The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 34
Along the way, Wanyu was too ashamed to speak, just lowered her brows and eyes all the way, staring at the hem of the emperor's five-clawed nine-dragon court dress and counting the stitches on it.

From time to time, she heard the sound of the emperor's gentle breathing and the sound of the silver jewelry on her hairpin colliding, which eased her anxiety a little.

Occasionally, there are palace people passing by in the corridor, seeing that the emperor stops and kneels to pay respects, and sees Wannai in his arms, although they dare not look directly at them, but after passing by, they should avoid talking.

Wanyu felt more and more that it was inappropriate to show off, and she wanted to persuade the emperor to let go of herself, but her red lips parted, but she heard the emperor say: "Your body is very fragrant, what kind of incense powder do you use?"

"The emperor will always make fun of you. The concubine stayed in Qianqing Palace yesterday, and rushed to greet the empress dowager and the empress early this morning. Before she could calm down, she was dragged to the Imperial Garden by Eunuch Li. How could she have the time to put on incense powder?" .”

The emperor raised his hand upwards, fearing that Wan'er would be careless, and then smiled coyly: "My Wan'er is indeed an extraordinary woman. I want to come to what Dongpo said in his pen, "Ice muscles and bones, since it is cool and sweatless. The wind in the water palace It’s you who I’m talking about.”

"Why does the emperor call concubines?"

"Wan'er." The emperor replied: "There is a beautiful woman who is as graceful as Qing Yang, who can recognize the music and the sound, and has a brilliant appearance."②
Wan Yu laughed respectfully and said: "The emperor is so knowledgeable that he chose some words of good reputation to put on his concubines. How can concubines be so beautiful and flawless? It's just the emperor's love."

"I love my concubine very much. In my eyes, even beautiful jade can't match you."

Wan Lai smiled shyly and didn't respond, she obediently nestled in the emperor's arms.

Her hair on the sideburns followed the two of them along the way and gently hit the emperor's bright yellow court clothes. The two of them were so close that she could hear the heartbeat of the emperor's chest.

In this way, the emperor should have no doubts about her at all, right?

She thought to herself, the wrists around the emperor's neck became tighter.

This Yanxi Palace has been visited by the emperor three or two times since Li promised to become pregnant, but he enters in such a majestic way with a woman in his arms, not to mention Yanxi Palace, there is no such thing as the second time in the whole palace.

Seeing that the emperor had brought Wanya back, the slaves in Wanya palace were all overjoyed and quickly put down their work and kowtowed to the emperor.

He carefully put Wanyu down on the ground like a treasure, when Yunshan and Shuangruo came out of the dormitory and bumped into each other, the plate in Yunshan's hand almost fell to the ground when Yunshan was startled, but luckily Shuangruo The wit helped him so that he didn't lose his appearance in front of the imperial court.

Li Yin, the eunuch in charge outside the door, led the rest of the maids and eunuchs to serve inside, and all the servants knelt down again to greet the two of them and said in unison: "The servant (servant) sees the emperor, the nobleman, the emperor is safe, and the nobleman is blessed. "

Wanyu laughed and said that the monkey cub's cleverness provoked the emperor's jokes, and the emperor smiled and said: "It's okay, the people in your palace are as smart as you are." During the words, the emperor glanced at the people in the hall, and his eyes froze slightly on Yunshan: "The well-dressed Delicate and pretty, different from others, but noble lady Wan served personally in front of her?"

Yun Shan was startled, and buried her head even lower, Nuo Nuo answered yes.

Seeing her shyness, the emperor ordered her to raise her head, and then she slowly raised her head.

"Human water spirit, I have been with your little master for a long time, and I also have a bit of nobility." The emperor praised Yunshan, and then turned to another court lady, Mu Xue, who was kneeling at the end: "What are you eating in your mouth? "

The emperor's words were displeased, causing everyone's eyes to turn to Mu Xue. They knew that although her head was buried very low, there was still pink cake residue hanging from the corner of her mouth.

Mu Xue timidly raised her head, her eyes flickered, she swallowed the contents of her mouth, coughed a few more times, kowtowed timidly, "Your Majesty, forgive me, slave."

Mu Xue faltered and hesitated for a long while, unable to say anything, but Yun Shanyu replied to the emperor's words with annoyance: "Your Majesty, most of what Mu Xue eats is the crispy roses in the little master's order."

The emperor let out a 'huh' and asked, "How dare you, a servant, tamper with nobleman Wan's food?"

Seeing that the emperor was displeased, Wanyu gently tugged at the corner of his clothes embroidered with dragon patterns on a dark background and replied, "Your majesty, it was the concubine who rewarded her."

"Do you still want to hide that hoof?" Yunshan snorted, kowtowed and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, where is the reward from the little master to Mu Xue? She had dirty hands and feet a few times, and occasionally reprimanded her for talking about the young master's disfavor. She always complained a lot when she was a servant in the palace, and spoke against the young master, and even secretly said that her life was miserable. Concubine Xian, you don't have to suffer."

"Yunshan, shut up." Wanyu interrupted Yunshan, frowned and said: "Did the emperor ask you something, what are you talking about so angry?"

"It doesn't matter." The emperor's eyes turned to Wanyu, and he stretched out his hand towards her. Wanyu understood, and clasped fingers with the emperor.

"I don't know that you have been angered by such a usurping slave, and you can't even look down on the maidservant in your palace, and you still keep protecting her. Your temperament is too docile." The emperor spread her palm Open, and patted lightly: "Let me be the master for you today. With me here, you can rest assured."

He looked towards Mu Xue, and only said lightly, "Drag to Xinzheku, you must die." Then he dragged Mu Xue, who was crying and begging for mercy, out.

"These days, Wan'er has been wronged."

"With the protection of the emperor, the ministers and concubines don't feel wronged." Wan Lai looked out of the house, saw that it was almost noon, and thinking that the meal time was approaching, she wanted to keep the emperor to eat in the palace.

The emperor got up and caressed her delicate cheeks, and said tenderly, "I still have something to do in the court, I will come to see you later."

After the words fell, it was convenient to leave the palace amidst the sound of respectful farewell.

When the emperor's figure was far away, everyone knelt down again to pay respects to Wan Lai and congratulate her on her acceptance of favor.

It's not so much about He Wanyu, it's about He them themselves.

Who has the same thoughts as Mu Xue, but just doesn't say it out.

Now that the master is guarding the clouds, their dignity in front of the servants in the palace is naturally different.

Wan Lai rewarded some silver and went down, and when the voice of Taoism was exhausted, Yun Shan waited and entered.

Just as the curtain of the dormitory was lifted, Wan Lai's smiling face changed color.

"I have told you many times to be cautious in your words and deeds, why do you completely ignore my words, and you are not as smart as you are in the mansion?" She sat on the bed, stroking Liuyunjin's warm pillow with her hand, shaking her head and sighed: "Mu Xue is right. I don't respect you and sent her away in private, but I wanted to say something in front of the emperor. I have only been favored for two days, and I stayed overnight and was carried back to the palace by the emperor, and now I am sending the maid to Xinzheku , do you think others are not hot enough?"

Seeing that Wanyu got angry, Yunshan hurriedly kneaded her arms for her, and said with a pleasant smile, "What are you afraid of, my lord? Now, my lord is the emperor's favorite person, why should I live so cautiously?"

"Today the Emperor invited me to visit the Imperial Garden with me, and Obai is also here."

As soon as these words came out, the movements of Yun Shan's hands froze for an instant, she looked sideways, and asked tentatively: "The meaning of the young master is that the emperor intends to test us because the young lady and Aobai have recognized their god-in-law?"

"I can't fathom the emperor's mind, but he doesn't suspect me after all." Wanyu sighed, "I see Aobai getting more and more arrogant, and I don't know how long the emperor can tolerate him. You can find a suitable place tomorrow." Please send a letter from the family to go back, first to tell Ama Erniang that everything is fine in the palace with my elder sister, and second to remind Ama to keep him from interacting with Oboi."

"Your servant understands." Yunshan replied, looking at the tiredness on Wanyu's face again, she said respectfully: "My lord worked hard last night serving the bed, and today I have been tossing and tossing for a long time, please rest for a while while serving you, I will wait for you." The imperial dining room has delivered meals, and the servants will wake you up again."

Wan Lai nodded, and after Yun Shan helped her take off the armor, she stretched and relaxed her neck.

Thinking of His Majesty's words of 'I am here, you can rest assured' just now, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

　Remark 1: Selected from "The Good Way", author: [Wei Jin] Cao Pi
　　Remark 2: Selected from "Song of the Cave Fairy: Ice Muscle and Jade Bone", author [Northern Song Dynasty] Su Shi
　　
　
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