Chapter 127: The Gentleman's Heart is Unfathomable
Looking at Feng Huanling's slightly aggrieved and innocent expression, Long Yucang couldn't help but chuckle out loud after all, shaking his head and pinching her cheeks dotingly.
"You also said, looking at Long Jingming's posture, sooner or later you have to get rid of all the hidden dangers one by one, so what is the point of taking another side concubine to attract connections and divert the attention of others? Isn't a loyal and patriotic general like General Yan also framed for the crime of treason? If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, just let the soldiers come and use them as water. ”
Obviously, Long Yucang refused to accept the side concubine, although it was Feng Huanling who proposed the matter of the side concubine, but listening to his resolute opposition, it was she who was in the happiest mood, and even took the initiative to kiss his angular light thin lips uncontrollably.
The two of them were tired of using sweet soup snacks for a while, until they were about to misfire, Feng Huanling suddenly remembered that he was a child, and blushed and slightly widened the distance between the two of them.
Long Yucang had no choice but to suppress the raging evil fire, even if he didn't like sweets very much, he poured two sips of cool sweet soup.
After being silent and calm for a long time, Feng Huanling remembered the Qixi Night Banquet mentioned by Shicai in the best period, and always felt that she deliberately proposed to follow them into the palace this time, but I was afraid that the purpose would not be simple. Thinking of this, she also opened her mouth to speak, but Long Yucang still brought out the sentence "soldiers will be".
Speaking of the Qixi Night Banquet on July 7, the palace does not necessarily hold it every year, it mainly depends on the national conditions of the year and the mood of those in power. For example, Emperor Xuan has not held a Qixi night banquet for two years, and he will do it this year, thinking that he wants to ease the turmoil between the government and the opposition for the fall of the Feng clan.
Putting aside Feng Wanli, Feng Wanquan was the head of the hundred officials after all, and he was naturally involved in a lot of people. Although other official positions can still be replaced by someone in time, the position of the prime minister is still vacant, and the government affairs are temporarily handled by the third prince.
Therefore, this Qixi night banquet where young elites gather, I am afraid that it will be more turbulent than ever, and it is not just to create a chance for young men and women to fall in love for a month.
Soon after June, it was the Chinese Valentine's Day, and although the banquet was scheduled after nightfall to enjoy the moon, King Cheyue and his wife were summoned to the palace at noon.
To be precise, it was Concubine Rui who invited Princess Cheyue to enter the palace in advance to accompany her, and King Cheyue just accompanied the princess into the palace, and was summoned by Emperor Xuan halfway.
Ming Mingrui and Concubine were invited, but Feng Huanling was sent to the Shu Palace adjacent to Chengxi Palace, it turned out that Su Moxuan came to accompany Concubine Mo Shu, who was nine months pregnant, and it was inconvenient to go out and not attend the evening banquet to relieve her boredom.
With a sound of "Princess Cheyue has arrived", the two people who were sitting together and talking looked at the door together, with a warm smile on their faces that seemed to be the only one who would be a mother.
Feng Huanling also smiled and stepped forward to talk to the two of them for a while, and it was lunch time, and Concubine Mo naturally left them to share in Shuliang Palace.
Since she became pregnant, Concubine Mo's meals have all been made by the small kitchen of Shuliang Palace, and they are all recipes personally set by Imperial Doctor Lai, who is in charge of the dragon descendant in Concubine Shu's womb, which is excellent for both the mother and the fetus, so Princess Cheyue and Concubine Rui can also eat it.
In addition to the lunch made in the small kitchen of Shuliang Palace, another soup was sent from the imperial kitchen, which was given by Emperor Xuan. However, this is not the treatment that only happened after Concubine Mo Shufei was pregnant, but in the past, Emperor Xuan would send people from time to time, which is also one of the reasons why the palace people believe that Concubine Mo Shu is the only master who has always been favored so far.
"Sister is really blessed, the people in the palace say how the palace is favored, but I have never seen the saint treat me like this, at most, it is only occasionally when I think of something new will be given, how can I reward my sister so often? I'm afraid that in this harem, except for the queen mother, only my sister will have such treatment. ”
Although Su Moxuan always seems a little cold and indifferent on weekdays, and has the aura of the female version of King Cheyue, she is still very good at talking to people who are familiar with her or who intend to "show goodwill".
In addition, she is now a dignified concubine, and when these words came out of her mouth, they naturally fell into Concubine Mo's ears.
But Concubine Mo Shu was not the flamboyant Concubine Xuan back then, so she still said a few polite words with a shy face, and generously shared the soup given by Emperor Xuan with the two.
After learning about Empress Dowager Mo's Buddha incense, where did Feng Huanling dare to enjoy what Long Jingming gave to Mo's family? Although he was flattered, he didn't taste it immediately, but looked at Su Moxuan meaningfully.
At that time, Su Moxuan had already picked up the soup bowl and took out a spoonful of the nourishing soup, raised it to his lips and blew it first, but when he was about to drink it, he sniffed the taste of the soup vigorously, and then frowned slightly.
"What's wrong with the concubine? Don't scare me, the last time I saw you like this should have been at the full moon banquet of Changyou, right? Could it be that this soup is also ......?"
As if he had just realized that he had said the wrong thing, Feng Huanling closed his mouth slightly abruptly, and put the soup bowl he had just picked up in his hand back to its original position.
The full moon banquet of the only son of the former prime minister, the poisoning of the longevity lock has long been known to everyone, and the one who noticed the abnormality at that time was Su Moxuan, who had just returned from Yuanling Mountain. Concubine Mo naturally knew about this, so when she heard Feng Huanling say this, her face changed greatly.
Su Moxuan said vaguely: "Maybe it's because I have a body, in fact, my sense of smell is not as good as before, but I vaguely feel that there may be some spices in this soup, and it may not be suitable for people who are pregnant." Of course, it can only be that I smell wrong, after all, this is a gift from the divine, where is the problem? ”
"Yes, maybe you're too nervous, doesn't it mean that pregnant women are inevitably nervous?" Feng Huanling also tried hard to play the round, but he no longer refused to touch the bowl of nourishing soup given by the emperor, "Don't be careful, Concubine Shu, let's eat quickly, otherwise it will be cold." ”
Concubine Mo hesitated, put the soup in her hand back into place and did not move again, and then eased her face slightly and continued to eat.
As if to ease the atmosphere, Su Moxuan changed the topic and said: "You really have to be careful in everything during pregnancy, especially in this harem, there have always been a lot of messy things. For example, before I entered the palace, I heard that in the past, some concubines would even mix musk or other toxins into rouge gouache in order to harm pregnant concubines, and in the end, pregnant concubines couldn't even figure out how they lost their dragonborn. ”
The more she listened, the more frightened Concubine Mo became, her face was extremely pale, but she still tried to hold up a smile to accompany her, but her words became less and less.
After lunch, the atmosphere was obviously not as good as noon, Su Moxuan and Feng Huanling retired first with the excuse of preparing for the Qixi banquet in the evening.
This female official Feng has been serving by Mo Jiaorao's side since she was a child, and she has a lot of kung fu foundation, especially the light skills. So she understood the intention with just one look from the master, and after sending Concubine Rui and Princess Cheyue out of Shuliang Palace, she secretly followed and listened for a while.
Before Concubine Mo Shufei waited for Lady Feng to come back, the imperial doctor Lai Tianying came to ask her for peace as usual.
"Why is the mother's face so bad?" Lai Tianying's concern was overflowing, and she took out the silk handkerchief and other things and was about to diagnose her pulse, but saw that she waved back first, "Niangniang is in trouble?" ”
Seeing that there were no outsiders, Concubine Mo immediately stood up straight and held the imperial soup that Shicai had specially asked the palace people to leave in front of him, "Tianying, you can help me see if there is a problem with this soup first." ”
Seeing that her face was solemn, Lai Tianying was also stunned, and she concentrated on checking the soup without asking anything.
During this period, Lady Feng went and turned around, and after seeing that the imperial doctor Lai had said hello, she did not shy away from reporting to her master: "Niangniang, the slave maid followed all the way to Chengxi Palace, and faintly listened to Concubine Rui and Princess Cheyue chatting in private, as if it was something mixed in the Buddha incense specially prepared by the Holy Lord for the Queen Mother, I am afraid that it is the reason why the Queen Mother's headache cannot be healed for a long time, and it is getting heavier and heavier." also said that there are several spices superimposed in Niangniang's imperial soup, and it will be, it will ......"
In the end, Lady Feng saw that her master's face was no longer bloodless, and she suddenly couldn't bear to continue.
What she overheard with her light skills and adventures, even people like her, who are not very related, are shocked and chilled when they hear it, not to mention the master who has always wanted to fix her pet wholeheartedly?
However, Lai Tianying, who had already completed the test, took over the conversation with a solemn face, "If this soup is drunk for a long time, it will cause the woman to be infertile." ”
Recalling what Su Moxuan said earlier, Concubine Mo Shu seemed to refuse to believe it, and took out a few boxes of rouge gouache given by Emperor Xuan, all of which were carefully examined by Lai Tianying. She has also been taught a lot of taboos in the palace by her mother, etc., since she entered the palace, so except for Lady Feng, she has always dared to believe in the imperial doctor Lai who is her childhood sweetheart.
But she never doubted the precautions against the things given by the saints, and no one taught her to guard against her husband from harming herself like this. So even if Lai Tianying firmly said again that those rouge gouaches were mixed with trace amounts of musk, she still couldn't believe it, and she couldn't understand why the saint wanted to do this to herself? Why would he not want her to conceive his child?
"Mother? Empress? ”
Seeing that Concubine Mo was stunned for a long time and didn't respond, Lai Tianying couldn't help but anxiously call "Rao" that she dared to call when she was young, and finally made her suddenly come back to her senses.
"Tianying, will you tell me? Why? Why did he do this to me? Why! ”
Concubine Mo Shufei almost collapsed and roared, but fortunately, when Lady Feng came in, she had already closed the doors and windows, and she had also sent the rest of the palace people to the courtyard, thinking that no outsiders would listen to her.
"Graceful ......"
Lai Tianying couldn't hide his distress, and he couldn't care about any etiquette and hugged Mo She into his arms, but how could he answer that the high emperor, why would he use such a vicious method to calculate a poor woman who was thinking day and night about how to please him and get more favor and favor from him?
It has always been unpredictable, but the heart of a gentleman with such a vicious spirit is only rare in ancient times!