I thought the empress would get out of bed first to see who the people were underground, but the empress turned her eyes away and said: "These days I have been in poor health, and I have not been able to pay my respects to the empress. I came earlier today to make amends to the empress." .”
Bei Qiu nodded, "The queen will wait for a while in the main hall, Ai's house hasn't been washed yet."
The queen bowed: "Yes." Before leaving, her eyes swept under the bed intentionally or unintentionally, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.
When the queen left, Bei Qiu sat limply on the bed, and Wu Yumeng crawled out from under the bed immediately, with an extremely ugly expression.
Bei Qiu lowered her voice and said, "Chunmei sent the emperor away from the apse."
"Yes." Chunmei bowed her body: "Long Live Lord, this way please."
Wu Yumeng immediately turned around and went out with Chunmei without stopping for a moment.
Bei Qiu was dressing and changing clothes by herself, and saw a deep hickey on the collarbone. Just now, the queen didn't know if she saw it. She took a deep breath. There are three thousand beauties in the emperor's harem. How come she is here, and she is afraid that the queen will catch her?
After arriving at the main hall, the queen was sipping tea when she saw Bei Qiu and immediately stood up.
"Sit down." Bei Qiu took her usual seat and looked at the Queen left and right: "I heard that the Queen is not feeling well these days, can I ask the imperial doctor to see her?"
Only then did I realize that the queen's lips were a little pale and her complexion was also very unsightly. She was indeed recovering from a serious illness.
The queen smiled weakly: "Thank you mother for your concern. The concubine is fine now. I just caught a cold a few days ago."
"The weather is very hot now, and it's really not easy to get better if you catch the wind and cold at this time. Seeing that the queen is so weak, the Ai family came to pay their respects to the Ai family. The Ai family is very pleased." Bei Qiu smiled softly.
"The queen mother doesn't blame the ministers and concubines for a long time, it is a great tolerance for the ministers and concubines." The queen smiled apologetically, "The weather is still hot and dry these days, the mother should also take care of her body, and don't be too tired."
"The Ai family is so tired in this Palace of Compassion and Ning, the funny thing is just Xiang Bai'er."
The Queen nodded apologetically.
The two chattered here and there, looking for something to say for a while, and the queen looked around and asked, "Why isn't Aunt Chunmei serving the queen mother?"
At this time Chunmei came out from the inner hall, holding the white cat in her hand, and bowed to Bei Qiu and the queen: "The empress is worried, this morning, Bai'er disappeared without a trace. I searched for it in the bedroom, but no, I found it."
Say it.
Chunmei walked up to Bei Qiu, put Bai'er in Bei Qiu's hand, and gave Bei Qiu a wink.
Bei Qiu knew that Chunmei wanted to give her a reasonable excuse, even if the queen was aware of it, she could use this excuse to resist.
But the women in the harem are so shrewd, the more things are kept from her, the more she will investigate. When the time comes, things will get bigger and bigger, which is not what Bei Qiu wants to see.
"This Bai'er is really naughty." The queen laughed.
Bei Qiu caressed the white cat in her arms, and said: "This cat is just like a human being. It is very curious and always runs around. If it breaks something or smashes something, the cat's life will be lost." gone."
The queen's eyes flickered, and she said with a smile: "This Bai'er listens to the queen mother so much, how can he be so reckless."
"Everything in the world is unpredictable. Aijia is always powerless. The queen thinks what Aijia said is right or not?" Bei Qiu looked sideways at the queen and asked with a smile.
"In this harem, now only the queen is responsible for the affairs of the harem for the Ai family. The queen still needs to protect her body, so don't let everyone worry about it." Bei Qiu said caringly.
After the queen finished coughing, she nodded and said, "Thank you mother for your concern, and this concubine will take good care of her body."
"En." Bei Qiu nodded, stroked the soft cat fur, and suddenly mentioned: "Now there are only three people in the harem, Concubine Shu, Concubine Shu, and Concubine De. The annual draft will start after the year, and the queen should have made plans earlier."
"What the queen mother mentioned is." The queen nodded, then covered her lips and began to cough violently again.
Bei Qiu glanced at the queen, and said: "The queen is not feeling well, so I don't need to pay my respects to Ai's family. Please serve the queen and go back to rest."
The aunt next to the queen hurriedly bowed: "Yes."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your understanding. The concubine will leave first." The queen got up and saluted Bei Qiu, so that the sister-in-law could go out together.
Walking out of the main hall, the pace is also faster.
The girl looked at the queen in surprise and said, "Your Majesty?"
"What I heard and saw in the Compassionate Ning Palace today, I'm not allowed to say a word with outsiders, did you hear that!" The Queen warned in a low voice.
Although my aunt was a little confused, she nodded respectfully: "Yes."
The queen left in a hurry, Chunmei and Bei Qiu stood at the window and watched, their expressions slowly sank.
"Queen Mother, what should I do?" Chunmei was at a loss.
Bei Qiu stroked the white cat, looked at the queen's back and said: "The queen saw the person, but she didn't know that it was the emperor. As long as there is no essential conflict between Aijia and the queen, it will be fine."
Chunmei asked suspiciously, "I don't understand."
"The empress knows that she can't take away all the power of the Six Palaces from the Ai family, so all she wants is the right to be the Assistant Manager of the Six Palaces and the emperor's favor." Bei Qiu frowned, paused and continued: " Aijia does not conflict with her interests, as long as there is no conflict, the threat of Aijia will be effective."
"The empress is in this harem, and she is only under you. There is no guarantee that the empress will not threaten the empress dowager in the future." Chunmei was still worried.
Bei Qiu shook her head, "For so many years, the empress has been on par with the powerful imperial concubine for so many years, so she has her own way of survival in the harem. Going against Ai's family will only do her harm, so don't worry too much about it." I am too worried, I will send some pastries to the emperor later, the emperor must be terrified."
Chunmei nodded, "Yes."
It was exactly as Bei Qiu said.
Wu Yumeng was frightened, and he didn't step into the Compassion Palace for a month.
Wu Yumeng began to stay overnight at the other concubines' side day and night, but he hadn't been to the queen's side for a day, and he didn't want to come to Bei Qiu's greetings because he was unwell.
The only good news is that the emperor promulgated the imperial decree, and all the princes returned to Beijing to reunite with their families and the emperor.
Bei Qiu did have her own thoughts. Wu Yumeng let Wu Yunjing go to the border, so there was no way to cultivate the relationship between Wei Wenqing and Wu Yunjing.
But what Bei Qiu didn't expect was that Wu Yumeng was afraid that his imperial prestige would be damaged to an unmatched level.
She knew that Wu Yumeng would be afraid, and also worried whether the queen would reveal this matter, but she never thought that his solution would be to ask Bei Qiu to seduce the servant of the middle part again, and ask the servant of the middle part to submit to Wu Yumeng first.