Ru Cairen is the concubine of the former emperor, so her position is higher than Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng saw her and gave a slight salute, "I've seen talented people." ”

Ru Cairen was flattered, "The Seventh Prince, don't be polite......"

But how can you not be polite? Ru Cairen couldn't say it again, so he had to smile awkwardly, not knowing what to do.

Shen Yuexi glanced at Ru Cairen, her expression with spring in her expression couldn't escape Shen Yuexi's eyes, Shen Yuexi thought, Ru Cairen is really flexible, the first emperor is gone, it is good to be able to climb the Seventh Prince.

Shen Yuexi smiled and looked away, it was the time when the sun was about to set, and there was a beautiful sunset behind the palace.

Zhao Zheng also followed Shen Yuexi's gaze and stood quietly with her, feeling the tranquility and beauty of this moment.

Ru Cairen didn't know what they were looking at, turned her head to look, and turned back again, no one spoke, she stood there a little abruptly and embarrassed.

"Then I won't bother the Seventh Lord and the Seventh Princess, I'll go back first." After a while, Ru Cairen said.

Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi looked at her and nodded slightly.

Ru Cairen came out of Yuxiu Palace, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, he used to look at the Seventh Prince from a distance and didn't feel it, but now that he got closer and said a few words, he actually felt that he was cold and terrible, and the cold was pressing, she had never felt this way when she was by the side of the former emperor, she touched her chest, and felt that she might not be able to seduce the Seventh Prince.

"Ru Cairen's mind is lively." After Ru Cairen left, Shen Yuexi whispered.

Oh? Zhao Zheng asked knowingly.

"Didn't you see it too, she was deliberately looking for a chance to meet you." Shen Yuexi said.

Zhao Zheng sneered, "Could it be that I look like a frivolous person who is so easily confused?" ”

"I just chatted for a while, Ru Cairen is the same age as me, and it is also pitiful, she became a surviving person at such a young age, and it is understandable that she plans for her future life." Shen Yuexi understands Ru Cairen very well.

"Then it's better to let them out of the palace, these concubines of the former emperor, those who are willing to leave the palace can leave the palace and return them to freedom." Zhao Zheng thought about it and said.

"Seventh Master, you are really generous and benevolent."

Shen Yuexi said this, but she thought in her heart, I don't know if those concubines will accept this love, after all, although the life in the palace is closed and lonely, it is so calm, and there is no worry about food and clothing, and although the world outside is big, it is not easy to live peacefully in the midst of war.

"By the way, the Queen Mother is coming to Yuxiu Palace today, she means that she is going to help you choose a few concubines, the Queen Mother has mentioned this matter to me twice, I understand the Queen Mother's thoughts, so you don't have to worry about my thoughts, just do what the Queen Mother thinks." Shen Yuexi watched the sunset gradually sink, fiddling with the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said.

"Yuexi."

"Huh?"

"Work hard in the future, you can help me have a few more children."

"Oh." Shen Yuexi didn't expect Zhao Zheng to say such a thing, so she responded blankly.

Hearing Shen Yuexi's response, Zhao Zheng didn't say anything anymore, hugged Shen Yuexi in his arms from behind, and watched the twilight swallow up the last light little by little.

There is no clear answer to the matter of Zhao Zheng's concubine, and the Queen Mother has already begun to prepare for the autumn chrysanthemum appreciation conference.

The gardener in the palace is carefully cultivating chrysanthemums of various colors, and Shen Yuexi has gone to see them once when he has nothing to do, and those chrysanthemums are of various colors and forms, which are very beautiful.

Seeing that Shen Yuexi liked it, Huafang then asked people to send a few pots of precious varieties to Yuxiu Palace.

Shen Yuexi looked at those flowers and smelled the unique smell of chrysanthemums, and looked at them for a long time.

Regarding the disposition of the former emperor's concubines, Zhao Zheng spoke with the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother also agreed, but those concubines received the will, but none of them were willing to leave the palace.

First, since they have entered the palace, their mother's family can't go back, and it is not easy to find another place to live, so they can only guard the glory of nothingness in the palace until they die.

On the second day of the promulgation of the will, He Guifei came to Yuxiu Palace, saying that he had nothing to do to come and take a walk.

There is a princess under the knee of the concubine, who is two years older than the crown prince, and is the first child born in the next year after the emperor ascended the throne.

"Compared with those concubines who don't have children, I'm lucky, although I'm a princess, I still have a place to rely on, Concubine Xixian has a prince, Gui Zhaoyi also has a prince, and everyone else is empty under their knees, even if they leave the palace, what can they do?" Talking to the concubine about that will, he sighed.

He Guifei's eyes also have a yearning for freedom, but she is more afraid of not being able to live outside than freedom.

Shen Yuexi could only be speechless, these things were their own choices, she couldn't interfere, but if she was replaced, she would choose to leave the palace.

"A woman's life has never been her own, if she meets a deeply affectionate Lang Jun, it's okay, otherwise, how much pain in her life can only be swallowed silently and endured, anyway, in the end it is just a void." And the concubine sighed again.

He Guifei is only twenty-nine years old this year, but there is already a dull look on her face.

Shen Yuexi is different from her, she has been displaced since she was a child, and she grew up in a place with a harsh climate in the frontier, and has seen the barbaric people of Beihu, all of which have cultivated her tenacious character, and she feels that no matter where she is, she can grit her teeth and live.

"The Seventh Master originally had good intentions, since you are not willing to leave the palace, no one will embarrass you, just live in peace." Shen Yuexi can only be so comforted.

"I really envy that you can be the sole favor of the Seventh Prince, if you give birth to Lin'er again, you will have hope and support for the rest of your life." He Guifei looked at Shen Yuexi's stomach and said.

Shen Yuexi smiled and didn't speak, everyone only saw the surface, if the secret between her and the Seventh Prince was revealed, it would be a big storm, a princess, pregnant with the child of a foreign general, I am afraid that it will not be a pity to die a hundred times.

Outside Yuxiu Palace, He Jieyu listened to the conversation with the concubine and Shen Yuexi, but after all, she didn't go in and turned to leave.

He Jieyu also came here because of the fact that they were allowed to leave the palace, she wanted to leave the palace, but she, like the concubine, was very afraid of the outside world, and she didn't know where she could go after leaving the palace.

But she longs for freedom outside, so she wants to come and talk to Shen Yuexi, and wants to ask the Seventh Prince through Shen Yuexi, if she wants to leave the palace one day in the future, then does this will still count?

But when she was with the concubine, she wouldn't go in, and she would come back another day.

On the way back, under the palace walls, the palace guards came to them, these guards were patrolling the harem, and they walked around the harem every other hour.

The leader is the guard Edo, He Jieyu knows him, in the spring, the paper kite was released, the rope broke, the paper kite fell on the tree, it was Edo who climbed the tree to help her take the paper kite down.

Now that they met head-on, Edo greeted He Jieyu with courtesy, and then continued to patrol.

He Jieyu continued to walk, and after walking a short distance, she looked back at Edo, who was tall and mighty, standing out among the guards, and she remembered the day when he came down from the tree and handed the paper kite to the maidservant girl beside her, and she was in a trance for a while.

Because of the entanglement of whether to leave the palace or not to leave the palace, He Jieyu couldn't sleep at night, so she left the palace alone and wandered slowly outside.

Now this harem is not as good as before, the emperor is no longer there, there are fewer people waiting, and the decoration is not so lively, and there is only one lantern far away, which is a little desolate.

Fortunately, the stars and moon in the autumn night are brighter than any season, He Jieyu looked up at those stars, and walked away unconsciously.

"Who?" When I got to a small garden, someone asked sharply.

He Jieyu was startled, stopped, and followed the sound to look, a tall figure walked over, and when she saw He Jieyu's face clearly, she hurriedly saluted: "The little one doesn't know that Jieyu is here, offended." ”

He Jieyu also saw that the person who came was Edo, so she put her mind at ease.

"You're on duty tonight?" He Jieyu asked.

Yes, Edo nodded in response, and then said to the other guards behind him, "It's He Jieyu, it's okay." ”

"It's so dark at night, it's too dangerous for you to go out alone, so let's send you back." Edo said.

He Jieyu didn't refuse, turned around and walked back.

There was silence all the way, Edo followed He Jieyu two steps away in a measured manner, he looked at He Jieyu's back, and was in a trance at night, thinking that she was so young and beautiful that she would have to stay in the palace and let Huarong grow old, he didn't feel a little regretful.

"Guard Jiang, where are you from?" Just thinking about it, He Jieyu, who was unprepared in front of her, asked softly.

"A small person from the Dengzhou Prefecture of Luzhou." Edo hurriedly replied.

"How old are the years?"

"Three out of twenty." Edo was a little embarrassed, he was not too old, but he was still just a small palace guard.

"Have you got a wife?"

"I haven't married yet."

He Jieyu didn't feel a little strange when she heard this, and looked back at him, "Why?" ”

"I am busy in the palace, and there is no suitable one, so I will wait until I return to my hometown in a few years."

"Are you going to go back to your hometown in a few years?"

"Well, the little one saved some silver, went back to his hometown to buy a few acres of land, and lived peacefully," Jianghu said a little embarrassed, "Isn't it too unambitious?" ”

He Jieyu looked at Edo, "It's good, it's very down-to-earth." ”

was praised by He Jieyu like this, Edo was even more embarrassed, and smiled a little crampedly.

"The Seventh Prince is benevolent, seeing that our concubines are living lonely in the palace, he allowed us to leave the palace and find another way out, but we have nowhere to go, compared to you, we are even more sad." He Jieyu said quietly.

She didn't know why she was telling Edo this, she just wanted someone to hear what she had to say, she had been alone for too long, and she hadn't talked to anyone for too long.

"How can there be nowhere to go? He Jieyu: Where is your mother's house? Edo felt a little strange.

"Since the day I entered the palace, I have been the glory of my mother's family, so even if I die of old age in the palace, they will not allow me to go back, it will make them feel very shameless." He Jieyu explained.