Chapter 70: Lotus Garnet Jade
In the Lizheng Palace, Yue Hou leaned on his side, his elbows propped up on the soft pillow, not to mention how lazy and comfortable he looked.
Fu Xuanlin and Zhan Xinglan entered the hall hand in hand and made a regular salute to Empress Yue.
"Son, please give peace to the queen mother!"
"Daughter-in-law, please say hello to the queen mother!"
Empress Yue raised her eyes and looked at Zhan Xinglan, "Sure enough, she is the daughter of Ming Guogong and Tang Niangzi, with an outstanding appearance and a swaying posture, no wonder she can be married to Lin'er by His Majesty's grace."
Zhan Xinglan bowed with a smile, "The queen mother praises falsely, the daughter-in-law can get His Majesty's grace, and His Royal Highness King Ling will not give up, it is a blessing for the daughter-in-law to cultivate."
Empress Yue chuckled and raised her hand, "Okay, give me a seat."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
The two sat down side by side, and the maid on the side stepped forward to serve tea, while Tan Xiang naturally knelt beside Fu Xuanlin and poured tea for him.
Tan Xiang's body inadvertently touched Fu Xuanlin, and the corners of her mouth raised a timid smile.
Fu Xuanlin saw that Tan Xiang's entire body was pasted over, and his face immediately turned cold.
"Get out of the way!"
Tan Xiang was startled and almost threw away the teapot in her hand.
"The servant is rude, Your Highness forgives your sins."
"Go down!"
"Yes."
Tan Xiang trembled and got up and retreated to the side, looking at Yue Hou with an embarrassed face.
Empress Yue looked at Zhan Xinglan's reaction.
The newlywed Yan'er has someone who covets her husband, and anyone will be angry.
But who knew that Zhan Xinglan seemed to be invisible, and only cared about lowering his eyes and tasting tea.
Empress Yue couldn't help but wonder, this Zhan Xinglan was really calm at a young age.
"Lin'er was raised under my knees when I was young, and I have always regarded Lin'er as my own. Now that I see Lin'er getting married, I am very happy in my heart, and I can be regarded as having an explanation for the pure concubine's sister."
Empress Yue deliberately accentuated the three words of pure concubine, and her eyes were full of ridicule.
Sure enough, as soon as the three words of pure concubine came out, Fu Xuanlin crushed the tea pot in his hand, and his body instantly exuded a suffocating low pressure. z.br>
Zhan Xinglan saw that Fu Xuanlin's face was not good, and his secret words were not good. Immediately stood up with a smile and bowed to Empress Yue Ying with the wine in his hand.
"Queen Mother, His Royal Highness King Ling and his daughter-in-law still have to ask His Majesty for their thanks, so they will retire first. The daughter-in-law hereby offers a cup of tea to the queen mother as an atonement for her sins."
"Princess Ling is well-behaved and lovely, and she is really not a daughter-in-law appointed by His Majesty. Lin'er, you're not a simple princess." When Empress Yue saw Zhan Xinglan relieving Fu Xuanlin, he was silent, he lost interest in an instant, and took a sip of the tea on the table, "Okay, I'm tired, you can retreat."
The two retreated, and the door of the Lizheng Hall was immediately slammed shut.
Fu Xuanlin caressed Zhan Xinglan, and the chill in his eyes was still there.
Fang Caiyue's words were clearly intended to provoke Fu Xuanlin's anger, which was really sinister.
Zhan Xinglan turned his head to Tan Xiang and said, "Tan Xiang, you go home first."
"Princess Niangniang, the road in the palace is complicated, it is better to be served by the servant."
"His Royal Highness King Ling has been in the palace since he was a child, didn't Miss Tan Xiang think that you would be more familiar with the roads in the palace than His Royal Highness King Ling? Or is this princess unable to summon the girl Epiphany?"
Zhan Xinglan's tone was suddenly harsh, startling Tan Xiang.
"The servant doesn't dare, the servant retires."
Tan Xiang stopped, saw the two of them turn around with his own eyes, and then turned around and entered the Lizheng Palace.
But just after Tan Xiang entered the Lizheng Palace, Zhan Xinglan poked his head out of the corner.
"This epiphany, sure enough, is a fine work sent by the queen."
Fu Xuanlin walked back from the corner, "Since you know that she is a fine worker, why did you deliberately create an opportunity for her to meet the queen?"
Zhan Xinglan showed a sly smile, "The Empress sent the people she served to you and me to plant moths in our Lingwang Mansion. If this moth hides in the wood, it will surely rot the house over time, so it must be allowed
Only when this moth shows its signs can it be annihilated in one fell swoop."
Fu Xuanlin asked with a hint of displeasure, "No wonder you little fox has swallowed your anger again and again today, and even Tan Xiang deliberately approached me, and you have endured it."
Zhan Xinglan covered her mouth and smiled, "Lord Wang, don't be surprised, when Lan'er first saw Tan Xiang yesterday, she noticed that this girl was somewhat similar to Lan'er. Today, Tan Xiang deliberately approached the prince in the Lizheng Palace, presumably with the idea of being the prince's concubine. If Fang Cailan'er is jealous, it will be in line with the queen's heart."
Fu Xuanlin looked at her eyes, and a trace of resentment inexplicably arose in his heart.
"If this king hadn't taken the initiative to push away the epiphany today, would you have remained indifferent?"
He reached out and hugged Zhan Xinglan's slender waist and took her into his arms domineeringly.
"If you dare to answer yes, this king cannot guarantee that he will sleep honestly on the ground tonight, and you will answer after you think clearly."
His deep, affectionate and threatening eyes made Zhan Xinglan realize that he was not joking.
"Of course not!"
Hearing Zhan Xinglan's categorical answer, Fu Xuanlin's cold face instantly eased a lot.
He smiled with satisfaction and raised his hand to Zhan Xinglan's shoulder.
"Let's go, Father is still waiting for us."
Zhan Xinglan nodded solemnly, this guy was quite gentle a few days ago, why did he suddenly become so domineering again.
At this moment, in the Zichen Palace, Emperor Jing was anxious.
"Kou Huai, let's go see if Lin'er and the Zhan family girl have arrived?"
Kou Huai smiled all over his face and filled Emperor Jing with tea.
"Oh, Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry?"
"I am worried that the queen will embarrass Lin'er and the Zhan family, when the prince stood up against the marriage, the queen must know the prince's intentions. The palace rules cannot be violated, on the second day of the prince's wedding, he must bring his bride to the middle palace to ask for peace, I am afraid that the queen will be dissatisfied and will take the opportunity to put pressure on them."
"Your Majesty is too worried, Her Royal Highness King Ling and Princess Ling are married by Your Majesty, and Her Royal Highness the Queen is not satisfied and does not dare to embarrass them openly. Besides, His Royal Highness King Ling is calm, and Princess Ling is so clever and intelligent, she will definitely not be wronged."
Emperor Jing played with a piece of pure white and flawless lotus garnet jade in his hand, "Hey, I owe Lin'er all these years, and I will inevitably worry more about him in my heart."
"Your Majesty's love for your son is of course."
Suddenly, the yellow gate outside the hall shouted, "His Royal Highness King Ling and Princess Ling ask to see him!"
Emperor Jing suddenly smiled, "Xuan!"
"Xuan, King Ling and Princess Ling go to the palace to meet you!"
After a while, Fu Xuanlin and Zhan Xinglan walked up to the main hall side by side, kneeling respectfully and bowing.
"Son knocks to see the emperor!"
"The daughter-in-law knocks on her father!"
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said with high interest, "No courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Fu Xuanlin took Zhan Xinglan's arm and straightened up gently, the two of them moved intimately, and they looked very right.
This scene of Qin Se and Ming fell into the eyes of Emperor Jing, in addition to being relieved, but also a little sour.
I think that at the beginning, he and Bai Rongyue were also so affectionate, but now things are wrong, and he has not seen Bai Rongyue for several years.
"Princess Ling, come forward."
Zhan Xinglan glanced at Emperor Jing, and then stepped forward respectfully with her skirt raised.
"What does the Emperor command?"
I saw Emperor Jing hold up the lotus pomegranate jade in his hand and hand it to Kou Huai, and Kou Huai walked down the steps with this jade in his hand, and put his hands in front of Zhan Xinglan.
Emperor Jing said earnestly: "This thing is a lotus pomegranate jade, which means eternal happiness and longevity. You and Lin'er are newly married, and I will give you this jade as a celebratory gift."
Zhan Xinglan saw that the jade was round and white, and he saw that it was a high-grade boutique, so he immediately lowered his head and took it.
"Daughter-in-law, thank you for your father's gift."
However, Fu Xuanlin, who was standing behind her, furrowed his brows.
He stared intently at the jade, and his heart suddenly beat violently.
"Father, this jade is the concubine's thing?"
Emperor Jing's eyes were not cold, and his broad body leaned against the dragon chair.
"Yes, I've kept it in the Treasure Pavilion all these years, and I didn't order Kou Huai to take it out until yesterday. Your mother once said that she would give this jade to your bride with her own hands, but now your mother is still grounded in the Penglai Palace, and it is inconvenient for her to give it to her in person, so I will give it to you on my behalf."
After hearing this, Fu Xuanlin stepped forward and knelt down, and Zhan Xinglan immediately knelt down when he saw this.
"Father, I implore my father to allow my son to go to Penglai Hall to see my mother. If you take a wife, you must tell your parents. The son and the mother have not seen each other for several years, and now that the son is married, he should tell the mother that he can not live up to his responsibility as a son of man."
When Emperor Jing heard this, he was angry and shouted: "I have decreed that Penglai Hall is a forbidden place in the imperial city in this life, and no one is allowed to enter.
However, Fu Xuanlin was not afraid at all, his waist was straight, and he said in a resolute tone:
"The case of the mother's fornication was full of suspicions, and the guard who was rumored to have had an affair with the mother hanged himself on the second day of imprisonment, and after that, all the maids in the mother's palace were dismissed, and within three months, they died one by one, and the father was not half suspicious?"
Emperor Jing's eyes were round with anger, and his face seemed to tremble with wrinkles.
"Shut up! I said no one should mention it again! I don't want to punish you for your wedding, so step down!"
"Father!"
"Stand down!"
Zhan Xinglan had never seen Emperor Jing and Fu Xuanlin so tense.
Although she didn't know the details of the case of the pure concubine back then, she had also heard about it, and the originally favored concubine became the *** spurned by thousands of people overnight.
can see Emperor Jing's expression, and it is clear that he still has some attachment to the pure concubine.
"Lord Wang."
Zhan Xinglan stretched out his little hand and pulled Fu Xuanlin's sleeve and shook his head at him.
Fu Xuanlin turned his head to look at her, his eyes were full of unwillingness and resentment, all the injustices and tribulations in his childhood began with the case of the harem of the pure concubine, and the pain in it cannot be felt by those who have experienced it.
Zhan Xinglan gently tugged at his sleeve again, "Lord Wang."
The so-called one thing descends one thing, Fu Xuanlin always has no way to take her.
His cast-iron body slackened, his eyes closed, and his voice trembled slightly.
"Son, quit!"
Zhan Xinglan breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Daughter-in-law retires."
After speaking, she pulled Fu Xuanlin out of the Zichen Palace.
On the carriage, no matter whether it was bumpy or shaking, Fu Xuanlin sat like a green pine, as steady as Mount Tai, and always closed his eyes tightly.
Zhan Xinglan knew that he was in distress, so he lifted his skirt, moved his buttocks, and rubbed it next to him little by little.
The warm and delicate little hand covered Fu Xuanlin's knuckled hands, and he felt the chill he emanated from the inside out.
"Does the prince blame me for pulling you out of the Zichen Palace?"