The Second Master of the Red Chamber

On the second day, after Jia Lian presented to Emperor Ningkang the regulations for deploying craftsmen from the Ministry of Works, he just left the Daming Palace when he heard that the Empress Dowager had summoned him.

As several palace people walked to the inner palace, when they reached the west gate of Chonghua Palace, four palace maids and eunuchs stayed behind. Only the leading palace maid was left and said to Jia Lian: "Your Majesty is admiring flowers in the Imperial Garden today. Now, Rest in Fengluan Pavilion."

After saying that, he committed himself to Jia Lian and continued to move forward.

The Imperial Garden is located between the East and West Six Palaces and behind Kunning Palace. However, due to the limited land area, the size cannot be compared with the Grand View Garden.

There is a floor in the southeast corner called Fengluan Pavilion, which is two stories high.

The palace maid who led the way brought Jia Lian here, pushed open the double-closed red lacquered wooden door, and gestured with her hand: "Your Majesty is in the pavilion."

Jia Lian did not move. Looking at Nu'e who was standing by the door, Jia Lian suddenly asked: "What's your name?"

"My name is Qin Mi..."

The palace maid glanced at Jia Lian in surprise, and then added: "I have been with the Queen Mother for many years. The Marquis must have met my servant in Weiyang Palace before..."

Jia Lian was noncommittal. Although he didn't recognize the female official in front of him, he vaguely remembered that she was indeed someone close to the Queen Mother.

"Aren't you going to go in and pass the news?"

"The Queen has given instructions that when the Marquis arrives here, she will ask you to go in directly to see her."

After hesitating for a moment, the maid named Qin Mi lowered her voice: "Although I am a member of the Queen Mother's palace, I have been serving the princess in the early years. It was not until the princess left the palace that I returned to the empress... …”

Jia Lian's expression moved slightly. The situation in front of him was not like the Queen Mother summoning him, but more like Princess Zhaoyang making an appointment with him behind the Queen Mother's back.

With half hesitation, Jia Lian walked into the attic.

The attic is clean and luxurious, and there is an ancient cauldron for burning incense. It looks like it is a place used by nobles.

After passing several screens, the room suddenly became wider.

But as soon as Jia Lianfang stepped in, the pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank.

In the middle of the room decorated with endless silk and antique fragrance, on the huge bed, a beautiful body lay quietly.

The thin inner clothes cannot cover her charming figure at all, and her snow-white arms and thighs are partially exposed, perfectly displaying her unparalleled allure.

Especially when Jia Lian's eyes moved up and he saw the woman's face, he couldn't help but be shocked.

……

After the Supreme Emperor abdicated, he also moved some of his beloved concubines into the Chonghua Palace, and the rest were swept into the five houses in the north.

Only Concubine Li, because she was the emperor's biological mother, the Supreme Emperor still asked her to stay in the Changchun Palace in the East Sixth Palace in order to facilitate the emperor's filial piety.

At this time, at the gate of Changchun Palace, the Supreme Emperor, who was sitting on the Dragon Boat Festival, saw that Concubine Li wanted to follow her, and said lightly: "Now that you are interested, go back. There is no need to send me off."

"Yes. However, I just want to go to Weiyang Palace to visit the Queen Mother. I invite her to enjoy the flowers together tomorrow, and I dare to go with the Supreme Emperor..."

The Supreme Emperor frowned.

To be honest, he didn't like the woman in front of him at all. If he hadn't kept begging and happened to help him find a famous painting that he had long wanted to collect, he would not have been willing to step into this palace again.

But today, after all, the other party was interested, and he had also heard that this woman seemed to have become much closer to the Queen Mother recently.

After all, she was one of his earliest women. Seeing her gray hair and old face, the emperor couldn't help but dissipate some of his disgust and said, "In that case, let's chase her away."

After hearing this, Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly, and then, with the help of the maid, she walked onto the Emperor's Dragon Boat Festival.

The moment she stepped up and sat next to the Supreme Emperor, her heart couldn't stop surging.

She could no longer remember how many years it had been since she had ridden with the Supreme Emperor.

The emotion only existed for a moment, and her heart was filled with hatred again.

There is jealousy towards the woman who took away his honor, but more importantly, there is hatred towards the heartless and unjust man beside him.

Today, she will return this boundless hatred and pain!

She had endured and waited too long for this moment.

So when she saw the old Gong'e quietly signaling to her in the distance, she nodded fiercely.

Soon a palace maid ran out of the imperial garden in a panic, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the Supreme Emperor's guards.

The palace maid seemed to realize that she had bumped into Long Jia, and quickly climbed up and knelt in front of Long Jia.

Before the Emperor could speak, Concubine Li shouted: "What kind of dog slave in the palace has no rules at all? Who let you run around in the palace? Why don't you drag it on!"

"Your Majesty, please spare your life, I am, I am seeing..."

"what did you see?"

"This slave saw the Queen Mother, and..."

Concubine Li was still waiting to speak, but the Emperor waved his hand and said: "The Queen Mother is in the Royal Garden?"

"Yes……"

The Supreme Emperor seemed to be in a good mood. Hearing this, he said directly: "Go to the Royal Garden."

Seeing how the Emperor, who had always been kind and respectful, beamed with joy when he heard about the Queen Mother, he felt even more hatred in his heart.

But she was originally going to lead the Supreme Emperor to the Royal Garden. Now that the Supreme Emperor takes the initiative to see the Queen Mother, that's even better.

The mighty Long Chu came to Luanfeng Pavilion and saw the terrifying silence around him.

In front of the huge attic, there was only a solitary maid guarding the place.

The Supreme Emperor's brows couldn't help but frown.

Concubine Li asked the maid kneeling in front of the attic: "Where is the Queen Mother?"

The palace maid seemed to be frightened. She knelt on the ground and shivered, not daring to move.

The Supreme Emperor's expression turned cold and he stood up from his chair.

The observant old eunuch next to him glanced at him, and immediately several young eunuchs rushed out, trying to break in through the door. However, just when the young eunuchs were about to close the door, the door opened from the inside.

A man and a woman came out.

Mrs. Li, who had been unable to contain her excitement, suddenly changed her expression when she saw the two people walking out.

She stood up with a sigh, walked up to the Supreme Emperor, and asked sternly: "Why are you here?"

Those who walked out of Luanfeng Pavilion were actually Jia Lian and Princess Zhaoyang.

But Princess Zhaoyang was the only one that Mrs. Li questioned.

Princess Zhaoyang and Jia Lian looked at each other, then stepped forward and knelt in front of Long Chu: "I have met the Supreme Emperor, and I have met the Imperial Concubine."

The Supreme Emperor frowned and glanced at the two people in front of him, then at the wide open Luanfeng Pavilion door behind them.

"Why are you here?"

Seemingly not hearing the dissatisfaction in the Emperor's words, Princess Zhaoyang said: "Returning to the Emperor's words, after being grounded by the Emperor, my granddaughter has already understood the Emperor's good intentions under the guidance of the Emperor's grandmother. She should not regret it." Act wantonly and do things that disgrace the reputation of the Tian family.

But after all, the granddaughter and Marquis Zhenyuan have feelings for each other. Now that they have decided to cut off their relationship, there are some things that they want to make clear to Marquis Zhenyuan in person.

Therefore, after hearing that Marquis Zhenyuan entered the palace to discuss matters with his father today, he falsely conveyed the emperor's grandmother's decree and deceived Marquis Zhenyuan to come here. Unexpectedly, he happened to be met by Grandpa Huang.

This is all the granddaughter's fault. If the emperor's grandfather is angry, he will punish the granddaughter alone and has nothing to do with Zhenyuan Marquis. "

……

Time goes back to the time when Jia Lian stepped into Luanfeng Pavilion and saw the half-spreading beauty on the bed.

When he saw that there was no one in the attic and there was such a beauty lying on the bed, many thoughts flashed through Jia Lian's mind.

At first, he even thought that Princess Zhaoyang was playing some new trick.

But he never imagined that the beauty with only underclothes on her body at this time, with her fair thighs and jade arms exposed, would actually be the aloof and the most noble in the world - the Queen Mother!

Although, Jia Lian knew from the first time he saw the Queen Mother in Prince's Beppu that she was a beauty who was the most beautiful in the world.

However, that unattainable jade body that had always been hidden under the majestic and luxurious palace attire was now presented in front of him like this, refusing to welcome.

This is a heart-warming picture!

Although the Queen Mother came out of the palace in disguise, when he rescued her, he hugged the Queen Mother's body through her clothes in desperation. I also had a moment of heartbeat when I looked at the Queen Mother face to face at close range.

But Xu didn't know the identity of the other party at the beginning. Jia Lian felt that the excitement and shock at the time was far less than what it is now.

For a moment, Jia Lian wanted to tear apart all the few clothes of the woman lying in front of him, and even recklessly occupied the breathtakingly beautiful and noble jade body in front of him.

But it was just a momentary impulse after all, and Jia Lian quickly suppressed this stupid desire.

The current situation is obviously a conspiracy.

He knew that if he was in such a dangerous place, if he was not careful, he would be doomed.

But just when he turned around, he met a pair of bright eyes.

Perhaps there was a traitor in his heart, Jia Lian was startled, and when he was about to speak, the other party raised his index finger:

"Shh~"

Immediately, the other party's hand pointed outside again.

Jia Lian was stunned. For some reason, Jia Lian's tense heart suddenly calmed down after seeing Princess Zhaoyang.

It seems that as long as this woman is here, no conspiracy or conspiracy can harm him.

At the same time, he was also glad that his reason always prevailed and he didn't do anything to her royal grandmother just now. otherwise……

He walked forward, hugged the other person's shoulders, and asked in a low voice: "What on earth is going on?"

Princess Zhaoyang seemed a little embarrassed and quietly left Jia Lian's arms, looking behind him to signal.

When Jia Lian woke up and turned around, he saw that the Queen Mother, who had been "sleeping" on the bed, had sat up at some point and put the snow-white limbs that he had seen before under her spring clothes.

Princess Zhaoyang quickly stepped forward, took the clothes nearby and put them on the Queen Mother, and said: "They should not come in again."

"Ah."

The Queen Mother nodded, and then Princess Zhaoyang helped the Queen Mother put on her clothes in front of Jia Lian as if no one else was watching.

Jia Lian naturally looked away at this time.

There was a brief silence in the room.

"This……"

Just when Jia Lian was about to ask, Princess Zhaoyang shook her head at him: "Now is not the time to explain, Erlang, it's better not to ask any more questions. Can Erlang listen to my arrangements later?"

Jia Lian was not a wordy person, so he took a deep breath and nodded in response.

Princess Zhaoyang smiled, and then said to the Queen Mother: "I have made all the arrangements outside. The Queen Mother will go back to the palace first."

"Well, I'll leave this to you."

The Queen Mother didn't mean to talk nonsense, she touched Princess Zhaoyang's head, then glanced at Jia Lian, and walked out with the support of Princess Zhaoyang.

When no one was in the room, Jia Lian's brows gathered together again.

He knew that today's things would definitely not be simple. It was probably because he finally encountered the legendary Gong Dou.

Moreover, the target is obviously the Queen Mother.

And within the huge palace, there was only one person who dared to take action against the Queen Mother.

But looking at the looks of the Queen Mother and Princess Zhaoyang, it was obvious that they had been prepared. In this case, Jia Lian has nothing to worry about.

After thinking about this, he sat down on the bed where the Queen Mother had just been lying.

The bed was warm and had the slightest fragrance. (End of chapter)