Chapter 27: The Umbrella

Su Wenmei still wanted to open her mouth to beg for mercy, but Cheng Qian didn't give her any chance, his lips wrapped around her, and the whole person covered her, making her a little breathless. Her hands struggled to beat Cheng Gan's chest, but Cheng Qian was unwilling to let go.

This was the first time that Cheng Qian had made her feel so terrible. But she couldn't resist, so she could only rely on him to ask for herself.

After the two lingered on the glass couch, Su Wenmei was emotional, angry that he didn't listen to the explanation, and treated herself so strongly. She turned her face to face the soft collapse, and refused to say a word to Cheng Qian.

Cheng Qian became more and more displeased, twisted her face, and forced her to look into his eyes.

Su Wenmei's flattering eyes looked at him with a little alienation and a little indifference, and he felt distressed for no reason - maybe his behavior today was too much.

"Is the emperor satisfied?" Su Wenmei's eyes were full of moisture, and she looked at him with a bit of mockery.

Cheng Qian was a little surprised: "Never, no one has ever dared to look at me like this!" No one has ever dared to talk to me like that! As he spoke, he quickly put on his clothes and hurried out the door.

The atmosphere in Jinyun Palace reached the freezing point, and the palace maid and eunuch knelt on the ground without saying a word. The door of the dormitory was wide open, and no one dared to close it after Cheng Qian left. After a long while, Bing'er and the other two palace maids took clean clothes, brought hot water to the dormitory, and closed the door: "Niangniang......"

Su Wenmei only felt that she had suffered a great humiliation, and she looked aggrieved that she was about to cry, so she let them put the bath bucket on the ground, and reached out to take the clean clothes in Bing'er's hand.

Cheng Qian returned to the main hall of Qian, and sent Zhao Xun to visit him before.

"Where is Wan Yan Ronglie now?"

"Go back to the emperor. Wanyan Ronglie is now in the post station outside the palace, and it has been properly settled. ”

"You pick a few people from the Royal Forest Army, arrange it, and keep an eye on him!"

"Yes." Zhao Xunzhi said and withdrew from the main hall.

Cheng Qian sat on the dragon chair, secretly pinched the armrest of the dragon chair with his hand, and only felt at a loss for Yan Ronglie, and his heart was mixed.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Lizi came: "The virtuous concubine came to make soup, and outside the main hall, she said that she said the wrong thing at noon...... Come and apologize to the emperor. Your Majesty, look at ......"

Cheng Qian paused: "In this case, you let her in." ”

Zhuang Xianren was dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked into the main hall, saluted, and said: "The concubines see the emperor." Her voice was charming, and when she heard it, she couldn't help but be moved.

"Get up." Cheng Qian said.

"Yes. The concubine personally stewed lily bird's nest for you today, and hoped that the emperor would be healthy. Zhuang Xianren said, got up and placed a cup of lily bird's nest on the table in the Qianzheng Palace: "Not long after the concubine entered the palace, there is indeed something wrong with what she says and does, and it is the concubine's." In the future, if there is anything wrong with the concubines, the emperor will say that he knows with the concubines, and the concubines must obey the emperor and obey the emperor's thoughts. ”

Cheng Qiancai received a cold reception from Su Wenmei, and was bored about her affairs, so he looked up at Zhuang Xianren when he heard the words. The low-eyed and pleasing appearance is completely different from Su Wenmei.

He suddenly felt very relaxed, so he said: "Today at noon, I made myself troubled and angered the concubine, and the concubine doesn't have to mind." As he spoke, he opened the lid of the food box and ate bird's nest with a snack.

Zhuang Xianren smiled and whispered softly to Cheng Qian and Wu Nong: "Your Majesty ......"

If Su Wenmei is the frost and dew in winter, then Zhuang Xianren is the morning light in summer. Cheng Qian felt that Zhuang Xianren, who looked very unpleasant in the past, was very gentle today. He pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "The bird's nest made by the concubine is excellent. ”

That night, Su Wenmei stayed awake all night guarding the lonely Jinyun Palace, and Cheng Qian went to Fangyi Palace and stayed with Zhuang Xianren all night.

The next day, Su Wenmei went to the palace of the virtuous concubine to say goodbye as usual, and when she walked on the palace road, she saw the strange eyes of several palace maids. In the past, when they were favored, these palace maids would definitely not look at themselves like this. When Bing'er saw it, she also said: "Niangniang, people in the palace are used to worshipping high and stepping on low, these cheap bones, Niangniang doesn't have to pay attention to them." ”

Su Wenmei smiled bitterly, of course she understood in her heart that after the incident with Yan Ronglie, everyone in the palace would think that she would fall out of favor, and naturally she would no longer be as respectful as before. What's more, now, I don't know how the other concubines in the palace are going to make a big fuss.

She smiled lightly: "It's okay." ”

Today's weather is gloomy, and the sky looks like it's going to rain halfway down the road.

Before entering Fangyi Palace, he saw Cheng Qian from a distance riding a sedan chair from the direction of Fangyi Palace. Su Wenmei knelt on the ground and saluted, but Cheng Qian didn't look at her, and walked straight past her.

Entering Fangyi Palace, Ruoli came out of the dormitory to pass the word, the emperor stayed in Fangyi Palace last night, and the mother got up a little late, so that Su Wenmei and the few concubines who arrived waited for a while.

She was obedient and sat outside the Fangyi Palace with Concubine Hui and others, waiting for the virtuous concubine. After about a quarter of an hour, Zhuang Xianren finally came out of the dormitory with the support of Ruoli. She was a little tired in her movements, and a striking rose red on her neck stinged Su Wenmei's eyes.

She lowered her head, making it difficult to see her emotions. She was a little surprised, and even more sad - she always thought that the emperor was in love with her.

"This palace accompanied the emperor all night yesterday, and I got up a little late today, so the sisters won't mind, right?" Zhuang Xianren said and sat on the main seat of Fangyi Palace.

"It's right for the concubine to serve the emperor, it's too late for the sisters to be envious, how can they mind." Concubine Lan said with a smile: "Niangniang's father served in the previous dynasty, and now Niangniang is favored by the emperor in the harem, which can be an example for the six palaces." ”

"Sister Wenfei." Zhuang Xianren looked at Su Wenmei: "In the past, you were the most favored in the palace, but my sister must remember that the emperor is the son of heaven, and he can't care about one person, you are just one of the many concubines." He is the emperor who favors her, don't be jealous and hateful, do you understand? ”

Bing'er secretly thought: Isn't the person who can be jealous and hated the most is you, the concubine?

Su Wenmei raised her head lightly and looked at her: "Yes."

In the past, Su Wenmei monopolized grace, and the emperor refused to leave after several persuasions, and everyone thought that it was difficult to survive in the harem. Now that Zhuang Xianren has been favored, it makes the women in the harem seem to see a glimmer of hope.

The hatred of Su Wenmei was also slightly revealed in the small talk of Fangyi Palace.

After about half an hour, Zhuang Xianren got up: "Okay, let's all go back today." The emperor came to dine in the morning, and the palace had to prepare in advance. ”

The concubines got up: "The concubines retired." ”

Su Wenmei and the concubines walked out of the gate of Fangyi Palace, and a muffled thunder slashed down in the sky, which shocked everyone's hearts. A spring rain that has not been seen for a long time is about to fall.

"This imperial city, I'm afraid it's going to change." Concubine Lan glanced at Su Wenmei thoughtfully: "Disputes, let's go." ”

The wind rose out of nowhere, blowing Su Wenmei's slightly thin robe. She rolled up her sleeves and walked in the direction of Jinyun Palace with Bing'er.

"Niangniang, it looks like it's going to rain, let's go back to the palace quickly." Bing'er said: "It's all to blame for the negligence of the slave maid, and the forgetting to bring an umbrella when you go out, if it was another lady, the slave and maid would have been punished a long time ago." ”

"It's okay, just go back to the palace quickly." After so many sunny days, no one expected this day to become sudden. She smiled faintly and walked briskly with Bing'er, but the relentless raindrops fell, smashing big ones towards the people on the ground.

In front of it is the main hall, Su Wenmei thought about whether to go to the gate of the palace to take shelter from the rain. Just thinking of Cheng Qian's aggression against herself last night, and the indifferent appearance when she passed by this morning, she involuntarily retreated in her heart.

Xiao Lizi took an umbrella and hurriedly came out of the main hall, not knowing who to send it to. "Cousin" Su Jinnian also stood outside the Qianzheng Hall, as if he had just descended from the court.

Su Jinnian saw Su Wenmei in the rain at a glance. At this time, her hair was slightly messy, and her wide robe was blown by the wind, making her look a little helpless.

"Little sister." He opened the big umbrella, ran briskly towards her, and stuffed the umbrella into her hand: "Don't get wet. As he spoke, he turned and rushed into the bean-sized rain.

"Su ...... Brother Jinnian! Su Wenmei shouted. Su Jinnian didn't hear it, ran very fast in the rain, and didn't look back.

"Mother." Bing'er said, taking the big umbrella for Su Wenmei: "The old lady and the eldest young master of the Su family are really very good to the mother." ”

Oh, yes. The Su family has always been excellent to themselves.

Xiao Lizi didn't get close with the umbrella, but he heard Cheng Qian shouting outside the hall: "Come back!" ”

Xiao Li Zi stupidly took the umbrella back to the Qianzheng Palace, Su Wenmei looked at the direction of Su Jinnian's departure, and didn't notice a pair of eyes staring at her deeply in the Qianzheng Palace.

Cheng Qian was in the hall, from the time she hesitated outside the main hall to Su Jinnian holding an umbrella for her, he saw it all. His fists clenched involuntarily - he never wanted to see any man courting her, including her so-called cousin. The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, and Cheng Qian leaned on the dragon chair, facing the twists and turns piled up into a hill, feeling very troubled.

Su Wenmei took Bing'er back to Jinyun Palace, and instructed her: "Then the eldest young master of the Su family is drenched in the rain, you hurry up and boil some ginseng tea, bring some food in the palace, and when the rain is light, find a way to get out of the palace and go to the Zhongwu Marquis Mansion to have a look." ”

"Yes." Bing'er said, turning to get ready for the big and small matters.

Su Wenmei was damp all over, and ordered someone to prepare hot water and wash her whole body well.

After a while, the rain was lighter, and Cheng Qian was also busy with affairs, Xiao Lizi held an umbrella for him, so he paced and slowly walked to the door of Jinyun Palace, waved his big hand, and did not let Xiao Lizi report.

"Mother." Bing'er was in the dormitory, and she didn't notice that there was anyone outside Jinyun Palace, she said: "The slave maid prepared ginger tea for the eldest young master of the Zhongwu Hou family, some honey osmanthus cake for Mrs. Su, and some special snacks in the palace, do you think this is feasible?" ”

"Very good." Su Wenmei smiled: "The new rose grapes obtained a few days ago are good, you can also bring some to them." ”

"Yes." Bing'er took the things with her and led another palace maid out of the palace to the Zhongwu Marquis's Mansion.