Chapter 5: Two or Three Things in the Harem

"Niangniang, this is the newly made lotus seed soup in the imperial dining room"

The woman half-leaning on the soft collapse was wearing a dark purple long dress, her face was not powdered, and the green silk hung lazily on both sides, with a kind of sick beauty, which made people can't help but want to be pity.

The palace maid Lian'er took the lotus seed soup closer, the woman sniffed it, and then waved her hand, "A sweet and greasy taste, I can't eat it"

"Niangniang, you can eat as much as you want, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it."

As he was talking, he approached a person from outside the door, and when Lian'er saw it, she hurriedly put down the lotus seed soup in her hand and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty"

"Let's go down first"

Lotus bent over and slowly retreated.

A man in a bright yellow court dress strode over, looking at the person on the soft collapse with a smile in his eyes, "Rou'er, is she better?" ”

The "emperor" woman grabbed the emperor's arm, gently put her face on it, and said a little coquettishly, "Headache panic"

"Can you pass on the Imperial Doctor?" The emperor stretched out his hand and probed the woman's forehead, which was still a little hot.

"It's been passed on, the imperial doctor said that it's okay, it's okay to recuperate for a few days, and I still have a splitting headache, and now I see the emperor and it doesn't hurt."

"You," the emperor shook his head helplessly.

"If it hadn't been raining at the racecourse, you wouldn't have caught the cold."

"Accompanying the emperor is really a blessing for the concubines, the emperor doesn't have to blame himself, the concubines will go next time"

"Okay, okay, choose a good day next time" The emperor hugged Xinrou in his arms, and a smile bloomed.

The emperor took the lotus seed soup on the table, "How can you do this without eating?" Come, I'll feed you."

The emperor stretched the spoon to the woman's mouth, and the woman lightly opened her lips, looking at the man in front of her with affection, and her face was charming.

Although the man in front of him is a noble ninety-five, he has an elegant scholarly temperament, but the pair of sword eyebrows adds a bit of murderous aura.

After eating a few bites, Xinrou couldn't eat, "The emperor is resting here with the concubine tonight, okay?" The woman's body went limp, and she fell into the man's arms.

"I haven't finished reading the recitals of this imperial study.............

Before the emperor finished speaking, the woman came out of her arms and pinned her face to the side, "The emperor is busy with government affairs all day long, and he usually rests in the queen's bedroom, and rarely comes to this Qinyang Palace, and the concubines are looking forward to it day and night.

The emperor hurriedly pulled her into his arms and patted her back gently, "Okay, okay, I'm not going anywhere tonight, I'll accompany you"

"Is it serious?"

"No jokes"

"Pull the hook" The woman stretched out her tail finger, and the emperor smiled at a glance, "Why are you still like a child", and then she also stretched out her tail finger to meet it.

"If you pull the hook, you can't go back"

Qinyang Palace was brightly lit this night.

The next day, when Xinrou woke up, she saw that the man was already dressed and ready to go to the morning court.

The "emperor" woman just woke up, her voice was soft, her cheeks were flushed, and she looked beautiful.

"It's not dawn yet, let's sleep again, and I'll come to see you in the morning" The emperor sat in front of the bed, gently put the messy hair behind his ears, kissed the woman's forehead, and left.

The woman was half-leaning on the bed, her left hand supporting her head, looking extremely happy.

"Lian'er, Lian'er"

After calling twice, Lian'er hurriedly ran in "Niangniang"

"Go and let the imperial dining room prepare more side dishes that the emperor loves to eat"

"Yes," Lian'er hurriedly ran to the imperial dining room.

After taking a nap on the bed, Concubine De called someone to freshen up for herself.

Today, I chose a plain dress, and the bottom of the skirt and waist are embroidered with the emperor's favorite green bamboo.

Willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, cherry mouth, full of beauty embryos.

Today, Concubine De omitted the cumbersome headdress, and asked people to simply pull their hair in a bun, insert the hosta diagonally, and put the lightest rouge on their lips, which makes people look sickly beautiful and pitiful.

In half an hour, the imperial dining room prepared side dishes, sat for a while, and the emperor came.

Her eyes trembled slightly, and the woman in front of her seemed to be a little different from the past, but today she had an indescribable charm.

dismissed everyone, hugged the woman's waist and let her sit on her lap, buried her face around her neck, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers.

"Concubine Ai is a little different today"

The woman's slender arms tightly wrapped around the man's waist, and whispered softly in her ear: "Then what did the emperor say, what is the difference between today's concubines?" ”

In this huge harem, there is no shortage of beautiful women, if you want to stand out and let the emperor take it to heart, you must use all your strength.

Concubine De Xinrou is especially good at pipa, and the aftersound is lingering, making people feel as if they are in it.

"Today is more glamorous and moving," the man's eyes looked at her a little lost.

"Does the emperor mean that the concubines are not beautiful on weekdays?"

"Naturally not ........." The man lowered his head and wanted to kiss the woman, but the woman turned around lightly and came out of her arms, "The emperor hasn't heard his concubine play the pipa for a long time"

"yes"

"The concubine has learned a new tune, the emperor listens to it?"

Saying that, Lian'er hugged the pipa in, and the emperor closed his eyes and savored it.

At the end of the song, the man couldn't get out of the piano for a long time.

"The new soft lute is still the same as before"

The woman's body went soft and fell into the man's arms again, "The emperor will come often in the future", a pair of eyes were beautiful and moving.

The man only felt a burst of heat in his abdomen, and picked up the woman and walked towards the back room, "This is nature, how can I bear to let my concubine stay alone in the empty room"

The curtain fell quietly, isolating the fragrant picture.

The scenery is great at this time............

After noon, Concubine Shu picked up some pastries and walked slowly towards Anning Palace. It snowed all night last night, and the road was still a little slippery, so the maid Hexiang carefully supported her, for fear of falling.

When she arrived, the queen was still practicing calligraphy, and when she saw Concubine Shu going, she asked someone to accept it.

"My sister is so Yaxing, and she still practices calligraphy," Concubine Shu said with an unhappy face.

"Who is messing with you again?"

Concubine Shu muttered, "Sister, I heard that the emperor rested in Concubine De's dormitory last night. Today, I went to Qinyang Palace again after the morning court" After speaking, he looked at the queen cautiously.

The queen drank the flower tea unhurriedly, and the smile that hung on the corner of her mouth all the year round never faded, "Concubine De has been suffering from a cold recently, and the emperor should visit"

"Then this has a cold, and the emperor can't stay with her. If this infects the emperor, what if it hurts the dragon's body? ”

"The emperor has his own measure"

Concubine Shu simply put down the teacup in her hand and got closer to the queen, "This wants me to say, it must be that Concubine De poured some ecstasy soup on the emperor, otherwise how could the emperor make her son the crown prince?" This has been a succession since ancient times, how can she become a long-term and not a long-term heir? ”

This is something that Concubine Shu couldn't figure out, because she hadn't slept well for several nights.

"How can the Sacred Heart be speculated upon at will? It's just a matter of talking about these words to me, but don't spread them to the ears of the emperor and Concubine De, what kind of person this Concubine De is, my sister should be clear"

This concubine looks easy to get along with on the surface, but secretly has a lot of bad intentions, so she quietly let several concubines disappear in this harem.

Simply these concubines were not favored, so they pretended to check it, and in the end, they couldn't end up.

The queen looked out through the window, "The sun is very good today, and the cold plums in the back garden must have bloomed, do you want my sister to go to enjoy the plums together?" ”

"Okay, I'm fine anyway" Concubine Shu stretched out her hand to help the queen and walked towards the back garden together.

Before entering the palace, Queen Yin Zhiyu became acquainted with Concubine Shu Jinxi.

The queen's personality is steady and dull, and Concubine Shu is straightforward, because of this temperament, she has offended people in the palace, but because she is friendly with the queen, she endured it.

"This plum blossom blooms beautifully in the cold winter," Concubine Shu broke a branch and put it in front of her eyes to look at it carefully.

"The colder it is, the more the plum blossoms bloom, and the more tenacious the vitality will be."

A gust of wind blew, the petals fell, and a few flew on the shoulder, and the queen gently put it in her hand, "Although it is beautiful, the flowering period is too short, and it can only live in winter"

"If you live too long, you have to be plucked off?"

The queen heard that there was something wrong with this tone, so she followed Concubine Shu's gaze, and it turned out that the emperor and Concubine De were also there.

The emperor held Concubine De in his arms, talking and laughing, full of envy of others.

"Sister, look, look at her smug look" Concubine Shu was a little annoyed.

The queen patted Concubine Shu and took her hand, "Let's go"

"I'm not going"

"If the emperor sees this, he will definitely say that you don't understand the rules."

Concubine Shu thought for a moment, but still followed the queen over.

"The Emperor"

"The Emperor"

The emperor was watching the plum blossoms at this time, and when he looked back, "The queen and Concubine Shu are also there."

"Yes, the concubine saw that the plum blossoms in the back garden were blooming, so she took Concubine Shu's sister to take a look."

Concubine De on the side didn't salute when she saw the queen, but just held the emperor's hand, and said delicately, "My sister is unwell today, so it's inconvenient to ask the queen for peace."

"It's okay, my sister's body is important," the queen looked at her and smiled faintly.

"The concubine was a little tired, so she went back first"

"Let's go"

Concubine Shu followed the queen back to the palace.

"Sister, look at the appearance of Concubine Nade, relying on the emperor's favor for herself, she is so rude to her sister" Concubine Shu looked unhappy.

"Okay, what does he do? Bad mood"

"In this harem, only my sister has such a state of mind."

Back in the dormitory, the maid Qin'er hurriedly went to make a pot of hot tea and served it.

"I heard someone say a few days ago that when the crown prince is canonized, General Ning Yuan will also come back."

As soon as the queen got the teacup in her hand, she suddenly turned over, and the hot tea fell on her delicate hand, and it became red and swollen in an instant.

"Sister, are you okay?" Concubine Shu hurriedly took a brocade and wiped it for her.

The maid who followed behind him hurriedly brought the burn cream.

"It's okay, it's just a distraction for a while" Even if she was burned, the queen was smiling.

"It won't look good if it leaves a scar," Concubine Shu said with some distress.

"Everything in the world has a fixed number," the queen lowered her head, and couldn't see the expression on her face clearly.

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"Brother Yuyan, my kite can't fly under the roof" A girl looked up at the roof, stomping her feet anxiously.

"It's okay, I'll make it for you another day"

"I don't want it, I want this," she said, and the girl covered her eyes and cried.

Yu Yan saw the girl crying, quickly put down the sword in his hand, and flew up to the roof with a turn, and put the kite in front of the girl intact.

When the girl saw the kite, she smiled, "This is given to me by Brother Yuyan, I can't lose it" said while protecting the kite in her arms.

"If you like it, make a few more for you"

"Okay, I want a kite that looks the same as Brother Yuyan"

“............”

As soon as the picture turned, it was a snowy winter.

Even though it was a cold winter, the man's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and not far away the girl brought tea and pastries and waited on the side, while she squatted down and played with snowballs.

A pair of small hands were red from the cold, and then they sneezed.

The girl looked at the man, a little annoyed, and shouted loudly, "Mu Yuyan, I'm going to freeze to death"

Hearing this, the man immediately put away his sword and ran towards the girl.

"Let's go back to the house"

"I don't, it's a mochi cake I made," the girl looked at the man with some smugness.

A plate of mochi cake is crooked, neither round nor flat.

The man picked it up in his hand and looked at it, took a bite, although it didn't look good, it was also sweet, and he ate several in a row.

The girl giggled.

After the man finished eating, he was about to go back to practice his sword when he heard the girl whispering from behind, "I'm leaving tomorrow, and I may not see me again."

The man's footsteps paused slightly, "Then go back early"

"That's how you want me to go?" The girl frowned, a little dissatisfied.

"yes, you're too noisy, I'll be cleaner by myself"

The girl knocked the pastry to the ground, "I don't want to be with you," and then turned and ran away.

The man turned around and walked towards the pastries, squatted down, picked up the overturned pastries one by one and put them on the table, "It's too dangerous to stay with me"

That night ushered in a few night people, and for a quarter of an hour they all lay in the wind and snow, no longer breathing.

The two have not seen each other since.