It is said that after the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet, Concubine Yan Shufei has been depressed in her heart, and it is difficult to feel emotional, and she only feels uncomfortable from morning to night. Coincidentally, a few days ago, I heard that there was a famous opera troupe in Kyoto, and Concubine Yan Shufei wanted to summon this troupe into the palace, wanting to dissipate the long-lasting turbidity in her heart by listening to the opera.

But this matter of summoning the opera troupe from outside the palace to come to the palace to sing is not something that she can call the shots as a first-class concubine, she must report to the queen and get the queen's permission.

Concubine Yan Shu was also very powerful, she didn't go to see the queen, but only sent Tao Yao to Fengluan Palace to ask the queen.

"Niangniang, you have a good temperament, so it's allowed." Yumo knocked on the queen's shoulder, and said with some unevenness, "I said that I was asking for instructions, but Concubine Yan didn't come to tell you in person, so she only sent the big palace maid Tao Yao next to her, and she didn't take you too seriously!" If the slave and maid say, you shouldn't allow her! ”

The queen's fingers with inlaid treasure armor knocked on the table for a while, she shook her head lightly after listening to Yumo's words, smiled meaninglessly, and said, "Concubine Yan Shu has always been like this, she thinks she is the princess of Liangguo, and she is favored by the emperor by virtue of her appearance, how many years have it been since she entered the palace, don't you know what kind of character she is." As the queen of the main palace, why should this palace bother with her as a concubine. How arrogant she is? It's just a concubine. ”

"Besides, there are enough people to give her a headache now." The queen said meaningfully.

When Yumo heard this, her eyes lit up, "Niangniang, are you talking about Liu Cairen?" ”

The queen nodded, "Have you noticed Concubine Yanshu's face at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner?" It looked like he had eaten a fly. The queen smiled, "Liu Cairen's favor is as good as the previous Concubine Yanshu. Have you ever seen Concubine Yan Shu come to the palace for something? This time, she wanted the palace to summon the troupe into the palace, which shows that she was really angry, and she wanted to listen to the drama to smooth her breath. The queen paused for a moment and continued, "In that case, it is better for the palace to give her this grace and fulfill the will of her as a miserable person." Besides, the harem concubines have nothing to do all day long, so it is good to let them listen to the play, so as to save themselves from fighting one by one, and the trouble in the palace has not stopped. ”

Yumo understood what the queen meant, and Concubine Yan Shu didn't have time to fight with the queen now, but she thought about it, Liu Yuanzhi was also a potential danger to the queen, so she said, "Niangniang, forgive the slave and the maid for talking too much." Although that Liu Cairen is very respectful to you now, you can also see that she intends to show you goodwill. But judging from the emperor's great favor for her, if this continues, the slave is afraid that she will become the second concubine. ”

The queen's pair of Danfeng eyes narrowed, "If she is obedient, then it will be good, if she has other thoughts......" The queen smiled coldly, "It's just a talented person, since this palace can afford her, then naturally there is a way to cure her." ”

"The mother is wise." Yumo surrendered.

Since the troupe was summoned to the palace, the queen arranged for them to be in the Xinyin Pavilion in the west, and let them sing a few times a day. The concubines in the palace are tired of playing the piano all day long, and now there are fresh tricks, and they all go to Xinyin Pavilion one by one. In this way, the concubines listened to operas and ate melon seeds, but they were also peaceful for a while.

In the Linhua Hall of the Hook Yi Palace, Han Yue and Liu Yuanzhi were pruning the bonsai on the table when they had nothing to do. Suddenly, I heard a commotion outside the hall, and there was laughter.

"What's going on?" Liu Yuanzhi looked at it when she heard it.

That Zi Mo walked in with Xiao Guizi, Xiao Lizi, Bai Wei, and Lu Ping.

Lu Ping said with some grievances, "The slave maid went to the Huanyi Bureau to send the clothes back, and heard the sound of opera from the Xinyin Pavilion, and the slave and maid thought that they couldn't delay much time, so they thought about going around from the Xinyin Pavilion and walking outside the pavilion to eavesdrop on the two sentences." ”

"What's wrong? But didn't listen to the play? Hanyue asked.

Lu Ping continued, "The slave and maid heard this play, but when the slave and maid came back from the Xinyin Pavilion, several wild cats suddenly rushed out of the bushes on the side of the road, and rushed towards the slave and maid, and one of them also pounced on the slave and maid, and the slave and maid were really frightened. She said, stroking her heart, as if she had a lingering palpitation, "Oh, little master, you see, the slave's clothes have been scratched by the cat." It's really strange to say, it's autumn, and those cats are still barking like spring heat, and if you go there at night and hear the sound like a baby crying, the slave and maid must be scared to death! ”

"Phew, phew, phew. The word is taboo in the palace, and it cannot be said. Qingli walked past Luping with a basin. Hearing this, Luping stuck out her tongue.

"Hey, Sister Luping, don't you like cats?" Xiao Lizi asked.

"I like cats, but if several of them come at me together, I'll be scared." Luping replied.

"There are a lot of wild cats in the palace, but I haven't heard anyone who has been attacked? But what did you do to anger them? Bai Wei asked.

Lu Ping glanced at her when she heard this, "I'm walking well, what have I done." ”

Hanyue listened and said, "It's not that this cat only comes into heat in spring, and it will do in autumn. Luping, what smell have you ever had on you? Either it stimulates them, or it attracts their attention. ”

Lu Ping thought for a while, suddenly patted her head, and suddenly said brightly, "Sister Yue'er, you reminded me when you said that." In the morning, when I was cleaning the fallen leaves outside the temple, there was a little white cat under the tree, and I saw that she was cute, so I hugged and played for a while. Luping said, lifting her sleeve and sniffing it again, "Huh? It doesn't smell. ”

"Cats have a very sensitive sense of smell, and they can smell a little bit of smell, which is incomparable to humans." Seeing her like this, Hanyue explained.

When Xiao Guizi heard this, she couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, Sister Luping, it must be a male cat, I think it must be in heat, and it treats you as a female cat, hahaha......" Everyone laughed when they heard Xiao Guizi's words.

Lu Ping stretched out her hand and slapped Xiao Guizi on the head, "You know how to laugh!" Then he pointed to the crowd and said, "Yes! One by one, I was not only frightened by the cat, but also scratched my clothes, but you are still laughing here, schadenfreude, none of the good things! I'm going to ignore you! ”

Zi Mo tried his best to restrain his smile, stepped forward and said, "Okay, okay, I will make amends for your clothes later, do you think this is feasible?" ”

Luping pouted, pretending to be angry and not looking at everyone. After listening to Zi Mo's words at this moment, he said, "It's better for Sister Zi Mo to treat me well." Bai Wei! I won't give you anything good next time! ”

A group of people were talking and laughing very lively, and Liu Yuanzhi and Hanyue were also quite interesting listening to it.

After pruning the flower branches for a while, Liu Yuanzhi put down the scissors in her hand and relaxed herself a little tiredly.

"The little lord is a little tired? Would you like to go to the couch for a while? Seeing this, Han Yue asked.

Liu Yuanzhi shook her head, "I don't know what's going on these days, but I feel very tired." ”

"Maybe it's because the weather is cold." Qingli said, "The little master wants to go to the Tangquan Palace to soak in the hot springs to soothe and relieve fatigue?" ”

Liu Yuanzhi listened to Qingli's proposal and was quite moved, it would be very pleasant to take a hot spring bath in the cool autumn, "Okay, I'll try it tomorrow." ”

Concubine Yanshu's drama addiction was also enough, and she listened to it all day, and only then did she return to the palace when the sun went down on this day.

Tao Yao just returned to Chonghua Palace with Concubine Yan Shu, and a little palace maid came to pull Tao Yao, saying that there was something important to report. Concubine Yan Shu went back to the Yusheng Hall first, and Tao Yao listened to the little palace maid outside the palace. The little palace goddess mysteriously leaned into Tao Yao's ear, and said for a while, Tao Yao heard this, her eyes rolled, and she retreated from the little palace maid, and then walked quickly into the hall, and walked to Concubine Yan Shu and whispered.

"Oh?" Concubine Yan raised her eyebrows when she heard this, the corners of her mouth curled ill-willedly, and said, "Tao Yao, you know what to do." ”

Tao Yao raised her eyebrows, "Don't worry, the slave can save it." ”

Concubine Yan Shufei suddenly felt that her mood was relaxed, and her appetite seemed to have improved, and she said with a smile, "Come on, cloth food." ”

On the afternoon of the second day, Liu Yuanzhi originally wanted to go with Hanyue and Zi Mo, but unexpectedly, Zi Mo's body suddenly became a little uncomfortable, Liu Yuanzhi sympathized with Zi Mo, so she let her stay in the Linhua Hall to rest, so she ordered Qingli to go with her instead of Zi Mo.

On the north side of the Dayue Imperial Palace, there is a carved fence and painting building in the place of mountains and rivers, and the magnificent Tangquan Palace. Tangquan Palace, as the name suggests, is a hot spring bathing place for the emperor, empress and harem concubines.

There are four Tangquan Palaces, namely the imperial dragon soup for the emperor to enjoy, the peony soup for the queen to enjoy, the hibiscus soup for the palace concubines above the second grade, and the begonia soup for the concubines below the second grade. Liu Yuanzhi appeared as a five-grade talent, and she could only go to Begonia Soup.

As soon as you step into the begonia soup, your eyes are steaming and smoky, and the cold moon feels like you are in the sea of clouds in Yaochi. Begonia soup is surrounded by several zhang, all of them are built with white stone, clear as jade, and the shape of the begonia of the four seasons is faintly carved on the white stone, and it is lifelike to see. The white stone steps on all sides extend layer by layer to the clear and clear spring water, and there is a pair of white stone lotus flowers in the center of the soup pool, and the spring gushes out of the mouth of the urn and sprays on the white lotus. In the hall, layers of light purple extremely thin shark yarn hang down from the dome, adding an ethereal fairy aura to this begonia soup pool.

Hanyue and Qingli served Liu Yuanzhi in the bath. Liu Yuanzhi leaned on the edge of the pool, the green silk was like a waterfall, the frost and snow on her wrists, and there was a very comfortable look between her eyebrows, "This person has only been immersed in for a while, and he has already felt a lot of fatigue." ”

Hanyue said as she scattered pink and white petals into the pool, "It is said that the water in this hot spring palace is a natural hot spring drawn from the spiritual mountain, which has the effect of driving away fatigue, strengthening the body, and whitening the skin. ”

"In that case, you can come more often in the winter." Liu Yuanzhi said, and then she opened her eyes and looked around, her expression quite admiring, "I thought that this hot spring pool was just a large pool made of stones, but I never thought it would be so exquisite and luxurious. ”

Qingli smiled when she heard this, and said, "But this begonia soup is far from the emperor's imperial dragon soup. ”

When Liu Yuanzhi heard this, she became interested, "Oh? This begonia soup is already so exquisite, what kind of dragon soup is it? ”

Qingli explained, "There are four hot springs in the Dayue Imperial Palace, the first of which is the Imperial Dragon Soup. The dragon soup pond is built very magnificently, it is to take the white jade as the fish dragon and the wild goose, the jewel of Wen Yao, the beams and pillars around are also made of white jade, the beams and pillars are carved with the exquisite white jade lotus, there is a jade dragon holding the soup spring in the center, spray into the pool, and sew the embroidery for the goose in the water, the carving is ingenious, it is not artificial. The slave maid once heard the servant who served in the dragon soup say, it is said that in the mist, the jade lotus seems to bloom out of the water, and the fish, dragon, and geese are all like raising their wings, so it seems that they are about to spread their wings and fly away. ”

"That's pretty good!" Liu Yuanzhi sighed.

"If the little master is interested, the slave will take you and Yue'er over to have a look later." Qingli said.

Han Yue smiled when she heard this, "Then I really have to bother Sister Qingli, and it just so happens that the good slave maid also opens her eyes." ”

Just as the three of them were laughing, Liu Yuanzhi suddenly heard a "hiss" sound in front of her. She looked a little nervous, and leaned back involuntarily before asking, "Yue'er, Qingli, have you heard any strange sounds?" ”

After Han Yue and Qingli heard Liu Yuanzhi's words and saw her look like this, they both calmed down, and the three of them listened calmly for a while. The "hiss" sound seemed to be getting closer and closer to them, and Han Yue listened, her brows frowned tighter and tighter, and her heart became uneasy.

Qingli's face turned slightly pale, she turned her head to the two of them and said, "This, this voice sounds like the sound of a snake spitting out a letter!" ”