Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Soup Storm
Concubine Xiang knew Murong Zhi's true identity and knew how to deal with it, but she didn't expect her to be such a person who treated feelings like a blank sheet of paper. In Murong Zhi's world, no one other than Liulizhuang can arouse the slightest interest in her, let alone the major events related to Qing Ruifan.
That day, she was forcibly sent out just to say something unpredictable, and now she is confused. She only knew that the people in power were very suspicious, and she didn't know that the desire to control was also inexplicably strong. Murong Zhi's appearance was obviously dissatisfied with Qing Ruifan being coveted by so many people.
Murong Zhi once asked about the origin of Xiang Guifei's concubine seriously, and she was not unwary of this person who intentionally or unintentionally said good things about the emperor in front of her. Who can enter this harem doesn't have brains and skills, it's just that Jiang Quanyue deliberately didn't want the emperor to favor her, so obviously giving Murong Zhi an idea, Murong Zhi was very suspicious.
Murong Zhi's head was most likely confused by Qing Ruifan, so he couldn't see that when the words came out, Xiang Guifei's face turned white unconsciously, and the hand holding the bone china cup was also stiff and then clenched, trying to keep her voice steady, but she didn't even dare to look at Murong Zhi. She said: "The concubine only entered the palace because of the emperor's life-saving grace, and the concubine already has a place in her heart, but she is a stranger in this life, so she naturally doesn't want her mother to be the same as the concubine when she should get love but have nothing." ”
The loneliness in his words easily deceived Murong Zhi, but he did not hide it from Yunshuang. Yunshuang watched her every move, although this statement was not true, but Yunshuang had no evidence, even if she called the Mu family to investigate, the results were no different from what Jiang Quanyue said, so she could only give up for the time being and choose to believe it.
On this day, Murong Zhi dressed up, lazily changed into her usual clothes, not conspicuous and not outstanding, and called a maid to carry the food box and slowly walked towards the Yongyuan Palace. Lan Yi is not here today, saying that he was sent out to investigate something. Yesterday, when she went to ask the Queen Mother for peace, the Queen Mother seemed to inadvertently count her twice, to the effect that she didn't care about the emperor at all, and even the newly promoted precious person was faster than her, the main palace emperor, and went to Yongyuan Palace every day to ask for peace. Well, let's take a trip.
"Who's coming?" At the door of Yongyuan Palace, there was a waiter in dark red clothes, looking like a student, he should be newly promoted, and it was normal not to know Murong Zhi. When the maid heard this, she was about to come forward to report, but she was stopped by a look from her own mother, and obediently retreated behind her to watch.
"The emperor is here? The concubine came to bring the emperor a freshly boiled nourishing soup. "Murong Zhi's rare language is smooth and unresponsive. This servant knew at a glance that he had never seen the world, so he might as well tease him. She already calls herself a concubine, and it won't be fun if she still doesn't know the fun. After all, she is not a person who is too good at acting.
This chamberlain was really only transferred this morning, saying that he did a good job in the Huanyi Prison, and he is hereby promoted. He was a man who washed clothes in the palace of the lower people, how could he have this honor to guard the door for the Son of Heaven? It's inevitable to get excited for a while.
He looked at the two women in front of him, standing in front of him with a good face, and although he spoke fiercely, he was also in good shape, maybe he ...... The palace daughter behind her was also pleasing to the eye, if it weren't for the fact that this person called himself a "concubine", he would have to think about something else.
It's just that the title of "concubine" must be a noble concubine or above. Looking at this person's ordinary body, there is no embroidery thread and filigree dark inlay, and there are no ornaments such as emerald gorse jade scratching on the whole body, how can it be a grade above the noble concubine? Think of the high-ranking ladies he occasionally saw back then, which one wasn't hugging back and forth, full of jewels? With such an inference, the chamberlain concluded that this person would definitely not be in a high position, since it was not, then he might not be able to see the emperor, but he had the final say.
"The emperor is resting, and the decree says that no one will be seen." The waiter looked like his eyes were above the top, and his hands were gently shaking behind his back, with a leisurely expression. Just kidding, how can the emperor be desecrated by this little concubine who doesn't know where it came from? Not to mention that the emperor didn't allow anyone to disturb him, but he agreed, and this person's grade was pitifully low. Rather than letting her enter the palace to annoy the emperor, it is better to drive her away at the beginning.
"Is it true that the emperor doesn't see anyone, can you ask your father-in-law to pass it on your behalf?" Murong Zhi looked at the waiter with a wicked smile on his face, and then looked at his eyes that were obviously calculating, and suddenly lost the interest in making trouble. She finally confirmed again, if Qing Ruifan really didn't see it, then it would be fine. She was never a patient person.
"If you don't see it, you don't see it, you're messing around here again, disturbing the emperor's rest, how many heads do you have enough to cut off?" The chamberlain was also anxious, and when he saw that Murong Zhi didn't listen to what he said and couldn't understand it, he was actually angry. His face was red, and his voice was unconsciously raised, and in the sultry afternoon of early summer, Murong Zhi's heart was even more irritable.
"Pick silk, give me the food box." Murong Zhi decided not to entangle anymore, and with an order, he took the tonic soup that he had wasted for more than an hour from the maid's hand. She told herself that she had to make a full set of plays, so she deliberately made the soup by herself, and now it seems that there is no need.
Opening the food box, Murong Zhi took out the porcelain bowl, raised all the soup and fed it directly to the two evergreen potted plants in front of the palace gate, in the big pot of Panlong Tao, the two green leaves were lightly smeared with a layer of grease, Murong Zhi didn't speak, poured the soup, and the bowl was thrown at the door of Yongyuan Palace with a "clang" with the food box. The two of them returned to Fenglan Palace without saying a word, and the attendant at the door also took a sip, despising Murong Zhi's fiery temper and ignorance and naivety. Thinking that when I see the queen mother in the future, I have to talk about this concubine.
Lan Yi came back soon after, saw the dining utensils broken into several halves at the entrance of the hall, and then looked at the two greasy Wan Nianqing, their faces were dark, looking at the waiter, and opened their mouths to be Bing Ballast: "I'm just going out for a meeting, what's going on?" He knew that this person had been transferred, but in just a few hours, this young man had been ruined like this, there must be something wrong.
The chamberlain said 1510, focusing on Murong Zhi's "simple appearance, impatient tone, and vulgar behavior", and the blue clothes twisted their eyebrows while listening. Although there are not a few people who come to visit the emperor during this time, there is indeed no one who is still so arrogant without powder. He had a guess in his heart, but he was absolutely unsure. That master can take the initiative to come, especially after the post-sealing ceremony, it is absolutely incredible that the world is as red as rain.
"Come in with me." In the end, Lan Yi still didn't make his own decision, and it was better to leave this matter to the emperor. As long as the master is involved, Qing Ruifan's actions have not confirmed Lan Yi's speculation, whether this matter is or not, he must tell the emperor before it can be decided.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to report." Lan Yi did not call himself a slave with his inner servants, which was stipulated by Qing Ruifan when he first ascended the throne, and Lan Yi thought about it and thought that it was not a bad idea to call himself a minister.
Qing Ruifan at this time has just woken up, and he has been noisy for several days because of the drought in the north, and there is still no decision, Qing Ruifan himself is also anxious, and he actually fell asleep when he watched the chapter today. He had just woken up a little when the cold air that had not changed for thousands of years in blue came over.
However, after listening to the report of the chamberlain and the blue cloth, Qing Ruifan's sleepy insect was solidly scared away. He can be sure that the "unpopular concubine" who came is Queen Murong Zhi. Looking at the entire palace, she is the only one who can do such a thing without hindrance.
He vaguely mentioned to the Queen Mother some time ago that the queen didn't care about him, and he thought it was a complaint, but he really fulfilled it. Earlier, someone had sent him news that the queen was tinkering with something in the kitchen, and he thought he would only be able to see it at night, but who knew that this time would come. He just sleeps, how can he wake up and everything has changed?
"Blue Yi, ask someone to press down this short-eyed minion for me, and you go to Fenglan Palace with me." Blue Yi guessed this. Regardless of whether or not that person is the queen, this trip to Fenglan Palace is inevitable. Touching his nose, Lan Yi silently followed behind the fiery emperor, and hurriedly went to Fenglan Palace.
There is no place in the entire palace that dares to block Qing Ruifan's way, and the minions of Fenglan Palace saw that it was the emperor, and they had no courage to stop it, and they were even more weak when they saw the expression on Qing Ruifan's face, so Qing Ruifan almost came to the main hall all the way unhindered. But Murong Zhi wasn't there.
After thinking about it, Qing Ruifan began to turn his head and walk towards the Imperial Garden. There are only a handful of places where he can find Murong Zhi, and it just so happens that those places are Murong Zhi's favorites, is this a certain degree of heart-wrenching? Qing Ruifan didn't know, but he was eager to see Murong Zhi now, especially when he saw the broken ceramic fragments.
"Ah Zhi......" Qing Ruifan did not say the rest of the words. The person in front of him was playing the piano very carefully, the Panyun Qin of Concubine Zhao, which Qing Ruifan was very familiar with, under Murong Zhi's hands, the sound of the piano was loud, and the magnificence of the soldiers on the battlefield was indescribable. Low and undulating, peaks and loops, Qing Ruifan appeared in front of him all kinds of things that he had won the throne after he went out on patrol, simple piano music, plucked plain hands, it was all included in it, and the pianist was just a woman in mediocre clothes!
"Why are you here?" Murong Zhi flicked it, picked up the golden armor in his hand and put it on the slender hand. With every move, the wind was shocked.
"Ah Zhi, that, I, I was too tired to fall asleep just now, so I don't know what that stupid slave did, you ......" Qing Ruifan looked at the ice under her eyes that had been re-paved with water vapor, and felt dangerous for a while. At this time, she is not Murong Zhi, who is the queen, but Gu Lingge, the owner of Liulizhuang!
"What minion?" Murong Zhi's eyes were clear, as if she didn't know what Qing Ruifan was talking about. After a pause, he continued, "You've been busy for the past two days, haven't you? "She knows everything, but she can't change anything when she says it.
This world will always bully people and judge people by their appearance, how could she Murong Zhi not understand such a simple truth? Now that you know, what's the matter? Zuo is just thinking too much about himself.
"The Queen Mother said that I was too cold to you, come when you want to enter the Fenglan Palace, I won't stop you." She didn't want to take that step herself, and the first person to act was often the most painful.