Guilan saw that Xiao Xia was unusually insistent and couldn't do anything, so she bowed her head and withdrew.

Outside, Gui Ying had already been talking with a smiling face for a while, and when she saw Gui Lan's face, she chuckled in her heart, and then Guo Lan came over and said to the princess:

"Princess, I'm really sorry, our mother has fallen asleep, and it's really inconvenient to see you."

Wang An was obviously unhappy when he heard this, and shook the dust with a sharp voice: "That's it, forget it when the mother rests in peace, our family will finish the errand when we send the things, two girls, our family has said goodbye!" ”

"Wait a minute, Princess!"

Wang An turned around: "What else is going on?" ”

"This ......" Guilan looked at Gui Ying hesitantly, gritted her teeth and said: "I'm sorry, princess, my mother said that she ...... She was too full tonight and didn't want to eat snacks, so she asked the princess to bring things back and thank the emperor. ”

Wang An stared at Gui Ying Guilan for a long time, her face was blue and white for a while, and finally she waved the dust in annoyance: "Okay, our family must bring the words for Niangniang and say goodbye!" ”

Seeing Wang An leave in a hurry, Gui Lan's heart went up and down, and she asked in a low voice, "Sister Gui Ying, is this good?" ”

Gui Ying glanced at her, "This is what Niangniang means?" ”

Guilan immediately nodded: "Of course, I asked Niangniang a few times, and Niangniang was very persistent, and I don't know why?" Didn't Niangniang completely offend Wang An by doing this? He won't say bad things about our mother in front of the emperor, right? ”

Gui Ying was silent for a long time and then sighed: "Maybe this is exactly what Niangniang wants, right?" ”

"Huh?"

"Don't ask, let's do our duty." Gui Ying glanced into the dormitory and asked in a low voice, "Are you leaving?" ”

Guilan was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I should have left, I didn't see anyone when I went in." ”

Gui Ying nodded, "I'll be on duty tonight, and when Gui Fang Guixiang comes back, you can call them to the house and talk about them well, from now on, we have to be more careful, just in case we are not allowed to enter the Niangniang dormitory except for the four of us." ”

Guilan nodded in agreement, but she looked like she wanted to say something.

"What do you want to say?"

Guilan looked around, leaned closer and said, "Sister Guiying, can they really hide it like this?" In case ...... is discovered"

"There can't be a case, Niangniang is our master, you and I can't run away if something happens to Niangniang, and none of the Liang family and our parents and relatives can escape, so we have to be careful and careful, you know?"

Guilan pursed her lips, she still had some questions, so she could only swallow it in her stomach, and lowered her head.

Gui Ying pushed the door and entered the dormitory, and saw Xiao Xia sitting on the edge of the bed looking at the moonlight under the window.

She walked over lightly and took a cloak and draped it on Xiao Xia: "Niangniang, it's late at night, aren't you resting?" ”

Xiao Xia glanced up at Gui Ying, pursed her lips and smiled: "Gui Ying, I'm embarrassed!" ”

Gui Ying was stunned: "Don't say that, mother, it's a matter of slaves." ”

Xiao Xia shook his head: "I originally thought that it would go smoothly as expected, but I couldn't bear to see the emperor's sad appearance, he canonized a few new concubines tonight, right?" ”

"It should be, the prince said it himself, and there will be definite news when Gui Fang Guixiang comes back."

"Well, that's a good thing!" Xiao Xia curled up her legs on the bed, put her chin on her knees with her hands on her hands, curled up in a ball and still staring at the window, while Gui Ying stood aside and quietly accompanied her.

After a long time, Xiao Xia asked softly, "Gui Ying, am I doing this right?" ”

Gui Ying paused: "Niangniang, as long as you are willing, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, you are happy." ”

"Is it okay to be happy?" Xiao Xia muttered to herself, then turned back and smiled at her:

"Thank you, Gui Ying, I know, sleepy, rest!"

The Xia Yu Palace quickly calmed down, while the Imperial Garden remained lively until after the hour, when the people gradually dispersed and the hustle and bustle of the palace gradually fell silent.

It may be that last night was too late, everyone slept late, and the palace maids and eunuchs on duty the next morning yawned and were confused, but this did not affect their private gossip hearts.

Xiao Xia saw that they were talking in groups, and couldn't help but be a little curious, so she specially asked Guixiang, who likes to listen to gossip the most, to inquire.

Guixiang lived up to expectations, and soon came back, it turned out that they were talking about a few dancers at last night's banquet, the dance was really shocking and dazzling, like a fairy descending from the earth, even women were attracted to take their eyes off, and the emperor's canonized Xiu Concubine with the highest rank was one of the dancers, and last night the emperor stayed at Xiu Concubine's place, I heard that this morning there were a large number of rewards sent to the Xiu Concubine Palace, so that many concubines were envious and red-eyed.

Xiao Xia was also quite surprised when he heard this, even if the emperor wanted to choose someone, he wouldn't choose a dancer, right? It's not that Xiao Xia looks down on dancers, the key is that most of those dancers are humble, or the playthings of high-ranking officials and nobles, and in the eyes of the world, they are not even as good as civilian women, how can the emperor look down on them? This is too different from Feng Jintian in his impression.

"Is the emperor still with Concubine Xiu?"

"No, the emperor went to the imperial study early in the morning."

"Really?" Xiao Xia paced slowly in the palace: "That...... What about the other newly canonized concubines? ”

"Each has its own merits, what type there is, but there is one thing in common, I heard that the status is not high, I don't know if the emperor is intentional or unintentional? It is said that many of the ladies who came to the banquet yesterday were disappointed! ”

"Really?" Xiao Xia frowned and thought about it, but no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand why Feng Jintian did this?

"By the way, have Su Lingfeng and Su Lingxia been sealed?"

"This ...... I haven't heard of it! ”

Xiao Xia sighed secretly, it seems that the Su family was disappointed last night.

"Gui Fang Guixiang, you go and inform the newcomers one by one, just say that I will summon them and let them all come to the Xia Yu Palace for a gathering."

"Mother, this ...... Wouldn't it be inappropriate? ”

"It's okay, you just go and let me know."

Xiao Xia went back to the house to dress up, and asked Gui Ying to go to the warehouse to count some things and come out, so that she could reward the new concubines later.

About half an hour later, the new concubines arrived one after another, and when everyone arrived, Xiao Xia, who was dressed up, went out slowly with the shelf of the concubine, and slowly walked to his main seat in the sound of the concubines.

Xiao Xia sat upright, raised his hand and said, "No courtesy, everyone should take their own seats!" ”

"Xie Guifei Niangniang!" The concubines thanked each other in unison and then retreated and sat down.

Xiao Xia's gaze calmly swept to each of the concubines who were doing it, originally she was in a peaceful mood, and she only planned to meet these girls, estimate their character, and see if there were any ill-intentioned people.

But when he swept to the first one on the right hand, he was stunned, staring at the familiar face in surprise, while the other party looked at him with a smile, and his voice was extremely crisp: "Sister Guifei, I didn't expect to meet again so soon!" ”

Xiao Xia was so shocked that he didn't move for a long time, and the other party proudly touched the rare headdress on his head: "Sister Guifei, look, this is what the emperor rewarded me last night, is it still beautiful?" ”

This concubine's words were full of provocation and show-off, which made other people present look at her sideways, and everyone recognized it at once, and immediately began to talk about it.

Gui Ying didn't react when she saw Xiao Xia for a long time, and the other concubines obviously looked at this, she walked up and whispered in Xiao Xia's ear: "Niangniang, calm down, she is the dancer, the emperor's newly crowned concubine." ”

Xiao Xia was shocked, the show concubine turned out to be her! Is there any mistake? How could the emperor ...... How could it be......

Since Xiao Xia couldn't believe his eyes, no matter how he looked at it, that familiar face, familiar eyes, familiar expression, was not who Su Linglong was, this woman! What a ghost!

Xiao Xia gradually calmed down, and after thinking about it, this woman seems to be born to be her enemy, she has no opponent in the Liang Mansion alone, she must find ways to enter the palace to find herself, heh, she is really capable enough, Su Lingfeng is a young lady from a four-grade official's family, and she tried every means to enter the palace, and this Su Linglong, even if she is a humble dancer, she can come in, is this fate? It's hard to say.

Xiao Xia laughed at himself and said to Su Linglong: "Yes, it's good, it's just that the color is too bright, the style seems complicated but there is nothing new, it looks like a nouveau riche who has never seen the world, and he can't be on the stage!" ”

Su Linglong's face was so angry that his face turned pale, and the other concubines looked at each other and secretly smiled, this concubine looked soft and soft, and it turned out that she was hiding needles when she spoke, and what if this concubine was favored for a while? No matter how much you can't suppress the limelight of the concubine, it's true, she was so rude when she met for the first time, and she deserved to be humiliated.

"Gui Ying, take out the jewelry that the palace prepared for the younger sisters."

"Yes!" Gui Yingfu blessed her body, clapped her hands twice, and the palace maid rushed in, and sent the gifts prepared in advance to the concubines in turn.

Needless to say, the concubines were all pleasantly surprised, and they thanked Xiao Xia one after another, and Su Linglong didn't look at it, and directly put the box aside and said:

"The concubine summoned the concubine and I don't know what happened? Last night, the concubine served the emperor all night, and she didn't sleep much, and now she is very tired, if the mother is fine, the concubine wants to say goodbye! ”

The concubines were in an uproar, and they all murmured secretly, this concubine has only entered the palace on the first day, so she is so pampered and arrogant, and she will have it in the future? Of course, everyone just talked about it in private, and no one dared to come forward, although no one looked down on Su Linglong, who was born as a dancer, but he could only talk about it behind his back, and then looked at Xiao Xia with a smile, hoping that this concubine could come up with some means to repair this concubine.

Xiao Xia sees everyone's thoughts, since everyone hopes so much, how can she live up to them?

Xiao Xia lowered her eyes and gently picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and only looked back at Su Linglong after a while: "What? What did you say? ”

Su Linglong couldn't see Xiao Xia's calm and mocking face, he looked like he was a clown, Su Linglong stood up suddenly: "I'm sorry, concubine Niangniang, the concubine is tired, and she has to go back to rest!" ”

Xiao Xia didn't speak, just raised her eyelids, Gui Ying Guilan understood, and stepped forward to stop Su Linglong together:

"Xiu Concubine Niangniang stays!"

"You two cheap girls dare to stand in the way of this mother?"

"Concubine Xiu Niangniang, this is Xia Yu Palace, the status of the concubine Niangniang is higher than you, you are so disrespectful, you will be punished."

"Punished?" Su Linglong turned around, "Yu Xiaoxia, you can't wait to kick me out of the palace?" Sue you, the more you play tricks on me, the more the emperor feels sorry for me, you'd better see the situation clearly. ”

"Concubine Xiu, you are too presumptuous!"

"Shut up, it's not your turn to point fingers at this mother's business."

Gui Ying and Gui Lan frowned slightly, and some of the concubines began to be dissatisfied: "Guifei Niangniang, Xiu Concubine has repeatedly spoken disrespectfully, and she is so presumptuous on the first day she enters the palace, please be sure to punish Guifei Niangniang, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public." ”

Seeing this, the other concubines echoed one after another: "Please be sure to punish the concubine." ”

Xiao Xia sat above and looked at Su Linglong with a smile: "Concubine Xiu, look, you are so rude and cause public anger, do you say that I punished you or not?" ”

Su Linglong sneered: "You pretend, if you want to punish me, even if you come, I'm not afraid of you." ”

"Since that's the case, then don't blame me, the first time Concubine Xiu entered the palace was not subject to the palace rules, and if she committed the following offenses, the palace ordered you to think about it behind closed doors for a month, and during this period, no one was allowed to visit without the permission of the palace.

Gui Ying, you personally send her back, and by the way, pick a few mothers-in-law from our palace who know the rules to guard. ”

Gui Yingfu Fushen: "Yes, Niangniang!" ”

Su Linglong glanced at Xiao Xia coldly, and she didn't seem to be very angry or angry, as if this qiē was what she expected.

Watching Gui Ying follow Su Linglong and leave in a hurry, Xiao Xia was thoughtful, and always felt that Su Linglong's trip was deliberate, could she still have any tricks to do?

Coming out of the Xia Yu Palace, Su Linglong walked unhurriedly on the way back to the palace, admiring the scenery along the way, without the slightest consciousness of being under house arrest.

There were fewer passers-by halfway, Su Linglong slowed down and asked Gui Ying: "You girl, are you from the Liang Mansion Follow-up Palace?" ”

"Yes, sis!"

"What benefits did Yu Xiaoxia give you, and you want to follow her like this?"

"The slave maid is ordered to serve the concubine, where the duty lies, and there is no need for benefits."

"Heh, that's nice, why didn't you see you so conscientious when you were by my side?"

Gui Ying stopped at her feet and looked at her in surprise: "Niangniang, you ......"

Su Linglong continued to walk forward and said lightly: "You know very well who I am, and you don't need to explain it." Why don't we have a master, and you are doing this to me now? ”

Gui Ying's eyes flickered and she lowered her head: "Niangniang, slave maid...... It's just an errand. ”

"Really? I see that Yu Xiaoxia trusts you a lot, but ...... You should know very well that Yu Xiaoxia has not been in the palace for a long time, the so-called knowledge of current affairs is Junjie, how about it, do you have any ideas to do things for me? ”

Gui Ying looked at Su Linglong in astonishment, her mind was spinning fast, the concubine Niangniang had not been in the palace for a long time, what did she mean? Could it be that Concubine Xiu knows about the concubine and the second son? How is this possible? (To be continued.) )