Hearing this, Ling Xiao took a look outside, and sure enough, he saw half a handful of floating dust slightly exposed outside the door.
Ling Xiao got up and walked out.
"Emperor." As soon as he reached the door, Eunuch Li knelt down and saluted.
Ling Xiao glanced at him, and said, "Get up, what's the matter?"
Xiao Lizi smiled obsequiously and said: "No, the emperor missed you when he came to court in the morning, and asked the servant to serve him, and even asked the servant to bring some breakfast."
Saying so, Xiao Lizi waved his hand back, and after a short while, two rows of eunuchs walked in, each holding exquisite plates, and after saluting to Ling Xiao, they respectfully brought the plates into Ling Xiao's room. palace.
Ling Xiao watched, followed and walked to have a look, and found a table full of delicacies.
"This..." Ling Xiao frowned.
Xiao Lizi hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty, the Emperor loves you so much that he specially asked his servants to prepare these for you."
As he said that, Xiao Lizi looked at the table and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, look, the Emperor himself has never asked for these dishes, but he specially ordered his servants to prepare them for you. The Emperor really treats you the best. "
As Xiao Lizi said, his expression was embarrassing, as if he was the one being favored, Ling Xiao glanced at him lightly, Xiao Li quickly restrained his complacency, cleared his throat and approached Ling Xiao, saying: "Your Majesty , in addition to this, the emperor wants this servant to give you this."
Little Li spread out his palm and stretched it out in front of Ling Xiao. Ling Xiao looked down and found a key lying in that palm.
Ling Xiao opened his eyelids and glanced at Xiao Lizi, Xiao Lizi explained knowingly: "This is the key to the palace treasury, it has always been kept by the virtuous concubine, but now, the emperor asked a servant to bring it to you, the emperor explained, What you need, you don't need his consent, just go and get it."
After finishing speaking, Xiao Lizi solemnly handed over the keys to the warehouse to Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows in astonishment, the emperor's grace is really great.
Is this the key to the inner vault just for me
Can you just take what's inside
Ling Xiao rolled his eyes, and smiled while holding the key.
Since the emperor is so generous, why doesn't he accept it.
Wait until he removes all the emperor's internal treasury! Let's see how generous the emperor is!
With the mentality of hating the rich, thinking dissatisfiedly, Ling Xiao went to the emperor's inner treasury after finishing his breakfast.
Only after I went there did I realize how naive I was in my so-called moving light.
The treasury in this treasury was so full that five rooms were piled up, and there were all kinds of rare treasures, and it was completely impossible for Ling Xiao to move them all by himself.
Ling Xiao looked around, and on the table in the innermost room, he saw a piece of translucent warm jade. The color of the warm jade was fine and lustrous, and the luster was glossy. Must be worth a lot.
But what surprised Ling Xiao was that the jade was placed on the innermost table by itself on a shelf, it could be seen that this jade was very special among this pile of treasures.
However, if it is said to be very precious, the jade was only offered on the table, neither locked nor hidden.
This made Ling Xiao feel very weird, he couldn't help but take a few more glances, then walked towards Yu.
Xiao Lizi accepted the emperor's order, and dutifully followed behind Ling Xiao, seeing Ling Xiao touch the jade, his eyes lit up slightly.
He walked up to Ling Xiao, bent over and asked: "Your Majesty, do you like this jade?"
"En." Ling Xiao was immersed in his own thoughts, and responded perfunctorily.
Xiao Lizi looked at it, and said softly and flatteringly: "Then... the emperor takes it?"
"..." Ling Xiao didn't make a sound, he held the jade in his hand, it was slightly cool at the beginning, and then a faint warmth rose, it was very comfortable to hold.
Looking closely, there is a lifelike tiger engraved on the jade. Because the jade is white, the tiger seems to be a real white tiger, majestic and majestic.
The more Ling Xiao looked at it, the happier he was, and he didn't want to let go of the jade when he was playing with it.
Seeing this, Xiao Lizi said again: "If the emperor likes it, it's better to take it."
Ling Xiao turned his head and glared at Xiao Lizi. This little Lizi was so talkative, as if this thing belonged to him, which made people feel uncomfortable.
Ling Xiao curled his lips, he knew that in the end, he actually had a grudge against Xiao Lizi who chose to stand on the emperor's side, and now he would feel uncomfortable no matter what Xiao Lizi did or said.
However, Ling Xiao was really happy with this jade heart, so he really carried it with him.
After leaving the warehouse, Xiao Lizi did not follow Ling Xiao, but after finding a reason, he bowed to Ling Xiao and went to Concubine Xian's palace.
The key to the inner vault has always been kept by the emperor's concubine Xian, and the entry and exit of the things in the inner vault has also been guarded by the concubine Xian.
The accounts are all in the hands of Concubine Xian. Although the emperor gave Ling Xiao the key to the inner treasury this time, the spare ones are still in the hands of Concubine Xian. Ling Xiao told Concubine Xian one by one what he had brought, so that Concubine Xian could settle the account clearly.
The emperor said that he let Ling Xiao take everything, and he didn't ask, but when he wanted to know what Ling Xiao took, he only needed to check the accounts to find out.
The emperor ordered Xiao Lizi to do this, and did not explicitly ask Xiao Lizi to conceal Ling Xiao, but Xiao Li believed that Ling Xiao would feel uncomfortable, so he concealed the matter.
Ling Xiao is a shrewd master, with the experience of his previous life, he also knows that the account of the internal treasury has always been remembered by the concubine Xian.
The emperor gave himself the key, but he didn't give him the account. If you think about it carefully, you can know that the key must be spared.
As for what he took, he probably had to report it to Concubine Xian who kept the accounts of the internal treasury.
Instead of waiting for the emperor to let me report to Concubine Xian, I might as well take the initiative myself.
Thinking like this, Ling Xiao also went to Concubine Xian's palace.
Ling Xiao cleverly guessed what the emperor was thinking, but he didn't know that the emperor had arranged for Xiao Lizi to save him trouble, and he didn't know that Xiao Lizi would pretend to be clever and think that he would feel uncomfortable psychologically and conceal this matter.
So, when Xiao Lizi arrived at Concubine Xian's palace, Ling Xiao also arrived.
Both Ling Xiao and Xiao Lizi were brought to the front hall, waiting for Concubine Xian to come out to meet them.
In Concubine Xian's Palace, Ling Xiao saw Xiao Lizi standing respectfully at the side with a slightly hasty expression, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and immediately understood that the reason why Xiao Lizi just resigned was to lie to him.
What a little plum, although he wasn't cultivated by himself, but at least he kept him with him for a while, flattering the emperor, but now between himself and the concubine Xian, he actually chose the concubine Xian
Ling Xiao sneered coldly, and Little Li flinched, and quickly bowed his head and knelt down on the ground, pleading guilty first: "My lord, please forgive me, Little Li didn't mean to deceive... yes... it was the emperor who asked the servants to take the emperor from your inner treasury. What, come and talk to Concubine Xian."
"..." Ling Xiao frowned upon hearing this: "The emperor asked you to come? Are you serious?"
Xiao Lizi begged for mercy with a bitter face: "How dare my servant tell you lies."
"Hmph." Ling Xiao snorted coldly, "Why don't you dare?"
Xiao Lizi was startled when he heard the words, and quickly bowed his head to show respect: "Your Majesty, this slave has been wronged."
"Wronged?" Ling Xiao asked back: "Then it was the emperor's order to report to Concubine Xian and hide me?"
How could someone as smart as the emperor hide something he would know
Ling Xiao sneered in his heart, looking at Xiao Li who was kneeling on the ground shivering and dared not speak, his face grew colder.
"What's the matter?" Suddenly, a soft female voice intervened, and Ling Xiao turned his head to look over.
It is a concubine Xian in a yellow formal attire.
Different from the last time she was seen in front of the emperor, this time she was wearing light makeup, a golden crown on her head, and brocade clothes.
The formal attire gave her a faint halo.
Ling Xiao felt a little flashy, and squinted his eyes slightly, and saw Concubine Xian walking in front of him in small steps supported, and bowed to Ling Xiao softly and bonelessly.
"The concubine greets the emperor."
"..."
Ling Xiao remained silent, the "emperor" of this Mu country is equivalent to the "imperial concubine", and his rank is one level higher than that of the concubine Xian, but the concubine Xian is temporarily in charge of the harem, so speaking of it, she doesn't have to salute him.
At this time, she was dressed so grandly, and she bowed to herself again, as if she came to Xingshi to ask a crime.
"Before I was busy for a while, I didn't go to greet the emperor. It was really the fault of my concubine to let the emperor visit the door in person. I hope the emperor will forgive me."
"..." The corners of Ling Xiao's mouth twitched, feeling complicated.
In my previous life, I watched too much of Mo Qi's circling with the concubines, and I advised Mo Qi behind her back, but now, with my current status, it's like playing the role of Mo Qi...
Do I have to deal with these concubines like this
Thinking about it, Ling Xiao felt terrible, he shook his head involuntarily, and said, "Get up, I didn't come to blame you."
As he said that, Ling Xiao didn't want to talk too much with Concubine Xian, he directly took out the jade from the inner treasury from his bosom, gave Concubine Xian a look, and said quite domineeringly: "This jade, I want gone."
The implication is that it's time for Concubine Xian to keep accounts.
However, Concubine Xian glanced at it, first she was surprised for a while, then she frowned slightly, and opened her mouth several times, as if there was something unspeakable.
Ling Xiao frowned: "What?"
"Concubine Xian has something to say, why not just say it." Ling Xiao said.
Concubine Xian pursed her lips slightly when she heard the words, pondered for a while, and said, "This...why does the emperor value this matter?"
"Too expensive? Can't you take it?" Ling Xiao raised his eyebrows and guessed.
"No." Concubine Xian shook her head, smiled slightly and said, "On the contrary."
Ling Xiao was taken aback, and Concubine Xian said eloquently: "Although this jade is priceless, it is a 'taboo' in the palace. Although it was worn by the emperor in the early years, he later ordered his concubines to lock it in. No one is allowed to touch this jade, anyone who violates it... will be beheaded."
Ling Xiao was startled, looked at Concubine Xian, and found that Concubine Xian was secretly sizing up his expression, he was slightly taken aback, quickly suppressed his panic, and looked at her with a calm look.
Concubine Xian paused, and continued: "Because of this, no one dares to think about this jade, because if you touch it, you will be beheaded. People in the palace say this jade is 'taboo'."
Concubine Xian said with a hint of emotion: "Many years have passed, and this jade must have been forgotten by the emperor. This time, the emperor may have forgotten to remind the emperor."
"..." Ling Xiao lowered his head when he heard the words, and looked at the jade in his hand.
It lay quietly in the hand, exuding warmth, moist and delicate, you can feel it when you touch it, this jade is often played and touched before, and now it is so smooth.
Ling Xiao really liked this jade, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth, clenched the jade tightly in his hand, looked up at Concubine Xian and said: "I'll take this jade, I'll tell the emperor personally later, you just remember it."
Concubine Xian was taken aback, bowed lightly, and replied: "Yes." Then she lowered her head so that Ling Xiao could not see her expression clearly.
Ling Xiao didn't bother to think about her thoughts, so he turned around and was about to leave.
Turning around for a moment, I saw an acquaintance approaching outside the door.
The man was dressed in a bright red gauze dress, his hair was combed along the temples, a gold hairpin was embellished, and he walked in slowly with all kinds of styles.
This person is Hongye who once plotted against her.
Ling Xiao was slightly stunned, and Hong Ye didn't seem to expect that Ling Xiao would be here, her footsteps paused slightly, and then she leaned over and saluted Ling Xiao sweetly.
"Emperor Kang'an."
"..." Ling Xiao didn't reply, but looked at Hongye with complicated eyes.
The emperor has always been strict with himself, and he was often forgiven in front of him. The emperor himself said that the bottom line is meaningless for him.
So, why can this red leaf escape punishment
This made Ling Xiao very concerned.
Not only did Hongye escape the punishment, but she also followed Concubine Xian, which is equivalent to the emperor bringing Hongye into the palace.
What does the emperor think
Ling Xiao pursed his lips.
"Get up." Ling Xiao said coldly.
Hong Ye bit her lip and got up, and stood sideways, making way for Ling Xiao.
In fact, besides caring about what the emperor thinks, Ling Xiao is also curious about what happened to Hongye
He didn't treat himself particularly badly before, he could even say he cared about himself, and he even taught her all the dances, but she said she was calculating, so what was going on in this person's mind.
Ling Xiao stared at Hongye, carefully scrutinizing her expression like probing.
Hongye lowered her head extremely low, as if she was avoiding Ling Xiao's gaze.
Ling Xiao wanted to ask her, but seeing her like this, he no longer had the desire to ask, he sighed deeply, and said lightly: "You can do it yourself."
After speaking, he turned and left.
"Hongye, how's it going, has breakfast been delivered to the emperor?"
Not far away, I don't know if Concubine Xian intended or not, let Ling Xiao hear these words.
Ling Xiao paused slightly, clenched his fists, and left.
"Huang... Huangjun..." There was a weak call from behind, and it was obvious that Xiao Lizi followed.
Ling Xiao didn't want to pay attention to him, he walked quickly ahead, and Xiao Lizi trotted after him.
All the way back to his palace, Ling Xiao let go of the calm he had maintained, showing an expression like a kitten furrowing, he pushed open his door violently, and walked in angrily, his actions were extremely rude.
In the last sentence, Concubine Xian's louder voice was clearly for her to hear.
This little plum is right in saying something.
Although this concubine Xian would not embarrass herself on the surface, she secretly competed with herself!
Ling Xiao closed the door angrily, wiped his face, turned around and met a pair of translucent black eyes, Ling Xiao was startled, looked again, and realized that it was the emperor sitting at the table.
Ling Xiao hurriedly leaned over to salute, the emperor stood up and interrupted him: "Excuse me."
"Your Majesty... how long have you been back?" Ling Xiao asked rather anxiously, recalling his disregard for his image just now.
Hearing this, the emperor gave Ling Xiao a meaningful look, and replied: "How long you come is not the most important thing, the important thing is that I see everything you don't want me to see."
"..." Ling Xiao blushed, his brows twitched uncontrollably.
The emperor walked in front of him, as if he had discovered something novel, he raised his hand to touch Ling Xiao's brow.
Ling Xiao froze, but he didn't refuse the emperor's touch. His cool hand stroked his brow, slightly itchy, causing Ling Xiao's heart to move slightly, and his body felt hot for a while.
The emperor watched, but suddenly withdrew his hand, turned around and put his arms around Ling Xiao's waist, led him to the table, and asked softly: "Who offended my emperor?"
Ling Xiao was taken aback for a moment, he knew that the emperor was asking about his angry appearance just now.
He wanted to tell the story of Concubine Xian, but he saw several plates of delicate snacks on the table. The snacks were a little messy, and he seemed to have been moved, and there was half a bowl at the table where the emperor was just sitting. The porridge was obviously left over from the emperor's drink.
Ling Xiao immediately got in touch with what Concubine Xian said just now, all the heat from his body dissipated, leaving him cold, which made him tremble a little.
Looking at the dessert, he swallowed hard and asked, "Your Majesty, is this your breakfast? Who brought it?"
"Concubine Xian sent someone to send it. What's the matter?" The emperor didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and didn't mention Hongye.
Ling Xiao's heart turned cold, he smiled rather reluctantly and said, "It's nothing."
As he said, he broke away from the emperor's embrace slightly, the emperor squinted his eyes displeased, and looked at Ling Xiao.
However, Ling Xiao stared at the snacks on the table tightly, like a tiger whose territory had been invaded, grinning at those snacks, wanting to bite and tear them apart.
The emperor raised his eyebrows, he realized it, he couldn't help feeling that it was funny, he curled the corners of his lips, but seemed to tease Ling Xiao intentionally, propped his jaw and took a few mouthfuls of dessert.
This time, Ling Xiao's gaze was not only looking at Dim Sum, but shifted from Dim Sum to the Emperor, the resentment in his eyes was so resentful that the Emperor couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.
What's more, the emperor didn't mean to ignore it, he turned his head and looked at Ling Xiao, his playful eyes were like watching his own kitten waving its little paws, full of affection.
Ling Xiao was slightly taken aback, the emperor's gaze was too blatant, his heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and even the rising anger was suppressed a little.
Looking at this gaze, it is not difficult to see that the emperor is gentle, his eyes are bright, and his eyes are transparent. Looking at him for a long time, it is like cutting open his heart and seeing everything in his heart. Seeing it clearly, it made Ling Xiao feel a little ashamed of being peeped into his mind.
Feeling it, Ling Xiao gradually blushed, dyed the resentment and anger between his brows, the emperor saw this, and then said leisurely: "I'm giving you a chance, what do you want me to do, say Listen to me, and I will listen to you."
The emperor's eyes glanced at the snacks on the table intentionally or unintentionally. This kind of hint also made Ling Xiao, who knew the emperor, understand. Ling Xiao's anger turned into joy, he grinned, and boldly demanded: "Your Majesty, Ling Xiao I want you to return the snacks on this table to Concubine Xian!"
"..." the emperor raised his eyebrows and remained silent.
Ling Xiao paused, a little stunned. Could it be that he misunderstood the meaning of the emperor, didn't the emperor's hint mean that the table of dim sum should be handled by him
Seeing that Ling Xiao's smile faded again, the Emperor stretched out his hand to rub Ling Xiao's soft hair, and said rather helplessly, "I'll just listen to you."
Ling Xiao was extremely satisfied, and used the small kitchen in the palace to cook a breakfast for the emperor himself.
During breakfast, Ling Xiao took out the piece of jade from his arms and placed it in front of the emperor.
The emperor glanced at it, and after just one glance, his face turned cold and he frowned, exuding an aura of refusal from thousands of miles away.
Ling Xiao was startled, and quickly knelt down on the ground, only then did he believe that what the concubine Xian said was not false, and the emperor was indeed very displeased with this piece of jade.
Although spending time with the emperor day and night during this period made Ling Xiao's fear of the emperor much lower, but the coercion of the emperor still made Ling Xiao tremble all over. He suddenly regretted bringing this jade out, and his words and deeds became more cautious. .
"You want this jade?" The Emperor said suddenly, looking at Ling Xiao who was kneeling, deep and distant, as if looking at a stranger, Ling Xiao was startled, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he didn't Dare to lie to the emperor, he could only nod in a daze.
Seeing this, the emperor looked at the jade in Ling Xiao's hand again, his eyes were deep and complicated, even Ling Xiao who thought he knew the emperor, couldn't see what kind of emotion was hidden in the emperor's eyes at this moment.
But the emperor remained silent, and told Ling Xiao with a frightening aura that it was best not to disturb the emperor at this time, otherwise things would only get worse.
This jade is just like the concubine Xian said, it is like a taboo in front of the emperor, as long as it appears, it can activate a certain mechanism on the emperor, making the emperor more distant and elusive than ever.
"When I locked it in the inner treasury, I once threatened that anyone who dared to touch it would be beheaded."
Ling Xiao trembled when he heard the words, gritted his teeth and lowered his eyes, kneeling on the ground respectfully and sincerely, letting the emperor see his loyalty, and waiting for the emperor's verdict on him.
If beheaded, then, he still has the gold medal to avoid death...
Ling Xiao had already prepared for the worst.
"It was my negligence that I didn't tell you earlier." The emperor suddenly changed his mouth, Ling Xiao was stunned, and then he heard the emperor say again: "But I also promised you, you can buy anything from the inner treasury take."
Saying this, the emperor sighed deeply, and said in a helpless tone, "Forget it, get up, and hold it."
After finishing speaking, he seemed to be dissatisfied, and said softly, as if complaining: "There are countless treasures in the inner treasury, what you fancy is not good, you have to fancy it."
Ling Xiao was taken aback for a moment, he was not only surprised that the emperor would complain in front of him, but what did these words mean
Ling Xiao got up and really wanted to ask the emperor, but the emperor had already summoned Xiao Lizi to come in.
Ling Xiao didn't have a good look at Xiao Lizi, he turned away his face lightly, and Xiao Lizi saluted the emperor with a pale face.
The emperor didn't pay attention to the expressions of the two, but said rather tiredly: "You return the snacks you put away just now to Concubine Xian, and let Concubine Xian register the jade taken by the emperor."
"Yes." Little Lizi was slightly taken aback, and looked up at Ling Xiao, as if he couldn't believe that Ling Xiao hadn't reported the matter he had concealed to the emperor, but at this moment the emperor issued an order, and little Lizi didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly After saluting, he took some snacks and went to Xianfei's palace.
And after the emperor gave the order, he didn't look at Ling Xiao again, and left Ling Xiao's palace straight away.
Ling Xiao sat slumped on the chair, staring at the jade in hand in a daze.
After that, the emperor didn't come to Ling Xiao's palace for a few days, but he didn't hear that he went to other palaces either.
Every night was spent next door to Ling Xiao, in his own palace.
But just the two orders given by the emperor that day, not to mention the return of Concubine Xian's snacks, that the Jade Emperor bestowed on Ling Xiao, already made Ling Xiao famous in the palace.
Let the harem explode.
That jade, the emperor's order at the beginning seemed to be in his ears. For that jade, many eunuchs and court ladies lost their lives because they accidentally touched it.
Even today's three concubines in the harem, who would dare to touch Concubine Li, Concubine Ran, and Concubine Xian
But Ling Xiao, who had just been canonized, not only touched it, but also managed to get the emperor to bestow it on him. This great honor is enough for everyone to understand who is the emperor's favorite!
Even if the emperor didn't spend the night in any palace these few days, and never invited anyone to sleep with him, but that alone is enough to prove Ling Xiao's place in the heart of the emperor of Muguo.
For a moment, Ling Xiao became the object of favor of everyone in the palace.
Of course, it has also become an object that some people hate and want to deal with quickly...
On this day, Ling Xiao got up early in the morning, and when he was lamenting how long it had been since the emperor came to see him, a special guest was welcomed into the palace.
Concubine Ran.