"What's the matter?" Empress Zhen's slightly lowered eyes opened, and she looked at Concubine De and asked.

"It's that the queen mother mentioned the matter of choosing a concubine before, I don't know if this time because of the matter of the crown princess, isn't the selection of a concubine going to be delayed again?" Concubine De looked at Queen Zhen and said.

Empress Zhen sneered in her heart, she looked at Concubine De and pretended to be powerless and said, "Isn't it, a few good ladies were selected later, and they will be ruined again." ”

"Didn't the queen mother always enter the palace a few days ago, and where did the ladies and gentlemen choose?" Concubine De asked softly.

"Concubine De!" Empress Zhen's face sank, and she said in a deep voice: "These things are not for Concubine De to interfere in. ”

Concubine De saw that Queen Zhen's face was displeased, and she hurriedly explained: "The concubine knows that she is wrong, the concubine is just thinking about the queen mother who has been worrying about so many things recently, and thinking about helping the queen mother with some things she can." After all, the concubines are familiar with the nobles of the capital, and they think that they can also help the queen to take a look, so that they can choose a virtuous and virtuous side concubine for His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Oh?" Empress Zhen seemed surprised, and she asked, "Empress Ben thinks that unmarried nobles are suitable to be the prince's side concubines, what do you think, Concubine De." ”

Concubine De pursed her lips and chuckled, she looked at Queen Zhen and said: "The queen mother knows that she is the concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince, but if there are too many concubines in the East Palace, it will cause unnecessary trouble, after all, the princess of the East Palace will be Bai Yuzhu in the future, if you don't choose the side concubine to cause trouble, when the time comes, Bai Yuzhu will offend people, and the courtiers will naturally settle the account on the royal head, which outweighs the loss, and if you want to choose a concubine, you must choose the right one, the best." ”

"In your opinion?" Empress Zhen was originally wary and disdainful of Concubine De, but when she heard Concubine De say this, she thought about it and felt reasonable and asked.

"The second lady of the General's Mansion, the second lady of Prime Minister Song's family, the concubine of the Marquis of Jianzhang, the granddaughter of the prince's concubine, the fifth daughter of the Hanlin bachelor, and the third daughter of the commander of the Imperial City Forbidden Army, are actually all suitable, and they are also recognized as a virtuous and noble daughter in the capital, and their family background is worthy of His Royal Highness the Prince." Concubine De said softly.

After listening to the few noble girls that Concubine De said, there was a hint of surprise in her eyes, if she talked about others, it would not be strange, but she suddenly mentioned the three daughters of the forbidden army, she was very surprised, but I think it is also a foreshadowing.

"Concubine De, except for Bai Xue'er, the second lady of the General's Mansion, every other noble girl is among the concubines selected this time. You feel sorry for Bai Xue'er, but you might as well tell you directly, Bai Xue'er has lost not only the position of the crown princess this time, but also the position of becoming the side concubine of the East Palace, if you want to ask the queen why, the queen can tell you, because the princess is Bai Yuzhu, it's as simple as that. Empress Zhen looked directly at Concubine De and said meaningfully.

After hearing this, Concubine De's face was suddenly embarrassed, she smiled and said: "What the queen said, the concubine understands, since the second lady Xue'er of the General's Mansion really has nothing to do with the East Palace, the concubine will not say a word more, and this matter is all up to the queen mother." ”

"Concubine De just knows, the future is lacking, if there is nothing to do, you can retreat first." Queen Zhen said, lay comfortably on the soft couch, and no longer looked at Concubine De.

"Then the concubine will retire first." Concubine De looked at Queen Zhen, who turned her back to her, she gritted her teeth secretly, still said with a respectful look, and then retreated after speaking.

When Concubine De walked out of the side hall of Fengzao Palace, she was standing at the door, she was originally respectful to the queen, her face was full of frost in an instant, and when she turned around, she glared at the closed gate fiercely, and then turned around and walked towards the direction of the palace gate of Fengzao Palace.

And in the imperial garden outside the gate of Fengzao Palace, Concubine Li, who was wearing a sky blue silver thread embroidered daffodil palace dress, seemed to be enjoying plum blossoms in the garden, and the same eight-treasure agate headdress as Concubine De, with charm in the beauty of her makeup, when she raised her eyes and saw Concubine De walking towards her, she held the stove in one hand and walked towards Concubine De with her skirt in the other.

"Sister Concubine De, what's wrong?" Concubine Li looked at Sister Defei, who couldn't see her emotions, and asked hurriedly.

Concubine De, who had a gloomy face, suddenly laughed out loud when she saw Concubine Li, she approached Concubine Li's side, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, lowered her voice and smiled: "Don't worry too much, it seems that the queen mother has no use for us to monitor us some time ago, because she doesn't know anything, my sister has already found out from the queen mother, and we don't have to worry about it." ”

"What about what Mrs. Shuoguo asked her sister to do before? What is the reaction of the queen mother? Concubine Li couldn't hide the joy on her face after hearing this, and then remembered that Li Hui'er wrote a letter to Concubine De's sister, and she hurriedly asked.

"My sister just mentioned this matter to the queen mother, the queen mother will not help, and my sister also learned from the queen mother that Xue'er not only lost the position of the crown princess, but also didn't have her share in the side concubine, it seems that Bai Yuzhu, who hates Bai Xue'er, has used the means, but this is okay, at least with Bai Yuzhu as a shield, if Li Hui'er asks, my sister also has an excuse to block Li Hui'er's mouth." Concubine De looked at Concubine Li's sister beside her, and she smiled with a sly smile in her eyes.

Concubine Li nodded after hearing this, and she said softly: "Sister is right, in this case, things will be much easier in the future." ”

Concubine De nodded, and then said with a smile: "I'm in a good mood today, let's go, go and enjoy the plum blossoms." ”

"Okay, Sister Defei." Concubine Li happily responded.

Concubine De and Concubine Li in the Imperial Garden were calculating, and Ruoyan, who was serving in front of Empress Zhen in the Fengzao Palace, looked at Empress Zhen and said softly: "Concubine De really has a request for the queen's mother this time, look at it just now, Concubine De's docile appearance almost made the slave maid think that Concubine De was replaced." ”

When Queen Zhen, who closed her eyes, heard Ruoyan say this, she sneered unabashedly, and she said coldly: "She will be so obedient if she asks for this, and if she doesn't ask for this, she must be arrogant." ”

After speaking, the closed eyes opened instantly, her eyes were full of frost, and she said in a cold tone: "Concubine De wants to use Bai Xue'er to win over Bai Qing, heh...... It's good now, the bamboo basket is empty, and she must hate Bai Yuzhu extremely much for ruining her plan. ”

"Queen Mother, the slave maid has the courage to say a word, although the queen mother hates Bai Yuzhu, but she has already decided the position of the crown princess, so there is no change to say it......" Ruoyan looked at Queen Zhen with a cold face in front of her with a respectful face, paused slightly, and said respectfully: "She only asked for the throne of the crown princess, but she did not ask not to let His Royal Highness the prince choose the side concubine, then the queen mother can use this opportunity to directly let the side concubine enter the East Palace, and the idea of the slave and maid was said to the queen mother when she was in the Guangming Temple, There are many concubines in the East Palace, is there no one who can win the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince? The slave maid thought, there must be, and when the time comes, the queen will help her from the side, and it is not simple to set up blank jade beads. ”

Ruoyan's words suddenly made Queen Zhen, who had been full of anger recently, suddenly realize, and her anger disappeared, she immediately half sat up and said happily: "Yes, why didn't I think of this stubble in the future." Hey, I've been angry because of Bai Yuzhu recently, if you say that this girl should have reminded Benhou earlier, otherwise Benhou wouldn't have been angry for many days. ”

"The queen mother is not in good health, and the slave does not dare to say these suggestions, which makes the queen mother angry." Ruoyan saw that Empress Zhen was happy, she breathed a sigh of relief and responded respectfully.

"It's a good thing, how can I be angry." Empress Zhen laughed, she looked at Ruoyan who was respectfully on the side and said: "Ruoya, you have a good way to be a girl, when you were in Guangming Temple, you originally wanted Bai Yuzhu to become a nun, who would have thought that the old lady would suddenly go away and ruin everything, but fortunately, it is not too late now." You go and prepare for the drive, and you will go to see the Queen Mother later. ”

"Queen Mother, on this day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns to the East Palace, why don't you go to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and then go to see the Queen Mother?" Ruoyan saw that Queen Zhen got off the soft couch by herself while talking, she hurriedly stepped forward to support Queen Zhen and said respectfully: "The current Royal Highness the Crown Prince is different from before, and has become very taciturn, if the queen mother first tells His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not say a word, and then the Queen Mother will be regarded as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince acquiesce, and then go to see the Queen Mother, mention this matter and say that His Royal Highness the Prince allows, then the Queen Mother will not say anything." ”

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!" After Ruoyan finished speaking, Queen Zhen said three wonderful things in a row, and she smiled approvingly: "Ruoyan, you really gave Benhou a chance to fight back when he was embarrassed, okay, good, if this matter is done, Benhou will definitely reward you heavily." ”

"Sharing worries for the queen mother, this is a matter for slaves and maids." If you say it respectfully.

With a smile, Queen Zhen said, "Hurry up and change the queen's clothes." ”

"Yes, Queen." Ruoyan immediately responded and beckoned to the palace maids in the palace, and the palace maids immediately brought the luxurious cloak of the double phoenix and the rising sun......

After Empress Zhen wore the cold, she went to the East Palace, but she pounced.

"What do you say? The prince did not return to the palace? Empress Zhen, who had walked most of the imperial city in a phoenix, looked at the people of the East Palace in front of her and asked coldly.

"Returning to the Queen, yes." The palace man replied cautiously.

"Do you know where the prince went?" Empress Zhen asked sharply again.

"The Queen Mother sent someone to announce His Royal Highness the Prince, and now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be in Shoude Palace." The palace people responded respectfully to the queen mother of the world.

"Shoutoku Palace?" After hearing this, Empress Zhen was very surprised, she looked at Ruoyan and said in a deep voice: "If the prince goes to Shoude Palace, then what he said before will not work......

Ruoyan thought about it, she responded respectfully to Queen Zhen and said: "It doesn't matter, the queen mother can talk about this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, as long as the words fall, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be regarded as approving if he doesn't speak, and then just ask the Queen Mother directly." ”

When Queen Zhen heard what Ruoyan said, she frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Although it is not as detailed as it was set before, it can only be done like this, let's drive." ”

"Get on the road." Ruoyan sang loudly.

Feng Yuan drove unhurriedly, moving from Fengzao Palace to the East Palace of the Prince, and now he has to move to the Shoude Palace where the Queen Mother lives, which is another journey across half of the imperial city......