The atmosphere in the hall was a little strange for a while, and Lu Yingquan glanced at Yun Yao beside him slightly, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart. But when she came into contact with Yun Yao's calm and lonely gaze, the tension dissipated slightly.

"You two come here. After a long time, the Queen Mother opened her mouth and commanded, waving to the two.

Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan glanced at each other, walked up, walked in front of the Queen Mother, and stood there in an orderly manner, waiting for the Queen Mother's orders.

The Queen Mother sighed, sat in a different position, and then stretched out her hand to pull Lu Yingquan to her side, looked up and down carefully, and then said: "In the future, in front of the mourning family, there is no need to be restrained." Che'er has already told the mourning family about your identity, and the mourning family also knows what you have done after entering the Yi Palace. To be honest, you will choose this path, the mourning family is very surprised, but also very lucky, Che'er's plan, you must already know very well. If it happens, you are the greatest hero. ”

"The Queen Mother is polite, the concubine just did what she had to do. Lu Yingquan replied respectfully, not taking credit.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Jiang nodded slightly, very satisfied with Lu Yingquan's attitude. Then she let go of Lu Yingquan and turned her head to look at Yun Yao, the gaze on her face became a little deeper at this time, but it was unpredictable.

"Yun Yao, it's the mourning family who is clumsy, and I actually underestimated you in the past. The Queen Mother sighed and spoke, as if she was praising it, but it seemed to be sarcastic, "When you were in the Ning Palace, you could hide it from the Empress Dowager Qin, stir up the situation, and when you arrive in Yiguo, I am afraid that this small place will affect your performance." ”

Yun Yao's heart tightened, knelt down in a hurry, and said to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother forgives her sins." ”

"Forgive sins?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked with a smile, "The mourning family doesn't mean to ask about sin, what's more, what are you guilty of? Everything you do has made a great contribution to the Shen family, how can the mourning family not understand?"

Yun Yao looked at the attitude of the Queen Mother, and listened to these words, she always felt that something was wrong in her heart, and before she could say anything, she heard the Queen Mother speak again:

"Yun Yao, the mourning family asked you to continue to assist Lu Meiren and do what you can. But everything is too much, there are lessons from the past, I hope you can understand the boundaries, know how to measure, don't leave endless disasters to future generations. Got it?"

The Queen Mother's words were very vague, and Lu Yingquan was puzzled in his heart, not knowing why the Queen Mother was so harsh to Yun Yao. But Yun Yao completely understood these words, and felt infinite sadness in her heart.

It's too late, a lesson from the past.

If she didn't understand, it would be in vain for her to have a clever head. These eight words clearly refer to the Empress Dowager Qin in the Ning Palace.

In the past, the Empress Dowager Qin also assisted the first emperor to lay down the country, and she was very strategic and courageous. But later, the expansion of ambition and desire made the Empress Dowager Qin gradually lose her mind, immersed in the joy of power, and unable to extricate herself.

From the harem to the government, to the power of the government and the opposition, and then to the dictatorship of relatives, step by step, it has threatened the orthodox Shen family, which is the most fundamental reason why Shen Ze and Shen Che brothers, have worked hard to hide from the world, and it is also the reason for the ups and downs and tragedies of her and Lu Yingquan's lives.

Empress Dowager Jiang meant that she didn't want her to pry Lu Yingquan to fight for too many interests, and it was just right to go to a moderate place. If they ask too much, they are likely to become the next Empress Dowager Qin and threaten the Shen family again, and then there will be countless women like them who are involuntary and will once again become victims of the dictatorship of their relatives.

Yun Yao couldn't help but smile bitterly, but she felt that Empress Dowager Jiang was too worried, she didn't have that much ambition to do such a thing, and she never felt how desirable power was. In her eyes, even if she sits in Mingtang, she can't stay with Gu Qingming for the rest of her life.

"Thank you for the teachings of the Queen Mother, the slave and maid keep it in mind and never dare to forget. Yun Yao bowed down and replied, saying her oath.

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Jiang smiled with satisfaction, and she said, "You are a smart person and know what to do. Okay, it's been a long time since the commotion today, so you can go down, and the matter of the Temple of Light will be stopped, and no one is allowed to continue to investigate. ”

"The concubine obeyed. Lu Yingquan nodded, agreed, and then saluted, and then took Yun Yao and Sisi to leave Suochun Terrace and go back to Linglong Pavilion.

On the way back, Yun Yao had been very silent, and there was even a trace of sadness in her eyes, for the scene in front of her and for her future fate. She can even faintly feel that Empress Dowager Jiang's beating today is just the tip of the iceberg, and in the days to come, Empress Dowager Jiang is likely to have other actions.

If her choice is a little wrong, her fate and Lu Yingquan's future are likely to be ruined.

"Yun Yao, what do you mean by what the Queen Mother said?" Lu Yingquan finally couldn't help it, and asked, "What are the boundaries and proportions she said?"

"Yingquan, there are some things I don't know how to say, the only thing I can tell you is that if His Royal Highness really ascends to the world one day and dominates the mountains and rivers, you don't interfere too much in his affairs. What you have to do is to hold on to His Highness's heart, as long as His Highness's heart is with you, no one can snatch you, and no one will try to threaten you. Do you understand?" Yun Yao said.

Lu Yingquan sighed and nodded, she knew that Yun Yao would not harm herself, so she kept Yun Yao's words firmly in her mind.

The two didn't say anything more, but continued to walk, but Yun Yao's thoughts didn't know where they had drifted.

Why did she say such a thing to Lu Yingquan? It was because in the past countless days and nights, she had been thinking about why the Empress Dowager Qin, from a virtuous queen who assisted the first emperor to conquer the country, would become the current greedy for profit.

The first emperor decided the country, and in order to consolidate the imperial power, he accepted many concubines. In the deep palace, in addition to fighting openly and secretly with a group of women, the most important thing is the emperor's heart, only the emperor's heart is in you, will you have the foundation of your life, and you will be invincible in countless battles.

And the Empress Dowager Qin, it was precisely because she lost the emperor's heart that she became paranoid, sad and angry, and even full of hatred. She couldn't get the love of the first emperor, so she shifted her mind to power, she couldn't compete with other concubines in front of the first emperor, so she suppressed other concubines after the death of the first emperor.

I still remember that Sister Su Xin mentioned in the past that the Empress Dowager Jiang when she was young was deeply loved by the first emperor, and even Shen Che almost became the prince. But all of this was disillusioned with the death of the first emperor, and the opportunity for the Empress Dowager Qin was greater.

She transferred all her hatred for the first emperor and her concubines to her desire for power, and she even thought that if she took away the country that the first emperor had fought hard and guarded, and let the Shen family become the world of the Qin family, it would be the best revenge for the first emperor, and the revenge for his change of heart! And she can also get a trace of pleasure in this kind of revenge, and this pleasure will make her sink even more.

This is the tragedy of the Empress Dowager Qin, and it is also the tragedy of countless people who have worked hard for the Shen family.

Therefore, she asked Lu Yingquan to learn to grasp the emperor's mind, as long as Shen Che treated Lu Yingquan wholeheartedly as he is now, how could Lu Yingquan follow the old path of the Empress Dowager Qin?

It's just that different people have different ways of doing things, everyone's fate is different, Yun Yao firmly believes that the tragedy of history will not be repeated.

Absolutely not!

Back at Linglong Pavilion, Lu Yingquan instructed Sisi to quickly prepare hot water and clothes, so that Yun Yao could take a hot bath comfortably and change into clean clothes.

Because Yun Yao had been in the prison for several days, she almost didn't sleep well, although Lu Yingquan secretly sent her a quilt every night, but it was also delivered late and harvested early, so Yun Yao felt very poor in spirit, and the whole person was not very comfortable.

After taking a bath, Yun Yao lay on the bed to rest, and Lu Yingquan instructed no one to disturb her.

At the same time, in the Chuntai, after Lu Yingquan and Yun Yao left, the Queen Mother took out the white paper presented by Mrs. Yao from her sleeve, handed it to Wushuang, and then asked, "Look at it, what's wrong with this paper?"

Wushuang took the blank paper and looked at it carefully, before he said: "Empress Dowager Qi, in addition to the creases you made when you put this paper in your sleeve just now, there are many other traces of folds, especially the corners on both sides, like ...... It's like being pinched in your hand many times. ”

"Yes, the same is true of what the mourning family found. This shows that this piece of paper is indeed as Mrs. Yao said, she got it a few days ago, and then repeatedly held it in her hand and looked at it many times, until today before she came to see the mourning family. The Queen Mother said, "If it was really just a blank piece of paper, Mrs. Yao would not have bothered so much." ”

"Then what does the Queen Mother mean that there is another mystery in this piece of paper?" Aunt Wushuang asked, "Then why did the whistle-blowing letter become a blank piece of paper?"

The Queen Mother listened to Wushuang's words and shook her head, indicating that she didn't quite understand it either. She knew that Madame Yao would try her best not to just fool her with a blank piece of paper, but she couldn't see anything wrong.

"Queen Mother, this paper slave has been put away, wait for the slave to spend some time studying it. Wushuang said.

"It's fine. You've always been smart, and you might be able to see something. The Queen Mother nodded and said, "By the way, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the New Year is approaching, and it's time to start preparing for the year-end palace banquet." This year, Mrs. Han is pregnant, which is a big joy, and she has to handle it well, so leave this matter to Yi'er to do. ”

"Yes. Wushuang listened to the Queen Mother's words and nodded.

She knew that the Queen Mother had begun to create opportunities for Jiang Yi, and handed over the matter of organizing the palace banquet to Jiang Yi, which was also an affirmation and cultivation of Jiang Yi's ability.

In the past, there were many concubines in the palace, Jiang Yi should not be too brilliant, otherwise she would become a thorn in everyone's side and be hated. So at that time, the Queen Mother asked Jiang Yi not to do anything, just maintain her status, and leave the rest to the Queen Mother to solve.

And now, because of the arrival of Lu Yingquan, the Yiwang Palace has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the original full harem has died and walked away, and now there are only so few people left, except for Jiang Yi and Mrs. Han, there are only Lu Yingquan, Yao Shuang and He Meiren.

Therefore, now is a good time for Jiang Yi to start moving up, and if he is one step late, Lu Yingquan will take the lead.