Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 498 Fang Yuhuan returns to the palace (3)
Cheng Rong stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Praise the prince, heroes are often saddened by beauty, even if the world is so holy today, it is unavoidable. After all, Concubine Huan is young and beautiful, and she is magnificent. It is reasonable for the king to be infatuated for a while, but If your majesty is being used by others to ruin the government, then we have to take care of it."

"Master Cheng, the only one who can really persuade the king is the empress!" Baoshang said excitedly.

"However, the Empress has annoyed the king because of the false rumors that she interfered in the government. The last time the truthful and false excavation is a clear proof!" Cheng Rong sighed.

"But Mr. Cheng, more than half of the problems in the past were solved by the empress herself. The truth of the recent case of true and false excavation has been revealed, and the king's doubts about the empress have eased. At this time, isn't it the right time? Is it a good time for the empress to speak up?" Baoshang argued vigorously.

"But the case of someone pretending to be a digger, the king didn't go into it. It can be seen that the king is still angry. In fact, the king's narrow-mindedness should not be easily ignored. The king was hit and deliberately went to the concubine Huan every day. I want to hang out with the queen, and once the time has passed, I will naturally change my mind, so we just can't ask the queen now." Cheng Rong analyzed.

"Master Cheng, if Duke Hua mobilizes the old and young in the court to oppose the court's withdrawal of local power and unified taxation, what should we do?" Baoshang worried.

"That's easy to handle. Isn't there more than [-] Huben troops at the border? After the New Deal was abolished, the Huben Army reduced their salaries. Let An Tong take the lead in making a fuss and report the invasion of Western Rong and South to see if they dare to mess around." Cheng Rong laughed loudly.

In Jianjia Palace, January has passed, and the news of Concubine Huan's pregnancy suddenly came from Peony Pavilion. The palace was shocked for a while, and the rumors continued. On this day, Axi took Mingyue to the imperial dining room to prepare the lotus root soup that Baosi needed. However, after urging several palace officials, there was no response at all. Ah Xi, who was standing there blowing the northwest wind, couldn't help but was filled with anger, and went to the small kitchen in person, but saw that the kitchen was full of heat, the stoves were steaming, and there were all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas. , Axi dragged a cook who was lighting a fire and asked: "Hey, is the lotus root soup we want from Jianjia Palace good? Why is there no one for half a day?"

When the cook heard the words Jianjia Palace, she couldn't help but paused, looked at Axi contemptuously, and said angrily, "Girl, you don't know that the master of Peony Pavilion is pregnant now, and the king is very precious. What kind of fetal medicine, anti-abortion delicacies, you are so busy, if you make a mistake, you will beat people and scold them, how can you have time to serve others?"

"Listen well, it's the empress who wants lotus root soup, so many of you are idle, why don't you prepare it?" Mingyue beside Axi shouted into the cook's ear.

"It's useless to shout, girl. Now your Jianjia Palace is sparsely populated. It can be said that a fallen phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. What's so great about a queen? If you offend the Peony Pavilion, you will also be punished." The cook gave Mingyue a look. .

"Mingyue, don't talk nonsense with these snobs, let's go!" Axi's dimples turned red with anger, and she pulled the dazed Mingyue away from the imperial dining room.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the exhausted Hui Yue returned to Jianjia Palace with a bowl of cold lotus root soup.

Bao Si was leaning on the soft couch, leaning against the bamboo shadow, just turning over the bamboo slips without gnawing a sound.

"My lord, our Jian Jia Palace has been bullied like this, why are you still so calm?" A Xi stared at Bao Si, and sobbed aggrievedly.

"Axi, I have really wronged you. We have known for so many years that the world is so cold in the palace. Don't worry, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge." Seeing that Axi was sobbing, Bao Si hurriedly got up and wiped it with a handkerchief. Axi's cheeks.

(End of this chapter)