calm to light

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After he recovered from his illness, although he was still peaceful and non-competitive on the surface, he still couldn't hold back when he met Concubine Hua, he would be a little extreme, and there would be less concession to Concubine Hua in his words.I'm afraid that if things go on like this, Concubine Hua will feel dissatisfied and harm her again, even if she has a heart, she will use this to make trouble.Also thinking that the queen mother has always liked Mei Zhuang, she decided to take Mei Zhuang to visit the queen mother every time. Fortunately, Mei Zhuang was safe and caring when serving the queen mother.It's just that this time I have intentions, the queen mother has nothing on the surface, but I don't know what I think in my heart, all I can feel is whether the queen mother is betting on me, which makes me tremble with fear.

Respectfully, I offered the Queen Mother's favorite Yuqian Longjing. Feeling the Queen Mother looking at me, I didn't even dare to lift my head.

"Where is Mrs. Shen?" When Mei Zhuang was here, the queen mother usually called her Meier, which was very kind, but now the change in the address made me afraid, and I was nervous because I was afraid of saying something wrong, "Because my sister has to assist the sixth palace, I was summoned by the empress."

"She does have the ability to be a housekeeper," the Queen Mother said in a flat tone, "She is a busy person, and she comes to Ai's house with you every day. It is because of your heart."

Hearing this, I was so frightened that I knelt on the ground, "Forgive me, the empress dowager, it's my concubine who made up her own mind."

The queen mother ignored me, just sipping tea by herself, and complained to Zhu Xi next to her, "This Yuqian Longjing, for some reason, it doesn't have the taste that Aijia likes when I drink it."

"Perhaps the Empress Dowager drank the medicine, and the tea was mixed with other flavors, so it lost its unique mellow charm." Aunt Zhuxi said so.It's obviously a conversation about tasting tea, but I think it's talking about me. The queen mother likes my temperament of not asking for anything, but now I'm targeting the queen mother. Although it's not a big deal, it's for Meizhuang, but if I pursue , It can also be regarded as arrogance due to petting, it is understandable for the Queen Mother to be angry, and I, even if I know that the Queen Mother will be angry, I will still do so.

"You girl, you are usually the most careful, why are you so confused today?" The queen mother seemed to say that I brought up the Dragon Well before Yu at an inappropriate time, but in fact it meant that I was wise in recommending Meizhuang Fever, "Forget it, don't kneel all the time, who will serve Aijia if you are tired."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." The Queen Mother didn't intend to delve into what she said.

"Shen Guiren is also careful, but still not as considerate as you. The Ai family sees that she still has to take care of the affairs of the palace, so she is spared from serving, and it is enough to greet you with you every day." The Queen Mother looked at me and stretched out Make a move, "Aijia knows that you have a deep love for her sister, but this harem Aijia can protect you, but not her, so I can only give some pointers."

Even if it's just a pointer, it's enough. In the end, my sister still has to rely on the emperor's favor. I understand this, and I hold the Queen Mother's hand in a clear and grateful way. I don't know that I am laughing like I got the candy I wanted. Ordinary children, "The concubine thanked the queen mother."

Seeing my smile, the Queen Mother involuntarily opened her lips, and said in her heart, she is still a child, but such a loving heart is really rare, no wonder the emperor... "Don't thank me so quickly, Aijia hasn't been punished yet As for you, I will let you handle everything in the Ai Family Palace in the future, let's see if you girl still have time to make up your own mind."

This kind of punishment does not have the nature of punishment at all. I feel warm in my heart, but on the surface I have a bitter face. Aunt, help the concubine."

The queen mother looked at me for a long time, and said with a smile, "No." She didn't hide her intention to tease me at all. Seeing my more "painful" expression, she looked at Aunt Zhuxi and smiled.

The quiet days in the harem are always enjoyable, but they are also the most rare.

Since Zhen Huan's special favor, the harem has always been depressing as if there is nothing to suppress, but now it is considered to be a wind.

Zhen Huan was the only favorite, and the queen mother was also dissatisfied. Fortunately, Zhen Huan persuaded the emperor to go elsewhere, so the queen mother turned a blind eye to her great favor.However, the Empress Dowager can tolerate it, which doesn't mean that other people have no ideas. Even Yu Shi, who was left out because of Zhen Huan, couldn't bear the loneliness and even poisoned Zhen Huan.

I heard the news from Mei Zhuang, and I just felt puzzled, how could Mrs. Yu have such a trick to deceive such a shrewd person as Zhen Huan?Fortunately, Zhen Huan was fine, and the emperor also punished Yu Shi to stay in the cold palace.However, before I recovered, I heard that Mrs. Yu was given to death, saying that it was because of deceiving the emperor.When they met for the first time in the plum garden on New Year's Eve, the Yu family won the favor because of Zhen Huan's name.As for the Queen Mother, when she heard this, she just said something casually, but I will never forget it, "How come you know that Mrs. Yu is deceiving the emperor again?"

Yes, why do I know now? I also went to Yimeiyuan that night, but I don't know anything about "Against the wind is like a solution, it's easy not to destroy it", and Yu can hide it, so it's not just relying on it. Don't outsiders know?Why was she exposed when she was imprisoned in the cold palace because of poisoning?

"Rong'er, the Ai family heard that Mrs. Guan caught the poisoner by herself. Did she look for you when the incident happened?" The Queen Mother Xu was always depressed when I heard that Mrs. Yu was bestowed to death. look, asked.

"No." That's right, I didn't know that my sister in the palace sang a catch-in-the-urn play and caught the murderer who harmed me until everything was settled.

"Since this is the case, Yu's death has nothing to do with you. You don't need to be sad for someone who deserves it." The queen mother held my cool hand, and there was wisdom in those ordinary eyes that had seen thousands of things in the world. His smile is a genuine concern, which made me completely let go of my guard, and said to the person who took care of me in the palace, "It's not because of this." , I just don't like to be kept in the dark, this kind of deception, maybe they can pretend that they don't want me to worry about it, but it's not a kind of distrust, "It's just that something happened to my sister, and the concubine didn't know until now."

"You girl," the queen mother looked at the girl who had been serving her all this time. She knew about Mrs. Yu late, but she thought it through very thoroughly. Mr. Guan is smart, and the girl is transparent. The deception is naturally more sad than anything else, "It's not that your sisters don't trust you, maybe they are afraid of Aijia. You are by Aijia's side. If you tell these bad things to you, you will tell Aijia. Of course, you have to hide it." with you."

"The Queen Mother," I didn't expect the Queen Mother to persuade me like this, which made me a little flattered.

"In the end, it's because of the Ai family that alienated you sisters," the queen mother looked at me in fear, "I will take some things for the Ai family to meet the nobleman of Guan later. No matter how deep the sisterhood is, the sisterhood You have to protect it well, or you will regret it later for any trivial matter, you know?"

"My concubine, thank the Queen Mother for your guidance." Yes, I have to take the initiative to protect the rare sisterhood in this deep palace.

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The cold palace is a rare bustling place today, the emperor ordered him to commit suicide, but Yu Shi refused, clamoring to see the emperor, and behaving like a crazy woman, throwing poisonous wine, tearing up the white silk, and the emperor was not in the palace at this time, The empress lost her head again and saw no outsiders. For a while, the eunuchs who were executing the sentence really didn't know what to do.

Luckily, a palace maid came and told Su Peisheng a method that An Guiren thought of, asking him to strangle Mrs. Yu to death, and then he could do business.Su Peisheng saw that it was someone from Concubine Chong's side, and noticed that it was someone from the Empress Dowager's side, so he followed suit and asked his apprentice Xiao Xiazi to strangle Mrs. Yu to death with a bowstring. I went to do business with the queen mother and nobleman Guan.

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"The slave has seen the queen mother." Su Peisheng saw the queen mother was full of doubts about his arrival, so he explained, "The slave came to report that Mrs. Yu has already been executed."

The queen mother didn't speak, but Aunt Zhuxi scolded first, "Why do you report such a thing! It just disturbed the queen mother's peace." And I was really curious, since Mrs. Yu had already been executed, why did Eunuch Su report to the queen mother? Tell the queen.Also, why did Eunuch Su look at him with a puzzled face when Aunt Zhuxi asked this question?And what did he mean by what he said next?

"The slave is stupid, isn't it An Guiren's idea to let the slave strangle Yu Shi who refuses to die?" Naturally, An Guiren's idea was also ordered by the Queen Mother, so it is natural to report it afterwards.

Seeing the Queen Mother looking at me, I quickly knelt down, panicked but sincerely said, "I don't have any." I haven't even been out of the Shoukang Palace in this day, so how could I give such a thing to others? idea?

"The Ai family knows, you get up." The queen mother stretched out her hand to help me, without any doubt on my face, but made Su Peisheng confused, "But the slave..."

"Okay, Lingrong's temperament is clear to the Ai family. How could you participate in such a matter? There are people telling stories." The queen mother looked at Su Peisheng, and his dissatisfied expression made him shut up consciously. "You are by the emperor's side anyway. People like this come to bother the family?"

The empress dowager's blame was obvious, and Su Peisheng kowtowed in fright, but the empress dowager ignored it, and just said to me, "The Ai family really doesn't want to care about such things, so you should figure it out yourself, as long as you understand it in your heart."

"Okay, don't knock it down, and leave with An Guiren."

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"Queen Dowager," Zhu Xi saw that the Queen Mother looked at An Guiren's receding back and thought deeply, and couldn't help asking, "But what do you know?"

"What else is there? It's just the sisterhood that some people can't see Rong'er." The Queen Mother withdrew her gaze, "Rong'er is a good girl, but she is bound by too many things, no matter how capable she is, it is difficult to use her."

"So, the Empress Dowager wants to train a capable Angui?" Zhu breathed and said clearly.

"There are too few helpers around the queen, the middle palace is unstable, and the harem is restless." If the mausoleum is broken and there is no need to worry about it, it will definitely be better.

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On the way to Suiyuxuan, Su Peisheng told me that Huanbi, who was beside Zhen Huan, had been to the Leng Palace, and that she brought my idea there.That's right, she is Zhen Huan's dowry girl, and Zhen Huan is favored, even Su Peisheng won't doubt it.It's just that there are too many omissions in Huanbi's actions. No, I will expose it if I know it, right?

"Mr. An, is the slave going to tell the emperor about this?"

"Why bother the emperor with such a trivial matter," the shrewd servant didn't intend to tell the emperor, and he wouldn't even tell Zhen Huan, and if I agreed to his behavior, he would be fine, "Sister I can go there by myself, my father-in-law is busy serving the emperor, so go back."

I only brought Juqing with me. When I first arrived at Suiyuxuan, Xiaoyunzi wanted to inform me. I just asked her if Xiaoxiazi had been here before. He said that he had just left not long ago, and that Meizhuang was also inside. His notice was dispensed with.Fortunately, Zhen Huan and I were on good terms, so he respectfully let me in without saying much.

Fang walked to the window, and through the slightly closed window, I could see Zhen Huan and Mei Zhuang, but because I only saw half of their faces, I didn't know whether their expressions were happy or sad.However, they got rid of an opponent who harmed them anyway, so it must not be a sad expression.Now that the sky has darkened, I wanted to go in, but when I got closer, I heard the conversation inside, so I lost all intention of going in.

"Sister, I didn't expect Mausoleum to be strangled to death?" Zhen Huan's words were full of disbelief, but her disbelief was based on deep belief. Is there any difference between Yuci Suicide?Didn't everyone in the Yu family not want to die but had to die?

"If people don't offend me, I won't offend others. Whether it's strangled to death or committed suicide, Mrs. Yu deserves to die. It's just that I don't believe that Ling Rong would come up with such an idea. She doesn't know what we did before, so how can she help with it? Yu Shi, there must be a misunderstanding." I never knew that Meizhuang could talk about death so calmly, her changes made me feel strange, but her maintenance of me also made me feel warm.

"But Xiao Xiazi is from the imperial court, how can he lie?" Xiao Xiazi is from the imperial court, and I am still the sister you recognize, why do you trust Xiao Xiazi more?

"It will never be Lingrong, have you forgotten? The reason why Lingrong was seriously ill before, Lingrong has always been kind-hearted, it can't be her. Besides, Xiaoxiazi has never met Lingrong, any girl can marry Misfortune."

"It's just, how can ordinary people convince Su Gonggong? Besides, Mausoleum was just timid when he first entered the palace. You and I have changed after being in this deep palace for a long time. How do you know Mausoleum is still the same as before?" I naturally said Changed, as if I never knew you, Zhen Huan.

"Huan'er, why haven't you believed in Ling Rong? She is our sister, shouldn't we trust her like we support each other? This time you let me hide it from her, because it is yours after all. As for the matter, it is inconvenient for Ling Rong to serve the Queen Mother again, so I kept it a secret, but I still will not deny the mausoleum in my heart just because of Xiao Xiazi's words."

"Sister, I'm just worried that I don't know what I know." Hehe, what a good sentence!

"Huan'er, you can say these things to me. I am both happy and sad. Once poisoned, the harm of the people around you must make you a deadly weapon? I am not as cautious and smart as you, but I believe that Ling Rong and I During the days of getting along, I feel that she has made all the plans for me. Maybe it's because you didn't get along with Ling Rong as much as I did after entering the palace, but I can guarantee that this matter is definitely not her idea." Mei Zhuang, you The trust is so pure and beautiful.

"Sister, I..."

"Okay, you're tired today too, so I'll go first."

I watched Mei Zhuang come out, with a melancholy on her face that maybe she didn't even notice. When she saw me outside the window, she widened her eyes in surprise, but she didn't make a sound, and gestured her hands reflexively. Don't stretch the moon.I saw her little gestures, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth. She didn't want Zhen Huan to know that I was here, why?I'm curious.

"An... Your Excellency." Mei Zhuang's plan was still out of sight, thinking that it was a coincidence that Huanbi came back, she still had a food box in her hand, so she had gone to another place.

I didn't care about being caught eavesdropping, but I just signaled Juqing to take in the things that the Queen Mother gave Zhen Huan, stared at Huanbi, and said slowly, "Where did you come from?"

In the house, I heard Ju Qing say, "Our young master has been in the Empress Dowager's Palace today, and only after listening to Su Gonggong's report did he know about Mrs. Guan. I came to see the young master at night. But it seemed that it was not the right time, so I Didn't come in." That girl, on the contrary, cried out for me and confessed her innocence.

On this side, seeing me asking this question, Huanbi probably guessed what I knew, but felt a little guilty, "I'm going to get some snacks for the young master, Mrs. An and Mrs. Shen might as well go in and taste it together."

"You only went to the imperial dining room."

Seeing that I ignored her invitation, Huanbi felt a little embarrassed, "Yes, why did An Guiren ask such a question?"

"I just heard Mr. Su said that he met you in the cold palace." What I said is not serious, but those who should listen have heard it, and that's enough.Meizhuang had already walked to my side, she understood the general idea, looked at Huanbi dissatisfied, and Juqing also came out, and Jinxi along with her, smiled and said to me and Meizhuang, "An Guiren and Shen Guiren Why don't you chat with the young master for a while, the three young masters haven't chatted together for a long time, the servant girl is going to prepare some food for the young masters, Huanbi, before taking the food to the kitchen, ready to take it away .”

I watched Huanbi rushing towards the small kitchen as if she had been pardoned, while Meizhuang held my hand and said in a low voice, "Rong'er, let's go in." There was pleading in her eyes, I was just puzzled, and then It's not your fault, why did you beg me, it's not you who have been suspicious of me just now, as for entering the house, she even asks me to stay and she has to do it with Jinxi, presumably she didn't think about how to face me, "No," I said to Mei Zhuang, and as soon as I finished speaking, I could see the meaning in her eyes, "Well, let's come together next time." She looked at me sincerely, After getting my nod of approval, I said to Jinxi, "Your little master is also exhausted today, we'd better go back first, you can go in too."

"Rong'er, Huan'er is frightened today, don't take it to heart."

This is the first time that Mei Zhuang has mediated for me and Zhen Huan. It’s the second time. By the way, the last time seemed to be for me to attend bed. It didn’t take long, but it felt like a lifetime away. "I don't think Sister Wan is suspicious of me, isn't it that the sisters are doing everything they can to confuse the person who framed me?" I'm also very hypocritical, obviously I don't think so, but...

"Is this really why Huan'er? No way." Today Huan'er is too abnormal, if she is usually suspicious, she would not say it out loud, "If that's the case, why don't you stay? "

What I said casually, I didn't expect Meizhuang to really believe it. For some reason, I felt a strong chuckle in my heart because of Meizhuang's trust, "I'm afraid Sister Wan is going to worry about Huanbi. Of course I won’t stay.” This is one of the reasons, but the main reason is that I don’t want to stay.

"That's right, Huanbi is the person Huan'er brought up since she was a child, but she doesn't want to..."

"Perhaps Huanbi was also confused for a while and didn't think too much. She wanted to help you deal with Mrs. Yu, but she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to do anything by herself, so she borrowed my name."

"That's not right. Why did you only borrow your name? It hurts you for nothing."

That's right, why did you only borrow my name, not a scene where master and servant meet and sing?Zhen Huan doesn't trust me, but why don't I fear her?It's just that Meizhuang is really difficult between the two of us.