After this day, the heavy snow fell for two or three days one after another, and the river that was supposed to be inspected was also frozen, Kangxi simply did not go out, and dealt with the excerpts sent from the capital in Cao's mansion.

Next to the window of the warm pavilion in the east courtyard, Kangxi remembered that there was a chessboard in the west garden, and he knew that Cao Yue could play chess, so he was interested and pulled Cao Yue to play.

Cao Yue held the white zi, thought about it for a while, and suddenly stared at one place, put the white zi there, and ate a few sunspots from Kangxi.

She smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "The emperor is careless." ”

Kangxi originally thought that Cao Yue was a woman, even if she could play chess, she would not be proficient in anything, so she didn't really regard Cao Yue as an opponent when she played, and her attitude was not serious enough.

But it is precisely because of this that Kangxi is more and more interested in Cao Yue, and he likes it more and more, if when he first met her, his interest in her stemmed from her alluring appearance and extraordinary piano skills, then after getting along in the past few days, he felt more and more that Cao Yue was a treasure, very different from those concubines in his harem.

Kangxi looked gentle, looked at the situation on the chessboard, and randomly pinched a sunspot and landed on the chessboard, and the situation suddenly changed drastically: "Yue'er is happy early." ”

It is said that chess is like character, and what kind of character a person is, you can get a glimpse of one or two from his chess style, whether Zhao Concubine is a woman or not, and she is still too gentle in chess.

Cao Yue saw that the sunspot on the chessboard was unusually decisive to survive, but when the white son who had taken advantage of it became precarious at this time, his heart was very calm, but he was extremely surprised on his face, and after being surprised, he was a little embarrassed and said: "It turns out that the emperor is deliberately letting the concubine." ”

Kangxi chuckled twice, and said quite proudly: "Playing chess with you as a little woman, if I don't let you, I'm afraid you will lose to me before you play a few pieces." ”

As soon as the words fell, it happened that the palace maid in front of the palace, who was wearing a grass-green palace maid's costume and combing her flag, came over to serve tea: "The emperor, please use tea, and Concubine Zhao, please use tea." ”

That soft voice made Cao Yue can't help but look up at her.

The first thing that catches my eye is that a pair of well-maintained hands, white and slender, but not delicate enough, and the hand is holding a tea cup that looks like a plum blossom.

Looking up again, it is a rather delicate and lovely face, slightly powdered, outlining a touch of charm, the flag head is the regular palace maid can wear the velvet flowers and hairpins, only the hairpin style, but the peach blossom style.

Cao Yue looked at the person quietly, reached out and took the teacup and put it directly on the left hand side.

His eyes shifted to Kangxi, who was drinking tea, pondered for a moment, and then brought up an irrelevant topic: "The emperor also said that the concubine is good to his maid, according to the concubine, the emperor is much better to the palace maid next to him than the concubine." ”

Kangxi drank half of the tea, and as soon as he put the teacup down, he heard Cao Yue's words, and was immediately confused: "How can you talk about this matter well?" ”

In fact, a few days after the events of that day, Kangxi still remembered it clearly, and Kangxi also meant something when he said it, so when he heard Cao Yue mention it again, Kangxi knew that there must be a reason why Cao Yue said this.

Cao Yue pursed her lower lip slightly, glanced at the palace maid serving tea lightly, and did not speak.

Kangxi followed Cao Yue's line of sight, and also glanced at the palace maid of Fengcha twice, and did not feel that there was anything wrong, but because of the man's vision and confidence in himself, he laughed, and teased while laughing: "Yue'er, don't you look at how much color this palace maid looks like, can you be jealous?" ”

can make a woman jealous for herself, which means that she is charming, and Kangxi is particularly happy.

Cao Yue looked at Kangxi's triumphant appearance, and was speechless in her heart, but she couldn't say that she wasn't jealous, after all, she talked about this topic just to show a show of jealousy.

Taking a deep breath, Cao Yue said in shame: "The emperor is talking nonsense, where are the concubines jealous?" ”

Kangxi looked incredulous, listened, and angrily changed his claim from a concubine to a concubine, where are you not jealous?

Originally, I wanted to tease again, but I was afraid that I would really annoy people, so I had to coax: "Okay, Yue'er said that if she is not jealous, she is not jealous." ”

looked like what you said was what it was, which made Cao Yue more and more annoyed, she reached out to comb the broken hair in her ear in disguise, got up in a panic and bent her knees: "Just play chess, as for this tea, the concubine is not blessed with this mouth, and the concubine will retire first." ”

After saying that, the whole person almost ran away.

As soon as he walked out of the warm pavilion, Kangxi's happy and arrogant laughter sounded, without concealing it at all.

Cao Yue's footsteps were messy for a moment, and the speed of leaving sped up a lot.

As soon as Cao Yue left, when Kangxi had laughed enough, he beckoned to Lan Xi, the maid of the tea palace: "Come here." ”

Lan Xi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly walked to Kangxi with small steps and knelt down, biting his lip shyly and timidly: "Your Majesty." ”

Her head was so low that Kangxi couldn't see her face clearly, so she directly hooked Lan Xi's chin and lifted her face, and after a cursory look, she gave an evaluation: "It's a little pretty." ”

After all, she is a woman who has served Kangxi, and she will not be ugly.

Lan Xi was in ecstasy again, and his body trembled a little.

When she was in the palace earlier, the emperor drank a few glasses of wine, and it happened that she was on duty that day, and the emperor favored her.

She thought that was the beginning of her flying on the branches, but after the second day, the emperor seemed to have forgotten about it, and never mentioned her at all, and since then, he has never thought of her, let her go to bed, let alone give her a name.

It wasn't until half a year ago that she heard that the emperor was coming to the southern tour and didn't bring concubines, so she knew that her opportunity had come.

So she spent a lot of money to bribe the housekeeper of the imperial tea room, just to be able to follow the emperor on patrol this time, if she has the opportunity, maybe when she returns to the palace, she will promise the little master, even if it is an official woman, it is better than still being a slave.

It's just that there are too many women offered by officials along the way, and the emperor has left them behind, so she can only wait for the opportunity without fighting or grabbing.

Finally on that night, a day that was supposed to be the sleeping day of Concubine Zhao's mother, the emperor unexpectedly returned to the East Courtyard, and Liang's father-in-law also ordered her to serve, and she was so happy that she almost fainted.

But it's a pity that she was sent out after serving, and she couldn't say a word to the emperor, who knew that today because of Concubine Zhao's unexpected jealousy, the emperor noticed her by mistake.

Lan Xi was so excited that she couldn't help herself, and kept fantasizing about the day when she would become the little master in the future, but in the next moment, her fantasy was broken by Kangxi himself.

I saw Kangxi throw away the palace maid's chin, picked up the handkerchief on the side and wiped her fingers, and said mercilessly what made her heart-piercing: "No matter how beautiful it is, it is just a piece of rubble, which is more precious than jade." Stand down. ”

So he couldn't figure it out, why did Concubine Zhao eat the vinegar of an ordinary palace maid?

Kangxi, who didn't figure it out, could only attribute this phenomenon to Cao Yue caring too much about him.

Kangxi shook his head helplessly, a palace maid will also be jealous, and when he returns to the palace with him, won't he have to soak in the vinegar jar every day?

Women, they are petty sexuals.

Lan Xi got this comment, her face turned pale as if she had pounced on a box of fat powder, and wanted to say something tactfully, but when she saw that the emperor had already gotten up and left, she had no choice but to retreat.

When he exited the warm pavilion, Liang Jiugong happened to see her face, and noticed that she looked ordinary, but she was actually well-dressed, and couldn't help but secretly sip on herself.

I thought it was an honest one, but I didn't want to look away again.

Liang Jiugong took a deep breath and planned to ignore it, but remembering that she had served the emperor, he couldn't help but secretly mention: "The master is the master, the slave can only be a slave, and doing what he should do is his duty." ”

Lan Xi reluctantly pulled out a smile and said humbly: "Yes, the slave understands, thank you father-in-law for mentioning it." ”

After all, she has resentment in her heart, when it comes to identity, she is a coat, isn't Concubine Zhao also a coat? Why did Concubine Zhao have what she was trying to get?

Who is Liang Jiugong? The chief manager of the imperial front, it is easy to see people's hearts, and he can see at a glance that Lan Xi's words are insincere, Liang Jiugong's face sank, and he didn't care about Lan Xi's matter anymore.

He kindly mentioned it, but also for the sake of serving the emperor, after all, it is always good to have a good fate, who knows that people don't appreciate it at all, so he doesn't have to waste his thoughts, and turned around and went into the warm pavilion to serve the emperor.

In the warm pavilion, Kangxi was holding the scroll in his hand and reading it carefully, when he heard the footsteps, he looked up and buried his head in the book again, only a trace of his heart said: "How many days are the days of Concubine Zhao?" ”

In response to Cao Yue's words, what you can't get is the best.

In the past few days, he has also pampered the two palace maids, but he always feels that the palace maids are not as good as he wants, and the charming appearance that appeared in his mind when he saw the belly pocket that day and the dark fragrance on Zhao Concubine's body always hooked his mind like a small hook.

Liang Jiugong's eyes rolled, and he silently counted the days in his heart: "If you go back to the emperor, it's been five days." ”

Kangxi let out a "hmm" and turned a few more pages, until Liang Jiugong, who was waiting for his instructions, thought that the emperor would not speak, Kangxi said casually: "Ask someone to ask the palace maid next to Concubine Zhao." ”

"Huh."

The corners of Liang Jiugong's eyes twitched, but he still responded to this errand, thinking in his heart that this time he would have to keep his eyes open and send a good-eyed grandmother to go, so that he could not offend people again.

He also said that Cao Yue returned to Xiyuan, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard gate, he saw a person sitting in the main hall facing the gate, Cao Yin's wife Li, that is, Cao Yue's sister-in-law, looked like she had been waiting for a long time.

An Ping, who was entertaining Cao Yue, greeted him, and while helping Cao Yue to walk in, he explained in a low voice: "Today, the eldest lady's sister-in-law is here, I don't know what the eldest lady said, and her face is not very good when she leaves." In less than a quarter of an hour, the eldest lady came here and waited. ”

The sister-in-law of Mrs. Anping's mouth is Li's brother-in-law, Li Xu, the prefect of Suzhou, and Wang, who is Mrs. Li Xu's cousin.

When Cao Yue heard this, he had a good idea in his heart, and estimated that he came to the Li family to ask about the whereabouts of the Wang family.

She gave An Ning a look, and An Ning hurriedly retreated quietly.

Cao Yue took An Ping's hand and stepped into the main hall, and said politely: "Sister-in-law has been waiting for a long time, is it mine." ”