It's just that as a concubine, it is really unreasonable to use things that are not in the flow to send people who are kind to you, and for a while, Xu Cairen became a laughing stock among the concubines.

Of course, not everyone laughed at her like Lin Cairen and Cheng Cairen, after all, Xu Cairen is still the most sacred celebrity, and they can't offend Xu Cairen.

Zhao Nuoqing moved his heart of compassion slightly, and was about to argue a few words for Xu Cairen, when Qingyan, the palace maid beside the queen, suddenly walked over, first saluted respectfully to everyone, and then turned to look at Zhao Nuoqing and said: "Zhao Cairen, the queen invites you to enter the main hall to serve the queen mother with the mother!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes were once again focused on Zhao Nuoqing, and all faces were full of jealousy.

Zhao Nuoqing is a small talent, how can He De serve the Queen Mother?

And why would the queen help her?

Zhao Nuoqing was obviously very surprised, standing in place in a daze, Qingyan urged on the side: "The queen mother is still waiting for you in the main hall!" ”

Zhao Nuoqing came back to his senses, nodded, and immediately followed Qingyan to the main hall.

The main hall of Cining Palace is brightly lit at this moment, and as soon as you enter the house, you are greeted by a blue and red wood gold lacquer screen painted with green mountains and green waters.

It is said that the queen mother came from the gentle southern water town, and then married into the palace and became the queen, and gave birth to the prince that is the current emperor, now more than half a hundred, the first half of his life is also smooth, and the second half of his life is also worry-free, the only thought in his heart is to return to his hometown to see, but the queen mother is reluctant to leave the emperor alone in the palace, and the emperor is busy with state affairs and can not accompany his mother back to his hometown, so the queen mother dispelled this idea.

There was a burst of very hearty laughter suddenly from the inner hall, Zhao Nuoqing followed Qinghe to the inner hall with his eyebrows lowered, and when he heard this laughter, his original nervous mood was also relieved a little.

The Queen Mother is in a good mood now, even if she accidentally makes some stupid mistakes later, the Queen Mother will not take her life.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Zhao Nuoqing smelled a faint fragrance, which made people feel refreshed.

Zhao Nuoqing, under the guidance of Qingyan, saluted the Queen Mother who was half-leaning on the soft couch and the Queen Mother who was sitting next to the Queen Mother.

Zhao Nuoqing knelt on the spotless floor and kowtowed respectfully to the two.

Then, I heard a calm and loud voice faintly sound, "You are Zhao Cairen?" Raise your head and let the mourners see! ”

Zhao Nuoqing raised his head slowly, but he didn't dare to look directly at the Queen Mother.

When he raised his eyes slightly, he could only see a purple plum blossom pattern robe, the hands of the Queen Mother covered with traces of time, and a string of Buddhist beads twisted in her right hand.

Just looking at this graceful and luxurious costume, Zhao Nuoqing felt the sense of oppression from the majesty of the Queen Mother.

The queen mother's still clear eyes glanced Zhao Nuoqing up and down, and then she heard the queen next to her smile and said, "Queen Mother, how is it?" Is it the same as what Erchen said, a beautiful embryo? ”

The Queen Mother nodded, noncommittal, "It's really beautiful, it's three points more beautiful than Concubine Jin, who claims to be the first beauty in the world!" ”

Zhao Nuoqing lowered his head in fear.

The queen smiled and said: "Erchen also said this to the emperor, but the emperor said that Zhao Cairen is just a willow posture, and his vision is very high!" ”

The Queen Mother suddenly laughed out loud, and scolded with a smile: "That is, you dare to ridicule the emperor in front of his own mother!" How bold you are! ”

Mama Lan, who was about the same age as the Queen Mother, also laughed and said, "It's not what the Queen Mother is used to, now you know that it's amazing!" ”

The queen was like the little daughter of her parents, and said with a smile: "Isn't it the queen mother's favorite!" ”

Zhao Nuoqing knelt on the ground and listened to the jokes between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and loyal servants, her heart was suddenly full of bitterness, her mother died when she was three years old, and her stepmother only maintained a superficial politeness to her, how could there have been such a warm moment between mother and daughter?

A few people chatted a few more words, as if they had forgotten Zhao Nuoqing who was kneeling below, just when Zhao Nuoqing felt that his legs were sore, Mama Lan suddenly smiled and reminded the Queen Mother: "Look, patronizing and chatting with the queen, how did you forget your other daughter-in-law?" You see Zhao Cairen is still kneeling on the ground! ”

The Queen Mother naturally did not "accidentally" "forget" Zhao Nuoqing, but deliberately gave her power, Mama Lan, as a confidant who has served the Queen Mother for many years, naturally does not know what the Queen Mother means, at this time she mentioned Zhao Nuoqing, but it was just the Queen Mother's signal.

Although Zhao Nuoqing didn't know why the Queen Mother wanted to threaten her, in short, when she knelt in place and quietly listened to the jokes of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the Queen Mother's eyes when she looked at Zhao Nuoqing were not as wary as at the beginning.

The Queen Mother's voice sounded with a smile, and she said with a smile: "Oh, the mourning family is really getting older and more useless, quickly help Zhao Cairen to get up!" ”

Mama Lan smiled and stepped forward to help Zhao Nuoqing up, and the queen on the side also pretended not to know anything and said to the queen mother: "You are not old!" If I don't know how to see you, it's just that you're a little girl of seventeen or eighteen! ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her with a smile, "You know how to make me happy!" No matter how young I am, an old woman over half a hundred years old, I can't compare to you real seventeen or eighteen little girls! ”

Zhao Nuoqing stood up tremblingly with the strength of Mama Lan, hurriedly thanked Mama Lan, and then obediently stood aside and waited for the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.

At this time, a palace maid walked into the outer hall, the palace maid held a sandalwood box in her hand, walked to the queen mother and knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "Empress Dowager Qi, this hairpin of yours, Ruan Sizhen said that the damage was too serious, and Sizhen's room could not be repaired, and now Ruan Sizhen is pleading outside the palace!" ”

The Queen Mother's face sank slightly, and the Queen asked: "But on the day the father and the queen mother got married, the father gave the queen mother's love thing?" ”

The queen nodded sadly, and said in a mournful tone: "That day, the mourning family wanted to take it out and wear it on a whim, but I never thought that I would miss it for a while, and I actually smashed it!" Hey, it's all to blame on the mourners! ”

After that, the Queen Mother said to the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground: "Go and tell Ruan Sizhen, if you can't fix it, you can't fix it, let her go back, you don't have to punish her for a dead thing!" ”

The palace maid breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, got up and handed the sandalwood box to Mama Lan and withdrew.

Mama Lan handed the box to the Queen Mother again, and the Queen Mother slowly pulled the lid above the box, revealing the glass-inlaid gold silk flower and phoenix hairpin that was torn apart.

The moment she saw the hairpin, the Queen Mother's thoughts seemed to return to the appearance of thirty years ago, when the emperor personally put this phoenix hairpin on her hair bun, and her eyes flashed with tears.

The crowd didn't know how to comfort them for a while.

After the Queen Mother was sad for a while, she instructed Mama Lan, "Throw this hairpin away, since it can't be repaired, it will be blocked every time you see it in the house, so it's better to throw it away!" ”

"But......" Mama Lan looked at the hairpin in the box with some reluctance, this hairpin carries the deep friendship between the emperor and the queen mother, how can it be easily discarded?

But seeing the Queen Mother's resolute appearance, Mama Lan didn't dare to disobey the Queen Mother's will, and took the sandalwood box from the Queen Mother's hand and sent someone to throw it away.