August is the scorching summer season, although the Chengming Hall has prepared two large urns of ice to cool down, Liu Che still feels extremely hot, the front and rear windows are wide open at night, and occasionally there is a gust of wind blowing through the hall, after the cool breeze, there is still only the sound of the close attendant clicking the fan, listening to Liu Che is even more upset, "Retreat!" ”

Seeing that the king was displeased, the attendants hurriedly put away their fans and withdrew from the palace.

The night has been changed, but it is not much cooler than the day, only the coolness of the moon is like water, around the imperial city of the eaves and corners, Liu Che finished reading the chapter, and casually took out Sima Xiangru's book and read it.

"The phoenix is from me, and I have to be the concubine forever. Friendship and harmony, who knows each other in the middle and night? Looking back at Sima Xiangru's phoenix, Liu Che laughed dumbly, Sima Xiangru, who was famous all over the world, had a private meeting in the middle of the night, but the woman Zhuo Wenjun, whom he picked up with the sound of the piano, was not idle, not only eloped with him, but also sold wine in front of his father's door regardless of his figure.

Thinking of this good story of Luanfeng and Qin Se harmony, Liu Che unconsciously moved his admiration, although he has seen a lot of Yingying Yanyan, but there are too few women like Zhuo Wenjun who have both talent and courage after all. Even Wei Zifu beside him is gentle and submissive, but he is a little less fierce, and day by day, he is not as haunting as when he first met.

"Alas..."Liu Che couldn't help but sigh lightly if he felt a loss in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the night is getting deeper, the heat is not gone, and drink a cup of lotus seed mung bean soup to clear the fire." A voice is like a clear stream, as if it is coming from a mountain stream with flying waves and flowers. Liu Che couldn't help but look up, met a pair of clear starlight eyes, and saw a hair lightly curled into a slanted cloud bun, on which a double butterfly play cloud hairpin embellished with a little purple jade tassel slid to the ears of the clotted white jade, the water fu-colored long skirt was slender and graceful, and it looked graceful and slender.

"Who are you?" Liu Che pressed his good feelings and asked in surprise.

"Slave Wang Yi, I sent soup on the order of the Queen Mother, please drink it to Your Majesty."

The woman approached to answer the question, Liu Che only smelled a faint fragrance lingering on her side, and she was fascinated for a while. At this hour, the Queen Mother sent her to send soup, the intention was self-evident, Liu Che's heart was unconsciously moved, and he gathered his heart and said: "Thank you for me, the Queen Mother, put it down for the time being!" ”

"No!" The woman put the soup on the long case, and when Ni saw the book opened on the case, she said politely: "The night is deep, although Lord Sima's resignation is good, Your Majesty's dragon body should also be cherished." ”

Liu Che was surprised when he heard this: "How can you also understand the text and ink, and you actually know that this fu was written by Sima Xiangru?" ”

The woman bowed and replied: "The slave maid was originally a member of the Zhao family, and before entering the palace, my father taught the slave and maid some words, and the Sima master is famous all over the world, and the slave and maid have always admired the adult, and the words given by the adult have been copied." The appropriate slave maid accidentally saw that the book on the case was just like the work of Lord Sima, so she blurted out, and hoped that His Majesty would forgive her sins. ”

Liu Che smiled and said: "It's okay, you are familiar with Sima Xiangru's resignation, and you also have some experience when you think about it, but I have the intention to smell it." ”

Wang Yi's face turned crimson, and he said shyly: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, the slave and maid are clumsy, and they dare not speak falsely in front of Your Majesty." That shy bow made Liu Che's heart flutter, and he said softly: "It's okay for you to say it." ”

Wang Yi bowed slightly, raised his head lightly and slowly opened his lips, and slowly chanted between his eyes: "Replace the qin with words, talk about the heart." When I see Xu Xi one day, comfort me and wander. I am willing to match virtue and join hands. I shall not fly away, and I shall be destroyed. Lord Sima conveyed his affection with the sound of strings, secretly expressing his admiration for Wenjun, Wenjun heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, Luan Feng and Ming, and the piano and the seer were harmonious. The slave maid heard that Qin Mugong's daughter Langyu and her husband Xiao Shi were blowing the flute, and the phoenix came to his house. Now Lord Sima is seeking a phoenix and finding a beautiful woman to return, which is also a good story for the world, but I am afraid that I will envy the world. The slave and maid are not talented, and a little thin view makes His Majesty smile. ”

Liu Che stroked his palms and smiled: "Okay! You a woman can be familiar with the scriptures and history, it is not easy to have this insight, when Sima Xiangru returns, I will order him to personally transcribe a phoenix to give to you, in order to reward the knowledge of the tooth period! ”

Wang Yi leaned over and thanked him, his tactful posture was like a touch of spring on the soft willows in February, and a trace of affection brushed in Liu Che's heart, that kind of feeling, as a king, he has not had it for a long time.

"The slave has been out for a long time, Your Majesty's soup has not been drunk, and it has been left for a long time, I'm afraid it won't be cold." Wang Yi took the soup with his slender hand, and Liu Che covered his hands with the weak and boneless jade fingers, only to feel warm and cold, and he forgot to take the soup, only caressing it in his hand and couldn't bear to let go.

Wang Yi was cowardly, her hand was not withdrawn, and she was not pumped. The eyes of the autumn water are sinking at night, and the cheeks are more and more bright like clouds, as bright as peaches and plums, under the thick light and faint shadows, the skin is better than snow, the eyebrows and eyes are picturesque, and the shyness of the pulse makes Liu Che feel pity. I only heard a "pop" sound of the jade bowl falling to the ground, and the candlelight in the hall was extinguished, leaving only the grass and insects chirping outside the hall, and the magnolia flowers in the courtyard also seemed to be accessible to people's minds, swaying in the night, secretly spitting fragrant.

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The morning light is as faint as fog, and on a very peaceful summer morning, the lotus fragrance penetrates into her heart through the open window with a light breeze, Xiao Tianlan has already packed up the clothes for entering the palace, and the carriage in the palace should come to pick her up in another hour. Since Xiao Sui passed away and she entered Beijing with Wei Qing, Wei Qing took care of her meticulously, but suddenly let her enter the palace to take care of Mrs. Wei, which made Xiao Tianlan a little surprised, but in her heart, she had already regarded Wei Qing as a relative, and if she could share a few more points for Wei Qing, she would not be reasonable.

"Knock knock..."A slight knock on the door pulled Xiao Tianlan out of her thoughts, and Wei Qing's familiar voice came from outside the door, "Miss Xiao, are you all packing up your clothes?" ”

Xiao Tianlan got up and opened the door, and said with a smile: "General Wei, everything is packed, please come in!" ”

The room was cleaned up neatly, and a blue-gray bag had been buttoned and placed on the couch, "Miss Xiao only packed a bag of clothes?" Why don't you bring the clothes I asked the house to buy for you? Wei Qing asked.

Xiao Tianlan smiled slightly: "Tianlan doesn't have many clothes, and the rules in the palace are strict, so a pack of clothes is enough." ”

Wei Qing said with a smile: "Miss Xiao is thoughtful, but Wei Qing has forgotten that there are all kinds of clothes in the palace, and there is no shortage of these when Miss Xiao enters the palace to accompany her sister." ”

Hearing the word "entering the palace", Xiao Tianlan's expression darkened a little, and she only bowed her head and said nothing. Wei Qing saw that her expression was different, and said with concern: "Miss Xiao, but what concerns do you have in your heart?" ”

Xiao Tianlan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Wei Qing, and said politely: "Since my father passed away, Tianlan has been taken care of by General Wei and grateful, but Tianlan was born in the mountains and fields, and her words are clumsy, I am afraid that she will behave at a loss after entering the palace, but she will brush the general's mind." ”

"Miss Xiao don't worry, my sister has always been gentle, and she treats me very well." Wei Qing comforted in a good voice, thought for a moment and said, "Actually, my sister was worried that I would not take good care of me, so she specially asked me to take you into the palace to live for a few days, and you can treat her as your sister." ”

Xiao Tianlan's heart was hot when she heard this, her sister, she likes this title very much, if she can, she is willing to call her sister with Wei Qing.

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The early morning sun was shining, and through the dense sycamore leaves leaking mottled golden shadows on the ground, the palace people in the Zhaoyang Hall were busy and started a new day. Cai Xi walked to Wei Zifu's dormitory with a basin of clear water, the palace people who cleaned the courtyard were buried in cleaning, and a figure shook out in front of Leng Buding, and suddenly he didn't have time to take back the broom and sweep it on Cai Xi's skirt, Cai Xi's hand trembled, and most of the water in the copper basin was spilled out.

"Oh, are you okay, girl?" Seeing this, the palace people hurriedly supported Cai Xi.

Cai Xi calmed down to stabilize his body, "Uh... It's okay, I'll go get another basin of water. As he spoke, he turned around regardless of tidying up the wet skirt, leaving only the palace people to wonder and say to themselves: "Why is the girl so soulless today..."

Cai Xi turned around, and couldn't stop measuring in his heart, how to tell Mrs. about this, it's better to change the past, and now Mrs. is pregnant with Liujia, if you know about this, don't move the fetus, hey... How to say it...

After a night of deep sleep, Wei Zifu opened his eyes leisurely, it was another sunny day, the days passed day by day, and the child in the womb grew up day by day, stroking the slightly convex lower abdomen, Wei Zifu's heart was full of peace and peace.

The sunlight outside the hall poured a little light on the ground through the gilt panes, "It's not too early to see the hour, usually at this time, Cai Xi should also come over to serve and freshen up, why hasn't he come here today?" Oh, yes, today Miss Xiao entered the palace, Cai Xi should go to arrange the carriage. Wei Zifu thought to himself.

"Squeak," the door was pushed open, "Madame, are you awake?" Cai Xi came over with a copper basin full of water.

"Hmm..."Wei Zifu answered, put away his thoughts and asked, "Can the carriage that picked up Miss Xiao go to Wei Qing's mansion?" ”

"Madame rest assured, the slave maid arranged a carriage to pick up Miss Xiao into the palace early in the morning according to Madame's instructions." Cai Xi replied, but he couldn't help thinking about the morning in his heart.

Early this morning, when Cai Xi went to prepare for the carriage to leave the palace, he didn't want to faintly hear the two old eunuchs talking behind the tree.

"Hey, did you say that the woman who went to deliver soup to His Majesty last night was really asked by the Queen Mother?"

Cai Xi hurriedly stopped when he heard the words, and listened carefully.

"Hey, why are you so stupid, of course the Queen Mother asked you to come over, but it's so late, the Queen Mother let such a beautiful woman go to His Majesty's bedroom to deliver soup, what do you say it's for, hehe..."

Another eunuch also smiled and said, "Oh... It must be that the old queen mother is in a hurry, seeing that Mrs. Wei gave birth to three princesses in succession, and she can't keep this princess again, then the old queen mother can only hug the emperor and grandson in the year of the monkey, hehe..."

Cai Xi was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly walked behind the tree and asked, "Two permanent attendants, did you have a palace lady staying in Chengming Hall last night?" ”

When the two old eunuchs saw that it was the Caixi girl beside Mrs. Wei, they hurriedly stopped and said with a smile: "Caixi girl, the old slaves don't know." ”

"Shicai, the two of you clearly said that there was a woman who sent soup to His Majesty yesterday evening..."

The two eunuchs glanced at each other, and shirked: "I'm afraid that Miss Caixi heard it wrong, how could the old slaves have said such a thing, it's not too early, the old slave still has to wait for His Majesty to get up, and Miss Caixi will ask for help." As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the Chengming Palace.

Cai Xi stomped his feet angrily: "Okay, you guys are really angry with this girl..."

"Caixi, what do you want, so engrossed?" Wei Zifu saw Cai Xi holding the clothes taken from the sink rack in his hands, and he was only stunned, and couldn't help but be very surprised.

"Madame, forgive me, the slave and maid got up early today, and they haven't recovered yet." Cai Xi hurriedly hid his expression, and stepped forward to drape the gauze coat on Wei Zifu's body.

Wei Zifu looked at Cai Xi's expression was wrong, and asked softly, "Cai Xi, what happened?" ”

Cai Xi shook his head with a smile and covered up: "Madam, nothing happened. But after all, Cai Xi has been by Wei Zifu's side for many years, and he is a person who clearly writes his heart on his face, so Wei Zifu simply pulled Cai Xi and sat down and said: "Cai Xi, you have been by my side for so many years, how can I not see that you have something in your heart, tell me, what is the matter?" ”

Although Cai Xi held back his words, he was afraid that saying it would make Wei Zifu sad, and he couldn't say why. Seeing this, Wei Zifu felt even more strange, and pretended to be angry and said, "Since you don't believe me so much, you don't need to say it!" ”

Cai Xi was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly explained: "Madam, it's not that Cai Xi doesn't believe you, Cai Xi is afraid that it will hurt Madame's heart if she says it!" As soon as the words came out, Cai Xi knew that he was speechless, and he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand and stopped making a sound.

As soon as Wei Zifu heard it, he knew that this matter was related to him, and even though he was grateful for Caixi's intentions, he still pretended to be angry on his face, and said coldly: "If you don't believe me, why bother to defend yourself like this?" ”

Cai Xi already had a stomach full of things to say, but when she heard this, she couldn't help it, and said aggrievedly: "Madam, you are wrong to blame the slave maid, when the slave maid was preparing the carriage for Miss Xiao this morning, she overheard two chamberlains talking about the fact that Your Majesty favored a woman last night..."

Hearing this, Wei Zifu's chest suddenly hurt, as if the fragments of the iceberg crashed into his heart, cold and painful, but he still had a soft expression on his face and continued to listen.

"I heard that this woman was sent by the Queen Mother to His Majesty, saying that she was sending soup to His Majesty, but in fact..."

Although his heart hurt, Wei Zifu only did nothing happen on his face, only held Cai Xi's hand and smiled lightly: "Silly girl, Your Majesty is the king of a country, and the harem should have many concubines, so as to extend the heirs of the Han Dynasty and prosper the country." You must know that if the imperial heir does not prosper, it will shake the foundation of the country, and now that there are new beauties around Your Majesty, I will only be happy for Your Majesty, how can I be uncomfortable? ”

Cai Xi's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this, and she looked at Wei Zifu in surprise and said, "Isn't Madam really uncomfortable?" ”

Wei Zifu smiled and shook his head, and said in his heart, Caixi, how can you know my deep affection for Your Majesty, he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, everything I have today is given by him, only if he is happy, I will feel at ease.

"Madam, Miss Caixi, the carriage that picked up Miss Xiao has arrived at the gate of the palace." The palace maid said outside the door.

Wei Zifu patted Cai Xi's hand and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's pick up Miss Xiao together." ”