Time flies, and half a year has passed by.
In the past six months, Beijing has been peaceful on the surface. The fourth prince has been disabled, and he has locked himself in the fourth prince's mansion all day long, and the king of Qin has been self-imprisoned for half a year because of the dragon boat case. Whether it's just watching or what, the past six months have been very quiet.
The Seventh Prince's performance in the court hall was quite amazing, but he was faintly suppressed by the emperor deliberately.
Chu Yan didn't do anything in the past six months. Ever since the fourth prince and King Qin had incidents, the emperor was very wary. In order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, the only thing Chu Yan did other than talking with Su Yan every day was to quietly hold the entire Shenji camp in his hands.
Today is December 25th, Xiaonian.
People say that the auspicious snow heralds a good year, and this year the snow is exceptionally thick and the weather is also exceptionally cold. As lunch starts, there are bursts of crackling firecrackers outside.
In Ronghui Garden, the four charcoal pots in Su Yan's house were burning vigorously, Zhong Ning sat cross-legged on the kang, roasting sweet potatoes, and Tao Su lazily lay beside Zhong Ning. Su Yanyi's eyes hurt from reading on the concubine's couch, so she raised her head and looked outside through the air gap left by the window, just in time to see the snow-covered trees in the distance.
At this time, Liu Xiang pushed the door in wearing a small jacket and holding Mrs. Tang in her arms, bringing in a chill: "Concubine Shizi, there is news from the palace, please come into the palace."
Su Yan looked at the Western clock not far away, it was newly bought by Chu Yan for her, and it was said that it was the latest style brought from the West.
"In the palace? Who invited me?" When she was free, those princesses would also call her into the palace to talk, but they would not be in a hurry at noon.
Liu Xiang rubbed her hands and said, "It's Concubine Xiao."
Concubine Xiao? Su Yan put the story book on the table, and her mind turned back and forth at that moment.
Concubine Xiao invited her into the palace? This is the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair. Although she has often entered the palace in the past six months, she has never had any contact with Concubine Xiao Gui.
Since the incident with the Fourth Prince happened, Concubine Xiao took this opportunity to regain her favor, and now she is not in the limelight after the harem, and the number of bedtimes every month is even more than the beauties who have just entered the palace.
I don't know why Xiao Guifei invited her into the palace this time? Couldn't it be that she is here to "revenge" Xiao Bao'er because she is now in the honor of being favored
Su Yan couldn't figure it out.
At this time, Chu Yan was still in the Shenji Camp. Su Yan thought about it, washed up and took Yunquan into the palace. Before leaving, Su Yan specially brought a copy of the drug and put it in her sleeve pocket. .
Concubine Xiao Gui will not be aimless, she has to go to know what she wants to do.
It was the first time for Su Yan to visit Concubine Xiao's Guanju Palace, standing in front of Guanju Palace, Su Yan couldn't help but click her tongue. This Guanju Palace looks even more magnificent than the queen's bedroom. There are two plum trees planted at the gate of the palace, and now they have grown their bones.
The nanny who was guarding the door early in the morning saw Su Yan approaching and immediately said: "Concubine Shizi, please."
Su Yan settled down, and walked into Concubine Xiao's bedroom without distraction.
"Princess Le'an, please stay safe." Concubine Xiao looked at Su Yan with a smile. Concubine Xiao was dressed in brocade clothes with a graceful demeanor, and the traces of time on her face were not obvious. No wonder a person in her forties can still compete with a group of young girls. It does have money.
Su Yan was wearing a pink jacket and skirt, with a slim figure, a bun of ingots on her head, and a hair ornament made of Dongzhu wrapped around her head. Her eyebrows were picturesque, her eyes bright and her teeth bright, and she couldn't take her eyes off just standing there. It was even more beautiful than she remembered.
Concubine Xiao Gui withdrew her gaze, looked at Su Yan saluting there, and did not cry out.
Su Yan kept a half-squat position on her knees, seeing Concubine Xiao deliberately letting herself go, she knew that the visitor was not kind, and Concubine Xiao was trying to give herself a bad blow.
If she was overwhelmed by Concubine Xiao's aura like this, she would not be called Su Yan anymore.
Concubine Xiao didn't call out, but Su Yan got up and looked at Concubine Xiao with a smile without changing her face: "I don't know what is the purpose of your mother calling my wife?"
Concubine Xiao frowned, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but she said with a smile: "I've been feeling unwell recently, I want to ask Shi Zifei to help me get a pulse."
Pulse? There are so many imperial doctors in the palace, how can I use myself? Alarm bells were ringing in Su Yan's heart, but Concubine Xiao Gui over there was already ready, even took out the hand pillow, obviously not giving Su Yan a chance to refuse.
Seeing that Concubine Xiao Gui had set up a trap for herself early in the morning, Su Yan looked around calmly, there were no traps in ambush, and the maids were all in good order. Su Yan gave Yunquan a look, and calmly walked to Concubine Xiao Gui: "Please extend your hand, Madam."
Concubine Xiao Gui put her hand on the hand pillow and looked at Su Yan with a smile on her face.
Su Yan caught a glimpse of Concubine Xiao's smile from the corner of her eye, and always felt that Concubine Xiao's face seemed to be wearing a mask, which made people feel uncomfortable.
While paying attention to the surrounding situation, Su Yan stretched out her slender fingers to touch Concubine Xiao's white wrist lightly. After a few breaths, Su Yan withdrew her hand and took a step back and said to Concubine Xiao: "Your Majesty is in good health and is not sick. inappropriate."
Concubine Xiao Gui suddenly frowned: "Didn't the concubine Shi Zi diagnose it? This palace is a happy pulse."
Before Su Yan could respond, Concubine Xiao Gui smiled lightly, stood up and moved closer to Su Yan, exhaling into her ear like blue, but the words she said were not good: "I heard that you There is a kind of medicine in my hand, taking it can make people get a happy pulse."
"Your Majesty, you are joking, where is this kind of medicine in the world?" Su Yan looked at Concubine Xiao's eyes without any waves, but her heart suddenly trembled. It is true that she has this kind of medicine in her hand, it was developed by Mrs. Zhong with great concentration, most people would not know that she has this kind of medicine in her hand, but how could Concubine Xiao know
It seems that Concubine Xiao Gui's purpose of "inviting" herself into the palace this time is to want this kind of medicine.
"Don't be in a hurry to deny it." Concubine Xiao Gui couldn't tell from Su Yan's reaction whether she really had the medicine in her hand. She was in urgent need of the medicine now, and the news that Su Yan had the medicine was just to please others. She spoke with her.
But even though she was not sure in her heart, Concubine Xiao Gui still pretended to be deep and ordered the maid: "Zi Lin, go and get the things."
When the palace lady brought the box over to Su Yan, Su Yan's expression changed when she opened the box and saw the jade pendant in the box. This is the personal jade pendant she gave to Xing Minzhi, and there are words carved by Chu Yan on the jade pendant. .
Holding the jade pendant tightly, Su Yan looked at Concubine Xiao Gui's gaze suddenly turned cold: "My Lady, what does this mean?"
Concubine Xiao looked at Su Yan and smiled lightly: "Seeing that it's almost a year, I specially invited the three members of the Xing family to sit down. Don't worry, as long as you follow what I said, I will let them go home safely."