Queen's scheming

Chapter 191 Newcomer ([-])

"How can the Queen Mother be so unreasonable? My mother is pregnant, and she has not yet reached three months, and she wants to accept a concubine again. Even if the mistress of an ordinary family is pregnant, it is not so fast to open up the face of the girl around her." !" Yu Lian immediately raised her voice after hearing what Princess Yuexuan said.

"Yulian!" Shen Qingyi scolded softly, frowning tightly showing dissatisfaction in her heart, this Yulian, since she was pregnant, became more and more unruly.

"Have you learned all the palace rules by heart? How dare you say such things to Princess Yuexuan!" Shen Qingyi reprimanded.

Yu Lian opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, she put the pastel teacup in her hand on the small table, and went down angrily.

Shen Qingyi had some headaches, Yu Lian's temper could no longer be tolerated.

"Empress, Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager should feel sorry for the Emperor. To be honest, the Emperor treats Empress Empress very well, much better than ordinary people." An Qingyao was a little at a loss for words. Who would know such a thing? It's all uncomfortable, "The queen mother is ill now, and Yao'er is not easy to persuade." The latter sentence is an explanation of why he acts as the queen mother's lobbyist.

Shen Qingyi took a sip of jujube honey water lightly, smiled and said: "I haven't done anything wrong yet, but you look like a slumped head!"

"This is not a big deal. There are very few people in the harem who are favored by the emperor. Except for the first year when the empress was there, there were more than [-] draft picks. After that, there was no large-scale draft. It's much better to enter the palace piecemeal than to pick twenty or so at once." Seeing that An Qingyao was still a little uneasy, Shen Qingyi asked with a smile: "Do you think the Queen Mother is a bit too much? "

An Qingyao didn't dare to nod her head, this was in the palace, and the Queen Mother was the elder, so she had no right to say anything.

Shen Qingyi put her palms on her lower abdomen, and said in a warm voice: "The empress dowager has given me a great deal of face by letting you tell me. If the empress dowager doesn't pass through my palace and directly issues an order, I won't be able to stop it. It is already extremely rare to let you tell Bengong and let Bengong choose someone."

"The empress is broad-minded, virtuous and kind, but Yao'er is thinking too much." An Qingyao was a little embarrassed, she didn't have a mother-in-law, and she only thought that if such a thing happened to her, she might run back to her mother's house in grievance.

Shen Qingyi was amused by An Qingyao, covered her vermilion lips with a handkerchief, and said with a light smile: "I have been in the palace for so many years, and this is the first time I have been praised for being broad-minded. Zhezi, I'm afraid they can lift the roof off the Qiankun Palace from the ground, if they listen to what you say, the spitting stars will drown the palace!"

Shen Qingyi paused when she said this, and suddenly thought of something, but she didn't show it in front of An Qingyao, she just said in harmony: "But the queen mother is sick now, and still worrying about the emperor's affairs, it is really not conducive to recuperating, you are here The Empress Dowager's servants should persuade her, and when the Empress Dowager recovers, I have no complaints about how to deal with the affairs of the Six Palaces, but it's better to rest in peace now."

An Qingyao pursed her lips, lowered her head slightly, and said, "I'm not going to hide it from your empress, Yao'er just had the heart to evade this matter for her, and she told the queen mother that way, but the queen mother was very stubborn and insisted that let her Let's deal with this matter quickly, maybe the Empress Dowager is thinking too much when she is ill, and she is worried that there is no one around the emperor to take care of her."

Shen Qingyi didn't think so, took a sip of honey water lightly, and asked casually: "When did Concubine Xue pass? Today is the first day of her shift, she must be very diligent, right?"

An Qingyao didn't want to speak ill of people, so she told the truth calmly, "The empress dowager is a little dissatisfied with Concubine Xue's asking for her own sickness, so she asked Concubine Xue to go there every morning without having breakfast, and read Buddhist scriptures for the empress dowager. Concubine Xue must have never read the scriptures, and I think she is still familiar with the scriptures at this moment!"

"You mean, Concubine Xue didn't go to Cihui Palace today?" Shen Qingyi originally thought that Concubine Xue had brought up the idea of ​​concubine concubine Xue. Since Concubine Xue didn't go, it must not be Concubine Xue.

In fact, Shen Qingyi was thinking too much, who was Tang Aoxue, and it was too late for her own pet, so how could she let others share her favor?

An Qingyao shook her head and said, "No, it was already noon when you left Cihui Palace, ma'am. Even if Concubine Xue is on duty, it's time to go back."

"Oh." Shen Qingyi frowned Liu Ye's eyebrows almost invisibly, did she think too much?Is it just that the queen mother remembered this kind of thing on a whim?
Seeing Shen Qingyi's expression, An Qingyao thought that she was worried that the queen mother would not be accompanied by anyone, so she hurriedly said: "The emperor just left, and the queen mother said that there is nothing around her, so she asked Yao'er to come back to accompany the empress, and she will have lunch tomorrow Go on."

"It's exhausting you, you can't be free from running at both ends, hurry up and take a rest, I have Yuhe here with me, so it's okay." Shen Qingyi stroked Fu'an Qingyao's broken hair that was hanging down on her temples.

Following Shen Qingyi's gesture, An Qingyao tucked her broken hair behind her ears, and said with a gentle smile, "You can't call it tired. The Queen Mother slept for an hour before the end of the afternoon. In the afternoon, Prince Cheng brought Cheng The concubine visited the queen mother together. The queen mother did not see the prince, but she did see the concubine, and kept talking for a while. After the prince and the concubine left, Yaoer came back after serving the queen mother's decoction. After reciting the Heart Sutra twice and serving a cup of soup, how can it be called exhaustion!"

"Why did Concubine Cheng enter the palace?" Shen Qingyi asked strangely, wondering if it was because Princess Qinya had a lump in her heart when she changed from a concubine to a concubine. She married Gu Yiran for more than two years, and the number of times she entered the palace There are only a handful of them, except for the newlyweds and New Year's pilgrimage, this is the first time that they enter the palace except for the New Year.

An Qingyao talked for a while, and felt a little thirsty. She lightly touched the peony pattern on the pastel tea cup with her hand, and felt that it was no longer hot, so she picked it up, took a couple of sips, and continued: "Princess Cheng He said that he wanted to serve the Queen Mother, but she politely declined it. The prince really felt sorry for the Queen Mother, but since Princess Cheng is also a princess of the Han Qi Dynasty, the Queen Mother would never agree to it anyway. But the Queen Mother must be Prince Chengcheng. Love, otherwise I wouldn't have kept what Princess Cheng said for so long."

"Oh. So that's the case. Speaking of which, Princess Qinya really has a heart." Shen Qingyi lowered her eyes, her pretty face the size of a palm was immersed in the mist of honey water, she didn't know what she was thinking.

An Qingyao really likes Princess Qinya very much. When a princess of a country changes from a concubine of the emperor to a concubine, others will definitely complain. After looking at Qinya for a while, he said: "Princess Qinya seems to be very respectful to the prince. This is really a good match. The prince is as gentle as jade, and the princess Qinya is dignified and virtuous. The emperor and the empress really did a good thing back then! If the princess really marries into the palace, I'm afraid there will be another dissatisfied woman in the palace."

Shen Qingyi was still lost in her own thoughts, and did not hear what An Qingyao said, so An Qingyao tentatively called out softly.

"En? What did you just say?" Shen Qingyi said with a smile: "I'm only thinking about which family's young lady to enter the palace."

An Qingyao remained silent, even though the empress said it was all right, she must be a little concerned, so she answered with a smile: "Nowadays, those who can be selected into the palace are all about the same age as Yao'er, and they are usually in the banquet. I have seen many times, if the empress is willing, Yaoer can help the empress to read the details."

"That's the best." Shen Qingyi turned around and ordered: "Yu He, you go to the House of Internal Affairs and bring the portrait and introduction of the young lady of the right age."

(End of this chapter)