Chapter Twenty-Five: Favor

When the lamp was held, the emperor finally came, and he was in a good mood when he thought about it, and he looked at himself with a smile as soon as he came in.

"The emperor is here! Do you want to pass the meal now? ”

He nodded, "Pass it on." ”

Soon all kinds of delicacies were served on the table, and the emperor asked while eating, "Do you still like the armor you gave you today?" ”

"The concubines rewarded by the emperor naturally like it, but... is too luxurious, and the concubine is afraid of provoking people's attention. ”

"I reward you with some gadgets, who dares to talk more? Besides, Yu'er is dignified and magnificent, and she should have been rewarded! ”

"With the emperor's heart, the concubine is already very happy, Yu'er doesn't care about those external objects!"

"Just be careful!" He glared at Yu'er as he spoke.

After finishing the meal, the emperor asked, "I gave you a gift today, can Yu'er have a gift in return?" ”

"What kind of gift does the emperor want?" Yu'er asked him with a smile.

"Yu'er is dancing well, why don't you dance for me."

"What's so hard about that?" As he spoke, he hurriedly ordered someone to call a violinist, but the emperor waved his hand to stop him: "No need, I just want to be alone with Yu'er today." ”

"But how can you dance without piano music?"

As he was talking, Jin Xin said outside: "Your Majesty, the little master, the little master is here!" ”

"Come in, please." After Su'er came in, she saw that the emperor was also busy curtsied: "The concubine doesn't know that the emperor is also there, I'm afraid that the emperor and sister Yaxing will be swept away!" The emperor did not answer, only lowered his head and played with the jade pendant in his hand, as if he did not hear Su'er speak.

Seeing this, Yu'er hurriedly pulled her to sit down: "You came just in time, the emperor wants to watch singing and dancing, and he is worried that no one will play the piano." ”

"Then the concubine will have someone bring the piano now."

Su'er was about to open his mouth to order someone to fetch the piano, and the emperor, who had been silent for a long time, also spoke: "No need, I'm a little tired, let's listen to Su'er play the piano another day." When Su'er heard this, the smile on her face froze, and tears rolled in her eyes a few times, and she held back her mouth and said, "Then Su'er retired first." ”

After Su'er left, Yu'er was a little unbearable and a little angry, and her attitude was naturally a little bad: "Why is the emperor so fickle? Didn't you just say that you want to see your concubines dance? ”

"I also said I wanted to be alone with you!" The emperor's tone was also a little stiff.

"But Su'er has already come and let her go, how can she not think about it!"

"You remember your sister! Then it's better for me to accompany her! ”

"Your Majesty, that's not what concubines mean."

"Well, you don't have the heart to be alone with me, and I'm a little tired, so you should rest early." As he spoke, he walked out. Yu'er was angry for a while and didn't open her mouth to keep him.

After the emperor left, Jinxin hurriedly came in and persuaded: "Why is the little master angry with the emperor!" ”

"I'm not angry with him, I'm just afraid that Su'er will think too much and ruin the sisterhood."

"The little master is serious, if it is really a deep sisterhood, how can you not understand the cause and effect between this!"

"Hey...... Go down! ”

As soon as the emperor left, he did not enter the harem for many days, and the queen was also in a hurry, and sent several waves of people to the Qianhe Palace without seeing the emperor. On this day, Empress An was invited to mention this matter again, blaming everyone for being incompetent and no one could serve the emperor well, and the people in the harem were panicked for fear that the queen would be angry.

Back in the palace, Su'er came to visit: "Sister, why don't you go to Qianhe Palace?" ”

"Sorry for the emperor?"

Her face turned red: "It's not a matter of being stiff all the time, why is my sister so angry?" ”

"If you feel sorry for him, why don't you go?"

"My sister knows that what the emperor wants to see is not me!" Su'er's eyes darkened as she spoke, and her voice seemed to be a little lower. Yu'er knew in her heart that this girl seemed to be sincere to the emperor, but she was afraid that sad days were ahead!

"Su'er, since ancient times, emperors have been ruthless, and they are really the most undesirable in this harem! Why don't you understand this? ”

"Su'er understands, but someone has to break the deadlock now, a few days ago I met my cousin at the gate of the palace, and he said that the emperor has been grumpy recently, and the people who serve in front of the palace are trembling!"

"Did you meet your cousin?"

"Well, when I went back to the palace, I happened to meet and said a few words!" Yu'er smiled bitterly in her heart, why didn't I meet it, I'm afraid that my cousin has a heart!

Seeing that she didn't speak, Su'er said coquettishly: "Sister, I'm going to go here just for my cousin!" ”

"You girl, talk nonsense, I'll just go!"

The weather is getting cooler and cooler, the autumn wind is blowing these days, and the cold winter is coming! When the morning province returned, the sky was drizzling again, which made the palace more and more desolate. Yu'er took Jinxin back to the palace quickly, simply cleaned up and sat down and asked, "How are things going?" ”

"Back to the little master, I have already passed the word to Sister Shiyue!"

"Whether you succeed or not, you can only bet on this, let's go!"

"Yes, little lord!"

The Forbidden City in the drizzle is still majestic and dignified. Jinxin held an oil-paper umbrella, and the master and servant slowly walked on the road that had just been wet by the rain, and the palaces seemed to be a little blurry, and the palace people passing by saw that they were also hurriedly saluting and walked away.

The scenery of the imperial garden in the rain is also chic, and Yu'er has been thinking about entering the palace for some days, so she has never taken a good look at the scenery of this imperial garden. There is an arch bridge on the brocade pond behind the Qinxin Pavilion for people to play and listen to the music, which is called Danxi Bridge. Right now, they are standing on the bridge with umbrellas, the water surface is smashed by the falling raindrops out of small pits and then brewing a circle of ripples, the fish in the water have long disappeared, and there are no delicate flowers around, most of them are evergreen pines and cypresses floating alone in the wind. No matter how good the scenery falls in the eyes, it will leave a sad feeling in vain!

Suddenly, a little eunuch ran towards him, and Jinxin handed him the umbrella to meet him. The little eunuch whispered a few words and ran away quickly. Jinxin walked back and didn't say a word, only took the umbrella and nodded.

After standing for a while, only the sound of wind and rain could be heard in the once lively imperial garden, and Yu'er suddenly remembered a poem she had read at home

In autumn, the banana wind is half split, the pond is messy, and the rain is sparse.

The sound of the cricket rests, and the intestines learn the clove knot.

Looking back at the southwest to see the evening moon, when the lonely goose came, the plugged pipe whimpered.

There is nowhere to say before the calendar, when will Guan Shan rest and leave.

"Jade Beauty!" Yu'er was immersed in the artistic conception of the words, and was startled by a call, and when she turned around, she was even more shocked when she saw the person coming. I saw that the emperor and queen were standing side by side, and there were palace people holding umbrellas on the left and right. The queen's face was the same, but the emperor had a playful look and couldn't see joy or anger. Yu'er was busy and asked for peace, "The concubine asks for peace for the emperor, and the emperor is Jin'an!" Say hello to the queen, Saint Ann! Seeing that the emperor did not speak, the queen stretched out her hand and said to the top of her mouth: "Get up quickly!" ”

"Emperor Xie, Xie Niangniang!" Yu'er hurriedly stood sideways, waiting for them to walk past me. After standing for a while, he felt that there was no movement in front of him, so he raised his eyes to look. The emperor's face was still bored just now, as if he was thinking about something, and the queen saw that the emperor did not move and it was inconvenient to speak, so she had to stand next to her. Naturally, no one dared to speak out among the palace maids and eunuchs around, and the master did not move and had to wait carefully.

At this moment, when the emperor saw Yu'er raise his head, his eyes fell on her face, and he pulled out a shallow smile, "I only knew that Yu'er was still a talented girl, and the words she pronounced were in line with the scene." ”

"The emperor praised falsely, the concubine just read some idle books when she was idle at home." I haven't seen him for many days, and the emperor seems to have lost some weight, and now when I suddenly see him, I don't even have a sense of alienation that I have ever separated, as if we were drinking tea and chatting together yesterday. Thinking of this, I really felt funny, but the dignified Ninety-Five Venerable was angry in vain. When the emperor saw Yu'er smiling, he unconsciously followed the smirk, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, as if he was seeing the sunshine on this rainy day!

"Your Majesty, the concubine suddenly remembered that there are still some things to deal with in the palace, and it just so happens that the jade beauty is also there, so it is better to let her accompany you."

"It's okay, it's important to get down to business, go back quickly!"

"The concubine retires! ~”

"Let's all go back with you, so many people are upset to watch." The Emperor waved his hand at the man behind him.

"Yes! The slave and maid retired. ”

"What are you smiling at?" The Emperor asked without waiting for the Empress to go far.

"The concubine is naturally happy to see the emperor."

"You're ruthless, if I don't go to see you, you won't come to see me!"

"The concubine is only afraid that the emperor will become more and more upset when he sees me!"

"You're telling the truth!" Seeing Yu'er frowning at him, he continued: "It's just that I can't see that you are not only upset but also heartbroken!" "Talking and covering his heart! Yu'er only felt that her cheeks were rolling, but fortunately there was no one around.

"Why is the emperor so faceless and skinless!" As he spoke, he turned away from him.

"I still run out to blow the wind on such a rainy day, and I am not afraid of frostbite!" The emperor approached and took her hand, "Your hands are so cold!" With that, he pulled her into his arms and wrapped her in his cloak. I just pity Gonggong Li and Jinxin, the oil-paper umbrella can't hold up well left and right, and the emperor took it and propped it up on top of his head when he saw this.

"You two should go back first." As soon as Gonggong Li wanted to open his mouth to persuade Jinxin, he tried his best to make his eyes look good, so he also bowed his knees and retreated.

"The words just now, but homesick?" The emperor asked, putting his arm around Yu'er's shoulder with one hand and holding an umbrella with the other.

"It's not!" Yu'er paused, and then said, "I want the emperor!" ”

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yu'er looked up at him, only to see that his dark eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and his fair face was slightly flushed. Yu'er felt more and more interesting, so she quipped: "I didn't expect that the emperor would be shy!" ”

He hugged his hand tightly, and held back a sentence for a long time, "Naughty!" ”

"I'll send you back to the palace, it's been out for a long time."

"Good!"

"In this kind of weather, I don't want to do anything, so I'll stay in your palace and stay with you, okay?"

"Good!"

"In the future, when there are only the two of us, don't call me the emperor, just Chu Sheng."

"Good!"

He was taken aback when he saw that Yu'er had no objection, and asked with a smile, "Why don't you refuse?" ”

"What? Should I excuse myself? The concubines don't know, but what they hear from other concubines is 'don't dare'! ”

"Yu'er, I've never said anything like this to anyone, you... You're the first! Suddenly seeing his serious face, Yu'er couldn't bear it in her heart, and it was difficult to find true love since ancient times. I hope so! I hope that Chu Sheng, what you give me is true love and true righteousness!

The emperor really nested in the Splendid Palace all day, which is extremely rare in Chu Sheng, who has always been diligent. The next day, he also issued an order to promote Yu'er's position and was named 'Yuronghua'! For a while, Yu'er had unlimited scenery in the harem, and even Lan Jieyu, who was pregnant, was compared.