Chapter 1174 That Ji Xiaqiu Is Not a Fuel-Efficient Lamp

At this time, within the Imperial City of Kyoto.

Shuzhen listened to the two messages from the guards and hurried back to the dormitory. As soon as she entered the hall, she saw other people in the hall.

Shu Zhen was stunned for a moment, and the eagerness in her throat stopped immediately.

The queen was sitting at the front seat, holding her right hand on her side. The little palace maid was serving Tu Koudan. She glanced at Shu Zhen, then looked at the person below her, and said, "This exquisite pink bead ornament sent by sister Yi, It's really beautiful, I can't help but think that my sister got such a good thing and sent it to me specially."

Concubine Yi, who was at the bottom, also had this color of kodan painted on her hands. She covered her lips and smiled when she heard this: "What are you talking about, sister? It's their blessing that this little gadget can catch my sister's eye, but this pink pearl color It’s round and plump, so it’s not suitable for my sister, who looks better with it on.”

The queen's eyelids drooped: "Sister Yi's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter. I heard that this morning, Su'er came into the palace to pay his respects to you?"

After the prince was promoted to prince, he had a separate residence outside the palace.

Rong Su left the palace and built a mansion many years ago, but there was a gap between the inside and the outside of the palace. Even the biological mother and her son did not greet her often. It was usually during the New Year's Day or special days of the month.

Concubine Yi didn't seem surprised that the queen knew about her side of the matter. She just nodded and sighed: "Isn't this the child who got a good thing and brought it to me to relieve my boredom? The child is also filial and knows that I have been depressed recently. .”

The queen raised her eyebrows: "Why is my sister so depressed?"

Concubine Yi glanced at the queen: "To be honest with my sister, the emperor is so sick that he has no complexion at all. My sister is really worried about it every day..."

The queen didn't know if she heard the hypocrisy in these words, or for some reason, she chuckled.

Concubine Yi narrowed her eyes without any trace.

The queen said: "Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and his illness will naturally recover. My sister has time to worry about this, so why not take good care of her? Let me see if my sister has lost weight in the past two days?"

Concubine Yi touched her face: "Is there any?"

The queen then ordered: "Go and get the box of ginseng and yuanbao reed ointment from this palace."

The maid serving next to him quickly entered the inner room and quickly came out with a jade-blue eight-treasure box.

"Fei'er got this treasure reed ointment from me. I was reluctant to use it. Since it's suitable for my sister, I'll just give it to my sister."

Concubine Yi took the box and said with a smile, "How can I let my sister part with me?"

"You and I have a deep love for each other as sisters. Isn't this just a joke?"

"I know that my sister cares about me the most."

Two of the most noble women in the imperial city, they spoke to each other, and their smiles were so beautiful that no one could see them.

Concubine Yi sat for another two-quarters of an hour before leaving. As the eldest maid beside the queen, Shu Zhen naturally had to see her off in person.

When they were sent to the gate, Concubine Yi suddenly glanced at Shuzhen and asked, "How old is Miss Shuzhen this year?"

Shuzhen quickly lowered her head and said respectfully: "Return to your Majesty, I am thirty slaves."

Concubine Yi nodded, handed the reed ointment to the maid beside her, took out the silk handkerchief, and wiped her hands.

Shuzhen looked at Concubine Yi wiping her hands and lowered her head.

"Thirty is not that young anymore. You have to plan for the rest of your life."

Shuzhen remained silent, as she understood Concubine Yi's hint.

Concubine Yi Guifei looked at her quail-like appearance and laughed out loud: "Come on, go back, your mother-in-law should be anxious."

Concubine Yi left leisurely, but Shuzhen looked at her back with complicated eyes.

Who in this palace has no secrets and who has no desires? It’s just that her desires have never been obvious, but she knows that no matter how obvious it is, those with sharp eyes can still see it. For example, she has been serving her for half a life. The empress, for example, is Concubine Yi, who has always been on par with the empress in the palace.

The Seventh Prince can become the crown prince's rival. As the biological mother of the Seventh Prince, how can Concubine Yi be underestimated?

The thoughts in his mind flashed through his mind, and Shu Zhen returned to his usual loyal and loyal appearance, and hurriedly returned to the main hall.

In the main hall, the queen had already sent out the rest of the crowd. Shu Zhen closed the door and then stepped forward and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, the queen narrowed her eyes: "She has indeed not changed."

Shuzhen said with some worry: "Nowadays, none of the people we sent out have come back alive. Madam, do we have to change our approach? That Ji Xiaqiu is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has not been found for so many years. This time he took the initiative to show up." , must have set a trap waiting for us, we might as well..."

"No need." As if she knew her opponent very well, the queen sneered and raised her chin: "She is a little cunning, but her strength is limited. How can she compete with me? Can she compete with me?"

Shu Zhen didn't see it that way: "According to what I know, King Quan has 90,000 soldiers and horses in the north, and the military talisman seems to have been given to Ji Xiaqiu..."

The queen frowned and said in a sharp voice: "It seems that I made a miscalculation. Even after so many years, her ability to seduce men has not changed."

Shuzhen thought of her master's thoughts towards Liu Huan and was smart enough to remain silent.

The queen was silent for a moment and asked with cold eyes: "Where is Qingzhou?"

Shuzhen looked troubled: "Our people chased Rong Leng for a whole half a month, besieging Rong Leng again and again. We were about to succeed, but in the end..."

"What's the last thing?"

Shuzhen gritted his teeth: "Finally, a group of unknown people arrived at Qingzhou Port and Qingzhou Mountain Gorge respectively, and raided and killed 30,000 of our soldiers..."

"What!" The queen suddenly stood up from the phoenix chair, with a stern look on her face: "Who is he?"

Shuzhen lowered his head: "It should be related to Ji Xiaqiu. When spies came back, there was some turmoil in Dingzhou. Thousands of soldiers garrisoned in Dingzhou went down to Zhongzhou to cross the Liangjiang River, but those soldiers actually crossed the Liangjiang River. , or took a detour to Gyeongju, I don’t know..."

The queen clenched her fists, her eyes full of scarlet: "Ji, Xia, Qiu!"

Shuzhen reiterated the old words: "Empress, she knows you very well, and she must have figured out our methods. If we fight face to face, we are afraid that we will not get any advantage..."

"That's not necessarily the case." The queen thought deeply for a while and said, "She quietly disturbed me about Qingzhou's important affairs. The thing is, she knew that I had a plot in Qingzhou, but she didn't know who I was going for."

Shuzhen thought: "The empress is saying..."

"If she knew that I was attacking Rongli, how could she still be so comfortable and stable in Dingzhou?"

Rong Leng means Liu Wei, and Ji Xiaqiu is not the kind of person who would watch his daughter in danger and remain indifferent.

Shuzhen understood: "I'll do it now, slave!"

Seeing Shu Zhen leave, the queen sat back on the phoenix chair, her back slowly relaxed, and there was a trace of imperceptible fatigue in her eyes.

On the other side, Concubine Yi, who returned to her bedchamber, was surprised to see her good son Rongsu sitting in the main hall drinking tea and waiting for her.

The proud concubine took a breath and walked in with a blue face. As soon as she entered, she pointed at the tip of her biological son's nose and asked: "Didn't I tell you that I have news to inform you? Who told you to run into the palace again!"