Fragrant willow catkins

Concubine Ping: "Rumeng, come and rest. Maybe the emperor just secretly changed a few pots of similar flowers. It's already this late, so he shouldn't do anything big."

Ningxu was so sleepy that she began to doze off while sitting on the ground. Upon hearing Concubine Ping's words, she quickly went to bed.

But who would have thought that not long after they slept, when it was dawn, Ningxu and Pingfei were awakened by the screams of a group of people. Ningxu immediately got out of bed and opened the window, and found that sparks were flying in Pingfei's room, and everyone was running towards that side with buckets.

Ningxu: "Sister Sheng'er, your room is on fire!"

Concubine Ping also came to the window with her clothes on. This scene was too shocking. The two watched for a long time before they reacted. Should they show up? What if the palace maids thought Concubine Ping was still sleeping inside and ran in blindly to save her?

Thinking of this, the two of them quickly put on their clothes. Just as they ran to the corridor, they saw the Third Master maintaining order in the courtyard and the palace servants putting out the fire in an orderly manner.

Someone saw Concubine Ping and Ningxu standing together, and thought that Ningxu had saved Concubine Ping. After all, everyone in Concubine Ping's palace knew that Miss Rumeng was a martial arts expert, so it would be no problem for her to rescue Concubine Ping from the sea of ​​fire!

So, the news spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people. Today's incident was that the concubine Ping's palace caught fire for no reason, and the maid Rumeng loyally saved the master. The emperor rewarded her for her meritorious service and gave her a golden medal of immunity from death.

The Third Master's move killed two birds with one stone. Not only did he eliminate the poisonous flowers in Concubine Ping's room, but he also found a legitimate opportunity for Ningxu's death-free jade token to appear.

Concubine Ping had been harmed by the poisonous flower for so long, so the Third Master was naturally worried about letting her continue to live in that room. Who knows if the pollen of the poisonous flower would adhere to other objects, so he just burned them all to avoid any worries.

Anyway, there are many empty rooms in Yanqing Palace.

The news of the fire in Yanqing Palace quickly spread throughout the harem. The Queen Mother sent people to question the matter. The Third Master simply took Ningxu to Chaoyang Palace, thinking that they could explain the matter together and let Ningxu meet this "fellow villager" at the same time.

Inside the house, the lady, who was dressed gorgeously, was sitting on a large chair. She was almost scared when the Third Master rushed in pulling Ningxu.

Third Master: "You all go down first."

After sending the palace maids away, the Third Master smiled and sat on the chair next to the Queen Mother, and took Ningxu's hand to sit with him.

Third Master: "Mother, why did you call me here?"

The empress dowager changed her serious expression and moved closer to the Third Master, "Whose girl is this?" The empress dowager wanted to look at Ningxu instead of the Third Master, but was blocked by him.

The Third Master was worried that the Queen Mother would not agree with him being a "spare tire", so he did not tell the Queen Mother about Ningxu. Now he is thinking of formally introducing Ningxu to the Queen Mother himself so that Ningxu will not be so nervous.

"Mother, let me tell you something." The Third Master drew the Queen Mother's attention to himself, "The one behind me is Rumeng, who was sent to the palace by my aunt to accompany Sister Sheng'er."

Ningxu poked her head out from behind the Third Master and nodded slightly to the Queen Mother, who gave her a gentle smile in return.

Third Master: "Also, the fire in Yanqing Palace yesterday was actually caused by the two of us who found a poisonous flower in Sister Sheng'er's room. In order not to alert the enemy, I deliberately set the fire. Sister Sheng'er's poor health was caused by the poisonous flower."

"What!" The Queen Mother was shocked when she heard someone was using poisonous flowers to harm Concubine Ping. "Have you found out who it is?"

The Third Master shook his head. "There are so many people coming and going in Concubine Ping's palace that no one would notice the replacement of a pot of flowers. We have no clues at the moment, but it is inevitable that people will suspect the two people from the Lin family."

The Queen Mother: "They are too bold! My prince, you must investigate thoroughly and not let Sheng'er suffer in vain."

The Third Master: "I know, Mother, I came here today and I have one more thing I want to tell you."

Queen Mother: “Yes…”

The Queen Mother tilted her head and looked at Ningxu. Her prince had never allowed anyone to sit on the same chair with him, and he protected her so well. The two of them must have a relationship.

Also, why does this girl look a bit like Ru'er...

The Third Master took Ningxu's hand, feeling a little embarrassed, "Meng'er is the one I love, and I brought her to meet the Queen Mother today."

The Queen Mother's eyes lit up slightly, and she knew it!

"Rumeng, come here, come to me, let me take a good look at you." The Queen Mother extended her hand to Ningxu. Ningxu stood up, straightened her clothes, walked to the Queen Mother, and placed her hand in the Queen Mother's palm.

The Queen Mother looked carefully at the little girl in front of her. She was pretty, but it was a pity that she had a scar on her face. But it didn't matter. As long as she had a good personality, it would be enough for Ze'er to like her.

The Queen Mother: "Little girl, where are you from?"

Ningxu: "Empress Dowager... I..." Ningxu looked up at the Empress Dowager, feeling a little embarrassed before recognizing her, "I traveled through time..."

Queen Mother:!!!

The Queen Mother stood up all of a sudden, almost bumping into Ningxu. She frantically protected Ningxu and helped her stand steady before she spoke nervously, "From modern times?"

Ningxu nodded.

The Queen Mother: "Then how did you come here? Where did you come from? From the lake or the well?"

Ningxu frowned slightly, "I didn't come from the water, I fell directly from the sky, luckily I didn't die."

"Heaven..." The Queen Mother sat down thoughtfully. Seeing that Ningxu had no chair to sit on, the Third Master moved a chair from the side and placed it behind her. Ningxu also sat down when she saw this.

The Queen Mother thought for a long time, and then continued to ask Ning Xu, "Did you have anything extra on you when you came?"

Ningxu shook her head, "No, I just changed my clothes."

The Queen Mother's brows furrowed deeper again.

Third Master: "Oh, mother, what do you want to ask? Just say it directly."

The Queen Mother: “…Nothing.”

The Queen Mother looked into the Third Master's big eyes and looked away guiltily.

"Look! You glance upwards when you feel guilty. Father is right!"

The Queen Mother: "You! Brat."

There was no other choice but for the Queen Mother to tell the whole story and let the two young men find out the truth themselves.

Back then, the Queen Mother slipped and fell into the water in modern times. When she swam to shore, she found that things in front of her had changed and she was already in the palace. The Queen Mother was wearing a green jade pendant and a robe that looked like a cloud feather robe. The person who found it quickly reported it to the late emperor.

From then on, the empress dowager was named a goddess. Under the protection of the guards sent by the late emperor, the empress dowager went to Xuewu Mountain to send down holy water. After completing the task, Yun Yuyi turned into light and disappeared, leaving only the green jade pendant on the empress dowager's hand.

Afterwards, the empress dowager was named queen and gave birth to two princes together with the late emperor. The late emperor only had one wife in his life.

What happened after that was something that the Third Master didn’t know.

In fact, the Queen Mother had found a way to go back. One day, guided by the green jade pendant, she found a dry well in the palace, and there was a light flickering under the dry well. The Queen Mother hesitated. For so many years, she had thought about going back, but if she went back...what would happen to her children?