In the evening of this day, many people came to the imperial dining room, saying that it was the emperor's decree to send dinner to Yikun Palace, and to have dinner with Concubine Zhao.

A room full of people stared at them blankly, and Dong Yun was even more surprised and speechless.

But seeing Lingzhao coming from behind, he responded: "I know, you go and prepare." ”

Everyone got the order and hurriedly moved the table and stools, it has been two years, and the people of Yikun Palace are still the first time to welcome the holy driver to dine here, no one thought that they could really look forward to this day.

Dong Yun helped Miss back to the inner hall, busy dressing her up, but Ling Zhao couldn't move a step against the wall, just now a sentence used up all her composure, at this time her hands trembled, grabbed Dong Yun and said, "What to do, my heart is about to jump out." ”

"It must be that yesterday's banquet was decent, and the emperor knows how good you are." Dongyun said, "Miss, keep the clouds open and see the moon, you are the emperor's imperial concubine after all." ”

"Comb my hair for me, change into bright clothes, look at the queen and her ......" Ling Zhao was halfway through his words, and suddenly paused, seeing that Dongyun had already gone to rummage through the cabinets, she said, "Don't look for it, just wear this." ”

Dong Yun saw the maroon robe on the young lady's body, and she was really helpless, and even the people in the sewing room quietly asked her why Concubine Zhao chose the materials, and she always didn't pick some young and delicate, teenage ones, dressed in old fashion.

"I don't want to imitate her, even if I dress exactly the same, I am me and she is her." Ling Zhao sat down in front of the dressing table, opened the jewelry box, selected the beads at random, and said to himself, "Even if he doesn't like me, I don't want to be anyone's shadow, and I don't want to be loved by the house." ”

Dongyun closed the door of the cabinet and said timidly: "Miss, no matter how the emperor comes after a while, you must smile, how beautiful you smile." ”

Ling Zhao raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror, uneasy and confused, hoping that the emperor could look at him more every day, but he really came, and he was so scared that he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know how to face it.

Such an emotion and atmosphere will naturally be conveyed to Xuan Ye, when he walked into the door of Yikun Palace, he felt a completely different atmosphere from Kunning Palace, and he secretly blamed himself for being careful, why even the eunuchs and palace maids here were not pleasing to the eye.

Ling Zhao took Dongyun to the door, curtsied, Xuan Ye stretched out his hand to help, touched the cold fingers, his heart softened a little, and said: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sky is getting colder and colder, and the charcoal in the palace will be a few days later, if you can't stand it, don't bear it." ”

"The concubine washed her hands, and the concubine is not cold." Ling Zhao tried to raise a smile and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, dinner is ready, you can eat it while it's hot." ”

Xuan Ye bowed, but muttered: "Wash your hands and ask them to prepare hot water, the imperial grandmother often said, don't rely on being young and greedy, you are sick when you are old." ”

Lingzhao came with him, and when the emperor sat down, Da Lizi washed his hands while serving the emperor, and Lingzhao stood aside with dishes and chopsticks, ready to serve the emperor for dinner.

She had learned these rules hundreds of times at home, but she had only been in the palace for two years, and had only done them a few times in Cining Palace and Ningshou Palace, but Ama sent someone to teach her to learn them in order to let her serve the emperor.

Xuan Ye's afterglow swept lightly, and when he saw Ling Zhao's hand trembling slightly, he said: "Sit down, use it with me, the imperial grandmother never asked them to restrain me with rules, we are still growing our bodies, and it is most important to have a good meal." ”

"But ......" Ling Zhao was noncommittal, seeing that Da Li Zi led the palace people to retreat, Xuan Ye pointed to the seat next to her, and then she put down her things and sat aside in a proper manner.

"It seems like this is the first time I've dined with you." Xuan Ye said, "Yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was very successful, the imperial grandmother has been praising you in front of me, and I have also seen it, you have not moved your chopsticks much all night in order to worry about many things." Today, I wanted them to give you the imperial food to enjoy, but after thinking about it, it is better for me to come directly, and it is rare to have a meal with you. ”

Ling Zhao's heart jumped suddenly, for two years, even if she and the emperor had almost no chance to get to know each other, at least they were acquaintances, not to mention, she was still a pillow person.

It's just that it's almost impossible to sit next to each other, let alone next to the pillow.

"Eat, I'm hungry too." Xuan Ye dropped his chopsticks, sandwiched duck meat for Ling Zhao, picked a few dishes by himself, and chewed them slowly.

looked calm, but his brain was spinning, thinking about how to say those things, he inadvertently turned his face sideways, but saw the people around him, looking at the duck meat in the bowl and showing a shallow smile.

Even though Xuan Ye is young, she has also learned a lot of skills to see people, and her smile is very pure and fast.

Xuan Ye retracted his gaze, continued to eat, and said, "Do you remember what you said last time in the Qianqing Palace?" ”

Ling Zhao's smile disappeared suddenly, and he nodded stiffly: "It's the concubine's fault." ”

Xuan Ye said: "It's me who is not good, I reprimanded you without a head or a brain, and now, I don't want to ask you what Ao Shaobao said to you that day, I remember that you were pale at the time, you must have been scared by him, right?" ”

Ling Zhao pursed his lips, his eyebrows lowered, and he didn't dare to look directly at the emperor.

Xuan Ye said: "It's all over, Ao Shaobao is a person who crosses the battlefield, and he doesn't know how to be polite under his words, so you can take care of it." As for me, I gave you a companion, you forgot about it. ”

"The concubine has long decided to forget." Ling Zhao said, "It was the fault of the concubine, but it made the emperor remember it, and it made the concubine feel guilty." ”

"Then we'll never mention it again." Xuan Ye said, "When I think about it, there are always some strange contradictions between me and you, and I always feel that I owe you. The imperial grandmother reminded me three times and twice, but the court is busy, and after the pro-government, I have a lot of responsibility on my shoulders, and I often ignore you as soon as I turn around. ”

Ling Zhao shook his head and listened to the emperor's words respectfully.

Xuan Ye said: "And you are so good, keep to yourself, not only take care of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, assist the Empress, but also clean up the unhealthy tendencies in the palace, you are not half a point wrong, but I am very considerate to you." ”

Ling Zhao's heart was not warmed by the emperor, how polite and distant these words were, every word was telling her clearly, even if she thought about it too much, a voice of Ao Shaobao was enough to prove it.

The emperor is in the queen, there is no need to call Ao Bai like this, that day in the Qianqing Palace he was angry, what he said was "Ao Bai". At this moment, the emperor was wary of herself, afraid that she would tell her father-in-law that the emperor would despise him behind people.

"Eat, it's cold." Xuan Ye saw that Ling Zhao was silent, and he was also helpless, and said, "In the future, I will be free, and I will often come to accompany you." ”

Ling Zhao reached out to pick up the chopsticks, but when her hand shook, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and she became more and more panicked and wanted to get up to pick them up.

Xuan Ye stopped him and ordered someone to send chopsticks again, but after that, they didn't retreat from Da Lizi, and the time for the two of them to eat alone passed in a short moment.

Ling Zhao didn't know how to fight, and he didn't dare to fight, stuffing his head into his mouth, hating himself for being incompetent.

Anyway, after eating, Xuan Ye took the initiative to propose: "Let's go to the Imperial Garden to disperse, where the osmanthus flowers are fragrant." ”

When he went out, Xuan Ye ordered someone to put on a windbreaker for Ling Zhao, and even pulled her collar with his own hands, and said, "If it's cold, you can say that I will send you back earlier." ”

Xuan Ye walked forward after saying that, Dong Yun gently pushed Miss, and Ling Zhao came back to his senses and hurriedly followed.

Half a step before and after, Ling Zhao always fell behind the emperor, his eyes staring at Xuan Ye's hand swinging back and forth, how much he wanted to step forward like this, and also hold hands with him.

Unconsciously, walking to the imperial garden, suddenly a gust of wind passed, blowing off the branches and leaves and petals, Lingzhao was blinded by the flying sand, and suddenly burst into tears, only to feel extremely embarrassed, but a pair of big hands held her head.

The Emperor cupped her cheeks and gently opened her eyelids, a warm breath spraying on her face.

"Try again?" Xuan Ye asked, "Is it still there?" ”

Ling Zhao blinked, and sure enough, she was relieved, but her messy heartbeat made her breathless, but fortunately, the emperor had already let go of his hand, otherwise he would definitely touch her face and it was hot.

"Actually...... I have something to say to you. Xuan Ye said, "Everything is good for the Mid-Autumn Festival this time, but there is only one thing that went wrong." ”

Ling Zhao suddenly withdrew from the love of her children and looked at the emperor intently, already knowing in her heart that it was the matter at hand that went wrong.

"The moon cakes you prepared for the Queen Mother to be given to the palace of the princes and ministers, and someone tampered with them, and I don't know who will get the moldy moon cakes, there is no way to check." Xuan Ye said, "But the culprit has been taken down by the Jingshifang, and I am waiting for my fate, I think, this matter should be known to you." ”

Ling Zhao's face, which was still as red as a morning glow, suddenly turned pale, she was not good at words in front of the emperor, but her changing face would always betray her mind.

"It's the concubine's dereliction of duty, please ask the emperor to condemn it." Ling Zhao knelt down, not caring that there was a stone road under his knees, "Your Majesty, please punish those people severely, and you must not be appeased." ”

Xuan Ye helped her up and said, "I am telling you about this matter in private, not to make it a big thing small, but to work with you on how to deal with these troubles in the future. Those minions are no easier to deal with than my ministers, it is not easy for me to govern the court, and it is not easy for you to manage the harem. ”

But Ling Zhao had a tendon and said to Xuan Ye seriously: "The emperor wants to severely punish this matter, even the concubines are counted, so that the concubines will have the confidence to punish and control them in the future, and they must not be tolerated." ”

But Xuan Ye heard these words for the second time.

Last night, Shu Shu performed all the dialogues that Ling Zhao might say in front of Xuan Ye, and she repeatedly told Xuan Ye not to be provoked by Ling Zhao, there are serious people in this world, and they are not bad people.

If the emperor can't even tolerate a woman's stubbornness, how can he tolerate the world. Shu Shu's old gentleman-like tone at that time made Xuan Ye love and hate.

But everything today was expected by them, and at this moment, listening to Ling Zhao really say it, he felt that Shu Shu was powerful, and he also felt that the person in front of him was really a little pitiful.

In fact, when Lingzhao said it, he regretted it.

Why is she always like this, always saying things against her will, to force her pride and decency, but in fact, she trampled her dignity on the ground and trampled it to pieces.

The emperor didn't move, let alone brushed his sleeves away, and said: "Look at your temperament, it's always like this." Lingzhao, I am your husband, and when I discuss things with my husband, there are no rules, it must be an elbow turning in, and I want to protect you. Don't worry, let's talk slowly, we have to give an explanation to the imperial grandmother when we turn back on this matter. ”

Ling Zhao bit her lower lip unconsciously, she wanted to use the pain to prove that she was awake, and what the emperor said was not a dream.

Xuan Ye smiled: "Don't cry, I always provoke you to cry, as if I always bully you, no matter what, don't cry today." ”

Ling Zhao nodded stiffly, and the emperor took her hand and said, "Let's go and sit over there, and I can't let the imperial grandmother blame you." ”