! As long as you step into the gate of the Forbidden City, it means that a smoky war has begun, either you die or she dies, and there is no way out. And what you need to do is to keep the queen's position, throw all your so-called goodwill outside this vermilion wall, and cool your heart, even if it is unscrupulous. ”

Yuehua Rao had already been mentally prepared, but she still heard it in a cold sweat, and had to respond respectfully: "Thank you for the teachings of the Empress Dowager, Yuehua keep it in mind." ”

The Empress Dowager looked at her condescendingly, already with a smile on her face, and a solemn look: "Then do you know why the mourning family let you enter the palace?" ”

Yuehua pondered for a moment and was silent: "Listen to the instructions of the Empress Dowager." ”

As soon as the Empress Dowager raised her hand, she threw the tea cup cover in her hand to the ground, and the flowers bloomed on the ground, and the white jade cup cover was split on the bluestone ground, making a crisp sound of "pop".

Yuehua only raised her eyebrows, looking pampered and not surprised.

The Empress Dowager curled her lips slightly, and said meaningfully: "This tea cup was originally set with the bottom tray and the lid of the cup, but the lid of the cup was broken, and there was no use for keeping it for anything else." ”

After that, he threw the tea cup in his hand together with the bottom support, and the tea soup splashed everywhere, steaming hot on the ground.

"One is prosperous, one is lost, Yuehua has been taught."

The Empress Dowager smiled more and more gratifyingly: "In this battle to defend the queen, you are the commander, the Chang family is a general, the skin does not exist, and the hair will be attached." In the same way, if you fight alone, no matter how great your ability is, it will only be sooner or later if you are attacked by a group. You entered the palace in order to raise your eyebrows, but if you want to be happy and peaceful all your life, glory and wealth, and your Chang family is your ladder to the clouds. Only when the Chang family rises step by step, can you rise to the top. Chang family, if it's over, you will fall worse than anyone else, and there will be no bones. ”

Yuehua only whispered a low "um" and did not express her position.

The Empress Dowager immediately figured out her thoughts from her expression, and suddenly changed her words: "I heard that in the past few days, the Lian family has wronged you?" ”

Yuehua didn't expect that she would ask about this matter, she was quite surprised, hesitated for a moment, and then said the truth: "What Lian gave to Yuehua is not only a grievance, Yuehua will not give up, so she swallows her anger." But Lian's is Lian's, she is not an uncle born from the same root as Yuehua's mother, her surname is Lian, not Chang. ”

"You kid, you don't say a single lie to the imperial aunt, and you are so straightforward. Then you have to remember today, although your mother was married to your father Chu Lingchuan, she has the same surname as Chang, broken bones and tendons, and is still my Chang family. ”

Yuehua nodded: "Yuehua Province, my uncle's nurturing grace for many years, Yuehua naturally doesn't dare to forget it." ”

The Empress Dowager raised her hand: "Get up, it's cold on the ground." ”

This is the end of the admonition, Yuehua stood up and stood with her head bowed.

"Your grievances and mourners know that tomorrow they announce that the Lian family will go to the banquet, and the mourning family will naturally give her a look and give you a bad breath. However, you must also understand that this is fair, others can't help you, and whether you can get it back in the future depends on your own ability. If you don't protect your family, you don't help your relatives, how much ability you have, just show it. ”

Yuehua didn't see the slightest wave of favor and humiliation on her face, and she was still full of respect: "Empress Dowager Xie, Yuehua will definitely live up to expectations." ”

The smell of the soothing incense was a little sweet and lethargic, and the Empress Dowager covered her lips and yawned, and her face was already tired.

"Let Yuehua wait for the Empress Dowager to rest?"

The Empress Dowager waved her hand: "The mourning family has ordered someone to clean up your residence, you can also rest, there is Mama Lin waiting in front of the mourning family." ”

As soon as the words fell, Mama Lin had already walked in lightly with a long plush blanket: "Is your old man sleepy on this couch for a while, or is he moving to the dormitory?" ”

After squinting for a while, the eyelids were heavy, and the body was also sinking, and I was too lazy to move again. You can arrange for someone to wait, and let Mama Qin tidy up the Yuehua application. ”

Yuehua withdrew with vision, and an elderly grandmother came to her, leading Yuehua to her residence to rest, tea, pastries, and all the products did not dare to slack off, and she was diligent.