Concubine all over the world

Chapter 61
The woman who walked in outside the hall was clearly Lianxin, and she was carrying a food box in her hand.

Shui Lian saw her and hurriedly hid the food she brought.

Lianxin smiled and said: "What are you hiding? Didn't the servants also bring food to the empress? The servants see the empress."

Lianxin bowed her knees and paid respects respectfully.

Hua Man'er was still holding a piece of rose cake in her hand, and just took a bite, when she heard this, she half-closed her eyes, and glanced at it indifferently: "What kind of delicacy are you taking, bring it out to me to have a look. "

Lianxin hurriedly stood before the case, put the food box on the table, just opened the lid, a burst of fragrant smell wafted out of the food box.Hua Man'er couldn't help swallowing, and straightened her back.

Pearl fish balls, fragrant tender fish fillets, sesame phoenix rolls, baked lobster in soup, sea cucumber with abalone sauce...

It was all her usual favorite food.I didn't expect this little girl to be quite caring...

Hua Man'er honestly picked up the chopsticks and ate them, and asked, "Didn't you work for His Majesty? He told me not to eat it, how dare you disobey his imperial edict?"

Lianxin smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know, the slaves were indeed sent by Your Majesty to the Empress's side before. Your Majesty is ice-snow smart, so naturally she saw it early in the morning. Therefore, your Majesty deliberately avoids the slaves in everything."

"But what I want to say is that there were circumstances at that time. At that time, His Majesty was the Prince of Jokhang, and His Majesty was the Barbarian Princess. They were originally the enemy and us, and each was the master. Therefore, there were natural precautions against each other. Now it is a family. .To be loyal to your majesty is to be loyal to your majesty. I hope your majesty thinks so too!"

Lianxin was quick in thinking, and responded methodically. Although she lowered her head respectfully and obediently, she glanced up from time to time, with a hint of cunning all the time.

Hua Man'er sneered: "Of course I think so, so someone has to think so! No matter who you are loyal to, this is always an imperial decree. Aren't you afraid of disobeying the imperial order?"

"Slaves are not afraid!" Lianxin said firmly.

"Oh, but if you are loyal to His Majesty, you should know that the person His Majesty loves is the imperial concubine. Aren't you supposed to protect the imperial concubine?" Hua Man'er casually probed while eating.

"No," Lianxin shook her head resolutely, "I have been with your empress all these years, and seeing her worrying so much for the country and the people, I am very moved. Although your majesty loves the imperial concubine, the servants respect the empress even more. Therefore, the empress Madam, don't worry, the servants will not betray His Majesty, but they will not betray the Empress either."

"Respect..." Hua Man'er unconsciously put down her chopsticks, frowning thoughtfully.

Lianxin "respects" her, Li Muhan thinks she is valuable, but she has no love, eh...

Hua Man'er couldn't eat anymore, the delicious food in his mouth was like chewing wax.

"Lianxin, Shuilian, you all pack up. I don't have much appetite, so go down. Let me be quiet." Hua Man'er lowered her eyelashes, her expression slightly sad.

Lianxin and Shuilian looked at each other, and obediently cleaned up, leaving only tea.

"Niang Niang, wait until tomorrow night when the people are quiet, and the servants will bring you food again." Shui Lian said.

"Well, let's go down..." Hua Man'er picked up the pen and continued to flick without raising her head.

Inexplicably sentimental You Yi's heart was filled with tears, she didn't want to raise her eyes and let the two girls see her fragility.

The inherent nobility and arrogance support her, making her not easy to show her fragility.

Lianxin and Shui Lian each carried a food box, walked through the corridor, passed the yard, and went out the gate. After walking along the vermilion wall for a while, Shui Lian jumped in shock.

Wasn't the handsome man in the Nine Dragons Xuan Pao standing in front of her coldly and respectfully just Li Muhan?
She shivered and knelt down with Lianxin: "See Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

"Pingshen!" Although Li Muhan's tone was cold, he was very calm, without the rage as imagined.

Shui Lian stood up in fear and trepidation, and Lian Xin's report came from her ear: "His Majesty, the empress has eaten, but she didn't eat much. Maybe it's because Shui Lian also brought food."

Li Muhan lowered his eyes and glanced at Shui Lian, and Shui Lian became alert all over.Her face was still hot, and the slap Li Muhan slapped her hadn't passed long.

"She's a kind and righteous girl, what's her name?" Li Muhan said indifferently.

Shui Lian was very surprised, His Majesty actually praised her for being affectionate and righteous?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the maidservant's name is 'Shui Lian'." Shui Lian said respectfully.

"Well, Shui Lian, these few days, you will be serving the Empress Hou in the Buddhist hall, serving tea and water for her. As for the food and drink, just let Lianxin deliver them." Li Muhan ordered lightly.

"Yes!" Shui Lian quickly agreed.

I am very happy.It seems that the emperor no longer blames the empress empress, and must go to tell the empress the good news.

Li Muhan stretched out his hand, gently pushed the lid of the food box away, looked at the food inside, and frowned: "Take it away, don't give too much, just give one meal a day. After all, she is going to be punished."

"Yes, Your Majesty, but please forgive me for talking too much. In fact, if Your Majesty really wants to deliver food to her, you can go there in person. It will be more effective. Your Majesty must be very touched." Lianxin still couldn't help talking.

Li Muhan scolded lightly: "Shut up! I don't need you to teach me how to do it. You are also not allowed to tell the Queen about this. Do you hear me?"

"Yes!" Lianxin and Shuilian backed away after agreeing.

Li Muhan stood in the wind for a long time, walked forward slowly, when he was approaching the gate, he stopped, looked through the prismatic window lattice on the wall, facing the gate, Hua Maner The angle of bowing the head and picking up the pen to copy the scriptures is magnificent.

When the jaw is slightly lowered, the drooping eyelashes are long and curled, the curvature of the nose, lips, chin, and even the curvature of the neck are all beautiful and just right.

Li Muhan stared blankly at the huge canopy of an acacia tree in the yard, and with the breeze, yellow flowers fluttered down, like a shower of flowers on this beautiful picture scroll.

The words that Hua Man'er said during the day are still ringing in his ears: "Your Rou'er can do no hesitation because you have no hesitation to her. You can destroy even a country for her, and you can do it for her." Desperate, but what have you done for me? You can only hit me, scold me, lock me, kick me, what have you ever done for me? I have no heart, no lungs, no blood and no tears, but what about you? Do you have love, righteousness, blood and tears? Li Muhan, when you ask others, think about how you treat others?"

These words were deafening.

In the past, Li Muhan knew that Huaman'er hated him, from the way she looked at him, she knew that maybe secretly, she also wanted to kill him.Therefore, Li Muhan never cared what she thought.He was cruel to her, and she was cruel to him in turn, everything seemed to be logical.

However, at some point, Li Muhan realized that deep down in his heart, he actually hoped that Huaman'er would care about him a little bit, and he was willing to sit in the position of queen and do his wife's job well.

Therefore, at this moment, Hua Man'er suddenly yelled these words at him, which happened to cause him to be entangled.

At the beginning, when he suddenly heard these words by the lotus pond, he just felt angry.

Later, when Li Muhan stayed by Shi Yirou's side, holding Shi Yirou who was suffering from the cold and kept beating Baizi, for some reason, he still couldn't get rid of the words Hua Man'er yelled out.

So, he couldn't calm down.

Li Muhan ran out and asked Lianxin to prepare food for Hua Man'er, and ordered a few dishes casually, all of which were Hua Man'er's favorites.Li Muhan was taken aback by his good memory as soon as he spoke.

Then he has been panicking until now, he originally planned to deliver it himself, but when he got to the door, he still let Lianxin go, and he didn't allow Lianxin to mention himself.

Li Muhan didn't know why he did this.It's just that in front of Hua Man'er, he couldn't lose face and couldn't move his legs.

Hey, after all, I am used to being aloof, and it turned into sending warmth in an instant, which is really embarrassing.

However, Li Muhan didn't know that Hua Man'er was at the most fragile mood at this time, even if he suddenly appeared in front of her without saying or doing anything, she would be so moved that her heart would become a pool of spring water .

At least, that means that he is not by Shi Yirou's side; at least, that means that he still thinks of her.

A blue bird flitted past and called out twice, Hua Man'er raised her eyes to look out of the yard in astonishment, her watery eyes were hazy, and there was a glint of light in the daze.

Li Muhan's figure flashed, and when she raised her eyes, she disappeared without a trace...

At noon the next day, Hua Man'er was already kneeling until her knees were red, sore and slightly swollen.Even if you kneel comfortably, it will become numb after a long time.

Hua Qiu enters the palace to see Hua Man'er, and is told by Mei Xian that she is copying scriptures in the Buddhist hall, so she rushes to the Buddhist hall.

"See empress empress." Hua Qiu followed suit.

Hua Man'er said: "Pingshen. Is there any progress in that case?"

Hua Qiu got up and cupped her hands and said, "Yes. I asked Ge Xiong, Lu Zheng and other generals, and they all said that during the discussion that day, no one else was present except the generals. Later, Jiang Qin suddenly remembered that the imperial concubine and empress I once went into the conference hall to give Li Muhan soup, but was reprimanded. I don’t know if she heard it in hiding before. If so, and she has a strong motive, then the ghost must be her."

Hua Man'er nodded slightly: "If it's her, there must be correspondence. Hua Qiu, if you find an opportunity to sneak into the prime minister's mansion to investigate, maybe you will find not only the Qixia case, but also other things."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hua Qiu took the order, and then said hesitantly, "Your Majesty has been wronged, why is she being punished here? If Your Majesty has wronged Your Majesty, I can fight for it!"

Hua Man'er smiled wryly: "Hua Qiu, don't cause trouble. I accidentally pushed His Majesty into the water. He really deserved to punish me. However, Shi Yirou really needs to be careful. Before I knew her, I still I don’t know that a woman can be so shameless, and that a person can keep his face to such an extent when telling a lie.”

"How do you say that?" Hua Qiu asked.

Hua Man'er then narrated everything that happened by the lotus pond that day.

Huaqiu's eyes were red with anger.

Hua Man'er said: "I told you that I just want you to be careful of this woman. As for other things, don't think about it, don't make trouble, do you hear me?"

"Yes!" Hua Qiu respectfully accepted the order.

But this side agreed, and when he left the palace and went back to the General's Mansion, seeing the little prince Hua Zehao who came to play with his son Hua Rong, he still couldn't help talking about it.

When Hua Zehao heard this, he said angrily: "That bitch, I'm going to beat her up to avenge my sister."

Shi Cuiya quickly stroked his mouth and said: "Don't say that, little lord, your sister has told you, don't make a fuss about this matter. This is a hidden arrow, not as easy to guard against as a bright spear. Let's be careful in the future Just tap."

"Yes," Hua Qiu also persuaded, "Little prince, you are still young, one thing more is worse than one thing less. The noble concubine is now His Majesty's heart."

"Brother Huang is so confused! He is not worthy to be an emperor!" Hua Zehao tore off Shi Cuiya's hand, and said bitterly again.

This time, Shi Cuiya held her tightly.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Hua Qiu and Shi Cuiya warned in unison.

"This may be nonsense, but it's headless!" Hua Qiu panicked.

Hua Zehao was struggling desperately, and Hua Rong was also helping, yelling at his parents: "Let him go quickly, the little prince will be smothered to death by you."

"Oh——" Hua Zehao took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and glanced at Hua Qiu with his fox-like eyes that grew longer and narrower, "Uncle Hua, just this one sentence scares you so much, in the future How did it become a big deal? This king is naturally not stupid, so I just talked about it in this mansion, and I can really say it in front of him. However, my sister has been wronged, and this king can't ignore it. I will go to the palace to visit my sister, It's not an exaggeration."

With that said, Hua Zehao walked decisively towards the gate.

Hua Qiu looked at Hua Zehao's back, and felt very comforted. This child is only nine years old, and he is growing faster and faster. His tall and tall figure is taller than children of the same age. His facial features are becoming more and more three-dimensional. In the eyes, it seems that he is already a handsome boy.

Hua Qiu chased after him: "Wait a minute, this subordinate will accompany the little prince into the palace."

"No! This king will go by himself!" Hua Zehao resolutely refused with the rebellious spirit of a young man, and ran away without a trace.

At that time, it was almost dusk, and the lights were just coming on, and the light and shadow were colorful.

Hua Man'er has changed from kneeling to sitting.Both|legs were really numb, so I had to sit cross-legged.Fortunately, everything is quiet here.That Li Muhan seemed to disappear out of thin air, let alone come to embarrass himself.

However, without thinking about it, he must have gone with Shi Yirou.

As soon as Hua Man'er put down the brush, she shook her sore hand when she saw Hua Zehao rushing in with a food box in his hand.

"Sister, I'm here to see you." Hua Zehao said happily.

Hua Man'er smiled instantly, and stretched out his hand to him: "Come here, Zehao, sit next to my sister. Let my sister see, how much taller has he grown? Heh, Xiao Zehao is really more handsome the bigger he is."

Hua Zehao's face was slightly bright, but he smiled and squinted his eyes, and hurried over to sit beside Hua Man'er.

He put the food box on the table, moved the pen and paper to the side, and started to take things out: "Sister, eat quickly. I heard that you were punished for copying Buddhist scriptures. I am really angry. I heard that you can't eat, so what?" How can I do it? I'll hurry over and get you something to eat."

"Why are you angry? Zehao, calm down!" Hua Man'er comforted with a faint smile.

Hua Zehao sneered coldly: "Why don't you get mad at me? Brother Huang is such a stupid pig, he believed whatever the woman told me. I don't even believe a three-year-old kid's tricks, so why did he believe it? What an idiot! "

"Hua, Ze, Hao!"

Suddenly a violent roar came from the door.

Hua Zehao only felt a gust of sinister wind sweeping past his eyes, and Li Muhan's figure had already moved in front of his eyes, twisting himself out.

"Don't..." Hua Man'er quickly stood up, but immediately sat back in pain.

"Don't do it, Your Majesty, Tong Yanwuji, he's just a child." Kneeling for too long, crossing for too long, blood stagnation, plus swelling and pain, made her feel powerless and could only shout.

"Child? Tong Yan Wuji?" Li Muhan smiled, "You are already nine years old, no matter how Tong Yan Wuji should know the rules in the palace? Since it is Tong Yan Wuji, you are a big sister, I am As an older brother, shouldn't he be taught a lesson? Let him learn some rules!"

As he said that, he grabbed Hua Zehao into the yard, and then kicked him at the knees, Hua Zehao suddenly fell to his knees on the ground.

But he immediately stood up stubbornly, roaring and bumping into Li Muhan: "Ah—why do you teach me? Why are you an elder brother? You only bully me and let people beat me! You don't deserve to teach me at all! Am I wrong? If you want to teach me a lesson, you can only teach me a lesson, why do you have it?"

"Snapped--"

Li Muhan suddenly slapped Hua Zehao on the face: "It's up to you to swear at people! What's a 'big idiot'? What's a 'big stupid pig'? Is this what you should say to an emperor?"

"You hit me?" Hua Zehao kicked Li Muhan angrily.

When Hua Man'er staggered and ran over, Li Muhan had already kicked Hua Zehao out of the courtyard, "Get out! Get out of the palace, get out of the palace! Let me hear you scolding behind your back again!" I, I will have your mouth sewed up immediately, and get the hell out of here!"

"You are too much, Li Muhan, you are the one who should get the hell out! What are you doing here? Are you deliberately humiliating people? He is your own younger brother, who is only nine years old, and he speaks childish words without restraint, you Can't you relax your mind? Lessons are fine, but hands-on is not!"

Hua Man'er had already chased him out, helped Hua Zehao who had fallen to the ground in pain, and hugged him distressedly, tears rolling out of his eyes.

"Big idiot! Big stupid pig! I'm going to scold! I'm going to scold!" The corners of Hua Zehao's mouth and nose were already bleeding, but his mouth was still very stiff, and his half-closed fox-like eyes burst out thousands of times. Thousands of sharp arrows, thousands of strands of hatred.

Hua Man'er took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the corners of his mouth, but now she quickly covered his mouth: "Hey, bear with it, bear with it!"

However, Li Muhan had already strode over, grabbed Hua Zehao by the collar, lifted him from the ground, and ordered: "Come on! Drag Hua Zehao down and sew his mouth up! I will do what I say!"

In an instant, so many guards came out of nowhere, Li Muhan threw Hua Zehao casually to the group of people.

Hua Man'er immediately flew across the sky, fought back several guards, snatched Hua Zehao back, and tightly guarded her behind: "Li Muhan, if you want to sew, you can sew me. You are right, it is me who is not a big sister. Teach it well. The son is not the fault of the father, the eldest sister is the father, you can sew me, I will take it on her behalf!"

Li Muhan approached step by step with a gloomy face: "You are right, you should be punished! Even you dare to call me by my first name, so it is only natural for you to teach him to scold me."

"Hey, do you really think I taught it?" Hua Man'er was filled with disappointment.

"Come on, give Hua Man'er and Hua Zehao [-] slaps each!" Li Muleng ordered coldly, "I didn't really sew your mouths | Bazi has spared you all."

"Li Muhan, I won't let you go. Don't hit my sister. If you hit me forty, what kind of man is it to hit a woman?" Hua Zehao yelled heart-piercingly.

"Everyone deserves to be hit! Everyone deserves to be hit!" Li Muhan roared, slamming his fist hard on the tree trunk next to him.

When Hua Man'er and Hua Zehao were pushed|pressed on the long bench in the yard, and were greeted by the guard's big board, Li Muhan's heart felt as if he had been hit by a blunt weapon.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the overturned food box in the corner.

Finally, when he summoned up his courage and wanted to care for her directly, he heard someone call him a "big idiot" and a "big stupid pig".

The little boy who insulted himself would get so much love from her.She protects, helps, hurts, |pet|loves...

Did she consider his feelings?
In a fit of anger, Li Muhan immediately threw away the food box, snarled, rushed in and brought the bad boy out.

This is his own brother.

He is also his only relative in this world!
However, this younger brother couldn't kiss no matter what.

Under Li Muhan's instruction, the Xiaoyao Palace had more Fengyin than other palaces and had the most servants.On many occasions, he also made a decree to grant the King Xiaoyao special privileges.However, this younger brother couldn't warm up anyway.

"Hit! Hit me hard!" The more Li Muhan thought about it, the more angry he became, and he ordered directly.

"Crack, snap—"

The sound of the planks is particularly loud in the silent night, and it seems to be able to penetrate several palace walls.

It seemed to come in response, Shuilian, Lianxin, and Meixian ran over with a "dongdongdong", and they were all scared to death when they saw this scene.

"My lady, my lady—"

They called out, and saw that Huaman'er and Hua Zehao's buttocks were oozing blood, their faces were pale, and they bit their lips until bleeding came out.

They were helpless and could only kneel in front of Li Muhan and beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty is weak, and the little prince is young, please forgive them."

Li Muhan ordered: "It's only twenty boards, I'll get them soon, go to Xuanhuaqiu to enter the palace, and bring the little prince back. As for Hua Man'er, he must be raised in the Buddhist hall even if he is injured, and he will go back after copying the scriptures." palace."

After speaking, he threw up his sleeves and left.

Shui Lian and the others had no choice but to ask Mei Xian to invite Hua Qiu.

The twenty boards here have already been collected.Hua Man'er almost fainted.

Fortunately, there are only [-] boards, and the consciousness is still clear.Hua Man'er turned her head and asked weakly, "Zehao, does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." In order not to worry her sister, Hua Zehao replied stubbornly.

Hua Man'er lightly raised the corners of her lips, and persuaded lightly: "From now on, you should say less. Zehao, you are young and weak now, what do you use to fight him? Why bother to fight when you know you can't fight? Zehao, He is your own brother, and he treats you well on weekdays. From now on, don't mess around for your sister again. "

"Hmph, what's wrong with the muddy water? For my sister, I don't have any complaints if I lose my life." Hua Zehao was also weak, but his tone was firm.

(End of this chapter)