It's night, Yangxin Hall.
Zhang Jixiang served the green sign as usual. Xiao Ce glanced at it and didn't see Qin Zhao's sign. What he remembered was what Qin Zhao had said to him during the day.
She said that she would be where he was. She also said that he was kind to the other concubines in the harem, but she stayed alone in the empty boudoir every night...
"Your Majesty?" Zhang Jixiang saw Xiao Ce looking at the Green Head Card in a daze, wondering what his master was thinking.
"Why don't you see the imperial concubine's sign?" Xiao Ce came back to his senses and replied quietly.
It's strange to say that this harem is full of women who admire him. He has been surrounded by such sights since he was a child. How come he remembers these words Qin Zhao said?
The entire harem is full of concubines who guard the empty boudoir alone, and Qin Zhao is not the only one.
Zhang Jixiang did not dare to say that it was Empress Dowager Guo who refused to use the brand of the Imperial Concubine of Qin. The emperor suddenly mentioned the brand of the Imperial Concubine of Qin. Could it be that he wanted to steal the brand of the Imperial Concubine of Qin?
"I'm asking you a question!" Xiao Ce looked at Zhang Jixiang coldly.
Zhang Jixiang quickly knelt on the ground: "Slave, I don't remember..."
Xiao Ce looked at the top of Zhang Jixiang's head, and Zhang Jixiang's scalp suddenly went numb. He quickly apologized: "It was my own fault. I thought the emperor didn't like the imperial concubine, so I didn't become the imperial concubine."
"You really deserve to die!" Xiao Ce waved his hand: "Take it down and don't get in my eyes."
Zhang Jixiang responded quickly, holding the sign, and then retreated on his knees.
Before going to bed that night, Xiao Ce suddenly remembered that Qin Zhao had told him today that she would be where he was, but in recent days, this was the first time Qin Zhao came to the Nourishing Heart Hall to look for her.
"Jixiang, has your concubine often come to see me before?" Xiao Ce asked casually.
This question stumped Zhang Jixiang.
He didn't know what answer Xiao Ce wanted to hear, and he didn't know how to answer it.
"Is my question so difficult to answer? Tell the truth." Xiao Ce looked at Zhang Jixiang with eyes like daggers.
Zhang Jixiang felt that the current Long Live Lord was too powerful, and he did not dare to lie: "The imperial concubine rarely comes to Yangxin Hall, and the number of times she comes to Yangxin Hall throughout the year can only be counted on one hand."
This was the truth, but he didn't know if the emperor wanted to hear this truth.
"Has the imperial concubine pestered me before?" Xiao Ce asked again.
Zhang Jixiang's head lowered: "The imperial concubine is the least annoying master in the entire harem. It is usually the emperor who goes to the imperial concubine..."
Speaking of this, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, not daring to say a word.
Xiao Ce thought of Qin Zhao's sincere expression when he talked to him today. The woman suddenly showed her love to him and said she couldn't live without him. It was just a show of love?!
"you sure?!"
Xiao Ce's gloomy voice sounded above Zhang Jixiang's head. Zhang Jixiang was not sure whether to continue telling the truth or not.
Speaking of which, this is a very shameful thing. The emperor is also a man, so he will naturally be unhappy if he is ignored by a concubine in the harem.
He didn't know how to answer: he heard Xiao Ce ask again: "How many times will the imperial concubine come to see me throughout the year? I want to listen to the truth."
Zhang Jixiang thought that he was not bored enough to count such things, but when the emperor asked him, he had to answer: "Usually you can count with both hands."
Xiao Ce was not surprised by the answer this time. He asked again: "The imperial concubine said she didn't want to go to the summer resort because she was reluctant to leave me. Do you think the imperial concubine was telling the truth?"
Zhang Jixiang's face turned pale when he heard this. How could he dare to tell the truth? He hurriedly said: "Of course it is true. In the past, the relationship between the emperor and the imperial concubine was very good. The imperial concubine listened to the emperor in everything. That is to say, the emperor has neglected the imperial concubine recently.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your Majesty is not as close as I used to be with the Emperor."
Nothing can happen to the Imperial Concubine. She is His Highness’s biological mother. His Highness is so young and cannot live without the Imperial Concubine.
"You said that the imperial concubine rarely comes to Yangxin Hall, and you also said that the imperial concubine is close to the emperor. Isn't that contradictory?" Speaking of this, Xiao Ce suddenly asked: "Zhang Jixiang, have you accepted the imperial concubine's benefits?!"
Zhang Jixiang was unjustly accused to death. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees and said, "The slave is wronged! The imperial concubine once hit the slave's head. How could the slave say good things to the imperial concubine? The imperial concubine rarely comes to Yangxin Hall because the emperor wants to
Although she is busy with government affairs, the imperial concubine is very capable of dealing with such important matters. The imperial concubine is a righteous woman, and this servant really admires the imperial concubine. The slave's master is only the emperor, how can she be used by the concubines in the harem? What the slave said
It’s true. I dare not make half-truths. I ask your Majesty to judge clearly.”
Xiao Ce met Zhang Jixiang's magnanimous eyes.
He knows best what kind of person Zhang Jixiang is. He has always been a wallflower and will fall in whatever direction the wind blows. Zhang Jixiang has many shortcomings, but one of his greatest strengths is that he is loyal to him.
He was a man who couldn't do anything wrong. If he had a guilty conscience, his eyes would betray him. At this moment, he believed Zhang Jixiang's words.
"Okay, let's get up." Xiao Ce felt a little upset.
He didn't understand why Qin Zhao looked different from him in his dream and behaved differently. Of course, they had the same thing. They both gave birth to little atoms for him. They were neither shy nor impatient when they spoke. When she confessed to him today
, the imperial concubine opened her mouth and came, her expression seemed quite sincere, but he just felt that the woman seemed to have an ulterior motive.
Zhang Jixiang got up and stepped aside, wiping a cold sweat.
The current emperor is very sophisticated and extremely suspicious.
In the past, when the imperial concubine asked the emperor for something, she usually said it nicely, but what he said was also correct. The emperor and the imperial concubine were on good terms.
He just didn't want the emperor to remember the love he had with the imperial concubine in the past and regret doing things to the extreme one day, so he defended the imperial concubine everywhere.
Speaking of which, the imperial concubine was not nice to him, so why did he come here?
The next day was the Dragon Boat Festival, and Xiao Ce got up to wash up and practice Qigong according to his usual schedule. When he saw flower pots with cattails and mugwort placed in front of the palace gate, he slowed down.
Zhang Jixiang clarified Xiao Ce's doubts: "These were released at the order of the imperial concubine. During the Dragon Boat Festival, releasing these is a folk custom."
"What else has your concubine prepared?" Xiao Ce asked casually.
"After worshiping heaven and earth, there will be various activities such as shooting willows and beating pills at the royal hunting ground. The concubines of the harem will enjoy flowers in the imperial garden. In addition, after all the ministers pay their respects, the emperor will go to Mingyuan to watch the dragon boat race. Preparations for the dragon boat race are already underway.
For a long time, the participants included literary figures and military generals. The imperial concubine said that the dragon boat race can enhance cohesion and this kind of event is indispensable. In addition, the imperial concubine selected Cui Jieyu and Zuo Zhaorong as her companions..." Zhang Jixiang put it roughly
The matter was explained once.
Xiao Ce didn't answer and looked incomprehensible. Zhang Jixiang didn't know whether his master was happy or unhappy.
"Where is the imperial concubine herself?" Just as he was feeling anxious, his master asked.
This chapter has been completed!