The hall is deep and quiet, and wisps of green smoke rise from the lotus copper crane beak silver smoker, which is so thin that it is invisible. The emperor leaned on the soft couch of the Ming Emperor, closed his eyes, and seemed to be asleep.

The chief steward Gao Shenghai stood aside, and reported to him in a thin voice the gift list for this tribute.

The long list, the emperor can go to his heart, just pick a few important things and listen to them.

After singing, the emperor waited for a moment before opening his eyes, "It's all here?" ”

"Yes, Hooray Lord, it's all here, it's almost the same as in previous years."

The Emperor asked, "Are there no grapes?" ”

"Yes," Gao Shenghai smoothed the list, "There are purple mouths, agate, and beauty fingers." ”

The emperor frowned, "That's all, didn't there be horses in previous years*?" The queen has a bad appetite and has a little love for that. ”

Gao Shenghai took a closer look, "Long live Lord, there is no list on it, the slave asks someone, maybe it is not necessarily missed." ”

The emperor snorted: "The beauties sent will be placed in Chuxiu Palace for the time being, and I will reward them when I have time." ”

Gao Shenghai dared to ask: "Long live the Lord and don't leave it alone?" I heard that the beauty sent by Tubo this time is really beautiful, with deep eye sockets, high nose bridge, and smooth slivers. ”

The emperor waved his hand, "The queen is not in good health, so I won't block her, just put it on hold." You put the tribute in place, according to the practice of previous years, what should be divided will be divided, I am tired, rest for a while. ”

Gao Sheng Haima slipped yes and quietly withdrew.

According to the rank, the good things are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and they are sent to the masters of the harem one by one.

Bai Guifei's identity is respectful, and she only succumbs to the queen, and when she sees someone sending things in, she glances at them casually, her brows immediately furrow, and she asks the little eunuch who sent things, "That's all?" ”

The little eunuch lowered his hand and replied: "Yes, the concubine's mother's are all here." ”

Bai Guifei pulled the boxes, "What about the grapes?" ”

The little eunuch said: "Hui Niangniang, there is a purple mouth, a beauty finger and agate." ”

Bai Guifei snorted lightly, the good thing must be that the queen is going, she is not in good health, even the emperor is more compassionate, and she gave it to Ma * last year, and this year there is not even a shadow. Knowing that Tufan was going to send fresh fruit, he was thinking about the refreshing horse*, but who knew that there was none.

She was pampered in the house when she was a child, and the more she wanted what she couldn't get, but when she got to the palace, she was clamped by the queen everywhere, and the emperor maintained it everywhere, so she couldn't have a seizure, so she had to hold back her resentment in her heart, and she didn't do it on her face at the moment, so she asked someone to reward her money and sent the little eunuch away.

She was willing to spend money, it was not difficult to get the news, and when the news came back, there were no horses * grapes in the tribute this time, so she felt better.

Ma Liu'er, the little eunuch who passed the news, hesitated for a moment and said: "Master, Niangniang, the slave also found a news, saying that there are four kinds of grapes here, which were originally with horses*, but they were intercepted by the prince of Chu halfway. ”

Bai Guifei's eyes lit up, "Is there such a thing?" ”

"Yes, the slave made some silver taels to find out, and the prince of Chu went out of the city and wanted to take the box of horses*, so it was crossed out on the gift list."

Bai Guifei smiled sympathetically, "Well, this thing is well done, you can't be called a deficit," called Laneige: "Give him the golden melon seeds." ”

Ma Liu'er is a clever person, and immediately kowtows to thank him. The eunuch in the palace is like this, there is no one left alone, he is in Ruifu Palace, he is the person of Bai Guifei, it is an internal matter to share the worries of the master, the concubine is high, and the queen is such a body, who knows what will happen in the future? Holding Bai Guifei's thighs, it will definitely not be wrong.

Bai Guifei thought about it, every time she went to complain, the queen always protected the king of Chu, this time, she had to avoid it, and talked to the emperor alone.

asked someone to prepare iced sour plum soup, and she carried it to the Heart Cultivation Palace, but by chance she saw the emperor coming out of it, she hurriedly stepped forward to ask for peace, "The concubine sees the emperor." ”

"Excuse me," to Bai Guifei, the emperor has always been polite, and helped her up: "Is there something wrong with me in the concubine?" ”

Bai Guifei smiled lightly: "I just received the emperor's reward, and the concubine thought about the courtesy, so I sent the emperor iced sour plum soup, the weather is hot, and drinking that is the best way to relieve the heat." ”

"It's good that the thing is delivered, but it's just a fresh picture."

Bai Guifei asked, "Did the emperor go to the queen's mother?" ”

"Well, the queen is not in good health, I will go and see her."

"The concubine went to ask for peace in the morning, and the mother seemed to be in good spirits, and she laughed with everyone for a few words, and talked about the tribute of Tufan, she said that she didn't care about anything else, just worried about Ma * grapes. Coincidentally, a reward will come down today, and this time the mother should have eaten. ”

The emperor smiled and said: "I'm afraid the queen is going to be disappointed, there are no horses * grapes on this year's gift list." ”

Bai Guifei was taken aback: "No?" It was clearly said that there were four kinds of grapes, and the concubine got three of them, and she thought that the queen had wrapped the horse*. ”

The emperor looked at her with a smile, "Who told you that there are four kinds of concubines?" ”

Bai Guifei's face flushed: "Don't blame the concubine, the emperor didn't blame the concubine, as soon as the tribute team arrived, the concubine sent someone to ask, saying that there were four kinds of grapes, four kinds of honeydew melons, four kinds of dates, and four kinds of apricots. ”

The emperor also felt strange, gifts are generally even numbers, this year the grapes alone made a singular number, since there are four kinds, how to enter the palace There are only three left?

Bai Guifei clicked so far, at this moment, she can't easily say the king of Chu, so that her intentions will be revealed.

Farewell to the emperor and take Lanzhi back to Ruifu Palace, Bai Guifei was secretly proud in her heart, the emperor ignored it, but she cared about the queen very much, and snatched away the fresh fruits that the queen liked, Lord Chu, you wait!

Seeing her full of ambition, Lanzhi asked, "Master, did you say that the emperor would investigate?" ”

Bai Guifei pinched a beauty finger and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly, "It should be, the emperor is also a human, Princess Chu poisoned his tiger a few days ago, and just stopped, the king of Chu intercepted the queen's favorite horse halfway*, even if the emperor will not blame the king of Chu, he must have gone to his heart, you told Ma Liu'er to be smart, and if there is news, come to the palace immediately, isn't the prince of Chu capable, and the palace slowly follows him." ”

Lanzhi said with a smile: "Xiangye contributes to the court, the master contributes to the palace, and the prince of Chu is a god, and he has to be dragged down to the ground." The more stable the Xiangye stands, the master's position will be unshakable, and even the emperor will give the master three points of thin noodles. ”

Bai Guifei sneered, "Do you think the emperor is not afraid of King Chu?" Meritorious master, look, the emperor will clean him up sooner or later. ”

Bai Guifei guessed correctly, as soon as she left with her front foot, the emperor's face sank, called Gao Shenghai over, and gave an order in her ear, and then raised her foot and went to Fengming Palace.