"Come to think of it, this beautiful Jiao'e on the right side of His Royal Highness King Qinghui is the wife of Liu, one of the eighteen girls sent by the emperor to serve His Royal Highness in the Qinghui Palace. ”

The voice came from the seat on the left, and the voice was pleasant and tactful, probably the courtier's family was whispering to the husband beside him.

"I heard that it is the sister of Concubine Liu's sister-in-law......"

"It doesn't matter if it's the sister of the in-laws, even if the family is a concubine and the biological mother is a little-known person, but it is also the ability of the family to subdue His Royal Highness King Qinghui properly. The courtier's wife covered her lips and smiled lightly, even if it was a cold day, the snow outside the palace was like flocculents, and the delicate beauty was still holding a puff fan in her hand and fanning it gently, but there was a soup woman full of hot soup on her lap.

"I heard about the affairs of the back house of the Qinghui Palace, His Royal Highness the King of Qinghui has full authority to this lady Liu, although he has not been crowned as a side concubine, but it is nothing more than a step away from that step. The bored young woman on the side heard that this topic was exactly what she could talk about, and quickly took over.

In this way, I don't know how many daughters in Beijing who have not come out of the cabinet have cried and broken their hearts. ”

That's not exactly what happened.

Qinghui Wang Nanshu Ke was on the battlefield when he was young, guarding the northwest border, and his current title and reputation are all due to his own ability. It doesn't matter whether it is the military power, the support of the DPRK and the Chinese parties, or the love of the people on the border. In the final analysis, he is very different from the other two princes of the royal family surnamed Nan.

What's more, this prince is handsome and extraordinary, and he has never been married, and the position of princess is vacant.

The eighteen girls in the back house were also rewarded by the emperor in the past, and as a courtier, he couldn't refuse. Of course, the noble lady in Beijing will never forget him.

But now, this Liu clan can pull the gods above this altar down to the mortal dust, and make them taste the ups and downs of worldly love.

Mrs. Liu......

Xue Hainiang almost subconsciously fell her gaze on the Liu family, who was surrounded by everyone's eyes and stars holding the moon.

Dignified and elegant, her delicate and beautiful face was filled with a decent smile, and her jade arm was placed on her side from time to time on the arm of a man who was also handsome like a god, intimate and affectionate.

Nan Shuke walked straight to the empty head of the prince's seat on the right and sat down, and the Liu family naturally sat down beside him, smiling and greeting the courtiers and women around him.

"The emperor and the queen mother have arrived. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen—"

With the eunuch's slightly festive shouts, everyone's eyes jumped into a bright yellow robe.

There was another thunderous pilgrimage in the hall, and Xue Hainiang also bowed down with everyone in the hall, and the black pressure suddenly bowed down.

"Since it is a family banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, you don't need to be polite, feel free to sit down." ”

Xue Hainiang got up, stepped aside, and when the night banquet began, she guided the palace maid in the imperial dining room to spread the delicacies on the corresponding guest seats.

Sheng song is boiling, and the palace lights are like day.

The sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and a group of graceful dancing girls rushed in. Even on this cold day, he was still dressed in silk tulle, holding silk silk, and jumping bare-footed like a fairy in the wind on the bluestone slab covered with a red velvet carpet.

Year after year, at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the courtiers above the three products of the DPRK and the central government have always been the pillars of the central dynasty, and they have never been easily replaced.

Just when the courtiers were all in a lack of interest, the queen mother sitting on the chaise longue held a glass of wine, and the ministers raised their glasses from afar, "While the big guys are happy today, the mourning family will ask the emperor for a favor here." ”

Nan Jiuxi didn't seem to have thought that her own mother would stage such a play, and cast a puzzled gaze, "If the queen mother has any instructions, just say it, where can we talk about the word 'ask', the queen mother should not break me." ”

The woman, who was old but still beautiful and unusually beautiful, covered her lips and smiled lightly, and her carefully maintained face was bright and unusually bright. "The mourning family looks at the girl who serves beside you is very good, not to mention her appearance, and her temperament is also easy-going and gentle, quite like everyone's beautiful style. Speaking of this, she looked at Xue Hainiang as if she was extraordinarily gracious, "The mourning family ordered someone to check some time ago, this girl turned out to be the eldest daughter of the Xue family, but because you don't look down on her in this year's draft, it is better to be like this, the mourning family asked the emperor for a favor for her, and promised her to Shu Ke as a concubine, what do you think." ”

Xue Hainiang's heart was suddenly shocked, and she felt an uneasiness that she had never felt before.

How could the Queen Mother mention her relationship with King Qinghui for no reason, thinking about it, as early as today, Nan Shuke had already asked to see the Queen Mother and reached an agreement with the Queen Mother.

Nan Shuke is not the biological son of the Queen Mother, whose blood is thicker than water, even so, the Queen Mother is still willing to help him, it must be because of the mixed interests.

So she didn't dare.

I didn't dare to protest against the will of the Queen Mother with such a humble body.

Nan Jiuxi's smile on his lips stiffened, his wicked and sharp eyes swept over a gloomy cloud, he put down the cup in his hand, and laughed softly: "How can I stuff the maidservants who serve me to King Qinghui as a concubine, where is this called King Qinghui's face?" ”

Nan Shuke said in a timely manner: "If it is really the queen mother's proposal, the minister doesn't think there is anything wrong." ”

As a result, the shadow under Nan Jiuxi's eyes became a little deeper.

He looked at Xue Hainiang, and a voice that was not angry overflowed from his lips, "What do you think?" ”

Xue Hainiang leaned down, "The emperor treats the slave and maid with the grace of knowledge, and the slave and maid want to serve the emperor for a good life." "It's like this on the lips, but she can't stop mocking in her heart, when she can go against her own will like this, so duplicitous.

The Empress Dowager leisurely handed her a look, seemingly tolerant and harmless, but in fact it was secretly coercive, "If you want to repay the emperor's kindness to you, what is the difference between reporting to the emperor and reporting to King Qinghui." Besides, King Qinghui is the emperor's brother, if you serve King Qinghui well, the emperor is also very grateful. ”

The queen mother said, and looked at Nan Jiuxi again, the smile that overflowed her lips always made people feel a little cold in their hearts.

Seeing Nan Jiuxi's cold face and silence, the Queen Mother looked at Xue Hainiang again, "Although you are from a family, you have not entered the palace before, and now you are still in the palace to report on your work, and you will be in the best years of a woman when the five-year period expires, even if the emperor values your intention to find a family for you in the court, it is better to marry into the Qinghui palace as a side concubine......

It's just a side concubine.

For some reason, the tight strings in Xue Hainiang's heart loosened again, and her slightly drooping eyelids hid a trace of strange feelings in her eyes.

After the queen mother said at length, Xue Hainiang's heart was already full of thousands of thoughts.

She is not a person who is incompetent, she knows that it is not beneficial for Nan Shuke to marry her, so his starting point is nothing more than to think about her and solve her immediate needs.