Zhong Cui Palace, at night.

At this moment, in the palace of Yanyu, the emperor is drinking tea with Yanyu, playing chess, and chatting.

For Yanyu, two hours have passed since the emperor came to her bedroom, and she has played three games of chess, but she is still in a trance.

It seems that she doesn't really believe that she is really playing chess with the emperor again, but dreaming.

Because two hours ago, she and Phantom Lian went to Chuxiu Palace without danger, and successfully brought Princess Yuanfeng, who was hiding in the cave at the bottom of the garden pool a few days ago, back to Zhongcui Palace.

Originally, if it was just such a dull experience, it would not have made the well-informed Yanyu so restless and in a trance.

The reason for this is because during her time in Chuxiu Palace, Yanyu had inexplicably met the bloodied Qi Concubine Niangniang's experience, which always lingered in her mind.

Especially the illusory Qi Concubine Niangniang's absurd statement that she still claimed to be Qiaohui, which made the more she thought about it afterwards, the more strange Yanyu became.

And she has always had a keen intuition, and she always felt that there was some kind of crisis hidden in it, but she never understood what kind of crisis it was.

In addition, the emperor, who had snubbed her for a year, did not meet her, and today he actually came to Zhongcui Palace to drink tea, play chess and chat with her in person, which is also something that makes Yanyu extremely surprised and incomprehensible.

Because as far as she knows, the emperor has never taken the initiative to go to the harem to drink tea, play chess and chat with any concubine since he ascended the throne.

In the past, at the family banquet held routinely in the harem, the emperor did not meet and after dining with the concubines, he would drink tea and chat casually, but usually he left the table in advance after half an hour at most, and returned to the Palace of Nourishing Heart to review and fold.

Even if the Qi Concubine Niangniang, who is good at remixing incense powder, once made Jun Buyu lose her mind and be infatuated because of the peculiar fragrance on her body, and also took the initiative to invite Qi Concubine Niangniang to sit next to her to drink and chat, it was only limited to the occasional family banquet.

I have never gone to Concubine Qi's bedroom for a few hours because of this, so the abnormal behavior that the emperor did not encounter today is also a thing that Yanyu has always been figuring out.

She didn't know why Jun Bu met the end for breaking the convention and coming to Zhong Cui Palace to accompany her.

I played chess pieces with her for more than two hours with such great interest.

It was the two things that the illusory Qi Concubine Niangniang claimed to be Qiaohui before, and Jun Buyu took the initiative to come to play chess and chat with her, which constantly tormented her back and forth in Yanyu's mind.

So much so that she looked so dazed, and even felt like she was dreaming.

However, the thoughtful Yanyu can still feel that the emperor's move not to meet tonight is definitely purposeful, not a whim.

Although Yanyu hadn't guessed the true purpose of the emperor's mismatch, with her intuition, she felt that it should be beneficial to herself.

As for Jun Buyu, who was opposite her, in these two hours, she didn't seem to mind Yanyu's somewhat absent-minded behavior at the moment, and she still looked like she was really enjoying being with Yanyu, and accompanied Yanyu with interest.

And whenever he saw Yanyu forgetting to play chess because he was distracted, he didn't urge her, but stared at Yanyu affectionately, secretly looking Yanyu up and down, as if he was appreciating his favorite treasure.

Moreover, every once in a while, Jun Buyu will quietly glance at the wrist of his left hand.

On his left wrist, there is a very vague red pattern, but this pattern is very strange, and every quarter of an hour or so, it becomes slightly clearer and more complete.

Every time Jun Buyu quietly rolled up his sleeves and checked the pattern on his wrist, he would pretend to be inadvertent, so as not to be seen by the smoke and rain on the opposite side.

And as time goes on, the pattern is getting bigger and clearer.

However, Jun Buyu doesn't seem to want this pattern to become clearer so quickly.

Because every time he saw the pattern on his wrist becoming clearer and clearer, his face would inadvertently show a trace of reluctance, as if he would lose something once that pattern became completely clear.

And if Yanyu sees this pattern, he will definitely be surprised.

Because this increasingly clear pattern is actually the magical little seagull that Yanyu has ever seen......

Outside the gate of the dormitory, Luo Xi and Phantom Lian stood on both sides of the gate, and they also fell into deep thought.

It's just that after two hours, they also feel a little tired.

Therefore, when I stood up, I couldn't help but yawn, and I was obviously sleepy.

For Phantom Lian, although she is really tired at the moment, she is still willing to accompany Yanyu more, even if she accompanies Yanyu more, she can bear it even if she accompanies it until dawn, and even feels happy for Yanyu in her heart.

Because she knows very well that the neglect she has suffered in the past year should also be compensated for in this way, even if the emperor does not come to accompany Yanyu every night in the future, it is not too much.

Moreover, Phantom Lotus can see that Yanyu misses Jun Buyu all the time every day, and every bit of persistence and effort she makes should be paid for the day when she will never be with Jun Buyu.

As for Princess Yuanfeng, who she hid in the lantern before, after returning to the palace, she had already hidden Princess Yuanfeng in a cave at the bottom of the garden pool in Zhongcui Palace, taking advantage of Luoxi's inattention.

The reason why it is hidden in the cave at the bottom of the pool is that it is impossible for the new palace maids and eunuchs to go down to the bottom of the pool to clean up in the future.

Second, it is also convenient for Yanyu and Phantom Lotus to visit Princess Yuanfeng at the bottom of the pool in the future, even if Princess Yuanfeng wakes up one day, how the three of them chat under the water, the palace maids and eunuchs outside can't hear it.

And she knew that Yanyu would definitely worry about whether Princess Yuanfeng had settled down and whether she would be discovered, otherwise she would not be able to play chess with the emperor with peace of mind.

So when she served tea and snacks to Emperor Jun Buyu and Yanyu before, Phantom Lotus had already secretly reported to Yanyu about Princess Yuanfeng through secret codes that only she and Yanyu could understand.

As for Luoxi, although she also loves the emperor deeply, she is not unhappy because the emperor is accompanying Yanyu at the moment.

On the contrary, she was sincerely happy for the emperor's death.

I am even more relieved that the emperor finally found a favorite concubine in the harem.

Luo Xi believes that from now on, the emperor will never live alone day after day, year after year, in the Palace of Nourishing Heart, always thinking hesitantly and sadly living every day.

Always hide in his heart no matter what is on his mind, the pain that has nowhere to tell, Luo Xi sees it in his eyes and hurts in his heart.

And since the emperor canonized Yanyu nobles a few days ago and specially gave her the title "Lotus", Luo Xi understands that all these darkest days have finally passed.

However, in addition to not being happy for the emperor, Luo Xi also had a bad premonition, that is, the originally peaceful harem was about to set off a bloody storm.

She could imagine that the concubines of other palaces would be jealous once they learned that the emperor would come to Zhongcui Palace in person tonight to accompany Yanyu to drink tea, play chess, and chat for a few hours.

Afterwards, I am afraid that I will try my best to target Yanyu, and even do not rule out secretly doing something to get rid of Yanyu.

Therefore, Luo Xi understands that as the emperor, he has the obligation to share the emperor's worries, and must not let others hurt Yanyu, causing the emperor to be grief-stricken.

Therefore, she also secretly swore in her heart that she would pay close attention to Zhong Cui Palace's every move, and secretly send someone to protect Zhong Cui Palace.

Especially in the current Zhongcui Palace, I am afraid that there are only two people, Yanyu and Phantom Lotus, and there are no other palace maids and eunuchs.

This undoubtedly created an excellent opportunity for those who intended to murder her, that is, before the Zhongcui Palace was not fully staffed, Luo Xi had to send more trusted royal guards to protect it secretly.

And even if palace maids and eunuchs are recruited one after another in the future, Luo Xi can't relax.

Because in case one of the palace maids or eunuchs is bribed by other concubines, Bao Buqi will secretly assassinate her with a black hand against Yanyu.

Therefore, Luoxi also plans to do background checks on the palace maids and eunuchs selected by Yanyu in the future, and pay close attention to their every move to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

It's just that Luo Xi also understands that even if he does this, he may not be able to sit back and relax, after all, there are many people in the huge harem, the relationship is complicated, and there are many variables.

It is by no means that she alone can help Yanyu resolve various crises, but also Yanyu needs to constantly work hard to improve her self-protection ability, and know how to make good use of others, and gradually cultivate a group of palace maids and eunuchs who sincerely protect the lord.

And this is not something that Luoxi, an outsider, can help, and he has to rely on Yanyu's own personality charm.

"Squeak ......"

With a crisp sound of opening the door, the door of the Yanyu Dormitory was opened by Yanyu, and the emperor walked out.

Luo Xi and Phantom Lian, who were just outside the door, were awakened and pondered by the suddenly opened door, and when they saw Jun Buyu coming out, they also hurriedly turned around respectfully and saluted: "See the emperor." ”

"Well, it's all excused. Luoxi, return to the palace of nourishing the heart. ”

The emperor stretched out a little tiredly, and after saying casually, he strode towards the door.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Luo Xi agreed, he got up and walked out with the emperor.

"Congratulations to the emperor."

When Yanyu and Phantom Lotus watched the emperor not go away, they bowed respectfully and shouted.

Subsequently, Phantom Lotus also walked towards the door, and after seeing off the emperor and Luoxi, Phantom Lotus casually locked the door, turned around and hurriedly ran back.

"Noble Lian, Phantom Lotus is waiting for you to change your clothes and rest, right?"

When she came to Yanyu, Phantom Lian glanced at Yanyu with a tired face and hurriedly asked.

"Good! I'm still really sleepy. Let's go, let's sleep together. The emperor said just now that before our Zhongcui Palace has recruited eunuchs and palace maids on duty, there will be royal guards guarding outside. So you don't have to stay overnight, and you can rest early. ”

Yanyu yawned, rubbed his eyes and replied.

"Yay! I can finally sleep. Hee-hee. ”

When Phantom Lotus heard Yanyu say this, she also shouted excitedly.

After that, they went into the dormitory and went to sleep......