The hero bends down

Linsheng Palace is the closest palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation among all the palaces of concubines. Osmanthus osmanthus blooms in front of the palace, against the red walls and vermilion tiles, with green leaves supporting each other, vermilion like cinnabar, eye-catching and dignified.

Zhong Su was supported by Huaju and walked into Linsheng Palace, and he smelled the rich fragrance of cinnabar and osmanthus, which hit people's heart directly.

Linsheng Palace has long had eunuchs who lead the way, and brought the two of them to the main hall of Linsheng Palace.

Zhong Su slowly paced to keep up.The wound on his head was treated by Huaju, and he covered it with bangs on his forehead, and the palm prints on his face were also covered with a thick layer of powder. At first glance, he looked the same as usual.

Huaju was afraid that Zhong Su would make a mistake, so she said again and again: "Your Majesty, you must be careful in what you say and do in front of the imperial concubine. If the imperial concubine is angry, the emperor may not be able to protect you."

She spoke very quietly, as if she was afraid of being heard by the people next to her.

After finishing speaking, she raised her head to look at the empress next to her. This empress didn't even have the slightest expression on her face, she followed the eunuch leading the way like a wooden figure.

Huaju's heart hung up again, swaying from side to side, fearing that the rope tied to her heart would break.

It was so frightening to follow this lady.

Zhong Su walked along the path of the garden in the palace, and saw a pavilion in the distance, with flying eaves and brackets, facing a pool of clear water, with green cypresses and pines beside it, accompanied by the color of the pavilion, the ancient charm is vivid, elegant and generous.

There are stone tables and benches in the gazebo. Looking at the texture, the whole body is white and round. It should be cast of white marble with carved relief patterns.Zhong Su got closer, and only then did he see clearly the patterns carved on it—peonies, peonies, green lotuses and elegant chrysanthemums, quietly blooming on the Hanbai stone carvings, lifelike.

There are more than ten women sitting in the pavilion.The leader was sitting facing the entrance of the gazebo, wearing a purple shirt with dark patterns, gorgeous and elegant, it was Concubine Xuan who had been visited by Zhong Su before.There are three stone benches beside her, two of which are sitting on a palace concubine, one is plain, wearing a small orchid robe, sitting on the left side of Concubine Xuan, drinking tea; the other is charming, wearing a pink peach Long skirt, sitting on the right side of Concubine Xuan, looking at Zhong Su vaguely.After these three people, there were more than ten concubines sitting around on the bench in the pavilion, all in pink and daisy, each with their own appearance.

Concubine Xuan is also a rare concubine with the intention to get together in the Sixth Palace. Firstly, the emperor has recently conferred a beautiful woman, and I heard that she also attended the bed last night; After the holidays, the emperor severely reprimanded the troublesome concubine; three times, I heard that the emperor left the Yixi Garden after he was driven away, and it is said that he lost his temper. In the heart palace, except for the bodyguard Ji Munian, no one was allowed to meet him.

She was curious, what kind of woman would be so noisy.

The imperial concubine stretched her eyes and saw the beauty who had just been canonized walking to the steps of the gazebo, she stood up straight, took a small step forward with her left leg, knelt down slowly, her right knee touched the ground, and then her left foot also knelt on the ground. on the ground.

"Zhong Su sends greetings to all the empresses. May the imperial concubine and the empress be blessed and golden, the empress Shu and the empress will be blessed and golden safe, and the empress and concubine and the German concubine will be blessed and blessed..."

The beauties knelt down one by one, their voices were neither coquettish nor coquettish, their movements were even and correct, each one was in place, but they looked a little awkward.

While he was kneeling, Concubine Taoqun, who had been observing, suddenly smiled, picked up a cup of tea on the table, covered her mouth with her sleeve and drank it slowly.

And the concubine in Lan Yi silently put down the teacup she had been drinking just now, and glanced lightly at the leading concubine Xuan.

Concubine Xuan still didn't have much surprise on her face, but her eyes kept examining Zhong Su, as if she wanted to stare at Zhong Su out of a hole.

Behind these three people, there was another person who snorted softly, very contemptuously.

"Are you the beauty Zhong whom the emperor just conferred?" Concubine Xuan asked.

"The words of the imperial concubine and empress are the servants." Zhong Su replied with his head bowed.

"Don't lower your head, raise it up." Concubine Xuan's voice came again.

Zhong Su raised his head according to his words, and looked at the concubines in the pavilion.

Concubine Taoqun narrowed her brows and eyes for a while, took a sip of tea, put down her sleeves, put down the cup of tea and said with a smile: "Sister Guifei, sister, I thought she looked very familiar to me just now when I saw this bell beauty. Come on, she looks very similar to Concubine Qi who just passed away."

When she said this, her eyes turned around the imperial concubine and the concubine in blue clothes, and finally turned to a woman sitting behind her.

"Sister Xiuyi, don't take it to heart, the emperor loves his concubine very much."

This was said by Han Xiuyi, who was humming just now, and Han Xiuyi stared at Zhong Su from behind and said, "Thank you sister for reminding me, sister, I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, and I ran into sister beauty."

According to his status, Zhong Su is much younger than Han Xiuyi, and according to his age, Zhong Su's current age is also similar to Han Xiuyi.In terms of love and reason, Zhong Su should call Han Xiuyi his sister.

Although Zhong Su is a rough person, he also knows the truth of this.But just because he was a rough person, he didn't know how to answer Han Xiuyi's words for a while, so he knelt on the spot, unable to say anything, and his ears gradually became hot.

Concubine Lanyi looked at Concubine Taoqun and said: "Sister Concubine Shu, Beauty Zhong is here for the first time, don't scare her for the first time."

She also looked at Zhong Su, and said: "The emperor has ordered a generous burial for the concubine Qi. She is buried in the earth, sister Concubine Shu, don't mention this unlucky thing again."

Concubine Shu listened to Concubine Lan Yi's words, chuckled lightly, and stopped talking, while the concubines behind looked at each other in dismay, uncertain.

While everyone was guessing, Concubine Xuan stood up from her seat silently, and walked in front of Zhong Su.

"I remember seeing you once before." Concubine Xuan said again, "A few days ago, the person guard Ji brought was you?"

When she asked this question, the rest of the concubines fell silent.

Zhong Su said truthfully: "Going back to the imperial concubine, the slaves and servants did follow Mrs. Ji that day."

"How can you say that the dirty-looking person was you?" Concubine Xuan condescendingly looked at the kneeling person on the ground.

"Yes." Zhong Su knew that there was nothing to hide, so he had no choice but to answer.

Concubine Xuan showed disgust on her face, and then said: "I remember that day Ji guard told me that your name is not Zhong Su."

Zhong Su remained calm and said: "Returning to the words of the imperial concubine, the name of the servant is Li Xiu'er, and Zhong Su is the name of the servant."

He had already planned these words in his heart when he went out with Huaju, and it didn't seem like a lie when he said it now.

Huaju, who had been serving and kneeling behind Zhong Su, was secretly relieved.

Zhong Su was depressed in his heart.

"Li Xiuer?" Concubine Xuan nodded and said, "So you should be called Li Zhongsu, not Zhong Meiren."

Zhong Su remained silent.

"Huh?" Concubine Xuan said in a single voice, humming heavily, and asked again.

If you say one word wrong, it is the crime of deceiving the king.

Zhong Su had no choice but to speak.

He slowly lowered his eyes, and said against his conscience: "The imperial concubine and empresses should calm down, the servants only need to be liked by the emperor and the empresses."

As soon as these words were said, Zhong Su's face immediately turned red, and he was ashamed.

If the brothers in the past heard about it, they must have laughed out loud by now.

Zhong Su thought silently in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became.He is not good at compliments, and he does not like to lie.But I'm afraid that in the future, he will be so flattering and deal with this group of women.

Concubine Xuan saw the embarrassment on this man's face, so she looked away from him, looked at Concubine De and Concubine Shu present, and then smiled sweetly.This smile changed really quickly, the imperial concubine climbed up the stairs, then fell back to her seat, and said slowly: "You don't need to be called a beautiful sister, we are all the emperor's women, just call each other sisters."

Although she said so on her mouth, with such a smile on her face, the words she said were cold, without any enthusiasm at all.