Today is the New Year's Eve, so the cooks in the palace will naturally prepare a lot of New Year's Eve dinners, and every palace will be lively. During the dinner, the emperor will also hold a family banquet.
Naturally, Wende Palace will not be left behind. When those exquisite meals are placed on the table, the first thing Zhao Yuan thinks of is Leng Changxi. He sends Xiaodouzi to invite Leng Changxi to the bamboo forest, but Xiaodouzi goes there without a trace.
I tried three times and was turned away.
At this moment, Zhao Yuan was facing a table full of delicacies, but he didn't even think about using his chopsticks.
Thinking of the happy scene where the two of them ate at the same table in the past, Zhao Yuan's heart felt like needles pricking her, densely aching.
"Ms. sir, it's New Year's Day today, these dishes look so exquisite!" Guo Wanrou, who was on the side with a virtuous and virtuous look, put a piece of Dongpo meat into Zhao Yuan's bowl: "Try this, see.
It’s delicious!”
However, Zhao Yuan did not accept this sentiment. All he could think about at the moment was Leng Changxi, so he pushed Guo Wanrou away with a wave of his hand: "Get out!"
The chopsticks in Guo Wanrou's hand fell to the ground, and she fell backward. The maid behind her hurriedly supported her.
She looked aggrieved and said, "My lord, even if you don't want to see me, why can't you accept my concubine's good intentions for the sake of your child?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he glanced at her belly in annoyance. With a sense of disgust, he snorted coldly, got up and left, leaving Guo Wanrou alone in the dining room.
Guo Wanrou looked at Zhao Yuan's walking back, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, but was immediately replaced by jealousy. She clenched her hands into fists, slowly lowered her head, looked at her relatively flat belly, and gently stroked: "My child,
You must strive for your best! Mom will definitely remove all obstacles for you!"
Zhao Yuan, who was rejected by Leng Changxi, walked slowly to the bank of Nianxi Lake and looked at the bamboo forest across the lake from a distance, with a touch of sadness and bitterness in his eyes.
Listening to one or two low laughs coming from the depths of the bamboo forest from time to time, a bitterness appeared on Zhao Yuan's lips.
Although she was not included in the laughter, Zhao Yuan could feel the warmth brought to her by the people around her. I believe she would be wearing a faint smile at this moment.
Zhao Yuan just stood quietly by the lakeside, staring at the bamboo forest in trance, without moving forward or leaving.
It wasn't until a low sigh came from behind that Zhao Yuan kissed her with thin lips and asked with a hint of self-mockery: "Zhan Chen, I am the one to blame for all this."
"Don't you go over and have a look?" Leng Zhanchen ignored his words and asked directly, looking across the lake.
Hearing this, Zhao Yuan shook his head gently: "Forget it, if I go there now, I'm afraid it will annoy her."
Leng Zhanchen didn't say anything, and the two of them stayed silent for a long time.
A gust of cold wind blew across the lake, blowing their hair away. The festive atmosphere in the palace did not exaggerate the peaceful back garden at all. It was still so quiet here that only one or two laughter could be heard occasionally.
But such laughter makes it even more lonely.
"What about you?" Zhao Yuan suddenly asked, "Why don't you meet her?"
Ever since last night, after learning that Leng Changxi had been brought by him, Leng Zhanchen had been hiding in the dark, looking greedily at his only sister, but he never appeared in front of her.
At this moment, when he heard Zhao Yuan ask this question, Leng Zhanchen's eyes flashed with melancholy, and he said with a wry smile on his lips: "She doesn't want to see me."
"You are her eldest brother." Zhao Yuan said calmly without turning his head.
"She is resenting me in her heart." Leng Zhanchen shook his head gently.
"I blame you for choosing me between her and me, right?" Zhao Yuan suddenly understood. He took a deep breath, his chest ached slightly, and he slowly closed his eyes.
She actually hated herself so much!
Leng Zhanchen remained silent, as if he had already acquiesced.
The two of them stood by the lake in silence all afternoon. It was not until Gao Zong sent Eunuch Li to inform Zhao Yuan to attend the banquet that they reluctantly left.
When the two people's backs disappeared by Nianxi Lake, Lingfeng glanced at the woman lying on the soft couch and said calmly: "They are gone."
Leng Changxi snorted softly.
Li Xueyan asked her with some confusion: "Why don't you see your elder brother?"
The room was silent for a long time before Leng Changxi slowly spoke: "Some people are better off than missing each other."
Li Xueyan was silent. How sad would a person have to be to say such a thing? She clearly felt her longing for Leng Zhanchen from Leng Changxi, but she still refused to meet her.
The four of us celebrated the New Year together, but it felt like there was no one in the room. Everyone bowed their heads in silence, wondering what they were thinking about.
At this moment, there was a soft sound of footsteps outside the bamboo house. The four of them woke up from their deep thoughts and glanced at each other. Lingfeng and Li Xueyan got up and hid behind the bed curtains in perfect agreement.
As soon as the two of them hid, the door of the bamboo house was pushed open arrogantly.
Leng Changxi was lying on the soft couch, and she raised her eyes slightly, looking at the woman who came in, her eyebrows and eyes were full of indifference. Lingshan stood beside Leng Changxi, looking at her nose and heart.
The visitor has a pair of dark eyebrows from afar, showing a bit of heroism, his almond-shaped eyes are shining with a hint of jealousy, and his lips are small and red, exuding an aura of aura.
Leng Changxi had never met this woman before, but from her eyes, Leng Changxi roughly guessed her identity. So, a sneer crept into the corner of her eyes.
Seeing Leng Changxi's indifference when facing him, the visitor couldn't help but frown, and snorted: "I thought I was such a stunning little goblin, to be able to be so fascinated by my husband. Now it seems
, it’s nothing more than that!”
This is definitely Chiluoluo's (homonymous) jealousy. When a woman is jealous of another woman, the first thing she attacks must be her appearance.
When Leng Changxi heard this, she couldn't help but laughed.
Ling Shan glanced at Leng Changxi with the corner of his eye.
Leng Changxi restrained herself slightly, and looked at the beautiful woman in front of her whose face suddenly changed, and she shook her head gently.
"You, why are you laughing?" Leng Changxi's smile sounded like a sarcasm to the woman's ears. Such sarcasm made her feel so ignorant and made her feel angry.
"Laughing at your ignorance." As expected, Leng Changxi had nothing nice to say. She was lying lazily on the couch, and the breath flowing around her body was taunting everyone who came to her.