In a blink of an eye, the beginning of spring has passed, the weather has begun to pick up, the trees in the palace have drawn out new shoots, the begonias on both sides of the palace road have bloomed buds, the gray sky has cracked a hole, the long-lost sunlight has dispersed, shining on the ground, warm but not dazzling, such weather, so that Xia Man is happy, and before Xin'er comes back from the dining room, he went out of the palace.

Along the way, Xia Mandu walked the wide palace road, afraid that he would not be able to get the sun, and the palace people who came and went consciously avoided the side, but the Zhang family was not happy to find it when he saw it.

Xia Man walked by himself, suddenly felt a dark shadow in front of him, looked up, and saw that it was Zhang, so he gently let go, and didn't care that she didn't salute, but Zhou stopped her.

"I heard that Concubine Heng used to be the emperor's maidservant, but now she flies on the branches, why do you feel that you are noble and look down on us." The Zhang family learned about Xia Man in the palace mouth, and he realized that Xia Man was climbing, and Xia Man usually had a low attitude towards the harem concubines and never got close, let alone Zhang, so Zhang was very dissatisfied.

Xia Man knew that Xiao Mo had allowed the Zhang family, so he didn't want to conflict with it, turned around, and said lightly: "Aunt is cautious."

Seeing that Xia Man turned around and left in disregard, Zhang's anger came from it, and one stepped forward and pulled vigorously, Xia Man's shirt was torn open, and a large piece of it drooped down, very embarrassed.

Rao is Xia Man thought of Gu Quan Xiao Mo's face in his heart, and he didn't get angry, but the Zhang family had to inch in, and mocked: "The old body is kind to the emperor, even the queen has to respect me for three points, how can you despise me."

Xia Man tucked away his torn shirt, did not turn around, turned his back to Zhang, and said coldly: "This palace will forgive you this time, if there is a next time, I will not spare it!" After that, he went back to Yanliang Palace.

Zhang still wanted to follow, but he heard someone behind him calling him, and after taking a closer look, it was Feng Ruoqing who came slowly. "The palace has arrived, and my aunt should go to Weiyang Palace to count with the queen."

With this fat difference, how could the Zhang family have any other thoughts, so he hurriedly thanked him and left in a hurry.

"Concubine Heng was so humiliated and endured?" Lan'er helped Feng Ruoqing and felt incredible.

Feng Ruoqing looked at the direction of Xia Man's departure, smiled, and said, "It's just that I want to fulfill the emperor's kindness, but the Zhang family doesn't understand, I'm afraid that this glory and wealth are coming to an end."

Lan'er didn't know what she meant, and she didn't dare to ask more, but just shook her head.

"Let's go."

The master and servant came to the Xuanlin Hall one after the other, but they were told that Xiao Mo had important government affairs to deal with, and he didn't see everyone, so he went back to his dormitory.

After lunch, Xia Man reclined on the rattan chair under the window, closed his eyes and took a nap, but there was always a black shadow dangling in front of him, without thinking, he knew who it was, and said, "Do you have something?"

"What happened to the mother? Why the coat is torn. After Xin'er finished serving the meal, she was about to take the clothes that Xia Man had changed in the inner room to wash, only to find that the clothes were damaged, and she hesitated for a long time before asking.

Xia Man opened his eyes, moved a comfortable lying position, and then said: "A little accident, it's not a big deal, take it quietly and throw it away, don't publicize it."

Xin'er wanted to say something more, but when she saw Xia Man close her eyes again, she said 'yes', and gently withdrew from the dormitory, muttering, "Why have you been so sleepy lately."

Xia Manyi slept until the time of the unitary, opened his eyes, only to find that the sky had turned from bright to dark, stretched his waist, rubbed his eyes, and then called Xin'er and asked, "Is the emperor here today?"

"No, I heard that the emperor went to the Silent Pavilion." Xin'er was a little annoyed, and when she took the example with Lan'er in the afternoon, she only learned about Zhang's humiliation of her master, and now that she heard that the emperor had gone to the Silent Pavilion, she couldn't help but feel a little upset about Xia Man.

"Then there's no need to prepare the emperor's meal, let's eat first." Xia Man's face was faint, and he couldn't see his emotions.

On the second day, Xiao Mo still didn't come to Yanliang Palace, and heard that he went to Weiyang Palace.

On the third day, Xiao Mo still didn't come to Yanliang Palace, but I heard that he still went to Weiyang Palace.

So it was on the fourth day, and so it was on the fifth.

"Niangniang, otherwise, let's boil a bird's nest porridge and send it to the emperor." Xin'er had not seen the emperor set foot in Yanliang Palace for several days since she served Xia Man, and when she saw that Xia Man's face was not good, she asked.

"No need, I've been very tired lately, and I want to take a bath, so you can help me prepare." Although Xia Man was disappointed in his heart, he thought of the time and space he was in, so he suppressed the sourness in his heart.

After taking a bath, Xia Man felt a lot more comfortable, and picked some oranges to eat on the side.

"Niangniang didn't like to eat oranges before, why can't I eat enough recently." Xin'er peeled another orange and put it on a porcelain plate in front of Xia Man.

"Isn't there something like taste that changes at any time?" Xia Man put a petal of orange in his mouth, without the slightest intention of stopping.

When Xin'er peeled the last orange, she found that it was not enough for Xia Man to eat, so she hurriedly went out of the palace gate to find oranges for Xia Man.

Looking at the empty porcelain plate in front of him, Xia Man was a little surprised, when did his appetite become so large, and just thinking about it, he heard a female voice coming from outside the hall, "There are still two maids in the last class, why are you such a shabby concubine, you don't even have a person to serve." ”

Listening to this voice, he knew who it was, Xia Man straightened his clothes, and said with a smile: "Naturally, I can't compare to you, the princess of the prosperous world."

"Xia Man, don't come unharmed." Mu Han Yanjing sat down, poured another glass of water, and drank it.

"You're welcome." Xia Man looked at the outside of the hall, it was empty, and he regretted that he had asked Xiao Mo to withdraw the guards on the grounds of love and quietness, if Mu Hanyan wanted to be unfavorable to him, he really had no way to ask for help.

"Sit down." Mu Hanyan pointed to the soft couch in front of him, and said, "The two of us are about to become concubines, so let's write off the previous things."

Xia Man was noncommittal, and said straight to the point: "What are you looking for me?"

Mu Hanyan took out the portrait, unfolded it in front of Xia Man, and said, "This painting is you."

Xia Man glanced at it, but didn't find anything unusual about this painting, and wondered: "Exactly." I wanted to ask some other questions, but Mu Hanyan grabbed the words and said, "That's good, I found this painting in Xiao Xun's room, do you have any explanation?"

"Take the wrong one, you should ask Xiao Xun." Xia Man reasoned in his heart, it was about the two brothers who were confused when they were painting, after all, Xiao Mo and Xiao Xun often tried to compete in painting skills.

"I asked, he also said that he took it wrong, I just want to verify and verify, look at your demeanor, it is true."

Xia Man glanced at her, if Xiao Xun really empathized and said goodbye, this person must not be herself.

Mu Hanyan got the answer and left, Xia Man only felt absurd, picked up the painting and looked at it carefully, and looked at the inscription on the painting: Yan Liang Wujue is fragrant, his heart is warm, thinking about it, he still has a little weight in Xiao Mo's heart.

Moving his gaze upward, Xia Man's expression suddenly changed, and his body couldn't help but tremble, and this scene happened to be seen by Xin'er, who had just entered the hall.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

"It's fine." Xia Man quickly put away the portrait and said, "Do you know who among the palace people has served the former emperor and concubine."

Xin'er thought for a while and said, "I heard from the aunt in charge that in addition to the one in the Silent Pavilion, there is also an old lady who has committed an accident, and now she is still being detained in the court."

"Well, you peel oranges for me." Xia Man sat down, pressed his eyebrows, and suddenly felt a little nauseous, if it was really as he guessed, all the intimacy between himself and Xiao Mo would be a joke.

Although Xin'er felt Xia Man's abnormality, she only thought that she was dissatisfied with the emperor's anger in the future Yanliang Palace, so she didn't ask deeply.

As soon as the day was dark, Xia Man took advantage of Xin'er's sleep, changed into the clothes of the palace maid, and went all the way to the court, fortunately, the court was claustrophobic, and there were very few palace people coming and going.

"Today's emperor's grace, the palace people who served the former emperor's concubine in the past have one more steamed bun, come and receive it." Xia Mancai opened the food box, and a rickety old woman stepped forward, grabbed the steamed buns, and gnawed them in a big gulp.

After Xia Man finished dividing the food, he went to the old woman's side and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "The court is hard, and you can't eat enough, how many full meals do you want to eat?"

Before the steamed bun in the old woman's mouth could be swallowed, she nodded vigorously and whimpered, "Yes, yes." ”

Xia Man put a few ingots of silver in the sleeve of the old woman's sleeve before saying, "Do you know who the emperor admired when he was young?"

The old woman checked the silver in her sleeve, swallowed the steamed bun, and said, "In the past, there was a big palace maid named Lu Wu next to the imperial concubine, and the emperor liked it very much."

"Yan Liang Wujue after the fragrance ......" Xia Man smiled bitterly, repeatedly read the inscription on the painting, as soon as he raised his hand, the veil lifted a corner, and the old woman was about to exclaim, "Ghost", Xia Man blocked the remaining steamed buns in her mouth, and secretly returned to the palace.

After changing into bedclothes, Xin'er hadn't woken up yet, Xia Man leaned against the window, letting the cool breeze blow across her cheeks at night, drying a few tears.

Sleepless all night, Xia Man had a headache, thinking that it was the wind that blew last night, suffering from wind and cold, after sneezing a few times in a row, the whole body felt more and more heavy, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and lay down on the couch in his clothes, and fell asleep in a daze.