[Easter Egg 1]—Qi Xiaoshou’s harem life (2)
In the palace, no matter how close you are to the emperor, you cannot forget your duty. Whether it is the harem or the former dynasty, if you forget your identity and exceed it, you will be sentenced to death, and you deserve it.
Putting on his clothes in a hurry, Qi Yan endured the sleepiness and came to the dormitory of Yangxin Hall. He saw Feng Lin sitting on a chair, with no intention of going to bed.
There was something wrong with the surrounding atmosphere. The young eunuchs were kneeling there with breathless concentration, not daring to breathe.
Qi Yan looked at it and walked over cautiously: "See the Emperor...Why are you back suddenly, Your Majesty?"
Feng Lin glanced at him, waved his hand, and dismissed the others, then said: "These women are getting more and more unpopular with me, and each of them has learned to turn a deaf ear. Women in the harem are not allowed to participate in politics, and that Xin Zhaoyi actually recommended me Officer!"
Qi Yan listened and knew that Feng Lin must have come back after Xin Zhaoyi got angry.
"Your Majesty, calm down." Qi Yan brought a cup of tea to the side and said, "Drink some tea to calm down the anger."
Feng Lin took the tea and held it in his hand, but didn't drink it. After thinking for a while, he placed it heavily on the table: "I'm so angry."
"Bah, bah, bah, don't say anything about being angry to death or not." Qi Yan said quickly: "Your Majesty, you are angry because you are angry, but don't say those taboo words." After saying that, Qi Yan went around behind Feng Lin and put his hands on On his shoulders, knead gently.
Qi Yan's actions were obviously something he often did. Feng Lin sighed and leaned on the back of the chair as if relaxing.
"Let me tell you, Your Majesty, you don't need to be angry at all. The ladies in the harem are just waiting to see you and leave some impression on you." Qi Yan comforted you softly: "If my words or actions make you unhappy, why don't you be angry? Okay, the dragon body belongs to you."
"Although I heard you say that..." Feng Lin sighed and patted Qi Yan's hand casually, but felt a cold feeling. He quickly held it and said, "Why are your hands so cold? Could it be that you got cold, but Do you want to be declared an imperial physician?"
When he held his hand, Qi Yan stared at him for a while, then suddenly withdrew his hand: "No, it's not necessary, please bear with the emperor."
Feng Lin seemed startled by his huge reaction, and then he seemed to have come to his senses and turned his head in a slight panic.
"That's all, I'll rest today. We have to go to court early tomorrow." After saying that, Feng Lin stood up. Qi Yan went over to undress him and took off his belt. Knowing that Feng Lin was only wearing a golden lining, Qi Yan had finished his work.
After Feng Lin fell asleep, Qi Yan returned to his side hall. As soon as he lay on the bed, a system notification sounded in his mind.
[The male protagonist’s favorability towards Qi Yan is +5, current favorability: 45]
Feng Linxu was in confusion, Qi Yan couldn't be anxious, and it was useless to be anxious.
The next day, when Qi Yan went to serve Feng Lin, he found that he didn't have any strange intentions, and Qi Yan was relieved. After going to court with him, the maid next to the Queen Mother came to summon him.
"See your Majesty." Aunt Sun is an old man in the palace, and even Feng Lin respects him very much.
"Aunt Sun is exempt from the courtesy." Feng Lin asked: "Aunt Sun comes to the Heart Cultivation Hall, but what does the Queen Mother want to see me for?"
"That's right. Please ask Your Majesty to come to the Queen Mother's Palace."
Feng Lin brushed his sleeves and said, "That's all, I probably haven't seen the Queen Mother for a long time."
There was already a queen and Concubine Yao in the Queen Mother's Palace. In recent years, Concubine Yao was the most favored in the Sixth Palace. In order to win over General Yao, Feng Lin coaxed Concubine Yao into submission.
When Feng Lin arrived, Qi Yan saw the situation in the palace and knew that it was for the draft.
This draft is the round in which the heroine is selected, which is also the beginning of the plot. Qi Yan followed silently. After saluting the Queen Mother and others, he stood behind Feng Lin and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, the Ai family has called you here this time for this year's talent show." The Queen Mother was kind, but she couldn't hide the glint in her eyes: "The Queen and I have seen it before, and some of the girls are quite good. of."
In every draft, there are default selections and immediate selections. The girl who has been chosen by default must have given up her name. The immediate selection is to see if there is another girl that the emperor likes, and then she will give up her name and keep it.
The Queen Mother asked someone to bring some portraits and put them in front of Feng Lin. Feng Lin flipped through them with interest and put them down: "The Queen Mother and the Empress can make the final decision on these matters."
"Hey, it depends on whether the emperor is happy or not."
"It doesn't matter whether you are happy or not." Feng Lin looked away, his eyes falling on the enchanting Concubine Yao: "How are you doing, my beloved concubine?"
Concubine Yao's face showed joy: "As far as I'm concerned, Your Majesty, I'm feeling fine these days, but it's cold and my appetite is a bit off."
"Well, tell me to go down and ask the kitchen to make some food that the imperial concubine likes to eat." It seemed like he said it casually, but it also seemed like a great gift.
The Queen Mother and the Empress both had stiff faces. They didn't expect that the Emperor would dare to flirt like this in front of them.
Concubine Yao was naturally overjoyed, but after being in the palace for many years, she concealed her joy very well.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After staying in the Queen Mother's Palace for less than three-quarters of an hour, Qi Yan felt that the old Queen Mother was going to explode with anger, but Feng Lin didn't understand it, as if he didn't know anything.
After returning to Yangxin Hall, Feng Lin reviewed the memorial and turned away others, so Qi Yan was able to ask questions.
"Why did the Emperor refute the Queen Mother's wishes?" Qi Yan offered him more tea: "The draft is only a matter of time."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Yangxin Hall fell into a strange silence.
Qi Yan thought he had said something wrong and hurriedly wanted to kneel down. Feng Lin helped him up before he could.
"Kneel down at every turn, and you are like those people. You treat me as the emperor. Do you want me to be alone all my life?"
Feng Lin did not call himself 'I', but used 'I'. Obviously, when facing Qi Yan, he was still relaxed physically and mentally.
Qi Yan was silent for a while and said softly: "I know that I will not speculate on the holy will, and there is no way to block my words. But it is a great honor for me, Qi Yan, to be by your side."
Feng Lin smiled and patted his shoulder: "You are my friend."
Qi Yan nodded and took a piece of pastry from his desk: "I won't be polite to you, my friend, but you are so greedy for me."
Feng Lin laughed loudly and pushed a plate of pastries in front of him: "Here you can eat."
Talking and laughing seemed like it was back to the past, until someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to report that the Queen Mother and the Empress had already decided on the show girl and were now submitting the title and position to the Emperor.
Feng Lin asked them to put them aside and sent them away.
Seeing that he didn't have much interest in doing this, Qi Yan stepped forward to take away the list.
"Qi Yan, why do you think I can't meet the person I love?"
Qi Yan's movements paused and his voice was faint: "The time has not come yet."
Feng Lin sighed: "That's all. If you have someone you like in the future, you must tell me."
Qi Yan smiled and didn't answer any more.
What he meant by "the time hasn't come yet" was not that he hadn't met him yet, but that he hadn't yet met the person he was interested in yet, but the person he found his heartbeat was by his side.