The night breeze is curling, the sky is still warm after the scorching heat, and the red lights of the winding promenade and water pavilion are hanging high, decorating the seemingly ordinary but mysterious night. The banquet in the imperial garden is swaggering, the monarchs and ministers are happy together, from the top of the long pavilion to the bottom of the hundred meters, the palace maids who come and go shuttle and keep serving delicious food, and the tulip liquor has been opened, arousing the cravings in the stomach of countless people.

The people in the pavilion did not speak, and the dozens of ministers present did not dare to make a loud noise, but only whispered a few words in the gap. I don't know why, there is always an indescribable sense of melancholy in the hearts of everyone at that banquet, obviously there is a luxurious feast in front of them, but it makes people feel chills down their spines, inexplicable uneasiness, as if something big is going to happen.

"Master Su, I heard that the emperor's concubine was pregnant with a dragon seed, so the emperor feasted the ministers tonight to celebrate, is this true?"

"I heard Imperial Doctor Song say, it's true, if the concubine Niangniang has just been pregnant for a month, the emperor only got the news today. ”

"Hiss......" The person who asked the question did not show any joy, but gasped and looked cautiously into the pavilion, then lowered his head and said softly in a dumb voice: "But no matter how I look at the emperor, he doesn't look very happy, so he has to make some moths......"

Master Su also looked at it when he heard this, and then lowered his head with the same feeling, and replied in a low voice: "I look like it, it seems that there is no good banquet, let's ...... Ask for more blessings. ”

"Are you Aiqing impatient to wait?" Liu Shaokang's voice suddenly came from the pavilion, and his tone did not have any waves, which made people unable to figure out his state of mind at this moment. ”

Liu Shaokang suddenly smiled when he heard this, straightened up from the soft couch, leaned over lazily, looked at the courtiers in that place, and said slowly: "My concubine Rufei is pregnant, this is a great news, so I will feast the ministers and celebrate with Zhongqing, this is my first child, if it is a little prince, it is very likely to be the future prince, Rufei is now inconvenient, everything should be paid more attention, it is understandable to be late for a while, Zhongqing said, yes." ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, such as the concubine, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

clichés, these people don't know how sincere they are in their hearts.

Liu Shaokang looked at the people in front of him and smiled coldly, then leaned back, raised his fingers slightly, and motioned for the ministers to get up.

Han Jianguo has been more than a hundred years, from the beginning of the suzerain, it has always been the elder not the young, the eldest brother is in power, and the next brother must not touch the military power, so as to put an end to the royal tragedy of fratricide, but Han Gaolord Liu Keyu has only been obsessed with music and rhythm since he was a child, and the way of governing the country is not clear, when the first emperor passed on the throne, he may have predicted that he would be coerced by his courtiers later, so he left a selfish heart, so that the political king Liu Shaokang held a part of the military power, his idea may just be to hope that Liu Shaokang can assist his brother and revitalize the royal family, unexpectedly, but in the end it contributed to the fact that Liu Shaokang killed his brother and usurped the throne。

Liu Shaokang knew very well that many of the courtiers had a lot of complaints about his usurpation, even if Han Gaozhu was not good, but after all, he was his elder brother, after his abdication, he still let people kill him to prevent future troubles, although everyone didn't say it, but they all knew it, and everyone stayed away from his brutal behavior. In a country, if the loyalty of the courtiers is far lower than their fear of the king, it is not a good thing for the court, but if this situation cannot be reversed, then their fear will be expanded to infinity, so that the emperor's words are a qiē, which is also a way to control the situation.

"The concubine is late, and she asks the emperor for forgiveness. A soft voice came from the garden gate, like the concubine in the palace maid's support of the next three shakes, Liu Shaokang saw this and stood up, stretched out his hand and said, "Come to me." ”

"Such as a concubine, a thousand years old, a thousand years old. ”

"Let's get up. Concubine Ru seemed to be in a good mood, and this morning she was really ecstatic when she heard that she was pregnant, and she was so happy that she couldn't help herself.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, although there are many concubines in the harem, he does not favor one person, and all the concubines are equal, so every woman has tried her best to inherit the grace of Ze, because if she is pregnant with the dragon species, her status can soar to the sky, which is incomparable. But not long ago, the emperor suddenly got a man back from outside the palace, saying that he was a guard, but in fact he was a scholar who had no power to tie the chicken, who in the harem didn't know, the man called the closed pupil was a man but did the thing of a woman's joy, the emperor didn't look at him very much on weekdays, but he always had to go to him at night to warm up and save a little before turning to another place, the time was long, the concubines were quite resentful, regarded the closed pupils as a nail in the eye, not to mention many difficulties and humiliations, and often let people go to the Lanping Hall where he lived to make trouble, and the closed pupils knew the reason why they were resentful, so they all swallowed their anger and forbearance。

"Your Majesty. Concubine Ru came to Liu Shaokang with a smile on her face, and was about to salute, but was pulled by Liu Shaokang and sat on the soft couch.

"If the concubine is inconvenient now, she doesn't have to salute. ”

Concubine Ru glanced to the side very proudly, and saw the closed pupils standing by the pillar with lowered eyes.

Minion!

She glanced at her eyes with disdain, then let out a low chuckle.

He is a man after all, he may be able to inherit joy under his body, but he can't extend the heir, and now that he is pregnant, see what else he can do to compete with him for favor!

He naturally knew that Concubine Ru was looking at him now, but he still kept his head down, and he didn't even move his brows. As soon as the palace gate enters the deep sea, the most basic point of surviving in this deceitful environment is to be able to endure, endure what ordinary people can't endure, in order to protect themselves and seek others.

"All of you are seated, tonight is also my family banquet, call you Aiqing over, just to join in the fun, everyone don't be restrained, enjoy the wine and food." ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor. "Having said that, who dares to drink freely, and even have to be careful when eating, for fear that he will fall into the eyes of the emperor without paying attention, and he will be counted by the autumn queen when he turns back, but he really can't eat and walks around.

"Come, drink with me. Liu Shaokang got up and stood up, holding a wine glass and walked out of the pavilion, and when the ministers saw it, they all stood up hurriedly and bowed to greet each other.

"Close the pupils, bring that plate of purple grapes to the palace. Leaning into the couch with a soft posture, Rufei glanced at the pupils with a cold face, and then casually straightened her wide sleeves, waiting for the pupils to present the purple grapes on the table to her.

"Peel it off. ”

Closed Tong bowed his head and stood aside, listened to Concubine Ru's words, put down the fruit plate in his hand, twisted a purple grapefruit and gently peeled off the skin and handed it to her.

Ten fingers are slender, fair and smooth, and the same is true on his face, and a cinnabar mole between his eyebrows makes his slightly delicate face even more pitiful, no wonder the emperor will also be fascinated by him.

Concubine Ru raised her eyes and took a look, and saw that Liu Shaokang was talking with the minister, so she sneered and grabbed the hand of the pupils, grabbed it tightly and pulled it in front of her, and said in a cold voice: "Do you know how to write the word shame? Don't think that the emperor likes you, he is just looking for someone's shadow from you, that person's appearance is less than that of others, with you, you are also worthy!"

"I don't know what the concubine is referring to. Guan Tong responded to Concubine Ru's words very calmly, and was not provoked by her.

"I don't know, hehe, you have been to the emperor's Zhonghe Palace, and there is a portrait of that person behind the palace, and you are naturally proud of Chengze's grace now, but if you have seen the portrait of that person, you will know how filthy and disgusting it is!" Seeing that he was unmoved, Concubine Ru couldn't help but be angry, and her words became more bitter and mean.

The reason why the emperor favored the pupils is said to be because he has a person in his heart who can't ask for it, and there are not many people in the harem who know about it, and there are only a few concubines who have entered the palace except for the palace maids who have seen the portrait.

The concubine still clearly remembers the shock she received when she saw the portrait, the life-size portrait hung opposite the emperor's dragon bed, the person on the painting is not very old, green silk, flying clothes, eyebrows such as ink outline, eyes with autumn water and half wrapped in smoke, it seems that Luo Shen is better than three points, the look on his face is extremely plain and quiet, a pair of eyes looked coldly at the outside of the painting, as if he disdained this flashy world, and did not want to be with it.

Flawless and dust-free!

Sure enough, people are like their name, people dare not blaspheme half a point, but they don't know where he is sacred, such a person, he will definitely set off stormy waves wherever he goes.

"I'm just a pariah, so why should my mother bother with me, and lose her identity. Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure faintly appearing at the garden gate on the left, and the corners of his lips showed a subtle smile, and suddenly he shook his hand fiercely, shook off the pull of the concubine, and provoked between his words.

"Since you know that you are cheap, don't pester the emperor every day, a man is pressed under him and plays with him at will, if I were you, I would have ended myself with a knife, so as not to be spurned by others. ”

Hearing this, he raised his eyes, looked at Concubine Ru and smiled slowly: "It's a pity, the emperor just likes my body, when he asks me for pleasure every night, you not only have to rely on the door to look forward to it, but also calculate others, so that you have one more chance to be favored by him, so it seems that I don't know who is more pathetic, do you say yes, Concubine Runiang." The smile with sarcasm and mockery completely angered Concubine Ru, seeing that Liu Shaokang still did not turn around, she leaned over and grabbed the jaw of the closed pupil and lifted it fiercely, and then slapped it.

"Qiuhuan, if the concubine is there, let's go over. Luo Ziene entered the imperial garden from the left, and saw that Liu Shaokang was drinking with the minister, but Concubine Ru was sitting in the pavilion talking to people, so he greeted Qiuhuan and went straight to the pavilion.

Close the pupils were slapped by Concubine Ru and fell to the ground, when she fell, her hand brushed the table, knocked over the wine jug placed on the table, and the wine splashed out instantly, and it was splashed on the hem of Luo Ziene's skirt, Luo Ziene didn't know why, and was frightened by the scene she saw, and when she found that her skirt was full of spirits, Liu Shaokang had already turned behind her.

"What's the matter?" The displeased voice made everyone present feel cold, and when the concubine saw this, she stood up, pretended to hold her waist and limbs, and said with grievances: "The concubine suddenly felt unwell, she was a little dizzy when she stood up, and when she reached out to help, she accidentally knocked over the wine jug and splashed the skirt of Sister Zine, it was all the concubine's fault, the emperor should not blame the concubine." ”

"Oh?" Liu Shaokang raised his eyebrows sideways, looked at the closed pupils, and saw him standing aside with his head down, but there was a slap mark on the left side of his face, and he couldn't help but sneer and said in a deep voice: "Don't admit your mistakes to Concubine Ru and Miss Zine, there's nothing for you here, go down." ”

"The minister gave it to the concubine, Miss Luo made amends, and the minister retired. After closing the pupils, she retreated, Luo Ziene stood in place and looked at her skirt, and then glanced at Concubine Ru, she saw it clearly, knowing that Concubine Ru deliberately embarrassed her, so she frowned, bowed to Liu Shaokang, and said, "Ziene went back to change clothes." ”

"Go, I'm still waiting to see your hundred miles of clouds. Liu Shaokang smiled slightly and motioned for her to leave.

Luo Ziene took Qiuhuan out of the imperial garden, and saw that the closed pupil was not far in front of him, so he took a few steps and called softly: "Your Excellency." ”

He paused for a moment, a smile appeared on his face, he first glanced around, then lowered his head, turned around and waved his hand at Luo Ziene, and said, "Miss Luo...... Pastries can be pleased. ”

Luo Ziene was shocked when she heard this, and then understood who sent the pastry, she was surprised, and her face naturally couldn't hide it.

No matter how she thought about it, she didn't expect that the messenger was actually Hitomi, although she had a few encounters with him, but there was no intersection, let alone such a private meeting, so she didn't know what Hitomi would have to say to herself.

"My lord did not hesitate to risk his life to meet him, I don't know what happened?"

"Miss Zine—"

"I also want to know, what is the big deal with the big deal, I want to meet with Miss Zi Ene in private to explain the reason, why don't you also talk to me about it, how about it!" The words that suddenly came from behind him were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and they were so shocked that Qi Tong and Luo Zi Ene were both jumped, and the two of them turned around and looked back in a trembling manner, and saw Liu Shaokang's expressionless face.