Empress Huaishu of the Harem

These words sounded like a chat between old women, but I felt that there was a sense of disappointment beyond the wit.Sure enough, after she finished speaking, she waved her hand and ordered everyone to retreat, but she unexpectedly stopped me, "Huai Shu stay here, the old lady has something to say to you."

My heart froze, and I quickly changed my smile to agree, Jinxi sent Xue Po away, and put a little stick under the Empress Dowager's phoenix seat, motioning me to sit down.

At this time, in Yining Palace, the most lofty and noble place in Zi'ao City, only me and their master and servant are left.The wooden stool made of huanghuali base, with a smooth and cold paint surface, could not cool my restless mood. Since I can remember, I have never been so close to the Queen Mother.No matter in terms of etiquette, power, or resourcefulness, this woman makes me fearful and dare not face it squarely.I used to be so afraid that she would be unhappy and let me leave home thousands of miles to get married and leave my mother and concubine forever, but today, what I see in my eyes is the exhausted Zhen Huan under the nine-tailed phoenix crown.She always calls herself "old body", but who would really take her as an old woman who is fond of grandchildren?However, at close range today, the exquisite makeup and eyebrows also exude relaxation and aging from the inside out, and are no longer dignified and luxurious as before.

But obviously, she is only about forty people?Maybe, as Concubine Demu said, they are all old.

How vigilant the Queen Mother was, but after a moment, she said gently: "Huai Shu, your eyes tell Ai Jia that you are pitying me."

I quickly lowered my head, unexpectedly not as scared as usual.The Empress Dowager places great importance on her status in front of juniors like us, when will I call myself.

The queen mother looked at me with joy and anger, and said after a long time: "The world is like a tide, you have all grown up, Huai Shu, you are a smart and obedient child. You are so good that Aijia can even forget your existence, but Even so, today's incident still found you. Do you know why?"

I whispered: "Because my son acted carelessly, the little masters misunderstood."

The queen mother snorted and said: "Misunderstanding? You mean that you really didn't intend to recommend Mrs. Xie to the Palace of Qinzheng? You really have nothing to do with her falling into the eyes of the emperor?"

Finally came, I gritted my teeth, knelt upright by the Empress Dowager's hand, and said: "Although Mrs. Xie was recommended by my son-in-law, what I did was definitely not the emperor's pity. It was because my son-in-law felt that he made the court lady popular, so he took care of her." My cousin." Looking at the Empress Dowager's expression, she knew that she could not be sloppy in front of her, so she said loudly: "There was a man in the Han Dynasty, Pingyang, who dared to recommend beauties to the emperor's brothers. It was not the power of the husband's family, but ...they are the sisters of the emperor's compatriots, while the ministers are the concubines who have not spoken to the emperor's elder brother and who are the emperor's concubines."

Under the patriarchal ethics, the difference between the son and the concubine is well known to the world.But in Tianjia, which involved rights entanglements, I also felt scared after I finished speaking, and my whole body was weak. I had to support the hard marble with my arms to maintain my kneeling posture.I believe that from the perspective of the Queen Mother or Aunt Jinxi, I must be extremely embarrassed at the moment.

The Queen Mother let me kneel down without moving, as if I was thinking about something.Just when my knees were getting numb, she said: "My concubine? The Ai family hasn't heard such remarks for many years. It's really unexpected that such bastard words came out of your mouth." And there was some kindness in her tone, "Although you're a jerk, it's rare to be honest. You are a sensible person, and you know that Aijia will not believe anything that you don't want, so just take a gamble."

The queen mother said quietly: "It seems that Aijia's decision back then was not wrong."

As he spoke, he didn't look at me, but made eye contact with Aunt Cui.Aunt Cui responded with a gentle smile.

Then she said: "You are a lucky person, which is very good. Today's matter, thanks to Xun's winking, will solve the siege, but your time in the palace is limited. Many things are just life experiences for you. It’s over. Alright, now that it’s over, if you don’t go back, you will be in a hurry to become a concubine. You go now.”

Yes, there is also the concubine mother who is anxiously waiting for me to go back.I endured my slightly bulging curiosity, kowtowed and left.In the dimly lit place, amidst the splendor and splendor, there is only one lonely old lady left.

The Queen Mother is right, I do pity her.

However, neither she nor I thought that compared to her situation a few years later, her disappointment and haggardness today is really a drop in the ocean.And the powerlessness of that day was precisely brought about by her most beloved young girl.

At that time, I was already outside the palace, and I didn't know much about the inside information.

The winter of the ninth year of Zhengzhang came very late, but it was vigorous.When it comes to November, there will be a few heavy snowfalls blowing all over the sky. When the snow falls, the artistic conception is elegant and everyone is amazed. After the snow melts, the temperature drops suddenly, and the wind is as strong as a knife cutting people.I changed my velvet skirt for a fox fur fur almost in a day.

Such weather is naturally not suitable for going out, but there are always things that have to go out:
Opening the thick curtain of the inner door, Liu Hong has changed into folk clothes and hairpins, she looks like a young lady from some family, elegant and warm.When she saw me, she said excitedly: "Di Ji, how can I bother you in such a day?"

"The weather is like this again and again, but you go here. I don't know when I will see you again."

When Liu Hong heard it, her eye circles turned a little red, and she whimpered and said, "This is all the grace of Diji and our Diji, this servant never expected."

Lingxi was sitting on the heated kang, drinking hot milk, then raised his head and said with a faint smile: "Look at you, these days I come to say goodbye to you, nine out of ten of you are crying with someone Those who don't know think that you are not returning to your hometown, but going into exile."

Heng'er also joked, "Let me just say that my sister should shed some tears. Now that the money is used up, what are you going to cry for?"

What she said was playful, everyone covered their mouths and laughed, and the strong parting atmosphere faded a lot.

I took off my cloak, sat down next to Lingxi, and asked Liu Hong as usual: "Has the date of leaving the palace been fixed? Have you told Yu's family to pick him up?"

"Hui Diji, it's scheduled to be the seventeenth of this month, and my mother is already on the road with my brother and brother-in-law."

"That's about ten days. Thank you... have you been there, my lord?"

Liu Hong is generous in this regard, "My concubine Jin is different now, with her status as a servant girl, how can she make a big stab at her, and she will only bid farewell on the first day of the palace."

I nodded my head and said: "You understand that, so I don't need to waste my words." Although the Empress Dowager Xie passed the Ming Road and was granted the title of concubine to live in Lixi Pavilion, her humble family background is there.The emperor's brother has shown great affection for Xun Fangyi recently because of the empress dowager's praise, but the harem is still jealous of the emperor's extra care for her, and there are many embarrassments in the open and secret, and her life is really not very easy.

Let's just say that this time she became popular out of the palace. It is said that it was because others wanted to attack her "power" in the palace, and it was just a blessing in disguise for the silly girl.

Huai Shu is afraid of Zhen Huan