Chapter 374: Steady
Early the next morning, the sky was clear and Meng Xilan was in a good mood.
Zhu Qing brought her back the news, after the emperor pampered Wu Xue'er last night, after sobering up, he returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace. At this time, he was already in the court.
Zhou Youchen's reaction seemed to be too calm.
He didn't say a word, didn't say anything. As for Wu Xue'er, after drinking the bowl of avoidance soup, she went back to Chuxiu Palace.
She was excited and impatient, everything that happened last night was like a dream, an ethereal dream. She is waiting for news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and since she is favored, then her position will also change.
However, she waited for a whole hour, and there was no news she wanted to wait for.
Wu Xue'er was uneasy, so she took the initiative to go to Cining Palace and ask Meng Xilan for thanks.
Meng Xilan saw her and smiled gently.
Wu Xue'er knelt on her knees and kowtowed respectfully to her three times.
"Niangniang, the slave is willing to make cattle and horses for you in the future, and the liver and brain are all over the ground!"
Meng Xilan heard this and smiled lightly. "Sister, who is this thinking of this palace? This palace doesn't need you to be a cow or a horse, and you don't need to be a cow or a horse in this palace. ”
Wu Xue'er looked at her with a red face: "The slave maid is a humble body, if it weren't for Niangniang's suggestion, the slave and maid would not be where they are today." ”
Her face was shyness and uneasiness, and Meng Xilan saw it in her eyes, and her heart gradually became bored.
"The emperor is a long-term lover, and my sister should be blessed."
Wu Xue'er nodded yes, opened her mouth slightly, as if she had something to say, but in the end she still didn't say it.
Meng Xilan instructed Zhu Qing to find a few inexpensive fabrics and jewelry, and gave them to Wu Xue'er.
If it was in the past, Wu Xueer would definitely be disgusted. However, she is grateful.
After Wu Xue'er returned to Chuxiu Palace, everyone in the palace came to congratulate her.
Song Huaiyu originally didn't believe it, thinking that Wu Xue'er was just like herself, just forced to act by the emperor.
However, looking at Wu Xue'er's smug face, Song Huaiyu couldn't help but start to wonder, what is the hidden secret?
The queen's mind is really incomprehensible.
What exactly does she mean? If she's about to promote a new person, why not promote her? Instead chose Wu Xueer?
And the emperor? Hasn't he always been single-minded about his mother? He would actually touch other women?
Wu Xue'er looked at Song Huaiyu who had been looking at herself quietly, but she didn't speak, so she said, "Sister, what's wrong?" ”
She came slowly, walked to Song Huaiyu's side and sat down.
"Sister's expression, why is this so? Isn't my sister happy for me at all? ”
Song Huaiyu saw that she asked so straightforwardly, as if she was deliberately provoking, so she said, "What did my sister say?" Of course, Hongu is happy for you. ”
Wu Xue'er looked at her with bright eyes: "Sister, don't worry, I won't think about being so willful as before." In the future, I will serve the emperor well. ”
Song Huaiyu hooked the corners of his mouth with a smile: "That's fine." ”
She is still not sure, what is the queen mother's mind behind her back?
That woman was so hard to understand.
After evening, Zhou Youchen came to the outside of Cining Palace, looked at the lights in the hall, and was silently distracted.
Xiao Luzi saw that the emperor suddenly stopped leaving, so he said: "Long live the lord, the queen mother is waiting to have dinner with you." ”
Dine...... Zhou Youchen is still in this mood now, he has never touched half a grain of rice from morning to now.
When it happened last night, it made him angry.
He didn't expect that Meng Xilan actually "calculated" him, although her purpose made him speechless. But she did calculate him.
He himself knows how strong he is.
Last night's water wine was so light, how could he get drunk? There's something in that wine, there's a problem.
"The Emperor's ......"
Zhou Youchen stood for most of the day at one stop, and Xiao Luzi felt uneasy.
After some ups and downs, Zhou Youchen still walked into the inner hall with his hands behind his back.
The palace maids were serving soup, and when they saw him coming, they knelt down and saluted.
Meng Xilan hugged Changsheng and went over with him and saluted him.
Zhou Youchen stared at her again and again, the expression on her face was surprisingly calm.
Look at her as if nothing had happened. Everything, nothing, has happened.
"The crown prince said goodbye to his father. Come, Father and Emperor. Meng Xilan saw Zhou Youchen looking at herself in a daze, and only handed over the immortal life in his hand to him.
"The emperor hugged him for his concubine, this child has really grown up a lot recently."
Zhou Youchen hugged Changsheng, but his eyes kept looking at Meng Xilan.
Meng Xilan didn't care about his gaze, and personally went over to serve him food and vegetables.
"I heard from the imperial dining room that this is the tribute rice in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor has a taste, do you like it or not? ”
After Zhou Youchen took his seat, he did not hand over his immortality to others, but held it himself.
Changsheng was very interested in the food on the table, and stretched out his little hand, wanting to grab the rice in the bowl.
Seeing this, Meng Xilan hurriedly held his little hand and said softly, "When you grow up, will I give you food?" ”
After she finished speaking, she kissed Changsheng's little hand, raised her head and motioned for Zhu Lu to come and pick up Changsheng: "The emperor should hand him over to Zhu Lu." Otherwise, the meal is not good. ”
Zhu Lu carefully hugged Changsheng, and then motioned to the people around him to leave with him.
At this time, it is better to let the masters be alone.
Meng Xilan was very eager to prepare dishes for Zhou Youchen, but he didn't move his chopsticks for half a day.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong today? Don't like the meals prepared by your concubines? ”
Zhou Youchen listened to her words and suddenly burst out laughing.
"Lan'er, you know what? You're really special, and I was amazed? ”
Meng Xilan smiled slightly when she heard this, looking like the world was peaceful: "What's wrong with the emperor?" Why do you say that about concubines? ”
Although Zhou Youchen was smiling, his eyes were gloomy and full of sharp emotions.
"Can you really do that? When nothing ever happened? ”
Meng Xilan picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of soup, and after blowing it, she fed it to him herself: "Come, the emperor has a taste." ”
Zhou Youchen turned his face away and coldly pushed her hand away.
The spoon in Meng Xilan's hand accidentally fell to the ground, the soup spilled out, and the spoon was broken.
"Ah......h Then, she stood up and did not call the palace maid in, but squatted down to clean up by herself.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter? The concubine just wanted to have a good meal with the emperor. ”
Zhou Youchen looked at her condescendingly, watched her clean up the pieces with her own hands, and frowned: "Don't touch it." ”
Meng Xilan didn't reply, but just picked up all the fragments.
"I'll let you go!" Zhou Youchen slapped the table heavily, with deep displeasure.
Meng Xilan was slightly startled by his sudden shout.
The hands shook inadvertently, and as a result, the fingertips were cut by shards and bleeding.
Meng Xilan looked at the blood beads on her fingertips, and a chill welled up in her heart.
Soon, Zhou Youchen also noticed it, he pulled her up, then grabbed her fingers, put them in his mouth, and sucked the blood beads from her fingertips.
"Why don't you always listen to me?" Zhou Youchen pulled her shoulders and asked her to stand face to face with herself.
"Because of the child, you're still angry, aren't you? You haven't forgiven me from beginning to end, have you? So, you deliberately let me think that you were discouraged, and you used Wu Xue'er to disgust me? Isn't it? ”
Meng Xilan's shoulder was secretly painful, but her brows didn't wrinkle: "What did the emperor say?" The concubine has already said that the child, the concubine has been put down. ”
"You're lying!"
Meng Xilan looked at his widening eyes and pushed his hand away with all her might. "The concubine has never lied to the emperor."
The child is gone, and her heart has been put down. However, the resentment in her heart will not disappear because the sadness fades.
He was just drunk and slept with Wu Xueer all night in a daze, and he felt wronged. And what about her? She was in a coma and lost her child, how can she be wronged?
Meng Xilan turned away, unwilling to let him see the emotion in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, the concubines have really been put down, and the concubines are satisfied with longevity and worry-free."
Meng Xilan calmed down a little before facing Zhou Youchen again.
She took the initiative to hug him: "Don't be angry, there shouldn't be any suspicion between the emperor and his concubines." Your Majesty, don't you know how much your concubines love you in their hearts? The concubine loves you from the bottom of her heart. ”
She said these words softly, which shocked Zhou Youchen's heart.
Zhou Youchen cupped her face and asked him with burning eyes: "Do you really think so?" ”
"Of course." Meng Xilan nodded heavily. "Your Majesty, apart from immortality, you are my most beloved person."
She finally understands now, what is sincerity? What is Hypocrisy?
In the past, she would never say such things to him, because they were meant to be put in her heart. But now she would say many, many nice things to him. Obviously the sincerity is still there...... But she would rather lie.
Meng Xilan knew very well in her heart that Zhou Youchen was not only sincere to her, but also dependent.
As long as she can stabilize his heart, their relationship will go on for a long time.
The two reconciled as if nothing unpleasant had happened. Still, the change is happening.
Since the end of the month, Zhou Youchen no longer neglected the four beauties in the palace, and spoiled them one after another. Even Zhang Rong'er, who has completely lost hope of coming out, has also received his attention.
People outside the palace are rumoring that the queen has fallen out of favor. After all, she is twenty-seven years old and has long passed her best years.
Meng Xilan didn't care about her "falling out of favor", and the elders in the family were also aggrieved by her. But Meng Xilan just shook her head with a smile: "There is a prince in this palace, this life is enough." Moreover, our Meng family has been in the limelight too much in the past few years, and it is time to avoid the limelight. ”
Meng Xilan's indifference made the Meng family feel a little at ease.
She always has an idea, and she always has a plan.
Meng Xilan's sole favor is no longer there, but the Meng family's power in the court is still unrivaled.
Spring and autumn waits for no one, and time always flies.
As a crown prince, Changsheng is naturally earlier than ordinary people, and three years old is the best age for him.
Meng Xilan personally chose a master for him, and this master was her brother, his uncle, Meng Xiran.
Meng Xiran never thought that he would have the opportunity to become an emperor, however, Meng Xilan told him: "This palace really doesn't worry about handing over His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to others for discipline. The eldest brother has a straight temper, while the second brother has a more gentle temperament and is also tactful. This palace hopes that you can teach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince how to behave in the world. Bengong hopes that he will never forget his identity, he is the crown prince, he is the child of Bengong, and he is also the child of the Meng family! ”