palace heart

Chapter 96
"Thank you, Queen Mother!" Let's eat first, how can I spit it out after a while!Li Qianlan bowed her head slightly, thank you.

"This hot pot is a favorite of the Ai family, you can try it later." Empress Dowager Gao continued.

Li Qianlan followed the trend and saw that the hot pot is a first-grade tin pot. The pot body and the pot cover are in the shape of a pumpkin. There are brackets inserted inside and outside the body, and dipping dishes are placed on it, regardless of the ingredients placed inside, this pot is also extremely exquisite and luxurious.

After all the dishes were reported, the Empress Dowager Gao asked the eunuch to bring her the ingredients in the hot pot, and also ordered fried wings with shredded pork, fresh shrimp balls, braised duck waist, and sea cucumber.Li Qianlan was not too polite, and following the Queen Mother Gao's order, she ordered blood bird's nest, roasted pork skin that was as crisp as a "ringing bell", and some Xianglong Shuangfei and milk fish fillets.

The royal family has always been like this. They cook a lot and use fine ingredients. One meal is enough for the common people to live for more than half a year, but when they eat, they don’t eat it for the second time. .

It is a culture passed down from the ancestors to sleep without talking or eating, not to mention that Empress Dowager Gao was still thinking about things after dinner, so naturally she ate very quietly.

Li Qianlan just didn't want to say more, so she cooperated with Empress Dowager Gao and ate with her head down.

After the two finished their meal in a muffled voice, Li Qianlan began to feel sorry for Yingdi again, because Yingdi's meal was obviously not as delicious as that of Empress Dowager Gao.

What the emperor did was really aggrieved!
After finishing the meal, the table was dismantled for leftovers, and Empress Dowager Gao passed on a rich scented tea drink.Li Qianlan couldn't drink the tea because it was harmful to the medicine. Physician Meng asked the maid to pass her a cup of freshly ground soy milk.

The night outside was getting darker, and the moon that was not yet full had already climbed over the treetops. Li Qianlan saw that Empress Dowager Gao had no intention of speaking, and was too lazy to sit down. She put down her cup and was about to get up to say goodbye. Empress Dowager Gao squinted her eyes and looked at the hall. , the light in the eyes reveals a sharp thought: "You all step back, the Ai family has something to say to Concubine Shu!"

"Yes!" The maids guarding the hall moved down one after another, Zhong Shanggong and Lin Shanggong also moved outside the hall, and closed the heavy door to prevent the conversation inside from leaking out.

Li Qianlan came prepared, although she knew there were a lot of things to do, she did not panic, picked up the soy milk cup on the table again, looked at the Empress Dowager Gao calmly, and asked, "I will listen to the Empress Dowager's instructions!"

Chen Jinghua stood next to Zhong Shangshu outside the hall. He channeled his infuriating energy and heard all the voices inside. However, apart from Chen Jinghua, there was another person who knew all of this. She smiled at the bottom of the steps, because she was also listening to the voices in the hall with her head down.

"Actually, the Ai family has been thinking about this matter for a long time, but they have not been able to make up their mind whether to tell you or not!" The Empress Dowager Gao said, taking a sip of the strong tea in her hand.

Li Qianlan didn't know what turn Empress Dowager Gao wanted to turn, and following her topic, she was very confused: "It must be extremely important to make Empress Dowager so difficult!"

Empress Dowager Gao pursed her lips, with a firm look on her brows: "If a concubine in the harem can be favored by the emperor, it will naturally be the greatest blessing in the world, but it is easy for a woman in the palace to be favored, but it is difficult to remain in favor, just like martial arts. Concubine Gui, in the future, if there is another woman like you who can impress the emperor, then the fate of Concubine Wu at this time is very likely to be your fate in the future."

Li Qianlan didn't understand, she didn't know where the Empress Dowager Gao's thoughts were going, she chuckled lightly: "The empress dowager understands what the empress dowager means, and I will definitely do my best to serve the emperor carefully and never disobey The courtiers and concubines also know and remember the emperor's intentions, and when getting along with concubines in the harem, one must not be jealous, not to mention ruining the harmony of one's own family, and disturbing the peace of the palace."

"It is precisely because I know you are so smart and virtuous that the Ai family is hesitant to tell you about this matter!" Empress Dowager Gao said lightly.

Li Qianlan became more and more confused, but she still provoked the Empress Dowager Gao: "If the Empress Dowager is really in trouble, then don't tell the concubines."

Chen Jinghua overheard this sentence outside, and almost couldn't laugh out loud.

Empress Dowager Gao's eyes quickly flashed a trace of anger, and the anger turned around in her stomach, and then pressed back, but finally she didn't dare to put it on the table, and showed it to Li Qianlan, she thought for a while, and sighed first. Tone: "Hey, Ai's family is also in a difficult situation. Thinking of the way you and the emperor are loving each other, Ai's family really wants to stop this matter, and then they will be pressed into the soil with Ai's family, but Ai's family is still worried. Ah, since ancient times, the royal family has been ruthless. After the new empress enters the palace, how long can the emperor be obsessed with you? How long can you serve your mother-killing enemy wholeheartedly?"

Killing mother and enemy?
It turned out that Empress Dowager Gao was really at the end of her rope, and she began to think about provoking her relationship with Emperor Ying. If it hadn't been for Shen Hongde's reminder, Li Qianlan might really be in the way of Empress Dowager Gao at this moment.

Let's see what she wants?How about playing a few laps with her?Li Qianlan's thoughts turned extremely fast, just as Empress Dowager Gao finished speaking, she deliberately let go of her hand, causing the cup in her hand to shatter to the ground.

With a "boom", a purple sand cup fell to pieces in an instant, and it was difficult to gather the whole body.

"Is everything the queen mother said true?" Li Qianlan pretended to be surprised, with tears in her eyes, and even her voice was trembling with excitement.

"It's been a long time since this incident, you should mourn now!" The Empress Dowager Gao put down her teacup, got up and walked to Li Qianlan, comforting Li Qianlan in a gentle voice like an elder: "Think about it, your mother was No matter how powerful and courageous Wu Clan is, if she doesn't have the emperor's permission to leave the palace, how dare she rush into the new mansion to disturb your mother's peace? Do evil people harm each other? Don't forget that the Wu family is the emperor's natal relative, even if you are favored by the emperor now, it is not as good as the relationship between them, after all, they have an inseparable blood relationship!"

With a slight movement in my heart, the scene of Li Jiang's being victimized appeared in Li Qianlan's mind again, and the tears didn't need to be squeezed, they flowed for a while!
When Chen Jinghua and Xiaoxiao heard this, they believed it was true, and believed that Li Jiangshi was killed by Li Qianlan!One was fighting for Li Qianlan, and the other was thinking about his own problems secretly!
Li Qianlan cried silently for a while, then looked up at Empress Dowager Gao, and said with tears in her eyes, "Why did the Empress Dowager say these things to my concubines for no reason?"

"I'm telling you this, just to let you understand who is your real enemy and who is your real friend!" Empress Dowager Gao didn't know that Li Qianlan had already known the details, so she continued to make up the story: "This palace can fight against Emperor Ying. Yes, only Aijia, if you really have filial piety and want to avenge your mother, then there is only one way out!"

Li Qianlan hurriedly picked up the topic, and acted out the drama to the point: "What is the way out?"

"Cooperate with the Ai family again!" Empress Dowager Gao looked directly at Li Qianlan, her gaze was like a torch, and she said confidently, "Only in this way can you completely get rid of the emperor and completely avenge your mother!"

"What does the Empress Dowager want the concubine to do?" Cut the mess with a sharp knife, and see how fast the Empress Dowager Gao's knife will be!Li Qianlan asked sincerely and carefully.

Empress Dowager Gao smiled, leaned over to Li Qianlan's ear and said softly, then stood upright again, looking down on all sentient beings arrogantly: "Do you understand the meaning of Aijia!"

Li Qianlan rolled her eyes to digest what Empress Dowager Gao meant, before responding: "Understood, this concubine knows what to do!"

Li Qianlan bid farewell to Empress Dowager Gao with a complicated expression, and Empress Dowager Gao repeatedly instructed her several times before she rang the bell to let Zhong Shanggong reopen the palace door and let Li Qianlan go out.

The semi-circular moon was extremely bright, like a stream of mercury pouring down from the sky, covering the entire palace in a faint bloom.On the east and west sides of the harem, there are two platforms, Lanxing and Feiyan, facing each other far away. They are the highest places in the harem.

Empress Dowager Gao's clever deliberations put Li Qianlan in a good mood. She didn't want to go back to the Jingyang Hall to sleep, so she sent Qiu Yun and others back to the hall to rest, and only let Chen Jinghua stay and accompany her to the Lanxing Terrace to enjoy the night view .

Standing on the high star-watching platform and looking far away, the continuous palace towers overlap like mountains, undulating endlessly, all the glazed tiles of the palaces and palaces, under the moonlight, shimmer like blue waves under the starlight, flashy. And beautiful, really confused eyes.

"Did you hear it all?" Li Qianlan suddenly looked away, looking at Chen Jinghua, she knew that Chen Jinghua would never miss such an important event.

Chen Jinghua was worried that he couldn't find a chance to ask questions. Seeing that Li Qianlan took the initiative to ask questions, he hurriedly responded, "Is what Empress Dowager Gao said true?"

"What do you think?" Li Qianlan chuckled, her eyes full of complacency and disdain.

"When Yurong was alive, Empress Dowager Gao was very scheming. Yurong knew that she could not escape her, thinking that instead of tearing her true face, it would be better to pretend to please her and get peace." Chen Jinghua looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back. Nawan Mingyue: "Just now when I heard Empress Dowager Gao tell the truth, I believed it for a moment and defended you against injustice. But after thinking about it, I think there must be fraud in it. You and I know who Empress Dowager Gao is. Very well, she won't make a loss-making and meaningless business, she is just using you, just like she used Yurong back then, so I advise you, you should make a decision after careful consideration, and see if you want to cooperate with Queen Mother Gao!"

Li Qianlan gave a "hmm" and asked back, "Why don't you ask me what Empress Dowager Gao wants me to do?"

How could Chen Jinghua not want to ask, it's just that the time has not come yet, he pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said with a smile: "I forgot to ask, now I ask, do you still answer me?"

(End of this chapter)