Chapter 267: Getting Along in the Palace (6)
Lan Xin took a serious look at He Xi's appearance, in the past, she rarely looked at her so carefully, but now it seems that whether it is her eyebrows or every move, she has the gentleness of a Jiangnan woman, and the person she knows clearly has the self-esteem and arrogance of a woman in the capital, with a kind of liveliness and intelligence, one is like warm water, once it is condensed into ice by the cold, it can be sharp and hurtful, but the woman in her impression is not like this, she will always have a kind of courage to break the net, and unrealistic stubbornness, how can two people who are very different from each other be the same person?
She looked at He Xi's fixed concentration, Lan Ruo first noticed her abnormality and asked, "What's wrong with my sister?" β
Lan Xin said sneeringly: "Oh, it's okay, the concubine is just a little tired, by the way, why don't you see Your Majesty?" β
This sentence asked what many people were thinking, and even with a hint of hope in Xu Qing'er's eyes, Lan Ruo's eyes lowered slightly, and there was undoubted majesty in his expression and said: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, so you won't go with us, but Your Majesty instructed the palace to take the sisters to enjoy it and have fun." β
Rui Cairen pulled the infinitely charming tassel on his carefully dressed dress and said: "We are women, we show up like this, and Your Majesty doesn't follow us, what's the matter." β
Although she said so, but she had her own little abacus in her heart, when Her Majesty was in the palace, many low-ranking concubines did not even have the opportunity to meet the emperor, not to mention being favored, however, if she went to the palace, she would naturally be more casual, Lan Ruo glanced back at Rui Cairen, her eyes were shrewd and transparent, she said: "What Rui Cai people think, Your Majesty naturally thinks of it, so let His Royal Highness Xian Wang accompany us all the way to protect us." β
Hearing Tuoba Yue's name, He Xi's hand quietly tightened, his heartbeat was chaotic a few beats, and even from the depths of his heart, a trace of sweetness and joy gushed out.
She tried her best to hide herself, but fortunately, everyone was very yearning for going out to the palace, and everyone was smiling, so it was not surprising that the joy on her face was not surprising.
At the end of the day, the palace door opened, all the concubines sat on their sedan chairs, He Xi gently lifted the corner of the sedan curtain, looked out, and saw the person riding on the white horse at a glance, not the arrogant and presumptuous red clothes, but wearing the prince can only wear, embroidered with auspicious clouds of golden python pattern, hair crown hairpin with mutton fat white jade hosta, ink hair down, in the morning light, He Xi only felt that the jade shook his eyes, even with a heartbeat is slightly faster.
As if sensing that someone was looking at him, Tuoba Yue looked in the direction of He Xi's sedan chair, He Xi put down the sedan curtain, as if he had done something wrong, sat up straight, the breeze blew Tuoba Yue's hair ends, he seemed to be in a good mood, Yue Qi counted the number of people, came back and said: "Lord, everyone is together, we can go." β
He couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that Tuoba Yue was in a good mood, the strategists in the house did not agree to this errand, but the prince still readily agreed, as for why, Yue Qi's eyes looked in the direction of Tuoba Yue before, and the prince may have really looked at her differently.
The team moved slowly, Qiao'er and Rui Cai together, the sedan chair is still spacious, although Rui Cai is impatient, but because Qiao'er is the queen's mother, it is inevitable that she is a little jealous, she said with a smile: "Qiao promised to go to see the queen mother recently?" β
Qiao'er shook her head and said, "The queen wants to recuperate, so the concubine hasn't been to see it." β
Ruicairen's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Look at my memory, it's really bad, it's strange to say, looking at the mother's expression today, it's not a big deal, why is it to the point where no one is allowed to visit?" β
Qiao'er was a little worried and bored in her heart, and when Rui Cairen saw her look, she knew that she couldn't find anything out of Qiao'er's mouth, and she was bored with it, so she also stopped her mouth stupidly.
The palace is on the green mountain in the suburbs of Beijing, not far from the capital, it is half a day's journey, the whole palace is built according to the mountain, most of the trees on the green mountain are evergreen in all seasons, in addition to the common pines and cypresses, there are holly nanmu and a kind, as if the autumn under the mountain is blocked outside, the concubines sitting in the sedan chair are looking around one by one, Liuli guards the queen's side, carefully hangs her legs for the queen, the queen moves her body, pushes away her hand and says: "After arriving at the palace, you go to promise to pass a word, Just say that there is something in the palace to call her. β
Liuli nodded very obediently, this palace, Lan Ruo is not the first time to come, she has long lost interest, she is half leaning on the shaking car wall, half closed her beautiful eyes to recuperate, together calm, and He Xi, but it is the Ruyi beside He Xi, the first time she entered Beijing to see such a scene, she couldn't sleep and was curious, He Xi let go of half of her body in order to let her see enough, and said with a smile: "It's better for me to let the father-in-law who drove stop the car, and you go down and walk with those guards." β
Ruyi stuck out his tongue, suddenly saw something, and sat down mysteriously beside He Xi and said, "Little master, I saw the prince looking in our direction." β
He Xi's breath was stagnant, she didn't expect Ruyi to suddenly mention Tuoba Yue, her face was a little hot, she only felt that even the air in the carriage had become stuffy, she opened the curtain to breathe, but she bumped into Tuoba Yue's line of sight, the two looked at each other, like magnets, tightly glued together.
She felt hotter and hotter, and the sedan curtains in her hands were scorching warm, Ruyi looked at it, and suddenly sighed, He Xi pulled out of her thoughts and said, "Okay, what's wrong?" β
Ruyi took He Xi's hand and said, "Little master, the slave doesn't know whether to say it or not." β
He Xi said slowly: "When did you become so forward-looking?" Still in front of meβ"
Ruyi glanced at He Xi cautiously and said, "Little Lord, are you planning for your future?" β
He Xi asked as if puzzled, "In the future?" β
Ruyi nodded and said, "Yes, little master, in the future, the slave maid didn't know why you didn't want to sleep, but now the slave and maid know, if the prince really becomes in the future, maybe you and the prince-"
Ruyi can be regarded as transparent, between the little lord and the prince, there is obviously love, but it is hindered by the present, but if it is in the future, there is a trace of hope in her eyes, He Xi is a little trance, and after a while, she sighed and said: "Ruyi, there is no need to talk about this matter in the future, there is another point, if you can't be sincere to me in the future, after the matter is completed, I will send you back to the prince's side." β
As soon as these words came out, Ruyi was a little panicked, and she hurriedly said: "Little master, the slave and maid don't mean that, the slave and the maid have already promised the little master, from then on, the master of the slave and the maid is the little master alone, the slave and the maid promised the ugly, the little master should not drive the slave and the maidββ"
He Xi was a little tired in his heart, patted Ruyi's hand, and then sank down.
The speed of the sedan car gradually slowed down, and the eunuch who drove the car whispered: "Little master, when you arrive, please get off the sedan chair." β
He Xi hummed softly, and then helped Ruyi's men to get off the sedan chair, in front of him, Lan Ruozheng and Tuoba Yue were talking something, and when they saw all the concubines walking down, they smiled and said: "This time, it is His Royal Highness the King of Hard Work." β
Tuoba Yue missed Lan Ruo's shoulder and glanced at He Xi deeply, and the corners of her lips raised slightly: "The queen's words are serious, it is the honor of the minister to share the worries for His Majesty and be respected by His Majesty, and please go in." β
Lan Ruo glanced around, saw that there were ten steps, one sentry, five steps and one post around, and they were heavily guarded, so he nodded with satisfaction, and said to the concubines behind him: "Okay, let's go down and rest today." β
Everyone said in unison: "The concubine obeys the order." β
The arrival of the crowd seems to decorate this mountain, which is famous for its verdant, with the fragrance and color of the stars.
He Xi hung his head all the way, walked forward, the palace is divided into east and west two gardens, the queen led the concubine Hui who is also a concubine, the concubine lives in the three palaces of the East Garden, and He Xi lives in the Jinse Pavilion of the West Garden, the pavilion is elegant and quiet, the high wall is intertwined with green vines, among which there is a hundred-year-old Nanmu, the crown is verdant, she walked two steps, her eyes lit up, and she saw that under the cover of greenery, there was a swing shelf, in the back.
She took two quick steps, Ruyi also saw it, and said curiously: "Strange, how can there be a swing here." β
He Xi had some guesses in her heart, and she said with a smile: "Xu was placed by the concubines who lived here before, okay, Ruyi, you go and pack up the things we brought." β
Ruyi nodded and stepped back. For a while, He Xi was the only one left in the courtyard, He Xi took a deep breath and said, "The prince is like this, and he is not afraid of being seen?" β
There was a chuckle from behind the tree, gently and slowly, with a shocking bewitchment, a man in dark clothes walked out from behind the tree, it was Tuoba Yue, he said: "The guards of the entire palace are personally arranged by this king, and this king naturally knows when it is safe." β
He looked at He Xi like this, looking deeply, as if he wanted to imprint her in his eyes, He Xi turned around and avoided it, and said casually: "The prince can let go of the affairs of the court, it can be seen that Zhang Minyuan is ready." β
Tuoba Yue walked to the side of the swing, his slender fingers caressing the cold iron cable, and said, "Do you want to try it?" β
He Xi didn't react for a while, and when she understood Tuoba Yue's intentions, she didn't have time to refuse, her body was light, she didn't have time to exclaim, the person had already been hugged to the swing, and the laughter of the person behind her had a hint of mischief, and the warm breath was in her ear, Tuoba Yue said: "Hold it tight-"
Immediately afterwards, He Xi only felt that her back was pushed hard, and the swing was slowly swinged, and even her heart slowly left the ground, fluttering in the air, she faintly heard Tuoba Yue say to herself: "He Xi, don't worry, this time, we will definitely be able to return Mu Wangfu to a clean houseββ"