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After a long time, the chief eunuch came to Guo Shi again and invited Guo Shi and several wives around her to visit the Empress Dowager in the Ciqing Palace.

Guo Shi glanced at Qi Qingxi and motioned for her to follow behind him.

However, after entering the Ciqing Palace, the first batch of wives who came in to pay their respects were still in the palace, and everyone could only stand obediently outside the palace and wait.

Until the first batch of wives came out of the hall, the loud and clear voice of Xuan Guo, the eunuch who announced the ceremony, and others entered the hall.

Just as Qi Qingxi crossed the threshold of the main hall of Ciqing Palace, a familiar figure walked towards her.

Zhao Jingwan first bowed to Guo Shi and other wives, and then took Qi Qingxi's hands and talked to her happily: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and finally I am looking forward to you."

Then, Zhao Jingwan dragged Qi Qingxi into the hall regardless of the rules and regulations, and said to the dignified lady who was sitting on the main seat and wearing the empress dowager's crown: "Grandmother, this is what I often mention to you. Qi Qingxi, the niece of General Li Wenkang's family, commander of the Jingwei."

Zhao Jingwan is the grand-nephew of the empress dowager's natal family, and she is favored by the empress dowager, so she can do whatever she wants.

But Qi Qingxi saw the queen mother for the first time, she blinked at Zhao Jingwan and let go of her hand, walked to Mrs. Guo and the wives, followed the etiquette that Mrs. Guo taught her, and followed Mrs. Guo respectfully. The empress dowager bowed three times and bowed nine times: "The empress dowager will have a happy new year, and her blessings and longevity will last forever."

The empress dowager glanced at Qi Qingxi who was kneeling on the ground, and nodded slightly with satisfaction, knowing that she would know how to advance and retreat if she followed the rules and did not mess around with that girl Jing Wan.

The empress dowager nodded towards the crowd, her voice revealing a bit of majesty: "Get up, give me your seat."

After saluting, everyone sat down to talk to the Empress Dowager.

Qi Qingxi consciously sat at the end of the crowd, and Zhao Jingwan, who was originally standing in front of the empress dowager, quietly walked over to Qi Qingxi and sat down.

"Mother-in-law specifically ordered me to wait here, and after you have paid homage to the Empress Dowager, let me take you to the bedroom of Concubine Xian, and leave the palace after having lunch at Concubine Xian's place." Zhao Jingwan whispered.

Qi Qingxi also turned her head slightly, and replied softly: "Okay, thank you for waiting here for me."

The empress dowager on the main seat had a panoramic view of the little actions of the two of them. The empress dowager smiled and pointed at the two of them and said, "Look at these two, they are sitting so far away from us and whispering."

Zhao Jingwan immediately got up and walked in front of the Empress Dowager, she held the Empress Dowager's arm and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, we deliberately whispered so as not to disturb you talking to you, but you still blame us for whispering."

The empress dowager patted Zhao Jingwan's arm fondly and said with a fond smile, "Okay, okay, it's my aunt's fault, how about my aunt making up for you?"

After finishing speaking, the empress dowager glanced at the female officer behind her, who immediately nodded slightly and brought out a tray from the side hall.

All eyes were on the tray, and there were two pairs of gold thread-inlaid ruby ​​double Luan Diancuibuyao placed on the tray.

"Girl Qingxi also came to Ai's house."

The Empress Dowager waved to Qi Qingxi, and raised her finger lightly, the female officer immediately brought the tray to Zhao Jingwan and Qi Qingxi respectfully.

"It just so happened that Ai's family got two new pairs of walking buds. They said they were rubies from Siam, so I will compensate you two girls." The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Jingwan and whispered softly, "Are you satisfied?"

The few wives present were envious in their hearts, they could be rewarded by the queen mother, not to mention the ruby ​​from Siam or not, even a simple plain silver hairpin would be enough for them to be happy for a long time Offered up like a family heirloom.

After Qi Qingxi and Zhao Jingwan kowtowed their thanks and accepted the reward, the queen mother said: "Okay, you all step down too, and don't make the other ladies outside the door wait too long."

The empress dowager made fun of Zhao Jingwan again and said: "You also hurry up, so that you don't have to coax away all these good things that Ai's family has in hand."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Jingwan was so angry that she jumped her feet: "How can I, you are wronging me."

The Empress Dowager pointed at Zhao Jingwan and said to the crowd: "Look, just after Ai Jia finished speaking, she came again, this time I can't let you succeed."

Everyone present covered their mouths and laughed. After laughing, all the wives also got up and left.

After leaving the Ciqing Palace, Zhao Jingwan immediately walked up to Mrs. Guo and bowed: "Ma'am, I happen to be going to Xianfei right now, I don't know if you can hand her over to me and I will take her there. "

Guo smiled and said: "There is nothing to worry about, Mrs. Lao Shizi has to take care of it."

The summoning of concubines in the harem is different from meeting the empress dowager. Even if they want to see their biological parents, they can only be summoned with the emperor's grace.

This time, Concubine Xian only summoned Qi Qingxi, so naturally Guo could not go with her.

Just now she was still worrying that if there was no one from Concubine Xian's palace to pick her up later, where would she have to find a little eunuch or a little palace maid to lead the way.

Otherwise, in this huge palace, Qi Qingxi would run around like a headless chicken, and it would be a disaster if he accidentally bumped into some noble person or encountered some taboo.

At this moment, Zhao Jingwan took the initiative to jump out, Guo Shi didn't need to mention how happy she was, with Zhao Jingwan here, Guo Shi didn't have to worry.

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Qi Qingxi followed behind Zhao Jingwan, and the two walked through corridors and alleys in the palace, turning left and right for a long time before finally arriving at Chengqian Palace where Concubine Xian lived.

As soon as he walked into the Chengqian Palace, Qi Qingxi heard laughter and laughter from all the way in the palace, and one of the crisp voices was particularly noticeable.

Zhao Jingwan suddenly smiled disdainfully, and Qi Qingxi looked at her puzzled.

Zhao Jingwan approached her and spoke in her ear, with a slight displeasure in her tone: "The person speaking inside is called Shen Siyu, and she is Shen Zheng's direct cousin."

Qi Qingxi could feel that Zhao Jingwan didn't seem to like her cousin Shen Zheng very much, and sure enough, the next second Zhao Jingwan began to complain about meditation with Qi Qingxi.

"You probably don't know yet, Shen Zheng, the cousin, likes to be the first one and the second one the most. In front of you, you hooked up with your cousin's sister-in-law's front and back, and turned around and secretly said to Shen Zheng." Why doesn't she like the new sister-in-law, Shen Zheng didn't take her out for drinks after we were together."

Zhao Jingwan crossed her hips and was a little angry at first, but because she was in the Chengqian Palace of the Xianfei Empress, she had to deliberately lower her voice.

"No, I just want to know why I never met her when Shen Zheng and I were drinking together in the military camp every day, and now I'm starting to complain about Shen Zheng because I don't bring her to play together."

The more Zhao Jingwan talked, the more angry she became, Qi Qingxi didn't know how to comfort her.

Suddenly Zhao Jingwan changed the subject, looked at Qi Qingxi sympathetically and said, "It's just a pain for you. With her temperament, I'm afraid she will find fault with you everywhere."

Qi Qingxi looked puzzled, she didn't even know this girl Shen, why did she find fault with her for no reason?