Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Confession of Jinyun Palace
The rain outside the window was dripping, Cheng Qian was in the main hall, he approved the folds for a while, he felt very bored, and he wanted to go out for a walk, and Xiao Lizi entered the hall and passed it on.
"Your Majesty." Xiao Lizi came: "Concubine Lan said that she had to be free on a rainy day, so she made some pear blossom cakes and specially brought some for the emperor." β
"Concubine Lan?" Mo Lanchang has always been indifferent, and a trace of surprise flashed on Cheng Qian's face: "You let her come in first." β
Concubine Lan got permission and entered the palace with all the money: "The concubines see the emperor." β
"The world prefers peach blossoms, and likes to use peach blossoms in dishes, you are ingenious and make pear blossom cakes! Come here, let me taste the taste of this pear blossom crisp. β
Concubine Lan got the order, so she walked towards the emperor, opened the food box, and placed a plate of delicate pear blossom cake inside, round translucent snacks, mixed with the embellishment of flower petals, which met Cheng Qian's eyes. He leaned closer, and a sweet smell slowly crept into the tip of his nose.
The faint fragrance of this pear blossom crisp smelled very good, and he couldn't help but pick up a piece and put it to his lips to taste it.
"Sweet but not greasy, fragrant teeth and cheeks, the dim sum in Concubine Lan's palace is good." Cheng Qian smiled and put the remaining half of the dim sum into his mouth.
"The pear blossoms used in this pear blossom cake are still picked by the concubines early this morning, and the concubines around them braved the rain to go to Chonghua Palace to pick them for the concubines. If it takes a while, there will be no pear blossoms to cook. Concubine Lan said with a smile, not as if she hadn't noticed Cheng Qian, who was slowly changing her face.
"Your Majesty." Mo Lanchang turned her head to look at Cheng Qian: "I heard that the emperor and Concubine Wen met in Pear Garden, but the emperor remembered her?" β
Cheng Qian waved his hand unhappily: "That's it, don't mention it." As he spoke, he picked up another piece of snack and put it whole into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, the minions at the bottom love to chew the root of their tongues, and the concubines have also heard a lot of rumors recently. It was rumored in the palace that Concubine Wen had fallen out of favor, and the emperor had snubbed her. β
However, the concubine believed that the emperor was willing to descend the dignity of the Son of Heaven and personally welcomed her into the palace outside the noon gate, thinking that she loved Concubine Wen to the bone. If you don't snub it, I'm afraid that some people in the palace are just talking nonsense. β
Cheng Qian chewed the snack, swallowed it, his face was displeased, and he didn't speak again, the Qianzheng Hall was silent, and the atmosphere became extremely embarrassing.
"Your Majesty." Concubine Lan hurriedly knelt down: "The concubine is ignorant, she said the wrong thing without choosing her words, and I hope the emperor will not blame her." β
"Didn't Grandma Tell you that you should be cautious in your words and deeds in the palace?" Cheng Qian was displeased: "No matter what, Concubine Wen is a concubine, you can't argue." β
"Yes, the concubine knows that she is wrong." Concubine Lan looked at Cheng Qian: "The concubine must remember that she will never do it again in the future." β
"I still have a lot of twists and turns to criticize, so you can go down first." Cheng Qian said, holding a book in his hand and reading it.
The expression on Concubine Lan's face was a little stiff, and she didn't say anything more, just knelt down and said lightly: "Yes." β
Cheng Qian looked at the folds for a while and felt a little tired. The rain outside the window was lighter, hitting the edge of the hall, and Cheng Qian got up and wanted to go outside.
"Little plum." Cheng Qian got up and said, "Go get an umbrella, I want to go outside." β
Today is the third day of Wanyan Ronglie's arrival, and the people sent by Zhao Xunzhi outside the palace sent a secret report that early this morning, Wanyan Ronglie went to Baiguang Temple to play.
Wan Yan Ronglie has been in the Central Plains for three days, except for the first day of the main hall, there is nothing out of the ordinary. Cheng Qian listened to the news from the post station, and half of the stone in his heart finally fell.
And at this moment, in the Baiguang Temple, a sturdy alien sat on a futon, with his back to the door, facing the statue of the Taoist god of the three Qing and five elders with his hands folded, as if pious.
The guards outside the door lifted the curtain and looked inside, always feeling that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that Yan Ronglie grew up in Huihong, and his belief should also be Buddhism, why do he kneel so reverently in Taoism? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, so he hesitated and found an excuse to go in: "My lord, it's almost lunch now, do you want to go back?" β
But the man did not move, and did not answer.
"Your Excellency?" The guard stepped forward and grabbed him by the shoulder. The man turned his head, the guard was shocked, and the top of his head was like a lightning strike, isn't this the first-class guard next to Wan Yan Ronglie?
"Ah Yin! How are you? He stepped forward and grabbed Ah Yin's shoulder: "Why are you wearing Lord Yan's clothes?" Where's Wanyan-sama? β
Ah Yin smiled and said unhurriedly: "I don't know where my king has gone, but I have always been Ah Yin, did your Excellency recognize the wrong person?" β
The guards let go of Ah Yin and walked out of the hall. He thought that he had personally supervised Yan Ronglie in the morning and came to Baiguang Temple, what was wrong!
Inside the temple!
His eyes lit up, and he seemed to understand in an instantβit must have been when the two of them were in the temple and changed his clothes while he was unprepared. Therefore, what was left behind was Ah Yin, in order to hide people's eyes and ears; And the real Wan Yan Ronglie had already slipped out of the chaos when there were the most people in the morning!
What is the purpose of Wanyan Ronglie! If he slipped away under his nose and stabbed Lou Zi, I'm afraid ten heads would not be enough to cut off.
He went out of Baiguang Temple, found a few people waiting outside, and said to one of them: "You go to report to the emperor, Lord Wanyan was lost in Baiguang Temple, and now he doesn't know where to go." β
He also instructed the others: "The rest of you, wait for me, follow me to find Lord Wanyan, be sure to find your lord, and protect your safety." β
"Yes!" When they heard the command, they dispersed and went on their task.
Wan Yan Ronglie guarded outside the palace gate, and when the official came to the court, he quickly took an official hostage, snatched his token, and knocked him unconscious.
When he arrived at the noon gate, he said to the guards who were interrogating: "I have an urgent matter to see the emperor, so I took Wen Shilang's token, and I am in a hurry to obey the power, and I also ask the lord to let him go as soon as possible." β
Wanyan Ronglie had a token with him, and the guards didn't dare to delay, although they saw that he had obvious characteristics of aliens, they also let him go.
All the way into the palace gate, Wanyan Ronglie only said that he was a distant relative of Su Wenmei, he was tall, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs who passed by along the way, and asked where Jinyun Palace was.
Su Wenmei was dancing the nine-section whip in the courtyard of Jinyun Palace, and she heard the palace maid shouting outside the palace gate: "My lord, this is the concubine's residence, you can't enter!" β
"I'm Miss Su's cousin, so naturally I can enter. Long-winded, where are there so many rules! As he spoke, he broke into Jinyun Palace and met Su Wenmei's stunned eyes.
After all, the palace maid and eunuch are weak, and because the person who came said that it was Su Wenmei's cousin, others naturally did not dare to stop her.
After Yan Ronglie stepped into the door of Jinyun Palace, he grabbed her wrist without saying a word, dragged her into the dormitory, and closed the door.
Su Wenmei was a little flustered by the sudden situation, and she struggled: "You! You let go of me! You're crazy, this is the palace! β
"Don't be afraid, I just have a question for you." As he spoke, he closed the door to the dormitory, and took her hands vigorously against the wall, holding her against the wall, a pair of dark brown eyes staring at her.
"King, I am already the emperor's concubine, please respect yourself!" She struggled, but her strength was too great, and her kung fu was excellent, so she couldn't break free. The nervousness caused her to gasp for breath quickly, and her face was bright and rosy.
He looked at Su Wenmei with a deep look in his eyes: "I just want to ask you, why didn't you say goodbye that day?" Do you hate me and don't want to marry me? β
Su Wenmei met his eyes, looked at him full of affection, and slowly quieted down.
"My lord, at that winter banquet, I didn't know that taking the deer in your hand meant that it meant to marry, so ......" Her charming eyes looked up at him, and her rosy little lips opened slightly.
"My lord, I am now the emperor's concubine. Please die for yourself. Huihong has many good sons and daughters, and I also hope that the king can find the right person as soon as possible. β
"You didn't say goodbye that day, do you know that I have been looking for you for a long time? Why are you here, sharing a man with so many women! Wan Yan Ronglie looked at her and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. A woman he regarded as a treasure actually became a concubine of the Son of Heaven in Xiling Kingdom!
If he is completely beautiful, he will definitely resist public opinion, and he will marry her alone, and he will not let her suffer such grievances.
Although at the beginning, he just looked at her and Xu Wanjun's similarity, so he moved a little bit to accept her, but when she was blocking the knife for herself, he couldn't tell whether he saw Xu Wanjun or Su Wenmei through Su Wenmei.
"My lord, I didn't say goodbye that day." Su Wenmei said, lowering her head.
Wan Yan Ronglie lowered a hand and clenched his fist: "It's Wu Luolan, right?" Then I found the dagger you left behind, and the horse, which was drugged, and you were framed by Uloran in the first place, right? β
Su Wenmei didn't speak again, which was a tacit acquiescence.
Cheng Qian walked aimlessly in the palace, and unconsciously walked to the palace road outside Jinyun Palace. For no reason, I remembered that in the Qianzheng Hall before, Concubine Lan talked about the rumors in the palace that Concubine Wen had fallen out of favor.
Cheng Qian frowned, feeling a little distressed just thinking about it - Su Wenmei was not a woman connected by blood in the Zhongwu Hou family after all, so naturally there was less blood than water. If he really gets tired of her one day, then she is really alone, and she doesn't know how hard it will be.
It's because she likes herself a little that she goes into the palace to accompany her. Now because of a beautiful face, he spoiled other women and let her be placed in gossip, which is really undeserved!
What's more, he has never heard her explain the matter of the marriage contract with Yan Ronglie.
As if he had figured it out, he walked towards the Jinyun Palace, but saw Bing'er standing outside the gate of the Jinyun Palace, and saw him hurriedly kneeling: "Your Majesty." β
Cheng Qian looked at her: "Panic, what's wrong?" β
"Your Majesty, Concubine Wen has recently contracted a cold, and I am afraid that it will hurt the emperor's noble body, but you are still ......" Bing'er was a little nervous and didn't dare to continue.
Cheng Qian's intuition was that something was wrong, and he was really upset when he looked at Bing'er's struggling appearance. So he waved his hand, signaled the people behind him not to follow, and quickly stepped into Jinyun Palace.