The old eunuch standing next bowed respectfully to Empress Dowager Cui and said, "Everything is as usual inside and outside Ci'an Palace, but over there at Fengwu Palace..."
Queen Mother Cui sat upright, put down the cup in her hand, turned her head and asked, "What happened?"
The old eunuch did not dare to hide anything and told everything that happened between the queen and the emperor. The brighter the Queen Mother Cui's eyes became, the more she squinted her eyes and listened.
Obviously she already knew about this, and now she came back to the palace just to confirm it further.
Cui's actions seemed to be haphazard, but in fact she was very cautious. She seemed to treasure the opportunity to return to the palace. She was neither ostentatious nor too quiet, and at the same time she had people tidying up the palace and replacing jewelry.
At the same time, he sent someone to secretly visit Fengwu Palace and the palaces of several other concubines to inquire, as long as she could detect any trace of something wrong.
She will definitely find an excuse to leave the palace immediately.
What makes Ms. Cui happy is that everything is as she learned.
Has the Queen really fallen out of favor?
Cui didn't think so. The emperor was obviously angry now, and she didn't want to find Si Ningchi unhappy at all.
Mrs. Cui settled in Ci'an Palace with peace of mind. It was extremely quiet and no one made any movements. She refused visits from the concubines in the harem on the grounds that she had just returned to the palace and needed to rest for a few days.
It was already half a month later when Concubine De met Queen Mother Cui.
In Ci'an Palace, Concubine De and Concubine Shu met in front of the door. Both of them had indifferent expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they were not happy about today's trip.
"The concubine Yi is here." When Concubine Li arrived, the person following me was Jin Siyu, now the concubine Yi.
"I think it's not all fun today." Concubine De suddenly smiled when she saw Jin Siyu approaching. She didn't even want to look at her anymore, so she turned around and entered Ci'an Palace.
Jin Siyu didn't care. He raised his hand to hold the brand-new gold hairpin on his temples. His eyebrows were full of charming charm. He raised his feet and followed closely into the palace.
Concubine De and Concubine Shu were in front, leading many concubines to come forward to pay homage: "The Queen Mother, Jin An."
Empress Dowager Cui sat at the head of the throne, looking at the many new unfamiliar faces with a cold expression. After a cursory glance at the old people in front of them, including De Fei and Shu Fei, she couldn't find any that looked familiar.
Ms. Cui withdrew her eyes and said quietly: "Everyone, please sit down."
Concubine De was not polite and sat down obediently.
It was true that she didn't come to Ci'an Palace very often, so she naturally had nothing to say to the Queen Mother. After sitting down, she fell silent. The atmosphere in the palace was a little stagnant for a while, until Mrs. Cui slowly raised her eyes to look at everyone in the palace and said: "
I heard that during the absence of the Ai family, the emperor appointed a new concubine?"
"The Ai family should take a good look at someone who is so interested in the emperor." Following Cui's gaze, Jin Siyu, who was sitting next to him, stood up and bowed, "Concubine, I have seen the Queen Mother.
."
"Are you the concubine?" Mrs. Cui looked at Jin Siyu with squinted eyes and said, "Come forward and let the Ai family have a look."
Jin Siyu walked forward. Everyone in the hall looked at this scene with different expressions. Some were gloating, some were watching the show, and some were jealous...
Ms. Cui looked at the woman in front of her, with a girlish anxiety in her raised eyes. That face was really——
Like.
Even if Empress Dowager Cui had been prepared, when the news from the palace was delivered to her, did Cui ever think about how similar she could be?
But now, her eyes were fixed on Jin Siyu's face. This face looked much younger than her now. For a moment, it reminded Cui of the time when she was still
Days in the boudoir.
Ms. Cui suddenly clenched her fists. During these few breaths, countless thoughts surged in her heart, and in the end she suppressed them deeply.
"Okay, okay, okay." Queen Mother Cui said three words of "yes" in succession. Her downcast eyes and smiling face made it impossible to tell the joy and anger of Queen Mother Cui at this moment.
"The Ai family is tired, please leave." Empress Dowager Cui drove everyone away without saying a word.
Concubine De and Concubine Shu walked the same road. She couldn't help but look at Concubine Shu and asked: "In your opinion, what will the Queen Mother do next?"
Concubine Shu shook her head, thought briefly and said: "If nothing else, judging from the Queen Mother's reaction just now, the Queen Mother still cares about the appearance of the concubine, but for some reason, the Queen Mother did not have any attacks..."
"The appearance of the concubine is really weird. Do you think it is possible that she is the Queen Mother?" Concubine De suddenly made a bold guess: "Is this a way to take away the Queen's favor?"
"..." Concubine Shu looked at Concubine De and said, "Do you want to say that the Emperor and the Queen Mother have a secret affair?"
"Bah, bah, bah! Don't talk nonsense. Can you say such things casually?" Concubine De said, waving her hands quickly.
Concubine Shu smiled indifferently. The old story between the Emperor and the Queen Mother was now known to everyone in the palace, so there was nothing to say.
Concubine De and Concubine Shu returned to their respective palaces.
The main reason why Ms. Cui didn't have an attack was to see with her own eyes whether the emperor's attitude towards his concubines was as rumored.
"The emperor went to the concubine's palace for dinner again?" When the news came from the front, Mrs. Cui finally couldn't sit still. She thought for no reason that the emperor was so doting on Siningchi when he first entered the palace.
Look.
"How many days is the emperor gone?" Cui asked calmly.
"Three consecutive days have passed." The old eunuch replied in a low voice.
"The queen just stayed peacefully in Fengwu Palace and never made any move?" Empress Dowager Cui always felt that the matter was a little strange, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed inexplicably reasonable.
Mrs. Cui felt a little impatient. She stood up, walked around for two steps and said, "The Ai family is going to see the emperor."
Cui did not see the emperor this time, and the emperor's attitude towards her was the same as before, and it did not change at all because of Jin Siyu's presence.
evening.
In Fengwu Palace, Zhao Zongheng was dressed in black, and he climbed through the window very skillfully to get in. The guards guarding outside Fengwu Palace were already used to it. Anyway, he had to climb out and call them in at dawn...
"Achi." Zhao Zongheng walked towards Siningchi, stretched out his hands to hold her in his arms, his face was full of tiredness, and he said with an exhausted look: "I'm almost mentally schizophrenic...
Why should I bear so much alone?"
"Then the emperor is here to give birth to a child?" Si Ningchi replied without changing his expression.
"..." Zhao Zongheng's face suddenly collapsed.
"Is the child obedient?" Zhao Zongheng squatted down, put his ear against Si Ningchi's belly and whispered, "You must be obedient."
Si Ningchi was already accustomed to Zhao Zongheng's appearance. As her belly grew bigger, Zhao Zongheng became more and more anxious.
