When Sun Zhaoxue said this, she knelt in front of Li Zhongxuan desolately, "The concubine is bold." ”

"Zhaoxue, you, you get up." Li Zhongxuan was moved and promised: "You can rest assured, I will be good to you, but I can only treat you as a sister in this life." ”

"To have a brother like you, the concubine is also happy." Sun Zhaoxue easily accepted it.

Originally, Li Zhongxuan really wanted to snub Sun Zhaoxue, let Sun Zhaoxue retreat, and let Sun Zhaoxue understand that it was impossible between them.

After three or five days of neglect, Sun Zhaoxue will be completely out of the ordinary, just like the rest of the girls in the harem, and as time flies, they will forget the emperor.

But Sun Zhaoxue has already taken the initiative to draw a clear line, so he naturally has to accept this girl's meaning.

Li Zhongxuan was going to observe for a few more days, so as to see if this Sun Zhaoxue had ulterior motives or was really innocent, but after a week of observation, he found that Sun Zhaoxue was indeed a simple girl.

She still comes to say hello every morning, and chooses to eat at the same table with Li Zhongxuan at noon and dinner, and this girl's memory is very good, and she remembers what Li Zhongxuan likes to eat and what she doesn't like to eat in an instant.

She will take care of him, but she will not be attached to him at all, and she will not accommodate him at all. She doesn't change her own tastes because of his tastes, they are true gentlemen's friends.

On this day, Sun Zhaoxue accompanied Li Zhongxuan to eat, and suddenly seemed to think of something, "Your Majesty, I want to talk to you." ”

"What?" Li Zhongxuan seemed to be sick.

Sun Zhaoxue sat opposite Li Zhongxuan, looking open and honest, "Your Majesty, you have been frowning in the past few days, what has happened?" The so-called one person is short, and the armpit becomes a fur, and the concubine wants to help you, you can talk about it. ”

"Where can you help me with these things?" Li Zhongxuan sighed.

"Your Majesty, rats eat elephants, you have heard such a story, don't look at my bad looks, in fact, there are things that you can't solve, and in the hands of the rest of the people, maybe it's still a small thing that can be done overnight, besides, you can't solve the problem with a sad face."

Li Zhongxuan smiled slightly when he heard this.

"There are locusts outside the imperial capital, I am distraught, the locust plague is the first time in my imperial capital, even your brother is watching outside today, I hope everyone can come up with some good solutions." This locust plague is indeed not something that she can solve as a girl.

"The concubine is going to see it too." She said so.

"There's nothing to see there, you just rest in the palace, it's hot outside." Between June and July, it was hot outside, and Li Zhongxuan naturally felt sorry for her and was reluctant to let her go out.

"The concubine abbot has nothing to do, inspect the people's livelihood and suffering, can it be solved, the concubine is also pleased, can this be solved, the concubine body can be regarded as going out to think of a way, all of them are on this juncture, what else do you say is hard or not?" When Li Zhongxuan heard it, it seemed that he was too, and he simply didn't insist on her.

The locust plague caused a storm in the city, but it was only today that Shen Qiaoan knew.

Her girl Zhilan and the guards went to Dijing to sell vegetables, and the vegetables they bought back were full of holes, which made Shen Qiaoan strange.

"Why isn't the food fresh this time?" Joan grabbed a handful of vegetables and looked closer, and found that the holes on it seemed to be made by some insects, and there were tooth marks in the wisps.

"Niangniang, there is a locust plague, and these dishes are still hard to get, you will settle for a little, you will be fine." Joan wasn't blaming her for not getting good food.

After lunch, Qiao An noticed that Zhilan's eyes were very strange, she dropped her chopsticks and stared at Zhilan for a while.

This girl has been with herself for five or six years, she is an honest and honest person, she can't hide things from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, her expression is sad at this moment, her heart is obviously not on the table, Shen Qiao'an is such a person who can observe words and feelings, how could she miss her expression and demeanor.

"Zhilan!" Shen Qiaoan got up, "Is something happening to the emperor?" ”

"No, Niangniang, you are too worried, the slave just feels pitiful to the people."

Hearing Zhilan say this, Qiao An also understood that Zhilan was just frightened by the shocking scene, and had no other intentions.

"Is there something else going on in the imperial capital that you can't talk about?" Finally, Shen Qiaoan asked.

"No, no." Zhilan coughed lightly and lowered her head in disguise.

Shen Qiaoan naturally knew that something was wrong, but she never imagined that it was Li Zhongxuan who was the concubine.

"Let's go out for a walk and see." Joan had heard of the locust plague, but she had never experienced it herself, she had always kept the people's livelihood and suffering in her heart, so she naturally wanted to go and see it at this moment.

The master and servant went out of the palace, followed by a group of mighty guards, and after Qiao An left the palace, he realized that the outside had been ravaged by locusts so miserably.

Some people were chasing and fighting, and there was a black cloud covering the sky outside, and some people were afraid of danger and persuaded Joan to go back early.

When Shen Qiao'an went back, he saw Prince Zhaoming coming from afar, obviously he had just arrived at the palace not long ago, and several guards were photographing the locusts on Prince Zhaoming's body.

"That, I don't mean to offend," Prince Zhaoming pointed outside in embarrassment: "Recently, I have racked my brains to think of a solution to this locust incident, and I am going to go to the suburbs today to have a look, but there are too many locusts, and I came to you by mistake." ”

"I'm just aescaping the summer, not in prison, so it's good if you want to come." Not only did Qiao An not get angry, but she also regarded Prince Zhaoming as a guest, and let people prepare a lot of food.

Seeing that Sun Zhaoming had taken it, Qiao An rolled his eyes, "I heard that something happened in the imperial capital?" ”

"What's the matter?" Prince Zhaoming took a sip of strong tea and looked at Qiao An puzzled.

"You're still going to hide it from me, I don't know?" Joan was just casually mentioned.

I didn't expect Sun Zhaoming to answer, but who knows, Sun Zhaoming's expression suddenly became very strange.

"An'er, the matter of the little sister, you, you already know?" Sun Zhaoming suddenly lowered her head, looking like a child who had done something wrong, "I, I apologize to you on behalf of my sister, but you believe her, she is kind-hearted, and she doesn't mean to occupy the magpie's nest." ”

"The dove occupies the magpie's nest?" Hearing this, Shen Qiaoan seemed to understand something, she only felt a stream of blood rushing back into her heart, and a line of desperate pain welled up in her heart, Li Zhongxuan, Li Zhongxuan, it turns out that you did everything possible to send me to the palace, but it was such a purpose?

"Your sister has arrived? When did you arrive, and why didn't I even hear a shadow? Shen Qiaoan pretended to be calm, and even deliberately laughed, but Sun Zhaoming had already felt the unwillingness and grievance in Qiao An's smile.

"Dijing has been in trouble recently, and the emperor has no choice, you have to understand him." Hearing this, Qiao An's heart was even more distressed than just now, as if a poisonous snake had bitten it.

Li Zhongxuan, who said that he would never abandon himself, has he already turned to Qin Duchu at this moment? She said before that she didn't mind Li Zhongxuan accepting a concubine, but the premise was that she needed to know about it.

And what about Li Zhongxuan? His behavior was so shameful that it was completely contrary to the style of a gentleman.

Shen Qiaoan was unhappy, Sun Zhaoming saw that Qiao An was unhappy, and said: "You will support yourself well, don't think nonsense, my sister and the emperor are inseparable, they are not as unbearable as you think." ”

Qiao An smiled weakly and asked Zhilan to send Sun Zhaoming away.

As soon as Sun Zhaoming went out, the seven monkeys greeted him: "The master has revealed that to the queen?" ”

"There are things, some people must know, this bad man! I'll do it! Sun Zhaoming smiled conspiratorily.

After Sun Zhaoming left, Shen Qiaoan became uncomfortable, and she immediately asked Zhilan to prepare things, and she wanted to go back.

But after Zhilan prepared her things, Qiao An was not ready to go back, why should she go back? He still owes himself an explanation, and she decides to listen to it before going back.

She was waiting, hoping that Li Zhongxuan would come early and explain what it was as early as possible, but recently Li Zhongxuan's busy feet were not dusty, not to mention that he was coming to the palace, and he even devoured food.

The people who are plagued by locusts are panicking, and everyone is coming up with ideas, because the number of locusts is huge, and exterminating them has become the first thing, but who knows that locusts are very cunning, and the number of people is very thin compared to them.

Li Zhongxuan's hard work was actually suffering from heat stroke at this moment.

Generally, people who are sick and crooked get sick, but they get better quickly, but people who are physically strong like Li Zhongxuan are very slow to get better after getting sick.

Taking advantage of Li Zhongxuan's illness, Sun Zhaoxue went to the suburbs, saying that he was going to see locusts, but after arriving in the suburbs, Sun Zhaoxue immediately asked Zhilan, who was sitting next to him.

"Tell me quickly, where is Shen Qiao'an's palace, go over now?" The girl next to her was still napping, and she thought she had heard a dream word.

"Tell me, I'm going to see the Queen!" waited for Sun Zhaoxue to remind her again, and Zhilan understood that Sun Zhaoxue didn't mean to joke at all.

Half an hour later, the carriage had approached the palace, and Sun Zhaoxue straightened her clothes and entered the palace.

Shen Qiaoan didn't expect Sun Zhaoxue to come.

"Concubine Sun Zhaoxue, I have seen the queen mother." Sun Zhaoxue bowed to Shen Qiao'an, Qiao An looked down and found that Sun Zhaoxue was such a little girl with red lips and white teeth.

"You are Sun Zhaoxue?" But the hostility rose unconsciously.

"The concubine is Sun Zhaoxue, the queen, the concubine is here to invite you back!" Sun Zhaoxue knelt in front of Shen Qiao'an and stared at Qiao An with his unique and beautiful eyes.

"What is everyone saying about you, mother, listen to it too! Now are you really going to hide in a small building and become a unity? The locust plague came, and even I, Ye Qinguo, sent helpers to come over and deal with it day by day, and what about you, the queen mother, you actually took refuge here in the summer, and the mother asked herself, is this what an emperor's wife should do? ”

"Zhilan!" Qiao An's sharp eyes fell on Zhilan, "How do you make noise about the palace, you went outside at the end of three days, and you didn't even bring a word back, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Na Zhilan knew a lot of secrets the last time she went out to buy vegetables, first of all, she knew about Li Zhongxuan's concubine, and secondly, she knew how everyone arranged Shen Qiao'an, saying that Shen Qiao'an was reluctant to show up to protect her life.

Where does Joan mean this.

"Niangniang doesn't need to be embarrassed with a small person, the one who is right and wrong, is the right and wrong, I'll tell you, how does it feel to be hiding in this deep palace courtyard recently? The common people are hungry and cold every day, and they can't even eat their stomachs, and they inevitably complain, asking me to say, Niang Niang should go back early. ”

"I know," Qiao An took a deep breath and calmly asked Zhilan to prepare things, and after Zhilan left, Sun Zhaoxue smiled evilly and changed her face.

Her smile reminded people of some kind of animal known for its cunning, "Shen Qiao'an, we have already gotten better, Li Zhongxuan and I are bound to win." ”

Sun Zhaoxue laughed wildly, and she laughed so breathlessly.

Hearing this treacherous laughter, Shen Qiaoan actually laughed too, her eyes were so indifferent, "What kind of nobody are you, you have come to provoke this palace, this palace will make you miserable." ”

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