"What is the emperor laughing at!" Lu Huiling said angrily.

Qi Bingyu smiled and shook his head, only thinking that she was childish, and when he was about to reach out and touch her head, his attention shifted to her bun.

"Didn't your aunt tell you what kind of bun to comb your hair in?" Qi Bingyu said, and also flicked the tassel of the golden jade step, "The fourth concubine is dressed so plainly......"

"Not decent! Does the emperor want to say this? Lu Huiling snatched his words one step ahead, and then leaned forward to him and said with a smile, "Concubines don't like those empty things. ”

Qi Bingyu was so rude to take over the conversation, he was stunned for a moment, he looked at Lu Huiling who came forward and smiled at him, the innocence and cuteness were irresistible, and he was stunned for a while.

"And what do you want?" Qi Bingyu asked with a smile.

Lu Huiling turned his back to Qi Bingyu, and after taking a few steps, he looked at him slightly sideways, his eyebrows and eyes waved, and he smiled lightly: "What the concubine wants, will the emperor agree?" ”

"Tell me about it." Qi Bingyu sat on the dragon chair and looked at the graceful figure of the young girl in front of him.

Lu Huiling turned around again, knelt down at Qi Bingyu's feet, put her hands on Qi Bingyu's legs, looked up into his eyes, and said slowly: "The concubine still thinks that it was better to be a female official in the past. ”

"Oh?" Qi Bingyu was slightly surprised, "Why?" ”

Looking at her with a look of pity for me, Qi Bingyu was a little worried, whether it was because he had been wronged after being his concubine.

He asked again, "Isn't it good to be my concubine?" What grievances have you suffered? ”

Facing Qi Bingyu's anxious eyes, Lu Huiling shook his head with a smile and said: "The emperor treats his concubines very well, and the people in the palace can see it, where do you dare to let the concubines suffer any grievances." ”

"Then why do you say that it is better to be a female officer in the past?" Qi Bingyu can't understand that when a female official has to get up before dawn, she can drag her body down by keeping a vigil from time to time, and she has to be an errand on the second day, so she doesn't necessarily have someone to serve her, right?

"The concubine wants to be by the emperor's side all the time." Lu Huiling said slowly, and there was a little warmth in his eyes, as if he wanted to melt Qi Bingyu in front of him.

Qi Bingyu was dumbfounded, Lu Huiling's eyebrows and eyes were extremely similar to Lu Fushuang, he often felt stunned when he looked at her, which always made him feel that the person in front of him was his sweetheart.

"At the beginning, on the Ming platform, the emperor was proud of the crowd and looked at the Quartet, so that Huiling couldn't help but feel what he wanted. Then I was fortunate to be appreciated by the emperor, summoned into the palace, and saw that the emperor was diligent and loved the people, it was for the eternal Ming Jun, and the painting spirit had the courage to petition for the hope of waiting around, in order to comfort his reverence heart, the emperor did not refuse, and the painting spirit waited beside the emperor, and it was very happy to see the emperor painting the spirit every day.

Now he can be appreciated by the emperor, canonized the concubine, and once the honor was given to the painting spirit, and the painting spirit is grateful. Hui Ling knew that the emperor was willing to keep his concubines by his side, all because the concubines looked similar to the emperor's aunt, but the emperor, the concubines also had feelings, and the concubines never thought about what to do with the concubines. ”

Lu Huiling pouted and said coquettishly, her eyes also revealed a trace of sincerity, only she could say such angry words childishly, if it were someone else, the emperor would have ordered people to be driven out a long time ago.

Seeing that Qi Bingyu was still hesitating, Lu Huiling stepped forward again and said softly: "During the days when the concubine was by the emperor's side, the emperor was also very happy, wasn't he? ”

This is really to the point, when Lu Huiling was a female official in the Qinzheng Palace, Gonggong He, including all the palace people waiting by his side, could clearly feel that the emperor was in a happy mood and his body was much better, and he would listen to the advice to take medicine and rest on time, which cannot be said to be not the credit of Lu Huiling.

Even Qi Bingyu himself felt that when Lu Huiling was there, he was much younger than usual, as long as she was there, it was like returning to the years when the Celestial Empire was prosperous, and all countries came to the court, which was unprecedented.

"So, then come when you have time, I will let He Sheng stop you." Qi Bingyu hesitated for a while, but finally said.

Gonggong He, who was kneeling at the door, listened, raised his head slightly, and secretly sweated for Concubine Mei in his heart, this young Concubine Ming, but she was even more powerful than Queen Mingxian.

But Father-in-law He was on an errand for the emperor after all, and Concubine Yu Mei was just doing some favors.

Lu Huiling happily took Qi Bingyu's hand, looking at him with stars in his eyes, making Qi Bingyu linger in it.

"Concubine Xie Zhu Longen." Lu Huiling smiled, her eyes were bent into two crescents, and a small pear vortex appeared on her lips, which looked very cute.

Qi Bingyu touched her hair with warm eyes, and deliberately pretended to be serious and said, "This is the purpose of you deliberately combing this bun, right?" ”

"Oops, the emperor saw through it." Lu Huiling pretended to be surprised and embarrassed and touched the bun on his head, and then smiled.

"Not decent!" Qi Bingyu pretended to be angry and said this, and then changed his tone and said: "Today I saw Prime Minister Lu in the morning, a few days ago, when the tax was levied, he and the prince inspected the Xiazhou Mansion together, and today is back, you will go back to Minghuatang to dress up and dress up, and I will allow you to go home and have a look today." ”

Qi Bingyu remembered that Lu Huiling was young and had never left his parents, but now he has been in the palace for a long time, and there is a custom when he seals the concubine, Xu Xiang's parents and family visits, and Lu Xiang's Mansion is in Shangjing, not far from the imperial city, so he thought about letting Lu Huiling go out of the palace and return to his home, and the family will have a good reunion.

Lu Huiling's smile froze on her face, the corners of her mouth slowly lowered, her eyes looked ahead with empty eyes, but there were thousands of thoughts in her heart, since she entered the palace, she has been forcing herself to do other things, not to be like her father and mother, not to think about the annoying brother, not to think about the backyard.

But the wound that had been silent for a long time was lifted and exposed to the sun, but it was still painful.

"Concubine, thank you to the emperor." Lu Huiling took a small step back, and bowed down in a dignified manner, his face was serious and serious, not like he was just joking and playing.

Qi Bingyu knew that Lu Huiling was homesick, so he raised his hand to help her up, and said softly: "In this case, let's go back quickly." Remember to come back before the palace gate is keyed, otherwise it will be criticized. ”

Lu Huiling was already on the cusp of the wind and waves, Qi Bingyu didn't want to have any clues, as a king, he could slaughter the people of the world, but he couldn't block Youyou's mouth.

"Yes." Lu Huiling naturally understood that after Xie En retired, he hurriedly returned to Minghua Hall.

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Lu Huiling walked out of the Qinzheng Palace, and as soon as the door closed, she put down the gesture that had been placed on her waist to represent dignified self-control.

Aunt Xu Lan saw Concubine Ming Niangniang walking out, and hurriedly got up to greet her, she helped Lu Huiling and said, "Niangniang can be calculated." ”

"... Why are you crying. Xu Lan saw Lu Huiling's eyes full of tears, and the moment she walked out, tears flowed down her cheeks, and two arcs were drawn on her cheeks.

Xu Lan turned to look at Gonggong He who was guarding the door, her eyes seemed to ask why Concubine Ming was crying, but Gonggong He shook his head and didn't want to say anything.

"Niangniang, did the emperor reprimand you?" Xu Lan didn't know what was going on inside, but it could be seen that Concubine Ming was so distraught as soon as she came out, and she couldn't help but think about it.

Xu Lan helped Lu Huiling down the steps step by step, Xu Lan kept asking, but Lu Huiling didn't listen at all, she shook her head, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.

After going down the steps, Lu Huiling stroked Xu Lan's hand, and was about to run to Minghuatang with the wide skirt of the Chinese dress, Xu Lan and several palace maids hurriedly chased after him: "Niangniang, Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Seeing this scene, Father-in-law He felt a little sorry for this Miss Lu family, who was as big as the princess.

Lu Huiling ran back to Minghua Hall crying, and Xu Lan and several palace maids also hurriedly chased after her, for fear that something would happen to Concubine Ming.

As soon as he returned to Minghua Hall, Lu Huiling ran back to the dormitory and threw himself on the bed and cried bitterly.

This is her usual style, she is an extremely fragile girl, she has always been, she usually has to cry when she encounters anything unbearable, and often at this time, Mrs. Lu will gently pat her back and persuade her to look away from everything.

But now she hasn't cried for a long time, her father asked her to stay by the emperor's side on her own favorable terms, to make eyeliner for the prince's great cause, in the vast and majestic imperial city, tears are usually useless, she understood these truths earlier than many people.

When the sun set that day, she held on to the railing at the door of the Qinzheng Palace, and saw her father walking out of the imperial city step by step, she did not shed a single tear, she had heard people say before, sadness to a certain extent, it was impossible to shed tears, presumably at that time, she also felt how desperate she was as a chess piece.

Now in the eyes of outsiders, Lu Huiling is a ruthless woman who is decisive and murderous, and she took someone else's life just because of an unintentional word, and no palace person in the imperial city saw Concubine Ming not kneeling to protect herself, but she didn't expect that she would now be like a child, lying on the bed and crying.

After Xu Lan arrived at Minghua Hall, she saw that the palace people who were cleaning and pruning flowers and branches in the courtyard stopped what they were doing, and looked at the dormitory in unison.

"Okay, okay, don't look at it, hurry up and work, and be punished carefully!" Xu Lan scolded sharply.

Several palace people hurriedly looked away and lowered their heads to get to work.

Xu Lan waved her hand, letting the palace maids behind her disperse, and slowly walked towards Concubine Ming's bedroom.

Lu Huiling didn't close the door tightly after coming in, and Xu Lan saw Concubine Ming lying on the bed crying through the gap.