Empress and concubine

Speaking of this bamboo garden, it shouldn't be the scenery of Weidi, it's just that bamboo is a gentleman's style, in order to have a good name and good looks, Zhao Yi once spent a lot of effort to find several types of bamboo to decorate this garden.

As far as Chu Yao was concerned, she couldn't tell how many kinds of bamboos there were in this bamboo forest, and what each name was called. She could only listen to the waves of the bamboo sea for such an arty thing.

Zhao Yi is the daughter of the Zhao family, and naturally she is not a particularly elegant person. Therefore, the most commendable thing in this bamboo garden is not the type of bamboo here, but a natural stream flowing through the garden. The shade of lush bamboos has become a natural arch barrier, and Zhao Yi specially set up bamboo rafts in the stream, matching the scenery, it has a strong southern flavor, Xia Yunjing is the happiest in his heart, but also the least fond of coming place.

Before entering the garden, Chu Yao was still thinking, don't meet another palace attendant, who knows, what Chu Yao really wanted to do today, turned around a clump of pruning bamboos, and heard a voice, Like a yellow oriole falling to the ground, it comes tactfully.

"The slave Chen has seen the prince and the side concubine. The prince is always happy, and the side concubine is always happy."

Chu Yao looked up, but it was Yu Attendant Chen, and she didn't know if she and Yu Attendant Liu had a mutual understanding, and Yu Attendant Chen also wore a Sujin Pavilion dress, which was of the same style as Yu Attendant Liu's. The base is snow-colored, and the embroidery is bamboo, which was considered too plain at first, but she covered her head with a water-green outer gauze, so there is nothing to be taboo about.

Chu Yao secretly took a look at Liu Yushi's face, she seemed to be not looking very good, so she called Chen Yushi to get up.

Chen Yushi is also a wonderful person, he didn't say why he is here first, but smiled at Liu Yushi, "I said I couldn't stay in the room today, so I asked my sisters to come out together. I sent someone to invite Master Attendant Liu, but I don't want to meet you here, "

"It was about that time that I had already left the house, but it was unlucky." Master Attendant Liu stood behind Xia Yunjing, with a smile on his face, and it looked like he was sincere. Ruoguo just didn't see that her face was ugly. If so, I can believe that she really felt that it was a bad luck.

I thought that Master Attendant Liu was straight-tempered, but I didn't expect to be able to hide like this.

Chen Yushi didn't take it seriously, and looked at Xia Yunjing and Chu Yao, "I also invited Xu Gongren, He Gongren, and several master attendants and palace attendants, but they are here now," Chen Yushi was a little embarrassed , "There are only Xu Gongren and He Gongren who live closer."

As soon as Chen Yushi finished speaking, he heard the voice.

"Sister Chen said to find two better bamboo branches just now, why haven't you returned yet?" The voice was a little clearer, but it matched the name of He Gongren that day.

"That's right," the voice was gentle, tinged with a little sadness, it seemed to be from Xu Gong, "Let's go find it."

Chen Yushi saw that Xia Yunjing had no intention of objecting, so he motioned to the maid beside him to answer, the maid understood, walked a few steps quickly, and invited Xu Gongren and He Gongren to come over.Several people paid another visit.

There are two people from Xu Gong and He Gong, both wearing light yellow clothes, embroidered with flowers and plants, only one is Yingchun, and the other is Xiyan. Jewelry is nothing more than some silk flowers and small beads.

Both of them have the same delicate temperament, and they are dressed similarly. Looking at them from Chu Yao, they seem to be sisters like the big and small Webster.He knows how to measure, and he doesn't dress too sharply, which makes people think he is a good person.

Since the two palace servants finished their salutes, they just stayed on the sidelines peacefully, and only let Chen Yushi take the lead in everything, and only said a few words when they asked questions about the two.

Chu Yao couldn't tell the difference from Xia Yunjing's face, but Xia Yunjing never liked a woman who was too dull. These two thought they should be lively, but unfortunately they couldn't find the right one.

As Chu Yao was thinking, the Royal Attendant Chen was already asking Xia Yunjing if he wanted to go to the river to take a bamboo raft.Chu Yao looked at Xia Yunjing with Liu Yushi standing on one side, and Chen Yushi standing on the other side, and raised her eyebrows, so she didn't join in the fun, and the bamboo forest was always quiet, but it was cooler than other places .

After another burst of bamboo waves passed, Chu Yao shivered unconsciously, and Yi Niang rushed over to ask Chu Yao if she wanted to add some clothes, but Chu Yao refused.

"What's the matter?" Chu Yao and Yi Niang were talking, they didn't pay attention to Xia Yunjing, and Xia Yunjing came to Chu Yao's side in just a moment.

When Yi Niang saw her, she rolled her eyes and said truthfully, "It's a bit cold in the woods. I was afraid that my concubine would get cold, so I wanted to add some clothes for her, but my concubine refused."

After hearing this, Chu Yao showed annoyance on her face, and glared at Yi Niang, "There's no reason to wear several layers of clothes in summer," she said to Xia Yunjing, "It's just that she cares too much, my lord, hurry up Listen to her."

"It's good words, but they should be listened to," Xia Yunjing glanced at Yi Niang, and said to Cao Dao, "I'm thinking of my master in my heart, so I really deserve to be rewarded."

Cao Xin bowed and said yes, so he came up and handed Yi Niang a pouch, and Yi Niang quickly thanked her for picking it up.

"Don't rely on the bad weather, so you don't care about it," Xia Yunjing looked at Chu Yao again and said, "Those elegant scholars in the bamboo forest gather in the forest, and they need to add an extra jacket, let alone you."

"I don't want to compare with them," Chu Yao stuck out her tongue, and said coquettishly, "I will definitely remember it in the future, anyway, I will go to the lotus garden later, and it will not be a short while, it is the prince Don’t worry, I’ll ask someone to make a bowl of ginger soup when I get back, that’s all.”

"You heard your master's words," Xia Yunjing said to Yi Niang, "I will make a bowl of ginger soup for her when I get back, no sugar is allowed."

"Yes," Yi Niang replied with a smile, seeing the expressions on the faces of Master Attendant Liu and the others, it was wonderful, Yi Niang looked at it, and felt some strange feelings in her heart.

Xia Yunjing looked at the group of concubines following behind him, and said, "The bamboo garden is very cold, let's go to the lotus garden."

"Yes," everyone agreed in unison, Xia Yunjing and Chu Yao walked in front, and the rest of them left half a step behind according to their status and rank.

This Ziyan led the grandson Wei and an old man who looked like a butler all the way in, and met Xu Yushi and Qian Gongren. I don't know if Ziyan's speed is too fast, or Xu Yushi's two speeds too slow.

In fact, Zi Yan only took a look from a distance, and it was probably because Master Xu was too embarrassed to see Zi Yan last time, and it was also because this time, there were foreigners among the people with Zi Yan, so Master Xu pulled him away early. The Qian Gongren dodged and never met again.

Ziyan led the two of them into the study all the way, Zhao Yi had already been waiting here, and Xu Yushi took a few glances from a distance before leaving.

"Zi Yan, just now I felt that someone was watching us," Elder Sun Weicai said softly when they walked to an open space.

Zi Yan didn't look sideways, and continued to lead the way for the two, only moving her lips very slightly, "That's the master attendant in the backyard, don't worry, the princess has a sense of propriety."

Beside the two of them, the young man dressed as a housekeeper seemed to know nothing, just as serious as before.

"Sister Ziyan, you are back. The concubine has been waiting for a long time." The person who said this was Qushui, a second-class maid beside Zhao Yi. The person felt that something was wrong, blushed, and avoided, "Princess Wang said that when sister comes back, she can go in directly, and there is no need to report."

Zi Yan nodded, "Then I'll go first, and you can go get busy on your own."

Qu Shui nodded, walked to the corner, and turned his head to look at Zhang Sunwei.

Seeing Zi Yan, she only took a teasing look at Chang Sun Wei, and then led the two into the house.

When Ziyan and others entered, Zhao Yi was sitting behind the table, with several layers of white paper spread in front of her, pressed with bloodstone paperweights, and an inkstone was placed in the upper right corner, the ink inside was ground early, and the original was still hung in front of it. There are several lake pens, but they have been moved to the side of the inkstone now.

After several people met, Zhao Yi spoke first, but she didn't speak to Zhang Sunwei, but looked at the butler, "Uncle Zhao, why did you come in person?"

When Uncle Zhao saw Zhao Yi, he finally relaxed and showed a little kindness, "Sister, you said that you want the Heijia Army to stay. There must be a reason. I am afraid that my sister has something to explain in the letter. , how dare you rest assured to call others over."

"Uncle Zhao really loves my sister more," Zhang Sunwei said with a jealous expression.

This made Chu Yao Ziyan laugh, and even Uncle Zhao looked helplessly at Eldest Sun Wei.

"I just told you to stay here. Why can't I sit still when I hear Uncle Zhao coming?" Zhao Yi shook her head, looked at Uncle Zhao again, and said seriously, "Uncle Zhao, come here in person, so I can talk better."

Zhao Yi looked serious, and Uncle Zhao also frowned. Zhao Yi got close to him, so he naturally knew Zhao Yi better. Even Zhao Yi's embarrassment was definitely not something too common.

"Originally we decided that when King Wei seized the throne, he would take out the Black Armored Army and use it as a surprise army to take the South." Zhao Yi looked at Uncle Zhao. After two years of deliberation day and night, I only felt that the end of the Zhao family and the Heijia army was approaching."

"How do you say that?" Uncle Zhao's eyes revealed a little sharp light.

Zhao Yi is used to Uncle Zhao's sharpness, so she is not afraid, "Everyone said that the Zhao family was saved because the ancestor Yingming resigned early, but I thought it was because the Zhao family's private army'Black Jiajun' finally Almost the entire army was wiped out in World War I, and only a few 'disabled and wounded' remained."

Seeing that Uncle Zhao didn't intend to interrupt, Zhao Yi continued, "The royal family can rest assured of the young tiger who has had its teeth pulled out. Nowadays, most of the 'disabled soldiers and wounded' of the Black Armored Army work for the royal family, training the royal guards. My father and brothers, They also need to be reused, all because the Zhao family does not have their own private army. But once the Zhao family has a private army."

"I'm afraid the emperor will be restless," Zhao Shu heard, and he was able to go straight to the vital point.

"Exactly," Zhao Yi nodded, "Because I am the daughter of the Zhao family, the emperor may directly abdicate to King Wei. Afterwards, King Wei will be kind to the Zhao family and the Heijia Army. It is impossible to say that the Zhao family will be able to restore their former glory and even lose power." The government and the opposition will always be a thorn in the emperor's heart."

Zhao Yi said, lowering her voice, "Uncle Zhao, you and I both know how terrible the emperor's taboo is..."

Hearing these words, both Zi Yan and Sun Wei were startled, they looked at each other, and they couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

The Zhao family has returned to glory, but the Heijia Army, who has not had its heyday, has lost the king's heart again.Even because he helped King Wei win the throne, he may have lost the hearts of the people.If the emperor wanted to move Zhao's family, it would be a big tree without a foundation, just let it be pushed down.