A kitten dressed as an empress

"Do you really want to know how Zhuang Ling set up a beauty trick?" Zhao Yao caressed the jade ring between her upper fingers with her fingertips, and looked at Wen Ruyan with sly eyes.

Wen Ruyan was a little flustered by the look, and he hesitated for a while to respond: "Actually, I'm not that curious, I just asked casually."

Zhao Yao raised her hand to embrace the person who wanted to distance herself, and said with raised lips, "Zhuang Ling invites me to enjoy the moon in front of flowers on Mid-Autumn Festival night."

"Are you sure she really meant that?" Wen Ruyan thought she had heard it wrong.

After all, that woman Zhuang Ling has met before herself, so she doesn't look like such an elegant person.

"Of course what Zhuang Ling said is true." This is not a lie, but Zhao Yao did not say that she was indifferent and refused.

Wen Ruyan's expression changed several times, and complex expressions rarely appeared in his bright and charming eyes.

Zhao Yao held Wen Ruyan's hand lightly in her palm, and waited patiently for her to stop her.

"Then are you going to the party?"

"Do you want me to go?" Zhao Yao asked without answering.

"Go."

This sentence made Zhao Yao's heart cold, and she looked at her with incredible eyes and asked, "You really want me to go to the banquet?"

When the concubine in the palace invites the king to a banquet, that is to serve her bed.

Wen Ruyan felt that Zhuang Ling might really miss her relatives during the festive season, and felt a little lonely in the palace and wanted to talk to relatives. After all, the Zhuang family was Zhao Yao's mother's mother's family, and the two were somewhat related by blood.

"Well, you just go." Wen Ruyan thought that Zhao Yao is not a philanderer, and he drinks very well on weekdays, so there shouldn't be any strange plots happening.

Anger rose in Zhao Yao's heart but she had no choice but to suppress it, her thin lips were a little pale because of her tight lips, and she didn't want to make a sound.

Is she really not afraid that she will get along with others?

Or because she didn't care that much, so she just turned a blind eye?

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became, so Zhao Yao withdrew her hand, wrote the memorial with a cold face, and said nothing more.

When midsummer turns to autumn, a few rains will take away the heat, and it is rare for a few days to be cool. Wen Ruyan always feels that Zhao Yao is very restless, and she is usually stuffy and doesn't like to make a sound.

Although the intimacy of the three-day appointment was never delayed, on the contrary, sometimes it was extraordinarily wicked, Wen Ruyan held a bronze mirror with a small handle in his hand, and looked at the tooth marks behind his ears with distress.

This bite is definitely bloody!

Wen Ruyan put down the bronze mirror, looked at Zhao Yao who was reviewing the memorial, and saw that there was also a tooth mark on the back of her neck, which was as smooth as jade, but the wound was not as deep as her own.

Originally, she wanted to take revenge back, but Wen Ruyan couldn't do anything serious.

A heavy rain at night blew off a lot of leaves in the courtyard of Yuqing Palace, and the rain soaked the branches and leaves on the ground, so it was a bit troublesome for the palace people to clean up.

Right now, the Mid-Autumn Festival is only five fingers away, and Zhao Yao hasn't said anything since she mentioned it last time.

Wen Ruyan thought about it carefully, and felt that it would be better to go to the banquet together, after all, the people in the palace were sinister, and the last time Qi Jun was enjoying the epiphyllum, he was inexplicably drugged.

It would be dangerous if Zhuang Ling tried to do something.

It's just that Zhao Yao's current state is not easy to mention, so Wen Ruyan had no choice but to give up her thoughts.

Family members get together, why do you join in the fun? Zhao Yao seldom gets along with others on weekdays, and maybe it can help the development of physical and mental health. On the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Yao attended the banquet in full dress, and Peony adjusted her long skirt behind her. Put it on, feel a little proud.

His Majesty is having a banquet with Zhuang Ling. It seems that he is going to take out his servants to rest tonight.

This time, finally, when Wen Ruyan's downfall came, Mudan was even planning ways to get revenge in the future.

Wen Ruyan was holding the scripture book, glanced at Zhao Yao secretly, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, my girlfriend is dating another woman!

"That I..."

Zhao Yao looked over with a slightly cold expression. Wen Ruyan originally wanted to ask me if I could go with her, but she got stuck in her throat.

Zhao Yao never puts on makeup on weekdays, but when she puts on heavy makeup suddenly, not only does she look elegant and noble, but it is even more glamorous and charming.

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Yao was thinking about the news from the Northwest Kingdom that came from the border, but she didn't expect her to speak up suddenly, thinking that she might want to keep her, her brows stretched.

"No, it's nothing." Wen Ruyan's eyes fell on the storybook again, and his face blushed hopelessly.

Alas, if you suddenly said that you were going, wouldn't it make you look petty?

And Zhuang Ling doesn't look like someone who likes women, so it shouldn't be because Zhao Yao is good-looking that her sexual orientation will change, right?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt unsure, Wen Ruyan struggled for a while, and when she looked away from the storybook again, she found that the hall was empty.

I don't know when it was dark outside the window, Wen Ruyan turned his head to look out the window, tapping the low table impatiently with his fingertips, his expression was full of restlessness.

I deliberately took the pill early in the morning today, and the effect of the medicine should be coming soon.

The night was getting darker and the moon was shining in the sky, and the bright starry sky was particularly eye-catching. Zhuang Ling didn't expect the empress to accept the appointment suddenly, and wondered if the empress liked it and refused?

It wasn't until the night that Zhuang Ling saw the Empress that she felt relieved. She sat on one side with a jug in hand and poured wine, and looked at the empress with a cold face.

Even though Zhuang Ling had met many young ladies outside, none of them could compare to the empress in appearance.

When she first met Song Zhen, the daughter of the Song family, Zhuang Ling was worried that if the empress was really a womanizer, then her appearance might not be comparable to that noble daughter.

But even the beautiful Song Zhen is like the stars and the moon compared to the empress, even if the stars are dazzling, they can't compare with the brilliance of the bright moon.

The dealer went from prosperity to decline. Zhuang Ling has tasted both warmth and coldness since she was a child, and she knows the truth that if she wants to be a master, she must endure hardships.

The empress in the palace is the only way out, even if she is a woman, she has to cling to her at all costs, so as to escape the miserable days like mud.

Otherwise, if she is kicked out of the palace in the future, Su Hao will definitely not take her in again, and she may only be reduced to a brothel girl.

"Is Your Majesty worried?" Zhuang Ling thought carefully that the empress might be unhappy, otherwise why would she only drink but would not make a sound.

When Zhao Yao thought of Wen Ruyan's calm appearance before, she became very annoyed.

"What's on your mind?" Zhao Yao frowned slightly and looked at Zhuang Ling, who was wearing too much makeup, "What do you think should be on my mind?"

Even an outsider could see his mood, but Wen Ruyan didn't say a word.

Zhuang Ling poured out the wine and responded: "Your Majesty has a lot of affairs to deal with every day. If the affairs in the court are clumsy, I am afraid I can't do anything. But if I feel uncomfortable, I am willing to help Your Majesty."

"Then I would like to ask you, if you have a sweetheart, would you let her spend the night with someone else?"

It seems that the empress really has someone in her heart, and she actually asked about this kind of love.

Zhuang Ling guessed that that person might be causing trouble to the empress, so she lost her mind: "If the concubine is definitely reluctant, she will definitely pester him day and night, so that he can never go anywhere else to have fun with others."

She used to think that Su Hao was that person, but when she learned that she was about to be sent to the palace by him, she gave up completely.

No one can be trusted in this world, only power can save oneself from suffering.

Zhao Yao frowned deeper and asked: "Then why did she do this?"

"Maybe I don't like it." Zhuang Ling poured a glass of wine and drank it down, mocking herself with a slightly wry smile.

do not like?

"Impossible." Zhao Yao threw the cup in his hand to one side, with an extremely ugly expression.

Zhuang Ling didn't expect the empress to get angry so suddenly, she got up and knelt down to comfort her: "Your Majesty calm down, the concubine is just guessing."

Zhao Yao looked coldly at the palace servants who were kneeling all over the garden, and Zhuang Ling, whose eyes finally fell on her side, said, "Get up."

"Yes." Zhuang Ling slowly got up and picked up the wine cup handed over by the palace man, holding the jug in her hand and pouring the wine, she said tactfully, "Does Your Majesty have someone in mind?"

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Yao said vigilantly.

Zhuang Ling felt a little apprehensive from the sizing eyes, she stood on one side holding the jug in her hand and said: "The concubine heard that she was worried about a person, that means she has special expectations for that person."

"expect?"

"If you are happy and sad for one person, you will also expect that person to be happy and sad for you. If two people are in the same heart, then there is a mutual understanding."

Picking up the wine cup, Zhao Yao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then if she is always different from what I think, how should I deal with it?"

Zhuang Ling originally wanted to sow dissension, but she was afraid that the empress would be angered if she was too sensitive, so she had to respond in another way: "Then try to make that person happy and sad for His Majesty."

"How to do it?" Zhao Yao turned her head to look at Zhuang Ling and asked very seriously.

"If Your Majesty believes in your concubine, why not stay today, it should have unexpected effects."

Although I have heard of the empress's decisive methods in dealing with court affairs, she is still a young and energetic woman, and she is easily deceived by love affairs.

The woman may have gotten the empress's favor only after being with the empress for many years, the two of them are having a quarrel now, probably because of the woman's favor and arrogance.

Zhuang Ling had a plan in mind, and thought that if she could break them up, the empress would feel depressed because of this, so she could take advantage of it, and maybe then revitalize the dealer.

Wen Ruyan didn't expect that the effect of the medicine hadn't worn off, and her whole body was not well.

She wondered if it was Zhao Yao who secretly mixed up the pills with different effects at different times, and she lay down on the low couch feeling overwhelmed.

"Miss Wen." Xia Xiang came back carefully from outside the hall, trotting all the way, her cheeks still a little rosy.

"What's wrong?" Wen Ruyan asked with her cheek pressed against the pillow of the low couch.

Xia Xiang squatted beside the low couch and whispered: "Your Majesty, I won't go back to Yuqing Palace to rest tonight, just now Peony sent someone to go back to Yuqing Palace and go directly to Zhuang Ling's garden with court clothes."

Wen Ruyan sat up at once, and Xia Xiang stood up and asked in a low voice, "Miss Wen, why are you silent?"

"I'm thinking." Zhao Yao couldn't have been tricked!

Xia Xiang quietly stood aside without making a sound, Wen Ruyan hugged the pillow in his arms and said heartily: "Did the palace servants sent by Peony say why Your Majesty didn't come back?"

"It seems that I didn't say it, but it is His Majesty's order to wear court clothes."

This is to find out that Zhao Yao agreed to stay in Zhuang Ling's garden in a conscious state.

So green, isn't this a green hat?

Wen Ruyan, who was completely petrified, was in a very complicated mood. Xia Xiang looked worried and said, "Miss Wen, are you angry?"

On weekdays, the Empress treats Miss Wen very well. Although Xia Xiang doesn't know about men and women, she has heard a lot of rumors in the palace.

Peony always said that Miss Wen bullied others because of the empress's favor. Xia Xiang also guessed that Miss Wen had an unusual relationship with the empress, but now that the empress suddenly got close to Zhuang Ling, then Miss Wen must be left out in the cold.

"I'm not angry at all!"

Wen Ruyan, who didn't sleep well all night, rushed to the main hall early in the morning with the roster in hand.

Su Qing naturally heard the news from Zhuang Ling, and thought that the Empress would not be so quick to love the new and dislike the old, but when she saw the light blue color in Wen Ruyan's eyes, she knew that Zhuang Ling most likely had it.

"Miss Wen, are you okay?" Su Qing felt a little guilty, after all, she helped Zhuang Ling secretly, so I really felt sorry for her.

"I'm fine." Wen Ruyan felt that Su Qing's eyes were somewhat familiar.

Alas, isn't this the way I saw Su Qing at the beginning, my mood was complicated.

On weekdays, Wen Ruyan was mostly joking, and such serious words were even more worrying.

When Su Hao got the news early in the morning, he specially sent someone to send several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry for Zhuang Ling to take care of the palace affairs.

At the end of the early morning, Zhao Yao stayed up all night, so it was inevitable that she would feel a little tired.

When Peony entered with the food box, Zhao Yao looked at it with a slight frown.

"What about her?"

"Return to Your Majesty, Miss Wen said she was sleepy, and she just returned to Yuqing Palace to catch up on sleep." Mudan answered with a bow.

Could it be that she waited for her all night last night?

"Didn't you let the palace servants tell her that I won't be returning to Yuqing Palace last night?"

Mudan hurriedly shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, calm down, the little palace man in front of Miss Wen knows the news."

Zhao Yao frowned and didn't say anything, just let Peony tear down the meal, how is this different from what Zhuang Ling said?

At noon, Zhao Yao went back to Yuqing Palace early, and the palace servants changed their crowns and robes, and the man nestled on a low couch with a book of words and did not make a sound.

When the palace people prepared lunch, Xia Xiang quietly exited the inner hall without daring to stay. Seeing the little palace people leave, Zhao Yao asked, "Have you ever had lunch?"

"I ate it just now."

Seeing that she was so indifferent, Zhao Yao sat aside with a gloomy expression, only drank a few mouthfuls of soup with wooden chopsticks, and then asked the palace servants to tear down the meal.

From the beginning to the end, she never said a word. In the past, she would think of ways to urge herself to eat more.

Somewhat confused by her thoughts, Zhao Yao slowly sat sideways on one side, stretched out her hand and lightly brushed away the words that covered her face, only to see a large slice of cucumber piled up on Wen Ruyan's face, Zhao Yao couldn't help laughing out loud looking at it like this : "What are you doing?"

Wen Ruyan stretched out his hand to press the cucumber slices on his face and said, "You don't understand, I did this to make my face look more hydrated."

"I've never seen such a folk prescription in any casual book." Zhao Yao narrowed her eyes and smiled, leaned a little closer and lay on one side, her arms naturally wrapped around her, in a particularly intimate posture.

"This is not a folk remedy." Wen Ruyan raised his hand and took away the hand that was by his side, explaining solemnly.

Zhao Yao ignored her little gesture, stretched out her hand intentionally, closed her eyes slightly sleepy and said, "I'm sleepy."

Wen Ruyan really hates Zhao Yao's rascal behavior. Although she is good-looking, this is not the reason for you to explain why she doesn't return home at night.

"Are you going to sleep now?" Wen Ruyan turned his head to look at the person next to the pillow, a large piece of cucumber fell down, and Zhao Yao fell asleep.

On weekdays, this person is always very energetic, and every night I am exhausted from torment and I don't see her catch up on sleep during the day, which is really strange.

Could it be that she really had an affair with Zhuang Ling!

The more Wen Ruyan thought about it, the more she felt that she should grab Zhao Yao's collar and question her to the end, but she stopped when she stretched out her hand.

Judging from the experience of getting along for so many years, Zhao Yao really doesn't look like a playful person, otherwise, that peony would hang around in front of her all day long, and she wouldn't have seen her look more often.

But without explaining clearly, Wen Ruyan felt that no matter how many cucumbers he applied, it would not help. Who would have thought that being angry would cause pimples on his face.

At night, Zhao Yao went into the inner room to take a bath, and the bath was filled with mist, but Wen Ruyan approached clumsily, thinking that if she really cheated, there must be evidence of a crime!

The person who never wants to take a bath on weekdays is very abnormal tonight, Zhao Yao turned her head to meet the scrutinizing gaze, and said with raised lips, "Look at it if you want, why do you need to be sneaky?"

Wen Ruyan felt that the momentum could not be lost, so he approached generously and sized up his eyes.

It is white and tender like a tofu, without any illegal marks, and there is not even any acne on the face, which is really annoying.

However, most of it was covered by the water surface, Wen Ruyan moved closer to look elsewhere, but was caught in his arms.

Zhao Yao leaned against the wall of the pool, and Wen Ruyan leaned on herself halfway, pinching that rosy cheek with her fingertips, and then saw the new pimples on that face and asked in puzzlement: "I haven't seen you with pimples yesterday. , new one today?"

It's true that which pot is not open and which pot is lifted, Wen Ruyan can only bite the bullet and respond: "I am the symbol that a young girl should have."

"Yeah." Zhao Yao didn't expose the flamboyant flower, and wiped it carefully for her with a long handkerchief in her hand, her gaze was slightly on the white face, and her heart couldn't help but itch.

It seems that Zhuang Ling's plan is still somewhat useful, at least she always guards against people she doesn't want to get close to on weekdays, but it's rare to be so active.

Wen Ruyan wanted to stick his eyes on Zhao Yao, but he still couldn't see anything.

When she got out of the bath, Wen Ruyan completely saw Zhao Yao clean.

Well, it is really a white and tender piece of water tofu, not to mention hickey marks, not even a scratch.

Zhao Yao fastened the belt of her thin skirt, looked sideways at Wen Ruyan, who had scorching eyes, and said, "Have you seen enough?"

"I..." Wen Ruyan wanted to quibble at first, but recalling what Zhao Yao said earlier, she replied confidently, "It's okay."

It was colder in the bedroom than in the bathing pool, Wen Ruyan lay on the bedding honestly, and decided to ask Zhao Yao what they talked about with Zhuang Ling last night.

It's so worrying not to come back all night.

Just as she was making a detailed plan in her mind, a shadow suddenly fell on her face, and Zhao Yao was glued to it.

After a dizzy kiss, Wen Ruyan's head was a little dizzy, and he didn't even have time to resist. The belt was hanging down beside the bed and swayed slightly, his eyes shone with light and whispered softly.

In fact, Zhao Yao wanted to treat her like this when she was staring at her in the bath.

When the long night ended in the middle of the night, Wen Ruyan was so tired that he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When Zhao Yao woke up in the morning, it was not yet bright outside the window, and the person in her arms was still sleeping, with half of her arms exposed outside the thin quilt, not afraid of the cold.

Zhao Yao raised her hand to hold that arm, but still felt very cold, so she pulled the thin quilt to cover it.

Last night was really noisy, she didn't expect her to fall into a coma, Zhao Yao lightly brushed away the fine hair hanging down her cheeks with her fingertips, bowed her head and kissed the side of her cheek lightly.

"Oh..." When Wen Ruyan woke up with a slight frown, the hall was also brightly lit, and his whole nerves suddenly reacted urgently.

Su Qing didn't see Wen Ruyan, and was a little surprised, so he guessed that maybe he was depressed and didn't come.

The dense fog in the autumn morning was still there, and when Wen Ruyan rushed out of the hall with cakes stuffed into his mouth, the morning court was over, and the officials left the hall one after another.

"Miss Wen, why are you here?" Su Qing was about to go back to Cangshu Pavilion, but Wen Ruyan came here in a hurry.

Wen Ruyan looked at Su Qing out of breath and said, "I'm absent from work, won't my salary be deducted this month?"

Originally, the female officer's salary is pitifully small, if it is deducted again, there is really not much left.

Su Qing was dumbfounded. She didn't expect that Wen Ruyan only cared about her salary. All the female officials in the palace had their household registrations and were recorded in the register, but Wen Ruyan was an empress who came here halfway, so they were actually not included in the register. No one would check on her at all, so naturally there was no mention of absenteeism.

"Miss Wen, don't worry, this month's salary will not be short of you."

"That's good."

When eating in the morning, Wen Ruyan and Zhao Yao ate in the side hall.

Zhao Yao didn't expect her to get up, so she took the initiative to fill her with soup and said, "Why don't you go back to Yuqing Palace for a rest later?"

Wen Ruyan took the soup bowl, clearly sensed the meaning behind Zhao Yao's words, and responded softly with a snort: "You know I'm tired, and you deliberately torment others."

"I..." Zhao Yao's face was hot, and she didn't know how to respond.

After all, yesterday was not actually a three-day appointment, and I only half-coaxed her to get intimacy on a whim.

Seeing that Zhao Yao's face was slightly flushed, Wen Ruyan couldn't bear to be ashamed, so she changed the topic and asked, "What have you been talking about with Zhuang Ling all night?"

Finally, the question about the detour was asked!

Zhao Yao responded with a wooden spoon in her hand: "I didn't talk about anything, I just talked about the dealer and some other things."

These words did not lie, they did talk about the dealer's past, but they were more about Wen Ruyan's affairs.

"Then I'll go with you to talk to Zhuang Ling next time, okay?" Wen Ruyan felt that he had to keep some precautions, after all, Zhuang Ling had spent a lot of money to bribe the female officer next to Zhao Yao, and there must be some conspiracy in it .

Furthermore, Zhao Yao, with such a stuffy personality, was able to chat with her all night, this person must have spent a lot of thought.

"What did you see her for?" Zhao Yao didn't want Wen Ruyan to get in touch with Zhuang Ling.

After all, based on Zhao Yao's intuition towards Zhuang Ling, this person is very good at guessing people's hearts, the city should be very deep, Wen Ruyan treats people without defense, if he is cheated, he will lose his wife and lose his army.

Wen Ruyan saw that Zhao Yao was a little unhappy and asked: "I see her, what are you afraid of?"

amount……

Zhao Yao stirred the hot porridge with a wooden spoon in her hand, and after thinking about it, she replied, "You have collected other people's money and don't do anything. Aren't you afraid of being recognized?"

"I'm not afraid." Wen Ruyan's heart was broken, and at worst, he reluctantly returned the gold.

After all, gold is a small matter and a girlfriend is more important. If Zhao Yao is used by Zhuang Ling in the name of a relative, the consequences will be serious.

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