Chapter 7: Women Like Books
Since that night, more than a month has passed, Meng Hongyu has not been to Yongle Palace again, and the most frequent place he goes to is still Liu Wanruo's Siye Academy.
Liu Wanruo's father is the Jialing County Order, just a seven-grade petty official, therefore, Liu Wanruo is not qualified to run for election, but she is both talented, at the age of twelve she has been famous, by Liu's father's close friends, the state prefect highly recommended, was appointed by the emperor into the palace, as soon as he entered the palace, he was named Zhaorong, one of the six courts. Since entering the palace, she has been deeply favored by the emperor.
Perhaps, Ziling should be grateful to Liu Wanruo. It is precisely because of Liu Wanruo that the emperor will forget the existence of other women, and Ziling can stay away from the intrigues and intrigues, and be able to live in a corner leisurely.
The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Ziling had been in the palace for more than three months, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching.
According to the custom of previous years, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the emperor would feast his ministers in the imperial garden, sing and dance, admire the moon with wine, and chant poems to chrysanthemums.
The Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet used to be presided over by the queen, because Meng Hongyu has not yet been established, so the first two years were organized by the concubine of the Yongye Palace and the concubine of the Yongnian Palace in turn, and this year the new concubine of the Yongle Palace was established.
Hearing this news, Zi Ling was not repulsed in his heart. After all, reading, writing, and playing the piano all day long is boring, and it's good to have something to do. Besides, what kind of party has she never seen in the 21st century? Running the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was so easy for her.
There is still half a month to prepare.
Since serving as the "chief director" of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, she has been preparing intensively.
Go to the music workshop to select Gong E and musicians, assign tasks to the eunuchs of the Si Wu Fang, let Yunu go to the Jinxiu Fang to be the "costume supervisor", and appoint Xiao Ru as the "lighting master" to supervise the eunuchs of the Si Lantern Fang to make all kinds of lanterns......
Yongle Palace is busy up and down, and the palace maids and eunuchs are busy, mysterious and mysterious.
Mysterious? Yes, in order to ensure that the day of the performance must be the first performance, and in order to create a little mysterious atmosphere for the party to whet everyone's appetite, Ziling has already issued a gag order, requiring all "staff" to keep it secret, and not to disclose the party-related matters to the public, and the workshop is also a secret rehearsal. Even, Ziling also specially applied to the Royal Forest Army for the guards to strengthen patrols.
The marketing methods of the 21st century have been used handily by Xiao Ziling and have achieved great results. It is said that the palace is full of imagination about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet hosted by Xiao Guifei.
Of course, there are also people who take the opportunity to set fires -
In Yongye Palace, in the bedroom, the candlelight is flickering, and the spring color is sultry.
Liu Ruxin snuggled in Meng Hongyu's arms pitifully, exhaling like an orchid and soft as a boneless.
She put her arms around Meng Hongyu's neck and said angrily: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Yongle Palace is very lively. Those eunuchs and palace maids didn't know what they were busy with all day. ”
"This year's Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is hosted by Concubine Xiao, and of course Yongle Palace is busy."
"But the concubines heard that those palace maids and eunuchs were all mysterious, and no one said what Xiao Guifei was doing. And it is said that there are still mouthy palace maids who have been confined by Concubine Xiao. Gently stroking his neck, she continued to fan the flames:
"Your Majesty, think about it, preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is not an ulterior matter, why is Concubine Xiao so mysterious? The concubine was afraid that she would do something unfavorable to the emperor. It is said that Xiao Guifei trains in the music square every day, and also lets the guards guard outside, and no one is allowed to approach. The Emperor ......"
"Concubine Ai is too worried, since I let Concubine Xiao Guifei preside, I will rest assured that she will do it, and Concubine Shu doesn't have to worry about me!"
"Your Majesty, concubine, this is also for your sake......" Her emperor was already angry, but this stupid woman couldn't hear it!
"Concubine Ai go to bed first, I still have things to do, I won't live in Yongye Palace tonight!"
Only then did Liu Ruxin know that Meng Hongyu was angry, and she didn't dare to say more, so she hurriedly "sent the emperor" respectfully.
Meng Hongyu is not a stupid man, how could he not see Concubine De's little tricks?
He has always hated the concubines fighting openly and secretly! The right thing for his women to do is to obey him, to serve him, to please him, and to carry on his lineage. In addition to heavy state affairs, if you can't get a moment of peace in the harem, but you have to watch a group of women intrigue and calculate each other, then what value do these women have?
He thought that Concubine Shu was angry with him because of this.
Moreover, her words, to his ears, were not only calculating Xiao Ziling, but also accusing him of Meng Hongyu not knowing how to do a good job and handing over such an important Mid-Autumn Festival dinner to Xiao Ziling.
Walking out of Yongye Palace, he went straight to Yongle Palace with unquenched anger.
Because of Concubine Shu's words, he was more wary in his heart. In the past three months, seeing her can be regarded as keeping to himself, he has long since stopped letting Lu Yao stare at her, besides, he and Lu Yao have more important things to do.
Was it because he let his guard down that she took the opportunity to make waves?
He wanted to ask her face to face to see what she was doing behind her back.
In Yongle Palace, Zi Ling had already fallen asleep, the lights were turned off in the bedroom, only the moonlight like water flowed in from the window, white as snow, and the chirping insects made the night even quieter.
He softly ordered the maid to light the lamp at the head of the bed. Under the light, her child-like quiet sleeping face, and the smile on the corner of her mouth, made him look angry.
How could she sleep so soundly? Because of her, he was angry, how could she sleep so contentedly without caring about herself!
Suddenly, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of bed.
She woke up, rubbed her sleepy face, and when she saw that it was him, she hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, when did you come?" ”
He angrily asked her, "What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?" Do you really want to rebel? What is so mysterious? ”
Zi Ling struggled to shake off his hand, rubbing his painful wrist, ignoring his inexplicable anger.
It turned out that he came to visit in the middle of the night for this matter.
She met his angry eyes without fear, and said coldly, "What did Zi Ling do to make the emperor angry?" Are you afraid that my woman will rebel? If I really rebel, isn't it in line with the emperor's wishes? I seem to be shameless, why I was able to enter the palace, the emperor knows it in your heart. ”
Hasn't he been waiting for her to make trouble? He married her into the palace, didn't he just wait for her to make trouble for her father, and then rectify the Xiao family?
Meng Hongyu thought, it turned out that she knew! This clever woman, she knows everything! She knew that he married her to better control the Xiao family, and knew that she was just a bargaining chip in his hands.
Therefore, she is low-key and forbearant and does not compete with others for favor. So, surely she wants him to forget about her existence? Seeing her fearless eyes and a slightly mocking smile at the corners of her eyes, he suddenly became furious.
He pushed her down hard, pressed against her, kissed her cheek, and roughly tore her pajamas......
He waited for her to resist, and then put her in the cold palace on the grounds of "refusing to sleep".
However, she did not resist, just lay quietly, let him kiss and ravage. He stopped his rough hand wandering over her and looked up at her.
She was laughing. He actually saw a smile in her eyes?!
Suppressing his anger, he asked her in a chilling voice, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Ziling was just thinking, why didn't the emperor extinguish the palace lamp at the head of the bed? In this way, you will not be able to see Zi Ling's face. In the face of a woman like Zi Ling, who seems to be saltless, won't the emperor lose his appetite? ”
He sat up and looked at the small smile on her lips.
What kind of person is she? Although she looks ordinary, she has never seen her inferior, but knows how to use her ordinary appearance to protect herself. pretended to be ugly to scare away other concubines, but now he rebelled against him in such an "unexpected" way.
In her opinion, "ugly" is not a sharp sword with a cone, but the best armor.
How many women can not feel inferior to their "ugliness", but can joke about their "ugly face" so lightly, and mock him by the way?
What kind of woman is she?
The next day, after listening to the eunuch of Yongle Palace, he was relieved. He decided to let her toss with confidence to see what kind of unprecedented Mid-Autumn Festival night banquet she could toss.
Standing in front of the window, listening to the staccato music wafting from the music room, the tune was not like the music he had heard, but it was really good.
He remembered that night.
That night, in her smiling eyes, he suddenly lost his anger and turned to leave Yongle Palace.
Slowly pacing back to the dormitory like an ordinary man, he was determined not to bother with what kind of woman she was.
If she is an engaging book, then he is willing to take some time to read it slowly, and one day, he will know what kind of woman she is!