18. Chapter XVIII
In the early morning of the next day, when Xiao Yan went to greet the queen with two blue and black circles, it suddenly caused sour water in the hearts of all the concubines present, and the eyes that looked at Xiao Yan were somewhat mixed with some vinegar. Fortunately, this morning, the system reminded Xiao Yanqian that his favorability towards her had increased by 5 points, which finally made her feel a little comforted, and she felt that she had done the most disgusting thing about reciting poems all night, and there were some meager rewards for such hard work.
The system, which was aware of the resentment in the hearts of the concubines, secretly wiped his sweat: "What if the master seems to have become the target of everyone?" It seems that the master's task of brushing the friendliness and gratitude of the concubines and concubines is progressing very hard! β
Xiao Yan helplessly explained to the system: "The harem battle has always been like a battlefield filled with gunpowder, not only thrilling, but sometimes even very bloody and cruel. This kind of contest is often either you die or I live, there is no such thing as a tie at all, and it is even more impossible to make rivals who are opposed to each other become friends. Don't you think that the two tasks of brushing Qianlong's favorability and brushing the friendliness of concubines are inherently contradictory? You'd better try your best to find a way to change a task for me, or change some of the mission rules, otherwise I won't be able to complete such an unreasonable and naΓ―ve task. β
The system trembled and replied embarrassedly: "Now I also find that this task setting is indeed a bit contradictory, but for now...... I have no solution but to ask the master to bear with me for a while......"
Xiao Yan was speechless, thinking in her heart why the systems bound to the protagonists in other film and television works or novels are all masters of bullying and dragging the sky, and her system is not only useless, but also very cute and stupid?
Because Xiao Yan was tortured by damn poetry all night last night, she almost never slept well, so after being taught by the queen Fucha for half an hour, Xiao Yan was finally able to get out, and after returning to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace, she immediately changed into a light blue homely clothes, waved her hand to the waiter and Qiulan who were busy around her, yawned and ordered: "Don't be busy, let's retreat for the time being, don't come in and disturb me when the sky falls!" I'm so hungry that I need to get a good night's sleep. β
The waiter and Qiulan glanced at each other, and hurriedly retreated respectfully. Xiao Yan climbed onto the bed as she wished, rubbed on the soft brocade quilt, and closed her eyes with satisfaction, only feeling that the ancestors who invented the bed had really done a great thing.
However, Xiao Yan had just fallen asleep when she was woken up softly by Qiu Lan.
Xiao Yan rubbed her eyes and glared at Qiulan and the waiter fiercely, gritted her teeth and said, "Didn't I already sue you?" Even if the sky falls, don't come in and disturb me! Is the sky falling now? Not at all! So what are you doing here? β
Qiulan shook her shoulders and explained in a low voice: "If you go back to your master, the sky has indeed not fallen, but the emperor ordered Gonggong Wu to come to Chuxiu Palace to collect the homework left for the master last night." Now, Wu Gongcheng is waiting outside the side hall......"
Damn, this Qianlong scum forced her to recite poems and memorize words, and left her homework, asking her to write a serious review after reading, and said that he would personally read it. I'm so full that I have nothing to do! Has he already handled all the state affairs and government affairs? Why do you keep an eye on her? is reciting poems and writing experiences, who does he think he is? Elementary school teacher?
However, Qiu Lan's anxious gaze reminded Xiao Yan that now she was not at home, nor in the world she was familiar with, and she could comfortably do what she liked to do. She is now in the Qing Dynasty, where the monarchy is highly developed, and she is in a harem full of dangers and bloodless killing, so she must be extremely careful every step she takes and every word she says, otherwise she will definitely cause unwarranted disasters to herself.
Xiao Yan rubbed the corners of her forehead and whispered to Qiu Lan: "Go and get a light pink flag and help me comb my hair in a bun." Then he turned his head to the waiter and instructed, "You go and ask Grandpa Wu to wait in the living room for a while and make a good cup of tea for Grandpa Wu." Let's just say I'm getting ready and I'll be there in a moment. β
The waiter hurriedly agreed to go to beckon Wu Shulai, the head of the inner court, and Qiulan quickly took a light pink pear blossom moire flag suit and waited for Xiao Yan to change her clothes and makeup.
After Xiao Yan finished dressing, she ordered Qiulan to take pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and wrote her learning experience in front of the desk. Fortunately, Xiao Yan has never learned calligraphy, so her handwriting strokes are immature and her pen is unstable, but it is completely consistent with her identity as a concubine who was mistreated by her grandmother and has never studied and practiced calligraphy well, which did not make Qiulan suspicious.
However, Xiao Yan had just written a few lines when a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in her mind, and she found an extremely important question, and she almost couldn't control the expression on her face, revealing a look of surprise.
Qianlong did teach her three poems last night, namely Yan Shu's "Butterfly Loves Flowers", Liu Yong's "Butterfly Loves Flowers" and Xin Qiji's "Qingyu Case". In particular, she was ordered to recite the famous sentences in these three poems repeatedly, "Last night, the west wind withered the green trees, and I went up to the tall building alone, looking at the end of the world." "I don't regret the gradual widening of the belt, and I will make people haggard for Yi. "The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was in the dim light. The homework left for her was to let her talk about her experience of these three words.
At that time, Xiao Yanxi was tired and just wanted to sleep well, so she didn't think about it, and at this time, it seemed that Qianlong's move must have an unusual deep meaning.
Why did Qianlong choose these three poems? Why should you pay special attention to these three sentences that are not related? Qianlong's move inevitably made Xiao Yan have a strange feeling, feeling that Qianlong seemed to have some expectations for her to answer the experience of the triple realm of life that was associated with these three sentences.
Even Xiao Yan, a poetic scumbag, has heard of the three realms that Wang Guowei mentioned in "Words in the World" that must go through to become a great career in ancient and modern times. Xiao Yan can't remember the specific time of Wang Guowei's birth, but she clearly knows that at least during the Qianlong period, Wang Guowei, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, was not born!
So, here's the problem. How did Qianlong know the threefold realm of life proposed by Wang Guowei? Did other traversers tell Qianlong about these things, or was Qianlong himself a traverser and not the original goods?
Xiao Yan's heart was in turmoil, and she meditated hard and remembered a few unfamiliar verses that Qianlong taught her to recite last night, and ordered the system to immediately help her check the authors of these poems. The system was extremely efficient this time, and quickly gave accurate and detailed answers, but the results surprised Xiao Yan. It turned out that among the poems that Qianlong taught her to read yesterday, there were two poems by the late Qing poets Xu Jia and Feng Menghua!
Xiao Yan almost wanted to go crazy, those poems were transcribed by Qianlong Yubi himself! Is it that there are other traversers in this time and space, or is it that the scum of Qianlong has also been traversed? However, Xiao Yan quickly dispelled the idea that Qianlong was crossed by others.
She had seen Qianlong's majesty and nobility with her own eyes, which must be the bearing of an emperor who has been on the throne for a long time, but it is not something that anyone can pretend to be. In this way, the Qianlong Emperor ...... Isn't it a born-again person?
However, regardless of the truth, Xiao Yan decided to stand still for the time being, and must not reveal her identity as a traverser.
Xiao Yan stabilized her mind, and only wrote about the two sentences of "the clothes and belts are gradually widening and I will not regret it, and I will make people haggard for Yi" and "The crowd is looking for him thousands of times, and suddenly I look back, but the person is in the dim light" wrote some young women's hazy and beautiful fantasies about the love between men and women, but the words were extremely cautious, she didn't want to leave Qianlong with the impression of being a wandering wreck. Being trapped in the palace is sad enough, she doesn't want to be treated as a plaything by Qianlong.
Xiao Yan wrote a page of experience, carefully dried the ink before folding it into an envelope, taking it to the front hall and handing it to Wu Shulai.
If there were other concubines who dared to let Wu Shulai wait for such a long time, I was afraid that Wu Shulai would already be unhappy in his heart. However, although Xiao Yan asked Wu Shulai to wait in the front hall for a long time, Wu Shulai was not dissatisfied in his heart, but carefully took the envelope handed by Xiao Yan, and said goodbye to Xiao Yan with a light smile, even if Xiao Yan wanted to give him a red envelope, he refused to accept it again and again.
When Wu Shulai took Xiao Yan's letter back to Qianlong to report his life, Qianlong was reading the folds in the Yangxin Palace. Qianlong frowned and finished the remaining two books without hurrying, before picking up the envelope presented by Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan, and took out the paper inside to examine it carefully.
Qianlong carefully read Xiao Yan's answer twice, and frowned slightly. At present, it seems that this Xiao Yan's answer is indeed not flawed, and it does not seem to have an unbelievable magical experience similar to him. However, Xiao Yan's last time she jumped into the water to rescue Jia Concubine's action was so different, it was exactly the same as the actions of those professional rescuers he had seen more than two hundred years later, it was definitely not just a coincidence.
Qianlong was silent for a moment, staring at Xiao Yan's crooked, weak handwriting on the paper and slightly hooking the corners of his lips, it was really a cunning little thing. It is indeed possible for a smart woman to know some means of disguising herself, but even the most intelligent woman cannot successfully disguise herself for a lifetime without revealing the slightest flaw.
Women are always delicate and soft-hearted, even if they are independent and strong, they will gradually take off their guard in front of their admiring husband, revealing their true heart and nature. He wants to take a good look at it, when Xiao Yan is devoted to him, will he be so indifferent to his heart and deal with him.
Qianlong played with the black jade wrench on the thumb of his left hand, and his deep phoenix eyes gradually showed a look of ambition and excitement when he started hunting. Little girl, this fun game has begun, and I'm looking forward to your future appearance, so don't disappoint me.
"Drop, master, master, Qianlong's favorability towards the master has increased by 5 points, the master is really great, please make persistent efforts and continue to work hard!"
Xiao Yan touched her nose and thought secretly: Another 5 points? Could it be that the Qianlong scum was very satisfied with her fabricated and pretentious "love letter", so he improved his favorability towards her? Qianlong's taste is really hard to fathom.
In other words, doesn't Qianlong like a beautiful woman like the imperial concubine Gao, who is curvy and delicate, and has good literary talents? Why did you become interested in her, a woman who writes badly and doesn't understand words? But that's fine, only by getting close to Qianlong's body can you get more opportunities to brush favorability and gratitude points, right?
However, Xiao Yan was more worried about another thing than brushing Qianlong's favorability. According to the system's calculations, she will reach the risk period of becoming fertile in two days. The system hopes that she can seize this opportunity and give birth to a little brother or little Gege for Qianlong in one fell swoop, so as to fix her favor. However, Xiao Yan was extremely disgusted with the use of her own flesh and blood to compete for favor, and refused to accept the system's proposal.
In the face of the system's heartbroken thoughts, Xiao Yan only had one sentence, "I will complete the task, but I have to use my own methods." If you don't have the ability to get birth control pills for me, just be quiet for me, and don't bother me! β
At the same time, Qianlong flipped through the history of Tong presented by the little eunuch in the respectful room, and slightly hooked the corners of his lips. It turned out that in two days, Xiao Yan's little girl would be easy to conceive. It seems that he has to work a little harder. He didn't believe that after that little girl gave birth to a little brother with his blood, she would ruthlessly reject him from his heart.
Reborn in a lifetime, Qianlong felt fortunate and happy, but also had a lot of confusion and uneasiness in his heart. If the fetus in Gao's womb can be born safely, or Xiao Yan can give birth to a little brother who never existed in the world in his previous life, then does it also mean that he who was reborn can really change the world and completely change the tragic ending of the Qing Dynasty a hundred years later?