Acacia, don't be negative

Chapter 264 Harem Exploration
The father-in-law is decent and thoughtful, upon hearing this, he bowed and asked, "Does the emperor want to recruit the ministers of the Ministry of Rituals to handle related matters? Dowry gifts and guards of honor must be carefully discussed."

Su Ruoqing said: "No, we'll talk about it later."

The father-in-law was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the king meant, it seemed that there was no need to announce it in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu court.Will this neglect Princess Rong Di?After all, the eldest princess has already lived in Fengqi Palace, and her status will be extraordinary in the future.

It's just that he didn't dare to ask about the things that Su Ruoqing didn't say, so he hurriedly went to Qin Tianjian's mansion overnight, and let Qin Tianjian count the days.

When the lights in the imperial study room were about to burn out, Su Ruoqing closed her eyes and rested for a while, then got up and brushed her sleeves, and walked out alone.For the palace people waiting outside the imperial study room, there was a eunuch holding the lamp, and the maid came forward to put on a cloak for him, but he stopped them all, and walked down the stone steps alone, and walked towards the dimly lit place under the moonlight night.

The fact that Baili Mingshu was secretly brought to Fengqi Palace was known to no one except Gui Ji and her close father-in-law.Fengqi Palace is a palace isolated from the world to the outside world, and all the concubines in the harem dream of living there one day.

The palace people inside are also not under the jurisdiction of the inner palace. They only clean the palace every day, and light up a few palace lanterns at night, which looks very deserted.

It's just that after Baili Mingshu came, Fengqi Palace gained two points of popularity.

She didn't live in the main hall of Fengqi Palace, but a side hall.The palace people were silent and seldom spoke, but they served thoughtfully.

Baili Mingshu took off her coat and untied her hair, and three thousand blue strands were spread out on her shoulders one after another if they were sad.There was no smile on her face, she was extremely calm, and there was no wave in her slightly blue eyes.When he only thought of one person in his heart, a look of pain flashed quickly.

She sat in front of the bronze mirror and combed her hair slowly in front of the mirror.Northern Xia is different from Rongdi. The women of Rongdi are bold and unrestrained. The combs used to comb their hair are wild horn combs. The combs used by women in Northern Xia to comb their hair are delicate sandalwood combs, and the combed hair is also faint. With a hint of sandalwood.

Baili Mingshu looked at herself in the mirror, feeling strange.Most people are like this, desire will continue to grow with what they have.She thought that once she had Ye Xiu, no matter what the result was, she would be satisfied.But now, if you have it, you will be greedy, and if you are greedy, you will want it for a long time.

She didn't want to marry anyone, she wanted to marry only Ye Xiu.

In the past, she was a proud person who didn't bother to ask anyone for help.Now she has never stopped her thoughts, she wants Ye Song to help her, save her.She knew that Ye Song could do it, and she would definitely do it.

But she didn't know that Ye Song was now in this cold cage like her, suffering all kinds of humiliation.

Suddenly the door slammed, Baili Mingshu came back to her senses, and saw Su Ruoqing walking in from the mirror.

This man is actually very cold.

Baili Mingshu stood up, turned around, grabbed the outer robe from the screen and put it on her body, and gave a blessing slowly, speaking in a strange tone: "I don't know that the king is coming, so I am far away to welcome you."

"Princess, you don't need to be too polite." Su Ruoqing asked plainly, "Princess, do you still get used to it?"

Baili Mingshu smiled, and said: "I am in a foreign country, I am not used to it, the king knows it well, why ask me again, it makes me feel sad." She looked at the huge and gorgeous bedroom, "I I heard from them that this is the place where future queens can live. I don’t know why the king brought me here. It’s impossible for the king to let me be the queen of Beixia, so how can I let them misunderstand.”

Su Ruoqing said: "Today I will send envoys to hire Rong Di to marry the eldest princess as my concubine. It's just that I don't know if she wants to sit in this latter seat. If she doesn't, it's fine to keep it empty."

Baili Mingshu heard the clue, and said with a slight smile: "Since your majesty has his own heart, he probably won't want to marry me, and besides, my heart is not in the Northern Xia Palace."

"That's not bad." Su Ruoqing stood in the bedroom for a while before planning to leave. His voice was so clear that there was no emotion or warmth, and said, "But the eldest princess deserves this, even if you are not innocent anymore. Throughout the ages, emperors How many people in my family want to marry are my beloved women."

Baili Mingshu refused to accept it, and said to Su Ruoqing's back: "I won't marry you! You want the power of me, Rong Di, but I don't want to grow old alone here!"

Su Ruoqing paused, without turning his head, he said: "Then, General Wei's affair with Princess Eldest has damaged the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and I have some crimes to punish him."

Baili Mingshu's eyes were wide open, her face was pale.The moment Su Ruoqing stepped out of the door, she murmured, "It's a big mistake that Ye Er would like you."

On this day, Su Chen directly avoided Su Ruoqing, and went to the harem for a while, not wanting to call back temporarily, he was stopped.Gui Ji said: "The emperor is in the imperial study and not in the harem. If the prince has something important to do, he can go directly to the imperial study to see him."

Su Chen said without any trace: "To tell the truth, this king is not here to see the emperor, but to see the noble concubine."

Gui Ji asked with a straight face: "What is the prince looking for with the imperial concubine?"

"This king just sealed up a mansion that secretly trafficked people, and learned that the boss behind the scenes had some relationship with the cousin of the imperial concubine. I went to the prime minister's mansion to inquire in detail. I didn't want to see that the prime minister's condition did not improve. Don't be provocative, this king couldn't bear it for a while, so he didn't ask. Hearing that this king was coming to the palace to look for the noble concubine, he asked this king to send some tea from his hometown. This king thought it was a way, so he made this favor." Su Chen The eunuch next to him was indeed holding a round box, and the box contained tea leaves. Although it was not top-grade tribute tea, it did come from the hometown of Li Xiang's family.

What's more, Dali Temple is in charge of large and small cases in the capital. Su Chen, as the Minister of Dali Temple, was originally in charge of dealing with clan cases, so there is nothing wrong with asking the imperial concubine a few words.

Su Ruoqing was meeting Qin Tianjian in the imperial study, Gui Ji thought about it for a while and then let him go.

So under the leadership of the palace servants, Su Chen arrived at the Ruyi Palace of the imperial concubine without hindrance.He asked the palace servants to enter the inner palace directly and arrive at the sleeping hall without notification.However, it is inconvenient to break the rules and forcefully enter, and said outside: "When the king went to visit the prime minister's mansion, Li Xiang asked the king to send a box of tea to the imperial concubine, which is the newly picked tea from his hometown."

There were some chaotic sounds in the bedroom, although the sound was quiet with the door closed, they still couldn't escape Su Chen's ears.

Su Chen squinted his eyes, and saw that the door of the bedroom was opened a crack, and Li Ruyi's deliberately lazy voice came: "Father's heart, I appreciate it, but I'm going to trouble the lord to run this trip for my father. I was supposed to go out to greet guests, but today I am very tired and haven't got up yet, please forgive me, I won't open the door to welcome guests. The prince will just hand over the tea to the palace people."

Su Chen's expression was a little clear, but he said: "The imperial concubine should pay more attention to her body, but today the king is here, apart from private matters, there is also a business case. The king has a human trafficking case, and I want to disturb the imperial concubine for a while. Sentence, please open the door for the imperial concubine to meet you."

Inside, Li Ruyi's voice suddenly changed, and said, "What does the human trafficking case have to do with me, I said that I'm not feeling well today. What's the matter with the prince, I'll come back another day."

"If you come back another day, I'm afraid that the mother's cousins ​​will be imprisoned." Su Chen said leisurely, "If the emperor knows about this, I'm afraid it will make the prime minister's house even worse."

After waiting for a while, the door of the dormitory was opened, and Li Ruyi came out neatly dressed, without any sign of discomfort.When she stood out of the door, the old mother closed the door again from the inside. In that split second, Su Chen saw a eunuch squatting on the ground scrubbing the floor, looking very flustered.

Su Chen then asked: "The empress's palace is being cleaned, why don't you open the door?"

Li Ruyi flicked the corner of her sleeve, and said lazily, "Don't be surprised, the palace is very chaotic, so I don't invite the prince to sit in. Come, welcome the prince to the front hall and serve tea."

Su Chen's eyes darkened, and he glanced at the door of the bedroom before turning around and leaving with Li Ruyi.Only after walking a few steps, there was a muffled sound in the bedroom, like something hitting a wooden board.

Before Su Chen could open his mouth to ask, Li Ruyi turned around and yelled at the eunuch and mother in the dormitory: "You dog slave! Cleaning the house is not a worry!"

The eunuch in the dormitory immediately got up, rushed to the closet, and opened it.Ye Song, who was hanging inside, was hitting the wooden board with his head to make noises.When the light suddenly came on, Ye Song raised his eyelids, facing the oily and pink eunuch's face, her forehead was covered with blood, and smiled strangely at him.The eunuch was caught off guard and fell to the ground in fright.

In the front hall, Su Chen casually asked a few short and absent-minded questions, which were indeed related to the human trafficking in Fengxian Pavilion.This case is neither big nor small, because the boss behind the scenes is indeed a cousin of the Li family, and if it is expanded, it will involve a lot of people.

Li Ruyi didn't dare to neglect, and kept apologizing to Su Chen for her previous gaffe.

Su Chen didn't say anything, and didn't stay long after asking, so he got up and left.

Li Ruyi returned to the dormitory, looked at Ye Song hanging in the closet, regained her ruthless look, and said with a sneer, "Look at you, your forehead is broken, and you still expect the third prince to hear and save you? Are you dreaming?" !"

Ye Song's heart fell steadily into his stomach.Su Chen must have heard it, and he must have doubted it.Otherwise, he wouldn't take the risk of coming to the harem alone, or he would be criticized.

Ye Song was locked in the closet, and he could only distinguish day from night by the brightness and dimness of the light in the gap.

Before you know it, it is dusk, the light is dim and soft.To Ye Song, she just fell asleep twice.

After the closet was opened, someone finally untied Ye Song.Her hands and feet were bound by the hemp rope, and she couldn't stand still, so she fell directly to the ground.Opening his misty eyes and looking around, he saw that it was already night, and soft gauze lanterns were lit in the bedroom, and gauze hanging down lightly filled the room with fragrance.

(End of this chapter)