The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 44: To attract good friends [-]
Shen Shuning was completely annoyed: "Then don't go! You will die alone!"

After saying that, she no longer cared about Shen Xiao, who was standing there blankly, and strode towards Xunfang Pavilion.

Jiang Qingyue listened to their conversation with great interest. When Shen Shuning went upstairs, she was looking left and right.

Shen Shuning saw her looking around and asked curiously: "Who are you looking for?"

"Look for Meng Zhen."

Meng Zhen must be nearby. Jiang Qingyue had heard people secretly discussing that Shen Xiao was interested in Meng Zhen, the daughter-in-law of Meng Da Sima's family.

Sure enough, after a while, Meng Zhen and Shen Xiao went up the wooden stairs on the left and right of the restaurant respectively. Jiang Qingyue and Shen Shuning watched them coming up from the left and right.

Shen Xiao held the peach blossom tightly in his hand and stopped in front of them, looking like he had done something wrong. He did not dare to raise his eyes or speak.

Meng Zhen greeted them, deliberately not looking at Shen Xiao, but her face turned red.

Jiang Qingyue moved quickly and snatched the peach branch from Shen Xiao's hand.

Shen Xiao loosened his hand and looked up at her with surprise and joy, only to see her turning the peach branch and stuffing it into Meng Zhen's hand.

Then, she took Shen Shuning's hand and ran quickly, for fear of disturbing others' flying together.

Running downstairs, Shen Shuning asked with a sad face: "Qingyue, is my brother okay?"

"pretty good!"

He is just too honest and too shy. Boys should be more proactive and bold.

"Then why don't you like my brother?"

Shen Shuning misunderstood her intention of transferring Peach Blossom as rejection.It doesn't matter if you don't like it. If you don't like it, you can ask him to change it.

Jiang Qingyue found a seat downstairs to observe the situation upstairs, and said without thinking: "He has Meng Zhen, why do I like him?"

"No no no!"

Shen Shuning held her hand eagerly, "He doesn't have Meng Zhen!"

Jiang Qingyue looked very understanding, and meaningfully peeked at the two people looking at each other upstairs.

"I know that success or failure depends on today."
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It was nearly midnight when I woke up.

Huaixi picked up the begonia flower on the desk, without thinking too much, picked up a porcelain vase, stuck it up, and placed it in a conspicuous place so that it could be seen as soon as she entered the door. She muttered: "No one took care of our Huguangxie in the past. , there have been many people chatting with me in the past two days, and all of them want to curry favor with you."

Thanks to Shen Xiao, her new favorite is a sure thing, and even the maid will be looked at twice wherever she goes.

The breakfast was also different from yesterday, from red bean porridge to bird's nest stewed with osmanthus and jasper milk.

Xin Wei didn't like anything too sweet, so she ate half the bowl without any hesitation, and there was clear and melodious laughter coming from outside the door.

"Sister Xin's place is special after all. The flowers and plants in the yard are much prettier than ours!"

Cao Zhaoyi walked in the door swayingly, sat down next to Xin Wei with familiarity, and said with a smile: "After all, you should thank me, right? Others are saying that it's thanks to me letting you play the pipa to accompany me that I entered caught the emperor's eyes."

Xin Wei stood up and gave a blessing, and said humbly: "Sister Zhaoyi is right. If it hadn't been for sister Zhaoyi's promotion, my sister would never have had this blessing."

Cao Zhaoyi gave her a weak hand, looked at the crabapple flower at the door, and moved it away calmly.

"Sister, aren't you going to the paddock today?"

"I didn't hunt anything yesterday. I just picked some wild fruits and didn't go to the paddock to make a fool of myself." Xin Wei sat down, smiled sweetly, and said matter-of-factly, "Sister Zhaoyi's dance is really amazing. Your Majesty praises her." Sister Zhaoyi, you dance very well, and you are so beautiful."

"Really?" Cao Zhaoyi questioned, but her face was already smiling brightly, "You also play the pipa extremely well."

After saying that, she lowered her voice and changed the topic suddenly: "Did the Emperor say what to do with the Queen?"

If there is one person in the harem who most wants the queen to be immortal, Cao Zhaoyi is one of them.Now that the queen was escorted back to Jinling City, the emperor had not yet issued an order to depose the queen. This made Cao Zhaoyi sleepless at night, unable to sleep or eat well, eager to know the fate of the queen.

So much so that I came to her to inquire about it.

Xin Wei shook her head: "It's about the queen, my sister doesn't dare to ask."

She was only in the position of Jieyu, a low-level concubine, and she should not know such important things anyway.

Even if it is known, it should not be known.

Huai Xi carefully brought the tea and handed it into Cao Zhaoyi's hand. Cao Zhaoyi's hand loosened and her dress got wet.

"This slave deserves to die! This slave deserves to die!" Huaixi hurriedly knelt down, picking up the celadon teacup on the ground, and apologized repeatedly.

Cao Zhaoyi helped Huai Xi up with her own hands and said gently: "It's okay, you can go down."

Xin Weiyue frowned slightly.

This was clearly done intentionally by Cao Zhaoyi, but the purpose was not to cause trouble. Why?
After Huaixi retreated, Cao Zhaoyi said generously: "Sister, the little girl is bound to be reckless. Don't blame her."

Naturally, Xin Wei would not blame Huai Xi, but she said, "This girl is really shameless and made my sister laugh. I will make amends to her."

Cao Zhaoyi said with a friendly face: "That's not necessary. Go get some clothes for me to change into."

Xin Wei took a piece of honey-colored brocade that she had never worn before. Cao Zhaoyi didn't pick it, put it on, exchanged a few words and left.

After the person disappeared, Huaixi dared to tiptoe out, looked around for a while, and then came to Xin Wei's side.

"What's going on with Cao Zhaoyi...when did you become so close to the young master?"

Cao Zhaoyi rarely talked well before, but today he is so good-tempered that even Huai Xi feels abnormal.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Xin Wei looked at the lamp-hanging chair where Cao Zhaoyi had just sat, and her eyes moved slightly: "Let her go."
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During dinner, Shen Xiao sat on the dragon chair, and the queen's throne beside him had been removed.

One after another, delicacies appeared one after another, most of which were the prey of King Xuan and other princes.

King Xuan raised a glass to the emperor and said loudly: "The emperor has been diligent in his work for three years and has not touched horses, bows and arrows. Naturally, there are not many prey. I would like to toast the emperor on behalf of the people of the world!"

Xin Wei glanced at King Xuan from afar.

Prince Xuan, Shen Gu, was the twelfth prince of the late emperor, two years younger than Shen Xiao. He had been tactful and smooth since he was a child, and he had a very lovable temperament. However, he only focused on playing with the world, wandering around in fireworks alleys and gambling houses, and did not do his job all day long.

The late emperor was so angry that he adopted him to a certain prince, and he became the heir apparent from the prince. He didn't care at all and continued to parade around the streets of Jinling City every day.

Therefore, we are old acquaintances with the old Jiang Qingyue.

Today he is still high-spirited and unruly.

Shen Xiao responded to him: "I didn't know that my twelfth brother was good at riding and shooting. I really hid my clumsiness in the past."

"I really didn't know how to do it originally. I just learned it recently when I got interested."

"So, my twelfth brother is extremely talented."

"It's not even one ten thousandth as good as the Emperor's! The Emperor's achievements have been far beyond my reach since I was a child!"

They bragged to each other and toasted each other a few times.

The atmosphere was harmonious, and Yingying walked out from the concubine's table. Cao Zhaoyi, dressed in a richly colored embroidered gold-tang skirt, knelt down in front of her. The long beaded hairpin in her hair swayed gently, making a crisp sound. .

Everyone stopped drinking and eating at the same time and looked at Cao Zhaoyi curiously.

Shen Xiao asked: "What's the matter?"

Cao Zhaoyi bowed his head three times and said angrily: "I found out that a concubine was messing with the palace. I don't want the emperor to be deceived by this, so I came here to report it!"

After saying this, everyone was shocked.

Something happened to the Queen just now. Are there any other concubines who dare to do this?
Who is it?

Shen Xiao's face was grave and his tone was cold: "Keep talking."

Cao Zhaoyi specially dressed up today. She was all dazzling and bright. At this moment, she knelt down in front of everyone and said loudly: "Last night at Haishi, I went to the lotus pond to admire the moon. I saw with my own eyes Xin Jieyu and a man on the other side of the lotus pond in the crabapple tree. Let’s embrace each other intimately!”

The pheasant meat in Xin Wei's mouth almost spurted out.

Under the crabapple tree by the lotus pond, those were she and Shen Xiao.

They never hugged each other closely as Cao Zhaoyi said, they just separated after a brief hug.

Cao Zhaoyi was also very courageous. He had to expose this matter in front of everyone and King Xuan, and he was not afraid of making a mistake?
At the same time, everyone looked at Xin Wei with surprise and astonishment.

Countless eyes were full of inquiry, trying to see the panic of being exposed on her face to get a glimpse of the truth.

(End of this chapter)