It was approaching noon, and the scorching sun seemed to suffocate people to death. Qing Yuan and Lv Ruan obediently stood behind Xia Qiulian with their heads down, without saying a word.The sweat on the forehead couldn't stop dripping down.

Those empresses who invited Xia Qiulian to come to enjoy the flowers, asked some questions back and forth, and they were full of jealousy that could not be hidden. They said they wanted to make friends with Xia Qiulian, but in fact they just called Xia Qiulian to come and give her Get off your horse.

Although those empresses were provocative, Xia Qiulian never showed any embarrassment, her face was calm and calm, and her reply was neither humble nor overbearing, but she didn't let them take advantage of it.

The leading concubine Xian probably saw that Xia Qiulian was a little clever and never jumped into the pit they dug, and her words were very boring, so she also felt bored, so she waved her sleeves and led the noisy ladies to leave.

"Concubine Xian, if you haven't enjoyed enough of the flowers today, you can continue to appreciate them. We sisters are tired, so we went back to the palace to rest and don't disturb you to enjoy the flowers." Concubine Xian stood up, with a smile that was not a smile on her immature and delicate face. Looking at Xia Qiulian, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, it's so hot, I'd better go back to the palace and drink a few bowls of iced plum soup."

One by one, the ladies fanned the wind with the corners of their skirts, and walked around behind Xia Qiulian.

It's just that every time Xia Qiulian passed by, he covered his lips with his hands, sneakily pretended to be nonchalant, and glanced at the stone bench Xia Qiulian was sitting on, with a bit of gloating in his eyes, which made Qing Yuan and Lv Ruan full of doubts.

The ladies led their respective maids and left, and Xia Qiulian, Qingyuan and Lvruan were left in the lively pavilion in an instant.

"Why are these empresses so strange, they talk inconsequentially, they say they are admiring flowers, but they ask all kinds of things, and they don't know what they are calling the lady here for." Qingyuan saw that everyone had left, so she hurried to the Next to Xia Qiulian, he handed Xia Qiuliu a light green handkerchief.

"Miss, it's getting hotter and hotter today. Don't suffer from heatstroke, miss. Let's go back to the palace too." Seeing that there seemed to be a few drops of sweat on Xia Qiulian's forehead, who was always cold, Lv Ruan urged Xia Qiulian to go back to the palace. to escape the heat.

Xia Qiulian faintly felt something was wrong in her heart. These empresses, headed by Concubine Xian, loved to tease people the most. Today, they didn't play tricks on her, and left after a few words of teasing. She was really surprised.

Xia Qiulian didn't take a sip of the tea they poured on the table. If she guessed correctly, the water in it must have been steeped with bitter almonds, so sour and unpalatable.

There must have been some strange things in the plate of pastries in front of her.

They play tricks like this, but these tricks are like children playing around. Few people would go to Yanhuang to complain about such trivial matters. Even if they told Yanhuang, he would only verbally punish them, or Laugh it off.

Even so, they played tricks on many unprepared concubines in the palace.

She had just entered the palace and seemed to be favored, so naturally she couldn't escape being teased.

"Miss, let's go back to the palace." Qing Yuan stretched out her hand to help Xia Qiulian get up.

"Well, go back to the palace." Xia Qiulian glanced at the tea on the table, nodded, put Qingyuan's hand on her, moved her body a little but didn't get up, just moved a little, and then sat back down.

"Hey, Miss, why can't I get up?" Qing Yuan looked at Xia Qiulian in surprise, the lady had already exerted force on her hands, why didn't she stand up, but she was still sitting.

There was a moment of daze on Xia Qiulian's fair face, and soon she suddenly realized, and raised the corners of her lips like a wry smile, she still sat on the stone bench motionless, closed her eyes helplessly, and opened her mouth with a soft sigh. mouth.

"Qing Yuan and Lu Ruan, what kind of sharp objects are you carrying?"

"Of course not. What's the use of Miss asking this?" Qing Yuan was surprised.

"The dress is stained, I'll wait here, you go back to the palace to find a pair of scissors and a cloak."

Xia Qiulian straightened her back slightly, and found herself negligent, dumbfounded.

There are several trees in the palace, the sap from the cut bark is very sticky, you can apply a thin layer on your hands when it is wet, after it dries, if you try to peel it off, the skin will be torn apart.

Xia Qiulian got up and noticed that the dress under her body was tightly clinging, so she knew it must be the trick of those teasing ladies just now.

In the previous life, a new lady who entered the palace was teased by them with this trick. A strand of black hair stuck to the palace pillar, and she couldn't pull it apart even crying. Finally, she cut off the hair with scissors, and was able to break free.

Xia Qiulian mentioned this when she heard Ye Zhaoyin's joke, and knew about their little trick, but this time she was negligent, and when she was pressed to sit down by them, she never thought of it.

"Miss, why are you stuck to your dress, can't you get up, why don't Ruo Qingyuan give you a hand, and see if you can get up."

After hearing Xia Qiulian's words, Qingyuan and Lvruan looked at each other, their dresses stuck to the stone bench, how could such a weird thing happen.

"There should be something stuck on the stone bench, so don't ask any more questions, go back to the palace and find the scissors."

Xia Qiulian had a somewhat helpless expression on her face, and she was secretly framed a lot in her previous life, and she was able to resolve them one by one with wit, but she was a little helpless when encountering such trivial matters.

Qingyuan and Lvruan didn't ask any more questions, they trotted all the way back to the palace, leaving Xia Qiulian sitting motionless in the pavilion.

Today's weather is extremely sweltering, the scorching sun outside is really scorching hot, the flowers in the imperial garden are a bit wilted by the scorching sun.The cicadas on the tree screamed weakly, and even the fish in the pond searched for a cool place in the stone cave to hide.

In the imperial garden, except for a few teams of patrolling guards who walked by from afar, Xia Qiulian was the only one.

Xia Qiulian has always been afraid of the cold but not the heat, but this time beads of sweat began to seep from her forehead. She closed her eyes slightly and slowed her breathing, feeling calm in her heart.

Thinking about it, if he cut off his dress and went back to the palace, if someone saw him on the way, he would inevitably be ridiculed.

Those teasing ladies are so careful, it's really dumbfounding.

Xia Qiulian sighed secretly, opened his eyes and was about to wipe off the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, when out of the corner of his eyes, he saw two familiar figures slowly approaching under the scorching sun.

The people who came were Yan Wanting and Li Fengyou.

The weather was too sweltering, Her Royal Highness was wearing a thin light green robe, the black hair was tied behind her back casually, the skirt in front of her body was slightly torn apart, revealing a white and attractive slender neck, the robe was a bit messy Hanging on his thin body, he looked somewhat disheveled and frivolous.

Feng You held a paper umbrella for the sun and followed her step by step. He was still wearing a neat black dress, tightly wrapped, and the black hair was tied behind her back with a hairband. With a long sword on his waist, He looks heroic.

Xia Qiulian lowered her head, pursed her lips slightly, and secretly hoped that Xu Yan Banting had never seen her.

It's just that Yan Wanting seemed to have seen her a long time ago, and walked straight to the pavilion.

Xia Qiulian is now trapped on this small stone bench, unable to walk away, she can only hold her breath and lower her head to listen to the faint footsteps getting closer.

"It's so sweltering today, I never thought that there would be a lady in such a good mood, enjoying flowers and drinking tea in this pavilion."

Stepping into the pavilion, Yan Wanting saw Xia Qiulian sitting at the table at a glance. The corners of her lips raised and her phoenix eyes narrowed, her eyes lightly fell on Xia Qiulian, with a playful smile in her words .

She seemed to see Xia Qiulian and was not displeased, as if she had completely forgotten Xia Qiulian's offense in Caixiang Pavilion a few days ago.

"Qiu Lian has met His Highness." Xia Qiu Lian lowered her head, unable to get up, so she could only bow her head and ask respectfully.

"It turned out to be Qiu Lian. I heard that you are now a concubine, and my father is very fond of you. When I see you in the future, I am afraid that I should salute you." Yan Wanting smiled gently, like a brush As gentle as the gentle breeze, looking at Xia Qiulian's clear and dark eyes is also full of smiles, but the words in Ke's mouth are somewhat ironic.

Xia Qiulian understood the meaning of it. Yan Wanting was just insinuating that she was not polite when she saw the princess.

"Qiu Lian feels a little unwell. I really can't get up and salute. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"I'm not feeling well. I'm afraid that the stone bench under you is something tricky, but I was teased by the concubine Xian." Yan Banting sat down next to Xia Qiulian with a flick of his sleeves, propped his chin, and didn't even turn his eyes. Turning to look at Xia Qiulian, a strand of black hair scattered from her temples hung down her fair and slender neck.

Yan Wanting had a well-thought-out plan, he was not asking questions, but was stating the facts.Although there was a bit of a smile in her tone, she couldn't tell that she was gloating. On the contrary, it was the frowning that made her look a bit worried.

Xia Qiulian bit her lip, feeling a little wary in her heart.

Yan Wanting guessed that she was being teased by Concubine Xian as soon as she opened her mouth, probably because she had been watching from somewhere and did not show up.

Xia Qiulian couldn't tell what the complicated feeling in her chest was, whether it was the deepening suspicion of Yan Wanting, or the care and vigilance of Yan Wanting's unclear meaning at this time, or... Lost.

"I think Qiu Lian is ashamed to say it. I just saw Concubine Xian here from a distance, and I knew she was going to play tricks on people again. The weather is so hot, and Qiu Lian is so weak, I'm afraid I'll stay here again." After a while, it's time for heatstroke, why don't you ask Ben Gong to help you."

Yan Wanting looked at the few drops of sweat on Xia Qiulian's forehead, and was stunned. She naturally stretched out her hand as if she wanted to wipe Xia Qiulian's sweat with her hand, but she raised her hand halfway, but then lowered it calmly. Lips smiled, and without waiting for Xia Qiulian to answer, she looked up at Li Fengyou who was beside her, and glanced at the long sword at her waist.

With just one glance, Li Fengyou understood Yan Wanting's meaning. Holding the long sword at her waist, she walked around behind Xia Qiulian, said in a low voice that she was offended, and then heard a sharp "Zheng" sound of drawing the sword .

Xia Qiulian's face froze, she could feel the cold light behind her without seeing it before, and the sharp sword tip was pointing at herself.

"Wait a minute, Fengyou, you are so thick-handed and thick-footed, I'm afraid that if you do it, it will hurt Qiu Lian's jade body, so let me do it."

Yan Wanting, who was watching from the side, suddenly called out to stop Li Fengyou, then got up and stood beside Xia Qiulian, frowning slightly and stretched out his hand to Li Fengyou.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Yan Wanting took the sword handed over by Li Fengyou and held it in his hand. Leaning on Xia Qiulian, he naturally embraced Xia Qiulian's slender waist with one hand, and domineeringly protected Xia Qiulian in his arms. He put it in his arms and stuck it to his chest.

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