Empress dowager, the queen sighed

Chu Yuan went to court, this young man was very different from Li Lexi's imagination.Her impression of the emperor was all from Heng Wang, Heng Wang said that the emperor's virtue was not worthy, he was confused in doing things, didn't know right from wrong, killed loyal officials in vain, and was a womanizer.

Not to mention what's going on in the front, it doesn't make sense to be lustful.In the past half a month, she has been in contact with public affairs, looking at the account books and the list of palace people every day, but she has not seen the concubine, not even the emperor's favored maid.

Chu Yuan cleans himself up!

Li Lexi put aside Heng Wang's past words, took a deep breath, stood up, washed and ate as usual.

After breakfast, Gong'e fetched the account books of the palace affairs that should be dealt with every day. She opened the account books, thought of the emperor, and casually asked Gong'e who was serving her: "Does Your Majesty have no other women?"

"No, His Majesty never set foot in the harem, and went to greet the Empress Dowager sooner or later. Most of the time was spent in front of the court. When the empress asked, the servants would say a few more words. Every year, some women were sent into the palace from various places, and His Majesty rewarded the courtiers. .” Gong’e explained.

Li Lexi frowned lightly, without thinking too much, she lowered her eyes to do her own thing.

At dusk, Chu Yuan came on time. Different from the court clothes of the past, he was wearing a blue robe with green bamboo embroidered on the lapel. The blue background made his skin fairer.

Li Lexi also changed into her regular clothes, took off her phoenix crown, and removed her gouache, just like when she was at the White Horse Temple.

Chu Yuan smiled, and stretched out his hand to hold the queen.In front of the palace people, Li Lexi didn't dare to make a fuss, so she had to let her lead her.

Holding Chu Yuan's hand, she felt a sense of familiarity in an instant, as if Ah Chu had returned.

Li Lexi lived in the back house for a long time, did not see outsiders, did not go out, and what he saw and knew came from books.Only Ah Chu, an outsider who had met once, had the most contact with him, and he had only held Ah Chu's hand.

She stared blankly at the young man in front of her, with snow-white skin, bullying Saixue, whether it was well maintained, or did she have such good skin in the first place.

Men are not as soft as women, and their skin is not as white as women, but Chu Yuan is far better than women, and is whiter and tenderer than her third younger sister.

The emperor and empress walked together, and the palace people accompanied them. The two sat in the carriage without looking at each other or speaking. Chu Yuan leaned against the wall of the carriage and closed his eyes for a nap, while Li Lexi was reserved and did not speak.

The interior of the carriage was dim, and it was almost impossible to see the expression of the other party, but the voices outside became more and more noisy, and the human voice came in clearly.

The carriage stopped, and at the same time, Chu Yuan also opened her eyes, which were bright. She stood up, dismounted first, and then reached out to Li Lexi.

Li Lexi hesitated for a while, did not reach out, but avoided Chu Yuan's touch, and got out of the car by herself.

Chu Yuan glanced at her, put his hands behind his back, and walked forward as if nothing had happened, as if what happened just now hadn't happened.

Li Lexi followed silently.

The night market is very lively, there are many shops, people are buzzing, the lights are like stars, and the lively streets are dotted with stars.

The light ahead is very bright, like a bright and bright road, leading pedestrians to come forward.

Li Lexi was attracted by so many lights, but Chu Yuan sneered: "It's just a few lights, and the lights on the Lantern Festival are even more beautiful."

The smile on Li Lexi's lips stopped abruptly. Facing Chu Yuan's cold eyes, she drooped her eyes in silence again, and walked cautiously.

There are many pedestrians, brocade clothes, coarse cloth short robes, literati wear long robes, and common people want to live, so wearing short robes is convenient for doing things.

The children were playing along the street, playing with lanterns. After seeing them, Chu Yuan went to the sugar shop to buy some sugar and called them over.

"Hello brother."

"Hello brother."

The child's voice was clear and loud, and Chu Yuan raised the corners of his lips, "Stand up and wait in line."

The children immediately fell silent, stood up according to their height, with the short ones in front, and took the bunch of candies given by Chu Yuan first.

The strings of candies are strung together with long bamboo sticks, and there are various kinds of candies on the long strings. The children are biting the candies and shouting brother hello in their mouths.

In the end, there was still a string left in the oil paper bag, Chu Yuan stuffed it into his mouth as a matter of course, and when he was about to touch the corner of his lips, he remembered that he was married, so he handed it to Li Lexi: "Here, I haven't eaten yet."

From the beginning to the end, Li Lexi could see clearly that Chu Yuan wanted to eat, but she stopped for some reason. She took the candy, paused, looked at the happy children, and put it into her mouth suspiciously.

It melts in the mouth, the sweetness makes people feel very happy, and a subtle feeling suddenly rises in my heart.

Chu Yuan didn't wait for her, but walked forward by himself. The wind blew through his clothes, causing some ripples.

Li Lexi quickly followed Chu Yuan, following suit.Chu Yuan practiced martial arts, his legs were slender, and he walked very fast, step by step, faster than ordinary people.

As time goes by, there are more and more people in the night market, and the twilight closes, people strolling around under the lights, feeling at ease.

Li Lexi followed Chu Yuan in a hurry, walked too many steps, and felt a little tired. She was so tired that her mouth was dry, and she wanted to speak, but swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.

After walking for a long time, Chu Yuan stopped in front of a shed. There were many pedestrians resting under the shed. When she saw an empty seat, she pulled Li Lexi to sit there.

Li Lexi never dreamed that the emperor would bring her here to eat, she stared at the stains on the wooden table and dared not sit down.Chu Yuan called the store to bring some tea.

The shopkeeper brought two bowls of hot tea and said, "What do you three want to eat?"

"You all have a portion of the food here." Chu Yuan said skillfully.

"Okay, wait a minute." The shopkeeper replied excitedly.

Li Lexi picked a clean place and sat down. She didn't understand why Chu Yuan was so familiar with the market.Chu Yuan took a big sip of hot tea in his hand, and said to Li Lexi, "You don't seem to have been here before."

"Have you been here many times?" Li Lexi was on pins and needles.

"When I'm bored, I often go out of the palace to play. The queen mother said that she wants to understand the people's sentiments, and she doesn't object to my coming out, but I can't go out of the palace at night, it's not safe." Chu Yuan finished the rest of the tea, put down the empty bowl, and saw The queen refused to drink and didn't care, all ladies are so reserved.

Li Lexi took a small sip of water in the atmosphere of the pergola, it was similar to clear water, the taste of the tea was very weak, presumably a pot of tea had been brewed countless times, and it was very weak.

The store quickly brought out the food, such as biscuits, noodles, wontons and other snacks, a food table was fully set up.

Li Lexi looked up at Chu Yuan from time to time, and suddenly had the wrong feeling that the other party was not the emperor.

Heng Wang would never come to such a place to eat. When he went back to the biggest restaurant in Shaodu, the store would welcome him respectfully and serve him the best banquet.

Brocade clothes and jade food are the best symbols of the royal family.Then look at Chu Yuan in front of him, sitting among the common people, eating the cheapest Yangchun noodles, as if he has mixed into the common people

Li Lexi bowed her head and continued to drink the hot tea in her hand.

There are many rules in Li's house, they are not allowed to eat outside, and they are not allowed to eat after dinner. She looked at the cold wontons and wondered what it was like.

Somehow, she served the wontons and took a sip of the soup with a spoon. It was delicious.

At this moment, Chu Yuan gave her a piece of biscuit, "Do you want to eat it?"

Li Lexi paused again, the sesame seed cake was on her lips, almost touching the corner of her lips, she blushed.

Red spreads to the base of the ears.

Li Lexi took the biscuit and took a bite, but the biscuit was too hard and her teeth ached, so she put it down again.And Chu Yuanxu knew that she didn't like to eat, so he took it by himself, bit it, and said: "You are so weak, what would you do without me."

I can't even eat a bite of biscuits, and my mouth is soft.

After Chu Yuan finished eating, he stood up and wanted to leave. Li Lexi followed him and put down half a bowl of wontons. Chu Yuan had no choice but to say, "I'll wait for you, eat slowly."

After saying that, he sat down again.

Li Lexi sat down again, picked up a spoon, and tried to eat faster.She ate hard and didn't want to be rejected by Chu Yuan.

She ate fast, gobbling it voraciously, ignoring the unique taste of tea wontons, and finally drank the soup too.

Chu Yuan handed her a snow-white brocade handkerchief with green bamboo embroidered on one corner.Li Lexi wiped it hastily, and Chu Yuan also straightened up and walked out of the shed.

After eating, Chu Yuan walked faster, shuttling through the crowd, she was very familiar with this place, Li Lexi not only had to walk faster, but also pay attention to Chu Yuan in front, afraid that if she raised her eyes, people would It's gone.

Passing through the night market, there are far fewer people. Not far away, there is a high platform on which people are competing.

Chu Yuan stopped and looked around curiously. Li Lexi followed behind, panting.Chu Yuan told her: "It's a martial arts competition to recruit relatives."

Li Lexi was surprised, "Is this a bit ridiculous?"

"It's not ridiculous, I'll go and have a look." Chu Yuan got playful, took Li Lexi's hand and squeezed into the crowd, telling Li Lexi not to get lost while squeezing.

After a lot of effort, the two approached the stands. It was a woman and a burly man competing.The man had a brute force, while the woman was as light as a swallow, flying around on the stage, the man was teased and turned around, and finally kicked off by the woman.

There was applause all around, and Chu Yuan clapped along with her. Li Lexi looked at her clean cheeks, and unconsciously pursed the corners of her lips.

After the man went down, several people rushed up, but they were all chased down by the woman, and the voices of the men around him became weaker.

Suddenly, Chu Yuan walked up, Li Lexi became nervous, "If I win, I will marry her."

After finishing speaking, she regretted it again. Chu Yuan was weak and feared that she would not be able to win, so she relaxed again.

Chu Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, lifted the couch up the steps, walking with ease.In an instant, the court became quiet, and they couldn't help swallowing when they looked at the handsome young man.

Li Lexi nervously looked at the confident young man in front of her, her heart raised to her chest.

And the eyes of the woman on the stage also fell on Chu Yuan's body. She was surprised and delighted, and her hands holding the sword trembled slightly. Perhaps, she could surrender without fighting.

After all, such a beautiful man is rare, and it doesn't matter if he is not good at martial arts, she can protect him.

The woman just looked at Chu Yuan, and Chu Yuan took the lead on the stage.The gun, swung it neatly, the gun was as strong as the wind.

Li Lexi didn't know marksmanship, but seeing Chu Yuan's behavior, he couldn't help but curl his lips.Chu Yuan didn't soften his heart. With the spear in his hand, he waved it towards the woman Ling Ran.

The wind of the gun forced the girl to take three steps back. Soon, she realized that she had underestimated the enemy, and she did not dare to be distracted in the next competition.

Chu Yuan is not an embroidered pillow, his marksmanship is sharp, and he walks like a dragon, which arouses applause from the audience.

The white spear in green robe swung fierce marksmanship on the stage, forcing the girl back step by step.

Li Lexi frowned, Chu Yuan won, but she really wanted to marry him, she had a strange thought in her heart, she hoped that Chu Yuan would lose.

But Chu Yuan smashed the opponent's gun with one shot, and kicked him off the stage with one kick, without any sympathy.

The woman quickly got up from the ground and smiled shyly at the man on the stage. The spectators on the stage applauded, and this good show was about to come to an end.

Li Lexi's heart was empty, there were countless emperors and concubines, how could she be the only one.

After a long time, Chu Yuan came back, with his hands behind his back, walked proudly, looked at Li Lexi with a smile, and asked her, "Ma'am, how good am I?"

Chu Yuan's smile was hot, without the awe and coldness of an emperor, it warmed the heart.

Li Lexi still looked away from her eyes, listlessly, "Amazing."

"Go back to the palace." Chu Yuanxian waved it off, very satisfied with himself, with a smug smile on his lips.

Li Lexi followed Chu Yuan back to the palace step by step, without saying a word all the way, even when she returned to Jiaofang Palace, she did not express her dissatisfaction.

Chu Yuan went to wash up, and she was hugged by the palace people to take a bath. When she came back, Chu Yuan sat on the soft couch and read a book.

Chu Yuan is very quiet, he doesn't need to look outside the palace, he is as quiet as a well-behaved child, far away from the world of mortals, undisturbed by the world.

"The queen goes to bed first." Chu Yuan reluctantly put down the book in his hand, and instructed the queen.

Li Lexi went to the couch first, lay down on the couch, closed her eyes but couldn't fall asleep, she wanted to ask Chu Yuan how to deal with that woman.Chu Yuan is willing to compete on stage, he must like it in his heart, if he likes it, his status cannot be lowered.However, I don't know the details of the other party. If the family is ordinary, he will not be given a high position in the palace.

She couldn't sleep, and began to wonder what bits were good.

After reading an article, Chu Yuan lay down, tucked in the quilt, and closed his eyes to sleep.She didn't touch the queen, let alone grope under the quilt, and closed her eyes calmly, as if there was no one beside her.

She was tired and fell asleep quickly, while Li Lexi couldn't sleep until Chu Yuan got up at dawn and didn't sleep.

When Chu Yuan got up, her movements were very light. She glanced at the queen who was sleeping peacefully beside her, pursed her lips, put down the brocade tent gently, and went to get dressed in front of the bronze mirror.

When going out, Li Lexi opened his eyes and felt Chu Yuan's kindness.

She couldn't fall asleep, so she simply got up, changed clothes, and washed up. Today's breakfast was also very delicate, but she had no appetite.

In the final analysis, he was only cheated by a man once, and he has been cheated so many times, so he doesn't care about this time.

She is the empress and the main wife, she should manage the harem for the emperor.

After breakfast, she went to see the Empress Dowager, straight to the point, talked about what happened last night, and asked if she should be welcomed into the palace.

The Empress Dowager loves to drink tea, Zaihe Yunwu camellia tea was sent from Jiangnan, the tea is very fragrant, she tasted it, but the taste was not to her liking, so she put it down casually.

"A Yuan asked you to prepare?"

"Your Majesty didn't say a word, and my concubines can't figure out the Sacred Heart." Li Lexi bowed his head.

She was afraid that the Queen Mother would be held accountable, but the Queen Mother was much calmer than she had imagined. She looked at her, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty just wants to show off his good voice and won't invite people into the palace at will."

Li Lexi was puzzled and did not reply in time.

The queen mother felt that there was something wrong with the queen's expression. She stared at her and asked, "Queen, what's wrong with you?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, there are all concubines, Your Majesty seemed to be wrong last night..." Li Lexi stammered.

The queen mother smiled and comforted: "The emperor is not close to women. He won't blink his eyes when he sees so many beauties in the palace. Why look for them outside the palace. There are countless women in the palace. If the emperor wants to be pampered, he will let them Are you a queen?"

"If the queen has this time, why don't you go to the front hall to see her, and do your best. A wife's duty."

Li Lexi felt strange, the mother and son seemed to take extra care of her, she was the empress snatched by the emperor, her name was not right, but she got a lot of preferential treatment.

With no answer, she leaves disappointed.

Back at the Jiaofang Palace, she was alone again, and Gong'e dared not come forward to talk to her, and there was a box sent by the emperor on the table.

Li Lexi guessed what kind of expensive jewelry it was. She had no interest in it. She liked it very much before, but the emperor gave her too much, and she became numb.

Sitting down, she smelled the sweet smell in a trance, looked at the box subconsciously, and her curiosity drove her to open the box.

Inside the box were several bunches of candies, wrapped in oiled paper, similar to those from last night.

Li Lexi went back to the past in a daze, she seemed to be a child again, and she eagerly wanted to eat candy when she saw it.

After eating a bunch of candies, she felt much more at ease. She didn't want to deal with palace affairs, so she asked someone to move a deck chair outside to bask in the sun.

She took the book and put the sugar on the table next to her hand, and Gong'e prepared a cup of winter tea, and the whole person was lazy in the sun, very comfortable.

Unknowingly, she fell asleep and slept until the afternoon before waking up. She missed the lunch time a long time ago. She ate another bunch of candy and didn't want to eat.

In the afternoon, she went to the bookstore to sit all afternoon and read some books. At dusk, she subconsciously looked out the window, but there was no figure of Chu Yuan.

A day passed like this, and at night, Li Lexi fell asleep after drinking a bowl of porridge.

But Chu Yuan stayed up all night, and the world was restless. As an emperor, she dared not sleep soundly.She is also a woman, and she is always worried that if her identity is not guaranteed, she will harm the people and implicate the queen mother.

From night to dawn, the courtiers came to court, King Heng came to court with a limp, and everyone couldn't understand.

Heng Wang was also wronged, saying that he met a woman and insisted on marrying him, but if he didn't marry, the two parties fought.

The woman's martial arts were quite powerful, and she injured the guard, and even pressed him to the ground, rubbed him and beat him up.

The courtiers laughed out loud, and even Chu Yuan also smiled. She comforted King Heng and said, "If someone wants to marry, you should do it. Good luck is rare."

King Heng said, "I can't marry such a shrew."

Everyone laughed again, Chu Yuan pursed her lips and remained silent. She looked at Li Tongfu, wanted to say a few words, and pressed it back.

After the next court, she left Li Tongfu behind and said, "The Queen misses her father, so my father-in-law can visit Jiaofang Palace."

Li Tongfu refused, and replied: "Your Majesty, there are many things in the Yamen, and I can't escape."

Chu Yuan smiled, and said calmly: "Father-in-law doesn't matter, Miss Li San is going to give birth soon."

Li Tongfu's face was ashen, his hands holding the wat board trembled slightly, and hatred surged in his heart, he saluted and said, "I'm going to visit the empress right now."

"Father-in-law, go. I heard that the Empress likes to eat outside. I have prepared some for you to bring."

"The minister takes orders." Li Tongfu retreated, and when he came out of the hall, he saw the female officer Nan Jia holding a brocade box in her hand. He glanced at it coldly and said nothing.

****

When Li Tongfu entered the central palace, he was startled by the extravagant scene in front of him. Even though his heart was hard to calm down, his face was still calm.

Nan Jia snorted, and said in a strange way: "Is your lord complaining for the third girl?"

Li Tongfu didn't speak, Nanjia was quick-mouthed, and continued: "You have pity on the third girl, and you have to think about who caused her today? My sister-in-law seduced her brother-in-law. To put it bluntly, it is your fault and Mrs. Li's. Discipline is not strict, coveting elder sister marriage. It is reasonable for you to blame the queen, who made her live well now."

"Your Majesty, I will tell you that our Majesty treats the Empress very well. The Empress will give you whatever the Empress wants. Every day, she changes tricks to please the Empress. She is the only one in the huge harem. Looking at His Royal Highness Heng, there are many flirtatious people before the crown is weak. in debt."

The words were sharp and every sentence caught his ears, and Li Tongfu's steps became heavier and heavier.

A group of people stopped outside the hall, Gong'e went to report, Li Tongfu looked at the palace, not to mention the pavilions, the carved railings and painted buildings, majestic and majestic.

After a while, the queen came out of the palace to greet her in person. Unaware of the conversation between the two, she called her father with a smile.

When Li Tongfu heard it, he didn't show his face, and responded lightly.The queen helped him into the palace and ordered tea to be served.

Nan Jia took the opportunity to go over and handed the box to the Queen: "This is from Master Li to the Queen."

When Li Lexi heard that Master Li gave it to her, she looked unnatural, and immediately smiled, letting the maid who was close to her take it.

The three father and daughter entered the palace, and Li Tongfu looked at his daughter, who hadn't seen her for half a month, and her complexion improved a lot.But Li Lexi said: "Your Majesty and I have never consummated the marriage."

Li Tongfu was surprised. The emperor snatched people into the palace just for decoration. Could it be that he really wanted to save face for the Li family?

He couldn't figure it out, Gong'e offered tea, he took a sip, comforted his daughter and said, "Don't be impatient, draw it slowly."

Li Lexi was silent, her father used to pity the weak, Li San was in pain, if she lived a chic life, his father's heart must be off.She shook her head and told her father: "Your Majesty values ​​a folk girl, I wonder if she will be included in the court."

Li Tongfu couldn't tell what was going on here, and the female official said that His Majesty treated the queen with all his heart. For a while, he couldn't tell who was right, but he believed in his daughter.

"Your Majesty wants to, so you can take the initiative. He is the emperor, and he only married you for the sake of the late emperor."

He suddenly felt that the eldest daughter was also in trouble, and he stood up and said, "I'll go back first. If you have any difficulties, send a message and tell me that you are the daughter of the Li family, and I will not sit idly by."

"My daughter understands." Li Lexi watched his father leave.

After the person left, her expression sank, not as gentle as before, and changed to sarcasm.

When it was getting dark, Chu Yuan came.

Li Lexi went up to greet him personally, took over the errand of Gong'e, took off the big cloak for Chu Yuan, and served hot drinks.

"Is the queen asking me for something?" Chu Yuan was made to feel guilty by her gesture of asking for warmth, and then looked at the top of her head, which was a pink bubble, which did not turn red.

It shows that the Queen took the initiative to approach, with intentions.

Li Lexi met her eyes, her heart was stricken, her hands in her cuffs trembled violently, she really couldn't do the job of serving the king.

She was nervous in her heart, but managed to maintain a calm face, her eyes were full of shyness, "The concubine is very satisfied and has nothing to ask for."

Chu Yuan smiled, and she missed Li Lexi in the White Horse Temple. She thought about revealing her identity, but she was afraid that Li Lexi would threaten her with this.In a dilemma, it is better to hide it for a while before talking.

Li Lexi was cautious, and stretched out his hands towards Chu Yuan: "This concubine will change your majesty's clothes."

Instead, Chu Yuan took a step back, staring at the pink bubble above her head. "Queen, do you like me?"

Li Lexi was afraid, closed her eyes, and lied, "I like it."

The author has something to say: Chu Yuan: If I didn't have deep knowledge, I would have been tricked by you.

Pei Yao: My knowledge is too shallow, and I am deceived by her every day.

The red envelopes were sent out in front.

感谢在2021-09-0218：10：16～2021-09-0317：10：16期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～