I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

The Empress Dowager glanced casually and couldn't help being stunned.She thought to herself: "Is there such a beautiful woman in the world? It looks like she just walked out of a painting."

Mo Yunxiao bowed respectfully and said, "The queen mother is safe and auspicious."

The Queen Mother waved to her and said, "Come here, let Aijia take a good look at it."

Both Mo Yunxiao and Zhao Ji were nervous, but they had to listen.So Mo Yunxiao moved over.

The kind queen mother took her gentle hand and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

Zhao Ji was in a hurry, and was about to open his mouth to grab the white, but he was afraid of self-defeating, so he opened his mouth but dared not speak.

Mo Yunxiao also understood his embarrassment, so she said: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the young one is just a commoner, and only the holy family can enter the palace. How can an ordinary name stain the Empress Dowager's ears."

These words were so sweet that the Queen Mother couldn't help but giggled. "Oh, she's still a articulate girl." This was said to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji smiled awkwardly, and echoed: "Yes, yes..."

Mo Yunxiao naturally followed suit, her beautiful eyes smiling into two shallow crescents.

"Then you..." The queen mother continued to ask: "Which palace are you from? Well, I think you just entered the palace, and which nanny led you?"

"Hey..." Mo Yunxiao's smile froze on her face.She hurriedly cast her eyes on Zhao Ji for help.

Zhao Ji replied immediately: "Mother, this girl is in the care of Nanny Li of the Food Bureau. When the fire broke out, she happened to bring mutton soup."

The queen mother smiled and said: "You talk a lot, can't the girl talk by herself?"

Zhao Ji wondered why the Empress Dowager's attitude was so different, but it was really difficult to say anything.

The queen mother got up slightly, and said to Zhao Ji: "You are tired too, you must be tired from this unreasonable disaster today, go back and rest soon."

"Here." Zhao Ji and Mo Yunxiao looked at each other and said to her, "Why don't you leave together soon?"

"No hurry." The queen mother interrupted him, and also glanced at Mo Yunxiao who was a little at a loss, and said, "I like this girl, let her talk to me more."

"This..." Zhao Ji was a little anxious, so he could only say, "I'm afraid this servant girl doesn't understand the rules, and instead offends the queen mother."

"No." The queen mother never let go of Mo Yunxiao's hand, and said peacefully: "I'm happy today, so I should forgive you. Go back to the palace quickly, and don't disturb us."

Zhao Ji complained endlessly, but there was nothing he could do.He looked at Mo Yunxiao, seeing her expression was full of uneasiness and confusion, he could only smile slightly, and left slowly.

Mo Yunxiao wanted to call him to stop, but finally she didn't.

The Empress Dowager looked around, and said: "There is no need for so many people here, let's all retreat." All the maids in unison responded "Here", and they all left, and the woman holding the scroll also took a scroll. , followed.

Mo Yunxiao kept her eyes fixed on the painting, and when she saw them leaving, she even wanted to follow them to have a look.

"You like that painting too?" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.

Mo Yunxiao was taken aback, and quickly said: "No, the little one doesn't know much about painting."

The last two maids who left closed the door of the hall, and there was no third person in the huge bedroom.

The queen mother took two steps and asked: "Girl, you haven't told your name yet."

Mo Yunxiao was a little flustered.

If you report your name, you are afraid that your identity as a fake court lady will be exposed immediately.Because the name Mo Yunxiao resounded throughout Beijing.The queen mother has probably heard of it too.But if it is deception, wouldn't it be a serious crime to investigate it later?

However, in this short period of time, she had to think carefully, so she could only reply: "Qi Empress Dowager, the youngest one is named Xiao'er."

"Xiao'er?" The Queen Mother looked back at her, she lowered her head as if guilty.

The queen mother thought she was shy, so she walked over and said, "Don't be afraid, the Zichen Palace is on fire, and you were never afraid when you rescued the official's house?"

"At that time... At that time, I only thought about saving the official's house from the fire, and didn't think about anyone else." Mo Yunxiao said with her head down.

"Aren't you afraid of losing your life because of this?" the Queen Mother asked again.

"Little one..." Mo Yunxiao didn't know how to answer for a while.Indeed, this is also a question that faintly arises in her mind, why is she willing to risk her life to save Zhao Ji?Even if he knew that he was a faint king who ruined his country and family.

"The official family belongs to the people of the country. If there is a mistake, I am afraid that there will be chaos." After she finished speaking, she immediately fell to her knees and said, "The little one is talking out of words, please punish the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager smiled faintly, helped her up and said, "Good boy, it's rare for you to be able to say such a truth. Since you have this merit, this pavilion must reward you. Tell me, what do you want?"

"Little one..." she almost blurted out, "Little one wants that painting!"

But these words were still abruptly swallowed by her.

"The little one doesn't want anything." She could only grit her teeth and say this.

The queen mother giggled, and said: "You are a high-minded man, but if you don't reward you for your merits, wouldn't the royal majesty be demolished? Why don't you let this pavilion think about it for you..."

The Empress Dowager took two steps, sat back in her seat, and said, "Is there anyone else in your family?"

"And..." Mo Yunxiao thought for a while and said, "Two younger sisters."

"Your accent sounds like someone from Tokyo?"

"Yes, the young one is from Tokyo." Mo Yunxiao replied.

"Since you are from Tokyo, why do you want to come into the palace to be a little maid?" The Queen Mother asked with a smile, "Could it be that something happened at home?"

Mo Yunxiao gritted her teeth and cursed angrily in her heart: "You check your household registration, there is no end!" But he still respectfully said: "The small family was originally in business, but the business didn't work well later, so I had to sell the property. .”

"Oh." The Empress Dowager took a sip of tea and said, "It's a poor person. It's strange that anyone who comes into the palace is not a poor person."

Mo Yunxiao just lowered her head and said nothing.

The Empress Dowager looked at her and continued, "Since you are a meritorious person, this pavilion can't treat you badly. Well, tomorrow, this pavilion will ask the officials to issue an order to reward you as a talented person. You are happy." ?”

"What?" An inexplicable feeling of absurdity hit Mo Yunxiao's heart.But as soon as she said this, she felt it was wrong, and she immediately knelt down and said, "Your disrespect, please forgive me, Queen Mother."

The queen mother did not intend to pursue her rudeness, but just smiled and said: "It's okay, I am an easy-going person. I think you have not entered the palace for a long time, and you have made great achievements, so I will not care about you. However, in the future You have to be cautious in your words and deeds in this palace."

Mo Yunxiao choked up a little, and called out: "Queen Mother!"

The queen mother smiled and said: "You don't need to thank me, this is the reward you deserve, get up quickly."

"Queen Dowager!" Mo Yunxiao became even more anxious, and said, "I beg the Queen Mother to show mercy and forgive the little one!"

"Oh?" The queen mother was a little puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "What? Do you think the talent is too low?"

"No, no, no!" Mo Yunxiao hurriedly shook both hands, and said, "The Queen Mother doesn't know, the young one has already made a marriage contract with others among the people, I'm afraid that the young one will not be blessed to accept the kindness of the Queen Mother."

After she finished speaking, she kowtowed down, but she felt aggrieved in her heart: "Damn it, I haven't kowtowed to anyone in my life, but I kowtowed to you first."

The Queen Mother chuckled and said, "What should I be? If the civil engagement is rescinded, it will be you. Since you have entered the palace, you are a member of the royal family, and your unmarried husband's family can't control it."

"Oh, this can't be done, empress dowager!" Mo Yunxiao became more and more panicked. Could it be that she is really going to marry Zhao Ji, and she is just a mere talent?That's not enough to die of suffocation!

The queen mother thought for a while, and said thoughtfully: "What you said is reasonable. If you insist on asking you to withdraw the engagement, it will appear that the royal family is arrogant."

Mo Yunxiao smiled and said, "That's right, it's the empress dowager Shengming."

"Well, then reward your husband's family with some money." The queen mother said: "I wonder if he has fame? If not, I will give him a small official. There is no one who refuses."

"Ah!" Mo Yunxiao's eyes were like a extinguished lamp, losing its brilliance.

"All the men in the world don't want to be an official in the court, and all the women in the world don't want to marry into the royal family." The queen mother said with a smile: "It's just that the daughter's family should be reserved, and this pavilion understands. Tomorrow, the Japanese pavilion will tell the officials that this is the royal court. The meaning of this is to take care of your face."

"The queen mother is indeed thoughtful, but..." Mo Yunxiao still wanted to fight: "The young one never thought of marrying an official."

"I didn't dare to think about it before, but now I can think about it." The Queen Mother leaned slightly, covered her mouth with her hands and yawned, and said, "This pavilion is also exhausted. Go down and rest, and you can listen to the news tomorrow."

"Queen..." Before Mo Yunxiao could say anything, the queen waved her hand to signal her to go out.

Mo Yunxiao really couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to get up and leave.

She left the empress dowager's dormitory in dismay, a group of patrolling eunuchs passed by first, and then two court ladies covered their mouths and giggled.

She looked again, and it turned out that Zhang Di was there.It was as if he was telling a joke, which made the two maids laugh from ear to ear.

When the two maids saw her coming out, they immediately stopped laughing, and they couldn't even see a single crow's feet on their faces.They rolled their eyes and walked away angrily.

Mo Yunxiao looked at their leaving backs, walked over and asked Zhang Di: "What's wrong with them?"

"What's the matter? I'm jealous that you have been favored by the holy family!" Zhang Di looked around, immediately took Mo Yunxiao's arm and ran out.

Mo Yunxiao hurriedly asked, "What is this for?"

"Send you out, don't you want to spend the night here!" Zhang Di said as he ran while pulling her.

"But the queen mother said..." "Don't take anything the queen mother says seriously, unless you really want to stay here as a maid."

Since Zhang Di had something to say here, Mo Yunxiao didn't say anything.She really didn't want to stay longer in this stuffy and oppressive palace.

Because there was a fire in Zichen Palace that night, everyone's attention was focused there.So Zhang Di took Mo Yunxiao for a trot all the way, but no one noticed.

Until they came to a corner next to Donghua Gate, Mo Yunxiao suddenly felt the smell of Ye Xianglang again.

She took a look, and sure enough it was them again.

Ye Xianglang came slowly pushing the dung truck, and the leader handed Zhang Di a suit of clothes and said, "Neiguan Zhang, here we are."

Zhang Di handed the clothes to Mo Yunxiao again, and said, "Old rules, put on and push the car out."

"Have to push the cart again?" Mo Yunxiao pinched her nose and said with disgust.

Zhang Di was a little impatient, and said, "What can I do if I don't push the cart? The guards guarding the gate have to be counted. How can we do it without one person?"

Mo Yunxiao reluctantly took the clothes, glanced at everyone and said, "Are you just watching me change clothes like this?"

"That's right, our daughter's house, we all avoided it." Ye Xianglang all turned around and walked away.

"Oh, there are so many problems." Zhang Di also complained, and also walked away.

Mo Yunxiao was extremely embarrassed, but she had no choice but to change all her clothes.Then, she pushed the cart with Ye Xianglang's convoy towards Donghua Gate.

She thought that the cart she was pushing was also full of filth, but after pushing it, she realized that the weight hadn't increased, and the burden in her heart was unavoidably lighter.

However, the more I pushed the car, the more strenuous I felt, and the more I pushed, the more my arms ached.Fortunately, the guards didn't interrogate them this time, so they didn't pause, and went out of Donghuamen in one breath.

She pushed open the door of the Minglou and saw that Huan'er had fallen asleep lying on the table.She tiptoed in, but her legs accidentally knocked down a chair. With a bang, Huan'er was awakened.

"Girl!" Huan'er called out, Mo Yunxiao smiled awkwardly, and said, "I didn't want to disturb you."

Huan'er rubbed her eyes, came over and took Mo Yunxiao's hand and asked, "Girl, where have you been?"

"Oh, it's hard to describe in one word." Mo Yunxiao smiled wryly and told Huan'er all about her fantastic experience that night.

The more Huan'er listened to it, the more frightened she became. At the end, she couldn't help covering her mouth and exclaiming: "The queen mother gave me the marriage! How can I refuse it!"

"Oh!" Mo Yunxiao also sighed, and said, "I also have a headache, I really don't know what to do."

"The official..." Huan'er said with some doubts.

"Him? Humph! He's just getting what he wants!" Mo Yunxiao said angrily, "A romantic son like him only wants to recruit all the women in the world into the palace and raise them like cats."

"Yes, all men in the world are like this, even His Highness King Jian..." Huan'er said, unable to hold back her tears.

Mo Yunxiao hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Don't miss that person any more. Although that person looks glamorous on the outside, his heart is really dirty."

"But he saved Cheng Yu."

"He also killed Cheng Yu with his own hands." Mo Yunxiao retorted unceremoniously, paused, and then said: "He is PUAing you, do you understand?"

Huan'er was confused for a while, and asked, "What is PUA?"

"It's the art of manipulating people's hearts." Mo Yunxiao explained: "He breaks your self-esteem and makes you obey him unconditionally, so as to achieve his goal of taking whatever he wants. Such a person can be described as a heinous crime. Let alone you, even I I almost fell into his path. In the future, I have to keep my eyes open."

Huan'er nodded with tears in her eyes, and said with a forced smile: "Girl, let's not talk about him. I'll fetch water to wash the girl's face."

She said and got up and left.Mo Yunxiao didn't stop her.She knew that Huan'er wanted to find a place to cry well, to cry out all the depression in her heart.

"What a poor girl." Thinking of this, she couldn't help thinking of Zhao Ji: "They are brothers, so will he be the same as him?"