Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 120 Big Reward, Chain Count
Han Lu just barely remained calm, but now that Su Zhaoyi yelled, she panicked and followed Lu Xinyan's orders completely.

Several people entered the hall, Bai Zhi quickly stepped forward and held the pale-faced Su Zhaoyi's hand, "Su Zhaoyi, I will protect your child, don't worry, relax, if you are nervous, the prince in your belly will also be nervous."

Her voice was gentle and powerful, and Su Zhaoyi calmed down a little after taking a few deep breaths.

Bai Zhi quickly felt the pulse, took out the silver needle and pricked Su Zhaoyi's body a few times. Su Zhaoyi felt that the bleeding was no longer under her body, and she was determined, "My child, is my child all right?"

"It's all right." Bai Zhi said softly, "Go to bed first, and the imperial doctor will come and prescribe some anti-fetal medicine later, so as to ensure that the child will be healthy in the future."

Because of Su Zhaoyi's sleepiness due to pregnancy, she sleeps a lot during the day, and it is difficult to fall asleep at night. When she was restless, she went for a walk in the courtyard. Seeing the wind, she went back to her room to get her cloak, so she did not know what happened to her.

When she thought of the appearance of that ghost, she still couldn't help trembling, "Did that 'ghost, ghost' catch it?"

Bai Zhi said: "There is no ghost. Someone pretended to be her. Your maid caught her. You can interrogate her when you wake up tomorrow."

Only then was Su Zhaoyi completely relieved, and slowly closed her eyes.

At this time, the voices of the little maids came from outside, "See Empress Dowager, Empress, Concubine Chen!"

"Has Su Zhaoyi been frightened?" The Queen Mother asked solemnly.

A court lady said tremblingly: "I'm scared... I'm scared, and I've seen... I've seen Hong!"

"What?" The queen mother was furious, Su Zhaoyi was pregnant with her grandson! "How do you take care of Su Zhaoyi? Has the imperial doctor been invited?"

"Go...go invite."

"Pull them all down to Aijia!"

All the court ladies cried bitterly, "The Queen Mother, spare me!"

Lu Xinyan, Bai Zhi, and Hanyu came out from the inside, and after kneeling on the ground to salute, Hanyu said: "Mother Empress, Su Zhaoyi is fine now and is resting."

The queen mother was taken aback, "Is it all right? Didn't you say..." Seeing the word red, she really didn't want to say it herself, it was her own grandson!
Hanyu said: "Going back to the Empress Dowager, Su Zhaoyi was in some danger before, but thanks to the girl Bai Zhi who is next to Madam Gong Shao who gave her the needle, Su Zhaoyi is now fine."

"Mrs. Gong Shao? Why are you here?" The queen mother noticed Lu Xinyan kneeling next to Hanyu. After thinking about it, she felt extremely displeased.

Su Zhaoyi was frightened, and Lu Xinyan happened to be here with a maid with good medical knowledge. It was hard not to doubt that the whole thing was a play written and directed by Lu Xinyan. The purpose was to please Su Zhaoyi to please the Queen Mother. , to please the prince in Su Zhaoyi's womb to please the Queen Mother.

Lu Xinyan could hear what she was thinking from the Queen Mother's tone, "Go back to the Queen Mother, Baihua Palace is haunted by ghosts, and my wife is afraid that ghosts will disturb the nobles in the palace, so she brought people to chase them all the way here."

"Nonsense! The palace is protected by the emperor's dragon energy, so how could it be haunted?" the queen scolded.

Lu Xinyan said: "What the empress said is that the court lady didn't know before, but now she knows. This ghost has been caught, it is definitely man-made, and all the maids and maids in Baihua Palace can testify."

"Who is so bold? How dare you pretend to be a ghost in the palace?" The queen mother was furious, "Where is the man? Let the Ai family put him up, and the Ai family wants to see who has eaten the bear's heart and leopard's guts!"

Hanyu said: "Go back to the Empress Dowager, because the person pretending to be a ghost was too horrifying before, the servant is afraid that she will frighten Su Zhaoyi tomorrow, so I ordered someone to take her down and wash her clean, and the servant will bring her up now."

After a while, two maids escorted a woman in white clothes with disheveled hair. The woman's hair was still dripping with water. It seemed that the maids got it on when she washed her face.

She lowered her head, her hair covered most of her face, so she couldn't see her face clearly, but if she met this white-clothed and black-haired figure in the middle of the night for no reason, she would scare half her life away.

The old man believed in ghosts and gods more, the Queen Mother's heart skipped a beat and she turned her eyes away.

Seeing this, Concubine Chen said: "How do you do things? I don't know how to help her tidy up, it's scaring the empress dowager."

Hanyu and several court ladies hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, "I'm sorry, Empress Dowager, this servant is impatient..."

"Okay, get up, this is none of your business." The queen mother turned to look at the queen: "Queen, go and ask, which palace are you from, and who ordered you to kill the prince in Su Zhaoyi's belly?"

"Yes, Empress Dowager!" The Empress stepped forward and looked at the woman in white majesticly, "Tell me, what's your name, which palace? Why are you pretending to be a ghost?"

"Back to empress, servant girl... slave girl Ding... Ding Xiang." Ding Xiang lay on the ground, shaking like chaff.

"Lilac?" The queen blurted out, "You are Lilac from Zhaoyang Palace?"

Zhaoyang Palace is the residence of Wu Wan.

"Returning to the empress, it is the servant girl."

"Nonsense!" The queen stared at her phoenix eyes, her face somewhat similar to Wu Wan's, showing the majesty of the mother of a country, "How could Chang Ping frame Su Zhaoyi?"

On the surface she is Chang Ping, but if someone thinks about it, she will definitely think that she, the empress, is not tolerant and does not allow Su Zhaoyi to give birth to a prince.

"Empress Dowager, my concubine believes that Chang Ping will never harm the prince in Su Zhaoyi's womb. If the child is born, it will be her imperial brother. How could she be so cruel? Please learn from Empress Dowager!" The empress hurriedly defended herself.

A subtle light flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes, she pursed her lips and said nothing.

The queen looked at her and knew that she had doubts about herself in her heart, so she said: "Your Majesty, my concubine knows that this matter will be pushed on my concubine's head, but since the second prince was born, there are not many princes and princesses born in this palace. Is it? If Su Zhaoyi gave birth to a prince, he would be ranked twelfth according to the ranking, and the courtiers and concubines even have the emperor's grandson, so why bother to give birth to the intention of harming others?"

The empress meant to put it bluntly, whether Su Zhaoyi was pregnant with a prince or a princess, no one would know if she was born or not. The second prince is someone who even has a son, the current queen and the second prince and the forces behind them, who cares about a child of the emperor's mouth?
The Queen Mother was thoughtful after hearing this, the Queen was right, she had no reason to harm the child in Su Zhaoyi's womb!The queen mother was too worried about her grandson before, so she didn't think about it for a while, but now she wondered that she suspected the wrong queen, "The Ai family knows, queen, please ask again, what is going on with this matter? If someone wants to take the opportunity to blame the queen For Changping, Aijia will never forgive you lightly!"

The queen felt relieved when she saw that the queen mother believed her. Although she is the lord of the six palaces, the power of the queen mother should not be underestimated, "Yes, the queen mother."

She glanced at Ding Xiang with sharp eyes, "Ding Xiang, explain the whole thing clearly, if there is even half a lie, you will be severely punished!"

Ding Xiang cried: "Empress, servant girl... I don't know anything about this servant girl. Sister Hanmei ordered this servant girl to dress like this and go to Baihua Palace in the dark. Later, she was discovered by Mrs. Gong Shao, who beat gongs and drums and shouted to catch ghosts. The servant girl went all the way. Run, I ran to this Hehuan Palace somehow, when Su Zhaoyi was walking, she passed out when she saw the servant girl screaming, the servant girl knew that Su Zhaoyi was pregnant with the prince, she was scared, she didn't even have the strength to escape, and was caught by the young lady of the palace Living."

Lu Xinyan said at the beginning that Baihua Palace was haunted by ghosts. They were afraid that ghosts would disturb the nobles, so they yelled to catch ghosts all the way, and followed Lilac to Hehuan Palace.

So it's really just a coincidence?The queen thought to herself, as long as someone didn't deliberately try to make Su Zhaoyi push Chang Ping's head, everything would be fine.

"Yuanchun, go and call Hanmei!" the queen said to the big palace lady beside her.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "Call Chang Ping here directly! Han Mei is hers, so can others instruct Han Mei to fail? Aijia wants to ask Chang Ping, why does someone pretend to be a ghost and run to Baihua Palace in the middle of the night? And this Who is in charge of the Baihua Palace? Why are there no palace ladies and eunuchs?"

"The empress dowager, just a few court ladies who pretended to be ghosts, the general has caught them all, and wait for the empress dowager to deal with them!" A clear and pleasant male voice came, and Lu Xinyan's heart skipped a beat. Why did this guy come here?

"It actually alarmed the Imperial Forest Army!?" The Queen Mother frowned, "Bring it in."

"Empress Dowager, these people's costumes are a bit scary, please cover your phoenix eyes, Empress Dowager, so as not to be frightened." Xiao Yichen reminded.

Because of the arrival of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, palace lanterns were lit in Hehuan Palace, and the whole palace was bright as day. When a dark blue figure walked in, the extremely deep blue, in this light, was as steady and straight as a rock, Elegant and unrestrained like pine and bamboo.

"At the end, I will see the empress dowager, empress empress, and concubine Chen." Xiao Yichen knelt on one knee, his waist was straight, his momentum was like an arrow, and he carried the attitude of a man.

The Queen Mother was delighted to see it, "General Zuo Lang doesn't need to be polite, get up."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." After Xiao Yichen got up, he drew a powerful arc with his right arm in the air, followed by four imperial guards, and brought in four white-clothed palace ladies dressed like Lilac.

Ding Xiang's false tongue was ripped off, and her face was washed clean. Although she was a little creepy, it was okay, but these four people really frightened the empress dowager, concubine Chen and other female relatives, and their hearts jumped.

If it wasn't for the empress dowager being here, I'm afraid many court ladies would run away screaming.

The queen mother trembled with anger, "Chang Ping is too ignorant, he made people so frightening in the middle of the night, what if he accidentally scares the emperor?"

Recently, Wu Wan has been hinting in her ears that Lu Xinyan is wrong, and with the words of Lu Xinyan and Ding Xiang just now, the queen mother already knew that Wu Wan's move was aimed at Lu Xinyan, but she was discovered by Lu Xinyan, and she was half-truthful and half-truthful. Ghost, make a fuss about this matter, and end up implicating the innocent Su Zhaoyi.

The Empress Dowager remembered that because the imperial dining room was short of food at noon, Lu Xinyan borrowed food to honor the Feng family and let her know that she was mistreated. People can't make decisions for her!Now I feel even more displeased with Lu Xinyan.

The queen immediately knelt down to intercede, "The empress dowager calm down, it's the concubine who can't teach well, and the concubine will definitely teach Changping well in the future!"

"This time, you can deal with it by yourself, the Ai family can't see it!" The Queen Mother said angrily.

"Yes, empress dowager!" the queen said: "Han Mei and the other five pretended to be gods and ghosts, causing Su Zhaoyi to have a miscarriage, and he was executed immediately! Yang Cairen managed the Baihua Palace improperly, and in addition to his public disrespect in the afternoon, he lost the face of the concubines in the harem and was thrown into the cold palace! She was playful when she was young, and almost got into a catastrophe unintentionally, and she was fined...to be grounded for three months! Empress Dowager, what do you think of this way of dealing with it?"

The queen mother snorted, noncommittal.

Concubine Chen said softly: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Su Zhaoyi was frightened and needs to recuperate. I want to stay in Hehuan Palace and take good care of her for a while. What do you think?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion eased a bit, "Concubine Chen is still thoughtful, Ai Jia agrees, you are so kind to help look at Su Zhaoyi, if you need anything, you can directly ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Yes, Empress Dowager." Concubine Chen said.

"Empress Dowager, Su Zhaoyi is resting, let's leave first so as not to disturb her rest." The queen took the opportunity to say.

The Empress Dowager was a little dissatisfied at first, she stopped saying anything when she heard this, and just said: "Concubine Chen, let the imperial doctor take a look at Su Zhaoyi." Then she left.

"Congratulations to the Empress Dowager!"

As soon as the Empress Dowager left, a large part of the Hehuan Palace went away, including Xiao Yichen and the imperial guards who were patrolling the night.

There were only Lu Xinyan, Bai Zhi, and Qing Tong who followed Xiao Yichen.

Concubine Chen smiled and said: "Mrs. Gong, you should also go back and rest well, so don't miss out on tomorrow night's performance."

"Thank you, Concubine Chen, and my wife bids farewell!"

On the way back, Lu Xinyan asked: "How did you meet Xiao Shizi?"

Qingtong said: "Xiao Shizi said that he has been on duty for the past few days, and when he heard calls during patrolling, he brought people over."

Lu Xinyan hummed, the palace was patrolled by the Royal Forest Army for twelve hours, although the concubine's residence could not be easily approached, but the servant was good at it, had good ears and eyes, it was not surprising to hear the call and bring someone over.

Bai Zhi was a little worried and said: "Miss, I think the empress dowager seems to be dissatisfied with you, miss. Is this something we did wrong? This is the palace after all!"

"The queen mother doesn't like me, even if there is no such thing, then why should I be wronged for her? The second princess, Princess Chang'an, is born on the 28th. No matter who the queen mother chooses to make the clothes for her, I will accompany my grandmother to pass the princess. You can only leave on your birthday. With Princess Changping's temperament, if you fail once, you will get two or three times. If it's just a joke, it's fatal. It's not human life. I will never wait for something to happen before asking the Queen Mother to check Ming! When the incident breaks out, although Princess Changping’s framing of us cannot be completely prevented, it can always deter some people who have hidden selfish intentions. If they want to get the princess’s appreciation by assassinating us, it depends on whether they have their lives!”

Xiao He said, "Like that Cairen Yang?"

Lu Xinyan nodded and said: "After Yang Cairen was thrown into the cold palace, the newly sent people will definitely not dare to help Princess Changping again. At least in Baihua Palace, we can sleep peacefully for a few days first!"

During the commotion just now, the lights in Baihua Palace had already been lit, and seeing Yang Liuer peeking out at the gate of their courtyard, Lu Xinyan secretly thought it was bad.

Just now everyone came out, the courtyard door was wide open, if someone took the opportunity to go in and ruin the clothes for tomorrow's performance...

If this is the case, it must be said that Wu Wan's strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is really clever. In the situation just now, Lu Xinyan would definitely not divide people into two groups, one part went chasing ghosts and the other stayed here.

"Mrs. Gong, there was so much commotion in your courtyard just now, is it all right?" Li Qinxuan came out wearing clothes and holding a lantern, and said embarrassedly: "My servant girl and I are timid, and we were scared to hide when we heard about the haunting. I didn't dare to come out, but later I heard that the maid who lit the lamp said that someone was pretending, so I felt more at ease, Madam Gong Shao, are you all right?"

"Qingtong, take everyone in first, and check it carefully." Lu Xinyan specially emphasized the word "check", Qingtong and the others understood, their expressions changed, they walked in quickly, and passed Yang Liuer.

Yang Liu'er rolled her eyes, walked over with her waist twisted, and said in an indifferent way: "Sister Li, you said that there are three people living in this Baihua Palace. Why does this pretender only scare others and not us? I'm afraid some people will fight against you. Seeing that the Queen Mother offended someone and was retaliated against, we couldn't sleep well! What a bad luck!"

Li Qinxuan said awkwardly: "Sister Yang, don't talk nonsense, she said that Princess Changping is playful, Mrs. Gong Shao is not lucky, we are lucky. If you talk nonsense, be careful not to be overheard by the maids outside, and report to the queen. , so that you can't eat and walk around."

Only then did Yang Liu'er shut her mouth, and snorted coldly, "Sister Li, I'm going to bed. I have to perform tomorrow. We are all people without a backstage. We have to rely on ourselves. You should go early to avoid lack of sleep. Influence tomorrow night, let others succeed."

Li Qinxuan hurriedly said: "Sister Yang, go to bed first."

Yang Liu'er raised her chin, imitating the walking posture of the nobles in the palace, and walked away proudly.

Li Qinxuan said: "Mrs. Gong, I'm really sorry. Sister Yang must have been quarreled and felt upset. That's why she spoke like this. Although we are in a competitive relationship, it is also a matter of fate that we can meet in the palace. In a few days After a farewell, there may not be a chance to meet each other in this life, Madam Gong Shao, don't take it to heart!"

Lu Xinyan smiled slightly, "Miss Li is worrying too much, I never took what Miss Yang said to heart."

Even this person is too lazy to take it to heart, let alone her sour words, let alone take it to heart!
Li Qinxuan was stunned for a moment, and soon showed a joyful expression, "That's great! Madam Gong, it's very late at night, I won't disturb you to go in and rest, I'll go back first."

"See you tomorrow, Miss Li."

Entering the courtyard, Qingtong and the others have already checked the clothes for tomorrow night's performance, "Miss, nothing unusual was found."

Lu Xinyan frowned, did she think too much? "Everyone, please work hard. Check the yard inside and out again to see if there is anything more or something missing."

"I know, miss."

It took Qingtong and the others more than an hour to count all the items, carefully inspecting the inside and outside, even the legs of the table under the bed were not spared, and still no abnormalities were found.

"Maybe I'm overthinking, but I always feel that things are not that simple, everyone should be careful tomorrow." Lu Xinyan said: "Go to bed first."

After tossing all night, everyone was so sleepy that they couldn't keep their eyes open. After hearing this, they immediately climbed into bed and fell asleep.

Wu Wan, who received the news of the grounding, looked very calm, completely free from the anger of being grounded, and the little maid beside her was terrified.

Wu Wan said with a blank expression that she knew, and asked the eunuch who came to announce the decree to go back and report to the queen.

"Come here, wait for me to rest!" Wu Wan walked towards the bedroom, Han Mei and the others who served her before were directly executed, and now they are surrounded by newcomers.

The newly transferred palace lady was clumsy, and sometimes pulled her hair when untying her hair, Wu Wan shouted impatiently: "You can't even serve, what use are you? Get out!"

The maid went down with tears in her eyes.

Wu Wan looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and a sneer flashed across the corner of her mouth.

It was expected that the haunting would not scare Lu Xinyan, but everything went smoothly. Although there were some deviations from her plan, it was running towards the result she wanted.

Lu Xinyan, just wait, the next time will really make you stumble!
The only pity was that I couldn't leave the palace for a while, Hanmei and the others were executed, and the handy palace servants had to be retrained.

Forget it, just ask the queen mother for two well-trained palace maids in a few days.

Wu Wan untied her hair, yawned, and went to bed with satisfaction.

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Fortunately, the performance was tomorrow night, and there was nothing to do during the day, so Lu Xinyan and the others slept until noon before getting up, and began to wash and make up after eating.

The person in charge of Baihua Palace was replaced by Liu Cairen, who was more timid. After the haunting happened last night, the Queen punished a group of people. In the afternoon, a court lady was sent over to remind them not to make any mistakes in the evening performance.

In the imperial garden, there are lanterns and festoons everywhere, colorful glazed lanterns, and palace lanterns of various colors, reflecting on the dazzling and colorful flowers in the garden, like a fairyland on earth.

The concubines were all dressed up and dressed up, because no one knew if the emperor would suddenly get excited and come to join in.

There are many concubines in the palace, but only those few are favored. Some of them hardly see the emperor for half a year. No one wants to miss such an opportunity.

Tonight's focus is on the costume display of the three winners at the Huayi Festival, but it is rare for the concubines and princesses in the palace to gather in the Imperial Garden, so naturally there will be more than just the costume display.

The original arrangement was a singing and dancing performance, the singing was beautiful and the dancing was beautiful, but all the concubines were concerned, except for the older queen who liked to be lively, who excitedly pulled the queen to talk to Feng.

"The emperor is here!" With the eunuch's shout, the originally lifeless Royal Garden suddenly came alive as if a stone had been dropped on a calm lake.

The concubines were all happy, the palace lanterns shone on their faces, as if they were covered with rouge, their eyes were rippling with spring water, their expressions were shy and charming, "My concubine sees the emperor!"

The Tianwu Emperor of this generation, named Emperor Longde, was not yet forty, and he was born with a dignified appearance, a majestic figure, two eyes like squares, and the majesty of the emperor.

"My son sees my mother."

The Empress Dowager said cheerfully: "Excuse me, excuse me, the emperor came by coincidence, and the clothes display session is about to begin."

After Emperor Longde sat down next to the queen mother, he slightly raised his hand, "Flat body."

The concubines who were saluting at the bottom got up one after another, and looked shyly at the man sitting in the middle of them.

It's a pity that Emperor Longde's eyes stayed on the queen mother at this time, turning a blind eye to the longing eyes, "Mother, are you satisfied with tonight's performance?"

"When the emperor comes, everyone is satisfied even if they are not satisfied." The queen mother joked that the queen mother is the only one who can talk to Emperor Longde like this in this world.

"What the empress taught me is that there are a lot of things going on in the court recently, and I have indeed been negligent. After two days of busy work, I will definitely take more time to come out and care about everyone."

The Empress Dowager nodded, "The affairs of the court will never be finished. The emperor has to pay attention to his body. By the way, Su Zhaoyi was frightened last night, and Ai's family asked her to rest in Hehuan Palace. If the emperor is free tomorrow, he can go and see her." look at her."

"Is Su Zhaoyi okay?" The Imperial Forest Army is the army directly led by Emperor Longde, and they are only loyal to him. What happened last night alarmed the Imperial Forest Army. Emperor Longde knew the whole story, including the news that Su Zhaoyi was safe and sound, but The Empress Dowager and the Empress were in charge of the matter. In order to protect their face, Emperor Longde pretended not to know about this question.

The Empress Dowager knew this well, Emperor Longde gave her face, and she also took care of Emperor Longde's face, so she didn't ask the Imperial Forest Army to block this matter last night, and she must not mention it to anyone, "The imperial doctor has diagnosed and treated Su Zhaoyi and her belly. The prince is all fine, so he will be fine after a few days of recuperation."

"The son and minister are not filial, everything will trouble the queen mother." Emperor Longde said.

The empress quickly panicked and said: "Your Majesty, it's all because the ministers and concubines are incapable of discipline that this kind of thing happened."

"The empress is indeed responsible!" It is of course the empress's fault for indulging Wu Wan to do such things that disgrace the princess.

Emperor Longde rarely spoke so harshly to the people in the harem. The empress was startled, and hurriedly knelt down, "I know my mistake, please punish me."

"There are so many trivial matters in the harem, and there are always things that are incomplete. No wonder the queen is negligent. The queen mother of the Ai family also has endless things." It has become redundant again, so the queen mother has done a good job at how to balance the relationship between the emperor and the queen, without affecting the fate of the country and showing her status as the queen mother.

"Mother, don't say that." Emperor Longde glanced at the queen lightly, "Get up, you should be disciplined in the future, you must be disciplined!"

"The concubine knows." The look just now weighed heavily, and the queen's back was wet.

After the singing and dancing, it was time for Huayi Festival to perform.

The order of the performances is reversed according to the ranking at the time of winning.

First Yang Liuer, then Li Qinxuan, and finally Lu Xinyan was the finale.

With the sound of melodious and elegant silk and bamboo, Yang Liu'er was the first to appear on the stage. She wore a bright yellow short jacket, a stone-blue smoky floor-length skirt, a lilac-colored ribbon around her waist, and a lilac-colored cloak of the same color between her arms. Pei Dingdang, with his head swaying up and down, and lotus growing under his feet, stepping on the sound of silk and bamboo, coming out of the dust lightly.

There is a plum flower tin between her eyebrows. The flower tin is made of unknown material, but it is shining brightly, making the whole small face as delicate as a flower, and her eyes are charming. Attracted by the flowers, no one pays attention to the clothes on her body.

Yang Liu'er was very proud of herself, in terms of the exquisite design of the clothes, no matter how much she denied it, Lu Xinyan was unique, her aura was unmatched!

So Yang Liu'er came up with another idea, one day when she was playing with colored glaze, she saw that the colored glaze would glow when exposed to light, so she had an idea, so she got someone to stick the broken colored glaze on the flower tin, after a try, the effect was really good!

The rest of the court ladies are dressed similarly to Yang Liuer, but there is no flower tint on their foreheads, which makes Yang Liuer the focus of the audience.

The concubines were fascinated, and Emperor Longde was also delighted to see the dragon's heart, and said to the queen mother: "The performance of the Huayi Festival this time is really brilliant!"

After hearing this, the Queen's complexion changed slightly, and she quietly looked into Emperor Longde's eyes, seeing that he seemed to be just talking casually and had no other intentions, so she felt relieved.

There are many concubines in the palace, and Emperor Longde was not a man of lust, so it is common for three or five days to be unlucky in the harem. The rain and dew are difficult to balance, and if a newcomer enters the palace, the concubines will be noisy again .

After Yang Liu'er left the stage, the queen ordered the palace staff, "Miss Yang is so ingenious, the queen mother, the emperor and this palace are very happy, thank you!"

"Yes, the Queen Mother."

Next is Li Qinxuan, Suzhou embroidered Yuehua brocade shirt, with colorful plum blossom gauze skirt. The flying hairpin is not the usual cloth shake or hairpin made of gold and jade, but a hairpin made of flowers. The milky white pearl wreath is decorated with colorful flowers, and the waist is also strung together with tiny flowers to form a belt. The whole person is as romantic and beautiful as a fairy among flowers.

As soon as the breeze blows, the fragrance hits, and I don't know if it is the fragrance of flowers from the imperial garden, or the fragrance of flowers from Li Qinxuan's body.

"This guy has a good idea!" Emperor Longde praised again.

At this time, the queen's heart was calm, and after the end, she also said to the palace, "Reward!"

The finale was Lu Xinyan and the others.

As soon as the passionate silk music played, Emperor Longde immediately became interested. The first two were ingenious, which made him look forward to the finale performance.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of silk music gradually slowed down, mixed with the rhythmic "dongdong" sound, and four women with their own merits came on stage.

The short jacket with light orange flowers on a white background is paired with a light orange pleated skirt. It has a novel pullover design, with two ribbons extending from the neck and tied into a bow.

The light orange short skirt is inlaid with crescent-colored lace, extending to the hem of the skirt of the same color. The hem of the skirt is spliced, and the crescent-colored lace is pleated to form the effect of the hem of the skirt.

The knee-length light orange blouse is paired with a light orange dress with a white background, which is free and easy, and a long silk scarf with a light orange white background is elegant and generous.

The crescent-colored shirt is covered with a light orange vest, the light orange long skirt is covered with crescent-colored tulle, and the finger-thick light orange ribbon around the neck is tied into a bow at the back of the neck. The two ribbons flutter in the wind.

The expressions on the four people's faces were different from the charming or gentle gentle smiles of Yang Liuer and Li Qinxuan, but a condescending arrogance, exuding an aura of self-importance, filling the entire imperial garden.

The drumbeat was like a heartbeat, and the concubines couldn't take their eyes off it. Even Emperor Longde, who had praised a few words before, would attract all of his attention. His hands on his knees unconsciously beat the beat of the drum.

Positioning, turning around, and being proud of others, it also amazes all beings!
During the second lap, several people had an extra piece of clothing on them, leather jackets and windbreakers.

The conflicting beauty formed by the combination of toughness and softness is an eye-opener for everyone. Even Concubine Kong Shu, Concubine Yang, Concubine Chen and several princesses who have seen it once before are still involuntarily attracted again, even if they have never seen it before. people.

When turning around, Lueyue, who passed by Lu Xinyan, suddenly sprained her ankle, and rushed towards Lu Xinyan. Lu Xinyan quickly supported her, "Did you sprain your ankle?"

"The heel is broken." The heel was broken and the foot was sprained, and Lueyue's voice was full of pain.

"Persevere, and I'll do it if you cooperate with me." Lu Xinyan put one hand on Xuyue's waist, and the other grasped Xuyue's right hand, "Put your hand on my left shoulder."

Yueyue did as she said.

Lu Xinyan led her to dance a simplified version of the waltz: slow three.

The eunuch playing the drum was very eye-catching. After Lu Xinyan jumped a few steps, the rhythm caught up.

Peng Chacha, Peng Chacha, through the movements of the knees, ankles, soles of the feet, heels and toes, the body lifts, tilts, and swings, driving the dance steps to move, the dance steps are undulating, and the dancing posture is gorgeous and elegant.

Seeing this, Qingtong Shuyun immediately realized that something was wrong, quickly formed a group, and jumped up like Lu Xinyan and Lueyue.

Shu Yunxueyue has been trained in singing and dancing since she was a child. Although it is a dance step that she has never touched before, she quickly mastered the basics, making it impossible for people to see any flaws.

The moment the two couples danced close, Lu Xinyan whispered: "Luoyue sprained her ankle, we will change people later, Qingtong, you take Liaoyue and work hard."

The three understood, and when they approached again, the four exchanged.

Lu Xinyan and Shu Yun continued to dance slowly, while Qingtong lifted Luaoyue off the ground, like juggling, going up and down, causing the audience to scream, and even more excited to watch.

The dresses of the two were elegant, and they spun like a fairy descending from the sky. At the last moment, Qingtong lifted Yueyue into the air with both hands, and Yueyue posed in the shape of flying in the sky. Lu Xinyan and Shuyun knelt on both sides of Qingtong, shaking their hands up and down.

"I wish the Taihuang, the Empress, and the Empress great blessings in the sky, and wish the Tianwu country peace and security, and the power will shake the world!"

"Okay! Good dance, good speech!" Emperor Longde was the first to laugh, and took the lead in clapping. Now that he took the lead, the imperial garden burst into thunderous applause.

Previously, Emperor Longde only praised him for his good intentions, but this time he said three good things in a row, and it was clear at a glance which one he appreciated more.

The queen smiled and said: "Mrs. Gong, a big reward!"

The difference between a reward and a heavy reward is a world of difference.

The queen mother reluctantly smiled along, she didn't care for Lu Xinyan at first, even though Lu Xinyan's clothes were beautiful, she had a prejudice against her in her heart, so she made up her mind not to choose her to make a 16-year-old birthday dress for Chang'an.

But I didn't expect that the emperor, who had been busy for several days, would suddenly come to the Imperial Garden, let alone that he would appreciate Lu Xinyan's performance very much.

The emperor has always been filial, and he gave the queen mother enough face at all times, and the queen mother was unwilling to ignore him, so she said: "The emperor, I think these three girls are all good, and I wanted to pick one of the most outstanding people to come out and make Huahua Aijia thought, why don’t the three of them make a suit, and on Chang’an’s birthday, Chang’an can choose whichever suit he likes?”

Emperor Longde was very clear about King Rui's affairs back then, and Emperor Longde also understood the embarrassment in the empress dowager's heart. Although he personally favored Lu Xinyan, he would not oppose the empress dowager for such a small matter. "Everything is up to the queen mother. My son has no objection! Empress, my son still has some official business to deal with, so I will take my leave first."

"Congratulations to the emperor!"

After Emperor Longde left, the eunuch then announced the Queen Mother's order.

Yang Liuer and Li Qinxuan couldn't believe their good luck. Before Lu Xinyan and the others danced, Yang Liuer thought that with her ingenious thinking, there was still a chance. After the dance, Yang Liuer heard the emperor's praise and applause. Son felt completely cold.

When I was discouraged, I didn't know that at the end of the summit, I would have another chance!
As soon as Yizhi was announced, the banquet broke up, and the Royal Garden, which was bustling just now, suddenly became deserted.

Qingtong supported Xuyue, Bai Zhi stepped forward to check, opened her dress, gasped, her ankles were horribly red and swollen, with a light touch, Xuyue burst into tears in pain.

"Go back to Baihua Palace first." Lu Xinyan said in a deep voice.

Before they left the imperial garden, they met Concubine Chen who was waiting there. When she saw them, she smiled and congratulated them: "Mrs. Gong Shao, I didn't expect the queen mother to change her mind temporarily. Congratulations!"

"Thank you, Concubine Chen, the servant's servant girl is just behind..." Before Lu Xinyan finished speaking, she was interrupted by Concubine Chen, "Huh? The fragrance that Mrs. Gong Shao rubbed on her body is elegant and fragrant, but it smells like orchids?"

Concubine Chen sniffed vigorously, and praised: "I have heard many orchid fragrances concocted by many people in my palace, but the orchid fragrance on Mrs. Gong's body is the most unique and elegant, with the nobleness of orchids, without any impurities."

Lu Xinyan said: "Concubine Chen likes it, my wife will send you a bottle tomorrow."

"Really? Then I will be impolite!" Concubine Chen was overjoyed.

"Ms. Chen Concubine, the maid of the minister's wife twisted her foot just now..."

"I'm really sorry!" Concubine Chen noticed the painful expression of Lueyue, and hurriedly apologized and moved away, "Help her back and take a good look, if you need any medicinal materials, feel free to send someone to ask for it, you're welcome!"

"Thank you, Concubine Chen!"

Xuyue couldn't walk, so Qingtong picked up Xuyue, and they quickly returned to Baihua Palace.

Bai Zhi looked at it carefully and said: "Fortunately, no bones and muscles were injured, but the bruise must be dissipated as soon as possible."

She took out a bottle of medicated oil, and handed Lueyue a small piece of wood, "This medicated oil promotes blood circulation and removes stasis. After rubbing it on and massaging it hard for a few days, it will be effective, but it will hurt a little, Lueyue, please bear with it and bite it." This, so as not to bite yourself."

Lueyue nodded with tears in her eyes, and bit the small wood. Bai Zhi poured the medicated oil into her palm and pressed it hard, Lueyue trembled in pain, her teeth bit the wood tightly, not letting herself scream, but intermittently Hum is still indispensable.

After pressing it for a while, Qingtong saw that Bai Zhi's head was covered with sweat, so she took the initiative to invite Ying.

She is a martial artist, her hands are strong, she gasps for air when she presses it, her body becomes more and more stiff.

After a long time, the pain dissipated, and slowly felt a heat spreading from the ankle to the whole body, and Lueyue gradually relaxed.

Seeing that Lueyue had passed the most painful moment, Lu Xinyan said coldly: "Shu Yun, bring over the shoes that Lueyue was wearing just now."

Take precautions, but I didn't expect someone to tamper with the shoes.

Since entering the palace yesterday morning, people have been taking care of these clothes and shoes. The only thing that everyone has left is the haunting incident last night.

"Miss, here are the shoes." Shu Yun handed the broken high-heeled shoes to Lu Xinyan. The heel of the high-heeled shoes was hanging like a broken arm. After closing the heel and the body of the shoe, you could see the traces of a sharp knife cutting .

"I'm sorry, Miss." Shu Yun said shamelessly: "I checked the shoes last night. I didn't check them carefully enough. Someone tampered with them and didn't find out. I almost ruined the show with a sprained foot. Miss, please punish me!"

Lu Xinyan shook her head, "It's none of your business! High heels are a novelty. It's normal that you don't know how to avoid being assassinated. It's my negligence. I should check it myself."

"Miss, did Princess Changping send someone to do this again?" Bai Zhi asked.

Qingtong snorted, "Who else in this palace is so boring except her?"

Bai Zhi asked again, "Then who should be inside her? Few people have seen these high-heeled shoes, and even we don't know how to destroy them without being discovered, so how would the inside know?"

Lu Xinyan sneered: "You don't know, it's because you are not good at sewing and sewing."

"Miss is suspicious...Miss Li and Miss Yang?" Bai Zhi took a deep breath.

"It's not doubt, it must be one of them!" Lu Xinyan said.

She felt that the haunting was not so simple last night, but she didn't find anything at the time, thinking that she was thinking too much, but she guessed it right in the end.

Shu Yun said bitterly: "It must be that Yang Liu'er! When she came back last night, she was poking around at the gate of our courtyard. Maybe she just came out of it and just happened to meet us back, so she deliberately pretended to want to go in and have a look." look!"

"Miss, what do you plan to do about this matter?" Bai Zhi said, "Do you want to report this matter to the Empress Dowager?"

"No need! There is no evidence for this matter now. Yang Liuer is suspicious, and Li Qinxuan can't get rid of the suspicion for the time being. If I report it to the Queen Mother, I might be framed up, saying that I deliberately pushed this matter on them, so that the Queen Mother can cancel them. Qualification to make beautiful clothes for Princess Chang'an!"

Qingtong said angrily: "Are you going to let that person go like this? It's so embarrassing!"

Lu Xinyan's red lips curled into a cruel and wanton smile, "I wanted to make me look ugly in public, and made Lueyue sprain my foot, how could I let it go? During the next five days of preparing the clothes for Princess Chang'an, that person I will definitely be unable to restrain myself from making another move, and when the time comes, we will catch a turtle in a urn, and we will get all the stolen goods!"

"Miss already has a solution? Let's hear it." Qingtong's eyes lit up.

"There's still time, don't rush, just wait and see what happens in the next two days." Lu Xinyan said.

Wu Wan, who was grounded in Zhaoyang Palace, learned that Lu Xinyan not only did not make a fool of herself in public, but instead danced a dance she had never seen before, which was greatly appreciated by Emperor Longde. On the ground, "Useless things, such a small thing can't be done well!"

The water splashed everywhere, the teacup twirled on the luxurious carpet, and the little palace lady who reported the letter was so frightened that she knelt on the ground, "Princess, please forgive me!"

Wu Wan said angrily: "Hurry up and get down, waiting to be hit by the board? Seeing your stupid appearance, I feel annoyed in my heart!"

"Yes, princess!" The little palace lady withdrew with tears in her eyes.

After Wu Wan secretly got angry for a while, she quickly calmed down. It's a good thing that Lu Xinyan was appreciated today and made a big splash, which just made tomorrow's plan more reasonable.

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Baihua Palace is one south and one north away from Fengyang Palace where Princess Chang'an lives. In order to reduce the time for Lu Xinyan and others to go back and forth, and make birthday clothes as soon as possible, the Queen Mother ordered the three to move to Princess Chang'an's side hall.

As soon as the gate of Baihua Palace was opened in the morning, Lu Xinyan saw Xiao Xizi, the little eunuch next to Concubine Chen, walking around anxiously, "Xiao Xizi, what happened?"

"Mrs. Gong Shao, it's great to see you!" Xiao Xizi rushed up to meet you, "Concubine Chen was blown by the wind in the imperial garden last night, and she had a severe headache. The imperial physician who took Su Zhaoyi's pulse in Hehuan Palace has already seen it for her. , Said it was an old problem, let her rest more, Concubine Chen thought that the headache would be relieved after Miss Bai Zhi gave her moxibustion the day before yesterday, so she wanted to ask Miss Bai Zhi to help her with moxibustion to relieve it."

"Bai Zhi is packing up, wait a moment, I'll call her." Luao Yue foot was injured and couldn't move, Qing Tong and the others had to clean up. This time, she went to see Princess Chang'an first, so Lu Xinyan didn't take anyone with her.

She turned around and went in to call Bai Zhi, and at the same time handed a bottle of orchid perfume to Xiao Xizi, "I promised to give this to Concubine Chen last night, you can take it with you."

"Xie Gongshao Madam." Xiao Xizi said gratefully.

After Xiao Xizi and Bai Zhi left, Yang Liuer, who was waiting outside, said disdainfully: "Sister Li, some people have really good methods, such as sending incense, and sending maids to see a doctor. I can only make my own clothes honestly~"

"Sister Yang, don't say that." Li Qinxuan tugged on Yang Liu'er's sleeve and whispered.

If there was no high-heeled shoes, Lu Xinyan might not be bothered to talk to Yang Liuer, "It's better than some people who have no skills or abilities, and will only point and scold Huai sourly."

"Lu Xinyan, who do you think is incompetent and capable!?" Yang Liuer's pretty face flushed.

Lu Xinyan gave her a half-smile but not a smile, "Whoever said it is whoever said it!"

Yang Liu'er was so angry that she rushed over to find Lu Xinyan's reasoning, but was stopped by Li Qinxuan, "Mrs. Gong, sister Liu, each of you should not say a word and take a step back. This is the palace, and the commotion has alarmed the nobleman." , the three of us can't please! Sister Liu, do you want to be disqualified?"

Only then did Yang Liu'er stop, "Hmph, wait and see!"

At this time, not far away came a woman in palace attire, in her early thirties, with a beautiful face and excellent manners.

She smiled gently and said, "The maidservant is Song Zhao, the maidservant next to Princess Chang'an of Fengyang Palace. She has met Mrs. Gong Shao, Ms. Li, and Ms. Liu."

The three returned their salutes, "Hello, Sister Song Zhao."

"The princess is already waiting for the three of you, please come with your servants."

She personally sent a capable maidservant by her side to pick them up, showing that Princess Chang'an attached great importance to the three of them, and Yang Liuer showed a little color on her face.

As long as you please Princess Chang'an and let her choose the clothes she made in the end, what if other people have the support of the Queen Mother?So what if the emperor appreciates it?

When Yang Liu'er thought of the reward last night, she became extremely jealous.

It was also sent to Baihua Palace, and it was also a reward. Lu Xinyan's reward was several times more than her and Li Qinxuan's!
Isn't it just relying on the relationship of the empress dowager?

Yang Liu'er couldn't help but glared at Lu Xinyan with resentment, but she turned a blind eye when she saw a smile on the corner of her lips, her magnificent face eclipsed everything around her, and made her feel so small that she was in the dust!

Really, people are better than people, and it makes people mad!Yang Liuer retracted her eyes resentfully.

Fengyang Palace is close to Lanlin, on the north side of the palace, a little remote, it was originally the place where the deceased mother and concubine of Princess Chang'an Wu Zhen lived.

Not long after Wu Zhen was born, her mother and concubine unfortunately fell ill and passed away. The Queen Mother took pity on her and raised her by her side.

Wu Zhen's grandfather was only a first-rank and fifth-rank official. Originally, Wu Zhen would only be granted titles when she became a monk, but because of the Queen Mother's relationship, Emperor Longde gave the titles of the second and third princesses to the married eldest princess. And bestowed, namely Changle, Changan, Changping.

When Wu Zhen was 12 years old, she asked the Empress Dowager to give her Fengyang Palace as her bedroom, in memory of her mother and concubine, the Queen Mother agreed, and she has been living in Fengyang Palace since then. It took nearly half an hour to go back and forth, but the Empress Dowager did not ask Wu Zhen to pay her respects in the morning and evening, but only asked her to go once every three days. Wu Zhen was filial, and every day, morning or evening, she would always go to pay her respects once.

Song Zhao took Lu Xinyan and the three of them away for more than a quarter of an hour before arriving at Fengyang Palace.

Because it is the bedroom where the princess lives, the decoration of Fengyang Palace is less luxurious than that of the Longevity Palace, Changxiu Palace and Hehuan Palace that Lu Xinyan has seen, and more girlish.

"Your Highness, Mrs. Gong, Miss Li, and Miss Yang are here."

"Bring them in." The young girl's voice came from inside, quiet, calm, and light.

"Three, please come in with your servants."

After entering, Lu Xinyan and the others saluted, "My wife (little girl) see Princess Chang'an."

"Get up, sit down."

"Thank you, Princess Chang'an."

Three rose chairs were set up in the hall early in the morning. After Lu Xinyan and the others sat down one by one, they looked up at Wu Zhen who was seated above.

The facial features are delicate, the complexion is slightly dark, the face is fat with baby fat, and the figure is slightly round. If in an ordinary family, she is also a lucky little beauty, but in this palace where there are all kinds of beautiful women in the world, she His appearance is usually worse than that of many court ladies.

Wu Zhen went to watch the performance last night, because there were so many people watching from afar, she saw clearly the faces of Lu Xinyan and the others, but it was the first time for them to see her face clearly.

Upon seeing this, they were all stunned, because Princess Chang'an's appearance was really... far from the gorgeous and fierce Wu Wan.

(End of this chapter)