Xuanguo Imperial Palace, Rongxi Palace.

The rain outside the window gradually subsided, and the rain accumulated on the eaves slowly turned into full raindrops, drip down the eaves one by one on the ground, making a ticking sound.

Inside the house, the incense burner burned silver charcoal with a little spice, and the slightest fragrance accompanied by a light mist emanated from the sapphire incense burner outlined in gold wire, filling the whole room with warm incense.

After the mahogany carved table, Xuan Yining, who had changed into a dragon robe, was only wearing a simple robe with a blue Yunxiang pattern, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he was concentrating on looking at the scroll in his hand.

Concubine Xi, who had just bathed, walked out of the back room, her skin was as white as if she had just peeled off her eggshell, and her long hair hanging down her waist was casually draped behind her, which was a unique and charming style.

A young palace maid carefully walked into the house with a tray in her hand, and was about to crutch into the inner hall to bring the ginseng soup in her hand to Xuan Yining, but was stopped by Concubine Xi, who was standing in the middle hall.

"Just leave it to the main palace." Concubine Xi said, directly stretched out a pair of fair-skinned Rouyi to take the tray, and signaled to the other palace maids waiting in the middle hall, "You all go down, by the way, tell Gui Luhai at the door, and say that the emperor will stay in Rongxi Palace tonight." ”

"Yes, Concubine Xi." All the palace maids bowed down softly and slowly exited the central hall.

With the departure of the palace maids, the Rongxi Palace fell into a silent silence again, except for the occasional crisp sound of flipping books in the inner hall, it seemed that even the sound of breathing was so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

Concubine Xi, who was holding a tray, walked into the inner hall leisurely, and looked at Xuan Yining, who was concentrating on the desk as she walked, with pride and self-satisfaction in her heart, because such a ninety-five honor with external and introverted appearance was not only her man, but also the other women in the harem who loved her redundantly.

"Your Majesty, it's already deep, the concubine specially ordered the kitchen to stew a bowl of American ginseng, and asked the emperor to taste it while it's hot." As she spoke, Concubine Xi had already stopped at Xuan Yining's side, and deliberately chewed her breath softly, which was very beautiful.

Under the orange candlelight, Xuan Yining smiled and closed the scroll in his hand, raised his eyebrows lightly and looked at Concubine Xi, Shi Shiran said, "It's bothering you." His clean face was covered with a faint halo, and the corners of his eyes wrapped in dark and deep pupils were still cold and cold, even if his tone was gentle, it was still inevitable that he would have a noble and natural attitude.

Concubine Xi was made to laugh coquettishly by his words, stretched out her hand and naturally pinched his sturdy arms and pressed them gently, with a coquettish flattery in her tone, "Although the rain gradually stops, it is inevitable that there will be cold outside, if it is late today, why don't you stay here with the concubine today?" ”

"Hehe......" Xuan Yining chuckled, with a certain sexiness in his composure, "Haven't you already declared your army to find someone to tell Gui Luhai?" ”

Concubine Xi didn't expect that her deliberately suppressed voice just now was also listened to by Xuan Yining word for word, her eyebrows turned in a trance, and she gently pulled his sleeve as if she was pitiful, "Your Majesty, you haven't come to see your concubine for a long time......" While speaking, she didn't forget to blink a pair of round eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and her red lips slightly pursed to show all the luster, and her face made people feel pity, but in fact, she was smiling in her heart, coquettishness is a woman's nature, and men, the most useful is women's nature.

Xuan Yining took in all the charms that Concubine Xi wanted to show in front of her, and was silent, and her bottomless eyes looked at her in front of her, lightly hooking her thin lips but not smiling.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and Concubine Xi, who couldn't see Xuan Yining's thoughts, was slightly unconsciously nervous, and her body that had just been showing her flattery tightened a little, and a thin layer of sweat oozed from her forehead in an instant.

I don't know how long it took, just when Concubine Xi's whole body was tense to the point of collapse, Xuan Yi Ning suddenly put away the elite in her eyes, and then reached out and gently stroked the printed soup bowl on the table, "Concubine Xi, I remember what I said, don't play some careful tricks in front of me, let alone change the topic in front of me." As he spoke, he put his slender hand on Concubine Xi's sweaty palm, looked at Concubine Xi's somewhat white face, and said slowly, "I thought that this was the first and last time for Concubine Xi." ”

Without the aura just now, Concubine Xi's whole body unconsciously collapsed at this moment, "Concubine knows that she is wrong......" She felt that she knew her man well enough, but in the end she found that her understanding was just a drop in the bucket of Jiuniu, for the man in front of her, she seemed to feel that she couldn't get close no matter how hard she worked, because she would never be able to find out where his bottom line was.

She completely surrendered and yielded, making Xuan Yining nod with satisfaction, "Good." At last, his face hung on his usual smile, charming and charming.

In the courtyard of Rongxi Palace, it is quiet and dark, and the dampness slowly rises from the ground into the air, accompanied by the cool breeze that blows from all over from time to time, which is so cold that people want to shiver.

Gonggong Gui, who had been waiting outside the door, shivered coldly, listened to the room finally quiet, and thought about the explanation sent by Concubine Xi just now, so he couldn't help but turn around and order the little eunuchs who followed, "I guess the emperor is staying in this Rongxi Palace tonight, and the two of you will take turns on duty in a shift, and I will bring the palace maid over at three o'clock to remind the emperor to go to court." ”

A few casual little eunuchs behind him hugged their shoulders and nodded, and whispered to Gonggong Gui to leave first, "Master, go and rest, there are a few of us here." ”

Gonggong Gui took a deep look at them a few times, turned around and planned to leave, although these little eunuchs have only just been in office, but they are all carefully selected and taught by him, although he can't do anything big for the time being, but guarding the door and serving a master still makes him quite relieved.

'Rust......le' A light and jagged footsteps made Gui Gonggong, who had just turned back, stop wanting to leave, Gui Gonggong was surprised that there would be someone else coming at this time, and he looked up with suspicion in his heart, and when he saw the person who was led by several eunuchs, he couldn't help but hurriedly kneel on the ground.

"Lord Pinghu is fine." Although Gonggong Gui was surprised by Xuan Yuehuai's arrival, he did not dare to hesitate in his greetings.

"Father-in-law Gui, please get up." Xuan Yuehuai, whose clothes were already soaked, nodded lightly, and before Gonggong Gui straightened up, he asked a little anxiously, "This king's royal brother is here?" ”

When Gonggong Gui heard this, he first nodded, and only after straightening up did he say carefully, "The emperor did stay in Rongxi Palace today, but it was late at this time, and Concubine Xi had already bathed and changed her clothes. Although he has a good impression of this Pinghu prince, but he still doesn't want to disturb the holy car for him, recently the emperor has a headache for Zhao Guo and his relatives, maybe one of them will make the emperor unhappy, and he will suffer.

Xuan Yuehuai naturally knew that Gonggong Gui was afraid that he would be affected by the holy anger, but he couldn't wait thinking about the affairs of Sinan Palace, and was thinking about going directly up the steps to knock on the door by himself, but at this moment, Xuan Yining's light question came from the house, "Who is so noisy outside?" ”

Gonggong Gui in the courtyard listened to this voice, sighed with his eyebrows closed, and was very careful, but in the end he still alarmed the emperor.

Xuan Yuehuai, who was just about to step up the steps, stopped, and he had excellent ear power to identify Xuan Yining's location through the direction of the voice, so he opened his mouth and said aloud to the window, "Brother Huang, it's me." ”

Xuan Yining, who was leaning against the window in the house, caught a glimpse of your Concubine Xi pricking up her ears, and couldn't help but dismiss the plan to let Xuan Yuehuai in, moved her steps and leaned slightly sideways, retracted her gaze and looked at the window paper in front of her unhurriedly, and said lightly, "I thought I wanted to go to bed, I don't know why the imperial brother is in such a hurry?" "Now that he is in Concubine Xi's bedroom, he must not just leave, otherwise if Concubine Xi tells her father Lan Yingkang about this, I am afraid that there will be more complications, after all, he still doesn't know whether Lan Yingkang is Xuan Yuchen's comrade, if it is okay, if this is the case, tonight's matter will reach their ears, and they will definitely think that he knows the news and is on guard.

The faint candlelight shone on the window paper, revealing the figures of the two people, seeing Xuan Yuehuai in front of Xuan Yining, knowing that Xuan Yining deliberately let him see Concubine Xi, he also understood Xuan Yining's thoughts, and after muttering for a long time, he simply changed the words to his lips and changed a set of words, "The parrot that the imperial brother gave to the younger brother last time was happy, and for some reason he refused to eat, and he always shouted, 'There is difficulty', the younger brother thinks that after all, it is a gift from the imperial brother, I don't know how the imperial brother knows how this parrot is like this?" ”

Concubine Xi in the room moved her eyebrows slightly, she didn't know when Xuan Yining sent a parrot to Xuan Yuehuai, but thinking that Xuan Yuehuai and Xuan Yining usually had a good relationship, and now Xuan Yuehuai was so worried, so she believed this statement.

Xuan Yining, who was leaning in front of the window, was silent for a long time before he spoke faintly, his tone did not show the slightest blame and impatience, and his voice was still flat, "It's okay, that parrot has always been strangely tight, it is estimated that it is just a temporary emotion, the imperial brother should not care, maybe it will be cured by itself tomorrow." ”

Xuan Yuehuai at the foot of the steps didn't expect to hear such an answer, although she was surprised and anxious, she had nothing to do, so she could only smile bitterly and replied, "Since there is a royal brother, the younger brother will be relieved, and the younger brother will retire." With that, he really turned around and walked out of the courtyard, leaving Gonggong Gui leading a group of little eunuchs to stare at the spot with big eyes.

This can't be blamed for their lack of knowledge, after all, no one has seen or even heard of the palace for so long, and the prince came in the rain in the middle of the night, just to discuss with the emperor why a parrot does not eat......

"Hurry up, hurry up and send the prince out of the palace!" Gonggong Gui, who reacted first, beckoned to several other little eunuchs and hurriedly asked them to carry lanterns to light the way for Xuan Yuehuai.