In the past few months, Wu Yumeng has never stepped into the Palace of Compassion and Peace.
Even Eunuch Wang no longer brought words to the Palace of Compassion and Peace, and Bei Qiu enjoyed a rare few months of intimacy.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the imperial concubine came to pay her respects." Chunmei leaned into Bei Qiu's ear and said.
Bei Qiu raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "The empress and Sikong have some kind of fate, and they came together when they came to pay their respects. Xuan Sikong, please come in."
"Yes." Chunmei bowed and walked out.
"The imperial concubine is very busy these days, and the concubines rarely see each other." The queen's expression was a little unnatural.
Bei Qiu covered Mrs. Tang in her hand and smiled.
not for a while.
The imperial concubine came in, glanced at the two people sitting in the hall, knelt on the ground and respectfully said: "The concubine sees the queen mother, sees the queen."
"Get up." Bei Qiu smiled.
"Thank you, Empress Dowager." The concubine was helped up by a maidservant at the side, and sat down respectfully, "The empress is also here, and this concubine wanted to pay her respects to the empress later."
The empress laughed and said: "This year's cold winter came suddenly, I was afraid that the empress would be bored in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, so I came here to have a heart-to-heart talk with the empress, the imperial concubine also has a heart."
"Look at the imperial concubine is frozen stiff, Chunmei, why don't you fill in some charcoal." Bei Qiu said.
The noble concubine got up quickly and thanked: "Thank you, Queen Mother."
"The noble concubine has been in the palace for almost a year, and the more she learns the rules, the better she is." Bei Qiu joked with a smile, "Get up quickly, you will let the Aijia ring out when you first entered the palace, then The appearance of the imperial concubine in a while is still fresh in Aijia's memory."
The imperial concubine bowed and said: "The queen mother joked about my concubine. When the concubine first entered the palace, she made a lot of jokes, which made the queen mother laugh."
"The imperial concubine really learns quickly, so why be modest." The queen smiled lightly.
At this time Chunmei came in again, glanced at the two people in the room, walked to Bei Qiu's side and said, "Queen Mother, Concubine Shu is here to greet the Queen Mother."
Bei Qiu raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at the two present.
Chunmei's voice was not low, both of them heard Chunmei's voice, and when Bei Qiu looked over, both of them smiled concealedly.
"Xuan." Bei Qiu stroked her hair on the temples and said, "It's really strange, the Compassion Palace of Aijia is really lively today."
"The weather is cold, and all the younger sisters also want to visit the empress, to see that the empress is in good health." As expected of the empress, the empress immediately pulled all the concubines and herself into a united front.
"A concubine sees the queen mother, sees the queen."
Bei Qiu glanced at the queen, this concubine Shu is a powerful assistant in the queen's party.
"Get up."
"The empress and elder sister are also here." Concubine Shu got up and saluted the concubine.
The imperial concubine also got up and returned one.
"Concubine Shu seldom goes to Aijia's Compassionate Palace." Bei Qiu casually handed her Tang Pozi to Chunmei, took a sip of tea and said.
Before Concubine Shu could speak, the Empress had already said, "Concubine Shu must also want to do her filial piety for the Emperor."
The faces of the three of them changed.
"Why, you don't speak anymore?" Bei Qiu looked at the three of them lazily.
"The concubine also wants to conceive a dragon heir, but the emperor doesn't come to the concubine, and the concubine can't help..." The concubine said aggrievedly, biting her lower lip.
"Ridiculous." Bei Qiu said angrily, "Does Aijia have to do it for you when it comes to fighting for favor?"
"The concubine dare not." The imperial concubine was so frightened that she plopped and knelt on the ground, and the maids who followed quickly knelt on the ground together. In the entire hall, no one dared to make a sound.
"The queen has nothing, do you want to tell the Ai family?" Bei Qiu didn't ask the noble concubine on the ground to get up, and turned to look at the queen.
The empress thought for a moment and said, "Empress mother, the concubine does have something to report."
"Say it to Aijia and listen."
The queen slowly said that in the past few months, a woman with a very weak background suddenly appeared in the harem. This woman served Wu Yumeng for one night, and she fell in love with Wu Yumeng. , Promise, Chang Zai, nobleman, climb up at an unprecedented speed.
"The fox is charming, she must have used some kind of seductive trick on the emperor!" The imperial concubine spat, clutching the silk handkerchief tightly, tears rolling in her eyes.
Bei Qiu glanced at the imperial concubine, and then asked the queen: "Oh? Is there such a strange thing? Which family's daughter? But which minister's daughter in the court?"
"If you go back to the queen mother, it's the Wei family." The queen said respectfully.
"Wei family?" Bei Qiu frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, asked: "Which Wei family? Why have you never heard of the Ai family?"
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, that's just a little sesame official. Only after this flirtatious son was favored, the Wei family was able to be promoted and enter the court to discuss politics!" The imperial concubine was full of dissatisfaction. "That coquettish appearance, seeing the concubine but still pretending not to know who the concubine is, is really annoying! Relying on the emperor's honor to be so defiant!"
"Ai Jia thinks that there is probably some misunderstanding, Chunmei caresses the imperial concubine to get up." Bei Qiu also understood at this time, the heroine finally appeared on the stage.
"Although the concubine is not as arrogant and domineering as the imperial concubine in the harem, everyone knows that the concubine is the head of the four concubines, how could she not know? It must be on purpose!" The concubine gritted her teeth.
"Empress Dowager, the concubine's sister is right." Concubine Shu pretended to be mysterious and said, "This person is indeed suspicious. Since the founding of the country, there has never been such a woman, and the whole harem has spread..."
"Oh?" Bei Qiu asked with interest, "What is it spreading?"
"It is said that this noble man is just like Daji back then, and he confuses the emperor. It will be a disaster for the country and the people in the future."
Bei Qiu slapped the table hard: "Isn't this saying that the emperor is King Zhou who is bloodthirsty!"
"The empress dowager calm down, this is not what the concubine said, the concubine is just learning the tongue." Concubine Shu was also startled, and immediately knelt on the ground, a drop of cold sweat dripping from her forehead.
"Mother, this rumor has been circulating for some time. After all, this kind of rumor is not good for the emperor. The concubines want to persuade the emperor to enjoy the rain and dew, but as soon as the emperor enters the harem, he goes to the nobles and refuses to see any concubines, even the ministers. The concubine went, but she was also rejected..." The queen frowned slightly, and the worry in her eyes grew stronger.
Bei Qiu also frowned worriedly and remained silent for a long time.
"Back when the emperor favored his concubines, he would also favor other concubines, but now..." The concubine hesitated to speak, and continued, "The noble man is really a vixen who **** the yang energy of men, right?"
suddenly.
There were loud noises outside.
The eunuchs shouted back, "It's gone, it's gone!"
The voice fluctuated from far to near, but it could still be heard faintly in the hall. Bei Qiu glanced at Chunmei, who immediately nodded and went out to check.
I came back in a while.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it is the side hall of the Imperial Concubine's Changxin Palace that has leaked." Chunmei reported.