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Chapter 673 Be a Stepping Stone for Others
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, He Lianke and Tuoba Tao paid homage to their ancestors.He also led a group of concubines to greet the Queen Mother.

Qiao Nu followed the advice all the way, and He Lianke didn't make any mistakes.

She was originally a servant in the Empress Dowager's palace, after she went to Helianke's palace, she still often came to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, so Empress Dowager Dou saw her more cordially than Helianke.

"There are fewer and fewer old people in the palace every year. Aijia sometimes mentions some old things, and there are no people who can echo the previous sentence..."

Miss Qiao changed her cold attitude in a rare way, and stepped forward to press the acupuncture points around the eyes for the Queen Mother, while humbly and softly said: "Whenever you are bored, please send someone to inform the maidservant, it is the maidservant's pleasure to chat with you Blessing."

He Lianke, who was at the side, felt uncomfortable. She apologized, and said to Queen Dowager Dou, "If it wasn't for my ignorance, there is no need to ask Miss Qiao to come and teach me. The Queen Mother has no one to talk to, and they are all daughter-in-laws." Unfilial."

The Xianbei nobles looked down on He Lianke, the queen who drove ducks to the shelves, but Queen Dowager Dou was different from them. She still said to He Lianke lovingly: "You don't have to think about it. The Ai family thinks you are very good, even though you are far away from your homeland I have never heard you complain. You are as beautiful as a flower, but you are not squeamish. Aijia also heard that you taught the prince very well, so that's right. Teaching the prince and sharing the worries for your majesty are the main things that the empress should worry about .”

He Lianke didn't dare to claim credit, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is very fond of the prince, and often comes to tell him about his homework. On weekdays, it is also Qiao Nu who helps teach, my daughter-in-law really can't afford the praise of the queen mother."

"Well, he's still very humble, he's a good boy."

Several people were talking, when Tuoba Tao's voice sounded from the door, "You always praise people's goodness and hide others' faults. In the Empress Dowager's heart, who else is bad?"

As soon as the concubines heard Tuoba Tao's voice, they stood up one after another. After Tuoba Tao came in, they saluted him and went back to their seats.

Tuoba Tao first stepped forward to look at Empress Dowager Dou's eyes with concern, and asked, "Does Empress Dowager feel better today?"

Empress Dowager Dou took Tuoba Tao's hand, and said indifferently: "Although it didn't get better, it didn't get worse. This is a good thing." She squinted her eyes and looked behind Tuoba Tao, asking: "What? Kou Tianshi didn't come with His Majesty?"

Tuoba Tao hurriedly replied: "The Celestial Master said that the astrology is different, so he went to the observatory yesterday, but he hasn't come down yet. But the Empress Dowager wants to listen to the Celestial Master's lecture?"

Empress Dowager Dou nodded, "Although the Ai family believes in Buddhism, every time they listen to Kou Tianshi's sermons, they feel suddenly enlightened, and their mood is very different. In the past, the Ai family always thought that the eye disease was a heart disease, but now they feel that what the Tianshi said is right. , It’s not necessarily good to be clear about everything, and it’s not necessarily bad to see flowers in a fog.”

Seeing that Empress Dowager Dou was in good spirits, Tuoba Tao said happily, "When Kou Tianshi comes down from the observatory, I will ask him to preach for the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Dou shook her head, "It's important. Kou Tianshi is definitely not someone who is born out of nothing. If he sees something wrong, His Majesty must take it seriously."

Tuoba Tao frowned, feeling that what Empress Dowager Dou said was very reasonable.Thinking that Kou Qianzhi had already stayed on the observatory for a whole day and night, he felt a little worried, so he got up and said, "Then I will go to the observatory to have a look, and I will come back later to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."

Empress Dowager Dou nodded, smiled and waved, "Go, go. There is a queen here at Aijia, and there are so many beautiful flowers and flowers to accompany her, so you won't be bored."

Tuoba Tao left again amidst the greetings of the crowd, but Qiao Nu who was at the side felt a little uneasy for some reason.

It wasn't until the concubines came out of Queen Mother Dou's bedroom that He Lianke asked in a low voice: "Miss Qiao, what's wrong with you? After His Majesty left just now, you were a little out of your mind, but what's wrong?"

Naturally, Nu Qiao would not tell the truth to He Lianke, she just said: "There is nothing wrong with it, I just think that Kou Tianshi is really a celebrity in the palace now, even the Queen Mother speaks for him."

He Lianke said immediately after hearing the words: "Although I have never talked to this Kou Tianshi, I have heard from others that he is indeed a man of great power and immortality."

Qiao Nu's face darkened, she wasn't afraid that Kou Qianzhi was a charlatan, and there were more than one or two people in the palace who lived by scaremongering.But I'm afraid that if this Kou Tianshi really has the ability to figure out something, it will ruin Zhong'er's event.

No, she can't sit still.Zhong'er has already missed an opportunity to attack Pingcheng, if he doesn't succeed this time, it will be hopeless.

Miss Qiao restrained her inadvertent expression of sternness, and said to He Lianke: "The maidservant has prepared the New Year's gift for the King of Qin. If the Queen has nothing to add, the maidservant will take someone to send it to the King of Qin. .”

He Lianke was not very happy when he heard about this, "I am trembling in this palace, I dare not make a mistake in one step, but my elder brother has been crowned king, and his life is worse than that of a real prince. It's either hunting or outing. On the New Year, I sent a servant to say congratulations, but my palace still has to prepare gifts for him."

Qiao Nu really didn't understand what He Lianke was being hypocritical about. Even though He Lianchang gave her to Tuoba Tao at the beginning, she must be willing, otherwise why didn't she just die.

Although He Lianke is not favored by Tuoba Tao now, she is at least the empress of the Great Wei, a position that many women dream of.

Even if He Lianchang didn't dedicate her to Tuoba Tao like a trophy, she still couldn't get into Tuoba Tao's eyes.

After all, people with some seniority in this palace know that as long as the golden Buddha in Tuoba Tao's dormitory is still there, the real queen of Great Wei is still in Qiuchi.

Miss Qiao didn't bother to enlighten He Lianke, seeing that she didn't say anything other than complaining, she said, "Since the queen has nothing to add, the servant girl will go now."

How could He Lianke dare to stop her? In her heart, Nu Qiao was even scarier than Tuoba Tao and Queen Dowager Dou.She only cast a resentful glance at Miss Qiao who was walking away, and returned to her bedroom listlessly.

As Qiao Nu walked towards the warehouse, she raised her eyes to look at the high observatory in the distance. She seemed to vaguely see a white Taoist robe on it.

When she arrived at the warehouse, she asked the servants who came with her to wait outside, went in and closed the door, pretended to check for a while, and then left the inner palace with the congratulatory gift for He Lianchang.

When Qiao Nu arrived, He Lianchang was still hungover.Hearing that the empress sent someone to deliver the gift, He Lianchang slowly got up and took half an hour to wash up and come out to receive the gift.

Seeing that He Lianchang's clothes were still loosely wrapped around her body, Miss Qiao couldn't help pinching the bamboo piece in the cuff tightly because it was obvious that He Lianchang had deliberately asked her to wait for half an hour.

Seeing He Lianchang pick and choose on the gift tray, with a distasteful look, Qiao Nu sneered in her heart, a useless moth like He Lianchang should be a stepping stone for her bell.

Let He Lianchang have a taste of what it's like to be a bone under someone else's throne!
(End of this chapter)