I was a salted fish in ancient times

That afternoon, on the way back to Prince Li's Mansion, Xiao Shan obviously felt that Xie Zhui was in a low mood.In fact, Xie Zhui's expression was the same as before, not showing any emotion, but he had this feeling.

Xiao Shan secretly searched for the reason. Is it because he overslept with drinking?Or did the conversation with Xie Chen not go well?Or was it emotionally aroused by something else?

It stands to reason that with Xie Zhui's temperament, none of these would affect his emotions, and after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Shan didn't think of one, two, three.

He has always been frank and honest, he is not a person who likes to keep his words in his mind and daydream, so he gave up those thoughts and asked bluntly: "You are not in a good mood?"

Xie Zhui was staring at the censer in the car and was distracted, when he heard this, he raised his eyes and was taken aback, then quickly said: "No."

Looking at it this way, it really does exist.

Xiao Shan propped his left face with his hands and said quietly: "Tell me, let's see if I can clear up your doubts."

Xie Zhui: "..."

How could he express his inexplicable thought to the person in front of him at this moment.

Xiao Shan is smart, it would be bad if he didn't say anything.

During the ups and downs of his mind, Xie Zhuicuo opened his eyes and said sadly: "I'm just worried that big brother won't adapt to the environment in the capital."

No matter how Xiao Shan thought about it, he would never think that the source of the matter was him, so he believed it directly when he heard this.He analyzed the situation in front of him, and felt that Xie Zhui's worries were somewhat justified.

Compared with the capital city, there are not so many people who like to talk in circles on the border.

The capital is full of flowers, and the border is desolate and miserable.

Life in the capital is comfortable, and the border is tense and full of chills.

Xie Chen couldn't see, but he couldn't stay out of the house all his life, Xie Zhui was right to be worried about him.

So Xiao Shan relieved him and said: "You don't have to worry too much. Normally, elder brother has followers by his side, and Prince Li's mansion is not far from Xie's mansion, so you can arrive quickly if there is anything to do."

"If you're really worried, check the people around Big Brother to make sure they don't overstretch their hands too long and have no distractions."

Seeing his attitude, Xie Zhui suddenly laughed out of nowhere, and the gloom in his heart disappeared instantly.

Seeing that the effect of his consolation was so great, Xiao Shan was also quite happy. He said in a more serious tone: "Anyway, you and elder brother relax your mind. As long as we don't take the initiative to cause trouble, we don't have to be afraid of anyone who provokes us. If If there is a dispute between me, Prince Li, and you, Prince Li, then there is still Father."

Xie Zhui nodded straightly.

At this time, Concubine Lan in the palace was crying at the queen.

Concubine Lan was crying about nothing else, but because Xie Zhui and Zuo Li were being watched.

What Concubine Lan cried was a sad one. The queen tried to persuade her several times but failed, so she could only let her continue crying.

Concubine Lan covered her heart while crying and gasped: "It's not that I want to cry, Queen, I really can't control it..."

The empress sighed in her heart, she couldn't control it, but she still had to be persuaded, so the empress said: "Don't cry because of trivial things. Doctor Su once said that if you cry for such a long time, your eyes will hurt. I can't stand it."

Concubine Lan took a breath and held back her tears for a moment, then she shook her head and said, "I don't want to either, but when I think of Shan'er marrying Xie Zhui, I can't help being sad."

Queen: "..."

How did Xie Zhui become a disaster again?

Concubine Lan sobbed and told the queen what happened today, and then she said: "Now it's spread inside and outside the palace, and everyone is saying that Xie Zhui has no clear relationship with those people who came back from the northern border. Not sure. I panicked when I heard this."

The queen's face turned cold when she heard this, and said, "When did someone in the palace dare to talk such nonsense?"

Concubine Lan had a resentful look on her face: "Ever since Shan'er and Xie Zhui got married, no one in this palace would say something behind their backs."

The queen grabbed the armrest of the chair, took a breath silently, and said, "Even if someone said it behind your back, it wouldn't reach your ears, so why did you just hear it?"

Concubine Lan: "I overheard two maids whispering something secretly while I was walking in the imperial garden. If I hadn't heard it, the concubine wouldn't know that such a big thing happened outside."

The queen "..." Overheard something, obviously someone let her hear this on purpose.

The person who made this happen knew Lan Fei's temperament clearly, knew that she didn't want to see Xie Zhui, and deliberately planted a thorn in her heart.

Judging by Lan Fei's current situation, the thorn is indeed buried.

The queen hurriedly asked, "Did you keep the man?"

Concubine Lan shook her head and said in a broken tone: "What do I leave these two little maids to do? It's not all caused by Xie Zhui."

The queen said patiently: "What exactly happened, you can find out when you call Xiao Shan and Xie into the palace, if you listen to those people's nonsense, wouldn't you want to hurt the relationship between your mother and child? "

Concubine Lan looked sad and sad: "I don't want to hurt the relationship between mother and child, but I really can't do it if you make me look like I don't know how to turn a blind eye. Now when I think of Shan'er, I don't know how to be ridiculed in secret How many times have I passed, I hate that the emperor didn't stop the marriage when he bestowed it."

The queen said: "It's useless for you to say these things now. Instead of being idle here, you might as well think about messing with those two maids. I have been in charge of the Six Palaces for so many years, and no one in the palace dares to make trouble like this."

Sometimes Concubine Lan can listen to the queen's words very well, sometimes she can't listen to a word.

Especially now, she was digging into a dead end, and when the queen said this, she felt that the queen didn't consider it from her position at all.In the eyes of the queen and others, those ridicules towards Xiao Shan didn't seem to exist at all.

Concubine Lan's heart ached, she said with an unhappy face: "This unvirtuous prince was married by Shan'er, and I am the only one who is sad for him. The pain does not fall on others, so naturally others can ignore it. Anyway, the only ones being ridiculed are me and Shaner."

The queen was so angry that her eyes were angry at what she said, and Concubine Lan stood up with a sullen expression on her face: "The queen is just a concubine and came here today to talk nonsense. The queen doesn't have to take the concubine to heart. The concubine is not feeling well. , let’s say goodbye first.”

After she finished speaking, she bowed to the queen and left just like that.

The queen looked at her back for a long time and couldn't speak. The palace lady Baozhu was so panicked that she was in a hurry to comfort her, another palace lady was busy serving tea and water, and someone called the queen that she was out of breath and needed to get medicine...

There was a panic in the hall.

After the empress took the medicine and drank the tea, the anger subsided, she said coldly: "Go and find out who in the harem likes to talk nonsense and do dirty things. I haven't rectified the harem these days, don't you think Is this palace dead?"

The palace people naturally dared not speak.

After ordering them one after another, the queen ordered them all to retreat, while she leaned back on the chaise longue and thought about life.

A group of palace people retreated silently, not daring to make a sound to upset the queen.

A court lady who had just been promoted to serve in the inner palace couldn't help but mutter in her heart, thanks to a blood relationship, the empress was so tolerant of Concubine Lan.

If the two of them were changed in today's matter, even the emperor's favorite concubine and empress would not show her any sympathy.

However, this idea only wandered around in my mind and was completely pushed back to the bottom of my heart. None of the people who can get to this position is a fool.What should be said and what should not be said, they know best in their hearts.

There is nothing they can talk about about the matter between the Queen and Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan was still very angry when she walked out of the queen's palace, and when she returned to Jinglan palace, she felt that what she said to the queen was a bit too much.

Concubine Lan grabbed Cuishu's hand and said worriedly: "Cuishu, did I go too far just now?"

Cuishu thought in his heart that it was not just a little, it was a big one.

Her face was as usual, she smiled and comforted: "Your Majesty has an upright temper, and the Empress Dowager understands it best. The Empress Dowager speaks more outspokenly, and the Empress Dowager will definitely not be angry because of it."

After hearing this, Concubine Lan felt better. She let go of Cui Shu's hand and sat down, then said: "I didn't mean to say that, but as a mother, I really don't deserve Shan'er. Shan'er is Prince, when he became an adult, he was crowned king by the emperor. It is enough for me to feel uncomfortable that he married Xie Zhui as the king, but now I am still being implicated by this Xie Zhui, do you think I can not be angry?"

Thinking about what those people would be muttering about Xie Zhui behind her, Lan Fei felt ashamed and wanted to throw her to the outside world.

"No, this matter can't be left alone." Lan Fei frowned delicately and said.

Cui Shu hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is that those who intentionally spread such words in the palace have vicious intentions, and it is better to find out such evil-minded people as soon as possible."

Lan Fei said: "What you said has some truth, but the source is still in Xie Zhui. I have to find a way to talk to the emperor about it."

Cui Shu moved her mouth to say something, but seeing Lan Fei's persistent face, she swallowed back what she wanted to say.

Xiao Shan and Xie Zhui were outside the palace, naturally they didn't know that such an accident happened in the palace.

That night, the two rolled half of the bed and had a good night's sleep.

The next day was the day when Xiao Shan entered the court, he squinted his eyes and got up and yawned and went out, not waking Xie Zhui up halfway.

When it came to the court hall, he stared hard so as not to fall asleep standing up.

He thought that after the next dynasty, he could go back to the palace to catch up on sleep as usual, but this time he didn't make it, Chang Le stopped him, saying that the emperor was waiting for him in Qianming Palace.

When Xiao Shan heard that the emperor was waiting for him, he got a headache and always felt that he was going to be beaten.He had a shadow on Qianming Palace, the emperor always liked to call him to Qianming Palace to test him when he was a child.

Every time he couldn't pass the test, the emperor's words about being extremely stupid came from Qianming Palace.

Xiao Shan stood there dawdling for a while, Ai Ai didn't want to go, and kept giving Xiao Jin winks halfway, asking him to go with him.

Chang Le stood there with a smile on his face and waited.

Xiao Jin looked at Xiao Shan's face with embarrassment, he walked over and said: "Eunuch Chang, I'm going with my third brother, I just have something to do and I want to meet my father."

Chang Le smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, the Emperor may not be able to summon His Royal Highness today. The Emperor deliberately set aside time today just to talk to King Li. If His Royal Highness has something urgent, the servant can report it."

"Oh, that's it." Xiao Jin paused and said, "It's not an important matter, I'll visit Father Emperor next time." After saying this, he gave Xiao Shan a look of helplessness.

Xiao Shan: "..."

At this time Xiao Rong came over, he looked at Xiao Shan with the eyes of a big brother who wants to care for his younger brother, and said earnestly: "Third brother, you are such an old man, you should let your father worry less. Yesterday Things like that on the street should not happen in the future, it will affect the image too much.”

Xiao Shan glanced at him and said slowly: "Brother, what are you talking about? What happened yesterday, why don't I know? Why don't you tell me now, brother."

Xiao Jin also chimed in on the sidelines: "Even the elder brother, he didn't hear anything outrageous about the third younger brother when he was alone in the palace. If the elder brother knows the details, he should mention the third younger brother more."

Xiao Rong saw the two of them pretending to be crazy here, so he sneered: "What can I know, I just know that someone is too embarrassing. Since the third brother doesn't know, I'm talking too much."

After saying this, Xiao Rong flung his sleeves and left.

Xiao Shan murmured: "Elder brother leaves when he disagrees with each other, and stops talking halfway through the conversation, making the listeners anxious and don't know what's wrong."

Xiao Jin: "..."

Chang Le was still smiling, and he said: "My lord, let's go, don't make the emperor wait."

Xiao Shan had no choice but to go to the palace.

Xiao Jin looked at his background and shook his head helplessly.He wanted to help, but he couldn't help. He had no choice but to go back to the East Palace and wait for news.

When Xiao Shan arrived at Qianming Palace, Xiao Sheng became angry when he saw his drooping shoulders and lack of energy.

Seeing his sharp eyes, Xiao Shan quickly straightened his shoulders and waist: "Father, what do you need from me?"

"Why, I can't find you if I have nothing to do?" Xiao Sheng said angrily.

Xiao Shan: "Isn't my son afraid that you will be angry when you see my son?"

Xiao Sheng snorted coldly: "You have self-knowledge."

Xiao Shan fell silent.

Xiao Sheng closed his eyes and said: "Yesterday your concubine mother mentioned to me that I should make you a side concubine, what do you think?"

Xiao Shan: "Huh?"