Xiao Qi knelt in the corner and listened quietly to their acting.

In fact, the queen dislikes Mei Ji even more than Wang Ji.

Wang Ji reported Meiji's brother, just to make Meiji deflated, and Meiji was not going well, so she was happy.

But if you think about it carefully, if it weren't for the queen, it wouldn't have reached the ears of everyone in the harem so quickly.

King Duan and Queen are not in agreement, and this matter is known to the world.

The queen is the child daughter-in-law assigned to Xiao Yi by Emperor Fengzhao, who is ten years older than Xiao Yi, and her relationship with him is not close, and she has never been favored. And the war in Hunan has not subsided, Duanguo is adjacent to Xiangguo, and is often harassed by the old department of Xiang, Xiao Yi, as the lord of Duanguo, spends more time in the military camp than in the palace.

Therefore, in Kunling Hall for a whole year, Xiao Qi had never seen Xiao Yi.

But since Maggie came, everything has been different.

No matter how busy Xiao Yi is, he will come back to grind with Mei Ji's ears and temples, as Xiao Yi's wife, thinking about it, the queen will not be so generous that there is no wave in her heart.

Sure enough, Xiao Qi just wanted to retreat with the other slaves, but the queen stopped her.

"Your name is Xiao Qi, right? ”

Xiao Qi was slightly stunned, in a year, this was the first time she had heard her name from the queen's mouth.

"Why is it called Xiao Qi, is it the seventh in the family?"

Xiao Qi hurriedly knelt at the queen's feet and bowed respectfully to the ground: "Slave Xiao Qi, obey the queen's orders." ”

The incense burner rises in the fragrance of curling flower juice, and the palace also holds a palace lamp in the hall, and the whole hall is surrounded by the warm light of goose yellow, which is warm and very comfortable.

The queen ordered the palace people to retreat until only Xiao Qi and her were left in the main hall.

She slowly walked down the soft collapse, and Xiao Qi kept changing her position as she moved.

Until she stood on top of Xiao Qi's head.

"You look up and let Hongu take a good look. ”

"Yes......"

Xiao Qi lowered his eyes and slowly raised his head.

The queen gently put her hand on her chin, studied it carefully, and then smiled softly: "Well, she was really born smartly and well-behaved. ”

"This palace heard Cui Zhanggong talk about you, you are a smart and cautious child, you are diligent in your work, you never make mistakes, and you are very different from others. Today, it turns out that it was. ”

The queen slowly withdrew her hand, and Yun Ge hurriedly fell to the ground again.

"Cui Zhanggong highly recommends it, this palace is naturally of great use, but I don't know if you can afford to be appointed to this palace. ”

"The slave maid is the mother's person, the queen maid ordered, the slave and the maid will never give up. ”

"It is your good to know how to be faithful to the Lord. The queen turned her back and said softly, "Fang Cai, you have heard what this palace and Wang Ji said." Wang Ji is a person who can't hide her words, although she always speaks without thinking, but she is really for the good of the king. ”

"He was only sixteen years old when he went to the king's garden, and at that time, the king was still a six-year-old little prince, and he was not treated well everywhere, and he was still married to the daughter of the prime minister in this palace, and with the support of many noble families, he was lucky enough to avoid a reproach. In the past ten years, the palace has helped to take care of the king's courtyard, and the queen mother has carefully planned for the king, so that the current situation has been achieved. ”

The queen sighed: "Now that the situation has opened, the king has Duanguo, far away from the rights and wrongs of Kyoto City, it is quite stable." But when this family is bigger, there are more trivial things, and the king is held hostage by Kyoto City everywhere, and the slightest mistake will be criticized, which magnifies the table placed on the saint. This matter of Mei Ji is just a whim of the king in my country, but if it is folded into folds and placed in front of the saint, it is a felony of ignoring the government, being extravagant, and defiling the royal bloodline. ”

Xiao Qi's heart sank, and he had a bad premonition, and the joy of being named and appreciated by the queen disappeared.

The queen should not have said this to her lowly slave.

"The matter of the harem, but the daughter's family is jealous, and the king is lacking in skills, there will always be people who are left out in the cold, and they are jealous of the one who is favored. A little reassurance, careful guidance, will not lead to a big mistake. But this time, it's different. ”

The queen turned around and smiled as she picked up Xiao Qi.

The queen actually helped her herself, and this courtesy was unimaginable for the slaves.

The greater the glory, the harder it will become.

"Mei Ji is a Hunan person, and she is a singing and dancing girl from the land of fireworks, it is really reluctant to let her enter the palace, such an unidentified woman, her connections have taken root in my Duanguo Dynasty, that is, to put the king in danger, and put the entire Duanguo in danger. In the future, if anyone has evil intentions, won't he bring disaster to the country and the people and cause a great disaster? As the wife of the king, this palace will inevitably prevent trouble for the king. ”

The queen gently shook Xiao Qi's hand.

"You are a good boy who knows how to advance and retreat, you should understand the painstaking efforts of this palace. ”

Xiao Qi nodded submissively, and his expression was calm, which made the queen appreciate it very much. After all, if you put it in an ordinary little slave and got her courtesy, I am afraid that I would have been trembling with fright, but Xiao Qi didn't.

This calmness is really extraordinary.

"This palace has also observed you for a long time, in the Kunling Palace, other slaves bully you, you know patience, and never report to the steward. Your tea art is also a must in the palace, and the palace has tasted it, but I feel that my boudoir has been educated for several years and is not as good as yours. I think when you came to Xiangguo, you were not a child of ordinary people. ”

Xiao Qi's heart sank, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"Slave maid, slave maid hit her head on the way to escape, and she had a serious illness, and she has long forgotten all the things in the past. Aunt Yuhu taught the slaves and maids that entering the palace is the person of Da Chu, that is, death, and the ghost of Da Chu, and the slave and maid dare not forget ......"

"What are you doing. The queen smirked, "Of course the palace knows your loyalty, otherwise it would not have said such a thing to you." This palace needs you to know that no matter who you were in the past or where you came from, this palace will not be held accountable. Just now you said that you are from this palace, and this palace hopes that you can firmly remember this sentence. ”

Xiao Qi thought about it and slowly raised his head.

"If the mother has anything to tell the slave and maid, the slave and the maid will do their best to complete it. ”

The first time they met, the queen began to like the clever little slave in front of her. She didn't say much, and every sentence was very pleasant. You don't have to waste words with her, she knows what she wants.

"It's no wonder that Cui Zhanggong always praises you, and this palace has begun to like you. ”

The queen smiled and lifted her up again.

"Brother Mei Ji's incident made Hongu very uneasy. It just so happens that her Fengtian Pavilion has been short of manpower, and it is inconvenient for the king to enter and exit from time to time, so the palace will order you to serve it. ”

The queen's meaning is exactly the same as Xiao Qi's guess.

She immediately saluted: "The slave obeys." ”