Time flies, and soon it is the middle of summer, Shen Yun often sits idly under the porch, sighing that she can still enjoy such a comfortable time in her life, especially at this season, she feels that the bamboo house is good, no matter how hot it is outside, it is covered by green bamboo, quiet and cool, so that ice bricks are used in other halls, and her own fan has not been painted. Probably because of this, Xiao Cong ran here more diligently, eight out of ten days were spent in the bamboo hut, and I don't know if everyone didn't want to move in the hot weather, and even the political affairs were much less, he looked a lot more idle than usual, even when he didn't go out all day, he was busy with his own affairs, and he still had time to look at idle writing and writing.

However, on this day, he went out after breakfast because of something, and when he returned at noon, when Shen Yun heard the news and came out to greet him, he saw that his face was a little unkind, and he saluted him, he just said lightly, "Get up", but he didn't even stop, walked straight to the bookcase and sat down, silent. Shen Yun couldn't help but glance at Gao Qinian, Gao Qinian waved his hand at her, she didn't say anything more, just silently took some warm water, soaked the handkerchief in it, and then wrung it until it was half dry, carefully wiped the sweat on his face and neck, and helped him clean his hands, then sat aside, continued to paint her fan, and when the painting was finished, she looked at the skylight, took the fan twice and threw it aside, ran to cook tea, and when it was ready, she took a cup and handed it to Xiao Cong and said, "This is the tea that the concubine cooked with the dew on the bamboo leaves this morning, Your Highness can taste it. ”

He looked at the hot tea, he didn't want to drink it, but when he raised his eyes and saw that her eyes were like water, he couldn't bear to refuse, so he had to reach out and take it, and only when he held it in his hand, he already smelled a fragrance, tried to drink it, and couldn't help but say: "This tea is very fragrant, where did you get it?" ”

Shen Yun smiled: "Isn't this the hooded tongue that His Highness sent last time." ”

Xiao Cong drank the tea, "Nonsense, where is this taste of the hooded bird's tongue." There's obviously a share... A scent of jasmine. ”

Shen Yun smiled again: "It's indeed jasmine," said he turned around and went to the coffee table to take a porcelain jar and handed it to him, he opened it and saw that it was indeed a jar of tea mixed with dried jasmine flowers.

At this time, Shen Yun poured another cup, sat down beside him, handed the tea to him and said: "Pick the half-opened jasmine and mix it with the fried tea leaves, you don't need to cook it when you drink it, you can get this taste by brewing it with boiling water, which is a common method used by the concubine's hometown." ”

Xiao Cong finally had a smile on his face, drank the tea, and nodded: "This is a good way." ”

Shen Yun smiled and said: "That's not it, there are clouds in the ancient books: jasmine, wood pear also, the main warm spleen and stomach, good chest septum." Relieve the fire, go to the cold accumulation, and the middle and lower qi, calm the liver and relieve depression. ”

Xiao Cong listened, smiled and sighed, but subconsciously helped his forehead.

Shen Yun saw it and said, "The sun is so big outside, Your Highness is afraid that you will have a headache from the sun, so the concubine will rub it for you." ”

Xiao Cong smiled when he heard this, and put his head on her lap: "Okay." ”

She concentrated on rubbing his head, and after a while, Xiao Cong suddenly said, "It's so fragrant, what kind of incense are you smoking." ”

Shen Yun let out an "oh", took out a sachet from his sleeve and handed it to him, "Is this what Your Highness said?" Here are the gardenias that the concubine picked in the garden this morning. ”

Xiao Cong took it and sniffed it, threw it aside and said, "It's not this." ”

Shen Yun picked it up and sniffed it with some confusion, "That's the only one." ”

Xiao Cong had already propped herself up, poked her head under her ear, took a deep breath and said, "This is it." As he spoke, he kissed her on the neck, Shen Yun didn't expect him to make such a move, a trace of blush flew on his face, and he instinctively refused: "Your Highness, what is this doing, this is broad daylight." ”

However, the more shy she became, the more distracted Xiao Cong became, and even if she hugged her to the couch, Shen Yun knew that she couldn't refuse, so she wanted to serve him like before, but he grabbed her pair of soft thorns, looked at her deeply and said: "Man'er, with me in the future, you don't always need to think about how to please me, just enjoy this pleasure together." ”

Shen Yun originally thought that this was something for no reason, but her eyes turned red when she thought about it, so she closed her eyes, she really didn't want to think about how to please him, she just instinctively responded to his tenderness, but she also experienced unprecedented happiness.

Afterwards, Shen Yun thought silently, maybe it was really as Du Yue'er said, these things have to be done with the man you love in order to have fun, but I am afraid that it is rare for me to pour out my heart and lungs to a man who does not love him so easily. Thinking so, she looked at Xiao Cong who was already asleep beside her, sighed in her heart, and said secretly, but she is too greedy, isn't the current life good enough, what kind of good fruit do you want, it is better to move with your heart, I am lucky, and if I lose my life, what's the big deal. She thought so crankily that she fell asleep in a daze.

In the days that followed, Xiao Cong except for occasionally going to other concubines to rest, he didn't even go back to his dormitory, only occasionally went to the study when he wanted to see the ministers, and the rest of the time he hid in the shade in the bamboo house, everyone said that he was the same in previous years, so he didn't go to his heart, so the days were also calm, basically he got up early and went out to hang around, and returned at noon, and then the two of them took a nap, each busy with their own things, and ate some porridge and side dishes for dinner, sat idle, and sometimes waited for the sun to go down, and went to the garden for a walk together, Sometimes it's just to look at the writing and writing, and when you're sleepy, you freshen up and go to sleep, and that's it.

It's just that on this day, Shen Yun slept until midnight and was awakened by the pain in his abdomen, got up and took a look, and sure enough, it was Yuexin again, fortunately, after these days of raising, the pain was not as serious as before, so he forced himself to tidy up, thinking not to disturb Xiao Cong, so he took a thin blanket from the closet, and went outside to lean on the smoker and nap.

But said that Xiao Cong felt that she got up and went out in a daze, thinking that she was up at night, who knew that after waiting for a long time and not seeing her come back, he got up to look for her, and found her outside only to see her wrapped in a thin blanket curled up next to the smoke cage, and hurriedly hugged her and asked what was wrong, so I heard her say a little vaguely: "It's nothing, it's just that the moon letter is here again, Your Highness goes back to the bed to sleep, and the concubine sleeps here." ”

Xiao Cong saw that she was wrapped in a bed blanket on a hot day, but there was no sweat on her body, and she felt that her hands and feet were cold, sighed, and hugged her back to the couch, and hugged her whole person in her arms, Shen Yun struggled and said, "Your Highness, don't be like this, the concubine is dirty and unlucky." ”

Xiao Cong said "nonsense" in a vague manner, and yawned again, "Don't move, I'm very sleepy." ”

Shen Yun really didn't dare to move, he just felt that his body was hot, and he sweated a lot after a while, and the pain was relieved a lot, and then he fell asleep in a daze, and when he woke up the next day, he saw that he was still in his arms, and both of them were sweating profusely, so he called the servants and maids to bring hot water, bathed and changed clothes, and had breakfast together, and then Xiao Cong said to her: "I won't bother you these days, you have a good rest by yourself." So he really didn't come for a few days, and Shen Yun said that it was normal for him not to come, and he didn't take it too seriously.

When her body is convenient, everything will return to normal, until the summer gradually passes, it is still the same, and Xiao Cong's concubines began to have some whispers, but he just didn't know, and when he had leisure, he still only ran to the bamboo house.

In the blink of an eye, the cold dew has arrived, the weather has turned cold, one day Xiao Cong went to a quiet place to rest, she tentatively said: "Your Highness, the weather is gradually getting colder, can you add some charcoal fire to Your Highness's bedroom?" ”

Xiao Cong smiled when he heard this: "This is the time of year, where is the charcoal fire going to be used." ”

Jing Yi also smiled: "Even if Your Highness doesn't want it in the dormitory, the bamboo house has always been colder than elsewhere, and the body of Manniang is weak, and there is usually no one to help remind her, doesn't Your Highness think about it for her first?" ”

As soon as Xiao Cong heard this, he felt that there was something in this, and he was thinking about her voice, so he heard her say again: "This autumn wind is the most easy to catch a cold, but it's nothing to get a little cold on your body, if your heart is also cold, and you want to be hot again, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult." ”

When Xiao Cong heard this, he smiled helplessly and said lightly: "I know." ”

Didn't she just want to say that she should not just run to Man'er, but take into account the feelings of other concubines, so as not to hurt their hearts and provoke them to point the finger at Man'er and embarrass her. But her concerns are also right, Man'er has no quality, no rank, no support, and it is impossible for her to protect her all the time, if she really provokes those people to have any bad intentions, she is the only one who suffers in the end.

But now, I really can't bear her, at first I thought she looked like Grandma, so I couldn't help but want to be nice to her, but the more I look at it recently, the more I feel that it doesn't look like it, and I don't know why.

In fact, when everyone came to Dingxing this morning, Jingyi had already left Shen Yun alone to talk, and the content of the conversation was roughly the same as what she said to Xiao Cong, Shen Yun is also a smart person, so she naturally knows what she means, but she is in a different mood at this time, and naturally wants to grind with him every day, but she also understands very well that what Jingyi said is for the stability of the East Palace, and at the same time, she is sincerely for her good, so she has to start thinking about how to persuade Xiao Cong without hurting the feelings between each other, but after thinking about it, I didn't think of any suitable words.

That's her own man, how can she be willing to give it up.

But what should be said must be said, on this day, Shen Yun served Xiao Cong and finished breakfast, so Ai Ai said: "Your Highness, the concubine has been studying recently, and I can't remember an allusion, I want to ask Your Highness for advice." ”

Xiao Cong raised her eyebrows, she still had allusions that she couldn't remember, which was a rare thing.

"Oh? Let's hear it. As he spoke, he took her by the hand and sat down beside the smoker.

"The concubine read the history books, and saw that there was an emperor in the previous dynasty who wanted to abolish the feudal town, but he was in a hurry, but he suffered from it, and suddenly thought that it seemed that during the period of Emperor Wu, there was a similar decree, which solved the state of the feudal king's secession very well, and I couldn't remember what kind of decree was implemented for a while, can Your Highness remember?"

Xiao Cong listened, smiled and patiently explained: "Oh, you are talking about the Tui En Decree suggested by the master father Yan to Emperor Wu, before that, the territory under the jurisdiction of each vassal king was only inherited by his son, and this decree was changed to his son inheriting half of the country, and the rest of the land was inherited equally by other sons other than the son, so it is also called 'rain and dew evenly stained method'..."

When he said this, he suddenly stopped, and saw that she was looking at himself faintly, and immediately understood what she meant, and for some reason suddenly burst out of fire in his heart, "Hmph, I see that you can't remember, but you remember it too clearly." So saying, he shook off her hand and brushed his sleeves away.

Shen Yun looked at his back as he left angrily, let out a long sigh, and said in his heart, it's okay now, it's not a person inside and out.

Xiao Cong went, he didn't come back for many days, he didn't know what evil fire was always nesting in his heart, even if he went to other concubines, he didn't like anything, and he lost his temper several times in a row, although he was very restrained even if he lost his temper, but everyone was not stupid, who dared to go up, so they all came to complain to Jingyi, Jingyi was helpless when she heard it, and she was left behind again when Shen Yun came to the province this day.

She didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly, "How did you tell Your Highness?" ”

Shen Yun was stunned, "What did you say?" ”

"Lone asked you to persuade His Highness, and often go to other mothers to walk around, how did you persuade you?"

Shen Yun honestly said the section of the Tui En Order.

Jingyi smiled bitterly and sighed after hearing this: "That's it, I don't blame you." Yan Bi thought for a while and said, "In this way, you find an opportunity to coax His Highness, lest he lose his temper all day long and make everyone uneasy." ”

Shen Yun had to say yes, but he was even more depressed in his heart, and couldn't help but slander: Okay, you are all masters, and I am the only one who has no face, you say that if I want to persuade him, I will persuade him, and if you say let me coax me, I will coax? I didn't want to coax me, and they came to eat me. She thought so, after coming out of Jingyi's dormitory, she found a reason to go back to Luoying first, and went to the garden to sulk, but she didn't want to have a narrow road, and ran into Zhao Yue, at that time she already knew that Zhao Yue was the daughter of Zhao Da's family, and she didn't want to pay attention to her in her heart, although she did enough courtesy on her face, her attitude was very blunt, and Li Ji next to her immediately grabbed it, not to say that she was disrespectful to Prince Liangdi, then Zhao Yue was already dissatisfied with her, plus there was the previous "Canary Incident", and at this moment I listened to Li Ji's instigation, Even more hateful, he immediately lowered his face and said: "Manji, don't think that Your Highness spoils you, you can be disrespectful." ”

Li Ji sneered on the side: "Manniang hasn't seen His Royal Highness for more than ten days, why are you still so arrogant, I don't know how to restrain at all, I really think I am a character, at best I am a substitute, and it is not you who Your Highness wants to favor." ”

In the past, Shen Yun didn't feel anything when she was so ridiculed, but today one was standing opposite Zhao Yue, and the other Li Ji's words pierced her heart, and every knife hit her sore spot, she couldn't bear it, and sneered and said: "It's all other people's little wives, and I don't know what they're doing, besides, the concubine can replace something, unlike some people, who just waste the food of the East Palace in vain." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Ji jumped to her feet in anger, pointing out that she couldn't say a word for a long time, but Zhao Yue pulled her aside and said sharply: "Manji has no respect for her eyes and her words are mean, it is my fault that I did not teach well, and today I will punish you to kneel here for two hours and meditate on your own mistakes." After speaking, a little maid beside her looked at her, and said that she couldn't get up without kneeling for two hours, and then walked away with Li Ji. The little maid was also really loyal to her duties, and she was stunned for a quarter of an hour, and she looked like she was going to kneel for the two hours.

Shen Yun knelt more and more calmly, and there was some regret in his heart, as the saying goes, a good man doesn't suffer from the loss in front of him, why should he be so quick at this moment, this is good, no one has seen less than two taels of meat, but he has to kneel on the cold ground in the autumn wind, which is really self-inflicted.

But said that Luoying returned to the bamboo house, waited left and right and waited for Shen Yun to come back, busy in the garden to find, when she was found, she had just knelt on the ground for half an hour, she looked at her face, and then knelt down for fear that it would be bad, so she told the little girl for a while, who expected her to not enter. But Shen Yun still gambled and didn't say a word, making her so anxious that she couldn't do it, and suddenly thought that the princess had always been lenient, and begged her to beg her, maybe it would be useful, so she ran to Jingyi's bedroom, and when she saw her, she rushed to her and cried: "Your Highness, save our lady." Jingyi was startled, and hurriedly asked her what was going on, Luo Ying explained the cause and effect in three or two sentences, Jingyi sighed after listening, "You said that your lady is so cautious in her speech on weekdays, why is she so impulsive today, that's it, Yulu, you go and take a look, and when you send Manniangzi back to the bamboo house, and then go to Zhao Liangdi to reply in person, just say what Gu said, just punish the big commandment, don't make the palace uneasy." ”

At night, Xiao Cong still came to her to sleep, she thought about it, and told him about the day, and he was very nervous at first glance, "Then how is she now?" Jingyi hurriedly comforted him and said: "The concubine sent someone to ask, but she was a little cold, and nothing else, but His Royal Highness, why bother to be angry with her." ”

Xiao Cong listened, sneered and said: "What am I angry with her, doesn't she want to be a virtuous person, busy telling me to be wet with rain and dew, as a result, others don't necessarily understand her affection, don't you just let her kneel if you say let her kneel." ”

Jingyi sighed when she heard this: "Why does Your Highness bother to say such things, in the end, it is difficult for her." She said, her eyes reddened, "Who wants to give up their pillow person?" It's not all about leaving a clean slate for His Highness. ”

When Xiao Cong saw her like this, he suddenly felt a lot of guilt in his heart, and he showed love to her in every way that night, and the next day, when he was done, he hesitated for a while, and he still came to the bamboo house.

He came in a hurry, and he didn't let people pass it on, as soon as he entered the courtyard door, he saw Shen Yun sitting under the porch holding a cup of tea in a daze, seeing him coming, he was stunned at first, and then propped himself up and came over to salute him, he saw her steps vain, hurriedly walked a few steps over, supported her, and said in a deep voice: "It's not good to stay in the house when you get cold, and you run out to blow the cold wind." ”

Shen Yun didn't see him for many days, and when she heard his words again, she only had grievances left in her heart, but everyone in the East Palace put down her body and gave the steps first, and she was not good at being awkward, but she didn't know what to say for a while, so she hung her head and didn't speak.

It was Xiao Cong, who originally felt that he was quite wronged, but when he saw her like this, he couldn't bear it after all, so he took her into the house, and the two sat in silence for a while, Xiao Cong said angrily: "Manniang, let's drink saliva." ”

One sentence made Shen Yun laugh, and said quietly: "There is no water, only jasmine tea." ”

Xiao Cong also smiled: "That's better, clear the fire, calm the liver and relieve depression." ”

So the two reconciled, and the days returned to normal, but after this turmoil, Xiao Cong still came once every three or five days, one for the stability of the palace, and the other after late autumn, it was indeed the busiest time of the year.