The palace returned to its former peace and tranquility.
The flowers are blooming really brilliantly in spring. Wherever there is soil in the palace, there will be traces of flowers. Some are specially planted and some are wild. Each kind has its own beauty.
Women are like flowers, and women naturally love flowers especially, and one after another they join in the flower-viewing procession.
In the entire harem, except for Wen Xuanwu, who was still lying on the bed and recuperating boredly, no one could help but be attracted by the flowers.
On this day, Zhenliang and four girls were admiring various flowers in the largest garden of the palace.
When it comes to flowers, Tong Ye is the best at it. She can clearly name each flower and knows its growth cycle and habits.
When Zhenliang inquired, she found out that Tongye's parents were flower farmers, which is why she knew so much about flowers.
Just when everyone was unanimously admiring a certain kind of flower, Tongye's explanation voice suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at her in surprise.
Tongye pointed his hand towards the figure not far away. Except for Zhenliang, the others all changed their expressions slightly.
The garden was filled with women admiring flowers, but there appeared a man who seemed unable to blend in with the scenery.
He is none other than Nangong Lie.
The other women who were admiring the flowers in the garden saw Nangong Lie almost at the same time. They all smiled like a flower and walked towards Nangong Lie in unison, calling out sweetly again and again, "
emperor--"
Seeing so many women swarming towards Nangong Lie, Zhenliang felt disgusted in her heart, and finally summed it up in two words - disgusting.
Not noticing that Nangong Lie didn't even look at the women, Zhenliang turned his back and said, "It doesn't look good here, let's go over there and have a look."
This posture was like she didn't see Nangong Lie at all.
The four girls looked at each other dumbfounded and said in unison, "Won't you go and salute the Emperor?"
Hearing this, the anger in Zhenliang's heart became more and more difficult to relieve, and he said coldly, "I only saw a group of women, and I didn't see any emperor."
After saying that, Zhenliang walked towards the depths of the garden, thinking that it would be best to go to a place where she could not see these people, so that her mood would improve.
The four girls looked at Zhenliang's back in fear as he strode away, and at Nangong Lie's deep eyes that had been fixed on Zhenliang from the beginning to the end. They all had a bad feeling that something was wrong.
Although it is an inevitable choice for slaves like them to kneel down when they see the emperor, they can't leave their master and bow together, right?
Gold Ye, Bronze Ye and Tie Ye all cast their pleading eyes on Yin Ye. Yin Ye tried his best to purse his lips and said, "Follow the empress first, and then adapt accordingly."
Everyone is willing to obey Yinye's words.
So, the four girls tacitly chased after Zhenliang's back.
While chasing, Tie Ye couldn't help but mutter, "It's fine that the emperor didn't see the empress. However, from the beginning to the end, the emperor clearly only had eyes for the empress, but the empress deliberately pretended to be stupid and ignored her. Do we also have to follow the empress?"
Pretend to be stupid and ignore it? Won’t this harm the queen?”
Yinye replied with a smile, "If your Majesty was so easily implicated and persecuted by us, the Emperor would not keep staring at our Majesty."
These words are really profound, and it's a pity that the other three girls didn't understand them.
Nangong Lie saw Zhenliang ignoring him and walking away, with a handsome face as dark as ink. It was clear that there were all kinds of beautiful women standing in front of him, but his eyes and heart could not accommodate them.
"Everyone, please leave."
After Nangong Lie uttered these four words, he walked out of the circle of women and stood in an open place with his hands behind his hands. He could almost see the coolness in his eyes.
After the women behind him looked at each other, they left reluctantly one after another. The emperor did not let them retreat, but asked them to leave. He undoubtedly wanted to walk alone in the garden. They all understood that, and no one dared.
Stay and disturb.
The sharp-eyed people spotted Zhenliang's distant figure and couldn't help but bared their teeth and claws to guide everyone to look at him. Everyone's eyes turned red with anger.
Zhenliang walked away on purpose, and everyone also thought that Zhenliang walked away on purpose, but Zhenliang's intention was completely different from what everyone thought he meant.
Everyone thought that Zhenliang had already known that the emperor liked to enjoy flowers alone, so she pretended not to see him and walked away, hoping to wait for them all to leave before having a chance encounter with the emperor...
After the group of annoying women behind him disappeared, Nangong Lie walked towards the depths of the garden.
He can never avoid the people he wants to see.
Zhenliang walked until she reached a position where she couldn't see Nangong Lie when she looked back. Then she stopped and continued to enjoy the flowers. She asked Tongye what kind of flower it was, and asked everyone if this flower was the most beautiful.
Several girls had no intention of admiring the flowers and looked behind them from time to time, fearing that the emperor would suddenly appear.
As expected, the emperor's figure appeared while they were looking around.
Yinye coughed lightly, and after attracting the attention of the other three girls, he made some gestures, and everyone followed them silently.
Zhenliang stood in front of a cluster of pink and white flowers, leaned over slightly, closed her eyes and gently smelled the fragrance of the flowers.
When the fragrance of flowers hit his nose, Zhenliang's mouth opened into a bright smile.
In just a short while, she had deliberately forgotten Nangong Lie. In her opinion, no matter whether Nangong Lie saw her or not, he must be entangled with other women at this time, and he had no time or intention to care about what she did.
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After smelling the fragrance of the flowers, Zhenliang stood up straight and asked like every time before, "What's the name of this flower?"
She was naturally asking about Tongye, or other girls who occasionally knew flowers.
What answered her was a deep male voice, "Ruthless."
Zhenliang was startled by the sudden voice. Xun Sheng looked into Nangong Lie's cold eyes. For a moment, she couldn't figure out whether he was scolding her for being ruthless or saying that the flower's name was ruthless.
"Concubine Shen——"
"No gift."
Zhenliang's etiquette was terminated by Nangong Lie after the third word. In Nangonglie's view, there were already too many worldly things between him and Zhenliang. If they used etiquette to restrict each other, her feelings for him would become worse.
Make it difficult.
Nangong Lie released his hands that had been placed behind his back, and naturally took one of Zhenliang's hands with one hand, holding it firmly in his palm.
"Would you like to take a walk with me?"
Zhenliang quietly rolled his eyes. He had already held her hand without her consent, and why did he ask her for her opinion? Did she dare to say no?
However, Zhenliang had to admit that Nangong Lie's hands were wide and warm, and her little hands felt a sincere sense of stability under his wrap, as if she didn't have to be afraid even if the sky fell.
Zhenliang couldn't help but think quietly, how wonderful it would be if this broad hand only held her hand in this life?
Then, Zhenliang laughed at himself in his heart, how could he come up with the ridiculous idea of dominating a generation of emperors? Apart from being impossible, it was still impossible.
Zhenliang followed Nangong Lie's steps and walked casually for a while. Even though Zhenliang was curious about those strange flowers, even if Nangong Lie knew, she didn't want to ask him.
So, the two of them just walked hand in hand in the garden, but it was so weird that they didn't communicate.
Zhenliang accidentally looked around the entire garden, and suddenly found that except for Nangong Lie, everyone else in the park was missing, especially her four maids, who also disappeared at some point.
From Zhenliang's point of view, those four girls were providing her and Nangong Lie with space to be alone together. However, the other concubines were definitely not so generous. They were probably eager to walk hand in hand with Nangong Lie.
Secretly glancing at the connected hands of the two, Zhenliang didn't know what the purpose was, and suddenly asked, "Why doesn't the emperor hold hands with other concubines? Why did you choose the concubine? Or, the emperor is already with other concubines.
The concubines walked hand in hand?"
The meaning contained here is quite complicated, Nangong Lie heard it, it seemed to be curious, and there was a faint smell of vinegar.
Of course, he wasn't sure whether it was true or false, but he would rather treat it as true.
Nangong Lie pursed his thin lips tightly, and it took him a long time to say, "What do you think?"
Zhenliang rolled his eyes and said, "How do you know, my concubine? Does the emperor think that my concubine's face is ugly, so it's ridiculous to show up here to enjoy the flowers?"
Well, it’s not that Zhenliang is sensitive by nature, but she is easily sensitive in front of Nangong Lie, because in front of other concubines, no matter how sarcastic they look at her, she can proudly pretend not to have seen it at all.
Take it to your heart.
If you care about someone, you will care about how that person feels about you.
Zhenliang didn't realize at all that to some extent, she had become more and more concerned about Nangong Lie's feelings for her.
Nangong Lie stopped, held Zhenliang's hand and gently rubbed his fingers, and asked, "Don't you think it's ridiculous for me to accompany a woman here to enjoy flowers?"
The haze in Zhenliang's heart suddenly dissipated at his words.
He was undoubtedly answering her implicitly, that is, he had never held other women's hands, and he did not think it was funny that she was admiring flowers.
As for why I chose to hold hands with her and enjoy the flowers, it seemed more like a choice that didn't require any reason.
As soon as Zhenliang was in a good mood, she smiled at Nangong Lie and said, "Few men will say that they love flowers or enjoy flower viewing, but men like to watch women and love women, especially beautiful women. Women are like flowers.
The dream, indirectly speaking, means that men like to enjoy flowers, and even more like to take them as their own."
The corner of Nangong Lie's mouth curled up slightly, "You mean, I am not exempt from the vulgarity."
Zhenliang thought of the women who had just swarmed up to him and said sarcastically, "The emperor is the most qualified person in the world to appreciate and love flowers, and he is also the man with the most flowers in the world."
Nangong Lie pursed his lips and said, "I only love one kind of flower."
Without thinking much, Zhenliang blurted out and asked, "Which kind of flower?"
Nangong Lie looked at Zhenliang deeply, but did not answer, but asked, "What kind of flower do you think you look like?"
This is a question that I have never thought about in modern times, let alone now?
Zhenliang looked at the beautiful flowers in the garden and laughed to herself, "I am not qualified to be like a flower."
Nangong Lie held Zhenliang's little hand tightly, looked at the white clouds in the sky, and said, "I once thought I didn't like flowers, but now, I have fallen deeply in love with a kind of flower."
Zhenliang did not ask questions this time, but cast curious eyes on his beautiful profile.
Nangong Lie lightly opened his thin lips and said, "It's not like a flower."
