Three years later

The midsummer sun shines on the palace wall of the Jiaofang Palace, the crystal revealing glazed tiles reflect the dazzling light, and several fish-shaped sculptures on the palace wall are seen from a distance, as if they are beating on the glowing glazed tiles, and they seem to be eager to jump into the palace wall.

In the palace wall, Ling Xi sat in the pavilion, drinking the iced sour plum soup that Ginkgo had just brought over, and a refreshing feeling was born from the bottom of her heart, she looked at the lotus flowers in the pond in the lake in the backyard, and a breeze blew, it was really cool and comfortable.

"Xiuzhu, Qin'er, this will make you lose again, this palace can be ruthless, Ginkgo will bring the brush, if someone can't catch it, I will give her a few strokes of black ink on her face."

Ling Xi put down the sour plum soup in her hand, she took the brush handed over by Ginkgo biloba, looked at the palace people in the pavilion again, and shook the brush in her hand in front of them with some playfulness. This group of palace people were so frightened that they all leaned back, and Xiuzhu didn't pay attention, and her body fell to the ground, falling on her back, looking very funny.

Ling Xi couldn't help laughing, and the other palace people also couldn't stop laughing, Xiuzhu immediately stood up, her face immediately turned red, and she said with some embarrassment: "Queen Mother, don't laugh, shame the slave and maid." ”

"Xiuzhu, you are the most beautiful palace maid in our Jiaofang Palace, why are you so thin-skinned, even if you fell extremely indecent just now, it didn't affect your beauty at all, just as beautiful and delicious." Aunt An, who was beside Ling Xi, also teased Xiuzhu with bad intentions.

"Aunt An, don't make fun of the slave." Xiuzhu became more and more embarrassed.

"Xiao Yinzi, you go to the lake and get a lotus."

Ling Xi looked at Xiao Yinzi, who was on the side, and Xiao Yinzi immediately trotted to the lake, took a lotus flower, and sent it to Ling Xi. Ling Xi walked behind Xiuzhu, she put down Xiuzhu's green silk, combed her a small crooked bun, and she gently inserted the small lotus flower on Xiuzhu's crooked bun, which was very good-looking.

"Let's go to the lake." Ling Xi said to Xiuzhu.

Xiuzhu, who was still a little embarrassed just now, immediately ran to the lake, only to see that the edge of the petals of the lotus flower on her head in the lake was stained with a faint pink, which was very beautiful. Xiuzhu trotted up to Ling Xi with some excitement and said happily, "Xie Niangniang." ”

The other palace people also surrounded Xiuzhu, looking at the lotus flower on her head, the ridicule just now turned into envy, and they begged Ling Xi to comb their hair accessories like this.

Suddenly, a black cat ran into the backyard of Jiaofang Hall and jumped in front of Ling Xi's feet, Ling Xi didn't pay attention to it and almost fell, but fortunately, Ginkgo on the side helped her.

"Where did the wild cat come from, Xiao Yinzi quickly killed it, almost scared the queen mother." Ginkgo said to the little seal.

Xiao Yinzi hurriedly chased after the black cat, but the black cat was flexible, jumping up and down in the backyard, Xiao Yinzi followed behind the black cat, left and rushed, the black cat he didn't catch, he was very tired, under the scorching sun, panting.

The palace people in the backyard looked at Xiao Yinzi's funny appearance and laughed heartily. I saw the black cat jump, jumped on the glazed tiles on the palace wall, and it deliberately glanced back at the small seal under the wall, as if to chase me, and jumped out of the backyard of the Jiaofang Palace. Xiao Yinzi hurriedly opened the small door in the backyard and was about to chase out, when Ginkgo said loudly: "Xiao Yinzi, come back, I'm afraid you can't outrun it with your legs and feet, so come back and rest." ”

When the palace people heard Ginkgo's words, they laughed heartily again, and Xiao Yinzi walked back to Ling Xi with some frustration, not even noticing that the small door in the backyard was not closed.

"It's really not good for Xiao Yinzi to catch cats, but the flowers picked are still very much in line with the heart of the palace, and Xiao Yinzi will go to pick a lotus flower for the palace."

Xiao Yinzi, who was still a little frustrated just now, immediately came to his senses, and quickly ran to the lake to pick another lotus flower, and as soon as he delivered it to Ling Xi, everyone laughed again. Xiao Yinzi came back to his senses, it turned out that Ling Xi was still making fun of him, but seeing Ling Xi laughing so heartily, he also laughed happily on the side. As a minion, it is the greatest honor to make the master happy, not to mention that Ling Xi is a generous master.

"Ginkgo, reward the small seal for ten taels of gold." After speaking, Ling Xi took the lotus flower in Xiao Yinzi's hand and said to everyone: "Let's play drumming and passing flowers, whoever spends it will have to admit punishment, and we will draw a few black ink strokes on someone's face." Aunt Ann played the drums, and this began. ”

A burst of flower drums sounded, lotus flowers passed one by one in the hands of everyone, cheers, screams and laughter, bursts of rumors out of the hospital, the backyard of the entire Jiaofang Hall was very lively.

Xiang Hongxuan walked on the green road in the West Courtyard, these days the Xihua border is uneasy, Emperor Kangqing seems to be dissatisfied with Dongyu only open to trade in the three towns, the Dongyu guards on the Xihua border often clash with the Xihua soldiers, although they are all small frictions, but vaguely convey that Emperor Kangqing wants to start a war. Originally, Xiang Hongxuan was waiting to fight such a battle, and he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to actively prepare for war and fight with Xihua, but Wang An made a big fuss about military spending in the previous dynasty and hindered Xiang Hongxuan.

Originally, the matter of the previous dynasty was enough to annoy Hongxuan, and as a result, the harem did not stop. After Feng Yingying entered the palace, Xiang Hongxuan's eyes could no longer see other palace concubines, but after all, Xiang Hongxuan also needed to appease Wang's relatives and Liu Sheng, once he started a war with Xihua, Liu Sheng would fight for himself, so he had to look at Wang Shuyue differently, and often summoned Wang Shuyue.

But every time Feng Yingying knew that after Xiang Hongxuan favored Wang Shuyue, she would always be petty, and Xiang Hongxuan had to coax her for a long time before she could be relieved. A few days ago, in order to comfort the sick Wang Shuyue, Xiang Hongxuan stayed in the Yinghua Palace for a few days, Feng Yuying had a temper with Xiang Hongxuan, and several times Xiang Hongxuan called her to Feiyu Hall for dinner, but she didn't go, and Xiang Hongxuan simply didn't go to Xiyan Palace when he was angry. Xiang Hongxuan has been very upset these days, saying that he is going to take a walk in the harem, and as he walks, he walked from the east courtyard to the west courtyard, and unconsciously walked in the direction of Xiyan Palace.

Suddenly, bursts of laughter and flower drums came out of a small door, Xiang Hongxuan walked to the door, the small door was hidden, he looked inside, a group of palace people in the pavilion were playing drumming and passing flowers, suddenly the drum stopped, only to see a lotus flower fell in the hands of a woman sitting in the center of the pavilion, Xiang Hongxuan looked at this woman from a distance, as if he had seen it somewhere, but for a while he couldn't remember who this woman was.

"Queen Mother, the flowers have fallen into your hands, and you have to be punished." A palace man said excitedly.

Xiang Hongxuan sighed in his heart, it was actually Ling Xi, he hadn't seen her since the night of the wedding, and he had forgotten Ling Xi's appearance.

"If you are willing to lose the bet, you must be punished, and Ginkgo biloba will bring the pen."

Ling Xi took the pen in Ginkgo's hand, she thought for a while, and suddenly a sly smile leaked from her face, and she gently dropped the brush on her two earlobes.

"Queen Mother, you are a foul, how can the earlobes be considered face?" Xiuzhu shouted loudly, and Qin'er echoed on the side.

Xiang Hongxuan looked at Ling Xi's funny earlobes from a distance, Ling Xi's trick has reached a new height, inadvertently, the corners of Xiang Hongxuan's mouth rose slightly, is his memory wrong? He didn't have the impression that Ling Xi was so organic.

"Aren't all facial features on the face? If the ink is on the earlobe, it will naturally be on the face. Does it have to be like Qin'er, where the black ink dots on the tip of the pen are handsome? Or is it like Xiuzhu, with black ink dots on her cheeks, and those who don't know think it's the dimples of the black heart? Ling Xi continued to joke about Xiuzhu and Qin'er.

Xiuzhu and Qin'er teased each other, and the other palace people also began to coax, so the palace people frolicked in the pavilion.

Xiang Hongxuan outside the small door sneered, Ling Xi's words were really amazing, the two palace people were almost beaten by her, Xiao Dezi smiled at Xiang Hongxuan, he was also curious, and quietly looked into the courtyard, only to see Ling Xi surrounded by a group of playful palace people, so lively.

Suddenly, Ling Xi said slowly: "Your Majesty seems to have rewarded a lot of osmanthus brew a few days ago, and I will reward you with a few jars of ginkgo biloba from the ice cellar." and the Zhu Hai sent by His Majesty some time ago, you go to Ginkgo Biloba to pick some of your favorite ones and give them to you. ”

As soon as everyone heard Ling Xi's words, they immediately became happy again, no one cared about Ling Xi's foul anymore, the sound of the flower drum sounded again, and the pavilion became lively again.

"Has the queen always been like this?" Xiang Hongxuan whispered to Xiao Dezi beside him.

"Usually when I come to this Jiaofang Palace, the queen mother is either weak or sick, and the slave has never seen the queen laugh so heartily." Xiao Dezi also felt strange, Ling Xi was so lively and active, he was like two people before.

"The queen is so generous, and she rewards her subordinates a lot." Xiang Hongxuan said with some yin and yang weirdness.

"The queen is benevolent, and the palace people in the Jiaofang Palace can be rewarded by the queen's mother, and now everyone in the harem envies the palace people in the Jiaofang Palace, and they can't wait to come to the Jiaofang Palace on errands."

Xiang Hongxuan smiled, originally he thought that Ling Xi was a wooden woman, and on the night of the emotional wedding, she was pretending to be dull with herself. The palace people who treated the Jiaofang Palace so kindly, in addition to passing the time and amusing them, it is estimated that Ling Xi is bribing the palace people, don't spread the word about her pretending to be sick. Maybe Ling Xi is not what he thinks, she is a smart woman, and even a little cunning, Ling Xi has been rewarded with some guilt from Xiang Hongxuan for so many years, and she is living a beautiful life in this Jiaofang Palace. Xiang Hongxuan remembered the turmoil in the harem, and suddenly he felt that Ling Xi's harem life was comfortable, but it was much more leisurely than him, the emperor.

Xiang Hongxuan glanced at Ling Xi, who was still frolicking in the courtyard, and suddenly a strange smile leaked from his face, maybe Ling Xi could not only be a decoration queen, but she could do more for him with her cleverness.

"Your Majesty, do you want to enter the Jiaofang Palace?" Xiao Dezi looked at Xiang Hongxuan, who was looking at the courtyard from afar, and he asked cautiously.

"No, go back to the Flying Feather Palace, tonight you go to send the queen to come to the Flying Feather Hall to accompany me to dinner." After speaking, Xiang Hongxuan strode towards the Flying Feather Palace.