Kyoto City.
Since the Lantern Festival, Mingyu has been imprisoned by Murong Ke in the palace. After the Tomb-sweeping Festival, the draft is over. Except for a few girls who wanted to meet secretly during the draft and were sent out of the palace, there is nothing wrong with it. It was Mingyu's opinion that they were all kept. Anyway, there were no people in the palace. She felt that it was difficult to pick out the good and the bad among those beautiful women, so she gave Murong Ke an idea to keep them all.
Murong Ke didn't even make a promise, and there weren't too many of these show girls.
However, apart from Shen Huan'er who was promoted to a concubine because of her father's merits, there were only two nobles who were rewarded based on their status, the others were either Jieyu or agreed, but the harem was much more lively. All the flattery to her is to attract Murong Ke, so I feel a bit dull.
It's still fun to go out of the palace.
"Father, I haven't gone out of the palace to play for a long time." Mingyu has grown a lot in the past few months, and she looks quite slim. She is more and more similar to Ye Zhen. She has been taught by Madam Xi for a few months, and she no longer likes to throw herself on Murong Ke as before, but she still pulls his sleeve coquettishly, begging Murong Ke to agree to her out of the palace.
"Didn't you go to the hunting ground a few days ago?" Murong Ke said jokingly.
Mingyu immediately said, "That's different."
Although the hunting ground is also very interesting, but I went with my father, with many guards around me, so I didn't have any freedom at all.
"If you want to find Yan Xiaoliu, you may have to wait for a while. I let him go out with your uncle." Murong Ke said, after receiving Mingxi's letter, he asked Ye Chunnan to lead the troops to the wasteland city. Ye Chunnan took Yan Xiaoliu with him.
He knew that this was Ye Chunnan's chance to give Yan Xiaoliu a chance to compete for military merit.
It was for Mingyu.
"What? Why did Yan Xiaoliu go to the expedition? He didn't tell me." Mingyu was taken aback. Yan Xiaoliu came to her a few days ago and never told her about it.
"I don't tell you, because I don't want you to worry." Murong Ke said.
Mingyu bit her lip, and began to worry about whether Yan Xiaoliu would be injured in the wilderness city.
"Now the capital city is not very stable, so you don't want to leave the palace for now." Murong Ke said in a low voice. The evidence of Teng Ye's rebellion has already been sent up, but the spies hiding in the capital have not been cleaned up yet, so he is worried. Let Mingyu go out.
"I didn't go anywhere to play, so I... went to find my aunt." Mingyu thought about it, and felt that going to her aunt's house and playing with her cousins was much more interesting than being in the palace.
Murong Ke laughed, "Didn't you say a few days ago that the palace is also fun?"
"If it's fun, it will get boring." Mingyu said in a low voice.
"Did someone make you unhappy?" Murong Ke asked in a deep voice. Although all the beautiful women stayed and he also rewarded a few, he has never been to the harem these days, let alone let anyone sleep. He thought that Mingyu should get along well with those concubines.
Mingyu smiled and said, "Who will make me unhappy, they make me happy every day."
Murong Ke rubbed her head, "If you feel bored, I'll ask your aunt to bring the child in to accompany you."
"Father, I am a princess, who dares to bully me outside the palace." Mingyu didn't understand why she was not allowed out of the palace.
"I'll let you go out to play after a few days." Murong Ke said with a smile.
"Father..." Mingyu tugged at Murong Ke's sleeve, "My aunt gave birth to a younger sister, and I haven't even gone to see her."
Murong Ke said helplessly, "In a few days, I will definitely let you go out of the palace to have fun."
"Okay." Seeing that Murong Ke was determined not to let her leave the palace, Mingyu knew that no matter how much she dragged on, it would be useless.
"I'll save you from reading the memorial here today, go back." Murong Ke said with a smile.
Mingyu's face finally flashed with joy, "Okay, then I'll go back first."
Murong Ke's eyes were filled with a doting smile, "Yes."
"Princess, I have been waiting for you in the main hall for a long time." Seeing Mingyu coming back, Hanlu went up to meet her, and nodded towards the main hall.
Shen Huan'er really... came to look for her every day without hesitation.
Mingyu frowned, at first she thought Shen Huan'er was quite amusing, but gradually she found that Shen Huan'er was actually more for attracting the attention of her father, so she felt a bit boring.
"The princess is back?" Shen Huan'er saw Mingyu, her eyes unconsciously glanced behind Mingyu, but she was a little disappointed when she didn't see Murong Ke.
A few times before, she could still meet Murong Ke here.
"Yes, when did Concubine Shen Gui come?" Ming Yu asked with a smile, seeing the disappointment in Shen Huan'er's eyes.
"Not long after I came here, everyone was admiring the flowers in the imperial garden, and wanted to invite the princess to come with me." Shen Huan'er cheered up again. She was already much luckier than other women in the palace. The emperor has more opportunities.
Mingyu thought about it, if she didn't go to the Imperial Garden, she would definitely spend half a day here dealing with Shen Huan'er, "Okay, let's go to the Imperial Garden."
Almost all the concubines had arrived in the imperial garden, and Ming Yu was immediately surrounded by groups as soon as he appeared.
"You two are around the princess, how can she enjoy the flowers?" Shen Huan'er said lightly, she knew the reason why these women wanted to please Mingyu, but unfortunately, since the emperor didn't send Mingyu back, it should be will not appear.
Mingyu said with a smile, "I heard that you are playing games while admiring the flowers. I'll join in the fun."
"Princess take your seat first, our game is about to start." Shen Huan'er said.
"Okay." Mingyu walked into the gazebo, and found that there was already a person sitting inside, drinking fruit wine with a crystal glass cup. When she saw Mingyu coming in, she stood up and saluted, "His Royal Highness."
Mingyu took a look at her, and recognized her as the beautiful girl she had seen in Chuxiu Palace before, it seemed that she was called Lei Bingfu, who was made a noble person, and was the only one who didn't try to curry favor with her.
"Your Honor Lei." Mingyu bowed back, a little curious about this Lei Bingfu, others wanted to use her to get close to her father, it seemed that only this woman had nothing to do with competing for favor.
"Why are you still drinking? You're an alcoholic." Shen Huan'er gave Lei Bingfu a look, and joked in a relaxed tone.
Lei Bingfu said flatly, "It's a pity not to drink such delicious fruit wine."
"Really? I'll try." Mingyu said with interest.
"Your Highness is still a child, so you can't drink alcohol." Lei Bingfu laughed.
Mingyu sat down and asked Hanlu to get her wine, "Who said that, my brother also drinks."
Lei Bingfu remembered the deal with Mingxi, she glanced at Mingyu, "That's right."