The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 105
There were four flower-shaped white jade goblets on the tray, and the cups contained red juice. Li Meiying glanced at it and smiled, "Is it strawberry juice?"

Mu Jinglian nodded and said: "Xueshang drank a lot of wine, drinking some fruit juice is the best way to hangover."

Li Sister took the lead and took a glass, and said to Li Xueshang: "It's their hearts, let's drink this juice."

Li Xueshang nodded, and took a glass as well. In the end, Mu Jinglian and Guo Mengzhen each took a glass. The four touched each other lightly, and drank the juice.

The strawberry juice was sour and sweet, with an excellent taste. At this time, the maid Li Xueshang, who had been going back and forth, was turning around with a tray on which were placed two plates of snacks, a teapot and four teacups.

After she put down the tray, Li Xueshang asked in bewilderment: "Wenxiu, how do you know that Ms. Guo and Ms. Mu are also here, and you have specially prepared four teacups."

Wenxiu heard this and said with an embarrassed smile: "When I went to prepare the hangover soup, I happened to see Miss Guo and Miss Mu coming out of Chengfu Hall. Thinking of the friendship between the two ladies, this servant thought that the two ladies must have come out to find Miss. , so I prepared four cups, but luckily the servant did not guess wrong."

Li Sister-in-law smiled ambiguously upon hearing this, and asked Wen Xiu, "Why do you only see dim sum, tea, and hangover soup?"

Wen Xiu hurriedly replied: "The hangover soup is still boiling, and a maid will bring it later. The servants are afraid that the princess and ladies will wait for a long time, so they will come back first."

Hearing this, Li Meizhen nodded, looked at Li Xueshang and joked, "I said the people you train are different. Wenxiu is so clever, you have to reward her well."

Although she didn't get along with Li Meiying for a long time, Li Xueshang knew Li Meiying's temper very well. She seldom paid attention to an inconspicuous maid. Now she repeatedly praised Wenxiu, which made Li Xueshang give birth Out of vigilance, she patted Li Meiying's hand calmly and said: "You have already opened your mouth to ask for rewards for Wenxiu. If I don't take it seriously, it is because I am too stingy as a master. Don't worry, the reward I took it to heart, after all, Wenxiu has been by my side since childhood, so the rewards for her must be good things."

After hearing Li Xueshang's words, Li Sister-in-law knew that Li Xueshang had understood her hint, so she breathed a sigh of relief, so she picked up a piece of dessert and took a sip.

The four finally left Chengfu Hall and ran out to hide in peace, so naturally they didn't want to go back so soon to feel uncomfortable.But in the Chengfu Palace, Empress Wu couldn't help feeling anxious when she saw Li Sister-in-law leave for a long time, fearing that her painstaking arrangements would end in vain, she looked worriedly at Princess An, and she was relieved when she saw that An Guogong gave her a hint of reassurance. tone.

On the side, female officer Su watched the eye contact between Empress Wu and Duke An, and frowned suspiciously. As Empress Wu's confidant female officer, Empress Wu never kept secrets from her, but this time she was obviously also caught by Wu. The queen was suspicious. Thinking of this, Mistress Su couldn't help but shudder. The end of being suspected by the master would be death without a place to bury her.

Just when Miss Su was panicking, the queen suddenly said to Miss Su: "It seems that I have worn too much clothes today, and it is a bit hot. You can go back to the palace with me and change your clothes!"

After hearing the words, Miss Su hurriedly calmed down, lowered her eyes, and helped Empress Wu up with a respectful expression.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines will return to the palace to change their clothes, and I will take my leave for the time being." Before Empress Wu left, she said softly to Emperor Cheng, who knew that Emperor Cheng didn't care much, and just nodded casually, which was regarded as a response.

Empress Wu's face froze, and then she returned to normal, and she left slowly while supporting Miss Su's hand.

Seeing the Queen leaving, Princess Bingying hurriedly got up and hurried out of the Chengfu Palace. She has been away from Beijing for many years, and she has a lot to say to the Queen.

Empress Wu just came out of the Chengfu Hall, and saw four young girls sitting opposite each other in a pavilion not far away. They said something, and pleasant laughter came faintly.

"Mother's Queen!" Princess Bingying chased out of the Chengfu Palace, and seeing Empress Wu looking at the pavilion not far away, she followed Empress Wu's line of sight. Li Sister-in-law, she can speak well, and she can make friends with whoever is favored."

Empress Wu heard the words, a sternness flashed in her eyes, and she said in a tone that could not tell whether she liked or disliked: "She is not only eloquent, but also unparalleled in beauty, your two younger brothers are fascinated by her, begging you I was almost pissed off by those two boys when my father gave me the marriage."

Princess Bingying showed a surprised expression when she heard the words, but when she remembered Li Sister-in-law's identity, she said disdainfully: "It's just a subjugated slave. The emperor gave her a princess because of her identity. We're not good enough to be bed-warming slaves."

Hearing this, Empress Wu looked back at Li Sister-in-law, turned to Princess Bingying and said, "Ying'er, that girl is very capable. Didn't you see that her seat is second only to the crown prince? This is your father's The emperor specially arranged it. He was telling everyone that although Li Meiying is not his own daughter, in his heart, her status is far higher than that of his own daughter. Didn't you see the minister of civil and military affairs? Add it?"

Princess Bingying was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, she looked at Li Sister-in-law thoughtfully, the expression in her eyes was uncertain.

"Accompany your mother back to the palace, you have been away from Beijing for so many years, don't you have nothing to say to your mother?" Not wanting to look at Li Sister's face that made her lose control, Empress Wu changed the subject.

"Of course I have a lot to say to my mother!" Bingying coquettishly held Empress Wu's arm and said, so the mother and daughter went to the central palace together.

Li Meizheng looked at the mother and daughter who were leaving together, showing a thoughtful mood. After sitting quietly for a while, she said: "We have been out for a while, shouldn't it be time to go back to Chengfu Hall? It's Princess Bingying's reception banquet, and it's not very polite to Princess Bingying to leave the banquet for too long."

What Li Meizhen said was reasonable, Li Xueshang and the others naturally agreed, so the four of them quietly went back to the banquet through the side door of Chengfu Hall.

Just sat down on the seat, Yunyu took the opportunity of making tea for Li Meiying, leaned close to Li Meiying and whispered: "Princess, just now the slaves felt murderous aura in the gazebo, I'm afraid something will happen at this banquet today, so be careful. "

Li Meiying heard the words, she glanced at the empty phoenix seat, her beautiful eyes turned to An Guogong again, seeing An Guogong whispering something to the entourage behind her, she lowered her eyes thoughtfully.

When the queen went away for a while and came back, she changed into a flimsy phoenix suit. Seeing that Li Sister-in-law was already on the seat, there was an uncontrollable malice on her face.

At this time, the imperial concubine said: "Your Majesty, you have always admired the exquisite paintings on the Feitian map, so the concubine specially found a girl with excellent dancing skills. After half a year of secret training, she finally mastered the eighteen fairies on the Feitian map. After the posture rehearsal, how about presenting it to the emperor to watch while Princess Bingying is receiving the wind today?"

(End of this chapter)