Chonghua Hall.

When I saw these three words on the door, my footsteps stopped, and the grandmother behind me unceremoniously pushed me: "Hurry up!" ”

They were taken into the Chonghua Palace, and from a distance, they saw that the door was open, and the house was full of jewels.

Sitting in such a gorgeous scene, it is natural that she is a beauty, the bead curtain is swaying, watching her graceful figure reclining on the chaise longue from a distance, the ice tray on the side exudes a leisurely coolness, maybe because of the ice tray, as soon as I approached, I shivered.

"Niangniang, Yue Qingying brought it."

I walked to the bead curtain and knelt down to her gently: "Slave Yue Qingying, meet the concubine." ”

She raised her hand, and a palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward to help her, Shen Rou slowly stood up from the couch, walked over to look at me, and smiled: "Why is it only a few days, and I am haggard again, but this palace said that you should recuperate." ”

I hurriedly said: "It's the slave's own poor health that has failed the mother's good intentions." ”

A slender jade hand reached from the end of the bead curtain, holding up my chin, she looked me up and down, and said with a smile: "But this illness is even more pitiful to me, no wonder——"

She didn't finish her sentence, but it already made me uneasy enough.

So I plucked up the courage and said, "Niangniang, I don't know what Niangniang has to summon the slave and maid here, what is the order?" ”

Shen Rou said: "This palace sees that you are clever and smart, so this palace and the queen have this shortage, from today on, you will go to Chonghua Hall to do things." ”

What? I was shocked in my heart, let me go to the Chonghua Palace?

But I'm Pei Yuanhao's prisoner in the cold palace, can he let me leave that ghost place and come here?

Besides--I looked through the bead curtain with some uneasiness at the pair of eyes that rippled like water-Shen Rou, I always felt that her smile was too sweet and too soft, and such a feminine woman talked to a straightforward man like Pei Yuanfeng, and no one could figure out what she was thinking.

I hesitated.

"Why, don't you want to?"

"This ......" she directly asked people to go to the cold palace to transfer me out, and there was no way to say whether I was willing or not, besides, it was natural for the concubine to want a palace maid, I said: "I'm afraid that the slave maid will be clumsy and will not serve the mother well." ”

"Whether it's good or not, this palace has the final say."

As soon as Shen Rou finished speaking, a few little eunuchs hurriedly ran outside, and the leading one knelt outside the door, panting and said, "Niangniang, the time has come, and the queen has already left." ”

"Oh? Okay, Hongu will go over immediately. ”

After Shen Rou finished speaking, she turned her head and instructed a palace maid next to her: "Take Yue Qingying down and settle down, freshen up well, and follow the palace from tonight." ”

"Yes."

I also hurriedly stepped aside, watching Shen Rou walk out of the bead curtain, only then did I see that she was wearing a formal dress, it seemed that there was something important, just now the little eunuch mentioned that the queen mother had left, could it be that there was something big in the palace?

Still wondering in my heart, she had already walked away, and only another palace maid in the main hall walked towards me: "Qingying." ”

I looked up and immediately said happily: "Bixiu! ”

Standing in front of me was the little girl Bixiu who was serving Yao Yingxue in Shangyang Palace, but I didn't expect her to be in Chonghua Hall now, this is also the first time I have seen an acquaintance in Shangyang Palace in so long, and immediately said: "Why are you here!" ”

"After the emperor ascended the throne, our subordinates were all transferred to the palace, and they were rewarded, and I was given to the concubine by the emperor." As she spoke, she helped me stand up, looked me up and down, and said, "Qingying, what's the matter?" Shouldn't you and Yu'er have been amnesty out of the palace? Why did I just hear that you came from the cold palace? ”

As soon as I mentioned the amnesty, my heart swelled with endless remorse and sourness, and I could only smile reluctantly: "It's hard to say." ”

"Then let's talk slowly."

Bixiu said, and helped me pick up my luggage and walked towards the next room. She walked all the way and talked about the recent situation, and I learned that after the night of the battle for the throne, Shangyang Palace has been closed, and all the people in it have been transferred to the palace, and now they are assigned to the mansions of various concubines, princesses and princes, and they have all been settled.

I thought of Yang Jinqiao again, so I asked, "Bixiu, I heard that Mrs. Jin Qiao was killed that night, right?" ”

Bixiu nodded, and said with a regretful expression: "It's a pity, Mrs. Jin Qiao is a good person, if she hadn't died, she would be a concubine by the emperor's side now, but I didn't expect it - but it's strange to say." ”

"What's weird?"

"That night, Shangyang Palace was indeed very chaotic, but Lord Yang also allocated a group of people to protect Shangyang Palace, but he didn't expect the rebellious army to succeed, no wonder Lord Yang was grief-stricken and resigned."

"What?!" I was taken aback again, and turned my head to look at her: "Yang Yunhui - Lord Yang, he resigned?" ”

"yes." Bixiu nodded: "You don't know yet, Lord Yang has resigned and returned to his hometown a few months ago." ”

No wonder, no wonder now that the people from the Nine Gates of the Imperial City have been handed over to Pei Yuanfeng, I have been wondering why this is happening, it turns out that Yang Yunhui has resigned.

In the past, when they were still in Shangyang Palace, they could feel that their brother and sister had a very good relationship, and Pei Yuanhao was not very fond of Yang Jinqiao, but he could clearly feel his respect for this kind of woman, in fact, Yang Jinqiao was a respectable woman, calm and wise, if Yao Yingxue was as beautiful as a painting, then she was like a book, not necessarily pleasing to the eye, but it could make people feel spiritual satisfaction.

It's a pity that such a woman has a thin face.

"The emperor is also very sad, but he also rewarded the people of Mrs. Jin Qiao's family, I heard that several mines were rewarded to Mrs. Jin Qiao's father, and what kind of tea merchant and weaving business there is, I don't know. However, all the subordinates of Shangyang Palace were transferred to the palace, and only those who served Mrs. Jin Qiao at the beginning were all rewarded with silver and let them go back with Lord Yang. ”

It turned out that those people had already left the palace.

The bitter taste in my heart swelled up again, before the battle for the throne, I also served Yang Jinqiao, but I didn't have such a good life, they were already free, but I fell into another quagmire, I don't know what year and month I can be free.

Although Bixiu is young, she is a diligent girl, and she rolled up her sleeves to help me clean up the house, and the two of them chatted about each other, I suddenly remembered something, so I asked her: "By the way, Bixiu, what was the concubine going out to do just now?" I seem to have heard that the queen is going too. ”

Bixiu said: "Oh, today is the day of General Changda's expedition, and the emperor has decreed that all officials and concubines in the harem will go to the palace gate to see him off." ”

"General Chang?" I was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "Chang Qing? ”

"Yes, he's the maiden brother of the current queen. A while ago, he was worshiped as the general of the West Road, and I heard that the Tusi on the Xichuan side began to be uneven again, and the general went out today to go on a crusade. ”

The maiden brother of today's queen mother?

Could it be that today's queen is the daughter of Chang Taishi, Chang Qing?!

My mind was blank for a while, and I didn't have the strength in my body, I sat on the edge of the bed and panted, Bixiu looked at my appearance, and hurriedly said, "Qingying, what's wrong with you?" Uncomfortable? I'll pour you a glass of water! Saying wow, she hurried out with her cup in hand.

As soon as she left, I was quiet for a short time to think about these things.

Today's queen is Chang Qing, although I am very surprised, but if I think about it carefully, it is also reasonable, the Taibao King among the three princes has even fallen, and the rest is the Taishi Chang Yanbai and the Taifu Shen Gongyi, in terms of family background and appearance, the queen's candidate is nothing more than the daughter of these two families, not Shen Rou is naturally Chang Qing.

And today I heard Bixiu tell me about Yang Yunhui's resignation, and I also figured it out, Pei Yuanfeng took over the nine gates of the imperial city, but in this way, the hundreds of thousands of horses in West Datong are bound to find someone to command, and Chang Qing, who once championed the three armies, is the best candidate, and in the battle for succession, Chang Yanbai's intentional tendency gave him a chance, and this one will not only be a reward afterwards, but also a thorough woo.

Then, I also understand why Shen Rou failed to become the queen.

Although Shen Rou and Chang Qing's backgrounds are similar, but in comparison, there is a brother who is brave and good at fighting, Chang Qing naturally has a much greater chance of winning than Shen Rou, and it is no wonder that at the gate of the cold palace that day, she heard that Pei Yuanfeng was looking for me, and she did not answer immediately, but made a gesture of helping him find me and take care of me, because she wanted to use this matter as a personal favor and win over Pei Yuanfeng.

She has no brothers, and her power in the court is obviously not as good as the queen's faction, and it is very beneficial for her to win over Pei Yuanfeng, the person who controls the nine gates of the imperial city.

I vaguely felt that although the smoke of the battle for succession had dissipated, there seemed to be a dark tide surging in the DPRK and China.

After a while, Bixiu poured a glass of water and came back to me, I took two sips, thought about it and asked, "Bixiu, does the emperor come here when the concubine Niangniang is here?" ”

"I used to come here a lot, but lately I've been coming less."

"Why?"

"Because the queen mother, in the end, is the newly canonized queen, the emperor often goes to the queen, especially in the past two days, after the matter of General Chang Da's expedition was decided, the emperor stayed in the queen's Jingren Palace almost every night, and he hasn't been here for a long time."

“…… Oh. ”

"Huh?" Bixiu looked at me a little strangely: "Qingying, what are you asking for?" ”

I smiled and said, "It's okay, just ask." ”

Bixiu shrugged her shoulders with a smile and said, "Don't be afraid, although the emperor has not been here recently, the concubine Niangniang is not angry, and she never scolds people out of anger, you just came, Niangniang will not say anything." ”

I smiled and nodded, she cleaned up for me, gave me a few more words, and turned away.

I sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the bright sunlight outside the room, a little dazzling, and then looking down at the water in the glass, it was also bright, reflecting my somewhat empty eyes.

The emperor doesn't often come to the concubine.

But he's coming.