"Slave, I obey." Huang Ying saluted Xia Qing again, bowed and exited Yonghe Palace, and stood at the gate of the palace for a while before heading west. After he left, the tree not far away swayed, and in a
After the figure flashed by, calmness returned.
The figure passed through many gates and finally entered the Kunning Palace. After entering the main hall, he clapped his sleeves and knelt down and said: "My servant, Xiao Liangzi, pays my respects to the master and to Concubine Ying."
"Get up." Xianyue raised her hand and said, "You are here now, are you related to Huang Ying?"
Xiao Liangzi didn't expect Xianyue to reveal his purpose of coming, and blurted out: "Master, how do you know?"
Xianyue did not answer, only said: "Tell me, what's going on?"
Xiao Liangzi responded and said: "I was ordered by my master to monitor the movements of Yonghe Palace. I found that Huang Ying appeared in Yonghe Palace and stayed there for about as long as I touched a cup of tea before leaving. I felt something was strange, so I came here.
Report to the master."
Xianyue said calmly: "I know, please step back."
After Xiao Liangzi withdrew, Mrs. Hu frowned and said, "I thought the rumors in the palace were wrong before, but now it seems that it was Concubine Hui who actually interceded for Huang Ying and allowed him to leave the cleaning office. Concubine, I really
I can't understand more and more what Concubine Hui is thinking. First she interceded for Dai Jia, and now she interceded for Huang Ying. These people have all harmed her to one degree or another."
Xiao Liangzi received Qi Kuan's order early in the morning to monitor Yonghe Palace, so he was unaware of what had just spread in the palace.
Xianyue lowered her head and stared at the yellow-green tea soup, and said slowly: "Take your time and look at it, one day you will figure it out."
Mrs. Hu sighed and said: "At that time, the empress asked me to test Concubine Hui to see if Dai Jia's ability to escape death had something to do with her. At that time, I thought the empress was too caring. Now it seems that she is thinking too much.
Simple is what it is." As she said that, she frowned and said, "If the reason for sparing Dai Jia's family is to let her live and suffer in the world, then what's the point of sparing Huang Ying?"
Only a few people knew that Xia Qing begged Hongli to spare Dai Jia's life, and it was not spread in the palace. Naturally, there were no rumors. Wang's words made Xianyue suspicious of Xia Qing, so she asked Hu to test it.
One or two.
Xianyue took a sip of the sweet tea and said softly: "Has your concubine forgotten why Huang Ying was convicted in the first place?"
"Of course I remember that he accepted benefits from Wei Jingxuan and secretly leaked the information about Yangxin Palace to Wei..." Halfway through, she seemed to have thought of something and said solemnly: "Does she want to follow Wei Jingxuan's example? But she is already a noble concubine.
, Your Majesty now loves her in every possible way, what else do you want?"
Xianyue shook her head and said: "I can't guess it, but this is the only possibility; there are some things that I can't ask too much about, so you should keep an eye on them for me."
Just as Mrs. Hu was about to agree, the door of the palace was suddenly pushed open, and a figure walked in with a chill all over her body. She leaned over with a smile and said, "I have met the empress, the empress Jin An!"
"The imperial concubine is exempt from the gift." After the palace servants served tea, Xianyue said with a smile: "Drink some tea to drive away the cold. I haven't seen the imperial concubine coming. I thought the imperial concubine was too cold to go out and walk around."
"You can stay away from the other places, but you can't move here." After taking a sip of tea, Xia Qing said in surprise: "Didn't I give all the Biluochun I got this year to my concubine? How come I still have it?
"
Xianyue said with a half-smile, "Can the noble concubine hide some of it secretly because I didn't tell the truth?"
Xia Qing bowed in her chair and said, "How could I think of this? It's just a little strange."
Jin Ping interjected: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. When the master went to greet the Queen Mother yesterday, the Queen Mother rewarded the master with some tea leaves. Among them was Bi Luochun. The master knew that the queen liked it, so he specially asked the slaves to make it specially for him. The queen drinks."
Hearing this, Xia Qing stood up quickly and said a little flattered: "My Majesty is so kind to me, I really don't know how to repay you."
Xianyue said with a smile: "You and I, my sisters, there is no need to say such disrespectful words, please sit down quickly."
"Yes." After sitting down diagonally, Xia Qing looked at the two of them and said, "By the way, when I was at the door just now, I heard your empress and sister Ying saying to keep an eye on them more. I wonder what they were referring to? "
Hu didn't expect her to hear it, and she looked a little uncomfortable for a moment. Just when she was thinking about how to answer, Xianyue said, "Isn't it the one in Leng Gong?"
Xia Qing said in surprise: "Dai Jia, what happened?"
"Not yet, but once she is tortured, it is inevitable that she will cause trouble, or even seek death, so we must keep a close eye on her and not be careless." Seeing Xia Qing looking at Hu, Xianyue said, "Don't blame her. Concubine Ying, I heard the rumors in the palace. She was afraid that I would misunderstand, so she told the truth. You really, since you feel sad, you should tell me, why do you have to bear this alone? "
Xia Qing lowered her eyes and said: "Over the years, I have helped you a lot. I don't want to trouble you anymore, so I didn't tell you. I ask your forgiveness."
"I understand. Alas, let alone you, even I have been feeling uncomfortable in the past few months. I often think of Yongxuan. It would be great if he was still alive." Xia Yue sighed softly. With a cry, he turned around and said: "I just said that we are sisters. In the past twenty years, if we hadn't been supporting each other and never leaving, I'm afraid we wouldn't be here today. Since you want to give birth to Dai Jia, If you suffer the consequences, I and Concubine Ying will definitely help you. I only hope that you can untie the knot in your heart as soon as possible."
Xianyue's words brought back many memories in Xia Qing, causing her to think of something strange for a moment. More than twenty years ago, she was just a little palace maid in Xinzheku, and her only wish was to be released when she turned twenty-five. She went to the palace to get together with her family, and then found an honest and kind man to marry. But something went wrong. Not only did she fail to leave the palace, but she also became the emperor's wife. She used to be so grateful to Xianyue, but now... why Everything has changed? Who is at fault?
"What are you thinking about, sister?" Hu's voice made Xia Qing come back to her senses and said with a smile: "It's nothing. I remembered that when Wei Jingxuan was wrongfully accused of killing her daughter, it was the empress who stood up for me to prove my innocence in front of the emperor. I was saved just now.”
Xianyue smiled slightly and said, "It's already an old story. I didn't expect that the noble concubine would still remember it."
Xia Qing lowered her eyes and said: "I have no other advantage, but I can clearly distinguish between grudges and grudges. Who is good to me and who is not good to me..." She glanced at Xianyue quickly and continued: "In my heart, I It’s clear as day, not to mention a mere dozen years, even if it’s decades, I won’t forget it.”
"Okay!" Xianyue stared at it for a moment and said Xu Sheng: "But in my opinion, what the three of us should remember most is the sisterhood of these twenty years. I hope that this friendship will last even after another twenty years.