Chapter 22: Selfishness

The news that Su Qin is pregnant has made many people unable to sleep.

Among them is also Nie Hongzhao.

Of course, she wasn't worried about competing for favor or whether she would have an heir in the future.

Those were too far away from her, and she didn't need to worry about it for the time being.

Just in front of you.

What she was worried about was whether the empress would form an alliance with Su Qin.

Su Qin's father, Su Tianrong, is Ye Wuxian's deputy general, he is brave and good at fighting, and he is good at battlefield strategy, and he is Ye Wuxian's right-hand man.

With this relationship, Su Qin and Nie Hongzhao of the Empress Alliance were not surprised.

What was surprising was that Su Qin was pregnant with an heir so early.

The queen has no children under her knees, and Su Qin's position is low, even if she gives birth to a prince, she can only be promoted to the title one by one.

The harem stipulates that only concubines above the third rank can raise their own heirs.

The rest of the low-ranking concubines either gave their heirs to the higher-ranking concubines to raise, or kept in the prince's residence in the Chongxu Palace, and visited them once a month on the fifteenth day of the first month to fulfill the mother-child relationship.

If Su Qin gave birth to a prince and raised him under the queen's knees, the queen's position would be even more consolidated.

She can't let the queen get her wish.

Moreover, Ye Wuxian, she knows best, she is just a wine bag and rice bag, just a little clever, if it wasn't for the queen's strong recommendation, I'm afraid that she is still a gentleman who lingers in the land of fireworks all day long.

I'm afraid that behind this great achievement, Su Tianrong has made a lot of efforts.

If you can provoke the relationship between Su Qin and the queen, can you also shake the relationship between Ye Wuxiao and Su Tianrong behind it?

The queen now relies on the general Ye Wuxian the most.

If he is no longer a general, he will lose the marriage of Princess Xiliang.

The queen has no children under her knees, is she far from being deposed?

It's just that I don't know, Murong is reluctant to give up.

Just thinking about it, Fanzhi hurriedly came in, with a smile on her face, and said, "Master, the emperor is here." ”

Recently.

Murong Shu enters the harem very frequently, especially when she comes here, although she still resists in her heart, she still maintains the emotions that a favorite concubine should have on the surface.

Nie Hongzhao raised his eyes and said happily, "Really? Where is the emperor? ”

"It's already in the inner sanctum." It was Murong Shu's voice.

As soon as the words fell, the curtain was opened, and Murong Shu walked in wearing a dark regular robe, and his black pupils were full of smiles.

Fanzhi bowed his head and retreated.

Nie Hongzhao sat on the soft couch and hurriedly got up to greet Murong Shu, but Murong Shu reached out to support her arms, "See me in the future, there is no need to be so polite." ”

Nie Hongzhao lowered his eyes and smiled shyly, sang in a low voice, and sat back on the soft couch.

Murong Shu also sat down, picked up the embroidery frame that Nie Hongzhao had just thrown on the rosewood work, the picture of the mandarin duck playing in the water was only half embroidered, and a mandarin duck was cruising alone on the surface of the lake, with his head down, looking a little lonely.

Murong Shu waved the embroidery frame in his hand at Nie Hongzhao and asked her, "Why is there only one mandarin duck?" ”

Nie Hongzhao picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Murong Shu: "That's because the concubine embroidered her eyes and wanted to embroider later." ”

"Really?" Murong Shu smiled, looked at the fine stitches on the embroidery frame, touched it with his hand, his eyes moved, and said to Nie Hongzhao: "I want a purse for double dragons to play with pearls, I wonder if Hongzhao can you embroider for me?" ”

Nie Hongzhao stretched out his hand to take back the embroidery frame from Murong Shu's hand, picked up the other silver needles on the edge of the embroidery frame, and continued to embroider a few stitches on the mandarin duck diagram, Fang said: "As long as the emperor does not dislike the concubine's rough stitches and stain the emperor's eyes, let alone one, even ten Hongzhao are willing to embroider." ”

Murong Shu smiled after hearing this: "One word is decided, there are ten." ”

When Nie Hongzhao heard this, he was busy screaming badly, saying that he had fallen for the emperor.

Murong Shu gently scraped the bridge of her nose and smiled very dotingly.

Nie Hongzhao was suddenly a little stunned, and suddenly seemed to return to the days when he first married Murong Shu.

At that time, he was still an idle prince, and there were not so many people around him. The two of them are free, riding horses today, hunting tomorrow, and going to the people to eat, drink and have fun in a few days, envying others like ordinary couples.

Later, Queen Ye Wuyan entered the house, although she was a side concubine, but she took away a lot of her favors.

From that time on, Murong Shu went to Ye Wuyan's room the most.

It was also from that time that she saw Murong Shu less and less. Ten days at the beginning, half a month, a month later, half a year.

Later, she was placed under house arrest along with the Queen Mother.

For three long years, she hadn't seen him once.

She thought about it day and night, and finally looked forward to Murong Shu on a rainy night.

At that time, he was already in charge of the world and ruled the country, but the people around him were Ye Wuyan standing.

She remembered that day, Ye Wuyan and Murong Shu stood side by side in the rain.

Ye Wuyan was wearing a vermilion phoenix dress, swaggering to the ground, the neckline and cuffs were embroidered with gold thread and the dark lines of the Danfeng Chaoyang, and the waist was tightened with the same silk, lining her slender waist.

The long ink-like hair is pulled to the top of the head and combed into a startling bun, and the twelve golden hairpins made of pure gold into various phoenix bird postures are respectively hairpinned between the hairpins, and when they walk, they are shining, and it becomes more and more that Ye Wuyan's eyebrows are picturesque, and his eyes are like stars.

Dressed up like this, just to see her.

When she saw Ye Wuyan like this, she was stunned at first, and then realized that she understood.

Murong Shu became the emperor, and Ye Wuyan also became the empress.

What about her, the former princess of Langya?

"What are you thinking? So distracted? ”

Murong Shu's fingers shook in front of Nie Hongzhao's eyes, Nie Hongzhao held Murong Shu's hand, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I'm just thinking about ten purses, what kind of patterns should I embroider ten." ”

Murong Shu didn't know when he had already sat down beside Nie Hongzhao.

His hand held Nie Hongzhao's hand behind his back, his breath was close to hers, and he said softly: "You embroider, I like any pattern." ”

Nie Hongzhao's body trembled a little.

Murong Shu smiled slightly, and reached out to untie the silk silk around Nie Hongzhao's waist.

Nie Hongzhao grabbed Murong Shu's hand, called "Emperor" softly, and glanced at the dark shadow standing vigil outside the window.

Murong Shu leaned close to her ear and said, "It's okay, they can't hear it." ”

Let's talk about it.

Murong Shu kissed Nie Hongzhao's pursed lips.

Between her lips and teeth, Murong Shu's eyes were a little confused, and she felt that the person in front of her was her, and she was back.

It's back to him.

In Murong Shu's dark eyes, Nie Hongzhao's cheeks were blushing because of that deep kiss, she lowered her head, and a strand of broken hair on her sideburns just hung down.

She stretched out her hand, her fingers slender and white, and with a gentle flick, pinned the broken hair behind her ears, revealing her jade-like round and snow-white earlobes.

Her ears were also blushing.

The curvature of Nie Hongzhao's bow was like the mandarin duck swimming in the water, silently speaking.

Murong Shu's throat tightened, and he reached out to touch her earlobe.

There is a hint of warmth in the cold.

The warmth instantly spread from the fingertips to the heart.

There was some light burning in his dark eyes.

He called her with a hoarse throat, "Hongzhao." ”

Nie Hongzhao looked up.

Shyness stained her white jade-like face.

The narrow phoenix eyes were full of charm that wanted to be retired, and the petal-like red lips were slightly pursed.

Everything made Murong Su confused.

Murong Shu couldn't wait to carry Nie Hongzhao to the bed, put down the tent, and in the space of only two people, the room was instantly lit up.

When the night was a little deeper, Murong Shu had already fallen asleep.

He turned over, hugged Nie Hongzhao, who was still not sleepy, and called "Hongzhao".

Whenever Nie Hongzhao heard Murong Shu call her like this, she would always wonder if he was calling her or Ye Hongzhao.

Their names were so similar that she couldn't tell them apart.

And Murong Shu's tone seemed to have never changed.

She used to call herself the same way, with a thousand deep feelings, as if she were his most precious treasure in this world.

So every time Murong Shu called her like this, it always made her happy.

But when she heard him call others the same, she realized how naΓ―ve she was in the past.

It turns out that he is the same for everyone.

It's just that I didn't realize it.

Nie Hongzhao looked at Murong Shu beside the pillow, and a bitter smile curled into the corner of his lips.

It's late at night.

With this indescribable bitterness, she gradually fell asleep.

In the dream, she told herself.

Despite this, she still had to hold on to Murong Shu.

How the queen snatched it from her back then, how she wants to snatch it back from the queen today.

Even.

What's more.