Li Yu bowed down and brought up a plate of mung bean shortbread with blue and white pearl dragon pattern plates. When he raised his eyes and saw the emperor reading the fold in his hand calmly, he dared to say slightly: "Your Majesty ......"

After reading the excerpts for most of the day, Hongli Zheng felt a little tired, took a deep breath, and smelled a familiar sweet smell, and then put down the things in his hand and looked at Li Yu standing in front of him. "Mung bean shortbread? Isn't the royal dining room all mung bean cake or mung bean cake made on weekdays? ”

With a smile, Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward: "The pastries prepared in the imperial dining room are all eaten in season. The palace pays attention to what to eat in season. In the summer, mung beans relieve the heat, and it is natural to prepare. Your Majesty, please try it first. ”

Li Yu handed the silver chopsticks to the emperor, waited for the emperor to eat a piece before smiling slightly, and continued: "But the thoughts of the imperial dining room, where can there be such a thoughtful concubine." Just the style of this pastry looks exquisite, isn't it? Look, the center of this snow-white cake is beautifully lit with the juice of bayberry and five red plums. It can be seen that Concubine Xian's intentions are good. ”

Hongli smelled the slightly bitter aroma of ambergris, tasted the crispy mung bean shortbread on the outside and tender on the inside, and only felt that the impetuousness in his heart was gradually soothed by such a quiet beauty. The only thing that comes to mind is the smile that is not a national beauty, but it is enough to make people intoxicated. Such a woman is undoubtedly a mystery. An inscrutable mystery.

"Later, I will see Concubine Xian in the Xinuan Pavilion." Hongli gently patted the shortbread residue on his hand, and said with a smile: "After I read the excerpt, you can invite it again, and let Concubine Xian wait." ”

"Huh" Li Yu smiled and said: "The emperor and Concubine Xian Niangniang really have a heart, and Niangniang also said that I will come over to ask the emperor for peace later, so as not to disturb the emperor's purity." ”

Just smiled and didn't say anything more. However, Li Yu can clearly see the emperor's sincerity. He gently wiped the beads of sweat from his sideburns, bowed down and retreated.

Xiao Douzi greeted him with a smile and held a bowl of hot tea: "Father-in-law, hurry up and take a sip." Those who toiled on this day are always toiling. ”

Li Yu didn't want to think that he was already a grand duke in the eyes of the newly promoted inner chamberlain. Do the math, since the emperor entered the palace, he has been serving for eight years. Worthy of these monkey cubs as a father-in-law. "To run an errand for the emperor, there is no such thing as hard work. The emperor is looking at the excerpts at this time, you are all waiting carefully, don't bother if you have nothing to do. My father-in-law has to go to Chengqian Palace and pass a message to Concubine Xian. ”

"Hey, father-in-law, rest assured, the minions must be awake, and they can't make a mistake." Xiao Douzi took the tea bowl and swore an oath.

Li Yu snorted and walked briskly. Since the emperor arranged for Wang Jinbao and Chen Jinzhong to stay in Cining Palace every day, the Internal Affairs Office selected these little eunuchs with quick hands and feet to serve in front of the saint. In front of the emperor, they are naturally trembling and speechless, where is the temperament of the quasi-emperor who has served him for several years and can eat better.

In fact, the road of serving the emperor is not easy to walk at all, and Li Yu has been walking for eight years. In the past eight years, he has always been terrified, afraid that he will make a mistake and that he will do too well. In short, in the past eight years, Li Yu has not slept a peaceful sleep at all, even when he is not on duty at night, he hangs a heart that is difficult to stabilize, and he is worried for half the night. Whoever asked him to do it was a job that lost his head.

"Father-in-law Li is good."

This voice was so familiar that Li Yu turned around violently. "It's you, in broad daylight, you don't be on duty where you should be, what are you doing on this palace road? It is important to know that the guards guarding the city are absolutely not allowed to enter the inner palace. What's more, this is still a forbidden place, three or five steps away is the dormitory of the concubines and concubines, are you tired of it? ”

The man was slightly blessed, and said disapprerovingly: "With my father-in-law's ability to speak, the things that the slave wants to say have already been said twice." I really don't know if my father-in-law is really worried about his safety, or if he is too timid and cowardly. The slave dares to see his father-in-law in the daytime, naturally there are orders from above, and the name is justified. Otherwise, even if the father-in-law is not afraid, the slave doesn't want to return to the West early. I advise you not to clean these useless hearts. ”

"Say it quickly, then." Li Yu was a little impatient, and looked around, but no one cared about him talking to the guards.

"These days, all that has been blowing in the palace is the wind rolled up by the Chengqian Palace. The master said that since Chengqian Palace can set things right and see the light of day again, it will be up to her to scrape it. If the father-in-law can carry it, he will carry it, and if he can help the lining, with the good of this one, the master will naturally not treat the father-in-law badly. When the guard had finished speaking, he saw several of the inner guards hurrying over, and he immediately became vigilant.

He changed his words and said: "The waterwheel sends clear spring water into the palace from Yuquan Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing every day, and it must pass through Shenwu Gate. The foreman asked the servant to ask his father-in-law if the time should be earlier if the water had been delivered more and more recently. Otherwise, if you collide with something important in the palace, or delay the hour, you are afraid that the emperor will blame you. ”

Li Yu snorted and echoed: "Father-in-law will naturally instruct the Internal Affairs Office to handle these things, and return to the head of your guard, don't push the matter of sesame mung beans to my father-in-law at every turn." The most important errand of this father-in-law is to do a good job of the things that the emperor has explained. Go and go, hurry back and do what you have to do. ”

"Retire." The man smiled slyly, and the smug expression was indescribable.

Li Yuxin is very worried, these days, all the instructions he gets are to help Concubine Xian regain her favor. In this way, this trip to Chengqian Palace is still a must.

Duo Lan welcomed Li Yu in and said happily: "Niangniang, the emperor's father-in-law Li is here." ”

Pan Yu put down the needlework in his hand when he heard this, and said with a smile: "But what does the emperor have to say?" ”

Li Yu bowed and saluted, and Zhou Zheng said: "Back to Concubine Xian, the emperor used a lot of mung bean shortbread, I like it very much, let the slave come to inform Niangniang." Later, after reading the excerpt, the emperor asked the mother to go to the Xinuan Pavilion to accompany him. ”

"Got it." Pan Yu smiled lightly, and his cheeks gave birth to a beautiful peach pink color. Seeing that Li Yu had no intention of retiring, she knew it in her heart. "Does my father-in-law have anything else to say?"

"Mother, please forgive the slave for talking too much." Li Yu bowed down, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, and he was worried: "These days, the slave has been accompanying the emperor, and seeing that the emperor is not in a good mood, he is also really anxious. Thanks to that day, Niangniang accompanied the emperor from Chuxiu Palace to return to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and said a lot of words, which made the emperor a little more relaxed.

The emperor has been letting go of the depression in his heart for the past few days, and it seems that he is finally getting better. So the slave dared to say a selfish word, begging Concubine Xian Niangniang to accompany the emperor more, talk, taste tea or something, so that the emperor would know that Niangniang cared about the emperor the most. The emperor of the province was sullen......"

Speaking of this, Li Yu glanced at Concubine Xian quickly with the afterglow of her eyes, and saw that Concubine Xian did have the intention of being moved, and she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

"This palace has a number, and I bother you to go this way." Panyu made a look and asked Duo Lan to send people out. I have some confidence in my heart, and even the people around the emperor can see that the emperor really likes to be close to him, does that mean that all the bad things in the past, the emperor has gradually forgotten, and only remembers those beautiful and warm pictures.

The slave said hello to the mother. Father-in-law Li's words, the slave and maid didn't drop a word, and they really listened to it. It can be seen that the emperor has a mother in his heart. Niangniang has endured these lonely days, and finally kept the clouds open and saw the moon. Duo Lan said with a smile.

Pan Yu didn't have the heart to do those needlework, so he simply leaned lightly on the soft square cushion at hand, and laughed slowly. "You have a sweet mouth and beautiful words, and you are more dictated than what Li Yu said. It's just that the palace doesn't know, is the queen also thinking like this? ”

Duo Lan was slightly stunned, not knowing how Concubine Xian had this question.

Seeing that she was silent, Pan Yu frowned, rubbed her swollen brain again, and said coldly: "In the past, it was Lelan and Xilan, but now it's you." It's not that this palace treats you badly, but each of you disappoints this palace. These days, there is a lot of news in this palace that you send to the queen's ears. Because you just said something that shouldn't be said, and didn't do anything that made it unbearable for this palace, this palace just didn't see it.

Duolan, don't you really want to be on the side of the palace? Or do you think that compared with the queen, you always only recognize the queen as the master? ”

To make it clear, Duo Lan has nothing to hide. "The slave did reveal the situation and thoughts of the mother to the queen mother. From beginning to end, the slave maid has never harmed the mother, nor has she thought about harming the mother. In fact, at the beginning, the mother asked the queen for a slave, wasn't it also to make the queen feel at ease? Since the mother was willing to place the queen's person by her side early on, then today, these should always be things you expected! ”

This asked Pan Yu, did she know a long time ago that the queen would not be at ease with anyone in the harem. "Maybe you're right. Perhaps Hongu should have thought of this from the beginning. It's just that, in the long run, do you think you can easily shuttle between the queen and the palace? ”

"The heart of the queen and the heart of the concubine are actually the same. It's all about hoping for peace in the harem. The slave maid didn't think that being loyal to the queen was the enemy of the mother. Duo Lan's resolute eyes did not dodge at all: "Maybe you don't believe it, the queen hopes that you will have a beautiful day again." ”

"Why does the queen want this palace to regain favor, have you thought about it?" Panyu wasn't sure if his favor this time would be a flash in the pan, how could he easily believe Duolan's words. In fact, what she suspected was not that Duolan was disloyal, nor was it that the queen was at the mercy of her intentions, she didn't know how important she was in the emperor's heart. Is it really worthy of the reputation of a favorite concubine!