The official family accompanied Concubine Shu back to Luanming Palace, and after a while, the queen ordered the banquet to be withdrawn. When everyone dispersed, Langyue returned to the Agarwood Palace, and was letting the pear fall to remove her makeup, when she suddenly heard someone under the corridor: "Your mother is really like the wind under your feet, I can't catch up with her." Li Jieyu said that she had arrived at the outer hall, they had always been in contact, and they didn't care about etiquette, so Lang Yue smiled outside the curtain and said, "Why are you here, please come into the hall." Then he turned his face and told the pear to fall down and cook tea.

Li Jieyu entered the hall, and saw that Langyue had loosened her bun, and her hair hung down to her waist like silk, and said with a smile: "Why did you take off your makeup, maybe you have to go out to say hello." ”

Lang Yue was stunned for a moment, and asked reflexively, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Jieyu didn't sit down, leaned in front of the dressing table, picked up a little emerald blue jade earrings on the table, put them in the palm of her hand, and said in a low voice: "I heard from the palace people in the Luan Ming Palace's archives that Concubine Lan Shufei was unexpectedly popular last month, and looking at her appearance today, I am afraid that I will not leave nine." ”

Lang Yue said: "You know better than herself. ”

Li Jieyu sighed and said: "I can't compare with her, I can only pay attention to everything." After a pause, he said: "You hurry up and put your hair in a bun, and you will come to say hello, you can't do it." ”

Lang Yue stood up lazily, took Li Jieyu to sit on the rattan chair under the window, and said: "I'm not in a hurry, I'll plan when someone comes." ”

Li Jieyu saw that she was a little worried, so she said: "Concubine Shu is also blessed, she has never been left behind since Jin Feng. The official family got Princess Fukang, and they were spoiled like something. He glanced at Langyue's face again, and said, "If there is another pregnancy now, when the prince is born, no one will want to cross her in the future." I'm nothing, the official family has always treated me lukewarmly, but it's not worth it for you, what a holy favor that day......"

There was a little displeasure in Lang Yue's eyes, only for a moment, and then he returned to normal again, and interrupted: "What are you talking about, let others hear, and think we are jealous." ”

Li Jieyu hurriedly restrained her expression and said, "I'm just quick to talk, I can't hide my words, don't be surprised." ”

As the two were talking, they vaguely heard someone talking about something under the porch, but they couldn't hear it well in the room. After a while, the pear fell into the hall and said, "Qi Yu Niangniang, Concubine Lan Shu is pregnant." The corners of Li Jieyu's mouth rose, sneered, and said, "But let me guess correctly." He got up again and said, "Hurry up and freshen up, and let's go too." ”

It has entered the summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, two shallow pools have been dug in the courtyard of Luanming Palace, which are full of fresh and green lotus, although it has not bloomed, but the lotus fragrance is pleasant.

Weeping willows and apricot trees are planted on the shore, covering the sky and the sun, and it is like a seclusion in the mountains. Stand at the palace gate and look at it from afar, only to see the lofty pavilion towering, the face of the palace courtyard hugs, the green pine brushes the eaves, the green trees are shady, there are vines on the wall hanging down, there are hundreds of plantain peony and peony pomegranate planted under the stairs, attracting butterflies and bees to surround it, buzzing.

The palace maid led Zhang and Li Jieyu to the cool pavilion, but it was the official family who was reading alone under the window, and when she saw them coming in, Fang smiled: "Concubine Shu is sick, she has just fallen asleep, you are not lucky." ”

The two of them asked for peace, and Li Jieyu said: "We are also here to say goodbye, the lady is asleep, and it is good to talk to the official family." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "That's right. ”

Lang Yue's eyes were sharp, and when she saw the pen and ink on the case, she leaned over to take a look, and said with a smile: "Concubine Shu's words really haven't changed at all." Seeing that there were still two words left on the paper, he wrote with a pen in his hand, and every stroke was beautiful and powerful, Zhao Zhen saw it and praised: "The more you write, the better." ”

Lang Yue said: "Since he is a disciple of the official family, he is naturally not bad. ”

After a while, Yu Cairen, Lian Cairen, Zhu Baolin, Miao Yunu and others came with them, and when they saw that the official family was there, they all said they were happy in unison. Soon, there were congratulatory gifts from the queen and the concubine, all of which were collected from the treasury by Qingqiu.

Yu Cai said: "I am very happy when I see Concubine Shu, but I am afraid that she is a prince." ”

Zhu Baolin also smiled: "Yes, yes, my mother's sister-in-law was pregnant last year, and she had to vomit everything she ate. ”

Zhao Zhen has very few heirs, and there are only a few princesses under his knees, and when he heard that everyone said this, he was quite happy in his heart, and said: "Inherit the auspicious words of the two of you, if you get the prince, you will have a gift." ”

Yu Cairen and Zhu Baolin listened to it, and hurriedly said: "The concubine has to remember it well, and then please the official family." When they heard this, they all laughed. Having said this again, they dispersed in the evening.

On this day, because the holy driver suddenly came to the Tongjian Museum and consulted the old annals, Zifei and the others were busy for most of the day, and they had to go to lunch before the time came.

When she reached the bottom of the porch, she was suddenly grabbed by Congguang's arm, half dragged and half pulled to a secluded place in the garden, she couldn't help but get angry, and said, "What's the matter?" Let people see it, and see what you do. ”

From the wide silence, do not speak.

Zifei saw that his face was different from before, and he didn't know what had happened, his tone eased a little, and asked, "What's wrong?" Congguang said in a low voice: "Just now, the official family came, saying that I had made meritorious contributions, and asked me what reward I wanted." ”

Zifei said angrily: "Since I want to reward you, what do I have to do?" After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Congguang was in a hurry, stretched out his hand to take her into his arms, Zifei panicked in his heart, and struggled: "If people see it, it is a capital crime." ”

But he didn't hear it, but gradually increased his strength, and circled her in his arms. His face was all within reach, his breath could be heard, and he was still faintly scented with ink, and his eyes were fixed on him, as if he wanted to devour her.

Her face turned red, she turned her head away, and said, "You let go first." ”

Congguang said: "As soon as I let go, you have to run." ”

Zifei's heart was pounding, and he still didn't dare to look at him, and said, "If I don't run, it's just that." ”

Congguang was like a child, and said stubbornly: "I don't believe you." ”

Zifei was angry, and said face-to-face with him: "If you don't run, you won't run, don't I Lu Zifei even have this righteousness?" ”

After thinking for a while, he said, "No." ”

Zifei was speechless, stretched out his hand to push him, but suddenly there was a sound of footsteps from nowhere, and Congguang hurriedly "shh

The weather was already hot, and the two of them were close to each other through their clothes, and they felt even more unbearable to breathe.

After the rockery, two palace maids passed, and someone said: "I heard that this time the lady concubine is pregnant, the official family wants to amnesty the world, and the palace maid will be released to remove the palace registration." ”

Another said: "I don't know if it will be your turn or not, so I can only resign myself to fate." He added: "I heard from the palace people, and even the imperial doctor of the Imperial Pharmacy said that Concubine Niangniang was pregnant with the prince this time, no wonder the official family was so happy......

When the voice gradually faded away, Cong Guangcai said: "If you want to go out of the palace, I will ask the official family for you, and then go to your house to propose marriage." If you don't want to change anything, you are still a palace maid, and I am still an adult, then I will look at you silently for the rest of my life until I get old. Otherwise, if you want to meet secretly once in a while like a lover who is not known to the world, I am also very willing, and I will listen to you for everything. ”

The sky is blue and cloudless, and the occasional bird chirps and spreads its wings and rises to the ground. The scent of summer flowers is so rich that it almost intoxicates people. She stood in the shade of the flowers, and when she heard him say this, there were tears in her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, they slid down her cheeks.

Congguang let go of his hand, helped her wipe away her tears, and said, "Your eyes are not good, don't cry, what is there to cry about, just say it how you want." ”

Her tears flowed all over her face, he gently hugged her in his arms, and said, "I know that you are not angry for a long time, and I also know that you are afraid of me to be embarrassed, silly girl, I will treat you as you treat me." ”

Her tears soaked on his shoulders one by one, and she muttered: "Since you have me in your heart, why didn't you come to see me for two years and marry someone else?" ”

Cong Guang was surprised, held her face, and said, "Don't you know? ”

Zifei wiped away his tears and pouted, "What do you know?" ”

Congguang said: "I contracted rat disease outside the city that day, and I was sick and bedridden for more than half a year, and everyone thought that I couldn't live, so the Queen Mother ordered me to marry Wan Bai Chongxi, but that's it." After a pause, he said in a low voice: "It is my responsibility to be white, and I can't abandon her, so I don't dare to enter the palace to find you." ”

Zifei looked at him for a long time, not wanting those negative times to be wrong, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and she only felt happy all over, she said slowly: "No one has ever told me ......"

He had leaned over and kissed her on the lips, her mind boomed, and it went blank for a moment, but fortunately he just touched his lips like a dragonfly, and then left again, his eyes sparkled, and he doted: "You stupid girl, do you want to marry me?" ”

The shredded hair on her sideburns was blown by the wind, and the fluffy brushed around his neck, itching slightly. There are a few plantain plants around, and the huge green leaves hang low and roll in the wind. Zifei was wearing a light pink palace gauze skirt, raised in the wind, lining the turquoise behind him, which was more delicate than the pomegranate flowers stacked with pink in summer.

His eyes gradually fogged up, and he said, "You don't want to?" ”

Zifei neither shook his head nor nodded, and asked in a low voice, "What should your wife do?" ”

Congguang pondered for a moment and said, "I will support her for the rest of my life, so that she can have no worries about food and clothing." ”

Zifei said in a daze: "Then do you want to divorce her and then marry me?" ”

A bee buzzed over, neither of them wanted to move, let it fall on Zifei's sideburns to collect honey, Congguang lowered his head, and said, "I can't." After a pause, he said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Zifei, I can only marry you as a side room." ”

Zifei looked at him, didn't speak, and shook his head gently for a long time. Time is as quiet as a mountain stream and a deep pool, with bright and dark currents surging, but there is no trace to be seen.

The best day in this life was that year, when you were not married, I was not married.

The agarwood hall is extremely quiet, the big ding on the ground is burning benzoin, and the pale white smoke rises and scatters all over the house. Zhao Zhen leaned on the cool collapse to read, and Lang Yue put a futon under his knees, gently hammering his legs. The bamboo curtain is rolled up high, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the table through the green yarn, and the transparent rice paper seems to be dyed with a soft yellow.

Some attendants entered the hall lightly and added broken ice to the large porcelain jar, hitting the porcelain wall, and there was a clang. Zhao Zhen was disturbed and raised his head, the servant was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "The official family forgives the sin." ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and motioned for him to step back. Seeing that Lang Yue was crooked at her feet, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her up, and said, "Get up, your hands and feet are numb." Lang Yue stood up, her feet were crawling over like thousands of ants, she was sore, and she couldn't help but lean forward and threw herself into Zhao Zhen's arms.

She was already wearing a light gauze robe, and she bent down on his waist, and when she raised her head slightly, a large piece of white snow skin was exposed on her chest, which was bumpy and convex. Zhao Zhen threw the book on the table, reached out and rubbed it on her fragrant shoulder, and said with interest in his eyes: "You did it on purpose." ”

Lang Yue said: "The concubine doesn't dare." As he spoke, he was about to get up, but Zhao Zhen held her down.

Yan Wenying was about to enter the palace to do business, but when he saw this scene, he was busy withdrawing. Zhao Zhen knew about it, so he helped Langyue up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yan Wenying didn't even dare to raise his head, knelt on the threshold, and said, "Lord Wang, Da Da Ren, Lord Fan, and Lord Li of the Privy Council ask to see you. Zhao Zhen sighed, got up from the couch, and Lang Yue hurriedly knelt down to put on shoes for him, and waited for him to put on his coat, twisting the gold buttons, and said, "Can the official family come over for dinner?" ”

Zhao Zhen pinched her waist and said, "I'll come when I go, you wait." ”

Lang Yue smiled and said, "The concubine is waiting, the official family will come earlier." ”

There are several large jars of crushed ice stored in the Funing Palace, and it is very pleasant for people to enter it. The old men of the Privy Council were greedy for the chill and were reluctant to leave.

Old man Wang said: "Yuanhao of Western Xia has sent people to build castles in more than 300 places in Fuzhou and other places with dangerous terrain since May, and sooner or later he will invade our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Old man Pang continued: "There is the border between our dynasty and the DPRK, if the officials do not expel them as soon as possible, I am afraid that they will have to invade the state and the state." ”

Zhao Zhen was furious and said: "Spread my will, let the generals of Fuzhou, Bingzhou, and Daizhou lead the army to wait for the battle, if the Western Xia launches an attack, we will not spare it." ”

Everyone obeyed the order and said in unison, "Yes." ”

Half a month later, the Western Xia army invaded Fuzhou, and the Great Song general Zhou He led his army to counterattack and won the battle. Zhao Zhen was pleased, and promoted Zhou He's sister Zhou Baolin to be a four-grade beauty, moved out of the Lianlian Pavilion, entered the main seat of the Tang Pear Palace, and chose a day to give a banquet in the Vertical Arch Palace. Zhou Meiren was promoted to two levels in a row, and when she heard that her father and brother had also been promoted, she was even more happy and proud.

In July, the weather was suddenly hot, Mo Lan was infected with summer and humidity, and slept on the bed, Zhao Zhen was furious, and almost turned the entire imperial medicine hospital upside down. Mo Lan was dizzy, heavy and tired, and woke up a little in the afternoon, and vaguely heard Zhao Zhen speaking in the outer hall, so he sat up.

There were two palace maids standing in the pavilion, and when they heard the sound, they hurriedly lifted the curtain and asked respectfully: "What does the mother want?" ”

Although Mo Lan had a stuffy nose and a headache, his body was much happier, and he said, "Go and invite the official family to come in." ”

The palace maid agreed, but after a while, Zhu Hong's figure walked quickly from behind the green gauze tent, opened the tent, and sat on the edge of the bed, Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Are you better?" ”

Moran was cold, wrapped in a thick quilt, and his face was flushed, but he looked good. She said: "It's me who went out to enjoy the flowers at noon, and it was hot, what are you scolding others for?" ”

Zhao Zhen stroked her cheek and repeated: "Are you feeling better?" ”

Mo Lan smiled lightly and said, "It's much better." Seeing that she was covered in green silk mess, he stretched out his hand to smooth it and said with a smile: "Do you want to get up and breathe, I will wait for you to comb your hair." Mo Lan pursed his lips and squinted at him, and was about to speak, when he saw Qingqiu step forward with a warm decoction and said, "Niangniang, please drink the medicine." ”

Seeing that Mo Lan was about to go to the quilt, Zhao Zhen hurriedly hugged her and said with a smile: "How to be coquettish, you will only get better if you drink medicine, you have also been a doctor, why don't you understand it." As he spoke, he took the white-glazed pomegranate porcelain bowl from the tray, tasted it and said, "It's not bitter at all." After speaking, she raised the bowl and handed it to Mo Lan's mouth, she drank it on her back, Zhao Zhen hurriedly pinched the sour plum and put it in her mouth, she muttered: "It's bitter." Zhao Zhen looked at her resentful and angry eyes, like a pool of autumn water, rippling blue waves, and couldn't help laughing.

It was just while laughing that I suddenly heard a word from the outer hall: "What is so funny?" Tell me to have a good time, too. Looking up, Minhua had lifted the curtain and stood by the threshold, looking at the two of them with a smile.

Moran smiled, "Why are you here?" ”

Min Hua smiled as he walked inside: "I heard that the sixth brother is going to demolish the Imperial Medicine Courtyard, and I want to join in the fun." ”

Mo Lan glanced at Zhao Zhen and said, "He loves to make a fuss, let's ignore him." ”

Minhua looked at Zhao Zhen's depressed and helpless appearance, and laughed out loud.

Zhao Zhen got up and said: "You came just in time, I still have something to do in the previous dynasty, you accompany Concubine Shu to relieve her boredom." Then he said to Moran, "I'm gone." ”

Moran raised his eyes to look at him, nodded, and saw that there was loose hair on his head, so he hurriedly took his hand and said, "Slow down......"

Zhao Zhen turned his head, showed a warm smile, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Mo Lan motioned for him to sit down, carefully tucked the hair into the crown of his hair, looked left and right, and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Minhua sent the holy car far away, and then returned to the Liang Pavilion, her eyes showed envy, and said: "When I was in the Holy Zen Temple, the sixth sister-in-law often wrote to me, which was full of the sixth brother, he was angry, he smiled, and he spoiled the new concubine again...... At that time, I thought that all husbands and wives in the world should be respectful and polite to each other. Even if you like it very much, you can't show it in front of people, otherwise you will lose your manners. Now that I see you, I realize that the sixth sister-in-law is really a pitiful person. ”

Mo Lan knew that the sixth sister-in-law she said was Empress Guo, so she smiled and said, "Actually, not everyone can be blessed, born to be a queen. It's like your status as a princess, I don't know how many people you want to envy. ”

Min Hua said in confusion: "What can the princess do, what she can't get is still not available." If a person does not get what he wants most, he is empty. ”

The matter between Minhua and the king of Qinghe County was known to everyone in the palace, and Mo Lan also heard about it, so he said: "Sometimes, God takes away something because you deserve better. After a pause, he smiled again: "When I didn't enter the palace yet, my family wanted to give me to the king of Qinghe County as a side concubine, I hid behind the screen and peeked at him, thinking that I would marry him." ”

Min Hua heard her talk about the king of Qinghe County, and was stunned for a while before saying, "Brother Qing? ”

Mo Lan sighed and said in a low voice: "This is a secret, you must not let your sixth brother know." After a pause, he said: "Later, when I entered the palace, I saw Liulang for the first time, he stood in the midst of ten thousand people, and worshiped the ministers, only to feel that he was farther away than the stars in the sky, and he was more humble than the flowers in the dust." But now, I can stay by his side and be pampered by him, it is like a dream. ”