Chapter 112: The Emperor's Congratulatory Gift
Rong Jinhuan walked straight in, seemed to be in a good mood, looked at her with slightly curled eyes, and smiled deeply: "What's the matter, I'm late today, Concubine Xian is not happy?" Then he reached out and lifted her up.
Ruoyun cursed secretly in her heart, and hurriedly dodged a step, her expression faint.
"Subordinates see the emperor." Zhang Yu hurriedly kowtowed to him and explained, "My subordinates passed by Chaolu Palace and heard that it was my mother's birthday today, so I ...... Forehead...... Came in without permission to congratulate ......"
"Alright, stand down." Rong Jinhuan didn't look at him squarely, and waved his hand.
Zhang Yu didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly kowtowed.
Rong Jinhuan found a chair and sat down, ordered someone to bring in the large object wrapped in red cloth, and said, "I just went to pick up this thing, so it's too late." ”
"The emperor's kindness, the concubines have received it, thank you Lord Longen." She saluted again with a straight face.
Rong Jinhuan's face changed slightly, but he still smiled: "Do you think I prepared a gift for you?" This was sent to you by Yu Baize, and I don't have the courage to find such an expensive thing, lest the ministers say that I have squandered the money from the treasury. ”
Ruoyun secretly wondered, could it be that those old slippery heads didn't embarrass him today, so he was in a surprisingly good mood?
With a twist of his head, the red cloth was removed, revealing large pieces of red coral as bright as fire, and on top of it hung gold chains, gold bracelets, and jewels and jade, full of brilliance and dazzling, almost crushing the coral.
The surrounding palace people couldn't help but exclaim, and then they all admired, and Xiaohong opened her mouth wide and shook Ruoyun.
Ruoyun was speechless, looking at the big red coral, as if she saw Bai Ze's smiling face as if nothing happened. This precious thing may be worth several cities, and aside from the coral itself, the decoration on it alone will be comparable to the treasures of the palace.
The next moment. She suddenly met Rong Jinhuan's smiling eyes, and said with some annoyance: "Your Majesty, you sent Bai Ze back?!" After speaking, he hurriedly looked out, but he didn't see half a figure.
"Yes, his nominal brother is so generous, I look at my face." Rong Jinhuan fanned the wind with his sleeve casually, and he didn't know if what he said was true or not. Completely ignoring Ruoyun's angry glare, he smiled, "But I also brought you a gift." ”
She was stunned. But I saw Rong Jinhuan slowly stretch out his hand, pointed at himself and said, "I am a big gift." ”
"You're ......!" She trembled with anger, she had already put the rules of etiquette behind her, and pointed her finger at him. It's almost a contradiction.
Xiaohong anxiously pulled the corner of her clothes. She withdrew her hand, just held back the grumbling in her stomach, and reluctantly took a breath and said, "The emperor will not come to my Chaolu Palace, which is already a great gift to me." ”
"Huh? Could it be that I go to Luoxiaju every day, are you happy? Rong Jinhuan raised his eyebrows and asked, smiling slightly.
Ruoyun hadn't answered yet, but he suddenly put away his smile. With a look of danger, he gritted his teeth at her and said, "My concubine." It's only you who blatantly refuses me! ”
Ruoyun pursed his lips and didn't answer, he had already expected him to say this, and he couldn't count how many times he mentioned this, but it was a pity that he was not envious or jealous at all, and wished that he was a beauty today and a concubine tomorrow, and it would be good to forget her.
Rong Jinhuan looked at her side face, looking at her bright eyes and bright teeth under today's dress, but he kept his distance from him as always, and immediately waved his hand.
Ruoyun instinctively felt the danger and subconsciously took a step back.
Seeing that everyone in the palace had gone down, Rong Jinhuan half-squinted at her cautious appearance, and couldn't help humming: "It's your birthday today, I don't want to embarrass you, but you'd better understand that in this palace, the one who judges the situation is the best, if not, I won't be able to protect you in the future." ”
Ruoyun heard him say this, her heart tightened, it was really strange for the emperor to protect her, she thought that the emperor had to get along with her.
According to what she remembered, Su Fu was guilty of raiding the house and destroying the door, and he remembered that his father was thinking about the society and had no intention of rebelling, so he agreed that it was indeed true that the net was open, and he never threatened her with this, so that if she was not careful, she would think that he was kind and benevolent.
It's just that the emperor is afraid that he spared her life because of the king with a different surname, and she has no possibility of being a "relative", and how many people are staring at her in the concubine position, he is really a "confidant" candidate who can not be more assured.
Ruoyun thought about it, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, shook her head and sighed: "The emperor is kind, and the concubines are in the heart, but I am afraid that the emperor will come to me every day to sit here, but in the eyes of others, it is a supreme grace, and the situation of the concubines may be even more difficult." ”
Rong Jinhuan was not angry when he heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, his eyes seemed to be playful, and he said, "Isn't it?" ”
She frowned silently, speechless.
Rong Jinhuan glanced at her, saw her look stunned, and couldn't help asking, "Then according to you, how can I do what is good in your eyes?" With that, he gently turned the wrench on his hand and observed her expression.
I didn't expect him to ask directly, Ruoyun was stunned, looked at his half-squinted phoenix eyes and looked at him intently, took a deep breath, and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines have no family power, and they are just mediocre people in the palace. Not to mention the proud daughter of Lord Hu's baby and the gentle and virtuous daughter of Lord Wang, even if the emperor crowns Chen Meiren and graces him every night, it will be ......."
"After all, you just don't want me to come to your Chaolu Palace, or do you want me to get close to you?" Rong Jinhuan interrupted her coldly, and her face was cold, which made her busy and stopped.
She was hesitating to find something else to say, Rong Jinhuan had already gotten up and approached her, and suddenly whispered in her ear: "You should be a faint king, can you just seal a Chen beauty to favor if you have nothing to do?" ”
Ruoyun was startled, but before she could react, she was caught in her arms by Rong Jinhuan's unexpectedly outstretched hand, and just wanted to struggle, but she heard him sigh heavily, and then said in her ear: "Although I am the son of heaven, I am busy with politics and internal and external troubles, where do I have the leisure to meet a folk woman?" ”
She shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "I...... I only know that the daughters of several ministers entered the palace because the emperor wanted to alleviate the contradictions between the monarch and the ministers, or to win them over, and he thought that Chen Meiren was the emperor's favorite...... Isn't it? ”
She gradually calmed down, thinking that when Chen Meiren was favored, the emperor had made an exception to allow her to see her father and brother often to relieve the pain of homesickness. For a while, I felt that Rong Jinhuan, who held her in her arms and made her struggle, was unfathomable.
Rong Jinhuan nodded quietly and said, "The Chen family is a family of secret guards, and it was used as early as when the emperor was there. At present, the Chen family is responsible for keeping an eye on several important ministers, but since three months ago, the news of the Chen family has been cut off, and they can't reach me here, but the rest of the secret guards are unimpeded. ”
Ruoyun was cold behind her when she heard this, and she also knew the truth of the royal secret guard, otherwise how could her and Cheng Wangfu's whereabouts be captured by Rong Jinhuan, so count. She knew Zhang Yu's affairs, and the emperor was afraid that he knew it, and if it was really deliberately done by the king with a different surname, the whole world would escape Rong Jinhuan's eyes. Probably only the Qingping Sect, which is growing in strength......
She sniffed the scent of ambergris on his body, felt that she was in big trouble, and couldn't help but say: "The emperor is saying that Chen Meiren is not the daughter of the Chen family." But the emperor used her to visit relatives to contact the Chen family? But why didn't the emperor send other secret guards to contact the Chen family? ”
"The guards don't know each other. One is to ensure that the message is accurate, and the other is to discard a branch at any time. Rong Jinhuan unabashedly rejected her proposal, hugged her hand lightly, wrapped his fingers around her hanging hair, and sighed, "Chen Ke is really the daughter of the Chen family, but unfortunately she is not a secret guard, but an ordinary woman." That's when something happened. ”
"But the emperor, don't you think it's an accident?" Ruoyun said. His voice trembled.
"Taking advantage of the chaos to push Chen Ke, it is not you, let alone someone with a different surname, it can only be one of the important ministers who are targeted, and the personnel are lurking in the palace, I can take the opportunity to get rid of it." Rong Jinhuan caressed her back comfortingly, and continued to say in her ear.
Hearing him say this, Ruoyun gasped, and her heart gradually rose to her throat: "No wonder the emperor will personally inquire about the affairs of the palace, and use this to remove personnel, it turns out that he is taking the opportunity to clear the palace?" She pursed her lips, including those who were killed, I am afraid that those seemingly innocent palace people and guards are all suspects.
Rong Jinhuan's face was solemn, but his words did not have a trace of murder, but were unprecedentedly soft: "Someone used Cheng Qinghe to mess around and kill Chen Ke in chaos, this is indeed something I didn't expect, and I have no choice but to stop contacting the Chen family now." I'm afraid that the battle among the courtiers is more than that. ”
"Then ......" Ruoyun was terrified in her heart, and plucked up her courage to say, "The emperor spared his concubines and visited every day, did he want to attract suspicious people?" ”
When she said that, her heart was congested, Rong Jinhuan really didn't take advantage of anyone, is every king like him?
"You're smart." Rong Jinhuan chuckled, as if to praise, but said in a deep voice, "Naturally not." This palace has been thoroughly investigated, and there is no danger at present, how can I allow people to put some eyesore around me? ”
Ruoyun was confused for a while, turned her face slightly, and wondered: "Why is the emperor?" ”
Rong Jinhuan let go of her slightly, looked at her frightened appearance, and the corners of his lips rose, and he chuckled: "In order to make you grateful for my death-free, and to let you know that I am not joking, you are so willing to be my virtuous concubine." ”
He was ashamed to speak, and finally laughed out loud with his arms around her.
Ruoyun was stunned for a moment, seeing that his eyes were so close to herself, and she looked into it deeply on weekdays, but at this moment she looked at her but it was burning and shining, only to realize that she had been fooled, and she hurriedly pushed him away, almost jumped behind the curtain, and shouted: "Your Majesty, you should tell Mo Zhaoyi about this!" ”
Rong Jinhuan was pushed by her like this, sat back on the stool, and saw her shrinking like a frightened deer, glaring at herself angrily, and smiling even more heartily: "You say, apart from you in this palace, who can analyze so thoroughly in a few words, and even tell what I think?" I look at this, only you can listen to me say this, and I don't have to worry about her interfering in politics, you are afraid to avoid it. ”
He said, carefully watching her reaction, wondering what it would be like for the woman in front of him to be with him.
Ruoyun's face was red and white, after all, what does this secret guard and courtier have to do with her? It was obviously Rong Jinhuan who said that some of these didn't wrap her in, so that he could hug her and make fun of her! Then he bit his lip and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't want to know this at all!" Please don't tell me again in the future! ”
Rong Jinhuan ignored her indignant gaze at all, sighed lightly, his gaze changed slightly, and said: "You are my virtuous concubine, that is, you are on the same boat as me, the sooner you understand the stakes, the sooner you will understand that I am the person you can rely on." ”
Ruoyun listened, looked at him with a slightly smug look, and couldn't suppress the resentment in his heart, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't have to rely on anyone, you forced me to enter the palace and named me a concubine, didn't the emperor forcibly give all this?" ”
Rong Jinhuan's expression darkened, he got up and approached her, stared at her through the curtain for a long time, seemed to be in deep thought, and said after a long time: "It is true that you are willing to accept the holy decree before entering the palace, for you, I am indeed ashamed, but if I really become a cold-faced and ruthless Mingjun, I am afraid that what you see will be even more cruel." ”
Ruoyun was speechless, Fang Cai's excitement was extinguished by what he said, and he looked at his proud, handsome but slightly lonely face through the curtain in a daze, as if he could see another emperor: Rong Jinhuan who was not the emperor, Rong Jinhuan who had to think about something in the emperor's throne.
She was surprised, she was embarrassed by what he said, and she could almost understand his bitterness as an emperor, even when he was in love with his concubines, it seemed that he had to think about more political affairs, and the secret bar between the monarch and the ministers was already so obvious, and the ministers could neither be too co-opted nor suppressed at will, and the courtiers must also compete with each other.
Seeing her staring at herself with dull eyes, Rong Jinhuan couldn't bear it, and said with relief: "That Zhang Yu is a talent, and I am a lot more relieved to stay in the palace, I only hope that you will think thoroughly, and some people or things are not something you can hide from and hide." ”
Ruoyun thought that he was controlling Zhang Yu, but she didn't expect that he really planned to use him, and what he meant was not taboo that Zhang Yu knew her, so he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, I ......"
"Oh, this is the birthday of the virtuous concubine, I originally wanted to treat myself as a gift, but I didn't expect that my virtuous concubine didn't want me, and I couldn't take something as generous as Bai Ze, I had no face." Rong Jinhuan suddenly sighed, touched his chin and felt distressed, not forgetting to look at her.
Ruoyun swallowed her saliva, she never expected that Rong Jinhuan would give her the stairs down, this time she really didn't know how to take it.
"I still have to be happy on this birthday, and I will give this to Concubine Xian as a gift." Rong Jinhuan's wry smile was even worse, he paced to her, pulled up his sleeves and found something, and rested it on the table beside her, "You don't have to hide, I'm not a flood beast." ”
He glanced at her, sighed, and said, "Concubine Xian, have a good rest." With that, he walked out of the house with his hands behind his back.
Ruoyun came out from behind the curtain and looked at the things on the table, which was clearly the jade wrench he often wore and turned around.
She hurriedly picked it up, and Rong Jinhuan's words lingered in her mind again, and she couldn't help but start speculating about who among the courtiers would be so dangerous, Rong Jinhuan's situation was not as beautiful as it seemed, but very dangerous.
Ruoyun cursed in a low voice, and hurriedly knocked on his forehead, he was really surrounded by him, Rong Jinhuan is a fox, that's right. (To be continued......)