Chapter 4: Ulterior motives

After the banquet was dispersed, everyone went back to the palace, and the rest of the palace people cleaned up the banquet.

Concubine Xian rubbed her eyebrows, a little tired, Rong Jieyu handed over a cup of tea, and said, "Cousin, I am tired, you don't seem to be very happy with the emperor's gift today." ”

Concubine Xian took a sip of tea and said, "It's not that the palace is unhappy, it's just that the emperor has done a little too much." ”

What do you mean by that? Isn't it about Concubine Mei? Rong Jieyu said curiously.

"Seeing the Wen sisters today, the palace found that the eldest sister Wen Rao has nothing but a good skin, but it is that Wen Ru, who shines, not only has an extraordinary temperament, but is also held high by the emperor's reward, I am afraid it is not simple." Concubine Xian sighed.

Rong Jieyu nodded, agreed with her words, and said: "Speaking of which, ......" She looked at the people around her, and said: "Speaking of which, these two are placed in the previous dynasty, but their identities are just the opposite, you must have heard of it, the demon queen and the virtuous concubine, the former stirred up the harem into a miasma, and the latter was left out in the cold palace." When I saw it today, I was waiting for that gentle rao to show her skills, but who knew that she was just a soft bun. There was a sense of loss in her tone.

Concubine Xian shook her head and said, "No, my sister can't tell the truth. ”

Rong Jieyu was slightly stunned and waited for her next step.

The virtuous concubine sat on the couch of the beautiful woman, leaned sideways, sighed, and said: "I was not very old at that time, and a family of relatives came to the house with their children, and the family of the family was rich, and they were idle to play around, and they were involved in the trading of some rare treasures. There are glowing night pearls, ice crystal jade embedded with red plums, and so on, all of which are mouth-watering treasures. ”

She paused again when she said this, Rong Jieyu was listening to the excitement, and hurriedly urged: "Cousin, what happened later?" ”

"Later? Later, several mysterious figures came, saying that they wanted to buy everything in his hands. Where did my clan relatives sell it, but the person who came to sell it was generous, and the price was so shocking that the clan relatives couldn't believe it, and the other party threatened with his life, so he had to obey and tell him the wonderful use of those things. Concubine Xian sighed.

Rong Jieyu listened to it, and sighed: "I haven't heard of such an adventure, but what does it have to do with this matter?" ”

Concubine Xian took a sip of tea and said, "Don't be in a hurry, and listen to me slowly." Do you know where they took him? ”

Rong Jieyu shook her head, "What kind of cottage can't be?" ”

"It's the Imperial Palace."

"Is it the Imperial Palace?!"

"Yes, he laid a golden house for those people, with jasper-paved floors, pearl-inlaid pillars, and flower screens integrated with Suzhou embroidered Hangzhou yarn, some of which cannot be bought by money."

"But where is the gold?" Rong Jieyu asked.

"Silly sister, look at this hand, where is not gold?" Concubine Xian replied with a smile.

"Then this is ......" Rong Jieyu became more and more puzzled.

"That day, he suddenly heard a woman crying, and that woman was Queen Wen." Concubine Xiangui sighed again, "It turned out that Murong Ju took the money from the treasury to build a golden house for Wen Ru, but at that time, Wen Ru was already in the cold palace. ”

Rong Jieyu thought for a moment and instantly understood, "So, Wen Rao is just a cover, so Murong Ju is just to protect Wen Ru?" ”

"If what the clan said is true, I'm afraid it will be so." Concubine Xian said.

"If this is the case, then it is not difficult to explain that when their city was broken in the past, the favored Wen Rao was almost hanged, and Wen Ru, who stayed in the cold palace, returned home safely." Rong Jieyu's mouth suddenly opened.

"Yes, I'll take a look at it again today, that Wen Rao has no edge at all, let alone the benefit of-for-tat confrontation with others, it's really not like the rumored demon queen who calamitized the country, so I affirmed three points in my heart." The virtuous concubine said.

"In this way, the fierce rival in the future is afraid to be Wen Ru." Rong Jieyu's face was stern.

Hearing this, Concubine Xian pulled the corners of her mouth and said, "There are no strong opponents or strong opponents, they are all people who serve the emperor, and peace is still precious." ”

"Or cousin, you are the most tolerant, and I don't blame you for rising steadily this step, this queen's position, except for you, I can't think of anyone else who can sit." Rong Jieyu was suddenly honored.

Concubine Xian smiled but did not speak, with a faint light in her eyes, as if she was contemplative.

Back in the dilapidated courtyard, Wen Rao's ass had just hit the bench, and before she could recover from it, she heard the sound of sobbing behind her, and she twitched her face and didn't look back.

"How can this be...... Obviously you are the little master, you are pampered, how can you be like this! Silk Tree's tears were already pouring down, and her eyes were red.

When Wen Rao heard this, she didn't know how to appease her, so she had to say nonsense: "Sitong, how do you know that the emperor didn't spoil me in the first half of the night, and ran to spoil Wen Ru in the second half of the night?" Then after comparison, he found that Wen Ru was more in line with his heart, so he gave Wen Ru a reward. ”

I didn't want Sitong to really pause, she looked at Wen Rao stupidly, thought for a while, and exclaimed: "The emperor is really the spirit of Ryoma, and this kind of thing can be compared with the advantages and disadvantages......

Wen Rao saw that she really believed it, and she couldn't cry or laugh.

Sitong is just a fourteen-year-old girl, I heard that she was still the daughter of an official family when she was young, but for some special reasons, the family was imprisoned, and she was finally filled into the harem and became the most inferior palace maid.

Fate changed dramatically, but unfortunately she didn't understand anything.

"Little master, at the moment, Concubine Mei is also the master of the first palace, can we also live in that side hall?" I saw Sitong with her mouth open, still fantasizing.

Wen Rao couldn't bear it anymore and knocked her on the head.

"Can't you have a snack and see if my relationship with that Wen Ru is ice or fire?"

"Whether it's ice or fire, Concubine Mei treats you well, but you seem to ignore her." Silk Tong muttered.

Wen Rao glared at her, completely classifying her as Wen Ru's brainless fan.

"Is Master Wen here?" Someone pretended to knock on the door at the door, and when she heard the voice, Wen Rao's heart jumped, and she raised her eyes to see that it was really the poppy who was chasing her and biting her.

"What is this going to do?" Wen Rao asked.

"The slave and maid ask for peace to the little master Wen." Poppy suddenly lowered her eyebrows and became pleasing to her eyes, as if she was not the mouthy and provocative person before, "The slave maid came here on the order of the master, and wanted to invite the little master to live in the Junchen Palace together." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, please refuse for me." Wen Rao didn't even lift her eyelids.

Poppy lowered his eyelids, and then said: "If Xiao Master Wen blames the slave and maid for colliding with you, there is no need, the slave and maid are here, you can clean up as you want, just don't hurt my master's heart." ”

Wen Rao looked at her with some amusement, feeling a little incredible, a treacherous person can say such protective words, doesn't it feel hypocritical?

Speaking of poppies, it is impossible for Wen Rao not to hate, first the hatred of betrayal, and then the hatred of killing, although she did not die, but in the end it is no different from dying once.

"You can do whatever I want?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Wen Rao's mouth.

Poppy pursed her lips and didn't speak, like a woman persecuted by bad people.

Wen Rao lifted her chin and carefully looked at the woman who had been with her for ten years, she really couldn't believe that the loyalty she had been so loyal in the past was disguised.

"Speaking of which, Poppy, ten years ago, I knelt in the snow and begged for a day and a night in order to keep you, and I treated you like a kiss for ten years, why can you betray me so lightly?

I'm unwilling, you say I've been a dog for ten years, just bite me, but she just makes a loyal dog to others, how can I bear it? ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Wen Rao's eyes, presumably she was too a failure to be a person, and even a personal person could betray her so lightly.

Poppy was frightened by her expression and took a step back, looking at Wen Rao's gaze a little strange.

"Little Lord Wen, what's wrong with you......"

Wen Rao looked back in confusion: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

"Little Lord Wen, you are wrong." Poppy twisted her eyebrows, "Although the slave maid used to be your girl, it was only half a year, why did it last ten years?"

Ten years ago, it was clear that Miss Ru knelt in the snow for three days and three nights for the slave, so how could there be anything about you.

Besides, the slave maid has been with Miss Ru for nearly ten years, if you didn't have to marry the slave and maid with Miss Ru later, how could the slave and maid have the opportunity to 'betray' you in the end? In the final analysis, this matter has nothing to do with our master. ”

Wen Rao stroked her palm, "You actually said that?" ”

Poppy raised his eyes and looked at her firmly: "It's a fact. ”

Wen Rao laughed: "What a fact, it's really unexpected......" She touched her arm and suddenly paused, and the smile on her face froze.

"Little Master Wen, you can punish you however you want, but the facts can't be distorted." Poppy said righteously.

Wen Rao looked at her, trying to find a hint of disguise on her face, but she didn't notice that what frightened her was not what Poppy said, but ......

She touched her smooth arm, looking incredulous.

"How could it be gone...... Wen Rao was shocked.

On the side, Sitong finally couldn't help but come forward to help Wen Rao, and said worriedly: "Little master, what's wrong with you, don't scare the slave?" ”

Wen Rao pushed her away, waved her hand, and suddenly rushed to the mirror, looking at the characters in the mirror, no different from herself.

Then he turned to look at the poppy and said coldly, "Untie the collar." ”

The poppy was stunned.

"Didn't you say that? Whatever I punish, now I want you to untie your collar. Wen Rao said expressionlessly.

Poppy bit her lip and reached for her neckline in humiliation, ripping open the collar to reveal her smooth white collarbone.

"What else does the little master want, please command." She gritted her teeth when she said this, and looked at Wen Rao's gaze.

Wen Rao suddenly sat down on the bench, her face was full of disbelief, she settled down, turned her head to look at Poppy and said: "Didn't you say it, I had to ask your master for you at the beginning, so now, if she really values me as much as she said, then I will ......"

Wen Rao was suddenly stunned when she said this, and she saw the hair on the back of the poppy, so she said slowly: "I will ask you again, so that you can continue to be a cow and a horse for me." ”

Poppy was horrified, "You ......"

"You can say no." Wen Rao raised the corners of her lips, as if she was very proud.

Poppy's fist tightened and tightened, but finally let go, her eyes were red, and she looked at Wen Rao's gaze with a sense of resentment, and said, "The slave should tell me!" ”

After saying that, she covered her face and ran away.

Wen Rao was absent-minded, stroked her arm and muttered: "Strange things happen every year, and there are many ...... this year."

If you follow the poppy statement, where is her treachery, but Wen Rao's brain is broken, and she thinks too much.

But Wen Rao clearly remembers the bits and pieces of the past ten years, including the fact that she once raised her hand to block a pot of boiling water for the poppy, leaving a scar on her arm, the doctor said that this scar cannot be removed, and although the poppy face was not burned, the collarbone was still splashed, which also left a scar.

Those injuries are probably their friendly witnesses, and they are all gone now.

Speaking of which, it seems that her arms have been smooth and scarless since she took a shower that night, but she was scared by Qi Yao and forgot about it......

"Little master, what's wrong with you?" Silk shook her.

Wen Rao patted her hand and said, "It's nothing, I just want to know, what's wrong......

Everything has to happen for a reason, and if it is really like Poppy said, she must figure out the ins and outs of the matter, but if it is not what Poppy says, she will have to figure out the strangeness of this.

"Is Little Master Wen here?"

This time, Sitong trembled, went out to greet people, and brought it in to see that this person was actually Xiaochun who was serving the emperor.

Xiaochun came in with a smile and saluted Wen Rao, with a respectful attitude, followed by a little eunuch, with a tray in his hand, covered with a silk silk, and he couldn't see what was inside.

"I don't know why Father-in-law Koharu came this time?" Wen Rao asked.

"Congratulations to Little Lord Wen, the emperor ordered the miscellaneous family to inform you that tonight I invite you to share dinner in the Qianxin Palace, so that you can prepare in advance." Koharu said.

Wen Rao was still stunned, but Sitong was the first to react, pulling Wen Rao to thank the emperor.

"Little Lord Wen, this is given to you by the emperor." Koharu ordered someone to hand over the thing, and Hiki reached out to take it.

"The slave is retiring, there will be a sedan chair to pick up the little master Wen tonight, and please don't forget it." Koharu said.

When the people are gone, Wen Rao is still a mess.

Today is to mention the position of the two concubines, it stands to reason that Qi Yao should summon her two people, how could he suddenly think of her?

Isn't it, is it really like what she said to Sitong, Qi Yao remembers everything, he was dissatisfied with her in the first half of the night, and he ran to Wenru in the second half of the night?

"Little master, little master, slave maid knows that you and Concubine Mei are both daughters of the Wen family, since the emperor has treated his sister preferentially, how can he forget Sister Jì!" Silk Tong said excitedly.

Wen Rao was shocked when she heard this, how could she forget it, she is at least the daughter of the Wen family, Wen Ru's sister, the previous dynasty is gone, but the Wen family is not falling, Qi Yao is afraid that he has ulterior motives.