I am cultivating myself in the palace

Kunning Palace, Zhonggong.

As soon as he entered, Qingyan was overwhelmed by the first palace in front of him.

In terms of scale, this place is comparable to the Palace of Compassion and Ning where the Empress Dowager lives. Unlike the Palace of Compassion and Ning, where incense is lingering all day long, there are countless flowers and green plants, and the shade is like another small imperial garden. There are all kinds of flowers competing for splendor, but the greasy flower fragrance is not heavy. Instead, there is a refreshing and comfortable air of grass and trees, which makes people feel happy.

Qingyan took a deep breath, only felt that the Lingtai was clear and comfortable: "The smell in the empress's courtyard is really good!"

The queen smiled: "I don't have any specialties, so I'm still good at tending flowers and plants, but the fragrance of flowers is too strong, which can easily disturb my spirits, so I ordered people to prune more grass plants, chop them into fine pieces, and spread them in the flower beds." In this way, it can be made into flower mud, and there is also a fresh air of vegetation, and the flowers planted should try to choose those with a weak smell, in order to achieve a harmonious balance."

Qingyan admired her very much. The last time she entered the palace, she saw that the queen was so fond of the flowers and plants in the imperial garden, so she knew that she was a flower lover.It's just that I didn't expect the Queen to plant so many flowers and plants in her own residence, and put so much thought into it. Compared with the Queen's place, and thinking about her cold courtyard full of wild grass, Qingyan felt ashamed for a moment--why?? She also went back to plant some flowers?

She thought of her glorious experience of raising and dying, and thought to herself, let's forget it.After all, the only surviving pot of lotus was taken by him to water Mu Zheng, so Yu'er often complained to her about it.

A group of people walked towards the main hall while they were talking. The main hall of Kunning Palace was hidden among the flowers, plants and trees, which seemed to be a winding path. After entering the hall, Qingyan was very surprised. She thought that the mother of the mother of a country The palace must be decorated with extreme luxury, just like the warm pavilion she changed clothes last time. However, the Kunning Palace is very simple and simple, and the decorations are mostly grass, wood, calligraphy and paintings. It is rare to see coral that ordinary nobles like. Jewelry like jade tripod.

Qingyan is not good at poetry and calligraphy, so I can't tell which master's masterpiece it is. I just feel that the calligraphy and paintings on the wall look old and new.Seeing her staring at the calligraphy and paintings, the queen smiled and said: "Most of them are the emperor's imperial brushes, and some are imitated by my palace. The one you see is painted by the emperor when he was in the hidden residence. It is quite old."

Qingyan is speechless. In front of her is a picture of a lady playing the piano in a bamboo forest. The author is exquisite in painting, and with just a few brush strokes, she can outline the quiet and distant atmosphere of the bamboo forest. , you know that she should be a peerless beauty.

"This painting is the empress?" Qingyan guessed, it was hung in the empress's palace, and it was painted by Emperor Yin, who else could it be if it wasn't the empress?

Unexpectedly, the queen smiled and shook her head: "I don't know how to play the piano."

She stretched out her hand, and wiped away the fine dust that fell on the painting with extreme care, with tenderness in her eyes: "This is an old friend."

old friend?Qingyan was surprised, but felt that the story behind this painting was quite imaginative - Emperor Yin would draw a painting for a woman, which means that he must have a special relationship with this woman, and it is very likely that he is the one he loves, but the painting is hung on the door of his first wife. In the palace, the queen still cherishes her so much, what is the identity of this woman?Where is she now?However, this is a private matter of the emperor's family.Even if Qingyan was curious, it was inconvenient to ask more questions, and the queen obviously didn't want to say more, so she greeted Qingyan to take a seat in the inner hall.

As soon as Qingyan sat down on the soft bed, she let out a comfortable sigh -- she was not in good health, and today she was taming a horse again.It was exposed to the sun and forced to kneel again. After tossing and tossing for a long time without finding time to rest, she was already exhausted. The moment she relaxed, her image couldn't be stretched anymore. However, she was somewhat rational, and she didn't lie down directly, but her face was covered with tears. I really want to rest, but I can't hide it.

Seeing her crooked and lazy appearance, the queen laughed uncontrollably, Qingyan scratched her head in embarrassment, and sat down properly: "I made the empress laugh."

"You and my sister. Don't say outrageous things like this." The queen waved her hand, and a court lady stepped forward to fan Qingyan's attendants, and also served snacks and refreshments.The queen sat firmly on the head, with a friendly face: "I have wronged you today. The old mother dotes on the seventh brother, so it is inevitable that she will treat you harshly. Don't take it to heart."

Qingyan saw that the queen's tea was closer than seeing her relatives, and the unpleasantness had long been forgotten. Besides, she was listening to the queen mother's words, and she didn't enter her brain at all, so naturally she didn't have anything to say. Don't take it to heart, of course since the queen mentioned it.Then she still wanted to express her opinion in order to save face, so she casually said a few nonsense that her mother taught her that she was not good enough.

The queen naturally knew that she was duplicity, but she did not expose her.A look of regret and injustice appeared on his face: "Sigh, sister Qingyan, the empress mother is not scolding you because you are not good enough, but... Sigh..."

Seeing that she hesitated to speak, and called her younger sister, Qingyan knew that something was going on!Hastily passed the steps over: "But what? Could it be that the queen mother doesn't like Qingyan. It's not because of those things, what other secrets are there?"

The queen pretended to ponder and hesitate, and then said after a long while: "You guessed right, don't be sad when my sister said it. Before the marriage was bestowed by the Holy Majesty, the queen mother actually secretly found a marriage for the seventh brother, who is the first daughter of her natal cousin. , It’s just that the Holy Majesty and this Palace later fell in love with you, and because of this, my mother got angry with the Holy Majesty, and the quarrel was very unpleasant. Since then, I have been brooding about it, so I blame you!"

Qingyan thought in her heart that Nima still has this problem? !

Why does the emperor's old man have to fight against his old mother? If he listens to the queen mother and asks his younger brother to marry that cousin's daughter-in-law, then nothing will happen!Where on earth did I provoke Emperor Yin, making him insist on giving himself to Mu Zheng, making everyone unhappy!Qing Yan held his breath in his chest, and his complexion immediately became ugly.The queen saw her resentment and anger, thought she was sad and worried, and hurriedly said: "Sister, don't worry, this is all the wishful thinking of the queen mother and the old man. The seventh brother has never met Nashu, let alone like him. You are the seventh brother." My younger brother's name is justified as the first concubine on the golden book, no one can take your position."

However, Qingyan's attention at this moment is all on the name of the person revealed in her words - Shu Shi?Which Shushi?There is naturally only one Shu family who has crossed paths with both her and Mu Zheng - Concubine Shu.

Qingyan's heart was like a drum beating.I just feel that fate is tricking people. It turns out that Concubine Shu married into the palace and there is such an unknown background. From this point of view, it is more likely that the Shu family poisoned her in her previous life. After all, in her eyes, she was herself. She took away the position of princess that should have belonged to her, and made her a dignified daughter of a family, and could only live in the concubine.Qingyan thought about it, although she didn't plan to pursue the death in her previous life, she still wanted to know who did it, so she could be more prepared in this life.

But now is not the time to think about these things. The queen called her into the palace specifically to tell her that the reason why the queen mother doesn't like her is because the queen mother has other candidates for a daughter-in-law in her heart, right?Even if she knew about it, she couldn't change the Queen Mother's preferences, could she?And judging from the fact that the concubine Shu of the previous life finally married into the palace, the queen mother would not give up on her favorite daughter-in-law candidate. Could it be that... the queen is taking the opportunity to reveal the news to give herself a favor?Is there something else behind her?

Thinking of this, Qingyan tentatively asked: "Then...according to what the queen sister saw, what is the queen mother's intention? What should Qingyan do?"

Sure enough, the queen sighed and said: "The queen mother... still wants to give the Shu family to the seventh brother. She also prefers to be in charge of it. The elder sister doesn't want her younger sister to be wronged by this, so it's fine. She has the support of the empress dowager. Supporting death is just a concubine, but Zhongfu must not be left alone, you need to make preparations in advance, and my sister will help you persuade the emperor."

Qingyan thought that it was true, the empress was not only showing favors to herself, she had a bad relationship with the empress dowager, from her point of view, she naturally didn't want the Shu family of the empress dowager's line to control the power of giving to her ally, Prince Yan's mansion, Then he got up quickly, and pretended to thank the queen, so emotional that he almost burst into tears.

The queen hurriedly helped her up, and the two chatted nonsense back and forth for a while, then Eunuch Li, the head of internal supervision, came to invite Queen Fengyu to prepare for the palace banquet.

It was still early at this time, and the palace banquet would not start until evening, but it needed to be prepared in advance, and there were outsiders, so the face-saving sisters stopped talking about the scene, and the queen called Eunuch Li in, and did not tell Qingyan to leave, but let her be by the side Studying, and deliberately loudly said that she would host the New Year's Day family banquet in Yan Wangfu sooner or later, so it would be good to see more and learn more.

Qingyan knew that the empress said this to Eunuch Li, and Eunuch Li naturally had a way to tell the emperor or the queen dowager to know. This is to get the foundation first, and the battle for power in the Prince Yan's mansion probably started from this moment.

Qingyan calmed down, although she had decided to live a stable life in this life, but because of this, Zhongfu must not fall into Shu's hands, otherwise she would not have a good life.After making up her mind, she concentrated on listening to the queen handle the palace affairs.After only listening for a moment, Qingyan sighed in his heart that this queen is really not something that ordinary people can be -- don't look at the palace banquet in name is the emperor's banquet for heroes, but the interior layout preparations are all in the hands of the queen, ranging from the process of the banquet to the small Recipe seats, many places need to be decided by the queen's palm.Although the royal palace banquet has its own set of fixed procedures, most of the cases are similar, but the layout of the dishes, seating arrangements, and song and dance repertoire are all very particular. Whoever is given an extra dish to show favor, whoever is closer to Emperor Yin, will be farther away. Yes said.

Although Qingyan was a princess in name in her previous life, she was in charge of the backyard of the palace, but in fact, the concubine Shu had always been in the hands of the concubine Shu, and it was also managed by the concubine Shu, similar to the New Year's Eve family banquet.In her previous life, she didn't know that there was an empress dowager who wanted Shu to preside over Zhongfu, and she didn't receive the order. It may be because although the empress in her previous life didn't like her, she didn't hate her, so she didn't make an explicit order for Shu to preside over Zhongfu. .And in her previous life, because she trusted Shu Shi, who was gentle and considerate after entering the mansion, she felt that it was very troublesome to welcome her. Shu Shi could help her deal with these exhausting things, so she was naturally happy to be at ease, so she gradually After handing over Zhongfei, when she found out that she had been tricked by the Shu family so that the power fell aside, and she wanted to fight back, the Shu family was already deeply rooted. , The struggle with Shu's about Zhongfei still hasn't come to a conclusion.

Seeing the empress handling all kinds of trivial matters with ease, Qingyan thought of the Shu family again. Leaving aside his character, the Shu family is a good housekeeper. A daughter from a wealthy family is really different.Shu's family is probably the same as he is now since he was a child. He watched his mother preside over Zhongfu, and learned the way of housekeeping, but what about him... grew up with his mother in the valley, and was scolded by his stepmother after returning to Yue Mansion. No one To educate her, if Feng Yishi was not there to take care of her from time to time, teaching her poetry and etiquette, she might really be a vulgar wild girl...

She was secretly sad, when she heard the other side, the queen sighed.