Retreat, Retreat, Retreat!

The day is still dark, and the indoor light is dim. Xiao Changning got up from the couch faintly and heard the sound of people coming and going outside. After a while, Fang asked dumbly, "When is it?"

Dong Sui held Xian Yan's long-sleeved ceremonial gown into the door, and knelt down and said, "My Majesty, it's three quarters away. Today is the birthday of the Queen Dowager. You still need to go to the palace to congratulate you, so you should freshen up earlier."

Xiao Changning made a vague ‘um’, opened the bedding and sat up. The early winter morning was very cold, she couldn't help but shudder, her throat was a little itchy, and she sniffed and said, "Listen to the outside voice, is it the Dongchang fan who is doing morning exercises?"

"Yes. At this hour of the day, Admiral Shen led the troops to train on the school grounds, rain or shine." Dong Sui put his robe on Xiao Changning's shoulders, and said with concern, "Today is windy and cold, you wear more, don't Caught a cold."

While they were talking, Qiu Hong and Xia Lu also came in with copper basins, handkerchiefs and other things to wait on the door, surrounded by Xiao Changning sitting in front of the dressing table to wash their makeup.

Xiao Changning's eyelids were heavy and he yawned. He inadvertently glanced at Qiuhong from the bronze mirror, and was taken aback.

Qiu Hong is wearing new clothes today, with a thin layer of cosmetic powder on her face, her cheeks are pink, and her lips are tinged with fresh rouge, which is completely different from the past.

"Autumn Hong." Xiao Changning couldn't help but call her, and asked, "Do you want to accompany this palace to meet the Queen Mother today?"

Qiu Hong hurriedly put down her comb, her smile flickered with a guilty conscience, "Back to your Highness, it is Xia Lu and Dong Sui to accompany you into the palace today. The servant girl knows that because the servant girl is the servant girl rewarded by the queen mother, it is not comparable to two. The elder sister is close, so the slaves and maids have to avoid suspicion on these occasions, so they voluntarily stay at home."

"Stay at home?" Xiao Changning thoughtfully, stretched out a cool hand, gently touched the corner of Qiuhong's rouge-stained mouth, and smiled, "This'home' step by step Lei Chi is not so good. Those who stay behind, you have to be careful."

There was a slight cool joke in the smile. Qiu Hong raised her head nervously, and when she was about to take a closer look, the joke disappeared again. Xiao Changning still looked like a lazy and incomprehensible, dozing off with his chin supported.

When the makeup is finished, the sky is bright. Xiao Changning went to the front hall to have a meal, and happened to meet Shen Xuan who had returned from morning training.

He wore a thin and capable dark martial arts robe without a crown, which made his temperament younger. He saw Xiao Changning coming in a pomegranate red dress and a cobalt blue embroidered gold skirt. The exquisite makeup was just right, and the skin was whiter.

Shen Yan froze for an imperceptible moment. She couldn't help but glanced at her twice, and then laughed: "The birthday gift is ready. After breakfast, let Jiang She send you there."

Xiao Changning was always a little cramped in front of him, twisting ten fingers and asked: "Aren't you going to celebrate your birthday?"

Shen Xuan said: "Today I am going to jail to listen to the record. I am disappointed and disappointed my Royal Highness."

This palace is not disappointed! Xiao Changning was ecstatic in his heart.

A cold wind hit, rolling up the dead leaves and fluttering, Xiao Changning's nose under the corridor was itchy, and he sneezed twice in a row, and the tail of his eyes was stained with a light wet red.

Shen Xuan looked at her soft one, suddenly feeling soft for some reason, and subconsciously said: "There happens to be a new white fox fur cloak in the mansion, put it on before leaving. Later, the Governor will come to the palace to pick you up."

After all, he didn't wait for Xiao Changning to refuse, he walked in with his long legs and walked in, as always domineering and tough.

Xiao Changning looked at his tall and sturdy back and sighed. Obviously he was just a dull guy, but he just wanted to pretend to be frosty, wasting this good skin for nothing.

It was only a year since the death of the first emperor. During the great funeral in the palace, the queen mother never held a birthday banquet, but gathered a family of women and met with several important ministers.

There are two birthday gifts brought by Xiao Changning: one is a red jade coral tree presented by Dongchang Shenxuan, and the other is "A Thousand Autumn Mountains and Rivers" painted by Xiao Changning himself.

In the palace of Ci Ning, Rui's brain sold incense, and the queen mother was leaning on the imperial concubine in a dark purple-sleeved ceremonial dress. A pair of skillful hands that have praised Changning is unparalleled in the world, and it is true today. Thousands of miles of beautiful mountains and rivers are accommodated between square inches. This blue and green painting technique is the best painter in the palace."

Xiao Changning stood by, and when he saw the Queen Mother with a knife hidden in her smile, he knew something was wrong in his heart.

Sure enough, the next moment Empress Dowager Liang waved back the maidservant, got up leisurely, and looked at Xiao Changning with a smile but a smile: "I just don't know if this birthday gift is given by Changning on behalf of Xibi Palace or for the Dongchang factory?"

This question is very mysterious.

Which one to give a gift for, it means which camp she is in. Xiao Changning had dealt with the Queen Mother for so many years, and she understood her temperament, and replied with a smile, "Of course I sent it to the Queen Mother for my own house. Besides, wherever I stand, it's not all from the Xiao family. Your daughter?"

"You can talk." Empress Dowager Liang's expression was a little awkward. For a moment, she rubbed the sandalwood prayer beads in her hand, and went straight to the road, "What did you do last time?"

That bottle of poison-pill.

Xiao Changning looked embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "I am inconvenient in the East Factory, and Shenxuan's whereabouts are mysterious, so I never found a chance."

Empress Dowager Liang snorted as she expected it.

Xiao Changning took a deep breath and whispered: "What's more, haven't you found a better candidate for the queen mother?"

Empress Dowager Liang opened her eyes quickly and looked at Xiao Changning sharply, "When did you see through?"

"This morning. Qiuhong stays in the mansion alone, but she has gorgeous makeup. Naturally, she is a woman who is pleased with her. And the whole mansion is a castrate. It can make the empress dowager's confidant put down her figure to attract, without thinking about knowing who it is."

"It's not because you disappointed the Ai's family so much, the Ai's family had to find another way out." After speaking, Empress Dowager Liang lowered her voice slightly, "Listening to the affairs of Changning and Qiuhong, you are not allowed to intervene. Solve Shenxuan as soon as possible, yes. For you, it is profitable and harmless."

"My palace understands." Xiao Changning seemed complacent on the surface, but he was happy in his heart.

She won't interfere, because she doesn't need to act at all! The Queen Mother Liang had exhausted all the agencies, and finally underestimated the horror of Shen Xuan... It seems that there has been a good show in the past few days.

Just as he was thinking, the **** outside the door came to report: "The empress dowager, Commander Jin Yiwei asked Master Huo to see her."

Hearing Huo Que begging to see her, Empress Dowager Liang's expression remained unchanged, but the light in her eyes could not hide from Xiao Changning's eyes. The queen mother reached out her hand and touched her sideburns before she said slowly: "Xuan."

The blossoming of the old tree is a secret thing in the depths of the palace, but the bones of the poor first emperor are not cold...

Xiao Changning suppressed a trace of disgust in his heart, blessed the blessing, and said goodbye to the Queen Mother.

Coming out of the gate of Ci Ning Palace with much thought, she passed a tall military commander wearing a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife on the stone steps.

The military commander is about forty years old, with sword eyebrows and falcons, a high nose with a slightly hooked nose, a steely and firm chin, and a stature that is not lost to Shen Xuan. Every step he takes is as firm as he is, and the whole person exudes a battle-tested The bloodthirsty spirit is precisely the official under the skirt of the Queen Mother-Jin Yiwei Commander Huo Jie, Yue Yao's immediate superior.

Time seems to be stretched infinitely. Perhaps he was scrupulous about Jiang shooting at the side, and Huo Wei's eyes only met Xiao Changning for a short time, and he broke away at the touch of a button.

Despite this, Xiao Changning still panicked a little inexplicably, as if being stared at by a poisonous snake, chill oozing from the depths of his bone marrow.

"His Royal Highness, why do you sweat so much on your forehead?" Xia Lu and Dong Sui, who were waiting under the stone steps, greeted him, took Xiao Changning's hand, and said in surprise, "It's so cold!"

Xiao Changning exhaled heat, shivered and said, "It's okay."

Cold and sweaty body, cold hands and feet, mostly caused by wind chill. Dong Sui was anxious and was about to go to an imperial doctor, but Xiao Changning grabbed her, shook her head slightly at her and said, "The Queen Mother's birthday, don't be disappointed."

As he was talking, a young male voice came from below the stairs and called out: "The minister, Jinyi Weinan Town Fusi, Fusi Yu Yunqing, has met Her Royal Highness Princess Changning."

Yu Yunqing? Why is he here?

Oh, yes, he is going to be married to the Queen Mother's daughter.

Xiao Changning sniffed, walked down the stone steps, and greeted him lukewarmly: "Yu Fushi..." Before he finished speaking, he sneezed a few times.

Yu Yunqing looked at her with some worry, took out a soft handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it over, and said concerned: "The sky is cold and the wind is strong, and your Royal Highness Princess Long should not stand at the wind, beware of the cold."

Xiao Changning really didn't understand what he meant by his sudden goodwill. He didn't pick up his veil, and only kept three steps away to see him. He smiled innocently and harmlessly: "Thank you Yu Fu for your kindness. It's just you and the minister. If you don’t, this veil, it’s better to take it back..."

Before he finished speaking, a domineering female voice sounded in the flat ground, swiftly saying: "Xiao Changning, you stay away from Yu Yunqing!"

Looking for the reputation, I saw several palace attendants behind the corridor, surrounded by a beautiful lady in the yellow palace dress, rushing forward. The woman was dressed in luxurious and unparalleled clothes, she was jeweled and jeweled, and she said angrily: "In broad daylight, there is a resurgence of old feelings, Xiao Changning, you know that Yu Yunqing is now the fiance of the palace!"

Princess Wan'an, the daughter of Empress Dowager Liang. Xiao Changning's holiday with her, I'm afraid it started from the previous generation's fight for favor.

Let's talk about Yu Yunqing. This person has cut off contact with Xiao Changning for many years, but after she married into the Dongchang factory, she came to show her hospitality. She wanted to know that she was uneasy and kind. Now she added an arrogant and domineering princess Wan'an. Xiao Changning only felt that she was originally groggy. His brain hurts even more.

She didn't want to be entangled, just snorted, and said with a nasal voice: "Your fiancé is not rare in my palace. Just take it back and watch him closely."

These words were not merciful, and both Yu Yunqing and Princess Wan'an looked stiff.

"Stop! You **** wife, what are you arrogant!" Princess Wan'an was embarrassed, and grabbed Xiao Changning's wrist, "Make it clear and leave! Is it true that the **** Shen Xuan can't satisfy you, so you go go three." Take four!"

Outside the flower garden separated by a wall, Admiral Shen who "coincidentally" passed by suddenly heard his name and couldn't help but pause.

The author has something to say: Changning (Gearing up): Do you want to start fighting against your sister?

Shen Xu (smiling): No. Before saying this, please take a look at the label of this article: sweet text.

Changning:...

Shen Xuan: What's more, what makes the Governor distressed is that Princess Wan'an said that I can't satisfy Your Highness. Can you prove it by yourself?

Changning: Don't...no! Retreat, retreat, retreat!