"This is what I promised you. There is no need to say thank you." Hongli's words surprised Xianyue, "When did the emperor agree to my promise to my concubine?"
Hongli hugged her and said: "You have forgotten that last August, in the palace, I promised you that I would capture her in a cage for you to enjoy next summer. But then I thought about it.
A smaller cover can hold a few, so it’s better this way.”
Xianyue had already forgotten this matter, but she didn't expect that Hongli would always keep it in his heart. He was so moved that he choked up and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty treats me so well. I don't know how to repay you."
Hongli stroked away the tears leaking from the corners of her eyes and said warmly: "Why do you say such silly things? Do you and I still need to say the word 'repay'? If this is the case, how many times have you helped me with suggestions?
Do you also want to say thank you?"
Xianyue burst into tears and said with a smile: "The emperor's gratitude weighs more than a thousand catties, and I dare not accept it." After that, she tilted her head and said: "At most... I just need to take back what I just said."
"That's right." Hongli smiled and then said: "By the way, I have asked people to catch all the summer cicadas on the trees near Yangxin Hall. You should be able to have a good sleep tonight."
Xianyue said in surprise: "Your Majesty, why..."
Hongli smiled and said: "Although I have not summoned you during this period, it does not mean that I will turn a blind eye to you, my noble concubine Xian!"
The emotion that Xianyue had just suppressed came out again because of his words, and it was stronger than before. She choked up and said: "Your Majesty is so good, I have no other reward, I can only stay with you for the rest of my life and never be apart."
.”
"Never be apart...good!" Hongli seemed very happy, and then he hugged Xianyue and admired the beautiful light of fireflies together.
There are never any secrets in the palace, especially every move in the Yangxin Palace. Within a few days, the story that Hongli ordered people to capture countless fireflies to reward Xia Yue's smile became known to everyone.
Facing Xianyue's favor, all the girls were jealous and resentful, but none of them dared to show it to their faces. Instead, they ran to Yanxi Palace more diligently to please this noble concubine.
However, there are exceptions, such as the Jin family. She often goes to Chonghua Palace. After getting along with each other for this period of time, she and the Huang family have become very close, and they can even talk about everything.
On this day, Jin was embroidering a statue of Guanyin with Huang in Chonghua Palace. When changing threads, Jin said: "Sister, have you been to Yanxi Palace recently?"
Huang said casually: "I just went there yesterday, why do you ask this suddenly?" She waited for a long time but did not see Jin's answer. She raised her head curiously, but saw that Jin was hesitant to speak and said: "Sister
What's wrong with you, is there something wrong?"
"I..." Jin hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing, I'm just asking, sister, don't take it to heart."
Huang stared at her and said, "No, you're obviously doing something wrong. What's going on?"
Jin bit her lip and said: "I accidentally saw Tongce yesterday. My sister has not been favored for a long time. Logically speaking, my sister has such a good relationship with the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine is favored by the emperor. As long as
If she mentions it to the emperor, my sister can be favored by the emperor."
Huang was startled, then smiled reluctantly and said: "What do you think it is? It turns out that this is the matter. The emperor never thought that it would be okay to summon him. Why did he have to ask the imperial concubine to mention it? Besides, I have never spoken to the imperial concubine in front of him.
Mentioned these."
"You can't say that. Sister, do you know that Ms. Chen went to Yanxi Palace three times a few days ago, but within a few days, she was betrayed by the emperor. I heard that it was because the imperial concubine said good things about her in front of the emperor.
." In fact, Chen did often go to Yanxi Palace, but she was lucky enough to be summoned not because of Xia Yue, but because she spoke for him in front of Hongli.
.Although the grace attached to Jin's body is not as good as that of Xianyue, she still has some. In addition, she is good at understanding people's hearts. After several good words, she made Hongli summon Chen as she wished, and then deliberately asked others to do so.
Spreading such words secretly, as for the truth, apart from her, only Hongli knew. She believed that no one would dare to ask Hongli.
Huang said in surprise: "Is it really so?"
"If sister doesn't believe it, you can go get Tong Shi." At this point, she shook her head and said, "Sister, it seems that the imperial concubine is not treating you well, and it is far less good than how you treat her."
"There's no such thing. Sister, don't talk nonsense. Okay, don't talk about it." After that, she picked up the embroidery needle that was put aside and continued to embroider the Guanyin statue. However, after a while, there was a drop.
The wrong needle happened again after a while.
Seeing this, Mrs. Jin took her hand and said: "Sister, if you feel uncomfortable, please stop embroidering. Even if the imperial concubine really doesn't regard you as a sister, don't you still have me?"
Mrs. Huang lowered her head and said, "I'm fine. My hands were sweaty, so my hand slipped and I accidentally missed the needle. Just wipe it and it'll be fine." Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Jin had already snatched the handkerchief she had just taken out of her hand and said.
: "Sister, stop embroidering. I will accompany you for a walk outside."
Huang squeezed out a smile and said, "No need, I don't want to go out."
Jin sighed and said: "Sister, in fact, it may not be a good thing to recognize a person's true face earlier. At least you won't be fooled by her in the future, just like Concubine Yu."
Huang was silent for a long time and whispered: "The imperial concubine and the happy concubine are different."
Jin said with some excitement: "What's the difference? It's all one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes. Sister, you are always so kind and help others speak up, but you don't even know if you are being harmed."
Huang shook her head and said, "The imperial concubine will not harm me, so don't worry too much."
Jin sighed again: "Maybe sister, you will say that I judge a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart, but in the harem, it is better to be careful. After all... the heart is separated from the belly, just like Concubine Yu, we are in the Qiandi with
We have been with her for several years and have never felt that she has
What, but with a fifth elder brother, she has jumped two levels in a row and is on equal footing with us. To say that she has no scheming, you really don’t even believe in ghosts. As for the scheming of the imperial concubine, it is only worse than that of the concubine Yu.
, it’s always right to be more careful!”
Faced with her concern, Huang nodded gratefully and said, "I understand, thank you sister for reminding me."
In the days that followed, Jin continued to come to Chonghua Palace from time to time. During conversations with Huang, he would occasionally mention Xianyue, subtly deepening Huang's misunderstanding of Xianyue.
Jin's patience was very great, and she slowly and gradually, as she said, allowed Huang to fall into the trap unknowingly, thus becoming the knife in her hand.
The four seasons are changing and time is rushing. Summer seems to be still before us, but autumn has already entered. As the autumn rain falls, the weather gradually becomes cooler, and many people put on autumn clothes.