Qing'er is twenty-five years old this year. Although she is no longer young as a palace maid, as Empress Dowager Li's most trusted confidant, she is at least far superior to those ordinary palace maids in terms of status.

The reason why Qing'er entered the palace to serve the Queen Mother was entirely because the Empress Dowager Li needed a reliable person by her side, so Han Kemin carefully selected a few little girls and sent them to the palace. Qing'er was only eleven years old when she first entered the palace, but at that time she was known for her well-behaved and clever, plus she was naturally beautiful and likable, and she was the only one who was appreciated by the Empress Dowager Li and became her confidant in a few years. Over the years, Qing'er has done a lot of things for Empress Dowager Li loyally, and has become the out-and-out No. 2 person in Yanxi Palace.

Early this morning, Qing'er obtained an important piece of information - Abichilir Khan defeated Anbalturi Khan at Jinshan, and the area under his control has greatly expanded.

The corners of Empress Dowager Li's mouth, who received this information, rose slightly, and it seemed that Empress Dowager Li was very satisfied with the fact that this ally she had secretly made became stronger. Qing'er speculated in her heart.

"Very well, although the Tuqi cannot be unified yet, it seems that Anbalturi will not be able to recover anytime soon. In this way, Abicil will turn south to attack the border with China. Empress Dowager Li said while burning the secret letter.

"But, Queen Mother. In this way, the border people of our country will be plunged into the flames of war, is this really good? Qing'er couldn't help but ask.

Empress Dowager Li's eyes swept over her, and Qing'er hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Qing'er has a lot of mouths." ”

Empress Dowager Li snorted and said slowly: "You haven't understood the cruelty of this power struggle after following me for so long?" There is no military power. Without strong foreign aid, how can the government and the opposition be obedient? Now that the emperor is in power, we can't get involved. If we hadn't relied on the Turks to fight his army, Xian'er and I wouldn't have had a day to turn over! I know that you are soft-hearted and can't bear to let the people suffer, don't worry, this palace is only using the Tuqi people, after the matter is completed, how can this palace tolerate the Tuqi people to do whatever they want in my court? Isn't it just to keep Anbalturi so that one day he can restrain Abicheril? ”

"Yes. The Queen Mother is far-sighted, Qing'er can't think so thoroughly. Qing'er lowered her head and said. But she didn't think so in her heart, would the truth really be as simple as the Queen Mother imagined? Although this time Abicheril's victory was largely dependent on the help of the Queen Mother. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's connections and connections to persuade the Nailan Ministry to turn back, even if Abicheril was victorious, he would definitely suffer heavy losses, but a person like Abicheril would never be willing to be used by the Queen Mother, and when he became stronger, he would probably become a big problem for the Silk Country. When the time comes, it is easy to please God, and it is difficult to send God. To destroy him, it is necessary to have strong force, but the force of the Silk Country is only afraid that it has been almost wiped out at that time, so how can we drive out the Tuqi people? I'm afraid that the Queen Mother's stubbornness will hurt herself, right?

Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard someone outside reply that Liu Xian, the king of Chu, came to greet him, and the queen mother immediately announced him in, and Qing'er hurriedly flashed to the side and stood with her hands down.

Liu Xian is 14 years old this year, and since Liu Yan succeeded to the throne, he was crowned the king of Chu. is to give Liu Yan a chance to show favor to his younger brother, but in the eyes of Empress Dowager Li, it is a step taken by Liu Yan in order to separate their mother and son. Because after being crowned King of Chu, Liu Xian naturally couldn't stay in the palace anymore, and after having his own palace, he couldn't enter the palace from time to time to pay homage to his mother.

Qing'er also has the same feelings for Liu Xian as a mother for her son, after all, she entered the palace because Empress Dowager Li had just given birth to Liu Xian and needed to take care of her, and her court career was accompanied by the growth of this little prince all the way, perhaps because the palace maid had no heirs, so Qing'er also loved Liu Xian very much.

This young His Royal Highness the King of Chu has obviously grown a lot taller in the past year or two, and his original childlike appearance has gradually faded, and he has turned into a handsome young man. However, from Qing'er's point of view, due to the Empress Dowager Li's over-pampering, Liu Xian's physique is a little thin, although it is not yet the level of a weak scholar, but it is also far from the majesty of his ancestors.

Liu Xian respectfully greeted his mother, sat down to drink tea, and got up to retire after asking some questions about daily life. Although Empress Dowager Li was reluctant, it was inconvenient to keep her, so she could only go with him.

After Liu Xian left, Qing'er whispered to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, according to Qing'er's shallow opinion, it is better to work hard to let His Royal Highness the King of Chu return to his fiefdom, so that he can not only stay away from the rights and wrongs of the capital, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu also has his own foundation, and he can also provide a help for the Queen Mother's plans in the future." ”

Empress Dowager Li first glared at her, then pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "You are indeed reasonable, but firstly, Xian'er is still young, and secondly, the emperor will not let him out of Beijing easily, so let's take a long-term view in the palace." ”

Qing'er shook her head secretly in her heart: Empress Dowager Li is shrewd, but she is too dependent on this son, and sending the King of Chu out of the capital is the way to avoid disaster. In case the Tuqi people enter the capital in the future, if Liu Yan cannot be spared, then who can guarantee that Liu Xian will not be captured by the Tuqi? If these two royal families are unified and empty, I am afraid that the rest of the princes will not be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of ruling the huge empire, then the country of silk will inevitably be subject to the sudden contract, which will only be more unfavorable to the queen mother. However, Qing'er knew that the Queen Mother would not listen to this, even if it was one more day, the Queen Mother wanted this son to stay by her side.

Empress Dowager Li sat down at the desk and wrote a letter, sealed them separately and handed them to Qing'er, saying, "You send these letters out of the palace, and let my grandfather implement them as the letter says." ”

Qing'er agreed and put away the secret letter. Then he withdrew, and casually found other palace maids to play and laugh. It wasn't until the time of the lantern that Qing'er sneaked out of the Yanxi Palace, she had to take advantage of the night to put the secret letter in the crack of a locust tree in the imperial garden, and the Su Guild, who was in charge of cleaning early tomorrow morning, would come to pick up the letter and send it to Han Kemin. For now, she had to be careful not to let people find out about her whereabouts.

Through several corridors, by the moonlight, Qing'er hid in the shadows of the bushes and slowly dived into a rockery, the cave through the rockery is the locust tree, Qing'er groped her way forward in the dark cave, seeing that the moonlight at the entrance of the cave was already visible, Qing'er quickened her pace and wanted to get out of the hole, at this moment, her hand touched a warm and soft place, it was a person! Before Qing'er could scream, her mouth was blocked, and then she only felt numb on her body, and she couldn't move.

Worst! It's a point! Although Qing'er has not seen this martial art with her own eyes, she has already heard that there are a few masters in the rivers and lakes who can do this stunt, could it be that there are such masters among the palace maids and eunuchs in the inner garden of the palace? I have always known the characters in the palace well, how could I look away and let such a master linger in front of me for all these years?

At this time, the figure turned to Qing'er's eyes, and saw that the person who came was eight feet tall, but his body was very light, but the cave was too dim to see the appearance of the person who came. I only heard the man smile and said, "I can do it, whether I can ask for a reason next, it's up to you." ”

"There is work, there is work." A voice came from the entrance of the cave, and then saw a person suddenly turn out of the entrance of the cave, Qing'er was immediately frightened when she saw this person, the person who came was not someone else, it was Wu Sicheng, the director of the palace. (To be continued......)