The road to glory was not all smooth sailing, and Chu Zhen'er, the new nobleman of the East Palace, gradually realized that relying on self-confidence and no favor, she could only slowly become dim and uncared for in this competition for flowers.

Before Chu Zhen'er entered the East Palace, the crown prince Zhao Yan had already had the crown princess and three side concubines to serve for many years. Although the old is not as good as the new, the four ancestors have already spread out for the crown prince, and the mother firmly occupies a seat in the East Palace with her son, and no matter how hard Chu Zhen'er tries his best, he can't shake it in the slightest.

How to make good use of the emperor's art to control the harem, a place of right and wrong, is a study that the emperors of the past dynasties have studied with all their efforts; As the prince, Zhao Yan has been exposed to his ears since he was a child, and he naturally has a set of ways to deal with the wives and concubines of the East Palace: rain and dew are evenly wet.

Grace is not more, not less, everything is just right, and Zhao Yan is not a person who is intoxicated with warm nephrite, and a group of women in the East Palace have been getting along for many years.

However, there is no one to distinguish between the postures, did this group of warblers and Yanyan give up the heart of competing for favor? They naturally began to shift their minds to their children and placed high hopes on them, comparing their talents and learning, being smart, witty, and well-behaved, and this secret competition can not only win the hearts of their husbands for this group of women, but also lay a golden avenue for the future.

He Zhao Yanrong is a great treasure, and the beloved child in his heart will be the next prince of the East Palace, the future master of this splendid river and mountain. Based on this, Chu Zhen'er knew that she had lost at the starting line among the concubines.

Half a year, but Zhao Yan was pampered three or four times, and there was still no news from his mediocre lower abdomen, Chu Zhen'er began to be unable to bear this passive situation.

And then exquisite singing and dancing. No matter how tempting the poems are, they are far less real and reassuring than a child.

Chu Zhen'er, who was in a predicament at this time. By an unintentional chance, he found a way out of the predicament.

Since Chu Zhen'er married into the East Palace as she wished, she and Huo Xiaoyu have never met again. According to the practice of the ancestors, the show girls who were unsuccessful in the "fine selection" are not allowed to leave Beijing for the time being, and they will face a new round of screening to select suitable matches for the children of the princes and aristocratic families, so as to show the emperor's grace.

Although the name is called "the emperor's grace is vast". But in the hearts of these children of very high-minded families, these unsuccessful show girls are just defective products picked up by others, and naturally they have a lot of disdain in their hearts. Superficial compliments. rebellious in the heart, but it has become a perfunctory formality; But even if it was a cutscene, this "re-election" lasted for half a year.

After surviving this "draft" that lasted for more than half a year, Huo Xiaoyu was also relieved. He will depart for Huizhou in the near future. Before leaving. Huo Xiaoyu personally went to the East Palace to say goodbye to Chu Zhen'er, in order to fulfill their righteous Jinlan love.

Chu Zhen'er, who was full of thoughts on how to stabilize her position, naturally didn't pay attention to Huo Xiaoyu's resignation, and wanted to be perfunctory, but she didn't want Huo Xiaoyu's visit to attract His Royal Highness the Prince, whom she hadn't seen for a long time!

Things have changed because of the prince's insertion, and Chu Zhen'er naturally wants to regain the prince's grace. didn't want the three of them to sit around and gossip and gossip, Chu Zhen'er gradually found that she was like a superfluous outsider, and Huo Xiaoyu listened to every word and every sentence in the heart of the person she cared about.

"When is Miss Huo going to leave for Huizhou?"

Small talk for a long time. Zhao Yan naturally mentioned Huo Xiaoyu's departure.

"If there are no accidents, we will set off in five days."

"Five days later?"

Listen to Huo Xiaoyu talk about the period of leaving the sun. Zhao Yanlanglang's face suddenly panicked, and he stabilized the tea cup in his hand and asked urgently.

"Doesn't Miss Huo want to leave after the 'Begging Festival'?"

"I'm afraid I can't wait for the 'Begging Festival'. Uncle Huizhou sent a letter of concern, after all, Xiaoyu was stranded in Lin'an for more than half a year because of the 'draft', and he didn't want the elders in the family to worry more. ”

"What are your plans to go back to Huizhou?!"

There was another unexpected concern, which suddenly made the two women on the field fall into embarrassment. And Zhao Yan didn't seem to have taken Chu Zhen'er's feelings beside him to heart, and still looked at Huo Xiaoyu with a worried face, letting this stalemate atmosphere revolve wantonly between the three of them.

"Thank you for your concern. The uncle's family has a nurturing grace for Xiaoyu, and after returning to Huizhou, they naturally obey the arrangements of their elders. ”

There was a little cramped smile between the apprehensions, Huo Xiaoyu replied in a low voice, and quickly shifted his attention to Chu Zhen'er, who was in an embarrassing situation, trying to resolve the misunderstanding.

"The folk girl took the liberty to visit this time, in order to say goodbye to Concubine Chu. I want to come to the next day, and I don't know when I can see each other, and I naturally can't give up in my heart. Touching his somewhat hot cheeks, Huo Xiaoyu, who hesitated, still mustered up the courage to admonish Zhao Yan: "I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can take good care of Niangniang, and I hope that the prince and Concubine Chu will be affectionate and grow old together." ”

Huo Xiaoyu made a congratulatory speech, and the two people present were stunned when they heard it, and the other was jealous, but they were trying their best to restrain their truest feelings and not let others see too many clues.

The atmosphere was dull for a long time, Zhao Yan got up with a smile, and responded lightly to Huo Xiaoyu's request.

"If you really want that, this palace will do what you want. There are still some excerpts to be approved, this palace will not disturb your sisters to reminisce, Miss Huo, you are precious. ”

In addition to cherishing, Zhao Yan couldn't give more chic, and even smiled so reluctantly. After carefully looking at Huo Xiaoyu who was sitting upright again, Zhao Yan finally left depressed with a sullen breath that could not be relieved.

And this is the first time that Chu Zhen'er feels that this man who has made her so hard to please has always been far away from him, like the stars above the sky.

It is a woman's nature to be jealous, not to mention that her man flatters another woman in front of her, except for being full of hatred and resentment, Chu Zhen'er has no other superfluous feelings at this time. But after all, she is not the young woman who is careless, and all joys, sorrows, and sorrows are written on her face for people to speculate; After the prince left, she kept a noble smile and shared the paper-thin "sisterhood" with Huo Xiaoyu.

Jealousy not only did not make Chu Zhen'er mess up, but gave a wonderful way out of the predicament. Since the prince cares about Huo Xiaoyu so much. She has to make good use of her sisterhood with Huo Xiaoyu to fight for a future for herself.

After that, Chu Zhen'er invited Huo Xiaoyu to come to the Prince's Mansion two or three times as a guest. Every time, she deliberately ordered someone to let the news out. As expected, even if the prince who was entangled in important matters did not arrive, he would send someone to send some rewards to Chu Zhen'er's "Qianjiao Pavilion".

At this point, Chu Zhen'er has already confirmed that the prince has a soft spot for Huo Xiaoyu, and she naturally has a clever plan in her heart.

Huo Xiaoyu's heart is not untouched. Chu Zhen'er heard Huo Xiaoyu mention that she once left a picture of "Tao Yan Fangfei" in the calligraphy and painting market under the name of "Jin Ziyu". For Lin'an talents to appreciate the painting, I hope to find a soulmate. Bosom friends are hard to find for thousands of years, Chu Zhen'er thought that Huo Xiaoyu was pretending to be high. I don't think it didn't take long for someone to leave a pair of "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" in "Baibao Zhai" and Huo Xiaoyu's "Tao Yan Fang Fei Tu", and left a hidden poem "Sister Qiao weaves a relationship with Qixi Festival, and the peach blossom golden fan and jade bridge meet" in the hope of getting together.

It was nonsense, but Chu Zhen'er recalled that it was the heavenly opportunity to help her succeed. Therefore, I persuaded each other again and again. Huo Xiaoyu finally agreed to leave Lin'an after the "Qiqiao Festival".

The night of the "Begging Festival". Zhao Yan and King Rong Zhao Zhenyuan met to visit the Qixi Temple Fair. Before leaving, Chu Zhener specially prepared a golden fan painted with peach blossoms for Zhao Yan, and unintentionally revealed the hidden poem of "Sister Qiao weaves a relationship on Qixi Festival, and the peach blossom golden fan meets on the jade bridge"; Zhao Yan is also an elegant person, and this good poem that indicates a good fate is naturally praised by him.

It's just that everyone didn't notice it from beginning to end, but the impending Qiē was firmly in Chu Zhen'er's plan.

Ten miles of lanterns, jade bridge golden water, peach blossom tree under the wonderful people, etc. At this time, Huo Xiaoyu was standing under the peach blossom tree of Yudai Bridge. Holding a pink oil umbrella, he waited quietly, waiting for the "bosom friend" who had been invited by the poem to appear.

"Miss. Wouldn't you be too stupid, what if the son who left the poem missed the appointment? ”

The little maid who couldn't hold back her temperament around her was constantly looking forward to it in the crowd of people coming and going, and she couldn't help but be anxious about her own young lady's idiocy.

And at this time, Huo Xiaoyu was also unsure, would he come, what would he look like, would he be the uninhibited and heroic man he imagined? Too many uncertainties are knocking on Huo Xiaoyu's heart.

Perhaps, maybe at this time, Huo Xiaoyu can only use these two words to convince himself, hoping that the other party will have a good understanding with him and go to the appointment as scheduled.

"Miss, Miss, on the bridge!!"

When he was stunned, suddenly the little maid next to him shouted like a madman, and the confused Huo Xiaoyu raised his head, and the two handsome boys flashed into their sight with laughter.

At this time, in the hand of the man who was smiling heartily, a golden fan painted with the surface of a peach blossom fan was swinging it freely; And then after taking a closer look, Huo Xiaoyu's little mouth full of surprise suddenly couldn't close.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?! For a moment, Huo Xiaoyu thought that he was dazzled, but his flickering eyes clearly showed his extravagant every move.

In the blink of an eye between the jokes, Zhao Yan also caught Huo Xiaoyu who was stunned under the peach blossom tree on the Yudai Bridge, and a shocking numbness spread all over his body, Zhao Yan immediately took a panicked step towards Huo Xiaoyu under the peach blossom tree.

"Miss Huo, why are you here? You're not already."

Afraid that it would be a dream, he opened his mouth to say goodbye and suddenly woke up from a sweet dream, and Zhao Yan's face was hard to hide the surprise in his handsome face; And Huo Xiaoyu, who had been staring at the fan with his eyes, confirmed over and over again that it was a peach blossom golden fan! Obviously, the surprise in her heart was even better than Zhao Yan's.

At this time, Zhao Zhenyuan, who came forward, knew the heart of the imperial brother, and made fun of this unexpected encounter.

"I thought it was a joke that the sour poem on the whim of the royal brother was a joke, but I didn't want to really have a good understanding and have a chance to meet thousands of miles away!"

With a look of excitement that was happier than the person concerned, Zhao Zhenyuan, who had a mischievous smile on his face, turned Zhao Yan and helped beside him: "Sister Qiao's weaving fate is gathered on the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the peach blossom golden fan and jade bridge meet, sure enough, the second brother is prescient!" Meet again at the Qiqiao Festival, fate Oh~~"

Huo Xiaoyu, who was still uncertain, suddenly heard the hidden poem relayed from Zhao Zhenyuan's mouth, and suddenly felt like five thunders hit the top.

It turned out that person turned out to be Zhao Yan! (To be continued......)