Xi Honglei's gentle kiss made Ran Yunpo widen his eyes instantly, and then frowned. After listening to Xi Honglei's words, Ran Yunpo glanced sideways at Xi Honglei and didn't say a word for a long time.
Xi Honglei and Ran Yunpo looked at each other, then took a step back. He raised his hand and wiped the raindrops on Ran Yunpo's face. Xi Honglei lightly opened his red lips and said, "Your Majesty, be careful of catching a cold. It's better to go back to the house."
After Xi Honglei finished speaking, she turned around and prepared to leave. Unexpectedly, Ran Yunpo grabbed her wrist from behind and pulled her back into his arms.
Ran Yunpo lowered his head and looked at Xi Honglei in front of him. Even though the heavy rain kept falling, and the palace maids and eunuchs behind him hurriedly urged him to enter the house quickly, he still did not move.
Xi Honglei's active show of kindness made Ran Yunpo feel an itchy and painful feeling deep in his heart, as if the wound was about to recover after scabbing.
"Since you are so proactive, how about staying here tonight?" Ran Yunpo looked at Xi Honglei intently and asked in a low voice.
"I am the emperor's man sooner or later, so why should the emperor be so impatient?" Xi Honglei's hands pressed against Ran Yunpo's chest, and he whispered with a charming smile: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that you can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient. Where is the Queen Mother?
Are you still looking at it? Your Majesty has already been a good son for so many years, so why bother doing it for a few more days? When the time comes, Honglei will definitely serve His Majesty well without His Majesty's advice."
As Xi Honglei spoke, he slowly withdrew his hand from Ran Yunpo. After giving Ran Yunpo a deep look, Xi Honglei turned around and strode away. After walking away, Xi Honglei wiped his eyes coldly.
Wiping the corners of his mouth, he braved the heavy rain and returned to Jialingyuan.
"Mother." Chen'er was sitting at the table chatting with Qiu Shitian and Jinyu. After seeing Xi Honglei come back who was soaked all over, Chen'er quickly struggled out of Qiu Shitian's arms and jumped to the ground, running away.
Xiang Xi burst into tears. "Why did Mommy get caught in the rain? Is it cold?"
"Mom is not cold." Xi Honglei smiled and patted Chen'er's head, then looked at the two people over there.
"It's all wet like this, hurry up and change your clothes." Qiu Shitian stood up, glanced at Xi Honglei up and down, and paused for a moment on Xi Honglei's slightly swollen cheeks, Qiu Shitian's eyes flashed
, said: "Jinyu and I will come over later."
Xi Honglei nodded slightly and stood there. Seeing Jinyu hesitate to speak when he walked to her side, Xi Honglei smiled sweetly at him and motioned for him to leave first. After the two of them left the room,
Xi Honglei silently walked to the closet, took out some clothes, and changed into them.
"Chen'er, come here, mother." Xi Honglei waved to Chen'er, hugged Chen'er and sat on the chair where Qiu Shitian was sitting just now. "Tell mother, what were you talking about with Master and the others just now?
"
"Master asked Chen'er if he missed him. He also said that he couldn't wait until it rained, so he would take Chen'er out of the palace to play!" Chen'er raised her little face and looked at Xihong with tears. She smiled innocently and said: "Mom, Chen'er
I want to leave the palace."
"Chen'er, be good. When the weather clears up, will mom take you out to play?"
"Okay!" Chen'er excitedly wrapped her arms around Xi Honglei's neck, wanting to kiss Honglei and kiss her, but she discovered something was wrong. "Mom..."
Chen'er pursed her lips and stared at Xi Honglei's cheek. She raised her little hand and touched it carefully. Chen'er looked at Xi Honglei and asked, "Mom, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, it's okay." Xi Honglei shook her head with a smile on her face, and hugged Chen'er a little tighter with pity. "As long as mother can take you out of here safely, this doesn't matter.
…”
Chen'er nodded in understanding, but kept staring at Xi Honglei's face. After looking at Xi Honglei's face for a long time, Chen'er suddenly got into Xi Honglei's arms, rubbed it, and then said
: "Mother, Chen'er will be obedient and will protect mother."
"Chen'er is good..." Xi Honglei smiled with relief, enjoying the short warm time with Chen'er. Soon, she was taken away by the people sent by Shu Rumei.
Xi Honglei looked at Xi Hongli in front of her and understood the purpose of her coming. "The Queen Mother's information is really well-informed. She came to the door so quickly." Xi Honglei smiled sarcastically, said, and then put Chen'er down.
On the ground, he stood up. "My sister has come here in person. If I don't go to see the Queen Mother, won't I be disrespecting my sister?"
"Stop talking nonsense and let's go." Xi Hongli glanced at Chen'er who was standing on the ground, and said coldly, "Don't keep the Queen Mother waiting."
Xi Honglei followed Xi Hongli to the door. Looking at the rain that was about to stop, Xi Honglei turned around and signaled Chen'er to go to the next room to find Jinyu, and then she and Xi Hongli
We left together to see Shu Rumei.
When Xi Honglei came to Shu Rumei's bedroom, Shu Rumei was the only one in the room.
Xi Honglei looked at Shu Rumei sitting on the soft couch with a pale face. After walking into the room, he waved to Xi Hongli to let her out. Xi Honglei lowered his eyes, flashed his eyes, and stood warily.
There.
"I wonder why the Queen Mother called me here in such a hurry?" Xi Honglei asked in a low voice after Xi Hongli left.
"What's the matter? Haha." Shu Rumei smiled coldly, looked into her tearful eyes, and said, "Don't you know why the Ai family called you here?"
"Not counting."
"You little bitch, you are so brave!" When Shu Rumei heard what Xi Honglei said, her anger immediately rushed up. "This morning, what did the emperor say in front of all the civil and military officials?
, don’t tell Aijia that you don’t know! Say that all this has nothing to do with you! Xi Honglei, Aijia has given you enough face, and even left the matter of the marriage to you, but how did you treat Aijia?
From the Ai family? You went to seduce the emperor behind the Ai family's back!?"
Shu Rumei got angrier as she talked, and finally stood up, walked directly to Xi Honglei, pointed at her nose and cursed: "Don't think Aijia doesn't know what you are thinking. Aijia tells you, this
Don’t even think about the position of queen! Not only will you not be able to be the queen in this life, but you won’t even think about it in the next life! If you dare to mislead the emperor again, be careful that the Ai family will be rude to you!"
Shu Rumei gritted his teeth and warned, but Xi Honglei did not lose his composure. Xi Honglei stood there calmly, looking at Shu Rumei with twinkling eyes. After Shu Rumei finished cursing, Xi Honglei slowly spoke.
, said softly: "Queen Mother, you are not young anymore, it would be better not to be so angry. Otherwise, you will be so angry that it will not be good for you."
Xi Honglei's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, making Shu Rumei hate her even more. Looking at Shu Rumei's expression of wanting to kill him, Xi Honglei suddenly smiled softly and said: "Queen Mother,
You think too much and blame me wrongly."
Shu Rumei's expression was stunned, and she didn't understand what kind of medicine was being sold in Xihonglei Gourd.
"Since the Queen Mother already knows what the Emperor said to the ministers in the main hall, does the Queen Mother know that the Emperor called me to him after he retired from the court?" Xi Honglei whispered to Shu Rumei: "Your Majesty
It’s true that I want to make me the queen, but it’s also true that I don’t want to be the queen. I contradicted the emperor and got a slap. My face is still swollen. Queen Mother, you can’t help but see it. If the Queen Mother doesn’t believe me,
, you can also send someone to find out what I did for this matter today. In order to make the emperor give up the idea of making me his queen, I knelt in the heavy rain for an hour. If the emperor hadn't beaten me, he would have
I'm so angry that I must kneel down until the emperor goes to bed at night before I can come back."
"You don't want to be the queen?" Shu Rumei looked at Xi Honglei suspiciously, not believing what she said. "Do you think the Ai family will believe you?"
"Whether the Queen Mother believes it or not, this is a fact." Xi Honglei said with great determination: "Even if I can stay in the palace, I will never seek the position of Queen. The Queen Mother has been from concubine to queen all the way.
The Queen Mother knows better than me how difficult this road is. It’s just a position. Is it really comparable to the status in the Emperor’s heart? As long as the Emperor has this person in his heart, then even if
She is not a queen, even if she dies one day, what will happen?"
Xi Honglei said something to Shu Rumei, and when Shu Rumei heard Xi Honglei's words, she instantly thought of a person, that is Mu Ziyi. However, Xi Honglei did not
Giving her any extra time and opportunity to think, she immediately said: "There are three thousand beauties in the harem, I can fight one, I can fight two, but I can't fight them all, and I don't want to offend so many people. The Queen Mother explained
I have never forgotten what was given to me, and I have always dealt with it secretly. But the Queen Mother doesn’t believe me, what can I do?”
Shu Rumei looked at Xi Honglei in doubt for a while, thought for a while, turned around and sat back on the sofa. She asked: "What did the emperor say when he came to you?"
"The emperor said that he wanted to make me his queen and asked me to prepare." Xi Honglei answered Shu Rumei softly, while observing Shu Rumei's expression and movements without any trace. "He also said that if the ministers continue to
If you force him, he won't give them any preparations or hints, and directly decrees that I will be the queen. The emperor is trying to make me and the ministers angry, so the queen mother does not need to worry."
After hearing these words from Xi Honglei, Shu Rumei's frown relaxed slightly. "What did the emperor say after he beat you?"
"Of course he scolded me for being ignorant, telling me to stay away from him, saying that he didn't want to see me again, and so on. Queen Mother, this slap from the emperor is not a light one..."
Shu Rumei glanced at her tear-red cheeks, sighed, pointed to the chair beside her, and asked her to sit down. "The Ai family will get you some ointment when I leave. It won't disfigure your appearance, so don't worry."
"The Queen Mother doesn't feel sorry for me, so she naturally thinks it's nothing big. But if today's slap was on the Emperor's face, what would the Queen Mother think?"