After being reborn, being alone as a queen

The next day, Koizumi hurried into the hall, looked around but found no one, and finally Xie Jin spoke out first

Xie Jin leaned against the window on the left side of the door, held a bamboo slip in his hand, tilted his head, and said lazily, "What are you looking for?"

Koizumi was startled at first, then quickly changed direction, saluted respectfully and said, "I will report to Young Master, Concubine Lan, please see me."

Xie Jin's mind flashed the unpainted face that he saw at the gate of Chaoyang Palace not long ago. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly smiled and said, "Then invite her in."

Not long after, Koizumi led Su Jinglan, who was dressed in plain clothes, around the corridor and walked towards this side

The window Xie Jin was leaning on was facing the corridor. It was spring, and the peach trees all over the yard had fallen and turned red. It was worthy of the beauty of April in the world.

From a distance, he saw Concubine Lan, who looked more haggard than a few days ago. The veranda with vermilion paint as the main color matched her light blue dress. A lake and landscape painting was unfolded.

Su Jinglan had been following Koizumi with her head down, but she suddenly felt a gaze that was hard to ignore.

So she couldn't help but look up at the source of her gaze, and she and Xie Jin looked at each other across a long corridor.

At that glance, she saw that the boy in purple didn't have the slightest smile on his face, and his eyes looking at her were like a pool of stagnant water.

But in a blink of an eye, she is just a blink of an eye

Xie Jin's face was smiling again, and there was a gentle smile in his peach-blossom eyes, without any sign of falsehood.

Su Jinglan almost thought it was her own illusion

After Koizumi brought her in, he retreated to the courtyard to guard her faithfully.

Xie Jin walked over slowly: "I don't know if Concubine Lan is here, what can I do?"

Concubine Lan took out the jade card that Qu Huashang handed her in prison yesterday, and said: "Sister Huifei made such a big mistake because of my palace. It was given to my sister by the person behind the scenes. She is very skilled in martial arts, and the concubine Hui did not see the real face of the person behind the scenes, she was only forced to do so..."

Xie Jin took the jade token, his expression darkened.

The objects in the palace are divided into different levels according to the status of the holder, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has clear regulations. The lowest pass is made of iron, and only those in high positions will have a pass made of jade. Palace people?

Xie Jin silently put away the jade token, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Madam."

It stands to reason that he should leave after talking about the progress. After all, the concubine is in the same room with an unmarried official son, and the longer the time, the more difficult it is to tell.

Seeing that she didn't move, Xie Jin seemed to be thinking about something while standing there, so she said, "Is there anything else you need to do?"

Su Jinglan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Young Master, I'm here today... I have one more request."

Xie Jin didn't seem to be surprised at all, and didn't answer, waiting for her next words.

Su Jinglan said slowly: "I want to ask the young master to help me save someone."

Only then did Xie Jin raise an eyebrow, and said, "Is Concubine Lan just joking? Ask me to save someone?"

Su Jinglan seemed to have guessed his reaction, and said firmly, "Exactly."

"Who do you want me to help you save?"

"Sister Huifei."

Until Su Jinglan finished speaking the last word, Xie Jin did not show the slightest surprise or other expressions, but

Xie Jin remained silent, Su Jinglan hesitated for a moment, then slowly took out something from her sleeve and handed it to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin looked down, it was a flat stone, polished into an oval shape, very similar to Tongxing Yuling, but it could be seen that it was not a thing in the palace, and there were totems and words engraved crookedly on the front .

"This is?" When Xie Jin's fingertips touched the surface of the stone, a bone-chilling chill flowed up the fingertips.

Su Jinglan stirred the handkerchief in her hand, bit her lips and said, "This thing is helpful to the young master. As long as the young master is willing to help me save people, it... will belong to the young master in the future."

Xie Jin glanced at the open door, the concubine and the man met privately, so naturally the door could not be closed.

Koizumi is worthy of being a slave from the Palace's Internal Affairs Office, who knows how to observe the situation and the situation, so he spontaneously stands far away at this time.

Xie Jin leaned against the corridor pillar carved with golden dragon-shaped reliefs in the hall, and the golden veil hanging from the top of the dragon pillar was like a warm glow behind him, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm joking, let's not say that this thing is a fool to me." What's the use, I'm just His Majesty's servant now, even if I want to help your empress, I'm afraid I'm powerless."

No, Su Jinglan retorted subconsciously

After many years in the palace, she has never seen His Majesty look like that, and she has never personally delivered a cloak to anyone

After returning to the palace that day, she thought about it carefully, maybe it was not for the cloak, His Majesty would not have come out to see her at all.

No, you can't mess yourself up.

Su Jinglan clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, and she seemed to be a different person in the next moment. The usual appearance like a lotus in clear water disappeared, replaced by a confident appearance

She smiled very beautifully, but the words in her mouth pierced Xie Jin's heart word by word, without hesitation: "Young Lord, don't forget, no matter how big a mistake Qu Huashang made, there is a Jing Jing standing behind her." General Yuan's mansion is a certain fact, if the emperor kills Qu Huashang recklessly, what do you think will happen to General Jingyuan?"

If Xie Jin didn't know that Concubine Lan's weakness that anyone could bully in the palace for the past ten years was just pretending, then he would be the biggest idiot in the world.

The temperature in Xie Jin's eyes dropped to freezing point in an instant, and the smile on the corners of his lips became brighter and brighter: "Courtesy first, soldiers later? Have you finally shown your true colors? The empress Lan's feigned weakness really surprised me, so are you threatening me now? "

Su Jinglan froze for a moment, her smile narrowed slightly, her long eyelashes covered the emotion in her eyes: "Young Master is serious, now I have something to ask for, how dare you threaten Young Master."

Xie Jin was holding the unknown stone tablet, but he was thinking about Su Jinglan's words. Although the words were not pleasant, they were true.

He has dealt with Qu Jing before, although this man is capable of leading troops in combat, he is too powerful, and he is extremely difficult to control.

It's like an extremely sharp blade. If you use it well, you can repel the enemy, but if you use it poorly, you will inevitably cut yourself.

After Xie Jin made up his mind, he slowly put away the sign in his hand, and then said with a smile: "Concubine Hui did not hesitate to risk being punished by the nine clans to break into His Majesty's bedroom for you, and Concubine Lan, you did not hesitate to sacrifice your life for her." Hole card, I am now very curious about the relationship between the two empresses, I wonder if the empress is interested in helping me out?"

Seeing his reaction, Su Jinglan knew it was over, and the tension in her heart relaxed for a moment.

Xie Jin is right, she is indeed at the end of her rope, if Xie Jin doesn't care about the emperor's affairs and still refuses to help save people, she will really have to die.

Therefore, she readily agreed to Xie Jin's request, and she has come to this point anyway.

"Then there is a story here in this palace. I wonder if the young master is interested in hearing it?"

Xie Jin raised his eyebrows: "I would like to hear the details."

When Concubine Lan talked about the first time she and Qu Huashang met His Majesty who was still the crown prince in front of the imperial study, Xie Jin remembered that Song Huaian had indeed met Su Jinglan at that time.

At that time, Su Jinglan was just a scrawny little girl by Qu Huashang's side, with no flesh on her body.

Throwing it into the crowd is like finding a needle in a haystack and never getting it out again.

When they met in front of the imperial study, he just glanced casually, only to feel that the little girl's eyes were extremely clear and bright.

And... I think I've seen this face somewhere else

No wonder he felt a little familiar when he first met him in Chaoyang Palace that day.

The story of Concubine Lan is a bit long, from the first meeting to the request to enter the palace together, and accompany and support each other in the harem through the long years.

Xie Jin felt that his legs were sore from standing, so he found a place to sit down and listened quietly.

After the story was finished, Concubine Lan bit her lips and said unwillingly: "She was originally just flamboyant. Ever since she first met His Highness, Huashang had threatened to marry His Highness. This person can only be her, Qu Hua. Chang's husband! But she didn't expect..."

"Luyi! Alan! Help Miss Ben to see if I look good in this pair of earrings?"

Qu Huashang was sitting in front of the dressing table, holding a pair of golden earrings in her hands and gesticulating in front of the mirror. Behind her stood the green and thin Su Jinglan.

Everywhere in the house was hung with the same bright red as the color of blood, so gorgeous that it was a bit dazzling.

The floor was printed with mysterious gold and red patterns, red candles, red bed curtains, red bedding, and even the tea set for drinking tea was replaced with a red glaze pattern.

Red, at a glance, everywhere you look are fiery red silk flowers

Qu Huachang's black hair was lifted by a heavy golden phoenix crown, and her hair was full of pearls and hairpins. She was graceful and luxurious, which made her usually glamorous appearance even more glamorous and coquettish.

She was wearing a fiery red dress. The difference was that she was wearing a wedding dress today, with wide-sleeved Xiapei. It took more than a few months. The brocade dress was hand-woven stitch by stitch, with gold threads outlining big There are large clusters of peonies, and a circle of colorful tassels hangs from the cloud shoulders embroidered with four-sided cloud patterns. The long skirt almost extends from where she is sitting to the door.

Qu Huashang's entire face was filled with happiness, this was the first time Su Jinglan had seen her so happy since she entered the General's Mansion for so long.

Lu Yi was infected by her emotions and laughed so hard that she almost burst into tears, and said, "My lady looks good in anything she wears!"

As she spoke, she lightly bumped Su Jinglan with her elbow and said, "Alan, what do you think?"

Su Jinglan suddenly came back to her senses, lowered her eyes: "Yes."

Qu Huashang handed the earrings to Lu Yi, with a slight blush on his face: "Help me put them on!"

Luyi and Su Jinglan each took one, and put it on her carefully in front of the mirror, for fear of hurting her.

After putting it on, Lu Yi looked at the stunning woman in the mirror, and said with a smile: "From today on, our young lady will be a concubine, and she can finally marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

After finishing speaking, he quickly lowered his head and stretched out his hands to cover his lips, tears fell like broken beads and hit the floor.

Qu Huashang was taken aback, his nose was sore, and there were faint tears in his eyes, he pulled Lu Yi's other hand and said: "Why are you crying, it's a good thing to be able to marry someone you like, you should be happy for this lady .”

Luyi sobbed and nodded, her voice choked up: "Mama won't let the servants follow the mother into the palace, and the servants will not be able to take care of the lady in the palace in the future, please take care of yourself!"

Su Jinglan couldn't care less about wiping her tears anymore, because she suddenly realized that Qu Huashang was going to marry, to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince whom she had secretly promised since she first met, the current King of Southern Chu.

Her mood was not so much that she wanted to cry, but a sour feeling that she couldn't explain clearly.