Chapter Eighty-Eight: Temptation

"The Emperor's ......"

The woman standing on the side of the road seemed to be a little surprised, and only after a soft snort came over and knelt down in front of Xiao Shaoyun to salute. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"The courtier Xu Chengyi knocked on the emperor Jin'an!"

Xiao Shaoyun bowed his head a little unhappily: "Get up, retreat!"

A pungent smell of fragrant powder greeted him, although it was comparable to the fragrance of various flowers in the imperial garden, Xiao Shaoyun was still a little disgusted, and the disgust on his face was not concealed at all.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on Xu Chengyi's face, but in the end he stood up respectfully, took a few steps back, and stood with his eyebrows lowered.

Zhan Shichun told her that the emperor must pass by at night, she made so many preparations, and the emperor refused to even let her come close!

Xu Chengyi's slightly reddish face was not obvious in the hazy light of the Imperial Garden, but the shame in her heart still fluctuated like a tide.

Where is she not in the eyes of the emperor? Even Xu Chenghuan's posture The emperor can hold it like a treasure, except for her inferior status, which one is not better than Xu Chenghuan?

Xiao Shaoyun never speculated about the thoughts of irrelevant people, and was ready to walk through when he took a step, but remembering that Xu Chengyi was Cheng Huan's sister, he still asked: "Why is it late, why are you still wandering in the imperial garden?" Why didn't Concubine Shu send anyone to follow you?"

Xu Chengyi was stunned for a moment, his heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly followed, and replied shyly: "When the courtiers first entered the palace, they missed their parents and family - the courtiers' usual maids and maids were all left in the house, and the sisters and courtiers in the palace didn't want to disturb them, so they went out for a walk alone, disturbed the emperor's purity, and asked the emperor to forgive them!"

Xiao Shaoyun took a few more steps forward, separated by a distance, before turning to look at her.

Yes, it's just a concubine, and she is naturally not qualified to bring a maid when she enters the palace, according to what she said......

"Is there someone in the palace who treats you harshly? Concubine Shu is your aunt, you don't have to be restrained in the palace, you also understand what you said that day, you just need to live well in the palace, and when the queen's soul returns, I will definitely send you home and point you a good family business, you don't have to be afraid. ”

The blood on Xu Chengyi's face faded away with a "swish".

Do you want to send her back?

Xu Chengyi bit his lower lip and couldn't help but ask.

She naturally won't forget, she is just an introduction to Xu Chenghuan's soul, at this time in the eyes of the emperor, she is just Xu Chenghuan's sister-in-law!

Although it is a long time to come, now that she has entered the palace, she can only go all the way forward, and there is no reason to go back!

Her father and mother-in-law, she has fallen out, her biological mother, aunt and brother-in-law, are still in the hands of her mother-in-law, she has no way out, that's it!

Xu Chengyi knelt down again and made a big salute.

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness, the courtiers also look forward to doing their part for the emperor and the queen, the courtiers will **** pray, may my sister Chenghuan's soul return as soon as possible!"

Xiao Shaoyun nodded, with a touch of appreciation.

Yes, this sister is still a little sincere to Cheng Huan, it seems that Wei Beihou that old thing just wants to prevent him from summoning the soul of Cheng Huan.

"Stand down, I live in the palace, and tell Concubine Shu if I have anything. ”

Xiao Shaoyun turned around and walked along the stone road of the Imperial Garden towards the Star Picking Pavilion.

Liu Defu led a group of attendants to follow closely, and when he passed by Xu Chengyi's side, he couldn't help but take a few more looks.

This second miss of the Xu family, did she really meet the emperor by chance?

Why does he think that this imperial garden is so lively, there are only a few masters in the palace, such a big palace, the imperial garden covers such a large area, how can it be so coincidental?

This Second Miss Xu and her aunt Concubine Shu are really people all the way! Thinking that he met Concubine Shu here a few days ago, Liu Defu said secretly.

When the group walked away, Xu Chengyi stood up from the ground, his knees aching on the cobblestone path under his thin skirt.

Although she has not been taken seriously in Houfu since she was a child, the old woman of her grandmother did not dare to embarrass her, she had never knelt on a stone like this.

However, what is it to suffer this little hardship, there will eventually be a **** who has gained a firm foothold in this palace, then there is no need to suffer any hardship!

In Cining Palace, Concubine Shu lazily held a book and leaned on the soft couch, looking at it from time to time under the lamp, and the palace was silent.

It wasn't until Xu Chengyi's return that this tranquility was broken.

"Auntie...... Why haven't you rested yet?"

When Xu Chengyi went out, it was already close to midnight, and he came back even later. originally thought that Concubine Shu had already slept, but when I entered the palace gate, I saw that the main hall where Concubine Shu lived was still lit, so I had to come to say hello.

"I slept a lot during the day, and now I'm sleepy, but I can't sleep. ”

Concubine Shu sat up, the palace maid standing beside her bowed her head and respectfully accepted the scroll in her hand, and the other stepped forward to put on soft satin bedding shoes for her, and carefully helped her out of the soft couch with carved phoenixes.

With such a graceful and dignified posture, Xu Chengyi's eyes were hot for a while.

Look, even if my aunt is just an old lady who is no longer beautiful, this should be enjoyed with dignity, which is still a lot.

Thinking about the two palace maids who served him with implied contempt, Xu Chengyi immediately had a plan in his heart.

She stepped forward to support Concubine Shu, and after the two sat down again, she said with some hesitation:

"Auntie, Chengyi couldn't sleep just now, so she went to the imperial garden for a walk and met the emperor...... The emperor seems to be going to pick up the star pavilion. ”

Concubine Shu raised her slender eyebrows, as if surprised: "Oh?"

Xu Chengyi lowered his head: "The emperor instructed me to live well in the palace...... Listening to the emperor's tone, it seems to be ...... Or do you want to summon the soul of Cheng Huan...... Auntie, isn't it good for the emperor to be like this?"

Concubine Shu frowned, after the death of the first emperor, her power in the palace is not as good as before, the emperor has spent a lot of manpower in order to do that thing before the emperor's wedding, and now the emperor has Zhan Shichun by his side, and her news about the previous dynasty and outside the palace is not as convenient as before.

She glanced at her niece without a trace, and sighed lightly: "Chengyi, tonight, you did two wrong things, if it is not the palace sitting next to you at this time, but someone else, then you have been sent to the emperor to be punished at this time." ”

Xu Chengyi was shocked, and immediately knelt down, with a panic on his face: "Chengyi is negligent, my aunt taught me!"

"First, you shouldn't reveal the emperor's whereabouts to the palace privately, and secondly, you shouldn't speculate on the holy will, these two items, no matter which one you commit, are capital crimes!"

Concubine Shu looked at the long nails that were a little mottled, but because Empress Xiaoyuan couldn't repaint the scarlet dankou during her filial piety, her expression was cold and not angry.

The power of the perennial upper position immediately suppressed Xu Chengyi and couldn't raise his head, and he trembled on the ground: "The courtier is guilty, please ask my aunt to save me!"

Concubine Shu turned a deaf ear, only looking at the unpleasant nails, as if kneeling on the ground was not her niece at all, just a person who had nothing to do with her.

Xu Chengyi didn't know what Concubine Shu meant, and his mind was in a hurry.

When the first emperor was there, Concubine Shu was rampant in the harem for more than ten years, and she was definitely not this kind of person who followed the rules and never spied on the holy will. )