Rebirth Palace Chaos

Chapter 55

Concubine Shu rolled up her sleeves, Yan Zhi went down with the servants to prepare, the bell and chime intersected, and the lingering and melodious sound of the piano had already floated from the Zhulan outside the water pavilion.

Su Yan's ten fingers are slender, and the fingertips are bright red, making her skin whiter like jade. She twisted up a longan and handed it with a smile. The fragrance is also enviable to those who watch from the sidelines.

Lin Qingqing then summoned her servant to serve tea, the two sisters, one on the left and the other on the right, worked together to win the King's favor.

"Just now, my servant heard that Madam said that she loves to listen to Nanqiang, so she brewed this cup of Dongting Biluochun, please Your Majesty, my young master, to taste it."

Lin Qingqing raised her eyes, but saw that the maid serving tea was not Cui Shangyi, but the maid who had wet Su Yan's skirt just now, she was stunned for a moment, unable to remember her name.

On the other hand, Su Yan had expected Xia Ji's thoughts early in the morning, so she stretched out her hand to take the tea and served it, "Your Majesty, please try it, Biluochun is paired with a southern tune, it really has the style of Jiangnan, sister Ruan's maid looks so clever , with a handsome appearance, could it be that he is also from the south of the Yangtze River?"

Hearing Su Yan's praise like this, Xia Ji got the benefit even more, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, she took a step forward and knelt down with the tray, she actually raised her head, her beautiful eyes were truly beautiful.

"What's your name?" Duan Zhaoling also noticed at this moment, and after careful examination, this servant girl is a beauty, but the servant girl from the laundry room was originally a low-ranking maidservant in the palace, most of them were slaves. Where can one talk about the ancestral home, or send it to the palace if it was raised by a rich family?That Xia Ji didn't know the irony in Su Yan's words, she smiled like a flower, and replied, "Your Majesty, the maidservant is called Xia Ji, and she has been working in the palace since she was a child, and she can't remember her ancestral home."

"It's a bit frivolous for a servant girl to speak falsely in front of His Majesty." Concubine Xian opened her mouth lightly, but Su Yan was charming and naive, "Sister Xian Concubine is serious, but this Xia Ji is straightforward and can please Your Majesty." It’s hilarious, and it’s fun.”

What Su Yan said was plausible, and she was smiling, Xia Ji hurriedly defended, "Your Majesty, I can't blame you for making a slip of the tongue!"

Ruan Zhaoyi coughed, "Hurry up and leave Xie En, Mrs. Yanrui is just talking casually, there is no reason for you to agree!"

"Forget it, I won't pursue it because she made good tea." Duan Zhao Lingyun said lightly, but Su Yan was still keenly aware of the strange look in his eyes, and wanted to use Xia Ji's move No matter how high or low, she really succeeded. As she wished, the emperor already had a deep impression on her.

Everyone already understands that the harem is deep, and some unfavored masters don't often serve the emperor close to them, let alone these people, it is extremely lucky to have the emperor's eyes and eyes.

"The troupe has presented the flower album. It's important for us to order the songs. Why are you arguing about this irrelevant matter? Please take a look, Your Majesty." Lin Qingqing naturally disdains Xia Ji's inferior methods, and intends to please Shengyi Too obvious and annoying.I had no choice but to send her down hastily, out of sight and out of sight.

Duan Zhaoling taught Su Yan first. Although Su Yan grew up in the capital, she was in the prime minister's mansion in her last life. Her piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting were all top-notch. Before she came out of the court, she was famous all over the world. Drums are all at your fingertips.

She turned over a few strategies, but pretended not to understand, "Your Majesty is embarrassing for my concubines, and my concubines are most puzzled by Nanqiang. I'm afraid they will make my sisters laugh at me."

"Then teach Ruan Zhaoyi to choose a song, she needs to be more familiar with it." Duan Zhaoling looked at Ruan Zhaoyi who was sitting silently again, Su Yan looked at Ruan Zhaoyi with a cold look, and smiled charmingly at Ruan Zhaoyi, then picked up the cup of Biluochun and said, "Ruan Zhaoyi My sister is so lucky to have such strong and fragrant tea every now and then."

Ruan Zhaoyi immediately blessed Fushen'er, and said with prevarications, "Although my concubine's ancestry is from the south of the Yangtze River, but she followed her father to Beijing since she was a child, she has forgotten all about it, I'm afraid it's impossible."

Then Su Yan withdrew her gaze, tasted it, and leaned into the emperor's ear and said, "The tea has lost its taste when it's cold, and I will teach Sang Yu to make a pot of Junshan Yinzhen."

Duan Zhaoling patted the back of her hand lightly, "I don't like to drink tea, but I only love Junshan Yinzhen in tea, how does Yan'er know?"

"Where does the concubine know this, it's just because the concubine loves this the most, what a coincidence."

"It's still Yan'er who wins my heart the most."

Concubine Shu said in the seat, "This is embarrassing for my concubines. Among the younger sisters, there are many who are good at temperament, but they can't pick out one who is proficient in Nanqiang. We have to look at the musicians' attainments."

Su Yan tilted her body, retracted her sleeves and turned her head, "Concubine Shu's words are wrong, this concubine knows that someone can understand."

Concubine Shu replied with a respectful smile, "Then listen to sister Su."

Su Yan pursed her lips and passed her eyes to Lin Qingqing. Seeing her eyes drooping in embarrassment, she said, "In the early years, Lin Yushi went to the south of the Yangtze River three times and compiled "Southern Journey Policy", and it took four full years before he returned to Beijing. .”

"Yan'er reminded me of this." Duan Zhaoling tapped on the table. Su Yan knew that Lin Qingqing was soft-tempered and didn't like to show off, so she covered her sleeves and smiled, "Your Majesty, Sister Lin has always been a slow person who can't be beaten. If you don't speak, I'm afraid she won't spit out for a few hours!"

Lin Qingqing's pink cheeks were already flushed, Duan Zhaoling looked sideways at her gentle face, and couldn't help being slightly drunk, so he gently embraced her shoulders, and watched the flowers together with her, "Just take care of Qing'er, I will listen to you today of."

Lin Qingqing snuggled into his arms, but she wasn't as comfortable as Su Yan. She was a dignified person, but the first time she came, her blush became deeper, and she softly pointed out a few songs.

Then the singing started, and the atmosphere during the banquet was very good. Without the flamboyant Concubine Shen, Duan Zhaoling didn't go to her palace often after Yao Jieyu went through those incidents. It seemed that she had been left out for a long time, and gradually became sharper. Then she disappeared for a while, and now she just sits alone by the water curtain, leaning on the soft back, looking into the distance.

Su Yan felt strange, so she followed her gaze. From her perspective, she could only see a lush forest and nothing new.

This moment of joy and harmony, with all the concubines in peace, is just an appearance. Now that Su Yan is in the limelight, no one dares to touch her rashly. What's more, Su Yan is different from Concubine Shen, Yao Jieyu and others. People in the palace all think that she is innocent. Although she is very favored, she is delicate and cute, and she rarely moves around with other concubines, so she can't find fault.

After listening to it for a while, after singing a few tunes, although Nanqiang is good, but the rhythm is only a little off, Duan Zhaoling has gradually become tired.

"Your Majesty is tired, how about my concubine accompany His Majesty to take a walk outside the water pavilion?" Su Yan suggested, and Lin Qingqing also nodded, "The willows are new, and the scenery is very good."

"Returning to Your Majesty, the concubine remembers that there is a willow forest outside the waterside pavilion. The weeping willows are continuous and the scenery is unique." It was Ruan Zhaoyi who spoke, and Concubine Shu seemed to remember something. Liu Lin was given the name by His Majesty a few years ago, and it was called Chasing the Waves, which means that the willow waves follow the wind, looking away from a distance, like blue waves."

"Concubine Xian has a good memory. Speaking of which, I haven't set foot here for more than a year. It's okay, you can accompany me to have a look." Duan Zhaoling stood up, Su Yan and others followed one by one. trail.

After walking a few feet away, Su Yan raised her eyes inadvertently, but saw a row of black-clothed guards hiding in the bushes in the distance. Although she was far away, she still recognized the leader at a glance.

That's right, Feng Shisi is the emperor's personal bodyguard, he is everywhere, but he can only patrol the outer court, keeping a certain distance.

The black clothes and green sword fluttered with the wind, just like the dark night when they had secret meetings every time.

"If you really care about him, you should ignore him even more, otherwise you will harm others and yourself."

The voice was extremely low, Su Yan turned around, and saw Chu Xiaoyi who was wearing a green dress at some point in front of her eyes, she put away her posture and pretended not to know, "I'm just enjoying the scenery, why should Sister Chu make such a fuss."

"Ms. Yanrui has helped me, so I will remind you a little more." Chu Xiaoyi walked away after she finished speaking, and then heard Su Yan say from behind, "I think Sister Chu said this to me. You and I are in a different situation, after the hunting ground and rocks that day, it must be Sister Chu."

Chu Xiaoyi turned her head suddenly, it was the first time that Su Yan saw such a vivid expression on that defiant face, she thought that Lu Minxiu was the person in her heart, and she cherished the extraordinary The character Lu on the Tao Xun just confirmed everything.

Once a person has a weakness, he is no longer fearful. Power and wealth are nothing to fear. In the harem, without feelings, one is invincible, and love is a dead end.

With the handle in hand, Su Yan could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that in the future they would not be friends, at least they would not become enemies.

But Chu Xiaoyi took a step forward and said, "That day you and Ning Youshi had a private meeting in the hunting ground, and there was no difference between us. We are just the same people. I hope Madam will be careful with her words and deeds. If you say it, it will have nothing to do with you or me." benefit."

Su Yan shook her head, leaned closer and said, "I'm different from you. If something happens, I will protect myself first and abandon him, but will you?"

Chu Xiaoyi's face was shocked, she was very shocked, Su Yan said immediately, "So, you and I are different, sister Chu should forget what happened that day, otherwise it will only do you no good."

"Madam Yanrui can be favored by the emperor, and now I know why, I really underestimated you..." Chu Xiaoyi murmured, smiled bitterly a few times, seemingly desperate, "I have no threat to your status It can be said that I hope you bypass irrelevant people."

"Sister Chu was joking. I never met you in the hunting ground that day, and you never saw me, did you?"

Chu Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, and when she saw Su Yan's expression, she said silently, "What you said is that I was dazzled."

Such an unruly person can't pass the love test. It can be seen that there are many idiots and resentful women in the world, and she suddenly lost interest.

Looking back, she suddenly stopped in her tracks, and looked at the waterside pavilion from here, only to realize that Yao Jieyu happened to be facing the direction of the guards of Fengshisi.

And in the water pavilion, she is the only place where she can see the situation here... So, was she looking at him just now?
As if enlightened, Su Yan only felt a chill in her chest, and her mind went blank. Although she said such cruel words to Chu Xiaoyi just now to clear up her doubts, if she really came to that step, what should she do?
When she walked slowly back to the crowd, she saw that in the willow forest, everyone was standing still. Su Yan wanted to find out, but Lin Qingqing secretly pulled her sleeves and shook her head slightly as a signal.

Seeing Concubine Shu and the others were silent, each with their own thoughts, with very different expressions, Sang Yu approached and said, "My lord, don't go rashly."

"What's the matter?" Su Yan was at a loss, but Ruan Zhaoyi's voice sounded, "Did Concubine Shen often come here?"

"Going back to Empress Zhaoyi, since Concubine Shen has been grounded, she has come here every day with plain clothes and plain face, in order to meditate and have peace of mind."

Hearing the word Concubine Shen, Su Yan suddenly realized, no wonder Concubine Shu's expression was unnatural when Zhulang was mentioned just now, she couldn't remember it for a while, but now it became clear, where is Zhulang?It was Concubine Shen's favorite scene when she entered the palace. At that time, apart from her own family, she was the most favored concubine. Duan Zhaoling accompanied her to plant ten willow trees in this chasing waves, and it became a good story for a while.

This one, isn't it just a drama that touches the scene?

"It turns out that today's good show has just begun." Su Yan smiled lightly, Lin Qingqing bit her lower lip, and said, "This concubine Shen is really scheming, and her calculations are flawless. Your Majesty just arrived here, Hearing the faint sound of the qin coming from the forest, she saw her plain clothes and face, sitting quietly in the woods, as if she hadn't seen her. When His Majesty came to visit her, she looked really Thousands of words are staring, the situation is pitiful and tight."

"It's more than pitiful? Sister doesn't know, there are ten willow trees in this forest, which were planted by her and His Majesty back then, and they will soon be moved by old love."

Lin Qingqing choked when she heard the words, "Are we going to see her make a comeback?"

Su Yan looked at the figures of the two people in the forest, took Lin Qingqing's hand and retreated, "Unexpectedly, Concubine Shen fell down, but there are still helpers, so we have to retreat for the time being and wait and see what changes, but now You can’t stay here any longer to make fun of yourself.”

Lin Qingqing sighed softly, "I can't imagine that Ruan Zhaoyi, who has been sick for a long time, is so attentive, and her maid, Xia Ji, is not at ease."

Neither of them said a word, and when they returned to the water pavilion, Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian and Concubine De also returned to their seats one after another, the room was silent.

Sure enough, after a while, seeing the bead curtain lifted, Duan Zhaoling slowly entered, and the one following behind him was not Concubine Shen who was dressed in plain clothes.

Lin Qingqing clenched her hand, Su Yan still maintained her original state, quietly looking into Duan Zhaoling's eyes.

He was still warm and gentle, but there were no waves, but when he met Su Yan's eyes, he paused for a moment.

"Concubine Shen has been confined for a long time, and after serious consideration, the ban should be lifted. I see that your clothes are thin, so you should restore Concubine Yi and teach the palace people to pay more."

Duan Zhaoling slammed the ground, and Concubine Shu stepped forward to take Concubine Yi's hand, "Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, you can see that she is thin, come and sit down."

Concubine Yi is very restrained now, "I often think of the days when I just entered the palace these days, so I can't help but go to the willow forest. Even if I can't see His Majesty, I rely on the willow tree. I don't want to meet Your Majesty today , the ministers and concubines are like in a dream, and they dare not expect to be reset, just ask His Majesty to take care of them, and the ministers and concubines are satisfied..."

"Mingzhu, take my fox fur cloak and put it on Concubine Yi, don't hurt yourself." Duan Zhaoling motioned for her to sit down, Concubine Yi was flattered and wept with joy, she sat down next to Concubine Shu.

Duan Zhaoling glanced over, but seeing that everyone's expressions were different, either surprised or puzzled, only Su Yan lowered her eyes and fiddled with her cuffs as if no one else was there.

That demeanor actually made him a little at a loss, he knew how much Yifei had hurt her, so he couldn't help but shake her hand, as if he wanted to grab something, "Where did you go, why did you not see you just now?"

Su Yan quietly withdrew her hand, "It's not that the concubine is absent, but that His Majesty's heart is absent."

Duan Zhaoling was speechless for a while, Su Yan turned around to talk to Lin Qingqing, and after a while, they parted ways.

Su Yan left early, and never said a word to Concubine Yi's restoration, just so lightly, so lightly that it made people feel distressed.

It was night, and the royal family came to Xingluoyu Palace, and did not return to Yungong all night.

However, sooner or later, Concubine Yi returned to her favor and reappeared in the emperor's grace.

(End of this chapter)