Shocking Harem Road: The Legend of Concubine Yi

Chapter 144 Defending Xuan Ting? 4
After Xinyi had finished dinner with him in the main hall, he asked Zhang De to bring the Qin over.

"You don't have anyone to talk to in this harem, so just practice the piano! It's better than just sitting around!" He said, sitting in front of the piano with her on his arm.

"Do you know? When I was young, I used to watch my mother play the piano while my father sat aside and played chess alone. I don't know what's so fun about that, but it looks like they are all happy." He said , resting her head on her shoulder, plucking the strings with the five fingers of her left hand.

"After the emperor passed away, the queen mother never touched this qin again, and kept it in Yuge." He put her hand on the qin, "I want to hear the sound of this qin. I'll play, okay?" He said, looking sideways at her.

She held his hand, nestled against his chest, silent.

"Forget, I have something to show you, how do you feel?" He suddenly remembered, and asked Zhang De to bring over the list of alternate officials.

She opened it carefully, and carefully looked at the name on it, as well as the filled official position.

All the names and faces flashed through her mind, and her hands began to shake.

"What's wrong? What do you think of this list?" he asked.

"In this way, won't the court be held hostage?" She said this suddenly.

She has seen these people, as well as the owners of those vacant official positions, and she still remembers what many people said.

"Are you really going to fill these positions with people like this?" she asked, looking at him with great concern.

He sighed: "This is the only way to go now. Over the years, few people in the court are clean! I don't like to use people with mixed backgrounds, but now, without these people, there is no one in the court to do business! "

She closed the roster and asked, "Did Princess Antai not object?"

He didn't understand why she suddenly proposed Antai, and asked, "Why do you ask that?"

"I don't know, I just think, Princess Antai, she won't let Prince Yu control the court so smoothly." She replied, "And, maybe, I don't know, maybe Princess Antai is going to fight against King Yu." do what!"

He asked, "What do you know?"

She looked at him, and told him what she overheard in Prince Yu's mansion that day, and asked: "Didn't you ask her to do that?"

He didn't answer directly, but only said: "Meier, she did this for a reason!"

Seeing that he didn't say anything, she didn't ask any more.

"Have you forgotten what I said before?" He suddenly said, "If you want to know how many fish are in the water, you have to throw out the food in your hand! If the food is thrown out, all the fish will come to grab the food. You can see it clearly. Do you understand?"

She nodded with half understanding, he wrapped her arms around her waist, rubbed his chin against her forehead, but picked out meaningless notes on the piano with his fingers.

Although I don't know how many people are sharpening their knives behind him, Ming Xuanyu is still trying to use his hands to clear the fog, and use his own eyes to see through the complicated hearts.

Coming out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Concubine Zhen's heart seemed to be blocked by something, very uncomfortable.

"Master, do you think that Concubine Yi is Princess Yi?" Chen Shanggong asked.

"Of course, how can there be two people with the same name and surname who are so coincidentally attracted by the emperor? Not only this palace thinks so, everyone thinks so! Empress, hmph, you even said that on purpose! What's annoying is that Lafayette didn't say anything, but said to treat that woman well!" Zhen Guifei said, angrily leaning on the imperial concubine's bed and holding the hand stove.

"Master, even Lafayette said that, then we will be in big trouble from now on!" Chen Shanggong said, "What are you going to do?"

"What should I do? What do you think?" Concubine Zhen said.

"Master, you are so angry, how could the empress and concubine De have no idea?" Chen Shanggong said.

Concubine Zhen thought about it: "You mean, let others take care of Zhuang Xinyi first?"

Chen Shanggong nodded, and said: "Master, you don't want to draw fire on yourself. Concubine De will not talk about it for now, the Empress and Concubine Shu should be very nervous about this matter. As for the Emperor, it will definitely happen in the near future. Stay in Yongning Palace. In this way, everyone will see that Concubine Yi is favored. Let's not talk about anything else, let's just say that the emperor can ignore the gossip of the world and bring Princess Yi into the harem. The concubine must be the queen. Think about it, if this word reaches the queen, what will she do? She still has to try her best to clean up the concubine Yi?"

Concubine Zhen nodded.

"There's also concubine De and Concubine De, who will not stop, Madam, think about it. Not long after Concubine Xian was conferred, the Emperor went to Concubine Yi. Will De Concubine and Concubine Xian be willing? Lafayette now Don't speak, but if the emperor only favors Concubine Yi, Lafayette will definitely not tolerate Concubine Yi." Chen Shanggong said.

"That's right, they are the ones who are more worried about Concubine Yi than I am!" Concubine Zhen smiled, "I just need to agree with each other, let's see how our Concubine Yi can get away from the sword in the harem."

Chen Shanggong said with a smile: "What the master said is, if the queen, concubine de, concubine Xian, and Lafayette can't tolerate concubine Yi, what else can the emperor say?"

Concubine Zhen nodded and said: "That's right! This time, let them sing the play first! I'll take out the sword of the Palace until the end!"

Chen Shanggong said: "Master is wise!"

Although Xinyi had already expected that her road would not be smooth, she had no idea what kind of thorns and traps there were in the road to the harem.

She doesn't even know how much warmth his embrace can give her.

However, on this cold winter night, being able to sleep in each other's arms is already a dream-like happiness for them.

For the next few days, Ming Xuanyu came to Yongning Palace to sleep, and he didn't notify in advance, just came like that.

How could she not understand his heart, his affection?
But what kind of place is this harem?Besides her, which concubine doesn't have a profound background?He was so kind to her, she was both happy and uneasy.

Grandma said, you can't favor only one person, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the harem, restlessness in the harem, and unrest in the court.He is very clear about these things, but if he wants to ignore Xinyi and go to bed alone in Qianqing Palace or go to other concubines, he can't do it now.

Therefore, since Xinyi entered the palace, Ming Xuanyu came to Yongning Palace every afternoon, either to study or deal with state affairs, listening to her playing the piano, he always felt so happy, an unspeakable happiness.

Every night is so lingering, intoxicated in the sweetness of love, and only have each other in their eyes.

She is like a delicate flower, blooming again and again under his care, blooming the beauty that belongs to him.

I really like the feeling of being held in his arms, listening to his heartbeat, and being close to his chest.

"Tomorrow I'm going to Yikun Palace to receive the canonization!" She said softly.

"Yeah!" He smiled slightly, "Time flies so fast, if you calculate it carefully, it's only been a little over two years since you went to work in the Qing Palace, and we spent even less time together."

Scenes from the past emerged in her mind, smiling and snuggling into his arms.

"Hey, let's have a son!" He suddenly changed the subject, and she was startled and ashamed, and remained silent.

He gently lifted her delicate face, stared at her shyness, and said: "The court situation is turbulent, if nothing comes out of the harem, those with ulterior motives will wait for the opportunity." His slender fingers slid across her gently cheek.

"Now, there can be no more trouble!" he said quietly.

It is natural for any woman to be delighted when she hears an emperor say that.However, Xinyi is different, she is too aware of the tragic struggle of the imperial court, if she can give birth to the prince, it is hard to say that she will not end up like Xuan Ting!

"My lord—" she called softly.

"Huh?" He kissed her cheek.

"Why me?" She wanted to know why.

He answered her question with his own kiss, embraced her smooth and clean body, and pressed on her again.

During the skin-to-skin contact, he only said one sentence: "From now on, don't ask such stupid questions again!"

Don't ask, don't ask, as long as he is enough.

She stretched her arms around his shoulders, trying to get close to him.

The plum blossom pattern on the tent was cast on them under the light of candlelight.

Seeing him falling asleep beside her, she stretched out her hand to measure his facial features as in the past.

He is such a person who makes himself obsessed, a person who will never give up.

The next day, when she was still asleep, he had already got up and left.

Everyone has their own way of life, has their own responsibilities and missions.

At the first moment of the hour, she also woke up, because she was going to visit the queen in Yikun Palace, so she got up early to pack up.

On the second day after she entered the palace, the two maids, Qiao'er and Lian'er, were transferred by Zhang De from Yuhua Palace to serve her, and both of them had been promoted.Qiao'er became the maid in charge of Yongning Palace. From the fifth rank, Lian'er was the personal maid of Concubine Yi, that is, the honorable maid of the fifth rank.The Ministry of Internal Affairs originally wanted to send high-ranking maids to Yongning Palace, but Zhang De personally said that sending someone he didn't know would make Concubine Yi feel uncomfortable, so he sent the two from Qianqing Palace.In this way, Qiao'er and Lian'er were promoted.In addition to the two of them, according to the harem rules, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent several palace servants of different levels to Yongning Palace.

Today is the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, and all the concubines and queens are waiting to meet the legendary concubine Yi in Yikun Palace!
Xinyi took a phoenix sedan chair from Yongning Palace to Yikun Palace in the northeast direction.

Since Ming Xuanyu's mother, Empress Dowager Feng, the empress no longer lived in Kunning Palace, and Tong Huilan only lived in Kunning Palace on the three days of her wedding, and moved to Yikun Palace from the fourth day.The Kunning Palace is only used as a place for the queen to accept congratulations from the concubine and the princess' wife on New Year's Day or the queen's birthday.

Xinyi was wearing a crimson court dress, with a pattern of plum blossoms embroidered with gold thread.The court clothes of the concubines, except for the queen who is embroidered with a phoenix, are all flower patterns.Concubine Zhen's was peony, and it was Xinyi's turn to choose plum blossoms in the end.

When she was a palace maid in Ye Ting, she used to come to Yikun Palace to deliver clean clothes. She always entered through the small door to the backyard, and she didn't know what the inside of Yikun Palace was like.

Accompanied by Lian'er and led by the hostess, Xinyi lowered her head and crossed the thresholds of Yikun Palace into the main hall.All she could hear was the swish of her clothes and the clatter of pearls and gold ornaments hanging from her hairpin, and then nothing.

In the eyes of many people, she is a very lucky woman who has jumped from a rough envoy to a court lady, and then to a princess. How many people know the secret of this?
However, today, when they saw that Concubine Yi was Princess Yi Zhuang Xinyi, what would they think of her?
Xinyi has long been mentally prepared for the situation she may face today.

Although it has been rumored in the harem that Concubine Yi is Concubine Yi, the concubines still want to confirm with their own eyes.

She kept her head down, but some concubines had recognized her, and one of them was the beauty Lin Yuhan.

The empress sits upright in the front seat, with Concubine Zhen, Concubine De, and several low-ranking concubines on the left hand side; Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian are on the right.

Xinyi kowtowed to the queen, and He Shanggong took out the queen's imperial decree and read it out, which roughly said: Zhuang's family is virtuous, gentle and intelligent, with a dignified character.Then I hope she can abide by women's morals and so on.

Xinyi bowed to receive the decree, kowtowed to the queen for her kindness, and respectfully lowered her head and raised her hands to receive the decree from He Shanggong.The queen gave her the concubine Yi's jade certificate, and she respectfully thanked her for accepting it.

"Okay, get up!" the queen said, Lian Er hurriedly helped Xinyi stand up, and took the Yizhi and the jade certificate from her.

"You have been in the palace for a few days. The emperor has always said that you are not feeling well. I don't blame you for not coming early to meet the big guy. Today is your big day, let us take a good look at how beautiful you are. What a beautiful pose!" the queen said, Xinyi could not hear a trace of kindness from her words.Indeed, how could there be goodwill in this palace?It's wrong to think so.

Xinyi Fu body said: "Xinyi thank you for your kindness!" Then she slowly raised her head.

(End of this chapter)