Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2335 Seven Volumes 35 And Put Bailu Qingya Between (Bi)
"A place with deer?"

Wanxi's heart opened like a door with a clatter.The memories of many years ago are like colorful butterflies fluttering, flapping their wings and returning home slowly.

"You child, what's the matter?" Seeing tears welling up in her daughter's eyes, Yang shi was worried about her daughter's health, so she hurriedly stepped forward to hold Wanxi and asked.

Wanxi shook her head lightly, and smiled lightly at her mother, but she still couldn't swallow the tears back.

After all, Concubine Ying was younger, and she entered the palace a few years later, and she didn't know some stories about Wanxi's early years when she first entered the palace, so she was as anxious as Yang, and asked urgently, "But I What is wrong with the words? If there are words, please don't hide it from me, sister, tell me anyway."

Wanxi smiled with tears in her eyes, "It's okay. Silly Gaowa, you didn't say anything wrong. Thanks to you today, I heard the most beautiful words in the world."

Concubine Ying was already in a daze, she stared at Wanxi in a daze, "Sister Ling, what did I say that made you find it so pleasant?"

Only Yuqin was also startled, and hastily held Wanxi's hand, "...Could it be that this is exactly the place where the deer were sent out back then?"
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"Mulan Paddock" is the general name, but it actually occupies a very large area.It is said that there are 72 paddocks in total, which is equivalent to 72 paddocks, and each paddock has its own name.

Many are named after the game that abounds in their paddocks.

For example, "Baltu paddock", the Mongolian name for a tiger is Baltu, and the emperor and ministers once hunted tigers here, so this paddock is called "Baltu paddock".

There is also "Pearl Paddock".In Mongolian, roe deer is called Zhuer, and roe deer can be hunted here, so it is named after it.

There are also "Yuele paddock" translated as "carving" in Chinese, "Gahaitu paddock" translated as "pig" in Chinese, etc...

Therefore, since this Buhutu paddock is "a place with deer", it is natural that there are many deer herds inhabiting and haunting this place.During the siege of Mulan, the emperor's most important sentry deer was also chosen here.

The names of so many paddocks are still in Mongolian characters, even Concubine Ying who was born in Mongolia can’t remember clearly, even if Wanxi and Yuqin have been here, they can’t remember clearly; After many years, I feel that the things in front of me are still the same, but I dare not sit down.

Thanks to the presence of Concubine Ying, she helped them clear up the fog in front of them, making them feel as if they had directly opened the curtain to see their old friends.
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Wanxi nodded at Yuqin, knowing that it was Yuqin and remembered it.Wanxi also confirmed her guess from Yuqin's reaction.

Wanxi actually didn't want to shed tears at this moment, and didn't want to worry her mother.But this nod still caused the tears in his eyes to roll down heavily.

Seeing this, Yang was also stunned.Similarly, a certain memory from that year can't help but come to mind.

Mrs. Yang was also a little surprised and couldn't believe it, so she grabbed Wanxi's arm and asked, "...When you first entered the palace, when the emperor first Autumn Mulan, your Ama said that the escort was in the paddock I met you, and I personally prepared a birthday cake for you! — Could it be that this is here?"

Wanxi couldn't help laughing, but the teardrops still kept falling down, which couldn't be stopped.

"Ene is right, it's here, it's here!"

Yang also opened her mouth wide, then choked up a sob, and stretched out her arms to hug her daughter.

Lying in her mother's arms, Wanxi finally didn't have to hide her tears anymore.She believed that Ama must have met her in the paddock back then, and had personally prepared a birthday cake for her, and told Eniang carefully.Erniang must have known that it was the emperor's affection for her...

At that time, she had just entered the palace, and she had just experienced the pain of being separated from her family in the palace and not knowing when she would be able to see each other again.She thought that it would be many years before she could see her parents again, but she never expected that in that year, just one year after entering the palace, she met her Ama on her birthday!

That was the emperor's wish, a surprise that the emperor hid and never told her in advance.Revisiting the old place at this time, even though it has been so many years, she can still recall the mood of that year in an instant.The burst of joy at that moment, the burst of tears at that moment, at this moment, isn't it exactly the same?
"Ernie knows that there are 72 fences in the Mulan paddock. At that time, my daughter was young and it was the first time she came back to this grassland. She felt that there were grasslands, mountains and forests under the blue sky, and it was indistinguishable from the southeast to the north. Clear; just like Sister Lu said, I can't tell the difference between this paddock and that paddock at all, so I just saw it and felt familiar, but I didn't dare to say it outright."

Besides, the new name "Yimianyu" here was given by the emperor the year before last, so even before she set off every day, she would hear the daily itinerary reported by the palace supervisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but hearing the name There is no way to match the memory of that year.

"Thanks to Gao Wa's reminder, the former name of this place was 'the place where there are deer'... My daughter dared to recognize it. This place used to be the place where the emperor sent deer for the first time in the Autumn Ceremony. This is the past, together The piles are gathered in front of my eyes. It's not that my daughter wants to shed tears, but those things are piled up in front of my eyes, and my daughter can't help it..."

Concubine Ying knew that there was a story in front of her, but it was inconvenient to ask at this moment, so she tried her best to suppress her curiosity.

The car drove leisurely and passed another mountain.Concubine Ying pointed it out to Wanxi, "Sister, look at that mountain. The word 'Yu' in 'Yimianyu' means valley, so the name comes from the mountain."

"The mountain in front of us is the mountain that Yimianyu got its name from!"

Wanxi narrowed her eyes and looked at the mountain carefully.

The autumn of that year was the first autumn of the emperor after he ascended the throne, almost 20 years away from this year. 20 years is enough for a mountain to quietly change its appearance.The small tree in the past has already stabbed high into the blue sky at this time, and it is tall and straight.Tell her to be a little bit afraid to recognize each other.

Wanxi's heart beat inexplicably, and she hurriedly asked Concubine Ying, "Then do you know what this mountain is called?"

Concubine Ying thought for a while, "I remember now. The name of this mountain because of this paddock is 'Buhutu Mountain'. Translated into Chinese, it is 'Bailu Mountain'!"
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At this moment, Wanxi's whole heart finally started beating wildly!

White Deer Mountain, White Deer Mountain, let's put it among the white deer and green cliffs...how could she forget that mountain?

Back then, the emperor camped at the foot of the mountain where the deer king was released, and it was there that she met Ama, and it was the first time she drank the "Guilu Tongchun" that Lao Gui had prepared for her...

It was there that she got close to the emperor for the first time.

And that day happened to be her birthday!
At this time, because of the name of "Bu Hu Tu", all the confusion in her heart suddenly became clear.

She said silently in her heart: "Your majesty... no, sir, I understand all your thoughts, Jiu'er."

Wanxi couldn't help being overjoyed, the tears could not be stopped no matter what.Yang and Concubine Ying could only be anxious; and now Yuqin, who had thought about Wei'er, could only raise her sleeves to wipe away tears, and shed tears with Wanxi.

In fact, for Yuqin, isn't it equally meaningful?Back then, she almost competed with Wanxi for favor. If it hadn't been for that time when she shared her heart in the paddock, then there would be no sisterly love they had for more than ten years later.

At this moment, in front of Concubine Ying, especially Madam Yang, Yuqin felt a little embarrassed to shed tears like this, and naturally she didn't want the two of them to know about the relationship between her and Wanxi back then.Therefore, she could only wipe away her tears and hurriedly said, "I, after all, am a Jiangnan Han girl. I have barely learned Manchu from Wanxi in the palace these years, but I am still open to this Mongolian dialect." Blind."

"I don't know what 'Buhutu' is. Even if Gaowa explained it to me, I'm afraid I will remember it according to the pronunciation of Chinese——for me, 'Buhutu' Ah it's 'not confused'!"

Yuqin wiped away her tears, clenched Wanxi's hand, and said with a smile, "The emperor has been treating you for the past 19 years. Doesn't everything happen to be 'not confused'?"

Wanxi turned around, unable to speak, only stretched out her arms, and hugged Yuqin.
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The Buhutu Paddock is based on a one-day itinerary, and there are three large camps that can be used as the emperor's palace.They are: Zakdan Efro Camp, Yimian Mizoguchi Camp, and Salbar Hada Camp.

That night, Luanjia was not in a hurry to go on his way, so he stayed at the nearby camp at Yimian Goukou.

Along the way, although the emperor has not yet formally sentinel the deer, he has already surrounded the various paddocks along the way with the princes and ministers on a daily basis.

When the emperor came that night, he asked more than a dozen eunuchs to bring their things on their shoulders.

A group of eunuchs entered the yurt, unloaded all the things from their shoulders, and piled them at the door of the yurt.

Well, a whole hill.

Wanxi was a little startled, and looked up, only to see that they were all prey with fur and blood.

Liu Zhu'er hurriedly went forward to count, and replied with a smile after a while: "Master, there are five deer, five roe deer, three wild boars, one fox, two argali, one green sheep, and one raccoon..."

Wanxi opened her mouth wide and looked at the emperor.

At this time, the emperor stood beside this hill-like prey with his hips akimbo, looking like a hunter who had just returned with a full load.The smile on that face was so young and handsome that he definitely didn't look like a 50-year-old man.

Wanxi didn't figure it out for a while, her lips became a little dry.She carefully moistened her tongue, pointed to the hill and asked, "...Does the emperor want to drink deer blood, or eat raw meat?"

The emperor was amused, he spat, and his eyes were fixed on Wanxi's sandalwood tongue that moistened her lips.

He let out a sigh, and didn't bother to say anything, he just strode forward, put his hands on Wanxi's cheek, and kissed her deeply.

It wasn't until Wanxi's sandalwood tongue was captured, put into his mouth, and enjoyed to his heart's content, that he took a deep breath and let Wanxi go.

After this kiss, Wanxi's whole body couldn't stop trembling slightly.Even after being released, he still couldn't stand firmly, so he had no choice but to grab the emperor's arm and took several deep breaths before he could stand firmly.

The emperor could only be condescending, admiring how he bullied his little slaves, "Bah, even if you want to drink the blood of a deer, how can I drink a dead deer for you? What time is it, how can I tell you to eat raw meat?"

It turns out that her emperor still knows~~
Wanxi finally calmed down, and then she raised her eyes and asked shyly and angrily, "Master... what are you going to do? Anyway, this slave is already in this month, and I am not afraid that I will show you these bloody things in front of me." Do you spit out your face?"

Wanxi is still a Han woman at heart, so she is not so delicate, even if she sees three or two prey, she is fine; but she is still pregnant with a child, and the prey is so cold that the pile of prey is so high, she is really a little bit I can't bear it~
The emperor bared his teeth, looking as if he was extremely proud, but also a little bit itchy with hatred.

"These are all made by my grandfather today!"

Wanxi bowed her head and thought for a while, then quickly gave a thumbs up, "Master is wise and mighty!"

Wanxi still thought in her heart, this is the emperor coming back with a full load to show off to her, like a child, so she hastened to finish her praise, and after the emperor's heart blossomed, she could move this hill, right?

Even if you can eat something fresh tonight, just leave one end. It’s really not necessary to block the door with all these hills, right?
But Wanxi didn't expect that she had miscalculated. After she finished boasting, she saw the emperor with his arms in his arms and his face beaming with joy, and he didn't order the eunuchs to move the hill away!

Wanxi felt her scalp was a little numb, so she had to bite the bullet and ask in a low voice, "Grandpa... don't you want to keep these here all night?"

The emperor laughed again, but it was an angry laugh. He didn't answer Wanxi, but raised his voice and asked Yuchan, "Are your concubine Ying and concubine Yu still in your master's side tent? If they are still there, Come here, please."

Yuchan didn't dare to be happy, so she could only endure it, "Go back to the emperor's words, when he heard the emperor came, the master Concubine Ying and the concubine Yu have already avoided."

The emperor nodded, and asked again, "Is there any official daughter or maid from the Mongols under the leadership of the Neifu Zuo in front of you?"

Yuchan glanced at Wanxi, but she still had to be careful and hold back her joy, "Back to the emperor, this time the master is going out, and the selected grandma, nannie, and mother who follow under his seat are all Yishui. The surname of the son is Han. It is the same as the practice in the palace in previous years."

This year there are two Shouyue grandmas: Wang's and Xu's.

There are four mothers: Hu's, Guan's, Bai's, and Yan's.

Qing Yishui'er still chooses for Wanxi women with the Han surname who can feel at ease.

Yuchan was joking on purpose, so she picked up the women's servants first, instead of returning to the official women first in the order the emperor asked.

In the end, after serving the emperor in the palace with the master for a long time, even Yuchan could understand the emperor's temper.Sometimes I can't help but take advantage of the emperor's joy and tell a joke to amuse the emperor.

How could the emperor and Wanxi fail to understand Yuchan's idea? They looked at each other, and Wanxi laughed so hard that she quickly lowered her head.The emperor still had to hold on, so he cleared his throat, "Oh, what a coincidence."

Even Yuying secretly laughed at this.

Which of the women's servants that the master needs to use in childbirth can only come in after the emperor approves.But the emperor acted as if he only knew about it.

Although Yuchan was joking, she didn't dare to make mistakes, so she quickly accepted it, "... Among the official women, it's too late for Qiaoer. Yuting is a Mongolian under the leadership of the Neifu Baoyi Manzhouzuo."

Yuhan's age is getting older, Wanxi has not been assigned to Yuhan's errands these years, and she is only assigned to take care of the nine princesses.Like this errand, it is not called Yuhan.But Yuzhu, Yuyin and other women have been leaving the palace one after another over the years, and the women in the palace have also been recruiting newcomers.

Wanxi followed the example of Yuchan and Yuying for the new women who entered the palace, and all of them were named after the word worm.Anyway, the eunuchs are already belonging to crickets, grasshoppers, and ants... It's too late for her to change it, so let's just do it.Anyway, it's more lively, isn't it?
Among the three women who went out to serve with Wanxi this time, there was an extra little girl who entered the palace last year.Although she was young, she only entered the palace last year, but her legs and feet were quick and smart, so she was just the right person to run errands and pass on a message.

The emperor finally smiled with satisfaction, "Why don't you ask Yuting to come in and answer?"
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Yuying went out to call Yuting, and entered Yuting's tent, but saw that there was another girl beside Yuting.

Yuying smiled when she saw her, and said hello first: "Yo, it's Miss Xiaolu."

It was none other than Yuqin's girl, Lu Yuse.

Because of the relationship between Yuqin and Wanxi, although Yuse is only an official woman who has just entered the palace for a year, everyone in Yongshou Palace is extremely polite to Yuse.They didn't call out their names directly, but respectfully called out "Miss Xiaolu".

Yuse hurriedly got up to greet her, "Yuse greeted my aunt. Is my aunt going to send Yuting on an errand? I asked my aunt to come here in person. It was Yuse's fault—it was Yuse who pulled me Yuting was talking, so she didn't hear the applause outside."

"Because I entered the palace with Yuting, it was good when I was learning the rules in the House of Internal Affairs. Just now my sister came to see the master of the noble concubine, so I came with my sister, and then I met Yuting, and then we met Elder sister begged for a while, and talked to Yuting for a while. I also wish Auntie Haihan."

Yuying is the first-class woman under Wanxi, so she would not come to ask Yuting to go on an errand in person.Even if it is inconvenient to shout outside directly if there is something to do, a specific slap sound is used to convey the message.

After hearing this, Yuying nodded and smiled, "Miss Xiaolu, please don't look outside, it's not that Yuting didn't hear, I came here specially to call her. Because, the emperor sent her an answer. I'm also afraid that she will have a headache. As soon as I returned to the emperor to serve, I broke the rules, so I have to come to her in person and remind me in advance."

Yuse's eyes could not help but brighten up, "The emperor wants to ask Yuting to answer?"

When Yuting heard Yuying's words, she was startled, a little silly.She didn't pay attention to the stern expression, she just grabbed Yuying and read Yang'er, "Oh my god, why did the emperor suddenly tell me why? I usually don't always serve the master. This meeting is just I followed the one who came out to act as a servant...there are so many people in front of the emperor and the master, what can the emperor upload to me? Could it be that I made a mistake and asked someone to stab the master and the emperor? What's the matter, auntie, save me, just save me."

Yuying laughed, "What are you panicking about? The emperor asked who in our palace belonged to the Mongols under the banner of the inner government. We just talked about you, and the emperor sent you to reply. I was thinking, the emperor This question is likely to ask you about Mongolian customs and rules, but it is not related to yourself."

Yuting still couldn't let go, and didn't know what to say, so she just kicked her feet on the ground, "Auntie, can I not go? Or maybe Auntie just said, why didn't you see me?"

Yuying sighed, "Isn't this stupid? A good official lady, without the master's errand, dare to disappear suddenly and disappear? That is a violation of the "Palace Regulations". You are begging for it yourself." Punishment!"

Yuse lowered her head and listened carefully, and couldn't help but gently took Yuting's hand, "If you're really that scared, then I'll go with you. I don't know what's going on, but there are many people by your side anyway, It can help you to be brave enough to go.”

Yuting was naturally happy and nodded vigorously.

Yuting listened, but hesitated a little, and raised her eyes to Yuse.

Yuse hurriedly bowed his knees and looked at Yuying with a smile, "Auntie, is it convenient?"

Yuying was a little hesitant, "My lord, it's not a place where the rules can be messed up... It's not because I refuted Miss Xiaolu's face, but because the rules in front of the emperor are really strict. The emperor just sent Yuting to go and answer alone, if there are too many Going to face the saint alone, I'm afraid..."

Yuse smiled softly, "Auntie said that the place with the most rules in the world is the palace; and the place with the worst rules in the palace is naturally in front of the emperor."

"Just, just listen to me for now, and make a decision after listening to whether what I say is reasonable or not - because after all, this time is not in the palace, but in the paddock, even if you follow the rules, it's not so dangerous to come here It's Ding Kemao's fault."

As Yuse said, she came over and grabbed Yuying's arm affectionately. The 14-year-old girl twisted her body and acted like a baby, "Besides, this is in the palace of the concubine Ling. I have heard my sister say it too many times. It doesn't matter how serious the emperor is, or how many ancestral rules in this palace cannot be touched, but once you come to the palace of the noble concubine and master, everything will be different."

"Here, the emperor will become the most tempered and accommodating person in the world; even the palace rules of Lao Shizi have given way to the intimacy of a family. So I think, even if I went there with Yuting, and the emperor will not care if he sees me."

Yuying thought carefully, after all, the identity of this little Lu girl is different from that of ordinary official girls.Because she is Concubine Qing's sister, she and her master are not ordinary masters and servants; even with the emperor, according to the folk saying, this girl from Xiao Lu can be regarded as a sister-in-law.Thinking about it, the emperor would not be unhappy even if he saw Miss Xiao Lu gone.

If she was accompanied by such a special girl named Lu, it would be more embarrassing for Yu Ting.

Yuying still reluctantly nodded her head, "Then I will thank Miss Lu to accompany us, Yuting. Later, in front of the emperor, if Yuting is rude, I hope Miss Lu will help to make things right. some time."

Yuse smiled sweetly, "Auntie just relax. With the love between my sister and Concubine Ling, then Auntie and Yuting are also my own sisters? If I don't help, I can do other things." ?”
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Yuying then took Yuting and Yuse back to Wanxi's tent to reply.

The emperor originally summoned one person, but two people came back.Wanxi raised her eyes and took a look.Yuse hurriedly greeted Squat and explained the reason why she hadn't left yet.

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "It's fate, so you and Yuting entered the palace together. You naturally went to your sister's palace, but Yuting entered my palace... This is me and your sister again. Let's continue the relationship."

The emperor raised his eyes and glanced at Yuse, then nodded, "It's Yuse? I remember."

The selection of beautiful women in the palace, whether it is the selection of women from the Eight Banners or the selection of women from the House of Internal Affairs, must be seen by the emperor himself, or at least he has personally read the list.In particular, there is a rule in the palace that all sisters of concubines who enter the palace must be listed in a separate book.In Yuse's group, she was the only concubine's sister, so the emperor had already seen her name.

After all, Yuse was just a 14-year-old girl, her face turned red immediately, and she knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.

Wanxi smiled and nodded, "Get up quickly. The palace rules belong to the palace rules, and the relationship between me and your sister is another matter. Therefore, since you are in my palace, the emperor is there, so there is no need to be so Judgment."

The emperor didn't answer the question again, and only talked to Yuting with a smile, "Your name is Yuting? A Mongolian under the leadership of the inner government?"

Yuting hurriedly answered "yes".

The emperor turned his head and looked at Wanxi with a smile, and covered Wanxi's hand with his hand, "Yuting, tell me, according to the Mongolian custom, why are there so many prey piled up at this gate?"

Yuting didn't expect that the emperor was asking this, and Bai was flustered before.Then he settled down, quietly looking back at the hill at the door, already smiling.

"According to Mongolian customs, it is a grand festival for a man to return home from hunting! Because hunting is not easy, some men may not be able to catch any prey even if they go out for many days. Therefore, once they have caught something, they must go home and eat it together." They are piled up at the door of the tent, for your own family members to see, but also for outsiders to see. This is the most proud moment for a man!"

When Wanxi listened, she laughed "Pu Chi'er".She can understand this level of meaning.

Seeing her master smiling, Yuting said it more and more easily, "For a man, it's a moment of pride to show off to outsiders; but the most proud thing is not to show to outsiders, but to show to his own family. A man Putting the prey that looks like a hill on the ground after entering the door is to say, 'Wife and child, you have something to eat!' This is the most basic and important commitment and affection a man has for his family."

Wanxi's cheeks became hotter, and the emperor's hand covering her made her feel even hotter all over.

"Oh." Wanxi tried her best not to let out the spontaneous warmth from the bottom of her heart, and she just responded with a smile.

The emperor raised his eyes quietly, only squinting at Wanxi.Her look made him not satisfied yet~
He snorted softly, "Yu Ting, is there anything else?"

Yuting quickly turned around in her head, then smiled and said, "Of course there are. What I said earlier is that all Mongolian men are like that; what I will talk about next is about Mongolian gentlemen. "

"These gentlemen include Demuqi, Zaisang, or even Tabunang, Taiji, and Khan...these gentlemen are naturally not married." Yuting raised her eyes and glanced at the emperor, "The emperor belongs to the whole Mongolia." Profuse sweating is more suitable for the meaning of the slave's next words."

"According to the Mongolian rules, the wives of the Khan kings are in charge of 'oruduo' respectively, that is, they are divided into different tents. And these wives generally don't divide the ranks of the concubines like the Han people, usually each The wives of the sweat tent are all wives, and they are all equal."

"If you want to decide which wife's family is more important to the sweating king, and which sweaty wife's family is more favored, it depends on the number of people, livestock, and prey that her sweaty tent gets."

Yuting said this and smiled sweetly at Wanxi, "When the King Khan returned from the siege, he must have handed over the prey he had caught to his wife. The one who can get the prey that the King Khan himself hunted must be the King Khan's best." Beloved!"

"According to Mongolian rules, it is the highest courtesy for a man to capture a prey and present it to his beloved woman!"

"Your Majesty..." Hearing this, Wan Xi's face had already turned red, her body was already as soft as water, and she hurriedly covered her face and fell into the emperor's embrace.

The emperor laughed, hugged Wanxi, and nodded to Yuting with a smile, "Well said! Gao Yuncong, thank you!"

Yuting was overjoyed and knelt down to thank her.

After Yuse came in, she just said a few words, and after that, she could only stand by and watch Yuting beaming happily, and then went to get the purse from the emperor.

The emperor just hugged Wanxi, and said with a smile, "...the meat here is fresh, at least I will have a bite and a drink with you, huh?"

Wanxi didn't dare to see anyone anymore, so she could only cover her face and nod her head vigorously.

The emperor was happy, so he ordered, "Keep the deer and roe deer for your master, and the fox fur for your Seventh Princess. The rest of the wild boar and green sheep are also stewed, and you all have fun together!"

The entire Wanxi tent became lively.Liu Zhu'er led people to quickly pack up the prey, while the emperor helped Wanxi up with a smile, and went to the back tent.

Jade Fly happily held the purse, and looked up to see Yuse's lonely expression, so she hurriedly took out a piece of silver from the purse and lowered it to Yuse, "Thank you for coming in with me. I didn't embarrass myself in front of the emperor. If you get a reward, you will also have half of you."

Yuse was not happy, and held Yuting's hand and gave the silver back to Yuting, "Why are you being polite to me? Although I came in with you, I didn't help you at all. It's still you Your good fortune is great, so keep it for yourself."

Yuse said goodbye and left, walking into the vast night, her heart was also at a loss.

What Concubine Xin said seems to be wrong.Even if she appeared in front of the emperor, the emperor didn't even look at her... The emperor, he only looked at the emaciated concubine Ling who was pregnant with a child.

Those eyes seemed to not see Ling Guifei's haggardness at all, but full of tender affection.

(The old man is so sweet, he's a dead man~)

(End of this chapter)