Volume 2 Light and Young Chapter 68 The Front and the Harem
"Now, I'm afraid this palace is going to be lively."
"It's really lively now, I need you to say it." Shi Yuezhen was funny when he mentioned it, unceremoniously picked up the snacks on the plate, secretly glanced at Luo Liyao's expression, and deliberately lengthened his voice, "Before you got up this morning, someone came to visit our Canglan Hall againββ"
Luo Liyao: "......"
Luo Liyao didn't want to speak, and continued to look at the record book in his hand.
"Huh? So exciting? Why didn't I get up yet...... I feel like I've missed a hundred million-" Tang Haoqi was very excited, "The more real, let's talk about it, let's talk about it, is it a door-to-door smash?" How did you get it? β
Tang Haoqi's eyes were shining, and he looked like he wanted to hear the story very much.
"The person who came was the daughter of Shang Shuling Shen Wen, named Shen Yunyun. No, it's Concubine Shen now-" Shi Yuezhen finally waited for someone who could chat with him, and said with a smile, "People specially sent a rare lake blue soft smoke cloud Luo, what else to say......"
"I heard that Her Royal Highness the princess likes blue the most, and it just so happens that the courtier has newly received this soft smoke cloud Luo from His Majesty today, and I am here to give it to Her Highness." Shen Yunyun's pretty little face was full of joyful smiles, not how sincere she was, but also a little eager and sincere, "Last time Zhan Ying's matter, I thank His Royal Highness for being clear, but this person is too shameless, I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup I poured into Your Majesty, and I even became a long-term envoy......"
She didn't continue, because if she said more, she would be openly complaining about the emperor.
Even if she had been canonized through personal election, she didn't dare to cause trouble rashly until she figured out the emperor's true attitude towards Zhan Ying.
After all, Zhan Ying is no longer the little show girl she can bully at will just by virtue of her family background.
However, Luo Liyao didn't say anything, let alone accept the soft smoke Yunluo given by Shen Yunyun.
"Why don't you take it? Soft smoke clouds are such a rare thing......" Tang Haoqi bit the shortbread in his hand, feeling very pity, "Don't be in vain, princess." β
"You know what?" Luo Liyao couldn't help it, raised her eyes and looked at them sadly, "Why can't I buy it myself if I want it?" What to do waiting for the reward? Unpromising. β
"Yes, yes, you are the most promising-your emperor and brother have forgotten their sister." Shi Yuezhen made a "tsk" sound, "Usually every day I either come in person or send someone here, it's been almost half a month, there is no news at all, as if there is no such person as you." β
"Probably." Luo Liyao's complexion did not change, and she even wrote something with a pen.
Shi Yuezhen: "......"
"I think there's a ghost." Tang Haoqi secretly approached Shi Yuezhen and bit her ear, "One."
How could a person suddenly change, wasn't it really that Zhan Chang Envoy poured some ecstasy soup......
"What are you thinking?" Shi Yue really patted him, but he didn't resist his approach, "But it's really outrageous, which of the show girls who stayed behind is not from a prominent family?" What is there in Zhan Ying that can be favored by the emperor? In terms of family background, Wanli City is considered to be the last one among the seventy-two cities; Looking at her beauty and talent, she can't compare with Ning Wan and Shen Yunyun at all...... No matter how you look at it, there is nothing for her to do that on the part of His Majesty. β
"That's why there is ecstasy soup!" The more Tang Haoqi thought about it, the more excited he became, "If there really is such a thing, then I have to study and study it......
"Alright, you! It's not getting early, so hurry up and do your thing. It seemed that he had finally received Luo Liyao's complaining and threatening eyes, and hurriedly covered Tang Haoqi's mouth and pushed him out.
Luo Liyao watched the two of them push and shove out of the hall, and continued to bow their heads and do their own things.
The dense record book has written all the details of this year's show girls-
Ning Wan was a concubine and lived in the Xingfei Palace.
Shen Yunyun was a concubine and lived in Dunning Palace.
Meng Songyu sealed the concubine, living in the West Music Palace.
Wang Ruorui is a beauty, and she lives in the Yang Yan Palace.
Except for Zhan Ying, only they stayed.
At the beginning, he couldn't keep anything, but in the end, he still chose to forbear, and accepted those ladies of the family who were beneficial to his consolidation of power - sure enough, the front and harem seemed to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact, it affected the whole body.
The Prime Minister Ning family, the powerful minister faction who competed for power with the emperor, the Lushuicheng Wang family, who has always strongly supported the prime minister's party, the Shang Shuling Shen family of the neutral faction, and the Meng family, who have firmly stood on the side of Luo Xizheng.
At a cursory glance, he still attaches the most importance to the Meng family, which holds military power in his hands...... Meng Bi is nowhere to be found, Meng Songyu is just a sideline, if it weren't for the emperor's family that valued her, why would she be on an equal footing with Ning Wan and Shen Yunyun?
Let's talk about Shen Yunyun, who came to Canglan Hall with things. There are no impermeable walls in this palace, and now it has been spread all over the palace, and Luo Liyao angered the emperor because she wanted to send Zhan Ying out of the palace. And after this draft, the emperor's harem is no longer empty, and the phoenix seal placed in the Canglan Palace will definitely be taken back one day...... From this point of view, the Canglan Hall is about to completely lose this last layer of protection, it is not worth mentioning at all, and the folk rumors that were boiling a few days ago will gradually be self-defeating.
In their opinion, the princess Zhenli of this Canglan Palace...... Soon she will be a princess with no real power in the real sense.
Shen Yunyun just became a concubine, and it was when she had to spend a lot of effort to compete for favor and retain the throne, how could she risk angering the emperor
What about the risks coming to the Canglan Palace?
But no matter what, Luo Liyao will never accept a person's kindness for no reason, not to mention that she is still a woman who has nothing to do with herself, and now this woman's identity is still a harem concubine.
Women are very scary, especially the women in this harem.
Luo Liyao has always thought so.
She put down the notebook she had read and annotated, and picked up the tea that had been slightly cooled on the side.
Although it was already spring, there was still a cool breeze outside the window. Occasionally, a few rapid gusts of wind blew, and the rattling of a few pages of paper was particularly loud in such a quiet hall.
"Click."
The slight sound of something hitting the wall was clear to her ears.
Luo Liyao suddenly turned around and looked out the window, only to see a gold-carved box lying alone on the windowsill, looking very familiar.
Luo Liyao recognized the box.
Isn't this the jewelry box on her dressing table that stores her jewelry?
For the sake of prudence, Luo Liyao wrapped her hand with a handkerchief before reaching for the jewelry box.
Nothing seems wrong.
Luo Liyao took a closer look, then reached out and opened the boxβa pair of aqua-blue medicinal jade bracelets were sitting quietly inside, shining brightly in the night when it was already completely dark.
Isn't this the pair of bracelets that I took off when I didn't want to wear them?
Also...... The medicinal jade that the imperial brother specially spent a lot of effort to find, and the pair of bracelets that took a long time for skilled craftsmen to make.
"Hmph." Luo Liyao threw the handkerchief on the table, reached out and put the bracelet on her hand, and said angrily, "I've been picking it off for so many days, and you just found out?" β
However, only the breeze outside the window gently responded to her.
Luo Liyao looked out from the window, and a rose in the hall was about to bud - this originally a somewhat dull and irritable night, but it was also a little interesting.
But the people on the other side of the palace didn't think so.
"Hey, my chief manager of Yu'an - how many days have it been since the election, and Your Majesty hasn't entered the harem once!" Cheng Kangping, the head of the Internal Affairs Department, was holding a tray and was very helpless, "Those masters of the harem, I'm afraid I haven't even seen His Majesty's appearance clearly......"
"It's useless for you to tell me." Yu An'an said What can I do I am also desperate, and shook his head at him, "Your Majesty just ordered that unless he takes the initiative to summon him, no one can rush in and disturb him." β
"This ...... Alas! Cheng Kangping sighed fiercely, but he still had to ask without giving up, "Didn't Your Majesty mention today's arrangement?" It's been almost half a month...... Those mothers in the harem
Masters, Your Majesty has never been pampered, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the previous dynasty will-"
"Okay, okay, these days Your Majesty is moving to the palace for the Queen Mother, Your Majesty." Yu'an waved his hand, "You and I can't be bored at this time, lest Your Majesty be unhappy, and our lives will be gone." β
"It's a pity...... The Queen Mother lives in a simple place, and no one in this palace can persuade a few words in front of His Majesty. Cheng Kangping shook his head with some regret, but suddenly thought of something, and said, "Eh, Chief Yu'an, you said - if you see Zhan Chang'an, Your Majesty will ...... him."
"What?" Yu An was puzzled and puzzled, "What does this have to do with Envoy Zhan?" β
"This envoy Zhan's family background and appearance are not top-notch, but he was canonized by His Majesty before he was personally elected." Cheng Kangping blinked, looked at his puzzled look, and explained, "Although he is only a low-ranking envoy, but Your Majesty has this heart-"
"Don't think about it." Having said that, there was something Yu An didn't understand, so he hurriedly interrupted him with words, "Your Majesty's thoughts, where can you and I speculate at will?" β
This is a useful person that His Majesty finally found, and in order to keep her, even Princess Zhenli was angry.
And Princess Zhenli is so angry, His Majesty even wants to go to Canglan Hall to see her, he has to go secretly...... If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be standing here like a door god blocking Cheng Kangping.
Alas, iniquity.
I don't know if Your Majesty has seen enough, why hasn't he come back.
Although Cheng Kangping didn't know the situation, what he said was also reasonable-if His Majesty snubbed the harem like this again, I am afraid that the previous dynasty would also be unstable......
"Ahh Cheng Kangping raised his head and said in surprise, "See Your Majestyβ"
(End of chapter)