For breakfast, according to Shen Qinghe's explanation, some porridge and side dishes were served, and the Queen Mother only used half a bowl to put down the chopsticks, and Honeysuckle and Luoyue glanced at each other, a little at a loss.

Shen Qinghe glimpsed the actions of the Queen Mother, and the hand that was originally going to pick up the side dishes turned around and chose a piece of hibiscus cake, which gently landed in the yellow flower embroidered porcelain bowl in front of the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, the taste of the hibiscus cake this time is much lighter than last time, can you taste it?" ”

"Really?" The Queen Mother's voice raised by half an inch, and she tasted half of it with interest: "Well, it's much lighter than last time, the mourning family is old, and I can't eat too sweet, this taste is just right, let's eat two more pieces." ”

"Yes." Shen Qinghe smiled, and gave two more pieces to the Queen Mother, and the honeysuckle and the falling moon on the side quietly breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The Queen Mother has her own habit of getting up in the morning, and when the breakfast is finished, Shen Qinghe has already arranged for someone to open the window of the small Buddha hall to let the aroma of smoke dissipate inside.

He chose a new incense, lit it, and handed it to the Queen Mother, who was kneeling in front of the statue of Guanyin.

The Queen Mother took the incense, and the long impatiens danko swept across the back of Shen Qinghe's hand, leaving a slender red mark on her white and tender skin, Shen Qinghe's hand trembled, and the top burned incense ash fell to the ground.

After the queen mother finished the incense, the god of the underworld stretched out her hand for a while, and Shen Qinghe immediately handed out her forearm.

"Today is the day when all the concubines come to say goodbye, and the front hall has been arranged, right?" The Queen Mother glanced outside the hall, and the hour was almost up: "There are a few Qiuyin, although I have also served the mourning family in Ci'an Hall for a long time, but everything still needs to be arranged by you." ”

"The slave knows that the front hall has been arranged. At this hour, the queen must have led the little masters of the palaces to arrive, the queen mother, the slave and maid will help you over. Shen Qinghe lowered his eyes and said lightly.

I don't know what I heard, the Queen Mother frowned and asked, "Who was the servant yesterday?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, she is a virtuous concubine." Shen Qinghe paused, and still told the person who served the concubine last night, and sure enough, he only heard the queen mother snort heavily, and she seemed to be very unhappy.

Shen Qinghe knew why this was, but he knew that this was not something he should pay too much attention to, I was afraid, please be safe for a while, there would be trouble.

Shen Qinghe helped the Queen Mother into the front hall, and the concubines had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw the Queen Mother come in, the Queen Mother took the lead to get up, and asked the Queen Mother who was sitting on the Zijin Nanmu chair: "The concubines ask the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and the Queen Mother Jin'an." ”

"Get up." The Queen Mother waved her hand casually, and a group of warblers in front of her could not arouse her interest in the slightest.

When the concubines were all seated, Shen Qinghe led the loose frost and silently greeted the little masters in the palace.

It stands to reason that Shen Qinghe, as a female official of the Ci'an Palace, has to respectfully call her an aunt if she has a lower rank, and the few scattered frosts are no longer good, and when they go out, they are also the objects of being scolded by the female eunuchs of the palace, but now that there are high-ranking concubines such as queens and virtuous concubines in the palace, Shen Qinghe needs to salute.

The atmosphere in the Ci'an Hall is a little dull, the queen is sitting on the lower left, the concubine is virtuous on the right, one is the mother of the middle palace, and the other is the favorite concubine of the saint now, two people, you don't pay attention to me, I don't pay attention to you, no one speaks, only the rest of the concubines are even more atmospheric.

Shen Qinghe stood beside the Queen Mother, and all the movements of the concubines below came into view, she looked at the queen and obviously held a sulk in her heart, her face was slightly red, and a pair of eyes were staring at Concubine Xian, just waiting for Concubine Xian to make any moves, and the queen could immediately catch Concubine Xian's mistake and bite it hard.

"Smack."

The sound of the tea bowl slamming on the desk sounded, and in the next moment, the queen's yin and yang strange tone resounded in the hall: "Yo, this early morning, does Concubine Xian have any grievances?" Drink tea and drink tea, you don't need to work so hard, right? Or is it that when I came to say hello to the queen mother today, what was the displeasure of Concubine Xian? ”

There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add.

Concubine Xian raised her eyebrows and looked at the queen with a smile: "The queen mother forgives the sins, and the queen mother forgives the sins." The concubine just knocked the tea bowl lightly, how can you think so much, the queen mother? This is really wronged to kill the concubine, the concubine can't wait to come to the queen mother every day to ask for peace, but the queen mother is distressed by the concubines, so she asked the concubines to ask for peace once in ten days and half a month, unlike the queen mother, the queen mother can't see you for three or five days, so she misses you. ”

After Concubine Xian finished speaking, she smiled softly, and a pair of phoenix eyes were raised, and her eyes were full of disdain for the queen.

The queen is not a stupid person, she suddenly heard that Concubine Xian was having something to say, and the anger in her chest was like being added to her life with a cluster of strong oil, and she rose up suddenly, her face turned red by three points, and she pointed at Concubine Xian, and said hatefully: "Don't think that the Holy Lord favors you, just treat yourself as a thing, what is the relationship between the palace and the Queen Mother?" What is your relationship? Concubine Xian, you are every day..."

"Enough!" There was an angry shout directly above, the queen's body trembled, and her voice stopped abruptly, snorting and panting, and Ai Ai glanced at the queen mother.

The Queen Mother looked at the queen with some anger, why was she still provoked by someone in a few words? It's not only been three or five months to be the queen, but I still can't change my frizzy appearance.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but wonder herself, could it be that she chose her brother's youngest daughter-in-law in the first place, but she really chose the wrong one? If you can expect this to be like this, it is better to choose a smart one further away.

Thinking so, but the matter has come to this, the queen mother can only find ways to clean up the aftermath for the queen, she handed Shen Qinghe a look, Shen Qinghe understood, walked down to the side of the concubine, and poured tea again for the concubine: "Niangniang, the queen mother knows that you love to drink Mao Jian'er, so she specially asked the slaves and maids to prepare, the tea is cold, and the slaves and maids will pour you a bowl again." ”

"I'm tired." Concubine Xian laughed, got up with a smile and said to the Queen Mother: "Thank you Empress Dowager for thinking that the concubine loves to drink Maojian'er, and the concubine is really flattered." ”

"Isn't the hairy tip here in the mourning family just for you, Concubine Xian? If you like it, the mourning family will have someone send you some. The Queen Mother was very satisfied with Shen Qinghe's words, and when she returned to her side, she ordered: "Wait and take some for Concubine Xian, and let Concubine Xian take them back." ”

Before Shen Qinghe could respond, Concubine Xian herself refused first: "Oh, how can the concubine take the things in your palace from the Queen Mother?" The concubine loves to drink, this is something that everyone in the palace knows, so ah, every year there is new tea, and the saint can't forget the concubine. ”

The smile on the Queen Mother's face slowly faded, and she said vaguely: "Really? It's good. ”

Concubine Xian smiled proudly, ignoring the queen's increasingly ugly face, the queen mother sighed lowly, for fear that the queen would have something to do, waved her hand, and let the concubines disperse, leaving only the queen and letting her follow into the inner hall.