Huaibi

Here, Concubine Yi left with Fudong's salute, she was still angry on the road, she didn't want to go to Fengyi Palace, she planned to make others unhappy, but unexpectedly, she made herself feel uncomfortable In fact, he lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot.

Concubine Yi was thinking about what Pinghuai Zhenfang said when she entered the room, saying "deaf in both ears", isn't she just venting her anger for the blind man?

She bit the word "Prince" fiercely in her mouth, and there were many people driving the chariot, so she could only secretly hide the words in her heart in a very depressed manner.

She hoped that the sixth prince would one day take her place and replace Ping Huaizhen as the crown prince, and that she would be honored as the empress dowager when she ascended the throne.Only at that time, she will be the lord of the harem, and she will no longer have to look at anyone's face, all the mountains and rivers are in her palm.

Now that the queen is blind, isn't it just God's help.

Although the queen is the official wife, she has not been favored as much as her for many years.Even if the young and beautiful newcomers are sent to the palace in twos and threes every year, they are just passing clouds, how can anyone be able to overwhelm her.

In this palace, only the emperor's grace is the right.

"Fu Dong," Concubine Yi bent her lips and sneered, pointing at the red Kou Dan with ten fingers, leaning on the side rail of the chariot with a boneless hand, and what she said meant something, "The empress's eyes are very troubled, I'm afraid she doesn't have the energy Taking care of the chores in the harem, will I take care of one or two for her?"

Fudong immediately understood her intentions, his heart is still the master's cleverness, no matter how much anger he suffered in Fengyi Palace just now, God can think of the most important way to deal with it this time, raised his head and happily raised his eyebrows and replied : "Your Majesty is saying that the Empress can't even see her eyes, so why bother? If you want to take care of the affairs of the harem, I am afraid that you have more energy than you want. Our empress is considerate and virtuous, and we should share the empress' worries. The Emperor knows that I must praise you a few words!"

Concubine Yi felt very relieved when she heard that, Fang Shou's suffocation dissipated a lot, her face was half covered with her fan and she smiled lowly, she immediately ordered people to change lanes, and walked gently all the way to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At that time, Emperor Hongxuan was about to take the decoction, and the strong herbal smell permeating the whole hall was no less than half that of Fengyi Hall. Concubine Yi was originally a queen who had suffered misfortune. There was a prickly pain like a needle, and the secret joy was fleeting.

After Wang Gonggong asked Emperor Hongxuan for instructions, he turned back outside the curtain and bowed to invite her, raised the bead curtain to welcome her in, and there was a crisp sound of glass colliding.

Concubine Yi frowned slightly and walked towards the dragon couch, full of blessings, Emperor Hongxuan coughed as soon as he opened his mouth, unable to articulate the words, he raised his hand as a gesture of excuse.She hurried forward to caress Emperor Hongxuan's chest, her eyes were filled with real heartache, and there was a faint mist, and she said in a very low voice as if she was afraid of startling the person in front of her: "Your Majesty, don't speak in a hurry, take some warm water and Xu Ning Feel better."

Fudong watched his words and expressions, and immediately turned around to pour water at the table and delivered it to Concubine Yi.

Concubine Yi held it steadily, and waited for a while for Emperor Hongxuan to stop coughing, and carefully presented the cup to him, and waited for him to drink it slowly.

Emperor Hongxuan felt a little more at ease. After being served gently by her, he didn't feel blocked when he had a cough. He patted his soft palm on his chest, and after a while he calmed down and said, "I haven't gone to Qiuhua Palace for a long time, but you are still here." Remember to come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

"The concubine is thinking about her daily diary, but she really dare not come here," Concubine Yi replied softly, bearing the warmth of the back of her hand, "The concubine is afraid of disturbing the emperor's purity, and often turns back halfway... If the emperor doesn't mind , the concubine will come to accompany you to relieve your fatigue in the future."

Emperor Hongxuan was noncommittal, didn't answer whether she liked it or not, he just smiled and squeezed the palm tighter, and said: "I heard about the incident in Fengyi Palace today, the empress is no longer what she used to be, I'll go see her tomorrow."

"The empress looks good, the most important thing is for the emperor to take care of the dragon's body with peace of mind." Concubine Yi lowered her eyes to hide the jealousy in her eyes, and her words were very knowledgeable, "The concubine also heard about the affairs of the Fengyi Palace at noon. , I went to visit the empress worriedly, and I saw that look... Fortunately, the empress empress is still in good health, although she can't see it, she is not vain."

"You have a heart."

"Concubine should do it," Concubine Yi saw that the situation was going to happen, and the timing was just right, she paused to euphemistically explain what she did on this trip, "The empress has been working hard in taking care of the harem, and I feel unwell right now, how can I not take it to heart? If it is possible, the concubine can only share her worries for the empress."

Emperor Hongxuan felt that there was something in her words, so he deliberately did not answer, and waited for her to continue.

Concubine Yi didn't wait for a reply for a long while, she hesitated and said more tentatively: "Your Majesty, the empress needs to rest and rest, and she should not be tired, and it is inconvenient to suffer from eye diseases... The concubine is usually free and not afraid of hard work, I implore the emperor to grant the concubine The concubine relieves the queen's worries."

"How to solve the queen's worries?"

Concubine Yi boldly said: "Please ask the emperor's prospective concubine to act as an agent for the important affairs of the harem."

There was silence after the words, Emperor Hongxuan stared in thought, secretly weighing the pros and cons.

Concubine Yi's whole heart was beating nervously, she looked at the expression on his face without blinking her eyes, her look of anticipation was undisguised.However, after waiting for a long time, only waiting for Emperor Hongxuan to withdraw his hand, he stopped being close to her palm, and suddenly distanced himself by three points.

Concubine Yi felt cold, and as expected he rejected her: "Concubine Yi is sincere, I am very relieved, but the affairs of the harem are complicated, and you have never handled them before, so you are not as skilled as the queen. Although the queen cannot see, there are many people who can be used by her. , it shouldn’t bother her. You might as well be more relaxed, don’t have to work hard, come and talk with me when you have nothing to do.”

The words seemed to be for her sake, caring, but there was a deep meaning in it, why didn't Concubine Yi hear it clearly, and she was very chilled at the moment.She raised her eyes and smiled gently, her palms were still caressing her chest for him, and she replied as if she had no grievances: "Yes, the concubine will follow what the emperor said, and don't worry about it."

Emperor Hongxuan nodded, closed his eyes and rested.

Not far away, Fudong hangs his head in panic, and he can guess that Concubine Yi must be full of unwillingness from a few feet away.On the way here, both of them thought that this matter was determined to succeed. After all, the queen's illness was not ordinary, she was blind in both eyes. Who would have expected that Emperor Hongxuan would still want her to kill the power in his hands, and would rather hand over the affairs of the harem to others. On the hands of a blind man?

Fudong couldn't figure it out.

There was no voice of conversation in the hall, and the warm sun was covered with a layer of ice.

Concubine Yi stayed in the palace with the emperor for about half an hour, there was not a trace of tenderness on her face after she left, her eyes were soaked in frost and mist, her face sank like winter water.

She should have understood that the emperor has no true feelings, but it is ridiculous that she has true feelings all these years.

Even though she has acted boldly in the dark for several years, she always respected and loved him as her husband when she was in front of Emperor Hongxuan. It hurts what he hurts.But Emperor Hongxuan made her favor the harem, gave her a high status and full of glory, but after all he was unwilling to give her power over the queen, and it was absolutely impossible to even keep pace with her.

In fact, she has always been clear, she just lied to herself for too long, and there is no chance to break the self-righteous thoughts of love in her heart before the time comes.

Until today, if there was a hot slap in the face, she realized that it was time to wake up.

Emperor Hongxuan didn't love her, he only loved this gentle country, the hibiscus pillow, the feeling of being looked up to and cared for by a woman like her as the emperor, and all the joys and joys, but he didn't love her. So even Dai would never love the son she gave birth to.

That's why the sixth prince can only be spoiled by Emperor Hongxuan, just like her, and will never allow him to get too tainted with the word "Quan".

If there is still a trace of sincerity left in Emperor Hongxuan's heart, then I'm afraid it was all given to a dead person - the late Concubine Jing.He favors the crown prince to the bone, so why not for that woman?The queen's power cannot be neglected, isn't it ultimately for the prince.

I have known the truth for a long time, but I have to wait until now before I am willing to tell myself.Yifei laughs at herself, digs her fingernails hard on the fan, and scratches a spot of the beautifully embroidered peony.

"Niang Niang..." Fu Dong Xin beside her called out in alarm.

Concubine Yi came back to her senses, her eyes fell casually, the treasure bestowed by the emperor is the only one in Beijing and outside the capital, all the honors are given to her, but what's the use?

It is also a fan, one is just a plaything, just like a beautiful person, it is immediately pleasing to the eye; the other is painted with magnificent mountains and rivers, and its weight is as thick as a thousand gold, entrusting even a piece of territory.

That was something she couldn't get for Ping Huaihao after exhausting all her efforts.

If you can't ask for it, then don't ask for it, she will go and get it with her own hands.

"He rejected me today, and his affection is broken," Yifei said in a voice that no longer had any admiration, she lightly rubbed the damaged part of the fan with her fingertips, and said quietly, "What I want, I must get it."

Thick clouds suddenly covered the sky and covered the sun, and the dazzling sun dimmed in an instant, as if there was a sign of rain.

At the time of You, the capital really began to pour down with summer rain, hitting dust on the ground, and the air was filled with the smell of earth.

Due to the weather, today's sky was darker than in the morning, Ping Huaizhen ignored Jiang Chang's obstruction, went out of the palace at night and went to Cangyu Lane, half of his sleeves were wet when he got off the carriage.

Someone knocked on the door of Li Qingjue's room, and when he opened the door, he was surprised to see someone coming. He frowned to welcome him into the room, and asked: "It's raining so hard, what are you going out of the palace for?"

Ping Huaizhen locked the door button with his backhand, hugged him intimately for a while: "I don't know why, every rainy night, I always want to see you very much." Li Qingjue was speechless, with his palms pressed against his moist clothes, thinking that he must have drenched Xi Yu wanted to call him to change clothes but couldn't push him away no matter what, so he could only continue to listen to him whispering in a low voice: "...you didn't return to Beijing before, I think you can't do anything if you think about it so hard. How can I resist coming to see you so close to the palace?"

Li Qingjue's heart softened when he heard it, and he said in a softer voice, "Then you should also send a message to me so that I can go to Zhao Mansion and wait."

"It's raining heavily, and I don't want you to go out."

Hearing the words, he let out a helpless sigh.

"Forget it, I'll ask someone to boil water for you to take a bath, and you should change into dry clothes first."

"Okay." Ping Huaizhen kissed him lightly, before letting him go without letting go of his arms, he finished what he wanted to say first, "You take a bath with me, there are many things in the palace today, and I share many words with you." Tell me, there is also something you need to arrange."

Li Qingjue turned serious when he heard the words, so he turned around and left.

The boy in the building was quick and quick, and he boiled new water in a short while, and ordered several strong servants in the backyard to bring up the water, and poured it into the spacious bathtub with half a bucket of cold water.After waiting for the people to leave, Ping Huaizhen walked out from the side of the screen in the outer hall, and took Li Qingjue to take off his clothes and take a bath. After soaking in the warm water, his whole body was comfortable and relaxed, and then he slowly talked about the affairs of the palace.

Li Qingjue showed surprise on his face. Although he had been prepared for a long time, he still felt a little surprised and disappointed when he heard that the queen lost his sight. He sighed in his heart that it was complicated and unspeakable, so he could only comfort him a little. Don't be too sad."

"Well," Ping Huaizhen nodded slightly, then shook his head with a wry smile, "I have been worrying about this since the beginning of spring. Sometimes I saw the queen's eyesight in my dream, and I couldn't calm down after waking up for a long time. This kind of worry is too much. It's been a long time, but at this moment, I can accept my fate."

Li Qingjue rested his head on his shoulder, said nothing to him, and hugged him tightly with his arms.

After a while, Ping Huaizhen withdrew from the grief, and said cautiously: "I thought about it for a while, the queen mother is inconvenient to move now, and she is more worried that she will be harmed by others, so you might as well place two people by her side to protect her secretly. It is true that it is best to send people out, but those in the palace are really hard to believe."

"Okay," Li Qingjue knew that this was what he needed to arrange, and he replied firmly, "Tomorrow, I will choose the two people in the building to come. Think about it."

Ping Huaizhen felt that the person leaning against him was as soft as cotton, and couldn't help but caress him softly, and responded in harmony: "Well, you just choose someone who is stable and reliable, and I have my own way for the rest. "