"The queen has arranged the Hundred Flowers Banquet?"

"Yes, the queen mother has Concubine Xiang to help her, and these trivial things are done quickly."

Yin Chen just went down to the court, and it was rare for Yaxing to wander around the imperial garden, and Gonggong Hou followed closely behind him, and he had to reply with two sentences from time to time.

"Huang Eniang went to the National Temple at dawn this morning, and she left something to say when she left."

"The queen mother only said that she wanted to go to the temple to discuss the Buddhist scriptures with the master earlier, and asked the servants not to quarrel with the emperor to sleep peacefully."

Yin Chen hummed and didn't say anything more, the Queen Mother was more or less angry with him. Thinking about the fact that the biological mother and son fought into this field, the feelings of the emperor's family are really not as good as the poor people.

Looking around, I saw two palace concubines passing by on the east side of the Imperial Garden, one was Concubine Xiang, and the other was Li Shenlan. Counting the hour, the two of them should go to Changle Palace to ask for peace now.

Seeing the emperor looking at Li Shenlan, Gonggong Hou remembered the news sent by Jinghe Palace's eyeliner two days ago, and hurriedly leaned over to the emperor's side and whispered:

"The Taiwei Mansion delivered a letter to Lan Guiren two days ago, and Lan Guiren also replied. Because they are all delivered by hand, our people can't see the content of the letter. ”

Yin Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth hooked as if they were nothing.

"I can't hold my breath so soon, too, the captain didn't know what happened at the beginning, so he naturally thought I didn't know either."

Yin Chen is the emperor, so naturally it is impossible to let his ministers make small moves behind his back. When he saw Li Shenlan in the teahouse that day, he sent someone to look back along the route, and at that time, the second elder of the Song family had not had time to move out of the countryside, and Yin Chen naturally knew Li Shenlan's identity.

"Being smart is mistaken by being smart, since Taiwei likes acting, I'll play with him."

This is not clear, and Gonggong Hou listened behind him with confusion in his eyes.

"When will the Hundred Flowers Banquet be held?"

"Tomorrow."

……

In a house in the suburbs, Li Mingyue knelt on a cushion in mourning clothes.

Half a month ago, the house sent someone to report, saying that it was the evidence that Xiao's poisoning of the second lady was not discovered by the lord and arrested, and a white silk went to the west on the second day.

The emperor learned the news, and in order to vent his anger to Li Shenlan, he specially ordered that Xiao was not allowed to be buried. In the small black box in front of Li Mingyue's eyes, it took her almost half of the time to continue to bribe her subordinates to let him go to the mass grave to bury the Xiao family and bring back such a handful of soil.

As soon as Xiao died, the people in the mansion who took care of Li Mingyue were gone, and Li Mingyue had a hard time in the past half month. Even if the people in Taiwei's Mansion are only in the house, they are very snobbish, and these days even the food is delicious.

Where Li Mingyue knelt was obviously losing a lot of weight, but the resentment in her eyes did not decrease at all. At the door, Hongmei came in with a plate of food, and when she saw that Li Mingyue was still kneeling, she could only go to the table to cloth vegetables first.

"Did the people sent find Yanagika?" At the beginning, Liu Xiang was ordered by the captain to break his leg and be expelled from the mansion, and Li Mingyue wanted to find someone back when she knew the news, so that it would be of great use.

"Found it, but the man is dead."

"Dead!" Li Mingyue was startled for a moment, and stood up with a bang.

Liu Xiang just had her leg broken, even if she went to beg on the street, she couldn't die in such a short time, Li Mingyue didn't believe Hongmei's words at all.

"Didn't you look for it at all, and you didn't do anything after taking my money!"

The slave and maid divided the silver and asked people to find it, but when they found it, Liu Xiang was already dead. The corpse was covered in wounds, and the most fatal thing was the knife in the neck, and we also looked for a fake to see, saying that it had been dead for half a month. ”

Xiao Banyue, the first thing Li Mingyue could think of in her heart was Li Shenlan.

"Who else but her, you know that she is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and if you kill your aunt, you have to kill them all."

How did Hongmei know who Li Mingyue was talking about, but she just told Li Mingyue about the new news.

Taiwei inadvertently mentioned Li Mingyue a while ago, thinking that when she was old, it was time to talk to her about kissing.

"What do you mean by that, father?"

"A few days ago, the young lady of an official family in Beijing and the son of the governor's mansion got married and invited the lord to have a drink, and the lord was afraid that he also thought that the lady was the same as her."

Li Mingyue became even more angry when she heard this, "Why can she Li Shenlan enter the palace, and even Lu Xin can be the emperor's nobleman." My father was partial to my eldest sister when he was a child, and now he wants to arrange me at will! ”

Li Mingyue was thinking of a way to refuse, but after thinking about it, she was in the suburbs and was not well-informed. It's one thing to get married or not, but at least if you can go back to the Taiwei Mansion, then everything will be much more convenient.

"Let the people in the house remember my good words more on weekdays, and let my father take me back to the house earlier."

The next afternoon, Li Shenlan packed up in the palace and prepared to go to the imperial garden for a banquet. Concubine Xiang saw that there was not much time, so she sent Qin Yun to the side hall to call Li Shenlan.

"Let you dress better, you are so plain in your clothes." Concubine Xiang looked Li Shenlan up and down a little critically, in her impression, Li Shenlan always wore light-colored clothes, and there were almost no gaudy skirts.

Li Shenlan just smiled, obviously not listening to Concubine Xiang's words, "Sister, don't you think I look good?" ”

"I didn't say it, but wouldn't you look better in a more glamorous outfit? If you don't dress up at your age now, is it possible that you are wearing red and green at the age of the Queen Mother? ”

Concubine Xiang laughed first when she said this, and Concubine Xiang dared to say this about the Queen Mother in this palace.

"It's almost time, let's go, it is estimated that the queen mother has already arrived."

was really said by Concubine Xiang, and when the two arrived at the Imperial Garden, there were already several concubines in the garden enjoying the flowers. The queen hid in the gazebo in the garden, sipping tea alone.

"It's noisy."

Listening to groups of concubines chatting and laughing one by one, Li Shenlan only felt that her brain hurt.

Concubine Xiang glanced at Li Shenlan with a slight sneer, "What's the matter, you'll know when you participate in the banquet in the future, you can kill you with a little chatter, just get used to it." ”

The two of them walked out of the pavilion as they spoke, and everyone who came over had to ask the queen to say goodbye before they could go to enjoy the flowers, which was the rule.

"The concubine greets the queen."

"Get up, you two are late, I've drunk two cups of tea in this palace."

Concubine Xiang understood the queen, where would she like to drink tea, and when she looked forward, she saw that the teacup was filled with chilled sour plum soup.

"It's just spring, and you're drinking this! Xiyan withdrew! Change the temperature of the tea! ”

The queen looked at Li Shenlan and smiled a little helplessly, but she still ordered her to send a cup of bitter tea to Concubine Xiang when Xiyan retreated.

"Lan Guiren is still here, you save some face for the palace." The queen looked at Concubine Xiang's angry appearance, and she couldn't cry or laugh.

Li Shenlan also felt funny, but she was more envious of the relationship between the two.

"Lan Guiren won't care about this, but the queen mother will let the concubines see and drink these in the future, and the concubines will get all the ice in this palace to Jinghe Palace!"

"Queen Mother, when the concubine didn't enter the palace yet, I heard that your body was relatively weak, so you should drink less of such a cold thing."

Li Shenlan was also afraid that Concubine Xiang would be angry if she couldn't save face if she was like this again, so she was busy saying a word about her rights.

"Thank you, Noble Lan." The queen mother smiled lightly and nodded to Li Shenlan.

The three of them were talking and laughing, Li Shenlan looked up and saw in the distance that Wang Jun'er was walking towards the imperial garden.

"Niangniang, the concubine saw that Wang Changzai was coming, and the concubine went to pick her up."

"It's okay, you two have always been good, you went over and told Wang Changzai that he didn't have to ask for peace in the palace, and went to the garden to enjoy the flowers."

Li Shenlan thanked the queen and hurriedly went out to greet Wang Jun'er.

"Yu'er! Over here! ”

"My sister came early, but my sister was late."

Li Shenlan smiled, pulled Wang Jun'er and walked inside.

"I also just arrived, and I just chatted with the queen mother in the pavilion for a while, and I came out to greet you when I saw you coming."

Wang Jun'er listened and looked into the pavilion, and when she saw the queen sitting inside, she thought about going inside to ask the queen for peace.

"No need to go, the queen specially exempted you from asking for peace, so that we can enjoy more flowers."

"It's okay, I just came over and saw a row of begonia trees blooming on that side, which is beautiful, let's go and take a look."

Li Shenlan should come down, and Wang Jun'er pulled her to see the flowers. The whole row of begonia trees, pale pink one by one, one by one, connected into pieces. Li Shenlan looked at the flower and remembered the peach tree in the middle of the mountain in the countryside, which was beautiful when the red glow was full of sky in the evening.

The two were looking at the flowers, and there was a sudden noise not far away. Li Shenlan looked over there, and it turned out that Hu Chang accidentally bumped into the oncoming Lu Xin when he was walking.

"Hu Chang walks without eyes? Or is it that the emperor has summoned a few more times in the past two days, and he doesn't know how to be respectful and humble? ”

In the past two days, Hu Changzai can be regarded as favored, and Lu Xin was punished for wronging Wang Jun'er last time, not to mention being treated coldly by the emperor. New love meets old love, Lu Xin obviously relies on his high position and does not intend to let go of Hu Changzai.

Hu Changzai knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't plan to continue to entangle with Lu Xin, but Lu Xin kept blocking in front of her, making mocking words and almost making a move.

Li Shenlan knew Hu Changzai, and listened to a few scenes with her before entering the palace, and the two talked speculatively. Thinking that there was a love for listening to the play, Li Shenlan raised her feet and walked up.

"Sister...... Wang Jun'er still wanted to stop Li Shenlan, but Li Shenlan couldn't listen to it at all, and walked straight to Lu Xin.

"Hu Chang is here, today I will teach you how to abide by your duties in this palace. On your knees! Lu Xin's eyes were on fire, obviously wanting to spread all his resentment on Hu Changzai for many days.

"Lu Guiren." Li Shenlan walked up to stop Lu Xin before Hu Chang knelt down.

When Lu Xin saw Li Shenlan coming, he said angrily: "Yo, what kind of wind blew the Lan nobles again?"

There were more and more onlookers around, and Wang Jun'er saw that the situation was not right, so she hurriedly ran to the pavilion to find the queen to call the shots.

"Lu Guiren, you don't have to take an inch, Hu Changzai bumped into you and it was her fault, but in the end, I have already apologized to you, you have no big deal, why don't you spare people and spare people."

"Huh." Lu Xin couldn't help but roll her eyes at Li Shenlan, "What's the matter, you Lan nobles have to take care of it?" Besides, why do I have to inch in, she bumped into me, I punished her, is there any problem with the punishment of high-ranking concubines and palace concubines? ”

Lu Xin said and turned to look at the onlookers around him, obviously wanting to ask the bystanders.

This palace is full of clear-eyed people, one of Li Shenlan and Lu Xin has been favored for many days since they entered the palace, and the other has never even seen the emperor's face until now. All the concubines naturally stood on Lu Xin's side, and if they fell out of favor, they regained their favor, and the palace people were not fools.

Lu Xin saw that the momentum was more inclined to his own here, and he was a little more unscrupulous, and he would scold Hu Changzai when he stepped forward. Where could Li Shenlan let Lu Xin succeed, she blocked Hu Chang in front of her first.

Seeing the wound on Li Shenlan's face that had just disappeared and had a faint mark, Lu Xin almost laughed.

"Lan Guiren, don't be embarrassed, or do you want to have another one on your face?"

"Lu Guiren, even if the palace concubines are punished in this palace, the queen mother and the Xiang concubine are in charge, and it is not your turn to act here as a substitute!"

Lu Xin was a little impatient, did Li Shenlan really think that she didn't dare to do anything to her?

"Get out of the way!"

Li Shenlan was still there, not letting in the slightest.

Lu Xin had lost his temperament, and he raised his hand to slap Li Shenlan in the face.

"Presumptuous!"

Two presumptuous sounds sounded in front of and behind Li Shenlan at the same time, and in front of him was the queen called by Wang Jun'er. But behind him was a male voice, Li Shenlan felt familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was.

"The concubine greets the emperor!"

Before Li Shenlan could think of the owner of the voice, she saw that Lu Xin was in front of her, and all the people around her knelt down behind her.

Emperor?

Li Shenlan was obviously stunned, and slowly turned around to see Yin Chen, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, standing in front of him with an angry face.

"The concubine has seen the emperor." Li Shenlan remembered this and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

For a moment, there was only silence except for the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.

"Lan Guiren and Lu Guiren are in the same position, how dare Lu Guiren make a humiliation!"

Yin Chen's voice was very low, but it made everyone scared, especially Lu Xin and Li Shenlan on the side obviously saw her tremble.

"The Emperor...... Your Majesty, the concubine is not, the concubine is just ......"

Lu Xin wanted to defend herself, but she was so frightened that she didn't know what to say for a while. Li Shenlan was also disturbed by the sudden Yin Chen, and she didn't expect to speak for Hu Changzai. Or Hu Chang was crying and explaining what happened, but now Lu Xin has a three-inch tongue, and he can't quibble.

"Lu Guiren has a lot of power, I don't even know that the harem queen and Concubine Xiang have no real power, and they have to let Lu Guiren take care of the harem for me!"

The queen walked to the emperor's side, obviously not thinking about helping Lu Xin speak, but comforted Li Shenlan.

"Since Lu Guiren wants to be the master so much, he has been reduced to being confined to Huaqing Palace, so you can call the shots in your own palace."

Obviously, Yin Chen was furious, and he didn't give Lu Xin a chance to quibble, nor did he ask the queen what he meant, so he directly punished Lu Xin. It's a pity that until he was dragged away, Lu Xin was still shouting that he was wronged.

"Why is the emperor free to come?" The queen hasn't seen Yin Chen for a while.

"I heard Xiao Dezi say that there is a hundred flowers banquet here, so I thought about coming to see it, but I didn't expect to encounter such a show."

This is a trouble, where is everyone still in the mood to enjoy the flowers, but the queen of this hundred flowers banquet has also been preparing for a long time, and it has just begun. The emperor looked at the empress with a slight apology in his eyes, but in exchange for the empress shaking his head with an extremely gentle smile.

"When I came over, I saw a new play on the stage, why don't the queen lead everyone to listen to the play?"

The queen nodded in response, and ordered someone to carry a soft sedan chair and lead the concubines to the stage. Li Shenlan was about to leave, but was stopped by Yin Chen and motioned for her to accompany her.