Chapter 28: Entering the Palace (VIII)
The emperor was tired all night and was a bit sleepy the next day, but even so, he had to go to the morning court.
After the emperor left, Yun Gui Concubine called her beloved Qian Qi and asked in a low voice: "Is the medicine ready?"
"The slave girl boiled it last night." Qianqi said with a lowered brow.
"Can anyone see it?" Concubine Yun asked uneasily.
"Your concubine don't worry, your concubine's body is weak, since childhood is a pot of medicine soaked up, weekdays are also day to day drink soup medicine, no one will suspect!" Qianqi said, then took out a bowl of soup from the food box.
"You do things, this palace is relieved!" Yun Gui Concubine took the soup and drank it all in one go.
The emperor will not come to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the past few days, Li Chonghua is a little lost, so he came to Chen Shuling to discuss.
Li Chonghua although people stupid some, but also know that if there is no emperor's favor, want to live in the palace, since it is necessary to find a backer.
She and Chen Chenghua carefully analyzed and scrutinized the scene every time they met with the ladies of each palace, and felt that Cui Jieyu and Yun Gui Concubine were quite close to each other on weekdays, and should be dependent on Yun Gui Concubine.
Although the Empress is the head of the Central Palace, her family's power is far less than that of the Yun family, not to mention that Yun Gui Concubine is the Emperor's own cousin.
The two thought before and after, decided to rely on Yun Gui concubine, but the two of them also know that with their identity Yun Gui concubine since it will not be in their eyes, so they took the emperor to give the two fell water section to go to the Yun Gui concubine with Cui Jieyu good friends.
Hanlan Hall is extremely exquisitely decorated, with famous paintings, porcelain, glazed ornaments, flowers, plants and greenery, and through the pink curtains, the faint fragrance of orchids comes in bursts.
When Li and Chen arrived, Cui Jieyu had just risen from her nap and was applying makeup in the mirror. Two people in the warm cabinet waited for a long time, until the rearranged a furnace of orchid incense, Cui Jieyu only came in style.
This day Cui Jieyu was wearing an orange embroidered pansies palace dress, the bright orange brocade embroidered with large clusters of pansies, slightly open neckline to show the charm, she had a surprise swan bun, in the bottom of the bun at the bottom of each of the two pearl short tassels, hanging on both sides of the face, the top of the bun around the top of the two long tassels of the same color hanging on the shoulders.
When the two saw Cui Jiyu lift the curtain, they got off the short couch in unison and bent down, saying, "Concubines greet Cui Jiyu."
Cui Jieyu raised her hand and said, "They are all sisters, no need to be polite!"
After the two got up, Chen Shuling saw Li Chunghua still standing there, then looked at Li Chunghua a word, and then said: "Sister Li and my concubine said, since the first time I saw my sister and sister feel like a good match, but a moment and did not have to get out of the way to visit my sister, until His Majesty the day before yesterday, rewarded the water section. Yesterday would have wanted to come, and because of that Hu Cheng Hua just entered the palace since it is necessary to meet one by one, will be delayed until today."
Chen Shuling really is a person with a strange mind, this mouth not only to Li Changhua on Cui Jieyu's respect for the show, but also explains why the reason why today only came. Just this reason is not coincidental, some blame Hu Yuanxi doubt.
Chen Shuling opened the scene, Li Chonghua also no longer feel constrained, handing over a bright smile, said: "Chen Chenghua said is not false. Although His Majesty rewarded my concubine with this waterfall satin, but my concubine is not worthy of wearing this thing! I'll send all of it to my sister!"
After Li Chong Hua finished speaking, her personal maid Qian Cherry hurriedly handed the fallen satin to Cui Jieyu.
Cui Jieyu stretched out QianZhouYi, touched the smooth as baby skin like satin, pulling the mouth said: "is a good thing, but the emperor has given you, you will be worthy of wearing this it, not to mention that day the emperor said you wear will look good."
After Cui Jieyu's words, Li Chonghua's smile instantly froze on her face, she didn't expect that she gave away her favorite satin and the other party refused to accept her good intentions.
Or Chen Shuling smart, saw the upcoming cold field, busy saying: "Jieyu said natural in reason. Since it is the emperor sent to sister Li, the emperor naturally want to see sister to wear, but sister Li on jieyu is also some intention. I see that these two cloth amount is sufficient, each out of two sets should not be a problem, how about measuring good jieyu's size to go back, done and then sent to jieyu."
"Right! Right! Right! I measured Ja-yu's size and sent it to Ja-yu after making it!" Li Chonghua smiled sarcastically.
Cui Jieyu slightly swept a glance at the two, naturally know that the two people's intention to climb, finally survived to become someone else to look up to the time, Cui Jieyu heart is very happy, and then said: "This is also good! Then this palace will accept Li Chonghua's good intentions!"
After Li and Chen left, Cui Jieyu's beloved Qian Zhi stood in front of her and said, "Jieyu, as the saying goes, there is no such thing as three treasures, and these two masters have sent this fallen satin today, so they must ... be."
"These two are smart, they just entered the palace and know how to gang up. However, since they have bright hearts and eyes and know to stand on the side of Yun Gui Concubine, this palace is not in a position to brush them off."
"The slave girl sees that this Chen Chenghua is very smart, and if he serves the bed in the future, he may not be as smart as he is!"
"In the end it's two yellow-haired girls, this palace is still afraid of them, furthermore, they are again powerful, can still turn out of Yun Gui concubine's five-finger mountain to go?"
Surprisingly, after sunset, the emperor again came to the Hall of Containing Zhang meal. Shang Food Bureau prepared a total of drunken spare ribs, jade belt shrimp, pocket tofu, stuffed eggplant, lotus leaf steamed meat, ice sugar fragrant lotus, cold yam, Demoiselle cucumber, winter melon ball soup, eight dishes and one soup.
The emperor ate with extreme enjoyment, but Yuan Xi ate with mediocre taste.
The emperor's figure of the jade tree, that Langmei starry-eyed face, Yuan Xi does not hate, but Yuan Xi also really do not like. Yuan Xi hates betrayal, Yuan Xi wants to be from the end, Ji Yan's betrayal let her life; now met this man, but can be blatantly reasonable daily host in different women palace, Yuan Xi can not do with others to share the husband.
Thinking of these, Yuan Xi really feel some stomach, so to these food without interest. Since the palace, that is the fact that can not be changed, it would be better to do as a bystander, here to end the rest of his life, it is also doing the real Yuan Xi originally to do things.
Seeing Yuan Xi wandering off, the Emperor couldn't help but ask, "What's on your mind?"
"It's nothing." Yuan Xi smiled bashfully.
"Today's dishes are extremely to my appetite, a moment after eating accompany me to the garden to eliminate food!"
"Is the imperial garden?" Yuan Xi asked, in fact, she is felt to be the Imperial Garden from her palace with really far away, back and forth to more than half an hour.
The emperor naturally understands the meaning of Yuan Xi's words, then said: "In addition to the imperial garden, there is a garden in the palace, called Long Cui Garden, in fact, in the north three palaces behind the body of a mile of the place, you first came to the palace, everywhere is not familiar with, I'll accompany you around."
The emperor did not say, Yuan Xi really do not know their own palace behind the body will have a garden. Yesterday, the wind was strong, and occasionally will be wafted bursts of flowers, she thought it was the Chenguang Hall wafted fragrance, the original is actually because of the garden behind.
The emperor meal, will put a few attendant yellow door and Yuan Xi's personal maidservant to go with, the night is dark, but the lantern can also illuminate the road ahead, about a quarter of an hour light, will be to the Long Cui garden. The emperor pointed to the moon gate in front of him and said: "this garden has three doors, a door to the direction of the Qian Ming door, a door to the Dongyang door, there is a door in the Hall of Hanyangzhang and between the Hall of Chenguang."
Seeing Yuan Xi didn't make a sound, Liu Yi added in time, "When the Emperor first chose the showgirls, he should have occupied the room in the Hall of Huanzhang, but the Emperor insisted on leaving it empty, does Cheng Hua know why?"
Yuan Xi withdrew his gaze from the moon gate and looked at Liu Yi.
Liu Yi knew that Hu Yuanxi was waiting for her answer again, so he said, "On New Year's Eve the Emperor met Cheng Hua at the marketplace, and with just one glance you took up residence in the Emperor's heart. Do you know why the bandits who shot Prince Yin didn't catch up?"
Yuan Xi's gaze towards Liu Yi was filled with hesitation.
Liu Yi added: "That's because the Emperor sent his secret guards to stop the go. The emperor wanted to follow your figure that day, but when the time came to return to the palace, the secret guards were all sent out. The emperor that regret ah! But God bless, you and the emperor in the end in the forest is met."
Yuan Xi no longer looked at Liu Yi, but looked straight at the Emperor, bent down very solemnly, and said, "Many thanks to Your Majesty for saving my life."
The emperor held Yuan Xi's hand, helped her up and said, "Why be so polite, you also saved me in the forest field."
The emperor pointed to the dark moon gate and said: ''The winter night is too cold, I am afraid of freezing you. In this Long Cui Garden, there is Jing Yang Mountain, as well as Cold Abyss Pond, Drunken Wind Pagoda, Bright Moon Lake and two palaces, which are lush and green with all kinds of flowers. After a few days of warmth, find a daytime, I will take you around in person again."
The emperor said and then turned back, took Hu Yuanxi's hand and put her hand in his fox fur cloak. Although the Emperor's fingers were slender, his palm was warm and thick, seemingly slightly different from Ji Yan's perennially cold palm.
The Emperor held Yuan Xi's hand all the way back to the Hall of Containing Zhang.
The night seemed to have touched Yuan Xi, but her stunning face remained cold.