Chapter 698: A Chance Encounter
After all, the emperor is the emperor, and he is very decisive in doing things, and he has made up his mind about this matter, that is, he no longer thinks about it, but raises his head again, and walks forward with great strides!
However, because of today's events, the emperor thought of the deceased imperial concubine, and unconsciously walked to the dormitory where the imperial concubine lived before her death.
The name of the imperial concubine's dormitory before her death is called Yikun Palace, which is the storage of Kunning Palace, which is second only to the queen in the entire harem, since the death of the imperial concubine, this Yikun Palace has been empty, and no concubine can live in.
The emperor will occasionally come here to sit, nostalgic for the days when the imperial concubine was alive, so there are still many subordinates here who stay inside to take care of and clean.
The emperor took people around the corner, and when he saw the gate of Yikun Palace, he found that a man and a woman were talking behind the stone pillars at the entrance of Yikun Palace.
The emperor frowned, there was someone pulling and pulling at the gate of Yikun Palace!
was not worried, so he asked everyone not to speak, and then only took Gonggong Hu over to check.
When he walked to the side of the stone pillar, he saw two people talking, and the emperor couldn't help but be stunned, how could he see a man and a woman today, and they were all acquaintances!
"Ahem, Xiao Wu, what are you doing here?" The emperor coughed, and when he saw his favorite nephew, the unhappiness in the emperor's heart dissipated a little.
The two people who were talking were suddenly startled by this voice, and when they saw that the person who came was the emperor, they quickly knelt down and said goodbye.
"Knock to you, Uncle Huang!"
"Meet the Emperor!"
"Huh. Aren't you the daughter of Liu Tongxuan's family, why are you here? The emperor looked at Liu Yanzi, who was kneeling with Chu Dingwu, and said.
Liu Tongxuan is the name of Fuguo Gong, and he is Liu Yanzi's father.
Liu Yanzi was asked by the emperor, a little speechless, thinking about what she said to Chu Dingwu just now, I don't know if the emperor heard it, and for a while, there were some six gods without masters!
"Uncle Hui, Yanzi and I accompanied the third brother and Ruoyun to sit in Yikun Palace, Fang Cai, Fang Cai just said something at the door!" Chu Dingwu is a boy in the end, and he answered directly for Liu Yanzi.
"You're talking about you accompanying the third child and Ruoyun here?" The emperor was stunned and couldn't help asking. "And where are they now?"
"Uncle Huihuang. The third brother and Ruoyun are now in Yikun Palace! Chu Dingwu replied.
The emperor couldn't help but be suspicious, Chu Ziheng often came to this Yikun Palace, he knew it, after all, it was his mother's residence, and this child was filial. Every once in a while, they will come to this palace to worship his mother.
But what he was surprised was Ruoyun in Chu Dingwu's mouth. If Ruoyun is now accompanying the third child in this Yikun Palace. Who was the woman who was talking to the second child by the river just now? What he saw just now was Ruoyun!
The emperor had doubts in his heart, so he wanted to find out, and he didn't care about Chu Dingwu and Liu Yanzi. walked directly into the Yikun Palace.
At this time, in the corner of the courtyard in this palace, there were the people left behind in the Yikun Palace, all of whom were very quiet, and no one made a sound.
And Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng were sitting on a stone table and chair in the courtyard playing chess, both of them were engrossed, and there was a pot of steaming fragrant tea on the table next to them, exuding bursts of fragrance, looking like the years were quiet.
When the emperor saw this scene, his pace that had been speeding up suddenly slowed down, because he seemed to see that back then, he was sitting on this stone table, and it was the imperial concubine sitting opposite, and the two of them were also like this.
The imperial concubine would make a pot of fragrant tea with her own hands, and then the two of them would sit on this stone table and play against each other, the surroundings were very quiet, only the sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops, and from time to time brought a burst of the fragrance of orchids planted by the imperial concubine herself, and that was the time when he was the most relaxed as an emperor.
The emperor touched the scene, looked at this pair of children, and suddenly didn't want to disturb them, but at this time, someone came to be the destroyer.
Chu Dingwu and Liu Yanzi, who were left outside the door by the emperor just now, saw that the emperor went in directly without saying anything, the two were confused at first, and finally thought about it and followed in.
After the two went in, they saw Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun playing against each other, and they were relieved at first, and then deliberately increased their pace to remind them of the arrival of the emperor.
Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun were already sensitive, how could they not know what was going on when they heard such heavy footsteps, they all threw away their chess pieces and hurried to pay homage to the emperor.
Since the two of them had been disturbed, the emperor smiled and said, "Why are you here at this time?" ”
"Back to my father, because Yun'er and they finally had half a day's leisure time this afternoon, so Erchen wants to take her to this Yikun Palace to sit!" Chu Ziheng didn't say it too clearly, but the emperor already understood.
His three sons wanted to bring the woman they liked to their mother's palace, this was a ritual, a ritual to introduce Ruoyun to her mother's concubine, even if the imperial concubine was no longer there, Chu Ziheng thought in his heart that she had been living here!
And bringing Ruoyun here, there is also a meaning of wanting to show Ruoyun his previous life, this kind of trust and explanation to his future partner.
And the emperor's mood is very different now, because he saw Ruoyun here, which proves that the woman who was talking to the second child by the lake just now is definitely not Ruoyun, and his third son and daughter-in-law have been saved!
However, the emperor's paranoia has been committed again!
He was thinking, if the woman just now wasn't Ruoyun, who would it be? Why is it so similar to Ruoyun's appearance and dress?
And, did the second child and Concubine Shu do this on purpose? Or is it accidental?
However, the emperor remembered that during the whole process just now, Concubine Shu really didn't say that the woman was the lord of Anyang, but he just mistakenly thought it himself!
"Father, how did you get here?" Chu Ziheng's question interrupted the question in the emperor's heart.
"Oh, it's okay, I just broke up on state affairs, so I just walked here!" The emperor didn't say anything about what happened just now.
After all, the emperor also has private messages. Although he loves his third son, he has always liked the second son, and he is also more concerned about the concubine, so he won't say what happened just now, he doesn't want the third son to think too much, so it affects the relationship between the two brothers.
"Keep playing chess, don't let me dampen your interest!" The emperor said kindly.
With the emperor here, everyone dared to play chess like this, so they all talked and talked obediently and pushed the emperor up and down. The emperor did not refuse. I really played a few games with them.
However, no one dared to win the emperor, they were just happy with him.
The emperor won the chess game, and the dragon's heart was happy. Then I saw the two pairs of children beside me. may have been brought young and energetic in my heart. I actually want to pass the meal here, and I want to eat with a few of them.
Several people were flattered, especially Liu Yanzi. It's his father, who has been an assistant to the prince for so many years, and when he eats like this in private, he has eaten with the emperor three times alone, and his father still remembers it clearly every time, which shows the preciousness and glory of eating with the emperor.
Therefore, when I heard that the emperor was going to keep the meal, Liu Yanzi was a little surprised.
This kind of meal in the palace is still okay, not like the banquet, where all the imported food is cold.
There are not many kinds of meals shared with the emperor, but they are all quite delicately arranged.
Ruoyun tasted it, and the taste in the entrance was fine, not particularly delicious, and could only be described as average.
And the dishes used are all ordinary dishes, not as the people think, what kind of delicacies the emperor eats!
Ruoyun then remembered that he had read in a book that the things eaten in the palace were generally things that were easier to plant and raise, and they were all light, mainly because he was afraid that after the emperor and the nobles in the palace ate good things or heavy things, their mouths would be raised, and they would eat good things every day, so where did these purchasing ministers and imperial chefs get so many delicacies!
Ruoyun couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this, it turned out that it was not easy to be the emperor and eat good things!
And Chu Ziheng seemed to be able to understand Ruoyun's thoughts, drank this mouthful of soup and winked at her.
Ruoyun seemed to be listening to him: "Do you know what kind of life I have been living all day? After I get married, I will rely on you to make me something to eat! ”
Ruoyun gave him a disgusted look, and lowered his head to drink the soup.
The emperor ate the things that Father-in-law Hu brought from him, and his face did not change, but he didn't see the interaction between the two of them.
After the meal, Ruoyun and Liu Yanzi were sent back to Xiunufang by the emperor.
Because the two of them didn't come back for dinner, the emperor had already sent someone to pass it on to Mama Jiang, and all the women in the show girl shop also knew the news.
Seeing Ruoyun and Liu Yanzi coming back, many show girls came out of the room to greet them, and they greeted them with envy on their faces, but they also took this opportunity to inquire about the tone, wondering why they were left by the emperor to eat, and what was the inside story!
Ruoyun and Liu Yanzi are definitely not stupid, no matter how others ask, they will not reveal the slightest tone!
Ruoyun also saw that although Xia Fangtong didn't come out, the window of the room where she lived moved slightly, and she knew that she must have looked here in the room.
Thinking about it, Xia Fangtong should be angry today, she worked in vain, not only did she fail to achieve her goal, but she also lost face, although the emperor took her notebook, but he didn't face her, it's strange if she wasn't angry!
The show girls surrounded Ruoyun and Liu Yanzi for a while, and finally they were all drunk by Mama Jiang and went back to their rooms, and Ruoyun and the two were quiet.
It's just that they don't know that after the four of them left, the emperor said a word to Gonggong Hu: "Go and find out what's going on today?" ”
And at night, after everyone fell asleep, the emperor had an extra copy of Yu Miaoling's information on his desk.
Gonggong Hu has found out that the woman who is by the lake with the second prince today is not Ruoyun, but Yu Miaoling.
Because Yu Miaoling also participated in the dance today, and when she performed, she performed as another doppelganger of Ruoyun, so the clothes she wore were the same as those worn by Ruoyun.
She originally looked a little like Ruoyun, plus the distance was far away, and the trees and boulders were blocked, and the emperor was more impressed by Ruoyun, and under the preconceived effect, he thought it was Ruoyun.
Although the emperor suspected that this matter was done by Concubine Shu and King Heping and the three of Yu Miaoling, he deliberately guided him to see King Ping and Ruoyun as a pair.
But this afternoon's series of things, Concubine Shu and King Heping and that Yu Miaoling didn't mention Ruoyun half a word, it was just his own mistaken thought, so this matter still can't be concluded like this!
In the end, for the sake of the overall situation, the emperor still suppressed this matter and said nothing to anyone.
In fact, if the emperor told Ruoyun or Chu Ziheng about this matter, they must know that this matter must not be so simple.
Because King Ping has long been interested in Ruoyun, and with Ruoyun's status and worth, no matter who he marries, he will give the other party a great help, and King Ping is actually not so indisputable on the surface, so it is very likely that Concubine Shu's mother and son teamed up with Yu Miaoling to do this game.
The purpose is to mislead the emperor, so that he thinks that King Ping and Ruoyun are in love with each other, and if the emperor doesn't know the relationship between Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun, or if the emperor doesn't see Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng in Yikun Palace today, then I can't say that Ruoyun and King Heping will be married in the end!
However, what they didn't know was that the emperor already knew a lot about Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun, which was a miscalculation on their part.
The purpose of King Ping's mother and son is easy to guess, but I don't know why Yu Miaoling did this, she was used by King Ping's mother and son? It is not known whether they cooperate with each other knowingly!
However, this game is the most ingenious retreat and attack, and advance and defense, because they didn't mention Ruoyun in public at all, just the emperor's eyes on the full screen, and the emperor's own understanding!
If you don't say it, sometimes don't trust your eyes, because what your eyes see is not necessarily the truth!
Let's put this matter aside for the time being, because time is in a hurry, and it has reached the most important part of the draft.
That is, the part of the test!
The so-called examination link is just like what we now call the exam.
The show girls have been living in the palace for more than half a month, during which they learn the palace rules every morning and the etiquette in the palace in the afternoon, and how they have learned is about to be accepted.
This test is divided into three levels, the first level is to test the palace rules, this is simple and simple, it is difficult to say, if the palace rules are well memorized, then it is a matter of hand, if the back is not good, it will be difficult.
During the exam, each show girl randomly draws a test question from the pre-made questions, and the test questions are also immediate, with different degrees of difficulty!
Maybe this exam question is very simple, you only need to write down a simple palace rule, but it may be difficult, it may make you write down dozens or even hundreds of palace rules, it depends on personal luck.
If, after passing this level, the following is the exam etiquette, you must do the learned line, walking, sitting, standing, eating, speaking, sleeping in public, if you do it well, you will pass.
This level is still very strict, for example, the smile does not leak out, the skirt on the body cannot move when walking, the sitting posture must be elegant and sit on a third of the stool, and there are more rules for eating, anyway, it is almost not good! (To be continued......)
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