Emperor's Red Makeup: The Duke is too black

Chapter 24 Be Friends

"Empress Dowager, the emperor stayed in Jinling Palace last night." Xiao Lingzi's eyes were shining brightly, and he carefully inserted the phoenix gold hairpin in the hair of Empress Dowager Shengde, and said softly.

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Shengde's eyes raised a trace of suspicion, "Why did he suddenly become interested in Concubine Shu? Could it be that what Ai Jia said yesterday woke him up?"

"Thinking about it, it should be. The emperor not only stayed in Jinling Palace, but also ordered Zhang Run beside him to reward Concubine Shu with many treasures early this morning, including his favorite octagonal glazed cup."

"Could it be that he really fell in love with Concubine Shu's beauty?" Empress Dowager Shengde didn't believe that Taba Rui would know how to win over Nantong. After all, he hadn't been in court for more than two years. How could it be possible to easily hand over the power that is in hand when it is easy to get it?
In the past two years, Tarba Rui has become a king obsessed with women, half of which is due to her. Now he is infatuated with Concubine Shu. I wonder if that old guy in Nantong will betray his daughter, and Concubine Shu is even more of a If she has a scheming heart in the city, if she really wants to help Taba Rui take charge of the government, it will be difficult.

"Look, Concubine Shu is interested in the emperor?" Empress Dowager Shengde thought for a moment and said.

It would be much easier if Concubine Shu was still the same as before, dismissing this trash like Taba Rui.

"According to my servant, I'm afraid Concubine Shu has fallen in love with the emperor." Xiao Lingzi said with a solemn expression.

"She will be tempted by the emperor? If she was really tempted, why did she do it now?" The Empress Dowager Shengde obviously didn't believe it.

"Queen Mother, our emperor is much more handsome than ordinary men. Besides, I heard that last night he quietly went to the hot spring pool of Concubine Shu. The two stayed there for more than an hour. I don't know what happened. , Concubine Shu is looking at the emperor now, her eyes are as if made of water, can you not be tempted?"

"According to what you mean, Concubine Shu should be completely on the emperor's side now?" Empress Dowager Shengde took off a precious jade bracelet from her wrist, put it on the dressing table, and said in an extremely cold and bone-chilling voice: "Give this to Concubine Shu, saying that this is the dowry of the Ai family back then, and now reward her, and hope that she will take good care of the emperor."

How shrewd Xiao Lingzi was, he understood the deep meaning of the bracelet given by the Empress Dowager Shengde in a moment, and he couldn't help but bowed and said, "Your servant will go now."

In the Jinling Palace, Concubine Shu looked at the bracelet in the jewelry box, and the corner of her mouth curled up in an inexplicable arc. After a long time, she finally said, "No matter what she was thinking, now I have a new idea, naturally I won't And then be manipulated by her."

Tarba Rui picked up a bunch of purple grapes, with a lazy and leisurely expression, "Did she really say that?"

"Ah."

"Very good, it seems that this move is right." As if thinking of something, Taba Rui raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Lu Yi, I have something to go out for a few days, tell him to stay overnight in Jinling Palace , sweet talk or something, don’t talk too much, or she will get tired of it, and rewards are indispensable, so you can go with him, if there is anything that makes Shadow come to me.”

"Yes." Lu Yi nodded respectfully, and didn't ask much else.

"Your Majesty, what about me?" Zi Yi asked curiously, blinking her big round eyes.

"You?" Taba Rui was a little speechless, Qingfeng deliberately arranged the lively and mischievous Zi Yi by his side, what was his intention?
"Palace Master—" Seeing that there was no one else beside her, Zi Yi showed an aggrieved expression, "Do you think that Zi Yi's words are too ignorant? Zi Yi promises that she will never do it again next time."

A black line slid across Taba Rui's forehead, and thought to himself, you have said this word countless times.

"Well, I need to kill someone, you go." Taba Rui still believed in Zi Yi's skill.

"Kill?" The big eyes rolled, excitedly said: "Okay, who to kill?"

"You just wait for the order." After finishing speaking, Taba Rui handed her the grapes in his hand, and said with a smile: "Originally, this matter can be left to the people of the Assassin Sect. Since you are so free, I will I reward you with this errand."

She doesn't want to be accompanied by this chattering little swallow, she is not the fifth prince!

"Palace Master, you despise him." Zi Yi held a grape in her mouth, tears welled up in her watery eyes.

Lu Yi stroked her forehead, "Let's go, the palace master needs to be quiet."

Zi Yi, who was dragged away, didn't dare to resist the words of this little sister who didn't speak much, so she had to go down sullenly, and secretly made up her mind that she must kill the person the palace lord told him a hundred or eighty times, so as to vent her inability to The hatred of going out to play with the palace lord.

"It's time to meet him." Tarba Rui muttered to himself, a figure of a masked man flashed in his eyes.

Yingwuhou Mansion, the young Lord Hou is drawing a picture in the study at the moment, his handsome face is indescribably serious, his eyes are full of longing for the unknown, and the throbbing in the deepest part of his heart from time to time .

Every night, as long as he closes his eyes, he will think of everything that happened in Yunshan, including her fierce eyes, fierce attacks, and even the domineering and arrogance that naturally emanated from her body. No wonder such a woman can become The mysterious lord of Qianque Palace.

Suddenly a white shadow flickered in the porch, Xue Yingchen's eyes moved, and he said in a deep voice, "Who?"

However, no one answered him, following his gaze, it was Xuan Luo dressed in white, who was Taba Rui who was out of the palace on business.

"What are you doing?" Xuan Luo was covered with white gauze, only a pair of crescent-like glazed eyes were left, with three parts cunning, three parts cold and arrogant, and three parts smiling.

"I didn't do anything, the dignified Palace Master Qianque, why come to my Yingwuhou Mansion when you have time?" Xue Yingchen's handsome face was full of calm, but his heart beat faster involuntarily. He didn't expect that, She would come to him herself.

"Come here for a stroll, why, Master Hou doesn't welcome me?" Xuan Luo dodged and entered the door.

Xue Yingchen's study is located in the right corner courtyard of the Hou's Mansion. Except for the special guards arranged by Xue Yingchen, no one will come to this place, so Xuan Luo is not worried about being bumped into.

Seeing her pacing towards the desk, Xue Yingchen leaped over Xuan Luo quickly without knowing where the speed came from, stopped Xuan Luo with one hand, grabbed the painting in his hand with the other, kneaded it into a ball, and said with a smile: "I have nothing to do, just draw as you like." Yes, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the eyes of Palace Master Xuan."

"I didn't say I wanted to see it either." Xuan Luo blinked, found a chair to sit down, and said, "Don't call me Palace Master Xuan, after all, I came to find you to be your friend."

"Being friends?" Xue Yingchen's eyes flashed, and then he thought of something, and said, "You are the one who saved Yang Yan's family that night?"

"You guessed it right." Xuan Luo showed his white teeth and smiled at the corners of his eyes.

"That man is dead." Xue Yingchen sat down and said calmly.

When Yang Yan personally handed over the man to him, he guessed a little bit, especially in the imperial capital where babies were always lost, but unfortunately, as soon as there was a little progress, the man was killed.

"Dead?" Xuan Luo raised his eyebrows, "I told him that he would not be able to seek death, why did you let him die so easily?"

The corner of Xue Yingchen's mouth twitched, he shouldn't have thought that she would worry about not finding any clues.

"Assassinated." He sighed, saying it was his duty.

"Oh."

"You're not going to ask, who killed it?" Xue Yingchen was a little surprised seeing her indifferent appearance.

Xuan Luo's eyes fell on Xue Yingchen's desk. Besides the painting he destroyed earlier, there was also a map. Crescent Moon's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said casually: "What's the matter with asking, it's the people behind him If you don’t come to silence him, I will personally send him on the road.”

"Didn't you say that if you want him to live, you can't die?" Xue Yingchen felt a little funny, and her thoughts seemed to jump a little too fast.

"I was talking out of anger." There was a smile on the exquisite and beautiful face under the veil, seeing that Xue Yingchen seemed a little overwhelmed, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, let's not talk about that guy, if he dies, he will die. I still have new clues, I don't know, is Hou Ye willing to do something for the children of the imperial capital?"

"Didn't you say, be friends? Still call me Lord Hou?"

"Then what should I call you?" Xuan Luo's eyes flashed, and the string of bells on her wrist made a crisp and sweet sound due to the slight swing of her hands, adding a bit of mischievousness to the veiled her.

"My parents call me Chen'er." Seeing Xuan Luo's eyes about to laugh, Xue Yingchen shook his head and said, "But my brothers all call me Big Brother."

"I'll call you Big Brother Xue." Xuan Luo took it, and then said: "As for you, just call me Luo'er. Speaking of which, few people have ever called me that."

The master called her Luo'er, the senior brother called her a good junior sister indecently, Uncle Feng called her Luoluo, and everyone in Qianque Palace called her the palace master.

Xue Yingchen's eyes changed slightly, the corners of his mouth slightly bent, and said, "Luo'er."

With a wave of Xuan Luo's hand, the scarf on his face had already fallen, and was grabbed by Xue Yingchen, she smiled: "Brother Xue."

He held her veil in his hand, which seemed to still carry her temperature and her unique fragrance. Soft lines appeared on his upright outline, and he was smiling sincerely at Shang Xuan. A clear spring flowed through his heart, cold , but with endless comfort.

He didn't know her purpose today, but he knew that she was a woman worth befriending. She might need to use her to do something, but she would never harm him.

If she is a friend, he will not reject her!
"Tell me, what is the clue you mentioned earlier?" Xue Yingchen raised his chin and looked at her with some deep meaning.

Xuan Luo already knew what kind of person Xue Yingchen was. Since she came, she would not regret calling that brother Xue.

"My people saw that the man in black who captured the baby entered the palace."

In a word, it stirred up thousands of ripples in the calm lake.

"I see." Xue Yingchen's face became very serious, but his deep eyes overflowed with flames of anger.

"Then I'll leave everything to Brother Xue. Well, it's getting late, I should go back."

"and many more."

"What?" Xuan Luo turned her head to look at him. I don't know if she was wrong, or because the weather is a bit stuffy, a strange blush appeared on Xue Yingchen's face. This is——

"How can I find you?" Xue Yingchen paused, and continued: "If things make progress, I need to tell you."

Xuan Luo raised his eyebrows slightly, hesitated for a moment, took out a small crystal whistle from his sleeve and handed it to Xue Yingchen, saying: "This is for you, blow this in Yunshan, someone will bring you to see me."

(End of this chapter)