He Xi bit her lip tightly, and she almost used all her strength to say, "Your Majesty, do you think the concubines have become different?" Was it because the concubine pushed Concubine Xu Shu, or because the concubine violated the queen's taboo? Or is it because the concubines are now guarding this cold palace, which is not as gentle as in the past. ”

He Xi's eyes gradually filled with tears, and there seemed to be a grudge in her words, but this resentment was just right, she slowly closed her eyes, hiding all the emotions that were about to gush out of her eyes.

A drop of crystal sparkle slid down the corner of his eye and landed on Tuoba Chen's hand, Tuoba Chen seemed to be withdrawn from his thoughts, and then he suddenly let go of his palm, and He Xi's body had already lost his strength, sliding down like a fallen leaf in autumn.

Tuoba Chen grabbed He Xi's arm and turned over into the Autumn Dew Hall by himself.

He Xi half leaned on Tuoba Chen's body, gasping for breath, just now she was wearing a big cloak and a hood, she couldn't see anything clearly, at this time she leaned on her arms, Tuoba Chen only felt that she had lost a lot, and the bones in her shoulder blades were painful.

He was a little annoyed with his reaction, and for a while he felt a little guilty, he pulled He Xi to sit at the stone table next to him, He Xi gradually gasped for breath, and then he said, "Are you—can you blame me?" ”

"If the concubine is at fault, His Majesty punishes it, it is common sense, why should the concubine complain? Or does Your Majesty think that the concubine is not wrong? He Xi said coldly.

Seeing her stubborn appearance, Tuoba Chen actually smiled a little, completely ignoring the disrespect in her words, he stared at He Xi's slightly lowered eyes, and his thick eyelashes were like two small fans, casting a faint shadow under his eyes.

"Actually, Fuqing is right, this Autumn Dew Hall is really because of you, so I feel calm." These words mixed with the moonlight turned out to be a lot more ambiguous, He Xi just hung his head and said silently, and only after a while sighed lightly and said: "It's the concubine who is overdistanced, Your Majesty has your own thoughts and difficulties, and the concubine shouldn't be like this." ”

Her voice seemed to soften a lot, with the gentleness and courtesy that Tuoba Chen had been familiar with in the past.

She slowly raised her eyes, her cold expression was completely gone, faintly aggrieved and forbearing, and the cinnabar mole between her eyebrows also looked sad.

"The situation that day, if I don't deal with you-" Tuoba Chen seemed to be about to explain, but as soon as Fang opened his mouth, he stopped talking, when did he have to explain to others?

"If Your Majesty does not dispose of the concubines, it will be the face of the queen and Concubine Xu Shu at the same time, and the matter of Xu Shangshu has not yet been decided at that time, and the government and the opposition will inevitably think that Your Majesty is cold-hearted, and it will have no impact on loyal ministers, but for those who like to speculate on their hearts, it will inevitably disturb people's hearts." He Xi said lightly.

Although He Xi knew that the main reason for this was because Tuoba Chen wanted to take care of his statement and show it to the world, although Xu Shao had committed a crime, he did not implicate Concubine Xu Shu because of Xu Shao's crime.

It's just that he has become the target of being pushed out.

Her eyes were all cold, and the fingers under the stone table were tightly curled together, as if she remembered something, and seemed to be suppressing something. Tuoba Chen took her hand up and said, "You still know me." ”

His voice was gentle, but he didn't want that at this time, He Xi's stomach actually gurgled, breaking the originally somewhat ambiguous atmosphere, He Xi was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly took this opportunity to withdraw his hand and put it on his stomach.

Fortunately, the night could hide her somewhat flushed face, Tuoba Chen saw that her expression was cute and cute that he had never seen before, and remembered that he had touched her emaciated shoulders just now, so he called Fuqing and said: "What is the meal sent to the Autumn Dew Hall every day?" ”

Fuqing lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, because of the identity of the young master Xi, the palace rules should be taken by Miss Ruyi every day when she goes to the imperial dining room to get it herself, but——"

"Just what?" Tuoba Chen Road.

"It's just that the slave went to the housekeeper of the imperial dining room one day to discuss the matter of vegetarianism, and happened to meet the Ruyi girl to get the meal, and the slave took a look, and saw that the Ruyi girl was actually a raw and cold steamed bun that the slaves didn't eat." Fuqing said 1510.

"Bold, now that you know, why don't you go back to me!" Tuoba Chen slapped the table with some annoyance, Fuqing hurriedly knelt down, He Xi stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "No wonder Father-in-law Fu, the concubine is still under punishment, these are indispensable, if Father-in-law Fu said it, if it touches His Majesty's mold, it will be the concubine's sin." ”

"The petty master is righteous, and it is the slave who is selfish." Fuqing bowed to He Xi again, He Xi's tone was gentle, and he didn't mean to blame, so he didn't deserve this punishment for the words he said to help him outside the hall.

"These dog minions in the palace are accustomed to seeing the wind and the rudder one by one. Fuqing, you go to the imperial dining room now, and someone makes a small dish and sends it to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and then sends it over. Tuoba Chen commanded coldly.

Fuqing hurriedly got up from the ground, saluted, and walked briskly towards the imperial dining room.

For a while, in the entire Autumn Dew Palace, there were only two people left, Tuoba Chen and He Xi, Tuoba Chen said: "In the past few days, I will send Fuqing to deliver meals every day. ”

"The concubine thanked Your Majesty." He Xi replied respectfully.

"There is another thing, the queen proposed with me a few days ago that Shuzhong suffered, and in a few months it will be Concubine De's sixtieth birthday, she wants to take the concubines of the harem to Zhaohua Temple to pray for blessings, you should go with you."

He Xi suddenly remembered that what Ruyi said today, each palace sent people to the Internal Affairs Office to receive things, and it was also for this matter, the corners of her lips finally couldn't hide a smile, Lan Ruo couldn't sit still after all?

In the name of praying for blessings, what exactly do you want to do, I think everyone in this harem knows it in their hearts, but everyone wants to go.

She nodded nodly, and as she spoke, Fuqing had already returned from the imperial dining room, carrying two food boxes in her hands. After putting it down, he hung his head and stood aside, Tuoba Chen looked at the sky and said: "It's late at night, don't eat too much, be careful of stomach pain, okay, there are still a few hours before I will go to court, I will go back first." ”

"The concubine sends your majesty." He Xi got up and saluted respectfully, and sent Tuoba Chen away, only then did he open the food box and look at it, only to see that in the food box, the upper and lower layers of each food box were full, probably because he was afraid that the soup would be cold, and he used a special soup cup to hold it, all of which were steaming with aroma, which was in stark contrast to those cold and hard steamed buns.

He Xi carefully covered the food box and carried it lightly to Ruyi and Chou'er's room.

The side hall where Ruyi and Chou'er lived, the doors were all bad, with the night wind squeaking, He Xi pushed it lightly, and then pushed it open, the two of them were tired and tight during the day, and they didn't even know that there were people in the hall, He Xi couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

She put the food box on the table, opened the lid of the food box, and reached out to bring out the plate one by one, roasted duck with sauce, salted pork bamboo shoots, hydrangea dried scallops, peach chicken, accompanied by all kinds of small snacks, and the bowl of purple ginseng soup.

Ruyi, who was sleeping, moved her nose slightly, and muttered: "Ugly, it's so fragrant, I'm so hungry." ”

He Xi was distressed and funny when she heard it, and Chou'er began to think that it was Ruyi talking in a dream, but she seemed to have smelled the smell, and she couldn't help but be a little shocked, and then she heard He Xi's voice: "Since you're hungry, get up and eat some, and then go to sleep." ”

She sat up in astonishment and called, "Little master, why are you here?" ”

Fu turned his head and saw the things on the table, and said, "Where did these things come from?" Ruyi, who was woken up by the sound of the ugly child, opened his eyes in some pajamas hazy, and when he saw what was in front of him, he was half awake.

also looked at He Xi with a shocked look.

He Xi smiled lightly, lit a half-cut red candle with a fire fold, and put it in the center of the desk, the dishes lined by the faint light of the candle flame were even more delicious, Ruyi swallowed her saliva, and she didn't have time to put on her shoes, so she ran out of bed, ugly was calm, she looked at He Xi with some concern and said, "Where did the little master get these things?" ”

He Xi knew that Chou'er was afraid that she would find someone, so she took her hand and said, "Don't worry, it was sent by Father-in-law Fu, and Father-in-law Fu will come to deliver food every day in the future, you don't have to be hungry anymore, eat quickly." ”

Hearing the words hungry, Chou'er knew that He Xi had seen through today's events, and she bowed her head and said, "How did the little master see it?" ”

He Xi personally scooped the soup for the two of them, and said distressedly: "There are still rice grains on the wall of that bowl, if you really use it, it will definitely not be like this." ”

Although these words are sad, they are also the truth, Ruyi stuffed his mouth full, and said vaguely: "Ugly, your little trick still wants to get an axe in front of the little master, come on, this roast duck with sauce is delicious, you can taste it." ”

He Xi looked at Ruyi, who was gobbling up, and said, "You slow down, and your stomach hurts for a while." ”

Ruyi just smiled and squinted his eyes, the three of them had eaten, Ruyi touched his round belly, and then remembered and asked, "Little master, how could this Fu Gonggong take such a big risk to bring us food?" ”

He Xi twisted the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth lightly and said: "It's Your Majesty's meaning, in a few days, we will go to Zhaohua Temple with the harem concubines to pray for blessings, Ruyi will arrange it in the palace in the next few days, and no matter what happens to us in Zhaohua Temple, remember to calm down and never be impulsive." ”

The two nodded solemnly, seeing that it was still early, they simply cleaned up and then fell asleep again.

Three days later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs drew up a travel list and sent it to Weiyang Palace, Lan Ruo was being served by Qiao'er and dressed, and the little eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was very eye-catching, waiting on the side without saying a word.