The Queen of Destiny: The King's Side

The palace banquet was still going on in the midst of intrigue and flattery. Xi Xian found an excuse to leave early because she was too tired to drink. After leaving the Zhangqing Palace, she found that the palace lanterns had already been lit outside. A banquet that started at noon unexpectedly It was dragged on until the night and it was not over yet.

Xixian was walking on the quiet stone road supported by Fan Tao. The masters of the harem were still doing their best at the palace banquet at the moment, and those concubines who had no favor and could not enter the banquet were unwilling to walk around more. The huge harem seemed She was the only one left.

The moonlight poured down the long corridor like water, and the surroundings were silent. Occasionally, a few eunuchs and court ladies passed by, but they didn't dare to speak rashly because they were not very familiar with her, so they just knelt silently to send her away.

Xixian looked at Fantao who was silent on the side. Although she was closer to Xuechun, she still preferred Fantao to wait on the sidelines at this time. Xuechun was good at everything but talked too much. It is impossible to watch the moonlight quietly like now with her by his side.

A gust of breeze blew by, and Xi Xian felt the strength of wine rising in her stomach, and her feet were as soft as if she was stepping on cotton. She knew she was a little drunk, so she slowly sat down with her support on the porch.

"Did anything happen in the palace during my absence?" Since returning to Gongxi in the morning, Xixian has been following Yuwen Haoxuan, and has never even returned to Wanyun Palace, let alone Fantao who is beside her. what to say.

Fan Tao thought for a while and replied, "It's not a big deal. The concubines who are not around the palace won't have any conflicts. It's just that the maids who live alone in the courtyard and the concubines quarreled a few times because of Items and monthly schedules were distributed unfairly, and after being punished once by the concubine Xian, no one dared to make trouble again."

"Concubine Xian? Is that Princess Nanrong from Chengguo?" Xi Xian was no stranger to this princess from Chengguo, and had dealt with her before coming to Jiangguo.

Ningguo is connected to Chengguo, lives by it, and has to pay tribute to Chengguo every year. One year, his father took her to go with him. He wanted to betroth her to Chengguo's eldest prince, but they didn't even notice. Seeing her, Xi Xian still remembered that Princess Nanrong, who was also a child with her at that time, pointed at her and said, "Brother will rule the world in the future, and you, a little Princess Ningguo, are only worthy of serving tea and water to your eldest brother." Xi Xian frowned in the middle of the night, and Fan Tao didn't know, so he just answered truthfully, "Yes, the concubine Xian is sitting next to the concubine, but the concubine Xian didn't say a word today, you may not have noticed .”

Xi Xian thought of the woman with a serious face sitting beside the imperial concubine, and after thinking about it, she was indeed somewhat similar to the Princess Nanrong she had seen when she was a child, but her temper was much restrained.

Smiling and shaking her head, Xi Xian stopped thinking about Princess Nanrong, looked in the direction of Wanyun Palace and asked, "How come no one came to Wanyun Palace, which is such a big banquet today?"

"I don't know that Jieyu has been away from the palace for the past few months. Lady Zhaoyuan's illness is getting worse and worse. Mu Jieyu has been waiting on her all the time. Although Meiren Wu is better, she still can't go to crowded places. , so no one in Wanyun Palace attended the banquet."

"Why is it so heavy?" Xi Xian stood up anxiously and walked back, "Didn't the imperial doctor say before leaving that there is no serious problem as usual?"

Fan Tao held her back and said, "Jieyu don't go, the lady Zhaoyuan must have gone to bed so late, in fact, the condition of the lady has been very stable, but for some reason, on the night of the [-]th day of the previous month, she suddenly died. He vomited blood, and once he got sick, he never got better."

"The sixteenth of the previous month?" Xi Yuan muttered, wasn't that the day when Yuwen Haoxuan burned paper in the alley?

"Is there something wrong?" Seeing her unusual expression, Fan Tao asked cautiously.

"Nothing, did anything special happen that day?"

Fan Tao thought for a while, but she couldn't think of anything after too long, Chong Xixian shook her head apologetically, Xixian wanted to ask more questions, but heard a burst of rapid footsteps running towards them at the end of the corridor Come.

The figures in the darkness gradually became clear, and it turned out to be Xuechun holding a cloak in his hands. After seeing them, Xuechun ran over with a smile and said, "I see it's getting windy, I thought I'd send you a cloak for fear that the princess will catch a cold when she comes back." Come."

"How many times have I told you that you must walk steadily in the palace, and don't be punished if you accidentally bump into a master!" Xi Xian said with a stern face, she was really worried that Xuechun's personality would break through. disaster.

Xue Chun stuck out her tongue, put the cloak on her body and tied it, and said, "Princess, don't be angry, I know I made a mistake, and I will definitely not do it again next time."

"Next time, next time, every time you say next time." Xi Xian gave her a look, but still didn't make up her mind to reprimand her, "Just sit here with me for a while, Fantao, go back and prepare some Sober up soup."

After Fantao left, Xixian sat quietly on the porch bench. Knowing that she was really angry, Xuechun lowered her head and didn't dare to speak, but quietly moved her body to the vent to shield her from the cool wind.

Xi Xian noticed that she didn't make a sound about these small movements, but just sighed quietly.

"Xi Jieyu is a little drunk? Why are you sitting here alone?" A woman in a crimson palace gown came from the corner of the corridor, the golden steps on her head made noises with her footsteps, and the pink and black pink on her face The application is just right, neither heavy nor plain, and although the face is not beautiful, it has a certain charm.

Xi Xian vaguely remembered that she seemed to be a concubine living in Lanchi Palace, and her status was not very high, so she got up and gave a simple salute.

But the woman replied with a big courtesy, "The concubine is a talented person from Zhou who lives in the side hall of the Lanchi Palace. She rarely goes out and walks around. Xi Jieyu may not have heard of concubines."

"It turned out to be Sister Zhou." Xi Xian helped Zhou Cairen who was saluting, "My sister has rarely gone out since entering the palace. Most of the sisters in the palace don't know each other. Now that the banquet is busy, why did my sister come out?" ?”

Zhou Cairen brushed his reddish cheeks and said, "Concubines seldom participate in this kind of banquet, so they are not good at drinking alcohol. After a few drinks, they can't hold on anymore. They are afraid that they will make a fool of themselves if they stay any longer, so they will make a fool of themselves with the emperor." I took a leave of absence and left first."

"Looking at my sister's face, she is a little drunk, but has someone prepared some hangover soup? If there is no sister, someone has already prepared it. How about sending a slave to send some to my sister after I go back?"

"So I would like to thank Xi Jieyu. The concubine is really too drunk, so I will leave first. I hope Jieyu will forgive me. In the future, the concubine will come to the door to thank me in person." After Zhou Cairen finished speaking, he half leaned on the maidservant and staggered away. up.

Xixian looked at her back for a long time before she retracted her gaze. When she turned her head to look at Xuechun, she found that Xuechun was still staring at the disappearing figure in a daze.

Xi Xian pushed her lightly and said, "Everyone is gone, what are you looking at?"

Xuechun came back to her senses, her eyes suddenly lit up, "I remembered, Princess Zhaoyuan took us to rescue you on the day you were tricked into Lanchi Palace, and a maid came to inform you halfway. It's the maid next to Zhou Cairen."

Xi Xian frowned and looked at the empty corridor in the dark, wondering if Zhou Cairen was showing her position, but she was from Lanchi Palace after all, so she couldn't be trusted easily.