Ci'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager leaned on the Luohan couch contentedly, set up a long plush blanket between her legs, closed her eyes slightly, and closed her eyes to recuperate.

Mama Lin sat sideways in front of her, beating her legs gently, and listened to the instructions of the Queen Mother.

On the smoke cage on the side, a few dried flowers are placed, and the whole room is filled with an elegant fragrance of flowers, refreshing people's hearts, as if in a thick spring day.

"Ask someone to bring a message to the Na Lian clan again, and keep to yourself in the future, don't be too arrogant, someone caught the handle, Ling Yan is not easy to do in the harem."

Mama Lin nodded and wrote it down.

"For the time being, the west wing room was cleaned up, and Ling Yan was temporarily wronged for a few days. After all, she entered the palace in the name of serving the mourning family, and she could do it for a few days, and whether she could please the emperor or not depended on her own creation. ”

Mama Lin nodded again.

"Presumably the emperor must be angry with the queen today, right?"

Mama Lin said softly: "Originally, someone was talking nonsense in front of the emperor, and the three of them became tigers, and the emperor was suspicious of the queen." Today, the queen disobeys him, and I am afraid that she is even more suspicious. ”

"Suspicious? That's all suspicion of the mourning family. He didn't dare to show it to the mourning family, so he took the queen as a pawn. ”

Mama Lin didn't dare to answer, and the Empress Dowager whispered: "I think my wings are stiff, I can not listen to the call of the mourning family, the mourning family just wants her to know that it is not easy to lift her, but it is easy to fall her." ”

Mama Lin hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help asking, "Why did your old man suddenly change his mind and not marry that Chu Mubai, but instead took Miss Ling Yan into the palace?" This queen mother and Miss Ling Yan are incompatible. ”

The Empress Dowager slowly lifted her eyelids and glanced at Mama Lin: "Can't even you see it?" ”

Mama Lin shook her head: "The old slave only thinks that the relationship between the emperor and the queen is getting better and better day by day, which is a happy event." ”

"Originally, it was a happy event, and it was also a joy for the mourning family. It's a pity that Chu Yuehua seems to have a heart for the emperor. These days, these things that have happened, it is hard to guarantee that she is not in front of the emperor to give advice.

She is now no longer under the control of the mourning family, especially when the mourning family handed her a message, her eyes wandered around in front of Chang Lehou, and the mourning family knew that she was beating the idea of the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, and she wanted to preemptively propose to marry that Ling Xi girl to Chu Mubai.

Originally, it didn't matter who would marry, the key was her Chu Yuehua's attitude towards this matter. She didn't take the mourning family seriously! Then, her favor in front of the emperor is a double-edged sword, and if she is not careful, she will hurt the mourning family. ”

"Didn't the queen obey your old man's wishes today? It can be seen that I still don't dare to disobey your old age. ”

"Humph!" The Empress Dowager snorted coldly: "She refuted the emperor not because she was afraid of the mourning family, but simply didn't want Ling Yan to marry that Chu Mubai." Chu Mubai stepped forward and volunteered, you didn't see the two of them eyebrows, the queen was so anxious that she almost lost her temper. ”

Mama Lin stumbled: "Does the Empress Dowager want Miss Ling Yan to replace her?" ”

"The world is impermanent, and I can't say for sure. Since she is unwilling to obey the orders of the mourning family, the mourning family naturally has to consider the way back and be prepared. The two were not very harmonious in the Hou Mansion, and often Lingyan entered the palace, and the two restrained each other, so they would try their best to curry favor with the mourning family and seek protection.

If she still doesn't know what to do, it's not impossible to let Ling Yan replace her, after all, the mourning family has a backbone...... There are some things that cannot be delayed. ”

"Why are you talking nonsense again? A few days ago, didn't the doctor ask for a pulse and say that you are in good health? ”

The Empress Dowager sighed helplessly, and the furrows between her eyebrows and eyes drooped weakly: "The mourning family knows its own body." Seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of Hades doesn't call himself to go, next year will be a hurdle for the mourning family, and the mourning family will not dare to bet all the bets on her Chu Yuehua.

Chu Yuehua actually rebelled against the emperor for an insignificant righteous brother, or what you said was right, she was too affectionate and not ruthless enough. Unexpectedly, instead of inspiring the ruthlessness in her bones, a grind outside the palace became more indecisive.

And Chang Lingyan's mother and daughter, although the mourning family can't look down on it, but this perseverance and unscrupulous momentum impresses the mourning family. The heart that is more ruthless than garlic is what the queen lacks the most. ”

Mama Lin nodded obediently: "To be honest, old slave, I am also angry and loving to this queen mother." She was too soft-hearted, and she almost annoyed the queen mother and the emperor for the sake of a talented person, and later vomited with the emperor for the sake of a gentleman Shuyuan. Thanks to your old man's ingenuity, she put down her body and catered to the emperor. Finally, the two of them had a little sign and repeated the mistakes of the past. Why doesn't she understand your old man's painstaking efforts? ”

The Empress Dowager yawned. There was obvious drowsiness and tiredness on his face: "It's so self-righteous, the mourning family is too lazy to care about her, so let her fend for herself." In the future, when she is not welcomed, and there is no way back, there will naturally be times when she begs to mourn her family. ”

Mama Lin immediately got up with the eyesight, stuffed a soft pillow under the queen mother's neck, and then unfolded the blanket and covered her body.

"Remember to find a teacher to teach Mama Xi to the Hou Mansion to teach Ling Yan, especially for her to restrain her arrogance." The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and muttered in a low voice.

Mama Lin answered softly, and then quietly retreated and explained the will of the Empress Dowager.

After the palace banquet was dispersed, the Chinese New Year's Eve vigil of thousands of households officially began, and the entire imperial city was immersed in the sound of firecrackers, surging into the palace like a wave, and the air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.

This is the flavor of the New Year.

I heard that Mo Guhan and the concubines in the palace climbed the Golden Bird Terrace tonight, where they enjoyed the beautiful scenery of fireworks and felt the joy of the peaceful and prosperous world.

Yuehua stood in the courtyard, looking up and could see the night sky in that direction, the fireworks that scrambled to rise, such as waterfalls, such as silver flowers, suddenly bloomed into a gorgeous and colorful posture, reflecting the night sky, and then slowly dimmed, and finally annihilated, returning to cold silence.

The night wind became colder and colder, Yuehua rolled up her cloak, covered half of her face with her erected fur collar, and raised her eyes to look at the sky in the distance, only to feel a gloomy heart.

"Doesn't this fireworks look like the emperor's favor?"

Someone behind him suddenly asked gloomily.

Yuehua looked back in surprise: "Huaien? Why didn't you go to see the fireworks? ”

Lan Cairen smiled: "I just want to accompany the queen mother here." ”

"What do I have to keep with me?" Yuehua smiled wryly.

"The emperor is naturally accompanied by his three palaces and six courts, and there has never been a shortage of servants like Lan Ting around him, but the queen mother is only accompanied by Lan Ting."

Lan Cairen tilted his head, and in a pair of eyes as clear as water, there were fireworks blooming, colorful. In front of Yuehua, she always stubbornly likes to call herself "Lan Ting", and abandons the name given to her by the Queen Mother.

Yue Huaqiang smiled and quipped: "If you accompany the emperor, the emperor can give you supreme grace and glory." But if you accompany your sister, your sister can't give you anything, but will bring you trouble. ”

Lan Cairen shook his head solemnly: "Lan Ting is self-aware, and in the eyes of the emperor, I am just a minion, so I have never thought about fighting for anything." As long as you lie on the couch for three feet, you will be satisfied with three meals. Lan Ting always thought that as long as this was the case, he could protect himself in the palace and live a peaceful life.

However, since the last incident, Lan Ting has understood that the emperor's favor is just fireworks in the night sky, which are instantly scorching, and then bring the desolation of prosperity and decline. At the moment of life and death, the emperor looked at Lan Ting so indifferently, Lan Ting was disheartened and had long been desperate. If it weren't for the queen's mother's action, today's Lan Ting would be just a dry bone. ”

Yuehua glared at her: "On a good day, how can you say such depressing words?" After today, it is a new atmosphere, and there will always be new hopes. ”

"This Forbidden City has existed for hundreds of years, prosperous and decadent, but the women in this harem have been like a day for a hundred years, how can there be any hope? Lan Ting felt that every piece of bluestone on the wall of this palace, piled up, was like a tomb to bury his life. ”

The tone of Lan Cairen's speech today was like fireworks that were extinguished in the sky, revealing cold ashes. "What? Regret entering the Forbidden City? Yuehua tried her best to speak in a relaxed tone, not wanting to be too heavy between the two.

Lan Cairen stepped forward and took Yuehua's hand affectionately: "It's just that when I heard about the things at today's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, I felt a little sad in my heart." ”

Because of Lancai's low status, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is not eligible to participate, and there has always been no secret in the palace.

Yuehua just smiled bitterly: "Do you want to say that I don't know what to do?" ”

Lan Cairen shook his head solemnly: "The queen must have her own reasons. ”

Yuehua shook her head: "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, there's no reason, I just don't like Chang Lingyan, so I don't want her to marry my brother-in-law." ”

"Who would like such an ambitious and scheming woman? If it were Lan Ting, he would also refuse. Lan Cairen said indignantly: "She actually used such a means to climb the dragon and the phoenix in front of everyone, so naturally she is not worthy of General Chu Mubai." ”

"What's next?" Yuehua was a little surprised: "What do you mean?" ”

"This kind of cunning may be able to hide from others, but it can't hide it from me. Where is the phoenix pattern an auspicious omen, but it is just an invisible tattoo. ”