Chapter 34: Cold Encounters (I)

Hu Chenghua was rewarded by the emperor five palace dresses, from the bright light of the temple began to circulate, less than three days time, the palace is known, the position of some of the higher concubines are better, after all, more clothes, not worry about wearing, can be the position of the lower part of the world's women, although on the surface does not say anything, the heart is jealous of the very much.

Even if it is like Chen Chenghua such a position with her, or like Li Chunghua, Cui Jieyu such a position higher than her, the heart is very bad taste, after all, the reward on behalf of the favor. If the emperor rewarded some ornaments, silver, we are not so tasteless, the palace women love to compete, the clothes and jewelry is the root of their competition for favor, how can they not take into account?

Yuan Xi, although the new reward, but daily to the temple of Xianyang still wear the two old clothes, which also let those who want to find her trouble can't open the mouth.

Days fly by, turn into the palace will be full of two months, these two months to the emperor will come day after day to contain the chapter hall, either with her game, or stay with the meal, behavior is also just holding the hand, from no oversteps.

When the late emperor, this chapter of the Hall had for Deng Guiren residence, Deng Guiren like pears, this chapter of the Hall will be planted full of pears, although the pear flower is beautiful, but the pear is away from the harmonic, the intention of some bad.

Later, Deng Guiran gave birth to the eldest son, and was established as the crown prince, Deng Guiran was given to death, should also be this away from the word. The emperor left the Hall of Zhang to Yuan Xi, has long wanted to pull the pear trees in this courtyard, only because it was winter, the number of transplants is not easy to survive, it will be the first to place this matter down.

Turning to the spring, the emperor learned that Yuan Xi loves begonias, so he pulled out the pear blossoms in the yard, and transplanted a few hundred years of begonias in the Long Cui Garden. These centuries-old begonias were bought at a high price from several families in the countryside when the late emperor was building a new capital in Yecheng in quite a few years.

In fact, Yuan Xi is not like begonias, but in her subconscious has always existed in those years of high school every time she saw Ji Yan walk past the scene from the begonias. That year, the college entrance examination has just ended, the two finished volunteering, he enrolled in the military school, she enrolled in the North Dance, they agreed to talk about a sensational love of the other side of the country.

The sun shines through the gap of the begonias, coincidentally a breeze, the begonias were blown down between her hair, fell on his blue and white checkered shirt. He brushed the begonias out of her hair, she brushed the petals off his shirt, and the two of them looked up slightly and smiled at each other.

Now the begonias are blooming again, and the sweet scent of the flowers fills the corners of the Hall of Contents, but everything that was once there has finally become the past.

This day the emperor dressed in a lake green robe, head wearing a pure gold crown, the crown set with glass seed green Fei, and the past only pull a bun, insert a hairpin compared to dress up very grand. See him walk in, the people were about to report, the emperor but signaled silence.

At this time, Yuan Xi was sitting on the stone bench under the begonia tree, accompanied by the fragrance of the flowers, looking intently at the book in his hand.

"What are you looking at?" The Emperor poked his head over and with a flick of his skirt, sat beside Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi was really startled to see the Emperor suddenly come here, so he busily got up, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The Emperor smiled brightly and said playfully, "Yuan Xi, all the other concubines call themselves concubines when they see me, why have I never seen you say the word concubine?"

"I can't say it." Yuan Xi said truthfully.

The Emperor did not mind, stepping forward and lightly attaching himself to her ear, whispering, "Soon you will be able to speak."

A hot breath filled the air from between her ears, and before Yuan Xi could react to the meaning of the Emperor's words, the Emperor had already dodged and sat on top of the stone bench once again.

Yuan Xi had to sit beside the emperor, the distance is still not close to not far, to be honest, the emperor just suddenly leaned over to her body, she felt that the atmosphere is really some ambiguous.

The emperor's interest is good, also did not care whether Yuan Xi comprehend the meaning of the words, then directly pick up the stone table porcelain cup poured cup of water, said: "I walked all the way thirsty, borrow your cup a use!" Said then a drink.

Although Yuan Xi didn't like others using her personal belongings, but the other party was the Emperor, so she didn't dare to say much.

The Emperor saw Yuan Xi's color was not abnormal and said hurriedly, "Do you know why I came here in full costume today?"

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The Emperor looked warmly at Yuan Xi and said, "Think again!"

In fact, Yuan Xi had already guessed eight or nine from the Emperor's lust-filled eyes at this time, but still wanted to escape by fluke, so he pretended to be ignorant and shook his head, replying, "I really don't know!"

The emperor laughed, said: "You do not know also, so it is not good to let you a woman to say out, then by me to tell you, you observe the period of filial piety has passed a hundred days! Today I will arrange for you to serve the bed!"

"Your Majesty must not!" Yuan Xi hurriedly stopped it.

"Why?" The Emperor was a little puzzled.

"Because I want to keep my mother in mourning for a year!"

"Heh!" The Emperor was instantly amused by Yuan Xi's words and laughed. As soon as Liu Yi heard that the two seemed to be at odds with each other, he stepped forward and said, "Cheng Hua, the Emperor knows that you value filial piety! There are forty-nine days and a hundred days for children to observe filial piety for their parents, the Emperor has already allowed you to observe filial piety for a hundred days and fulfill your filial piety, this is already a great grace!"

"The late emperor was in a new mourning and the emperor still kept his filial piety for three years without choosing a showgirl, I want to keep my filial piety for my mother for one year, it's not too much!" Yuan Xi said with a strong voice.

"It is not true that I have not chosen any showgirls to fill the harem for three years because I am observing filial piety for my father, but it is not true that I have not refrained from entering the harem for these three years because I know that it is also filial piety to be able to reproduce an heir so that my Great Yeh's kingdom and mountain will be eternal." The emperor was somewhat slightly angered.

But even though the Emperor was angry, Yuan Xi did not back down and begged on her knees, "I also ask the Emperor to fulfill his filial piety!"

"Heh!" The Emperor let out a cold laugh and said angrily, "I'm afraid that your mourning is a lie, and your not wanting to be my woman is the real thing, right?"

"Please fulfill your majesty!" Yuan Xi crouched to the ground and bowed three times.

"Complete! I will naturally fulfill, I have the world, and will not care about a woman who does not have me in her heart! From now on, you will die in this Hall of Huanzhang! You'll be able to fulfill your innocence!" The emperor said and whisked his sleeve away.

Liu Yi sighed and left with it, leaving a kneeling ground shouting Emperor Xie rest his wrath of the lackeys.

The emperor strides faster and faster, Liu Yi followed behind panting, the emperor suddenly a body, Liu Yi almost hit the emperor's back.

The emperor suddenly turned his head toward Liu Yi and asked, "Am I so unworthy of love?"

"The Emperor is jade-like and decisive, a rare and bright ruler how can he not be worthy of love?"

"Then why is Hu Cheng Hua not happy to serve the bed? Could it be because of that Duke Yin?" The emperor asked somewhat childishly.

"How could it be because of Duke Yin, Your Majesty is overly concerned. Hu Chenghua Xu is truly a piece of filial piety!" Liu Yi persuaded.

"That's all! She is not willing to serve the bed, there are concubines who are willing to serve the bed! Tell me which concubines are still not in bed?"

Liu Yi silently counted in his heart and said, "There are also Chen Chenghua and Liu Shifu of the Chen Guang Hall who have not served their beds, and Han Shifu of the Ming Guang Hall who has not served her."

"I will have Han Shifu wait on my bed tonight, so have the bedchamber office make arrangements to go down there."