When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, the guards stopped the red mud and only asked You'an to enter alone. Since the assassination, the empress's suspicions have become more and more serious, even if the female relatives enter the palace, the list of attendants must be sent in advance, without the consent of the empress or the female official in charge of the Hanliang Palace, no one can enter directly.

You'an knew that the rules in the palace were like this, and it was useless to embarrass the guards, so he asked Hongni to wait in the carriage first.

The banquet of the palace was not held in the Hanliang Palace, and You'an was led by the palace maid to a side hall next to the Zichen Palace. When I entered the door, I saw Liu Ruojin half-leaning on the couch, his face flushed. Liu Ruojin has always disliked to bring a maid by her side, she is drunk at this time, and there is no one around to serve her, only a cup of tea is placed on the small table in front of her, which seems to be prepared for her by the palace maid serving the banquet.

You'an walked over, took a wet handkerchief and handed it to Liu Ruojin: "What's the matter, Your Highness?" ”

"His Royal Highness is still inseparable from the banquet," Liu Ruojin sat up with his upper body, "The wine in the palace today is not my appetite, but after drinking two glasses, it will not be done." ”

The incense burner emitted a dense aroma, and the entire side hall burned the earth dragon, and the warmth was melting. Not long after You'an came in, she felt a little anxious from the heat, and wanted to say that it was better to go back to the house to rest earlier, but looking at Liu Ruojin's appearance, it seemed that her body was still soft and had no strength, so she could only wait patiently for her to be a little better.

Liu Ruojin took the tea and drank it slowly, looked around at the surrounding situation, and sighed longly: "In the past, I always thought that if I wanted to enter the palace one day, it must be my husband's official fortune and prosperity, and finally have the opportunity to have a place in the emperor's palace banquet." Unexpectedly, now he is accompanying His Highness to the banquet. ”

When You'an heard her suddenly mention this, she was surprised in her heart, Liu Ruojin is not a person who often feels sorry for herself, maybe she really drank too much, and she couldn't help but think of the person who had an accident.

"In the past, when His Royal Highness said that he wanted to welcome me as a concubine and make it convenient for you, in fact, I was unwilling," Liu Ruojin stared at the swaying tea soup, and only said his own words, "Because I always feel that His Royal Highness is a person who will definitely make great achievements, and he should not be trapped by the love of his children." But then you and His Highness had a similar affection, and you soon had a son, so I thought, maybe this is the fate of fate, and it is time for Your Highness to meet you. ”

She raised her head and smiled at You'an, "I'm sorry, I really never considered you a sister or a friend, and the only starting point for me to evaluate you is whether you are useful to Your Highness." The person who should have been my husband has died for His Highness, and my life has become a pool of stagnant water for His Highness, and I will never allow someone to become a shackle or obstacle to His Highness. ”

"I know Your Highness is going to send you away, but if you leave, Your Highness will face the thunderous wrath of Her Majesty, so I will not allow this to happen."

Before she could fully understand what she meant, the Empress had already walked in slowly, and the door of the palace slammed shut behind her.

Liu Ruojin saw the empress come in and took another sip of herbal tea, then she staggered to her feet and knelt down to the empress: "Your Majesty, the daughter-in-law has called Concubine Dou here, and I also ask Her Royal Highness the Empress not to tell Her Highness that it was the daughter-in-law who did this." ”

You'an suddenly understood, why Liu Ruojin had to explain so much to her first, in fact, Liu Ruojin didn't care if You'an could understand what she was thinking, but just reminded her that she didn't betray Li Dan, didn't say that Li Dan arranged for You'an to leave, only said that You'an's own thoughts, if You'an still remembered Li Dan's benefits, don't expose this layer in front of the empress.

The empress looked down at Liu Ruojin: "You don't want the imperial heir to know, that's simple, if I want to keep Concubine Dou here, you will stay with her, and when I want to dispose of her, I will also dispose of you, and the imperial heir will not suspect that you betrayed Concubine Dou." ”

When ordinary people heard this, they were afraid that they would be so frightened that they begged for mercy on the spot, but Liu Ruojin never knew what he was afraid of, and he couldn't pretend to be scared for a while, so he could only bow down deeply and couldn't say a word.

I didn't want the empress to suddenly become angry, and slapped Liu Ruojin in the face: "One or two are so bold!" It's just a matter of deceiving me in everything, and I want to use my hand to get rid of people who don't like your eyes for you! ”

You Anxin chuckled, knowing that the empress would be wrong in this matter, and mistakenly thought that Liu Ruojin came to tell the whistle because she was jealous of herself. But after thinking about it, I admired Liu Ruojin very much, and only by covering it up with such a seemingly logical reason would the empress not suspect her true motives. No one would easily think that although Liu Ruojin married Li Dan as a concubine, he never regarded him as a husband in his heart.

Liu Ruojin hit the empress this time, and buried his head lower, looking like he was only told what was in his heart, and he was speechless to refute.

The empress was still angry, and said to Liu Ruojin: "You go to the empty room next to you and wait first, and I will pay attention to you when I turn around." ”

Liu Ruojin kowtowed to the empress, then got up and exited the room. Outside the door, there were palace people brought by the empress, and when they saw Liu Ruojin coming out, they took her away, and the others still closed the palace door, and no one dared to come in recklessly.

The empress paced a few steps to the side of the couch and sat down slowly, her eyes still looking at You'an: "Zhenniang and you are also very capable, stealing beams and changing pillars under my nose, I have been hidden." ”

You An knew in her heart that the empress already knew everything, and she no longer hid it, but only said truthfully: "The daughter-in-law has indeed never known about her birthday, and A-Niang has never mentioned it." ”

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