Chunman Palace

Chapter 6 The Holy Will
At the beginning of midsummer, the city was a bit sweltering, so Emperor Xuanyin asked the House of Internal Affairs to prepare mung bean soup for distributing heat to each palace.

Most of the new palace concubines don't know that Xuan Yin doesn't like heat very much, especially in the hot summer of June, the mood is even hotter, and they often prefer to soak in the Qingxin Hall with ice, and don't want to walk a few more steps and sweat.

The queen mother also knew his temper, and never said much, but the concubine in the harem could only pay more attention to herself.

At noon that day, a beautiful figure circled around the lacquered pillars of the Qingxin Hall, and the eunuch guarding the gate was about to stop her when she was dazzled by a heavy gold bag.

The two of them took a closer look, and it turned out that she was the "Chang Guiren" who had just entered the palace. They saw that she was wearing an ice silk brocade pink lotus skirt, which looked bright and bright in the sunlight, and her steps were full of elegance: "Trouble me, father-in-law." It's convenient, I will bear the responsibility of the emperor's blame."

The two eunuchs guarding the gate nodded in obsession and let people in.

At this time, an eunuch thought lately that if the emperor really blamed him, he would be punished together, how could it be her turn to absolve himself of the crime.

But it was too late to stop it, that "Chang Guiren" was already approaching the emperor.

Xuan Yin was reviewing the memorial at this time, when he suddenly heard the sound of small footsteps from outside, looking up, it was Chang Xiuru who walked in.

He frowned, but he didn't say anything, and continued to lower his head to review the memorial in his hand.

"The concubine sees the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!" Chang Xiuru knelt down in front of Xuan Yin in a pink dress, bowing her head respectfully.

"Pingshen." Xuan Yin said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Chang Guiren stood up, carefully looked at Xuan Yin's handsome profile and said, "The Emperor seems to be in a bad mood these days?"

Xuan Yin snorted lightly, stopped writing lightly, glanced at Chang Guiren lightly and said: "Why did Chang Guiren suddenly ask about my mood?"

"Recently, my concubine always dreamed of a golden dragon... The golden dragon with round scales and red eyes was rolling in the fire, but my concubine was not afraid, instead, I was very worried about that golden dragon, so I thought, maybe I met the emperor in a dream "Chang Guiren said softly and authentically, with a melodious voice.

Xuan Yin couldn't help feeling a little naive and ridiculous, and said coldly: "What does my bad temper have to do with you, and how did you come in?" He was really depressed recently, and this "Chang Guiren" ignored the palace rules for some reason, To him, it was even more provocative, which inevitably added to his anger.

Chang Guiren was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "The concubine recently got a prescription to dispel the heat, and was worried about the emperor's holy body, so she didn't pass it on to others. If she didn't want to but annoyed the emperor, the concubine is guilty."

"Oh?" Xuan Yin was a little surprised, "Let's hear it."

Chang Guiren pursed his lips and said with a smile: "This is a herbal tea made of mint, fragrant leaves and rock sugar. In order to make it easier to drink, the concubine asked the imperial doctor to add black plum, hawthorn and apricot peel. These things can relieve the heat. The holy body is also beneficial, and the concubine specially prepared this gift, hoping that the emperor can relieve his depression."

As she spoke, she took a porcelain jar from the maidservant beside her and handed it to Xuan Yin. Xuan Yin lowered his head and sniffed, a trace of cool air penetrated into his body, it was really cool.

Xuan Yin snorted coldly, and returned to the chair to straighten his body. He thought there would be some surprises, but it was just these vulgar things, and his mood was even more depressed.

"Your Majesty." Chang Guiren called out, and there was a hint of resentment in her tone, and she continued: "The concubine entered the Qingxin Palace privately to realize her mistake, and I hope the emperor will punish her."

"Well, get up, since you have made meritorious deeds, you should be rewarded, but you have entered the Hall of Purity of Hearts without obtaining the will, and your merits and demerits have been equalized, so step back." Xuan Yin only thought of her heart, and he didn't want to get angry on the spot. Try to speak patiently.

Chang Guiren saw that Xuan Yin accepted his kindness, a sly look flashed in his eyes, he took a few steps forward slowly, and said tentatively: "I have also learned a new massage technique, which can relax the muscles and bones, why not..."

Xuan Yin had already given Chang Guiren a step, who would have expected her to be so dull, she pushed forward, only felt that the anger in her chest was unbearable, and an unknown fire was constantly rushing up.

He lowered his voice and threw a few words from his throat: "Get out."

Chang Guiren's face turned pale, and she backed away involuntarily, her eyes showed horror and grievance, she didn't know where she had angered Xuan Yin, so she bowed her body tremblingly, and timidly said: "Yes, my concubine is resigning..."

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then the eunuch's high-pitched voice: "Ms. Concubine Min is here."

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, Chang Guiren bit his lips, clenched his sleeves and knelt down to salute, and said in an inaudible way: "See Concubine Min."

She knew that Concubine Min was coming, she wanted to go ahead to please Xuan Yin, who would have thought that she would be in such embarrassment.

But Xuan Yinben sat in the same place with a calm face, as if nothing had happened, he was still sitting at the table, and waited for Concubine Min to come closer, and then said: "Here you are?"

Concubine Min smiled, and responded with a tender voice, saluting: "The sun is not too poisonous now, but it is easy to get angry, my concubine specially prepared these white jade utensils and mung bean lily soup for the emperor's holy body." , Yu can calm the heart, this mung bean soup can disintegrate the heat, the emperor will definitely be in good spirits after using it."

Xuan Yin's eyes softened slightly, and he waved to her: "If you are interested, come and talk to me."

Concubine Min was startled, then walked to Xuan Yin's side in pleasant surprise, and ordered the maids beside her to put away the jade and mung bean soup, and out of the corner of her eyes, she caught sight of Chang Guiren who was still hiding aside.

The emperor only summoned her to accompany her today, so what is going on with this noble person?

She saw Chang Guiren's dejected look, she understood in her heart, she couldn't help amplifying her voice, and said mockingly: "Yo, why didn't I see Chang Guiren here when I came in? Sister, get up quickly."

When Xuan Yin heard this, he said impatiently to Chang Guiren: "Still not retreating."

"Yes." Chang Guiren hated secretly, his face was embarrassed, but he had no choice but to get up and leave. Before leaving, he gave Concubine Min a hard look.

Concubine Min laughed lightly, with a smug look in her eyes, she deliberately said: "Your Majesty, you have seen almost all the new sisters in the harem. Originally, the concubine was still puzzled. Could it be that none of these sisters is the emperor's favorite?" , Now it seems... Hehe, but I heard that there are still sisters Mu and Sister Lin who have not seen the emperor because of their illness. If they recover from illness in the future, they might become the emperor's apex."

Concubine Min's words were full of sarcasm, Chang Guiren had just walked to the gate of the hall at this moment, and listened to what she said word for word.

She tried her best to show her kindness to the emperor in front of Concubine Min, but she still couldn't let the emperor pay attention to her, she couldn't help feeling resentful, twisted the handkerchief with her fingers, and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)