And at this time, an uninvited guest came to Xianfu Palace, and the uninvited guest was none other than the Xia nobleman who was in the limelight, and it was summer.

Xia originally had no surname, but later the emperor named her Xia Guiren, so he gave her a surname, and let her surname Xia, so the people in the harem privately called her Xia.

She came to Xianfu Palace to see Wan Zhen'er, which made Wan Zhen'er feel very surprised. Wan Zhen'er didn't have any impression of this new nobleman, because when Xia was newly recruited as a nobleman, Wan Zhen'er had already been imprisoned in Xianfu Palace.

But she suddenly heard that Xia had come to see her, and she thought it was incredible. But there is one thing, she understands very well, she understands that the things in the harem are probably nothing to go to the Three Treasures Palace. This summer to see her, it must not be unconditional, so she is also prepared in her heart.

After Naxia got closer, he first looked around, and then asked Wan Zhen'er for peace.

Wan Zhen'er helped her very politely and said, "Sister, why be so polite." My sister is now the emperor's new favorite, and I am already an outdated concubine, so I should salute my sister.

Seeing Wan Zhen'er speaking so exquisitely, she couldn't help but secretly wonder, she had seen all kinds of concubines in this harem, she had tried to win over Tang Jingran, but she felt that Tang Zhenran was simply a piece of ice, which could not be melted at all, but now Wan Zhen'er made her feel a completely different breath.

Wan Zhen'er's enthusiasm is like fire, like a raging flame. If you get close to it, this flame can not only keep you warm, but if you are not careful, it may burn you into coals in an instant, which is also the unique charm of Wan Zhen'er.

Xia was noncommittal, and said to Wan Zhen'er: "Niangniang, are you doing well in this palace?" ”

Wan Zhen'er immediately said: "In this harem, I am bored all day long, and I live day and night every day, what is good or not." ”

The implication is, if you are locked up in the palace, you try, can you live a good life?

When Xia heard Wan Zhen'er say this, she was a little embarrassed, so she said to her: "Niangniang, in fact, you don't have to think so, as long as Niangniang is willing to work hard, she will go out sooner or later." After going out, the world outside is very wide, and when the time comes, it is not the world of the mother, calling for wind and rain, and letting the mother do whatever she wants. ”

Xia's words seemed to be hinting at Wan Zhen'er, Wan Zhen'er was a very smart person, hearing Xia say this, she just pretended to be at a loss, and said: "Hey, it was the eldest princess who personally ordered me to be locked up for a year, except for the eldest princess, who can release me from this harem?" ”

Xia Liao immediately said: "And the emperor, in this harem, although there is the eldest princess and the queen mother of the two palaces, they will not violate the emperor's will, they are willing to obey the emperor's words, as long as the emperor speaks, how can they not agree." ”

"What you said is extremely right, but now that the emperor doesn't have a good impression of me, how can the emperor let me out?"

After finishing speaking, she sighed again: "Maybe I'm like a sister, but I'm only sixteen or seventeen years old, I can't say that the emperor will still be interested in me, but now I am already a ruined willow, and the emperor has no interest in me at all." ”

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but sigh.

Xia saw her like this, so she made a gesture, and said to her with a smile: "Okay, okay, since I came to see Wan Guifei today, I just want to persuade the emperor to be released by Wan Guifei." ”

"You want to persuade the emperor to let me out, why is that?" Wan Zhen'er looked at Xia with some incredulity.

She thought about it, maybe it was this summer and it was a new entry in the palace, the emperor's new favorite. She was in the harem, she didn't have a firm foothold, she actually came to find herself, then she must have hoped that she could join forces with her to deal with Tang Jingran and the like, that's why she was like this.

So although Wan Zhen'er asked, she didn't act panicked.

Who knew that Xia took a sip of new tea and said, "The reason why I did this is not for anything, I just fought for Concubine Wan." I think that a capable concubine like Wan Guifei should not be trapped in such a place and live a dark life. I think the world outside is still very wide, and I need Wan Guifei to call for wind and rain. ”

After listening to Xia's words, she was stunned, and finally couldn't help it, and said straightforwardly: "Sister, do you want to cooperate with me today and deal with Tang Jingran together." If so, then I will definitely say yes. ”

"No, I didn't mean that, I already feel very honored to be a noble person in this harem, I don't want to deal with anyone, I really think that Wan Guifei is condescending here, so I pleaded with the emperor and let Wan Guifei out. If Concubine Wan really wants to think that I want something, then there is really nothing to say. ”

Wan Zhen'er is not stupid, she doesn't believe that someone in the world can do anything for you for free, and she doesn't accept your favor, so she doesn't want to believe Xia anymore anyway, but when she saw Xia say this, she said it as if it was a serious matter, and laughed a few times on the side,

She said: "When the sister said that, this palace is very grateful. But in this world, there is no free lunch, and this palace has never believed that pies will fall from the sky, that is, pies will fall, and that will not fall on the head of this palace, even if it falls on the head of this palace, it must be poisonous. So this palace is determined to refuse to believe that this kind of thing will happen, sister, you better say it directly, what are the requirements, you just tell this palace that it is, as long as you are willing to plead with the emperor and let this palace out, then this palace will do its best to help you. ”

Xia Liao paid attention to Wan Zhen'er's every move, and when Wan Zhen'er said every word, she seemed sincere on the surface, but in fact she was full of vicious thoughts, and Wan Zhen'er was much more powerful than she looked.

She said in her heart: That person really didn't tell me wrong, Wan Zhen'er is really a usable talent.

Thinking of this, she looked forward to Gu Yanran and said: "I really don't want to ask the concubine Niangniang, if the concubine Niangniang really wants to think like this, okay, then I will ask the emperor to intercede with the concubine Niangniang, after inviting it out, when the time comes, the concubine Niangniang will automatically owe me a favor, so good?" ”

When Wan Zhen'er heard Xia say this, she laughed and thought: I just said that there is no free lunch in the world.

She still had a bright look on her face, and said, "Okay, so I entrust my life to my sister." ”

Xia nodded and said, "Since I promised Sister Guifei, I will definitely do my best to help Sister Guifei do the best thing." ”

After Xia went back, she revisited her conversation with Wan Zhen'er in Xianfeng Fu Palace.

She thinks that Wan Zhen'er is a great person, Wan Zhen'er seems to be enthusiastic about people on the surface, and she doesn't have any scheming, but in fact it's not, Wan Zhen'er's scheming is a big scheming, and she can't compare to this stream at all.

Xia felt that she had not gone in vain this time, and her heart was very happy. And next, what she has to do is to ask the emperor to release Wan Zhen'er from Xianfu Palace. She knew that she was afraid that if she asked the emperor so boldly, the emperor would not agree. So she thought about it and came up with some way to solve it. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally came up with a solution.

The next day, in many places in the capital, there were disciples who claimed to have confessional doors and candle shadows to shake red, and gathered there to make trouble.

Those people not only casually beat passers-by, killed people and set fires, but also made all kinds of crazy actions, and even cursed the emperor and the court, especially they cursed Zhu Jianshen, and even made up very ridiculous rumors for Zhu Jianshen, saying bad things about Zhu Jianshen. Among the rumors, it was rumored that Zhu Jianshen had a short life, a bitter love, and a life of three years.

These news quickly spread from Gu Lengyi's ears to Zhu Jianshen's ears. After Zhu Jianshen heard this, he couldn't help but be furious.

He asked Gu Leng in a loud voice: "Father-in-law Gu, whose ears did you hear about this?" ”

Gu Lengyi said to him: "Emperor Qiqi, these are the words circulating on the street, those people claim to be disciples of the Candle Shadow Shake Red and the Confession Sect. Not only did they kill people and set fires in the streets, but they also did a lot of bad things. ”

After Zhu Jianshen heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and said in his heart: These disciples of the Candle Shadow Shaking Red and Confession Sect are really too lawless.

"Father-in-law Gu, you immediately send people to suppress them now, and you must put them all in prison." Gu Leng listened and was about to go out.

And at this time, I saw Xia Liao dragging a white skirt and walked in, Xia Liao rarely wore white clothes, but I didn't expect that when she was wearing white clothes, she was also smart and moving.

After she walked in, she bowed down to Zhu Jianshen first, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, why are you so angry today, is there something going on?" ”

When Xia Li spoke, she never beat around the bush, and she looked very upright, which is one of the reasons why Zhu Jianshen likes her very much, Zhu Jianshen likes her to be dustless, lively and kind.

Zhu Jianshen sighed and said, "This is a matter of the imperial court, and you don't understand it, so you have to ask." ”

"Of course, I don't understand the affairs of the imperial court, but I like to listen to the emperor tell me what is going on, because I am willing to share the emperor's worries and solve problems." Xia stared at Yingying's eyes and said to Zhu Jianshen.

When Zhu Jianshen heard her say this, he was a little moved. So he told her about the song outside.

He said: "There is a ballad circulating outside, which says, 'Zhu Jianshen, life is short, Zhu Jianshen suffers, life is three years'." As soon as I thought of this, I felt furious, so if I didn't punish the disciples of Candle Shadow and Confession, it would really be sorry for me. ”

"Your Majesty, don't you do this, this candle shadow and confession door were originally Tang Shufei's, but now the eldest princess is in charge herself, if the emperor wants to send someone to deal with the confession door and candle shadow to shake red, wouldn't it be bad for the eldest princess? How could the eldest princess agree, and the eldest princess had just done so many things for the imperial court recently, if the emperor swept away her sect at this juncture, it would definitely cause her dissatisfaction. Xia's words were something that Zhu Jianshen didn't expect.

After listening to Xia's words, he was stunned for a moment, and said for a long time: "What you said is not unreasonable. ”

"Your Majesty, I was originally talking about things. You think, if the eldest princess found out about this, it would be strange if she wasn't angry. ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Xia say this, and he was stunned there for a long time before asking, "Then what do you say?" ”

"I think this matter has to be done by someone else for the emperor, and the emperor can't come forward in person."

"Oh, who's going to help me? In this deep palace, there are no available talents, and the only one that can be used is Gu Lengyi. As he spoke, he looked at Xia.

Xia Liao sat in front of Zhu Jianshen, exhaled Rulan and said: "Your Majesty, it is true, in this deep palace, there is no one to do it for you, but you can ask Concubine Wan to help you do it." ”

"Wan Guifei!?" Zhu Jianshen was stunned for a moment.

Xia Liao continued to say eloquently: "Your Majesty, although the concubine has just entered this harem for a long time, the concubine has heard a lot about the deeds of Concubine Wan. People say that this Wan Guifei is a very powerful character, and she is full of scheming. If she is willing to come out to block the emperor and carry this matter down when the confession door and the candle shadow are shaking red and making trouble, then it will not damage the relationship between the emperor and the eldest princess, and she can calm down the troublemakers. Your Majesty, what do you think of the idea of the concubines? ”

Zhu Jianshen looked at Xia, but saw that she was very innocent and simple, as if she was talking about the most irrelevant thing, but Zhu Jianshen felt very strange when she heard it.

Zhu Jianshen looked at the summer, looked at it for a long, long time, and finally said: "It's over, who taught you these things." ”

Xia Liao shook his head, stared at a pair of innocent big eyes, and said to him: "Emperor Qiqi, these things are all thought of by yourself, and it is not stupid to be stupid, in fact, I usually don't want to think about some very complicated things." Because thinking about something very complicated will give me a headache, so I don't bother to plan it. Now, seeing the emperor so sad, of course I have to make an idea for the emperor. Your Majesty, did I say something wrong, and if I said something wrong, you can punish me. ”

As she spoke, she wrapped her hands around Zhu Jianshen's neck, she exhaled like an orchid, and her eyes were crystal clear, as if they were stars on the horizon.

Zhu Jianshen saw that she was so delicate as an orchid, how could he be willing to punish her, so Zhu Jianshen hugged her in his arms and said: "That's it, you are not wrong at all, you are right, I think I should find someone to stand up for me in this matter." Okay, since that's the case, then tens of thousands of concubines will stand up for me. ”

"Gu Lengyi, you go and give an order right away to release Concubine Wan."

When Gu Leng heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll do it right now." ”

He took two steps, turned his face again, looked at Zhu Jianshen and said, "Your Majesty, if you release Wan Guifei and reach the ears of the eldest princess, I'm afraid it will be a little bad." ”

"Why isn't it good?"

"Because it was the eldest princess who ordered Wan Guifei to be locked up, and the emperor released her this time without going through the eldest princess, the eldest princess may feel that the emperor does not respect her. Just like Xia Guiren said, the eldest princess has done a lot for the court recently, and the emperor just doesn't look at hateful faces, but also looks at Buddha faces. ”

Zhu Jianshen heard him say this, thought for a while and said: "What you said is not unreasonable, okay, then I will do what you say, and I will go to see the eldest princess now." ”

So Zhu Jianshen came to Wan'an Palace in person, where Jian Huaizhen was copying calligraphy, and suddenly saw Zhu Jianshen coming, but he was a little surprised, so he said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, why did you come suddenly." ”

Zhu Jianshen laughed and said, "I haven't seen the eldest princess for a long time, so I came to see the eldest princess." Princess, are you alright? ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled and said, "In this harem, what's good or bad, life is always like this." ”

She saw that Zhu Jianshen wanted to speak and stopped, as if she had something to say, so she opened her mouth and asked: "Your Majesty, what is the matter, you just have to speak, you don't have to hide it there." ”

Only then did Zhu Jianshen raise his face and say to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, my grandson has a reluctant request, and I also ask the eldest princess to promise me." ”

"What's the matter, you just say it." Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly.

"I want to implore the eldest princess to release Wan Zhen'er."

"What?! Release Wan Zhen'er from the Xianfu Palace?! When Hongu started, didn't he already decide to imprison her for a year? What slander has the emperor listened to now, why did he release her? Hongu really doesn't understand. ”

Zhu Jianshen said to Jian Huaizhen: "Although Wan Zhen'er did some heinous things, but now in my harem, the concubines are withering, and there is no one between them, I obviously think about Wan Zhen'er's good." In fact, when she was before, she was not bad, and her nature was not bad, but she became like this because she came to this harem. If you want to say that the responsibility for this matter is not entirely on Concubine Wan, it is also inseparable from me, so I implore the eldest princess to be gracious. Release Wan Guifei from Fengfu Palace, she heard that she had a bad life in Xianfengfu Palace. ”

Jian Huaizhen heard that Zhu Jianshen personally came to intercede with Wan Zhen'er, and she thought about it, Wan Zhen'er was also in the harem, she was imprisoned for four or five months, and she had already been punished, if she still insisted on disobeying the emperor's will and not letting her out, then it would not be a good thing for the emperor, and it would not be a good thing for the relationship between the two grandchildren.

And now in the palace, there is a mysterious organization, and Jian Huaizhen doesn't know who it is. If at this time, if you have a bad relationship with the emperor, then it will not be a good thing for the emperor and Daming Sheji.

So Jian Huaizhen pondered for a long time, then nodded and said: "Okay, the emperor, you are already an adult, you know what you are doing, if you think that it is a good thing for the emperor to release Wan Zhen'er now, then there is nothing to say in this palace." ”

"Then the eldest princess, do you mean that you agree with me to release her?"

Jian Huaizhen laughed and said: "You came specifically to find this palace, don't you just hope that this palace can release Wan Zhen'er, in this case, how can this palace disobey your will." Now you are right, there is indeed no one in the harem, and this palace also understands the pain in your heart. The palace hopes that you can hold a grandson as soon as possible to show the palace, and then the palace and the queen mother of the two palaces will be comforted. ”

"Thank you, the eldest princess, the eldest princess, since you came back from outside, I see that you have been in a trance recently, as if you have encountered something unhappy, what happened, the eldest princess may as well tell me, as long as I can do it for the eldest princess, I will do my best."