Everyone's eyes turned to the door, Zhenyu walked upright, Tingting came in a curling way, everyone looked behind her again, but did not find Nian Nian's figure, and some people gloated at the moment to guess, the maid Xu felt that she had no face to see people, and she was hiding in which corner she was crying secretly at the moment.

Zhen Yu didn't squint, and walked to the center of the main hall and bowed down, "Zhen Yu has seen the queen mother, and I have seen all the mothers." “

The queen asked her to get up with a kind face, and after Zhenyu sat down, the queen asked, "I don't know how the princess is used to living in the palace these days?"

Zhenyu looked flattered, got up and thanked: "Thank you for the queen's care, Zhenyu is grateful, and there is nothing wrong with it."

The queen looked behind her and asked Zhenyu suspiciously: "Huh, what about the little maid who followed you to Changqiu Palace that day? Why didn't you see her? But because she was not used to living, what kind of illness did she have?"

Zhenyu hurriedly shook her head, her eyes dodged slightly, and she looked like she wanted to say something: "Queen Mother, this ・・・・・ actually Zhenyu doesn't know where she went, since she left Changqiu Palace a few days ago, this girl's temperament is quite strange, sometimes stupid and stupid, sometimes crazy, this morning I said that I had something to do, and I haven't seen her back." After that, he lowered his eyes a little sadly.

The queen looked surprised, but when she looked closely, her eyes were full of joy and pride, "How can this be? The princess has sent someone to find her? What if there is something accidentally missing," the queen said worriedly, "Come on, go and help find it, if you find it, bring someone here immediately." The uneasy slave made her princess worried. ”

Zhenyu thanked him again, and after sitting down, his gaze collided with the gaze cast by King An. Seeing King An again, Zhenyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and her steps shook, and the light refracted by the crystal made her face glow with a soft silver light, bright and bright.

King An stared at Zhenyu in a daze, his throat rolled up and down, swallowed his saliva, his face was already flushed, and finally escaped in embarrassment under Zhenyu's charming and moving gaze.

Seeing King An's reaction, Zhenyu smiled slightly, raised his wine glass to him from afar, and drank it all.

And the first queen saw the two of them eyebrows like this, her heart sank, her face was also a little unkind, and there was a touch of evil in her eyes.

Zhenyu poured a full cup of wine at this time, stood up and saluted the queen: "Queen Mother, Zhenyu wants to toast you." Zhenyu has just arrived, and she doesn't know how to count etiquette, and even Zhenyu's maidservant has always offended Niangniang and the people around Niangniang, but Niangniang is fortunate to be forgiving, Zhenyu is quite uneasy in her heart, so she punishes herself with a cup. After that, he picked up the cup and hid his face and tilted his head.

The queen smiled and comforted her: "You don't have to take it so seriously, it's just a trivial matter, not to mention that the rules and etiquette are all set by people, what's the point of sticking to the rules?" she also drank the contents of the cup, and frowned slightly, "But hasn't the maid been found yet?"

The queen summoned a palace man in charge, and her voice became sharp, "I can't find a single maid, how are you all on errands!" was so frightened that the palace man knelt on the ground and trembled, begging for mercy again and again.

At this time, a deep and strong voice sounded outside the door: "Who is the queen looking for, but she can't find it?"

Everyone was shocked, and the emperor came.

The queen was also taken aback, and then her face was overjoyed, and everyone cheered and stood up and saluted the emperor.

The Emperor walked straight to the seat of the head and turned his gaze to the Empress to inquire. The queen smiled, and told the story of breaking the soul stone that happened a few days ago and the disappearance every year today.

"No, for this matter, the two children also made a gambling contract, I have to guess if this maid can repair the soul stone before tonight, the concubine and Concubine Lan's sister couldn't help but play, so they also made a gambling contract with the sisters, so the concubine was anxious to send someone to find the maid. The queen smiled and whispered softly, her eyes full of tenderness.

The emperor raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I have also heard about this, I didn't expect you to have such interest." He looked at Zhenyu and said, "The princess knows that people must be true to their word, since the three-day period is agreed, no matter whether it can be done or not, there must be an explanation, why did the princess's maid disappear at this time?"

Hearing this, Zhenyu lowered her head, gritted her teeth slightly, got up and said, "Your Majesty, presumably she is trying to repair somewhere now, maybe... Maybe she will come back in a while." ”

The little princess sneered at the right time, "Could it be that the princess of Baimo thinks that your maid can still repair this soul stone?"

A faint flush appeared on Zhenyu's pretty face, and she wanted to refute, but she looked quite weak, and a pair of phoenix eyes glanced around, looking pitiful.

The little princess raised her head proudly, turned to look at King An, and smiled sweetly: "Brother King An, I'm afraid that you are going to lose to me this time, remember our agreement!" After that, the naughty Chong An Wang winked, and the emperor smiled when he saw it.

The emperor spoke: "That's it, let's take this palace banquet as the deadline, if the maid hasn't come by then, even if she repairs the soul stone, she will be punished, and the queen will look at it." ”

The queen happily accepted the order, and the little princess also danced with her eyebrows.

The palace banquet continued, King An looked at Zhenyu and asked Concubine Lan in a low voice: "Mother concubine, do you think this maid will come tonight?"

Concubine Lan glanced at King An lightly, and took a sip of tea: "You already have the answer in your heart, why do you have to ask me?"

King An smiled embarrassedly: "The mother concubine is the same as everyone else, do you think she will be punished?"

Concubine Lan shook her head, "I'm sure she'll come with the repaired soul stone, not the one I gave to the princess privately." ”

King An was stunned, he had been angry with Nian Nian in advance, so he knew her plans, but the mother concubine didn't, but why was she so sure?

Concubine Lan explained carefully: "First, the princess is dressed brightly today, although she is a little low-key, but she is luxurious and elegant, obviously she is quite confident, and she has already prepared in her heart; second, although there are many weaknesses between her response and the queen's conversation, her words are polite, and there is room for every step, obviously this woman has an extraordinary mind; third, at this moment, she behaves demurely and gentlely, calm and calm, and there is no panic, which shows that she has her own sense of proportion. After that, he glanced at King An, "You also colluded with them in advance, otherwise how could you tempt the little princess to make such a bet?"

King An's face was embarrassed, and he coughed, "Mother, you have wronged me, I didn't collude with them." "He only had a conversation with Nian Nian in advance.

At this time, there was a sudden sound outside the door, and the palace people who had been reprimanded before hurriedly came, knelt on the ground, and said happily: "Emperor Qiqi, I have found that maid!"

There was silence in the hall for a while, and the emperor asked, "Oh, where did you find it?"

Outside the hall, the minions saw that a figure had been wandering not far from the main hall, but they did not approach, so they stepped forward to ask, only to know that it was this woman, and at this time she was waiting outside the hall. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, bring someone in. After asking for the emperor's consent, the queen ordered, her heart was full of joy, listening to the meaning of the palace people, presumably this girl failed in the end, so she didn't dare to come in. This time it was really beautiful to win, not only slapped Zhenyu's face, extinguished the prestige of Baimo Kingdom, but even slapped Concubine Lan and King An with the hand of the little princess, which can not be described as incomprehensible.

The two tall wooden doors at the entrance of the main hall opened in response, creaking and twisting because of the age.

Everyone looked curiously at the door, only to see a slender figure gradually entering the magnificent palace from the darkness in the distance.

The person who came was dressed in an ordinary palace dress of water blue, because he had been outside for too long, with the wet and heavy dew of the autumn night and the quiet cold breath, which surged like clouds with the skirt, turning into a curling mist and dispersing in all directions.

The belt around the waist of the beautiful woman outlines the waist slender and moving, and the sleeves swing, slowly approaching in the eyes of everyone.

Raise your head, the eyebrows on the cheeks that are pure and not powdered are as deep as distant mountains, the eyes are clear and moist, the red lips are small, the crystal earlobes are not stained with dust, and the forehead is a little faint gold notch, which sets off the face beautifully, like a fairy born in the mountains and seas, and the whole body is full of smart breath.

The emperor was also shocked by this fresh temperament, and an unknown dark meaning crossed the queen's eyes, and she lowered her voice: "I heard that you lingered outside the palace gate for a long time but did not come in, why is this? Don't you know that tonight is the bottom line of the three-day appointment, and you want to miss the appointment for no reason?"

Hearing this, the beautiful and graceful girl seemed to fall from the spiritual realm that does not eat the fireworks of the world, and her indifferent eyes suddenly revealed a look of fear and caution, she shrunk her neck and slowly knelt on the ground.

When Zhenyu saw it, he hurriedly got up and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, this maid of mine is young and ignorant, and she didn't mean to collide with the mother that day. He left his seat and curtsied.

The queen smiled brightly, she took a sip of wine, and said slowly, "It's not that the palace doesn't want to treat her leniently, it's just that there was an agreement that day, if you spare her because of the princess, it must be difficult to seal the mouth of the harem, what does the emperor think?"

The emperor came back to his senses, his face was slightly embarrassed, he coughed, and said, "What the queen said is very true." ”

The queen turned to Nian Nian, her face became cold, and at this time, the queen's majesty burst out, "You little maid, in order to escape punishment, you boasted at will to Haikou, and then evaded responsibility for no reason, I don't know where to put the face of Baimo Country and your princess," she glanced at King An on the side, and sighed seriously, "Do you know what the consequences are for the people who trust you to pay because of your seemingly small mistake, hey・・・・・"

At this time, she was as frightened and confused as a deer, and she asked weakly: "I don't know what the consequences of the queen's mother are?"

The little princess smiled proudly and bowed, "Father, the child wants to ask for a favor." ”

"You say. ”

The little princess glanced at King An, "Just now I have a gambling contract with Brother An Wang, and the child implores his father that no matter what the result is, the losing party must honor the gambling contract, and must not regret it or cheat." The little princess put her little hands behind her back and smiled coquettishly.

The emperor smiled, "This is natural, since it was agreed in advance, it is natural that it cannot be repented afterwards, and besides, the eldest husband dares to act boldly, and King An will not cheat." The emperor looked at his favorite youngest son and smiled dotingly.

King An also bowed to the emperor, "What my father said is that no matter the result, the child will not regret it." When he said this sentence of no regrets, he seemed to have great courage, and he had the artistic conception of forgetting life and death.

The queen said: "In this case, this palace said three days ago that if you can't take out the complete soul stone after three days, this palace will definitely punish you, what else do you have to say now?"

Nian Nian asked weakly: "Is it true that if the slave can repair the soul stone, she will not be punished?"

The emperor said: "This nature, if you can really fix it, I can make decisions for you, but you are really disappointing." ”

Nian Nian turned to Zhenyu again, his expression and words were quite sad, "If the soul stone can be repaired, the princess won't have to worry about me." ”

Everyone also sighed slightly when they heard this, and the emperor sighed: "If you live up to expectations, not only will I not blame your princess, but I will reward her, and now she has repeatedly collided with the queen because of you, although I don't want to cause a conflict between the two countries for this, I still want to reprimand her." ”

When the queen heard this, she sat up slightly straight, her eyes full of joy.

But seeing this time, Nian Nian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the fear and panic in his eyes were carefully swept away, and he raised his eyes and smiled at the emperor, like a camellia blooming in the morning mist, which was refreshing and moving.

I saw her arm move, and a fist-sized ball-like object rolled out of her sleeve, and the jade hand held it up and presented it to the top of her head, and the faint light of Zhu Run poured on her young and energetic delicate face.

Nian Nian's confident, crisp, and sweet voice was like a yellow warbler out of the valley, and he said seriously word by word: "The soul stone is here, fortunately not dishonored." ”

The voice of one person hovered over the hall for a long time, and everyone was so shocked that they didn't come back to their senses, looking at the lustrous soul stone in her palm and being slightly stunned.

The emperor made a move, and a palace person stepped forward to take the soul stone and present it to the emperor, and the queen also came over to watch, with an unbelievable expression.

But in the transparent soul stone, a Yaotai jade phoenix bloomed quietly, as white as snow.

"You, how did you do it? Didn't you fail to make it? Still wandering outside the main hall door and not daring to approach, you must have replaced it with another soul stone!" the trembling could be clearly heard in the queen's voice.

Nian Nian blinked his innocent eyes and asked in confusion: "The slave maid has never said that she can't do it, otherwise she wouldn't have made a three-day appointment with the queen's mother, does the queen think that the slave maid is deliberately entertaining you? ”

The emperor nodded, and Nian Nian continued: "As for Fang Cai, he has been outside the palace, and the slave is worried that breaking in indiscriminately will sweep the interest of the emperor and the ladies of the palace, so he ・・・・・" She looked aggrieved, and her voice became lower and lower.

"Hahaha," the emperor let out a series of laughs, "what a clever and intelligent girl, your soul stone repair is really good, almost the same as when I sent the queen before, you have done a good job." ”

"Thank you for the emperor's compliment!" Nian Nian smiled sweetly and hurriedly thanked him.

"Alright, that's all for today's palace banquet. I am tired, so let you disperse sooner. The emperor waved his hand and turned to Zhenyu, "You have trained a good maid, you should be rewarded, and when you go back, I will send the reward to your palace." ”

Zhenyu thanked Long En, and when the emperor passed by Nian Nian's side, his eyes stayed on her for a moment, and then he flicked his sleeves and walked away.

The queen stood in place, surprised, with a wonderful expression on her face, and the little princess also opened her mouth slightly.

King An took a slow sip of wine at this time, and said with a smile: "Little princess, it seems that your luck today is not very good, and in the end, I won." He smiled brightly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

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