Chapter 182: Leave it to me
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On Chinese New Year's Eve, many people came to the palace, in addition to the royal family, Wen Boyuan and Wen Changbai, as the father and younger brother of the former empress, were also invited to the palace. Before the banquet officially began, Wen Changbai was standing outside the Baohe Palace, talking to an adult, and Yixuan saw it at a glance.
"I'm going to say hi." Yi Xuan turned his head to look at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen glanced at the man at the door of the hall expressionlessly, and said "Hmm", which was a promise, but obviously not very happy.
Yixuan walked over.
Wen Changbai saw Yi Xuan in the afterglow, so he sent the other party away in three or two sentences, and stood there with a smile on his face, watching Yi Xuan walk towards him.
Zhao Zhen frowned unhappily.
Wen Changbai has never paid much attention to clothing, and today because it is Chinese New Year's Eve, he wears a crimson brocade dress. Yixuan was surprised to find that the scarlet color is actually very flattering.
She usually sees those ointment children wearing crimson, and she only has one feeling, that is, the fat powder is too heavy and too fancy. However, Wen Changbai's body is lined with a very good face, and he is a handsome young man.
No wonder the eyes of the palace people around him were glued to him.
Yi Xuan couldn't help laughing, and the first thing she said when she walked up to him was: "Brother, you look so good in this color." โ
Wen Changbai raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He laughed, too, "Really? โ
"Hmm." Yixuan took two steps back, gestured with her hands from top to bottom, and told him seriously: "You look young and handsome." โ
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Wen Changbai coughed and pretended to be displeased: "What, I'm usually very old?" โ
"No, you're young, you're young, it's just that you're wearing this color, and you look sixteen years old at most."
Yi Xuan praised with a serious face, and Wen Changbai, who was boasting, couldn't cry or laugh, leaned on the pillar, and smiled: "Okay, maybe you can still pretend to be your younger brother." โ
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After the two finished talking nonsense, they tacitly walked to the secluded place next to them, and Wen Changbai told him that everything was arranged.
It is the old palace people of Concubine Gong.
"How many?"
"Four."
"Where?"
"Two serve the concubine, and two serve the dishes."
Yi Xuan had a number in her heart, and a big stone fell, and she naturally pulled Wen Changbai's sleeve and blinked, "Let's go in together?" โ
"Still can't." Wen Changbai straightened up, looked into the distance with a smile, lowered his head, and stared at his sister with a smile, "Someone is waiting for you." โ
"Huh?" Yixuan was a little confused.
Wen Changbai put his hands on his sister's shoulders and helped her turn around.
Zhao Zhen was standing at the door of the main hall, his eyelids drooping, and he looked at this side very vaguely.
He lifted his eyelids slowly, his face was expressionless, not looking at Yi Xuan, but at Wen Changbai.
Yixuan pursed her lips and said, "I think the prince is waiting for you." โ
"No, he's just upset with me." Wen Changbai's tone was a little subtle.
Dissatisfied?
What's there to be dissatisfied?
Is it because they've been talking for too long?
But no, it's only been a while. Yixuan narrowed her eyes in confusion, "Then I'll go first." โ
The man behind him was silent for a moment, and then smiled: "Okay." โ
Wen Changbai felt that he seemed to be able to slowly get used to this kind of thing, and got used to having a more important man in his sister's heart than him.
Yixuan walked over, opened his hand and waved it in front of Zhao Zhen's eyes, "What are you looking at?" โ
Zhao Zhen lowered his eyes, looked at her silently for a while, grabbed her shaking hand, and held it in his palm.
"It's time to go in."
After waiting for a while, the emperor appeared, along with the Queen Mother Xiao.
There was an uproar down there.
Empress Dowager Xiao was imprisoned by His Majesty for helping Zhao Shen rebel before, and she has been staying in Renshou Palace and unable to go out. Everyone thinks that the Queen Mother exists in name only and will never be able to turn over.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty would bring the Queen Mother to the banquet.
If the Queen Mother comes, what about Zhao Shen? Shouldn't Zhao Shen also come?
However, looking around, I didn't see Zhao Shen's figure. Everyone understood in their hearts that His Majesty did not forgive Zhao Shen's rebellion, but only out of the word "filial piety", on the day of reunion on Chinese New Year's Eve, let the Empress Dowager come out with a heart of benevolence and filial piety to share the joy of family.
So immediately someone stood up very good, praising His Majesty's benevolence and filial piety, and the whole world would be moved by His Majesty's filial piety, and then a large number of people came out one after another, singing the praises of His Majesty's filial piety.
Zhao Yan stared at the group of people below with a smile, very satisfied. As for the Queen Mother, it's not very good, she has been locked up these days, and her whole mood is very low, she can't eat well and sleep well, and she has lost a lot of weight than the last time Yixuan saw her.
The dark blue under her eyes is very serious, no matter how thick the powder can't cover it, her eyes are scattered, and she can't walk very steadily, and she is wearing makeup according to the queen mother's rank, and the crown on her head is very heavy.
The whole person looks like one word - tired.
But when she was finally able to come out to breathe, Yixuan believed that this was voluntary by the Queen Mother, and it was definitely not Zhao Yan who forced her.
Although this matter is obviously Zhao Yan is putting on a show.
Yixuan didn't mean anything bad about Zhao Yan, she felt that Zhao Yan's method was very good, at least on this occasion, she could quickly win over the hearts of some royal families.
Although the Queen Mother is a bit absurd, the Queen Mother, since she is in this position, her identity is greater than that of her, and she has a certain symbolic meaning.
Otherwise, the Queen Mother would not have survived to the present.
After a round of praise, everyone returned to their seats and served the food.
The concubine and Yixuan were next to Zhao Zhen on the left and right, and when the food was served, the concubine paid great attention to the two palace people who served the food, and her eyes kept unconsciously glancing and thinking.
However, the two palace people came and went quickly, and kept their heads down, and the concubine obviously noticed it, but she couldn't be sure.
However, when the two palace people behind the Queen Mother came forward to prepare vegetables for her, she suddenly sobered up, threw away her chopsticks in anger, got up and walked in front of Yixuan, and slapped her hand.
Yixuan didn't have time to react, and there was nowhere to hide, but the slap didn't fall in the end, and Zhao Zhen restrained the concubine.
The eyes of everyone present gathered here.
The originally noisy hall fell eerily silent.
At this time, the concubine's voice was particularly abrupt and sharp: "You slut! โ
Yixuan was at a loss.
She didn't know why the concubine was suddenly so excited, and wanted to slap her in front of so many people, with an expression of "either you die or I die".
What did she do again?
Zhao Zhen calmed his face, slowly pressed the concubine's hand down, and closed his eyes: "Mother, what are you going to do?" โ
The concubine looked at her son with tears in her eyes: "What am I going to do?" You ask her what she's going to do! It's just that you are disrespectful to me in the house, and you dare to humiliate me in this hall! โ
Zhao Zhen was stunned.
The concubine angrily pulled the two palace people who were cooking for herself, "Do you recognize them?" This one is called Wansong, and this one is called Tangerine Qing, both of whom were palace people in my palace before. โ
The two palace people knelt on the ground in a panic, their heads bowed, and they trembled terribly.
Zhao Zhen instantly understood something, his face sank, and he coldly ordered the two palace people: "Raise your head." โ
How dare these two people disobey King Yu's order, they raised their heads while crying, and leaned together in fear.
Zhao Zhen thought about it carefully, but five years had passed, and he had experienced too much in the past five years, and he would not remember some unimportant past events at all, let alone the names and appearances of the two inconsequential maids.
He shook his head.
The concubine was anxious, and pointed to the two kneeling on the ground and asked: "You say it yourself, are you Wansong, are you Tangerine!" According to your age, you should have left the palace a long time ago, why are you here?! โ
The two of them were scared, but they couldn't say a word.
The concubine felt panic in her chest.
"Did she come for you?" The concubine pointed at Yi Xuan and asked angrily: "She doubts my identity, and thinks that the real concubine is dead, and I am an impostor, so she brought you to correct me!" Isn't it! โ
The concubine was so angry that she pinched the arms of the two palace people, and the two palace people fell to the ground and begged the concubine to spare her life, but the concubine pinched more and more fiercely, and she couldn't wait to vent all her anger on these two people.
"It's not just you, it's Xirong and Xizhi who just served the food. I just said it's strange, why does it look so similar, it turns out to be! If I don't expose you today, you will say that my identity is fake! โ
Zhao Zhen slowly sat back on the chair with his hands raised to support his forehead, his head hanging down, and he didn't say a word.
An aura of "Lao Tzu is very annoying, don't mess with me any of you".
Yi Xuan's face turned pale.
She had no idea that things would come to this point, beyond her expectations.
It's because she's too aggressive, and she wants to prove that the identity of the concubine is fake, so she will take risks. And she also considered that even if the concubine recognized people, at most it would be a warm situation of master and servant recognition.
But I didn't expect the concubine to be so sharp.
And, so excited.
She is now in a state of water, even if she is useless, Zhao Zhen knows very well that this is what she did, it is a game she set up to verify the identity of the concubine.
She felt her fingertips gradually become cold, to be precise, she was cold, and the clothes she was wearing were thick enough, but she still couldn't resist the cold of this winter day.
She regretted not listening to Zhao Zhen.
Isn't he the one who knows the concubine best in this world? Zhao Zhen has always been a very sober person, it is impossible to recognize someone else as a mother because he misses his mother too much, he has repeatedly told her that the concubine is real, and asked her not to doubt it.
Why is she so stubborn?
Yixuan stood up slowly, her eyes wandered, she swallowed her throat very hard, and said, "Concubine forgiveness, this matter is my ......"
"I specially arranged it for the concubine, doesn't the concubine like it?"
Zhao Yan stood up with a smile and interrupted Yixuan's speech.
He walked down the jade steps and asked again in the eyes of everyone's surprise: "The surprise I prepared for the concubine, the concubine really doesn't like it?" โ
The tone is gentle, brisk, extremely sincere, and the smile is lovely.
He glanced at Yi Xuan quickly, and Yi Xuan was also looking at him.
Yi Xuan read three words from his eyes.
Leave it to me.