In the Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother Hua stepped on the snow and admired the plum blossoms.
She looked at the red plum blossoms standing proudly with snow and green calyces facing the wind, and she couldn't help but sigh with emotion at the grand scene of the harem where hundreds of flowers bloomed and competed for beauty.
"It's been three years. The late emperor has been gone for three years. Look at this harem, what fools are coming in now."
Seeing Mrs. Hua sneer behind her, Jiayue, who was supporting her, quickly comforted her and said:
"The Emperor is young and has no need for that charming person. With the Queen Mother in charge, won't everything go smoothly? Besides, with the Fifth Young Lady here, you can also take your time more leisurely."
As soon as Jiayue mentioned Hua Suyi, Empress Dowager Hua immediately smiled on her face.
"Among all the girls from the Hua family of this generation, Suyi is the most like the Ai family. I think back then, the Xiao family always suppressed the Ai family, and the late emperor even called it the green calyx in the snow, pure and distant. But Su Yuan said, the Xiao family's father and son are both nobles.
It's done, and the late emperor will never make her his queen. On the contrary, this aunt of the Ai family is already firmly entrenched in Diaoyutai."
Jiayue nodded and said:
"The fifth lady is very talented, just like you did when you dealt with Mrs. Xiao. If she wants to stumble Concubine Xiao, she can do it easily."
She ordered someone to break off a green calyx. The Queen Mother smiled and looked at it for a moment, then immediately put it into the tray.
"Send someone to the Yangxin Hall and tell them that the Ai family knows that the emperor's biological mother loves Lvcalyx very much, so they sent it here specially."
Hearing this, Jiayue leaned forward slightly, his eyes clear.
＊
In the Baoxiang Pavilion, the cat's hair flew away in the wind and flew straight in front of Xiao Xiruo's door.
Xiao Xiruo covered her face and coughed lightly. Even though the cough was fake, the displeasure between her brows was real.
Seeing her in such embarrassment, Wang Shufei and others who were watching the excitement were naturally overjoyed. However, the queen's forearm was gently held down by Hua Suyi, which stopped her expressions of joy.
Xiao Xiruo didn't care about this.
Because she was ready to show weakness first, then stand up, cough violently and have shortness of breath in front of these concubines, and even fall down and faint to play with their heartbeats.
However, at this moment, the cat that was supposed to be lying quietly on the queen's lap suddenly went crazy...
First, she gave the queen a claw as she tried to hug her, then jumped onto the table, knocked over a lot of food, and jumped into the garden.
All this happened so fast that the maids around the queen had no time to stop her. Haigui could only immediately call the guards to hunt down the white cat.
Only Hua Suyi suddenly raised her eyes, and her gaze fell on Xiao Xiruo's face.
Baiyun is her personal pet, and the Queen often touches her, so it is impossible for Baiyun to suddenly attack the Queen...
So she looked at Xiao Xiruo. Xiao Xiruo's face was blank for a moment, but then, it turned red and he was gloating...
That's right, this bitch almost had "You guys can fall for it too", "Yes, I did it" and "Hit me" written all over his face.
For a moment, Hua Suyi really believed her aunt's words.
This Xiao Xiruo is not even comparable to the Xiao family back then...
Probably not even as good as Wang Yiting.
As the imperial doctors rushed up to treat the queen's injuries, the concubines also began to whisper below.
The wounds were just a few scratches, but the concubines all looked at Xiao Xiruo warily. Xiao Xiruo, who had received the benefit, couldn't help but pull Xue Xue's sleeve and tell her you did a good job and continue next time!
Snowfall: "?"
What did she do?
In response, Bai Zhi, who was standing behind everyone in Changle Palace, slowly withdrew her hand, the silver needle in her hand holding thin hair.
After all, the queen was born into a flower family. Although she was frightened, she quickly calmed down.
Some of the concubines suggested that the meeting should be dismissed, but the Queen just glanced at those people coldly, and looked at Xiao Xiruo even more unkindly.
Finally, Hua Suyi raised a glass to Wang Shufei. Wang Shufei rolled her eyes, and then winked at the eldest palace maid Ming Cui next to her.
Then the concubines saw two eunuchs dragging a palace maid and threw her directly in front of Concubine Wang Shu.
Xiao Xiruo took a quick look and frowned quietly.
Because the maid who cowered and knelt in front of Concubine Wang Shu was the one holding the incense burner just now, wasn't she?
"Ruo'er, where is the incense burner that I rewarded you with?"
Concubine Wang Shu sat back on the solid wood chair and looked down at the palace maid.
The palace maid glanced at Xiao Xiruo in fear, and was about to speak, but Xiao Xiruo stopped her.
"When I replied to my sister, I couldn't help but drop it and break it."
The palace maid paused and wanted to look at Xiao Xiruo gratefully, but Concubine Wang Shu suddenly pinched her chin and said:
"Ruo'er, if you dare to break something I rewarded you with, are you willing to die?"
At this moment, no matter how stupid the concubine is, she can see that this concubine Wang Shu is using her name as a palace maid to humiliate Xiao Xiruo. Then laughter gradually breaks out in Baoxiang Pavilion, while the queen on the throne looks on with a sneer.
As if encouraged by everyone, Wang Shufei's questions became more and more arrogant:
"What? Ruo'er is mute?"
There was another burst of laughter, and Xiao Xiruo, who was in the middle of the game, finally smiled and said:
"Where is Ting'er?"
Hearing this, Wan Xue on the side immediately stepped forward. However, she only took two steps when someone raised his hand and held her.
Bai Zhi pulled down her collar, perfectly revealing the owl pattern tattoo on the back of her neck, then walked up to Xiao Xiruo, kowtowed several times and said:
"My maid, Ting'er, comes to see your empress."
In an instant, all the concubines present could no longer laugh. Especially Concubine Wang Shu, who was so proud a second ago, her expression at this moment was as ugly as if she had eaten shit.
These days, the concubines often arranged for Xiao Xiruo. Among them, the "Female Owl" was ridiculed every day, firmly nailing Xiao Xiruo to the pillar of shame of being vulgar and ignorant.
As we all know, the "owl" is the object of play for the nobles and wealthy businessmen, and is synonymous with the little brats and prostitutes in Qinlou and Chuguan...
But now, this "female owl" has actually received the Chinese character "Ting" from Wang Yiting.
Compared with the humiliation of Concubine Wang Shu as a palace maid, Xiao Xiruo's move was comparable to heart-breaking.
But it wasn't over yet, because "Ting'er" didn't wait for Xiao Xiruo to speak, and actually slapped herself...
While fanning, he also said "Ting'er" is wrong, "Ting'er" is shameless, "Ting'er" is a talkative woman, "Ting'er" is shameless...
Seeing it, the corners of his mouth were about to bleed.
Finally, Concubine Wang Shu stood up from her chair in anger, pointed at Xiao Xiruo and said:
"Xiao Xiruo, you bitch!"
With that said, he kicked Na Ruo'er away and walked away in a furious manner.
As soon as she left, the whole Baoxiang Pavilion became quiet.
The cold wind blew outside the pavilion. Xiao Xiruo coughed twice more, then stood up and took Bai Zhi away.
Like Concubine Wang Shu, she also had an angry look on her face, and there was no trace of acting at all.
Obviously, she was also very angry with Wang Yiting.
However, only Bai Zhi, who followed Xiao Xiruo back to Changle Palace and was stared at silently by the girl's bright eyes, knew that the empress' anger seemed to be directed at her.
That day, the empress held her hand and said to her something that no one had ever said to her before:
"
"Baizhi, I see that you have a good bone structure, and you must be a good at irritating people. But we also have a way of irritating people. Why do you hit yourself so hard? Don't you know the effect of irritating people with a lighter hit?
Is it better?"
Bai Zhi: "?"
At this moment, Bai Zhi felt that she almost couldn't breathe. This chapter has been completed!