Chu Ying had never heard her tone so harsh, she was slightly stunned, looked at her and said, "Don't be angry." ”

"I didn't." Xin Wei said.

Chu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and said in her heart that she couldn't talk nonsense anymore, picked up a winter date, and sent it to Xin Wei's lips: "Why don't you ask the eldest princess for a future?" ”

This winter jujube is excellent, the whole body is smooth and flawless, the green is translucent red, especially crisp and sweet, it is the tribute of Donglu years ago, and the Internal Affairs Office picked the best and sent it to Weiyang Palace to Concubine Liu.

And Liu Qingshu gave it to Chu Ying without hesitation.

Xin Wei thought to herself, it was Liu Qingshu's protection that made Chu Ying rely on her, and she didn't take Cao Zhaoyi in her eyes, so she almost couldn't end up today.

There is really a lot of truth in this saying.

"It's a great blessing to be able to save our lives, and asking too much is afraid that it will backfire," Xin Wei tasted the dates and said, "You must be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, the eldest princess will help us once, and there may not be a next time." ”

No matter what she said, Chu Ying felt reasonable, nodded, and her eyes shone.

"You saved me, my life is yours, but if you can use it, it will only work."

Xin Wei sneered.

At this time, a servant girl ran in panting, and every inch was in chaos.

"Concubine Liu has an accident!"

"Concubine Meng Hui fell off the drunkard stage!"

"It was said that Concubine Liu pushed it!"

Chu Ying stood up suddenly: "How is it possible?!" Sister Liu won't do that! ”

Since entering the palace, she has spent so much time with Liu Qingshu, and Chu Ying also knows a little about her.

Pushing Concubine Meng Hui, who was pregnant with Liujia, off the drunkard stage is the crime of murdering the emperor's heir. Liu Qingshu has a temperament and temperament, but she will never be reckless enough to do such an implicating thing.

Xin Wei asked, "What about the prince in Concubine Hui's womb?" ”

"The princess was born safely!"

Hearing this, Xin Wei's heart was relieved. As long as the heir is safe, there will be more room for manoeuvre.

-

Xin Wei occasionally remembered the three months she spent with Liu Qingshu and Chu Ying in Biluo Hall before being summoned to the palace and going to Yong'an Palace.

When they first met, Chu Ying smiled sweetly: "I am from the south of the county, my family is engaged in the silk business, and everyone in the south of the county knows my Chu's silk village." It is said that the merchants are the people who are looked down upon, and that is their stupidity...... Ten years ago, in the first battle of Changlu Pass, my Chu family donated 50,000 taels as military salary! ”

"What about you?"

"I'm from Gusu." Xin Wei said with some embarrassment, "Since I was a child, I have been sold as a slave, and I have no background. ”

Chu Ying looked at her sympathetically for a while, and then said, "Now that we enter the palace together, it's the same, you must not feel that you are wrong." ”

In the Biluo Palace, day after day passes.

The queen seems to have forgotten that there are still three people in the Biluo Palace, who have never been summoned or settled.

Chu Ying went from being full of expectations at the beginning to living in panic later, Xin Wei broke all her mouths, and she couldn't calm her increasingly anxious heart.

Liu Qingshu is calm and calm, and spends her days quietly.

Xin Wei asked her, aren't you afraid that you will be trapped in this square wall until you grow old?

Liu Qingshu asked rhetorically: "As a concubine, isn't it different to be trapped in this square wall?" ”

She also said, "How is an Israelite different from a prostitute? Is the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which I have been proud of since I was a child, used to please men? I'd rather stay here forever. ”

"Three meals a day, full of food and clothing, why not?"

On that day, the night breeze was slightly cool, and they sat on the steps together to admire the moon, Xin Wei looked at her side face, and felt that she was a little similar to the eldest princess Shen Shuning.

They are people who don't want to be confined to their homes.

It's just that Liu Qingshu is willing to fight with the world, while Shen Shuning is willing to compete with the world.

There are ups and downs in the world, love and hatred, and there are also years of quiet and peaceful.

Only confidants are rare, just one or two.

-

Several imperial doctors cooperated with the midwife, tried their best, and finally let the little princess be born.

The little princess was born with a purple face, and it was not easy for her to cry.

Concubine Meng Hui lost too much blood and fell unconscious, and her life was in danger, but the whole palace was already celebrating the birth of the princess.

At night, Xin Wei tossed and turned, and couldn't fall asleep, so she simply got up and wrapped her cloak and opened the window to admire the moon.

At the other end of the quiet pond under the moon, on the viewing pavilion, there is a figure standing alone in the pavilion.

The world is independent, and he is frosty white.

Xin Wei put on some clothes, simply combed her hair in a bun, put on her warmest ferret cloak, and pushed the door open into the night.

In the quiet of the night, her footsteps on the bluestone steps were soft.

Shen Shuning watched her walk up to the pavilion, and said with a smile: "Your Huguang Pavilion and my Fangfei Hall are separated by a pond, and they are facing each other, so it was not Shen Xiao's intention." ”

Whether it was intentional or not, Xin Wei didn't want to delve into it.

Unlike the queen and Concubine Meng Hui, who had only met a few times in the past, Shen Xiao had gotten along with her a lot after all, and it was reasonable to recognize her.

It's just that Shen Xiao will never say it.

She is a remnant of the eunuch party, and she only needs to change her name and surname, which is not enough to hinder the emperor's shengming, which is a very good thing.

Xin Wei stared at Shen Shuning, with a plain face facing the sky, a silver crown and tied her hair, and couldn't help but think of the sentence "I will not give up my vow to sleep in the open air, and drink blood instead of rouge", but unfortunately I couldn't see her on the battlefield with my own eyes.

"Are you used to living?" Shen Shuning asked.

"Okay."

"You have not been squeamish since you were a child," Shen Shuning said, "I didn't interfere with your use, so as not to let people see the clues." ”

Since she has changed her name and surname, it is inconvenient for people to find out her true identity, if the eldest princess interferes too much, it will inevitably make more people pay attention to this Jieyu, whether there is an unknown secret.

Xin Wei had something buried in her heart, and she couldn't sleep well, so she asked: "Concubine Liu's life, how is the emperor going to deal with it, do you know a thing or two?" ”

Your Majesty, this title came out of her mouth, which made Shen Shuning feel a little uncomfortable.

She looked away at the sparkling lake, and said, "The little princess is safe, Meng Zhen is still hanging on for her life, and no one has watched Concubine Liu push people down, I think it should not lead to death." ”

At that time, the palace people only heard a miserable scream, and when they heard the sound, they went away and saw Concubine Meng Hui falling under the stone steps of the drunken man's platform, and the blood under her body kept spreading.

Only Liu Qingshu stood on the steps, with a white face, frightened.

Naturally, she became a suspect.

Right now, she is kneeling in the Qianyuan Palace, declaring her innocence, and would rather not kneel for a long time.

Concubine Meng Hui was unconscious, and Liu Qingshu couldn't get rid of her guilt, and it was difficult to convict.

Xin Wei was still puzzled in her heart.

"If she really fell off the drunkard's stage, how could the little princess be saved?"

The drunkard platform is more than a foot high, the steps are steep, and there have been palace maids who have been pushed down from the drunkard stage, and their legs have become stupid.

What kind of medical skills does the imperial doctor have to bring the dead back to life, or is the little princess deeply blessed?

Shen Shuning smiled, "It's just that the queen can't tolerate Meng Zhen, and she pushed Concubine Liu to be a substitute for the dead ghost, what kind of place is she in the palace, how can she not leak the news with such a calculation?" ”

Xin Wei was shocked, and slowly figured it out again.

Therefore, the emperor not only knew the queen's calculations, but also interfered with them, so that the queen's methods would not cause the little princess to be stillborn.

Recently, Meng Dasima's officialdom has been frustrated, the general trend has gone, and there are only a handful of capable generals in the Great Dynasty, and Shen Xiao intends to bring General Liu to replace him. But General Liu has been under the command of Meng Da Sima for many years, and he is sincere and worried, and he shares the safety and danger, how can he turn against Meng Da Sima?

Therefore, the queen's move made the Meng and Liu clans enmity and inadvertently called the emperor's will.