Hai'an saw that Qingcheng looked stunned, and his heart suddenly sank, and said, "The master is tired for a day, so rest early." ”

Qingcheng held the needle and thread in his hand, and fell on his lap, looking straight out of the dim window, and suddenly there was a trace of weak panic. It's that she's confused, she's not in the palace now, and it's not like he'll come as long as she waits.

Qingcheng sat for a while, and Fang said, "I'll go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

Hai'an was anxious and persuaded: "This is not in accordance with the rules, the master drives to the palace alone, it is already the attention of the palace, if you stop the emperor from Xingshu master, I am afraid..."

Qingcheng interrupted, "You go and carry the lantern." ”

Before the words fell, a warm laugh came from outside the curtain, and said, "Where are you going at night?" When she came back to her senses, the emperor was already standing in front of her. He looked at her with a gentle smile on his lips and a smile on his lips. Qingcheng was taken aback and said, "Didn't you turn over Shu Guiren's brand?" After speaking, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't saluted yet, and was about to bend my knees, but the emperor stretched out his hand to support her, led her inside, and said: "Originally, I was going to Xianfu Palace, and I saw that there was still a light in your house on the palace street, and I thought you hadn't slept yet, so I came to take a look." ”

Hai'an and Erqi glanced at each other, bent their knees, and retreated together.

The emperor saw that there were clothes spread out on the kang, the best moon-white satin, and the cuffs and shoulders were carrying dragon patterns, knowing that it was made for himself, his heart was extremely soft, and he smiled: "Just now you asked the palace people to carry lanterns, but where are you going?" ”

Qingcheng said calmly: "I want to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

The emperor sat on the edge of the kang, his face stagnant, and said, "You want to find me?" But what's the matter? ”

Qingcheng said: "It's nothing, it's just that Er Qi said that the emperor is going to Shu Guiren today..."

The emperor said angrily: "The news of the Jingshifang can spread so fast, it seems that it has to be rectified and rectified." ”

Qingcheng was stunned, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's the concubine who lost her honor." The emperor's face was indifferent, he looked at the cloud dragon pattern on the moon white tribute satin for a moment, and said indifferently: "Although I love you, I can't be arrogant and lose my sense of proportion." ”

Qingcheng was like cold water poured on his head, his whole body was cold to the bone, the tip of his nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears.

She replied in a low voice and said, "Yes, the concubine knows that she is wrong." ”

The emperor stood up and said, "I just came to see you." He saw that she was crying, and he regretted that his tone was too heavy, and he wanted to comfort something, but he didn't know how to speak, and finally with the majesty of the emperor, he said: "You have a good rest, I Ming'er will come to see you." ”

Qingcheng still knelt there and said, "Congratulations to the emperor." ”

After a small half a month, the emperor issued an edict to seal Shu nobles as Shu Concubine, because Shu Concubine loves chrysanthemums, the emperor deliberately let the imperial garden cultivate hundreds of chrysanthemums for Shu Concubine to enjoy, and the limelight is no two for a while. Concubine Shu is only sixteen or seventeen years old, she looks Zhouzheng, her mouth is extremely sweet, and the queen mother's legs are not good for those days, and she is accompanied almost every day.

On this day, she went to Shoukang Palace early in the morning as usual to serve, and only when she arrived at the door, but she bumped into the noble concubine, so she blessed herself and said: "The noble concubine is auspicious." ”

Concubine Gao smiled: "But you want to go to Shoukang Palace?" I happened to be going over to talk, so I might as well go along. ”

Concubine Shu wondered in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it, and said with a smile: "It's really good, I just want to have a companion." The two sat on their shoulders together, surrounded by the palace maids, and went to the West Erchang Street to say goodbye.

The summer morning sun is also sunning, and the heat is forcing the whole body, and the red-handled umbrella supported by the honor guard is not half useful. Concubine Gao didn't dare to wear light in front of the Queen Mother, and the wide crimson palace skirt was so stuffy that she couldn't breathe. She glanced at Concubine Shu beside her, and saw that she was wearing a robe made of ice silk, and she didn't even wear "Longhua" around her neck, so she felt a little sour, and said, "You are so untidy, aren't you afraid that the Queen Mother will dislike you?" ”

Shu Concubine smiled: "It was the Queen Mother's permission, I had a prickly heat on my neck, and the Queen Mother said that I would run back and forth in the morning and evening, and I would see each other every day, so I didn't have to be vulgar." ”

The noble concubine said: "The Queen Mother really likes you, I have served for so many years, and I have never heard anything like that, you are really blessed." ”

Concubine Shu was a treasure when she was at home, and after entering the palace, she was deeply favored by the emperor and the queen mother, and she was indeed blessed. ”

The two entered the Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother sat crookedly on the kang and smoked hookah, and the noble concubine shook her hand, and then half-knelt on the pedal to serve. Concubine Shu looked carefully at the side, handing over a cigarette ash handkerchief and other things from time to time.

The emperor went down to the court and came to greet the queen mother, and when he saw that the two were harmonious, the dragon heart was very happy, and said with a smile: "You live in a palace, and you can get along, it's really good." ”

Concubine Gao smiled and said: "Concubine Shu is smart and smart, I just gave her a look, and she knew that it was the Queen Mother who was going to drink water, which really made people like it." ”

The Queen Mother also said: "You are all good children, you know warmth and heat, and you are filial to your family." ”

Concubine Shu pouted and said: "The Queen Mother is the kindest and most kind person I have ever met, and she taught me a lot of principles for living in the world, and I feel more sorry for me than my mother, if I am not filial to the Queen Mother, I really have no conscience." "She was a little coquettish, but because the emperor was there, she became more and more obsessed, like a childish girl, even if she made a mistake, she couldn't be angry.

The Queen Mother smiled at the emperor and said: "Look, the heart of the mourning family has softened, how can you not like it." ”

The emperor saw that the queen mother was happy, and the sacred heart was happy, and said to Shu Concubine: "I will let Wu Shu take you to the treasury to have a look, and if you see something you like, no matter what it is, just pick it up." ”

Shu Concubine looked at the emperor and said, "The emperor will also reward him today, and he will also reward him tomorrow, and I can't pile up the things in my palace." After a pause, he said: "If you really cherish me, go to my place and sit more, which is worth a thousand taels of gold." ”

Most of the women in the palace are quiet and indisputable, Shu Concubine's mouth is unforgiving and powerful, and the emperor is not angry, but feels fresh.

He smiled at the noble concubine and said, "Shu Yao, I see that Concubine Shu is a little similar to when you first entered the mansion. When Concubine Gao heard this, she didn't feel good in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, so she smiled reluctantly.

After the emperor got off, the two retired together, walking on the palace street, the noble concubine said: "My sister's mouth is really clever, coaxing the queen mother and the emperor to be happy, and I also followed the light." ”

Concubine Shu was a little angry when she heard the emperor say that she was like a noble concubine, so she put on a face and said, "No matter how coincidental it is, it can't be a coincidence, sister." "She is so young, and she has just entered the palace, where can she hide something.

Hearing her unkind tone, Concubine Gao sneered: "My sister has newly won the holy favor, and everyone in the palace knows about it, but do you know how many women the emperor has favored in front of you?" It's just that you're not big or small in front of me, if it's someone else, you don't know if you're careful and calculated. ”

Concubine Shu became more and more unhappy, and said angrily: "With the emperor here, I see who dares to calculate." ”

Concubine Gao snorted coldly and said, "I saw that you were in the same house as me, so I kindly reminded you that since you don't want to believe it, I have nothing to say." ”

After listening to her, Concubine Shu was afraid that she was a concubine and had the right to associate the six palaces, so she bit it lightly, laughed, and said, "Sister Gao, don't be angry, I'm still young, I can't figure out a lot of things, you can mention me, I'm happy in my heart." ”

Concubine Gao also said with a smile: "I also like you, so I will tell you sincerely." ”

Back in Xianfu Palace, Gao Shuyao cleaned her hands and face, changed into convenient robes, and asked the palace people to take a few large baskets of ice bricks and put them in the bedroom, resting for a long time, Fang Jue felt cooler. Jin Ling stepped forward with the ice fruit and said softly: "Master, eat some ice grapes to cool off..."

Before the words were finished, Gao Shuyao reached out and knocked over the plate of melons and fruits.

Jin Ling was startled, thinking that what she had done was known to Gao Shuyao, so she knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave is wrong, the master spares his life." Shu Yao snorted coldly: "Look at Concubine Shu's arrogant appearance, I think that my family background is illustrious and I am favored by the emperor, so I will not be taken seriously." ”

When Jin Ling heard that it was because Concubine Shu was angry, a big stone fell in her heart, and she restrained her expression, and said: "The master can't be angry with her, the Su Guiren in front of her is so favored, and she only takes her to the palace, and when she returns to the palace, she loses her freshness, isn't it also forgotten?" There is Lin Caiyou in front of him, and now he is still washing clothes in the Huanyi Bureau. ”

She got up and said more and more gently: "The master is a concubine, the rank is here, no matter how much she pampers her, she can't salute obediently when she sees you." ”

Gao Shuyao listened to the comfort, smiled slightly, and said: "That's right, depending on how she is favored, it's only a matter of March and May." Jin Ling echoed and said, "That's it." ”

The emperor hadn't been to Yikun Palace for more than ten days, and Hai'an saw Qingcheng sitting under the window in a daze, so he comforted softly: "Master, do you want to take a walk outside, the house is stuffy, and it's not good for your body." ”

Qingcheng's face was as calm as water, as if nothing had happened, and said, "It's a big day outside, and I'll go out to blow the wind when I have a snack." ”

The sky was getting dark, and Er Qi ordered people to pour a few buckets of cool well water into the courtyard, and the hot air wrapped in flying dust rushed up, and the clouds were like fog, and the waves were rolling. Before the night came, the pale white moon was already hanging high in the sky, and Qingcheng straightened his clothes a little, helping Hai'an to go to the imperial garden to relax. When I got to the palace street, I saw a palace person coming slowly from a distance, and when I got closer, I saw that it was Shu Concubine. Although Qingcheng was an old man in the palace, his rank was lower than that of Concubine Shu, so he hurriedly retreated to the side and curtished.

Concubine Shu recognized Qingcheng, she had just entered the palace, and before she could wait for the attendants to sleep, the emperor went to the palace and only brought Su Guiren alone. Every time I think about it, I always feel resentful. She waved her hand and said, "Stop." He smiled at Qingcheng again: "Where are Su Guiren going?" It's dark at night, but don't go far away, be careful if you drop the lock and don't come back. Let the emperor know that it is not good to blame it. ”

Qingcheng felt that her tone was not good, so she bent her knees and said solemnly: "The weather is cool today, so I will come out and walk around." Master Xie Shu reminded me that I would go back after a while. Shu Concubine twisted a piece of purple silk handkerchief in her hand, saw the green orange combing two small handfuls of hair, obliquely inserted a branch of emerald silver hairpin, wearing a Danbi gauze pattern large-sleeved shirt, wearing a moon white plain skirt below, a pair of half-worn green forged embroidered flower pot shoes on her feet, slightly bowed, unable to see her face clearly in the dark, but a fresh and quiet posture, which made people forget the vulgar.

Concubine Shu saw that she was obedient, and most of her anger was gone, and she was afraid that the emperor would wait for a long time, so she didn't bother to care, and said: "I still have to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace to sleep, so I won't talk to you more." After a pause, he raised his eyebrows and looked at Qingcheng, and said: "You also know that the emperor has always had the habit of eating evening snacks, and he announced me as a companion, and if he goes late, I am afraid that the emperor will be angry." After saying that, it was a drive.

Qingcheng pursed her lips, revealing a shallow pear vortex, her face was pale for a while, and she retreated to the corner according to the rules, and when Concubine Shu's shoulder was far away, Fang helped Hai'an to walk forward slowly.

Hai An looked at Qingcheng's stiff face and was silent, so he was relieved: "The emperor is still worried about his master, these days, every two or three days, he always sends the little eunuch to send the summer imperial tea." He added: "Last time, you were the only one to serve, and there were not many eyes in the palace staring at our Yikun Palace, but now it's good, the emperor favors Master Shu, and he doesn't have to share some jealousy." ”

Qingcheng said abruptly: "He is the emperor, so naturally he will favor whoever he wants." After a pause, the sourness overflowed her chest, and she sobbed: "The huge harem, what am I, but a little noble..."

Hai'an saw her crying coldly, and hurriedly said: "Master, don't shed tears on the tuyere, be careful of your eyes hurting when you are old." He hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, Qingcheng smiled sadly, and said, "Let's go back." ”

There are hundreds of arm-thick red candles burning in the Heart Nourishing Palace, shrouded in green gauze, and the glow is scattered. The emperor sat cross-legged on the kang and criticized the folds, and when he saw Concubine Shu coming in, he smiled and said, "Why is it late, but I am waiting for you." ”

Concubine Shu invited Shuang'an, her black eyes shone like jewels, her skin was delicate like a child, and she smiled and said: "I bumped into Su Guiren on the palace street, and after saying a few words, I was delayed for a while." She looked at the emperor's face carefully, looked at it for a long time, and couldn't find any clues.

The emperor was still gentle and kind, he put down his imperial pen, and said with a pale face: "What did you say?" How dare you let me wait for you. ”

Shu Concubine said casually: "It's nothing, it's just a few pleasantries." ”

The emperor reached out and pinched her face, and said with a smile: "Oh, my little pepper will also greet people." ”

Concubine Shu pursed her mouth and said, "The emperor loves to laugh, when did the concubine become a chili pepper?" She knew that when the emperor was in a good mood, she would not be angry when she said anything, and sometimes, the emperor liked her to quibble a few words.

Sure enough, the emperor grabbed her waist and said very dotingly: "What a spicy girl." After a pause, he said: "Su Guiren is indifferent and doesn't want to interact with people, if you are idle on weekdays, talk to her more, lest she be bored every day and get sick." As he spoke, he suddenly straightened his face, looked at her fixedly, showed a little coldness, and said, "She has a weak temperament, but you are not allowed to bully her!" ”

Since she entered the palace, the emperor has always been gentle and easy-going in front of her, and has never spoken with such a face. She was stunned, then smiled happily and said, "Your Majesty, you are laughing again, Sister Su is dignified and generous, and she treats her concubines politely, why did the concubines bully her?" ”

The emperor has returned to his normal complexion, and said with a smile: "I can't tell you a word in vain. ”

After sleeping, the night was dark, and Concubine Shu couldn't spend the night in the Heart Cultivation Palace, so she was dressed and carried by the eunuch to sleep in the back room. The installation of the enclosure is simple, the cover is also hard, she recognizes the bed, and she can't sleep at all. "I can't tell you a word in vain", she kept circling this sentence in her mind, she always felt that something was wrong, she always felt uncomfortable, but she always couldn't understand why.

The next day, it rained heavily, and the faucets at the corners of the eaves poured down like broken bamboos. Because the second elder brother suddenly contracted a cold disease, the emperor personally visited the elder brother, asked the imperial doctor about his illness, and carefully advised him before returning to the palace. Along the imperial pond, see the full pool of green leaves, in the smoke and rain fog and blue waves rolling, suddenly see a beautiful face of the palace maid from behind the tree turned out, the palace maid held a plain white landscape ink painting paper umbrella, twisted two or three lotus leaves on the edge of the pool and left in a hurry.

The emperor's heart moved, and he waved his hand, Wu Shulai stepped forward, bowed down and asked, "What does the master command?" ”

The emperor said: "Ask someone to pick a few bouquets of lotus flowers and send them to Su Guiren." ”

Wu Shulai said: "It's raining heavily, it's not easy to pick flowers, wait for the sky to clear, slave..."

The emperor turned around and glared at him, and said, "You have a good temper, and you dare to push back what I ask you to do." ”

Wu Shulai's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said with sincere fear: "The slave obeys the order." ”

The Emperor turned around and said, "Let's get ahead." The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the eunuchs carried the sedan chair, and the sound of their boots was swaying, as if they were walking alone. Turning into a remote road, someone suddenly crashed out of the corner door, and the rain curtain hung down, and Wu Shulai couldn't see clearly.

He jumped and shouted, "Who is the babbling that rushed into the Holy Driver?" ”

The man didn't hit the umbrella, poured his head all over, knelt in the water, and shouted: "The emperor is blessed, the concubine wants to say a word to you." ”

Although Concubine Qing has entered the cold palace, she is still the master after all, and Wu Shulai has to report to the emperor. The emperor had already heard the commotion, and when he saw that Qing Concubine was blocking the sedan chair in the rain, he must have had some grievances, so he said, "Where is this?" ”

Wu Shu replied: "Yikun Palace is next to it. ”

The emperor thought for a while, and then said: "Set up the Yikun Palace, you go and help the master of Qing." ”

Wu Shu responded, the sedan chair turned its head, diagonally crossed the palace street, entered through the side door, and went straight to Qingyunzhai. Qingcheng ate the meal, moved the rattan chair and sat under the porch to watch the rain, took a book of Li Bai's poems and flipped through it, and after a while, he felt tired, put the book on his chest casually, and slowly fell asleep. Because of the rain, the palace people inside and outside had nothing to do, hiding in the straight room and gossiping. Seeing that Qingcheng had nothing to do, Hai An and Er Qi sat on the edge of the threshold to pick up needles and threads, and occasionally whispered a few words.

Suddenly, no one around Wu Shulai passed the news, Hai'an heard the sound of boots, and looked up to see that the emperor had already gotten off the sedan chair and stood on the steps. She panicked, and hurriedly put the sewing box, Er Qi also noticed, the two got up and were about to salute, but the emperor put his index finger to his mouth, signaling them not to speak.

Qingcheng slept in a trance, vaguely felt that there was someone standing in front of her, the sound of rain, she had always been sleepy, she wanted to open her eyes, but she couldn't wake up. The Emperor stood at her side with his hands behind his back, looking down at her. Dressed in a half-old moon-white gauze robe, with a square bun, the vermilion hairpin faded, wearing only two pearl earrings as thin as soybeans, hanging down around the neck, rippling slightly.

The emperor faintly said, "Go and get a blanket." ”

Hai'an hurriedly tiptoed into the house, took a thin blanket, the emperor took it, personally helped her cover it, picked up the book in her hand, folded the corner of the page she was reading, and then took a light step and slowly entered the house. Wu Shulai looked at the formation, and hurriedly gave people a look, the people in front of the palace were all extremely clever, and they all acted quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Qing Concubine trembled in the room, and the emperor asked sharply, "What's the matter?" If you don't stay in the cold palace, you have to come out to make trouble, isn't it enough for me to punish me last time? ”

Qing Concubine knelt down and choked up: "The concubine also knows that this is unreasonable, but if the concubine doesn't risk death to come out and denounce it, I'm afraid that she will be killed in the cold palace..."

The emperor didn't like to listen to the conspiracy and framing of the harem, frowned, and said absolutely: "You have fallen out of favor, who will harm you?" ”

Qing Concubine burst into tears and said: "The emperor went to the palace in front of him, and the noble concubine asked people to send a bowl of ginseng soup to the concubine to eat, and the concubine fell ill after drinking it. The concubine was afraid that she was already dead. ”

The emperor didn't know whether what she said was true or not, and he had some doubts, and said: "Falsely accusing the concubine, but it is a big crime, if you lie falsely, I will not be able to spare your life." ”

After going through life and death, Qing Concubine had already disregarded life and death, and tried her life to take revenge, just to bring down the noble concubine for revenge, so she said firmly: "What the concubine said is not true, the noble concubine not only framed the concubine, but also instructed the concubine to order people to keep an eye on Changchun Palace, Jingren Palace and Yikun Palace, and it is also a noble concubine." She had already prepared to die and break the net, and said: "I don't know if the emperor still remembers that when he was in the palace, there was a servant who had just entered the mansion, but he fell into the water and died in half a year, in fact, it was not that she fell into the water, but that she was pregnant, and was known by the noble concubine, and asked someone to strangle her alive with a rope..."

The emperor was so angry that he stood up suddenly, pointed at Qing Concubine and said, "If you talk nonsense, I will never spare you." ”

Qing Concubine kowtowed and said: "The concubine has nothing, her face has passed away, and she no longer dares to expect to be favored by the emperor." After a pause, he said: "The concubine originally thought that one day she would be able to get out of the cold palace and die in the palace as before, but the noble concubine actually fell into the well, so that her palace maid Jin Ling pretended to send me soup to eat, and I was stupid, so I believed her and almost died in Huangquan." The concubines have nothing to ask for, only to ask the emperor to know the true face of the noble concubine. ”

When the emperor saw her crying so much, he believed most of it in his heart, and said angrily: "Wu Shulai, immediately send someone to announce the noble concubine and let her confront Concubine Qing." Wu Shulai knew that something big had happened, so he didn't dare to delay at all, so he hurriedly called someone to spread the word.

Hai'an didn't know what was going on, and Erqi stood under the porch and didn't dare to go in, not even tea.

There was no sound in the room, and although Qingcheng slept deeply, he still woke up. She opened her eyes in a trance, saw the emperor's guard of honor waiting under the corridor, was stunned for a moment, sat up as if she bounced, and asked, "What about the emperor?" ”