After Concubine Zhen left, Chunhua pouted on the side and said unhappily: "The master is obviously helping her, but she doesn't appreciate it at all, so let her and the queen kill each other in the future, see who can fight whom, let's just watch the excitement." ”

Lu Yuan was just about to speak, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the window, as if something had fallen to the ground and shattered.

Chunhua hurriedly opened the warm curtain to take a look, and saw that Caiping was squatting to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and when she saw Chunhua coming out, she hurriedly smiled and said: "Look at my hairy hands, I accidentally slipped and hit the cup, didn't scare the master?" ”

Lu Yuan walked behind Chunhua and said to Yue: "The road is slippery on a snowy day, no wonder you, you clean up and go down." ”

Back in the hall, Chunhua said while cleaning up the cups on the desk: "This color screen, it's such a big person, and it's still so unstable to do things, let her stay in the outer hall, and always like to run into the inner hall." ”

Lu Yuan had just picked up a copy of the Book of Songs, and had not yet opened it, and when she heard Chunhua say this, she seemed to have thought of something, thoughtful.

"When did she stand outside? Do you know? Lu Yuan looked up and asked.

Chunhua said: "The slave maid was only busy serving the tea, and she didn't pay attention. Does the master think something is wrong? ”

Lu Yuan smiled slightly and said, "I'm just guessing, be careful, you pay more attention to the behavior of the color screen in the future." ”

Chunhua also seemed to realize something, nodded and said, "The slave has written it down." ”

As twilight fell, the heavy snow, which had been falling all day, gradually stopped, and the snow on the ground was a foot thick, and the snow shone like day.

The Kunyi Palace has already held the lamp, the crane is a copper lampstand, and the red candles on the shelf are covered with a milky white palace veil like cicada wings, revealing a light as clear as porcelain. There are several stoves in the ground, all of which are filled with fine silver charcoal, which burn quite like pine branches.

Empress Fu Chengbi sat on a bat-patterned pear blossom wooden chair, wearing only a homely dress with a five-petal plum pattern embroidered with elegant blue silk, loosely holding a falling cloud bun on her head, and a bead on her forehead, she was Chinese New Year's Eve at the time, she had passed the most beautiful age of a woman, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows showed a haggard that could not be concealed.

At this moment, she was watching a few nurses teach Zhaoyang to walk, her eyes were full of love. Zhaoyang is more than one year and eight months old, but he still can't stand steadily, let alone walk.

Watching Zhao Yang fall again and again, the queen's expression sank slightly, like a frosty vein decaying grass stained in the cold smoke of autumn.

"Yuqiu, why is Yang'er, this kid still unsteady and doesn't speak, is there something wrong, you see that Concubine Ying's Jinse is eight months younger than Yang'er, and she can already walk, and this palace remembers that Jianing was already running all over the ground when he was his age." The queen said worriedly.

Yuqiu said: "Niangniang, you relax, the slave and maid look at the prince is probably congenitally deficient, but there is no big problem, there are divine doctors in our palace, it is good to regulate and regulate, Niangniang, there is an old saying among the people "There are seedlings do not worry about growth", you don't have to worry too much." ”

The queen's face was still gloomy, and she sighed: "I hope it is as you say." Tomorrow, you will go to the Tai Hospital and ask Dr. Wang to come and take a look at Yang'er. Yuqiu nodded in agreement.

Lan Xiu walked in and reported: "Niangniang, the color screen is here." ”

The queen frowned and said, "Why did she come at this time?" Let her in. ”

Caiping walked in with low eyebrows, knelt down on her knees and said hello to the queen.

The queen held the small hand stove of the copper flower basket, smiled and asked, "Why are you here when it snows so hard?" ”

Caiping raised her head, turned her eyes around, her eyes were full of cunning, and she replied: "Niangniang, the slave has something important to report to Niangniang." ”

The queen glanced at Yuqiu, Yuqiu understood, and let a few nurses leave with Zhaoyang in their arms.

"What's the matter with you, get up quickly and say, don't kneel, it's cold on the ground." The queen smiled and looked at her.

Caiping stood up flattered, and said slowly: "Today, Concubine Zhen went to Jingxi Palace in the heavy snow, and talked with Concubine Ying in the palace for a long time. ”

"Oh? Did you hear what they said? The queen asked.

Caiping said: "I didn't hear what they said, but the slave guessed that the concubine came in such a heavy snow, and the two must have conspired something." ”

The queen frowned, thought for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Good boy, you are right. You go back and keep an eye on it, and come and tell me anything else. As he spoke, he nodded lightly to Yuqiu beside him.

Yuqiu stepped forward, took out a piece of silver with white flowers and stuffed it into the hand of the color screen, and said with a smile: "This is the mother's reward for you." ”

The color screen smiled, took the silver and left with a thousand thanks.

The queen put her hand on her forehead and said, "Yuqiu, what did you think of what Caiping just said?" ”

Yu Qiu said cautiously: "The slave maid feels that things are not ordinary, after the unfavorable matter of the stars, Concubine Zhen's arrogance is much shorter, this time it really seems to be wooing Concubine Ying." ”

The queen was shocked in her heart and said, "You think so too? If the two of them really join forces, then the palace will be in danger. Ying Concubine is a person with seven tricks and exquisite hearts, if she helps Concubine Zhen, it will not be so easy to get rid of Concubine Zhen, you have to think of a way to deal with Concubine Ying first. ”

Yuqiu nodded and said, "Niangniang is right. Why don't we also learn from Concubine Zhen and bring Concubine Ying over for your use, what do you think? ”

The queen shook her head and said: "No, Concubine Ying is different from Concubine Liang, Yue Guiren and others, although this palace doesn't know what benefits Concubine Zhen promised her, but Concubine Ying is by no means a person who is greedy for money and profit, besides, since the matter of the stars, she has been wary of me, and she will definitely not belong to me." You have to think long-term, think of a surprising winning move, and knock her down in one fell swoop. ”

Outside the hall, the cold air whistled against the vermilion wall, rolling up the broken snow, the weather was extremely cold, and it was really the coldest time of the year.