The prince is very fierce

Night falls quietly, and thousands of lights are lit in Chang'an City.

The palace lanterns in Changle Palace were swaying. In the main hall of the palace, the Queen Mother was rarely leaning on the couch lazily. She was sitting upright, showing her posture as the mother of a country incisively and vividly.

On the corridor between the palace pavilions, Xiao Qi and her maidservants walked slowly towards the main hall, looking straight ahead with a calm expression. However, Qiao'e who was leading the way was so timid that she didn't dare to show her presence. Even the surrounding maids were silent, which is enough to see that. How strong is the aura of this eldest lady who sits in charge of the Xiao family as a woman.

Because she was entering the palace of the Queen Mother, Xiao Qi was followed by a tall and strong woman, who was even taller than the man. Xiao Qi herself has a pragmatic temperament, knows people well and uses them well. Her requirements for her subordinates have never been about appearance. The maid's appearance is far more useful than Qiao'e, who is thin and weak. She always keeps her with her.

Tap tap tap——

Footsteps passed through the corridor outside the palace, and it seemed that there was only this orderly footsteps in the entire Changle Palace.

The Queen Mother's face was obviously a little reserved, but she acted calm and dignified, folded her hands on her waist, and waited quietly.

Soon, Xiao Qi, who was wearing a long black dress, walked into the main hall and bowed in front of the couch with a graceful greeting: "See the Queen Mother." Her movements were impeccable.

"No gift."

The Queen Mother smiled and raised her hand to signal the sister she had not seen for several years to sit down.

Xiao Qi straightened up and tilted her head slightly:

"Everyone get out."

"yes!"

The palace maids nodded quickly and ran out in unison, closing the door.

The Queen Mother's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly, and her face was obviously a bit dissatisfied. She frowned and said: "You are so arrogant, you are shouting and drinking in my room."

Xiao Qi curled her lips, sat down next to the Queen Mother, raised her hand and pinched the Queen Mother's face:

"How many days have you been the queen mother and you have forgotten your elders and children?"

The movements are not too outrageous, but rather intimate. After all, they are sisters from the same mother.

The Queen Mother frowned in anger, slapped away the hand that was squeezing her face, and sat further to the side:

"You are so old, but you still move your hands and feet and sit still."

Xiao Qi leaned on the soft couch, leaning on the armrest with her elbows, and tilted her head to carefully look at her biological sister whom she had not seen for a long time:

"We haven't seen each other for so many years. I just came to the palace to visit you when I arrived in the capital. You didn't even call me sister?"

The Queen Mother pursed her lips, a little unhappy: "You were born half a quarter of an hour earlier than me, why should I call you sister? Now that I am the Queen Mother, you must understand the rules, and there is no etiquette at all."

Xiao Qi knew this sister's temperament best. She didn't believe at all that she knew etiquette and rules in private. She tilted her head and looked at the solemn main hall and said softly:

"Just cleaned up today?"

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, tilted her head and looked around a few times. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, she said calmly:

"It's always been like this."

Xiao Qi raised her eyebrows and looked at the place where the low table and heater were originally:

"After a copper stove has been used for a long time, the wood used for the floor will deform no matter how good it is. Judging from the position of the stove, there should be a table above it. As the queen mother, you usually sit on the floor to eat and extend your legs under the table?"

The Queen Mother's face stiffened, and she turned her head to look around. Under the dim candlelight, the light reflected from the floor was indeed slightly distorted. You couldn't notice it unless you looked carefully. She looked slightly surprised:

"Are you a dog?"

Xiao Qi smiled softly, sat sideways on the soft couch, and looked at the Queen Mother carefully:

"You and I are sisters, and we are both daughters. I used to think you were young, but we have been in the palace for ten years. I know how much we have suffered, and I won't tell you anything."

"..."

When the Queen Mother heard this, a trace of trance flashed in her eyes, she pursed her lips, resumed her usual sitting posture, and leaned on the soft couch lazily:

"I thought you had no humanity at all. You can't even imagine the things I've suffered. I'm locked in a cage like a bird, living in a place as big as my hand. I can't make any trouble all year round. Even being angry is a luxury, because No one competes with me at all, unlike you, strategizing in Huainan, getting whatever you want... You should have suffered this crime..."

Xiao Qi sighed softly, got a little closer, and held the Queen Mother's hand:

"One of you and I are destined to enter the palace, and you grab Xuan and Bakui by yourself..."

The Queen Mother looked a little annoyed in her eyes and pulled her hand away: "You didn't tell me at the time that Xu Danqing was going to paint you. I wanted to fight with you before I went to grab it. If you told me that you would enter the palace, I..."

Xiao Qi shook her head, her usually calm and beautiful face showing a bit of helplessness:

"Being born into a noble family, you have no choice but to do what you want. It doesn't matter if I enter the palace, but after the eldest brother's lineage is cut off, someone must be left to take charge of the Xiao family. Even if I tell you, can you take on this important task?"

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly: "Why can't I?"

"If you could, you wouldn't have foolishly gone to grab Xuan and Bakui back then."

"..."

The Queen Mother was speechless, snorted lightly and turned her head.

Xiao Qi sighed, sat next to her sister, and looked at her cheek carefully:

"I know that you are like a bird in a cage in the palace, you can see and hear but cannot touch, but you thought you were so comfortable when I was in Huainan, scheming and deceitful all day long, and you didn't even dare to relax even in your sleep. I'm afraid that if I make the slightest mistake, the millennium of the Xiao family's incense will be ruined in my hands. You won't be able to feel the pain. You entered the palace and became a widow, and I still won't marry. I can only say that my two sisters' lives are not good. How can you say that? Did I treat you badly?"

The Queen Mother pursed her lips, remained silent for a while, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Forget it, it's like this, just live a good life in the future."

Xiao Qi nodded and stood up: "I'll walk with you?"

The Queen Mother hesitated, pinched the small wooden sign in her arms, and said softly:

"Sister, come here, I want to discuss something with you."

Xiao Qi smiled a little, sat down next to her again, and asked as she did when she was young:

"Tell me, what do you want to ask your sister for help? Did you get into trouble or something else? "

The familiar scene made the queen mother's nose sour. She raised her hand to rub it and then whispered: "I... I have been in the palace for ten years and have never gone out alone. I heard that Qujiang Lake is very beautiful tonight. Can you... help me like you did when we were children?"

Xiao Qi blinked and hesitated. When she was eleven or twelve years old, her sister was more unruly and naughty. She always wanted to run around, but the daughter of a noble family could not show up easily. Because she had gotten into trouble, her family also controlled her sister more strictly. In order to go out, her sister often pretended to be her name and asked her to stay in the boudoir.

But that was a child after all, and impersonating the queen mother was not a small crime.

When the Queen Mother saw Xiao Qi hesitate, her eyes softened immediately, as if begging for Xu Buling:

"Good sister, just once, I have been in the deep palace for ten years, do you want me to die of old age in the palace? And it doesn't matter if someone finds out, the current emperor won't punish me, I am his mother, at most the royal family will spread some bad things in private... If you don't say it, I won't say it, no one will find out, I will be back in two days."

Xiao Qi blinked, thought for a while, and smiled: "Come back tomorrow morning, I still have things to do. I will stay in the capital for a while, and I will let you go out for a walk when you have time."

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly showed some spirit, and she quickly stood up and pulled Xiao Qi to the bedroom:

"Change your clothes, let's go now, your carriage should be parked outside the palace..."

Xiao Qi was dragged forward by her sister, and there was some helplessness in her eyes...