In front of the Fengwu Palace, the little eunuch standing at the door to greet him was replaced by someone else. Concubine De led the concubines into the inner palace and saw Shen Ting standing next to the Queen.
Shen Ting, who was just serving in the outer courtyard back then, has now become the Queen's right-hand man, and even the location of this station has changed.
"See you, Queen. May the Queen be safe." Concubine De retracted her eyes and bowed respectfully to salute. All the concubines behind her knelt down to salute.
"Take a seat." Si Ningchi sat in a high position, looking at the seat that was filled again, and smiled gently.
The emperor's decree of concubine concubine was also sent. Li Concubine was conferred Li Concubine, Yan Zhaorong was promoted to Yan Concubine, Yi Zhaorong was promoted to Lan Concubine, Wei Cairen was promoted to Wei Jieyu, and An Meiren was involved. Since I went to be a good concubine, I will not be promoted this time.
Nowadays, there are only a few old people in the palace who can name them.
Among the beautiful ladies who entered the palace this time, Jin Siyu was personally named Zhaoyi by the emperor, while the others were all under Jieyu.
The two Jieyu are two beauties, and the remaining four talented people are only nine people elected this time.
"It's rare for sisters to gather together like this!" Concubine De was the first to say with a smile.
"Is Concubine Shu okay?" Si Ningchi asked, looking sideways at Concubine Shu with a smile on his face.
"It's just a small problem, it's all fine." Concubine Shu looked depressed, as if she was really ill.
"It's fine. If you feel uncomfortable, ask the imperial doctor to check it out as soon as possible." Si Ningchi nodded slightly, and after greeting several familiar concubines, he turned his attention to Jin Siyu.
I have to say that this Jin Zhaoyi does look very much like the Queen Mother Cui. If she imitates the Queen Mother in this makeup, it will be even more similar.
She sat quietly and said nothing, as if she didn't notice the gazes coming from all directions. Concubine De noticed the Queen's gaze and immediately called out: "Jin Zhaoyi hasn't brought all the sisters here yet. The queen congratulates you."
"Concubine, I have met the Queen." Jin Zhaoyi stood up politely, walked forward and bowed her knees in greeting.
"Then Shuyuxuan is where Jin Zhaoyi stayed?" Si Ningchi's eyebrows seemed sharp, and there was still a smile on his face, but Concubine De and Concubine Shu, who were familiar with the Empress, knew that the Empress was unhappy.
Concubine De's heart skipped a beat, and she secretly wondered if it was possible that the Emperor did not give the Queen a greeting in advance when arranging for Jin Zhaoyi to move into Shuyuxuan?
Concubine Shu was secretly surprised. This was the first time she had seen Jin Zhaoyi. She had long heard others talking about her resemblance to Queen Mother Cui, but today she saw that she really looked so similar.
"I'm scared. The place where I live is arranged by the emperor. Can't I live in it?" Jin Zhaoyi's eyes were clear and confused. Compared with the forbearing calculation in Queen Mother Cui's eyes, Jin Zhaoyi seemed so innocent.
"Haha." Si Ningchi smiled coldly, lowered his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "Of course I can live here. In order to make Jin Zhaoyi's stay comfortable, I will give you some gifts."
"Su Yongde, go and deliver the gift prepared by me to Jin Zhaoyi." Si Ningchi called out.
"My slave obeys the order." Su Yongde responded and stepped back.
Si Ningchi didn't say a word about the gift he had prepared, and Jin Zhaoyi didn't dare to ask more questions, so he just leaned over to thank him.
The imagined scene of the Queen being furious did not happen, and it ended so peacefully.
Concubine De always felt uncertain, so she secretly sent people to see what gifts the Empress had prepared for Jin Zhaoyi inside Shuyuxuan.
Then……
"Ah -" The frightening and shrill scream almost broke through the tranquil palace. On the same day, someone saw Jin Zhaoyi running out of Shuyuxuan in a panic and disheveled clothes.
It turned out that what the Queen prepared was nothing else but baskets of snakes.
All the venomous fangs of those snakes were pulled out, but they were not fatal.
But the densely packed snakes made the scene extremely scary. Jin Zhaoyi opened the box sent by the Queen and saw such a box of snakes. The box tipped over and snakes crawled all over the floor. Who could not be crazy in that scene?
Si Ningchi sat on the chair with a smile, holding an orange in his hand and stuffing it into his mouth. Listening to Su Yongde's vivid description of how Jin Zhaoyi was frightened and went crazy, he raised his lips and smiled in a very bad way.
After Xu Zhaorong was promoted to concubine Ning, she didn't come to express her gratitude. Today she stayed after paying her respects. When she heard about this, her face turned a little pale.
"Empress, you are so blatantly targeting Jin Zhaoyi. If the emperor finds out, will the emperor be angry with you?" Ning Bin frowned and thought seriously for a moment, then looked at Si Ningchi and asked.
"I just want to let the Emperor know that I hate this person." Si Ningchi blinked indifferently.
"If the empress is not happy, why do you want her to enter the palace?" Ning Bin asked in confusion.
"It's not that I want her to enter the palace, it's the emperor's request. I really want to see what can make the emperor want to retain her." Jiang Yuezhao said, reaching for the silk handkerchief next to him and wiping his hands before continuing.
Said: "She looks exactly like the Queen Mother..."
"For so many years, I have asked the Emperor why he is so indifferent and disgusted with Empress Dowager Cui and does not fulfill his filial piety, but the Emperor has never been willing to speak frankly."
"What is the secret behind this, so that the emperor allowed the queen mother to leave the capital when my first child was murdered by Cui?"
There seemed to be a slightly crazy look in Si Ningchi's eyes, and he looked at Ning Bin and said: "I want to know the answer. Now that the emperor has asked Jin Zhaoyi to stay in the palace, I just take this opportunity to investigate.
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Ning Bin's heart suddenly became clear when she heard Si Ningchi's words. She had always thought that the Queen and the Emperor had reconciled long ago, but now they were pregnant again.
Now it seems that this is not the case. How could the Empress easily overcome the pain of losing her son?
Everyone knows that Concubine Xian was the mastermind of what happened in the first place, but the Empress Dowager must have had a driving force in it, and Concubine Xian could kill someone, but Concubine Xian could leave the capital so easily.
Isn't this a kind of protection from the Emperor to the Queen Mother?
The more Ning Bin thought about it, the more she realized that she was right. The Emperor and the Queen Mother were not mother and son, not even an adoptive mother and an adopted son. Moreover, the Queen Mother was really young. Could there be some hidden meaning in this?
Ning Bin didn't dare to think deeply about it, so she hurriedly said goodbye to the Queen and left. On the way back to the palace, she met Lan Bin and Wei Jieyu. She was not close to these two people, but there were fewer people in the palace.
It's a lot to say in a few words.
"Sister Ning Bin just came back from the Queen's Palace?" Lan Bin stepped forward and asked warmly.
"Yes, I stayed a little longer to talk to my concubine." Ning Bin stopped and nodded politely to Lan Bin.
"I have invited Wei Jieyu to have tea. Sister Ning Bin, would you like to go and sit with us?" Lan Bin asked with a smile.