The two palace maids refilled the incense burner with a handful of incense, and then quietly left. The lowered pearl curtain made the people inside shadowy.
"Your Majesty, did you come here because you knew that I was eating delicious food here?" Concubine Dong said with an angry smile, while holding a tureen in front of her to the emperor.
The emperor, who was wearing a simple black Songjiang cotton robe, did not pick up the bowl and held her slender waist.
"Yes, I am like a cat. I come here when I smell something fishy." He smiled, bowing his head and sniffing the woman's chest vigorously, "The big, fragrant and white steamed buns..."
A woman's charming smile echoed in the room.
It is common for the maids standing outside to have their expressions unchanged.
"Your Majesty, please try this." After some fun, Concubine Dong leaned on the emperor's attentive cloth and said.
"I'm really hungry. There was almost a fight in the court today. The noise gave me a headache. There were so many discounts that I didn't even use my breakfast." The emperor smiled and picked up the chopsticks.
Outside the bead curtain, a palace official came hurriedly and stopped abruptly. It seemed that something was urgent, but he knew that the emperor was there and did not dare to enter.
Concubine Dong was very unhappy.
She recognized that this maid was a gift from the Queen Mother.
Sure enough, when he gets his wish, he will come and hang out.
But she couldn't pretend not to see it. Even though there was the emperor's favor in the harem, she, the concubine, couldn't mess with the queen mother.
There can only be one queen mother, but there can be countless concubines.
"Yujuan, hasn't the dish I asked for been delivered yet?" she asked.
The maid outside got the response and hurriedly came in.
"Slave, go and urge me again." She saluted and said, "My Lady, Madam Chen is here. Please come and sit down in Furong Pavilion."
Mrs. Chen?
Concubine Dong was surprised, and the emperor was also slightly surprised.
Which lady comes to see her and dares to be invited to sit without permission? She still knows that the emperor is here!
After counting all the people in the court, I really can't find this person... No, no, there is one!
Concubine Dong thought about it, with a complicated look on her face, and couldn't help but look at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I didn't even know she was coming..." she said hurriedly.
The emperor naturally knew who it was and lowered his hand holding the chopsticks.
"Of course you don't know, and you can't let her come in just as she says." He said, smiling, "I'll go to Cuiyu Pond first, and you can bring someone here to prepare a meal later."
This means that he will not see Mrs. Chen and send her away as soon as possible.
The most important thing is that His Majesty is not angry or doubting himself.
Concubine Dong smiled happily and hurriedly led the emperor out through the back door. Then she turned around and asked Chen to come in.
"My wife has met your empress."
Mrs. Chen walked through the door, bowed her head and saluted.
"Sister, please don't do this, I can't afford it." Concubine Dong said hurriedly, walking over quickly and extending her hand to help her.
The frail, short woman in front of her did not dare to show her displeasure at having her love with the emperor interrupted.
This woman is truly a strange being.
Looking at the emperor's attitude just now, although he could not express it, he was not displeased with the woman at all.
On the contrary, there is still a bit of intimacy.
That kind of familiarity and unique intimacy that we have known since childhood.
The emperor didn't have many direct sisters, so Chen's treatment was comparable to that of a princess, even higher than that of a princess.
Mrs. Chen still saluted, then stood up straight and looked up at Concubine Dong.
"Sister, you haven't changed at all..." Concubine Dong looked at her and said excitedly.
Mrs. Chen also smiled.
"My dear, you are getting more and more beautiful," she said.
Concubine Dong snorted.
"Sister, you still like to tease me." She smiled, her eyes falling behind Chen.
She was focused on Chen, and then she saw a woman coming behind Chen.
The young woman lowered her head at this time and couldn't see the description clearly, but just by looking at her figure, she was a beauty...
She doesn't look like a maid.
beauty!
Her eyes stopped for a moment, and Mrs. Chen saw it.
"This is Yueniang." Mrs. Chen said.
Moon Girl?
Concubine Dong was a little surprised.
What kind of introduction is this?
"The last time I asked you for help, it was for her." Chen said with a smile, reaching out to pull Qi Yue, "Come, thank you for being such a great benefactor."
Concubine Dong was stunned after hearing these words.
She naturally remembers the last time clearly. Although Mrs. Chen has always been favored in the palace, she has never used her power to ask for anything. The person who allows her to come forward to ask for such a great favor must be someone special to Mrs. Chen.
people.
Here Qi Yue has already bent down to salute.
"I've met your Majesty, thank you for your kindness." She said, hesitating whether to kneel down or not.
This is probably the second time I have knelt down since I came here.
Qi Yue couldn't help but think of the first time she knelt down with Chang Yuncheng.
So this time, it was for Zhou Maochun to become Qianjintang for Liu Pu, and of course for Chang Yuncheng who would definitely get into trouble by following him privately.
It seems that the fate of the two of them is really intertwined.
A smile couldn't help but appear on her lips.
How could Concubine Dong be so stupid as to let her kneel down? If Mrs. Chen really wanted this woman to kneel down, she would have let her kneel down as soon as she entered the door. Why would she wait until now to introduce her to her in such a special way? If she couldn't even hear such words in the palace, she would die early.
Eight hundred times.
"Get up quickly, the whole family won't be seen outside." She smiled and stretched out her hand to support Qi Yue.
Qi Yue thought she was being polite, so she insisted on kneeling down, but Concubine Dong pulled her arm tightly, and it didn't seem like she was being polite.
"Yue Niang, you go out and wait while I talk to the empress." Mrs. Chen said.
Qi Yue and Concubine Dong were both a little stunned, but they couldn't say anything. Anyway, they decided in their hearts that Chen's love would be whatever she wanted.
"Come here." Concubine Dong said with a smile, letting go of Qi Yue's arm.
Then a palace maid stood over.
"My lady, please come this way." She said proactively without waiting for Concubine Dong to speak, and turned sideways to give way.
Qi Yue saluted and thanked her again, then followed the maid out.
"Madam, please come this way," the palace maid said, leading the way.
"I'll just wait outside." Qi Yue hesitated and said.
"That's okay, it's very cold." The palace maid smiled and thought for a moment, "Madam, come here, there is a small heating pavilion, it is warm and close, you can hear me if I call here."
There should be no problem, otherwise Mrs. Chen wouldn't be so relieved to let her come out alone.
Qi Yue nodded and thanked her, then followed the maid into a room next to the palace.
The house is small, warm and gorgeously decorated.
The palace maid took a few steps over and pulled open the thick curtain in the middle. Qi Yue couldn't help but her eyes lit up.
It turns out that this side of the Nuan Pavilion is a small and exquisite garden. At this time, spring is still warm, and the small garden is faintly full of life.
"Madam, please sit down." The palace maid hung up the curtain, turned around and said to her with a smile, "Madam, isn't it cold?"
Qi Yue hurriedly shook her head and said it wasn't cold. She sat down on the armchair and looked outside.
The palace maid poured tea and brought it over. She glanced out the window and seemed to see something, so she quickly walked over and grabbed the railing.
"Little Weizi, why are you catching our fish?" she shouted crisply.
Qi Yue couldn't help but look for the sound, and sure enough she saw a little eunuch holding a net in front of the pool in the garden.
The little eunuch snorted, glanced at the palace maid, and ignored her.
The palace maid felt very humiliated and stamped her feet.
"Little Weizi, are you trying to steal our fish? I'll tell you to go ahead," she said.
Qi Yue watched the little palace maid bickering with the little eunuch, smiled slightly and looked away.
But at the same time, someone in a small pavilion opposite looked at him.
The emperor was sitting upright, while a young eunuch was placing the charcoal stove, iron wire and other utensils one by one. Hearing the conversation outside, the emperor frowned.
The eunuch naturally understood and rushed aside.
"Why are you shouting? I don't know..." he scolded in a sharp voice.
Before he finished speaking, something was thrown from behind and hit him on the head, and he couldn't help but let out an ouch.
At this time, no one else can hit him.
The eunuch knelt down regardless of the pain.
The emperor ignored him and looked outside, looking surprised.
In the pavilion opposite, the woman sitting by the window was listening to what the maid said and smiled slightly.
The emperor couldn't help but stand up, narrowed his eyes, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.
The eunuch who was kneeling on the ground was shivering, but he didn't hear the curse. He couldn't help but boldly looked up and saw that the emperor actually smiled.
The emperor was moody. Sometimes he was smiling, but he was angry, and sometimes he was angry, but he was laughing in his heart. The eunuchs who followed him knew best when the emperor was really smiling or fake.
At this moment, the emperor was actually smiling.
What made him so happy?
The eunuch couldn't help but want to follow the emperor's line of sight and look out, but the emperor raised his feet.
"Let's go," he said.
The eunuch didn't dare to be distracted and hurriedly got up.
The emperor has walked away like the wind.
The eunuch hurriedly followed, and the eunuch who had fished earlier came back with a lively fish in the net.
"Hey? Do you still want to eat this?" He asked hurriedly as he watched the person leave.
"Eat whatever you want." The little eunuch glared at him and hurriedly chased the emperor who was already out of sight.
"Your Majesty is gone?"
After hearing the palace maid's report, both Concubine Dong and Mrs. Chen were a little surprised.
Concubine Dong secretly resented that Mrs. Chen had come at the wrong time. She had not seen the emperor for several days, but she had disturbed her.
Mrs. Chen secretly resented that the emperor was so cruel, that he knew what he was doing but refused to see him.
Although the two had different feelings, what they had in common was that they sighed in dismay at the same time.
Since the emperor was not here, Mrs. Chen stood up and left.
Concubine Dong also sent her off with interest.
After calling Qi Yue over, Chen seemed to look at the maid leading Qi Yue inadvertently.
The palace maid calmly shook her head at Mrs. Chen.
Chen's face was even more disappointed.
Qi Yue looked at Concubine Dong and Mrs. Chen. Although they were still smiling, they couldn't hide their twitching. She was shocked.
Looks like things didn’t work out!
Mrs. Chen had already boarded the sedan, and Qi Yue sighed inwardly and bowed to Concubine Dong before she left.
Seeing these two people walking away slowly, Concubine Dong could no longer hide her depression.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing when Mrs. Chen comes to see your Majesty?" the personal palace maid asked.
Concubine Dong shook her head and smiled mockingly.
"What did she ask me for? When did she ask me for it? I am just an excuse for others to use. They don't need my help," she said.
She doesn't know when people come, and she can't keep people when they leave. She really doesn't need someone who can't even take charge.
The palace maid was silent.
"When did Your Majesty leave?" Concubine Dong asked as she thought of something.
"He left very early. His Majesty left shortly after Mrs. Chen arrived." A palace maid hurriedly said.
Concubine Dong nodded, dissipated a trace of suspicion in her heart, and turned around to go in.
Here, Mrs. Chen was sitting on a sedan chair walking slowly along the palace wall. She was holding her head in her hands and seemed to be asleep.
"Auntie, if it doesn't work, forget it. Don't take it too seriously." Qi Yue whispered, "I believe in good fortune and good fortune."
Mrs. Chen opened her eyes and was about to say something, but she saw two eunuchs coming over in a hurry. They smiled and saluted from a distance.
"Madam, Your Majesty declares." they said.
There is really no way out, but there is only one village with dark flowers and bright flowers!
Mrs. Chen sat upright from the sedan chair.
This little devil knows how to torment people like this!
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I actually didn’t want to go out. I had basically stopped all entertainment activities since I started coding. But the summer vacation was coming to an end. I couldn’t bear to see my child’s disappointed expression, so I agreed to take her to the beach. Going out was supposed to be a leisure activity, but I couldn’t push it to this place.
It was a tiring but happy weekend vacation with the warm hospitality of old friends and classmates. Now that I am back, I have made up for the missed updates and started to resume double updates.
