Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

The beautiful girl who was pushed out was terrified, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, her face was pale, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously, "Madam, it really has nothing to do with the slave girl. The slave girl forgot to feed Auntie Xiuchun's cat this morning. She would scold, and then she sneaked over to pick up the cat, but who knew it accidentally let it run out. The servant really didn't mean to destroy those few footprints on the red carpet!" A set of rhetoric, bursting into tears. Wu Yingyun shifted her gaze to Feng Xiuchun, and the woman who had always bowed her head stepped forward.However, before she could reply, a beautiful girl stood up from the other side, "She is obviously lying, the one who is responsible for feeding the cat today is the servant girl. The servant girl has already fed it before noon!"

Xiu Nu who was kneeling on the ground froze, and after a long time, she stared at Xi Xiang with wide eyes in astonishment, "It's you! Why did you want to kill me? Why?" She suddenly cried and rushed over. When he was about to get close to Xixiang, he was restrained by the nuns beside him.She was still baring her teeth and claws unwillingly, and the old mother slapped her face twice, making her ears and eyes ringing. Xi Xiang lowered her eyelashes, looking at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose.Wu Yingyun glanced at her indifferently, thinking to herself that this beautiful girl's appearance could be put on the stage.

"Your Majesty... yes, it was Xixiang who told the servant girl. The servant girl really doesn't know..." The beautiful woman who was held up had her cheeks swollen and high, the corners of her mouth were bleeding, and her face was distorted. She muttered in her mouth The words that come out are unclear. Wu Yingyun looked back.At this moment, Xi Xiang stepped forward, "Reporting to Empress Yunbi, the maidservant didn't know about it." Over there, the show girl was still crying hoarsely. Wu Yingyun showed a bit of impatience on his face, and waved his hands, signaling Xi Xiang to step back first, "After a play was sung, so many people were shocked, but you still dare to say that you were not the one who poisoned you? Tell me honestly, who is behind your back?"

"Your Majesty, you're not a slave girl, your Majesty is clearly aware of..." She cried out mournfully, making as much noise as cicadas. Wu Yingyun frowned, completely lost her patience, waved her hand to the nanny behind her, and asked someone to take the beautiful girl away.The weather at this time was already somewhat cool, Wu Yingyun was wearing an apricot-yellow silk net hand exercise, which could barely cover the skin covered with erythema, but still sweated a little.My own good hands have become like this, and the people involved in the incident should not even try to run away.That face is still pretty, but I don't know what it would look like if it was covered with red sores...

Lian Xin and Yu Shu finally followed back to Xianfu Palace, the real culprit who poisoned him seemed to have been caught, but Wu Yingyun didn't feel relieved at all.She clearly knew that things were not that simple, Li Daitao was stiff and just scratching the surface, but it was not easy to catch the person behind the scenes?She searched Zhongcui Palace like this wantonly, on the one hand, it was to shake the mountain, and on the other hand, it was also to vent her hatred. Sitting on the kang bed with brocade soft mattress, Wu Ying held a cup of tea in the cloud, slowly skimming off the froth, and didn't take a sip until the tea in the bowl was cold.

Lian Xin and Yu Shu knelt on the ground for half an hour, their knees were numb, as if there were countless ants scratching and biting, it felt sore and itchy. After a while, a neutral voice sounded above his head, "Get up first." Lian Xin and Yu Shu supported each other to get up, Yu Shu's legs were shaking, and she staggered and almost fell to the ground again, Lian Xin helped her, and the two stood up staggeringly.Wu Yingyun stared at the two of them for a while, but couldn't figure out whether it would be better to drive them out of the palace, or to relegate them to the Xinzheku to do coolies for a while, and in the end it was better to give up the right to choose. Gave them both.

Yushu heard the words, but her eyes widened in astonishment, "Your Majesty, haven't you already found out the person who poisoned you? What's more, the servants and maids don't know about it..." Wu Yingyun clasped her hands together, put her elbows on the jade hands, her eyes relaxed, "This palace can give you the opportunity to choose, which is the greatest kindness, otherwise, if you changed to other concubines, you would have ended up like that beautiful girl." .” So what if they didn't do the poison?The Koudan presented was made by them by themselves, and they delivered it to her in person. If something happened, the two of them couldn't get rid of it.

"Because of your lack of carefulness and lack of vigilance, I poisoned my hands. It harmed me and you at the same time. This is a fatal lesson for you, and it is also a fatal lesson for me. Why not..." After Wu Yingyun finished speaking, her eyes flicked over the faces of the two of them—the girl kneeling on the ground, one was shocked, and the other was calm, Wu Yingyun couldn't help but look at the latter more. There were erythema on her hands, and the pain was unbearable, but she didn't say anything, even the respect room put her sign on hold for the time being - she didn't care whether she served her bed or not, originally, the Qianqing Palace could enter one concubine every month. It's rare; what she cares more about is reputation. It's really embarrassing for the reputation that has just been accumulated to be overthrown by such a trivial matter in an instant.

Wu Yingyun gritted her teeth and thought, at this moment, one of the girls who was kneeling on the ground suddenly kowtowed to her, and then said in a quiet voice: "By the grace of the concubine Yun, slaves and servants are willing to enter the treasury of Xinzhe." Wu Yingyun squinted, and after a while, a smile appeared on his face, "That's good, I will punish you to go to Xinzheku to do hard work for two months. Both of you are candidates to be selected, and the inspection will be held in three months. It's all over. After two months, if you can come out of Xinzheku, I might give you a chance to take you into the harem and become one of the concubines. But if you can't stand in Xinzheku Come here, then even if you can pass the reading, it will be difficult for you to gain a foothold in the palace for a long time."

After Wu Yingyun finished speaking, she looked at them with the eyes of someone who had passed by.Yu Shu wanted to argue, but Lian Xin pulled her away, kowtowed to Wu Yingyun again, and retreated together.In the housing estate of Zhongcui Palace, there are still many things waiting for them to clean up, and then they will move to Xinzheku. After a moderate turmoil, one of Zhongcui Palace was damaged and two were punished before calming down.These three people are all women who fly under the Five Banners, their status is not high, so they didn't cause any troubles, but Concubine Qin intervened in this matter, and she didn't cause any big trouble, so she let it go.The next day, Yushu and Lianxin both went to Xinzheku.

For them, it was originally a good thing. After half a month of hard work and half a month of preparation, the first-class fragrances carefully blended, but they did not expect to evolve into what they are today, and they all feel miserable.Not long after Yu Shu came out of the Fifth North Institute, he was going to be relegated to the Xin Zheku - the place where criminals from the Eight Banners have always gone, and there is nowhere to pour out their bitterness. They were led to the most remote and desolate place in the palace, where the contiguous courtyards were extremely poorly constructed, with patios and musty smells everywhere.They carried their burdens, and before anyone came to arrange a place for them, the maid in charge ordered them to go over and help with the work.The female officer in charge here is called Panchun, and it is said that she once served in the main hall, but now she is reduced to the head of this place, and she is extremely mean to the women who are sent to work under her hands. As soon as Lian Xin and Yu Shu arrived, she brought them to Xiyuan.At this moment, some of the maids in Xinzhekuli are sitting around the stone benches, and there are snow-white pieces of paper on the stone table. The maids spray perfume on them, and then take them to the charcoal fire to dry them, and finally stack them neatly Put it aside. Lian Xin and Yu Shu couldn't help being a little surprised when they saw their skillful techniques.Pan Chun caught a glimpse of their fussy faces, and said with a smile, "You should take a good look at it. From now on, these jobs will be yours. From now on, you should learn to do them together." Lian Xin and Yu Shu both bowed their bodies and said "yes". Waiting for Panchun to walk away, Yushu picked up one of the white papers, shook it in front of his eyes, and couldn't help asking: "These papers are sprayed with perfume and ironed, what are they for? " One of the maids glanced at her, smiled and shook her head and said, "You don't even know this? Of course these are the toilet papers of the emperor and his masters." Yushu was startled, and subconsciously threw it away, and the snow-white paper fell lightly on the ground.One of the court ladies who was spraying perfume hurriedly picked it up, and then gave her a hard look, "These papers are all silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the amount is fixed. You have to count it after spraying it. Do you know?" If one is missing, how much will we be fined for respraying? If you can’t do it, don’t get in the way here! Go away, go away!” Yushu couldn't hold back, so she wanted to go up to her and argue with her. Lianxin pulled her and shook her head slightly, "Sisters, we are newcomers and don't understand anything. Please don't hesitate to teach us, we will do our best work." The court lady raised her eyelids and glanced at her, exchanged glances with the person next to her, picked up one of them, and smiled inexplicably: "It's fine to teach, but you have to watch it! Just like me, first Hold the water in your mouth, then spray it out evenly, and then..." The palace maid held a mouthful of water, but she turned her head suddenly while holding the white paper, and sprayed it towards Lian Xin and Yu Shu.Water splashed everywhere, all spraying on the faces of the two of them. Yu Shu wiped his face, rushed forward and said angrily, "What are you doing?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I was careless. Come on, let me wipe it for you." After the maid finished speaking, she picked up the white paper in her hand and wiped Yu Shu's face. Hard, the maid's attack was extremely ruthless, Yu Shu had no time to dodge, the white paper rubbed against the skin, and the dry and cracked touch immediately drew red marks on the fair skin. "Ah, it hurts—you stop!" Yu Shu waved his hands carelessly, and pushed away the maid in front of him, his face was burning with pain.Just when she was about to get angry, she saw the palace lady holding the white paper that had been crumpled in her hand, and said: "What a pity, this is the paper for the imperial use. Aunt Panchun said that if you waste a piece of paper, you will be fined 10,000 yuan." Zhang, it seems that today's work has been done by the two of you. Sisters, let's go." After she finished speaking, she shook the things in her hand and walked out swaggeringly.Seeing this, the others showed gloating expressions, and followed them out. "Hey, don't go, you come back!" Yu Shu endured the pain and stamped her feet angrily.Seeing that none of them were left, their eyes fell on the stack of white papers placed high on the stone table. There were so many, how could the two of them do it all?Yushu bit her lip, her eyes blushed, "Why are these people like this? We didn't offend them..." Lian Xin sighed, took out a towel and gently wiped her eyes, the corners of Yushu's eyes were scratched with two bloodstains by the white paper, just touching the towel, she grinned in pain.Lian Xin said warmly: "This is Xin Zheku, the place where the previous sinners stayed. We are the beautiful girls who fly under the Five Banners, but they are the wrapped slaves under the Five Banners. There is already some conflict and hostility in them." I'm afraid we're going to struggle here in the future, you...maybe you can survive?" Lian Xin didn't know if her decision was wrong, she didn't ask Yu Shu what she meant, and made the decision for her.Perhaps being expelled from the palace is a relatively good choice, at least you won't suffer for nothing, let alone face the unpredictable fate and uncertain future. "What nonsense are you talking about? Maybe I got you in trouble this time..." Yu Shu sniffled and forced a smile, "Anyway, I won't leave the palace. After making it through, what is this mere Xinzheku? Don’t you remember, we once agreed that we would stand in front of the concubine together. You have someone you are waiting for, and I also have my wish to fulfill Ah. For the sake of Ama, what is this little suffering?" There was a hint of warmth in Lian Xin's eyes, and she nodded lightly. The cool wind blows along the two gardens, blowing the snow-white paper rustling, the charcoal fire in the copper stove is booming, and the ashes are flying down, like black butterflies dancing. The two girls both sat down, imitating the craftsmanship they had just seen, picked up one of them and began to spray perfume on it.The small courtyard was very quiet, only the sound of the wind and the rustling of flowers and leaves.The setting sun in the sky had already set in the west, and the warm orange halo was projected on the ground, dragging the shadows of the two people for a long time. Holding the white paper, Yushu squinted his eyes, humming softly like this, "You are like the bright moon, I am like the fog, and the fog follows the moon and leaves dew..." The surroundings were quiet and leisurely, Lian Xin bent the corners of her eyes, opened her lips lightly, and couldn't help but continued, "You are good at playing the piano, I am good at dancing, and at the end of the song, people feel like they are separated..." Su Peisheng was leading the young eunuch through the garden at the moment. Naturally, a majestic head attendant would not come here often, but this time he came to visit an old eunuch who had taken him with him in the past.After passing the vermilion palace wall, a clear voice came from inside, which made him stop involuntarily. The moment he stopped, the little eunuch beside him had already attracted the steward Panchun.Su Peisheng had no expression on his face, and gestured towards him with his eyes, "Are they new here?" Panchun nodded and said, "That's right, it was sent over from Zhongcui Palace just now. I heard from the slave over there that she is a candidate for this year's show, and because she offended Empress Yun, she was sent to the slave as a double slave." months of hard work." Su Peisheng glanced over the faces of the two girls in the garden, and recognized that one of them was the girl who had asked him to rank, but it was a pity that he couldn't make it to the top.Then his eyes fell on another beautiful girl, but he couldn't take his eyes away, and he couldn't help smacking his lips and said: "It's a beauty in the world, but it's a pity..." "That's right, the slaves also know that reading will not last for a long time. Their punishment is two months. Thinking about it, even if the empress Yunbi is relieved, there is no future to speak of. What's more, if you enter the Xinzhe library, can you It’s two things to say when you go out.” After Panchun finished speaking, she took out a bag of silver from her pocket and stuffed it to the little eunuch next to Su Peisheng.The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no other hobbies, but it is well known that he is greedy for money.Panchun knew the rules, so naturally she didn't dare to neglect her in the slightest. Su Peisheng looked at her sideways, and said with a half-smile: "Aunt Panchun is very transparent, so let's say a few more words. Our family doesn't think those two girls seem to be unlucky, but you are better." The caretaker is watching, maybe one day it will be your ladder to the sky!" Pan Chun followed his gaze, but was skeptical for a while. Su Peisheng didn't delay any longer, he brushed off his robe sleeves and turned away, while Panchun leaned back with a smile, "I will send you off to Eunuch Su!" As soon as Su Peisheng left, Panchun stepped into the courtyard gate.When he came to Yu Shu and Lian Xin, although he still had the disdain and contempt at the beginning, there was a slight smile on the corners of his brows and eyes, "Those lowly maidservants are really mean. Everything will be blamed on you. Alright, you go to rest first, I will arrange others here." After saying that, Pan Chun ordered the servants behind him to catch those maids back. Yushu and Lianxin looked at each other, both were surprised by her sudden change of attitude, but such an order undoubtedly saved a lot of trouble, and both of them seemed to be pardoned.After thanking him, he took his burden and went to Dongyuan's housing estate to settle down. Xu Jia Xixiang walked slowly along the vermilion palace wall, without any servants accompanying her.According to the rules, no one can walk alone in the palace, two people must walk side by side.As for the concubines in the harem, they had to be ostentatious when traveling, let alone walking alone.She walked lightly along the way, afraid of disturbing others, and even more afraid of meeting any familiar faces. After turning a corner, the open halls of the North Five Schools appear in front of you.The nanny in charge of guarding inside knew her, so she didn't say much, collected the money, and immediately got out of the way. There are not many people who can come here to visit, and those who are in charge of it are some poor old servants. If they can get a share, they will buy one share. come here?Shameful tricks are just the way to make money. Xi Xiang came to the innermost room with ease, pushed the door open, and a wave of damp came in her nostrils, she still frowned in disgust. Li Qingwan sat halfway in front of the kang table with her arms leaning on her arms. There was a game of chess in front of her. Heizi went first, but Baizi took the lead.With her chin raised, she was pondering carefully, and she didn't even notice that Xi Xiang had stepped into the threshold. The layout inside the house has been completely new. Although it cannot compare with the luxury and splendor of the Jingren Palace bedroom, it is still much more comfortable than when it first came in. The window curtains and bed curtains are all newly replaced, and the bedding is also several layers thicker. , the glass cover window was wiped clean, the rough porcelain tea set on the table was also very clean, the tea was long, and it smelled like new tea that smelled good. "At this moment, my cousin is still in the mood to play chess here, but she really is very leisurely!" Xi Xiang coughed lightly, and put down the food box she brought. "At this moment, it's a good time to play chess, isn't it?" Li Qingwan said without raising her head, the white piece in her hand fell, and with a snap, the whole chess game came to life instantly. "My cousin is so leisurely, but I don't feel sorry for my cousin, who has spent so much time outside for my cousin's affairs!" Speaking of which, all the things here were replaced by the nanny in charge with money.Although my uncle heard about the incident at home, he didn't take any action to save her. Instead, she, the helpless cousin, did everything by herself. "If you have a plan, you have to pay something. I didn't ask you!" Xi Xiang's face froze, and she smiled embarrassingly: "Yes, yes, yes, my good cousin, I am willing to do everything." Li Qingwan half-raised the corners of her lips, threw the black pieces in her hand into the chess box, and looked up at her, "Look at your expression, it seems that everything I told you has been done?" Xi Xiang nodded, with a somewhat smug expression on her face, "I have done everything according to what my cousin said. My cousin is really clever, and that Lian Xin really led Concubine Yun to Zhongcui Palace to search. It’s not that I’ve been prepared, I really want to put myself in.” Li Qingwan smiled, "That girl is very smart and has a very good heart. It is inevitable that she can think of a way to exonerate herself. It's just that she has not been involved in the world alone, so it is impossible to do everything." Hearing the words, Xi Xiang snorted coldly, "In my opinion, it's nothing more than that, otherwise, why would she get herself into Xinzheku? Back then, she colluded with Concubine Wan to harm you, and she was only sent to Xinzheku as a punishment. , I think it’s all cheap for her. But my cousin, why are you speaking for the enemy instead?” Li Qingwan looked at the girl in front of her indifferently, "This is where you are lacking. You have to appreciate your opponent, take their strengths to make up for your own weaknesses, and then you can go further. But it's only a few days, you can't Not to mention that you have done a good job." After she finished speaking, she picked up the tea cup and took a sip. It's a pity that Lian Xin stood with Wu Yingyun in the first place, otherwise, if he took it for his own use, it would be a good talent.Compared with this reckless and self-righteous cousin in front of her, she is really much better. "Ever since my cousin told me that I have to keep my tail between my tails in the palace, I've always been restrained." Xi Xiang didn't know what she was thinking, and said like offering a treasure.After finishing speaking, pinching the skirt of the skirt, she said shyly, "I have done so much for my cousin, I don't know... when will my cousin be willing to teach me how to approach the emperor?" Li Qingwan held the teacup's hand for a while, and looked at her with some amusement, "My cousin, you just did such a small thing, and you want me to take out my family's wealth?" "But my cousin has been thrown into limbo, can I go out and pay back..." Xi Xiang blurted out hastily, before realizing the words, and quickly swallowed the second half of the sentence. However, Li Qingwan didn't care at all, and the smile on her face was even stronger, "So what if you are in the cold palace? I dare not say anything about others. If it were me, I would definitely walk out of here." She has always had the biggest bargaining chip—Ben Chao, the first and only princess of the Aixinjueluo family, is her daughter.There has always been a tradition in the family that a mother is more valuable than a child. Based on this, neither the emperor nor the concubine will seriously imprison her for the rest of her life. After all, no one can replace a biological mother. Xixiang didn't understand where her self-confidence came from, and she didn't like to get angry, so she could only swallow her unwillingness and sullenness secretly, bit her lips and said, "Then... what should I do next?" Li Qingwan looked at the ruined locust tree outside the window, her gaze was calm, "What you can do now is what you must do, that is to be your beautiful girl. Because only by reading can you truly enter the inner palace." Come here, and I can really help you." Because of Panchun pushing the work to other court ladies, Lian Xin and Yu Shu became the targets of Xin Zhekuli's squeeze.Before dinner, all the rice in the dining hall was eaten up, and there was only a little bit of vegetable soup left, which was left over from other people's food. The plate was filled with mud and sand.Lian Xin held the rice spoon and faced the empty wooden bucket, which couldn't fill a bowl of rice, she couldn't help but shook her head with a wry smile.Yushu threw away the bowl angrily, sat on the long bench and poked the leftovers on the plate with his chopsticks to vent his anger. "Looks like I'm going to be hungry tonight." Lian Xin put the porcelain bowl into the water tank and scooped out some water, just looking at it by the moonlight, she knew she couldn't drink any more.It's not because of the smell of the water, but because there is a layer of meat floating on it. "It's so deceiving, I'll go find them!" Yu Shu couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the chopsticks on the table, got up and walked into the house.At this moment, the maids were gathering together and whispering, seeing the two of them walking in, they flashed back to their positions, lying motionless on the common bunk. Yushu looked left and right, but he didn't see a vacant place, so he couldn't help saying angrily: "Hey, you've taken all the beds, where can we two sleep?" "Xinzheku is not Zhongcui Palace, high beds, soft pillows, rich clothes and fine food, don't you know how to look at it yourself? In such a spacious place, you can sleep wherever you have a place. Come and ask us!" A court lady said, Others covered their lips and laughed as if watching the excitement. "Where's our baggage?" Lian Xin glanced around, and found that everything that was placed in the room just now was gone. After hearing her words, Yu Shu remembered what was missing, looked around, and suddenly found their baggage in a small open space under the west window, with shoe prints on it, obviously stepped on.And there was a hole in the corner of the wall next to the only small open space where they could live, and the two of them couldn't help being stunned. "This place is broken, if it rains, how can people sleep?" At this time, one of the maids turned over and accepted Yu Shu's words coolly, "What does this have to do with us? There is only one place, you can sleep or not." "That's right, didn't you take good care of your aunt? Why don't you go and live with her?" Yu Shu tightly clutched the corner of his clothes, the anger in his heart surged up.However, now that she has realized the status quo, she is bound to be bullied when she arrives for the first time.So she walked over with big strides, and sat down on the ground angrily, "Anyway, it didn't rain tonight, so I don't believe this poor place can't accommodate people. My girl just sleeps here!" Seeing her actions, Lian Xin felt a little bitter in her heart, so she also sat down. The two snuggled together, and the others didn't even look at them, they covered themselves with blankets and fell asleep. At this moment, Panchun came in suddenly, and seeing the two people sitting on the ground, he was taken aback for a moment, then glared at the maids who were pretending to be sleeping on the bunk, and said angrily: "It's such a big place, lying horizontally for a while." Die? Hurry up and make room." The maids got up silently, not daring to make excuses anymore. Pan Chun had been watching them tidy up the place, then turned her gaze to Lian Xin on the ground, and beckoned, "Follow me." Outside Xin Zheku, that handsome figure had been waiting for a long time. Pan Chun led Lian Xin to two adjacent small pavilions, and immediately leaned towards the man, but didn't dare to say a word, just gave Lian Xin a difficult look, and then left. The wind blows away some of the moisture, and the musty smell is no longer strong.Lian Xin had already changed into a coarse cloth singlet, covered with a gray gown, and she didn't even comb her hair at the moment, looking a bit embarrassed.The scene in the Xuanqiong Palace that day is still vivid in my memory, but in just half a month, it has turned into such an occasion and such a situation.Lian Xin didn't expect him to appear here, so she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, clutching the corner of her skirt and lowering her head, not knowing how to speak. A moment later, a sigh sounded above her head, and in an instant, she was hugged into a warm and firm embrace.The warm breath sprayed on the top of the hair, and his breath was filled with the pleasant smell of incense from his body.Lian Xin was held by him in a daze, and for a moment, she felt that he buried his head deeply in the socket of her neck, and the two thin lips touched the skin on her shoulders through the thin material, so startled that she even forgot to cry out. exit. "I'm sorry..." A very soft and light word rang muffled in my ears.A blush gradually appeared on Lian Xin's cheeks, but she didn't quite understand what he said incessantly. Before she could speak, he pressed against her ear, bringing a wet and hot breath, "It's all from me!" No, I put you in such a dangerous situation... If I didn't insist on letting you enter the palace, I wouldn't want to see you every day; if I didn't let you walk into this dye vat, you wouldn't see those dirty, Ugly, vicious... Ever since the day you entered the palace, I have never stopped regretting, and now I still hurt you." After uttering each word, the hand wrapped around the waist It tightened more and more, as if to embed her in the body. Lian Xin let him lock herself tightly in his arms, but her eyes were red.The hardships and grievances she has experienced have never been so clear as at this moment, and they rushed towards her like a tide.It's so bitter, but with a hint of sweetness, as if it finally found the exit of the embankment, gushing out. It was obviously her fault, and she agreed to meet each other in the reading and use the pearl as a token to form a promise of white heads, but she made a wrong step and came to this point.Xin Zheku's two-month period, if she can't make it through, if she has already missed the viewing period... "I won't let you stay here for a long time." Yun Li seemed to see through her mind, relaxed some of the strength in his arms around her, and gently let her snuggle into his arms. "But what if I can't stand out in the reading?" Lian Xin raised her eyes and looked at him with red eyes. The female candidates to be drafted, whether in terms of appearance, skill or talent, are too many to be outstanding.If she fails to pass the reading, she will be sent out of the palace like the girls who are screened out. Yun Li pressed a light kiss on her forehead, her eyes were clear and tender, and there was a touch of tenderness and pity in her eyes, like the moonlight being smashed in the pool, "You are the person I have decided, no matter what Status, regardless of status..." The flower trees in the courtyard trembled in the wind, and a few petals fell gently to the ground.It's already the season of fragrant flowers and tea, and the flowers are coming to an end. Compared with last time, the evening wind seems to be cooler.On this day, several Sophora japonica flowers in the courtyard withered without knowing it. The incense in the Shoukang Palace was still warm, and the servant who added the incense took a small fire chopstick to extinguish the fire, and then crushed the incense cakes and sprinkled them in. Yunli opened the red woolen soft curtain in front of the hanging flower door, saw the figure with bright yellow phoenix patterns, and stood in front of a huge and beautiful red coral potted plant on the table, he walked over lightly, and invited a Ann, "Erniang Jinan." Concubine Qin turned around, and when she saw the person behind her, she immediately showed a kind smile, "Why do you have the time to come to Er Niang, I heard that the previous emperor entrusted you with the inspection of the Imperial College?" "Nothing can be hidden from Er Niang's eyes, the emperor has great trust in his son and minister." Concubine Qin ordered her servants to bring down the coral potted plants, and then sat on the open chair, "Even if the emperor trusts you, you can't rely on your status to go wherever you want, and see whoever you want. Do you have to do it beforehand?" Think carefully about whether this person is something you can see." Coals were crackling in the copper furnace, and the four corners were filled with ice from the freezer, and the warm fragrance emanating from it made the whole palace not too dry .Concubine Qin finished speaking, picked up the cup and blew on the powdered tea, and asked him without raising her head, "You have been to Xinzheku, haven't you?" Yun Li supported an inkstone on the table, "My mother already knows..." Concubine Qin didn't expect him to answer so simply, she couldn't help but angrily said: "The bigger the bigger the more outrageous, is it possible for you, a majestic prince, to go to such a place? You think you can do it well, but since Er Niang can know, It means that there is no impenetrable wall in this palace. It's just for a woman, Er Niang sees that you have lost your head!" Yun Li said in a low voice: "My son thinks that Er Niang doesn't object." "Emiang doesn't object, but there are priorities, why are you so confused?" "For the matter of the teacher, I have been trying to find a way to mediate it. If the emperor has made up his mind, even if I marry Jiajia, it doesn't mean that I will be able to save the teacher's life. What's more, the matter of marriage is not for business. of." Yunli recalled the conversation with Ah Ling'a in the sky prison.When the emperor came to the throne, he was afraid that he would get a bad reputation, so the old officials in the court were all silent about the matter of seizing the heir.However, the teacher has an upright personality and will fight to the end whenever there is a disagreement in political opinions.This time, because of the corruption of the governor of Liangjiang, he saw that the emperor was showing favoritism, so in a hurry, he brought up the matter of seizing the heirloom, which made Longyan furious.If the emperor intends to use this as an example to scare the monkeys this time, the future is worrisome.How could it be that the marriage is happy and the problem can be solved? Concubine Qin put the lid on the tea with a snap, and said angrily: "Even if it's not because of Ah Ling, you can't marry a Fu Jin who has no identity and background!" Putting down the teacup, she sighed, "I remember Er Niang once told you that if you like her and she treats you sincerely, she will not object to you keeping her by your side, but she is not in the position of Di Fujin. You have to understand, For the children of the royal family, which marriage is decided by oneself? Even the emperor can’t marry whoever he wants. There are so many interests and powers involved here. Don’t say it’s a fourth-grade ceremony Your daughter, even the daughter of a feudal official, has to weigh up whether she can take the position of Fujin in your Prince Guo's mansion, not to mention that she is still a sinner!" Yun Li closed his eyes, "The minister is not within the core scope of power. Even in the fight for the heirloom, there were starlings who were willing to abandon their family background and status for the one they loved, right..." "But have you forgotten what happened to Lao Ba..." Concubine Qin looked at her son and sighed softly, "Love is too deep to last. What's more, if she really cared about you, how could she easily put herself in such a situation?" The situation? Doesn't she know how much gossip you will suffer if you marry her in the future..."