listen.explain

(fifteen)

If you want to ask Mu Du'er what kind of person Princess Chun is, the word "hate" does not seem to be enough to express the degree to which this concubine is resentful.

Unfortunately, she keeps seeing him.

Even if you want to take a long way to do business, you can meet Concubine Chun who came out of Changyin Pavilion after watching the play.

"Where is Mu Duer going? All the female family members of the palace entered the palace again because of Gao Liufei, and more or less found excuses to go to Changyin Pavilion to watch a play. Why didn't you see the aunt of Chuxiu Palace?"

Even though he knew that Concubine Chun was deliberately looking for trouble, Mu Du'er still replied calmly: "Thank you, Madam, for your love, but watching theater is the master's pastime, what Mu Du'er does is to arrange various affairs in the palace. Take care of it."

Concubine Chun said with a sarcasm: "Even though she is usually arrogant, Mu Du'er still has the self-consciousness of being a slave."

"If there is nothing wrong with the concubine, Muduer still has something to do."

"You're going to the House of Internal Affairs, how do you go west?" Concubine Chun walked up to Mu Du'er with Youxiang, and said, "Just now Changyin Pavilion is over, and going through Changyin Pavilion to the Palace of Internal Affairs, wouldn't it be even more difficult?" Save time? Could it be that Mu Duer is still not familiar with the palace? Why don’t you ask Ben Gong to take you there.”

Mu Du'er followed Concubine Chun to Changyin Pavilion, the latter stopped suddenly, turned around and looked over with a smile, but Mu Du'er's heart became vigilant.

"Youxiang, do you know that the palace is so big, what is my favorite place?" Although she was asking Youxiang, Wanxiu looked at Mudu'er.

"Yuka doesn't know."

"The palace is so big, I only love Changyin Pavilion. Because Changyin Pavilion is a place for acting, and the dreams of illusory life can be realized in this small square world. At the same time, because Changyin Pavilion is a place for acting. There may be some people who perform well on stage, but they may be different off stage. I like to watch plays on stage, and I also want to have a glimpse of life off stage.”

"Youxiang is dull, I don't understand what the empress is referring to."

"Some people are gentle, courteous and thrifty when they are on the stage, but when they get off the stage, they thwart their progress; Who is she talking about, Wan Xiu mercilessly sarcasm, and the last sentence is even more angry. "If Bengong is allowed to take the stage, even if his face is painted with rouge, he will definitely act as his true self. Whether it is hatred or hatred, I, Niu Hulu Wanxiu, will repay it twice without mercy!"

"If the empress wants to perform on stage, this matter must be approved by the empress. The decision of the harem is still in the hands of the empress." Facing the unforgiving anger of the other party, Mu Du'er directly replied.

"Extremely true." This reply did not damage Wanxiu's high-spirited spirit at all, but the eyes she looked at each other were filled with deep meaning. "Mu Du'er really deserves to be a role model for Chuxiu Palace. I also want to see if Mu Du'er is really as good as he looks like?"

Now that Concubine Chun has great power, she acts without any scruples. When Mu Duer came back from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Concubine Chun specially asked Youxiang to come to pass the news, and she must see the meal list before Yinshi the next day.

The maids of Chuxiu Palace complained everywhere.

"It's this Concubine Chun again, she's clearly looking for trouble!"

"It's the same in front of Changyin Pavilion in the afternoon, saying something here and there, holding a knife and a stick in the words."

"Auntie, why don't we tell the empress in Rehe..."

"Don't do it." Muduer interrupted all the noise. "The matter of the meal order is just a trivial matter. Reporting this matter only shows that our Chuxiu Palace is arrogant. A slave will inevitably be angry with the master. How can we forget the rules just because our master is the empress?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Mu Du'er softened his voice and said, "You don't have to go with me at Yinshi tomorrow, I will discuss the meal list with Concubine Chun."

No matter how troublesome the matter was, she could not refuse it, otherwise Concubine Chun would find more excuses to embarrass Chuxiu Palace.

Before the fifth watch arrived, Mu Du'er went to Shoukang Palace with the meal list.

After Youxiang was introduced into the door, Wanxiu ordered him to retreat, and the red candles in the room were burning, and it seemed that it would take a whole long night.

"Why do you come here alone today? It's dark and windy all the way, is there any danger?"

"Thank you, Concubine Chun, for your concern." Looking at the other party's fake smile, Mu Du'er could only hear sarcasm. "This is today's menu."

After receiving the menu from Mu Du'er, Wan Xiu just flipped through it, and said casually: "I want to eat lighter today, which dishes are lighter in this menu?"

"...I don't feel good, I still want to eat more meat today."

……

After tossing and turning like this several times, Wan Xiu simply threw the list on the table. "I don't even like the dishes listed in this meal, so I'll have another one." This is really unreasonable.

Mu Du'er's face was stiff, but he still said logically: "The meal list sent to Yongshou Palace is also the same, and the concubine Ru has never had any objections, so I wonder why the concubine is dissatisfied with this meal list? "

"I'm dissatisfied with you—Mudu'er." Wanxiu raised her eyes and smiled coldly. "I treat you like this, do you have anything to say?"

"Please save your energy, Empress Dowager."

"I like to test again and again. The so-called sincerity is as good as gold and stone." Wanxiu said ambiguously, but it was obviously not sex. "Muduer really doesn't want to write a letter to Rehe?"

"I don't understand what benefits my mother's repeated provocations will do to me." Mu Duer only felt that this kind of behavior was very annoying.

Wanxiu pretended to be serious and tilted her head to think sideways, then said with a bored smile: "It's really not good, but I'm happy."

"If I want to play this game, you, Mu Duer, can only play with me until I get tired of it." At the end of the words, there was a bit of cruelty, but when he looked at the other party, there was a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes. Very joking. "It's up to you to decide on the meal list. In fact, Bengong is a very nice person to serve. Does Mu Duer feel the same way?"

Mu Du'er felt that she didn't need to be angry with Concubine Chun, but when Concubine Ru summoned her, this feeling turned into an unprecedented anger.

Perhaps it was because of the sachet that Xiangling told her before, Mu Duer had a little more separation from Concubine Ru.After entering Yongshou Palace, his expression had quietly turned cold. "I don't know why Empress Rufei summoned Muduer?"

Seeing Mu Duer's arrival, Ruyue put down the teacup and asked kindly: "I heard that Chuxiu Palace has been busy recently, and I am very concerned about it. I wonder if there is anything I can do to help?"

"Thank you for your concern, Mu Duer can still handle it."

"Is it the same in Shoukang Palace?"

Hearing Ruyue's sudden attack, Mu Du'er remained calm and said, "Cun Tai Concubine is in good spirits these days, there is nothing serious about it."

"So when we arrived at Shoukang Palace, nothing happened?"

"The imperial concubine has a lot of dietary requirements, and she puts a lot of ink on the meal list every day."

"Since there's nothing wrong, I'm relieved." Seeing Mu Du'er's slight disgust towards Wan Xiu, Ruyue ruled out any connection between the two in her heart, so she still kept smiling and said, "Please trouble me." Auntie, let's go."

Seeing Mu Duer leave, Qianrui at the side said: "My aunt is still very airy, even when dealing with your empress."

"It's not easy for Mu Du'er to become a popular person around the queen." Er He asked, "I just don't know why she wanted to cover up what Concubine Chun did in front of the empress?"

"As you said, Erhe, Muduer is not simple." After thinking about it, Ruyue sorted out the explanation. "If you want to become a popular person around the queen, you must know what the queen thinks. The disputes that Wanxiu provoked are actually forcing Mu Du'er to sue Rehe step by step, so as to suppress Niu Hulu's family."

"But suppressing Niu Hulu's family, isn't that also suppressing Princess Chun herself?" Qianrui asked puzzled.

"The current Wanxiu doesn't think of this at all." Ruyue shook her head. "Nowadays, no one in Shoukang Palace can check and balance her. Wanxiu's actions are only to express the grievances of these years, so she wants to break the rules and fight! But Wanxiu can't directly target me, so she targets Muduer. If Mu Duer sued the queen, it would be against the norms for the queen to punish the concubine of the previous dynasty, but it would be much easier to find the fault of the concubine of the current dynasty."

Qianrui couldn't help exclaiming. "So Concubine Chun wants the Queen to deal with you, Madam?"

"Mudu'er must be transparent about this matter, so she kept it secret from Concubine Chun. It was all because she had a heart of protecting the lord and couldn't bear the empress to be hurt by the internal strife in Niu Hulu's family." Thinking that Mu Duer might be gritting her teeth behind her back , Ruyue smiled slightly: "As for her not mentioning this in front of me, it is because Wanxiu and I are still connected by blood as sisters. If she complains to me, how much justice can she get back? Mu Duer has chosen to swallow With this breath, as long as she continues to swallow, there is no need to worry about Wanxiu's excessive moves."

"Erhe, Qianrui, don't underestimate this aunt Chuxiu Palace." Ru Yue thought of another thing, and her expression darkened. "The women of the Buyamuzi family are not simple."

The ink was dotted, but the paper was full of empty flowers in the eyes, Ruyue put down the pen and sighed again, her mind was still unable to clarify.The mystery of the sachet was not solved every day, and she became more concerned about Wanxiu. She was afraid that this younger sister would go astray, but she didn't know how to control her.

A while ago, the scene where the two of them were writing calligraphy and painting together in the palace seemed like a dream. Ruyue really regretted that she didn't get closer that day, but she couldn't help laughing. Wasn't the estrangement that day also a decision she made?Why do you always sigh after the fact.

Now the only one who knows the origin of the sachet is Xiangling.But how to get Xiang Ling to confess the truth?Ruyue thought and thought, and ordered Erhe to go to Xiefang Hall to invite Xiangling.

He also ordered Qianrui to prepare sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and other desserts. Ruyue waited so hard, she finally looked forward to Xiangling.

"Is the unknown lady summoned for the fifth brother's recent situation?" Xiang Ling asked softly.

"That's not true, I'm just afraid that Xiang Ling might misunderstand me recently, so I invite you to come." Ruyue beckoned and signaled Xiang Ling to sit at the table together. "This is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake specially prepared by my order, you can eat it."

"I'm afraid this is not suitable for etiquette..." Xiang Ling was hesitant at first, but seeing Concubine Ru's enthusiasm, she finally couldn't shirk to sit down together. "Xiang Ling really can't bear the kindness of your empress."

"I'm paying for this crime for Wanxiu." Ruyue took Xiang Ling's hand, with a bit of helplessness on her face. "I believe that Wanxiu's behavior these days, Xiangling, you have heard about it. I wanted to apologize to Mu Du'er in person, but..."

"Mudu'er has always been right about things and wrong about people. This is not the empress' fault. She will not accept an apology."

"Why didn't this start from me? Wanxiu made things difficult for Chuxiu Palace because of her fighting spirit with me. Speaking of Wanxiu, as a sister, I really don't know where to start."

Seeing Rufei's expression, like a worried mother who can't restrain the urchin at home, Xiangling also feels the same. "Obviously she is the person right in front of me, but I can't say a word to her."

"Xiang Ling's words are exactly my state of mind."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and the topics were not limited to Wanxiu and Mu Du'er, they chatted all over the place.

If it wasn't for the dark sky, Ruyue still wanted to stay with Xiangling, but Xiangling was worried about the fifth elder brother, so she had to resign.

As soon as Xiang Ling left, Er He, who had been by his side the whole time, finally said: "Your Majesty and Xiang Ling set up friendship for..."

"It's just what you think, Erhe." Ruyue let go of her smile, showing a bit of indifference.

"But even so, with Yi Xiangling's cautious character, I'm afraid there's nothing to say."

"Because Xiang Ling hasn't fully trusted Ben Gong yet. If you want someone to fully trust another, you have to let that person fall heavily first, and then reach out to her when she is surrounded by cliffs and has nowhere to go—"

Erhe Ziruyue served the left and right sides before leaving the pavilion, when he heard this, he knelt down in a panic. "Young lady thinks deeply! This kind of scheming is not the concubine Rufei that Erhe knows!"

"Erhe, I haven't changed. I'm still the Niu Hulu Ruyue you knew." Ruyue was puzzled, why a change in her mind caused the maidservant who had been with her for many years to be terrified. "I just don't want to leave things to chance anymore. I still have no intention of harming others, but I don't want others to do what they want."

Erhe shut his mouth, but couldn't stop the panic in his heart.Every change of Concubine Ru is because of Concubine Chun, and now Xiangling is designed for Concubine Chun. The empress is no longer content with a peaceful life, where is her destiny going?