Fu Jinyue and I bowed slightly, but Xuanyuan Yi only helped me, looking at me with admiration, deliberately leaving Fu Jinyue aside.

I could feel Fu Jinyue's embarrassment, turned sideways and helped her with a smile: "My sister is really amazing in dance, so that my sister's three-legged cat's kung fu is ashamed!" If it weren't for my sister coming, my sister would have been embarrassed. ”

Fu Jinyue naturally could see that I was relieving her, and shook her head at me with a smile, but her expression was not in place: "My sister has superb dancing skills, it is better for this palace to be ashamed of herself, in front of you, this palace can only be a foil for you." ”

There was a slight sour taste in her words, if Fu Jinyue was not jealous, even I wouldn't believe it.

Fortunately, she immediately took my hand and gave me another understanding look.

I understood that although she was jealous, she could also see that this was Xuanyuanyi's plan, so she didn't take it to heart.

Fu Jinyue understands Xuanyuanyi, just as Xuanyuanyi understands her, so she can only accept many things and cannot go against them.

"Someone, reward!"

Xuanyuan Yi rewarded in front of everyone, and from the smile between his eyebrows, I could see that he was waiting for the reward, and he would only reward me alone.

Sure enough, he summoned two palace maids with plates, which were full of gold and silver treasures, took my hand, and pretended to be affectionate and said to me: "Concubine Jiang still likes it?" ”

The inquiring tone and doting expression would definitely be flattered if it were an ordinary concubine.

But I, in addition to thinking that he is too childish, can only admire his innate self-confidence, and he actually plays without hiding.

Oh, perhaps, as the king of a country, this is the self-confidence he should have.

"Your Majesty, the concubines can be appreciated by the emperor so easily, this credit is not only the queen's mother, but also the sister who plays the piano, the emperor understands the righteousness, how can he only reward the concubine? Or will these rewards ......"

"I'm just going to reward you alone?"

I was a shy and smiling euphemistic refusal, but before I could finish my words, I was interrupted by Xuanyuan Yi.

Looking up, I met his playful eyes, and the sultry smile made me stunned for half a second.

I could feel that there were countless dark arrows shooting at me around me, and I could also feel that Fu Jinyue beside me had silently retreated to the side.

She was too lazy to watch us play anymore, she must be angry in her heart, but she was not angry with me, and her face was not too obvious.

I barely squeezed a smile, still cooperating with Xuanyuan Yi to act.

Now I have a hard time riding a tiger, if I nod now, I will be in the cold palace in the future, but I really won't have a good life.

I opened my eyes to the woman who was playing the piano.

She was dressed in a pale blue splendid dress, with delicate makeup, and a slightly pale complexion, but her bright eyes sparkled when I looked at her.

It was a request, a hope, and she was expecting my help.

If I remember correctly, her name seems to be Yin Yingying, and when I went to the prison department to be punished the other day, she was tied to the cross in the back wall and whipped, and it seems that when I first met Concubine Wu, she was also tortured in that seat.

In this way, we still have a bit of fate.

I beckoned to her, and she came to my side noncommittally.

I warmly took her hand and called Sister Yin, and then looked at Xuanyuan Yi.

"Your Majesty, this Yin sister can be regarded as a great benefactor of the concubine, since you only want to reward the concubine alone, then these items should be arranged by the concubine, right?"

I pointed to the plate in the hands of the palace maids, blinked my eyes a few times, and pretended to be innocent in front of Xuanyuan Yi and even everyone.

Not far away, as far as I could see, I saw Jiang Ren turn his head, and he obviously sneered at my pretense.

Fortunately, Xuanyuan Yi didn't speak immediately, just frowned slightly, waiting for my next move.

I chose a jade bead hairpin and a white jade bracelet from the palace maid's plate, and after wearing them for Yin Yingying in person, I pushed Yin Yingying in front of Xuanyuan Yi.

"Your Majesty, Sister Yin has a pure appearance, and with the pearl hairpins and bracelets that the concubine chose for her, does it look more smart and cute?"

I'm using Yin Yingying as a shield, of course those who know can see it, but those who don't know will definitely think that my approach is stupid.

Because I gave up the opportunity to perform in front of the emperor for no reason, I even stupidly made wedding dresses for other women.

Yin Yingying's face was red, and she didn't even dare to look up at Xuanyuan Yi, she didn't say anything behind her after she owed slightly, and she held my hand with nervous eyes.

Xuanyuan Yi raised his eyebrows, stared at Yin Yingying for a long time, and then asked with a smile: "Concubine Jiang and Yin Ji have a good relationship?" ”

"It's just a sight to be!" I looked down and smiled.

Xuanyuan Yi seemed to suddenly realize, nodded and summoned the great eunuch Jixiang, and suddenly announced loudly: "Feng - Yin Yingying is Yin Zhaoyi, give the palace Amethyst Palace, exempt from all crimes, the Yin family will be rewarded, and the close relatives will release the slave status and restore the original official position." ”

There was an uproar, and the audience resounded in an uproar.

I was surprised that Xuanyuan Yi would suddenly announce this, and I heard Yin Yingying's life experience from the remarks of the other concubines.

Yin Yingying, the daughter of the former Jing Zhaoyin, entered the palace for two years, and was originally a third-grade Yin noble concubine, but later her father committed the felony of embezzling disaster silver, and the whole family was beaten into slavery.

Moreover, now she has been downgraded to Wupin Liangdi, and she can't even enter today's banquet, but Concubine Wu knows that she plays the piano well, so she deliberately let her play the piano in the courtyard in the concubines' spare time to relieve the concubines' boredom.

That is to say, as soon as Xuanyuan Yi announced this, Yin Yingying suddenly changed from Liangdi from the fifth grade to Zhaoyi from the second grade, not only was she promoted three levels in a row to exceed the original grade, but she was also a person who ascended to heaven, and all her close relatives were pardoned for their crimes and restored their original official positions and identities.

This is a great gift, and if it were not for the great merit of one of the relatives, no one would have been able to receive such a reward.

I stared at Xuanyuanyi's face in disbelief, and even tried to tell from his expression if he was joking.

But as a result, I only saw a glimmer of inquiry in his eyes, as if asking me 'satisfaction'.

Satisfied?

As the king of a country, it is difficult to chase a horse in a word, and if this is his joke, this joke is too big.

Looking sideways, I saw Fu Jinyue's eyebrows condensed, and she was also at a loss, staring at Xuanyuan Yi tightly.

I saw Jiang Ren not far away again, he took a step forward noncommittally, and reminded Xuanyuan Yi sideways: "Your Majesty, please think twice, this matter should not be reckless." ”

"I am the king of a country, you have no jokes, not to mention that the day before yesterday, the criminal department reported that the Yin family was just recruiting people to frame, not greedy for official silver, and now the truth is revealed, the Yin family was punished for no reason, I returned the Yin family to an innocent person, what's wrong with rewarding the Yin family?"

Xuanyuan Yi's tone was clear, although he was talking to Jiang Ren, his eyes were always staring at me.

This is clearly to tell everyone that if it weren't for my face, he wouldn't have canonized Yin Yingying immediately.

Otherwise, how could the matter reported by Shangshu of the Criminal Department the day before yesterday be so coincidental that it was canonized until now?

I felt my hand slip under me, and Yin Yingying, who was still holding me tightly, knelt on the ground excitedly.

She kowtowed again and again, thanked the emperor, and when I bowed my head and twisted my eyebrows, she also threw a grateful eye at me.

Although I don't know this Yin Yingying, I can see that she is a very simple woman.

I really don't know if my unintentional actions today hurt her or helped her.

But I just thought about it this way, and I didn't think deeply about what happened to her in the future, she has nothing to do with me, and in the harem in the future, I can only look at her own creation.

"Emperor!"

At this moment, Concubine Wu walked out with the support of the palace maids with a cane, and when she saw me, she frowned, and opened her eyes to look at Yin Yingying, who was kneeling on the ground.

She heard Xuanyuan Yi's reward, and she should have felt that it was inappropriate, so she couldn't help but walk out.

"Yi'er, although the Yin family is wronged, but this matter has to be discussed with the ministers before making a decision, and now you are so hasty canonized, I am afraid that it will attract people."

Xuanyuan Yi glanced sideways at Concubine Wu, motioned for Jixiang to go up and help, the corners of his mouth smiled, but he ignored Concubine Wu's persuasion, and said directly: "Mother, I will deal with the affairs of the court, and I believe that Queen Jinyue has no objection to the matter of Yin Ji, so it is decided." ”

Although Fu Jinyue is the queen, she has long lost her power, and Xuanyuan Yi moved out of her to talk about things, just to use her status as a queen to suppress Concubine Wu.

It's just that his actions made me see that Xuanyuan Yi and Concubine Wu may not be as close as I thought.

At least Xuanyuan Yi was restricting Concubine Wu's power.

Concubine Wu stared at Xuanyuan Yi with side eyes, although she was dissatisfied, but she didn't say much in the end.

Surrounded by other concubines and deliberately provoked, everyone finally dispersed and came to the backyard of Fuhua Temple.

Today is the birthday of Concubine Wu, and the Fuhua Courtyard has already set up a banquet, and now the time is almost over, and the concubines are seated separately and enjoy some singing and dancing performances.

The singing and dancing in the cold palace did not call the dancing girls in the palace, and they were basically arranged by the concubines of the cold palace themselves.

They did their best to show their talents to the fullest.

But in the end, none of them were impressed by Xuanyuan Yi, and only Concubine Wu occasionally praised a few.

The night gradually deepened, and the time for the emperor to leave was getting closer and closer, and some concubines were unwilling to be mediocre, and launched another round of offensive policies in the following time.

They have squeezed out concubines who are better than themselves, and use their remarks to overwhelm others, so as to show their brilliance.

Of course, it was me and Yin Yingying who were crushed the most, because today, only Yin Yingying and I were treated differently by the emperor.