in the sound of swallows

Chapter 110

Yuwen Changqing said that Duanwen didn't know how he would react if he was beaten with a sap of his identity.He had already thought that if Duanwen couldn't be appeased, then only Yuwen Changqing would bite the bullet.

Unexpectedly, Duanwen gave him a surprise.

Gu Chaobei smiled, looked at Duanwen and said, "If that's the case, then we'll talk about it in detail with Qing tomorrow."

"Okay." Duanwen turned around and wanted to go back to the room, paused for a while, then couldn't help but turned to look at him and asked: "Brother Huang really likes nobleman Yan?"

like very much?Gu Chaobei touched his chin and thought about the word.If you like him, you like it. What is the concept of liking him very much?Do you like it more than Jiangshan?Maybe not.But there is nothing wrong with him liking her the most over other women.

"I will protect her."

Duanwen nodded and said: "When Brother Huang is in charge, she probably won't have to be wronged like this."

Are you wronged?Gu Chaobei thought about it, probably, when he takes over the government, he will definitely give her a position.

When Shen Guiyan woke up, she still felt warm all over her body.Looking down, he was actually on the bed.

Surprised, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and there was no one on the couch.There were sounds of long swords waving outside.

He got out of bed and opened the door to see that Duanwen had changed into smart clothes and was practicing sword.

Although she is a woman, Shen Guiyan was shocked by Duanwen's martial arts.There was only a crackling sound when the long sword passed, and there was no noise.The arms are clearly slender, but they are strong enough. A set of swordsmanship is clean and neat, and the fast-melting snow on the ground does not hinder it in the slightest.

"Good swordsmanship!" Can't help clapping his hands, Duanwen put away the sword and turned around, watching her raise his eyebrows: "Do you know swordsmanship?"

Shen Guiyan shook her head: "I don't understand, but I can see it. Few women can perform such sword skills as the princess."

Duanwen snorted, but his face was still quite pleasant, he looked at her and said: "Clean up, I'm going to pay my respects to the queen mother."

Shen Guiyan nodded, Bao Fan turned on hot water, and after washing, the two went to the Empress Dowager's palace together.

The Empress Dowager Nian looked at Duanwen and smiled kindly: "Did you rest well yesterday?"

"It's not bad." Duan Wen said with a grin, "It's just that Zhuangde Palace is really small, but it's crowded with Yan nobles."

The Empress Dowager Nian looked at Shen Guiyan, and the latter knelt down to salute unhurriedly: "All blessings, Empress Dowager."

"You're lucky." The Empress Dowager Nian touched the armor and said with a smile, "Even Duanwen can catch your eye."

She thought that the emperor's kindness would definitely make Duanwen dissatisfied, but she didn't expect that after one night, the two of them came to pay their respects together.

Shen Guiyan lowered her head and said nothing, Duanwen came over and pulled her up: "Don't be frightened by the queen mother, she is ruthless and gentler than anyone else. You have something in your stomach, go sit next to me. "

"Thank you, princess." Shen Guiyan sat down and glanced at the Empress Dowager Nian.

The Empress Dowager Nian snorted twice to express her dissatisfaction with the princess' words.But she didn't do anything, acquiescing to her to sit down without saying anything, and asked Qiu Jin to bring her a hand warmer.

As expected of being half mother and daughter, these two have the same temperament, they look fierce, but they treat them sincerely, but they are actually easier to talk to than anyone else.

In fact, I am really lucky, and the people I meet are not too bad.

On the other side, the East Palace.

Concubine Shen has already told Empress Dowager Wen about what happened at yesterday's banquet, adding embellishment: "Princess Duanwen is really too much, she is just a princess, but she disregards ethics and embarrasses her concubine on the spot..."

Empress Dowager Wen has been listening expressionlessly, and when Concubine Shen finished speaking, she put down the teacup and said, "Do you know who Princess Duanwen is?"

Concubine Shen was taken aback, she pursed her lips and said cautiously: "Isn't it the daughter of Concubine Shu before? Later Concubine Shu disappeared, so she was raised by the Empress Dowager Nian..."

"That's true." Empress Dowager Wen smiled: "But the late emperor let her go to Huainan for three or four years. The king of Huainan had no sons and no daughters, so he loved her as his own daughter, and even made her the commander of soldiers and horses in Huainan. You know this Does it mean something?"

Han Lu didn't say a word, how could she know about these political affairs? She already knew about the position in the harem, didn't she just need to sit in the queen's seat?Military power or something has nothing to do with her.

Empress Dowager Wen snorted softly: "Aijia sees that you don't know, you don't have a high background, so you can understand what. Princess Duanwen has the military power in Huainan in her hands, and the one who comes up is the ceremony of meeting the emperor, so she is no longer just a princess. Take The friction between these women is to run on others? You can open your eyes to Aijia, Duanwen is the person that Aijia wants to win, don't make trouble."

Shen Hanlu was extremely upset, and even angrily left the East Palace.Why are the women here so scary, they are always involved in government affairs, military power and so on.Can't you simply fight for a man?
"Your Majesty, it's time to assign status to the officials and ladies in the harem today." The maid next to her said, "I also want to show it to the queen dowagers of the two palaces."

If you don't mention her, you will forget that there are still a lot of women waiting for the top position.Concubine Shen took the brochure and looked at it, many of them were circled by Gu Chaobei, the people he wanted.

But looking at the names, white fox, lily, and narcissus, aren't they all people who used to be drunk?He was directly connected to the palace?The emperor is also really ridiculous.

"Come on, let's take a look."

"Yes."

The officials and women are all in Ye Ting Palace, there are more than a dozen of them in total, some are the daughters of ministers, and some are brought in by Gu Chaobei himself.As soon as Shen Hanlu entered, they saluted together: "I pay my respects to Concubine Shen."

After yesterday's banquet, many people said that although this empress had a high status, she had never been favored.The people present looked down on her more or less in their hearts, but she was in charge of the harem for the time being, so she had to bow her head.

"Who is Lily?" Han Lu rolled her eyelids and asked.

Lily paused, then stood up: "Go back to your mother, you are a slave."

Han Lu snorted and laughed: "Did you have your body checked when you entered the palace?"

Lily frowned. She and Zui Huayin and the others were all directly brought in by the emperor. Gu Chaobei had promised them that after the matter was completed, they would be safe for the rest of their lives. Medical examination?

"If you don't dare to answer, it means you haven't tested it?" Han Lu patted the table: "Where is your palace? Can a geisha like you come to serve the emperor?"

Lily dared not speak out, she, Shen Hanlu, thought she was clean, where did she go?Don't be afraid to slap yourself in the face when you say it!

The officials and ladies below were all snickering, but Han Lu didn't notice.She kept herself very clean in her heart, and now she just couldn't see these foxes entering the palace.So what's wrong with all the good-looking ones?She can't make it through!
"Your Majesty, the servants, Bai He and others were personally welcomed by the imperial decree." The white fox on the side stood up, looked at Shen Hanlu and said: "My Majesty, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can go and talk to the Emperor."

Still using the emperor to suppress her?Shen Hanlu snorted coldly, flipped through the booklet and said, "Right now, I'm in charge, and the emperor won't be free to take care of your matters. Now, those who have been called by the palace will follow the nuns to arrange the palace, and those who have not been called can wait Let's go out of the palace."

Not surprisingly, she ordered a few of the worst-looking ones, and then the rest, including a few drunken ones, all had to leave the palace.

"Forgive me for talking too much." Baihu said with a frown, "I'm afraid this move of your empress will make the Emperor unhappy."

Anyone with a bit of a brain knows that if the emperor wants to stay, if you don't let him stay, it's clearly an embarrassment to the emperor.Shen Hanlu was also full and had nothing to do to show off.

"You seem to be quite confident in yourself?" Shen Hanlu frowned, looked at the white fox and said, "I heard that you are in Zuihuayin, and you are the most expensive, and you even sell your art but not your body. The emperor even got into a fight because of you." lawsuit."

The white fox pursed her lips.

"A person like you, what is it if you are not a fox charmer?" Shen Hanlu tutted: "Your name is not in vain, I will leave it here today, if I have the ability to take the power of the harem from my hands, otherwise, The one who decides is still this palace!"

"Send the redundant official women out of the palace."

"Yes." The maid next to her agreed and beckoned, and the nuns outside came to lead the people out.

The white fox clenched his hands tightly, and the Lily Narcissus beside him was very angry.All the way out of the palace, but bumped into Shengjia on the way.

The nanny leading the way was taken aback and hurriedly tried to make them avoid, but the white fox yelled: "Your Majesty!"

The dragon chariot stopped, Gu Chaobei stretched out his head to have a look, and said with a smile, "Have you divided the palace?"

Lily and Narcissus burst into tears immediately, and the white fox gritted his teeth and said, "Concubine Shen wants to drive the slaves out of the palace."

Gu Chaobei's smile froze on his face.

Shen Hanlu didn't know anything, and she was sitting in the Yeting Palace teaching a few people who had just been sealed, and the tallest one was the beauties.

"The palace has to serve not only the emperor, but also the master of the harem. It's not enough to keep trying to climb up, you have to have sharp eyesight, understand?"

"Slaves understand."

Satisfied with the lesson, Shen Hanlu was about to get up and go to the Empress Dowager's Palace to hand out brochures, when she saw the Fanghua Nanny beside the Empress Dowager.

"Queen Mother, please go over quickly." Sister Fanghua said with an uneasy expression on her face.

Shen Hanlu was taken aback, and hurriedly followed, and couldn't help asking on the way: "What happened? Mommy's complexion is not very good."

It wasn't because you made me stupid, Sister Fanghua closed her eyes and shook her head, but didn't answer her.

Entering the East Palace, the emperor was sitting on one side, and there were actually three drunken people sitting on the chairs beside him.

Shen Hanlu's heart skipped a beat, and she stepped forward to salute: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty."

Empress Dowager Wen was still smiling, but there was not much smile in her eyes. Seeing that she didn't cry out, she just said: "The Ai family just agreed to the emperor's suggestion to appoint this white girl as Concubine Zhuang and give it to Xiuzhuang Palace. , Concubine Shen, what do you think?"

"Concubine Zhuang?!" Shen Hanlu was shocked, and looked at the white fox beside her.Concubine Zhuang is one of the four concubines, isn't she a head taller than her?

How can this be?Why?

"Empress Dowager! The concubine is not convinced!"

(End of this chapter)