As the lone boat approached, the sound of the xun became clearer and clearer, simple and resentful, vicissitudes of life were desolate, revealing the pain of lovesickness, lingering and pathos.
This song "Long Lovesickness" was originally a qin piece, but at the moment it is blown by the Xun, it looks even more sad and miserable, and the sad music makes the listener's heart tremble.
Not far away, the three young masters by the lake were fascinated by what they heard, and the young man in the blue brocade robe looked at the woman in the lonely boat with burning eyes, and blurted out: "Is that one..."
"The maiden of Baiyue who puts on clothes!" The friend replied without thinking.
"Sound of nature! It really is the sound of nature." The blue-robed young man tapped his palm with the handle of his fan full of praise.
The three of them are obsessed with following the figure in the clothes with their eyes...
When the leaf lone boat gradually approached the Moon Companion Pavilion, the sound of the xun gradually became lighter, ending with a long sigh, as if the surrounding air trembled.
Bai Yi put down the xun in his hand, and looked towards the Moon Companion Pavilion.
Baiyi also followed Shengjia to Yinglan Palace, because the peace talks have not made any progress, and Kui Lang is still in prison, so they can only stay in Dayu for the time being, and the return date is uncertain. This time the emperor came to Yinglan Palace to escape the summer heat, so he simply brought them with him.
At this moment, because of the blowing of the Xun, the veil on the face was removed by the clothes, and the beautiful facial features were exposed to the air. The blue eyes, nose, and cherry lips were so perfect that there was almost no blemish. She is confident that most men will be fascinated by this peerless face...
However, when she found that Xiao Yi was also in the pavilion, her expression froze suddenly.
But soon, she adjusted her mentality, blessed Fushen as if nothing had happened, and said: "Wang Yi met Lord Hou, Shi..."
Before she finished speaking, Xiao Yi casually interrupted her: "Xiao Bai, who is this woman? Could it be..."
Even if Xiao Yi doesn't understand music theory, he can still hear that Bai Yi is expressing his heart with the song "Long Lovesickness"!
Xiao Yi supported his head with his hands, leaned on the stone table, and said nonchalantly, "Could it be the prostitute you hired to entertain?"
The corner of Xiaosi's mouth curled up slightly, and he suddenly felt that Xiao Shizi had become a little cute again.
But the clothes were almost unsupported, and the small palm-sized face was as stiff as if wearing a mask. In addition to anger, there was embarrassment and hatred in the blue eyes.
Damn it! It's Xiao Yi again!
He even compared himself to a prostitute!
Bai Yi glanced at Guan Yubai quickly, with tenderness in his eyes, but found that the other party was drinking tea leisurely, not looking at him at all.
Could it be that he has no intention of treating him?... No way!
Bai Yi firmly said to himself in his heart, calm down, and regain his strength, but his charming voice was slightly stiff: "Bai Yi has met Mr. Xiao, and Mr. Xiao really knows how to joke."
She wanted to bring up this topic as if nothing had happened, and if it was an ordinary person, she would follow the trend, but it happened that she met Xiao Yi.
"It turned out to be a saint." Xiao Yi intentionally showed an expression of sudden realization, "The saint is covered with a veil every day, and I really didn't recognize it for a while."
Of course Bai Yi knew that Xiao Yi was talking nonsense. He had once shown off his face at a palace banquet, and his attire was different from Dayu's girl. How could Xiao Yi not know his identity! He was clearly humiliating himself!
Putting his clothes on and holding back his anger, he said lightly: "Your Majesty is really a noble man who forgets things a lot."
"It's no wonder." Xiao Yi glanced at the almost distorted face of the clothes, shook his head and said, "My Dayu's prostitutes have always been knowledgeable and interesting, so when they are punching wine, they naturally want to play and sing some lively tunes, how can they be so disappointing , playing such an unlucky tune!"
For a moment, the little face in the clothes was flushed, and he looked at Xiao Yi in disbelief.
How dare he dare to say that he is not even as good as Dayu's happy prostitutes...
It was the first time in Bai Yi's life that he suffered such a great humiliation, she couldn't help but look at Guan Yubai again, hoping that he could reprimand Xiao Yi.
Who knew that Guan Yubai's expression was still calm, and there was still that usual light smile on the corner of his mouth.
In the past, this shallow smile made Bai Yi's heart flutter, but now it turned into a sharp arrow and pierced her heart fiercely. He didn't have her in his heart, not only that, he didn't even see her in his eyes!
The latter is even more humiliating to Bai Yi than the former.
At this time, Xiao Yi said lazily again: "If the saint girl wants to play the piano and music, I can introduce some benefactors to you. Look, there are people waiting for the saint girl over there. As for here Don't worry about it, it's really unlucky to listen to this kind of music."
While talking, Xiao Yi waved his hand lightly, as if he was dismissing his servants.
The hands hidden under the sleeves of the clothes were tightly clenched into fists, staring at the two of them.
She thought that being locked up in a prison van and brought to the capital was the greatest humiliation she had ever experienced, but it was hard to compare with today.
Xiao Yi, she won't forgive him!
And Guan Yubai, she must make him face up to her existence! She must leave an indelible mark in his heart, she doesn't believe that she can't win him with her own charm!
In the Moon Companion Pavilion, Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai chatted and laughed on their own, until the boat she was riding in went away, no one bothered to look at her.
In the moonlit night, Bai Yi's sea blue eyes were terribly dark, just like the undulating sea surface on that stormy night.
Until they returned to the Yanyu Pavilion specially arranged for their group of Baiyue envoys, it was still difficult to calm down when putting on clothes.
"Your Highness the Holy Maiden." Seeing her coming back, A Chida glanced behind her subconsciously, and said with some doubts, "Why did you come back so early? Could it be that the information we heard was wrong? Guan Yubai not there?"
Bai Yi walked in without saying a word.
"His Royal Highness?"
Bai Yi gritted his teeth and said, "That Xiao Yi spoiled my good deed."
"Xiao Yi again?"
If you want to ask who the Baiyue people hate the most, there is no doubt that the name "Xiao Yi" is definitely the first. He not only ruined their plan of Baiyue and captured His Royal Highness the First Prince, but he was also aggressive in this peace talk, he is simply a rascal!
Bai Yi bit her red lips lightly, and said decisively: "If it wasn't for that Xiao Yi who got in the way, I wouldn't have failed. Xiao Yi..." She slowly let go of her clenched fist, poured herself a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp. After finally regaining his composure, he said, "Last time I went to see His Highness, and His Highness said that Xiao Yi is cunning and cunning. With him, the peace talks with Dayu will definitely be hindered this time. Your Highness asked us to try to get rid of him."
"It's not easy to get rid of him... When we were in southern Xinjiang, we set up ambushes several times, but we only caused him some minor injuries." A Chi replied coldly: "This person, his father hates his mother, I am afraid that even His own father wished to get rid of him soon, no wonder his temper is so violent."
"Everyone has weaknesses. Xiao Yi should be no exception..." Bai Yi said, thinking, "As far as I can see, he has a very good relationship with his concubine, they come in and out together, and they are very affectionate. "
Ah Chi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "The Princess Yaoguang?"
It has been half a year since the Baiyue envoys arrived in the capital, and they came here with intentions, so they naturally spent their time investigating the nobles of the royal family. Xiao Yi and his concubine were married by imperial decree. It's not a secret, so naturally I got it as soon as I asked.
Bai Yi nodded and said: "Regardless of whether the love between Xiao Yi and Princess Yaoguang is for the emperor to see, or it is true, this is the only thing we can take advantage of for the time being."
"Oh." Achi sneered, "Your Highness, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. That Princess Yaoguang has repeatedly swept your face, and you just want to take the opportunity to take revenge."
Bai Yi's face turned pale, and he said hastily, "I just..."
"His Royal Highness, please remember our purpose of coming to Dayu this time. Your life, face, and dignity are not important." A Chida looked at her coldly, and saw that her face was getting paler, and then continued Said, "That's all for now. From now on, Princess Yaoguang may be the only breakthrough..."
Bai Yi let out a breath, his face still a bit ugly.
She is a high-ranking saint in Baiyue, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the First Prince who thought that she was not doing well in the Jinxinhui, and simply handed over the peace talks to Aheda, how could he have allowed him to humiliate herself like this!
Ah Chi replied secretly proud of himself, but did not reveal anything on his face, and asked, "Can you find out from Dayu's third prince why the emperor suddenly came here to escape the summer heat?"
Bai Yi forcibly endured and said: "The third prince only said that it was due to the queen mother's heatstroke."
Achi nodded, and said noncommittally: "In short, the third prince can't stop, we are alone in Dayu, and although the third prince doesn't seem to be favored now, he might be able to help us at a critical moment .”
Bai Yi wanted to say that he was not a prostitute who came here to seduce men, but when he thought of the order from the First Prince, he could only answer "Yes" sullenly.
Bai Yi suddenly remembered something, and said: "Speaking of the third prince, his confidante, Miss Bai, is the cousin of Princess Yaoguang. And the relationship between the two cousins seems not to be harmonious. Big girl..." She recalled the few encounters she had with Bai Muxiao, and said, "It's not a simple person. I have an idea, maybe we can use it..."
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To Dayu, the envoys of Baiyue were just a small barbarian country.
The emperor kept them in Dayu, and the hospitality was just to show the demeanor of a great country. No one would pay attention to how they were in the palace. The same is true for the emperor. Ever since the queen mother was diagnosed as poisoned by Nangong Yue, all his thoughts have been put on the queen mother.
Guan Yubai once analyzed it for him, and it was his three sons who were most likely to poison the queen mother. After hearing the words, the emperor's heart was cold.
The emperor kept in mind what Guan Yubai had told him, that the poison of the Empress Dowager was kept secret, even if there was a large-scale search, the truth might not be found out, so it is better to keep calm and let the poisoner relax their vigilance, so that they can uproot them.
So, in the name of escaping the summer heat, he brought his mother back to the Yinglan Palace, and he also brought the three worried sons with him.
Although the empress dowager's health has improved recently, the irritability in the emperor's heart is still unresolved.
"Your Majesty, the concubine of Prince Zhennan is here."
At this time, a little eunuch came to report, the emperor nodded, and Nangong Yue was welcomed in.
The empress was also in the study. Ever since Nangong Yue got married, the emperor generally would not see her alone. If it was inconvenient to have other people around, he would call the empress here to avoid suspicion.
Nangong Yue greeted the Empress, and the Emperor waved her hand to signal her to stand up, and said: "Yue girl, come here, you can see if there is something wrong with these things." As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Liu immediately held out a On the tray, there are the candied fruit that the Empress Dowager loves, the balm that the Empress Dowager used to use, the incense that was burned in the Empress Dowager's palace, etc., and there are many things in it.
These were all sorted out by the emperor when the dowager came back to organize things in the palace, just thinking that Nangong Yue could tell them apart.
"Yue'er, you're being rude." Nangong Yue stepped forward and took them one by one carefully, looking at the color and smelling the smell.
The emperor watched nervously, hoping that she could see the poison, but not so... In fact, he hoped that all this was just Nangong Yue's misdiagnosis, and that his sons hadn't acted so boldly, and didn't even care about their family for the sake of the throne.
Both the emperor and the empress were in complicated moods, waiting anxiously.
Nangong Yue was holding a box of hair oil in her hand, and she had put it under her nose to sniff for a long time, then she raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, this."
The emperor's heart skipped a beat, "This... is there poison in it?"
"There is a plant called mohan grass in this hair oil. This plant is generally non-toxic and has a nice fragrance, but if it is put together with longevity flowers, it will produce a very slight toxin. This kind of toxin is harmless at the beginning, and it will be fatal only after years of exposure." Nangong Yue paused and said, "Yue'er didn't find longevity flowers in these things, so I can't tell whether this oil is the one that made the Queen Mother or not. Poisoned things."
The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally said: "So, if there is a longevity flower, it is probably among the things that the Empress Dowager can touch every day?"
Nangong Yue nodded and said: "It should be like this. Otherwise, this Mohan grass alone won't work."
"I know. I will ask someone to look for it again... You should step back first."
Nangong Yue blessed her body and stepped back. The moment the key door was closed, she vaguely heard the emperor instructing Eunuch Liu: "Let Lu Huaining check carefully, where did this oil come from? Who else passed through the hands of the harem, and the third prince... "
Nangong Yue walked forward unhurriedly until the door closed behind her.
After leaving Fushou Pavilion, Nangong Yue saw Xiao Yi waiting for her not far away, Nangong Yue smiled and walked over.
Xiao Yi's pace was faster than hers, strode up to her, and held her hand.
Nangong Yue's eyes were full of smiles, "A Yi, why are you here?"
"I'll take you back."
Xiao Yi's palms are very warm, and there are still thin calluses from years of martial arts training in the palms, which makes Nangong Yue very at ease.
The two walked side by side, talking and laughing, with smiles on their faces.
Lily and Baihui wisely walked about ten steps away from them.
They came to Yueban Lake together, Nangong Yue asked Baihe to ask the maid for some fish food, and sat by the lake with Xiao Yi.
Nangong Yue sprinkled a handful of fish food out, and saw many fat koi swimming around, scrambling for food. Xiao Yi looked at them with a strange face, then smiled suddenly, and said: "Smelly girl, don't look at these fish that are so fat, they are unpalatable."
Koi... eat
Nangong Yue blinked, and it was difficult to connect the two words.
Those who can afford koi are rich families, so they shouldn't be so hungry that they want to eat them, right
Xiao Yi stretched out his finger and pointed to the lake, and said: "... especially the golden ones, the meaty ones, are hard to eat."
"That's the golden dragon and phoenix koi." Nangong Yue said very knowledgeably, "This kind of fish is very expensive. Such a one costs thousands of taels of silver, and there is no market for it." She was a little curious, "It's really not Delicious? Could it be that the cook didn’t do it well?”
"I lit the fire myself." Xiao Yi said cheerfully, "At that time, I had just finished observing my grandfather's filial piety, and when I went back to the Zhennan Palace, I didn't know why I quarreled with my second brother and pushed him down. My father punished me to kneel in the ancestral hall and starved for three days and three nights. I was so hungry that I slipped out and stole some fish from the lake. This fish is unpalatable!"
Thinking back now, when he first quarreled with Xiao Luan, his father didn't really care about it, it was Xiao Fang who was always "begging" for him, the more he "begged", the more annoyed his father was, and finally he was punished . Fortunately, he naively thought Xiao Fang was a good person at that time, he was simply stupid.
All kinds of things in the past have long left no ripples in Xiao Yi's heart, and now I say this just for the sake of...
Nangong Yue leaned her head on his shoulder, and the two of them were so close that they could clearly feel each other's warm breath.
Xiao Yi was overjoyed, he knew that the stinky girl would love him the most.
Xiao Yi stretched out his hand in an inch, and put his arms around her waist.
Nangong Yue's body froze. After all, this was in public, and she didn't know if anyone would pass by... She struggled for a long time, but in the end she still couldn't break free.
As if encouraged, Xiao Yi leaned down and kissed her cheek.
The lips were printed on the cheeks, and the warm touch made Xiao Yi feel nostalgic.
At this time, there was a faint sound, Nangong Yue blushed, and quickly pushed him away. Seeing Xiao Yi's annoyed face, he stared in the direction of the voice.
I saw Lily standing at a distance of twenty steps away from them with low eyebrows, until then, she walked over, blessed Fushen and said: "Shizi Concubine, it is Miss Yuan and Miss Fu Liu who are heading here Come here." Lily didn't want to come out at this time from the bottom of her heart, but if she didn't come out, it would be too late.
While talking, Yuan Yuyi and Fu Yunyan turned a small path and walked over. When they saw Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue, they were very happy. The latter waved his hand and said, "Brother Yi, Ah Yue, you are here Fish. No wonder we didn't find you when we went to Jingyue Zhai just now, and thought you had already gone to the Queen Mother."
Nangong Yue's face was still red, she had forgotten that she had made an appointment with Fu Yunyan to pay her respects to the Queen Mother yesterday, so she quickly got up pretending to be nonchalant and said: "...you are going to Changqiu Palace now, I will be with you go."
With a grievance on his face, Xiao Yi tickled her little finger quietly.
Nangong Yue couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckling, hooked his finger and shook it, and said softly: "I will go back after I greet the Queen Mother." There was a hint of coquettishness in her voice, and that pretty appearance made Xiao Yi's heart ache. It's almost melted.
Nangong Yue smiled lightly, let go of his hand, and walked towards Fu Yunyan and the others. The three girls walked towards Changqiu Palace together.
At the same time, at the gate of Yinglan Palace, a green horse-drawn carriage hurriedly arrived.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside, Bihen was the first to get out of the carriage, and then carefully helped Bai Muxiao down from the carriage.
Bai Muxiao wore a simple moonlight dress, she didn't have too many jewelry on her body, but a few elegant beaded flowers were adorned between her temples.
"Xiao'er!"
Han Lingfu had been waiting there early, and when he saw her, he greeted her eagerly, and looked at Bai Muxiao in front of him with burning eyes.
His Xiao'er is still so elegant and refined, different from those vulgar fans with heavy makeup.
"See Your Highness." Bai Muxiao bowed gracefully to Han Lingfu, and Han Lingfu hurriedly helped her up.
Bai Muxiao raised her eyes to meet Han Lingfu's gaze, and saw the star-like light shining in his affectionate eyes. These eyes were still the same as before, with only herself in them.
What else can I expect? Her eyes are as tender as water.
The two looked at each other silently. At this moment, without words, Han Lingfu understood that the little grievance between them had disappeared...
After experiencing setbacks and tribulations again and again, he and his Xiao'er can finally be together openly and aboveboard!
Thinking of this, Han Lingfu felt his heart burning, and even his eyes seemed to burn.
A faint blush appeared on his face, but Bai Muxiao didn't look away shyly, and looked at him calmly, which also attracted another burst of admiration in Han Lingfu's heart: his Xiao'er is really different from those who are contrived and contrived. woman!
After a while, Han Lingfu finally made up his mind to break the warm and quiet atmosphere, and said, "Xiao'er, you have worked hard all the way. Come with me to Lanzhuzhai to pack your luggage first, and then I will take you to Changqiu Palace to meet the Queen Mother. "
Lanzhuzhai is the temporary residence arranged by Han Lingfu for Bai Muxiao in the palace. Although the names of the two have been confirmed, she has not been married after all, so it is not convenient to directly live in his Linhua Palace.
In fact, logically speaking, Bai Muxiao, a side concubine who has never been married, does not need to greet the queen mother at all, but Han Lingfu hopes that Bai Muxiao can please the queen mother, who is the most honorable woman in the harem. If the queen mother loves Bai Muxiao, then whether it is the queen or Cui Yanyan who wants to embarrass Bai Muxiao, they must weigh it.
Han Lingfu took a deep look at Bai Muxiao, full of confidence. His Xiao'er is beautiful, intelligent, independent... different! Putting aside the jealousy of those women, who wouldn't like her
After Bai Muxiao hastily changed into a set of clothes in Lanzhuzhai, she followed Han Lingfu to Changqiu Palace.
After the maid in Cuiyi entered the palace to report, she came to greet Han Lingfu and Bai Muxiao in a short while.
While waiting outside the palace, Bai Muxiao heard the voice of a girl laughing at Yan Yan from inside, and knew that there must be a young girl accompanying the Queen Mother inside. It wasn't until she entered the Dongci Room that she realized that there were quite a few people inside, and most of them were familiar faces.
The Empress Dowager was sitting on a red sandalwood arhat bed wearing an apricot-colored ruyi cloud-patterned beanie, and on the armchairs at the bottom sat the three imperial concubines Cui Yanyan, Nan Gongyue, Yuan Yuyi and Fu Yunyan, and another Eleven or Twelve This year-old girl, she looks a little unfamiliar but she looks somewhat similar to the emperor, seeing nine phoenixes embroidered on her peach-colored dress, Bai Muxiao immediately guessed that this little girl must be the third princess.
Bai Muxiao kept her composure and lowered her eyes slightly. After Han Lingfu saluted the queen mother, she also respectfully saluted the queen mother: "See the empress dowager, a thousand years old."
The Empress Dowager signaled the two of them to be excused, and then her eyes fell on Bai Muxiao, a trace of displeasure flashed in her sharp eyes.
Although it was the first time for the Empress Dowager to see Bai Muxiao, it was not the first time she had heard the name of this Bai girl. She knew that she was the side concubine of the third prince who had not yet married.
After all, it's not over yet...
This name is not right, and the words are not right, but the third prince personally brought her over to pay his respects.
Even if it is really necessary to recognize relatives before passing the door, it should be the third concubine who brought the white girl here! He should not pass the third concubine.
Thinking about it, the queen mother glanced at Han Lingfu lightly, only thinking that he was still too young and too young after all, and he was acting a little too much. There are no rules, there are differences between the concubine and the concubine, and there are signs of instability in the back house before the side concubine enters the door, which is really not a good omen.
Afterwards, Bai Muxiao bowed to the other people present one by one according to their status.
Hearing Bai Muxiao call Nangong Yue her cousin, the Empress Dowager's eyes softened a little, and she said to Nangong Yue, "Girl Yue, is this Bai girl your cousin?"
Nangong Yue was about to bow her body to answer, but Cui Yanyan, the third prince's concubine, snatched her in front of her: "The Queen Mother, that's right." She covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and smiled affectionately, "In the future, the granddaughter-in-law and the Zhennan Prince's House will also They are relatives." She glanced at Nangong Yue with a half-smile, and when she turned to the queen mother, she smiled innocently, but she had already made a note of Nangong Yue in her heart. If it wasn't for Nangong Yue, Bai Muxiao, the daughter of a common man, how lucky was she to know the Third Prince and even fall into his eyes?!
Nangong Yue naturally saw that the other party was hiding a knife in his smile, but she didn't care at all. What does the family affairs of the Third Prince's Mansion have to do with her Zhennan Prince's Mansion? When Bai Muxiao passes through the door, you can just fight.
-off topic-
Well, as Guan Yubai once said, this emperor has a good face, is indecisive, has soft ears, and is somewhat confused in his actions. Although he is not a foolish emperor, he is definitely not a wise emperor! Therefore, in his attitude towards Baiyue envoys and Baiyi In fact, it's really not the author who is scribbling in his brain... Please don't judge some stupid things he did by Mingjun's standards.
In addition, some girls mentioned that Bai Muxiao and Baiyi have a lot of plots recently, actually... (Get rid of spoilers!) Girls will soon know that the author's arrangement is really great!