Spring apricots around the palace wall

Chapter 3 The Ceremony of the Tower
Ruan Wei combed her makeup in front of the mirror.

Xiao Tao looked at the dazzling palm prints still on her fair cheeks, and persuaded, "Ms. Niang, put on more rouge and cover it up."

Ruan Wei did not accept her proposal, but just brushed a few more strands of hair on her cheeks. It would be futile to cover up those few fingerprints.

Xiaoli came in, her voice suppressed her excitement, and said, "Miss, the emperor is here!"

At this time, it seems that the emperor came here early in the morning.

In the past, she had been favored for half a year, and there had never been such a time.

The two maids were in a hurry to put on makeup and comb her hair, but Ruan Wei told them to stop.

It was this way of seeing her that she could show her sincerity and hope when she saw the holy drive, and also show her desperation and grievances.

The emperor stood in the courtyard, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, and stood tall, not angered and arrogant.

The few palace people in the courtyard all avoided their eyes and bowed their heads.

And he stared at the bright red Junjiao, as if looking at a rare treasure.

"emperor."

Ruan Wei called him softly, like the little daughter-in-law who was staying at home and finally waiting for her husband who came to travel.

The emperor heard the sound and looked at her, and a pair of bright eyes, like clouds and snow, were cast towards her.

Ruan Wei jumped into his arms without any rules.

Just as the emperor wanted to hug her, she slid down like a fish and knelt down at his feet. The soft and light gauze skirt spread out on the ground, like the light pink lotus leaves in early summer.

"The concubine loses her sense of proportion and deserves to die."

Ruan Wei's eyes were full of tears, and the tears swirled in her eyes but never fell.

The emperor supported her with both hands.

"Why are you dressed so thin, go and sit in the room."

Ruan Wei's boneless body was allowed to be lifted up by him, but she tried her best to smile at him with her pale face.

When she got to the house, Ruan Wei didn't rest, she cooked tea and handed it to him.

The emperor noticed that there were several marks on her cheeks, her skin was white, and the marks were very conspicuous, with a miserable beauty.

"What happened to your face?"

Ruan Wei raised her weak and fair wrist, covered her cheeks, and said softly, "Xu is frostbite."

The emperor immediately put her in his arms and looked at her face carefully, "Did you get beaten?"

Ruan Wei's eyes turned elsewhere, deliberately avoiding the topic.

"The emperor said earlier that he wanted to teach his concubine to draw, but still count?"

She grew up in a sandy land, and she learned riding and archery since she was a child, and she didn't know anything about Qiyuan's culture.

"It's rare for me to come here, but you want to paint."

The palace servants in the room were very good at observing words and expressions, so they all retreated immediately and closed the door.

The emperor raised her chin with her fingertips and said warmly, "I saw Jun Jiaohua in the Queen's Palace, and I thought of you."

Junjiao is a different fruit flower that blooms once a year and has a very short flowering period. It was originally in a sandy land, and the humid climate of Qiyuan was not suitable for Junjiao to grow.

But it can grow smoothly until the flowering period and bloom. For the emperor, it must be a joy for Qiyuan to accept all things.

The light rain outside the window hit Jun Jiao, and the curtains inside the house shook slightly.

After Ruan Wei was waiting for him to dress, the emperor asked her again: "What's wrong with this face, was it beaten by the imperial concubine?"

Ruan Wei was in the position of concubine, and there were very few people in the palace higher than her, only three concubines, one noble concubine and the queen.

In the harem, apart from the noble concubine, the other concubines and concubines were in harmony under the leadership of the queen. Since there was Jun Jiao in her courtyard in the queen's palace, she must have gotten along well.

Ruan Wei lowered her head to straighten his cuffs, and a moment of silence was the default.

This is the second time the emperor has asked a question, and she can't avoid it any more, she only said: "It was the concubine's words that collided with the sister of the noble concubine that day, and she should be punished."

The emperor touched her face, loving and helpless.

"She was the one who made things difficult for you first. She has been expensive since she was a child, so she was inevitably a bit domineering. Please bear with me for now. The Queen will protect you, and I will come to see you often."

Ruan Wei was not surprised by his reaction. It was because of his favor that the imperial concubine's unscrupulousness would exist.

It's just, isn't she born expensive?Although the country is small, she is also a princess of a country.

Ruan Wei didn't show anything, but her eyes were full of longing, just like believers looking forward to her god.

"Will the emperor come often?"

"Will do."

After sending the emperor away, Ruan Wei adjusted her makeup and went to the queen to thank her.

The queen was in a good mood and invited her to play chess in the gazebo.Only the closest people were left beside each other, and the other palace people were standing far away.

"Last night the emperor saw Jun Jiaohua, and he really asked about you. I said that there were rumors about the building in the palace. I suppressed it so that it wouldn't spread to Sister Ruan Concubine's ears."

"Thank you ma'am for this."

"It's strange to say that this matter is still inconclusive, and it has already been rumored, as if it were a sure thing."

Ruan Wei said with a smile, "It was Taiwei Xu's proposal to fight the building, and it's not a sure thing in the eyes of outsiders."

The queen raised her eyebrows slightly, "Bengong is watching, the emperor will go to your side in the morning today because he is thinking of you. Even if the tower is destroyed in the future, he will still treat your relatives kindly."

Ruan Wei demurely fell down.

Will it be destroyed?Not necessarily.Just like this chess game, how can you know that you won't come back to life until the last move?

"Niangniang, the only one who can deal with the Xu family is the emperor."

The queen nodded, "Xu Jiashu is a big draw, and sooner or later it will become a thorn in the emperor's eyes, but not now, at least he will make the best use of everything, until after the attack on the Lou Kingdom."

This thorn in the eyes may have already entered the emperor's eyes.Taiwei Xu was too eager for self-improvement, and Concubine Yinggui was so bossy in the harem. The harem of the previous dynasty had become the Xu family, so how could the emperor be satisfied.

Ruan Wei didn't give up anymore and raised her eyes slightly.

"As soon as the Kingdom of Loulou is destroyed, Taiwei Xu has made great achievements, and it may be difficult to convince the public if he reduces his power. Therefore, the emperor may not be at war with other countries recently, and even if there is a war, he will not send Taiwei Xu to lead the army."

The queen was stunned when she heard the words, her thoughts retracted from the chess game, and she looked at her and said, "So you don't panic, because you think the emperor will not listen to Xu Taiwei's advice and will not send troops to the building?"

Ruan Wei only said: "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable."

At first, she was not sure what the emperor would do, but at this juncture, the emperor went to her early in the morning. Can't wait to see her?
Not necessarily, the emperor was [-]% annoyed by Taiwei Xu, and wanted to express in this way that he did not agree to send troops.After all, Ruan Wei is not only a concubine, but also represents the country of Loulou.
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At nightfall the next day, Ruan Wei just took off her bead hairpin in front of the makeup mirror, when a salute to the emperor came from outside.

Ruan Wei quickly put the pearl hairpin back in, Yingying walked to the outer hall, and saw that he was wearing a royal blue robe with arrow sleeves, walking towards the inner room.

The emperor supported her kneeling body, and said warmly: "Your etiquette in the building is also like this, kneeling when you meet?"

Ruan Wei kissed him on the cheek.

"In the building, the little lady has to kiss her husband when she sees her husband."

"Little lady? Husband?"

The emperor raised his lips slightly, picked her up by the waist, and strode into the inner room.

(End of this chapter)