At the beginning of August 977, it had been more than twenty days since I entered the palace, which was longer than any time before.

Zhao Guangyi still has no intention of letting me out of the palace, and he goes to my room to eat with me every day at dawn.

It's the same today, he said that he sent two more beauties to the Longxi County Mansion, and Li Yu still didn't refuse and let people arrange a place to live.

"Does the emperor remember how many beauties he sent to the courtier's house?"

"Of course I can't remember that."

"Then why does the emperor remember his courtiers? The beauty is twilight, and now the courtier's age, even if there is a little beauty left, she is still no match for the woman."

"You still don't understand."

"Courtiers are stupid."

originally thought that Zhao Guangyi would leave in a rage as before, but who knew that he just smiled and continued to put vegetables in his bowl, and the food was extremely fragrant.

Now that I think about it, it seems that since my suicide attempt last time, Zhao Guangyi's temper has improved a lot. No matter what I said or did, he laughed it off, and there was no such thing as a fury and left.

Even the attitude of the palace people towards me has changed 180 degrees, probably after a long time, everyone in the harem has accepted my existence, and they can no longer hear rumors flying in the sky. I just heard Gonggong Li beside the emperor say that the ministers headed by the queen's father in the previous dynasty still kept holding me down.

"It's good, the longer I hold it, the better my chances of getting out of the palace."

"What did Madame say?"

"No, it's nothing......" I quickly snorted.

Gonggong Li is the apprentice of the eunuch in charge of Zhao Guangyi's side, if nothing else, he can become the next eunuch in charge after his master dies and continues the life of a celebrity in this palace, which can be described as an infinite future.

"So!" Every time I finished telling my story, Grandpa Li would leave me such a sentence at the end.

"So what!" I also reply to these five words every time, in fact, I can recite the next words of Gonggong Li upside down, but the days are boring, and I can only take the trouble to repeat this more boring dialogue.

"So from this, it can be seen that the emperor has intentions for his wife! Think about it, I am a future chief steward, and I serve by your side all day long, but there is no treatment for even the queen in this palace! ”

"I guess the queen doesn't like you."

"You, you, you......" Gonggong Li was so angry with me that he couldn't speak. I really don't know how the emperor would fall in love with such an impolite woman as you. ”

"Yes! I beg my father-in-law to help me persuade the emperor, but don't fall in love with a woman like me! ”

"It's just ......" Gonggong Li couldn't find the words to scold me for a while, and he couldn't leave me and go directly, so he could only sulk at the foot of the wall on the side, it is estimated that even the queen in this palace has never spoken to him like this, after all, the emperor is waiting for him.

I ignored him, and still took care of myself in the pavilion to eat melon seeds and play chess, anyway, I have to come to this kind of quarrel three or five times a day, and the appearance of Gonggong Li is simply the only color in my boring life.

Suddenly, I missed that guy Li Xiaoxiao, and I didn't know what delicious food he would prepare for me when I went back this time.

"Grandpa Li, how old are you this year!" In the past, I ignored him directly, but today, maybe I thought of Xiaoxiao, and I took the initiative to hand the willow branch to Gonggong Li, who was sulking on the side, to ask for peace.

"Why are you suddenly interested in my age?"

"It's nothing, I just think that Father-in-law Li can climb to his current position at a young age, and I admire Father-in-law in my heart."

"Well, I know Madame well now, do you have something you want me to help with?"

I rolled my eyes in my heart, sure enough, it was an old slippery head in the palace, and three sentences were inseparable from calculation.

"Given a minute to think about it, do you continue to be angry over there? Come and chat with me, I heard that the emperor is coming to my side for dinner tonight. ”

I decided to move out of Zhao Guangyi.

"Madame laughed, Madame wants to nag, and the minions are naturally the first to bear the brunt!" Hearing the word emperor, Gonggong Li immediately changed his smiling face and walked over.

"Come on, that's how the word is used? Mrs. Ben also knows Gonggong Li very well......"

"Haha, Madame is joking."

"Let's knock some melon seeds together?"

"Knock Knock ......"

So, the two who had just quarreled would be unusually harmonious in the yard snorting melon seeds, and from time to time they would compete to see whose melon seed shell was thrown farther.

In fact, after getting along for a long time, I gradually got to know more about Gonggong Li, although he seems to treat me in general every day, but in fact he is the only person in this palace who will feel sorry for me. Several times I saw him secretly telling people to be happier in front of me, afraid that I would arouse unhappy emotions because of other people's looks.

On the morning of the second day of the eighth lunar month, Zhao Guangyi had just finished breakfast and left at my side, when Concubine Li De suddenly sent someone to invite me over to talk about it, and this was the first concubine to take the initiative to come to me besides the queen.

"Go?" I looked up at Gonggong Li next to me, although I have been in this palace for a long time, but the concubines of the palace are not familiar with it, Zhao Guangyi never let idle people disturb me.

"Don't go, Madame has the emperor's dictation, so you don't have to deal with the ladies of the palace." Sure enough, it is a person who has been with the emperor for a long time, and he is domineering when he speaks.

Without waiting for me to say, Gonggong Li asked people to refuse, and found a reason for me to be unwell.

"Father-in-law Li, what does this Concubine Li De look like, is she favored?"

"It should be regarded as favored, in terms of power, this harem belongs to Concubine Li De in addition to the queen, her father is a famous general in the dynasty, and he once fought in the north and south with Taizu, so he can be regarded as a veteran of the opening dynasty. In terms of the power of the maternal family, it is no worse than the queen, but the queen married early, and she has followed the emperor since she was a teenager, and all talents have today's status......"

"What else?" I quickly grabbed another handful of melon seeds. "You tell me who the emperor prefers."

Anyway, this melon seed is really good, Zhao Guangyi heard that I love to eat melon seeds, so he specially asked the dining room to choose the best ingredients for me, and supply them in unlimited quantities every day.

"You really should listen to books, I just told you some old things in the palace and reminded you."

"Then I shouldn't really listen to books......" Before I finished speaking, I saw Gonggong Li staring at me with a resentful face, which scared me and quickly changed my words. No, no, no, I really thank my father-in-law for mentioning it. ”

Gonggong Li shook his head helplessly, and the expression on his face was very similar to Li Xiaoxiao.

"Although the emperor favors his wife, you are nameless and pointless after all, and in this deep palace, you still want a position after all."

"Gonggong Li is afraid that he is confused, if you talk about position, I am the lady of the Longxi County Mansion!"

"It's the minion who said the wrong thing."

Gonggong Li withdrew, and I continued to play with the melon seeds in my hand, and suddenly felt that it didn't seem to be fragrant.

No matter what Zhao Guangyi's purpose is, it is not in line with the way of a monarch for him to force me to stay in the palace now, even if he can withstand the pressure for a while now, after a long time, I, Li Yu, and even the entire Longxi County Mansion will be pushed to the front and pay for Zhao Guangyi's various behaviors.

No, I must find a way to convince Zhao Guangyi, even if in the end it is to exchange my life for the entire Longxi County Mansion.

"Niangniang, Concubine Li De is here." While I was pondering, Gonggong Li suddenly came to report.

What is she doing here?