The system thinks I lack love

"Empress, yesterday the emperor praised me for improving my pastry making skills, so I dared to ask the empress if I could set up a small kitchen in my Emerald Smoke Palace, so that I can pass the time on weekdays."

Yu Gelan looked at the next seat, Ge Jue, who had just been promoted to Concubine Hui these few days, his father Ge Yuan was Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and now he has an ambiguous position, so Cui Zizhe is very fond of him, so Ge ​​Yuan has been summoned frequently recently He often goes in and out of the court hall.

She picked up the scented tea at hand and took a sip slowly, as if she hadn't heard Ge Jue's words. Ge Jue couldn't help but force a smile on his face, and sat there motionless waiting for Yu Gelan's reply.

Finally, when Ge Jue was about to be unable to hold on, Yu Gelan put down the teacup in his hand and said, "I remember a few days ago, Concubine Liu also came to me and talked about this, saying that the emperor felt that she did it. The snacks are very good, I will allow her to open a small kitchen."

Speaking of which, she looked up at Ge Jue whose expression had obviously changed, sneered in her heart, and continued: "However, at the time, I thought it was a bit inappropriate to set this precedent without authorization, but now that Concubine Hui, you are saying that Yes, then I allow you."

Ge Jue tightened the handkerchief in his hand, and after a while he bowed gracefully: "Thank you, Empress, for your kind permission, I still have some business in the palace, so I won't stay any longer, so I will take my leave."

"In that case, forgive me for sending it off soon, Hong Jian, and send off Concubine Hui for me." Yu Gelan also smiled and motioned for Hong Jian beside her to go and see her off.

Hong Jian bowed her head to accept the order, walked quickly to Ge Jue's side, bowed her head as a gesture of invitation, and then took the lead towards the door.

When Hong Jian came back again, she saw Yu Gelan fiddling with an orchid in the hall with her usual expression, she took the water bottle on the side and handed it to him, and said in a low voice: "It's just a few compliments, it came to us so soon. Now that it's showing off, Concubine Hui really can't hold back."

Yu Gelan fiddled with the branches and leaves of the orchid, and said, "His method of coaxing women is still the same. If he says a few nice words, those women will think that they are different from others." Cui Zizhe just wanted to use this to beat her up. The Yu family, he is not so easy to deal with now, he is not too confident, and he just wants to make her feel uncomfortable.

But she has long been numb to these things, but she just expressed Cui Zizhe's wishes in a few words, saving the other party from jumping up and down to make more things.

At this time, a young eunuch walked in quickly, knelt in front of the red slip, and presented a letter: "Empress, this is a letter sent by Master Yu just now."

As soon as the little eunuch finished speaking, Yu Gelan's hand trembled, and a petal was torn off. Hong Jian took the letter and waved the little eunuch back, and brought the letter in front of Yu Gelan, seeing that Yu Gelan didn't want it. The meaning of receiving it, she opened the letter and read it in a low voice. The more she read it, the more she turned red, and finally she threw the letter on the ground fiercely, and said angrily: "Don't you understand, my lord? The emperor deliberately snubbed your empress. This is not your empress." It’s my fault, I’m still blaming my mother now, really! It’s really... ahhhhh!"

Yu Gelan looked at the petals in his hand. Her father had long understood that Cui Zizhe loved her in every possible way on the surface because he was afraid of their Yu family. In fact, he was extremely indifferent to her in private. They had been married for three years, not to mention children. In the same room, on the wedding night, she was shy and looking forward to it, but what she got in return was Cui Zizhe's words: "Wishful thinking!"

But her father doesn't care about these things, he only hopes to see the birth of the Yu family's blood, so as to better stabilize the status of his Yu family. Used ready.

Yu Gelan sneered, threw the petals back into the flower pot, and said, "Burn the letter, don't let anyone see it."

It was night, and Hong Jian followed Yu Gelan all the way up the majestic city wall of the palace. Seeing Yu Gelan standing on the city wall silently looking into the distance, she couldn't help feeling sad.

Every time her mother is in a bad mood, she will come to this city wall in the dead of night. When Yu Gelan came here for the first time, she said to herself: "If you jump from here, everything will be nothing to her. connection?"

She was terrified at that time, crying and hugging her mother-in-law, which caused Yu Gelan to be startled and had to comfort her instead.

Since then, Yu Gelan has never said that again, but Hong Jian can see that the way she looks down the tower has not changed. Every time she looks at Yu Gelan like this in the future, she can't help but feel angry , her mother is so gentle to her little court lady, why does everyone want to hurt her so much?They can't see the mother, okay?

Tonight, when Yu Gelan boarded the tower, he habitually raised his eyes to look, but saw a little fire light from below, and gradually the more fire light, there was a faint upward trend.

Seeing this, Yu Gelan turned back to the red slip and asked, "Red slip, where does the fire below come from?"

Hong Jian stepped forward to take a look, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "I have heard people say these days that it seems that the Master of the State Teacher is preparing matters at this city wall and praying for the country. The ceremony begins."

Yu Gelan understood, no wonder the guards were not there when she came here today, and she secretly wondered that there had been new changes in the palace.

"Pray for the country? Then why don't you see the emperor and the people from the Ministry of Rites present?" Yu Gelan wondered. This kind of thing that can increase his reputation and patriotic image is what that man is most passionate about.

"Praying for blessings is about sincerity. If the heart is not sincere, it will be useless no matter how many people come." Before Hong Jian could answer, Wen Yu's voice suddenly came from the dark.

Seeing this, Hong Jian bowed and shouted: "Master Guoshi." Then he lowered his head and retreated to stand behind Yu Gelan.

Yu Gelan saw Wen Yu, the topic of conversation in the palace during this period, come out from the darkness, holding something in her hand, which seemed to be made of red paper, something she had never seen before.

But she didn't ask any more questions, she leaned slightly and said: "Since it is Master Guoshi who is here to pray for blessings, it is because I have disturbed you, I will leave now and hope Master will forgive me for my unintentional mistake." Yu Gelan was about to turn around and leave with Hong Jian.

"Since you're here, it's fate, and I will give this lamp to the queen." Wen Yu said at this moment, and handed the red thing in his hand to Yu Gelan.

"Thank you for the kindness of the teacher." Yu Gelan wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, this is not a valuable object, so if he refuses like this, he may be offended by the other party's kindness and make the other party unhappy, so he took it over, looked at it and said : "Forgive me for my ignorance, I have never seen a lamp like this before, dare to ask the master how to use it?"

Since they all took other people's things, it's not easy to turn around and leave like this, Yu Gelan looked at Wen Yu's so-called lamp in his hand, and said curiously.

Wen Yu took a few steps forward, and Yu Gelan subconsciously wanted to dodge, but Wen Yu was neither a man nor a foreign minister, so he didn't move. After a while, Wen Yu had already approached her and held her hand. Lantern, stuffed a writing brush into her hand with one hand, pointed to the papered lamp surface and said: "This object is called a sky lantern, write your wish on the lamp surface, light the wick and let it fly, and your wish will come true." .”

While the two of them were talking, the low sky lanterns gradually rose to a higher place, illuminating the originally dark and dark city tower brightly. Pieces of sky lanterns fluttered in the air, adding a touch of warmth to the lifeless imperial city. .

Yu Gelan stared at the lights in a daze, then turned her head to look at Wen Yu beside her. Under the light of the fire, the other party's expression was very gentle, something she couldn't see in this palace.

During the praying ceremony that day, the other party covered her face with white gauze and couldn't see her face clearly, but her pair of clear eyes left a deep impression on her, and now Wen Yu's beautiful face without makeup is shown in front of her like this , who would have thought that the national teacher of Fengguo has a face far more beautiful than the three thousand beauties in the harem.

Wen Yu lightly tapped the lamp surface, recalling Yu Gelan's wandering thoughts. She turned her eyes to the lamp surface again, but couldn't write for a long time. What wish did she have?Her heart has long been turned into a pool of stagnant water in this deep palace, unable to make any waves. When she was young, she had some wishes. Thinking of this, she laughed at herself. Her childhood wish was to die with that man. Now It's ridiculous to think about it.

At this moment, a cool hand held Yu Gelan's writing hand, and then slowly wrote the word "forgiveness" on the lamp surface with the pen.

"If the queen can't choose her wish, I will do it for you this time." After a pause, Wen Yu lit the wick, took the brush from Yu Gelan's hand, and put Yu Gelan's hand on the lamp again , continued: "I hope one day, the empress can forgive me."

Yu Gelan was taken aback when he heard the words, and just let go of the sky lantern in his hand, and slowly flew into the night sky, blending into the sea of ​​lights.

Ask her to forgive herself?Why do you say that?What else can she control in this place?

Yu Gelan, who felt that Wen Yu was a little ridiculous, couldn't help but sneered: "The national teacher is here to pray for the country, but now he is praying for me. Isn't this a small loss?" She regretted it, because the other party had good intentions, but because of her twisted heart, she spoke ill at each other.

Wen Yu looked at Yu Gelan firmly, and suddenly smiled slightly: "The peace of the country, can it be controlled by a small blessing, I don't think I have that much ability, if this can help the queen one or two now, it will be too late." My hard work of the past few days is not in vain." After saying this, Wen Yu didn't say much, turned around and went down the tower with a slight brow.

Yu Gelan stared at the back of Wen Yu leaving in amazement. The dignified national teacher actually said that praying for the country is useless. Feeling a burst of relief in my heart, I couldn't help but raise the corners of my mouth.

Thinking of just forgetting to express to the other party, that day's help in the ceremony of praying for heaven, I can't help but secretly blame myself for being stupid.

"Mother, it's very cold at night, shall we go back earlier?" Seeing Yu Gelan alone in a daze, Hong Jian couldn't help reminding her.

"It's okay, just stay a little longer." Yu Gelan shook his head slightly, rejecting Hong Jian's proposal.

She had no choice but to give up when she heard the words, and stood beside Yu Gelan quietly, and after a while, she heard Yu Gelan say: "Hong Jian, today I suddenly feel that this city tower is also a good place."

Hong Jian was taken aback, and turned to look at Yu Gelan, only to see Yu Gelan was looking at the sky lantern floating farther and farther with a slight smile on his face. How long had it been since she saw such a smile? , for a moment, some eyes were astringent, and he choked up and said: "If the empress likes it, we will come every day from now on."

"You~ you still cry so much. If I come every day, he will feel that there is something different here. Don't disturb this rare pure land. Let's go, let's go back to the palace." Seeing the sea of ​​bright lights, Yu Gelan turned around and went down the tower. Hong Jian quickly wiped her eyes and followed, feeling more and more dissatisfied with the emperor in her heart, but she had a good impression of the newly returned imperial teacher.