Chapter 21: Haunting Dreams
Since the selection of the palace, Su Wanxi has favored the harem and has become the emperor's favorite every night. No matter how the rest of the people admonished her, Shen Wen seemed to be enchanted and loved her alone. And Concubine Chen, who was originally the most favored, is now also being snubbed. For a while, Su Wanxi became a hot figure in the entire Lin'an.
In the vertical arch hall, Shen Jingyuan rushed from the East Palace early in the morning, and then corrected the government affairs, occasionally the ministers asked to see, and discussed some state affairs. The ministers have lost confidence in the absurd emperor, fortunately, there is a prince who can preside over the overall situation, and someone once proposed that the emperor be the first emperor and make the prince ascend the throne as the emperor, who knew that the emperor was furious, saying that the person had the intention of rebellion, and gave birth to the sin of the nine clans, and therefore affected the prince, so that Shen Jingyuan was also grounded in the palace for half a month. Since then, no one has dared to come forward and propose.
Some of the founding fathers were very sad to see the emperor's appearance today, once when Shen Wen was young, he was full of spirit, personally led 100,000 male soldiers, and captured Lin'an in one fell swoop. Now, he has been the emperor for more than ten years, and he only cares about pleasure more and more, completely forgetting the vow he made when he was young to benefit the people of Li. But time has passed, and Shen Wen can't say anything more from now on.
"Prince, drink a cup of hot tea and rest first. Next to the imperial case, Xiao Anzi also poured hot tea from Shen Jingyuan.
The fragrance of tea overflowed everywhere, and Shen Jingyuan was also quite tired, so he put down his pen, stretched his waist, and looked out of the hall, the sun was shining brightly, and it was noon.
"Father didn't go to the court today?" Shen Jingyuan took a sip of tea, frowned slightly and put down the teacup, Shen Wen seemed to have never taken it to heart about the things of the last dynasty, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.
Xiao Anzi's face was embarrassed, but he still spoke: "If you go back to the prince, the emperor has summoned Su Zhaoyi every day in the past few days, and he has not been to the court for five days. ”
"Su Zhaoyi, isn't it Concubine Chen?" Shen Jingyuan never asked about the affairs of Shen Wen's harem, let alone knew about it, but he only heard that Concubine Chen used to be the most favored, how could she become a Su Zhaoyi now.
Xiao Anzi's face was strange, as if he couldn't speak.
Shen Jingyuan glanced at him and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”
Xiao Anzi swallowed his saliva at this time, lowered his head and replied: "Prince, this Su Zhaoyi is Su Cairen, a newcomer who just participated in the palace election not long ago, the emperor not only hasn't even finished reading the woman who chose the concubine for her, but also gave her Fuyuanju." ”
Shen Jingyuan was suddenly stunned, and suddenly felt that there was a slight feeling that was growing secretly, Su Zhaoyi ...... She was already Zhaoyi, the woman who glanced at the lotus pond in the Prime Minister's Mansion and then met again in the Liuxian Wine Pond. On that day, her panicked back by the lotus pond made him think of another woman every time he recalled it......
Shen Jingyuan felt that he had been busy dealing with government affairs and border war issues in the past few days, and he was so busy that he had no time to listen to the trivial matters of his father's palace. Unexpectedly, in just a few days, it seems that earth-shaking changes have taken place.
Xiao Anzi saw that Shen Jingyuan also had a disbelieving expression, and then added: "The slave heard that this Su Zhaoyi is as beautiful as a fairy, and the emperor loves it very much."
"Beautiful as a fairy ......" mentioned the word, and he couldn't help but think of the scene he met in the Drunken Moon Pavilion that night.
Xiao Anzi nodded.
"Let's go to Furaoju. Shen Jingyuan didn't know why he made such a decision, as if he had known that woman for a long, long time, and there was always an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Fuhui Ju, Su Wanxi was watering the flowers and plants in front of the door, just like the day of the palace election, she was dressed in white again, with light makeup, and Qing'er, Chunwen, and Qiulai behind her were all standing aside and didn't dare to make a sound, these things should have been done by others, but Su Zhaoyi wanted to do it herself, and the three of them were helpless.
Outside the bamboo forest, the sound of footsteps gradually came, Su Wanxi pretended not to hear it, and continued to scoop the iris at her feet with Qing Shui. It's been so many days, and the people who should have heard the wind should be coming.
Shen Jingyuan and his entourage arrived at the gate of the courtyard, and before they could pass the word, they saw a woman in white watering a budding iris by the flower garden. If it's really her...... This Su Zhaoyi is really her.
"The prince has arrived. "It's the little ticket that has been hanging its head, and he didn't dare to look around, but when he arrived at the door of Fuyuanju, he reported it according to the courtesy.
When Su Wanxi heard this, she hurriedly put down the things in her hand, turned around and looked at the person at the door, with a few light smiles on her face.
And Shen Jingyuan stared at Su Wanxi's face, and there was a slight remorse in his eyes.
Everyone's reaction to them was very strange, now that Su Wanxi is a concubine and Shen Jingyuan is the crown prince, they don't have to salute each other, but at least they have to greet each other, but today the two of them met directly and similarly, and everyone was confused.
Su Wanxi's beautiful eyes drooped slightly, and said, "I've seen the prince." ”
Shen Jingyuan stared at the woman in front of him, if it is said that the fish and geese are sinking, the moon is shy and the flowers are just right, and the white clothes are not like mortals, compared with her who was playful that night, her face today is slightly pitiful, which makes people feel more pity.
After a long silence, Shen Jingyuan showed a smile, but he still felt rejected. "Jing Yuan is just here to say goodbye to Su Zhaoyi as a junior today. With that, Shen Jingyuan made a small salute to Su Wanxi. In terms of seniority, Su Wanxi can be said to be Shen Jingyuan's aunt, but in terms of age, Su Wanxi is a few years younger than Shen Jingyuan.
Su Wanxi had an innocent and distressed expression on her face, frowned a little worried, and asked, "Won't the prince come in and sit?"
Shen Jingyuan's face was expressionless: "Thank you Zhaoyi for your kindness, but Jingyuan still has something to deal with, so he retired first." Saying that, Shen Jingyuan didn't wait for her to speak again, and left on his own with someone.
Su Wanxi looked at the back of him leaving, with some tears in her eyes, and before anyone noticed, she hurriedly turned around and poured water as if nothing had happened. The back of leaving, which made her inappropriately recall the past, thinking, the tears in her eyes turned into hatred, and she couldn't help but pour a whole spoonful of water on the flowers at her feet, Su Wanxi looked down, the white flirties looked quite embarrassed, and the delicate branches and flowers and leaves seemed to be full of tears.
After Shen Jingyuan left the Fuyuan Residence, he did not return to the Vertical Arch Palace, but returned straight to the East Palace, distraught and uneasy along the way.
I can't imagine that it is really her...... When I first saw her, she hadn't been selected yet, and she was just a talented person, right?
Shen Jingyuan frowned, isn't she just a woman, why do you care so much?! She is nothing more beautiful than other women, what else is there? Although Shen Jingyuan thought so, the scene of that night encounter always lingered in his mind, and her smile, every word and word were engraved in his heart like an imprint.
However, what made him unforgettable for her was not how beautiful she was, but the reunion with her for the first time, which was like a reunion that had been waiting for a thousand years, and that inexplicable sense of familiarity was really like an old friend......
Old friend...... Shen Jingyuan thought of the old man, and he was even more upset, so he simply stopped thinking about it.
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