Qingyi was stunned, seeing that her original hand holding the book was wrapped in a big palm, her heart jumped, and her breathing was a little messy, she turned her head slightly to look at the emperor, but she didn't dare to look directly into his eyes, a little, she said softly: "The emperor has no government affairs to be busy today?" How can you have time to accompany your concubines", at this time on weekdays, he should be very busy

Yu Haoxuan lowered his head and kissed her cheek, smiled lightly with thin lips, and said in Qingyi's ear with a little doting: "It's really busy, but nothing is as important as my Qingyi, because I think looking at Qingyi is more pleasing than watching the good news after winning a battle."

Qingyi's face was embarrassed, and she just wanted to refute, but she was puzzled by the meaning of Yu Haoxuan's words just now, so she hurriedly raised her head and wondered: "Is there a war today?" Otherwise, where will the good news and victory come from?

Yu Haoxuan nodded, but said with a smile as if he didn't want to talk more: "It's nothing, it's just that some small barbarian countries at the border that have not been included in the Celestial Empire's wings have sent envoys to ask me for help." ”

Qingyi was stunned, and before she could refuse, she saw that the emperor had already picked up his feet, looked at it as if he were looking at a treasure, and then stretched out his hand and pinched it gently

Taking a deep breath, Qingyi hurriedly grabbed the emperor's hand, shook his head and said: "No, no need, the emperor, don't be like this", Qingyi's eyes looked at the emperor's smiling eyes in a panic and embarrassment, and said with a slightly red face: "The concubine's feet are not sore or painful, and the emperor is not working to knead them."

But the emperor stared at Qingyi with a smile, gently took her hand away, continued to knead her bare feet, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Today, I heard from the queen mother that Qingyi's feet will be swollen in the future due to the heir, and someone needs to knead them, so the queen mother specially rewarded a palace maid to come, but I have refused."

Rebuff? Qingyi was puzzled, and then saw the emperor looking at her with a stronger smile, and said with a smile: "I told the queen mother, since Qingyi is pregnant with my child, why do you need others to take care of it, this kind of thing, it is naturally better for her husband to come in person" said, kneading Qingyi's bare feet more gently

Qingyi froze, her face turned even redder, her eyes dodged several times and wanted to withdraw her feet, but to no avail, so she could only stammer: "How can your emperor say this to the queen mother, isn't this not a place for the concubines to have no place to deal with?" "If others know that the emperor is doing this to a concubine, wouldn't it be a loss of majesty?

Yu Haoxuan stopped the movement in his hand, but he was playing with Qingyi's beautiful feet, and then said dotingly: "The Queen Mother asked me not to spoil Qingyi" Saying, he looked at Qingyi with burning eyes, and suddenly smiled handsomely, and said very seriously: "Qingyi, I don't know how to treat my wife as a husband, but I just want to tell you that any man can do it for his wife, I can do it."

Qingyi looked at Emperor Wu's handsome face in a daze, and for a while, she didn't know what to say, a little, she was a little flustered, pulled up the quilt and blocked her chest, but the emperor reached out to clasp her shoulders as if she was not allowed to escape, and when she was stunned, he lowered his head and kissed her lips

In the 'Zhaoyun Palace', Concubine Shu sat in front of the main hall with a haggard face, looking at the closed heavy palace door outside the hall, wearing a golden armor hand holding a cup of tea, but she trembled slightly as if she couldn't hold it, only heard the sound of porcelain colliding, and then, when Du Xiang'er ran into the hall with her skirt, she smashed it on the ground

Concubine Shu hurriedly lifted her skirt and got up, looked at Du Xiang'er who was sweating lightly, and said with a slight tremble: "Xiang'er, how is it?" Did the letter reach the 'Protector of the Prince' Mansion? ”

Du Xiang'er looked at Concubine Shu's delicate pale and haggard look, couldn't help but shake her head, helped Concubine Shu to sit down, and sighed: "I'm afraid it's difficult this time, the slave maid went to the 'Xuanwu Gate' to ask an official messenger to pass the message, but I didn't expect that the 'Xuanwu Gate' was heavily guarded, and there was no way at all", as she said, Du Xiang'er couldn't help but twist her eyebrows, grabbed the silk handkerchief in her hand, closed her eyes and said: "In the 'Protector's Mansion that day, if the young lady didn't speak quickly, how could she fall into the trap today?" ”

Concubine Shu's face was whiter, but she was not as arrogant as before, she closed her eyes and said with despair: "Now the palace is no longer in power, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that three days after the palace was out of the palace, Xiao Tong actually flew on the branch and had half of the queen's demeanor."

Du Xiang'er turned her head to look at Concubine Shu's aging appearance, her eyebrows tightened tighter, but she said weakly: "Xiao Tong is pregnant with the emperor's heir, and he is deeply favored by the emperor, and it is reasonable to be able to get the position of 'imperial concubine', blame the county lord of the Allure City, what to do to provoke the virtuous concubine when she has nothing to do" Saying, she took a deep breath, her eyes moved, as if she remembered something, and suddenly said: "Virtuous concubine"

"Concubine Xian?" Concubine Shu repeated a sentence sluggishly, and then turned her eyes to look at Du Xiang'er's expression, but said with a sad smile: "Concubine Xian has just been promoted, if Concubine De is not jealous, why would she provoke me, and now I am grounded here" Although the grounding has only been for three days, her majesty as the person in charge of the harem has long been reduced to a joke about the harem concubines

Du Xiang'er shook her head, but said with a little hope: "No, we should go and win over this virtuous concubine" Saying, she turned her head to look at Concubine Shu, pursed her lips and said: "The reason why Concubine De's matter is known to the Queen Mother, Concubine Xian must also have some arrangements, right now, we have no way out, and we can only take a risk."

At noon, the "Zhaoyun Palace", which had been confined three days ago, finally opened its heavy gate, but the palace gate was still heavily guarded

Concubine Shu stood in front of the hall and looked at the guards outside the hall, her pale face was even more haggard, she turned around and walked back to the hall, her eyes were tired and she sat on the concubine chair, she didn't even have the strength to look at Du Xiang'er, a little, before she sighed, stretched out her green jade hand to support her forehead, and said weakly: "What should I do... What should the palace do now, Xiao Tong has now become the imperial concubine, so... Will the right to enforce the law in the harem also be rejected and rewarded to her? ”

Du Xiang'er, who was standing on the side, was silent, and then looked at the movement outside the hall with her eyebrows tightened, in the morning, she had already sent someone to pass the letter to the "Mercy Palace", but it was noon, and Concubine Xian still did not have any movement, whether... Did their plan really fail again?

Although it seems to be a coincidence, it seems that someone has already controlled it, but if this is the case, why can't you see the slightest flaw?

Closing her eyes and sighing lightly, Du Xiang'er turned around and sat next to Concubine Shu, and said a little deflated: "If Concubine Xian is unwilling to help us, then we can only delay like this, fortunately, the emperor has not issued an order to dismiss Miss's law enforcement order, so even if you make such a joke, you are still the master of the harem."

The master of the harem? When Concubine Shu heard these four words, she couldn't help but laugh bitterly, and just wanted to laugh at herself, but she heard a coquettish laugh outside the hall, and when the two were stunned, they saw a long red dress, wearing a purple and blonde hairpin, and a jade hairpin with a small step on her face

Concubine Xian recovered, but her face was still pale and bloodless, even if she was smeared with fat powder, she still couldn't hide her delicate sickness, Xing'er carefully helped her to step up the stone steps, walked up to the main hall, and then saw the concubine and Du Xiang'er who got up in a hurry, and looked happy, and hurriedly stepped forward, and said: "The slave and maid see the concubine Niangniang, the maid is blessed with Jin'an"

Concubine Shu smiled, hurriedly asked Du Xiang'er to prepare a seat, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sister Xian'er is here, it really makes my sister wait", and then, as if affectionate, she stepped forward to hold Concubine Xian's hand, pulled her to the table, and said softly: "Come, sister, sit down, Xiang'er, serve tea"

Concubine Xian smiled delicately, reached out to hold a cup of tea, pursed her red lips, and then said leisurely: "Sister Shufei's letter sister has actually received it a long time ago, but in recent days, the harem is heavily guarded, and my sister has been grounded and guilty, so my sister is not good to come to visit, and finally waited until noon, news came from the palace that my sister's palace door was opened, and then I came", said, put down the tea bowl in his hand, pinched the silk handkerchief and wiped his lips

Concubine Xian smiled softly, glanced up at the extremely sleek Du Xiang'er, moved her eyebrows lightly, reached out to pick up a fruit in the fruit bowl, looked at it with her eyelashes, and then sighed: "Actually, what Sister Shufei wants, my sister is afraid that it is also difficult for me, but... Since you and I are both imperial concubines, and we are implicated by the same person, the matter of the alliance can be regarded as a wire", he said, put the fruit on the table, got up slowly, and said with a smile: "The hour is not early, in order not to be gossiped about, my sister will not sit more"

Concubine Shu listened to Concubine Xian's words, and the boulder in her heart could be regarded as falling, but when she heard that Concubine Xian was about to leave so soon, her heart was entangled, and she also got up, and said in a slightly anxious voice: "Is Concubine Xian's sister going to leave so soon?" ”

Xing'er looked at Concubine Shu's delicate and old demeanor, and hurriedly stepped forward to block between her and Concubine Xian, and said with a light smile: "Concubine Shuniang doesn't know, the princess was troubled by Concubine De three days ago, and the old disease attacked, so the medicine of three provinces a day cannot be broken, and now it is noon, and you must go back to the palace to take medicine", said, respectfully blessed the body, and then helped Concubine Xian to leave

Concubine Shu looked at Concubine Xian's dazzling red dress, her jade hand was clenched, she pulled it twice, her red lips were very tight, and after a while, she closed her eyes, slammed her fist on the table, and said sadly: "I didn't expect this palace to see the face of a yellow-haired girl today, this palace"

"If Miss hadn't violated the laws of the harem when she returned home, naturally she wouldn't have to", Du Xiang'er didn't comfort Concubine Shu, but broke the mistake she made in one word, which made Concubine Shu's face red and white, but she still said softly: "Miss was jealous of the emperor's reward for Xiao Tong's heir, and after returning to the house, she repeatedly delayed returning to the palace for the sake of the second lady's fast tongue, and now, except to see Concubine Xian's face, there is no other way, not to mention... I'm afraid that the lord will be punished in the court for not persuading the young lady to return to the palace immediately."

Concubine Shu's face was even more ugly, but she could only grit her teeth and endure it, she stretched out her hand to cover her eyes, a little, as if trying to calm the anger and humiliation in her heart, and said in a trembling voice: "This palace escaped the harem storm three years ago, is it going to die at the hands of these yellow-haired girls", Du Xiang'er twisted her eyebrows, but she was silent, she looked at the depression outside the hall, and after a while, she sighed leisurely and said: "On that day, if Miss was willing to bend down and befriend Xiao Tong, maybe there would not be today's catastrophe"

The red-topped chariot shook the tulle and slowly drove on the cobblestone path, in the sedan car, Xiao Min, dressed in red, supported his forehead with his jade hand, as if he was distracted and looked at the "Imperial Garden" passing through, the pink floating "plum blossom forest", a little, and said softly: "Xing'er, you say... If I tell the emperor what the imperial concubine did, will the emperor abandon this poisonous woman? ”

Xing'er walked with her head down, and when she heard Xiao Min's almost inaudible words, she was almost stunned, she looked at Xiao Min through the goose yellow curtain with wide eyes in astonishment, and said in a slightly stammering voice: "Princess... You... What do you say? ”

Xiao Min closed his eyes, beat his forehead a little tiredly, and then slowly opened his eyes, sighed, pulled a wry smile on his red lips, and said: "That's it, Xing'er, you go to the 'Heart Palace' now, tell the imperial concubine about today's concubine Shufei's wooing me, and ask the imperial concubine to bring me instructions."

Xing'er looked at Xiao Min with a calm face in a daze, pursed her lips, and although her expression was puzzled, she still nodded in a daze, and whispered: "Slave... The slave and maid are going", he said, holding the silk handkerchief with both hands, and turned and ran in the direction of the east gate of the main palace

"Xiao Tong" Xiao Min watched the figure of Xing'er's blue dress gradually disappear into the depressed garden, and couldn't help but make a soft noise, and then reached out to support his forehead again, his eyes were slightly dim, and his other hand was clenched into a fist

When the sun set, Xiao Tong walked into the "Palace of Eternal Life" with the soup, and when he saw the emperor sitting in front of the imperial case to review the recital, he turned his eyes to look at Qingyi who was sitting on the side grinding, and then walked with his head down, put down the two bowls of soup, and whispered: "Miss, the palace maid of the 'Mercy Palace' asks to see"

Qingyi's grinding hand stopped, raised her eyes, and just wanted to say something to the emperor, but saw that Yu Haoxuan had already raised her head to look at her, and smiled softly: "Qingyi will go early and return early"

Qingyi's eyebrows moved slightly, but she saw that the emperor recast his eyes on the music, pursed his lips, nodded to Xiao Tong, got up, blessed the emperor, and said softly: "The concubine will retire first."

Then, he took Xiao Tong out of the dormitory

"Miss, Concubine Xian's marrying lady Xing'er came to ask to see her, saying that Concubine Shu wrote a letter of help to Concubine Xian today, asking Concubine Xian to help her get out of the predicament", as she spoke, Xiao Tong took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to Qingyi, and whispered: "Miss, this is the letter written by Concubine Shu to Concubine Xian"

Qingyi looked at the slightly wrinkled envelope, stretched out his hand to take it, opened the envelope and took out the rice paper inside, only to see that there was neat and beautiful handwriting written on it, although there were only a few words, but it could easily make people know the artistic conception, look, Qingyi pinched the letter in his hand, twisted his eyebrows slightly, and said coldly: "Whose handwriting is this?" ”

Xiao Tong looked at Juanxiu's handwriting on the letter, and said affirmatively: "This should be written by Du Xiang'er, the maid of the second lady", Qingyi's eyebrows moved, waiting for Xiao Tong to speak, only to see Xiao Tong take the letter in her hand, read and look, and then said: "Du Xiang'er is quick to think, which is beyond the reach of the second lady, so the second lady left this girl who likes to play clever with the second lady back then."

In the dark corner of the "Weiyang Palace", Qingyi's eyes were a little dark, she stroked the white jade bracelet on her wrist, walked out from behind the stone pillar, looked down at her oblique figure on the ground, and said with some condensation after half a sound: "Has Concubine De moved these days?" ”

Xiao Tong crumpled the letter in his hand, and then followed Qingyi's pace, and whispered: "According to the palace maid who delivered the food in the past few days, Concubine De has indeed tossed a lot in the past three days, almost smashing everything in the palace, even eating little food, her temper is not small, but she is also a lot haggard."