Empress dowager, the queen sighed

Entering Changle Hall, Pei Yao was a little uneasy at first, as there was no one there.

The queen mother will be in the main hall most of the time, like today, but it is the first time.

The sleeping hall is inside, separated by a screen, behind the screen are rows of bookcases, each row of bookcases is filled with books, quite different from the extravagant furnishings outside.

Pei Yao went around the screen and walked in. Standing in front of the bookshelf, she smelled the fragrance of ink. She sniffed it hard, and the fragrance of ink was strong.

There is a phoenix couch behind the bookcase, Pei Yao looked up, the queen mother is not on the couch.

There was no one inside, so Pei Yao looked around alone, walking back and forth between the bookcases, touching this and that, and finally stopped in front of the innermost row of bookcases.

This row of bookcases is full of scriptures, there are all kinds of scriptures, some that Pei Yao has read, and some that Pei Yao has never heard of.For unknown things, Pei Yao will always take a look at them.

Before I knew it, it was completely dark.

Pei Yao felt her eyes hurt, so she called people to come in to light the lamps, rubbed her eyes, but saw the lights outside brighten up, and the Empress Dowager walked in holding a candlestick.

"The empress came to Ai's house to read the scriptures?" The empress dowager was wearing a black dress, with broad shoulders and a slender waist, she was as gentle as a goddess under the candlelight.

Pei Yao smiled, "The scriptures here are good."

"What is the queen here for?" The queen mother didn't continue what she said just now, but asked casually, and then slowly lit up all the candlesticks in the hall by herself.

In an instant, the dark palace was as bright as day.

The queen mother turned around leisurely, staring at the person who did not move: "Queen?"

Pei Yao was startled, walked slowly to the bed, touched the bed, it was soft and comfortable.She looked up at the Empress Dowager, who chose to sit down and put the candlestick in her hand down.

When the Queen Mother didn't speak, Pei Yao lost her mind. Thinking of the Hu girl sent last night, she beat a drum in her heart, "Queen Mother, where is that Hu girl?"

"I didn't serve you well, I was beaten to death. Do you want to learn from the empress?"

Pei Yao was so frightened that her heart jumped, she hurriedly stood on the pedal, and got under the quilt without thinking.

After lying down, you will feel hot soon.The quilt is very thick, like the kind used in winter.

Pei Yao sat up again, took off her robe and socks, and lay down quietly.

After a while, I still felt hot, and remembered the action of serving the bed in the book, and I curled up under the quilt and slowly took off my inner clothes.

The little queen huddled around in the quilt like a silkworm chrysalis, and threw out a piece of clothing after a while.

Slowly, the queen was naked.body.

The Empress Dowager sat quietly for a long time, and when she saw the little coat on the pedal, she suddenly said, "Have you ever heard such a poem, the Empress, that the golden needle pierces the pistil of a peach blossom, and she dare not raise her voice and frown secretly."

The person hiding in the quilt showed his head tremblingly, and explained: "It means that the finger was pierced by an embroidery needle, and the pain was too painful to speak loudly."

The queen mother cast a strange look at the queen, "The queen's explanation is reasonable and very reasonable."

"Isn't it right?" Pei Yao wondered secretly, the book explained it this way, could there be some other hidden meaning?

Pei Yao was secretly puzzled, and moved into the quilt, which seemed to have the smell of the queen mother, faint and blurred.She couldn't figure it out, so she lay motionless on the couch and looked at the roof until the Queen Mother approached.

The queen mother didn't want to explain to the queen, the little queen who had been arguing to tease her all day didn't even understand this sentence, and her homework was a bit poor.

The skirts on the pedal were scattered, and the queen mother picked them up one by one. When she found the small clothes, the queen mother took a second look, the size was not big.

After picking it up, the queen mother sat on the edge of the couch, staring at that face, "The queen is here today, how do you explain to your majesty?"

"It's simple, if Ruoxiang is going to pass on the message, the queen will come to read the scriptures for the queen mother." Pei Yao is confident, and if she has even the slightest relationship with the queen mother, her majesty dare not ask.

The Empress Dowager smiled with a carefree look, her eyes fell on the lips of Empress Cherry Blossom, her small mouth was very sharp, it would be a pity not to read more scriptures.

"Since the queen recommended herself, why don't you read a few words to the Ai family. You can choose any scripture on the bookcase."

Pei Yao raised her half body, looked at the bookcase in front of the bed, and then at the Queen Mother, "Pass me the clothes."

The queen mother was indifferent, and raised her hand to pinch her forehead, as if she had a headache.

Pei Yao didn't know what she meant, so she said again: "Empress Dowager, please pass me the clothes."

"The queen is here to serve Ai's family, why do you let Ai's family serve you instead?" The queen mother was displeased.

Pei Yao swallowed her saliva, after being groped for a while, she couldn't find a single piece of clothing, if she had just left the small clothes and obscene trousers under the quilt.She looked at the top of the Queen Mother's head, there were still pink bubbles.

It's too much to torment her without desire!

Pei Yao nestled under the quilt and did not move.

After a long while, the Empress Dowager tapped a few tables with her slender and white fingertips, da da, ta da, one after another, very rhythmic, more like beating on Pei Yao's heart.

Pei Yao originally felt at ease, but at this moment she was disturbed by the queen mother again, she reached out and grabbed the quilt, wrapped herself into a silkworm chrysalis, and slowly moved down on the bed.

The little queen was like a fat little snowman in the snow, moving her feet step by step. When the queen mother saw it, she bent her lips for no reason.

Interesting indeed.

Pei Yao casually touched a book on the bookcase, stuffed it into the quilt, and moved it back to the couch step by step.

The moment he lay down, he felt much more comfortable. He turned over, opened the book, and was stunned.

She closed the book again, and after repeating it twice, she was about to cry, "Why did you put the picture album in the scripture book?"

"I didn't tell Ai's family that picture albums can't be placed in the pile of scriptures. Has the empress thought about how to read them?" The empress dowager looked at the people on the couch with a serious expression and no smile.

Pei Yao stared back at her: "There's not a single word, how can I read it?" This book is roughly similar to the book that the mother gave her, but the two protagonists in this book have a lot more elegant posture.

She closed the album with a snap, "Why don't I make it together with the Queen Mother, okay?"

The queen mother should not, "Aijia just wants to hear the queen's ups and downs, and doesn't want to be tired."

Pei Yao couldn't say a word, she threw the picture album aside, wrapped herself into a silkworm chrysalis again, painted a ladle like a gourd, took another book and went back to the bed.

Before taking it this time, she saw clearly that it was a scripture.

Pei Yao was holding the quilt with both hands, and when she was reading the scriptures, one side of the quilt fell off, revealing a pink and round shoulder.

She didn't know that her scenery was half-viewed by the queen mother, so she sat down triumphantly holding the scriptures, opened the first page, and read it in a rhythmic tone, not forgetting to look at the queen mother.

The night was dark, the emperor came and went to the Jiaofang Hall, and the hall was empty. When Ruoxiang mentioned the queen mother, the emperor turned his head and went back without saying a word.

Ruoxiang patted her chest, her heart almost jumped out of her throat, she didn't dare to be careless, she asked the little palace lady to follow her to find out where His Majesty was resting today.

The little Gong'e went around for an hour, and when she came back, she said: "Your Majesty went to Xinmei's place today."

There are countless beauties in the palace, and Ruoxiang doesn't know who Xinmei is. As long as His Majesty doesn't come back, the Empress will be fine.

****

Pei Yao's throat was dry and hoarse, and she coughed a few times, feeling unwell.

The Empress Dowager thoughtfully handed her a cup of flower dew, Pei Yao gulped it down, looked at the Empress Dowager again, agreed to warm the couch, and ended up reading scriptures on her stomach.

Pei Yao was annoyed and blamed herself for not having the talent to trick people.

"My queen, what do you want to do most now?"

The Empress Dowager was dignified and cold, with pink bubbles on her head, sitting on a small couch with lowered eyebrows, like a Bodhisattva in a nunnery.

It's all the same, pure hearted.

The queen mother didn't want to talk to Pei Yao, if she hadn't read it well, she would have thrown him out with the quilt.

She was thinking about why Pei Yao kept staring at her.

She was about to ask a question, but she squinted her eyes when she saw Pei Yao lying on the couch, "Queen."

Pei Yao tried her best to lift her eyelids, and asked herself: "Does the Queen Mother want to sleep together?"

"You..." The Queen Mother's movements froze, she endured it for a while, pretending that nothing had happened, she pretended that the Queen had never been here before, and continued to sip tea with her eyes closed.

Pei Yao fell asleep, she was too tired after reading scriptures all night.

The hall suddenly fell silent.

The night gradually deepened, and everything was silent.

The queen mother stood up from the couch, walked in front of the queen, stared at that face, the corners of her lips curled up, "You really don't treat yourself as an outsider."

****

When Pei Yao woke up, there was no one in the hall.

She was confused for a while, only remembering that she came to warm the couch last night and fell asleep somehow.

The emperor forced her to come here yesterday, and now that she thinks back, she feels that she has no face. She thought about it for a while before she poked her head to find her clothes.

Unlike last night, the clothes were all folded and placed at the end of the bed.

Pei Yao didn't think too much, she put on her clothes, combed her hair in a bun in front of the bronze mirror and left Changle Hall.

Qingzhu waited outside the hall all night, and saw the queen mother go to the court in the morning, but did not see the queen coming out. She was frightened for a long time until the queen came out safely.

After Pei Yao came out of the hall, she stretched her waist, just as she stretched out her hand, she thought of the word "rule", put down her hand depressedly, and took a dignified step.

Qing Zhu hurriedly greeted her, "My Lady has finally come out."

Pei Yao muttered, "The Queen Mother's bed is so comfortable."

Qingzhu didn't dare to get angry with the queen, and hurriedly helped her board the chariot.

The master and servant returned to the Jiaofang Hall.

Going back to the Jiaofang Hall, Pei Yao took a bath and freshened up, washing herself thoroughly from inside to outside, and finally finished a table of breakfast comfortably.

Pei Yao rubbed the center of her brows, feeling her whole body relaxed, just when she was about to lie down, Qingzhu hurried in.

"What's wrong?" Pei Yao asked urgently.

Qingzhu said in a low voice: "It has been said that the Empress Dowager returned to her Majesty and decided to go to Guining Palace tomorrow."

"Where is that place?" Pei Yao asked curiously.

"Guining Xinggong used to be a former palace, but it was abandoned later, and it was slightly repaired in this dynasty. It is a place for maids and concubines who made mistakes. This move by the queen mother is probably to appease the anger of the people." Qingzhu explained to the queen.

Pei Yao was surprised: "The Empress Dowager did not make any mistakes. What she did in Guining Palace is really weird. Go and tell the Empress Dowager that I will go too."

Qingzhu paused, "Niang Niang, it's not suitable for you to go."

After the queen mother has gone, she doesn't know if she can come back. If the queen also goes, she will have no one to rely on, and she may never come back in this life.

The Pei family is in decline, and the empress is not favored by His Majesty. If the father is not around, the mother does not care, so there is no need to follow the empress dowager to think about it.

Pei Yao sat up, rubbed her sore shoulders, and reasoned with Qingzhu solemnly, "Do you think the Queen Mother will never come back after she goes?"

Qingzhu didn't dare to answer.

Pei Yao glared at her, idiot.

The emperor Li Xu is fatuous and ruthless, even if he was given power, he would immediately think about how to get beauties. Believe it or not, he will order a draft girl tomorrow.

Diligence in governance is impossible.

Pei Yao resolutely said: "Believe it or not, within half a month, those courtiers were crying and calling for the Queen Mother to come back. If you go to Changle Hall to talk now, even if the Queen accompanied the Queen Mother to return to Ningying Palace."

Qingzhu went to deliver a message.

After returning to Changle Hall, the queen mother stood in front of the water platform and looked at the water lily that had been defeated long ago. Her expression remained the same, neither sad nor happy. She was not even moved when she heard that the queen wanted to go together. She only raised her eyes to look at the green bamboo. , "Did your queen's head hit the door?"

Qingzhu was afraid of the queen mother, and did not dare to raise her head, "The queen is the same today as usual."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "Have you eaten a large table of dishes as usual?"

"Yes, yes." Qingzhu replied.

The Empress Dowager was no longer obsessed with Mo Lian's withering, and her thoughts gradually eased. Instead, she was in a good mood, and said in an ordinary tone: "Tell your empress, Guining Palace is very poor and cannot afford to support her."

Qingzhu was disappointed and went back to report to the queen.

"She said it was difficult for me to support me?" Pei Yao's eyes widened, she was extremely puzzled, when did the Queen Mother become so stingy.

"Tell the Queen Mother that I will prepare my own dry food."

Qingzhu went to talk again.

Went to Changle Palace, but the queen mother did not see her.The Changle Palace is busy, all preparing for tomorrow's itinerary.

Guining Palace cannot be described with the word 'poor', not to mention the barren vegetation. It is said that the last emperor of the Qi State died there. For a hundred years, the soul of the grievance persisted.

The concubines in the palace would rather die than go to the palace.

The same goes for the maids in the Palace of Changle, all thinking of jumping out of the Palace of Changle, trying to find a way around.Everyone is afraid, they are used to enjoying happiness in the palace, and they don't want to live a hard life.

Ruoxi Ruoyun and the two sisters were discussing who to bring, and marked out those who were eliminated with red pens, and finally handed them over to the Queen Mother for review.

"You are the masters, go if you want to go, find your own way out if you don't want to, remember one thing, the servants who don't want to go are not allowed to go to Jiaofang Palace." The Queen Mother ordered.

Ruoxi Ruoyun glanced at each other, the queen mother was still thinking about the queen.

Those who don't want to go are villains, greedy for life and afraid of death, with bad character, so they can't be used.

Ruoxi responded, pulling Ruoyun back together.

Ruoyun was young, so Tong Ruoxi said it out, "Is the queen mother treating the queen too well?"

"You just know that from the night of the wedding, when the queen mother learned that her majesty was furious in Jiaofang Hall and dared to go there personally, I knew that the queen mother treated the queen differently. The queen ran to the queen mother when she had nothing to do. She seemed to be respectful to the queen mother, but in fact I just want to find a backer." Ruoxi sighed.

The queen has other plans, the queen mother knows it but doesn't care!

****

Before dawn the next day, the Changle Hall was already empty.

The bead curtain on the main hall of political affairs had also been withdrawn yesterday, the emperor Li Xu was a little uneasy sitting on the dragon chair, the prime minister also looked worried, and some courtiers showed joyful expressions.

The prime minister first asked: "Your Majesty, Huaizhou has been suffering from floods for many days, and the courtiers have made many recommendations. May I know how you make a decision, Your Majesty?"

Li Xu didn't know about the flood in Huaizhou at all. He turned to look at the Queen Mother as usual, but when he turned around, he found that it was empty.

Li Xu suddenly felt irritable, "Prime Minister go to solve it, such trivial things can't be done well, what use is there for you."

The courtiers looked at each other, this is not a trivial matter, how can the prime minister solve it alone, they dare not breathe loudly, and lower their heads in fear.

The prime minister was more worried.

Li Xu announced his withdrawal from the court without waiting for their explanation, and hurried to the apse, leaving behind the courtiers with blank faces.There are many major events today, how can His Majesty just leave and leave the people alone?

The emperor retreated, leaving behind a mess, and the courtiers lost their way.

Pei Yao in the harem was staring at the bronze mirror in a daze, why didn't the Queen Mother take her with her?

Do you dislike the scriptures she reads?

Dislike her for eating too much?

Dislike her for being too noisy?

Pei Yao couldn't cheer up, she rested her chin and looked at the same listless face in the bronze mirror.

Sighing, she lost the backer to walk sideways in the palace.

After a while, Qingzhu led Mrs. Li to come.

Pei Yao didn't like this madam, and she didn't show any distasteful expression when meeting her. She imitated the empress dowager's past posture and sat down on the main seat, with a serious expression, "Ma'am, is there something to do here?"

Mrs. Li was wearing a long-sleeved blouse with dark patterns of begonias, and there was an extra phoenix hairpin on her hair. Pei Yao was not stupid, she saw it at a glance, blinked, got up and walked over.

Mrs. Li didn't know what the queen meant, so she saluted perfunctorily, "The eldest prince is getting married, and everything is complicated. Your Majesty asked me to take care of it. If the queen doesn't understand the rules, my concubine wants to borrow your phoenix seal."

Pei Yao really doesn't understand the rules in the palace, all matters in the palace are handled by the queen mother, and she doesn't need to raise her hand to take care of them.Mrs. Li came to ask her to come to her senses. Once the Queen Mother left, who would be in charge of the affairs of the palace?

Then I thought about it, Mrs. Li came to the door so quickly, I didn't even need to think about who it was.

Pei Yao refused without even thinking about it, but she was smart, she didn't refuse abruptly, but mocked with a smile: "I will also lend you the post, okay?"

Mrs. Li's face changed slightly. The empress is not a good stubbler, she can't be tough, so she said: "The empress is joking, this is what your majesty meant, and it's not easy for my concubines to refuse."

"It is the empress dowager's intention that this palace takes over the harem. If you are not convinced, you can ask the empress dowager, and..." Pei Yao paused, and with a wave of her hand, her lotus sleeves swept across Madam Li's face, and she quickly pulled Madam Li's hair. The phoenix hairpin on the topknot fell to the ground with a bang, "I'm not dead yet, you can only be a concubine, wanting to surpass me, Qingzhu!"

"Yes." Qingzhu replied, her eyelids twitched violently, the queen mother is not here, the queen shouldn't confront Mrs. Li head-on.

"Queen, what are you going to do?" Mrs. Li was furious. This phoenix hairpin was obtained with great effort by her. The queen is too arrogant.

Pei Yao stared at Mrs. Li indifferently, "Qing Zhu went to get the hammer. And Mrs. Li, it would be polite if I didn't hit you. If you covet the post, you will commit crimes. Either you smash it yourself, or wear your phoenix hairpin." Kneeling outside the Jiaofang Hall for two hours, there is no third choice."

The empress had a formidable aura, and there was a icy coldness in her eyes. Madam Li could see it clearly, and she felt unreasonable fear in her heart.

But soon, she came to her senses, the queen was just a name, and His Majesty had never favored her. To her, she was just a child.

Mrs. Li calmly picked up the hairpin that the queen threw on the ground, and looked at the queen contemptuously, "Queen, you probably don't know your situation. You, the queen, were named by the queen mother. Now that the queen mother is not here, your majesty doesn't like you. Too busy to take care of yourself, do you think your situation in the palace will be better than mine?"

"What I hate the most is comparing power with me. There is no need to compare. You don't understand this truth when the queen mother is not here. Since you have come to provoke me, if I don't give you a chance, I will look down on you. Don't smash it, Qingzhu Ruoxiang Please ask Madam Li to kneel for two hours. The palace attendants accompanied by Madam Li will also kneel, if they do not kneel, they will close the palace gate and each person will have twenty boards."

Everyone present remembered that the empress beat the national teacher a few days ago. When compared with Mrs. Li, the latter is nothing.

Mrs. Li also remembered, but she would not give in and tried her best to put on a dignified posture. Gong'e moved higher than her and dragged her out of the palace.

The servants accompanying Mrs. Li did not dare to breathe, and watched helplessly as their master was dragged out.

Pei Yao in the palace chatted with Qingzhu Ruoxiang, "Don't you think that the maids in Jiaofang Hall are all very strong?"

Ruoxiang Qingzhu glanced at each other, they found out when they fought against the national teacher last time, and the queen's words, Gong'e would not refuse, and she would not be timid like Mrs. Li's Gong'e.

Living in the palace is not easy, and it is impossible without a capable servant in the palace.

Obviously, the queen who has just entered the palace has these.

One can't help but think, Mrs. Li, who entered the palace early, didn't have it, so how could the helpless queen have it?

Pei Yao didn't care about these things, so she studied ink and wrote letters by herself.

Pei Yao's calligraphy was learned secretly by herself. After returning to Pei's mansion, the old lady was afraid of revealing her secrets, so she invited someone to teach her. She studied it seriously for a period of time, and her handwriting is very elegant.

Pei Yao was originally a noisy person, she loved to share with others, and she wanted the Queen Mother to think of her more, so she wrote three pages and said that she had punished Madam Li.

Finally, ask the servant to go there himself.

The servant galloped fast, and the queen mother arrived at the palace one step ahead. After the queen mother, the servant personally handed it over to Ruoxi.

After tidying up, Ruoxi handed it over to the Queen Mother.

The queen mother put it aside casually, just touched the letter paper, it was thick, obviously, the queen must have written a lot of long-winded words.

The queen mother has been lonely for many years, and she has long been used to being quiet. The queen is like a cat she once raised, jumping up and down, busy, and in the end, nothing succeeded.

The bamboo basket is empty!

From quiet to lively, the process is very simple, but in reverse, it makes people extremely uncomfortable.

After staying in the palace for three days, the queen mother felt that she was not used to it. Looking at the green hills in the distance, the old things in her mind seemed to be forgotten.

Forgetting that she lived alone for many years, forgetting that the former emperor blocked the sword for her, a shadow suddenly appeared in her mind.

The queen mother still picked up the letter, and it took a cup of tea to finish reading it. She read every word carefully before closing it, and subconsciously asked Ruoxi on the side: "Isn't the empress in charge of the affairs of the harem?"

"Before you left, someone handed it over to the empress, but the empress never took care of it." Ruoxi explained.

The queen mother burned the letter. It was a noisy letter. She took people to the pond to fish. Looking at the clear water, her ears were especially clean.

She asked Ruoxi: "Is there something missing?"

Ruoxi frowned, "This servant doesn't understand."

The queen mother sighed, "It's too quiet."

There are fewer people who read the scriptures!

The Empress Dowager was thinking, should I prepare some scriptures for the Empress, which are easier to read, and only need to be read.

The author has something to say: Empress Dowager: I always feel that something is missing.

Queen: Miss me!

The next one is tomorrow at 12:[-] noon, remember to come on time.

感谢在2021-07-1518：18：06～2021-07-1618：12：06期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～