After noon, Xia Rongxin took a sedan chair to the Qinzheng Hall. Although it was autumn, the sun after noon was still quite fierce.

Yun Xi walked beside the sedan chair and held an umbrella for Concubine Mei, who was sitting on the sedan chair and resting with her eyes closed.

"Yun Xi, will the Emperor get tired of me being like this?" Xia Rongxin suddenly opened her eyes, looked straight ahead, and asked calmly.

Yun Xi was startled, and turned to take a look at Concubine Mei's makeup and the smooth jewelry on her meticulous bun. She smiled and said, "How could it be possible? Concubine Mei is so good at facial expressions that she looks the same as she did more than ten years ago."

There is almost no difference, and besides, the emperor has always been pleased with the dignified, virtuous, and self-possessed look of the empress. The empress has not changed, how could the emperor be tired of it."

"No." Xia Rongxin shook her head, "I'm obviously tired."

Although the sedan chair was stable, it was still swaying while walking. Xia Rongxin raised her hand and said, "Stop. I will walk over by myself."

"Empress..." Yun Xi hurriedly stepped forward to support Concubine Mei, not knowing what she said wrongly and why Concubine Mei suddenly walked over on her own.

Xia Rongxin walked under the shade of the trees. This corridor was long and long. After she first met the emperor in the Imperial Garden, she moved into the West Hall of Yichun Hall. As a noble Xia, she often went to Qinzheng Hall to pay tribute.

When the emperor presented some snacks made by himself, he could only walk over by himself.

She walked along this corridor for several years, and it was not until she gave birth to Qi Jingqin that she was promoted to a noble concubine. After the childbirth, she was in poor health, so she was allowed to ride in the sedan chair as an exception.

Xia Rongxin looked up at the sky, slowly took off the armor on her hands, and handed them all to Yun Xi.

"Empress, what are you doing?" Yun Xi was shocked and didn't understand what Concubine Mei meant when she took off her armor.

But Xia Rongxin just thought, if life were just like the first time we met.

When she first met him, she was just a girl who had never seen the emperor for only a year and a half.

Today's official duties were not too heavy. After reviewing the memorials, Qi Bingyu sat in the study room of Qinzheng Hall to rest. He was thinking about Lu Huiling last night. Although he felt somewhat regretful towards her, he was mostly happy.

He finally had the opportunity to make up for all his debts to Lu Fushuang to Lu Huiling. For him, Lu Huiling was just a sustenance to satisfy his debts.

"Hey." Qi Bingyu called.

Eunuch He hurriedly entered the palace: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

"Arrange a carriage for me. I'm going to Minghua Hall." Qi Bingyu said.

"But Your Majesty, Concubine Mei said she would come to the Qinzheng Hall after noon." Eunuch He glanced at the Emperor cautiously, "You have promised to meet with Concubine Mei this morning after she has handled the government affairs."

Qi Bingyu closed his eyes, raised his head, pinched the bridge of his nose, sighed and said, "Mei Fei must be here for Hui Ling's matter."

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch He knew that the Emperor was tired of this kind of scene, but since Lu Huiling came to the palace, he always avoided seeing Concubine Mei... It was not a problem.

"Then let's go later. Is she still used to the palace servants arranged by Minghua Hall?" Qi Bingyu specially asked Eunuch He to find the palace servants who had served Lu Fushuang in the past, and then sent many smart ones, and even some diligent ones.

The eunuch of Zhengdian.

It can be said that the holy spirit is strong.

"I heard that Concubine Ming killed two palace ladies with a cane this morning..." Eunuch He said cautiously.

"Um?"

"The old slave was afraid that someone had misinformed him, so he asked Xiao Xin to go to the Shenxing Department to ask. The eunuch who sent the two maids to the Shenxing Department said that the two maids were guilty of the crime, and they criticized the master. Concubine Ming was angry, where

The aunt in charge of the palace asked people to take them off and kill them with a cane." Eunuch He said truthfully, "When Xiao Xin arrived, the two palace ladies were already dead."

"Okay." Qi Bingyu frowned, "If you die, you will die. If you commit the following crimes, you will be punished. Choose a few smart maids and send them to Minghua Hall. Don't make her unhappy again."

Eunuch He looked at the emperor in front of him in disbelief. He had known that in the past few years, the emperor hated the random killing of human lives.

He hesitated for a moment, then leaned over and said, "Yes."

"You can go down too." Qi Bingyu leaned on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, his voice full of fatigue.

As soon as he heard it, he knew why Lu Huiling was angry. It was just because of the sudden concubine. The two palace ladies were talkative. Although the crime was not punishable by death, Qi Bingyu couldn't bear to blame her.

He was shocked when he woke up this morning. He didn't know what happened, why he and Lu Huiling were lying naked on the same bed.

His mind was dizzy and he couldn't remember what happened last night. He only remembered that good news came from the front line yesterday. He was so happy that he took care of the government affairs early. When Lu Huiling knelt down and sat aside, he became interested in chatting with her.

When the conversation got up, he asked Lu Huiling to dance. He was in a daze and couldn't remember what happened next. Why did he have a relationship with Lu Huiling.

But the matter has come to this, and now that it has happened, there is no way to escape. Qi Bingyu did not want to do this, and wanted to let Lu Huiling stay by his side to satisfy his longing for his late wife in his last days.

Qi Bingyu knew that he was ill and that he was not going to die soon. At the age of fifty or sixty, he was still working hard at his desk and worrying about world affairs. He once thought that he was lucky to live for such a long time, so he no longer expected too much. He just wished

Before he died, he saw the grand scene of peace and tranquility for the country and the people.

Lu Huiling was still young, and Qi Bingyu had never thought of binding her to his side for the rest of his life. But this morning, when Eunuch He came in with a group of eunuchs and maids to serve him, he got up and went to the morning court. He saw Lu Huiling sleeping beside him.

I don’t know why I was so obsessed with the idea of ​​giving Lu Huiling a title.

When Eunuch He lifted up the thick curtains of the dragon bed to wake up Qi Bingyu, the gentlest ray of sunshine in the morning fell on Lu Huiling's delicate and young face. He wanted to take her as his own selfishly. He wanted her to be the only one in his life.

Belongs to him alone.

So she was conferred the title of Ming Fei and moved into the Minghua Hall. She blurted out these words before she had time to think about everything.

Qi Bingyu can now probably imagine that Lu Huiling was so stunned after waking up, and he was also surprised as to why it happened like this.

Hearing that Lu Huiling killed two palace ladies with his angry staff, Qi Bingyu didn't know how to face her, so he had to use his lifelong tenderness to treat her twice as much, not only to make up for her, but also to satisfy his inner debt to Lu Fushuang.

Qi Bingyu sighed and leaned on the dragon chair to rest.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Mei is here." Eunuch He came to announce.

Qi Bingyu frowned and said, "Send her in."

Although I am very tired of Xia Rongxin now, the harem must be protected by both rain and dew. You cannot ignore the feelings of others just because you canonize a new concubine. You must not just listen to the laughter of the new one and ignore the tears of the old one.

This is what the Queen Mother once warned him.

Xia Rongxin stood outside the door of the Qinzheng Hall. Yun Xi kept looking at her state with concern. At this time, she closed her eyes tightly, worrying whether the emperor would summon her. After several unsuccessful attempts to see her, Xia Rongxin did not want to see her.

I can guarantee this.

"Mei Fei, your Majesty has invited you." Eunuch He came out and said softly to Mei Fei who was waiting outside the door.

Xia Rongxin opened her eyes, looked up at the plaque on the door of Qinzheng Hall, sighed softly, and then showed her dignity and self-control that had accumulated for more than ten years.

She deeply understood that a moment of pretentiousness might arouse the emperor's interest, but the only way to stabilize the emperor's favor was to be magnanimous and dignified.

She smiled at Eunuch He and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. He."

"If your Majesty is there, please go in quickly. The Emperor is waiting for you." Eunuch He returned his hand and bowed.
Chapter completed!