The fifth wife wants to escape marriage: marry the princess

Chapter 34

After serving the tea, the palace maid retreated, and Concubine Lan left Ah Xi to wait on her.

Concubine Lan asked Wushuang to sit with her, and said with a smile, "Madam Xiao, let's have some tea. I don't know what you like to drink, so the maids will make it according to my taste."

"Thank you, ma'am." Wushuang was very polite. I'm afraid no one in this world can make tea like her, and no one uses calla lily to make tea.

When she picked up the teacup, she realized that she was wrong. The familiar fragrance made her surprised: "Calla lily?"

Lan Fei was very surprised: "You know it before you drink it?"

Wushuang smiled and said: "When Minnv was in her hometown, she also liked to drink this kind of scented tea. There is no one sold outside, so Minnv made it herself. Dry the petals, seal them up, and brew a pot when she wants to drink. A friend didn’t like it very much, saying it was very bitter. Minnv thought it was special, and the more she drank it, the sweeter it became, probably because she liked calla lilies so much!”

Saying that, she took a few sips, and the taste was the same as in her memory, which made her feel at ease and at the same time, the taste was also good.

Lan Fei tasted it slowly, looking at the woman opposite, like many girls of her age, cute and playful.She seems to really like calla lilies.Unlike some people who deliberately say they like her in order to please her, that kind of person, as soon as she touches the teacup, she knows that it is just hypocrisy.

It’s hard to meet someone who also likes calla lilies. They share similar interests. The two chatted about calla lilies, scented tea, how to plant and make them, just like ordinary people in the market, without any difference in status or generation gap. , had a good chat.

"Mrs. Xiao, I heard you never leave Yuzhou City. Is that place beautiful?" Concubine Lan asked suddenly.

"That's my hometown, so I think it's very beautiful. Although it's not as prosperous as Kyoto, the scenery is really beautiful. If you have free time, you can go and see it. It's a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers." Wushuang said excitedly, Highly recommend.

"Mrs. Xiao!" Ah Xi frowned, Wu Shuang realized Lan Fei's expression was gloomy, and asked in puzzlement, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"The emperor forbids me to leave the palace." Concubine Lan took a sip of tea with a wry smile, "I even forgot what year I entered the palace. I just remember that I have never left the palace since I came in. You just said your hometown, and I don't even know my ancestral home." Where, I forgot."

Even though she was calm and smiling just now, deep down in Concubine Lan's heart, she was still lonely.

Wushuang didn't know how to comfort her, and worriedly held her hand: "Your Majesty..."

"Mrs. Xiao, do you know why I want to see you?"

Wushuang shook her head, and Concubine Lan asked, "Do you still remember the birds in the corridor?"

"Well, I shouldn't have let go of the bird that the emperor gave you. If you hadn't stepped forward, the emperor's punishment would have been unavoidable." Wu Shuang still felt a little scared when he said it.

"Do you know? The bird has been in the corridor for a long time. So many people come and go every day, and they all see it hit and bruised, but no one cares about it. Only you, let it go."

Never thought that Lan Fei would remember such an unintentional move for so long.Wu Shuang guessed right earlier, that night, Lan Fei was indeed nearby.

She saw Wushuang and King Heng, and saw them walking together in the long corridor, as gentle as jade and smiling like flowers, as beautiful as a painting.

Ever since mentioning her hometown, Concubine Lan's complexion was not very good. Wushuang comforted her: "The emperor cares about your empress, so he is reluctant to let you go out of the palace. Besides, those birds..."

"Caring about me? Heh, what does he know about caring? From the beginning to the end, he only has himself in his heart!" Concubine Lan's delicate and fair face turned sullen, she didn't appreciate the emperor's so-called kindness.

As gentle and kind as Concubine Lan, she has no scruples in front of the emperor, and she doesn't feel arrogance at all. Shouldn't she explain it differently, because she has him in her heart, so she doesn't want to be perfunctory?
It is selfish for her to understand this way, because Xiao Junyi is also like this.

"How do you think the emperor treats me?" Concubine Lan asked suddenly, she never called herself "my palace" in her words, she was very casual.

"Very good, I love you very much, I love you very much."

"It's wrong to use love. Perhaps it's more appropriate to say pet."

"Is there any difference? Aren't favor and love both a man who treats himself well?"

Wushuang looked innocent, Lan Fei looked at her, feeling what a beautiful age, what a pure heart, I hope she will never know the difference, otherwise it will be painful.People, it's better to live in a confused way.

Concubine Lan stood up, dragged her long skirt and stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looked at the bright moon in the sky through the leaves, and sighed softly, "The moon is beautiful, but the sun is dazzling. The love of an emperor is like the sun at noon. , too strong, dazzling, hopeful, but ultimately unattainable..."

Ah Xi took the cloak and came over, Wushuang got up and took it, stepped forward to put it on for Concubine Lan, and said with a puzzled face: "Your Majesty, why bother, isn't it great to have the emperor's favor?"

"The favor of the Tian family can kill people!"

Hearing this, Wushou paused, and suddenly thought of the fate of Concubine Zhang Shu, the birth mother of King Heng, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty!" Ah Xi was terrified, but Lan Fei looked calm and asked Wu Shuang: "So, do you still think it's a good thing for the emperor to favor you?"

Wushuang smiled slightly: "Life and death are determined, wealth and honor are in the sky, so why should the empress blame herself!"

Concubine Lan was slightly stunned, looking at Wushuang full of surprise, it took a long time before she smiled with relief: "I was worried just now."

"what?"

"Do you know what I was thinking when I first saw you?"

Wushuang shook his head, but there was an expectant expression on his face.

Concubine Lan smiled: "I think, such a cute and pretty girl might not be suitable for the palace."

She wasn't suitable in the first place, at most she was just a general's wife, why should she be suitable for the palace?

Without waiting for Wushuang to answer, Concubine Lan said, "I was worried that I was wrong, you are quite suitable for the palace."

"Why?" She doesn't like the palace at all.

Lan Fei smiled but did not answer, Wushuang was very curious, scratching her ears and scratching her cheeks anxiously to ask.

Concubine Lan still didn't say anything, she just said softly as if she loved her own child, "Mrs. Xiao, you need to change your irritable temper."

"You can call me Wushuang."

"Wushuang...a good name, unparalleled in the world." Lan Fei praised.

That's right, everyone says "Wushuang" is a good name.Pian Xiao Junyi is a freak, saying "Wu Shuang" is a "single" word, too lonely and cold, he doesn't like it.He is really a master, he understands things like him, good things can become bad, it's strange if he likes them.

"What are you thinking?" Concubine Lan was observant, "General Xiao?"

"No." Wushuang shook his head again and again, inexplicably, his face flushed with embarrassment.

"I still said no, my face turned red, don't keep the general waiting for a long time, Ah Xi, send Mrs. Xiao there."

"He won't wait for me."

Wushuang muttered something, glanced casually, and was surprised to see the emperor coming, and was about to salute, but was stopped by him shaking his head.I saw him coming from behind Concubine Lan like a kid, stepped forward to hug her, and shouted with a smile: "Lan'er!"

Wushuang suppressed her smile, she never expected that the emperor, so high up, would be so romantic and mischievous.But Lan Fei didn't seem to think so, her face froze obviously, and she didn't respond like a wooden dummy.

"The Emperor Sheng'an." Wushuang and Ah Xi knelt down and saluted.

"Get up!" the emperor said, holding Concubine Lan's hand, slightly annoyed, "Why is it so cold? The maids are not serving well? Ah Xi, replace them all!"

"Yes." Ah Xi took the order, and saw the emperor take off his cloak to Concubine Lan, the dragon pattern on it was so domineering, it was very uncoordinated on her weak body.

"Your Majesty, you can't..." Concubine Lan refused.

"I can do it if I say so." The emperor insisted on putting it on for her, but she accepted it obediently without struggling.

"Your Majesty, please use tea!"

Ah Xi offered the tea to the emperor, it was still calla lily, the emperor frowned deeply, he didn't like the smell of this flower, but he still drank it, because Concubine Lan liked it.

After drinking tea, the emperor sat down with Concubine Lan, and the two chatted.

But Wushuang stood aside and listened, mostly the emperor said, and Concubine Lan listened, and they were talking about court affairs, women were not interested, but the emperor did this just to let Concubine Lan understand herself.

The emperor said, "The youngest son of the Situ family is back. You have seen him before, Situ Liancheng. Now he is so tall that I can hardly recognize him. Guess what he said today. He wants to serve me and be loyal to the country." Haha, let's put it in the past, even if he was killed, he wouldn't be able to say such a thing. This kid, after going out for a trip, he changed his mind completely. It's okay, I just need young and energetic assistants like them, you Said, what kind of job should I arrange for him? I have also passed the examination for him, it can be regarded as the palace examination, and he has passed."

Lian Sheng wants to be an official?Wushuang was surprised, why did he enter the most hated officialdom?
Concubine Lan's eyebrows were cold: "Since everything has passed, the emperor has already made up his mind, what do courtiers and concubines know?"

"Well, I've thought about it, no matter where the six parts go, it's fine, and he's still young, so go and hone it first..."

The emperor talked a lot, but in Wushuang's eyes, he was talking to himself.Concubine Lan has changed so much, she is docile but not gentle. The only explanation is that she doesn't love, but hate!

Hate, dare to hate the emperor?

Wushuang felt that she was thinking wildly, and Concubine Lan was clearly hostile to the emperor.Perhaps the emperor understood it, but he just pretended not to feel it.

"Hey, isn't this General Xiao's wife?"

Wushuang hurriedly saluted again: "Wushuang has met the emperor, the emperor is auspicious."

"I met you just outside the house, so I invited you to the palace for a cup of tea." Concubine Lan said flatly, and ordered, "Don't keep the general waiting, go."

Concubine Lan deliberately distanced herself from her, but Wushuang didn't care, and said respectfully, "Minister, please leave."

Ever since the emperor came, Wushuang felt that the atmosphere in Liuli Palace suddenly became dignified.I can finally go out, and I feel relieved all of a sudden.

When she was about to go out, she looked back worriedly. Under the moonlight, the emperor was as eager as a reckless young man, while Concubine Lan was as cold as the moon in the sky.

They, a sun and a moon, are they hostile, or are they a perfect match?
Walking to the place where she and Xiao Junyi broke up before, there was no ghost at all, she couldn't help but secretly scolded herself for wishful thinking, knowing that he would not wait, she ran all the way to see, why not go out of the palace directly!
"Unparalleled!"

Someone called her, but when she turned around, it was not Xiao Junyi, but Lian Cheng.Her heart suddenly became complicated, and she remembered what the emperor said just now, and remembered many things.

Lian Sheng patted her on the head helplessly: "Girl, are you smiling or crying? Are you so excited when you see me? Oh, with such thick bangs and disheveled hair, you are pretending to be a ghost in the middle of the night!"

"You are the ghost, I just met the emperor!"

"That's it? You won't be afraid to scare Sheng Jia."

"You..." There was no reason, the meeting started with bickering, but she was defeated again, and went out of the palace with Lian Cheng to keep each other company.

It was dark, but the palace was like daytime, but it was extremely quiet, which seemed a little weird.

Wushuang was a little scared, the maid came and went silently, Lian Cheng forgot his etiquette and identity, took her hand, and laughed: "Don't be afraid, there is no one more ghost-like than you within a hundred miles away. ,Ha ha……"

If it wasn't for the pain in his shoulder, Wushuang really wanted to beat him to death. Isn't this appearance afraid of meeting King Heng, who would have met such a deadly enemy.

"By the way," Wushuang suddenly asked with a strange look on his face, "You and Xiao Junyi are old acquaintances, you should know about him and the queen's niece, they..."

(End of this chapter)