Teng Ling subconsciously wanted to hide, but Zili beckoned to the second prince. The prince hesitated for a moment, probably looking at the strangeness of the two men, but immediately walked over.

"I remember you, you two are the people next to Su Ji Niangniang, right?"

Zili nodded happily: "The second prince still remembers us." ”

Zhiyao pursed his mouth: "I heard that my father recently snubbed Su Ji Niangniang, so he didn't take me to play with Su Ji Niangniang." ”

Zili originally wanted to guide him, but he didn't expect him to say this himself, so she hurriedly seized this opportunity: "Does the second prince want to go to play with Su Ji Niangniang?" ”

"Of course I think so, but the people who follow me can't get rid of me."

"In this way, as long as the second prince agrees to the slave and maid a condition, the slave and maid will take the second prince to play with Su Ji Niangniang." Zili began to follow the temptation.

"No problem, as long as I can play with Su Ji Niangniang."

"Su Ji Niangniang has been bored these days, and she always stays alone in the house, and it will definitely be boring if she goes on like this, so please persuade the second prince to let her go out for a walk, okay?"

Zhiyao thought about it, patted his chest and promised: "This is simple, wrap it on me." ”

So, when the eunuchs came back to their senses, the second prince had already slipped out for a long time.

Nowadays, the door of Guangyang Palace is full of birds, and there have been no visitors for a long time, and there are fewer palace maids and eunuchs who sweep the door. Of course, it's not that they're lazy, since few people come, they naturally don't have to clean so carefully.

"Beauty—beauty—" Teng Ling rushed in shouting as soon as he entered the door.

Yifang didn't look at it, but rubbed his temples to himself: "Tengling, I have already said that I don't want to go out, you and Zi just leave it, you don't have to call me." ”

"Beauty, you're wrong, the slave didn't come to ask you to go out to play this time."

Yi Fang turned around in surprise, and saw Zhiyao rushing over and hugging her neck. She felt a burst of joy in her heart, she hadn't seen this child for a long time, but she didn't expect to be so close to her.

"Su Ji Niangniang, let's go out with Zhiyao!" Zhiyao shook Yifang's arm coquettishly while struggling to pull her out.

"Okay, well, go out with you." Yifang glanced at him dotingly, and when he walked past Tengling and Zili, he knew that the two of them had found Zhiyao. But this child is so coquettish, she really can't bear to refuse.

Butterflies are already very rare at this time, but Zhiyao didn't know why, instead of catching butterflies, Yifang followed his wishes and took some fans, and the four of them got together to play happily. She has indeed not been so happy for many days, she always thought that even without Liu Heng's favor, she could live well in this deep palace, but now it is no longer that time.

Maybe if Liu Heng hadn't doted on her from the beginning, then she wouldn't have felt like this, she just felt that life was a little boring. Yifang was catching butterflies, and suddenly remembered that in the small garden in the past, she was also playing with butterflies like this, and when she almost fell, she fell into Liu Heng's warm arms. At that time, she also wanted to compete for favor wholeheartedly, and let herself go to his side to obtain more valuable information, and now I think about it a little nostalgic.

The butterflies were catching and catching, but Yifang was not the only one who stopped, Tengling, Zili, and even Zhiyao stopped what he was doing. Yifang didn't know why, so he heard the sound of them saluting from behind.

"See the king."

Yifang was shocked, and turned around in a daze, not knowing where to put his hand. She hadn't seen Liu Heng for several days, and she didn't know what kind of expression to face him at this time. But she knew she couldn't just stand still.

"The concubine pays homage to the king." Yifang didn't know what to say, so he could only salute first.

However, Liu Heng didn't give her a chance to speak at all, just glanced at her lightly, as if he said "get up" to an ordinary palace person, and walked straight past her.

"Su Ji Niangniang? Su Ji Niangniang? It wasn't until Zhiyao shook her arm that Yifang came back to her senses.

It seems that what she guessed was right, no matter what mistake she made now, Liu Heng would not move her because of Empress Dowager Lu, but it was just to keep her life. In Liu Heng's eyes now, she is no different from a flower and a grass in this small garden, but she just has an extra mouth in the palace to eat. Yi Fang thought of this, and her heart overflowed with countless sadness, I don't know where the sadness came from, but it quickly swept through her whole body, enveloping her whole person.

"Where is the king in such a hurry?" In order to hide his emotions, Yifang asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Zhiyao replied seriously: "I must have gone to my father's Xinna's Yuji Niangniang again, Yuji Niangniang has been very popular with my father recently, but I don't like her, she always speaks ill of others in front of my mother." ”

"Has Lady Jade been favored lately?" Yifang turned his head and asked Teng Lingdao.

Teng Ling couldn't bear to see Yifang's disappointed expression, but he still nodded: "The king has been at Madame Yu's place almost every night recently, and even Madame Yu's father is very beautiful in the court!" ”

Yi Fang smiled reluctantly: "There are many such things in the palace, and the king's favor is always fleeting. How many women in their youth have not yet faded, and their love has already gone first, so they can only stay up in this palace for ten years until they are white. ”

"Su Ji Niangniang doesn't have to be sad, Zhiyao accompanies Niangniang to the white head." Zhiyao didn't understand these things yet, but when he said this, Yifang was a little moved.

It is natural to be sad to grow old alone in the deep palace, but it would be a blessing to have a cute child like Zhiyao with you. Yifang touched his head: "Zhiyao is the most sensible." ”

Originally, I tried every means to let Yifang come out today, in order to accompany her to relax, but I didn't expect to meet Liu Heng here, and now my mood is low again. But Zhiyao was by his side, and Yifang didn't show his emotions on his face, but still had a good time with him before he was sent back to the queen's palace.

And the queen is preparing a banquet at this time, in order to congratulate Liu Heng on getting another newcomer, but also to make the palace lively. She had been struggling for a long time on the issue of whether to invite Yifang, after all, Liu Heng suddenly became cold to her, and didn't even want to hear any news about her, if she was invited over, it might make Liu Heng upset. But she is also a high-ranking concubine after all, although Liu Heng is disgusted with her now, her position and title have not been deprived.

And now at this time, Zhiyao was sent back by the maid next to Yifang, he seemed very happy today, and it seemed that he had a good time. The queen was moved, so she added the name of Yifang to the banquet list. The queen did this with good intentions, but she did not expect that such a thing would happen at the banquet.

Although Yifang was invited because of Zhiyao, in order to avoid Liu Heng's displeasure, the queen arranged her position in the most inconspicuous corner. Yifang still stayed in the palace for a few days, and this time it was only because it was the queen's invitation, and he couldn't shirk it, so he simply dressed up and went to this banquet.

It was not too late for Yifang to go, but everyone seemed to have arrived, so she quietly entered the door by herself, only bowed to the queen slightly, and sat down in her humble seat.

After a long while, Liu Heng slowly walked into the hall, his eyes swept over everyone, and he frowned inadvertently when he saw Yifang, and then sat quietly on the main seat. The concubines and concubines stood up together and saluted, and the Yifang was submerged in the sea of people, and they couldn't see Liu Heng's appearance clearly if they were too far away.

Yifang didn't care about this, after all these days, she was basically used to this kind of coldness, and she didn't want anything more. She kept hinting that she was just a delicate work under the Empress Dowager Lu, and she shouldn't be nostalgic for these things that have nothing to do with the task.

The banquet went smoothly at the beginning, no one noticed that she was a concubine who had fallen out of favor, and everyone was talking separately, more to please the now hot Madame Yu. Yifang looked at her and felt that she was very much like her previous self, and maybe she would follow the path she was walking now in the future.

But slowly, I don't know what was said earlier, everyone's eyes suddenly glanced at Yifang from time to time, as if they were exploring something. After a long while, someone finally spoke: "I have heard too many of these ordinary songs and dances, and I heard that when Su Mei and the king first met, they sang a song that could attract birds, and the scene was really amazing. Although we have all met each other, the new Jade Lady and Jing Qizi have not seen each other. Why don't you let Su Mei sing a song for us at this time, and also open the eyes of the two new sisters? ”

Yi Fang's brows trembled violently, last time they were just family members to be selected, and the performance was also for Liu Heng, which was reasonable. But now that he has a seat, and it is a feast at this time, if he wants to go up and sing, won't he be like those singers? Yifang knew that they wanted to humiliate themselves, so they waited for Liu Heng to speak, although he was not favored now, but he was still his concubine, and if he was humiliated, he would not be able to get over his face.

"Su Meiren, since they want to hear it, you can sing a song!" Liu Heng didn't care at all.

Yi Fang raised his head in shock, Liu Heng didn't look at her at all, his eyes kept falling on Madam Yu. Yi Fang looked at his affectionate eyes towards others, and knew in his heart that if he could make Mrs. Yu happy by singing a song, he would naturally be happy. However, she always retains some dignity of her own.

"Your Majesty, singing to attract birds is the first initiative of Yue Liangren, and the concubine's skills are not as good as others, so it is inconvenient to offer ugliness."

"Really? Is it inconvenience or unwillingness? Liu Heng finally set his eyes on her, but there was only indifference in it.

Yifang took a deep breath and replied calmly: "It's both inconvenient and unwilling. ”

"As a beauty, it is your duty to serve the concubines of higher rank. Mrs. Jade wants to hear you sing a song, do you sing it or not? ”

Of course, Liu Heng knew that this incident had humiliated her, and he wanted to stop it in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, it became like this again. Since the last time he saw those love poems, every time Liu Heng saw her, those kites and the affection of being blown up by the wind would appear in his mind. But that affection was not for him, but for Deng Tong, as soon as he thought of this, he was so jealous that he wanted to trample on her fiercely, and only by seeing her miserable appearance could he relieve his hatred. But at the same time, his own heart was also painful.

"If the concubine doesn't sing, if the king wants to punish the concubine, he will order it directly!" When Yi Fang said this, her tone was light, as if she didn't care at all, and her attitude made Liu Heng even more angry.

"Yes, that's good. Come! Liu Heng clenched his fists.

"Wait a minute, Your Majesty." Mrs. Yu suddenly opened her mouth, "Today is a banquet specially prepared by the queen's mother, and if you punish the plain beauty now, it will also collide with the queen's mother." It's better to do this, since Su Mei doesn't want to sing, then let her choose any of the performances at the banquet tonight. ”

"There's some truth to what you're saying, but apart from singing, what do you think is good for acting?" Liu Heng turned his gaze to Mrs. Yu, and his eyes were full of pampering.

Yifang glanced up, lowered his gaze again, and his heart was still painful, but he could already disapprove of it on his face. She waited quietly for the final verdict that the new favorite gave her.

Mrs. Yu Qianqianyu pointed at her hand casually: "Didn't Fang just perform stepping on tiles?" That's simple, the king is gracious, let the plain beauty perform that! ”

Looking at Mrs. Yu's full smile, the people present gasped. Stepping on the tiles is simple, but in fact, the broken sharp tiles are placed together, and some trained craftsmen take off their shoes and walk on them. But if an ordinary person does this, he will definitely cut off his body completely. Besides, even if Yifang has such a ability, it would be a great shame to take off his shoes and socks in front of so many people.

"I look at the appearance of Su Meiren, it seems that I am still reluctant!" Mrs. Yu sighed exaggeratedly, and pretended to realize it suddenly, "It's that I'm not thoughtful, if I want to perform this, I must take off my shoes and socks." Su Mei is the king's concubine, this is absolutely unacceptable, why don't you just change the way, kneeling on the tiles and walking? ”

No one in the audience responded, and Mrs. Yu said, "I don't know what everyone thinks?" ”

Now that Mrs. Yu is in charge, and Su Meiren is just an abandoned woman, anyone with a discerning eye knows which side to stand on, so one person takes the lead, and the voice of Ying He gradually resounded in the entire hall.

Liu Heng couldn't help but look at Yifang, her face looked very calm, but her nails were almost pinched into the flesh. Liu Heng felt a pain in his heart, and wanted to say something to help her out, but what he said was: "Since everyone wants to see it, then you can kneel down!" ”

Yifang was no longer shocked, she knew in her heart that Liu Heng would not help her, and if she refused again, there would be other ways to toss, and Madam Yu would never let her go easily.

"No." Yifang is ready.