Du Qinyue didn't stay in the Queen Mother's palace for a long time, after all, calling her mother into the palace this time was not just to catch up with the past, there were also some things to ask her father to do, and it would inevitably be very tense to wait until tomorrow, so she had to prepare earlier at this time.

In fact, if General Du can enter the palace, Du Qinyue doesn't have to think so much, but after all, General Zhu is a foreign minister, and it is unreasonable to say that he wants to enter the harem, so Du Qinyue can only retreat.

Just after noon the next day, Du Qinyue's mother was brought to Lanyue Palace by the people around Shen Huo.

When Mrs. Du first saw Du Qinyue, her eyes were full of excitement, but in the end, she still saluted respectfully first.

"The courtiers greet the lady lady."

Du Qinyue didn't want her mother to be like this, but now she is in front of everyone, if she loses her manners, she will inevitably be grabbed by someone with a heart, thinking of this, Du Qinyue had to stand in place and accept Mrs. Du's salute, and then raised her hand to help Mrs. Du up.

Signaling Xiu'er to stuff the two fathers-in-law who had just led the way into the silver taels, Du Qinyue led Mrs. Du into the inner room.

Mrs. Du hadn't seen Du Qinyue for some days, and now when she saw that there was no one around, she hurriedly asked: "Yue'er, mother heard that there are four princes in the palace now, how are you doing in the palace?" ”

"Mother rest assured, her daughter's status in this harem is only under the queen, so naturally she can't stand any grievances."

Although she knew that what Du Qinyue said was not entirely true, Mrs. Du still nodded very happily and said: "That's good, this sentence, your father and I are afraid that you have been wronged in the palace and no one will tell you, in fact, no matter how high your position in this palace is, it is useless, the most important thing is to get the emperor's favor, and you should pay more attention in the future." ”

Du Qinyue knew that her mother said this out of good intentions, so she nodded very obediently and said, "What the mother said, my daughter will remember it." ”

"You haven't let your mother into the palace before, but what's the matter this time?"

Seeing that her mother guessed her thoughts, Du Qinyue also said bluntly: "There are indeed some things to invite my mother into the palace this time, my daughter wrote a letter yesterday, and my mother will bring it to my father when she returns home later." ”

After explaining the most important things, Du Qinyue relaxed her mind, chatted with her mother for a long time, and had dinner together.

Mrs. Du regarded her daughter's words as very important, no, as soon as she returned home, she took the letter to the study to find General Du, and after reading the letter, General Du's face did not change, and it was not difficult for him to think about this matter.

In fact, Du Qinyue did not explain anything too difficult, but just said that General Du should find a suitable time to promote Xia Concubine's father, after all, Concubine Lin is obviously the person who is on He Suo's side now, even if there is a turnaround in the future, she can't see anything now.

Now there are four princes in the palace, the eldest prince's mother is looking for what to rely on, the second prince is based on what he is relying on, the mother of the third prince has received the kindness of He Zhiyi, and naturally wants to repay it, and the mother concubine of the fourth prince now seems to be standing on He Suoyi's side, so carefully calculated, the current situation is not half an advantage for Du Qinyue, so he can only try to win over the rest of the people.

General Du acted very resolutely, and the next morning, he brought up the matter.

Shen Huo saw that the ministers were fine, and were about to retreat from the court, when General Du stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, there is something I want to ask the emperor to agree to." ”

"General Du, please speak."

"There is just a shortage of the position of the squire of the military department, and the last general thinks that Lord Xia Ruhai Xia is just right, so it is better to take advantage of today to settle this matter."

Shen Huo thought about it carefully, and felt that Xia Concubine's father's official position was really lower, so he also nodded and agreed.

This kind of thing, Xia Concubine was naturally told at the first time, at that time, Xia Concubine looked at the back of He Suoyi, who had just left from Concubine Lin's courtyard, and was a little resentful with the potted plants in the yard, but the palace maid next to her suddenly came over with a happy face.

Before Xia Concubine lost her temper, the palace maid opened her mouth and said, "Congratulations to the master, the master has been promoted, and now he is a squire in the military department." ”

Xia Concubine didn't expect her father to be promoted so easily, she was a little puzzled, and asked, "What's going on?" Why did the news come out suddenly, there was no movement at all before. ”

"I heard that it was Concubine Shu's father who helped our master speak, and the emperor naturally wanted to give General Du face, so he agreed on the spot in the morning."

Since the palace maid will come to report the good news, she will naturally find out the matter clearly, and now when she saw Xia Concubine asking, she hurriedly told everything she knew.

Xia Concubine didn't expect Du Qinyue to be so concerned about her father's affairs, and she had mixed feelings for a while, but the palace maid reminded first: "Master, Concubine Shu has helped the master so much, should we go and thank Concubine Shuniang?" ”

"You go and pick out all the best things in the things we brought into the palace, and after you pack up, accompany me to the palace of Concubine Shuniang."

It was just the time for Xia Concubine to tidy up her makeup, and the palace maid quickly picked out all the things to be prepared separately and put them in the box.

Du Qinyue knew that Xia Concubine would definitely come after hearing the news, so she was not surprised at all, but said nonchalantly: "For such a trivial matter, where is it necessary for you to come on purpose, it seems that this palace deliberately betrayed your favor, but it just happened that there was a vacancy in that position." ”

"No matter what Concubine Shuniang says, the concubine will definitely remember this incident, and if there is an opportunity in the future, she will go to the soup for Concubine Shuniang, and the concubine will definitely not give up."

The current effect is exactly what Du Qinyue wants, and she already has a plan in her heart, so she is waiting for Xia Concubine's words to come out.

After Concubine Xia's voice fell, Du Qinyue said: "Right now, this palace does have something I want you to do, but there are some risks in it, and if you don't want to, this palace won't force it." ”

"What did Concubine Niangniang say this, what the concubine said just now was from the heart, not just for show, if there is anything, Concubine Niangniang directly commanded."

Du Qinyue had been retreating at the beginning, but seeing that Xia Concubine hadn't noticed the slightest abnormality, Du Qinyue told her plan as it was.

It's not a vicious method, it's just to ask Xia Concubine to find more time to take the second prince out to play, so that he doesn't have time to study his homework.

The second prince was already close to Xia Concubine, and when Xia Concubine gave him pastries, she said unintentionally: "There is a new flower in the Imperial Garden, I heard that this flower only blooms for two hours, and after thanking it, it will not be seen until the next year." ”

"Is what Xia Niangniang said true? What time did it take to bloom, and when did the prince get out of school? ”

Seeing that the second prince had taken the bait, Xia Concubine continued: "Where can I still have time, this flower has already bloomed more than an hour ago. ”

The second prince was curious about the outside world at this time, and there was always a little boredom in class every day, and after Xia Concubine tried to lure him, the second prince finally couldn't help but say: "Then Xia Niangniang quietly took this prince to take a look, okay?" ”

Xia Concubine looked very surprised, and said: "How can this be done, the second prince has not gone to the study to attend class today, if the master tells the queen mother, I think the second prince will be punished again." ”

Originally, the last time he was punished was always remembered by Shen Xuan, even if he didn't mention it later, but in the end it was still a little uncomfortable, in fact, when he heard Xia Concubine mention this matter again, the second prince also felt a little rebellious in his heart.

"What's there to be afraid of, last time the queen mother punished me for the words of others, and then I regretted it very much."

Xia Concubine still looked very hesitant, and the second prince couldn't help but be a little dissatisfied, and took out the demeanor of a royal concubine, and said: "My mother is the queen, if you dare not listen to me, I will let her punish you." ”

"But if I take you to skip class, the queen will still punish me in the future, and there is no difference between the two."

When the second prince saw Xia Concubine's appearance, he thought that she was afraid of being punished by He, and swore and said: "You quietly take me to the imperial garden to see the flowers, if the queen mother finds out, I will intercede for you and promise not to let her punish you, how about it?" ”

Xia Concubine finally gritted her teeth and agreed, and Shen Xuan was worried that the palace people who followed him would tell him about this method, so he sent them all away.

The two of them secretly went out without being noticed by others, and the second prince felt that this style of acting was very interesting, and often took him to different places to play by Xia Concubine, and he didn't pay attention to the homework assigned by the master, just a hasty perfunctory thing.

On this day, Shen Huo wanted to see the homework of the two princes after leaving the early dynasty, so he went to the study instead.

The eldest prince and the second prince are now reading the ancient text arranged by the master, and after seeing Shen Huo, the two put down the books in their hands and saluted. Shen Huo glanced at the books they had placed on the table casually, and then asked, "What is the master talking about these days, you two take turns to tell your father." ”

After thinking for a while, the eldest prince Shen Yu talked eloquently, and at first glance, he put a lot of effort into it, and Shen Huo liked Shen Yu a little more in his heart.

When he arrived at Shen Xuan, Shen Huo was very much looking forward to his performance, after all, this was the child of him and He Suoyi, and in his heart, he was a little different from the eldest prince.

But what disappointed Shen Huo was that Shen Xuan stammered for a long time and didn't say anything, Shen Huo saw Shen Xuan's appearance, and directly stepped forward to pick up the book on Shen Xuan's table, compared with Shen Yu's book, Shen Xuan didn't even remember some basic notes.

Shen Huo was extremely disappointed in Shen Xuan, praised Shen Yu a lot, and told the master in the study: "Be strict with the second prince in the future, his notes have become like that, and he doesn't need to think about it at first glance." ”

The master responded to Shen Huo's words, and Shen Huo showed great affection for Shen Yu for the next few days, and Shen Yu was in the limelight.