Empress and concubine

Chu Yao and Zhao Yi went back to the residence in silence, and only asked Zi Yan and the others to serve tea, and instead of asking them to wait by their side, they just stood guard outside.Along the way, Chu Yao repeatedly thought about what happened just now, and always felt that there was something unclear, so she couldn't help but turn to Zhao Yi for help.

"I didn't think anything of it just now, but when I came back and thought about it carefully, I felt that his temper was a bit too weird, such a temper...it's not like the usual him." In Chu Yao's words, Both of them knew who he was, so they withdrew the name so that others could not understand.

Zhao Yi just took off the silver phoenix on her head and the pendants on her ears when she heard Chu Yao ask this.Zhao Yi raised her eyebrows, pointed to the hairpin ring on Chu Yao's hair, then stopped moving and didn't speak, as if she was waiting for something.

Chu Yao was originally lying on the couch, but now seeing Zhao Yi's movements, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, and got off the couch with bare feet, without shoes, and walked straight to Zhao Yi's side, With a twist of her body, she sat directly on Zhao Yi's lap, and wrapped one hand around Zhao Yi's neck to stabilize her figure, and then stretched out the other hand to pick up Zhao Yi's other hair accessories, and said, "If you want me to serve you, you should have said it earlier, but I want to take this opportunity to exchange it. I don't know who I learned from, but I also like to play tricks like this."

Zhao Yi held Chu Yao's waist with one hand, and lifted Chu Yao's legs from underneath with the other, and put them together on the small embroidered pier at the side, so as not to hang in the air and feel uncomfortable. , "If it's true, didn't I learn it from you?"

Chu Yao glared at Zhao Yi, stretched out her hand to untie her hair, her tone was not very good, but she didn't refute, "Say it quickly, you always want to whet my appetite."

Zhao Yi didn't use heavy makeup, but now that her hair was loose, she looked softer. She also reached out to pick off the hair ornament on Chu Yao's head, and said slowly, "It's a long story."

While coordinating with Zhao Yi's actions, Chu Yao said, "Since it's a long story, let's make it short."

Zhao Yi only finished picking off the accessories on Chu Yao's body, and then put away her hands without breaking up her hairstyle, and hugged Chu Yao in the current posture. They also reached up and wrapped around Zhao Yi's neck together.Seeing this, Zhao Yi laughed instead, lowered her head, kissed the corner of Chu Yao's mouth, then carried Chu Yao to the side of the bed, and put her on it, "Go inside, I'm coming up too."

Chu Yao glared at Zhao Yi, "It's bright and sunny, instead of doing things, I want to rest."

"There are so many things to do every day, so what's the point of taking a break? What's more, if something like that happened today, he doesn't have time to come and look for us." Zhao Yi was a little nonchalant, took off her shoes and socks, He went to Waishang again, and in a blink of an eye saw Chu Yao looking at her with his head propped on one hand, so he smiled and rushed towards Chu Yao, pushed Chu Yao down, and went to untie Chu Yao's belt.

Chu Yao reached out to push Zhao Yi, but it couldn't be done. After all, it was a difference in strength. Besides, Chu Yao didn't really want to push Zhao Yi away. , After letting go, when she calmed down again, Chu Yao's cheeks were already covered with powder, her temples were slightly sweaty, and she was as angry as Guerlain.

The outer clothes on Chu Yao's body were stripped clean by Zhao Yi, and even the obscene clothes were not neat, half revealing the snow-white skin with powder inside, and the hair accessories that had not been broken up were messed up early, Chu Yao saw Zhao Yi's eyes The color was getting darker and darker, and he quickly stretched out his hand and pulled the folded quilt to cover himself, took a few more breaths, and then stared at Zhao Yi, who was smiling like a cat who stole the fish, "Don't even look at what is happening now. When will you come to provoke me?"

Zhao Yi slowly brushed her hair and lay down next to Chu Yao, "When? The sky is bright and the sun is shining," Zhao Yi said with a bit of anger on his face, like the old man in the camp. Deep-fried dough sticks look good, but also make people feel that they need to be beaten, and people like it, but they hate it so much.

Obviously Zhao Yi also knew herself, but she knew Chu Yao better, and just before Chu Yao was completely annoyed, she said, "When he was still young and still in the palace..." Zhao Yi looked One glance at Chu Yao, and she knew that she had settled down and listened to her "talking about ancient times", but it really made Zhao Yi unhappy to tell someone she liked about other people's childhood, not to mention that this person Listen carefully, not to mention that the other person is Xia Yunjing.Zhao Yi couldn't help but sighed secretly in her heart, sooner or later Chu Yao would only be willing to listen to herself.

Zhao Yi continued, "Back when she was still young and still in the palace, she was the little overlord in the palace. Today she caught the peony raised by the queen, tomorrow she picked up the koi in the imperial garden, and the day after tomorrow she met the prince's heir of another family. Sun had a fight, if he wanted to be cured, he could be cured, just a beating, but his mother only had eyes for the eldest son of the emperor, he was thirsty, tired, tired and sleepy, at most he could be questioned when he had no brother The last time or two, when my elder brother came, I couldn’t hear him anymore. His father has countless sons in his eyes, and every time he hears, it’s all bad news from other people, so he doesn’t have the mood to pay attention to him.”

Chu Yao blinked, "He didn't think he did this to get the attention of the first emperor and noble concubine, did he?"

"Isn't it?" Zhao Yi raised his eyebrows, and said again, "I just entered the palace, and I fought with him, but he was suppressed and beaten by me."

Zhao Yi's tone was plain and straightforward, without any emotion, but Chu Yao felt that Zhao Yi was showing off to herself, look, so what if Xia Yunjing is a bully, I beat him up when I was a child.Thinking of this, Chu Yao wanted to laugh, but suddenly thought of something, the expression on his face turned into a joke, "You hit him, but you were punished?"

Zhao Yi's face froze, and she said, "I was rewarded by the late emperor, and the imperial concubine even comforted me."

After Zhao Yi finished speaking, she hurriedly took up the words just now, and made up her mind not to ask Chu Yao to continue asking about this topic, "Yuemo woke me up. From then on, Xia Yunjing didn't like to mess around very much, but fell in love with Chu Yao. After learning martial arts, he had made up his mind since he was a child, to lead troops to fight and lead troops to go out. At a young age, he thought about killing all the barbarians and bringing the Li Kingdom into the Great Xia. Because he performed better and better, the late emperor also I liked him more and more, and the concubine also began to value him, and that was the happiest life he had ever lived since he was born."

"Something must have happened later," Chu Yao said with certainty.

"That's right," Zhao Yi nodded, "The only son of King Qian Wei came to Beijing and had a close relationship with him, but he was killed by mistake during a dispute with the eldest son of the emperor and the crown prince. The first emperor loved the crown prince himself, so naturally this matter has nothing to do with the crown prince. The eldest son of the emperor is the treasure in the palm of the noble concubine, and the heart is naturally to be protected, so he was pushed out by the queen as a scapegoat. The late emperor and the noble concubine did not say anything On the contrary, it was King Wei who knew the truth of the matter, but he could not settle accounts with the mastermind, did not vent his anger on him, and even rejected the emperor's will to adopt him as King Wei's child."

"It turns out that this is how he came to be the king of Wei." Chu Yao was a little shocked by the calculations just listening to Zhao Yi's narration, let alone Xia Yunjing, who had nothing to do with him, but was pushed out , as a scapegoat, at the cusp of the storm, being scolded by others, but the closest relatives chose to ignore his suffering for the sake of others.It's no wonder what Xia Yunjing has done now and in the future.Chu Yao thought for a while, then said, "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

Zhao Yi nodded, "It's just a matter on the surface, you just listen to it, and it will only be worse than this on the inside."

"Because of this incident, the crown prince and the eldest son of the emperor wished Xia Yunjing could stay far away, so he was exiled to Weidi. The only son of King Wei died, and soon died in a battle. He also became the King of Wei, and has never been back to the Southland for many years."

"Then he begged me to be the concubine, and the first emperor agreed. He thought it was a signal, a signal of turning around. Unfortunately, after several years, he waited for the news that the imperial concubine had given him a miracle medicine. Although it was not Murdering one's life, but people in the world value more children and more blessings, and there is only one son in a lifetime. This is something that even ordinary men may not be able to bear. If this son dies, wouldn't it be the end of the world?" When Zhao Yi said this, it was There was some pity in it, but she quickly restrained herself, and continued, "After the death of the first emperor, the eldest son of the emperor committed suicide, and the imperial concubine made a lot of trouble for a while, accusing him of "killing his father and brother" and "killing his brother" Disobedience", all these things, cumulatively, how much Xia Yunjing once hoped to get the attention of the noble concubine, and now the gap between him and the noble concubine is so deep..."

When Chu Yao heard this, her eyelids trembled, "At that time, he promised me that in his harem, I don't have to cover up, and I don't have to be afraid of the words and swords of others, but Aunt Zhou said it on behalf of the imperial concubine, because I am glad that Wen Yuan and I are back, Fang went to bed late."

"Exactly," Zhao Yi looked at the top of the tent, "this is nothing at all, it's just curiosity about you and joy at seeing Wen Yuan soon, but the imperial concubine has never had a good look at him, so how could she say such a thing?" The words? It’s just that the noble concubine knew that he was going to visit him every day, so she specially told him to wait outside, trying to make him lose face. The usual methods used by women in the harem are just those few things. An hour or two last is a common occurrence."

"It's so..." Chu Yao said softly, "It's no wonder that Aunt Zhou just took me and Wen Yuan as her sons, and he was so angry. I thought it was because he wanted to vent his anger for himself, but for a while It’s as if the play really made me happy.” Chu Yao thought about it again, “It’s just that there should be another reason why he is so angry.”

"Why?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Of course it's Wen Yuan," Chu Yao turned her head to look at Zhao Yi, "Except that he himself was dumped, he never brought Wen Yuan there today. , but thinking about it, he was also afraid that the imperial concubine would do something to Wen Yuan if she was cruel. Once Wen Yuan was gone, he could only pass on the throne to someone else, whether it was the son of the first prince or the son of the eldest son of the emperor, Don't they all have obvious natural advantages? Therefore, when Aunt Zhou mentioned Wen Yuan today, she also made him think that it was a signal that the imperial concubine wanted to do something to Wen Yuan. The arrival of the concubine and the son-in-law, how can the noble concubine be so 'joyed' that she cannot sleep?"

"If you know him better, I wouldn't have thought of going up to this level," Zhao Yi couldn't help sighing.

Chu Yao moved closer to Zhao Yi, "It's just a conjecture, and it's not a roundworm in his stomach. It's only today that I know that you have such complicated feelings for him," Chu Yao thought for a while, and then said , "After listening to your words, I can't think of anything else. If it weren't for you, I would like to live a good life, so that I wouldn't die early like in my previous life, and even my family would be gone. Thinking about it, you would be reluctant to take action against him. "

Chu Yao said softly to Zhao Yi again for a while, "Madam, you have worked hard. In the future, if I will be with you, if there is any retribution, I will be together, but that's it."

Zhao Yi buried her face in Chu Yao's shoulder, and it took a long time before she uttered, "Isn't it retribution, retribution that you will be with me in the future, and you can no longer think about others."