As soon as I heard this, my heart skipped a beat, and I turned to look at her: "What do you mean." ”

Liu Ningyan looked at me with a sneer: "You say, what do I mean." ”

“……”

I looked at her silently, did not speak, and did not have any panicked expression on my face, and Liu Ningyan also had a comfortable expression, slowly leaned in front of me, and said, "Yue Qingying, do you think that no one knows what you have done?" ”

“……”

"If I'm not mistaken, five years ago, in addition to the two of us, there was actually another person who entered the palace together, but ......"

She didn't finish her sentence, but my face turned pale in an instant.

At the beginning, that incident had been sealed in my heart for five whole years, and I even thought that it was already a matter of my previous life, and I could completely forget about it, and I didn't need to mention it again, but I didn't expect that Liu Ningyan would still remember it and mention it.

And Liu Ningyan's voice, like a ghost crying in hell, came from far away and reached my ears, "For your original crime of bullying the king, the emperor locked you up in the cold palace for half a year, and if people knew that you had killed-"

Before she could finish her sentence, I suddenly turned my head to look at her.

Facing my gaze, Liu Ningyan seemed to be startled, and subconsciously took two steps back.

She looked at me and pretended to be calm and said, "What, the matter is revealed, do you want to kill people?" ”

“……”

"I sue you, now it's different from the beginning, I'm the emperor's maid of wait, if something happens to me, the people in the palace will definitely investigate to the end, and you won't be able to run away then!"

I stood in the middle of the pavilion, clenching my fists tightly, my nails slammed into my palms, bringing a tingling pain, and I felt my heart palpitate for a moment, so I slowly controlled my chaotic breathing, and then turned my head to look at her.

"What do you want from me?"

"Ha, I just guessed so, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Liu Ningyan laughed, with a smug expression on his face, I gritted my teeth fiercely, the roots of my teeth were almost bleeding, but I still controlled myself, and said in a deep voice: "What do you want me to do." ”

"I have already said, I want to be favored by the emperor again, I don't want to be a palace maid, I want to be the emperor's concubine!"

"Who does the emperor want to favor, it's not for me to control."

"If someone else says this, I believe it, but if you say it, it's really not convincing." Liu Ningyan said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten who let me go to the bed of His Royal Highness three years ago." ”

As soon as I mentioned this matter, my face became even more ugly, and my whole body was trembling, Liu Ningyan saw that I didn't make a sound for a long time, so she said: "Okay, it's okay if you don't help me, then I'll go to the sù detailed punishment department, and say that at the beginning-"

When I heard this, I hurriedly said: "Now that he is the emperor, there are many concubines in the harem, and it is not as easy as it was at the beginning." ”

"So what?"

"You've got to give me a little time to figure it out."

"Okay, I'll give you a little time, but don't keep me waiting too long."

Liu Ningyan walked past me and said softly: "I don't know how long I can manage this mouth." ”

After saying that, she smiled and walked away.

I stood in the pavilion blankly, it was obviously the height of summer, and the scorching sun shone on my skin as if it was scorching on fire, but at this moment, I felt that I was in an ice cellar, and even my blood was slowly coagulating.

I slowly walked out of the pavilion, surrounded by lush flowers and trees, and as soon as I stretched out my hand, I picked a huge peony, the delicate color in the palm of my hand, like a burning flame, burning people's eyes.

The flower is in the hand, broken into falling English.

Over the next few days, the weather became even hotter and hotter.

In the evening of that day, there was not a trace of wind in the air, and the entire Chonghua Hall seemed to be stuffed in a furnace. I'm a little strange, Pei Yuanhao has been staying in Chonghua Hall for the past few days, I'm afraid that she will come today, why did she remove her makeup so early?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Shen Rou instruct Mingzhu next to him: "Go and talk to the inner chamberlain, and take off the green head card of the palace." ”

"Yes."

I was a little puzzled, looked at the charming face in the mirror, and asked softly, "Niangniang, why is this?" ”

Shen Rou didn't speak, but Mingzhu next to her glanced at me unhappily and said, "In the past two days, Niangniang's letter date is coming. ”

…… It turned out to be her letter period.

I took off the hand of the golden hairpin and trembled slightly, and a little light reflected by the golden hairpin suddenly shook my eyes, I pinched the fingers of the golden hairpin and tightened it slightly, and then said with a smile: "Since this is the case, you don't have to bother Sister Mingzhu, the slave will go to the imperial dining room to spread the word later, so help Sister Mingzhu run this trip." ”

Shen Rou glanced up at me and said with a smile, "You are dedicated." ”

"Mother, this is also the slave's business."

"Well, you've been working hard these nights, and after passing the word, you don't have to come over."

"Yes."

After I finished cleaning up her dresser, Shen Rou had already entered the inner room to rest, so I withdrew from it, gently closed the door, turned around and walked towards Lan Xiangju.

As soon as she walked to the door, she happened to bump into Liu Ningyan, she was standing in front of Xu Cairen, and said lukewarmly: "Cairen, the emperor is going to come over for dinner tonight." ”

When Xu Cairen heard this, his face immediately showed joy, and Liu Ningyan's face became more and more unhappy, and he saluted her and turned to leave, and when he turned around, he happened to bump into me.

Xu Cairen also saw me and said, "Qingying, the emperor is going to come over for dinner tonight, you go to the imperial dining room to spread the word." ”

"Yes, the slave knows."

Liu Ningyan slowly walked in front of me and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, since the young girl is also going over, it is better to go all the way." ”

"Okay."

I smiled and nodded, and then turned and walked out with her.

Out of the Chonghua Palace, through guò a long passage, on both sides in addition to the towering palace walls, only the sound of our footsteps echoed in the ears, Liu Ningyan turned to look at me, and said: "Yue Qingying, do you think I'm joking with you!" ”

"What?"

"I sue you, it's been a few days, the emperor stays in the Chonghua Palace every night, if you don't help me find a way, don't blame me-!"

"I've figured it out."

When Liu Ningyan heard this, she immediately rejoiced: "What way?" ”

I looked around and made sure that there was no one, so I lowered my voice and said: "In the past few nights, after the emperor has had dinner at Cairen's place, he will stay directly at the concubine's place, but today, it is the concubine's letter period. ”

"So what?"

"The emperor came in high spirits, but the concubine couldn't sleep, if you can take advantage of the situation at this time-"

Liu Ningyan frowned and said, "You treat me as a fool, the concubine's letter period, the inner chamberlain will naturally take off her green head card, how can the emperor come?" ”

I smiled faintly: "It was the concubine who asked me to tell the people in the inner prison, but what if I went one step later?" ”

She was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood something, but after thinking about it, she said a little frustratedly: "Even if the concubine can't sleep, there are so many other concubines, and the emperor - even if he doesn't stay in the Chonghua Palace, there are other places to go." ”

"You don't even have a little spice on you, right?"

I glanced at her lightly, and then looked at the sachet she tied around her waist, although I was not very familiar with pharmacology, but in the days when I lived in the medicine shop, I also saw a little medical skills and understood some pharmacology.

Liu Ningyan glanced down at her sachet, and her face turned red.

But she said dejectedly: "What's the use of this, so many palace maids in the palace are hanging, and I haven't seen the emperor-"

I reached out and tore off her sachet and shook it in the air, muttering, "Basil leaves, actinolite, fairy grass, goat weed, ylang...... Stuff is good. I thought about it for a while and said, "I'll go to the imperial dining room later, and I'll let them prepare some special dinners, as long as the time is right, the place and the ......."

Liu Ningyan's face immediately showed a happy expression.

"When this is over—I hope you will keep your promise, and not a word about what happened five years ago will not be mentioned in the palace again."

Liu Ningyan glanced at me, smiled a little, and said, "As long as the emperor favors me again, I won't embarrass you anymore." ”

"It's a deal!"

In the evening, the weather became more and more muggy, and the thick clouds in the sky were like a quilt, covering the entire imperial city, making people almost suffocated.

Pei Yuanhao came when the lights were on, Xu Cairen had already prepared a table of delicacies, and the two of them sat down to eat as usual.

I stood behind Xu Cairen, Liu Ningyan stood behind Pei Yuanhao, she changed into a freshly colored dress, and deliberately wiped some powder, speaking of which she is indeed a beauty, under the swaying lights, she looks more and more pink and jade, and across the table, you can also smell a faint fragrance floating from her.

After dinner, Xu Cairen personally served him a bowl of soup, handed it over carefully, and said, "I heard that the emperor has been busy with government affairs recently, so he should also make up for it." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of white jade-like hands reached over and took the soup bowl.

I saw Liu Ningyan smile and said, "Let the slave come." ”

After speaking, she handed the bowl to Pei Yuanhao again, and said softly: "Your Majesty, please use it." ”

Xu Cairen's face changed slightly, looking at her, Pei Yuanhao also glanced at her, but he didn't speak, just picked the corner of his mouth, picked up the bowl and took a sip.

After taking a sip of soup, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he looked up at me.

"What kind of soup is this?"

I immediately lowered my head, and before I could speak, Xu Cairen said with a smile: "This is the oxtail soup specially prepared for the emperor in the imperial dining room, with a few flavors of medicine, just to tonic." ”

"Oh?" Pei Yuanhao glanced at the stewed snow-white soup, then looked at the people in the room, seemed to laugh, and continued to drink.

The atmosphere also relaxed for a while, I saw that Liu Ningyan's face was getting redder and redder, and the whole person was trembling with nervousness, Xu Cairen glanced at her, and his face showed a slight look of displeasure, so he said: "The emperor is planning to tonight-"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the leaves outside rattling.

"The wind is blowing."

"Well," Pei Yuanhao rinsed his mouth, wiped his mouth, and then got up and said, "It's just right, I'm a little stuffy, I want to go out for a walk, and I still have something to go back to the imperial study at night to deal with, so I won't stay with you." ”

After speaking, he turned around and instructed Liu Ningyan and said, "You go and talk to Yuquan, and I will go back to the imperial study tonight." ”

Liu Ningyan's face turned pale all of a sudden: "Emperor, Emperor, you can't be without someone to serve you." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, someone has to follow you." Xu Cairen also persuaded.

Pei Yuanhao stood at the table, glanced at the snow-white soup on the table again, and then slowly raised his head, as if looking at me casually.

"Just let her follow."