Chapter 87: The Sweet Dumplings of the Harem
"Let's go to Concubine Yan's place first!" Ye Xuanling threw a sentence to Xingji, and his voice was so calm that people couldn't fathom his thoughts. (5) ∞ eight (5) ∞ eight (5) ∞ read (5) ∞ books, .←.o≈
Starmark glanced up at him, but didn't say anything more, and followed in the direction of Ruyan Palace.
Concubine Yan was originally the mother concubine of King Ning, and she grew up together with Ye Xuanling's biological mother, Concubine Li, and entered the palace together, and they all said that there was no real sisterhood in the harem, but this sentence did not apply to Concubine Yan and Concubine Li.
Even if the emperor favored Concubine Li, Concubine Yan never became jealous, and even when the Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion was in trouble, Concubine Yan resolutely helped Concubine Li leave the palace despite the dissuasion of her mother's family.
For so many years, although Ye Xuanling's nominal adoptive mother was the queen, speaking of which, he was raised by Concubine Yan together with King Ning.
Before arriving at Ruyan Palace, the palace maid and eunuch guarding the door greeted him from afar, and the other two went in with joy on their faces.
"Your Highness, you haven't been here for a few days, and Concubine Yan is still chattering!"
Mama Hua beside Concubine Yan greeted her in person, and when she saw Ye Xuanling for the first time, she didn't look like she was doing anything, and she seemed to be relieved, and a smile appeared on her face.
Ye Xuanling has been riddled with affairs for the past few days, and he hasn't had time to visit Concubine Yan, and it has been really a few days.
Looking down at Mama Hua with an excited face, Ye Xuanling's heart warmed, and her originally cold expression was slightly soothed: "I haven't seen you for many days, how is Mama Hua lately?"
"Okay!Okay!Everything is fine!" Mama Hua nodded frequently with a smile on her face, and while responding, she led Ye Xuanling into the hall.
Ye Xuanling saw that Mama Hua walked with a sharp and capable style, and his face was a little more relieved, and the people around him were good, so he was relieved.
For example, in the main hall of Yan Palace, Concubine Yan heard Ye Xuanling coming, and immediately asked the palace maid to brew his favorite new tea, and her beautiful and soft face was excited, and now she was looking at the door with some expectation.
Concubine Yan has a plain temperament, not like the colorful ladies in the harem who dress up every day, her eyebrows and eyes are as beautiful as water, and there is a fresh and refined charm in her delicateness, but there is an indescribable softness without powder.
was originally a favored person by the emperor's side, but Concubine Yan liked to be quiet, especially after Concubine Li left the palace, there were even fewer words.
The emperor came to see her, and the topic always revolved around Concubine Li, perhaps because he missed Concubine Li, but he had more to say, and the emperor also liked to sit here for a while longer.
"See Concubine Yan!" Ye Xuanling entered the main hall and stepped forward to salute Concubine Yan first.
"Child, get up!" Concubine Yan helped Ye Xuanling up with her own hands, looking at his ruddy face and not looking like something was wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief, but her eyes were still nervously looking at Ye Xuanling: "I heard that you encountered danger halfway, how are you now?"
"Don't worry about Niangniang!" Ye Xuanling helped Concubine Yan, and her face became a little softer: "It's just that I suffered some minor injuries, and now it's fine, but I've been entangled in official business recently, and I haven't been able to come to Niangniang to say goodbye for a while, which makes you worry." ”
Concubine Yan's eyes flickered, she stretched out her hand and pulled Ye Xuanling inside, her face was no longer impatient just now, and she asked as she walked: "Is your mother concubine okay?" Last time you said that her old illness had relapsed, how is it now?"
"Qingchen has shown it to the mother in the past, and now there is no big problem, so the mother can rest assured. As Ye Xuanling spoke, he took out another brocade box from his wide sleeves and handed it to Concubine Yan: "This is the snow lotus pill that the mother concubine brought to the mother." ”
Snow Lotus Pill is a pill made by Feng Qingchen with Snow Lotus and dozens of precious herbs, specially given to women to moisturize the skin and activate the heart to achieve the effect of maintaining the appearance forever.
Concubine Yan was not polite, she stretched out her hand to take it, looking at the neatly placed pills in the brocade box, the corners of her lips hooked up a smile, and then sighed for a moment: "I don't know when your mother will come back, not to mention the emperor, I have always dreamed of her all these years!"
Ye Xuanling paused, helped Concubine Yan sit down and poured a cup of hot tea with her own hands: "The mother concubine has been very happy outside all these years, as a son of man, seeing her happy is the greatest wish, as for when to come back, it depends on the meaning of the mother concubine." ”
"Yes, after all, there is not so much freedom in the palace, your mother concubine has a hearty temperament and doesn't like to be locked up, so let her be!" Concubine Yan didn't continue after all, lowered her head and took a sip of tea, as if thinking of something, and turned to Ye Xuanling.
"I heard that you have recently been very close to the concubine of the Zhenguo Mansion......'s family in the nunnery? What kind of girl is she?"
Concubine Yan didn't hear a lot about Qiao Nianxi, but first of all, she didn't like the person of Zhenguohou, let alone a concubine in their family?
If Ye Xuanling was going to marry back as a concubine, Concubine Yan would have nothing to say, but Ye Xuanling and King Ning were the children she brought out, and their temperament could not be clearer.
These two children treat their feelings as a tendon, and the woman who enters the door is a wife, which makes her have to worry about it.
Ye Xuanling took the cup in his hand for a moment, and then put it on the table, not like the disapproving attitude of the emperor's side, and the expression on his face was a little more serious.
"Do you remember Elder Zhang?" Ye Xuanling sat beside Concubine Yan, and when she saw her face, she was instantly a little surprised, knowing that she remembered, she continued: "I once heard my mother concubine say something about Elder Zhang's family, and this child is Elder Zhang's granddaughter. ”
Concubine Yan was stunned, looked at Ye Xuanling in disbelief, and thought for a long time before she spoke: "Elder Zhang, don't you have only one daughter, how could you marry Qiao Hongyuan?"
And it's still a concubine? With Zhang Lao's strong character, such a thing is absolutely impossible to happen!
Hearing this, Ye Xuanling's face was also a little gloomy, he sorted out his thoughts, and unhurriedly told Concubine Yan the news he had found before.
Concubine Yan's face changed after hearing this, although she is usually quiet and soft, she may be a person who has become friends with Concubine Li, she must also have a temper, and when she heard Ye Xuanling say that Qiao Hongyuan deceived Zhang Shuixin to be a concubine for him, she was so angry that she reached out and slapped it on the table!
"It's shameless!" Concubine Yan glared, gritting her teeth when she said a word, this sharp expression really made Ye Xuanling stunned.
"Don't react so much, it's not worth it if you're angry!" Ye Xuanling hurriedly grabbed it, while persuading her to reach out and smooth her back.
Concubine Yan came to her senses for a long time, wrinkled her brows and thought about it, and then looked at Ye Xuanling: "Since it is the granddaughter of Elder Zhang, I naturally won't stop it, but this child's status as a concubine is really a little low, it's better to be like this, if you really care, I'll go and discuss with your father and give this child the title of county lord, I don't worry about anything else, I'm afraid that the queen's side will make a bad deal because of this matter, after all, you have to call her the queen mother." ”
Ye Xuanling listened to Concubine Yan's words, the corners of her lips were slightly hooked, and she didn't take this matter to heart at all: "That girl is a strong person, she has her own ideas about some things, so you don't have to worry about it, what's more, no matter what, I won't take the people I don't want if they force them over, and neither can the queen." ”
Concubine Yan turned her face, looked at Ye Xuanling's relaxed face, and sighed with her brows furrowed: "Okay, you are all children with ideas, so I won't worry about it, but you still have to be more careful in your actions." ”
"Yes!" Ye Xuanling didn't want Concubine Yan to worry about it, so she responded and pushed the cup full of tea in front of her.
Chatting with Concubine Yan for a long time, it was not until Concubine Yan's rest time that Ye Xuanling said goodbye to Ruyan Palace and walked towards the queen's Fengxiang Palace.
Compared with Concubine Yan's anxiety just now, the queen was much calmer, her usual dignified and steady made people unable to see what she was thinking, she didn't have the excitement when she saw Ye Xuanling, and she didn't feel angry because she waited for so long, everything was calm, no different from usual.
When Ye Xuan left to enter, the afterglow swept to the woman wearing light gauze brocade guarding the queen's side, this person was the queen's niece, Ji Yangyu.
A delicate face seems to be carefully carved by heaven and man, and it is indescribably delicate and sweet together, the delicate body is weak and boneless, and there is an indescribable nobility between the slender waist and long arms.
In terms of talent and appearance, Ji Yangyu is definitely a figure that the women of the imperial capital compete to imitate, and with the support of the queen's aunt, among the daughters of the famous families in the entire imperial capital, except for Gao Yun, there is really no one who dares to provoke her.
When Ye Xuanling looked towards the queen's side, Ji Yangyu's eyes also happened to look at Ye Xuanling, his eyes were facing each other, but he saw him frowning and walking towards the palace.
"Sons see the queen mother!"
Ye Xuanling entered the main hall and saluted the queen first, his face was still the usual coldness, which was the solemnity that a soldier should have.
"Let's get up!" The queen was drinking tea, and when she heard the voice, she immediately put the tea in her hand on the table, and raised her hand towards Ye Xuan Lingxu, her face was still as usual.
Ye Xuanling got up and was about to talk to the queen, but saw Ji Yangyu walking over from the queen.
"Yang Yu has seen His Royal Highness King Ling!" Ji Yangyu approached and bowed, his beautiful eyes looked at Ye Xuanling and immediately lowered his head shyly, and Ru Ying's lips were slightly nervously pursed into a line.
At this time, in the face of Ji Yangyu's fairy-like character, anyone should reach out to help him with pity, Ji Yangyu and the queen also thought so, but the person in front of him was Ye Xuanling, so it could not be inferred with ordinary people's thinking.
Lowering his eyes and casually swept over Ji Yangyu's body, Ye Xuanling lazily spit out two words, "Get up!" After that, he didn't look at her again, and walked straight around her towards the queen.
Ji Yangyu was hung to the side, her whole body froze, full of grievances and unwillingness, so she couldn't help biting her lip, and looked towards the queen with tears in her eyes.
The queen didn't expect that he would have such a narrow face in front of her, with a gloomy face, but she looked up at Ye Xuanling's calm face, and thought to herself in her heart.
In the end, the queen figured it out, glanced at Ji Yangyu, and asked her to come back to her side.
"This time, Erchen went out and got a black pearl, and I hereby dedicate it to the queen mother, I hope the queen mother can like it!" Ye Xuanling walked up to the queen and took out a small box from his sleeve.
The queen wanted to reprimand, but in the face of the gift that Ye Xuanling placed in front of her, suddenly the words that came to her lips could not be spoken.
"Also, you are a child with filial piety, and you are always thinking about the palace!" The queen's face softened slightly, and between speaking, she reached out to take the brocade box handed by Ye Xuanling.
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