Chapter 105: Loveless
The middle of winter has arrived, but the climate of this hot spring palace is pleasant. It would be nice if people's state of mind could be like this - in the cold region, but the heart is warm and stable, not arrogant or impatient. I wonder if there is anyone else in the world who can do it except the sages?
After Jinghua retreated, Liu Youmeng's mood couldn't calm down for a long time, she picked up the Hangju tea on the table and drank several sips but couldn't suppress the irritability rising in her heart.
"Little master, don't drink that, it's cold and hurts your stomach. The slave maid exchanged red dates and wolfberries for the little master, right? Zhiyan said that he wanted to remove the tea cup on the table, but was stopped by Liu Youmeng.
"No need, how can I be in that mood now, what I drink is not the same?" Liu Youmeng wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk smuggledly.
"The little lord helped Jingcai to be favored, and he was not happy?" In a word. Helping other women share their favors, no one can be willing.
"Zhiyan, tell me, I'm an outsider, don't you mind at all? That's the maid she regards as a confidant! I can't share my husband with someone close to me. "In the past, when Liu Youmeng was not favored, it was just that, but now that she has received the emperor's pity, she naturally hopes that the more grace the better, how can she still think of sharing it with others?
The reason why she agreed to help Luo Zixiao was nothing more than because of her humble family background and unstable status, so she was anxious to climb a big tree. If one day she can also occupy a high position, I'm afraid that the jealousy at that time will be even more out of control, right?
"Concubine Ke doesn't mind, because she has never treated the emperor as a husband, and she only has the righteousness of a monarch and a minister to the emperor and has no husband and wife feelings; But the little lord really admires the emperor, which is the difference between the little lord and the noble concubine. "Zhiyan sees the relationship between people very thoroughly.
"Then you say, is it good or bad for me to do this?" Liu Youmeng was stunned, and reached out to pick up and scatter a drop of water that slipped off the wall of the cup.
"The slave and maid are not sure, the slave and the maid only know that it is extremely hard to fall in love with the emperor. The slave and maid hope that the little master will be happy and happy, but they don't want the little master to suffer themselves. Zhiyan can't give an objective answer, her selfishness still wants her master to be happy.
"According to your words, aren't the concubines who don't love the emperor as a husband hard?" Liu Youmeng got to the bottom of it. She didn't understand, did she come to the capital from Qingzhou just to compete with many women who didn't know how to love, for a man who was unwilling to give love? Is such a life really meaningful? She loves her husband, is it wrong?
"How can there be people in the harem who are not bitter? It's just a difference between more and less suffering. The slave guessed that those concubines who kept the courtesies of the monarch and the ministers and abandoned the love of husband and wife had exhausted their calculations for the sake of honor and status, and probably had no time to taste the bitterness between these two loves, right? "Zhiyan feels that there has always been little true love in the harem, and it is the most stupid idea to expect feelings in the harem, and it is not the way to survive in the whirlpool of competition for favor.
"I understand, I will keep this relationship carefully, and I will try my best to restrain my jealousy." Liu Youmeng was a little relieved, and smiled at Zhizhi.
"The little lord is wise, this is the long-term plan for living in the harem." Zhiyan is very happy that the master can see it.
"Where I am wise, it is clear that you are wise. Thank you, Know-You. "Liu Youmeng has always been a scheming person, but fortunately, there are smart people who help her.
Luo Zixiao, who was far away in Yunxia Palace, received Xiaoluzi's return before the sun set, and her mood could not be calm. She rewarded Xiaoluzi and instructed the palace people to clean the side hall for Jinghua to return to the palace.
Luo Zixiao hugged Yingzhe and teased him and said, "Yingzhe, look, how capable our Jinghua is!" In the future, there will be another concubine who loves you and protects you, are you not happy? "Where does the little baby understand the mind of adults, he is only interested in the cloth tiger in his hand, and the appearance of perseverance and gnawing on the tiger's ears is very cute.
"My sister is so happy, she really isn't jealous at all?" Wen Feng, who came to Yunxia Hall to speak, had questions.
"If it were you, would you be jealous?" Zixiao asked Wen Feng rhetorically.
"Sister, don't be joking, my sister forgot that my family girl Xia He went early, and she still became my substitute ghost!" After Wen Hao saw Han Qianyu for the last time, she could already determine that Han was the murderer who killed her child and Xia He.
"Heh, it looks like you won't mind either. Because you don't have any feelings for the emperor at all. Zixiao laughed and teased her son again.
"Is my sister ruthless to the emperor? In this case, why do you try your best to compete for favor? As Zixiao said, Wen Hao was completely dead to the emperor and had a cold heart.
"Not for this little one." Zixiao took the cloth tiger out of Yingzhe's mouth, pinched his nose and said: "Giving birth to Yingzhe's favor from the palace will not be as good as before, if it is not pregnant again, the emperor is afraid that he will gradually forget the palace." But after this miscarriage, the emperor has never seen the palace in the future, how do you say that such a loving husband makes people love him? But for the sake of the prince's palace, I have to fight! The palace can't be favored for a long time and support the newcomers to win the hearts of the kings for the palace, as long as the emperor can think of the palace a little bit when he favors them, it will not be in vain for the palace to plan. The palace can not be favored by the emperor, but it cannot but consider Yingzhe's future. If Bengong wants his son to grow up safely, he must rely on a powerful maternal family and the love of his father......" Zixiao explained to Wen Hao at length the true meaning of her harem life.
"Okay, okay, my sister understands my sister's hard work, and my sister won't explain it anymore. If my sister continues to nag like this, my little Xue Ning will be impatient! Wen Feng hurriedly took out her daughter as a shield.
"You......" Zixiao had no choice but to stop preaching. Wen Feng smiled softly at her, she felt that Zixiao was different from when she first entered the palace, but she couldn't tell what was different. Also, how can anyone stay the same in the big dye vat of the harem? In fact, the first thing that began to change was that she herself didn't know.
Mu Zhu, who was also born as a palace maid, was simply jealous after learning that Jinghua was pampered. She should have thought that the maidservant of Yunxia Hall was so dignified that she followed the little master of Jiying Hall to the palace? There must be something greasy in this! I really didn't expect that Luo Zixiao was so big that he actually planned and planned for the people around him! This trick is much easier than her self-recommendation, and she doesn't have to endure so much cynicism. Mu Zhuzhen envied such a "good master" on the Jinghua stall.
Mu Zhu's obvious unhappiness was seen by Ling Qiao, so she bluntly comforted her: "Is the little master unhappy about Jinghua sealing the girl?" Little lord is relieved, not to mention that you are now a level higher than Baolin, even in the past, you were one of the most prestigious palace maids in the palace! No matter how proud the quiet girl is, she can't surpass you, the little master! ”
Where are Ling Qiao's words comforting? It's clearly revealing Muzhu's old scars!
Mu Zhu glanced at Ling Qiao with disdain, scolded "idiot" in his heart, and on the surface, he quickly put on a complicated expression of a little peace of mind and a little worry: "Ling Qiao, I am afraid that the Jingcai girl will be fascinated by the emperor in these days in the palace, who will remember your master and me in the future?" It doesn't matter if I work hard myself, but where can I bear to drag you down and suffer with you? After all, you were the person who served in the queen's palace, if you were wronged because of me, wouldn't that make the queen's face dull? ”
Mu Zhu faked emotion but deeply touched the stupid Ling Qiao, she said with tears in her eyes: "I didn't expect the little master to think so much about the slave maid, the slave and the maid are really moved!" The slave and maid will definitely support the little master, and the future of the little master must be limitless! ”
"I'm sorry for you." If Mu Zhu's future path is supported by such a fool, it is really hopeless, she has never thought about who to rely on, and her glory and wealth have to rely on herself to fight! Mu Zhu didn't want to see Ling Qiao annoying her in front of her, so she casually found an errand to send her: "You go and fill the incense tripods in the side hall and the dormitory with Su Hexiang." When you run out of spices, you can go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some again, no matter what kind of fragrance it is, as long as it tastes good. Ling Qiao didn't say a word to do it.
Mu Zhu smelled the fragrance emanating from the incense ding, and slowly closed his eyes comfortably. She closed her eyes and recuperated while weighing her strengths and weaknesses with Jinghua. Although Ling Qiao's words are not good to hear, most of them are true.
First of all, Jinghua's position is not as good as herself, although Baolin is only one level higher than Cai Nu, but as the saying goes, the official level crushes people to death, and this principle is also applicable in the harem; The second is the qualifications in the palace, Jinghua has only been in the palace for two years, and the master is now just a noble concubine.
and she has been immersed in the harem for many years, and she is a senior palace maid who follows one of the four concubines, and the difference in status between the two is clear at a glance; Now Jinghua's only advantage is that she has the backer of Ke Guifei, but relying on others also has its own drawbacks.
For example, Luo Zixiao Xing allowed to help Jinghua ascend to the throne and the master and servant to join a group to invite pets, but Luo Zixiao, who regarded her son as her life, would not allow Jinghua to have her own children. She can't control the people on the side, but there must be no one around her who threatens her son's status. In this way, it seems that it is not a bad thing to be helpless, at least you can have the final say in the matter of conceiving a child.
She was favored for only half a year, and during this period she was grounded for two months, and she didn't have time to see the emperor when the ban was lifted, so the emperor went to the palace. If this continues, I'm afraid that the emperor will really leave her behind, so how can she still conceive a child? Mu Zhu made up his mind to wait for the holy driver to return to Luan, even if he tried his best, he would attract the emperor's mercy again.
She closed her eyes like this, imagining the future pampered and fantasizing about the joy of her children in the future, but she didn't know that she was a real dream! After smelling the incense mixed with musk for nearly half a year, it is strange that you can easily conceive a dragon fetus.