"Xue'er, Qin Liusu, is that you?" Zhao Rongrong, who saw the two of them, immediately walked towards this side.

"Rongrong, it's really you, I thought I was wrong." Qin Liusu, who saw Zhao Rongrong, also immediately smiled.

Chen Yanxue on the side felt very clever, and immediately said: "Zhao Rongrong, it's really you." It's a coincidence that today is really a coincidence, all the people you should have met and the people you shouldn't have met have met. ”

"What's wrong, Cher, what people you shouldn't have met?" Zhao Rongrong looked puzzled.

"Who else can it be, our people in Lixiangju have all been met by me today."

"You mean...... Wang Xiaojun? I heard that she seems to have been made a concubine by the emperor. ”

"Hey, stop. Zhao Rongrong, we have lived under the same roof, and we can be regarded as sisters, anyway, that annoying Wang Xiaojun, I Chen Yanxue don't like her anymore, and Qin Liusu, she always bullies Qin Liusu, now, it depends on which side our lovely concubine Niangniang stands. ”

As she spoke, Chen Yanxue gently pinched Zhao Rongrong's face.

Zhao Rongrong also said with a smile: "Needless to say, you can't get along with her, I'm not a god, it's hard to subdue her, of course it's on our Xue'er's side." With that, they both smiled happily.

"Hey, Zhao Rongrong, what are you doing here, where are you going?" Noticing the things in the hands of the palace maid behind Zhao Rongrong, Chen Yanxue couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhao Rongrong was shy, and returned with a smile: "I heard that the emperor has been busy with political affairs recently, and often stays up late to read, so he ...... According to the recipe that my father got from doing business before, I stewed some nourishing soup for the emperor, and now I am about to send it over. After that, Zhao Rongrong smiled shyly again.

"So that's the case, our concubine is really caring, then we won't delay you, you go quickly, otherwise it will be a waste if it gets cold."

"Yikes!" Zhao Rongrong reacted when she heard her say this, and immediately took the palace maid to speed up his steps and hurried away.

"This idiot, hahahaha." Looking at Zhao Rongrong's distant figure, Chen Yanxue couldn't help but laugh.

"Mother." Aunt Chunhe lit the sandalwood and put it into the incense burner, and said to the Empress Dowager Huici, who was sitting quietly on the side: "The slave maid went to take a look quietly today, those new concubines are all the same age as the emperor, are they all like children, they are smiling every day, and they have never made any big noises. ”

"They have just entered the palace, and they are still very young, so this is what they should be." The Empress Dowager Huici slowly opened her eyes, put a string of Buddhist beads in her hand on the coffee table beside her, and said to Chunhe.

"What the mother said makes sense. Also, the daughter of the great prime minister Chen Ping, the slave maid also saw it, except that she had a stronger personality, compared with the rest of the concubines, she was no different. ”

When the Empress Dowager Huici heard this, she could only reply: "It's still early, you can't see anything, pay attention slowly in the future, only after a long time, will there be flaws." ”

"Yes, Niangniang, Chunhe understands. By the way, Niangniang, the slave maid still has something to say to Niangniang, and the slave maid heard that Anyang Hou has entered the palace. ”

"When?" Hearing this, the Queen Mother was suddenly startled, and her complexion changed slightly.

"Back to Niangniang, that's today's thing. But it doesn't seem like I'm here for the old thing. Chunhe replied.

"What's that for?"

"Her daughter entered the palace, and he came to beg the emperor, and wanted to come and take his daughter back."

"His daughter?" Listening to Chunhe talk about this, the more she listened, the more strange she felt, and she couldn't help but worry when she thought of what happened many years ago.

"Which palace is his girl from, and how old is she this year?"

"Hui Niangniang, that girl's name is An Qin Liusu, she was named Concubine Yun by the emperor, and now lives in Zhongcui Palace, at the age of seventeen."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she still felt strange, and sighed with some hesitation: "I think that after the death of his daughter An Tian, he also resigned, and the old mother in Beijing didn't care, she went so far, and now she has a daughter, and she has entered the palace, he has not been back for more than ten years, this time he actually entered the palace in order to take his daughter home, how could there be such a strange thing." ”

Seeing this, Chunhe hurriedly asked the Queen Mother again: "Niangniang, why don't you go and find out all the things in Anyang Hou first, and then tell Niangniang when you come back?" ”

"No, you don't." The Queen Mother immediately denied: "We can't interfere in his family's affairs anymore, everything has cause and effect, it's better to be at peace with what happens, Amitabha." Chunhe, you go down first, and the mourning family is quiet. ”

"Yes, mother, the slave and maid are retired." After that, Chunhe closed the door for the Queen Mother and retreated by herself.

But it was said that Zhao Rongrong ordered someone to stew a nourishing soup, and took the palace maid all the way to Heqing Palace, wanting to see Dugu Yi but did not get in.

When she waited outside until the soup was already cold, she still couldn't see Duguyi.

"Father-in-law Gao, what is the emperor doing, why hasn't he let me in for so long, I'm ...... The soup I have stewed for him is cold. Zhao Rongrong said anxiously to Gonggong Gao.

"Concubine Xiang, it's not that the old slave has to stop you from letting you in, the emperor said, he has important things to deal with today, and it's inconvenient to see anyone, so you better go back to the palace quickly."

"Father-in-law Gao, wait, don't go, I'll ......" Before Zhao Rongrong finished speaking, Father-in-law Gao turned around and went in.

In desperation, Zhao Rongrong ordered the palace maid to take the soup can, scooped it with a spoon and tasted it herself: "It tastes good, but it's a pity that it's going to be wasted." ”

After saying that, he put the spoon back on the plate and went back with the palace maid.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Rongrong didn't see the emperor's face, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he felt, and then changed his mind: "Qin'er, you go back first, I have something left there, I'll look for it." ”

Qin'er was puzzled and said that she wanted to go back with her to find it, but Zhao Rongrong only took out the mother's frame and ordered them, so she asked the palace maid Qin'er and the two little palace maids to go to Huan Hall first, and then forgot to run with the Qing Palace.

When Zhao Rongrong ran back to the Heqing Palace, he happened to find that the little eunuch who was guarding outside was napping, so he smiled at him proudly and took the opportunity to sneak in.

"Your Majesty, that concubine has returned to the palace, are you still worried about why = things?" The old eunuch Gao Gonggong, who had served Duguyi for many years, saw his displeasure at a glance.

Dugu Yi closed the book in his hand and said to Gonggong Gao: "Gonggong Gao, do you think that the Marquis of Anyang will agree to help the widow, is the widow giving him two weeks more or less time to think?" ”

"Your Majesty." Gao Gonggong just smiled first, and replied to Dugu Yi kindly: "The old slave can't do anything else, but he will only serve the first emperor and the emperor, you ask the old slave such a question, even if the old slave answers it to you, he can't decide what Anyang Hou thinks." ”

"But if there is no decision on this matter, the widow's heart will always be hanging, and if the traitor is not eliminated every day, the worry of my survival will become bigger and bigger day by day."

When Gonggong Gao heard this, he persuaded Duguyi again: "Your Majesty, you better put your heart in your stomach, and when the time comes in these two weeks, the Marquis of Anyang will give the emperor an answer." Also, the emperor asked the servants to investigate the things about the Marquis of Anyang, and the servants also found out. ”

"Oh? Then come quickly to the widow. ”

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Anyang was already an official in the court when the first emperor was still alive, you know this, but later, when his daughter was five years old, she suddenly ...... Suddenly passed away due to illness. Speaking of this, Gao Gonggong stopped unconsciously, and when he saw that Dugu Yi's face was no different, he continued:

"Anyang Hou has been particularly fond of this daughter since she was a child, because she couldn't stand the blow, and even had some discord with her mother at home, and then took his wife to another place, and his son An Wenzhao was raised by Mrs. An in Beijing."

Listening to Grandpa Gao's words, the same question appeared in Duguyi's thoughts: "Since his daughter died when she was five years old, who is this now?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the daughter of Anyang Hou who has now entered the palace, that is, Concubine Yun, is actually his adopted daughter. This original name was Qin Liusu, and after being accepted as a daughter by the Marquis of Anyang, he followed his surname An and was named An Qin Liusu. ”

"That's exactly what happened." Dugu Yi suddenly understood: "Father-in-law Gao, you go on." ”

"Then Anyang Hou took Qin Liu like his own daughter, and the family also liked him very much, including Anyang Hou's son." Gao Gonggong continued to say to Dugu Yi.

"Since she is so spoiled by her, why did the Marquis of Anyang let her enter the palace and come to the widow to ask for someone." Dugu Yi asked again.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Gao Gonggong said with a smile: "This involves the daughter of the waiter Wang Weida, that is, the concubine." However, the old mother of Hou Jingzhong in Anyang did not wait to see Concubine Yun at that time, and Miss Wang was interested in her grandson, so she was bent on marrying the Wang family, so Mrs. An sent Concubine Yun to the palace, while deceiving An Wenzhao to get married, who knew that An Wenzhao learned the truth, and then there was a saying that Miss Wang was abandoned by the groom. ”

"There is such a thing." Dugu Yi couldn't help but sigh after listening to it.

"Yes, the emperor, that's all the old slave knows."

Zhao Rongrong walked on the way back to the palace, and his mind was full of the words that he had just overheard Gao Gonggong and Dugu Yi.

On the one hand, he was nervous and uneasy after hearing the emperor's secret words, and on the other hand, he was puzzled by the emperor's investigation of An Qin Liusu's family.

After Zhao Rongrong was entangled in his heart, he still turned around and went straight to Zhong Cui Palace.

"Say hello to Concubine Xiang." After hearing the voice of the palace maid's speech, Qin Liusu came out and found that it was Zhao Rongrong who came.

"Rongrong, why are you here!" Qin Liusu smiled, surprised and delighted.

"I ...... I happened to be passing by, so I came to your Zhongcui Palace to have a look. Zhao Rongrong hesitated.

"Then come in and sit down." Qin Liusu took Zhao Rongrong's hand and led her into the house.

"Qin Liusu, can you let them avoid it first, I have something to tell you." Zhao Rongrong lowered his voice and said to Qin Liusu.

Qin Liusu understood, so she asked Lian'er and the others to close the door and go down first, leaving only her and Zhao Rongrong in the room.

From beginning to end, Zhao Rongrong told Qin Liusu the gist of what he had just heard.

When Qin Liusu heard this, her first reaction was to reply to her in surprise: "Rongrong, you ...... Are you eavesdropping on the emperor's speech? After that, Qin Liusu still looked frightened.

"Shhhh Be quiet! Rong Rong immediately replied to her: "I know I shouldn't eavesdrop, but I didn't mean to, I ...... I really just want to see the emperor, and I ...... if he refuses to see me."

"Oh, the point is not this, I came to tell you that the emperor asked someone to secretly investigate your father, named An ...... An Yanghou, I also mentioned you, as well as your family. ”

"You mean, the emperor is investigating my father? What did he investigate my dad for? Qin Liusu's face was full of doubts and puzzlement.

"I don't know, I have to ask you, is it because your father offended the emperor?" As soon as Zhao Rongrong finished speaking, she seemed to remind Qin Liusu of something, and she immediately remembered that An Wenxun had told her this morning that he would take her home.

Now that she heard Zhao Rongrong say that Duguyi had investigated her family affairs, the possibility that her father had offended the emperor for herself immediately flashed in Qin Liusu's mind, and she couldn't help but get nervous.

"Qin Liusu, Qin Liusu, what are you thinking?" Zhao Rongrong gently pushed her, and Qin Liusu came back to his senses from his contemplation.