However, Wanfu still had the heart to hold Li Xuanyin's palm, she secretly glanced at the man, curled the corners of her lips, and did not expect the emperor to defend her like this. I only felt a little regretful in my heart, but it was a pity that those concubines went back too early and did not see this good show.

Chapter 69

That night passed, and I heard that Concubine Ying's illness had worsened again, and the greetings of Kunning Palace also took leave and raised the baby in the Chaolu Hall all day. And the harem concubines also quickly learned the reason, Ying Concubine calculated the noble concubine, but she didn't expect to lift a stone and hit her own feet, which provoked the emperor's anger and severely punished the most trusted palace maid around Ying Concubine.

Everyone sighed for a while, and looked at the noble concubine who was born as a slave more and more, and was able to compete with the concubine who had been favored for many years.

However, at this time, the concubine did not have much interest in the battle between Concubine Ling and Concubine Ying, and Xu Wanyi gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus, which has become the existence of the harem concubines to gnash their teeth.

Concubine Zhao was even more jealous of Xu Wanyi, separated from the palace, she heard the crackling movement in the dormitory, Concubine Zhao was pregnant in the palace for a while, Xu Wanyi was pregnant, and the emperor was promoted from promise to Wanyi. Now Concubine Zhao is also pregnant, but there is no rumor that the emperor wants to restore her position as a concubine. The palace people of Qixiang Palace knelt on the ground and trembled, for fear of provoking the anger of the mother.

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Qiankun Palace

Chen Dehai looked at the emperor's face and presented the handwritten copy of the Golden Jubilee Pavilion. After that night, the emperor didn't care about the concubines, but he couldn't see that the emperor was angry, I don't know if the emperor was angry or not.

He served hot tea and respectfully waited to the side to polish the ink.

After a while, Li Xuanyin looked up from the case, pressed his temples with his fingertips, picked up the sixty pages of rice paper, one by one, and flipped through them to see the end.

"The moon is dark and the fog is light, so it's good to go to Lang's side tonight. Socks step incense steps, hand gold shoes. See you on the south side of the painting hall, and you have always been trembling. It is difficult for the slave to come out, and the king is merciful. ”

Li Xuanyin twisted the rice paper with his fingertips and sneered.

Chen Dehai looked at the emperor's face, and couldn't figure it out for a while, what kind of expression the emperor was, and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what do you write behind your concubines every day?" ”

When the words fell, Li Xuanyin glanced at him coldly, his eyes were like knives, Chen Dehai was startled, and he was busy punishing him, "The slave talks a lot!" The minion has a lot to say! ”

Li Xuanyin put down her hand, squinted her eyes, and flicked her fingers lightly, "The two sentences that can't be put on the table are the only ones she dares to use to satirize." ”

After speaking, he rolled the rice paper together and handed it to Chen Dehai, "Send it to the Cunxin Hall to put it away." ”

The concubines sent hand-copied every day, and now the heart hall is full of thick three boxes. Cunxintang is the place where the emperor's official documents are placed, and the words of this noble concubine are really ugly, and I don't know why the emperor wants to stay there.

In response to the matter of the concubine, the emperor only disposed of the palace maids instigated by Ying Concubine's side, and did not condemn Ling Guifei, and did not even perfunctory Ying Concubine, and did not check what Ling Guifei had said to Ying Concubine in private, and asked Ling Guifei to copy an extra 30 pages a day, which was regarded as a punishment.

Chen Dehai didn't dare to say more, bowed his head and withdrew from the hall.

……

In the blink of an eye, the New Year's banquet was called up by Qian Dai to put on big makeup, this day is the New Year's banquet, and the family members of the officials above the fourth grade of the former dynasty are invited, and they are not careless.

She changed into cumbersome clothes, hairpins and jade hairpins on her temples, and silk satin all over her body, which was enough for ordinary people to eat for several lifetimes.

When she stepped out of the door, Concubine Zhuang of Lingbo Hall also had a hard time getting out. The hairpin on Concubine Zhuang's head was even more exaggerated than hers, and the big ruby was almost dazzled.

"Sister Qiu is also going to the banquet today?" In my impression, Concubine Zhuang doesn't like to be lively, especially not in this palace, even the last emperor's birthday banquet, Concubine Zhuang never attended.

"My mother will also enter the palace, I haven't seen her for a long time, and I just took advantage of the New Year's banquet to talk to my mother."

Concubine Zhuang walked with her, and when she heard the words, Wanfu paused slightly, and her eyes dimmed. Concubine Zhuang only remembered the affairs of the Yu family after speaking, and suddenly stopped, saw the dark face of the woman next to her, and held her hand, "When you and I were friends in Yuezhou, my mother mentioned in the family letter that when you came to Qiufu, you also beat the fruit that the fifth brother had planted for a long time, and the fifth brother was so angry that he had to ask you for an explanation." ”

mentioned the past, Wanfu was still young, and she couldn't remember it. Was she really that stubborn before? Wanfu was suspicious, a little embarrassed, "What happened later?" ”

Concubine Zhuang smiled, "The fifth brother is a bastard, how can my father really let him go to a little girl to ask for an explanation, so he beat him up and didn't get out of bed for half a month." ”

Wanfu chuckled, she didn't have much impression of the fifth young master of the Qiu Mansion, she only remembered that the young man seemed to be very unkind to her, it turned out that there was a reason for this.

Diverting the conversation like this made Wanfu forget the sadness of Yufu. Before I knew it, I arrived at Jianzhang Palace, Concubine Zhuang went to the upper position, and Wanfu sat on the seat of the noble concubine.

Then Concubine Ying and Concubine Zhao entered the hall one after another, and the banquet of the foreign ministers and women on the opposite side was quickly filled, and Wanfu swept over at a glance, but did not see anyone from the Ningguo Mansion.

When the emperor and queen are seated, the annual banquet begins.

As with the singing and dancing of the past, there is nothing to see.

The song dispersed, and soon a satin red silk was drawn from outside the hall, and it was cold outside, but the woman who was dancing was only wearing a gauze dress, covering her face with a white veil, revealing a pair of eyebrows and eyes, and her dance steps were curling, and she looked at the high-ranking emperor shyly. In this way, no matter how stupid people are, they can see what it means.

Wanfu glanced at the dancing woman, and then quietly looked at the emperor in a high position, but it was a pity that the falling flowers were intentional and the flowing water was ruthless. The emperor didn't even look at it. She pursed her lips and was about to withdraw her eyes when she touched the gaze cast from above.

The singing and dancing at the banquet have been the same for several years, and there is nothing new. Li Xuanyin drank the tea, and saw that the woman below was holding her face and looking at it with relish, he frowned, he didn't know what to see in this dance, and then he saw that the man's eyes were looking between him and the dancing girl, like this, what did he not understand.

He raised his eyelids, angry and funny, when he is something, is he a woman to be received in the harem?

Li Xuanyin snorted lightly and looked coldly at the woman, who was caught in the bag, his eyes seemed to be shocked, and he quickly curled his lips at him very flatteringly, and looked away as if nothing had happened.

Li Xuanyin turned his fingers, raised his hand to beckon Chen Dehai, and said casually: "Concubine Ling has eaten too much wine, go and add a glass of cold melon juice to her." ”

"You watched her drink for yourself."

Chen Dehai choked, Concubine Ling has always been cautious, the things on the banquet are either eaten less, or not eaten, he can see that Concubine Ling's glass of wine has not moved, how can she eat too much wine. The emperor actually let Ling Guifei and cold melon juice, what did this Ling Guifei do to make the emperor unhappy?

Thinking like this, Chen Dehai was instructed to prepare cold melon juice and serve it to Wanfu.

Wanfu was surprised, why did the emperor let her drink those strange things.

"Grandpa Chen, ...... this?"

Chen Dehai bowed his head and replied: "The emperor is sympathetic to Master Ling, and knows that Master Ling has eaten too much wine, so he specially sent cold melon juice to relieve the master's hangover." ”

"Cool ...... Chilled melon juice? Wanfu's eyes widened, and she looked at the glass full of green juice with great disgust, knowing that she would not look at it herself.

She pulled up an extremely gentle smile, "I'm tired of Gonggong Chen returning to the emperor, the palace is full of wine, and I haven't eaten too much wine." ”

Gonggong Chen was embarrassed: "The emperor explained, and the slave must watch the master finish drinking." ”

Wanfu was annoyed, pursed her lips in displeasure, picked up the cup, and drank it in small sips.

It was bitter, and it was very unpleasant.

The dancing girl was graceful, dancing, swaying, but the emperor in a high position did not pay much attention to it.

The dancer left the stage gloomily.

After a dance, the queen looked meaningfully at the dancing girl who withdrew from the hall, and chuckled: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year, the red plum in the imperial garden is in full bloom, the emperor wants to go and see?" ”

In the past, during the annual banquet, everyone in the palace would go to the imperial garden to walk, one to enjoy the plums, and the other to pray for blessings. This year's heavy snowfall is also a common practice in the past.

Li Xuanyin knocked on the case with his fingerbones, brushed his sleeves and got up, and said with a flat face: "Go and see." ”

Everyone didn't dare to sit, so they followed up, the emperor was in front, the courtiers and the ladies were divided, the palace maids were left to serve, and the group left the palace and followed to the plum garden.

When Concubine Zhao got up, she paused slightly, frowned, and felt uncomfortable. Lingshuang saw it and said worriedly: "Niangniang is not comfortable? ”

"It doesn't matter. The emperor is in a good mood, and the palace can't sweep away the emperor's interest. She slowed down for a moment, stroked her lower abdomen, and walked out of the temple.

……

The first snow is a little misty, and the bright red plum blossoms are in full bloom in the imperial garden, and the frost is colorful.

Wanfu and Wen Xiurong walked together, and the two walked unhurriedly, saying a few words from time to time. The queen fell on the right side of the emperor, it was still the New Year's banquet, and in front of the ministers, the queen always talked to the emperor with a smile and maintained the dignity of the queen. The concubine should be a month old, supported by the palace people, from the position of the fourth concubine, can surpass the four concubines and follow the emperor, which is enough to see the honor and favor in the harem.

After walking for a while, I don't know how many women outside the palace looked at Ying Concubine. The person who was favored by the saints back then, but now out of the cold palace, is still the emperor's favorite concubine. The wives will have a plan in their hearts, and they have a little more regard for this concubine master.

The wives are not in the harem, and they don't know the twists and turns, but how could the harem concubines not know about the emperor's anger in the Chaolu Palace? Ying Concubine is just showing this favor to others. If it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant with a dragon heir, how could the emperor give her a face.

Wanfu bent her lips and withdrew her gaze, and glanced at Wen Xiurong in tacit understanding, but no one spoke.

"Your Majesty, the concubine feels cold."

In front, Ying Concubine carefully pulled Li Xuanyin's sleeve and whispered softly, even if she lowered her voice, it was enough for people nearby to hear clearly.

There are foreign ministers, it should be rude, but who let this master conceive a dragon seed in his belly.

The wind was blowing, and the cold air was blowing.

Li Xuanyin inadvertently let the heroine pull his sleeve, with a cold face, but he did not push the person away.

"I'll send you back to the Chaolu Palace."

Concubine Ying shook her head gently, "It's rare for the emperor to be interested in appreciating plums, and the concubine doesn't want to sweep away the emperor's interest." ”

Li Xuanyin summoned Chen Dehai and ordered someone to take the outer curtain of the golden thread dragon pattern and put it on for Ying Concubine.

Concubine Ying's expression stiffened a little, and she quickly covered it up, lowering her eyes and lowering her eyebrows, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The queen always had a proper smile on her face, and no one could find the slightest mistake, "It's cold, and the concubine is unwell, so it's better to go back to the palace to rest, it's always good to be more careful." ”

Concubine Ying said gently and gently: "Queen Xie cares, but today is unusual, the concubine wants to accompany the emperor to complete this plum garden." ”

can afford to accompany the emperor, only the queen is the wife in the harem, and the concubine should speak, which is a complete provocation.

Everyone looked at each other, and for some reason, they all stopped talking, not daring to say a word, and suddenly, the garden fell silent. The small backhouse is rarely fighting, not to mention the huge harem of the royal family.

The queen did not show displeasure, silently stroked her armor, and gently tugged at the corner of her lower lip.

In the eyes of the emperor, what is the difference between today's concubines and those concubines in the harem who use all means to compete for favor.

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Three days after the annual banquet, there is no need to go to Kunning Palace to say hello, the emperor is busy with government affairs every day, Wanfu is rarely idle, and she sleeps until three poles on the sun every day.

The palace people who are waiting have eyes not to disturb the master's sleep, and they sweep lightly, these days, it is rare to be comfortable.

Wanfu slept until the late afternoon, she woke up in a daze, hugged the quilt for a while, and only after a long time did she lift the curtain and call "Qiandai."

No one answered, she frowned suspiciously, and as soon as her fingertips lifted the curtain, she saw the man who had been sitting on the narrow couch for an unknown amount of time.

Li Xuanyin lifted his eyelids, put down the Gu Zhi he had copied in his hand, and looked at the woman on the bed without being salty, "Awake?" ”

Wanfu blinked, brushed away the broken hair that hung down, didn't put on her shoes, got off the bed, lifted her skirt and walked to the narrow couch, nestled into the man's arms very naturally, wrapped her arms around Li Xuanyin's waist, and hummed softly, "The concubine is probably dreaming again, the emperor doesn't accompany Xu Wanyi, how can she have time to come to the Golden Jubilee Pavilion for concubines......"

"No rules!"

Li Xuanyin bent his fingers and knocked on the forehead of the woman in his arms, the latter was in pain, his fingertips rubbed it, and he glanced at it with dissatisfaction.

Li Xuanyin ignored her resentful eyes, and clasped her soft waist with her palm, lest she move and fall.

Wanfu snorted lightly, didn't move, yawned lazily, her eyelids drooped, and she was obviously sleepy. Seeing her sleepy like this, Li Xuanyin was amused, and pinched her face with her fingertips to make her sober, "I heard that you haven't used your breakfast and lunch for the past three days?" ”

Wanfu was dumb and snorted: "The emperor is not busy with government affairs, what are you doing staring at the concubines all day long?" ”

Li Xuanyin's face turned black with anger from her, and it became his fault that he cared about her. He is not idle, staring at the harem concubines all day long, and she is the only one, which makes him a little more concerned, she is good, not only is she not satisfied, but she is also angry with him all day long.

"I see that you don't go to the house for three days!"

Li Xuanyin pinched her face hard, Wanfu screamed in pain, tears came out, Li Xuanyin let go of her hand, patted her waist and buttocks with her palm, and said seriously: "Ming'er is up, eat less, I will beat you two boards!" ”