Emperor Liu's concubine got Emperor Chu's golden mouth and jade words, and agreed to Sister Ying'er as Xiao Jun's side concubine in the future, so she was satisfied, and she became more and more gentle and petty in serving Emperor Chu.

Concubine Liu Huang chose several other girls as Xiao Jun's side concubines, and begged Emperor Chu to choose one for her to be Xiao Jun's side concubine.

Emperor Chu was so helpless by her that he had no choice but to accept it and chose Feng Yuluo, the second daughter of the Feng family, the general of Longxiang, as Xiao Jun's side concubine.

"The concubine chose five families, and there is only such a girl who was born as a military general, why did Your Majesty choose this one?" Concubine Liu asked suspiciously. "Jun'er came to quarrel with the concubine before, saying that she didn't like the girl of the military general's family."

"During last year's autumn hunt, I met this daughter of General Long Xiang. She has a beautiful appearance, and she has learned to ride and shoot with her father since she was a child, and her riding and archery skills are very good. Emperor Chu laughed. Doesn't Jun'er also like to ride and shoot? Besides, if he dares to come and talk to you again, you let him seek me, and I can give him an explanation. ”

Emperor Chu rested in Yihua Palace last night, and the next morning it was still dark, and Emperor Chu had to get up and change his clothes and go to the morning court.

Emperor Chu saw that Emperor Liu's concubine was still asleep, and she was afraid of waking her up, so she specially instructed the palace maids who changed his clothes to slow down. But who knows, the sound of clothes slapping still alarmed Emperor Liu's concubine.

"Your Majesty is up?" Seeing this, Concubine Liu sat up and said. "The concubine serves His Majesty to wash, right?"

"No need, there are palace people waiting, you can sleep in peace." Emperor Chu raised his thin lips lightly and said with a smile. "You have a good rest, if there are fewer things ahead today, can I come to your palace for dinner tonight?"

Emperor Liu's long black feather-like hair was draped over her shoulders, and she sat on the head of the bed with the quilt and looked at Emperor Chu. Emperor Chu was handsome and handsome when he was young, and now he is also treated very favorably when he is middle-aged, and Emperor Chu is still handsome and upright under the faint candlelight.

"Your Majesty wants to come, how can I not allow it." Concubine Liu turned her head sideways, and a strand of hair slipped quietly from her ear.

"That's good." Emperor Chu, who was well dressed, took a wet handkerchief and wiped his face, walked to the side of the bed and leaned down, stretched out his right hand and gently picked up the strand of hair for Emperor Liu's concubine, and said in a low voice. "I'm gone."

"Your Majesty, go slowly."

After Emperor Chu left, the palace people who were waiting in the palace saw that Emperor Liu's concubine was lying down to rest again, so they hurriedly extinguished the extra candlestick, leaving only one standing in front of the window.

When Emperor Liu woke up again, the sky had already brightened.

Emperor Liu's concubine got up, and the palace people rushed in, serving Emperor Liu's concubine to wash, change clothes, and dress up.

"Has the second princess risen?" When Emperor Liu's concubine saw Suihong entering the palace, she asked casually.

"If you go back to your mother, the princess will wake up early in the morning." Spike Red replied.

"Yo, is the sun coming out of the west today? How could she be so early? "Emperor Liu's concubine knows who Xiao Xuan has always loved to be lazy, as long as there is nothing special that requires her to get up early, she won't sleep until three o'clock in the morning before she gets up." What about her? ”

"After the second princess got up and had breakfast, she took Dan Tang and Lulin out with them, saying that she had made an appointment to visit the imperial garden."

"Who did she date?"

"It is said that the cousin girl of the Liu family who entered the palace to be selected." Suihong said with a smile. The princess said that the people in the palace are always high-minded, lest the cousin will be wronged in the palace. Therefore, since the cousin girl entered the palace to be elected, the second princess would always go to Mingguang Palace to talk to her cousin from time to time, and the upper and lower palaces of Mingguang Palace would serve her cousin wholeheartedly and not neglect her cousin. ”

"She's going to think about people." Concubine Liu combed her hair in a bun, motioned to the palace maid to open her makeup box, she chose a tired silk double luan longevity fruit step shake golden hairpin, ordered a flower to decorate the center of her eyebrows, and chose a pair of red jade bead earrings to bring up. "Forget it, no matter what she does, nothing will happen to her in the Hengzhi Imperial Garden."

Concubine Liu Huang thought badly this time, Xiao Xuan got up early in the morning to change her clothes, comb her hair, and go to the imperial garden.

It stands to reason that the weather is quite hot early in the morning, and there are not many people going to the Imperial Garden, so it should be very quiet.

But before Xiao Xuan could get closer, he had already heard the noise and crying from the imperial garden.

When Xiao Xuan followed the voice to find it, he found that a group of people were all around and pointed and didn't know what they were talking about, but they were tightly surrounded, Xiao Xuan was too small to see what was going on, so he looked at the dantang standing beside him.

"The second princess is here." Dan Tang understood, and immediately stepped forward and said loudly a few steps. "Why don't you hurry up and salute the second princess."

Hearing Dantang's voice, the group of people hurriedly turned around. Xiao Xuan saw that these people were all young girls about fourteen, five, or six, although most of them were new faces to Xiao Xuan. But these girls' clothes and jewelry are different from the palace maids of the same age, and they should be more exquisite, Xiao Xuan thought that these girls should be the show girls who can still stay in Mingguang Palace after several rounds of selection.

"The courtiers have seen Her Royal Highness the Second Princess." Although Xiao Xuan didn't recognize them, they all knew who Xiao Xuan was.

The girls immediately saluted, and when they had done so, Xiao Xuan raised her hand and motioned for them to get up, so that she could see a very dense cluster of roses behind them.

A palace maid who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old fell to the ground, and among the two girls who were still standing, one of them was actually Sister Ying, who Xiao Xuan had asked to visit the Imperial Garden today, and the other was a girl with a gorgeous face and a purple shirt, but Xiao Xuan didn't know her.

"Cousin Ying?" Xiao Xuan stepped forward suspiciously.

At this time, many girls who retreated to the side heard Xiao Xuan's call to Sister Ying like this, and their cheeks instantly turned white, and they looked at the purple-shirted girl who was standing proudly with her head held high.

"The courtiers give a gift to the second princess." Sister Ying, who was about to lean over to pull the palace maid on the ground, hurriedly saluted Xiao Xuan.

"Why did this palace maid fall to the ground in a good manner?" Xiao Xuan stepped forward only to find that the palace maid who fell to the ground was injured. "Why is there blood on her arm?"

"Back to the princess, it was the slave who accidentally fell into the rose bush and was injured." The summer shirt was light, and Xiao Xuan could see that half of the little palace maid's body was dripping with blood, and her clothes were torn in several places.

"Are you the palace maid assigned to the show girls by Mingguang Palace?" Xiao Xuan looked at Sister Ying'er, then at the purple-shirted girl standing on the side, and then turned to ask the palace maid. "What's your name? Which show girl was assigned to serve? ”

"Back to Princess Hua, the slave maid was called into the painting, and it was Mama Qian of the Mingguang Palace who assigned me to serve Miss Zhao." The little palace maid raised her head, her face full of tears, and she sobbed and replied.

Sister Ying's surname is Zhao, this little palace maid called the painting, was served by her side when she first moved into the Mingguang Palace.

"You said you accidentally fell into the rose bush yourself." Xiao Xuan looked at Sister Ying'er, who was calm but pale and her hands couldn't stop shaking, and knew that falling into the rose bush was definitely not caused by the accident she said. "I don't look like it, don't you want to tell the truth?"

"Princess, it's true that the slave was careless." Entering the painting, he cried and forced himself to stand up, knelt in front of Xiao Xuan and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Yes, princess. The slave and maid all said that she had accidentally fallen into the rose bush herself. The purple-shirted girl looked at the painting with disgust in her eyes and said. I thought it would be fine, why don't the princess let us go. ”

The kneeling on the ground listened to the girl's words, and trembled with fright, and the wound was so painful that he fell to the ground at once.

"Who are you? Do you know what the Imperial Garden is? Seeing this, Xiao Xuan asked the purple-shirted girl impatiently.

"I am the eldest daughter of the Liguo family, Hu Shishi." The purple-shirted girl named Hu Shishi looked down at Xiao Xuan very proudly and said. "The Imperial Garden is the Royal Garden."

"Oh, so you still know that the Imperial Garden is a royal garden?" Xiao Xuan suddenly became angry, raised his voice and said to Duan Shishi. "You are still not allowed to give orders in the Imperial Garden?!"

Duan Shishi is the concubine selected by the queen for the second prince Xiao Zhen. Xiao Xuan had already known the news a few days earlier, but he hadn't seen this poem yet.

"The princess's words are wrong, and in a few days, the marriage decree of His Majesty and the queen mother should be issued." The family behind Hu Shishi has already taken refuge in the queen and the second prince, and they have regarded the position of the crown prince as easy as a bag to get something, so naturally they will not take the second princess under the knee of Emperor Liu's concubine in their eyes. "When the princess meets, she will have to be polite to me."

Hu Shishi has been spoiled by her family since she was a child, and she already thinks that after marrying the second prince, she is not far from the position of the crown princess. There is no princess in the palace, and the two princesses who will marry out of the palace sooner or later, and after the death of Emperor Chu in the future, no matter how much dignity and face they have given to His Royal Highness the Second Prince. Thinking like this, Hu Shishi didn't have too many scruples when she spoke to Xiao Xuan.

"Okay, then I'll be polite to you in the future. It's just that today's marriage decree of the father and the queen mother has not yet been issued, and you are just a courtier, so I don't have to be too polite to you. Xiao Xuan rarely saw such a stupid and arrogant person, so he couldn't help but say coldly. Come on, the princess of Liguo is very disrespectful to the princess, give me a palm! ”

As soon as Xiao Xuan's words fell, Hu Shishi raised her eyebrows and was about to retort, before she could open her mouth.

A black-clothed figure rushed out from behind Xiao Xuan, and before everyone could see her movements clearly, they only heard a loud slap, and Hu Shishi was beaten and flew out.

At this time, everyone saw clearly that what rushed out from behind Xiao Xuan was a woman in black in a strong suit.