Spring day and night, rain and dew grow.
Zheng Bao stood outside the Qianqing Palace, frowning quietly.
The eunuch in the service room saw that the emperor had flipped the green card, and before he had time to settle down, a girl from the Xiao family came, which made him feel a little uneasy, and he couldn't help but lower his voice and asked Zheng Bao: "You Look, are you still proclaiming Your Excellency Zhang to serve the bed?"
Zheng Bao heard the movement inside, but his delicate face was covered with a layer of darkness under the warm yellow light of the palace lantern, and he only said: "I'm afraid there is no need."
Early the next morning, the emperor left the court.
The ministers who entered the palace to prepare for the court meeting were all at a loss, only the well-informed eunuchs approached Duke Dingguo Xiao Yuan, and their attitudes seemed to be more attentive than before.
Xiao Yuan naturally did not scratch his head.
In the past, it was common for Xiao Shu to stay in the palace to serve the Queen Mother, so people didn't come back last night, which was not a big deal in Xiao Yuan's view, and usually returned the next morning.
Unexpectedly, after he returned to the mansion, he still disappeared.
Just as he was about to send someone to ask questions, the housekeeper outside came to report with a shocked expression that the eunuch in the palace had come with an edict.
This time Xiao Yuan was very frightened, thinking that something major happened. When he arrived in the hall to listen to the decree, he was even more uneasy when he saw that the eunuch Wang Xinyi, the eunuch who held the power in the palace, had come to announce the decree.
Wang Xinyi smiled all over his face: "Congratulations to the grandfather of the state, congratulations to the grandfather of the state!"
Xiao Yuan was stunned and was at a loss for a while: "Congratulations on what?"
Wang Xinyi is the old fox in the palace, he just thinks that what happened last night was carefully planned by Xiao, and Xiao Yuan is just pretending, so he reached out and patted Xiao Yuan's shoulder, with a smile that was a little drawn: " Ling Ai stayed at the Qianqing Palace last night, but I dare not call me Miss Xiao this morning, but I'm going to be called 'Xian Fei Niang Niang'!"
Xiao Yuan was stunned at first, but then his face changed greatly: "What did you say?!"
"Really, you didn't see the battle when you came to deliver the decree this morning!" Xiao Dingfei's eyes were shining, and when he described the scene this morning, he was even more dancing, lest Jiang Xuening would not believe it, "What precious jade, The silk, gold and silver were all rewarded like running water. When I woke up in the morning and looked at it, oh yo, it was like a whole yard! Only when I asked, I found out that Xiao Shu's stinky girl went to the palace and put the emperor to sleep overnight. Yes, but to save face for myself, I directly seal the concubine! Hahaha, you didn't see Xiao Yuan's face, I think he was about to vomit..."
"… "
Jiang Xuening's fingers clenched the tea cup and slowly tightened them one by one.
It's still in the theater.
The snow-white pear blossoms have already bloomed early, and they are attached to the wall. When the wind blows, it is as thin as a quivering piece of paper; the sound of silk and bamboo comes from the stage below, accompanied by the soft words of Wu Nong from the south. Lingering singing, attracted a lot of applause from the audience around.
The upstairs seat was quiet.
Because of secretly planning a marriage proposal, Xiao Ding very much wanted to inform Jiang Xuening of the situation outside, so he often saw each other these days, and he chose this theater. One is that people come and go, the most dangerous is the safest; the other is that the two of them have general virtues, and they are both fun and enjoyment, and they are not willing to go to any serious tea garden and piano shop.
Xiao Dingfei also wanted to tell Jiang Xuening about the gossips he had heard all the way, so that she could be happy.
But just after taking a sip of tea to moisten her throat, she was about to start speaking, when she saw her gloomy and tense complexion, her heart skipped a beat, and she silently said, "What's the matter with you?"
Stay in the Qianqing Palace, concubine!
These words pierced into Jiang Xuening's ears like needles, making it difficult for her to feel the slightest comfort while stinging!
"She can really do it..."
In the last life, Xiao Shu was Jiang Xuening's mortal enemy.
Those days when I read with Fengchen Hall are like the bright moon in the sky and the bright pearl on the earth. She was born better than her, learned more than her, and was on good terms with Shen Zhiyi, and everyone followed her.
Later, the other party also entered the palace. The mother's family was strong and attracted people's hearts. There was also the support of the old witch, the queen mother. Even if she was the queen at that time, it was difficult to please the other party under the heavy pressure. A lot of loss.
In Jiang Xuening's eyes, Xiao Shu acted properly and calculated well. She was a model of a noble woman cultivated by an aristocratic family in the capital, and she was definitely more suitable for the position of the queen than her weed-like temperament.
In her bones, she should be arrogant and conceited.
Even in this life, Jiang Xuening did not have any thoughts of underestimating the enemy.
But she did not expect that Xiao Shu would be so condescending to be so selfish, to commit herself to Shen Lang—
For a time, an unprecedented sense of daze came to her heart, making Jiang Xuening like a fog, and then it turned into an unspeakable absurdity, and even made her laugh out loud: "When things change, she also has When forced to this field..."
Xiao Dingfei felt a chill behind his back for some reason.
He cautiously approached Jiang Xuening, looked at her expression, and said, "Shouldn't she be happy if she is like this? She has no name or distinction. She entered the palace in the name of visiting the Queen Mother, but stayed in the Qianqing Palace, which is the brothel. Prostitutes can't do this, can they? No matter what they sell, they have to collect money first. She's better, give it away first, and she's not afraid that the emperor won't give money? Now the whole capital is talking about her, so she I got a concubine position, but under this stupid move, my reputation is also ruined."
"Dark tricks?" Jiang Xuening sneered, "Do you really think that she is a free gift, is the emperor's concubine really a free gift?"
The Xiao family is now in a vortex of criticism, but the emperor's attitude has always been ambiguous.
Although the concubine is to be chosen tomorrow, it is impossible for Shen Jie to choose Xiao Shu as his concubine at the expense of the world. This person is elegant and affectionate, but also has a cowardly part in nature. When she married him and became a princess, seeing that he always seeks benefits and avoids disadvantages, she is not willing to get involved in the many battles in the court.
But his imperial brother Shen Lang was a completely different person.
Although the emperor in the previous life was extremely short-lived, she "died suddenly due to illness" two years after she married Shen Jie, and she had no more contact with her except for the family banquet in the palace on the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve, but Jiang Xuening It was hard to forget the gloomy look in the eyes of the other party when he was sitting high on the throne and looking down at people.
Moody, indulgent and repetitive.
I remember that the last time she visited the palace as a princess was during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
At that time, Shen Jie had already been established as the emperor's younger brother, and Shen Lang had been taking the five-stone powder refined by alchemists for a long time. He paralyzed on the throne with a psychedelic face, and when he saw Shen Jie walking in with her, his gloomy and flickering eyes fell on her. After saying a few words, Shen Jie realized that something was wrong, and said that he had something to say to Shen alone. Lang said, let her back first.
Uneasy in her heart, she buried her head and resigned.
But until she exited and sat down and waited in the side hall, she still felt that the venomous snake-like eyes were still glued to her body, which made her feel a chill.
I don't know what the two brothers talked about that day, but Shen Jie, who has always been peaceful and elegant, came out from the inside with a livid face.
Jiang Xuening was still willing to please this husband at that time.
She thought about having a cup of chicken, pigeon and pigeon soup stewed in the kitchen, and brought it to the study by herself in the middle of the night.
As usual, the study would follow her in and out.
But that day, someone stopped her outside.
The servant went in and passed the message, and then Shen Jie came out.
When the door of the study outside opened, Jiang Xuening saw a lot of people sitting inside. There was a corner of snow-white Taoist robe in the position next to Duobaoge by the window, Xie Wei turned his face and just met her gaze. It's just that before she could react, the crack of the door was already closed, and standing in front of her was Shen Jie who smiled gently at her.
Shen Jie personally took the cup of soup that she brought, and said that he would go back to the room later, and then ordered the servants to take her back to the room carefully.
After Jiang Xuening went back to lie down, it took a long time to fall asleep.
Until it was dawn, a body with some chills got into the already warm bed and hugged her. She struggled to open her eyes and saw that the window paper was already a dark blue after dawn.
The next time she sees Shen Lang, it will be in the grand coffin that the emperor had put down when he died...
Therefore, Jiang Xuening really doesn't know much about this emperor who currently controls the life and death of others, but it can be inferred from various clues that it is definitely not a benevolent ruler who is dedicated to the world.
Shen Lang is more like a lunatic.
Xiao Shu framed her with Yu Ruyi at a young age, and she was not a kind person.
If she didn't pay enough price, Shen Lang wouldn't disregard all the people in the world and make her a concubine. And the emperor's mind is also difficult to measure. In the morning, he didn't say that he was sent back to the palace for canonization, and he just let people stay in the palace. Zaochao, he really refused to do any face-saving work, and let Xiao Shu end up. The situation of being ridiculed by all the people in the world is not cruel!
After carefully sorting out what happened before and after, the emperor's attitude towards the Xiao family obviously made Xiao Shu feel the crisis, and the old witch in the Cining Palace was willing to even give up her own daughter. What is her niece
Xiao Shu is arrogant.
In the last life, fighting for the position of queen with her was exhausting. When she was a concubine, she was even more ostentatious than the queen of the palace. How could she be willing to go to Fanbang to have a kiss
Yes.
There really is only one way.
Jiang Xuening lowered his eyes, looked at the beautiful tea cup in his hand, and said to himself, "Survival by breaking the tail and fighting back with the Jedi, I don't know whether I think highly of her or underestimate her."
She thought that Xiao Shu should be disdainful of doing such a humiliating and committed thing...
Xiao Dingfei can already clearly feel that her mood is not right, and after thinking about it, he understands where the key is—
Princess Leyang!
Xiao Shu, who was originally clamoring to be pushed out to replace Shen Zhiyi and her relatives, has been named the imperial concubine. Is there any reason in the world to let the emperor's woman go to her relatives? Xiao Shu seems to have a bad reputation, but she has saved herself!
That Shen Zhiyi...
"Snapped!"
The half-full tea cup flew up and smashed onto the beautiful picture screen in front of it, shattering immediately, and the cold tea water splashed out, contaminating the beautiful landscape painted on the screen.
Jiang Xuening stared blankly and didn't move for a long time.