19. Monthly letter
The concubines over there hurriedly thanked them and began to chat, I don't know which concubine mentioned that the queen's apse is a good place for boating and cooling, and all of a sudden a few concubines opened the chatterbox.
Concubine Mei secretly glanced at the queen and said, "If the queen's harem is a good place, it is natural, but it is a pity that our sisters were boating back then, but they gave Lan Guifei's life in vain, and now it has been three years." ”
A look of displeasure flashed on the queen's face, and she said coldly, "On this good day, why did you mention that incident, do you still want the matter of the Yaohua Palace to happen again here in the palace?" ”
As soon as the queen said this, everyone immediately remembered the ghost time in Yaohua Palace, and hurriedly silenced, not daring to mention the matter of Concubine Lan again, but Xia Li secretly remembered it in her heart, glanced at the queen, and said, "Queen Mother, I don't know if the concubines can go boating in the apse this summer?" ”
The queen smiled slightly, "This is natural, the apse of the palace is connected to the seaside, and it is very cool to sail in summer, but I still hope that your sisters will be careful when the time comes, so as not to cause trouble again." ”
"Concubines remember." The concubines hurriedly said.
Seeing that the queen gradually had a tired color, all the concubines also said goodbye, and went back to the palace, Xia Li and Wan Concubine all the way, the two talked and laughed, and came to the koi pond, Xia Li suddenly remembered the chance encounter with Wei Wuxian here last night, and her cheeks suddenly flushed.
The concubine on the side was teasing the koi, but seeing Xia Li's shy face here, she couldn't help but quip, "Concubine Shu is thinking about the emperor?" Look at this face of the little daughter shy. ”
"Sister Wan Concubine is teasing her sister, and my sister is just a little excited when she thinks of boating." Xia Li entered the palace as early as Concubine Wan, although her position was above her, she still deliberately called her sister, and this method seemed to be very useful, and Concubine Wan over there smiled.
"Sister Shufei wants to go boating? Sister, as soon as I thought of Lan Guifei back then, I was scared in a panic, this boating, sister, I still don't go. Concubine Wan sighed with a look of regret.
Xia Li saw that Concubine Wan took the initiative to mention Concubine Lan, and hurriedly continued to ask, "Concubine Lan?" It's a pity that my sister didn't enter the palace as early as my sister, and there are some things I don't know. ”
"This Lan nobleman was brought back by the emperor when he went to Jiangnan to play, he can sing and dance well, and he has a gentle temperament, which is also a good one." When Concubine Wan said this, her tone was full of regret.
"However, everyone in the palace said that she..."Xia Li deliberately said half of her words, waiting for Concubine Wan to continue.
Concubine Wan seemed to have found a confidant, so she began to tell the story of the year, "It didn't take long for Lan Guifei to be pregnant with Liujia, it happened to be this hot season, the emperor took a few of our sisters to the palace to escape the summer, and the queen proposed to go boating, who knows, Lan Guifei fell into the water for no reason at the stern of the boat." ”
"It's a pity." Xia Li's hands couldn't help but clench, a miserable white color flashed on her pretty face, and she continued, "How can so many guards make Lan Guifei fall into the water for no reason?" ”
"At that time, I don't know how a group of assassins came, and the guards all ran to escort them, where could they take care of Lan Guifei at the stern of the boat, or Concubine Mei didn't care about her life and death, jumped into the sea, and desperately rescued Lan Guifei, but it was too late..."
Xia Li bit her lower lip tightly, and there was a sharp pain in her chest, as if that scene flashed through her mind, as if she was watching her sister die in front of her eyes, enduring her grief, Xia Li said in a sad tone, "It's a pity." ”
"But isn't it, since then, the emperor has been sad every day, and the sisters haven't seen him smile for a long time, and they have sent someone to investigate for a long time, but they have not found results, so this matter is over." Wan Concubine sighed, and while the two were talking, they arrived at Wan Concubine's dormitory and said goodbye to each other.
"Niangniang..."Luo'er saw Xia Li's sad face, and opened her mouth to comfort, "The matter has come to this, it is important for Niangniang to take care of her body, don't hurt yourself." ”
When Xia Li entered the hall, she fell on the soft couch, her pretty face was a little tear-stained, and her tone was choked, "Why is someone so ruthless, even the child in her womb?" Just took the lives of two people? ”
"!" Luo'er glanced around in a panic and said in a deep voice, "Niangniang be careful that the wall has ears." ”
Xia Li put away her grief and indignation at this time, and said in a firm tone, "This palace must find out the real murderer for my sister!" ”
"Mother, take care." Luo'er saw that Xia Li was so sad, and she couldn't help crying.
"Let's find out, which lady is summoned by the emperor tonight?" Xia Li endured the pain in his heart and commanded.
"Yes." Luo'er nodded and walked out.
After a while, Luo'er spread the word that the emperor would come to listen to the rain pavilion in the morning, Xia Li breathed a sigh of relief, these days are the two Zhaoyi favors, Xia Li is afraid that the emperor will have a new love, so he will no longer favor her, then her position in this harem will be precarious, she must find a way to conceive a dragon son as soon as possible, in order to continue to be favored.
A moment after lunch, I could hear the wind blowing outside, Xia Li looked out the window with a smile, this palace is really good, surrounded by the sea on three sides, cool and abnormal, just thinking about it, I saw Feng Moyu walking into the courtyard in a bright yellow dragon robe, Xia Li hurriedly got up and saluted by Luo'er, Feng Moyu helped her up, looked at her with a smile, and said, "I have always felt upset in the past two days, and when I see Li'er at this time, I feel much more comfortable." ”
Xia Li smiled softly and said in a delicate tone, "The emperor is worried about his concubines, this is a great honor for his concubines." ”
"It's just you and me, don't want those cumbersome words, come and sit with me for a while." Feng Moyu took Xia Li's hand and went to the chair in front of the window, staring at Xia Li's beautiful face with gentle eyes, and said for a long time, "I want to have a child with Li'er that belongs to the two of us." ”
"Your Majesty..."Xia Li's face flashed with shyness, biting her lower lip lightly, lowering her eyes and not daring to look at Feng Moyu.
"Li'er has been in the palace for a few months, so there should be good news, right?" Feng Moyu said, glancing at Xia Li's flat lower abdomen, and his tone was ambiguous.
"Where does the concubine know this... Xia Liqiao's face was full of crimson, and her voice became smaller and smaller.
When Feng Moyu saw this, he only felt a throbbing in his heart, and he stretched out his hand and pulled Xia Li into his arms, kissed the cherry red lips deeply, and never left for a long time...
In the evening, Xiao Fanzi came to report, saying that there was an urgent twist and turn, Feng Moyu reluctantly left, Xia Li stood at the door, his eyes followed Feng Moyu away, for a long time, Luo'er stood beside him, and said in a low voice, "Niangniang, your monthly letter this month, but how many days late?" ”