After speaking, a person stepped out of the big tent behind Yiqiu, who was Mei Jieyu, who was now quite favored in the harem. She looked calm and asked with a smile, "Miss Ayuan, would you like to go in and have a cup of tea with me?" ”

Ah Yuan nodded and followed her account. The tent where Mei Xueshen lives is not big inside, but the decoration is very exquisite. As soon as I entered the account, I saw that the tent was surrounded by pine-green auspicious ruyi cloud patterns, and the silver incense burner on the top was burning with the fragrance of lilies. The beds, couches, tables and pestles are all exquisite; The incense curtain is elegant everywhere.

Mei Xue Shen was wearing an autumn-colored and Tilian pattern skirt, holding a moon-white butterfly luan around her waist, and her face was like peach blossoms and dew when she smiled. While beckoning Ah Yuan to sit down, he said: "Before entering the palace, I heard that Concubine Lan had married a delicate and transparent sister-in-law. ”

Ah Yuan hurriedly said: "The little master of Jieyu is too famous, the quality of the slave and the maid Puliu, how dare you compare with the little master." ”

There was a set of purple sand tea sets on the desk, Mei Xue cooked the tea leisurely, divided the cups, and served it in front of her and said, "Come and taste how this cup of tea tastes." ”

Ah Yuan cautiously excused himself and said: "The tea made by the little master Jieyu himself, the slave and maid dare not be it." ”

Mei Xue said softly: "There are just the two of us in the tent at this time, and you don't have to be polite to me." Today's meeting between you and me is fate, you will treat me as your sister, and the two of us will talk for a while. ”

Ah Yuan asked, "The little lord knows my sister?" ”

Mei Xueshen smiled slightly: "The Yang family's concubine is famous, even if her family moved to Jiangnan in those two years, her beauty and talent are still rumored in the capital. ”

Ah Yuan took a sip of the hot tea in the cup, only to feel a fragrance between his lips and teeth, like a plum blossoming slowly on the tip of his tongue, and couldn't help but sigh: "What kind of tea is this, little master, it smells so good!" ”

Mei Xue said with a deep smile: "This tea originally used the 'Baihao Silver Needle' that can only be collected occasionally on the cliff, and a taste of maple dew was added to it, so it was particularly fragrant." This maple dew is also taken from the new fragrant maple buds this year, and then steamed with a tile retort to take its fragrant dew, which can be used for tea and flavoring meals. ”

Ah Yuan took another sip of tea, only to realize that the smell was indeed maple incense, and couldn't help but praise: "Little master is so ingenious!" ”

Mei Xue Shen disagreed: "If you talk about your thoughts, I'm afraid that no one in the palace can compare to your sister, otherwise the emperor will not praise her with 'Lan Xinhui'." It's just that since I entered the palace for half a month, every time I met her when I went to greet the queen, I saw that she seemed to be full of worries and refused to say much to me. Maybe she doesn't like me? ”

"The little master misunderstood, my sister is not a lonely and arrogant person, if it weren't for her, ......" Ah Yuan wanted to go on, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed his words, "It may be that my sister is not familiar with the little master, so she is colder." ”

Mei Xue Shen said: "I can also understand your sister, I think I have just entered the palace a few times, and some people are dissatisfied and embarrassed me everywhere." Besides, your sister favors the harem, and I don't know how many people secretly plan against her, less to say and less to make mistakes, which is also a good move for Mingzhe to protect herself. ”

"Someone is embarrassed by the little master?"

Mei Xue smiled deeply: "That person is arrogant all day long, isn't the girl also inexplicably bullied by her?" ”

Ah Yuan understood and said with disgust: "She just relies on the power of her mother's family, the fox is pretending to be a tiger, and she has nothing to do everywhere." I'm afraid that one day, even the Queen Mother won't help her. The little lord has a bright future, and he has the emperor's favor, presumably this blessing is still growing, and there is really no need to see her in general. ”

The fragrance of lilies in the Ding furnace is elegant and long, which makes people gradually indulge in it, only to hear Mei Xue smile bitterly: "Everyone in the palace says that I will sleep for days and days, and I will get the Sacred Heart, in fact...... The emperor has never touched me at all. ”

Ah Yuan was dumbfounded: "What? "Could it be that on this day, the emperor passed on her Xihe palace attendants, and they were all in name only? She looked at Mei Xue Shen with tears in her eyes, as if she had been alarmed by a pool of spring water, and I felt even more pity.

Mei Xue was crying: "Before entering the palace, I heard that the emperor only loves your sister and idleness in the sixth palace. Therefore, the queen mother was dissatisfied and hoped that someone could replace her to win the emperor's favor, so she thought of me. I am unwilling, and I cannot disobey it. But on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when I saw the emperor, I knew that there was such an outstanding man in the world, even if it was only the most inconspicuous one among his many concubines, I would never regret it. ”

She revealed her true feelings, and she was already weeping when she said this: "Later, as you can see, the emperor obeyed the arrangement of the queen mother, and he was fortunate to me for several days, and he was close to me in front of people. But in private, he never looked at me squarely, nor did he have any intimate behavior...... Only then did I realize that those rumors were true, and no matter who was in this palace, they couldn't match your sister's heart in the emperor's heart. ”

Ah Yuan held the cool teacup in his hand, and his heart was mixed. The falling flowers are intentional, the flowing water is ruthless, the emperor is like this with his sister, and Mei Xue is also average when he sinks into the emperor. In this deep palace, perhaps only ruthlessness and lovelessness can be carefree.

Mei Xue Shen saw that she was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Miss Ayuan is the righteous sister of Concubine Lan, and I am unwilling to give up when I invite the girl to come today." I just want to ask the girl, what am I not doing well? The emperor didn't even want to touch me...... Don't worry, I'm not going to compete with your sister for favor, I'm just, just ......"

Ah Yuan was sympathetic and hurriedly comforted: "The little master, regardless of his talent and appearance, is not inferior to his sister. The emperor is not a fortunate person, and the coming day will be long, please don't be discouraged. As long as the emperor understands the sincerity of the little master, he will definitely be moved to pity the little master. ”

Mei Xue's eyes lit up, and there seemed to be a look of anticipation in her expression, but unfortunately this light only existed for a moment, and then it dimmed: "Maybe you're right, it's me who is too anxious......"

Tea cool, a sigh.

In the evening of the second day, the procession returned with the sound of trumpets. This time, they returned with a full load, capturing a total of three tigers, five bears, dozens of wolves and wild boars, more than 100 elk, and countless birds and hares. The Emperor returned to the camp surrounded by a large number of guards, announcing the arrival of a grand feast.

The bonfire was lit, and the musicians sat on one side and played drums. Jing Zhen did not take off his armor and arrow sleeves, standing on the high platform and looking down, his handsome silhouette flickering behind the beating flames, and the whole person was as cold and upright as the Qishan behind him. He picked up a bowl of wine, saluted the princes, courtiers and soldiers present, and with the sound of the toast, the banquet officially began.

Surprisingly, Jingzhen did not arrange for Concubine Min and Concubine Rong, who were separated from each other, to accompany him, and only a favored Liupin Jieyu was left by his side to serve. Mei Xue Shen wore a snow-white curved water pattern jacquard silk skirt, sitting beside him, pouring wine and cloth dishes for him, her eyes were full of happiness that was about to overflow.

Everyone sat around the campfire, the aroma of barbecue gradually spread, and there were alien beauty singing and dancing to the music, all intoxicated. In addition to Prince Ke Jingyu, he was still chatting with Ah Yuan with great interest about the prey he had hit, and he gestured with his hand: "That lynx is so big, no, so big!" ”

Ah Yuan smiled: "How big is it?" ”

Jingyu said: "Anyway, it's very big, I don't believe you ask the eighth brother!" ”

Prince Xun on the side was dressed in a stone blue satin silver rat skin gown, which made him energetic and energetic. He laughed and said, "The lynx that the fourth brother fought is almost as big as a rabbit. ”

Everyone laughed at one moment. After three rounds of drinking, only to hear the crisp sound of "popping" two high-fives, a woman in green appeared in the center of the venue at some point, she was veiled, only her figure was beautiful, and a pair of stunning eyes. As the drum beats, she begins to spin around the arena non-stop, and as her waist twists, the huge hem of her skirt flutters around the campfire like blooming petals. As she whirled, everyone's attention was drawn to her nose, and she felt a strange fragrance, eager to feel her bumpy body through the thin green veil.

When she was in a state of confusion, the woman in green stopped dancing and played a flute song. The flute is quite exotic, and the melody is subdued and repeated, which is completely different from the "Moonrise" played by Mei Xueshen that day, but it also makes people's hearts ripple, as if they are taken away by her flute sound.

Concubine Min smiled and asked, "I don't know who is better with this beauty's flute skills and Jieyu's sister?" ”

Comparing Mei Xueshen from a family with a dancing girl, everyone could naturally hear the ridicule in her words, and only listened to Jing Yi said: "Concubine Min's words are bad, and there is no difference between good and bad music, only in the hearts of listeners." The white snow and the lower riba people have their own hobbies and followers. If Niangniang had to distinguish between the superior and inferior, the younger brother, as a member of the royal family, still felt that the flute of the little master Jieyu that day was slightly better. ”

His words were clearly sarcastic, and Concubine Min was not distinguished from elegance and vulgarity, and was not worthy of her status. Concubine Min was angry, and it took a while before she swallowed this breath, and said coquettishly: "It is said that the eighth brother is proficient in music and rhythm, but it turns out that he is just clever and eloquent, and he says some specious things, which is strange and boring." She looked up again and asked Jingzhen: "Cousin Emperor, what do you say?" ”

Jingzhen put down the wine cup and wanted to speak, but he heard the trembling voice of the little eunuch behind him: "Snake...... Snake! ”

His voice was very small, and the music and drums were extremely noisy, and only Jingzhen and Mei Xueshen could hear this sentence. Everyone saw that the emperor's face changed slightly, but they didn't know why, only Jing Yi's eyes were sharp, and they saw that on the back of the dragon chair wearing tiger skin, there was a poisonous snake crawling with a bowl mouth!

The flute continued, and the serpent spat out the letter faintly, its eyes glowing with yellow-green fluorescence, as if waiting for the signal to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.

At the banquet, the guests were not allowed to carry weapons, and Jing Yi was so anxious that he had to shout: "Brother Huang, be careful!" As soon as he said that, the guards present noticed that the big snake hovering on the dragon chair was not easy to detect because of its texture and color that were quite similar to tiger skin.

Xing Shiyuan was the closest to the emperor, and he was the first to react and immediately rushed forward. It's just that before the others arrived, suddenly the big snake suddenly raised its triangular head and rushed straight towards Jingzhen's throat-

And Jingzhen's saber was clenched in his hand, and he was already ready, just waiting for the snake head to come forward by himself. The so-called royal sword is nothing but a nine-inch long dagger. In an instant, Jing Zhen's body was slightly on one side, and the knife fell in his hand, and the dagger was directly inserted into the left eye of the big snake.

A blow missed, only to hear the sound of the flute turn sharp again. The serpent was pained by his eyes, and he raised his body again and struck at him again. This time, Jing Zhen had no weapons available in his hand, and he tried his best to avoid to the left, but he saw that the head of the big snake was slightly off, and Sen Sen's white teeth were close in front of him......

"Your Majesty!" Mei Xue threw herself forward regardless of it, but her body was not as fast as the snake's head, and in a hurry, she actually stopped in front of Jingzhen with her own hand.

At that moment, the fangs of the poisonous snake pierced deep into her tiger's mouth, Mei Xue snorted softly, and immediately fell into Jing Zhen's arms, unconscious. Xing Shiyuan, who caught up, cut off the head of the snake with a sword, only to hear the shouts one after another:

"Snow sinks!" "Jieyu!" "Escort!"

The feast was already in disarray, and some people let out terrible screams. However, the attack was not over, and the woman in green saw that the big snake was dead, sneered, and drew a long, red-hot sword from the campfire, like another nimble and vigorous poisonous snake, and struck towards the high platform.

Jing Yi's eyes were quick and he stepped forward to stop him. Unexpectedly, this woman's strength was amazing, and she swept him away with a wave of her red sword, but her feet did not stop, and she went straight to the emperor.

"Fourth prince, get out of the way!" Ah Yuan exclaimed.

I saw Jingyu pounce on one of them, hugging the calf of the woman in green, but she couldn't go forward. I saw her turn around suddenly, with a ruthlessness in her eyes, and stabbed him in the back of the neck with a sword—