Although there are newcomers later, no one can shake Shi Jieyu's rock-solid favor, except for the occasional concubine, most of the emperors stayed in Shi Jieyu's, and Zhang Fuxin couldn't help but feel that she was not a word, and the emperor really forgot about her.

After Shi Jieyu became pregnant, she was canonized as a concubine, and the news was like a thunderclap on the ground, shaking in every corner of the harem.

It has been raining for three days in a row, and the room is getting more and more humid and stuffy.

Walking to the hibiscus pond, I saw the lotus leaves undulating, ten thousand flowers in full bloom, which was refreshing, and probably the last batch of lotus flowers at the end of summer, and a small part of the cover at the bottom had begun to slowly wither.

As soon as he wanted to find a pavilion to rest, Zhang Fuxin found that there was someone in the remote place by the pool, kneeling motionless on the uneven pebbles, originally thought that she was just a palace maid who had made a mistake, but when she looked closely, she found that she was Zhu Xuanzhi.

Zhu Jiao was wearing a pink and white dress, wet and sticking to her thin skin, and her hair was also wet on her face by the rain, dripping down her chin, looking very pitiful.

The face of the sinking fish and the wild goose looked cold, without a trace of temperature at all, the long eyelashes did not blink, and there was not even a maid around, because of the chaos at the moment, she did not notice the existence of Zhang Fuxin, Bai Xue stepped forward and said to her, "Don't you know how to greet talented people?" ”

Zhu Jiao raised her eyes and glanced at Zhang Fuxin in embarrassment, only to feel that her body was hot and cold, and it was difficult to react for a while, so she bit her lip and said in a very low voice, "Please say hello to the talented people." ”

Zhang Fuxin didn't care very much, in fact, in her impression, this waiter was the most top-notch in the harem except for Concubine Li, and Zhu Jiao had a pair of extremely affectionate peach blossom eyes, like a flower shining on the water when she was quiet, and her spirit was moving, but her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and there seemed to be endless sorrow, and her thin cherry lips were always slightly closed.

At this moment, not far away, a palace maid ran all the way and saluted Zhang Fuxin and said, "Slave maid, see Zhang Cairen, talented people are auspicious." ”

Seeing that the other party looked at herself, she explained with a smile, "The slave maid is a person from Zhu Xuan's palace, and the servant was punished for kneeling here today, disturbing Zhang Xiaozhu, it is really a crime that deserves death."

Zhang Fuxin remembered that Zhu Jiao was a very peaceful girl, every time she saw herself, she was cautious and cautious, she didn't dare to meet her eyes, and she didn't say much, how could she take the initiative to offend others? So I couldn't help asking, "What's going on?" ”

This palace maid seemed to be distressed and said, "Hey, back to your words, today I looked at the sky to rain, the waiter had to come out to enjoy the flowers, and it rained halfway without an umbrella, and the waiter ran all the way to cover the rain regardless of the image, but behind was Zhao Xiaozhu and Xu Xiaozhu, seeing that the waiter did not know the etiquette, Xu Xiaozhu reprimanded, who knew that the waiter actually spoke against him, so he was punished to kneel in these two hours, and this was not an hour. ”

Seeing that the palace maid was accusing her master of not saying anything in her words, not to mention that it was just raining, it was thunder and lightning, she wanted to come out Tang Wan, and they didn't dare to complain or be impatient in addition to worrying, Zhang Fuxin asked calmly, "Then the master is punished for kneeling, where did you just go?" ”

The little palace maid hurriedly replied respectfully: "Little Master Zhao, they ordered the slaves and maids to supervise the hour, and the slaves and maids went to the side to supervise the selection of servants. ”

In fact, she has been sheltering from the rain under the tree next to her, and felt unlucky, and secretly scolded her master Zhu Xuanzhi thousands of times.

Zhang Fuxin had a layer of gloom on his face, and he was cold, "Originally, I chose to come out without an umbrella, which is the dereliction of duty of your subordinates, the master was punished and knelt in the rain, and the slave and maid dared to take advantage of the cold on the side, it was really bold." ”

Zhu Jiao looked at Zhang Fuxin in slight surprise, a little unclear, her eyes flashed with tears, her palace maid saw that the situation was not right, and immediately knelt down and asked for sin, "The slave knows that she is wrong, please forgive me." ”

Zhang Fuxin let the palace maid who worshiped high and low kneel aside, and pointed to the last small palace person in his team, ordered her to take an umbrella, stand next to Zhu Jiao, and personally bent down and patted Zhu Jiao's shoulder, as if silently comforting that everything would pass.

The thank you sentence in Zhu Jiao's mouth was swallowed back weakly after brewing for a long time, and finally became speechless.

When they were far away, Bai Xue mentioned on the side, "Master, please forgive the slave and maid for talking too much, sometimes compassion is a big taboo in the harem, Zhao Cairen and Xu Baolin are powerful, and this Zhu Xuanzhi is an unpleasant person, why should you help her." ”

Zhang Fuxin glanced at her and said a truth that he thought was very simple: "Everyone in the palace only knows the icing on the cake, but they don't know that the flower on the cake will never lack your one, and the charcoal in the snow is enough for people to remember forever." ”

Bai Xue was blessed for a moment, "The slave and maid have been taught." ”

Zhang Fuxin was noncommittal, in fact, she just felt that Zhu Jiao was a person who kept to herself, because she was too humble and too beautiful to be envied, she would be troubled, but she didn't do anything wrong.

Sometimes I think about it, Zhu Jiao and Li Concubine are also God-given beauty, but the circumstances are indeed so different, Li Concubine is the object of thousands of favors in the palace to compete and please, but Zhu Jiao has no favor, no position, no family background, and her weak personality is trampled on, really speaking, Zhu Jiao's facial features are not much worse than Li Concubine, but the temperament and cowardly aura of resignation cover up all the light.

Early the next morning, Bai Xue Tang Wan and others came in to serve Zhang Fuxin to wash, saying that the talented person who slept last night had been promoted to Ronghua.

In fact, Zhang Fuxin was not surprised, the Donghai Ban clan was already a quite famous family, although Ban Lanbi's father was only a layman, but because of the fame and connections accumulated by this family, some powerful officials could not establish it in a short period of time.

"Little master, now that everyone else has given gifts to Guan Ju Palace, the slave maid thinks that you were good friends with her when you were in the Middle Palace, so you can take this opportunity." Bai Xue said as she moved in her hand.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fuxin shook his head, "She is now the first Ronghua in the concubine, it is hot, there are too many people who come to visit, this time to go is deliberate, we will prepare gifts to express our hearts, moreover, the ancients have a cloud gentleman's friendship is as light as water, and the villain's friendship is sweet." ”

Bai Xue experienced what happened to Zhu Xuanzhi yesterday, and for a while felt that her master's personality was really fresh, so she could only obey the order, "Yes, the slave will go to prepare the ceremony." ”

Zhang Fuxin nodded, "I observed that Rong Hua likes to hold a group fan every day, so I packed my silk embroidered gold fan and sent it to her." ”

When Bai Xue went out, there were only Tang Wan and her left in the inner room, Tang Wan knelt behind to comb her hair, and slowly said, "Little master, do you know the allusions between Ban Ronghua's promotion." ”

Zhang Fuxin said to the mirror: "And allusions? ”

Tang Wan condensed slightly, "That's not it, yesterday when we went to the hibiscus pond on the west side of the Imperial Garden, Ban Ronghua happened to meet the emperor in the east." ”

also went to the Imperial Garden in one day, and Zhao Cairen Xu Baolin Zhu Xuanzhi included himself, but Ban Lanbi happened to meet the emperor and was favored, and I don't know what the previous people were like.

Zhang Fuxin has a very good mentality, "She doesn't look bad and is quite talented, and it is only a matter of time before she is favored." ”

Tang Wan smoothly combed her hair to the ends, and whispered, "This Ban Ronghua loves Lan very much, I heard that it rained for three days in a row, so I spent three days in the imperial garden for the umbrella for the orchid, and I happened to be met by the saint, and I felt that Rong Hua was pure-hearted, so he took it back to the Qiancang Hall directly." ”

Under the novelty, she couldn't help but think of Zhu Xuanshi, who seemed to be a humble person, and his life was not as good as the flowers and plants in the imperial garden.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fuxin didn't take the initiative to come to the door, and after a while, Ban Lanbi's invitation was handed to Yongcui Pavilion, saying that he liked the silk embroidered gold fan very much, and invited her to drink tea.

Tang Wan was secretly surprised: "Could it be that the little master was prescient, so he didn't go to Guan Ju?" ”

Zhang Fuxin put down the invitation and said in the same tone as usual, "Where is the foresight, but someone can distinguish which ones are inflammatory, and which ones are worth dealing with." ”

Ban Lanbi lives in the Jinghuaxuan of Guanju Palace, which is a quiet courtyard, but because she has to take care of the saint's family to promote to Ronghua and people come in droves, the Jinghuaxuan trees are verdant, the mountains are like brocades, and it is very fresh and beautiful.

Seeing Zhang Fuxin coming over to greet her in a proper manner, she smiled gently, "You and my sisters don't have to be too polite, just sit down." ”

After thanking her, Zhang Fuxin sat on the pear blossom chair next to her, with a square table in the middle, and the table was filled with hot tea, which was shallow and diffuse, and Zhang Fuxin couldn't help but praise "Good fragrant tea." ”

Ban Lanbi said sincerely, "It's all the 'Enshi Yulu' that His Majesty has rewarded, I drank it well, so I wanted to ask you to come and taste it." ”

Zhang Fuxin took a sip and looked at the person, "It's very elegant and clear-mouthed, I want to come to my sister often to beg for tea in the future." ”

Ban Lanbi smiled lightly, "If you don't think my place is far away, you are naturally welcome." ”

So they naturally talked to each other, Zhang Fuxin took the initiative to mention the events of that day in the Imperial Garden, talking about what he saw and heard, but there was not much tone, Ban Lanbi said thoughtfully, "It turns out that there is such a thing at the other end of the Imperial Garden that day, and Zhu Xuanzhi is also pitiful." ”

Zhang Fuxin smiled and said: "It's rare for my sister to think like this, after all, not everyone in the palace adheres to the principle that people don't offend me, I don't offend people." ”

Ban Lanbi shook her head pityingly, "She has no sin, so she shouldn't have to endure that kind of torture, and I don't despise that kind of posture." ”

After all, she is a well-known scholarly family with a good family upbringing, and she feels that Zhao Longhua and them are cheesy from the bottom of her heart.

Zhang Fuxin picked up the tea, "Sometimes weakness itself is a sin, especially for oneself, which means that others can be bullied. ”

Ban Lanbi agreed, and pulled Zhang Fuxin to talk for a while, until it was almost dark, Zhang Fuxin said goodbye and left.

When he was about to walk out of the Guan Ju Palace, he met a beauty like a fairy in the nine heavens, followed by a large group of palace people who were warblers and swallows.