Chapter Twenty-Five: Stopping the Wind
"Ah Zhi, are you ......" Qing Ruifan was interrupted without asking the next words, Murong Zhi turned to look at him, the dark gold shoulder straps on his body looked more like torture instruments. The gray in her eyes and a hint of anger made Qing Ruifan see it clearly, something sank in his heart, and he felt as if he had done something wrong.
"I remember telling you more than once, don't test me." Murong Zhi's voice was cold, and she instantly returned to when she called Gu Lingge. This woman, no matter what time it is, is a knife, even if it is a bouquet of roses on the surface, she will still put many thorns under the hem of her skirt.
"IāI didn't mean that." Qing Ruifan suddenly felt that he couldn't say anything. The man's sudden display of vigilance tightened his heart. He didn't want to see her like this, he didn't want to be disliked, or be her.
"Alright. You are the emperor, I don't have that position to care about you. See for yourself. Murong Zhi didn't want to hear his explanation. She knew that he was always decisive in front of others, and she knew that no one had ever dared to disobey him, but she always felt hard when she saw his caution in front of her. Sure enough, she is someone who will be hated by others, and will only be feared.
"Since Li Zhen is such a favorite child of Taifu, you should bring her in. Don't hurt the feelings of other officials. Of course, Murong Zhi knew that a bowl of water had to be leveled, even if Li Zhen was arrogant, and the other official ladies were also bothered, but this result was enough.
On the second day, all the housekeepers received a return gift from the queen's mother, and all of them got a delicate golden-horned short knife in addition to the return gift, saying that it was a gift letter from a precious person who had newly entered the palace. Everyone knows who it is, but there is not much grievance except disdain. After all, she is the only granddaughter of Taifu, and she should be spoiled. I just don't know what it will be like after entering the palace.
The idea of sending a knife was not something Murong Zhi came up with, it was Yunshuang. Yunshuang sometimes has to take revenge, because of that little humiliation, she thinks that she must take revenge. When will the owner of Liulizhuang be discussed like this? The Queen Mother only nodded lightly when she knew this. After all, this matter endangered the royal face, and Murong Zhi's approach was certainly problematic, but the reason was extremely legitimate.
"Niangniang is feeling unwell?" On this day, Concubine Zhao entered Fenglan Palace, saying that she was looking for someone to talk to. Murong Zhi looked at this unusually familiar face, and after a few more times, she let go of her suspicions and received her politely. At this moment, Murong Zhi was playing with a delicate short knife. Li Zhen actually did Murong Zhi a favor, at least no one would dare to say anything about her in the future, after all, she was "born in the rivers and lakes".
"The concubine doesn't have the same knowledge as the little girl." Murong Zhi has been in the palace for a long time, and the word minister has become more and more fluent, every day she goes to the Queen Mother to ask for peace, and often sees Concubine Zhao, she will consciously call herself, but not to the emperor. In front of Qing Ruifan, she couldn't say such derogatory words about herself. Subconsciously, I don't want to be inferior to him. They're the same people.
"That's good. This palace is deserted, and it really needs popularity. It's just that the mother has to remember to balance, this size of the deep palace is not a huge river. Concubine Zhao lightly picked up the book in her hand, and after thinking about it, she pushed it in front of Murong Zhi. Murong Zhi raised her eyebrows, looking at the name with interest--"Punishment Tongjian"
"Concubines are taught." Murong Zhi had just answered, and as soon as she was thinking about something, she heard someone outside shouting: "Niangniang, the precious person is asking to see outside." The two glanced at each other lightly, and without exception saw interest in each other's eyes. Just two days after entering the palace, he dared to go to Concubine Chen, and he also sent Concubine Chen, who had never been out of the palace gate, all the way to the palace gate, but she really had the ability.
"Xuan." Murong Zhi is slowly learning to stance. She is a queen, she can't be bullied casually, and she can't be cold and don't care about anything. The queen's hardships lie here, Murong Zhi sometimes hates it, but she finds it very interesting.
"The concubine has seen the queen's mother, Concubine Zhao." In order to enter the palace, Li Zhen made full preparations, not only finding out who was in the entire palace, but also knowing what to do. If she had come up with it herself, she would have been an opponent.
"Get up, sit down." Murong Zhi smelled the dull smell of spices on her body, her brows furrowed, and her heart was irritable. Agarwood is indeed a good spice, but Li Zhen, who is only sixteen years old, can't support the aura of agarwood at all. Concubine Zhao is very familiar with this fragrance, and when she thinks of a play many years ago and looks at it in front of her, she really feels ironic.
"The concubine was busy cleaning up in the palace a few days ago, and she was too busy to take care of herself for a while, and only now did she have time to thank the queen mother, and asked the mother not to blame." Li Zhen painted a very strong makeup, and although the wide and long eyebrows painted on the corners of her eyebrows looked harmonious, Murong Zhi looked very strange. It's just a special makeup product for the palace, as for showing off like this?
"It doesn't matter. If the nobles can't look down on the level of the internal affairs supervisor, the palace will send an order to them to change it, where do you need to bother the nobles to do it themselves. Murong Zhi had asked Lixia to put away the short knife before, and now he was holding a cup of tea and speaking while looking at the "Punishment Tongjian". I have to say that Concubine Zhao's book is very good, and all the means that can't be raised to the table in the harem are on it, and Murong Zhi can't help but look at Li Zhen.
Li Zhen felt a chill on her back unconsciously when she saw this, but she still calmed down and said the purpose of this trip: "Please forgive the mother, the concubine has a reluctant request." After speaking, he knelt down and pursed his lips, as if he had committed some great sin.
Before the queen could speak, she heard a sound outside that the emperor had arrived. Murong Zhi hurriedly stood up to greet her, Concubine Zhao was still more attentive, and when she saw the smile on the corner of Li Zhen's mouth, her brows furrowed for a while. This woman has only been in the palace for half a month, how can she be born like this? If you want to calculate it on the queen so quickly, you are also arrogant and can't wait. It's just that the emperor will really allow it?
"See the emperor, the emperor Wan'an." Murong Zhi didn't want to be polite like Qing Ruifan told her, after all, there were outsiders there, and Li Zhen's appearance made her feel impetuous now, and she wanted to respond to Qing Ruifan.
Sure enough, when Murong Zhi looked up, he saw Qing Ruifan's stinky face, the ice cubes in his eyes melted, and there was no expression on his face.
"I've seen my mother." Qing Ruifan was also faintly surprised when he saw Concubine Zhao. According to rumors, this concubine basically does not interact with any concubines, and she is also cautious in her speech, never taking a step beyond Lei Chi. When he was still the crown prince, he only saw it at the palace banquet. It was a bit surprising that this son would appear in Fenglan Palace.
"Let's all be flat." After all, Concubine Zhao has also seen the world, and when she saw that the emperor didn't care about that precious person at all, she was also faintly relieved in her heart, and her tone was flat, as if she was asking about three meals.
Everyone sat down, and the precious person knelt in the hall without embarrassment, and no one called her up when she had something to ask for. The emperor looked at the nobleman with a pungent fragrance and a pungent hair, and then looked at the queen who was only decorated with a golden step on her body, and Concubine Zhao was also simple and unpretentious. This Li Zhen's temperament has not changed at all.
"What's wrong with Zhen'er, what are you doing on your knees?" Although Qing Ruifan didn't want to deal with it, he saw that the queen didn't mean to open her mouth at all, and Concubine Zhao just had an expression of watching the play, sighed in her heart, and could only ask.
"The emperor is in charge, and the concubine is just talking to the queen, but she doesn't know which sentence provoked the mother, and the mother actually asked the concubine to kneel. If it weren't for the emperor's timely arrival, the concubines would be afraid, I am afraid that they would ......" Li Zhen's temperament is indeed suitable for being placed in the deep palace, this opening is a nonsense ability, if it falls out, it will be a pity.
Murong Zhi listened to the person in front of her lying without blushing and heartbeat, and felt that there was a gaze on her body, and Concubine Zhao's reassuring eyes made her heart warm a little, and her reassuring gaze was cast over, and there was brilliance in both pairs of eyes.
"Oh, really?" Qing Ruifan sat in the first place, obviously disbelieving. Since this person entered the palace, he would come to the gate of Yongyuan Palace every day, saying what was to thank the emperor, who in this palace didn't know that the order to let her enter the palace was given by the queen, and what did she want to say so blatantly? Saying that the emperor is cowering, even the draft has to be under the guise of the queen?
"As the master of the harem, the queen mother naturally has the right to educate everyone in the harem." Qing Ruifan didn't even look at Murong Zhi, although the words she said were maintenance, but they didn't confirm her reputation for Murong Zhi's arrogance and domineering. Is it to maintain or to belittle? As a party to the case, Murong Zhi didn't care at all.
"You know what you have done, and I also know what the queen is doing." In the next sentence, Qing Ruifan changed his words and began to criticize Li Zhen. He didn't like this woman who was telling right and wrong, but he bumped into it by himself, or rather, Murong Zhi didn't drive her out directly, which was also the queen's excellent cultivation.
"I heard from the chief of internal affairs that the nobleman is very dissatisfied with the residence, so within fifteen days from today, the internal affairs supervisor will not step into the Lanqin Pavilion and wait until the nobleman is tidied up. Someone, give Chen Dongming an order. Qing Ruifan didn't drag the mud and water, and said it neatly. He didn't want to look at Murong Zhi's eyes a little, he was afraid of seeing disappointment and hesitation.
Li Zhen was still in a good mood when she listened to the first half of the words, thinking that at least for Li Yu's sake, Qing Ruifan would not treat her well, at least she would talk to her with a pleasant face, so that she would have a better chance of being favored, but when she heard it, her face became more and more pale, and under the makeup on her face, only the heavy disappointment in her eyes was revealed. Murong Zhi just looked at the book in his hand the whole time, didn't say a word, and never even raised his eyes.
Concubine Zhao saw that the situation was not good, and she also felt that she had no need to stay, so she left with a farewell. When Li Zhen heard that she was going to notify the internal affairs superintendent, she panicked. All the matters in this palace need to go through the internal affairs superintendent, if Banyue doesn't care about Lan Qin Pavilion, then it will have to be? In a hurry, she also saluted and walked away, leaving only the emperor and queen for a while.
"You're talking too much." Murong Zhi didn't have any expression, and slowly closed the book, her voice changing to the cold look she had before. She didn't want to know Qing Ruifan's intentions, no matter what his temptation was for, she didn't want to know. She has never liked the suspicion of others when she is so old, and Qing Ruifan's words are maintenance or something else, it is meaningless.
"Yunshuang, go to the Warm Pavilion and take out the things I prepared before." Murong Zhi's eyes rarely looked directly at Qing Ruifan, and what Qing Ruifan saw in her eyes at this time was all ice ballast.
When Yunshuang came over, the brocade box in his hand was opened, and inside was a short thorn, sharp and sharp, and a word was shallow engraved on the end of the handle: Fan. It can be seen that this is made especially for him. Qing Ruifan seemed to have something warm in his heart, soaking into his bones little by little.
"What the Mu family made, I didn't plan to give it to you." Murong Zhi's voice was a little dull, and her words were not so affectionate, "From now on, you can stop coming to Fenglan Palace."
In other words, you don't want to come to Fenglan Palace again. ā