He Xi took advantage of Tuoba Chen's strength, straightened up, and reluctantly half bent down to curtsia and salute, but was stopped by Tuoba Chen: "You still have injuries under your feet, this salute will be waived." ”

Xu Qing'er stood in place, a wind blew in, blowing the black hair, and the small tassel decorated with the coral hairpin on her head also rustled, and her face changed a few times, Xu Qing'er finally smiled far-fetched and said, "Why is Your Majesty here?" ”

Tuoba Chen glanced at the hairpin and replied, "What about the queen?" When did the main hall of this Weiyang Palace become a folk market? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone also heard Tuoba Chen's anger, Zhao Ruxue's face turned pale, and she fell to her knees with a plop, and said in a trembling voice; "Concubine...... Concubine ......"

The mouth is, but he can't find a suitable reason to defend himself.

He Xi smiled, but he didn't want this smile to affect his injured cheek, and only then did he feel a burning pain on his face. Taking a light breath, his smoky eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he was a little distressed.

Tuoba Chen looked over, but caught He Xi's small expression at the right time, He Xi didn't know it, and said: "The concubine and Zhao Meiren just had some misunderstanding, and now the misunderstanding has been eliminated, but the two concubines spared the purity of Weiyang Palace, and they really deserve to be punished, and I ask Your Majesty to condemn it." ”

Zhao Ruxue was stunned, and even the other concubines looked at He Xi suspiciously, just now Zhao Ruxue insulted He Xi like that, now is the time to seek justice in front of His Majesty, why did he give up like this?

Tuoba Chen saw a plain figure in front of him, with red marks on his white and jade-like face, but his expression was calm, and there was no sad and complaining look.

The party didn't want to be investigated, and this matter was not easy to punish severely, and Tuoba Chen just said a few words coldly, even if he dismissed the matter.

Everyone left Weiyang Palace, Xu Qing'er walked beside He Xi with the pothos, bowed her head and said nothing, thinking about her thoughts.

He Xi didn't bother her either, today she saw Xu Qing'er's hesitation, and she also sighed a little in her heart, in fact, when she saw Zhao Ruxue in the Ice Spring Palace that day, He Xi knew that she and Xu Qing'er had a dislike before.

Zhao Ruxue's footsteps were vain, and she was supported by her palace maid and returned to Wanxiu Palace, as soon as Fang entered the hall, she collapsed to the ground, startling the palace maid next to her, and hurriedly pulled Zhao Ruxue up and said, "What is the little master doing?" It's still a little cold in May, and the little master is wearing thin, so you have to be careful and don't get cold. ”

Zhao Ruxue was stunned, as if she had lost her soul, and muttered to herself: "Why? Why? ”

This is not only what Zhao Ruxue wants to ask, but in the Hehuan Palace, Ruyi also asked: "Little master, how did you let go of that Zhao beauty today, Zhao Meiren is so domineering, if the little lord truthfully tells His Majesty, according to His Majesty's favor for the little master, he will definitely ask for justice for the little master." ”

"Pampering?" He Xi's eyes faded, and his tone was half a point colder, smiling and mocking.

"Your Majesty rewarded the little lord with so many things a few days ago, isn't it a favor?" Ruyi was a little suspicious.

He Xi sat in front of the bronze mirror, carefully looked at the face in the mirror, touched the wound on his cheek lightly with his fingers, and said again: "This royal family is the most ruthless, and a moment of favor can be eliminated, and what I want is just favor?" Today's incident, you really think that Your Majesty will not investigate, and if you check, you will know that today's queen reprimanded Zhao Ruxue because of a purse, and Zhao Ruxue blamed me for being reprimanded. ”

Ruyi suddenly, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed: "The little master's target is the queen's mother?" ”

Gently raised his hand, the wide wide sleeves slipped to the elbow, revealing the snow-colored wrist, different from other concubines, the white and delicate wrist was not decorated with a thing, more cold, the backhand on the head of the hairpin inlaid with gold flowers white hosta down, a black soft hair, lost the restraint, hanging down, there are a few playful scattered on the sideburns, Ruyi stepped forward and carefully pulled the hair behind the ear.

The smile on the corner of He Xi's lips did not decrease, and he did not answer Ruyi's words, at this time, a little eunuch preached outside: "Little master, the Internal Affairs Office has sent a swelling and pain-relieving ointment. ”

Ruyi's face was filled with joy, and he hurriedly combed He Xi's black hair, and as soon as he cleaned up here, two little eunuchs in blue clothes came in front of the door, one of them was called Baocheng of the Hehuan Palace, and the face walking behind was delicate, but his face was tight, presumably he was from the Internal Affairs Office.

The little eunuch entered the palace, first leaned over and saluted, and then said: "The slave saw that Xi agreed, the slave received the order of the queen's mother, and came to send the swelling and pain-relieving ointment, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival Palace banquet, the mother specially instructed, the little master should be careful, don't lose your demeanor in front of the minister and His Royal Highness the Virtuous King." ”

He Xi looked at the tray in the eunuch's hand, only to see a delicate round bowl wrapped in gold powder porcelain, stretched out his hand to open it, and inside was a pale green paste, with a faint cool aroma of mint, He Xi naturally recognized this as a good cream.

"There is a trip to the father-in-law, and I asked the father-in-law to go back and tell the mother, He Xi knows." Respectfully returned the salute, then turned his head and ordered Ruyi to give the reward money, and gave it away.

In the hall, He Xi looked at the round bowl and was fascinated: "Lan Ruo, I don't know if I gave you this little gift in return, do you like it or not?" ”

In the Weiyang Palace, Tuoba Chen had already left, and although Xu Shangshu handled the matter of Dong Li, the household servant, very well, he had a lot of complicated things to rectify in the follow-up, so he hurriedly returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

After Tuoba Chen left, Qiao'er carefully closed the door of the palace, and said unhappily: "Niangniang, according to me, these little masters are too restless, and today they dared to have a dispute in Weiyang Palace, and if there was a dispute, it was just a matter of letting His Majesty see it, so that Niangniang accepted the grievances in vain." ”

Lan Ruo was already upset today because of the purse, and now that something like this has happened, he can't help but have a headache, rubbed the swollen forehead, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty today, it is clear that the palace is not strictly supervised, and secretly it is to reprimand the palace for making a big fuss, because a purse reprimands the palace concubine, which loses the queen's prestige." Speaking of this, Lan Ruo couldn't help but clench her teeth, and every word seemed to be bleeding.

Originally, this was a trivial matter, and on weekdays, the emperor also knew his temperament and temperament, and he had always been a little indulgent, but this time, Lan Ruo took a deep breath, looked over the purple gold relief incense burner in front of him, and looked outside, the scenery outside the hall was very elegant, but she did look in the direction of the Hehuan Palace, this matter, although she received a slap, but it fulfilled her reputation for gentleness and courtesy, from this point of view, the biggest winner is the one in the Hehuan Palace.

Is it really a coincidence?

Early the next morning, He Xi got up from Ruyi's service, the ointment was really a first-class product, and in just one night, the redness and swelling on his face had disappeared, but those few scratches seemed to be ink stains on the white paper, which were very eye-catching.

Ruyi said with some embarrassment: "Yesterday, the queen also said that the little master should be careful, but this swelling has disappeared, how should this injury be good?" ”

At this time, He Xi was taking out the lipstick from the makeup in front of the bronze mirror and sipping it lightly, and then raised his head, the eyes of the beauty in the mirror wandered, looking forward to the posture, He Xi still couldn't get used to this face, don't look away, and ordered: "Take the veil to cover it, I have a low position, and I will sit in the back row, presumably it will not attract attention." ”

If you want to think about it, you can only do that.

The banquet is set in the bright and spacious Taihe Palace, He Xi entered the palace with the concubines, the emperor's imperial banquet table is set up in front of the throne in the palace, and the left side is the phoenix seat where the queen should sit.

The queen's lower heads are sorted according to the four concubines of Gui, Shu, De, and Xian, and then they sit in order according to their positions.

Tuoba Chen has just ascended the throne for less than a few years, and there is no one in the position of these four concubines, and now Xu Qing'er is favored, so the queen's position is Xu Qing'er's position.

Zhao Ruxue's seat was close to He Xi, and today she seemed very restrained, and there was a little less flamboyance between holding her breath and lowering her eyebrows, and she squeezed out a trace of gentleness. I don't know if it's because I learned a lesson that day.

He Xi felt that someone was looking at him, and when he looked over, he saw a person sitting on the position of half a step shorter to the right of the emperor, dressed in red like fire, with phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, looking at him.

But it's not just one person looking at her, there is also a beauty in Tsing Yi, and half sitting next to Tuoba Yue is Xiao Nai.

He Xi nodded invisibly, but Tuoba Yue didn't seem to see it, picked up the wine glass and poured himself up, with a graceful posture and a faction of his own.

The two sit together, they are really talented and beautiful, and they are a natural couple.

"Your Majesty has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! The eunuch outside the hall sang loudly.

Hearing of this life, all the people in the temple got up and left their seats, kneeling on the ground to greet the holy car.

Lan Ruo and Tuoba Chen walked in hand in hand, because it was a palace banquet, the two of them were dressed very formally, wearing a big red gold and phoenix robe, and a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin, awe-inspiring. Tuoba Chen is still wearing a bright yellow dragon pattern brocade robe, wearing a red gold auspicious cloud crown. Royal style, awe-inspiring.

The two of them sat down and called for a flat body, and then everyone got up, Tuoba Chen glanced around, and suddenly saw He Xi sitting in the corner, who was being helped to sit down by Ruyi.

Today she was wearing a pleated skirt of mist and green grass that she had rewarded that day, and her eyebrows couldn't help but be dyed with a smile. After everyone sat down, Tuoba Chen said aloud: "Today's Dragon Boat Festival, a good day, coincides with the return of the seventh brother to the court, and several happy events come together, so please celebrate together." ”

It is no secret that Tuoba Yue has been crowned the prince for a long time, and when everyone heard the emperor say this, they raised their glasses and congratulated: "I wish Your Majesty and His Royal Highness King Xian, I wish Your Majesty Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Xianwang, good health and longevity." ”

He Xi looked at the staggered scene in front of her coldly, and her heart was filled with a cool coldness, once upon a time, there was a seat in the Mu Wangfu at the top of this hall, but now she can only be like a ghost who has never seen the light, hiding in the shadows and snooping.