I raised an eyebrow when I heard it, but I didn't move, only a faint "oh".

Shui Xiu said softly: "Girl, isn't it-"

I shook my head at her gently, she looked at my eyes, and immediately understood, didn't ask again, and helped me clean up the mattress with Mama Wu, and went out.

I sat at the table and watched the sunlight shine in through the door, shining brightly on the ground, and stopped just at my feet, as if it never hit me.

It's Shen Rou, the hand under it.

Xu Youling's death was originally conspired by the two of them, and in the past two years, Shen Rou has been calling for wind and rain in the harem, and Yuwen has been promoted from a palace maid to Jieyu, and what they did during this period, even if I don't know, I can guess.

Yuwen knows too much about her, and now that she is being detained pending trial, of course she has to find a way to kill her.

I just think it's a little scary-Shen Rou, has it reached the point where your hands and eyes are open to the sky?

People are Chang Qingguan, and they are also pressed by Pei Yuanhao's words, and it involves such a big thing as Concubine Li's miscarriage, and she can actually kill her in prison, the power of the Shen family has swelled to such a terrible point now? !

If that's the case, then Pei Yuanhao-

Thinking of this, I immediately interrupted my thoughts.

I should really learn to be smarter, this is the emperor's business, **** what's the heart? Besides, the struggle for the power of the DPRK has always been bloody, and if you really provoke the people of the Shen family, I am afraid that I don't even know how I died.

I smiled and shook my head, and reached out, the sun shining on my fingertips, and there was a warm feeling.

The weather is slowly getting hotter, and summer has arrived.

I have been raising my body in Jingren Palace for a while, Chang Qing has not had much time to come to see me, but the people who serve me are very thoughtful, and I have gained a little weight after a while, and my chin is not so sharp.

On this day, my spirit was much better, I put on a new green long skirt, and asked Shui Xiu to help me pull my hair up, Shui Xiu looked at me in the bronze mirror, and said, "The girl is so good-looking." ”

I laughed and said, "What's going on?" ”

"It's beautiful everywhere."

As soon as I turned around, I saw Xiao Nianshen standing at the door, looking at me with big eyes, and immediately rejoiced: "Your Highness, you are here!" ”

Shui Xiu and Mama Wu hurriedly stood up and greeted him.

I knew that his illness had been cured, but he was still grounded by the emperor for a long time to recuperate, and I myself had been sick, so I couldn't go to see him, and now I saw him standing at the door, and I was completely fine, and I finally put my mind at ease.

Nian Shen looked at me blankly, and I walked up to him and squatted down: "Your Highness? ”

“……”

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"......" His dark eyes reflected my face, flushed, and after a while, I heard him murmur, "Aunt Qing, you're so beautiful!" ”

When I heard this, I immediately laughed and said, "Your Highness is talking nonsense again." ”

"No," he hurriedly shook his head, with a solemn look on his little face, and said, "Really, Aunt Qing, I didn't know you were so good-looking, better than the ladies in the harem." ”

Shui Xiu immediately said beside him: "Of course, Your Highness doesn't know, the girl was still -"

"Water show!" I hurriedly turned my head and glared at her, she stuck out her tongue, and didn't continue, I said to Nian Shen: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense anymore, how can slaves and maids be compared with Niangniang, if you say that, the emperor will be angry." ”

"Oh......"

He nodded and agreed, and hurriedly said, "Qing-Qingying, I heard my father say that you promised to stay with me, didn't you?" ”

Looking at his happy appearance, I was also a little helpless: "Hmm." ”

"Great, I'm so happy."

"I stayed to accompany His Highness to study and read, and if His Highness is attentive, I will accompany His Highness; If His Royal Highness still thinks about playing every day, and I don't read books to learn the truth, I will let the emperor let me out of the palace. ”

Nian Shen hurriedly said: "I will, I will study hard!" ”

He seemed to be very afraid that I would go, so he puffed up his little chest and said, "I promise!" ”

Looking at his serious look, I smiled.

Nian Shen seemed to remember something, and said: "The queen mother said that the posts inviting the master have been sent out, but it seems that Lord Taifu is unwilling to let that master enter the palace, and many ministers have jointly given the emperor a fold!" ”

"Oh?"

I raised my eyebrows, and quietly stroked his soft heart - Shen Gongyi They are unwilling to let Fu Badai enter the palace, which is not unusual, the division of the northern and southern forces, coupled with the entanglement of interests, is not so easy to integrate, but this time, it depends on how Pei Yuanhao responds.

If nothing else, in a few months, the Great Confucian of Shu will have a move.

I just don't know if he's really coming.

If he really came, it was really difficult to estimate how much impact it would have on the imperial court, on Shudi, and on the entire Celestial Empire.

Although I stayed to accompany the eldest prince, but now the master has not yet entered the palace, I still have temporary free time, and after a short rest, I returned to the Linshui Pagoda.

After all, there are still people and things that concern me.

As soon as I walked onto the corridor on the water, I smelled the faint scent of sandalwood in the air, accompanied by the sound of wooden fish, giving people a sense of tranquility and serenity, and even the water surface was quiet.

As soon as I walked over, I saw the door opened, and Mama Gui walked out with a person.

looked closely, but it was the talented Yuan Yueming.

When I saw her at first glance, I was a little surprised, I didn't expect her to come to the water pagoda again, and the queen mother also let her enter the pagoda, although Mama Gui didn't say anything to her, but personally sent her out, it should be a little familiar.

Just when I looked at them in a daze, Yuan Cairen had already looked up and saw me, and she was also a little surprised, but a smile immediately appeared on that clear face, and she came over and said, "Sister Qingying." ”

Even the title has changed.

I also smiled: "It's the talented person who came, and the young baby was polite." After saying that, she was about to salute her, but she hurriedly stretched out her hand to support me, and said with a smile: "Sister Qingying will see her outside like this." ”

I also followed the kindness, glanced at Mama Gui, and said, "The talented person is here to see the Queen Mother?" ”

"Well, I copied a few more scriptures and brought them over, besides, the Queen Mother has been worried about her sister's body, and Yueming also came to tell the Queen Mother not to worry, my sister has recovered now."

"Let the talented people remember."

"Sister Qingying, don't say that, since you're back, then I'll leave first."

After speaking, he nodded at me, and then turned around and walked away, Mama Gui had been standing beside her, and at this time she came up and said, "These days, come every day." ”

"Oh......"

I turned around and glanced at her back, which was very moving.

Mama Gui said with some concern: "But young girl, it's good if you come back, the Queen Mother has been a little wrong since she went to Jingren Palace a few days ago, and she has to kneel in front of the Buddha for seven or eight hours every day, so her body can't stand it, if it weren't for Yuan Cairen coming every day to tell the Queen Mother about you, the Queen Mother is afraid that even the rest of the time will be used in front of the Buddha shrine." ”

"Really?"

I immediately frowned, the Queen Mother has really been like this since she saw that painting in Chang Qing's studio, is that painting really-

Thinking of this, I hurriedly said, "I'll go see the Queen Mother." ”

Mama Gui nodded and led me in.

The light smoke in the Buddhist hall curls, and the scent of sandalwood permeates any corner, but I don't know why, the sandalwood outside smells meditative, but the sandalwood in the stupa is so strong, there is a sinister feeling, I saw the Queen Mother kneeling in front of the Buddha shrine at a glance, and a blue-gray robe lined her with emaciation and silence.

I walked over gently and said, "Queen Mother, Qingying is back." ”

She didn't move, she still had words in her mouth, and I listened carefully, it was the "Jizo Bodhisattva Sutra", which is to pray for people to eliminate disasters and eliminate karma.

I stood quietly behind her, waited until she finished reading, slowly turned around, and when I saw the face of the Queen Mother, my heart sank.

In the past, I never took her face seriously, I only felt that she was very indifferent and kind, and she should have been a very amorous beauty when she was young, but now when I look at her, I think back to the person in the painting, and I find that the two people are so similar, especially those eyes, I can almost see the person who is thousands of miles away from the eyes in front of me!

And what makes me even more distressed is that the Queen Mother has become very thin, in the past many years, she has been indifferent to the people around her, and the whole person is like a huge ice cave, freezing her age and appearance, but in just a few days, she has aged so much, as if the ice in her heart has melted.

What is it for?

"The Queen Mother's ......"

She was helped by me to stand up slowly, looked at me, as if relieved: "You, you're back." ”

"The young baby is back."

"It's good to be back......" she said, but she almost fell, it looked like her feet were numb after kneeling for too long, and my heart was a little heavy, she would never be like this in the past, I hurriedly helped her: "Queen Mother be careful." ”

She looked at me and shook her head lightly: "The mourning family is fine, but I'm a little tired, you help the mourning family back to the house." ”

"Yes."

After speaking, I carefully helped her to her room, passing through the long corridor, the sunlight shone in through the window paper, and I could see the light smoke, and the queen mother's eyes seemed to be filled with some fog, and there was a feeling of not knowing the distance.

"Don't worry about anything else, I'm just worried that you, a girl, don't know the severity, and what kind of trouble will you make outside."

I smiled: "Queen Mother, don't talk about me like that, I didn't get into trouble this time." ”

"Oh."

"It's just—" I turned to look at her and said, "It's just a pity that a painting in the queen's studio has been destroyed." ”

“……”

The Queen Mother's footsteps paused for a moment.