Tuoba Hong is not afraid of heat, but many clansmen and ladies in the royal family are delicate and expensive, even if they offer ice cubes every day, it is difficult to eliminate the scorching heat of midsummer, and the call for leaving Beijing outside the palace is getting higher and higher. After discussing with the queen in private, Tuoba Hong decided to go to Lishan for summer vacation as he did last year.

After this command from above, the Sixth Bureau, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry were all busy, and they began to deploy everywhere along the way, preparing to welcome the holy car. Here in the harem, the emperor and the empress discussed the booklet to be entourage, and the concubines were also a little uneasy. If you are not selected to accompany the emperor, you will not see the emperor for three months, and when the emperor comes back, where will the emperor remember himself? But this matter only depends on the emperor's intentions, and it is not easy to force it.

The Queen Mother was too old to travel and travel, so she stayed in Kyoto. The queen, Concubine Xiang, Concubine Rou and others naturally want to go with the emperor, and the rest of the concubines who can be accompanied by grace are all favored people, in addition to the Chu sisters who are in the limelight, there are also Zhao Shuyuan, Mao Concubine, Bai Liangdi, Lin Yuan is also fortunate to be among these favorite concubines. The concubine was also favored, but unfortunately her foot injury did not heal, so she lost the opportunity to travel in vain.

The most unpredictable thing is Concubine Wen. Although she lost her reputation as a talented woman and lost her favor because of Chu Huashang, the virtuous and virtuous queen still added her name to the booklet - after all, she has served the emperor for many years and has worked hard. But in the end, she refused to accompany her on the grounds that she wanted to serve the Queen Mother.

After hearing this, Tuoba Hong was not angry that she didn't know what to do, nor did he praise her filial piety, but only said lightly: "Yes." ”

Concubine Wen's actions made Lin Yuan completely see what Qinggao is. "Qinggao" is not the same as ordinary pride and self-esteem.

But she has to say that she has the ability to be high. If she is in such an awkward position as a concubine - her father is a Hanlin with no real power, and she has nothing but talent, but this talent is surpassed by a woman whose background, appearance, and age are superior to her. What should I do?

Although he was favored in the past, he did not leave any blood and bones, and he did not leave a trace in the emperor's heart, and now the situation of falling out of favor is not a dead end. Tuoba Hong is really a cool emperor, when he wants to take his concubines to the palace for summer vacation, his name is not even written by his own hand, but by the queen as a personal favor.

Tian Liangdi also has the backstage of the family and sister, and she is obviously not an opponent. If you start from other aspects, learn to dance, learn the piano or even learn the art of the room, and the gap between you and your previous image is too big, a fickle woman is not pleasing in the eyes of the emperor.

So what can be done? You can't sit still.

In Lin Yuan's opinion, Concubine Wen's actions at this time have nothing to do with self-abandonment, but it is a bit of a unique way.

Although Lin Yuan didn't know what she wanted to do next, she remembered the woman's suppressed anger in Changle Palace, it would not be a silent resignation.

Lin Yuan deliberately went to say goodbye to her before leaving, and at that time, Concubine Wen had already moved to a palace room called Bixiao Hall next to Changle Palace, which was convenient for serving the Queen Mother. The name Bixiao Hall is full of fairy energy, and the place is plain everywhere, and the concubine standing in the main hall is only wearing a moon-white raccoon brocade skirt, and her hair is tied high with a cyan ribbon, and she does not use a hairpin. She didn't welcome Lin Yuan's arrival, and it could even be said that she was unkind: "It's strange, you and I don't have anything to do with each other, why do you want to come to see me?" You know I've fallen out of favor, and you're not going to get any more out of me. ”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly: "Niangniang, the concubine has no intention of wanting to reap benefits. The concubine just wants to come and see you. She thought to herself that this woman was not at all good. Could this be the high level of literati and ink writers? It's no wonder that Concubine Wen's popularity has never been very good, and it's no wonder that she has no way to favor the emperor in a flattering way.

"Then thank you for coming to see me." Concubine Wen said and brought tea and sent off the guests.

Lin Yuan quickly left. She told herself that she must remember the concubine at this time, remember what she was favored for and why she fell out of favor today, and remember how cold and uncontrollable the emperor's favor in the harem is. Concubine Wen's downfall today stems from her previous carelessness, she thought that she could be invincible by learning the same ability, but she forgot that there are people outside the sky, and when a more knowledgeable woman appears to replace her, she will be worthless in the king's heart. And in addition to learning, will she have any other ways to be pampered? No, she didn't learn anything, so she could only fall out of favor.

Lin Yuan engraved this woman's downfall in her mind. She wanted to remind herself how difficult the road ahead was, to remind herself that the emperor was a person who did not miss the old feelings and was not worth relying on, and to remind herself never to take it lightly.

Of course, when she comes back from the palace in three months, Lin Yuan must take another look at this interesting woman to see if she can really recover.

The trip out of the palace to escape the summer has been arranged. On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, the royal family and the officials of the family set off with the dragon and went to the Lishan Palace.

And just the day before leaving, the emperor also went to Huayang Palace to visit Wei Zhaoyi. Lin Yuan had never seen Wei Zhaoyi, she felt that this lady was very mysterious, and she knew that she was by no means an insignificant person by virtue of the emperor's visits from time to time.

Tuoba Hong is not a very good woman, go to the palace to rejuvenate the people, if you bring dozens of concubines to accompany you, not to mention the cost of manpower and material resources, it is not good in the eyes of the courtiers and the people. Therefore, there are not many concubines who can go to the palace with them, and there are only a dozen. Most of the people have to stay in the palace and live a miserable life that is hot and there is no boss to brush.

The dragon drove all the way to the north, and the scenery he saw was very different from that in the capital. There will be no rare and precious flowers and plants in the suburbs, but because Daqin advocates the color of bright yellow and vermilion, the land along the way from the capital to the palace is planted with maple leaf forests and golden locusts, which can be regarded as a symbol of royal prestige.

The concubines in the palace have not been out of the palace for a long time, and they have a warm sense of thirst for the fresh scenery outside the palace. Many people take advantage of the fact that there are no outsiders on the side of the road, stretch out their hands to lift up the sedan curtain and look out, only to see the gorgeous red and yellow colors intertwined along the way, and occasionally there are rhododendrons, impatiens and some indescribable wild flowers blooming all over the mountains, so that the dense jungle and the hazy scenery of the distant mountains are actually more lingering than the upper forest garden in the palace.

Because of her low position, Lin Yuan couldn't enjoy a carriage alone, so she could only sit with Tian Liangdi. In front of the emperor, the queen is very good at being a person, and everyone in the palace knows that Lin Yuan and the Bai family and the Ye family are not compatible, so the queen chose Tian Liangdi to be with her. This kind of carriage specially prepared for long-distance travel is unusual, it is very spacious, two people will not be squeezed when they lie down to sleep, and it is also stuffed with brocade quilt pillows to make people sit softly, neither easy to get motion sickness nor tired. Lin Yuan said that this is simply an ancient version of an RV, high-end and high-grade, and only the royal family can enjoy it. Other palaces, officials and eunuchs did not have this treatment at all, and they sat in the hard carriage one by one, and every time they came to the bottom of their rest, they complained bitterly and came out to rest.

According to the distance from Kyoto to Lishan, the sedan car has to go from early morning to dusk. Lin Yuan felt very comfortable in the luxury carriage, and Tian Liangdi next to her was kind, and the two of them maintained a polite and distant manner, and they got along very well along the way.

Lin Yuan slowly learned why the daughter of the Chu family was supported by the emperor. Chu Huaxin and Chu Huashang are real nobles, and everyone is beautiful. Chu Huaxin is more proud and noble, Chu Huashang gives her the feeling of calmness, sitting in the same carriage with her and getting along intimately, Lin Yuan feels appreciative when she looks at the neatness and generosity between her gestures.

This kind of noble girl's bearing is completely different from Bai Xiuwei - some big families have strict family rules, and the daughter who taught them is Sister Chu Huaxin; Some families are powerful and powerful, and the rich and noble township still blindly spoil their daughters, and the ones who are spoiled are like Bai Xiuwei.

Thinking about it, only people like the sisters of the Chu family, with such a noble background and good bearing, have the ability to share the favor of Concubine Xiang.

When it was time to rest for the second time, a small inner supervisor came from the front, stopped in front of Lin Yuan and their sedan chair, bowed and said: "Please two little masters, the emperor summoned Tian Liangdi, please Liangdi little master go over with the slaves." ”

The joy on Tian Liangdi's Chu Hua's face flashed, and then she lowered her head to cover it up, and said to Lin Yuan: "Unfortunately, I'm going to be out of company." ”

Yes, people are going to accompany them again. The momentum of the Chu family's sisters' long's favor is unwaning!

Lin Yuan smiled lightly and said goodbye to Chu Huasheng: "Little Master Liangdi, go slowly." ”

At this time, someone suddenly said: "I couldn't see that the Lin family had such a good temperament before!" The oracle of Xuan Tianliangdi's companion was handed in front of you, and you could bear it. ”

Listening to this voice, you know that this person is Bai Xiuwei. Lin Yuan turned his head and smiled lightly at her, and said with a rare kindness: "Self-cultivation is exactly what a woman should do. You said that the concubine is good-natured, although the concubine doesn't know why you praise you so much, but she still thanked her first. ”

Bai Xiuwei was dressed in a rouge-colored carved silk pendant rice bead palace dress, standing on a bluestone slab in front of the wheel, her face full of mockery. She raised her hand and pulled her hair in a bun and said, "Lin Xiaoyuan has always been sharp and sharp, and she is cunning when she thinks about it, how can she not understand what this concubine means?" As he spoke, he covered his sleeves and sneered away.

Lin Yuan has long been too lazy to worry about Bai Xiuwei, and she will not lose a piece of meat when she is scolded.

The team stopped and stopped, and arrived at the palace on time at dusk.