Chapter 296: Walking together halfway and forming a good relationship
The windows of Tamamo Palace were replaced with green gauze made of broken branches and crabapples, as thin as blue smoke.
The scent of styrax drifted through the window screen to the corridor. A cat rolling on the ground came out of nowhere, was attracted by the scent and jumped onto the window sill, stretched out, curled up again and began to purr.
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Li Fei lazily retracted her feet from the pedals and leaned on the couch as if she had no bones.
The smile on her lips was also lazy, but her charming eyes were bright and clear, like stars shining in the dark night.
"Miss Xue, why are you here this time?" Li Fei fiddled with the string of stone beads on her wrist.
This is not an ordinary stone, but a sky stone, which is said to have fallen from the sky a hundred years ago.
It looks like gold but not gold, looks like but not jade, and is extremely hard.
Many people wanted to carve it open and do something, but they couldn't do anything.
Later, an old man with a white beard who came from nowhere took out a stone knife from his backpack and cut off a fist-sized piece from it like cutting tofu.
Later, he cut it into eighteen beads, pierced them with a stone needle, and presented them to the local magistrate.
The county magistrate did not dare to keep it for himself, so he donated it to the imperial court.
Apart from being extremely hard, I didn't find anything special about this bead.
However, things are rare and valuable, so they have been kept in the city.
The emperor gave it to Concubine Li a few days ago.
"Empress Li, I would like to ask you to help facilitate something." Xue Hengzhao said, "Please ask the emperor to grant a marriage to the second prince."
"Second Prince? You are targeting him again." Concubine Li raised her eyebrows after hearing this, "Who is the woman?"
"I must have heard that rumor, it's the young lady of the Jin family, Jin Lingyi." Since Concubine Li was asked to help facilitate this matter, she had to be straightforward.
"Oh? Is this wind coming from your side?" Li Fei sat up straighter, "It seems that you have no mercy for the Queen."
"We didn't create the wind, but we decided to sail with the wind," Xue Hengzhao said. "Otherwise, we would be in vain."
"Giggle..." Li Fei covered her mouth and smiled sweetly, "It's a good sailing with the wind, but the queen's nose is probably going to be crooked with anger. If this marriage is really going to happen, she will either have to deal with the Jin family's
Either he is a painful killer, or he is wary of the second prince. In short, it will not be easy for him."
"It is also possible to win over the Jin family through the second prince." Xue Hengzhao said, "The queen has a tough temperament and will not give up easily."
"Then it depends on whether the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or whether the west wind overpowers the east wind." Li Fei had a leisurely look like she was watching the fire from the other side, "I will help with this matter. Even if one day we will eventually go our separate ways, at least we are still on the same road now.
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The reason why Concubine Li agreed happily was because this matter was quite beneficial to her.
The more things that restrain the queen, the more loopholes she can exploit.
Putting all this aside, she was already very happy just because Yao Ziyun was angry and irritated.
"In this case, there will be Lady Lao." Xue Hengzhao smiled.
"Miss Xue, I have a beeswax and amber skewer here. It's a fine thing, but it's a pity that it doesn't fit me well, so I'll give it to you." Li Fei said and asked Yinye to pass a brocade box to Xue Heng to take a picture of.
"You can wear it and play with it!"
It is obvious that Li Fei wants to win over Xue Hengzhao.
Xue Hengzhao didn't mean to refuse at all. He took the box over naturally, opened it, took a look, and thanked Concubine Li: "Thank you for your love, my dearest servant. It's better to obey my orders than to be respectful."
When Li Fei saw that she had stopped, the smile on her face became more obvious and she said, "You and I are very close to each other. If you have any difficulties in the future, if Sister Fu Fei is in trouble, you can just come to me."
Xue Hengzhao still did not refuse, and agreed with a smile: "It's rare that the empress is willing to take such care of me, I will remember it in my heart."
After Xue Hengzhao left, Yanda, the manager of Yuzao Palace, asked Concubine Li: "My queen, are you too kind to Xue Hengzhao? Don't flatter her.
After all, she is from Concubine Fu's side, and she cannot be of the same mind as us."
Concubine Li looked him up and down, her eyes full of contempt: "Looking at your little success, you seem to be afraid of her success."
Yanda quickly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a injustice for me. I am thinking of you wholeheartedly and am afraid that you will suffer a loss.
That Xue Hengzhao is not a light-hearted person. He is probably very arrogant at such a young age. If she tries to trick anyone, he will not be able to get up for a while."
"You have always heard of the Three Kingdoms, right?" Li Fei took off the stone skewer from her hand and twisted it in her hand, "How did Cao Mengde treat Guan Yu?"
"Cao Mengde was indeed devoted to Guan Yu," Yanda said, "but didn't Guan Yu not join him in the end?"
"You're right," Li Fei said, taking his hand and slowly getting up, "but don't forget, if there was no previous matter, how could Guan Yu let Cao Cao go when he was defeated on Huarong Road?
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The incense in the incense burner has burned out, and the tea in the cup has gone cold.
Concubine Li sighed softly, like a flower falling on the ground: "If she can be used by me, that would be great. But if not, I must try my best to form a good relationship with her.
Maybe in the future, this will be what keeps me alive."
"Mother, Eunuch Zhang is here." Cui Qiao walked in from outside with a smile on her face. Obviously, people from Yangze Palace are here, and there must be something good going on.
Zhang Ze is now a popular figure in front of the emperor, and Concubine Li is trying her best to win over him.
When I heard that he was coming, I immediately ordered someone to come in.
Zhang Ze came in and invited the queen to say: "Empress Li, your Majesty has summoned you to Yangze Palace to sleep with you."
"It's so early today!" Li Fei said with a smile, "Eunuch Zhang, please wait while I change my clothes and then go over."
"Your Majesty, please help yourself. Don't be in a hurry. There are people waiting for dinner over there." Zhang Ze said with a smile, "My Majesty, when will the banquet begin?"
Among the concubines in the harem, the emperor's favorite was Concubine Li. This was known to everyone.
In the past, Concubine Li was flamboyant and domineering, which many people could not stand. Later, she was demoted and returned to the concubine position, becoming much more low-key and easy-going.
For this reason, the emperor also praised her many times.
Li Fei dressed up very carefully today. She is suitable for Nong Li's evening makeup.
Ronghua Palace.
"Isn't the emperor coming today?" the queen asked the people around her.
"To report to the Empress, news has just arrived from Yangze Palace that the Emperor has summoned Concubine Li to his bed today." The palace maid replied cautiously.
The queen didn't speak anymore, but she was obviously unhappy. She didn't want to go to bed, but she wanted to talk to the emperor face to face about something.
The emperor seems to be particularly obsessed with Concubine Li recently, and it seems he must find a way to stop it.