Chapter 93: A dance in the backyard, a dance from the teacher, and the dance is unknown to the king
"Ziying...Xu Ziying..."
Shen Muchi repeated the name several times and felt it sounded familiar.
"Who are you, Xu Jinglin?" After a moment, he asked.
"Your Majesty, that is my concubine's brother."
Shen Muchi immediately guessed that now that the Zhong family had just collapsed, he intended to cultivate a group of his own people in the court.
He doesn't like aristocratic families. The foundation is too deep and difficult to control. Those with no foundation like Xu Jinglin are the best, but they can be used completely by themselves.
It just so happens that Xu Jinglin is very capable and talented, and the reforms he recently advocated are quite effective.
The former dynasty and the harem are often connected.
Because of Xu Jinglin's ability in the previous court, Shen Muchi couldn't help but look at Xu Cairen more.
Seeing that she was shivering from the cold, he took off the cloak that was wrapped around him and threw it on Xu Cairen.
Xu Cairen was caught off guard, and was covered by a cloak. It was warm and soft, and seemed to have a little bit of a man's breath on it.
She immediately blushed, lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
But Shen Muchi called her name: "Xu Cairen..."
"I have remembered you. I will go back and make preparations. I will come to your palace for dinner tomorrow at noon."
After that, he flicked his sleeves and left.
Xu Cairen knelt behind him, knocked on the ground, and said, "Yes."
Eunuch Lu walked up to her and said with a smile: "Congratulations, girl, congratulations, girl, you are going to be successful."
Xu Cairen looked at Shen Muchi's leaving figure, touched the valuable cloak on his body, and showed a shy but happy smile on his face.
But at this time, on the other side of the palace.
Mu Qingchao is feeding the cat.
She took the beef in her hand and saw the cat taking big bites and devouring it.
Princess Wan'an was right, this cat was really an excellent cat. When it was full, it leaned on Mu Qingchao's legs and rubbed it hard.
Mu Qingchao looked at it and pretended to scold: "You, you, you are so happy when others treat you a little bit."
“I don’t know which scumbag cat I’m going to cheat in the future.”
She sighed twice and picked it up again.
"Let me tell you, I just feed you by the way when I pass by. Don't think that if you nuzzle me a few more times, I will feed you every day. Give up this idea as soon as possible."
"Did you hear that?"
When she finally petted the cat enough, she stood up.
Looking at the shadowy appearance in the distance, I guessed that Xu Cairen must have become a man.
Xu Cairen's water sleeve dance has been famous throughout the ages. Even later, when the Southern Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Qi Dynasty, some people blamed this dance.
Look, men are just weird. No matter when, they always like to add two charges to beauties.
I can't beat myself, so I have to say something like, "One song in the backyard, I'll teach you how to dance, and you'll be able to conquer the world with your dance, no one knows you."
It really made me laugh to death.
Mu Qingchao thought about it and kicked the snow ball that was still rubbing against her feet.
"Okay, okay, the Ai family has to go. Who is like you? They just eat and bask in the sun all day long. The Ai family has other things to do."
The kitten was kicked back by her and gave her a sweet "meow".
However, Pidianpian came over and continued to rub against me.
Mu Qingchao: "Tsk, that's really annoying."
As he said this, he bent down and picked it up in his arms.
"What a annoying little goblin. You can't bear to leave even if you stutter. A love-minded person like you will be kidnapped by a scumbag to dig wild vegetables in the future."
While she was chattering, she hugged the cat and went to Chaoyun Palace.
As soon as I stepped into Chaoyun Palace, I saw Xu Cairen already waiting there.
Xu Cairen was also obedient. Although he was ambitious, he was not an ungrateful person. He had just gained face from Shen Muchi and came to report to Mu Qingchao.
Mu Qingchao's teaching to her was not in vain.
As soon as she saw Mu Qingchao coming, she hurried to greet him.
"Queen Mother, Your Majesty said that you will come to your servant's place for lunch tomorrow." She said with excitement on her face.
"Really?" Mu Qingchao stroked the snow ball on his hand, with no surprise on his face.
"Yeah." Xu Cairen nodded.
He then told Mu Qingchao all the details of his meeting with Shen Muchi: "It's really as the Queen Mother said.
At first, His Majesty was lukewarm towards this slave, but later, when he asked about my brother, he suddenly gave me his cloak."
When Xu Cairen said this, his eyes were shining, and the red glow on his face lingered for a long time.
Mu Qingchao just smiled when he saw her like this and continued to stroke the cat in his arms.
These were all as she expected.
Xu Cairen's water sleeve dance is indeed amazing. Men are greedy for novelties, so seeing such a dance is sometimes refreshing.
But she knew very well that Shen Muchi was a ruthless person and never indulged in the love between men and women.
The biggest reason why he dotes on Xu Cairen is that she has a good brother.
A beautiful woman who is good at dancing, a powerful brother in the past, and a family background that makes him feel at ease.
Shen Muchi had no reason not to like Xu Cairen.
"Do you understand what the Ai family wants you to do?" Mu Qingchao then asked.
"The Queen Mother wants this servant to speak for you in front of Your Majesty?" Xu Cairen asked.
"stupid!"
"The Ai family wants you to say more good things about Concubine Rong in front of His Majesty."
"Ah?" Xu Cairen didn't understand.
"But this servant is here today only because of the Queen Mother's recommendation. Why...why should I let Concubine Rong take over?"
According to her observation, the Queen Mother and Concubine Rong seemed to be coexisting peacefully on the surface, but secretly they wished for each other's death.
But Mu Qingchao said, "The Ai family wants her to occupy it. It's best to make Your Majesty think that today's events were all arranged by Concubine Rong."
Mu Qingchao believed in Xu Cairen's ability and her ability to make Shen Muchi suspicious without leaving anything behind.
"Not only that, but your brother should have more contact with Concubine Rong's mother's family in court.
I want to make His Majesty feel that both of you, brother and sister, belong to Concubine Rong." Mu Qingchao continued.
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A big event happened in the palace recently.
Xu Cairen, who used to be unknown and lived like a transparent person, suddenly became favored.
I heard that on that day, His Majesty happened to bump into Xu Cairen when he was returning home at night.
Immediately afterwards, it got out of control.
At noon the next day, we had lunch in Xu Cairen's palace.
The seventh day, the twenty-third day...
In one month, I actually went there three times.
Well, although this frequency is not too frequent.
But Xu Cairen is the first favored person in the palace. Why is it not shocking?
After this incident happened, many concubines followed Xu Cairen's example and guarded Shen Muchi's way back to the palace every night.
But... no one has succeeded.
Two others were fined twenty boards for blocking the road.
It seems that Xu Cairen is not only a favorite, but also a special favorite.
It's just that... Xu Cairen is so favored now that everyone's eyes can't help but look towards Shuyue Palace.
Logically speaking, Concubine Rong has the highest status, is the oldest, and is His Majesty's cousin, so she should be the first to be favored.
Everyone began to speculate that if Xu Cairen was favored, would he overpower Concubine Rong and not take her seriously?
But everyone was disappointed. Xu Cairen respected Concubine Rong very much. To be precise, he respected her a little too much.
On the second day after his bedtime, he went to Shuyue Palace early to pay his respects.
Even when accompanying Shen Muchi, he mentioned Concubine Rong intentionally or unintentionally, reminding Shen Muchi that he should be exposed to both rain and dew, and should go to Shuyue Palace.