The night in the Forbidden City is always so cold, so cold that you can hear the sound of your own blood flowing and your heartbeat.

Wisps of clear fragrance wafted out of the glazed green jade incense burner, and I sat quietly on the rosewood couch, thinking about the scene that happened in the Taihe Hall just now, and I felt a cold sweat in my heart.

"This year's Chinese New Year's Eve should be the most interesting year ever, Concubine Shu was poisoned and put into the cold palace, Concubine Jian was pregnant at that time, I don't know how many surprises there will be in the future." I sneered, but startled Rumian, who was ironing clothes by the charcoal fire next to me.

Rumian said unhurriedly: "Don't worry about the master, the emperor is most fortunate to be the master now, even the queen is moving closer to the master, we don't have to be afraid." Rumian lowered her head, still busy with her hands.

In the harem of three thousand beauties, countless conspiracies and tricks are staged every day, and in order to compete for favor and power, women who are originally powerless will become more ruthless than men.

Now that Concubine Jian is pregnant, it is even more difficult to deal with her, Concubine Jian is not very old, but her scheming is beyond the reach of her peers, from a palace maid to a concubine, or immediately a concubine, this is definitely not an ordinary small role, she is afraid that someone is going to make a move.

I looked at the hundred fruit pictures on the ceiling, sighed, and said in my heart: "The surface of the harem is as calm as the surface of the lake, but the undercurrent under the lake is about to move.

The green calyx walked in with the newly cut window flowers, and the red paper-cut looked very festive. The green calyx didn't see my worried face, and said happily: "The slave and maid cut some window flowers, and they look very good, and the slave and maid will immediately put them on the windows."

I took one from the hand of the green calyx, the paper was light and thin, I was careful not to break it, cut it was two fat carp churning in the sea, and a few were round lady Fu characters, "It's quite similar, send Xiao Anzi to send a few to Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Xun." "I said to the green calyx.

Picked up a few window flowers, slowly dipped in some batter, and pasted one on the hollow pear blossom wood window, gently smoothing the warped corners around it.

When I was a child, my mother also taught me to cut window flowers, and I have to keep the New Year tonight, I don't plan to go to bed, according to the rules, Yongyan should go to Kunning Palace.

Yongyan came in quietly, Xiao Anzi and Rumian just wanted to ask for An, Yongyan made a gesture, and Xiao Anzi immediately retreated silently.

I turned over and bumped into Yongyan's arms, feeling a burst of warmth. I hugged Yongyan tightly, "Why did the emperor come over?" The emperor should accompany the queen at this time. ”

Yongyan's hot and humid breath fell on my hair, "I really don't want Yu Jue to be alone, don't I want Yu Jue to come here?" ”

I let go of my arm and said, "How come, the concubines are happy, but I'm afraid that the sisters will be unhappy." ”

Yongyan ignored my words, and became interested in the window grille on the table, "Yu Jue will do this, your hands are really skillful, this window grille is quite chic." ”

I smiled and said, "It's all my daughter's favorite stuff, just to pass the time." ”

"Since it is something that my daughter's family will do, it must be a thing that I can learn as soon as I learn, you can teach me." Saying that, Yongyan sat down.

I smiled and asked Rumian to bring scissors and red paper and sit next to Yongyan. I picked up the scissors and began to cut them little by little, Yongyan also cut them according to my appearance, he is very smart, he can remember it once he sees it.

Yongyan suddenly said: "Concubine Jian is pregnant, I can't be happy for some reason, Yu Jue, what do you say is wrong with me?" ”

I carefully cut the other side of the word Fu and said: "The emperor should be the reason for Concubine Shu and the sixth elder brother, but this matter is also unfounded, and it is not necessarily done by Concubine Jian, the emperor should let Concubine Jian raise the fetus with peace of mind." "I will always wear a mask in front of Yongyan, and I will always be open-minded and cautious in my words and deeds.

Yongyan nodded after a while and said: "Concubine Jian is no longer the young and ignorant little girl she was back then, I have loved her for many years, which has led to her current temperament. Yujue, I hope you won't change. ”

I smiled and said nothing, and the green calyx walked in and gave a salute, and said, "The emperor likes the window flowers cut by the slave maid, and the emperor goes to school so fast, basically cut it out." The green calyx said innocently.

I knew in my heart how the green calyx could be so blunt and offensive. Yongyan raised his head and looked at this delicate and petite woman with interest.

I coughed lightly deliberately, as if unintentionally, "Calyx, pour me a cup of tea." "Yes, master." The green calyx glanced at Yongyan and went down.

"Green calyx, the name is good, looking at her reminds me of a good nobleman, and she is also so petite." Yongyan said, I smiled and didn't say anything.

I know that the good nobles were also quite favored in the past few years, and they were also small and exquisite, but in the past few years, there have been more newcomers in the palace and her cowardly personality is inconspicuous.

I said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the green calyx is more clever than other minions, and some offend the emperor for forgiveness, but since Rusu is gone, the people around me are not enough to call, and the concubines have something to ask for."

Yongyan put down the scissors, and the window grille in his hand was basically formed, "Let the Internal Affairs Office pick a few people tomorrow, what do you want?" I promise, you can say it. Yongyan looked at me gently.

"That day, the concubine met two palace maids in Shanglin Yuan, who were very well-behaved and knew the rules very well. The concubine thought it was from the palace, but she didn't expect it to be from the Labor Bureau, and the concubine liked to receive it from her palace very much, hoping that Yongyan would be approved. "I said it coquettishly.

Although Yongyan allowed me to call him "Yongyan", I didn't dare to speak easily. First, it is a companion like a tiger, and Yongyan is moody. Second, it's always bad for others to hear it.

"From the Labor Bureau? It's all the palace maids who have committed crimes...."Yongyan hesitated, I looked at him with gentle eyes that could get out of the water, Yongyan said helplessly and pityingly: "That's it, I promise you that I will do it tomorrow in Oroli." ”

I was very excited, hugged Yongyan and said happily: "Concubine Xie Emperor, then let's put this window grille together." ”

Yongyan took my hand and pasted Yongyan's cut window grille on the window leaning against the table, and suddenly had a New Year's feeling.

Yongyan picked up another window flower he had cut and said, "This, I will take it away as a souvenir, and I will always think of my jade jue when I look at it." ”

At this time, Kunning Palace.

The queen was leisurely embroidering a purse, with blue edges on a blue background, embroidered with a few gorgeous peony flowers, Cai Ping looked at the queen puzzled, and finally couldn't hold back, and said: "Niangniang, the slave doesn't understand, the emperor should come to Niangniang today, but now he went to the noble Jin, why aren't you angry?" ”

The queen was still busy in her hands, "Cai Ping, how long have you been with this palace?" ”

Cai Ping thought for a moment: "Back to Niangniang, it's been five years since I thought about it." ”

The queen didn't raise her head and said, "It's been five years, don't you still understand the mind of this palace?" Haven't you seen enough about the things in the palace? This palace is not a beautiful young concubine who wants to keep the emperor, and what this palace has to do is to keep her own status, as well as the status of the second elder brother, Jin Guiren is the person who can help this palace maintain her status, she is a smart person, she will naturally understand. ”

Cai Ping nodded as if she didn't understand.

At this time, outside the Forbidden City, Lu Fu.

Cong Mian walked out of the house, looked at the few stars in the sky, and thought to himself: "I don't know what she is doing at this time, is she doing well?" ”

Yuli saw Cong Mian standing in the courtyard, picked up a cloak and walked out, retreated, looked at Cong Mian's thin back and felt a little sad, Yuli draped the cloak on Cong Mian's body.

"It's so cold, let's go into the room, Brother Lu." Yuli looked at Cong Mian's cold face, this expression was too familiar to her, he had always had this face from the moment he entered the door.

Cong Mian ignored it, and Yuli said almost pleadingly in her voice: "It's okay to sleep in separate rooms, but you don't even look at me, why do you humiliate me like this?" ”

Cong Mian said coldly: "This is your own choice, when you want to marry me, you should know that this is the consequence, I can't tolerate anyone at all in my heart." "Take off the cloak and return it to Yuli.

Seeing Cong Mian leave without looking back, Yuli threw the cloak on the ground hard, "Why! Why? What am I doing wrong? Why do this to me? Crying and squatting on the ground.

It's already time, Rumian, whose eyes can't stay up anymore, is standing and dozing off, and Yongyan and I are still playing chess, and we are full of interest.

Xiao Anzi outside came in and said, "Your Majesty, master, it's time to go to bed." ”

"So soon, get ready for bed." Yongyan's sunspot fell, just because I lost. He picked me up horizontally, put me on the bed, and looked at me affectionately.

Yongyan's innate majesty made me never get close, I could never fall in love with him, and I could never look at him affectionately.