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The four of them sat and ate morning refreshments, the morning was not very hot at this time, and the plane tree above their heads was big enough to provide shade, the four of them sat under the tree, the two fools only cared about eating with their heads buried in their heads, Xiao Gongju was eating, and then listening to the adults.

Xu Shutong asked Xue Yinong, "Can the court return to China today?" ”

Xue Yinong stopped the small spoon in his hand, frowned, and pondered for a while, thinking about how to say this, Xu Shutong asked her again, "Isn't this good?" ”

"Not really, it can be a little annoying. The ministers said that they wanted to be drafted, but I refused. ”

"They're always interested in things like this." Xu Shutong's words were not without ridicule, this court has always been able to defeat Xu Shutong, and it is also a lot of benefits to choose to come to the palace, and the glory of the family is here. "What is the emperor going to do? Is it going to be led by the nose, or is it going to be angry? ”

"I don't want to do this, if I want to agree that it is absolutely impossible, we are not the beginning, there are many places where we have to rely on courtiers, they have a strike, I will become the commander of the light pole, now the court, or I have more people here, less people, I don't care much, I can't ask for it, I want to cut their positions, I am afraid of causing conflicts, it is better to do it yourself, look good on each other's faces, they are too old, it's time to go home and take care of their days." But I didn't agree with the draft, so I cooled down the topic for a while, and maybe it stopped. ”

Xu Shutong had a different opinion, "This is not the choice of the prince, the prince will have it sooner or later, and it will not hinder it if it is postponed for some time, but the optional show is the same, and it involves vital interests, even if it does not contradict the emperor, is there no other way?" A few thin words of this royal heir are enough for the emperor to drink a pot, you don't care, don't you care about the queen mother and father? This is no longer your business alone, and it involves the country's society, it is a big matter, they don't care about your private affairs, even if you kill a thousand ministers, there are still a thousand and one who come up, and they will be killed glorious, and the emperor is a faint king. ”

Xue Yinong is also afraid of this, what kind of moral banner is waved on the table, there are still a lot of places where she is tied, she is powerless to change this, this is the tradition since ancient times: there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great.

"The queen mother knows about my situation, and it's okay to arrive. Father, it is difficult for me to make sense, because he gave birth to me, he felt that he was not good enough, and it was also because of this that he was disappointed in himself, and he was afraid that he would find the market in me. ”

"It's good that you know. And there's more. ”

"What else?"

Xu Shutong smiled: "Have you forgotten what you said?" You didn't say that you want five concubines, now there is a vacant place in the palace, what are you going to do if someone takes advantage of this loophole? ”

Xue Yinong patted his forehead, "Yes, yes, these people are everywhere." But it's not that there is no solution, let's find a way to add another one, that is, to do it before them, so that they can't be persecuted, and it's a pity. ”

Cun Xi stepped forward and said, "Your name, Your Majesty, is a slave." ”

"Yes, do you want to be my concubine?" She remembers that she used to always beat her idea, but now she knows the root cause, and there is no way to do it. But it is a pity to twist and pinch, and his eyes always sweep to Luo Yan. Xue Yinong said: "Can't you be the master yourself, and you still have to ask Luoyan, so Luoyan you say?" ”

Luo Yan said: "If she agrees, she agrees, if she doesn't agree, she doesn't agree, ask the slave what she does, the slave is not her mother." ”

It's a pity that she was robbed of white, and she was angry. "Who asked you what you mean, you are really inexplicable, you don't want to be my mother enough." The two seemed to be going to quarrel.

Xu Shutong said: "That's not good, even if I agree, I don't agree." If I become a master, who will serve me! I don't have a capable cadre by my side, and that's absolutely impossible. As she spoke, she winked at Luo Yan, who blushed. Even if I agree, the ministers of the DPRK and China may not agree, and you know the specifications of their draft, but I am afraid that they will find trouble in the appearance of regret. ”

"It's a pity, so let Lin Honglian come? She's always a good identity. ”

Xu Shutong replied: "Imperial Doctor Lin was originally good, a family of doctors, but she was expelled from the family, and her father didn't recognize it. Besides, if you enter the palace this time, if you have a small pain and illness in the future, who will treat you will not be able to be a concubine, and you will still be in the hospital business, it will be too unreasonable. ”

"Where's the flowers?"

"Her heart is all on Imperial Doctor Lin, and she has no time to pay attention to you. What's more, her origin is unknown, and the ministers are afraid that they will not. ”

Xue Yinong was a little irritable, "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, isn't it that there is no one in my palace." ”

Xu Shutong didn't have any good ideas for the time being, so he only persuaded Xue Yinong to think about it slowly, maybe at the right time, this suitable candidate would pop up.

That night, I cherished a late night snack with the wild goose. After eating for a while, Luo Yan asked Cunxi, "Why do you want to see me during the day?" ”

"Who's looking at you."

"Otherwise, how could the emperor ask me, ask me what I mean, but I don't understand, now while no one is here, you have to say, don't tell me to be a fool in the middle, and spoil your good deeds. This is a good thing to do the mother, from now on, you don't have to do dirty work, I saw your face, and I have to call you a 'little master', don't you want to be like this, how can the opportunity come to the front but don't want it. ”

Cun regretted and said: "You don't have long ears, didn't you hear what my mother said, I'm not qualified." But after you reminded me, I really feel good, and there are so many benefits in this, you said that I didn't agree at the time, like me who is as beautiful as a flower, not a concubine, it's just a waste of appearance, okay, you're right, I'll tell the emperor tomorrow. ”

Luo Yan felt uncomfortable when she heard this, and said bitterly: "You think about it, but unfortunately, Niangniang doesn't agree, Niangniang doesn't agree, and it's useless for the emperor to agree." ”

"Then I begged my mother, so that she could see that I had served her faithfully for so many years, and set an example for me, if I insisted, my mother might not be unwilling. After all, the emperor has always been quite appetizing for me, and I coveted it for a few years without eating, so I'm sorry for myself. ”

Luo Yan thinks about it, it is not unreasonable to cherish it, Niangniang has always been good at pity, maybe she is willing? When she thought of that result, she was sullen and panicked, and she didn't say a word for a long time. Later, I realized that I was jealous, and I didn't like to be the emperor's concubine. Why don't you like to be the emperor's concubine? Because I want to cherish the person I like. In the past three years, she has been arguing with Cun Xi like this, but I hope that she will be impressed by herself, so that she can't forget it, even if everyone is not together in the future, she must remember it deeply.

Luo Yan figured out this section, and her face suddenly turned red.

Seeing that she didn't speak, I began to wonder in my heart, and saw her face white for a while, red for a while, I don't know what to think.

I only cared about stuffy food, and I didn't even pick up the dishes.

Because these two men had their own hearts, they were silent and quiet with each other. Suddenly, I heard someone stomping his feet outside the door, and after a moment, he put down his rice bowl and shouted, "Who is outside?" ”

Luo Yan was drunk by this, and also woke up, ran out, and asked, "Who is it?" ”

A person was caught in by Cunxi, even a wolf, and she was almost dragged in by Cunxi. "Ah, it's me, don't drag, my legs are numb." When the two of them looked, it was Lin Honglian, I didn't know what she was doing here, didn't she hear what they said? I don't know how many words I heard, and I was very embarrassed.

Lin Honglian was very depressed, she only occasionally came to the small kitchen to steal something to eat. The two female bodhisattvas sat here and did not move, and they kept eating in their mouths, talking for a while, talking about things in the palace, and also involving her.

said that the emperor wanted to accept her as a concubine, that dared to be kind. Don't work in the future, don't have to look for a partner anymore, and later said that she didn't have her part, she rolled her eyes, how could she play like this.

How do you know that these two aunts and grandmothers are talking about their own affairs again, and they are noisy, but they just don't leave. I stood for a long time, but my legs were numb, I lifted it gently, stomped it, and then I screamed and ran wildly, and dragged her inside.

When the two saw that it was Lin Honglian, they let it go. He asked, "Imperial Doctor Lin, why are you coming here when you don't stay in the Tai Hospital so late?" ”

Luo Yan also said: "Yes." ”

Lin Honglian also said: "Yes, yes." But in my heart, I was thinking about what excuse to use to perfunctory the past. She said: "What about me, come out and relax, you also know that the weather is hot now, and I am a little irritable to sleep, and I am thinking about a secret recipe in my heart, so I pondered it, pondered it, and walked here, who knew that my feet cramped, and I stomped hard, and you found it and caught it." So she had just arrived and hadn't heard anything. Her eyes swept to the small table, and there was the fried chicken leg she liked to eat. Suddenly, I remembered that there was a time during the Chinese New Year and met a mysterious woman, but she searched for it in the palace several times and inquired a lot, but she couldn't find it again, so she couldn't invite people to drink wine and eat meat.

"If that's the case, can you walk on your legs?"

Lin Honglian stomped her feet a few times, not as numb as before, and said with a smile: "It's better." What are you eating? Looks good. She walked to the small table, smoothed a fried chicken leg with a very fast technique, and said in her mouth: "Eat less of these greasy things, it's summer, and it doesn't look good when you have a long body of meat and clothes, especially if you are looked at by your sweetheart, it will be very bad, okay, I have nothing to do, so I won't delay your eating, see you later." Cover the chicken legs with her sleeves, and when she got out of the small kitchen, Lin Honglian saw that there was no one at the door, so she hurriedly ran.

Xinkou flew out like a bird and ran back to the dormitory arranged in the Splendid Palace. This was specially assigned by Xue Yinong in order to make it convenient for her to take care of Xu Shutong. After returning to the house, he closed the door, took out his daughter Hong from under the bed, brought himself a cup, poured himself a drink, nibbled on fried chicken legs, and a small plate of peanuts from the kitchen in the afternoon, and ate and drank slowly.

She didn't even know that she was following her all the way, and at this time, she hid outside the door, looked in from the poked paper hole, saw all Lin Honglian's movements in her eyes, and said in her heart: "It's useless." She knocked on the door.

Seeing Lin Honglian stretching her neck and saying, "Who, I'm going to sleep, it's not too late to talk about anything tomorrow." But he was in a hurry to collect things. The door was kicked down with a bang, and Lin Honglian was still holding the wine jar, peanuts, and chicken legs in her hands. "It's you, you don't sleep so late, what are you doing kicking my door, people are crazy."

She has a lot of insight into the madness of picking flowers, and she doesn't understand what this woman is always doing with herself, so she doesn't believe that anyone will like her, it's just nonsense. I chased it so many times and was indifferent, and there are good things sent to the door, don't think about it, this is someone playing tricks on yourself, you can't be fooled.

"Where did you get all these things, are you a thief when you steal food in the house alone?" Caihua sat in the position where Lin Honglian was sitting just now, and patted the table, "You can't eat alone, people have a share, I saw it just now, you stole something from the kitchen, if you refuse to give it, let's shout, and then see what face you have to face the two girls of Cunxi and Luoyan." ”

Lin Honglian didn't expect that Caihua would denounce her, this thing could never happen, she would have to mix in the palace in the future, if she got a bad reputation, it would be very bad for her. After a few thoughts, I lost a smile.

"How can I eat alone, I was setting up the wine and food, and I was going to invite you to drink, but I didn't expect you to come, what a coincidence, you're welcome, sit." The flower picker sat down early, what else to sit. Lin Honglian sat down by herself, and said in her heart: "I don't have to invite her to eat and drink, so that everyone has a share, if she betrays herself, then I will say that she is also an accomplice." "After setting up the peanuts and the wine jar, I went to get a cup and poured wine for the flowers.

"I almost forgot about jì, will you drink it?"

Caihua smiled and said, "What do you say?" ”

"Yes."

"Nonsense, the old lady is used to walking in the wind and moon, and she can't drink this little drink, how can it be admired." She picked up the chicken leg that Lin Honglian had just gnawed, and bit it directly at the place where she had gnawed, and when she tore it with her hand, a large piece of meat was gone, and half of the bone was left.

Lin Honglian greeted the eighteenth generation ancestor of the flower picker in her heart, that is what she likes to eat, she was softly held by someone, and she didn't dare to say anything, only ate some peanuts, and drank two bites depressedly.

Caihua handed over half of the remaining chicken legs and said: "It's really good, they all say that the things made by are better than the imperial dining room, it seems to be true, no wonder you like it, if you want to eat next time, I will give you a few more smooth." ”

Lin Honglian solemnly refused, "No, I'm hungry today, that's why I ...... Don't think of me as one of those unstoppable women. ”

The two of them were still restrained at first, but they drank too much, and their temperament inevitably showed a little. The words also opened, and Cai Hua said: "I plan to see the emperor tomorrow." ”

"What?"

"I want the emperor to marry you to me."

Lin Honglian choked on wine and coughed a few times. "What did you say?"

"I don't allow her to accept you as a concubine, she already has Xu Shutong, why do you want you, I don't allow her to ask for it. You are my benefactor, all my life, and I have promised you personally. ”

Lin Honglian even said nonsense, "I don't agree, it's really strange that you are a woman who promises me anything, you are just for fun, I am not in the mood to accompany you, you are looking for your little red flower kitten and puppy, don't come to entertain me." ”

"If the emperor dares to ask you, I will complain to Niangniang."

"The emperor doesn't want me."

"I said what if."

Lin Honglian said: "There is no if, you say that everyone is like you, our emperor is a model for the ages, and he is willing to be a one-hearted person, and he will not lose his life in the end, but she is always in this position, there is always some trouble, after all, the emperor is not omnipotent, and he can't make his own decisions about everything." ”

Cai Hua sneered, "You really like the emperor." ”

"It's better than liking like you."

"Hmph, then I'll talk to the emperor tomorrow, if I can't talk, I'll tell everyone in the world that the emperor is a ...... woman."

Lin Honglian realized what she was going to say, and quickly covered her and told her not to say it. Picking flowers rolled her eyes and smiled. Lin Honglian only felt a numbness in her palms, and hurriedly let go of her hand, only to see the tip of her tongue rolling around her lips.

"It tastes good."

Lin Honglian's face turned red when she thought of this scene.