After the little eunuch who delivered the order left, Lu Huiling was still sitting in the high hall with an expressionless face, playing with the hazelnuts that were newly offered today.

Hazelnuts are not very common in Shangjing. Every year, all prefectures and prefectures select and deliver high-quality hazelnuts to the palace according to the season. The rest are brought by merchants when they come to Beijing.

The price of hazelnuts once soared, and only some merchants and officials could buy them for a taste.

Lu Huiling used to love this kind of hazelnut very much. If the emperor rewards Prime Minister Lu's Mansion with some high-quality hazelnuts, Lu Huiling will be the first to be ecstatic. Qi Bingyu also found out that Lu Huiling likes to eat hazelnuts, and it just so happens today When hazelnuts were newly offered, Qi Bingyu immediately asked Eunuch He to send someone to deliver them.

But Lu Huiling had no intention of enjoying the fresh hazelnuts delivered today. She took a few and played with them. When she got tired of playing with them, she threw them into the pond in the courtyard to disturb the fish inside.

Aunt Xu Lan followed behind and obeyed, but Lu Huiling did not want to talk to her. Lu Huiling knew that Xu Lan was a maid who served the imperial aunt in Qianning Palace during her lifetime, and Qi Bingyu always regarded herself as the imperial aunt. But Lu Huiling didn't care. She still loved Qi Jingqin in her heart. Even though she had hit a wall many times, she still loved him deeply.

The palace people in Minghua Hall were panicked when they saw Concubine Ming playing fish with hazelnuts. This was a holy gift given by the emperor. Even Concubine Mei had to hold it, but the new Concubine Ming actually used it. Are you kidding me? But none of them dared to step forward to dissuade me.

Because Lu Huiling executed two palace ladies not long after he entered Minghua Hall this morning, all the palace maids and eunuchs in Minghua Hall were in awe of Lu Huiling, and Aunt Xu Lan, who was following him, was even more frightened, fearing that she might have What she did wrong made the young Ming Fei so angry that she accidentally dropped her head.

Lu Huiling had been silent today. No one knew what she was thinking. She walked to the pond with a plate in her hand. There were koi carps with running water in it. After Empress Mingxian entered the imperial mausoleum, Minghua Hall was built. When we got up, the first thing to check in were these koi carps.

Lu Huiling looked at these koi, swimming freely in the water. They seemed to be free and carefree, but they could only be imprisoned in this small pool.

The koi fish in the pond seemed to have seen this young and beautiful concubine. Her face was calm and there was only a touch of indifferent sadness in her eyebrows. As soon as the koi fish in the pond saw her, they jumped up and stirred up a pool of water. It splashed on Lu Huiling's skirt.

Lu Huiling rarely showed a smile. She peeled off the shells of a few hazelnuts and threw them to them. The koi carps ate happily and danced happily. Although Xu Lan was afraid of Lu Huiling, it was obvious that she rarely smiled. She also felt very friendly. Queen Mingxian was also an extremely gentle woman before her illness.

But the happiness could not last long. After dinner, Lu Huiling sat in the main hall of Minghua Hall with a cold face and stopped talking.

After the eunuch who passed the order left, she kept playing with the Yugong hazelnut in her hand.

Although today is the day for her to be crowned a concubine, Concubine Mei has been promoted to Concubine Mei. Her position is above the concubines in the harem, and she has the power to control the harem. She is like a deputy empress. All the concubines have gone to Concubine Mei's palace to pay their respects. As a concubine, Lu Huiling should go.

"Ming Fei," Aunt Xu Lan asked cautiously, "After dinner, I'm going to pay my respects to Concubine Mei. Today, Concubine Mei was promoted and all the concubines in the palace have gone. When will you leave? My servant, Just go get ready."

Of course Lu Huiling knew about Concubine Mei's promotion. The eunuch had just mentioned that the emperor had promoted Concubine Mei to a new rank today, so he went to stay at Yichun Palace.

Of course she knows.

But since Lu Huiling entered the palace, she has never faced Concubine Mei face to face. She joined the Qinzheng Palace as a female official and has been serving the emperor. She doesn't need to do anything. She just watches the emperor from the side.

Follow him all day long and record what happened to the king throughout the day.

Although the work is easy, it does require following her all day long. The emperor doesn't want to see Concubine Mei, so naturally she can't see her either.

The former Concubine Mei, when we meet again today, we must address each other as sisters.

Lu Huiling was lying when she said she wasn't nervous, but she didn't show it. She kept playing with the hazelnuts in her hands and crushed the shell of the hazelnuts with force.

Lu Huiling turned her eyes and looked at the hazelnut in her hand, staring at it without saying a word.

Aunt Xu Lan was extremely frightened. She was worried that Concubine Ming could not arrive at Yichun Palace in time and would be targeted by the concubines in the future. Xu Lan was already used to seeing many disputes in the harem.

"Your Majesty," Xu Lan said again, "If you don't go, it will be too late."

Lu Huiling thought that she would have to stay in the palace for a long time, maybe a few years, maybe a lifetime. How could she keep avoiding Concubine Mei? It seemed impossible.

With this thought in mind, Lu Huiling let go of the hazelnuts in her hands, put them all on the table, clapped her hands and stood up, looked forward, and said calmly and relieved: "Let's go then."

They would have to meet her sooner or later. At this time, she was being pampered, so Concubine Mei Guifei would not dare to do anything to her.

Hearing what Concubine Ming said, Aunt Xulan was very happy and quickly agreed: "Hey! Concubine, please wait a moment. The temperature is low at night and the wind is strong. I will prepare a blanket for you to cover your legs on the sedan chair."

Lu Huiling said nothing. Aunt Xu Lan knew that the newly promoted concubine in front of her was unwilling to talk to anyone. She had not said twenty words in Minghua Hall today.

But seeing that Lu Huiling had no objection, Aunt Xu Lan hurried away.

After the soft sedan was ready, Aunt Xu Lan put a shawl on Concubine Ming and helped her get into the soft sedan.

Lu Huiling sat on the soft sedan chair, and several eunuchs carried the soft sedan chair toward the Yichun Palace.

Lu Huiling looked at the scenery on both sides calmly.

She was sitting on top of everyone, much higher than them. On the way, the palace people saw the Ming Concubine coming from afar, and heard the news that the two palace maids she didn't like today ordered them to be killed with a stick. They quickly lowered their heads and did not dare to

Look at her.

Lu Huiling had never seen the imperial city at night. She followed Qi Bingyu on weekdays. He reviewed memorials all night and had no time to go out for a walk.

I had long heard that the Royal Garden was the most beautiful place in the imperial city, and now it was indeed so when I saw it.

The maple leaves all over the sky in autumn are slowly falling down, the garden is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, and the pond in the Imperial Garden is calm, with many orange-red maple leaves floating on it.

Lu Huiling's eyes were full of surprise, but the surface was still as calm as pool water.

When we arrived at the Imperial Garden, we walked for a while and arrived at the Yichun Hall. Outside the hall stood many concubines and maids guarding the ceremony. When they saw the carriage of Concubine Ming coming, they quickly knelt down and saluted: "Concubine Ming, may you be blessed and safe."

Lu Huiling didn't want to pay attention, and with the help of Aunt Xulan, she passed by everyone and walked straight in.

Rongfu, who was waiting in the Yichun Palace, saw Lu Huiling, and stepped forward to greet him with a smile on his face: "Ming Concubine has arrived, so I am not far away to welcome you. I hope that Ming Concubine will wait for a while before I go in."

Let me know."

Lu Huiling glanced at him, still not wanting to speak.

Aunt Xulan, who was supporting her, said quickly: "Please hurry up, Mr. Rongfu. It's a cold autumn night and my wife is thin and can't bear it."
Chapter completed!