When night fell, Xiao Ningzi quietly came to Chengqian Palace. After seeing Ling Ruo who was having dinner, he immediately clapped his sleeves and knelt down, and said diligently: "This slave pays my respects to the master. May the master be blessed."
Ling Ruo didn't even look at him and said in a cold voice: "I have come here. Eunuch Ning is busy serving the Queen and the Queen and has no time to come over."
Xiao Ningzi quickly called out to Qu Lai, "Your Majesty, I have misunderstood. As soon as I heard Eunuch Yang's message, I wanted to come over, but the Empress kept staring at me and couldn't find any chance. Even now, I'd better take advantage of the opportunity."
I just came up with the opportunity to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get ice."
"I see, I have wrongly blamed you." Ling Ruo put down her chopsticks, stretched out her hand and said, "Where is the letter I want?"
Xiao Ningzi, who had just stood up, immediately knelt down again when he heard this, "Master, please forgive me. I didn't get the letter, but I was afraid of keeping the master waiting, so I hurried over to tell you."
"Can't get the letter?" Ling Ruo was surprised at first, then sneered: "Xiao Ningzi, do you think such a clumsy lie can deceive me? You are a celebrity around the Queen, others may not be able to get it,
But it is absolutely impossible for you. Why?
Do you regret betraying your queen and master?" Before Xiao Ningzi could speak, she lowered her face and said: "I am not a master who can be fooled by you. If you want to betray me, you can, but your family
I cannot guarantee whether everything will be safe and sound."
Xiao Ningzi said with a bitter look on his face: "Since I have followed my master, I have devoted myself to it. How can I betray you? I really can't get the letter." He lowered his voice and said: "The Queen seems to have begun to doubt this servant.
The way he looks at the slave is very strange, and he always makes people look at him as though he is not there. Just now, the slave tried to go to the study room, but before he could go in, he was discovered by Du Juan."
Ling Ruo raised her eyebrows and said, "Is there such a thing?"
"It's absolutely true." Xiao Ningzi said: "So I want to ask my master for two days of grace. I must find a way to get the letter to my master. If I can't get it again, I will let my master do whatever he wants."
Ling Ruo looked at Xiao Ning, wiped her lips and said, "Okay, I will give you two more days of grace. If I don't see what you want to see after two days, you know clearly what the consequences will be.
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Xiao Ningzi agreed repeatedly, bowed his head and said: "Even if I don't want this life, I will definitely get the letter from the master." After that, he glanced at Ling Ruo and said: "If the master has no other instructions, I will leave first, otherwise the queen
It’s time for the empress to become suspicious.”
"Well, you should be careful in front of the queen. This is a critical moment. I don't want any accidents to happen at this time."
Xiao Ningzi said quickly: "Slave must remember the master's instructions and complete the tasks assigned by the master as soon as possible."
After Xiao Ningzi left, Ling Ruo continued to eat dinner with chopsticks, as if nothing had happened. However, Shui Xiu was quite anxious and said, "Master, will this delay affect our plan?"
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Yang Hai also said: "I also feel that the night is long and I have many dreams. I don't know what Xiao Ningzi means by dragging her like this. I am worried that he will have different intentions."
Ling Ruo said with a half-smile: "What's the matter? I'm afraid that he will betray me. Didn't you say before that you believed that Xiao Ningzi can't escape from my hands?"
Yang Hai scratched his head in embarrassment, "I did say that before, but being dragged down by Xiao Ningzi made me really worried. After all, Xiao Ningzi has always been responsible for this matter. If he betrays me, he will be in serious trouble."
's big."
"Okay, I know what I know." After saying that, Ling Ruo stopped talking, and Yang Hai and Shui Xiu could only keep their worries in their hearts.
However, no one expected that Nala would actually appear in the Chengqian Palace the next day. Unless she had something to do, the empress would rarely set foot in this most gorgeous palace among the twelve east and west palaces, so she
His appearance surprised the palace people, but they also secretly speculated whether something was going to happen in the palace.
Ling Ruoying, who had been informed by the palace people, came out and saluted Nala, and then said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that the Queen would come to the Chengqian Palace in person. I didn't greet you in time, so I invited the Queen."
Forgive me." As she spoke, she had noticed that the people following Nala were not Xiao Ningzi, whom she had always relied on the most, but Sun Mo and Du Juan.
Nala gave an insincere smile and said, "I am here suddenly to make trouble. How can I blame Concubine Xi for not welcoming her?"
"Thank you for your tolerance, your Majesty." With that said, Ling Ruo welcomed Nala into the palace. After the heat had subsided, Ling Ruo said, "Actually, if anything happens, please tell the palace people and I will come over on my own.
, why come here in person? Your Majesty is not young now, and she has been stabbed twice in the chest, so you must take good care of yourself. By the way, I think the fish maw that I was given yesterday is still good.
Can it catch your eyes?"
"The things given by Imperial Concubine Xi are always the best in the palace, so how could they not be pleasing to the eye?" While talking, An'er brought up the sour plum soup. Ling Ruo presented it to Nala in person and said, "My queen, try this."
The sour plum soup has already been added with sugar, so it shouldn't be too sour, otherwise, I'll ask someone to bring rock sugar."
Nala glanced at the sour plum soup in her hand but did not take it, but said: "I am really touched by how much Concubine Xi cares about me."
Ling Ruo didn't care, put it aside and said, "This is what I should do as a concubine."
Nala lowered her face and said, "Then...is it what you should do to win over the people around me?"
Ling Ruo pretended to be surprised and said: "Where do you start talking about this, my concubine..."
Nala raised her hand to interrupt her, and then said: "Concubine Xi, we Ming people do not speak secretly. Xiao Ningzi has been acting strangely recently, and she was seen talking to Yang Hai in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At this time
, do you still want to tell lies with your eyes open?"
"I really don't know about such a thing." After that, she ordered someone to call Yang Hai and asked: "The Queen said that you had spoken to Xiao Ningzi in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and now you are in front of me.
Talk to the Queen, is this true?"
Naturally, Yang Hai would not tell the truth, so he lowered his head and said, "Returning to what the Queen and Master said, I did have a few words with Xiao Ningzi, but it was just a chance encounter, so there was nothing special about the exchange of greetings."
Nala sneered and said, "Why don't I know that you and Xiao Ningzi still have so much to say?"
Ling Ruodao: "Yang Hai doesn't know how to lie. He and Xiao Ningzi should have just said a few words casually. There's nothing special about it. Don't take it to heart."
"Really?" The sneer on Nala's face became more and more eye-catching, "Xiao Ningzi often asks to leave the palace recently, and she goes there for the whole day. Concubine Xi thinks this is nothing special?"