"..." Yun Fenghuang opened his mouth, his whole body as stiff as a stone statue.
However, after a moment, when the flute played again, she suddenly calmed down, and even smiled and said maliciously, "So what?"
You guessed it right. I not only communicate with Gong Xiangxiao privately, but also meet Qi Jiulu through him, not once or twice... But what can you do
Stab it out
Not to mention that when the time comes, the whole world will know that you, the emperor, have green grass on your head. When the time comes, where will the royal family put its face? The little reputation you have accumulated through the retrial of Zheng Fengpi in Wannian County will become a laughing stock in the world in the blink of an eye. Just say that the emperor is now Can we break up with the regent
Let Gong Xiangxiao go for the time being and deal with Yun Fenghuang and Qi Jiulu first
However, Qi Jiulu was fine with it. The key was that Yun Fenghuang was recorded in the Yun family genealogy by Duke Yi himself.
The emperor did this, but if he missed a word, how would Duke Yiguo deal with himself
At that time, how will the situation of the royal uncle and nephew joining forces to fight against the outside world continue
So the best option is actually that the emperor doesn't know anything - even if he knows, treat it as if he doesn't know.
Yun Fenghuang didn't understand why the emperor suddenly spoke out. Wasn't this putting him in a dilemma
Chunjia closed his eyes and concentrated on playing the flute. He didn't say anything for a while. After playing the music for a while, he slowly put down the jade flute and said, "It's not that good, so Jieyu, can you go back in peace?"
This reaction made Yun Fenghuang frown slightly. She was ready to put her life and death aside for a showdown, but the other party was too lighthearted to accept the move.
"Your Majesty, you played the flute all night, for my concubine's sake?" After thinking for a while, Yun Fenghuang kicked the water under the flower branches and smiled, "I'm really sorry for causing embarrassment to Your Majesty."
She couldn't predict the emperor's thoughts, so how could she cooperate with the emperor's wishes and avoid the war
Anyway, the affair with the foreign man has been exposed, and it won't be worse if we offend the emperor a little more now, right
"It's so late, my beloved concubine still lingers." It seemed that her repeated interruptions made Chunjia, who had originally planned to continue playing, a little bored, so she turned the jade flute in the palm of her hand and simply inserted it into the crimson belt. The young emperor calmly changed his title, with a hint that could be said to be frivolous, and said softly, "Are you afraid that I will settle accounts with my queen, or are you afraid that I will anger those who return home?"
Yun Fenghuang chuckled and asked, "Your Majesty, will you?"
Chunjia said lazily: "If I say I won't, will my wife believe it?"
These words left Yun Fenghuang speechless. As he was pondering his words, the emperor continued slowly, "My beloved concubine seems to be disappointed? Because I have never been furious?"
"Although thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness, who doesn't want to receive more kindness?" Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty is so calm, it's too late for me to be happy, so why should I be disappointed?"
The emperor curled his lips and smiled playfully: "Because my concubine just rejected Qi Jiulu for me, but I know clearly that my concubine is having a secret meeting with her foreign man, but I am indifferent... Is my concubine really not disappointed at all?"
He knew... He knew... How did he know again? ! ! !
When Yun Fenghuang heard this, he almost collapsed on the spot: Could it be that the bastard emperor knew all the secrets from the moment he entered the palace, and even watched with a smile, waiting for a slap in the face? !
But after learning the lesson just now, she forced herself to calm down and quickly analyzed: This guy just lied about the news that she and Qi Jiulu had been having a private meeting through Gong Xiangxiao, and it was obvious that Qi Jiulu left with his servant yesterday. As soon as Xuan saw it, the emperor would of course know it as long as he paid attention.
In this way, the emperor's statement, "My beloved concubine has just rejected Qi Jiulu for me," actually does not necessarily prove that the emperor knows the whole story. It is more likely to be a probing statement.
"If I'm not disappointed, why did I come here following the sound of the flute in the middle of the night?" Yun Fenghuang's thoughts turned around, but he didn't deny it. He smiled and said, "It's just that Your Majesty's heart and eyes are full of Yue Jieyu. How can I keep entangled with Your Majesty?" , it’s just annoying.”
Chunjia lowered his eyes and looked at her quietly for a while, then suddenly laughed slowly and said slowly: "Is this why you rejected Qi Jiulu?"
Seeing that Yun Fenghuang was slightly startled, as if he didn't understand what he meant, the smile in his eyes grew stronger, "Because Qi Jiulu has his beloved concubine in his heart and eyes, so he can let him down at will. After all, he can't bear to blame you, but I don't care about you. On the body, so..."
Before he finished speaking, Yun Fenghuang had already climbed up from the flower branch, grabbed Chunjia's skirt, and pulled hard downwards!
Chunjia let out a "tsk" and grabbed her wrist with her backhand. The two of them restrained each other and fell straight into the Kongming Pond!
The emperor didn't know how to swim, and Yun Fenghuang wanted to take advantage of the situation to make him suffer. However, the water here was not deep, so she adjusted her position in the water to make it easier for her to exert strength. The man had already stood up calmly.
The water level did not reach his waist. The white narrow sleeves and gold curved collared robe was already thin, but when it got wet it clung to his chest, outlining his well-defined muscles and lean waist, making him look even more heroic. Perhaps it was a cold night and there was heavy dew. Over his robe, he wore a dark-bottomed dark-embroidered eagle-headed flower-breasted crane cloak with wide sleeves and a belt that had been dipped into the color of dried blood, fluttering on the water, almost the same color as the dark night.
Although water was dripping from the ends of his hair and cheeks, Chunjia's expression did not show any embarrassment or annoyance. He stretched out his hand to wipe his face and walked nonchalantly toward the shore.
Such calmness made Yun Fenghuang even more annoyed. She stretched out her legs and staggered the emperor who was about to take a step!
If it were on flat ground, with the emperor's skills he had developed since childhood, Yun Fenghuang would definitely not be able to trip him, and even if he did, he would not necessarily fall.
But this is in the water.
The emperor had no experience of walking in the water. After he noticed that his body was out of balance, although he immediately tried to stand still, he misjudged the resistance of the water flow to the movement and still fell forward. Of course, he would not let go of the initiator. He grabbed Yun Fenghuang again and pulled her into the water.
And this time he didn't plan to let this restless concubine go before going ashore.
Yun Fenghuang struggled under his hand, tripping him up from time to time. From the place where the two fell into the water to the shore, it was only seven or eight steps, but the struggle took a full stick of incense.
In the end, the emperor held Yun Fenghuang in the water up to his ankles.
The young Jieyu who lost her advantage was unable to fight anymore and had no choice but to give up.
"...Are your Majesty really talking about my concubine just now?" She was forced to lie on her back on the shallow beach, looking at the bright stars and moon under the dark blue night above her head, and suddenly sneered, "Are you still sighing for Yue Jieyu?"
The face of the emperor who leaned down was shrouded in the night, and his expression could not be clearly seen. It seemed that he curled his lips and smiled. It was not clear whether the smile was sarcastic, indifferent, or indifferent.
Yun Fenghuang didn't care whether he answered or not, and said to himself: "If you want to say that you know full well that your childhood sweetheart is devoted to you, so you act willfully and unscrupulously, who can compare with Yue Jieyu?"
She was very upset at the moment because she felt that she was too impulsive.
Too many secrets have been revealed to Chunjia tonight.
She's not usually so easy to talk to.
In the final analysis, after rejecting Qi Jiulu and hearing the news of Qi Jiulu's departure, no matter how much he pretended to be calm, his heart was in chaos after all.
In this case, before Chunjia concentrated on playing the flute and asked her to leave, she should actually leave.
It is a rational choice to rectify your emotions and fight another day.
But tonight she was a little confused.
For example, at this moment, she had clearly noticed that the emperor's grip on her arm had increased a bit, as if to tactfully remind her not to continue provoking, but she still continued with a smile, "Is your majesty too overwhelmed by Yue Jieyu? This is not surprising. People's hearts are fickle, not to mention that Your Majesty is the emperor and has three palaces and six courtyards. What kind of explanation is there? Yue Jieyu talks about beauty, talent, family background, gentleness and pettyness. Which one can give it? Can Your Majesty? Maybe you have some ulterior motive for enduring her for these eight years, so that the Ji family and others can recognize that Your Majesty is a nostalgic person who is not good at pretending, so they can relax their vigilance?"
"But now that His Majesty is in charge, Yue Jieyu is not that useful anymore. Even if she is pregnant, she can..."
Before she finished speaking, Chunjia suddenly let go of her and walked ashore on her own.
Yun Fenghuang lay in the water for another moment before lazily turning over and sitting up.
I saw Chunjia still not far away, twisting the water at the hem of his clothes, his side face turned frosty color by the moonlight, and the sharp light in his eyes reminded people of an unsheathed blade, a sharpness that could be felt without getting close.
However, when he noticed her movement, his eyes that looked over were calm and unmoved: "Do you want help?"
"... Your Majesty, please." Yun Fenghuang squinted at him, and suddenly felt that his calm look was very unpleasant - they were also childhood sweethearts, Qi Jiulu could clearly outstrip Yuan Fu Niang for more than 18 years, why should he hold back while doing so? While seizing power and enduring all kinds of unreasonable troubles made by Yuan Yuniang, he could still remain calm and not reveal any weakness or dejection
But she, in the past two days, had not thought about getting it over with once or twice.
So even though she could stand up on her own, she remained motionless waiting for him to help her.
When the emperor came to him and extended his hand, she did not take it. Instead, she hugged her knees and sat in the water, smiling softly, "Your Majesty, I heard someone say in the evening that Yue Jieyu is in Fangyin." There is a big temper in the hall. If Your Majesty feels unhappy, why don't you talk to me about it? After all, everyone is sad tonight, right?"
Chunjia didn't even move her eyes, she just said calmly: "I'm used to it."
"So Yue Jieyu really caused trouble in the Fangyin Pavilion tonight?" Yun Fenghuang laughed happily, "I just came back, but I really don't know about this... I didn't expect that I guessed it right!"
She didn't wait for the emperor to stop, and continued hurriedly, "Well, during the past few days when Yue Jieyu came to the palace, she was said to have kept a low profile because of her loving mother, the Empress Dowager. Why did she suddenly make a fuss? Could it be because of that? Your Majesty didn't take her with you on this hunting trip? No, no, no, that shouldn't be the case. In that case, if you want to make a fuss, you should make a fuss before setting out; the hunting is over now, what's the point of making more fuss? At worst, Your Majesty promises to take her with you later. That’s all.”
"Or is it for the prey brought back by His Majesty? It's just that even if Yue Jieyu fights with the Empress Dowager without any rules, given the Empress Dowager's love for her and the importance she attaches to the emperor's heir, she will eventually smooth things over and give in on her own initiative."
"If you are jealous of other concubines, then according to Yue Jieyu's nature, you should have any grudges and revenge, and you should go straight to the concubines!"
Chunjia looked at her, her thin lips pursed tightly, and her originally handsome face revealed a hint of coldness.
Yun Fenghuang disagreed and said his speculation with a smile: "Counting the days, the emperor's heir in Yue Jieyu's belly is enough to separate the male and female. Could it be that Yue Jieyu wants your majesty to agree to make this child the prince, and your majesty has various considerations. I can’t agree, so?”