On the second day after Song Chen went to Lingyue Palace, Chu Xue took Le'er to ask the Queen Mother for peace, and soon after returning to her palace, she instructed Yanling, "Wait a while to take the princess to ask the emperor for peace, at this hour, the emperor should not be too busy." ”

Normally, Chu Xue would not bother Song Chen, although Yan Ling was slightly puzzled, she didn't ask much, and only nodded in response.

Chu Xue thought about it, and then ordered someone to propose a food box, and said, "This is a snack specially made by the palace for the emperor, and I will bring it with me." ”

She knew that he must miss the two of them, but at the moment, she couldn't go over, so she could only temporarily let Le'er go to him every day to say goodbye, in the eyes of outsiders, this is her taking the initiative to please him with the child, in fact, she also hopes to alleviate the father and daughter's miss each other.

The child is still young, and when he needs his father's pain the most, although he can't come over, he can let the father and daughter see each other from time to time, and finally comfort the lovesickness.

When the nurse was better dressed for Xiao Le'er, Yanling went to the Qinzheng Hall according to the master's instructions.

Le'er is now almost a year and a half years old, and it is already very clear that when the team of people rushed her to the Qinzheng Palace, as soon as she saw Song Chen, the villain immediately rushed towards her father.

The little girl's voice was sweet and tender, Song Chen bent down to pick up the little man, and the dull annoyance of government affairs immediately disappeared.

"Father......" Le Er called sweetly again, and took the initiative to send a fragrant kiss on his father's face.

Le'er is indeed more lively than Ning Ning, Ning Ning is well-behaved and lovely, while Le'er is a kind of rudeness, but in the eyes of his father, these are the places that hurt him the most. Song Chen also hurriedly returned a kiss to his daughter, and the villain happily hugged his father's neck.

The villain leaned in, with the smell of milk and another fragrance on his body, Song Chen knew that it was the smell of Chu Xue's body, the taste he was obsessed with.

He took the opportunity to take a few deep breaths, so that the reassuring fragrance penetrated deep into his heart, enough to comfort him for many days of lovesickness, and then he was slightly satisfied.

"Does Le'er miss her father?" Song Chen asked the daughter in his arms with a smile.

"Yes." The villain's big eyes are shining, and she looks like a mother.

Song Chen could see it, it was very similar to asking Le'er how her mother was, he hadn't seen her for a long time, and he missed her very much.

But he held back.

Because his father has government affairs, when there are ministers outside the palace who ask to see him, Le'er should also go back, Song Chen reluctantly put the villain down on the ground, the villain seems not very happy, and feels that he has not had enough kiss with his father, so he immediately pouts.

Seeing this, Yanling hurriedly stepped forward and coaxed: "Princess, we have been out for a while, your mother is still waiting for you in the palace, will the slave accompany you back?" ”

Hearing that the mother concubine was waiting for her, Le'er finally remembered, although she pouted, she still nodded, opened her hand to let the nurse pick her up, and prepared to return to the palace.

Everyone saluted and was about to withdraw, but they heard the king of Xuan Ang ask, "How is Concubine Yi doing?" ”

Yan Ling paused, and hurriedly bent down to reply, "Back to Your Majesty, Niangniang is fine, but she has always been a little tired recently, and the imperial doctor said that it was about Niangniang that she was overly concerned and worried." ”

Although Chu Xue has been looking gloomy on the surface recently, the people around her know that she is not really worried and sad, Yan Ling's words are of course exaggerated, but as a loyal servant, it can't be rumored in the outside world After Song Chen snubbed Chu Xue, he truthfully replied that the master is living as before, since the masters are acting, of course she has to cooperate.

Just when everyone was speculating whether the king would be soft-hearted when he heard the frustration of the favorite concubine, they heard Song Chen say lightly: "I know, tell her to rest, she is Le'er's biological mother, even if she doesn't care about herself, she has to take care of Le'er!" ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, the emperor seemed to be still angry, listening to this tone, it seemed that he was really going to snub Concubine Yi.

Could it be that this myth of a rare favorite in the palace is coming to an end?

Yan Ling's expression was gloomy, she bowed her head and said yes, and then she heard Song Chen say: "In the future, bring the princess over to meet me every day." ”

"Yes."

Seeing that Song Chen had no more orders, Yan Ling finally bowed down and retreated.

Within half a day, the scene of the King of the Qinzheng Palace's questioning spread all over the palace.

Some people sighed and some people secretly rejoiced, and the happiest were naturally the two palaces of Fengyi and Lingyue. Empress Xu summoned the newly ambushed available talent Concubine Li, and said: "Concubine Yi has fallen out of favor, now is the best time for you, I heard that the emperor was in Lingyue Palace that day, not only praised your song and dance, but also rewarded your palace maid who cooked meals, it can be seen that the emperor does have you in his heart, at this time, striking while the iron is hot, it is most conducive to capturing the sacred heart!" ”

Concubine Li felt that it was very reasonable, and was about to nod, but after thinking about it, she frowned and said: "But, the day before yesterday, the emperor still refused to spend the night in the palace of his concubines......"

Xu Jinhe also had doubts about this matter, it is said that the emperor is in the prime of life, and he will not go to Concubine Yi for more than ten days, and he refuses to spend the night at Concubine Li's place, how can he stand it?

The two were puzzled when they suddenly saw Qiu Gui coming from outside. Qiu Gui bowed upright, then leaned into Xu Jinhe's ear and whispered a few words. Concubine Li watched silently, although her face was patient, she was very curious about what the master and servant were talking about.

After listening to Qiu Gui's words, Xu Jinhe frowned and asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

Qiu Gui nodded, with a stern expression: "This is from the Tai Hospital, there should be no fake." ”

Xu Jinhe thought to himself for a while, and then suddenly said, "I see." ”

When she came back to her senses and caught a glimpse of the curious eyes of Concubine Li beside her, Xu Jinhe smiled slightly and explained: "The emperor has been busy with government affairs recently, so his body is a little weak, so he didn't spend the night with you......" Her eyes rolled, she thought about it and said: "This is your chance!" Go back to the palace to find Zhang Fangzi for you, you stew some tonic soup and send it to the emperor, I think the emperor will miss your intimacy! ”

Hearing that Song Chen was weak, Concubine Li also suddenly realized, she said, in front of a beautiful woman like her, how can a man not be tempted? It seems that this Emperor of Great Qi is still quite restrained, in fact, this is not bad, it is better than her father who indulges in political affairs all day long, if it weren't for the fact that his father was too lascivious and let the queen control the government, she would not have been sent to such a far place to make peace.

Thinking that when Song Chen's body recovers, he can accept his favor, and maybe he will give birth to a few princes to get the position of a concubine, so it is not bad to stay in this foreign country!

Thinking of this, Concubine Li immediately nodded to Xu Jinhe.

Sure enough, not long after she returned to Lingyue Palace, she received the prescriptions and various medicinal materials sent by Fengyi Palace, I was afraid that she would not be able to do it, and there was also a paper for instructions on how to boil the medicine, with the help of the palace maids, Concubine Li boiled out a good tonic soup on the second day, and when the hour was about right, she personally sent it to the Qinzheng Palace.

In fact, the fact that he was weak was an excuse that Song Chen was looking for in order not to spend the night at Concubine Li's place. I don't know when he couldn't spend the night with a woman other than Xue'er, and in order to make the plan go smoothly, he had to resort to this trick.

And this trick is finding a reason for him to reward Concubine Li willingly.

Since the news of the emperor's physical weakness came out, the tonic soup from Lingyue Palace arrived on time every day, and the tonic soup arrived with it, naturally there was also the exotic beauty of Concubine Li. Every time the king sees the considerate Concubine Li, he will praise him kindly, and from time to time he will go to Lingyue Palace to taste exotic food.

So, naturally, Lingyue Palace received more and more rewards.

First, he gave Concubine Li various tributes, and then, Song Chen actually ordered people to send the treasures found from all over Daqi to Concubine Li's maiden home Jin Liguo, which not only showed the importance of Concubine Li, but also demonstrated the friendship of the neighboring country Jin Li.

However, things don't seem to be so simple, just when it was rumored that the Great Qi Emperor Song Chen was more and more fond of Princess Lifei Jinli, there was an army of a large number of people who quietly rushed to the border of the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Jin, and Dongfu to station. Of course, even if they acted quietly, they naturally did not let the two neighboring countries notice, and even many of Daqi's own officials did not notice it.

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The harem is actually a vanity fair, and where the king's eyes fall, everyone's eyes will naturally fall in this one.

For nearly two months, although Le'er still went to the Qinzheng Palace every day to ask his father for peace, Song Chen has never been to Yufu Palace.

At least, on the surface, it seems to be so, and most people believe it.

Of course, it also includes Qiu Yan, the deputy head of the ceremonial supervisor who doesn't know the truth, or Yue Wen's only one of the few old people left in this world, Yue Cheng.

The rumors in the palace about Chu Xue's fall from grace are better than day by day, and Chu Xue herself has even stopped leaving the palace lightly, and suddenly, the once prosperous Yufu Palace seems to have really become a cold palace, and Qiu Yan finally couldn't sit still.

He once thought that the time to recognize Wenwen had not yet come, but in the current situation, Qiu Yan felt that he could no longer hide it, and he must help Wenwen. He has been in the palace for so long, what kind of ending will be for a woman who is snubbed by the king, he knows too well, Wenwen, the only bloodline left by the general and his wife, can't live that kind of life no matter what!

After thinking about it, he decided to help Wenwen regain her favor.

can let a woman win the favor of the emperor, in addition to the emperor's own affection, but also the woman's own willingness, so if you want Wenwen to return to favor, the key is still herself, Qiu Yan feels that Wenwen must cheer up and regain confidence.

And the most effective way is to give her a stimulus.

On this day, Qiu Yan took the opportunity of an errand to take the initiative to come to Yufu Palace.

Chu Xue didn't really fall out of favor, every once in a while, Song Chen's handwritten letters would be quietly delivered to her, looking at the man's full love between the lines, even if he was a little lonely, he was all dispelled.

Every now and then, she will feel more at ease, he is her arbor, he has always been allowed to cling to her, he is also her rock, never transferred.

In order to avoid suspicion, Chu Xue has been hiding in the palace to avoid purity, at this time, when she heard someone visiting, even Qiu Yan, who had saved herself, she still had to make a frustrated and miserable appearance to cover up, so when the two looked at each other, Chu Xue still looked gloomy.

When Qiu Yan saw Chu Xue like this, the pain in his heart was even more unbearable, so he was even more determined to do what he wanted to do on this trip.

Seeing that he saluted Chu Xue and reported on a serious errand, but still had no intention of retiring, Chu Xue was a little puzzled. She used to feel that although Qiu Yan was credible and usable, he had always avoided herself a little, and often politely retired after finishing his errands, but today he wanted to stop talking, as if he had something to say......

The idle people in the hall were cleared out by her, and it was close to noon, and Ruyue was cooking lunch for her, so only Yan Ling, who was close to her, was left in the palace.

Qiu Yan saw that it was Nanfeng who was left, so he no longer worried, escaped from his arms and put a delicate lacquered wooden box on the table in front of Chu Xue, and said: "When the slave was outside the palace a few years ago, he was fortunate to get a treasure, and he has been carrying it with him for so many years, until he saw Niangniang, and the slave felt that the treasure finally had a master, so he specially dedicated it to Niangniang today, and asked Niangniang to accept it." ”

When he spoke, he was different from the usual solemnity, Chu Xue couldn't help but be vigilant, and when Yanling opened the lacquered wooden box and presented it to her, she was finally shocked.

Lying upright in the box was a cloud-white leaf-shaped chalcedony pendant.

This pendant, there will be no second person in the world, its owner, is her dead mother!

Although many years have passed, she still remembers what her mother looked like when she wore this pendant. This piece of chalcedony was found by my father from the frontier, and it was regarded as a rare treasure because of its translucent color.

But the person in front of him, how could he have it? How could he have a mother's thing?

Chu Xue looked at him fixedly, her eyes were full of confusion, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

And Yan Ling almost recognized this jade pendant with Chu Xue at the same time, and she was naturally shocked, but after she reacted, she spoke before Chu Xue.

Yan Ling frowned, her sharp voice was full of vigilance, and asked, "I don't know where Manager Qiu got such a treasure?" ”