Xiao Yu opened his eyes and stared at the burning candle beside the bed in a trance.
This old dream seemed to drag him directly to six years ago.
At that time, he was young and vigorous, and he refused to let her in the slightest. She was the first year of junior high school, and he was the fifteenth.
I still think that the most important thing is time,
She thought that what Xi Niang said on the day she got married was a matter of course.
He never thought that the girl he loved would suffer for him from the moment she put on her wedding dress.
His thin lips trembled, as if he wanted to call her name, but he couldn't make a sound.
Xiao Yu was remorseful in the loss, but Qin Wei was reborn in the remorse.
She listened to the chaotic breathing around her, and this time she could conclude that she and him had the same dream three times.
After all, she had walked through the gate of hell, even if she had suffered a lot of grievances, but now, when she looks back, she no longer blames him.
In fact, she has no right to blame him.
After all, compared with love, the Su family cooperated with the enemy and betrayed the country, killing 60,000 soldiers and soldiers on the battlefield. This is the real sin that cannot be forgiven.
The world already belongs to him. With his temperament, he didn't strip her of the title of queen, and he was willing to treat her children kindly. Why didn't he think about the relationship between husband and wife.
It's just that this affection should stand on the top of the government's interest in the death of people.
When she entered the palace this time, she no longer wanted to get lost and struggle in the deep palace, she just wanted to be a monarch and minister with him again, and take Yuner to grow up.
The concubine was right, she still had to be favored if she wanted to raise a prince.
After a long silence, Qin Jie stretched out her thin white fingers and touched his shoulder, and said softly, "Your Majesty is going to court today, it's time to get up."
Xiao Yu's thoughts gathered in an instant, his Adam's apple moved slightly, "um", and sat up.
Qin Pian went down to the ground with her shoes on the ground, holding the twelve-chapter robes in her hands, and asked softly like the previous few times: "Chen, concubine, please change your majesty's clothes."
Xiao Yu stared at him, instead of rejecting it as usual, he got up and walked in front of her, opening his arms.
Qin Xue was slightly startled, then carefully waited for him to change clothes, tied a crown, tied a jade belt, and finally stroked the mid laner who was in Fuqing's edge collar.
Xiao Yu looked at her flustered fingertips with a dim expression, and then pushed out the door.
Qin Jie followed and watched him leave.
Autumn is very nice today.
Xiao Yu walked towards the Taihe Gate, and the black dragon-patterned robe was impressively powerful against the backdrop of the red wall, just like in the memory of a certain morning when the sky was blue.
"Sheng Kanghai." Xiao Yu said.
Eunuch Sheng followed behind the emperor and said with a smile, "The servant is here."
"Send a letter to Changning, tell the truth, and tell her to come back immediately."
Eunuch Sheng nodded and said, "The slave understands."
Xiao Yu paused in his footsteps, and said again: "I will pass on the decree again, the Ministry of Taoism and Rites, Qin Meiren obeys the etiquette and knows the etiquette, and she bows quietly, and is named the fourth-grade Jieyu. She will move into the main hall of Jingyang Palace on another day."
A sixth-rank beauty is named a fourth-rank Jieyu, this... This is a leapfrog award.
Eunuch Sheng was stunned for a moment, thinking about the connection between these two sacred decrees, and immediately said: "The servant will order it."
After filing with the Ministry of Rites, Eunuch Sheng sent the canonization decree to Jinlan Garden.
Then Wang Fusheng, the chief eunuch of Silijian, came again.
This time, the smile on the prince's face was much more flattering than when Qin Jie first entered the palace.
"The servant greets Jieyu." The prince was fair.
The prince took a list from the lacquer tray and offered it with both hands: "This is a separate list for our Jingyang Palace. If there is something that is not enough, even if you tell the servant, the servant will send it to you immediately. ."
"Father-in-law is too polite." Qin Ye smiled.
"It should be, it should be." Wang Gonggong said again: "The female eunuch who was assigned to the beauty last time, do you still have to use it? If it doesn't work, the servant will replace it for you in the afternoon."
Qin Xue said: "It's all still needed, Eunuch Lao has to worry about it."
After Wang Fusheng left, Qin Xun slowly opened the brief table of cases—
Four Pines Jieyu:
The annual salary is 400 yuan, and the utensils used are silver; the color of the porcelain is blue and yellow dragon, and the number of umbrellas, fans and ice is increased by half.
Two white wax, two yellow wax, and four suet wax.
She finally didn't have to calculate it all day.
The news that Qin Meiren was promoted to Qin Jieyu was like a wolf smoke on the battlefield. Together with the wolf smoke, the eyes of the palaces changed.
This harem has always been like this, who fell out of favor and who made a mistake, everyone listened to it as a joke.
Can be pampered, it will be different.
Sun Taifei's body is well known in each palace, and now Qin Xie is frequently called to Shou'an Palace, and the emperor is also pampering him.
There is only such a single seedling in the harem, which is not a trivial matter.
Concubine Xue slapped her palm on the table and said sternly, "Didn't you say that His Majesty disliked her? Why did you get promoted?"
Changge bowed her body and said, "My lord, calm down. Two days ago, Qin Meiren really didn't seem to be favored. Today, today, I don't know what happened?"
"I don't know what's going on?" Xue Fei said angrily.
Changge immediately knelt down and said, "Since that's the case, we might as well do something, as the mother-in-law told me, there is nothing the servants can't do."
"Do something?" Concubine Xue gave a "ho" and said, "Do you really think that Qin Jieyu is a fool? As soon as she entered the palace, this palace asked her to copy the scriptures, she knew that I was deliberately embarrassing. , but the manners and rules are that you can't make mistakes at all, if you do something, she will take the bait, tell me?"
Changge's legs trembled.
Xue Fei took two breaths and said, "Wait, wait."
She was not the only one who couldn't sit still in this deep palace courtyard.
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The next day is Longevity.
Since the Great Zhou treasury was still not rich, the emperor demanded that everything be kept simple during the Longevity Festival.
Early in the morning, Lu Ze, the commander of Jinyiwei, led people to stand on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
After the banquet of civil and military officials, it is a family banquet.
The people from the east and west six palaces have all arrived today.
There is a feast for one person, sitting on the floor, and there are many delicious delicacies on the table, a plate of Bobo, a plate of lamb shank, a plate of mandarin fish, and a plate of fruit.
According to Qin Xie's grade, she just happened to be next to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan looked at her with a complicated expression, but still whispered, "Congratulations to Qin Jieyu."
Qin Yan said, "Thank you, Niangniang."
Two days ago, she was still a beauty, but today she has transformed into Jieyu. If you say who is the most uncomfortable, it is not the third concubine in the palace, but the charming and compelling He Shuyi and Xu Shuyi.
These two people were born in a high class, and their appearance was excellent. To be honest, they didn't take Qin Jie in their eyes at all.
Especially Xu Shuyi, her father told her that the emperor now promotes the poor family, and attaches great importance to the Xu family. This time she entered the palace for the post, the position of His Majesty's wife.
But now, let's not talk about the wife.
The emperor has not been to her palace yet.
Today, she deliberately wore a peach pink long skirt with a low collar and wide sleeves, and she didn't see the person in the hall looking at her more.
Everyone knows that Israel will not serve people for long, but if they can't even attract people with their flesh and blood, what's the point of the future.
Xu Shuyi clenched her fists.
Young people are like this. They think they hide their unwillingness well, but in the eyes of the queen mother and the concubine, it is more obvious.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Since today is a family banquet, don't hold back. I heard from the Shangyi Bureau that Xu Shuyi prepared a dance for His Majesty, and Aijia is also looking forward to it."
Xu Shuyi's face flushed, she stood up and said, "My concubine is not good at dancing, I'm afraid I'm going to be embarrassed today."
Such words, without ten years of dance skills, would never dare to say.
Xu Shuyi came to the center of the hall, and with the music, she seemed to have changed a person.
Although Xu Shuyi's wide-sleeved robe was made of satin, she used a thin gauze around her waist, and the way she bent over and flung her sleeves made women look twice.
Mei Mu is affectionate, this is really hooking the emperor.
With such a style, the emperor is going to flip her brand tonight.
However, Xiao Yu would look at Qin Jie from time to time, to be precise, at the fish on her table.
Qin Xue knew what was going on in her heart, but others didn't.
The emperor's exploratory gaze turned into a brow that was in full view.
Even the queen mother noticed something was wrong.
This look is really different from looking at others.
Could it be that the emperor likes this face? Can't hold back when you see this face
At the end of the song, everyone saw that the emperor's interest was in Qin Jieyu's place, not in the dance, and their gazes at Xu Shuyi couldn't help but feel more sarcastic.
Concubine Liu said slowly: "Sister Xu's good dancing skills, it is too modest to say that she is not superb."
Xu Shuyi's ears were slightly red, and she said, "It's only worth two years of study, it's really not superb."
Concubine Liu gave a speechless "uh" and said, "It can last for two years... Then Xu Shuyi is really smart and talented."
Concubine Liu is the daughter of the cabinet's chief assistant. Although she has a prominent family, her appearance is the most unremarkable in this harem. Now that it is two decades old, it is even more difficult to see young and bright girls.
Xu Shuyi opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say, so she said, "Thank you for your praise."
The empress dowager said: "Okay, Aijia also thinks Xu Shuyi dances well, what does the emperor think?"
At this moment, Xiao Yu seemed to be indistinguishable from the men in the world, he smiled and said, "I think it's pretty good too."
As soon as the man opened his mouth, Xu Shuyi immediately blushed and said quickly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu tilted his head and said to Duke Sheng, "Reward."
After Xu Shuyi was seated, the queen mother looked at Qin Jie and said, "I don't know what gift Qin Jieyu has prepared?"
Qin Jie got up and said softly, "My concubine's dancing skills are not as good as Xu Shuyi's, so I prepared a painting."
The queen mother said: "Come and see."
Qin Jie gave the painting to the two little eunuchs.
The picture scroll slowly unfolds, and it is a quite satisfactory picture of the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.
The queen mother tilted her head and said to the concubine: "How does the concubine think about this painting?"
The concubine said softly: "The pen is dexterous and elegant, and it is a masterpiece of landscape."
After saying that, the princess coughed.
One after another, anyone who listened to it couldn't help but feel worried, this is the end of the day.
Mother Yuan hurriedly held a bowl of soup and medicine, walked around from behind, and whispered, "Tiffany be careful of the heat."
At this moment, the Xiaohuangmen outside suddenly came to report, "Report to Your Majesty, Princess Changning is here!"
Xiao Yu said: "Let her come in."
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the door of the temple.
The eldest princess of Changning, Xiao Lianyu, the most beloved young daughter of the late emperor.
She was wearing a turquoise gold twig pattern damask jacket and a moon-white immortal skirt, walking towards the center of the hall with lotus steps. Even though his face was a little haggard and he lost weight, his almond eyes were still as bright as bright pearls.
"Changning wishes His Majesty the dragon's health." Changning gave a big gift.
"No gift." Xiao Yu said.
No one expected that Princess Changning would come tonight. When she was in shock, the little prince in the concubine's arms suddenly whispered, "Is this, Aunt?"