Ma'am, is there someone out there?

It was a rare sunny day, but Shen Qing had to sit "among the flowers" alone.

This "in the flowers" naturally does not refer to real flowers. In this cold winter season, there is no place where a hundred flowers bloom, except the emperor's harem.That's right, Shen Qing was now in the same place as the emperor's current harem and future harem with a subtle identity.An indescribable taste.This scent...ah, it's too strong.Shen Qing couldn't hold back, and sneezed in public out of etiquette.

"Zi Che is suffering from the wind and cold? Hurry up and ask the imperial doctor to take a look." Seeing him sneezing, the queen mother cared.

Shen Qing hurriedly stopped him, he just felt that the smell of the powder was too strong and the fragrance was unbearable, so how could it be possible for the imperial physician to come out.

"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness, I just have an itchy nose, don't bother me."

"That's good, that's good. If you don't feel well, just tell me, the imperial physicians in the palace are all at ease." After hearing this, the Empress Dowager had no choice but to give up and continue talking to Shen Qing, "Then you see, which one is better?"

"It's all pretty good." Shen Qinglong said in unison.Ever since he met the queen mother, he was always summoned to the palace by the queen mother, saying that the palace was clean, and wanted to talk to someone.Even though Shen Qing was the Madam of the Hou Mansion in name, he was also a real man, and his access to the emperor's harem caused a lot of criticism.But the Empress Dowager was very magnanimous, not only called him into the palace from time to time, even the draft also made Shen Qing "a staff member".

The place Shen Qing was at right now was the Royal Garden of the Imperial Palace.Shen Qing accompanied the empress dowager and concubines to sit at the top, and at the bottom were some beautiful women standing in a row.At this stage, they have been screened several times by the nuns in the palace, and then selected by the queen mother and empress, and finally decided by the emperor.If you are lucky, you will be promoted directly to the rank of concubine, but if you are unlucky, you can only start as a female official in the palace.

But obviously, among these show girls, some of them have basically been appointed by imperial court.

Prime Minister Zhuo Li's daughter Zhuo Yao is one of them.

The Empress Dowager pointed to Zhuo Yao who stood at the top, and said to Shen Qing: "Look, how about Prime Minister Zhuo's daughter?"

The Empress Dowager asked him to watch, and Shen Qing had the nerve to watch, otherwise, if he stared at a teenage girl, he would definitely be treated as a stinky hooligan.But the emperor married a daughter-in-law, and he was not the one who took the daughter-in-law, so Shen Qing couldn't say anything about it.

"Not bad." Shen Qing said vaguely.Every word and deed in the palace needs to be cautious, if he exaggerates too much and provokes criticism, if he criticizes, the words will reach the ears of Prime Minister Zhuo, and he must fight with him.

The Empress Dowager laughed, knowing that this question was embarrassing for him, so she turned to ask the Empress for her opinion. As for Concubine Rong, she directly skipped it.

"Queen, what do you say?"

The queen took a few glances, and said lightly: "It looks pretty good, but we can't say it right, it depends on what the emperor wants." From Shen Qing's short meeting with the queen, he can roughly see the queen's temperament Very light, apart from chanting scriptures with the Queen Mother, she seems to be an invisible person in this palace, neither caring about the things in the palace nor competing for favor, no matter how powerful Concubine Rong is, she doesn't care at all.

The queen's biological father, Li Xiang, suggested a few words to her at first, telling her to be more careful, but after a few times, the queen didn't respond, and she stopped thinking, knowing that her daughter really didn't care about this matter.Or maybe it's because of the Queen's indisputable temperament that no matter how popular Concubine Rong is, she can still be her queen in peace and stability.

"You're right, what's the point of us seeing it well?" The Queen Mother sighed slightly, this time she specially mentioned Prime Minister Zhuo's prostitute, because she valued her family background, and meant to stabilize Prime Minister Zhuo.Zhuo Xiang is not an upright official, but he is a capable minister, but he has a big heart and wants to achieve something.The queen mother could also see that he was dissatisfied with the emperor who had made no achievements.

The Empress Dowager also considered Zhuo Li's daughter in private, she was indeed a smart and dignified daughter of a famous family, moreover, the most important thing was her good looks, one of the best in the capital.As Shen Qing said at the banquet before, Zhuo Yao and Young Master Zhuo are indeed similar in appearance, and Zhuo Yao is even more charming.

The empress is also a beauty, but she is a bit dull. Compared with Concubine Rong Gui, it is the difference between a chrysanthemum and a peony.The Empress Dowager thought that the emperor only doted on Concubine Rong but treated others especially the Empress coldly because of Concubine Rong's beautiful appearance, so the proportion of beautiful women this time was much higher than before.The queen mother always thought that a few more bright beauties could bring back the emperor's favorite.

The emperor's heart can be shared by everyone, but it must not be favored by one person alone, otherwise it will affect the situation of the entire court.The harem is just one of the previous struggles.

A few of them were talking, and even the low-ranking concubine standing behind them would chime in from time to time, but Concubine Rong, who used to get mixed up with yin and yang, just sipped her tea without saying a word.

The Empress Dowager suddenly said: "Is the imperial concubine dissatisfied with Xiu Nu?"

Concubine Rong Gui, who was named, hurriedly said: "Why?" There was a trace of panic in her words.

"Then why are you frowning all the time, looking very bad?"

"Thank you Empress Dowager for your concern, my concubine is just a little uncomfortable." Concubine Rong Guifei's face turned pale, and she really looked uncomfortable.

Shen Qing was sitting next to Concubine Rong, the closest to her, and could clearly see Concubine Rong's flustered little movements.Shen Qing felt strangely surprised, always felt that something was wrong.Thinking of this, Shen Qing sneezed again, the scent of makeup powder was too strong, especially on Concubine Rong, who had sprinkled perfumed dew many times to cover it up.

Hearing this sound, the queen couldn't help but said: "There are many people suffering from wind and cold these days. Just after talking about my sister, Madam also got the idea. The weather is warm these days, which is the time when it is easy to catch cold."

As soon as the queen said this, Concubine Rong happened to go down the steps, and it was rare to talk to the queen with a pleasant face.For a moment, the scene was very harmonious, but Shen Qing rubbed his nose with a strange expression on his face.

Several people sat for a while, and Emperor Changqing came.His complexion was very ugly, with a hint of paleness, his feet were weak, exactly the same as the last time Shen Qing saw him.Everyone stood up and saluted.Emperor Changqing stared at Shen Qing for a while, probably also dissatisfied with a foreigner entering the harem.But Emperor Changqing really didn't say anything, acquiescing to Shen Qing's abrupt existence.

From the first time Shen Qing was summoned by the Queen Mother, he knew it.It's just that Emperor Changqing always had a conniving attitude towards the Empress Dowager's affairs, and he followed the Empress Dowager.From a certain point of view, the son of Emperor Changqing still obeyed his mother.

"My son has seen my mother." Emperor Changqing greeted him, "Why did my mother summon my son?"

The queen mother shook her head: "Your Majesty, don't you understand after seeing it? This is a beautiful girl who has been screened out, what does your Majesty think?"

Of course Lu Xuanyi knew it was a matter of being a show girl, but he just pretended to be confused.

"I don't want to..." Lu Xuanyi glanced roughly at the rows of beautiful women, completely lost in his heart.

Xiu Nu was a little shy at first, and suddenly heard the emperor's refusal, everyone was startled, but the emperor didn't finish speaking, and was stopped by the queen mother.

"Chongming. The Ai family thinks Prime Minister Zhuo's daughter is pretty good, dignified and beautiful. Does the emperor say so?" The queen mother had a smile on her face, but her words didn't have a smile on her face, and she seemed very cold.Lu Xuanyi knew that this was the empress dowager expressing her displeasure.Most of the time, the queen mother didn't care about the affairs of the world, and she seemed very indifferent. Only a few times did she show some emotions.Obviously, at this time, the queen mother is not in a good mood.

Lu Xuanyi swallowed his words that he didn't want to add more concubines, but his complexion became even worse.The look in the eyes of the show girls was even worse, there was a hint of coldness, which made the show girls in the audience feel inexplicable fear.

"Prime Minister Zhuo's daughter?" Lu Xuanyi stepped off the stage and raised her chin.Zhuo Yao was so ashamed that her entire face was flushed. Obviously, she was a lady who had lived in a boudoir for a long time, and she had never been teased by a foreign man with this action, but Lu Xuanyi's next words made her turn pale in an instant.

"A very pretty face, but it's a pity that it's not as good as your brother's. If Mr. Zhuo is willing, I would like to share the two beauties."

"Emperor!" The queen mother screamed, is Lu Xuanyi crazy?As soon as these words came out, it was a big joke in the world, what would Prime Minister Zhuo think, what would the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty think, and what would all the people in the world think.She was about to go down in a hurry, she twisted her feet, and the audience let out an exclamation, but it was still Shen Qing who supported her with sharp eyes and quick hands, so that the queen mother did not fall.

"Eunuch Zhang, let all the beautiful women and palace people stay away, and don't spread a word about the presence." The queen mother stood up straight and ordered in an orderly manner. After a while, there were only a few people left on the field.

The queen mother said angrily: "Is the emperor deliberately going against Ai's family?"

Emperor Changqing laughed: "The queen mother is just joking. How could the minister be against the queen mother. What did the minister not do what the queen mother asked the minister to do?"

"Then you are going to be mad at your family?" The queen mother said, covering her chest, and Emperor Changqing calmed down and supported him.

Her son has been rebellious and very selfish since he was a child. He could still listen to her before, but in recent years, he has become more and more mature.The queen mother also knew that if he was not the only one, he would definitely not be able to be an emperor.If there were no such things back then, if he was an idle prince, there would be no such disputes.

Emperor Changqing wanted to help him, but the Empress Dowager pushed away Lu Xuanyi's hand and only let Shen Qing support him.

"Mother."

"The Ai family doesn't know where you got angry and came back to play wild. The Ai family is old and can't teach you anything. But you have to remember that when you are an emperor, you can't do whatever you want. Every word and deed will be watched by others. Remember the word prudent." As she spoke, the Empress Dowager shook her head, her eyes full of dissatisfaction.

Lu Xuanyi's face turned green and pale, guilty and indignant.He knew that in the Queen Mother's heart, he would never be as good as Lu Chen.He raised his head, and saw that the Queen Mother was also kind to Shen Qing, Lu Chen's wife, and he felt extremely dissatisfied in his heart.

Lu Xuanyi's character has always been easy to be incited, very impulsive, the more he looked at it, the more aggrieved he felt.Under the restless mood, he uttered wild words.

"Since the Empress Dowager thinks that the daughter of the Zhuo family is so good, I will be the beauty of an adult, so I might as well give her to General Lu." Lu Xuanyi said, and smiled maliciously at Shen Qing, "Madam General, what do you think?"

Shen Qing: Misfortune fell from the sky.