At this moment, a concubine suddenly said, "I heard that Miss Song had a childhood sweetheart when she was at home. I don't know how it is now?"
The concubine who made the sound was not of high status in the harem, she was just a nobleman of the seventh rank. Her words attracted everyone's attention. This nobleman touched the bracelet on his wrist, but his eyes were straight staring at Song Ziyan.
Song Ziyan felt that this concubine's question was inexplicable. Which of these beautiful girls didn't have a playmate when they were young, but she also knew that the question came from a bad person. She turned her head and looked at the nobleman, and only replied : "I don't know who this empress is talking about?"
All the palace people around turned their attention to these two people, and Bai Xiyu also looked at them curiously. After all, these two people dared to fight in front of Yu Chuhong. It's just that Yu Chuhong, who was supposed to be the most important participant here, was not interested in these two people at all. He wiped the corners of Bai Xiyu's mouth with a handkerchief, and then snapped Bai Xiyu's head back.
Bai Xiyu puffed out his cheeks to express his dissatisfaction. He also wanted to take a good look at the heroine's first tease, so that he could understand Song Ziyan's personality so that he could choose how to send her a gift in the future. halo.
Now Yu Chuhong has even deprived him of this right, how angry.
Yu Chuhong doesn't care what his silly son is thinking now, although he knows that Bai Xiyu can't have any thoughts about the heroine, but seeing him so nervous about Song Ziyan, Yu Chuhong still feels unhappy.
He reached out and rubbed Bai Xiyu's head, and whispered to Bai Xiyu in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Don't look at Xiaobai, those women can eat people."
Hohohohoho, after hearing this, Bai Xiyu couldn't help but want to laugh, but on the surface he still had to pretend, he flinched back, his eyes turned red with fright, as if he was just frightened bunny.
Yu Chuhong immediately comforted: "Hey, don't look at them, Father will protect you."
Bai Xiyu: (╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻
And the noble person on the other side was still talking about things she shouldn't have known.
"It's Qiao Yiqian, the youngest son of the Shangshu Family of the Household Department. I heard that you have already made a private appointment for life. He went to look for you the day before entering the palace. Presumably he wants to elope with you."
The surrounding palace people all stared at Song Ziyan with wide eyes. To be honest, this kind of thing was not uncommon before the beautiful women entered the palace, but Song Ziyan was the only one who had been told about it for so many years.
Song Ziyan stood there pursing her lips. Of course she knew Qiao Yiqian, and 50% of what this concubine said was true. Qiao Yiqian did come to look for her before entering the palace, and she was not indifferent at the time. However, if she hadn't been determined, she would have almost run away with Qiao Yiqian. But at this time, a fool will admit it. As long as she doesn't admit it, what these people say is nothing more than speculation after all.
What's more, the emperor should also be interested in her, otherwise these women wouldn't be so glaring at her.
Song Ziyan slowly raised the corners of her lips, and looking directly at the concubine, she said: "Never before, I don't know where the empress heard this in the harem, could it be..." Song Ziyan didn't say what she said later, but it was enough to attract Others daydream.
The nobleman shouted anxiously: "Bold!"
Song Ziyan stood there with a smile on her face.
The superior Concubine Xian finally spoke, and she said, "What are you talking about!"
As soon as Concubine Xian's words came out, these people all lowered their heads, and there was no sound in the imperial garden for a while, and someone secretly raised their heads to take a look at the emperor sitting on the throne at this moment.
But seeing that Yu Chuhong was still coaxing his silly son, ignoring the arguments of these people, it seemed that the person who wanted to leave Song Ziyan just now was not him at all.
Seeing the surroundings suddenly quiet down, Yu Chuhong raised his head, glanced at Concubine Xian next to him, and asked, "Is the draft over?"
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Concubine Xian lowered her eyebrows and replied respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, not yet."
"Then continue." After saying this, Yu Chuhong turned his head and continued.
"yes."
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After the draft, there were a total of thirteen showgirls left, of which only Song Ziyan was named by Yu Chuhong, and Yu Chuhong probably didn't even take a look at the remaining twelve.
Yu Chuhong gave Song Ziyan the status of a nobleman. Although the rank was not high, it was enough for a beautiful girl who had just entered the palace with a not very outstanding family background. As for the others, he left them all to Concubine Xian to arrange.
Perhaps out of the intention of suppressing Song Ziyan, Concubine Xian also mentioned two people as nobles, but Yu Chuhong didn't say anything about these things. After the draft was settled, he took his stupid son to Sheng And go to the palace.
After Concubine Xian returned to Liuxiang Palace, she sat on the couch with a small cup of tea in her hand, and after finishing the tea, Concubine Xian sighed.
"Your Majesty Lin really deserves all the thought I've put into this palace, her unsettled temperament, ah..." Concubine Xian put down the teacup in her hand, and said again: "If the emperor really cares about her, knowing her Gongqian also had contact with other men, even if he didn't say anything, his heart would always have lumps."
"If it wasn't for the fear of dirtying Ben Gong's hands and being discovered by the emperor, Ben Gong would definitely prevent that Song Ziyan from seeing the emperor for the rest of her life."
"Then empress, what are we going to do next?" The maid beside her leaned over and asked.
Concubine Xian smiled slightly, and said: "Just look at the emperor's attitude towards Song Ziyan, and then make arrangements."
"Yes, ma'am."
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In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve banquet again. Originally, this was the first time Yu Chuhong and Song Ziyan met, but in this situation, don't ask so much. Song Ziyan's staying in the palace can be regarded as God's eye-opening. "Father?"
Yu Chuhong put down the wine glass in his hand, looked down at his little baby, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Bai Xiyu pouted and complained, "I want to go out, I'm bored..."
Yu Chuhong: "Wouldn't it be better to go back with Father Huang later?"
"..." Bai Xiyu didn't speak, which was equivalent to a wordless rejection.
Yu Chuhong finally nodded and agreed: "That's fine, don't go far."
Bai Xiyu got up from the table, and the officials and concubines below looked up at the eldest prince leaving the table.
Regardless of the strange gazes around him, Bai Xiyu walked slowly to the entrance of the palace. He really couldn't bear the environment inside, it was stuffy and hot, and he was very annoyed.
And he couldn't see Yu Chuhong who was behind him holding his wine glass and looking at his back, with the corners of his lips slightly raised.
After Bai Xiyu went out, Yu Chuhong made a secret gesture, and several hidden guards quietly followed Bai Xiyu to protect his safety.
Bai Xiyu didn't know where he was going, the huge palace was full of noise, it was really not easy to find a quiet place.
Later, Bai Xiyu walked into a garden unknowingly. The lights in the garden were flickering slightly, and a thin figure could be vaguely seen standing under a tree. Bai Xiyu felt that this scene was very familiar. He turned his head and glanced at the plaque in the yard , with the word Taoyuan shining brightly on it.
Bai Xiyu never expected that he would have the chance to meet Song Ziyan alone. But the problem is, this is not the time for him to play!
But based on the situation in front of him, he could at least judge that Song Ziyan was still in a normal plot.
Song Ziyan heard a voice over there, she hurriedly turned her head, she could vaguely see that it was a man's figure, but she didn't know who it was.
For a moment, Bai Xiyu didn't know whether he should go to see Song Ziyan or turn around and go out.
At this time Song Ziyan had already walked over, and she recognized that the man in front of her was the eldest prince she had seen in the imperial garden that day.
The girl in the pink palace dress bowed her knees and saluted, and said in her mouth: "I have seen His Royal Highness the First Prince."
During Song Ziyan's salute, she was thinking of many things. She understood that in the imperial garden that day, the most favored concubine in the palace was not the concubine, but the foolish old lady in front of her. Prince.
Rather than trying to please the emperor, it is easier to please the eldest prince.
Bai Xiyu stared blankly at the girl in front of him. Seeing that he had been silent for a long time, Song Ziyan straightened up and asked him, "Why are you here, Your Highness?"
"Look at the flowers." Bai Xiyu looked up at the top of the tree, his eyes were shining brightly under the moonlight.
But in the cold winter months, how could there be any flowers in the Taoyuan, Song Ziyan sneered in her heart, she really was a fool, and she didn't know why His Majesty cared about him so much.
She reached out and took off the hairpin from her bun, and brought it to Bai Xiyu: "Your Highness, is this flower pretty?"
Hostess, you can be more reserved, so easy to give away your hairpin, who will tear it up if they don't tear you up
Bai Xiyu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "Father said, you can't just take things from strangers."
"That's it." Song Ziyan inserted the hairpin back on her head, and there was no trace of embarrassment on her face.
"Why isn't Your Highness with His Majesty?" she asked again.
"It's stuffy inside..."
Song Ziyan asked a few more questions, and Bai Xiyu answered them all, but Song Ziyan found that the more she asked, the more she couldn't continue.
She is really not suitable for chatting with a fool.
After a while, an old eunuch ran from outside the garden. Seeing Bai Xiyu, he shouted, "Hey, my lord, why are you here? Your majesty has been looking for you for a long time."
After all, the old eunuch led Bai Xiyu to find Yu Chuhong.
Song Ziyan was left alone in the Taoyuan lost in thought.
No one knew what happened that night. In the end, the emperor inexplicably promoted Song Ziyan by two ranks, which aroused the jealousy of the concubines in the harem.
In Liuxiang Palace, Concubine Xian was lying on the couch, with a maid beside her beating her legs.
"Your Majesty, the First Prince and Song Ziyan stayed in Taoyuan for a long time today, but I don't know what they did there."
"The eldest prince is like a three or four-year-old child now, what can he do?" Concubine Xian rubbed her forehead, and asked the court lady: "Tell me, does the emperor like Song Ziyan more, or does he love Daddy more?" Prince?"
"This...the two can't be compared, my lady."
Concubine Xian smiled: "If I want to tell you, the emperor definitely prefers the eldest prince now, but in the future, no one can say for sure, after all, the emperor can't live with the eldest prince for the rest of his life."
"Your Majesty said so." The palace maid replied.
Concubine Xian didn't know what she thought of, she sat up suddenly, and the lights around her were bright, making the expression on her face even more weird, she only heard her ask: "Tell me... what if something happens between Song Ziyan and Yu Xibai?" , Which one will His Majesty keep?" (83 Chinese.83.)