The figure slowly turned around, and what greeted her was an elegant and indifferent face. Baodai rubbed her eyes and blinked again, and then she saw clearly that there was a smile in her master's black eyes that could speak.
meaning.
"Girl, you...why didn't you sleep..." Baodai wanted to ask, was it because she was dazzled? The master was actually happy...
Mei Liangchen smiled and said: "Today I am going to my senior brother's house as a guest, and it is my first time out of the palace. How can I sleep?"
The next morning.
Qingyin Pavilion.
The wide sarong in the mirror couldn't hide the bloated figure. Mei Liangchen frowned and complained: "Bao Dai, don't you have a wider skirt?"
Baodai rummaged through the wardrobe, shook her head and said, "No more, girl, this one is the largest size. Girl, too, you always refuse to appreciate the emperor's kindness." The emperor had sent someone from the Weaving Bureau a few days ago.
Someone came to make new clothes for the mistress, but the mistress didn’t want them. She said she would give birth next month, so why bother making new ones.
Mei Liangchen pulled her tight skirt outwards and said with a smile: "I don't want to waste it. I thought I would stay in the palace until I give birth, but my senior brother invited me to be a guest in the mansion today. Alas..." This dress
The skirt really doesn't support my dignity, but now I have no choice but to make a new one.
Bao Dai held up her hair for her and said with a smile: "The emperor has given permission for the girl to go to the general's mansion. The girl is so happy! How could she not want to go just because of an ill-fitting skirt?" Her master said that General Huo and her
However, it has been almost a month since the general returned to Bianjing, and he has never come to Qingyin Pavilion to visit the girl.
Mei Liangchen spat at her, twisted Bao Dai's delicate face, and said, "One day, I will tear off your clever mouth!"
Bao Dai stuck out her tongue and giggled.
"Girl, the sedan chair to the General's Mansion is ready!" Xiao Xunzi stood outside the bedroom and shouted back.
"Come here!" Baodai wanted to put a silk flower in Mei Liangchen's loose hair, but she avoided it. "I don't like wearing these things."
Bao Dai shook her head helplessly and sighed: "Look, girl, none of the concubines in this palace are dressed up in gorgeous and charming ways in order to get the emperor's attention. Only you, girl, are dressed in plain clothes and don't want to tie up your hair.
In vain, those with good intentions have the upper hand."
Mei Liangchen pretended not to hear and walked straight out. "Xiao Xunzi, let's go!"
"Girl...wait a minute, slave...girl..." Baodai hurriedly packed up the makeup box, took the gift box for the general's mansion, and ran to follow her.
Concubines who are not of the highest rank are not allowed to ride on the sedan chair in the palace. Mei Liangchen has a special status and is about to give birth, so she has difficulty moving, so Long Yunze specially equipped her with a sedan chair for travel. For this luxurious sedan
, the queen was so angry that she became ill for several days and even skipped greetings from her concubines.
Just as the sedan carriage reached the palace gate leading to Chui Gong Hall, the sedan body shook and stopped.
"Slave to see the Emperor"
"Slave to see the Emperor," Bao Dai and Xiao Xunzi knelt down to pay their respects.
Mei Liangchen opened her eyes, opened the vermilion gauze curtain, smiled and greeted Emperor Minghuang outside: "Your Majesty, you are courteous..." She pretended to bow according to the palace regulations, but Long Yunze stopped her.
"Forgive me...you are inconvenienced, so you will be spared these false courtesy from now on!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The sun was a little strong, and it stung her eyes a little.
"Are you going to the General's Mansion now?" Long Yunze laughed secretly at her impatience. He had just agreed to her request, and the girl couldn't wait to see her precious senior brother.
She stretched out her hand to cover the sun, smiled and nodded: "Well, division... General Huo sent someone to call me."
Long Yunze stood in front of her before she knew it. His young face looked particularly handsome against the red wall and blue tiles. "Go early and come back early. I'll wait for you to have dinner together." He raised his hand gently.
Brushing away the broken hair stuck to her dark eyes, her eyes were as gentle as the shadows of clouds and lake water, making her smile continue to deepen... "What do you want to eat? Why don't I also ask the cook to make your favorite prairie delicacies?
?”
Her smile remained the same and she replied softly: "Okay."
The sun was still bright, and out of the corner of my eye, I met a pair of familiar, sinister eyes unexpectedly...
General Huo's Mansion.
"Are you really the Princess of the Stars of Helan Kingdom?" In the solemn study room of the General's Mansion, Huo Zhongting asked the dreaming woman for an answer.
Mei Liangchen kept adjusting the tight skirt with his hands without even raising his head. "Oh."
"How is this possible? How can you be from the Helan country, Liangchen." She looked so innocent. Even though she was pregnant and about to become a mother, in his impression, she was still the smart and lively prairie girl...
Mei Liangchen spread her hands, looking a little helpless. "I don't want to either, who knows that fate will arrange such a role for me!" If she had a choice, she would definitely be willing to stay away from this identity and find a free place to live in seclusion with Yelu Qingge.
Huo Zhongting raised his head and stared at her blankly. "Do you know that the world has been in chaos because of the appearance of Princess Xingchen!" Not only rumors spread in the Jiang and Song Kingdoms, but also in the Min Liao Kingdom, some royal family members proposed to attack Jiang and Song Dynasties again.
The Princess of the Stars will conquer the world.
Mei Liangchen said innocently: "I am most opposed to war and force. Don't you know, senior brother?"
How could Huo Zhongting not know that he had promised her to persuade the emperor to never fight again, but so far, he has not done so. Not only has he failed to fulfill his promise, but yesterday the emperor secretly announced that he would enter the palace to discuss the timing of attacking the Min Liao Kingdom.
He even thought of the grand and beautiful vision of the powerful Jiang and Song Dynasties dominating the world.
Facing Mei Liangchen, who looked calm and composed, Huo Zhongting slowly lowered his head, with a guilty expression on his face, "Liangchen, I failed you."