Empress.

Bai Qige stopped, turned around and looked at Yi Chenjing, and the others also looked stunned, stopped their movements and looked at the door blankly.

The queen is the mother of the country and an important figure second only to the emperor, but in today's remote country, this queen is obviously not a pivotal existence. Since entering the palace, Bai Qige has only had a relationship with the queen at last year's birthday banquet, and the occasional mention of the next few turmoil is only heard of his name and not seen by him, according to Yi Chenjing, it is because the emperor and the queen are not in harmony, so except for those trivial things in the harem, the queen generally does not appear.

So, what does it mean that the queen suddenly appeared in the dust Xuan today.

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, a figure came into sight with the support of the eunuch. The posture is far less graceful and delicate than the young concubine, it looks like there is a sense of natural majesty, the red long-tailed luan robe is covered with a silver rat cloak, the four butterflies are inlaid with jade and gold, and the brilliance is shining, graceful and elegant, and the spirit is self-revealed, at a glance it is far from being comparable to ordinary women, and even a few concubines who are famous for their elegant temperament are dwarfed.

"Concubine Xian to the queen mother, the queen mother Chitose Chitose Chitose." A group of people were still stunned, and the concubines who had already had a spirit bent their knees to greet them, and their voices were so flattering that they were disgusting. Reminded by the concubines, the other concubines also came back to their senses and saluted one after another, and for a while, the greetings came one after another, and they were chaotic.

"Alright, let's be exempt." The queen frowned slightly, raised her hand and instructed everyone to be even, and her tone was solemn and decent, showing a royal demeanor.

Bai Qige is the princess, the difference in seniority is due to the difference in seniority, according to the rules should be bowed, just reluctantly bent her knees and heard the queen's call: "The princess is also exempt from kneeling, you have worked hard in the past two days." ”

"The affairs of the concubines are within their own affairs, and they dare not talk about their hard work." Happy not to kneel, Bai Qige straightened up and curtsied instead, her words and deeds were the same, and the anti-sect Yi Chenjing and Zhan Ting and others secretly admired, where did she know what court etiquette she was a special soldier who had traveled for thousands of years. In Zhaoguo, he was brought to Dayao without two days of stable life, and the rules he knew were all learned and sold, and it was not easy to be so familiar with etiquette today, compared to the time when he first entered the palace, he often recklessly did not know how much stronger he did not know how much stronger.

Seeing that Bai Qige's response was neither humble nor arrogant, not shy or astringent, the queen nodded with satisfaction: "I have always heard some people say in the ears of the palace that the Seventh Prince and Concubine are arrogant and rude. Sideways glanced at a group of concubines who bowed their heads respectfully, and the queen's tone was slightly harsh: "Remember it all to the palace, whoever will chew the root of the tongue in the future, the palace will never spare it." ”

"Concubines remember." This time, it was unanimous and neat.

A woman can have such courage not only because of her position, as the head of the six palaces, what kind of mind and bearing she has. The queen's domineering momentum made Bai Qige very curious, and secretly raised her head and carefully observed the strange woman in front of her.

The queen is not beautiful, her cheeks are too angular and obviously a little hard, her skin is not very fair, and her appearance and figure are more than a little worse than Concubine Jing's.

Although Yi Chenjing had doubts, he still bowed down and saluted in a proper manner: "The funeral of the mother concubine actually led the queen mother to move her golden body, and Chen Jing thanked her mother on behalf of the concubine." ”

"The Seventh Prince is more polite, Concubine Jing is older than the palace, it stands to reason that the palace should call her Sister Sheng. Now that Sister Jing Concubine is out of the spirit, the palace has come to see her off from now, but she can't walk because of the cold and headache in the morning, so it has been delayed until now. After a moment of silence, the queen said, "The Seventh Prince has been wandering abroad since he was a child, and he has lost the rules of Dayao, so why did he forget the name of the palace. Don't call me Niangniang anymore, it's right to call me Mother Queen. ”

Yi Chenjing was slightly stunned, and only after a few reactions did he understand what the queen meant, and hurriedly pulled a far-fetched smile: "Erchen was confused for a while, please forgive the queen mother." ”

Bai Qige, who lowered his head next to him, took a deep breath, and immediately realized that the queen was not a simple person, and the question on the title looked small but was actually a big matter, and it could involve many relationships.

In the past, Concubine Jing was beaten into the cold palace, and Yi Chenjing had been fostered by the queen's side for more than two years, and it was natural to call the queen mother, but since he returned to Yaoguo after his proton career, he has never called the queen mother when he mentioned the queen several times. First, Yi Chenjing is the son of an abandoned concubine and a returned proton with a low status, calling the queen the queen is inevitably suspected of having a relationship, and secondly, as a general, he has to be called the queen according to the rules on weekdays, and Yi Chenjing is a person with a weak kinship, so he simply gave up the title of the queen mother and often regarded himself as a courtier.

In fact, there are not many princes who call the queen the queen mother, except for the eldest prince and the third prince under the queen's knees, only Yi Chenxuan, who is good at sweet words, and several underage princes are called so, and now the queen asks Yi Chenjing to call her the queen mother again, although it is reasonable but very abrupt, but in any case, as long as Yi Chenjing calls the queen mother, the relationship between the two will be instantly closer, and it also shows the queen's magnanimity, after all, the former crown prince who was replaced by Yi Chenjing is her own son.

One title, two words, it is unimaginable how many power struggles are hidden behind it, and this is the abyss of indifference of the court, which hides filth and dirt and never stops.

"Cheer up."

Bai Qige was thinking about it out of his mind, and Yi Chenjing secretly reminded him in a low voice behind him, and then he remembered that he should welcome the queen into the hall.

"It's windy and cold outside, so the queen invites you to sit in the hall." Turning sideways to make way for the way, when the queen walked in front of her, Bai Qige suddenly found that there were a few calluses on her carefully maintained hands, which seemed to have been slightly yellowed after a long time.

bowed silently, and did not raise her head until the queen walked past Bai Qige, and looked at the straight back with puzzled eyes.

People who practice martial arts often hold swords, and after a long time, the palm of the hand will grind out a cocoon, and it is difficult to become a queen, a pampered woman in the harem, can also do kung fu with fists and feet. If this is the case, this mother of a nation should not be underestimated.

The queen didn't stay in the dust collection for too long, and left after a few words of greeting and mourning, but the queen's appearance in the dust collection soon spread to all corners of the palace, making waves again in the palace of Yaoguo, which had just stepped into the calm, of course, this is a later story, for Bai Qige and Yi Chenjing on the night of Concubine Jing's appearance, the tired and tired day finally passed.

The white candles and curtains had not yet had time to be removed, and the dazzling white that could be seen everywhere made the room look unusually cold, and Bai Qige sat in a cold tone, and the sleepiness that had been entangled for several days disappeared inexplicably, probably because people often said that they were too sleepy. The busyness came to an abrupt end, and after the trivial things disappeared, he was full of emptiness, as if something was missing, and looked at the cold and silent room in a daze Bai Qige suddenly realized that yes, there was no one missing.

After all the outsiders left, Yi Chenjing said that he would go back to the room first, and when Bai Qige told the maid to pack up her things and return to the bedroom, it was empty, and there was no trace of Yi Chenjing's return.

It's about separation. Bai Qige smiled bitterly, wanting to scold Yi Chenjing for being stingy and stingy, but he felt ridiculous, anyway, he couldn't hear it.

There are a lot of people who have come to the spirit in the past three days, all of them are maintained by Bai Qige alone, one by one to greet and say some nonsense, after the hard work, his throat is about to burst, and he lifts the teapot and desperately wants to drink a cup of tea, but the pot is empty, and there is not even a drop of cold water. Dragging her tired body to climb onto the bed, Bai Qige sat tightly wrapped in the quilt against the wall, her skinny body curled up in a ball, only in this way could she reduce heat loss, so that she would not freeze to death in early winter and become a joke in the palace.

It's cold, it's cold, it's cold all over the body.

At this time, it would be nice to have a bowl of hot porridge or a warm embrace from him...... I don't know when it started, the pride that I didn't want to rely on anyone and didn't want to be bound by any man gradually faded, and it turned out that when feelings came quietly, no matter how strong a person was, he would become soft and fragile.

A few soft sounds on the window frame startled Bai Qige, as if someone was pulling the window outside. His eyes tightened, his fingers touched his waist and pulled out a short sword, Bai Qige turned over and quickly rushed to the window to hold his breath and shouted: "Who." ，”

Hearing someone in the room responding, there was no movement outside, and just when Bai Qige thought that the person had left, the window was pulled open from the outside with a bang, and a half-black, smelly and half-helpless face appeared in front of him.

"What are you doing bolting the door?"

"Ahh Door. Bai Qige looked ignorant, looked at Yi Chenjing who was rubbing the corners of his forehead, and subconsciously asked.

"Don't want me in. It was not easy to rush back after listening to Zhan Ting's long-winded complaints, but you ...... the door" Looking at Bai Qige's suddenly realized expression, Yi Chenjing swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach, and his expression of disdain was undisguised, "Can you be more confused." ”

Bai Qige beat his forehead, hurriedly ran outside to open the door, and scolded himself in his heart. When she came back just now, she thought that Yi Chenjing was already in the room, so she bolted the door casually, and when she hid in the inner room alone, she must not have heard Yi Chenjing knock on the door, forcing him to go around to the inner room window to find a way into the house.

Hurriedly removed the latch and opened the door, a piece of wind and snow blew in violently outside, and the already cold body was blown cold. Bai Qige shuddered, and with a flower in front of him, Yi Chenjing squeezed into the room to block the wind and snow, and handed something in front of him.

"Take it."

Hearing the sound and looking closely, what Yi Chenjing was carrying was actually a food box, and the heat came out from the cracks, and he felt warm when he looked at it. Bai Qige was not hungry originally, maybe she was greedy for that little temperature, and the moment she saw the food box, her stomach grunted uncontrollably, and she raised her head in embarrassment, facing her gentle eyes.

"Let people cook two bowls of lotus leaf japonica rice porridge and drink it while it is hot, and the throat will not hurt after drinking."

"Hmm." In addition to a faint response, Bai Qige really couldn't think of anything else to say, so he just walked to the table with the food box in his hand, and a smile gradually appeared on his face that he didn't even notice. His breath has not changed, his gentleness is still the same, and his thoughtfulness and care for her are as good as yesterday. Is she too careful? Maybe she was the one who was guessing from beginning to end, and he was consistent.

The porridge is fragrant, smelling into the nose one by one, and the cold can no longer be found, but the illusory temperature is not as warm as the back, which is down-to-earth and reassuring.

With his arms clasped around his thin body, Yi Chenjing buried his head in Bai Qige's neck, the hot breath exhaled hit the cold skin, his eyes closed, he felt the familiar heartbeat, and his voice sank like stagnant water.

"I only have you, Qige......"