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Wen Mu's words made the Empress Dowager smile very happily when she heard it: "You are so considerate of Grandma Huang, Grandma Huang is already very happy, but she is just a servant, is there still a shortage of people for Grandma Huang? "

Then he turned to Concubine Xiao and asked, "Speaking of which, the Ai family has come to think of it, why didn't you see the servant next to Mu'er today? Isn't he always waiting nearby? Mu'er came with you alone?"

Concubine Xiao just glanced at Wen Mu silently, and Wen Mu quickly replied: "As for Grandma Huang, Hanxiu is not feeling well today, I am afraid that he will come with bad luck and bump into Grandma Huang, so I will stay He is in the temple."

"That's right. Even though I've only met him a few times, the child looks smart. I heard from your concubine mother that you have a little credit for your restraint." The Queen Mother nodded, "He is a good companion. "

After complimenting Chang Xiu, she said angrily to Wen Mu: "It's just that you are a very strange child, but you named him a name for a little servant, and told your father to know, for fear that you will say you are playful again." It's so heavy, it's out of place!"

"I'm just a little slave, my father has so many important affairs in the world, if grandma doesn't talk about them, how can he take care of them!" Wen Mu said with a ghostly face.

"Little clever ghost, Grandma Huang loves you so much, you're going to talk to Grandma Huang now!" The queen mother couldn't help clapping her hands and chuckling, and then poked Wen Mu's forehead with her finger.

"It's Grandma Huang who feels distressed, otherwise Mu'er would dare to say this in front of others?" Wen Mu only made a grimace at the Queen Mother.

Suddenly, as if thinking of something again, he said, "Grandma Huang is kind to Muer, can Muer ask Grandma Huang for something?"

"Well, let's hear it?" Hearing that Wen Mu asked for something, the Queen Mother withdrew her hand, and sat up straight again pretending to be serious.

"I heard that a few days ago, the outsiders paid tribute to the Tianshan Muyin Paste to Grandma Huang. Would it be possible for Grandma Huang to give some to Mu'er?"

"Your news is well-informed. Your father just gave it to Grandma Huang, so you just come and ask for it. It's okay to give it to you, but it's a bloody and revitalizing thing. What are you going to do?"

The Queen Mother said, raising her eyebrows slightly, "But the people below didn't take care of you carefully, where did you get hurt?"

Hearing the Queen Mother's question, Concubine Xiao also looked at Wen Mu with concern.

Wen Mu quickly shook his head, and only looked at the queen mother with pitiful eyes, "Mu'er is bullied by mosquitoes in summer, so I can only ask Grandma Huang for help."

Then he rolled up his sleeves and showed it to the Queen Mother, "I heard that Tianshan Muyin Ointment is the most effective for relieving pain and itching. It not only leaves a lingering fragrance on the body, but also prevents all insects from biting."

It turned out that Wen Mu's arm had a large red spot, which was actually bitten by a mosquito.

"Such a precious thing is only used as a mosquito repellent incense lotion for you!" Although she complained, the queen mother had a distressed look on her face, "Zhegui, hurry up and take the fifth prince to the back hall to apply the medicine. It is enough for the Ai family to keep only a little, and the rest will be taken away by the Fifth Prince."

"Thank you grandma!" Wen Mu thanked her with a smile, and then followed the big lady named Zhegui into the apse.

After a while, Wen Mu took out the medicine, but heard the Queen Mother saying to Concubine Xiao: "How do the people in front of Mu'er serve you? Didn't they say that Chang Xiu is smart? How did you serve Mu'er like this?" ? Don’t you know how to fan in summer?”

Without waiting for Concubine Xiao to answer, Wen Mu responded, "It's no one else's fault. It was Mu'er who ran to play in the imperial garden by himself, and was bitten by mosquitoes. If Hanxiu was by his side, it would be fine. I don’t know what hides something that mosquitoes like, as long as you are with him, keep the mosquitoes around him, and don’t touch others at all, it’s more useful than a wormwood, an incense burner, etc.”

The Empress Dowager and Concubine Xiao couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and the Empress Dowager even said: "Who still hides things on his body that mosquitoes like? You child has no sense of restraint in speaking. It's so hard that he is a sweet potato!" Can Momo do it?"

Everyone was laughing together, but they heard a message from someone outside the hall.

"Someone came from the Zhaoyang Hall, saying that the emperor has rewarded the fifth prince and is waiting for the fifth prince to return to receive an order to thank him."

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager told Wen Mu to go back to Zhaoyang Palace quickly, leaving only Concubine Xiao Gui by her side to talk.

After Wen Mu left, the Empress Dowager ordered everyone around to retreat, leaving only an old nun who was always on hand to wait by her side.Although the queen mother is in good health, after all, she is an elderly person. After talking for a while and laughing again, her spirit is not as good as before.

The old nun was also a regular attendant. Seeing the appearance of the queen mother, she bowed and handed a snuff bottle up. The queen mother took it, sniffed it, and then sat up again. His face was full of grace and seriousness.At this moment, she showed her usual grandeur.

"Mu'er is becoming more and more obedient, you have taught Mu'er very well!" After returning the snuff bottle to the nanny, the Queen Mother nodded and said to Concubine Xiao.

"It's also his own effort, Jin Miao didn't spend much energy." Concubine Xiao nodded her head.

"Take out the tea that Xiangye served a few days ago," the queen mother ordered to the nuns beside her, and then turned her head to Concubine Xiao Gui, "Your brother brought it back from the south a few days ago. It's the tea time, but the taste is still mellow, you should take some back to taste!"

Concubine Xiao Gui agreed, and asked Liu Shangyi who was beside her to follow the nanny to get the tea. Liu Shangyi knew that the Empress Dowager had something to say to Concubine Xiao in private, so she took the order but was not in a hurry. I saw the old nanny bringing tea out by herself.

Concubine Xiao Gui took the tea, took a sip and said to the Empress Dowager: "Jin Miao has never understood the tea ceremony, he is no better than the Empress Dowager to calm down and cultivate one's energy. Now, although she knows that tea is good, she still can't taste it! I still have to wait for the Empress Dowager to teach me. "

"Is there anything else Aijia can teach you? A few days ago, you and your brother got close? Didn't you help him talk about the good thing in the south?" The Queen Mother also took a sip of tea. , the demeanor is very flat.

Concubine Xiao seemed dissatisfied with what the Empress Dowager said, so she asked cautiously: "But what's wrong? Brother only wanted Jin Miao to remind the Emperor, and Jin Miao never begged the Emperor for anything!"

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" The Empress Dowager put the tea on the tea table next to her, and said to Mammy with regret in her words, "The water is in a hurry, the tea flavor has not yet fully come out."

Without waiting for Mammy to answer, she turned to Concubine Xiao Gui and said, "Nanbian'er was originally Lao Ba's territory. When the official family first became a treasure, Nanbian'er has never been taken back. It has been more than a year since there was a rumor that Xin, your brother was in a hurry to recruit people. A Shangshusheng Zuo Pushe ran to the place, if it wasn't for the face of the Ai family, the officials would have opened their mouths."

After listening to Concubine Xiao Gui, she suddenly realized: "Does the Empress Dowager say it's too early to move now?"

"It's not only too early, it's simply impatient, it's frizzy! It's useless to let people talk about it! Aijia heard that a few days ago there were admonishing doctors in heaven to impeach your brother. Although most of those admonishing officials were for To be clear about the name, the more high-ranking ministers are, the more offended they are, and the officials didn't take it seriously, but in the end they left something for people to talk about."

Concubine Xiao Gui was terrified when she heard the words: "Someone actually impeached brother?"

"You don't have to take it to heart, those admonishing officials, someday they don't impeach this or that, even the officials are not less ridiculed by them on weekdays. If it is true what they say, there will be no such thing in this temple. people."

The Empress Dowager picked up the teacup and smelled the fragrance of the tea, and said again: "I just said that to remind you. The harem does not interfere with politics. This is the rule set by the ancestors. You have always been a lawless person in front of the officials. You're causing trouble, why is it so prominent now!"

"What the Empress Dowager teaches is that Jin Miao will not dare to say those words in the future, even if my brother begs me, he will not dare." Concubine Xiao Gui raised her eyebrows and bowed her head.

The Queen Mother took another sip of her tea, and then said calmly: "You are not only anxious about this matter, but also about Mu'er. You are also anxious. You are not an ignorant person. How could you be so anxious?" Did you mess up the two matters? A group of people have been arguing in the hall for the past few days to set up a reserve, and your brother is probably the one behind the scenes!"

"Even if my brother doesn't say it, I'm afraid the Beigong side will say it too. Tell them to jump up first, why don't we say it first!"

This time, Concubine Xiao Gui has something to say: "Even if the family background is not good at the other side of the North Palace, she is already a virtuous concubine. It was the eldest son of the emperor who took the lead. I'm afraid Jin Miao is too late, even if Mu'er is sealed off in the future, there will be no good place."

"So you are in a hurry!"

The Empress Dowager placed the teacup on the coffee table slightly, with a solemn expression on her face.

"The official family has only been on the throne for two years, and the world has not yet settled. I am afraid that I am not in the mood to listen to you arguing about these things in the court. Besides, you have forgotten how the official family became the treasure? I am afraid that the most taboo of the official family is not the undecided at home. There is a lot of noise, but it is the royal family fighting, and the brothers fighting against each other. Besides, the matter of you being Mu'er is flawless, and there is nothing wrong with it?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Xiao, and her tone became more and more severe: "Although you pointed out a servant to come to him, can this person change at will? Others should treat that servant as the one who serves, and call Mu'er to change his temper." , but those who are interested probably know that it was you who made Mu'er hide his clumsiness before."

Seeing that Concubine Xiao Gui had remained silent, she gradually slowed down her tone: "Mu'er's progress is too conspicuous, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, even officials, I'm afraid they know it well. Otherwise, after seeing this year, your Although there are many rewards for Bian'er, the number of official visits to your palace is likely to decrease day by day!"

Concubine Xiao Gui was startled, the Empress Dowager's words were indeed reasonable, that is, the emperor spent less time in the West Palace this year than in the Prince's Mansion.

She thought she had entered the palace, there were too many newcomers in the palace, and the emperor was greedy, but she never imagined that it was she who made the emperor suspicious.

But she also had unspeakable grievances in her heart, and her tone was slightly resentful: "Aunt also knows that Jin Miao is not as honorable as the Queen, and is not as favored as the Beigong. In the Prince's Mansion, not one or two children were lost. Jin Miao With a son like Mu'er in front of him, if he can't protect him anymore, does Jin Miao still want to live? If Mu'er is not a failure, he might be killed by Bei Bian'er one day."

Speaking of the people in the north, Concubine Xiao's eyes were full of resentment: "There are only two princesses at the other end of the Nangong Palace. Concubine De's eyes are cold when she sees Wenzhi. Isn't it because her son has no reason to understand? The emperor complains about Jin Miao. Careful, but who has seen Jinmiao's pain?"

It turned out that the Queen Mother also came from the Xiao family.The Empress Dowager's original name was Xiao Ruiyi, and she was originally the legitimate daughter of the founding prime minister Xiao Dasi, the sister of Xiao Chaobi and Xiao Jinmiao's father, and even the direct aunt of the two.Because of this, the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Concubine Xiao and the Fifth Prince is naturally different from that of ordinary concubines and grandsons.

Seeing the resentment on Concubine Xiao's face, Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help sighing: "This palace hasn't reached the last step, who hasn't suffered? It's just that Ai's family has been in the palace for so many years, and one day they don't have to take one step to watch three steps before getting through it." It's today."

After all, the prince's mansion is not comparable to the inner garden of the imperial palace. Even if there are some dirty things in it, it is not like the harem, which often involves disputes between the court and the court.This niece was able to handle it in the prince's mansion before, but when she entered the palace, she might be blinded for a while, and lose her sense of proportion.

Thinking about it this way, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but soften her tone, and there was a bit of teaching and persuasion in her words: "After staying in the palace for a long time, and seeing more people and things, you will know that those who make public in the first place are here. In the end, you may not be able to laugh the most."

She caressed Concubine Xiao's hand and said: "Auntie also knows your painstaking efforts, but don't be confused by the scene in front of you. You hate Bei Bian in your heart, so you regard her as your biggest enemy, but you don't know, There are many people with heart in this palace. It is the Central Palace. Although there is no prince, I am afraid that they are restless recently. You saw the front and said that you want to establish a crown prince, but in this harem, is it the North Palace or the Central Palace? Is the palace's voice louder?"

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao Gui felt dazed.

It turned out that although the palace was calm on the surface, in private, they had fought countless times.