May is the time when the vegetation is lush and green, especially on the banks of Chunbo Lake.
The lake wind carried Jian Jia and turned out wave after wave, as if the moxa green had been washed repeatedly in the vast smoke water, and then it condensed into a corner of the jade-colored robe that Rong Sleeping Crane was wearing at the moment.
The man, whose boyishness has largely faded away, is tall and handsome, and when he stares at him with a smile, his eyebrows are raised and his eyes are twinkling.
Concubine Shu looked at him, and for a moment she felt that the blue waves were not as deep and beautiful as his eyes, and she thought to herself: "Just now I was only looking for trouble for the Queen Mother and the Empress, but I didn't pay much attention to the Prince... Nothing. Thinking that he is such a handsome person, he looks exactly like the jade trees in front of the court and orchids under the steps described in the book! I think that when we sisters first served His Majesty, Your Majesty was not much older than the prince. In terms of appearance, It’s a world of difference!”
She was stunned for a moment, then she recovered and said with a smile: "Prince Mi Zhen, there is no need to be so polite. You are His Majesty's nephew, and you are also the nephew of our sisters."
Glancing at Queen Meng, "Just call my aunt... Why are you here?"
According to the rules of the country, only the queen can call herself aunt in front of the emperor's nephew.
Concubine Shu said this, obviously deliberately losing the queen's face again.
Rong Suihe smiled brightly and changed his words calmly: "Hello, Aunt Shu! My nephew was raised by the Sheng family when he didn't know his life experience before. I remember that when I went north to Chang'an at the end of last year, my adoptive mother had just given birth. I counted the time and waited. Two months is a good time. Now I want to ask my sister about my adoptive mother, but my aunt also knows that the situation in the DPRK is complicated now, and the adoptive grandfather is somewhat avoiding his nephew, so the nephew does not dare to disturb the elders, thinking I and my sister are both juniors, so if we just said a few words at the festival banquet, we wouldn’t be held accountable for anything?”
"You are a conscientious child." Everyone loves beauty. As Emperor Xuanjing's favorite concubine, Concubine Shu has a respected position and a prominent position. However, Emperor Xuanjing told the story of the plain-looking Empress Dowager Meng. He is not a handsome man. Now he is getting older, and he is addicted to drinking and sex as an adult. His complexion is getting worse, not to mention his appearance.
Ordinary concubines, perhaps because of the emperor's majesty, did not dare to slander the emperor's appearance.
But the Shu sisters were used to being favored by Emperor Xuan Jing, and it was common for them to sneer at Emperor Xuan Jing in front of others, so naturally they didn't have much respect for the emperor.
At this moment, Concubine Shu looked at Rong Suihe and found it pleasing to the eye, and the way he talked to her was also affectionate. She immediately felt a bit of love and tolerance as an "aunt". When she heard this, she smiled and said, "This is human nature, are you afraid?" What? If anyone has any objections, just tell them to come and tell Auntie! Auntie will make the decision for you!"
Rong Suihe smiled, just like all the sensible, well-behaved and coquettish juniors in the world. He immediately bowed to the ground and said with a smile: "My nephew has remembered what my aunt said! In the future, when my nephew comes to my aunt to ask for help, Auntie, please don’t ignore your nephew!”
"Auntie, I'll give you some respect now!" Concubine Shu has been serving Emperor Xuan Jing for many years. She rarely has the opportunity to interact with handsome young men. Even if she occasionally meets a few good-looking men, her reputation is not good for her. He was respectful and did not dare to make any mistakes, lest he accidentally offended her somewhere and brought trouble to his whole family. Have you ever had the experience of being coquettishly teased by a handsome man like Rong Suihe
At this moment, I don’t know whether it was the emptiness of being childless or a woman’s instinctive love for young and outstanding men. The more she looked at Rong Shuihe, the more she liked her. She nodded happily and said, "This Lord of Kangzhao County was very ignorant just now and offended me." Aunt, aunt originally planned to teach her a lesson. But firstly because of the relationship between her maternal family, the Feng family, and her aunt, and secondly because of your face, let’s just forget about it today! "
As he spoke, he took off an emerald carved imperial concubine bracelet from his wrist and motioned to Sheng Weiqiao to pick it up, "Here's a bracelet for you to calm down... Little girl, please be smarter in everything you say and do from now on! Don't think about it, all serious blood relatives of this family are... You are looking at me with a low eyebrow, what are you doing? You are really spoiled by your family, and you will be heartbroken by just saying a few kind words... Fortunately, you are rich in blessings, otherwise you can think about your future. Let’s face this fate!”
Sheng Weiqiao felt like vomiting blood, and thought to himself, if you hadn't chosen this matter, how could there be so much right and wrong? You've said both good and bad things now, right
But he had to accept the bracelet and thank him.
Looking at Rong Suihe again, this guy had a cheerful face and a smile on his face. He was calling Concubine Shu "aunt" one after another, making him affectionate and affectionate. His sweet words came at his fingertips. In just a few words, Concubine Shu was made to smile and look at him. , It’s almost as if you were your own flesh and blood, and you can’t help but sigh: “That screwdriver that kidnapped you from the palace must be damned! If you had grown up in Chang’an, we sisters would have no idea how lively it would be!”
Hearing that Queen Meng just wanted to pay it back, Meng Shuangli and the other Meng family girls all changed their expressions: I don't know whether the concubine said this intentionally or unintentionally. If it was unintentional, it would be fine. If it was intentional, they planned to adopt a successor. If a sleeping crane becomes an heir, then...? !
"So my aunt should take more care of her nephew in the future!" Rong Suihe ignored the worries of the Meng girls and sweetly said to Concubine Shu, "My nephew has been in the south for a long time. He has just arrived, and he is very concerned about the government and the public. The eyes of everyone above and below were darkened. I had managed to get the first prize before, but because I was a descendant of the clan, I no longer had it now. Now my future depends entirely on the support of my elders. I also asked my aunt for help. I would like to say more kind words in front of His Majesty! "
Concubine Shu smiled and said: "You brat, I just praised you, and you just followed the stick? The grandfather of Kangzhao County Lord has been filial to me for many years! You have been back for so long, and you haven't even come to this palace. Please give me my regards, it’s very rude of you to ask for help now!"
"Auntie, you have wronged your nephew!" Rong Suihe said with an aggrieved look, "My nephew was adopted by the Sheng family before. He ate the Sheng family's clothes, wore the Sheng family's goods, and used the Sheng family's goods. As a result, the Sheng family worked hard. After cultivating my nephew to become the number one scholar, he was recognized by the Gaomi Palace. Do you think my nephew was embarrassed to take things from the Sheng family? After returning to the palace, he was also embarrassed because he had been separated from his biological parents for too long. You want this or that, but now, even though the title of the county king, the salary and salary are not enough to build the county palace, and the money is tight, where can I find something worthy of my aunt? My nephew can't pay homage to my aunt empty-handed, right?"
"As the saying goes, etiquette is light but affection is heavy. Why can't you do it with nothing?" Concubine Shu scolded him, but immediately added, "But for an outstanding child like you, who is of the clan's blood, it is indeed not a problem to spend all day idle in the palace. . King Gaomi is too honest. As the saying goes, you should not avoid relatives when you are promoted. You are a person who has won the first prize in the Eight Classics. Even if you are his own flesh and blood, why not recommend you to be an official? In this way, I will mention it to Your Majesty later. , I’ll send you a serious student to prevent all your learning from going to waste!”
When Rong Suihe heard the words, he immediately showed a look of joy, and praised the imperial concubine again. The imperial concubine was elated when he spoke frankly, and her eyes were so gentle that she could shed tears when she looked at him... Empress Meng and Sheng Weiqiao watched their aunt and nephew talking happily. , all silent.
Empress Meng's aunt and nephews had managed to escape the disaster, and now they were naturally afraid of attracting the imperial concubine's attention.
Sheng Weiqiao was secretly scolding Rong Suihe for being shameless: "I thought he was just having a good relationship with the Zhao sisters without telling me, but now it's the first time I've spoken to the imperial concubine in private, and he coaxed the imperial concubine into being like this!!! What a shame for him!" He has the nerve to swear in front of me that he is loyal!!! This is not loyalty at all, it is just seeing someone and loving someone!!! Speaking of which, although the imperial concubine is not his serious aunt, she is still an elder! He How dare you be so close to this shameless guy!!!"
Immediately I thought of Gongsun Yingjiang. Although Gongsun Yingjiang was not Rong Suihe's biological niece, they grew up together after all. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, since Gongsun Yingjiang is a person who doesn't care about seniority, even his uncle wants to sleep with him. Master, I'm afraid Rong Suihe is not someone who cares about seniority... Could it be that he really has a crush on the imperial concubine? !
Thinking of this possibility, Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but shudder, and his eyes on Rong Suihe became subtle.
At this time, she suddenly felt her sleeve being pulled. When she looked back, she saw Juli quietly pointing at Gongsun Xi who was not far away.
Sheng Weiqiao frowned for a while, seeing Gongsun Xi's frequent hints, Queen Meng also leaned over and whispered: "The servant of Prince Mi Zhen seems to be looking for you. Maybe Prince Mi Zhen wants to deal with the imperial concubine at the moment and has no time." After talking to you, he asked his servant to inquire about the current situation of the royal family... You go ahead, don't worry, I will go to Meng's side to talk to you!"
"...What's going on?" Sheng Weiqiao had no choice but to walk aside with Gongsun Xi and asked a little coldly.
Gongsun Xi's ambition to assist his leader step by step to ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan and work hard to rule the world was shattered by her. Now he was not enthusiastic anymore and said coldly: "The leader asked me to ask the county master if he had ever suffered a loss just now." ?What kind of grievances have you suffered?"
"Why is he asking this?" Sheng Weiqiao said with a sneer, "Does it have anything to do with him? Besides, he is chatting so well with the imperial concubine now, and he still has the time to care about me?! I never saw that he was like this before What a wonderful person!"
After the last two sentences were spoken, I immediately felt something was wrong. I was suspicious of jealousy, and my heart suddenly became filled with anger. After glancing at Concubine Shu, Empress Meng and others in the distance, she suppressed her hatred.
"In fact, the leader of my family rarely takes the Eight-faced Exquisite seriously." Gongsun Xi heard this, without even looking at Concubine Shu, and said calmly, "The first time he had the Eight-faced Exquisite, he was forced to move to the fifth brother's valley and lived there for several years. Several people in the year were later cut off and dragged at the stern of the boat. They were chewed into skeletons by sea fish for three days and three nights. Later, Bamian Linglong was the original second boss of Tortoiseshell Island, and the second boss had better luck. During a fight at sea, he was stabbed through the heart by an arrow, and he died cleanly and neatly; after that, there were also a few thornheads from the Wuyi camp who were also present. Those people were more miserable because they were used to suppress the scene. Some were empowered with copper juice, some had their entire human skin skinned alive, some swallowed soldering irons, some were lit by sky lanterns, and..."
Seeing that Sheng Weiqiao's face turned paler the more he listened, he thought to himself that he had really frightened the delicate county boss, and he was afraid that Rong Suihe would not be able to spare him if he found out, so he regretfully stopped talking, sighed, and concluded, " The leader hasn’t been so upright and well-rounded in several years, not to mention the county leader, even I miss him a lot.”
"..." What do you miss? ! Do you miss cutting off people's limbs and dragging them to the stern of a boat to feed to sea fish, or do you miss initiating copper juice and skinning people alive, making them swallow soldering irons, or lighting sky lanterns? !
Sure enough, any leader has his subordinates! ! !
Sheng Weiqiao calmed down for a moment and then said quietly, "Those people in the past were all pirates anyway. This one is the emperor's darling!"
After saying these words, she wanted to bite her tongue instantly: Why should I think about him? Ah, why? ! ! !
"It's okay." In contrast, Gongsun Xi was very calm. "The leader is very experienced. Just watch. No matter what happens later, the imperial concubine may be very grateful to the leader."
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
The two were silent for a while, and Gongsun Xi urged him again: "You should tell me what kind of grievance you suffered just now!"
"...It's nothing." Sheng Weiqiao twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "The imperial concubine just scared me and didn't really take me... huh? Wait!!!"
She suddenly woke up, stopped talking, glared at Gongsun Xi, sneered a few times, and said, "What wrong I suffered has to do with Rong Suihe?! Tell him to mind his own business!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand and walked towards Queen Meng!
Gongsun Xi: “…………………”
Silently reflecting: I shouldn't have revealed my true feelings about hating her just now, right
Or has this spoiled apple finally grown some brains and realized that I really, really, really, really, really dislike her? ?
… Well, none of that matters for now!
The most important thing now is...
How would he reply later to Rong Suihe, who was preparing to watch this young ancestor answer Concubine Shu? !