After returning to the palace, Ruan Yuyi changed her clothes and took a bath. After tidying up, she sat down by the couch and the dizzy feeling in her head subsided a little.
She rubbed the tea cup at her hand, and the warm temperature reached her fingertips. She lowered her eyes, wondering what she was thinking about. She suddenly said, "Muxiang, don't hide anything from me in the future."
Mu Xiang lowered her eyes and agreed, drying the washed clothes under the window, "His Majesty ordered Wu Zhi to meet you."
She moved her hands for a moment, and suddenly felt the temperature in the cup becoming hot, and a thought flashed through her mind.
Her fingertips trembled slightly, she lowered her eyes, and a laugh escaped from her lips.
It turns out he knew it earlier.
The reason why the wood spirit was removed from her in the first place was to put eyes and ears around her. So, did she have an ulterior motive for allowing the wood spirit to leave the palace?
She couldn't understand why a little maid should be sacrificed between them.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt chills all over her body. Yes, yes, this was the emperor. How could she have even a trace of yearning for him? How could she relax just because he was a little more lenient to her?
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There was a knock on the door from outside, and a group of people from the palace entered, saying that they were summoned by His Majesty.
She was silent for a while, then opened her lips and said, "I am not feeling well. Please tell His Majesty and ask him to summon the sisters next to you for the time being."
The pearls in her hair reflected the dazzling light, and she suppressed her usual smile, which actually frightened the people in the palace, and they felt that the aura all over her body was familiar.
The palace lady lowered her eyes and thought for a long time, and then suddenly realized that Concubine Jin's appearance was somewhat similar to that of the new emperor. She did not dare to stay for a long time, so she left.
The palace became quiet. Ruan Yuyi sat in silence for a while, then stood up and closed the window, then used the door bolt to close the palace door.
She turned back to the inner room, her fringed palace skirt blooming like a flower underneath her body.
She was probably tired from crying, so she was leaning on the pillow, but she fell asleep unknowingly. When she woke up from a drowsy state, her hand moved slightly and touched a smooth brocade.
Only then did she open her hazy starry eyes and saw Jiang Huaiyang sitting on the edge of the couch with his back to her. He closed his eyes again and pretended to fall asleep again.
She felt the person next to her stand up and take a breath of relief. The wrist that had just touched him was caught, and the thick calluses of his fingertips were caressing her skin intentionally or unintentionally.
His fingertips pressed against her lips, slightly deforming the soft flesh, "Are you still asleep?"
He clearly knew that she was awake, but he was teasing her. He snorted slightly and tried to insert his fingertips into her mouth.
Ruan Yuyi could no longer pretend, so she turned away and avoided it.
She whispered, "I just woke up."
Jiang Huaiyang didn't care when she woke up. He didn't hesitate and asked, "Feeling unwell?"
After falling into a deep sleep for a while, she completely forgot about the random excuse she had made to avoid seeing him. She shook her head, and then suddenly recalled that crude excuse.
He laughed in anger, "Have you learned to avoid me?"
"I've only been cold to you for a few days. I haven't settled the accounts with you for what happened before. Why are you angry with me?" He added, tucking her loose black hair behind her ears in his hands.
His hands were a little cold, which made her tremble slightly. She stubbornly turned her face away, holding the tassels beside the pillow in her hands, with no intention of speaking.
His voice was a bit gloomy, as if he was running out of patience, "Don't speak?"
Her eyelashes trembled, then she stood up and said with a fake smile, "How can I be so angry with Your Majesty? I was indeed feeling unwell just now, and I feel much better after taking a nap."
He had never noticed it before, but now he saw the calmness in her eyes, and even the hand holding his neck could only touch her wrist.
"Lingling is fine, but I am." He took her hand and scratched her palm lightly.
This is the secret code between them.
She understood immediately, and the tips of her ears turned red. But she had just learned the bad news about Mu Ling, and she really didn't have much energy to deal with him. She casually withdrew her hand, "Your Majesty is looking for a concubine, can't you do something else?
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She pursed her lips slightly, as if she was feeling particularly aggrieved.
Is she just a tool for him to play with? Looking back at it like this, the relationship between them seems to have always been charming and affectionate. But he is the emperor, so if you think about it, she has to call herself "concubine", so what if she is in front of him?
Isn’t it considered a monarch-subject relationship?
Whenever she relaxes, she always feels that she can ask for more from him.
Thinking like this, she felt really aggrieved. She turned away, the tip of her nose was sore, and tears welled up in her bright eyes.
As soon as these words came out, Jiang Huaiyang was startled for a moment, feeling distressed without knowing it. He stood up and said softly, "Then my beloved, I can just rest."
He really left as she wished, but she felt inexplicably blocked in her heart, as if her breath was stuck in her throat, unable to go up or come down. She couldn't help but think again, was she really overstepping her bounds by asking like this?
In the next few days, he also came, but Ruan Yuyi always found various excuses to excuse her. In the end, she couldn't think of any excuses, so she simply refused to resist and ignored her.
He actually let her go without revealing her, just sat there for a moment and then left.
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Pushing and rejecting like this, the twelfth lunar month arrived in the blink of an eye.
Cars and horses were passing by outside the imperial city. They were all princes, nobles and their wives and daughters. The dazzling brocades of various colors were touching each other, and the scent of fragrant powder was entwined with each other. They were all talking and laughing in greetings.
At this moment, Ruan Yuyi was catching a ride on Luan Yu and walking leisurely to the place where the banquet was held.
Because there were so many people, men and women sat separately, and the dining tables were spread out in the courtyard. There was only a round gate between the two places, so they could hear each other.
Coincidentally, there were still snowdrops falling during the day, but now the sky was covered with sunset clouds. The sky suddenly cleared up, and the entire palace was bathed in brilliance.
Luan Yu landed firmly, and she lifted her skirt and stepped down.
She was wearing a long, floor-length crimson dress that flowed behind her. There were only a few decorations on her hair, but it did not diminish her scorching complexion at all.
The little eunuch beside her raised his voice and sang the news, "The Concubine Jin is here--" The female relatives in front of her stopped talking one after another, lowered their heads, and their temples formed a cloud.
She glanced at them, smiled and excused them.
Since it was the twelfth lunar month, everyone was invited to come and have fun, so there was no need to be formal. After saluting, everyone went about their own business, and the courtyard became lively again.
The palace servants led her to find her seat, and she passed by the female relatives gathered in small groups. From time to time, she was chatted with. In just one shot, she walked for less than half an hour.
There were also lively girls walking around the table at the banquet.
The laughter reached his ears, and even Ruan Yuyi, who had not seen a smile for days, was also affected by it, and could not help but curl up the corners of her lips.
Suddenly, an exclamation came from beside him, "Ah."
She followed the girl's eyes and saw that the skirt of her skirt was stained with wine.
The girl had a sharp nose and chin, and a rare heroic appearance. Seeing that she had offended the concubine, her face turned a little pale.