Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 5
In the plum garden, Yun Qing was dressed in snow-white fox fur and stood in front of a plum tree holding a jade flute, his eyes were filled with white plums.

During those days two years ago, her eyes were also filled with white and lush green.It's just that at that time, her heart was filled with joy instead of the melancholy it is now.

She didn't expect that a misunderstanding and a coincidence would send her into a palace that she had never thought of setting foot in.

And the time is so short that she has to accept this reality without even the slightest psychological preparation.

What's more, Feng, who had made her wait for two years, had promised to come and take her away this year...

Lang rode a white horse around the bamboo forest, and his sister wove her heart in a brocade handkerchief.

I still remember that under the bamboo grove, the handsome young man in a white shirt who got off his horse smiled and put away the brocade handkerchief in his arms, and handed the jade flute to lock the voiceless voice: "Girl, are you looking for the brocade handkerchief you dropped yesterday?"

She looked back with surprise: "This is a flute, not a brocade handkerchief."

There was a slight smile, as light as a breeze: "Since the handkerchief was picked up by me by mistake, it means that I have a relationship with the girl. I picked up the handkerchief yesterday and today I saw the owner looking for it, so since I have already accepted the girl's handkerchief, naturally I can only wear it next to the girl. Give along with it.”

Her pink face rose slightly, and her eyes showed dark annoyance.The man in front of him was handsome and handsome, with a fairy-like temperament, but he didn't want to be a smooth-tongued person. He said angrily, "Where does this come from? The handkerchief is mine, and the flute is yours. What I'm looking for is my handkerchief. not your flute."

The young man laughed and startled a bunch of butterflies flying: "Now that the handkerchief is in my arms, it is my own. Even the heaven and earth embroidered on this handkerchief are already in my arms."

"You are making too much sense." Her cheeks were flushed because the things embroidered on the brocade handkerchief were a pair of winged birds and a bunch of twigs...

Looking eastward, the beautiful eyes could not hide a little bit of sadness.

Bi Tao turned around and looked at the dejected young lady. Although she knew what she was thinking, she couldn't persuade her.

She had persuaded the young lady to forget about the handsome man who hadn't appeared for two years, but the young lady just refused to listen; alas, now that the two-year period is approaching, the young lady is already married.

And the one she married was the emperor of Tianque Kingdom.

"Miss, tomorrow is the day for the young lady to return home. If the emperor doesn't accompany the young lady back home, then the young lady and the third young lady will start talking nonsense again." Ever since meeting the emperor and the romantic prince in the Empress Dowager's Palace yesterday, Bi Tao I was completely desperate.

She also understood that the reason why the maids and eunuchs in the palace treated the young lady like this was all because of the ruthless emperor.

But think about it, from ancient times to the present, there has never been a queen who has such a poor lady.

On the wedding day, she was compared to Concubine Hua, and yesterday she ran into the romantic prince again, and the rumors spread throughout the palace.

Also, in the past two days, all the maids and eunuchs in the palace have been crazy about how the emperor loves that concubine Hua, even the queen mother loves concubine Hua, fearing that the queen who will soon fall out of favor will be deposed.

"Oh, miss..."

Listening to Bi Tao's sigh, Yun Qing's beautiful eyes stared at the distant place, and inadvertently thought of that young man who was as handsome as a fairy...

"I have the honor to pick up the girl's silk handkerchief. It's really a destiny! I don't know, can I know the girl's name?"

"My name is Yun... Yun, the cloud of Yun Duo... You, you can call me Yun..." When the beating heart met the smiling eyes of the young man, it was inexplicably confused.Subconsciously said the surname, but felt it was inappropriate, she couldn't help but blushed, she was more charming than Hua.

The young man's handsome eyes were fixed, slightly surprised, then he raised his handsome face, turned around and pointed to the east, smiling brightly like the sun: "Okay! You said that your name is Yun, and I am Feng! That is the country where I live. "

The breeze is blowing and the sun is shining.Under the bamboo grove, the young man's slender figure is handsome and straight, and the hem of his clothes facing the wind is fluttering with the wind...

"I'm leaving. I'll come to see you again in two years." Immediately, the young man was heroic, dressed in a golden wind robe, sweeping away the past and the calmness of the past. concentrated.

"Wait for me, Yun. Two years, wait for me for two years! I will give you Fengguan Xiapei, and I will marry you!" The distant promise seems like a lifetime, two years, two short years, but also two long years...

"If you don't believe in this love, it's hard to get in trouble. Yanghua still has the east wind." With a faint sigh, Yun Qing gently stroked the warm jade flute with her fingertips, her eyes filled with deep thoughts.

"Miss..." Bi Tao was speechless, knowing that the lady didn't listen to her words, she stepped forward unconsciously, and reminded again: "Miss, what should we prepare when we come back tomorrow?"

She knew that other people in this palace could not count on them, and since the emperor got married, he didn't even give half a thing to Jinfeng Palace. Now the precious things around the young lady are only given by the queen mother, and they can only be brought from Yunfu. Here comes the dowry.

If the young lady returns home with the dowry from the Yunfu, I'm afraid that the servants of the Yifu will laugh at her.

"Heh..." Yun Qing withdrew his thoughts, and seeing Bitao's worried face, the corners of his lips parted slightly: "Let's just pick some from the dowry brought by the mansion and the objects rewarded by the queen mother. I don't talk about my current situation today. Everyone, that is, the whole world, I am afraid everyone knows it!"

After finishing speaking, the jade hand lightly held the jade flute, and brought it to her lips...

Immediately, the melodious and melodious flute sound floated from the fragrant plum forest, and the fresh and intoxicating melody seemed to come from the distant clouds, clear and empty, misty and lingering.

There is a faint longing, like lovers telling each other their sorrows, and it seems to relieve the confusion in their hearts; moreover, a kind of indifference that wants to calm the troubles in their hearts, and gradually resolves all mundane things...

"Mo Yu, you haven't come back to visit Ai's family for two years, and you are not allowed to leave now. You are not young anymore, Ze'er is married, and it is time for you to marry a concubine." In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Empress Dowager Situ Xianyu looked at her. The man who was as handsome as jade in front of him had kindness in his eyes.

Xuanyuan Moyu with a smile on his face turned his head to look at Xuanyuanze and Concubine Hua who were lingering in love, the corners of his pretty lips curled up leisurely, and he said with a smile: "The queen mother is worrying too much, my son is just planning to establish a concubine, but I haven't found the one I love for a while, so there is some delay. But the queen mother can rest assured that as long as the son and minister have a suitable person, they will definitely propose to the queen mother."

"That's good!" Situ Xianyu saw that what she said was in vain, so she might as well let it go.Picking up the teacup and blowing gently, she seemed to remember something again, turned her head to look at Xuanyuanze, and said: "Tomorrow the emperor needs to accompany the queen back to the Yunfu. There have been constant gossips in the palace these two days, and I think the prime minister is also thinking about it." I don't mind."

As she spoke, she glanced at He Ruowan lightly, and took a sip of her fragrant tea.

Xuanyuanze's handsome eyes sank, obviously aware of Wan'er's desolate gaze, he couldn't help but gently hold her hand, spread his lips and smiled at her, and replied to Situ Xianyu: "My queen, please rest assured, the prime minister understands Da Yi, if he wants to come here, he won't bother with women's affairs. If he just cares about such trivial things, then he doesn't need to be a prime minister."

At the end, he glanced at his mother coldly, and when she was obviously taken aback, he said again: "Actually, I just want to tell my mother that I plan to accompany Wan'er back home tomorrow, so Wan'er will go back home tomorrow." So I can't come to drink tea with my mother."

Situ Xianyu raised her eyelids lightly, and saw He Ruowan leaning towards Xuanyuan Ze shyly, she acted as if she hadn't seen it, and said calmly, "Since the emperor has plans, Aijia doesn't need to bother. My son, on behalf of Ai's family, send hello to He Qing's family, hehe, he really raised a smart and lovely daughter, and both Ai's family and the emperor love her very much."

After finishing speaking, when He Ruowan got up flattered, she waved her hand lightly: "Ai's family is telling the truth, Wan'er, don't be modest. Ai's family, who the emperor likes, naturally likes it. Fang Fei, prepare a good one for Ai's family." Li, let Wan'er take it back tomorrow."

"Yes!" Fang Fei replied lightly, but saw that He Ruowan still stood up, and ran to the queen mother with light steps and smiled coquettishly: "Thank you, queen mother! Queen mother, you are so kind to Wan'er, and Wan'er doesn't know how to repay you! "

"Silly boy, as long as you take good care of the emperor, that is the best repayment for Ai's family." Situ Xianyu lightly held He Ruowan's plain hand, smiling kindly.

"The concubine understands." She lowered her head shyly, He Ruowan was very proud of herself.

Fang Fei saw that the emperor's original indifferent expression was also quietly relieved, and the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be very happy.

Only Xuanyuan Moyu looked bored, he yawned very casually, and stood up: "Mother, I'm a bit tired after listening to the drama last night. I will leave first."

"Listening to an opera?" Situ Xianyu frowned slightly, then waved his hands helplessly, and sighed: "Okay, let's go!"

"Thank you, mother! My son will leave." Xuanyuan Moyu winked at Xuanyuan Ze with a happy face, and left the Hall of Mental Cultivation with a smile.

However, as soon as his body stepped out of the palace gate, the smiling expression on his face immediately became unfathomable.Although the smile does not go away, but the frivolity is lost...

Walking out of the Xiangning Palace, I could faintly hear the flute sound coming from the wind. Listening carefully, it was actually coming from the direction of the East Palace.

The handsome eyebrows raised evilly, and the corners of Xuanyuan Moyu's mouth raised a beautiful arc.

Leaping up the palace wall lightly, he was dressed in white clothes, and in the cold wind, his handsome eyes overflowed with a trace of tenderness.

Staring straight at the beautiful figure under the plum grove not far away, and listening to the sound of her flute playing intently, a strange feeling suddenly rushed into my heart.

She seems to be thinking!
Time seemed to stand still, but the slight sound of footsteps gradually came from not far away, causing Xuanyuan Moyu's eyes to flash, and then the corners of his lips outlined a perfect curve, and his figure suddenly stretched out, quickly leaping into the palace wall.

The white clothes flew lightly, splashing and rolling, startling a bird.

There was an exclamation from someone inside the wall, and then Yumi's flute stopped abruptly.Outside the wall, Xuanyuan Ze, who came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation and was about to return to the palace, also paused in his footsteps, and his handsome face immediately cooled down.

"Why didn't the emperor leave?" He Ruowan, who was holding Xuanyuanze's arm, clearly saw Xuanyuan Moyu jumping lightly into the palace wall, but she pretended to stop for some reason, and looked at Xuanyuan with her beautiful eyes full of doubts. Ze.

"It's nothing! Let's go." With a sullen handsome face, Xuanyuan Ze couldn't help clenching his hands hidden in his sleeves, angry at the woman who dared to meet the emperor's brother privately.

"Hehe, did the emperor hear a nice flute sound? It seems to come from the queen's sister's palace. Why don't the emperor accompany the courtiers and concubines to see her sister?" He Ruowan smiled gently, but Xuanyuan was hidden in her eyes. Ze didn't notice the coldness.

She is not a fool, how could she not know that the emperor was angry because of those two people inside the palace wall?
Originally, she would never let the emperor have a chance to step into the Golden Phoenix Palace, but today is different, she wants the emperor to see with his own eyes the scene where the woman hooked up with Xuanyuan Moyu.

Even if she doesn't take the initiative to hook up, but under the name of Xuanyuan Moyu, she will never let her face the emperor innocently.

Xuanyuanze's handsome eyes sank, and the anger that had been concealed was aroused again.Previously, he was afraid that Wan'er would not like him going in, but he never thought that Wan'er would be so magnanimous, compared to that woman who hooked up...

"Well, if Wan'er is willing, I will accompany you in!" He interrupted his wild thoughts in time, and smiled gently at He Ruowan.

Wan'er is gentle and virtuous, how can she be compared to that woman!
If she really dared to disregard her own status and do something that would damage the royal family's face in the slightest, don't blame him for being merciless and completely throwing her into the cold palace before her position as a queen is fully settled!
He Ruowan smiled softly, and moved closer to Xuanyuanze.Seen from afar, the two are extremely affectionate, what a pair of golden boy and jade girl!
When the maids and eunuchs of Jinfeng Palace first saw the sudden arrival of the emperor and concubine Hua, they all opened their mouths in fright, and even almost forgot the proper etiquette.

It turned out that the lazy people did not expect that the emperor, who would never step into the Golden Phoenix Palace, would drive there with his concubine Hua. After a moment of daze, the eunuch in charge ran over and saluted: " This slave pays respects to the emperor and the concubine Hua. Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor! A thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years for the empress!"

When the sound fell, everyone knelt down and knocked their heads loudly.

Xuanyuanze, who was already full of anger, turned dark when he saw this, but he didn't expect that the queen was so casual, and this servant of the Golden Phoenix Palace had no standards, and he didn't have the slightest appearance that the Central Palace should have.

He glanced at the eunuch in charge expressionlessly, and his voice was calm and unwavering, but cold enough to penetrate his heart: "Xiao Lezi, are all the people in Jinfeng Palace like this? They are so lazy! Why, do you think this place is theirs?" Do you want to enjoy the paradise?"

"Damn the slave!" With one sentence, the three souls of the palace servants who were still surprised at first were frightened away.

"This old slave deserves to die, please forgive me!" Eunuch Cheng kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Xuanyuanze snorted coldly, his anger made him even less fond of Jinfenggong.

At this time, he only glanced coldly at everyone, and his cold voice made everyone stop their heartbeats immediately: "Xiao Lezi, punish all of them to reduce their monthly salary by half this year, and take this father-in-law and aunt in charge to the criminal room." Fifty sticks each."

After finishing speaking, he no longer looked at the frightened crowd begging for mercy, and walked towards the back garden that made him angry, with every step showing extreme indifference and fury.

"Yes! The servant complies with the order!" Chang Le looked at the crowd who were crying all over the place, knowing that the emperor would never take back his order under anger.What's more, they are indeed negligent, lazy, how can they have the slightest sense of being palace people?

"Your Majesty!" He Ruowan didn't keep up with Xuanyuan Ze's pace. She looked at the maids and eunuchs who were knocking their heads on the ground. Calm down. These people were just negligent for a while, and now that they have admitted their mistakes, please ask the emperor to give them a chance to correct their mistakes."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone immediately cast surprise eyes on He Ruowan, and kowtowed to her continuously, begging for mercy, hoping to avoid punishment.

Xuanyuanze paused, he didn't expect Wan'er to beg for mercy for the people in the queen's palace, so he turned around involuntarily.When she saw the unbearable expression on Wan'er's beautiful face, she couldn't help sighing that Wan'er was so kind.

He gently waved at her, with a gentle smile on his face that was obviously different from the anger just now: "What do you want Wan'er to do?"

He just said softly, but everyone's eyes were full of joy, and they all stared at the concubine Hua who was walking towards the emperor, and cast expectant glances.

At this moment, in the eyes of everyone, it seemed that every time Concubine Hua took a step, a magical lotus would be born.

"Hehe, although my concubines can't bear to see them being punished, if there is no clear reward and punishment in the harem, that's not appropriate. In my concubine's opinion, the emperor's punishment is the same as usual, but the reduction of half of the monthly salary will be waived and changed to The one-month regular salary will be directly deducted. The father-in-law and aunt in charge are already old, and I'm afraid they can't bear fifty sticks, so why don't the emperor reward them with twenty sticks each?" He Ruowan took Xuanyuan Ze's arm and smiled softly And decent.

Xuanyuanze's eyes deepened, he stared at He Ruowan's beautiful face, and remained silent.

After a moment of silence, everyone held their breath nervously, lowered their heads quietly, and waited for the emperor to open his mouth.

After a long time, Xuanyuan Zefang smiled, bowed his head and kissed He Ruowan's brow lightly, and sighed: "Just follow what Concubine Hua said! Oh, my concubine Hua is such a kind and lovely person!"

"Your Majesty..." He Ruowan smiled shyly, and every frown and smile driven by her beautiful eyes was full of charm!

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Concubine Hua!" For a moment, everyone shouted together, watching the back of the emperor and Concubine Hua leaving, everyone kowtowed endlessly.

Chang Le coughed lightly, and secretly winked at the crowd who were almost ecstatic, asking the little eunuch who followed him to write down the list of these people, and then quickly followed the emperor's figure to chase after him.

On the other side, Yun Qing put the jade flute into his sleeve, looked coldly at the man who had climbed over the wall and entered the garden, his beautiful eyes could not help but reflect a little displeasure.

After Bi Tao saw who was coming, her eyebrows raised immediately, she took a quick step forward, stood in front of Yun Qing and glared and asked, "You shameless person again? What are you doing here?"

"Bitao, don't be rude!" Yun Qing reprimanded Bi Tao lightly, but her eyes looked straight at Xuanyuan Moyu who was full of interest, and her voice was cold: "I don't know that the king of Ming and Qing is coming, and Yunqing is far away. Just forgive me Yun Qing is unreasonable, the prince came to my palace this time, does it have the emperor's or queen mother's will?"

"Why should the empress look so far away! Yesterday, the king fell in love with the empress at first sight. This time, I heard the melodious sound of the empress flute, and there was a deep feeling of nostalgia, so I thought to myself: Could it be that the empress is also the same as the king?" , Miss each other very much?" Xuanyuan Moyu raised his lips and smiled, his frivolous air gracefully passed over Bitao from his jade flute, and brushed Yunqing's delicate jade-like face in an extremely ambiguous manner.

Ruoyou Ruowu's ambiguous eyes and frivolous behavior made Yun Qing's face burn instantly, and his mood could no longer be indifferent.

"My lord, please respect yourself!" She glared at him coldly, and her voice was far away from others: "If your lord does not have the permission of the emperor and the queen mother, please forgive me for not staying here! Please return wherever you came from, my lord." !"

As she said that, she made an indifferent gesture, her beautiful eyes were like arrows, and she even used the word "Ben Gong" which she didn't want to call herself forcefully.

"Haha, the empress is angry? Could it be that the empress is shy because there are other people around at the moment?" Xuanyuan Moyu raised her eyes, turned her jade flute as if nothing happened, and ambiguously moved to Yun Qing's side , spraying her warm breath onto her sensitive earlobes, smiling so charmingly that all living beings are attracted.

At this moment, with his incomparably handsome face and that handsome figure in fluttering white clothes, if his eyes weren't too frivolous, he would definitely make people feel astonished like seeing an exile.

It's a pity that his ignorance of self-respect ruined this beauty!
"You!" Yun Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she took a step back subconsciously, her pink face blushing involuntarily.

Bi Tao was so angry that she clenched her fists, worried that this prodigal son would be contemptuous of Miss, so she hurriedly pulled Yun Qing behind her, and reprimanded: "Miss, this prodigal son can't be ignored, we'd better get out of here quickly."

She saw that person flying over such a high palace wall with her own eyes, so it can be seen that his skills must be very good.

Although she didn't dare to imagine that this person would be so bold as to do something irrational, but if he really wanted to do something to Miss, then she and Miss would be absolutely unable to resist it with their strength.

So she had to take the young lady to a place with a lot of people in the palace, so that the people in the palace could help them.

"Where is the queen going?" Yun Qing had just started, and hadn't seen exactly when Xuanyuan Moyu made the move, but seeing Bitao's body froze and her footsteps froze, only a pair of eyes were staring at Xuanyuan Moyu, and her mouth was full of shock Screaming: "Ah! Save..."

However, Bitao's cry was stopped by Xuanyuan Moyu's snap of her fingers, and when Yun Qing was shocked, her body was uncontrollably embraced by this man with strange skills.

(End of this chapter)