The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 14
On New Year's Eve, all the concubines from Zhaoyi and above went to the Taihe Palace to have a banquet with the emperor, the eldest princess, the princes, and the emperor's relatives.

The Huguang Pavilion was built by the lake, and Xin Wei leaned in front of the window, admiring the fireworks in the sky reflected on the quiet lake.

Such fleeting beauty is rare to see.

"Today we have wine and food in the imperial dining room. Would you like a drink, my mistress?"

The girl who spoke was named Huai Xi. When she first entered the palace, she was directed to Huguang Pavilion to serve Xin Wei.

Huaixi was born as an ordinary person and was smart in her work. She had two dimples when she smiled and her eyebrows were curved, making her very cute.

"Drink," Xin Wei sat down at the sandalwood crescent table, looked at the table of delicious dishes, and called Huai Xi, "Let's drink together."

The Huguang Pavilion was neither big nor small. It was just her and Huaixi, a master and a servant. She didn't want Huaixi to grovel, and Huaixi was at ease and would not refuse her invitation again and again.

As she tasted the delicious food and wine, admired the beautiful scenery outside the window, and listened to Huai Xi telling interesting stories about her childhood and eve, she unknowingly became a little tipsy.

Huaixi was a chatterbox, and she talked a lot. Then she suddenly stopped and asked, "Where are you, my dear master? How did you spend New Year's Eve in the past?"

Previous New Year’s Eve?

A picture of bells ringing and cauldrons eating food appeared in Xin Wei's mind.

Gold bottles of wine, emerald plates, food like a picture, wine like a spring.

There are two platforms on the left and right, with jade dragons and golden phoenixes.Look down at the majesty of the imperial capital and the floating clouds.

Xin Wei drank another glass of wine.

Huaixi saw that there was moisture in her eyes and advised, "My young master, please stop drinking. Too much alcohol will harm your health."

Xin Wei didn't listen to the advice, and Huai Xi didn't pour the wine, so she filled the wine glass with the pot herself and drank it all in one gulp.

It’s a rare New Year’s Eve, a day when everyone celebrates together, so let’s indulge for once.

There is nothing like drinking this thing that can eliminate sorrow. A single payment can eliminate ten thousand pieces of gold.

When the moon was above the willow branches, the wine jug was bottomed out, and she muttered: "The imperial kitchen is really petty."

He wanted to get up, but his legs fell into Huai Xi's arms as if they were out of control.

"Ouch! Ouch, little master!"

Huaixi was weak, so she used all her strength and rested several times to carry her to the bed, but she couldn't get on the bed.

She didn't dare to rest more, so she tried her best to lift him to the bed again and again.

After Xin Wei fell to the ground for the fifth time, she felt a dull pain in her buttocks, and she became more awake. She said with a smile, "It's easy to sleep on the ground."

It was cold in the winter night, and the ground was even colder. The little master seemed to be weak and sickly, prone to getting sick. Huaixi refused to let her sleep on the ground, "Little master, please try your best, we..."

Suddenly, Huai Xi's movements stopped, and Xin Wei heard her exclaim: "Your Majesty!"

Xin Wei closed her eyes hard, her vision was blurry, and she could only see a group of slender, bright yellow figures walking towards her.

Did she really drink too much?
The visitor took her from Huai Xi's hands, holding her waist with one hand and the crook of her legs with the other. With ease, Xin Wei's feet were off the ground and she was placed on the bed.

"Don't, don't go."

Xin Wei felt Huai Xi retreating, and the sound of the door closing was soft, but it hit her heart hard.She smelled the faint fragrance of ink in his arms, which made her suffocate.

Although her body was weak, her consciousness was clear.She could clearly feel someone taking off her shoes and socks, covering her with a quilt, and sitting next to the bed.

He was probably looking at her, seeing how drunk and embarrassed she was, her manners completely lost.

Xin Wei opened her eyes hard, her drunken voice was a little vague but discernible enough.

"who are you!"

He didn't answer, just sat quietly.Xin Wei stretched out her hand and touched it bit by bit along the brocade quilt, and touched a slightly cool hand with clear and slender knuckles, wearing a jade ring.

She identified it for a while and finally realized it was a man's hand. She jerked her hand away and said in fear: "You, what are you going to do? I am, I am, I am..."

I say "I am" many times, but I can't tell who I am.

who is she?

Who could she be?
Her unfocused eyes showed fear, and she looked at him like a jackal, tiger, and leopard. She used all her strength to lean towards the other side of the bed, huddled up, hugged herself tightly, and then pulled up the quilt to cover herself. .

Shen Xiao frowned: "What's wrong with you?"

When Xin Wei heard this sound, the trembling of her body slowly stopped, she stopped struggling to hide, and slowly became quiet.

Shen Xiao opened a little of the quilt and saw her hiding inside with her eyes closed, the moonlight outside the window shining on her face full of tears.

She made no sound, but tears continued to flow down her face, and the sheets were soaked.

Shen Xiao reached out to her face, but suddenly noticed that her sleeves were turned up a little, and the slender white jade arms were exposed, and a long scar disappeared from the wrist into the sleeve.

Shen Xiao suddenly picked up her wrist, opened her sleeves, and stared blankly.

She was injured more than he expected.

"Who hit him?" Shen Xiao suppressed his voice and asked, "Meng Zhen? Or..."

She fell asleep due to the alcohol, her breathing was a little heavier, and her closed eyes did not open again.

Shen Xiao looked at her face, dazed for a while, then gently put her hand into the quilt, pulled the quilt up, and stuffed it tightly around her shoulders.
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The next day, New Year's Day.

Xin Wei opened her eyes amidst the sound of firecrackers. The scene she couldn't see clearly last night became clear in her mind now.

She couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

Why would he come here on New Year's Eve?After the banquet was over, shouldn't he spend this night of unity with the queen?
Huaixi came to call her for breakfast. Xinwei got up, and Huaixi went to make the bed.

Although Huai Xi is small and has nimble movements, today she turned the mattress over and over endlessly.

Xin Wei asked: "What to do?"

Huai Xi gasped, leaned close to her ear, and asked mysteriously and uncertainly: "My lord, are you... not a virgin?"

Xin Wei was stunned, then raised her finger and tapped her head: "What are you thinking about?"

"There's nothing!" Huaixi said in surprise: "The emperor stayed there for a full hour! Did nothing happen?"

Although she was young and inexperienced, she also knew what the emperor could do if he found a concubine at night, nothing more than this.

Xin Wei was a little surprised, "An hour?"

Later, she couldn't hold back the alcohol and fell into a drowsy state. She thought he wouldn't stay long, but why did he stay so long?

Huaixi felt deeply sad, and said sincerely while making the bed: "My young master, just don't drink anymore. If the emperor comes again and loses his manners again... there will be no chance again. Others can't wait for such an opportunity for several years. Once again!"

Xin Wei listened to her nagging and combed her hair in the most common bun in the palace in front of the makeup mirror. She inserted a few emerald silver hairpins into the bun and chose a pale dark flower brocade, which was simple yet dignified.

Seeing her dressed up like this, Huaixi said: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and we are going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with all the ladies. The emperor will also come, so my young master should dress up more grandly to make everyone else look pale in comparison." "

Xin Wei didn't say much, and she wouldn't listen to her words.

Today, there are many people who want to win the favor of the emperor, so she doesn't bother to fight for the limelight.

What's more, given her current status as Jieyu, it's really not the time to show off.

(End of this chapter)