Chapter 309: Old Love
That night, Xiao Wanyao and Dr. Le were busy almost until midnight. Xiao Wanyao felt that her whole body was about to fall apart, and she was almost out of strength to walk. Not to mention making snacks for Xue Tianao to eat, she thought about it today. I'll see him tomorrow, and now I'll go back and get some sleep.
Tomorrow, I will go to see him again with a hundred times more energy, maybe it will be better. She couldn't even imagine how wolf she was now.
Xiao Wanyao dragged her tired body to the Tingyue Pavilion in Taihe Palace, the imperial pharmacy was far away from Taihe Palace, so it was a long way to go. The night wind was a little cold, and she tightened her clothes, and after such a blow, her spirits became better and better.
As she walked, she would meet the eunuch and palace maid on duty. She sniffed, felt that the air was a little cold, and her body felt colder and colder, she slowly walked back, inadvertently, looked up at the sky, the night sky was devastated, the moon was bright, only to find that tonight was fifteen, the night of the full moon.
She couldn't help but stand and look at it a few more times, and suddenly remembered Xue Tianao again, by the way, I don't know if he has time to appreciate such a beautiful night sky.
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but walk towards the imperial study.
When the eunuch on duty saw a figure coming from afar, he walked over and asked, "Who is it so late?" ”
Xiao Wanyao raised her head, "It's me, is the emperor asleep?" ”
Seeing that it was Yanran, the little eunuch didn't stop him and said, "I haven't slept yet." She was stunned for a moment, "It's so late, are you still watching the folds?" ”
The little eunuch said, "I don't know, it's just that the lights in the imperial study have been on, and the emperor hasn't summoned anyone, so I don't know what I'm doing." ”
"Did he eat at night?" Xiao Wanyao asked.
"Ate some, but it wasn't right. Miss Yanran, it's so late, what's the matter with you coming here? The little eunuch asked, so he was very kind, and everyone in the Taihe Palace knew that the emperor was very kind to this Yanran girl
In particular, people like them will not offend those who may become their masters in the future.
"It's fine!" Xiao Wanyao tightened the clothes on her body again, a little cold, "Forehead...... I want to go and see the emperor. Can you help me out? ”
The little eunuch smiled, "If Miss Yanran wants to go, you can go in directly, the emperor also asked about the girl before, I heard that the girl was busy in the imperial pharmacy, so he didn't summon you, and said that if the girl came, let you go in directly." ”
Xiao Wanyao paused, and then walked into the imperial study. Xue Tianao was sitting at the table, looking down at the folds, Xiao Wanyao came to the palace and clearly knew that after Xue Tianao took the throne from Tang Siqi's hands, the Wei State was already full of holes, and things happened one after another in the country.
That's why he is so desperately focused on state affairs.
She stood at the door, looking at him quietly, his expression was very serene, he couldn't see the pain before, he couldn't see any joy and sorrow, maybe this was also a way for him to forget what happened before.
"Ahem......" she coughed softly, alerting him that someone was coming.
Xue Tianao raised his head and saw that it was Yanran, and then put down his pen, "You're here!" ”
She paused, as if he had expected that he would come, she smiled faintly and walked over slowly, "Why are you still watching the fold so late?" It's not that your body needs to rest. ”
Xue Tianao shook his head and said, "You are different now, you have no rest!" They say you've been busy at the Imperial Pharmacy, busy until now? ”
Xiao Wanyao nodded, and had already walked to the table, not wanting to talk about the details of the imperial pharmacy, there was no need to say those things to him at all, "I originally wanted to make some more food, but the affairs of the imperial pharmacy have been busy until now, so it has been delayed, and I will make it up to you another day." ”
Xue Tianao smiled slightly, and accepted it, Xiao Wanyao stood at the table, pursed her lower lip, and the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, as if they had nothing to say, and the topic could not go on, but no one hated this feeling.
Suddenly, the two of them spoke at the same time, smiled at each other, and said in unison, "You speak first." Then he laughed again.
"You speak first!" Xue Tianao said.
"Yan Guo's affairs, what do you think? Are you really planning to attack the Yan Kingdom? Xiao Wanyao's eyes sank slightly and said.
Xue Tianao didn't expect her to ask about this, and was a little strange, "You don't seem to want me to attack Yan Kingdom." ”
Xiao Wanyao nodded without denying it, "I think you have done enough in this matter, so there is no need to attack the Yan State at all, not to mention that the current Wei State is no longer suitable for its war." ”
"Why?" Xue Tianao was a little resistant, and the originally somewhat ambiguous atmosphere suddenly cooled down. The feeling for her is also much farther away.
"Wan Yao killed Gong Qing, although Gong Qing should die, she killed Wan Yao's family and friends, and hurt so many people, but she is your queen after all, the queen of Wei. Your failure to pursue this matter has given Wan Yao a big way out, Yan Guo will definitely force you to find the murderer, and you would rather Yan Guo target you than betray Wan Yao, or even ......"
Xue Tianao stood up, with anger on his face, turned around and walked to the side, stood with his hands in his hands, and took a deep breath, "Say this, as if you know me very well." ”
"But Gong Qing is your ...... after all" Xiao Wanyao just wanted to say that Gong Qing is your queen, she also gave birth to a son for you, at least she should have some feelings.
However, Xue Tianao interrupted her, "Do you know that I was forced to marry Gong Qing in the first place, and even I don't know how Gong Qing got pregnant with my child. Since she entered the palace, I have never touched her. He turned around and glared at Xiao Wanyao angrily, "You mean to say that I have feelings for Gong Qing, so I didn't pursue Wan Yao's killing of Gong Qing, and I have already done my best, right?" ”
In the face of his anger, Xiao Wanyao was a little surprised, she had always thought so, in her eyes and heart, she had always thought that Xue Tianao, as the emperor, could not be emotionally attached to the women around her, if not, what were those concubines in the harem?
He walked up to her and looked down at her, his eyes still full of anger, "...... here," he pointed to his chest, "There is only one person, if Wanyao can appear in front of me at this moment, I am willing to give everything in exchange, here...... Some are not only memories, but also regrets, regrets about why they didn't make a decision earlier. ”
"I ......"
"You don't understand at all, but here you make up your mind about my delusion." He turned back to the table and sat down, "I'm going to see the twist, if Miss Yanran is okay, you can go back." ”
She stood there in a daze, feeling a little difficult to breathe, and she wanted to say something, but was blocked by his indifference, and swallowed the words that came to her mouth. She turned and walked down the stairs, feeling a chill on her body.
There was a dizziness in front of her, she was stunned, and tried to stay awake, but she still felt that she suddenly felt top-heavy, and the whole person fell down in front of her.
Xue Tianao saw Xiao Wanyao fainting, and hurriedly came down from the table, "Someone, pass on the imperial doctor quickly." ”
"Yanran...... Yan Ran ...... "He helped her up, only to notice that she was hot and scary, she was feverish, and she came here so late with a fever, what was this woman thinking."
After the imperial doctor came, he took Xiao Wanyao's pulse, saying that it was because of the cold and some tiredness, so the fever was caused, there was no major problem, and it would be fine after resting. Xue Tianao breathed a sigh of relief, because he fainted in the imperial study, so he directly asked Xiao Wanyao to sleep on the bed behind the imperial study.
He also sent two palace maids to take turns on duty to take care of her, he sat with her for a while, and then continued to watch the song, but at this moment his mind was full of what Yan Ran said before, and his thoughts became a little confused. I didn't read a word for the whole second half of the night, thinking about Xiao Wanyao at the beginning.
Early the next morning, Xiao Wanyao woke up and found herself lying in the imperial study, the palace maid who was waiting on the side sat at the table, kept nodding, she got up slowly, the sky outside was already white, the sky was almost dawn, she wrapped her clothes, and it was still a little cold.
Dizzy, he walked out and saw Xue Tianao still sitting at the table, with a tired face, sitting there in a daze. Did he sit there all night? She thought to herself that she was a little distressed, when Xiao Wanyao was not there, was he always like this? Have you always been so unrelenting?
She walked out slowly, he was awakened by the sound of footsteps, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Yanran, and collected the tiredness on his face, it was obvious that he was struggling to hold on, "Are you awake, do you feel better?" Even his voice was tired.
She walked over distressedly, "Much better, you...... Haven't had a break? ”
He withdrew his gaze, "My business has nothing to do with you, you don't have to care too much about me. ”
He was calling himself me, not me, he was closing the distance between her and him, she turned around and walked outside, and couldn't help but look back, "You look very bad, even if you are the king of a country, the true son of heaven, but you are just a person, if you don't eat, drink or rest, sooner or later there will be a day when you can't hold on, if you really want to avenge Wan Yao, not only to raise your elite troops, but also to raise yourself." ”
After she finished speaking, she tightened her clothes again and turned to leave.
He looked at her back until it completely disappeared from his sight, and he still sat there, "How can you understand! Only then did I understand that Wan Yao was much more important to me than in this world, and I really wanted to just go with her, but it was a hundred. ”
After Xiao Wanyao went back, I don't know if it was because she was too tired, or because the constant fever made her vulnerable, she lay on the bed, curled up in a ball, and cried inexplicably. The body kept shaking, I don't know if it was because I had suppressed too much in my heart and needed to vent, or if it was a strange reason.
She couldn't stop crying, so she cried and cried and fell asleep.
She had a dream, a long, long dream, and she was also very tangled and tangled in the dream. When she woke up, she didn't quite remember what it was, she only remembered that she was very entangled and sad in her dreams, at least not sweet dreams.
By the time she woke up, it was past noon, and no one noticed her because she was living alone. The first thing I did after sitting up was that I felt that I was about to be hungry and couldn't stand it, but fortunately, there were still those snacks that Fei Mo had sent before, so I ate some snacks and drank some water, my stomach was full, and my mood was slightly better.
But I still felt weak, remembering Xue Tianao's appearance last night, my heart was still low. She went back to bed, covered with the quilt, curled up in a ball, her eyes staring straight ahead, her mind blank, not knowing what to think or what to think. I was curled up like that, and lay down for about an hour, when I suddenly heard footsteps outside.
She lay still until there was a knock on the door, and she answered, "Who is it?" ”
"Miss Yanran, are you in there?" It's a woman's voice.
Chapter 310: Surprise
"What's the matter?" Xiao Wanyao said lazily, even if the sky fell now, she didn't bother to move.
"I am Yue Ning of Chonghua Palace, and Concubine Hua, the master of Chonghua Palace, invited the girl to come and sit." The palace maid outside listened carefully to the movement in the house. I wondered what this Yanran was doing in the house? The door is closed in broad daylight.
Xiao Wanyao sat up suddenly, rushed outside and asked, "What did you just say your name was?" ”
"My name is Yuening, Xiang Yuening! Is it convenient for the girl? Xiang Yuening said outside with her ears close to her ear. Xiao Wanyao hurriedly got up, put on her shoes, ran to the door without caring about her clothes, and opened the door.
When the palace maid standing outside saw Xiao Wanyao, she was also stunned, and her mouth grew in surprise, "You...... You are ......"
Xiao Wanyao was about to open her mouth, but she was stunned again, then put away her excited expression and said, "I am the Yanran you are looking for, what did you just say to find me?" ”
"Are you Yanran?" Xiang Yuening was obviously a little unconvinced, "Aren't you Xiao Wanyao?" ”
She still remembered herself, when she left her aunt's place, she was only a teenager, so many years have passed, Yue Ning still remembers herself, "No, I also know Xiao Wanyao, but I am not her." It's just that she looks a little like her, so you must know Xiao Wanyao. ”
Xiang Yuening still couldn't believe it, and carefully looked at this 'Yanran' up and down, "Oh my God! You look exactly like her, you're really not her? ”
Xiao Wanyao smiled, she didn't expect to meet someone she knew when she was a child here, "It's really not!" Your name is Yuening? Miss Yuening, what are you looking for me? ”
"Oh......" she suddenly remembered what was going on, "Concubine Hua said to let the girl go over and sit down. ”
"Hua Concubine?" Xiao Wanyao knew about the concubines in the harem, but she hadn't seen them all, "What's the matter with Concubine Hua looking for me?" ”
Xiang Yuening didn't care about saying anything, and grabbed Xiao Wanyao's arm excitedly, "You'll know when you get there in a while, I guarantee that Concubine Hua will be surprised to see you." She promises to mistake you for Xiao Wanyao as well. ”
Xiao Wanyao was stunned, she had been pushed into the house by Yue Ning, and before she could say anything, Yue Ning found her clothes and cleaned them up for her, with a smile on her face all the time.
Listening to what Yuening said just now, that Hua Concubine must also know herself, "Yuening, the Hua Concubine you said also knows Xiao Wanyao?" I haven't heard Wan Yao say that she knows someone in the palace, and I haven't heard of someone being a concubine. ”
Yue Ning said while helping Xiao Wanyao clean up, "I have known Hua Concubine and Wan Yao since childhood, and when Wan Yao's aunt was caught in the palace before, we happened to be playing there, so we were also brought into the palace. We were imprisoned all the time, and then the emperor returned to the palace and released us, and we have been in the palace ever since. ”
It turned out that this was the case, Xiao Wanyao thought in her heart, and asked suspiciously, "Then how did she become a concubine?" ”
Yue Ning helped Xiao Wanyao comb her hair, sighed and said, "There were no concubines in the harem before, do you know how terrifying it is for the entire harem to be empty?" Especially after the death of the queen, it is even more terrifying. But I don't know why, once the emperor came back from the palace, it was like a different person, and he frequently sealed concubines, and there were so many concubines in the harem. ”
Xiao Wanyao listened quietly to Yuening.
"At that time, Hua Concubine and I were both little palace maids, once when the emperor passed by the imperial garden, Hua Concubine used to say a few words to the emperor, and soon after was sealed and agreed, and then slowly walked to the status of Hua Concubine. Alright......"
Yue Ning leaned over to look at her in the bronze mirror and sighed, "You and Wan Yao look exactly the same, no wonder the emperor likes you so much." ”
There seemed to be something in the words, and Yue Ning's face was helpless, "Let's go, Concubine Hua is still waiting, don't go too late." Yue Ning took Xiao Wanyao and was leaving.
She hesitated a little, who would Concubine Hua be? And what did Yue Ning's eyes mean just now?
She came to Chonghua Palace and saw Hua Concubine, Xiao Wanyao was a little surprised, this Hua Concubine turned out to be her least favorite woman back then-Jiang Lingxi.
When she was a child, Xiao Wanyao lived with her aunt with some urgency, Jiang Lingxi was a young lady from a large local family, with good looks, and always tried every means to bully her, insult her, and belittle her, of course, before she was reborn.
She saluted according to the number of etiquette, just as Yue Ning guessed, when Jiang Lingxi saw her, she was so frightened that even her hand holding the teacup was trembling, "You...... Xiao Wanyao! ”
"Hua Concubine Niangniang, she is not Xiao Wanyao, but her name is Yanran, but she looks exactly the same as Wanyao, and the slave maid also admitted her mistake at the beginning." Xiang Yuening looked at Xiao Wanyao with surprised eyes again.
Despite Xiang Yuening's words, Jiang Lingxi still couldn't believe her eyes, she gently rubbed her eyes, and looked at them carefully, after all, when Wan Yao left there and was taken back to Prime Minister Zuo's mansion by the Xiao family, she was only a teenager, so many years have passed. There are indeed some changes, and I am relieved.
patted his chest and couldn't help but say, "I'm scared to death, I thought Xiao Wanyao was reborn!" If she really comes back to life, how can there be a place for us in this harem. ”
Xiao Wanyao couldn't help but roll her eyes, was she praising herself? Or is it better to curse yourself to die?
Jiang Lingxi took a sip of tea to suppress the shock, and then asked someone to move a stool for her to sit down.
"Is there anything wrong with Concubine Hua looking for a slave?" Xiao Wanyao asked. Jiang Lingxi looked at Xiao Wanyao in a daze, "Concubine Hua, do you have anything wrong?" She raised her voice and repeated.
Jiang Lingxi came back to his senses at this time, "Oh~ It's so similar." It's just a person. ”
Xiao Wanyao frowned, she didn't expect that someone like Jiang Lingxi would also be summoned into the palace by Xue Tianao, and she would also be a concubine, was Xue Tianao blind? What did you think at first?
Xiao Wanyao gritted her teeth in her heart, and now she is starting to be angry with Xue Tianao, even if she was going to leave at the beginning, even if she said 'forget about each other in the rivers and lakes'...... All right! All right! She admitted that she was going to leave him, and she chose to leave, so Xue Tianao didn't need to guard himself like a jade, not to mention that he was the emperor, and the emperor was so affectionate.
She confessed!
But...... She narrowed her eyes slightly, and these women in the harem were handed over to me. Xue Tianao was asked to come back by you, so don't blame me for turning your harem upside down. From today onwards, 'eradicating' the women around you is my second goal here.
As for what happened after the eradication, I'm sorry, but I don't have enough brains to think about it.
Xiao Wanyao felt more and more uncomfortable, Xue Tianao actually had so many women, even if it was an emperor, even if it was ...... While she complained, she also knew that the reason why Xue Tianao was like this was because of her own reasons. It's all because of yourself, so why complain about others. Handle your own business.
"What's your name?" Jiang Lingxi stared at her with an arrogant and disdainful look.
Jiang Lingxi was like this in the past, she was contemptuous of anyone and arrogant and rude, but now she hasn't changed at all, she is still so annoying, "Yanran! She replied simply.
"Yanran? Where are you from? ”
"Chu State!"
"How did you know the emperor?"
"When you meet on the street, you know each other." She didn't bother to pay attention to her, but she couldn't help but say it.
For this answer, Jiang Lingxi snorted coldly disdainfully, "It must be the emperor who sees that you look like Xiao Wanyao, so he left yours." It's just that she looks a little alike, and you're not her. You're far worse than her. ”
Jiang Lingxi picked up the teacup and put it to his mouth.
Xiao Wanyao pursed her lips and smiled, "Hearing this, Concubine Hua must have known Xiao Wanyao before, she must be a good sister, so she felt that the slave maid was far worse than her." ”
Good sisters?
As soon as these words came out, not only did Xiang Yuening on the side frown, but the tea in Jiang Lingxi's mouth almost squirted out. She choked and coughed a few times, "Good sister? Scold...... What a good sister indeed! Unfortunately, she's dead now. ”
Looking at the expression on her face when she said the rest of the words, it was a kind of schadenfreude and joy. Xiao Wanyao clenched her hands slightly, remembering how Jiang Lingxi bullied her and Xiang Yuening when she was a child, how she relied on her family's family background and status to force her aunt, and now she wants to clean her up.
Jiang Lingxi didn't have a good impression of Xiao Wanyao, just because the person she liked liked her at the beginning. ruined her good marriage, this time, she died early, she was happy, and now he is a concubine in the harem, and the man who has her, she is happy in her heart.
She also doesn't have a good impression of Yanran, the reason why Jiang Lingxi can capture Xue Tianao's heart is because she knows Xiao Wanyao and knows that Xue Tianao has always had Xiao Wanyao in her heart, so she speaks and does things like Xiao Wanyao. Xue Tianao could feel Xiao Wanyao's shadow from her body, so he would accept her and let her climb from a little palace maid to the position of Hua Concubine.
But Yanran's appearance directly occupied Xue Tianao, she was not the only one in the harem, the other concubines were all left out in the cold, she bet that now the harem is calm, but those concubines must be secretly thinking about how to calculate Yanran and how to regain favor.
Obviously, Yan Mosu couldn't hold back for a long time, and attacked this Yanran girl.
It's just that Yan Mosu didn't take advantage of anything, and now Yanran is favored and her momentum is very victorious, so she is naturally not afraid of Xue Tianao and pampering her.
The reason why Jiang Lingxi was able to climb to the position of concubine was also because she was indeed a smart person. I've heard of Yan Ran for a long time, but I haven't seen it for a while.
After seeing it, I understood why Xue Tianao was attracted to her.
It's just that she doesn't plan to attack Yanran, she wants to wait and see what happens, sooner or later someone will not be able to control her and deal with her. So thinking of this, Jiang Lingxi's face showed a soft smile, "Miss Yanran also knows Wan Yao, we are good sisters who grew up together, just like sisters." ”
Xiao Wanyao really wanted to vomit.
She didn't want to say anything more to her, she really didn't want to see her acting here. Missing yourself? Grieved for your own death? Okay sisters? Please give me some time to vomit for a while.
When Jiang Lingxi bullied her, she almost left her hometown and left there, and she didn't even let go of her aunt.
Just when Xiao Wanyao couldn't stand it anymore, Jiang Lingxi's other little palace maid came in, "Someone from Concubine Hua Niang's side said that she wanted the kind of ointment that Concubine Hua said last time." ”
Jiang Lingxi was slightly stunned, remembering that last time Yan Mosu was allergic to eating, she had a lot of small red bumps on her body, she took a kind of ointment to her, and after rubbing it, it was very effective, "Concubine Xian is allergic to eating again?" ”
"It seems to be a palace maid under Concubine Xian, and the symptoms are the same as those before Concubine Xian. So I sent someone over to ask Hua Concubine if she still had that kind of ointment. The palace maid said.
"Yuening, go get some ointment for her!" Jiang Lingxi said, and Yue Ning went to fetch the ointment and gave it to Concubine Xian's palace maid to let her go back.
Jiang Lingxi couldn't help frowning and said, "Which palace maid is allergic?" Concubine Xian is also worthy of sending someone here to get the ointment. R1154