A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 791 I Know You Have a Way

At the end of the year, there are many banquets in the palace.

For the emperor, this year is a year of good harvest. There are no major disasters in various places, and the people live in peace. As a king, there is nothing more gratifying than this.

What's more, the envoys of the Lang Kingdom are still on their way, and they bring not only annual tribute, but also [-]% of the mining volume of the Lang Kingdom's gold mine in the past year.

Because of the need to be extra cautious, this year the envoys of the Lang Kingdom traveled more slowly than the envoys of the Li Kingdom.The emperor also paid more attention to it, and sent generals and heavy troops to escort him to Beijing early on.

Meng Yan went to the palace banquet twice, as in previous years, step by step.

But she met Xie Chuying.

Originally, this was nothing surprising, Xie Chuying had been by the Queen Mother's side all the time, and it was normal to attend some banquets.In her body, things are really different.

Meng Yan had heard about what happened to her.

The emperor ate her up and refused to admit it. Now she is a walking talk.

It's just that the emperor wanted to save face, and ordered the whole harem not to discuss this matter.So although everyone can't say anything on the bright side, she can't help but take a second look when she sees it.

When visiting the garden during the palace banquet, Xie Chuying found the pavilion by the lake and saw Meng Yan sitting in the pavilion.

It was freezing cold, and it was night, so there were no people coming and going by the lake, and after the incident of a palace lady drowning in the lake last year, even the palace people didn't go this way.

Xie Chuying was outside the pavilion, looked at Meng Yan's figure, paused, and walked into the pavilion.

Meng Yan looked up at her, and said hello, "Miss Xie."

Xie Chuying still hated her, but now she was able to sit down opposite her calmly.

Meng Yan said: "I don't go to places where there are many people in front of me, but I prefer to go to places where the lights are dark."

Xie Chuying looked at her and said, "You are too."

Meng Yan raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm waiting for the prince's entertainment to be over. What about you, don't you think that you want to throw yourself into the lake here? Even if you want to vote, you have to find a place where there are many people, otherwise the body will be soaked in the lake , it’s so cold, it’s almost frozen into ice cubes when you pick it up.”

Xie Chuying laughed twice and said, "You also think I should die?"

Obviously she wanted to cry, but unfortunately she couldn't cry anymore.

Meng Yan said: "There is nothing that should or shouldn't be."

Xie Chuying said: "The way I am now, I am finally satisfied with you. You are all living a good life, but not only my family is broken and I am dependent on others, but now I have become everyone's joke. Sometimes I think it is better to just die. But just die like this, if you don’t pull a few backs, you will never be reconciled.”

Meng Yan looked at her and said: "What makes us satisfied? Do you feel miserable and pitiful only now? The queen mother asked you to seduce the emperor and you went. If you didn't have a fluke in your heart, you felt that being the emperor's woman The harem can be more or less a master, will you go? But what you didn't expect is that the emperor who was very friendly to you in the past didn't accept it at all."

Xie Chuying choked her throat and was speechless.

Meng Yan said: "You walked the road by yourself, you don't need to blame others here. You are miserable, but you are not pitiful at all. The real pitiful is that disasters come from the sky, and disasters come from other places, but you are a kind of If you reap melons, you will reap beans.”

She stared at Meng Yan and said, "I don't need anyone's pity."

Meng Yan said, "That's the best."

Xie Chuying stood up and left, but after taking two steps, she stopped again and said with a suppressed voice: "You want me to find out who was the one who made the secret with the Queen Mother last time. You took revenge. Before that, I need a legitimate identity, and the Queen Mother can't give it to me, but I know you have a way."

Meng Yan said, "I've already said what needs to be said."

Xie Chuying froze for a moment, then lifted her foot and left.

At night, Xie Chuying lay on the cold couch with her eyes open until dawn.

***
One night, a flurry of snow covered the palace buildings and jade buildings in white.

The bitter cold wind swirls on the plum branches on the top of the wall. Not only did it fail to scare the plums, but it blows even more proudly against the wind. The wind carries a dark fragrance and spreads, cold and unyielding.

The maids and eunuchs walking around and doing business outdoors all had cold hands and feet, tucked their hands tightly into their sleeves, and passed by in a hurry.

But as soon as he raised his head, under the vast sky in the distance, there was a red shadow, which seemed to be in full bloom more vividly than plum blossoms. His dress fluttered and danced in the vastness of the sky. The scene was too beautiful to behold.

Anyone who saw it couldn't help but stop in a hurry and wait and see.

The emperor was dealing with government affairs in the imperial study, and he heard that someone in the palace was dancing under the snow, so he guessed it was some concubine who would not hesitate to use it to catch his attention.

He usually appreciates the efforts of his concubines.Right now, staying in the imperial study is also boring, so the emperor shook his dragon robe and stood up, saying: "Let's go and have a look."

The emperor did not walk in the open air, but went around the corridor.

At that time, he was standing on the porch, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the startling red shadow by the lake in front of him.

That lake is not the frozen lake in the Imperial Garden either. The lake on the other side of the Imperial Garden is now covered with a layer of ice, but the current lake is floating and not frozen.

Because the water flowing into the lake is imported hot spring water, the water vapor on the lake is like a fairyland.

But even though the scenery is so beautiful, there are few people dancing in light clothes and thin skirts in the cold weather of March and September. It is so cold just looking at it, and it is likely that they will inevitably suffer from a cold when they go back.

Even if those harem concubines wanted to attract the emperor's attention, they managed to attract the emperor, but they were suffering from typhoid fever, so they couldn't sleep.

It's just that although it looks cold, it is very eye-catching.

In addition to the emperor standing on the porch watching, there are many palace people standing on the other side watching from a distance.

The emperor was at a relatively close distance, and he could clearly see the dancing posture of the dancing girl, and there was a rectangular painting screen in front of the girl.

The emperor saw her dancing and splashing ink on the painting screen. The softness and talent coexisted, which was pleasing to the eye.

Even if Eunuch Huang didn't go to find out who his wife was, the emperor would know who the woman in red was.

A dance painting, I think back then, but Xie Jiachuying was hailed as the most talented woman in Beijing.

Eunuch Huang also noticed it, and quietly waited beside the emperor.

The emperor remained calm for a while, and after watching for a while, how could he fail to see her intentions.Like the other concubines, she was just trying her best to make him treat him differently, but the only difference was that she was not a concubine in the harem.

The emperor put his hand on the railing of the corridor, tapping his fingers, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Later, when a painting was completed, Xie Chuying's face was rosy from the cold, she threw away the ink brush, and ink marks splashed on the snow.

Then she walked to the lake and jumped in.

(End of this chapter)