The Queen Mother looked angrily, her cheeks trembled slightly, and her chest heaved violently. Pei Rong hurriedly stepped forward to pat her back and persuade her, "Master, please don't get angry. Your body is important."
The Queen Mother stared gloomily ahead, her fingers rubbing the rosary in her hand over and over again. After a long while, she finally suppressed the anger in her heart and her brows relaxed a little. Now that she looked closely, she could see it from the corners of her eyes. A wrinkle left by the years.
Pei Rong observed her expression and saw that her expression softened slightly, and then she slowly said: "Although this matter has not been completed, the future is long, and keeping Yue Wan is not necessarily a bad thing."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at the Queen Mother. She saw the Queen Mother twirling the beads thoughtfully, and continued: "When I asked Yun Chun just now, all I heard from Yun Chun was good things about her. This is just She was able to win over people's hearts so quickly after just one trip to the Royal Garden. It is indeed quite capable. With her beauty and wisdom, if she can be favored, she will surely be favored forever. Given time, she will be able to make Concubine Hua Guifei the favorite. Pull down."
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly for a few times, said nothing, and looked deeply into the distance, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing her expression, Pei Rong was well aware of the Queen Mother's thoughts. She was afraid that the Queen Mother had become suspicious of what happened tonight, and she might even be suspicious of herself.
Pei Rong narrowed her eyes slightly and couldn't help but said frankly: "My servant is also very confused about what happened tonight. It stands to reason that with the amount of medicine in the stamens, as long as you get a little closer and stay under the flower for a while, you will be infected. But Yue Wan and Yun Chun stayed under the flower for a long time, but they didn't win the 'Bai Mei Sheng'. After that, Concubine Hua also stayed there for a while, and there was no sign of Chinese medicine, but the slave personally found the medicine. If it has been tested, there will definitely be no problem. Furthermore, after seeing Yue Wan, Concubine Hua did not use any means to make things difficult for her. She did not seem to be angry with Yue Wan because of the incident between the emperor and the Hua family's young master, but instead made her angry. She came back safe and sound, which is really not in line with Concubine Hua's usual style."
It was obvious that there was something fishy about what happened tonight. Not to mention that the Queen Mother was suspicious, even Pei Rong herself was very puzzled. The person who arranged the drug was just like herself, a confidant who had followed the Queen Mother for many years, and would never betray the Queen Mother. Moreover, there were people watching every move in the Royal Garden from afar in the dark. During this period, no one had been to the Royal Garden. She After thinking about it, I still don't know which part went wrong.
Hearing Pei Rong express her doubts, she naturally understood that Pei Rong was expressing her loyalty. The Queen Mother was silent, picked up the tea cup and said in a deep voice: "Maybe the wind got stronger in the evening and scattered the medicinal powder. It seems like this girl is very lucky."
After saying that, she took a sip of tea and said with a gentle look on her face: "You have been with the Ai family since you were young, so the Ai family naturally trusts you."
Seeing that the Queen Mother had dispelled her suspicions about them, Pei Rong felt a little relieved. Although I have followed the Queen Mother since I was a child, I have been in this deep palace for a long time and I am used to seeing intrigues and intrigues. How can I completely trust her. The minds of masters are always changing, and even confidants who have been with them for many years will sometimes become suspicious. As slaves, they can only try to serve them carefully. If they dare to have second thoughts, the end will be miserable.
Thinking of this, Pei Rong couldn't help but be secretly frightened, but she couldn't help but be secretly grateful.
The Queen Mother's expression changed, and there was a trace of solemnity in her eyes, as if she was thinking about something, which was hard to fathom, and then asked: "Did Yun Chun say what Hua Qiong said to that girl?"
After Pei Rong thought carefully, she replied respectfully: "According to what Yun Chun said, the two of them just chatted casually for a few words at first, and there was nothing special about it. But later, Concubine Hua asked the palace people to wait outside the plum forest, and she was alone with her. Yue Wan entered the Merlin, and she had no way of knowing what the two talked about, but not long after, Concubine Hua greeted people back to the palace."
"The Ai family originally wanted to let her compete with Hua Qiong for favor, thereby suppressing Hua Qiong and weakening the power of the Hua family. Unexpectedly, the Ai family underestimated her."
The Queen Mother gently put down the tea cup, shook her head with a smile, and sighed with a little regret: "Since she has the ability to make Hua Qiong not embarrass her, she must have reached some consensus with Hua Qiong, and she probably already knows What is the Ai family planning? I'm afraid she can no longer be used by the Ai family."
Pei Rong was stunned when she heard this, and immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant, and hurriedly said: "Master wants to..."
The smile on the Queen Mother's face faded, and a chilling coldness suddenly formed in her eyes.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this girl."
Seeing the murderous intent in her eyes, Pei Rong hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but remind her softly: "But the prince went to the temple to pray for you and will return tomorrow. If the prince comes back and learns about this -"
The Queen Mother sneered, interrupted Pei Rong, and spoke in a deep voice: "The Ai family just invited her to the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms. As for who she met in the palace, who she offended, and who wanted to take her life, the Ai family also How do you know?"
Pei Rong immediately understood the implication of the Queen Mother's words. If something unexpected happened to Yue Wan in the palace, Concubine Hua would definitely be involved. After all, the only person she had seen after Yue Wan entered the palace was Concubine Hua. Then she could naturally shift the responsibility to Hua. On the head of the imperial concubine.
But when she thought of the relationship between Luo Huaizhou and Su Jingqian, Pei Rong couldn't help but hesitate and said: "But Yue Wan is a relative of Mr. Su after all, and the prince has always regarded Mr. Su as his lifelong confidant. If you treat her Summoned into the palace..."
She paused and did not finish what she said. Instead, she said with a worried look on her face: "I am worried that when the prince finds out about this, he will make a big fuss with you and create a quarrel with you."
"The Ai family is his biological mother, connected by blood and flesh to him, and that girl is just an outsider. How could he have a quarrel with the Ai family because of an outsider?" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly became colder, and there was a hint of emotion in her tone. A hint of displeasure.
"My slave made a mistake." Pei Rong gave the Queen Mother a deep blessing and explained, "It's just that the prince and Mr. Su have a very close friendship. I'm afraid that the prince will not be able to understand the master's painstaking efforts for a while, and he will inevitably have complaints in his heart."
"Even if he doesn't understand Aijia now, he will definitely understand Aijia's good intentions in the future."
The Queen Mother's expression softened slightly, but there was a hint of worry in her eyes inadvertently. Compared with the coldness in her tone just now, there was a bit of sternness in her voice.
"Zhou'er has a pure nature and is easily taken advantage of by people with bad intentions. Back then, Su Jingqian only saved him once, but he took care of him. Over the years, he not only ignored his own identity, but also secretly cared for a brothel. , and even helped Su Jingqian to make connections, introducing him to some powerful young men from famous families, so that he, a commoner, could prosper in Nanling City. That was all, the Ai family thought, as long as he could coax Zhou'er. Fortunately, the Ai family could turn a blind eye and not care about it, but now Su Jingqian got a distant relative from nowhere and brought this girl close to Zhou'er. I have some thoughts that I shouldn’t have, and I want to get married to the royal family.”
