Chapter 20: The Magpie Masthead
On the way back to Houyuan, Xiao Meiren kept silent and followed behind Yao Chuxi. Yao Chuxi was not too happy, holding Luoyu's hand and walking tightly.
Today's story is not about who wins or loses. Xiao Meiren was slapped in the face by two former friends, Yao Chuxi was almost humiliated by He Lin and the others, and the two Jieyu didn't get anything good.
Luo Yu has been thinking, if he met He Lin and the others in the Imperial Garden today, would it be a strategy used by Xiao Meiren?
But after thinking about it, Xiao Meiren's move was completely unnecessary, she was humiliated by the two of them, not to mention it, and it didn't benefit her at all, and the two of them alone probably couldn't move the master, not to mention that if the emperor knew, this matter would be serious.
The sun rose at noon, and the imperial garden was far away from the road of Yunyan Pavilion, although Yao Chuxi walked quickly, he still felt sunny, so he could only take the fan in Luoyu's hand to cover the sun.
That fan was originally brought by the rain to shade the master, but it really came in handy when it didn't come to pass.
After returning to Yunyan Pavilion, Xiao Meiren accompanied Yao Chuxi to stay in the east hall for a while and talked for a while.
"Sister Yao, you relax your heart, I have seen them like that a long time ago, and I am really embarrassed for you, sister."
"That's what my sister said." Yao Chuxi didn't want to pay attention to her very much, but felt very tired.
Xiao Meiren was talking to herself on the side, and it took a while to return to the west hall.
In any case, she couldn't let Yao Chuxi think that she had hurt her.
When the snow and frost came back from the master, he felt that something was wrong, but no one dared to ask in detail.
"Little master, you taste the fruit soup just sent by the dining room, and Manager Yuan specially honors you." Luo Xue said sweetly.
"Got it, put it down." Yao Chuxi replied lightly and turned his head again.
"What's wrong with you, little master?" Falling Snow felt more and more that something was wrong, so she had to ask out loud.
Yao Chuxi didn't make a sound, reached out and picked up the fruit soup bowl, and picked up a piece with a spoon.
Luoyu on the side looked at the master like this, but he still didn't hold back and said, "The little master doesn't need to be like this, according to the slave maid, He Jieyu and Lin Jieyu are not enough at all, the little master only needs to tell the emperor, and the slave believes that the emperor will be the master for the little master." ”
"Nonsense." I can't say whether Yao Chuxi is angry or not, but he just put the bowl back in its place.
In the afternoon, Qiu Shanggong came to summon the attendants, and Yao Chuxi was a little happier.
"What clothes do you want to wear today?" After bathing, Qiu Shanggong asked.
After a day of grievances, Yao Chuxi didn't want to bring this emotion to the emperor, and pointed to the apricot red skirt embroidered with a few white flowers on the very edge, "That's it, look festive." ”
"Yes, talented." Qiu Shanggong answered, and his palace maid took the skirt quickly.
Qiu Shanggong can't come according to his own temperament at this time. After a few years, she should also understand that what she thinks the emperor likes may not be what the emperor really likes, and Yao Cairen thinks it is good every time she dresses up as the emperor, so according to Yao Cairen, if something goes wrong one day, she can't blame her.
"Let's wear that dark blue twig palace costume on the upper body."
Luo Yu knew that the dark blue palace dress, the pattern on it was the most special one among all the master's clothes.
For the first time, the people of Shangyi Prison were so bold, embroidering branches and green shoots to make patterns, but they didn't expect it to be in line with the master's wishes, and they left the palace dress at a glance.
The combination of dark blue and apricot red is quite special, and it is easy to make people feel bright.
In front of the sedan chair in Shangchunluan, Yao Chuxi met Cao Meiren.
Originally, Cao Meiren's grade was higher than Yao Chuxi's, but this time she met by chance, but it was like a mouse meeting a cat. Cao Meiren only said a few polite words, and turned around and entered the Lanyue Pavilion.
Yao Chuxi couldn't help but smile.
At the beginning, when Cao Meiren was favored, she gave her a look, and when she borrowed things and asked for things, she didn't go back, and when she was polite, she knew that she was called Sister Yao, and if she was in a bad mood, she was like a palace maid.
Yao Chuxi doesn't like to be lively, and he doesn't like to go to Lanyue Pavilion, but he can't help Cao Meiren coming all day long! It seems to be saying that you are more beautiful than me, but I am more favored than you.
At that time, if she knew that there would be such a day in the future, where would she dare to give Yao Chuxi a look? Now Yao Chuxi can only be said to be more than her grace at that time, but she has not shown her face, and I don't know what her mood is, whether she will feel blushing.
The spring sedan chair walked slowly, the breeze blew, the curtain floated lightly, Yao Chuxi took advantage of the situation to catch the curtain and watched the night view of the palace.
The rockery next to the palace wall is said to be the tribute of its prince in two years, and by the illumination of the moonlight, it seems to have cast a layer of mystery on the rockery.
Walking further, I saw two magpies stopped at the head of the palace wall, chirping. Magpie masthead, there may be a happy event, Yao Chuxi thought to himself.
After a while, the palace wall was exhausted, and it should be almost to the Taihe Palace.
This section of the road is noticeably brighter, and a lantern is lit every few steps. That's right, where the emperor lives, if he bumps into the emperor because of the lack of light, then Pan Zhenan will definitely be the first to suffer.
The first few times he accompanied him, Yao Chuxi didn't take a closer look at what Gong Dao looked like, but today he took a closer look, and it was quite pleasing to the eye.
The only deficiency is probably the square sky surrounded by the palace wall, right? Otherwise, it wouldn't be said to be 'quite pleasing to the eye'.
After arriving at the Taihe Palace, the two palace maids came over one after the other to support Yao Chuxi, and walked up the steps step by step as before. The plaque reflecting the three characters of Taihe Hall is so big, it is so dazzling in the night sky, and the lanterns lit on the left and right are bigger and brighter than other lanterns.
The emperor has already been sitting on the low couch waiting for her, and today is different from usual, the emperor has already passed the dinner.
Yao Chuxi quietly looked at it after inviting her, most of the dinner was what she usually ate, and the rest were the emperor's favorites.
said that the emperor liked it, but why didn't Yao Chuxi like it?
Like the red plum beads in the center of the square table, Yao Chuxi almost eats it once every three or two days. There is also the braised crucian carp closest to her, and the emperor also likes it very much.
"Today's clothes are very good-looking, it seems that Shangyi Supervisor has done his best." The emperor said.
Where is Shangyi's dedication to the prison, and the clothes are all picked by Yao Chuxi himself, okay? If you don't pick this one, where can you make the emperor boast? I'm afraid I won't be able to wear it in front of the emperor.
In fact, the emperor knows better than anyone else that every time the newcomers come from Qiu Shanggong, all of them are apricot red, and some of them also choose clothes according to the emperor's favorite color.
The emperor can't remember when he said he liked apricot red, so how did Qiu Shanggong decide that he liked apricot red?
She may have misunderstood.
The emperor is also very helpless.
In the afternoon, he went to Lin Jieyu's Juning Palace and looked at Princess Yunyu.
That is, he heard Lin Jieyu 'inadvertently' mention a sentence that Yao Cairen contradicted himself in the Imperial Garden.
He thought he knew Yao Chuxi's character, and after hearing this, he went directly out of Juning Palace.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have passed Yao Chuxi to accompany him today, and he would probably go to see He Jieyu.
I wanted to ask in person, but in the face of her, I couldn't ask. If you understand, why ask?
"What does the emperor always look at the concubines?" Yao Chuxi asked a little dumbfounded.
"Nothing." The emperor quickly grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
Lin Jieyu was just a beauty a few years ago, and the emperor liked her quiet personality, so he promoted her to Jieyu. Later, she gave birth to Princess Yunyu, but she became more and more cautious, which really ruined the emperor's heart in her.
As for He Jieyu, she couldn't have been favored, but the emperor wanted to use her to balance the queen, so he often went to see her, and she thought she was very favored, and she didn't take others seriously anymore, and it was almost time for the queen to clean her up.
Who would have thought that He Jieyu and Lin Jieyu would actually want to humiliate Yao Chuxi? The emperor didn't expect it, he thought that as long as she was in the back garden, there would be no big things, and he thought that as long as she was in the back garden, all she needed to deal with was a small person, where could she remember that there was also a royal garden?
After dinner, the two tossed for a long time, until Pan Zhenan gently urged twice.
Yao Chuxi couldn't remember that this was the first night she lived in the Taihe Palace, but she remembered that every time she returned to the back garden, many people came to Yunyan Pavilion as guests, and there was no shortage of emperors in and out of the words.
may be because there is no early dynasty today, Yao Chuxi was lying in the emperor's arms when he woke up.
And the emperor seemed to have been awake for a long time, looking at her with his eyes open.
"Can you wake up? Let's go to sleep. ”
Yao Chuxi shook his head gently like a kitten, "No, the concubine is asleep." ”
"Then get up and have breakfast."
Several palace maids helped Yao Chuxi up, and after changing her clothes, they began to dress her up.
The jewelry is still the one she brought last night, but the palace maid of Taihe Hall gave her a flying fairy sideburns, and it was the first time she combed this kind of hair, but she left Yao Chuximei stunned for a while.
was in a daze, and the emperor's face was reflected in the bronze mirror.
"It's beautiful to comb your hair."
Yao Chuxi hurriedly got up and saluted gently, and the emperor helped her up.
"Look at these, do you like it?" The emperor asked.
Pan Zhen'an on the side waved his hand, and Duan Kui walked in with a few little eunuchs carrying a square plate, each of which had a few pieces of jewelry, which were dazzling by the light.
Yao Chuxi was a little shocked and speechless, but the emperor next to him looked at her and smiled, "Not all of them are rewarded for you, you can just pick a few of the ones you like." ”
Hearing this, Yao Chuxi was also half relieved.
The jewelry in Duan Kui's square plate was too gorgeous, Yao Chuxi only glanced at it, and then never looked at it again, and then looked at the eunuch behind him.
The square plate in the little eunuch's hand was larger than Duan Kui's, and the jewelry seemed to be a set, some of which were blue and purple, and there were six beaded hairpin earrings and bracelets.
The emperor saw that Yao Chuxi liked this set more, so he made the decision to stay.
Further back, there is another set of butterfly jewelry. The most conspicuous is a golden-red butterfly bead hairpin, with a few tassels of different lengths hanging down here and there. The second is a butterfly bead hairpin, which is much more plain than the previous one. There are also a pair of butterfly earrings, as if two butterflies have come to life.