Pei Yuanhao stayed in the Chonghua Hall until dawn, it was Mingzhu and Bixiu who went to the night, and when he left not long after dawn, when I went to serve again, Lanxiangju had been cleaned overnight, and Xu Cairen moved over.

On weekdays, the Chonghua Hall is full of people, and this time is even more lively.

I had just walked into the garden to greet Shen Rou, she had already finished grooming, was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, sketched her red cherry blossom lips with her little finger, looked back at me, and asked, "Where have you been?" ”

"The slave maid has just come from the court."

"I didn't see you early in the morning, and the palace thought that the emperor had locked you up in the cold palace again."

My face turned pale, and I hurriedly said: "Thank you Niangniang for your grace, so that the slave can stay in the Chonghua Palace." ”

"It would be nice to know that it is grace."

She got up slowly, walked up to me, looked at me condescendingly, and said, "If the emperor comes again in the future, you will go to the night, don't let the palace find your people!" ”

Let me go to the night ......?

In a trance, as if I had returned to those days in Shangyang Palace in the past, I glanced up at her, didn't say anything, only bowed my head and said, "Yes." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a flurry of footsteps outside, and after a while, I heard the little eunuchs come to report, saying that the queen mother and several other concubines had come to visit Xu Cairen, Shen Rou slowly stood up, looked outside, and said with a smile: "It's really a cluster of flowers." ”

Mingzhu stood beside her, and said resentfully to Lan Xiangju: "With a dragon species, you are crazy to the sky, and you don't have any respect for your mother." ”

Shen Rou smiled faintly.

"It's a matter of whether this child can be raised or not. Wait a minute - let's kick her out again. ”

"What nonsense!" Shen Rou frowned slightly and said, "That's the emperor's dragon species." Besides, now that she is here in this palace, if something really happens, will this palace be able to get out of it? ”

"Yes."

Mingzhu took a step back and didn't dare to say anything more, but Shen Rou smiled and said, "Since the queen is here, let's go over and join in the fun." ”

After saying that, she walked towards the door, and when I heard this, I also got up hurriedly and walked over.

When I arrived outside Lanxiang's residence, I heard the sound of warblers inside, Shen Rou walked in slowly, and said with a smile: "It's so lively." ”

Mingzhu and I followed behind her, and at a glance, we only felt that the house was full of flowers and willow green, and the indescribable national color and fragrance.

In the past few days since I came to Chonghua Palace, I have also known a few concubines, and almost all of them have arrived. Sitting on the first melon seed face on the right, with slightly raised phoenix eyes and sharpened cheekbones, is Shuyi Lu Xinrong, who is the younger sister of Lu Xinnan, the waiter of the Criminal Department; Next to him, who was still young and had a round face with three points of childishness, was Pang Yan, the daughter of Yushi Pang Zheng; She started with a woman with a cold face, I only saw it once, but I never forgot it, she was Zhaoyi Liu Li, and her father was Liu Shizhou, who was killed by the people in the Huisheng medicine shop in Jiangnan.

On the other side of them, there is also a Wanyi Zhu Fanghua, Ronghua Wensisi, his father and brother are also in the court, and the rest of the beauties and Liangdi who couldn't take a seat are all standing in the back in a proper manner.

Directly in front of this piece of pearl and greenery, there was a woman in brocade clothes and picturesque eyebrows, Shen Rou walked over and bowed down to her: "The concubine meets the queen." ”

"Get up."

It's just three simple words, coming out of the mouth of this beauty, but it is tactful to listen, like the yellow warbler in the valley in spring, she gently raised her hand towards Shen Rou, and the snow-white soft wattle is probing a ray of sunlight through the window, so white that it is as white as mutton fat jade, which is dazzling.

It's not the first time I've seen these hands, the last time was on Master Tai's stage.

She and Huang Tianba sang tactfully on the stage, which was touching.

And now, although there are no water sleeves flying and no rouge to cover up, I saw at a glance the beautiful and moving Aunt Liu on the stage, but now, she is sitting majestically in the center of the group of concubines, fading off her style, and having more three points of majesty.

She is the queen of today's mother's world-Chang Qing.

When Shen Rou stood up, the concubines sitting next to her had already stood up and wanted to salute her, but the queen said to one of the slender and supple-looking women: "If you are pregnant, don't get up and kneel, so as not to hurt the fetus." ”

It turned out that she was the talented Xu Youling.

I couldn't help but take a look at her, among the concubines, she was really the most inconspicuous, soft and weak, even if she was wearing a gorgeous dress inlaid with gold and silver, it was not commensurate with her delicate appearance, and she looked at Shen Rou cautiously with low eyebrows, like a frightened rabbit.

Shen Rou smiled and said, "What the queen said is that there is no need to salute in the future. ”

Xu Cairen still stood up and saluted them: "Queen Xie, Xie Niangniang." ”

When everyone walked and sat down, Shen Rou also walked over slowly and sat down at the queen's hand, and then the queen said to Shen Rou: "I heard that the emperor asked Xu Cairen to move to my sister, and the palace is also relieved." The things in the sixth palace are busy, and there are really places in the palace that can't be taken care of, and my sister is a careful and stable person, so Xu Cairen is going to let my sister bother. ”

"What did the queen say, Xu Cairen was pregnant with the dragon seed, which is also the luck of the sisters of the Sixth Palace, and the younger sister should take good care of herself."

The queen nodded, and said to Xu Caidao: "When you arrive at the concubine, you will be taken care of by the concubine, if there is any shortage, just open your mouth, don't wronged yourself." ”

"The concubine knows."

At this time, Shuyi Lu Xinrong took a sip of tea, and immediately frowned and said, "Hmm, what's the matter with this tea?" Cold? ”

"Oh?"

When the queen heard this, she also picked up the cup and took a sip, it was really cold, she frowned, Lu Xinrong immediately said: "Xu Cairen, you are pregnant with a dragon seed, and the palace is taking good care of you, and the queen has personally come over to ask, why do you actually use cold tea to entertain guests?" ”

Xu Cairen hurriedly stood up, muttering at a loss for what to say.

Zhu Wanyi also smiled: "Xu Cairen, you are here with the concubine Niangniang now, are you reluctant to even take out a sip of tea to entertain guests?" ”

Saying this, everyone's eyes fell on Shen Rou's body, she sat in the chair lightly, only smiled, but didn't say anything, but the palace maid Yuwen behind Xu Cai stepped forward and said to the queen: "Niangniang is angry, it was the slave maid who just made a mistake, and used the tea brought from Fangcaotang to entertain guests, and I hope Niangniang will forgive her sins." ”

Chang Qing glanced at them, then looked down at the teacup, and said, "Your master is now a pregnant person, why is he still so sloppy?" ”

"The slave is guilty."

Chang Qing turned her head to look at Shen Rou and said, "Concubine, the emperor got up early and told the palace that the people you have here still have to be used, so it's better to allocate one to Xu Cairen." ”

As soon as she said this, the faces of several concubines around her changed.

Shen Rou was originally sitting in a chair leaning back, but when she heard this, she stood up with a smile and said, "What the queen said is that the emperor also said this to his concubines last night, and it was supposed to allocate someone to Xu Cairen." It's just that the concubine was also short of manpower a while ago, so she asked the queen for a shortage, if it was really given to Xu Cairen, I was afraid that the concubine would be in a hurry. ”

"And what do you mean—"

"It's better for the concubine to let someone take care of Xu Cairen's meal, but this person doesn't belong to Lanxiangju, is this good?"

As soon as she heard her say this, the faces of the surrounding concubines changed.

Everyone in the palace knows that when the concubine is pregnant, the most important thing is the meal, and she actually recommended her people to take care of Xu Cairen's meal, which is almost undoubtedly the same as the fire.

And when I looked at her, I felt a little uneasy, and I heard her say, "Yue Qingying." ”

"......" My heart jumped violently, and I didn't have time to think about anything, so I slowly stepped forward: "Niangniang......"

"From today onwards, you will take care of Xu Cairen's meals."

I stood in the middle of the room, and for a moment my mind was in turmoil, so that everything would not be piled up on me, and I could not help but glance at her—could it be that she had discovered something and wanted to use this method to save herself from trouble?

However, in front of everyone's eyes, I couldn't refuse clearly, so I could only kneel down and say, "Yes." ”

A few concubines around, you look at me, I look at you, silently passing something, but no one spoke, Chang Qing glanced at Shen Rou, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Okay, just according to the meaning of the concubine." ”

After speaking, she put down the teacup in her hand, got up and said, "After sitting for so long, Xu Cairen should also have a good rest, and the palace will go back first." ”

Several other concubines also stood up to say goodbye, and just as they were about to go out, the queen walked by my side, suddenly stopped, turned to look at me, and said, "Your name is Yue Qingying?" ”

I lowered my head: "Back to the queen's words, slave Yue Qingying." ”

"Hongu, did I see you somewhere?"

She frowned slightly, a pair of eyes like autumn water with a little doubt, looking at me distracted, I looked up at her, then lowered my head and said: "Before the emperor ascended the throne, the slave maid was the maid of Shangyang Palace, and she had been to the Taishi Mansion. ”

She suddenly remembered something and said, "That night?" ”

"It was that night."

Chang Qing's face suddenly had a strange expression, and those eyes suddenly rose a little mist, although he looked at me, he seemed to see through my body, and saw someone in an unknown place, and after a while, he seemed to come back to his senses, looked at me and said, "If this palace is not mistaken, that night, you were injured by the assassin, right?" ”

"Yes."

"This palace seems to remember that someone stepped in to protect you."

That night, the assassin did it, after she stepped down, but I didn't expect her to see it all, so I nodded: "Yes." ”

"Who is the one who protects you? Do you know each other? ”

"The person who protects the slave is the little student who sings on stage. Slave-" I paused and said, "The slave doesn't know him. ”