Chapter 157: Just a Shadow

On this day, Murong Hao just got out of the morning dynasty and came to the imperial study, and the one who polished his ink today was a palace maid who was two and a half years older than Murong Hao, although the palace maid was slightly older, but her face was still a little lively and innocent, especially the way she smiled, which was a little similar to someone in Murong Hao's heart. This similarity made Murong Hao lose his mind at the first sight of this palace maid.

As soon as Murong Hao entered the imperial study, the palace maid was ordered to wait in the imperial study, looking at each other, and the palace maid smiled a little shyly. This kind of shyness is rare in Chenxi, at least not in front of Murong Hao, Murong Hao felt that this palace maid's posture was a little different from Chenxi, so he only glanced at the palace maid coldly, then walked to the side of the desk and began to review the folds.

The palace maid Linglong saw that Murong Hao was suddenly a little cold to herself, and she didn't know what the problem was for a while, so she had to bow her head respectfully and continue to sharpen the ink.

For two hours, Linglong respectfully polished the ink, and when she saw that Murong Hao's face was not very good from the moment she entered the door, she didn't dare to giggle like before.

Finally, Murong Hao finished reviewing all the folds, and he was tired and lay back lazily, looking at the folds on the desk like a small hill.

"Congratulations to the emperor for completing the review." The dullness made Linglong bored, so she had nothing to say. This lack of words made her feel a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and a blush appeared on her cheeks again. And this is exactly what Murong Hao doesn't want to see the last thing he wants.

Murong Hao ignored the palace maid Linglong, got up, and without any words, left the imperial study, leaving Linglong at a loss.

Linglong watched Murong Hao's figure go farther and farther, and finally disappeared from sight, her eyes slowly moistened, and she said that Jun's heart was unpredictable, she didn't believe it, and always felt that Murong Hao was like a child who didn't grow up in front of her. Today, she really realized this sentence and realized how naΓ―ve she was.

Linglong returned to the room, and was about to enter the door, but was stopped by a figure.

Raising his eyes, it was him, Gonggong Qiu, a eunuch who had been in the palace for more than ten years, although he had been in the palace for a long time, he was only seventeen years old, more than three years younger than Linglong. However, this autumn father-in-law didn't care about age, and when he saw Linglong for the first time, he quietly pulled Linglong aside and whispered, saying that he wanted Linglong to pair up with him to spend the difficult years in this palace.

Linglong has just entered the palace for less than a year, and compared with Father-in-law Qiu, her experience in the palace is pitiful, and she has never heard of such a thing as food. So when Father-in-law Qiu mentioned it, Linglong was stunned like a fool, and it wasn't until an older palace maid who lived with her told her the true meaning of the food that she understood, and her eyes immediately moistened, and she couldn't help but cry at night. When she met Gonggong Qiu again in the future, Linglong either bypassed it from a distance, or lowered her head and pretended not to know.

"What do you think of what I said?" Father-in-law Qiu asked him, and at the same time looked around in a panic, making sure that there was no one around, and then his eyes fell on Linglong.

Linglong's face was so red that it could drip blood, "Father-in-law Qiu, I don't know what you're talking about, the emperor also asked the slave maid to bring some things over, so don't delay me any longer." ”

After Linglong was frightened by the word "food", seeing Gonggong Qiu was like seeing a ghost.

Father-in-law Qiu reached out and grabbed Linglong's arm, Linglong stiffened, and quickly broke free from Father-in-law Qiu's shackles.

Father-in-law Qiu was stunned for a moment, "What are you hiding?" I don't eat people. Linglong, I'm looking for you with good intentions, even if you don't agree, I should give me an answer, right? Besides, Linglong, do you know how difficult this deep palace is? Do you know how many people die in this house in a year? Not to mention those concubines who compete for favor, even palace maids and fathers-in-law, they don't know how many they will die. You and I have only one life, it is a lifetime to live well, and it is a lifetime to live a good life, you and I have this blessing to come to this world, we can't just live in a daze, right? ”

Seeing that Linglong didn't listen to it at all, Gonggong Qiu said again: "You stupid girl, think about it, you don't have any relatives in this palace, and there is no family outside the palace who can help you." If your family has some skills, you don't need to be a palace maid. You and I are both blessed and blessed people, and those who are not blessed to enjoy life, why don't we live together with a companion? ”

"You go away." Linglong trembled.

"Linglong, it doesn't matter if you don't think about it now, I can wait. Linglong, it's not that no one eats against me, I just think they can't compare with you, there is something very special about you that attracts me and makes me feel very comfortable. I've been in this palace for so many years, and I've seen all kinds of women, high-ranking and powerful, just entering the palace, all kinds of women, but you and them are different. Father-in-law Qiu said in a hurry, for fear that Linglong would disappear from his eyes all of a sudden.

Linglong's eyes were full of tears, and a pair of cigarette eyebrows frowned slightly, which made Father-in-law Qiu feel distressed.

"Linglong, okay, I won't embarrass you, if you don't agree, don't agree. Is it okay for us to be friends in the future? It's like I've never said anything like 'right food'. Father-in-law Qiu was also a little flustered.

Linglong turned around and left, and Father-in-law Qiu was completely flustered all of a sudden, "Linglong, I was wrong, can you forgive me, I actually just want to be friends with you." However, after so many years in the palace, I have forgotten how to be friends with people. Can you hear me finish? Linglong, I know you're in a bad mood today, because the emperor is cold to you all of a sudden, do you know why? ”

Linglong was going to run away, but when she heard Grandpa Qiu's last words, her feet stopped involuntarily.

Father-in-law Qiu trotted to Linglong and looked around vigilantly, "Linglong, I was attracted to you when the emperor met you, I always thought it was because he liked you." It wasn't until one day that I went to the cell to deliver the golden silk osmanthus cake that I realized that things were not what I thought. ”

"Golden osmanthus crisp?" This kind of crisp can't even be eaten by concubines of insufficient rank, let alone the people in the cell, who can actually eat this kind of thing in the prison cell? As for the name of the golden osmanthus cake, Linglong only heard it by chance, and I have never even seen it.

Father-in-law Qiu nodded, "It's that kind of crisp, I heard that more than 20 years ago, the concubine Niangniang actually poisoned her best sister in order to eat this kind of crisp." And such a precious thing was sent to the cell for a girl named Dawn to eat. ”

"Dawn?" Linglong was completely unfamiliar with the name.

Qiu Gong said: "I saw the appearance of that girl, you are quite similar to her." The emperor likes you and is close to you, probably because of this. ”

"Nope." Linglong is unwilling to accept this reality. She has heard and experienced all kinds of things in the palace, so she maintains a sense of awe for the palace and the exquisite ones in the palace. When Murong Hao met her and treated her well, she was indescribably happy in her heart, as long as things went smoothly, she could get rid of worrying that someone was not good for her all day long. Especially when they just entered the palace, the sisters who were together were obviously kind to her and all kinds of sweetness, but they were plotting against her behind their backs. If it weren't for his own fate, he would have suffered in the Hades Hall by now.

Gonggong Qiu sighed, "Linglong, I have been in the palace since I was a child, and I have heard and seen more than you, even if the emperor or other people look at the palace maid, the end of the palace maid is very tragic." Before, the emperor looked down on a palace maid, and the palace maid still served the queen mother, and she was not lost to those concubines in terms of appearance, conduct or talent, but in the end she was killed by Concubine Bo. ”

"What you said is not true, the emperor is different from the previous emperor, and besides, Concubine Bo's power is weakening little by little. It is impossible for her to interfere with the emperor's choice again. "The only thing that Linglong has seen in the time she has spent in the imperial study is this.

Father-in-law Qiu still sighed heavily, this heavy sigh, this anxious worry, and his delicate face were extremely incongruous.

"Linglong, if he really didn't want to be with you because you were you, then you wouldn't be happy. If you're just a shadow of someone else, and he wants you to be by his side, just to make up for a deficiency, what's the point of being a king, even if he's a king? "Grandpa Qiu's eyes are a little moist, how long has it been since he came to the insensitive palace? He couldn't even remember it himself.

Linglong looked at Grandpa Qiu, biting her lip tightly, still not believing Grandpa Qiu's words, and ran away.

Since then, in addition to the emperor, there is one more person in Linglong's heart, and that is Chenxi.

Dawn, who is she?

After many inquiries, I learned that Chenxi was the daughter of the King of Zhongshan. Just by her identity, she is more than a lot shorter. In addition, Chenxi is very capable, and she has never traveled to cuΓ² to take care of a huge workshop.

After hearing all about the morning light, Linglong was ashamed of himself.

On this day, it was time for her to go to the imperial study to wait for Murong Hao to review the folds.

Linglong came to the imperial study early, and her heart was a little unsteady, because of the entanglement, her cheeks were even more red. Qiu Gong announced that there was a change in the border between Daqi and the grassland, and the people of Maitreya were even more crazy. This news is not ordinary news for Linglong, and it is not easy to tell it to Murong Hao. As long as you are not careful, you may be charged with interfering with the government. She is just a little palace maid, and such a crime is enough to destroy the Nine Clans.

When the door of the imperial study was opened again, Linglong could hear her own frantic heartbeat, and that restless heart seemed to be about to jump out, away from her master.

After Murong Hao entered the door, he glanced at Linglong. Linglong panicked, hurriedly lowered her head, and thought that she had forgotten to salute, so she hurriedly ran to the center of the study and saluted Murong Hao, who had already come to the desk and sat down.

Murong Hao just let out a non-salty 'um' sound, and then lowered his head to look at the fold.

Linglong secretly looked at Murong Hao, and still couldn't understand why his attitude towards himself had changed all of a sudden, as long as he saw Linglong smiling and heard Linglong speak, Murong Hao would be happy. Seeing the dark clouds on Murong Hao's face, Linglong was worried. I was even more anxious and entangled in my heart, whether to reveal what the Qiu Gong announced to her to the emperor?

After Murong Hao finished reading a book, the brush just dried up, and he reached out to dip the new ink, and when he saw Linglong's tangled expression, he couldn't help frowning, but he didn't look at it much, and continued to review the book. After hesitating for a moment, Murong Hao couldn't help but ask, "Is there something on your mind?" ”

Murong Hao's voice was like a heavenly sound, which suddenly made Linglong's heart flutter.

Linglong was flustered, not knowing how to answer Murong Hao, "Your Majesty...... Slaves...... The slave just heard some wind and rain, and didn't know whether to tell the emperor or not. I was worried that those storms were real, messing up the Great Qi and disturbing the emperor's peace. I am afraid that those storms are fake, which will make the emperor even more upset. ”

"Say it." Murong Hao's eyes were still staring at the fold, even his heart was also on the fold, as for what Linglong said tangledly, he didn't pay attention to it at all. R638