"Mother, but today's pastries are not to your taste?"

After hearing Xiu'er's voice, Du Qinyue came back to her senses, and looked at Xiu'er with a slight doubt, with a little blame in her eyes.

Xiu'er put a clean plain handkerchief over and said, "Niangniang, first wipe the pastry residue on your hands, let this pastry slave and maid serve it first, and let them change some other ones to send over." ”

Hearing this, Du Qinyue looked down at her hand on the table, and there were indeed many crumbs between her fingers and nails, and there were even some sesame seeds in her nails.

"Why didn't you remind this palace earlier? How can this be wiped clean, don't you go to fetch water quickly, isn't it that you have been in this palace for a long time, and you are as blind as those people? ”

However, after two sentences, Du Qinyue had already carefully wiped the crumbs on her hands and the broken sesame seeds on her fingernails, but she still felt uncomfortable.

Xiu'er gave the palace maid who was closer to the door a look when Du Qinyue opened her mouth just now, and asked her to go out to fetch water, and now when she heard Du Qinyue say this, she hurriedly said a few good words to coax Du Qinyue.

"The slave maid naturally asked the palace maid at the door to fetch water a long time ago, but she was afraid that the maid would be in a hurry, so she handed over the handkerchief first, I don't know what the maid was thinking just now, she was so distracted?"

Du Qinyue suddenly remembered the appearance of Chen Tang yesterday in her mind just now, and her heart was not happy for a while, so she unconsciously picked up a piece of pastry in her hand and crumpled it, if it wasn't for Xiu'er's sudden reminder, I don't know how long it would take for Du Qinyue to come back to her senses.

However, there is naturally no need to talk about these things and listen to Xiu'er, so Du Qinyue said in a somewhat unhappy tone, "What is this palace thinking, do you want to tell you, since when have you been in control of this girl so much?" ”

"Niangniang forgives her sins, the slave just looked at Niangniang's face and was not very good, and she was a little worried about whether Niangniang was unwell, and she didn't mean anything else."

Although Du Qinyue's tone was not good, after all, Xiu'er had been by her side for so long, she naturally wouldn't be angry with Xiu'er easily, and the reason why she said that was only because her heart was not smooth, and it happened that Xiu'er hit the muzzle.

After hearing Xiu'er's voice admitting her mistake to Du Qinyue, she thought that Du Qinyue was thinking that she was too slow, so she lost her temper with Xiu'er, and she was a little scared for a while, and she stood at the door in a daze and didn't dare to go in.

Xiu'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw the palace maid holding water at the door, and hurriedly said: "What are you doing when you girl is standing at the door, why don't you bring the water in quickly, and the mother won't need it after the water is cold." ”

In fact, if you want to talk about it, Xiu'er's tone is no different from the tone that usually tells them to do things, but the palace maid was already a little scared in her heart, and after hearing Xiu'er's words, her hand shook directly and threw the basin on the ground.

"The lady concubine forgives the sin, the slave didn't mean it, just ...... Just ......"

Du Qinyue looked at this palace maid with a frightened look as if she was very scared, her face was a little ugly at the moment, but she didn't speak, but just glanced at Xiu'er coldly.

Xiu'er understood what Du Qinyue meant, and motioned to the people on both sides to pull the palace maid down, place it in a remote place first, and wait for two days later, after all, Du Qinyue is angry now, if she disposes of it now, it is very likely that she will do something bad, so that she will fall into the hands of others.

After dealing with the affairs of the palace maid, Xiu'er personally went out to fetch a basin of warm water, and then waited for Du Qinyue to clean her hands.

"Niangniang, Concubine Xia is here and is waiting outside." A father-in-law who was originally guarding the door trotted in and saluted Du Qinyue, and then told him about the arrival of Xia Concubine.

Du Qinyue's hand that was still dripping with water paused for a moment, and then said casually: "Let her in." ”

"Master, why didn't you bring anything with you when you came to ask Concubine Niangniang in person, didn't you have to carefully select in the small warehouse before going out in the past?"

The little palace maid standing behind Xia Concubine asked in an ignorant way, Xia Concubine glared at the palace maid, in fact, in the past, Xia Concubine didn't take this palace maid when she went out, but today Xia Concubine ordered the people around her to do things, and it was not appropriate to take someone when she went out, how did you know that she had such a brainless person.

If it weren't for the fact that she was standing at the door of Concubine Shu now, she was afraid of being heard by the people in her palace, Concubine Xia would definitely reprimand this little palace maid, as if there were countless treasures in her palace, and she could pick them out at any time if she wanted to give them away.

The palace maid was glared at and a little frightened, but she still stiffened her neck and wanted to say something, just at this time, the father-in-law who had just entered the door to pass the word to Du Qinyue came out, and the palace maid swallowed the words that had reached her throat.

"Little master, our mother invites you in."

"I'm tired of my father-in-law, be careful, and ask my father-in-law not to dislike it." When the words fell, Xia Concubine asked the palace maid to take out a purse from her sleeve, which contained some broken silver, and the palace maid was still eye-catching at this time, and handed the purse to the father-in-law in front of her.

It has become a custom to reward people in this palace, but the father-in-law still pretended to shirk and said: "How does this make it, helping the little masters is usually the responsibility of the slaves, if you let the lady know that the slaves have received your silver, I am afraid it will be ......."

"Father-in-law is too worried, you are all people in the palace of Concubine Shu, naturally you know Concubine Niangniang's temper, how could she embarrass her father-in-law because of this matter, besides, if there is really something, my father-in-law can just push the matter to me."

The father-in-law lowered his head, and his face blocked by the brim of his hat was already so smiling that he couldn't see his eyes, but he still said: "What is the little lord talking about, if there is really anything to do, just tell the truth, why bother to put all the responsibility on you, the lady is still waiting inside, the little master will go in with the slave first." ”

When Xia Concubine entered, Xiu'er had already asked someone to take the basin out, and ordered someone to make tea and serve some pastries.

"The concubine asks for peace to the concubine."

"Get up, why did you think of coming to this palace today?"

Although Du Qinyue had already washed her hands to the point that there was no residue, she always felt that the touch on her hands just now was still there, so she was wiping her hands again and again with a fragrant handkerchief in her hand.

"There were some trivial matters delayed two days ago, no, as soon as I was free, I came to say hello to the lady concubine, and it is not strange to invite the lady."

Shaking her head, Du Qinyue said with a smile: "What's this, in addition to the prescribed days, you don't have to ask for peace in this palace, it's rare that you still remember." ”

Xia Concubine didn't understand what Du Qinyue meant, but she also saw that Du Qinyue was in a bad mood now, and proposed: "Concubine Shuniang, when the concubine came over just now, she saw that the weather outside was very good today, and the concubine accompanied Niangniang to the imperial garden for a walk, okay?" ”

"Xiu'er also said that the weather is really good today, in that case, then you should go with the palace, and the palace has not been to the imperial garden for a long time."

After the two set the itinerary, they did not delay, and after packing up a little, they went to the Imperial Garden.

At this time, Su promised to be a little troubled, chatting with the palace maid who had been with him since he was a child, and asked: "You said that in terms of the current situation in the palace, I am just a small promise at this time, can I be safe and sound?" ”

"The little lord doesn't have to be presumptuous, although you have just entered the palace, but now the palace is calm, and there is nothing that can involve you, so you have enough time to make yourself strong."

Although the truth is such a truth, Su promised to be a little worried and said: "There are no absolutes in the world, although it looks calm now, but I think this situation will not last long, so I still have to plan early." ”

Since the palace maid had followed Su since she was a child, she naturally knew her thoughts at this time, and said, "What does the little lord mean to find allies?" ”

"Naturally, I want to find it, but now the relationship in the palace is very complicated, and I can't see which side is more reliable for a while, in case it is on the wrong line, it may be difficult to recover it in the future."

Listening to Su Promise's somewhat distressed tone, the palace maid thought of the news she had specially heard a few days ago, and lowered her voice and said to Su Promise: "Little master, the slave maid specially inquired about the things in this palace two days ago, and it would have been of some use to the little master. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. ”

The palace maid first said the queen's place, and said: "First of all, the queen's mother, she was the princess when the emperor was still the prince, although the two of them have been stumbling and looking forward to it for so many years, but nothing big has happened, so the queen should not be happy to watch others approach the emperor, if the little lord wants to find a backer, the first thing to give up is the queen's mother." ”

Su nodded in agreement, and said with some melancholy in his tone: "I know what you said, so I never thought of going to the queen, but it is precisely because she and the emperor have never had a major problem that she is the most powerful backer, which is really annoying." ”

"Next is the lady concubine, although she has a higher rank, but it is not for nothing that she is on an equal footing, the slave maid heard that the people in the palace said that the lady concubine has lost some power recently, so the slave and maid on the concubine's side also hope that the little master will not look for it."

This was a bit unexpected by Su's promise, she originally thought that the other party would suggest that she go to Shufei, after all, Shufei has no heirs, and she doesn't have to worry too much about what Shufei will do to support her children.

The palace maid didn't pay much attention to Su Cheng's reaction, and then ruled out a few concubines who already had children, seeing that there were fewer and fewer people left, Su Zheng had some doubts in her heart.

"As the slave maid has seen, the new Chen Guiren who has recently entered the palace is being favored by the emperor, and the little master can befriend her and let her say a few more good words for the little master in front of the emperor."

Su promised not to directly agree to the palace maid's proposal, but said: "I will carefully consider what you said, and now I want to go to the garden for a walk, and you don't want to follow me." ”