On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the procession of the Great Xia envoys finally entered Beijing, passing through the market from Hongshengmen to Da'an Palace. The people crowded together across a few streets to watch the excitement, and the honor guard of this year's Great Xia tribute seemed to be much longer than in previous years, but the momentum was extremely low-key.

Li Shuci was confined in the deep palace and naturally couldn't go out to see this excitement, but the harem also has a harem method, the queen mother is dignified and self-controlled, and it will not be rare to see these excitement like other concubines, but this does not affect the interest of other harem ladies, and even Princess Anyang specially invited Li Shuci to sit in Fuling Palace.

The Fuling Palace, which is built on the mountain, is the highest in Da'an Palace, and the overlapping large and small palaces are still flying eaves and arches, and the gold is shining. And the scene of her assassination with the Confucian King, when I think of it at this time, it seems that tens of millions of years have passed, and the faint love has long been worn out with the incident.

The carriage and horses outside the Xuanwu Gate stopped, and the envoys of Great Xia took the lead in getting off the horse, and helped out a beautiful and heroic young man from the carriage, and the concubines were also surprised to discuss, Princess Anyang said: "Is this to marry the third prince Rong Zhi of the county lord of Kangyang? There was no news before that the prince of Great Xia was also coming." An Yang couldn't help but smile and nodded, "It's also worthy of our county lord in Chongnan." ”

Li Shuci didn't expect Daxia to be so sincere, so he took a closer look there.

Rong Zhi smiled all the way and walked at the front of the line, and the previous envoy followed behind him. Further back, he took the lead in following a group of young men carrying carved burdens, and the four of them carried them forward, one by one, in pairs and in a row. Each strutted with his head held high, his back straight. The red wooden box is naturally filled with cloth and satin, tea, medicinal herbs, and various treasures and specialties, etc., and there are 9981 pairs.

Li Shuci and the others sat on the high pavilion, not looking very real, but the number was clearer than the number of people next to them. Princess Anyang grew up in the splendid pile since she was a child, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised: "It seems that Da Xia is very sincere about the matter of harmony. ”

The concubines in the back suddenly remembered that there was such a thing: "No wonder this year is so grand, it turned out to be a dowry for marrying the county lord of Kangyang." ”

"Let's not talk about the dowry or not, you can see what's behind!" Concubine Xiang's tone was sour, causing the others to look down again.

It turned out that the team was not over here, and the back followed the same eight vermilion carved lacquer sedan chairs.

Eight people carry a large square sedan chair, and above each sedan chair sits a beautiful woman with gorgeous clothes and a head full of pearls. Although the appearance is not real, the shadow of the fairy is enough to arouse people's reverie. The handkerchief in Concubine Hua's hand was almost torn, and having a Concubine Xiang was enough for her to have a headache. What's wrong with this big summer, you have to send a beauty?

She was unwilling, but someone was certainly more reluctant than she was. said indifferently at the moment: "The king is diligent in government, even if it is stunning, it is just for the occasion." ”

Concubine Xiang really became angry when she heard this, she wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and said: "Sister Hua's words are right, in short, whether there are beauties or not, it has nothing to do with you, sister." ”

I can't get the rain and dew, do you still mind who this rain and dew is for?

Concubine Hua almost bit the root when she heard this, pinched the handkerchief fiercely, but replied lightly: "Concubine Xiang's sister should also be happy, the Nine Emperors and the Fifteenth Princess are in your palace, and my sister is busy now, how can I have time to fight, someone has to serve my sister for the king." ”

Since Xiang Wang Meiren entered the palace, how can she still have anything to do with Concubine Xiang? She, the 'most favored concubine', has been neglected a lot. Every time she went to see Emperor Xuwen, Emperor Xuwen either asked her to take good care of the prince or the princess.

Concubine Xiang looked around and found that Wang Meiren was sitting in the corner, quietly looking at the team below, as if nothing had happened, Concubine Xiang sneered: "You are indifferent, and you are not afraid that the new beauty will steal your limelight?"

Wang Meiren's gaze moved back to these people from a distance, and said with a light smile: "When has my sister been in the limelight? My sister is not as happy as my sister, I just hope that your lord will not work too hard." ”

"You, what do you mean by that!" Concubine Xiang rushed in front of her with a sharp lunge, which was simply scolding her for being a fox. Some concubines who didn't look down on Concubine Xiang before have snickered. Concubine Xiang's face couldn't be hung up, and her sharp nails were aimed straight at Wang Meiren's nose.

Li Shuci secretly listened to the conversation between the two, and knew in her heart that although 'Wang Meiren' acted on orders and had ulterior motives, she never forgot to compete for favor, after all, getting her husband's favor can make her 'chess piece' live better and make it easier to act. She was thinking about it in her heart, so she looked back, but she didn't expect Concubine Xiang to step forward and push Wang Meiren, Wang Meiren's body was crooked, and she stumbled on the pillar in a hurry, and slipped to the ground softly at the moment.

An Yang stood up suddenly, she couldn't care about the affairs between the concubines and concubines, but when something happened in front of her, she was also angry, and almost glared at Concubine Xiang's head at the moment: "What a worry-free one! Come on, immediately carry Wang Meiren back for diagnosis and treatment! Escort Concubine Xiang to the Queen Mother for disposal!"

"I ...... I didn't mean to!" Concubine Xiang saw that Wang Meiren hit the pillar, and she panicked at the moment, although Anyang is just a sister-in-law, but after all, she is a princess of a country, extremely noble, and has a very good relationship with the king. Concubine Xiang subconsciously wanted to kneel down and beg for help, but what is it to kneel with her sister-in-law!

An Yang glanced at Li Shuci, "Didn't scare you, did you?"

Li Shuci smiled gently: "No." ”

An Yang patted the back of her hand and said, "The bad thing is in front of our eyes, let's go to the Queen Mother to have a look." ”

Li Shuci nodded obediently, of course she also wanted to take a look. Wang Meiren looks weak, but in fact, she is not easy to bully. If she can harm others so easily, she will not be the 'Aunt Zhen' that Li Shuci knows.

When Li Shuci returned to the Empress Dowager's palace, Wang Meiren had already woken up at this time, "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's care, the concubines are fine, but it's a pity that the concubines can't go to tonight's feast." The corner of her forehead was torn and slightly bruised.

The gentleman in front of him was busy with the friendship between the two countries, so he naturally didn't have time to pay attention to these things. What's more, Wang Meiren was just knocked unconscious, and she would be fine after a few days of rest. Seeing that she didn't mean to quarrel with the king, the queen mother looked a lot better: "In the end, you are more sensible." ”

Concubine Xiang was aggrieved in front of the Queen Mother for a while, and she was still grounded in the end. Anyang stayed to talk to the Queen Mother, and Li Shuci returned to Heyi Palace. "Looks like the show has begun!"

Qingge blinked his eyes twice, changed Li Shuci's clothes on the one hand, and said, "Wang Meiren did it on purpose?"

Mu Yun said: "It must be deliberate, I see that she has a light gait, not like she is weak, how can she be pushed by Concubine Xiang and fall down?

Li Shuci smiled and said: "Prepare all the things we have prepared, and don't let go of any of them if you can pull a few into the water!"

The winter cold can't blow into the hall and half a star, Emperor Xuwen and Concubine Hui sat high on the golden palace, listening to Rong Zhi and Song Ji praising Chongnan in turn with a moderate smile, and Li Shuci and a concubine and the maid were in the side hall, saying that it was the side hall, but in fact, it was only a thin brocade separated from the golden palace, and the outside could not see the inside, and the inside could clearly see the outside.

The greetings came to an end, and the eight women who were too close to the Da'an Palace with a sedan chair before, at this time, half a thin gauze covered their faces, drifting into the hall like smoke and fog, knotting their sleeves and beads, singing and dancing, Jin Ling on her ankles made a crisp and pleasant golden sound, tickling people's hearts itching and instigating.

Yu Baochan took her mother to avoid Bodhi Nunnery, and at this time Li Shuci was sitting next to a pair of sisters from the Jingzhao Yin family, Qi Rou and Qi Yan. Qi Yan knew that Li Shuci and the Confucian King were about to get married, so she turned around, and while her sister Qi Rou was not paying attention, she smiled at Li Shuci: "Sister Li, the last time we met was at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I don't know if you still remember me?"

Li Shuci knew that Qi Yan was lively, so he replied with a smile: "Of course I remember, Sister Qi is lively and cute, I am very happy to see you." ”

"Really?" Qi Yan was very happy to hear her say this, Hu Yurong didn't come today, she sat in front of Qi Rou for a long time, and finally found someone who was willing to talk to her: "I often hear my mother mention you, I envy Sister Li." ”

Li Shuci felt fresh, she was reborn and came back, deliberately low-key, unwilling to attract too much attention from others, the former arrogance and willfulness were almost gone, I didn't expect that there were still many people talking about her?

Sister Li is a great beauty, and she is from a big family, not to mention that Prime Minister Li is so powerful, she will definitely be able to protect her sister for a lifetime. Although Qi Yan's father is also an official in Beijing, after all, the family has a shallow foundation, and I am afraid that she happened to hear about how the family is, so she had some envy, but her envy was frank and honest, and she did not have the slightest jealousy and irony. "The most important thing is that my sister is going to marry His Royal Highness the King of Confucianism in the near future, and His Royal Highness the King of Confucianism ...... That's His Royal Highness the Confucian King! Who can not envy it! Sister Li will definitely be carefree and happy all her life. ”

"Thank you for your good words. Li Shuci smiled bitterly in her heart, the two people she envied, now one is a knife hanging over her heart, and she is in pain from time to time. One is the shackles that she tries to get rid of in the fastest time. It's really your honey, and his arsenic and frost.

Qi Rou finally found out that her sister was talking nonsense to others again, and secretly pulled her. smiled apologetically at Li Shuci.

Li Shuci's gaze passed through everyone, looking at the vague figure outside the thin brocade, the tears under his eyes were hidden in the pattern of the thin brocade, hiding a trace of kindness and harmony that he often wore on his face, looking more cold and handsome, a little colder than the lonely moon in the heavenly palace, after the fog.

If she marries him, will she really be carefree and happy for the rest of her life?

No, she won't.

Therefore, even if she never marries for the rest of her life, she does not want to live in those false tenderness.

Li Shuci hung his head indifferently and was silent, Mu Yun touched her on the side, and whispered in her ear: "Girl, the county lord of Kangyang is here." ”