Chapter Eighty-Six: Face Saint

The palace of the Great Moon Harem is divided into six palaces, the emperor resides in Jianzhang Palace, the queen resides in Guanju Palace, and the prince grows up Yang Palace, also known as the East Palace. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. The concubines lived in Yaohua Palace (South Palace), Yijing Palace (North Palace), and Hualiang Palace (West Palace).

Although it is not like the East and West Zodiac like Dashun, it is majestic in terms of land area, and the number of people is more than twice as much as that of the Dashun royal family.

The Magpie Garden, which does not belong to any of the six palaces, is just a small palace located in a corner of the Imperial Garden. At its most prosperous, it did not live in the concubine, and was only used to hold some small palace banquets in the harem.

King Jin grew up in the palace since he was a child, although he didn't walk through the palaces carefully, but he didn't have much interest in the scenery of Magpie Garden.

Li Qingmu is different.

When she entered the palace in her last life, the magpie garden had become a haunted temple, and few people came here on weekdays. Because she walked into the big moon harem a few years in advance, and it sounded like the place was very clean, she couldn't help but be curious.

There were palace maids waiting in front of the palace of Magpie Garden, and when they saw Gonggong Liu leading King Jin and Li Qingmu to come, they pushed the palace door of Magpie Garden open from a distance.

There was a 'squeak', and it was dark green, and the curtain was embroidered with golden birds on the side.

Gonggong Liu stepped forward in two steps, lifted the curtain of the door and invited King Jin and Li Qingmu to enter.

Behind the dark green curtain is a porch about half a zhang long, which acts as a wind.

Jump over the two high thresholds inside and outside, and then go inside to the main hall of Magpie Garden.

The decoration in the main hall is magnificent, depicting dragons and phoenixes. From the main seat to the door, there are no less than fifty headboards in a patchwork manner.

The place to entertain King Jin and Li Qingmu is not here.

After Gonggong Liu crossed the high threshold, he led the two of them to the side of the temple again. Passing around the two large pillars, a staircase of vermilion painted with flowers and plants painted in five colors of lacquer appeared in front of you.

Ascending the stairs, Gonggong Liu led the two to stop in front of a flower hall.

Compared with the main hall, the decoration in the flower hall has lost a little bit of atmosphere and is a little more elegant. There is no longer bright gold and bright yellow, but more pastel tones. Most of the flowers in the flower hall are green potted plants, and there are also various flowers in full bloom. In the four corners of the flower hall, there are also four-corner flower bottles of one person's height, and the plum blossoms that are in full bloom are inserted in it. More than a dozen palace maids wearing reduced color palace clothes lowered their heads and stood quietly on both sides of the flower hall.

Gonggong Liu stood at the door of the flower hall and did not walk in, but bowed down and smiled at King Jin and said, "King Jin, Mei Ji, the place is here, and the slave will retire first." ”

After Gonggong Liu left, there was already a palace maid in the flower hall to welcome him.

The palace maid had a melon seed face, a pair of apricot eyes inlaid on it, and her eyes were already smiling before she spoke. Sakura's lips are red, and the corners of her mouth are slightly hooked. Although she has the bun of the palace maid on her head, her clothes are higher than that of the palace maid. She said a blessing to King Jin and Li Qingmu, and said with a smile, "King Jin, Mei Ji, please inside, the emperor will be there in a while." ”

After that, he led King Jin and Li Qingmu to sit down in the flower hall.

Due to the small number of people attending the banquet, there were only three tables in the flower hall. The table table of the First Yuan Emperor is placed on the main seat, and the table of King Jin and Li Qingmu is placed on both sides below the main seat, forming a character shape with the table table of the First Yuan Emperor.

After the two sat down, several little palace maids silently walked out from both sides and placed two plates of fruits, two plates of pastries, and a pot of tea on the table between King Jin and Li Qingmu.

After pouring a cup of tea for Li Qingmu, a little palace maid bowed back and took a step back, and said in a low voice, "Mei Ji use it slowly." ”

"King Jin, it's cold outside, drink some hot tea to warm up." The palace maid who ushered the two of them into the seat poured tea for King Jin with her own hands, and said with a smile, "If you don't come for a few days, the emperor will be very nervous." ”

"Miss Ruyu is polite." King Jin took the tea with a smile and smiled at Ruyu, "I think it was Miss Ruyu who said a lot of good things for Xiao Wang, otherwise the royal brother would not be busy with state affairs, so he wouldn't talk about my brother who is not angry." ”

Ruyu's face was slightly red, and she glanced at King Jin with watery eyes, and said with a clever smile, "The prince makes fun of the slave." ”

King Jin called out the girl, and Li Qingmu also understood what kind of person Ruyu was in front of him.

Ruyu is a palace maid who waits beside Emperor Shiyuan, and has slept with Emperor Shiyuan, but has not yet had the name of a concubine.

In the Great Moon Harem, such palace maids abound.

If the emperor likes it, then you will be superior to other palace people, and others will also call you a girl. When the emperor doesn't like it, you are still a palace maid. And then where to go, whether it is life or death, sorrow or joy, no one cares.

Ruyu chuckled and chatted with King Jin for a few words, then got up and stood behind the table of the main seat.

King Jin put down the teacup in his hand and looked up at Li Qingmu. At this time, Li Qingmu was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other from a distance, but they didn't say a word.

sat until the end of the hour, and a eunuch sang outside the flower hall, "The emperor has arrived." ”

Immediately, Emperor Shiyuan, who was wearing dark blue civilian clothes and had a big belly, walked in from outside.

King Jin and Li Qingmu hurriedly stood up, waited until Emperor Shiyuan sat down firmly in front of the throne, and bowed to Emperor Shiyuan.

King Jin and Emperor Shiyuan are like fire and water in secret, but in the Ming they are his own brothers. Therefore, he did not perform the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, but only made a gesture to Emperor Shiyuan.

Li Qingmu was a good fortune to Emperor Shiyuan.

Emperor Shi Yuan waved his hand to the two of them, and said with a hearty smile, "My family, what are you doing with such courtesy?" Get up and ......"

Then he pointed at Li Qingmu and smiled at King Jin, "This is your favorite Mei Ji?" ”

"Brother Hui's words, exactly."

"Raise your head and let me see," Emperor Shiyuan waved his hand at Li Qingmu and said with a smile, "Look at what is so special about you that you can make the eleventh brother obsessed with it." ”

Hearing this, Li Qingmu raised his head, lowered his eyes slightly, and turned his face towards Emperor Shiyuan.

King Jin laughed in a low voice on the side, "The posture of Pu Liu makes the imperial brother smile." ”

Emperor Shi Yuan's thick eyebrows were raised, and he smiled three points on his face when he saw Li Qingmu's face.

His scrutinizing gaze swept over Li Qingmu's face, and only after a long time did he say to King Jin, "Pu Liu's posture, Mo your Ai Ji is Pu Liu's posture, what have become of the three thousand beauties in my harem?" Have they all become mountain savages? ”

"Brother Huang laughed." King Jin replied unhurriedly, "All the royal sisters-in-law are all in the city, which can she compare with a mountain girl?" ”

"After seeing her, I will understand why you have a bad name." Emperor Shiyuan did not answer King Jin's words, but smiled deeply, "Although this girl is young, she is a real beauty. ”

Hearing Emperor Shi Yuan's praise to himself like this, Li Qingmu couldn't help but clench his right hand that was shrunk in his sleeve.

Worried in his heart, Mo Yan couldn't help but raise his drooping eyes. Her eyes swept away, and she collided with the gaze of Emperor Shi Yuan looking at her.

Li Qingmu was shocked in his heart, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head again.

Although it was a sweep, Li Qingmu saw the face of Emperor Shiyuan clearly. Although Emperor Shiyuan has the same father and mother as King Jin, his appearance is three points worse than that of King Jin. The temperament is a little less amiable and a little more angry.

Especially the eyes that looked at her scared her from the bottom of her heart.

When Li Qingmu was frightened, Emperor Shiyuan was already laughing. Pointing at Li Qingmu and saying to King Jin, "Her courage is small. ”

"Maggie is young." King Jin quietly wrapped his right arm around Li Qingmu's shoulder and smiled at Emperor Shiyuan.

"Well, it's young. Eleven? Emperor Shiyuan asked King Jin back, and then said to himself, "Raise it for two more years, and you will grow up." Alright, don't stand, sit down. I asked you to come to talk to me, and you don't have to be so restrained......"

Hearing this, King Jin let go of Li Qingmu's shoulders and returned to his desk with Li Qingmu to sit down.

Li Qingmuti sat down in her skirt, not daring to look up at the main seat, and only glanced at King Jin who was sitting opposite her with her residual vision. Seeing that King Jin was looking at him with a smile, Li Qingmu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Ruyu instructed the palace maid to serve the food on one side, and after a while, the tea and pastries on the table were replaced by wine and delicacies.

King Jin held the wine glass in front of him, invited Emperor Shiyuan, and said a few words with a smile. Li Qingmu also raised his wine glass, as if the two of them were drinking together.

The spicy liquor slid down his throat, causing Li Qingmu to frown, and his cheeks were flushed.

Wen Qing hurriedly handed over the cloak in her hand to the little palace maid on the side, picked up the chopsticks and gave Li Qingmu some refreshing cold dishes.

Emperor Shi Yuan put down his wine glass and smiled, "You can't eat wine?" ”

Shaking his head at Emperor Shiyuan, Li Qingmu lowered his head.

Li Qingmu is not unable to eat wine, but rarely eats spirits, the big moon is wet and cold, and spirits are in charge.

"Maggie was born dumb." The wine cup in King Jin's hand had not yet been put down, and Li Qingmu, who looked at the reddish face, said to Emperor Shiyuan, "I hope that the imperial brother will not blame." ”

"Born dumb."

Emperor Shi Yuan sighed, took his eyes off Li Qingmu's body, and turned around to talk to King Jin.

Without Emperor Shiyuan staring at him, Li Qingmu felt that his breath was free. Reluctant to touch the wine again, she only occasionally raised her chopsticks to move the dish in front of her. Because it was not to his liking, he did not eat much.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Emperor Shiyuan and King Jin were already laughing and told the interesting stories of King Jin when he was young, and the small palace banquet was coming to an end.

Li Qingmu also raised his worried heart to his throat, whether he can get out of the palace or not, it only depends on the present.

Emperor Shiyuan was already three points drunk, he looked at King Jin, and smiled at Li Qingmu, "On weekdays, the sixteenth brother is very angry with me. The two of us had a good conversation, and we just put you aside. Come, I will have a drink with you. ”

After that, Emperor Shi Yuan waved his hand to Ruyu, who was standing beside him, and said, "Go and pour Mei Ji wine." ”

Ruyu put down the white jade wine jug in her hand, went to Li Qingmu's side with a thousand postures, and held the wine jug to pour wine for Li Qingmu.

Wen Qing stood to the side, and Ren Ruyu picked up the pot of spirits.

Ruyu stretched out her slender jade hand and held the wine jug and glass in her hand, and smiled at Li Qingmu while pouring the wine, "Mei Ji is really a rare beauty, and the slave maid is a blessing for her eyes today." It's just that...... Ah! "-#~Wonderful ♥ Pen ♣ Pavilion @ No pop-ups?@++

Before the sentence was finished, a bowl of vegetarian soup was already knocked over by Ruyu's sleeve.

Ruyu hurriedly went to clean up the table, but she didn't want to raise her hand, and poured all the wine in the wine glass in her hand on Li Qingmu's clothes.

Ruyu's face turned pale all of a sudden, she walked out and knelt in front of Emperor Shiyuan, begging for mercy in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, slaves and maids should die, slaves and maids should die!" Please also ask the emperor to forgive the sin, and please ask the emperor to spare the lives of slaves and maids! ”

Emperor Shi Yuan threw the wine cup in his hand in front of Ruyu, and after a crisp sound of 'pop', the wine cup shattered into several halves.

Emperor Shi Yuan looked at Ruyu and said angrily, "I can't even do this little thing, what use do I want from you?!" ”

Seeing this, King Jin hurriedly stood up, glanced at Emperor Shiyuan's angry face, and said, "Brother Huang, Miss Ruyu doesn't have a heart. Mei Ji was afraid of the cold, and the younger brother took her back first, and the younger brother retreated! ”

Emperor Shiyuan looked up at King Jin, and said coldly without a smile on his face, "You also said that Mei Ji is afraid of the cold." She came to the palace with neat makeup, but she went out with her clothes wet, and what did she say? There was no shortage of clothes in my palace, so let her go to the apse and change into clean clothes before leaving. "One more and one more, offer, hehe