Concubine, don't flirt: His Royal Highness is hiding something

Yu Qiqi stepped out from the inside, with sullen eyes in her eyes, "Nangong Yan, didn't you agree, you will do whatever I say? This will reject the beautiful girl I personally appointed, What means?"

"If I didn't say that, why would you open the door?" Nangong Yan looked at her sullen expression, not only did she not have a trace of guilt, but she also thought it was fun.

Yu Qiqi blinked her eyes, only then did she realize that she had been tricked by him, A Jian blinked her eyes too, and looked at her.

She immediately turned around, walked back to the bedroom, and closed the palace door with a "bang", "A Jian, say it again!"

"What, say it again?" Ah Jian didn't understand what she meant.

"Oh, tell me again, I've already fallen asleep!" She yelled angrily.

"Oh, yes, yes, the empress has already rested, please go back, Your Majesty." This time, before Nangong Yan could laugh out loud, Chu Peiyu behind him laughed first.

A Jian glared at him immediately, and he quickly stopped the smile on the corner of his mouth.

Nangong Yan didn't intend to go back, she took a step forward, and A Jian immediately opened her hands to stop him.

He glanced at A Jian, but he didn't make things difficult for her, he just said shallowly: "I'm here, I just want to tell you that I've said I'll leave it to you to take care of the draft girl, and I'll give it to you if there is any If you have any difficulties, you can send someone to find me, if you don't want to see me, I won't force you, you should rest early."

Yu Qiqi turned her back to him, his voice came from outside the door, and came into her ears bit by bit, she frowned, pouted, walked away from the door with a cold snort, and looked outside through the screen window The moonlight that came in walked forward and sat on the edge of the table.

See there is no sound inside.Nangong Yan just walked away from her palace door, Chu Peiyu followed his footsteps, and the two had passed through to leave Fengluan Palace.

A Jian stood where she was, and waited for the two of them to disappear before reacting. She immediately opened the door of the palace, lit the candle on the table, and poured a cup of tea for Yu Qiqi.

"Princess, he's gone." A Jian informed her.

"I think he came here specially to demonstrate tonight." The more Yu Qiqi thought about it, the more upset he felt. What he said just now clearly meant: You don't have to make trouble, I have plenty of ways to deal with it.

"In my servant's opinion, you must not let him be confused. When the two beautiful girls enter the palace, you can see if he can still be as complacent as before."

A Jian pulled her face, as if she had a plan in mind.

Yu Qiqi took a sip of tea, still frowning tightly, "We'll see when they enter the palace. Tomorrow, go and urge the ritual officer to let him choose a date earlier."

"Yes."

After Ah Jian agreed, she walked to the edge of the soft couch and slept.

On the second day, as soon as the official of ceremonies went to court early, she was blocked by A Jian on the long palace road. She slipped out through a small door and almost surprised him. As soon as he raised his brows, A Jian The paper was pulled in. "Has your lord fixed the day when the draft girl enters the palace?" She asked.

"Miss A Jian, not yet." He kowtowed to her before returning to her.

"The empress said, let you set the date earlier, the emperor is busy with court affairs, and there is no shortage of people to serve in the harem." A Jian said anxiously, as if this was a very urgent matter, unlike his previous What I thought was different.

"Yes, I will go back and look through the almanac, set the date, and inform the empress." The ceremonial officer didn't dare to think too much, so he could only agree in a hurry.

Seeing him leave in a hurry, Ah Jian clapped her hands and also left behind the small door.

When the sun was setting, the ritual officer fixed the day and hurried to the palace, Yu Qiqi was finishing his dinner, although it was getting late, she still asked Ah Jian to take him to the outer hall.

Seeing his panting appearance, she knew that he must have rushed over non-stop, and asked the maid at the side to give him a seat.

"My lord, you have worked hard." She said politely to him.

"This is all the job of the lower officials, empress, this is an auspicious day for the lower officials, the seventh day of the fifth lunar month, and it will arrive in two days. It would be perfect for the two beautiful girls to enter the palace on that day."

He whispered it to her.

"Well, let's go on the seventh day of May. You don't need to go to the emperor to inform him. I will report back to him later."

Thinking of Nangong Yan's arrogant appearance last night, Yu Qiqi felt angry. Now that she finally managed to pressure him on this matter, she couldn't let it go.

"Yes."

The ritual officer let out a breath, and went out of Fengluan Palace with the list.

At night, Nangong Yan was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study, when the servant came in from outside, "Your Majesty, the empress is asking to see you."

Nangong Yan raised his eyebrows, "Let her in." He let go almost without hesitation.

"Yes."

The waiter hastily retreated.

After a while, Yu Qiqi came in from the outside with a bowl of soup and put it in front of his eyes, "This is cooked by my concubine himself. It clears away heat and quenches thirst. The emperor is busy with government affairs, so it's suitable for drinking." Yu Qiqi smiled Meat does not laugh.

"You didn't poison it, did you?" Nangong Yan looked at her warily, with a hint of teasing in his words.

"Isn't it normal for a concubine to poison inside?" Yu Qiqi asked back.

"Right."

Nangong Yan nodded, but then reached out and drank the soup in one gulp.Suddenly, there was a pungent smell in his nostrils, and his throat was burning. He coughed a few times, picked up the tea on the table and poured it into his mouth. When he looked up again, his face was already flushed from suffocation.

He gritted his teeth, and wanted to reprimand her, but the next moment, he slightly raised the corners of his lips, "The queen can make more soup like this in the future, as long as it is made by you, I will drink it."

Yu Qiqi was startled, she knew that he really knew how to drink, so she poisoned it, but now, after twisting the corner of her clothes and lamenting a few times, seeing that he was holding back, she felt a little more balanced in her heart , replied to him calmly, "Okay, the emperor will often have such good fortune in the future."

"The day when Xiunu enters the palace is scheduled for the seventh day of May, and the concubine will come and inform the emperor." Before she left, she coldly dropped these words.

"As I said, you can decide the affairs of the beautiful women. They will enter the palace whenever you let them enter the palace." Nangong Yan said the same thing as last night.

"Okay, the emperor will rest early."

Gritting her teeth, Yu Qiqi swallowed back the unhappiness welling up from her throat.

Nangong Yan raised his head, looked at the figure who retreated respectfully, with a smile on the corner of his lips.

On the second day, in the Taishi mansion, Lin Xian'er was confronting Lin Zhaoyan and the Wang family when the imperial decree from the palace came down. The bright yellow decree said that she should enter the palace on the seventh day of May.

"Father, hurry up and tell the emperor that your daughter is ill and cannot enter the palace." She was notoriously disobedient in Yanjing City. Not suitable for her.

Lin Zhaoyan fixed his face, the anger on his face had been on for a long time, and it hadn't dissipated for a long time, "This is a crime of deceiving the emperor, I have no face to say it!" He said coldly.

"Then you just have the heart to watch your daughter trapped in that high-walled palace?" Lin Xian'er snorted coldly, turned her face away, and the hairpin on her head trembled.

"What's wrong with being in that high-walled palace? The emperor is young and promising, and he hasn't had a single concubine in his harem yet. After you enter the palace, you have a lot of chances to become famous!"

Lin Zhaoyan couldn't figure it out.Many ministers in the DPRK wanted to send their daughters in but failed. She was selected, so why were they shy and shoved.

"Daughter doesn't want the chance to become famous! You have heard that Bian Xiaoxiao from Bian Zhifu's family was selected as the show girl together with her daughter. She is a ruthless character. The emperor chose both of us to be the show girl." Girl, don't you think that there might be some inside story that we don't know about?" Lin Xian'er was blushing.

"But this imperial decree has already come down. If you resist the decree, our Taishi Mansion doesn't need it anymore. The whole family will be buried with you!"

It's not that Lin Zhaoyan didn't think about it, it's just that the destiny is hard to break, and they can't resist it.This time the show girl was personally selected by the empress, and the emperor said that the matter would be handled by her.No matter how much they struggled, it was all in vain.

"Anyway, my daughter won't enter the palace!"

Seeing that the resistance was fruitless, Lin Xian'er put down the stall directly.

"Okay, no, if you don't go in, I'll help you in too!" Lin Zhaoyan also said aside.

Mrs. Wang looked anxious at the side, seeing that the two of them were arguing more and more fiercely, she didn't know which one to persuade for a while, seeing Lin Xian'er stubbornly wiping the tears off her face, she walked up to her, "Xian Son, although the palace is a place of Longtan, you won’t live a dark life when you enter it. If you serve the queen in a proper manner, there will be more honors waiting for you. But if you don’t go , your father's official position will be useless, and your mother and I will suffer along with it, maybe our Taishi Mansion will really be buried with you as your father said."

Wang squeezed the silk handkerchief in her hand, and wiped away her tears.

Gradually, Lin Xian'er's mood gradually stabilized. What Wang said was correct, she thought about it, and finally nodded.

This time, the solemn arrogance on Lin Zhaoyan's face faded a little.

Yu Qiqi asked the palace people to tidy up two sleeping palaces, one is Linzhao Palace and the other is Shuiyun Palace, both of which are very close to Nangong Yan's sleeping palace.Almost flanking.

Her purpose was obvious, she wanted them to make trouble for him.

The seventh day of May was the day when Lin Xian'er and Bian Xiaoxiao entered the palace. The ceremony officer prepared the canonization ceremony early in the morning. As soon as they entered the palace, they were led to the canonization platform. The ceremony officer stood aside with the gift book.

When they knelt in front of the canonization stage, the ceremonial officer slowly opened his mouth. Lin Xian'er was conferred Zhaoyi and moved into Linzhao Palace.Bian Xiaoxiao was granted permanent presence and moved into Shuiyun Palace.

Before the two of them stepped into their bedroom, they both raised their heads and stared at each other, with disdain in one eye and indifference in the other.

On the first day of entering the palace, he was going to serve tea to the empress. At night, the emperor would decide which brand to choose, and then he would serve them.

They went back to the bedroom and changed their clothes, and they all set off for Yu Qiqi's Fengluan Palace.There was silence all the way, and no one spoke first.

The maids who followed behind them also bowed their heads silently, following their footsteps in an orderly manner.

When they arrived at Fengluan Palace, Yu Qiqi asked them to wait in the outer hall first.

After a while, before seeing her figure, Bian Xiaoxiao couldn't stand still at first, "Why doesn't this empress understand the palace rules at all, she asked us to wait for her on the first day." It stands to reason that she had already Just wait in the outer hall and wait for them to come and offer tea.

"My lord, don't talk nonsense." A Rui, her maid of honor, reminded her.This is in the palace, it is not as good as outside, you can say whatever you want, if you say a wrong sentence, you will be punished.

She curled her lips and snorted indifferently.

Lin Xian'er still put on airs and didn't complain out loud, even her complexion was not very good-looking.Bian Xiaoxiao was so bored, seeing that she was the one complaining, the person next to her was putting on airs, and a sense of sarcasm welled up from the bottom of her heart, "What are you putting on? Everyone is waiting here, you Just a few grievances? Or are those who come out of Taishi's mansion just able to swallow their anger?"

She sneered.

Lin Xian'er glared at her, but remained silent.Although she was making a fuss in the house yesterday.But what Wang said woke her up more or less, she didn't want to cause trouble as soon as she came in, and bring trouble to everyone in the house.

"If you feel upset, just say it. I can still cover it for you here, but if you go to other places, it's not necessarily the case." Bian Xiaoxiao is persuasive and persuasive.

"I can still wait for a while, unlike you who came out of the magistrate, who has little knowledge and can't bear his temper." Lin Xian'er is not an easy-going temper. Rebuked her.

"Who are you saying is short-sighted? You?!"

Bian Xiaoxiao couldn't stand anymore, no matter what Ari behind her pulled her back, she stepped forward and scolded her.

"I'll call anyone who is barking like a dog." Lin Xian'er looked disapproving.There was no trace of fear on his face, he just stared at her lightly.

Her neither deep nor shallow eyes, at this juncture, is an obvious provocation to Bian Xiaoxiao.

She rushed forward and grabbed Lin Xian'er's skirt with her hand. She immediately tore off two buttons of the bright red palace dress with a hundred birds. She blushed and yelled at her, "Are you still a little official?" The lady's airs are so rude, what's the difference with a street shrew?!"

"You can't be noble, we are the same, otherwise we wouldn't be left here." Bian Xiaoxiao choked her coldly.

Suddenly, the two wrestled into a ball.

It was at this moment that Yu Qiqi came out of the inner hall, the outside was already in chaos, and the maids didn't know who to pull.

"What is this doing?"

Her majestic voice came from the front.

"Emperor, Empress Empress..." Hearing the voice, they immediately let go of each other's clothes, obediently got up and saluted her.

"The two young masters came here to offer tea to the Empress, why did they fight like this?" A Jian stepped forward and questioned them pretending to be ignorant.

Lin Xian'er squeezed her crumpled palace attire awkwardly, and subconsciously stepped back.The beads that fell from their heads were scattered all over the ground, as well as various hairpins, the skirts of their clothes were one side high and the other low, and the buns were messy.

Bian Xiaoxiao lowered her head obediently at first, but when she heard A Jian's question, she immediately raised her head, "The two of us came here to offer tea to the empress, the time for serving tea has long passed, why the empress has not come out for so long ?"

Yu Qiqi's face darkened immediately, but she still explained to them with a smile, "I am not feeling well today, so I wanted to withdraw the ceremony of offering tea, but I heard that it would be unlucky to do so, so I held back." Take a break from the discomfort, and come out to serve tea to the two of you when you feel better."

As soon as she finished speaking, Bian Xiaoxiao frowned, "But you don't look like you're feeling unwell, don't you want to give the two of us a bad blow?"

Yu Qiqi suddenly coughed, who said that her temperament has restrained, but judging from the situation, she has chosen the right person.

"Well, if Bian Changzai thinks that this palace seems to be pretending, then we will invite the emperor to come and comment." On the first day they entered the palace, they made such a incident, she was afraid that Nangong Yan would come over earlier, see Take a look at the turbulent scene in the harem.

"Empress, why do you want to scare us with the emperor? It's because you missed the hour. Even if you are unwell, you should send someone out to inform us. Why do you let us just stand and wait?" He didn't say a word. Lin Xian'er, stand up and speak now.

At this moment, she seriously doubted whether the empress was bored in the harem and asked the two of them to come in for entertainment.

"That's right. It's my palace's carelessness. It's not the emperor. I still need to inform you." She gestured to A Jian, she nodded at her, and then backed out.

Seeing that she insisted on calling Nangong Yan over without a trace of apology, Lin Xianer's face was both unwilling and fearful.

Nangong Yan is the monarch of Yanjing. She has regained Western Chu and captured Nanzhao. She is still somewhat afraid.

Bian Xiaoxiao also remained silent, only dared to stare at her coldly, and did not dare to say a word of resistance.

Not long after, Ah Jian brought back the servant beside Nangong Yan, but Nangong Yan didn't come over in person, she walked up to Yu Qiqi's ear, and whispered a few words, Yu Qiqi frowned slightly, showing no joy or anger on her face .

"Then, father-in-law will summon the emperor's oral order." After listening to A Jian, she glanced at the servant in front of her.

The servant kowtowed to her, walked forward and said to Lin Xian'er and Bian Xiaoxiao who were in a state of distress in front of them: "The emperor said that Lin Zhaoyi and Bian often ignored the palace rules and scuffled in the empress's bedroom, losing their status as concubines in the harem. Each person will be rewarded with ten boards, and executed immediately."

As soon as he finished announcing Nangong Yan's oral order, both Lin Xian'er and Bian Xiaoxiao opened their eyes wide, wondering if they had heard it wrong, until a few eunuchs ran in outside, said something offending, and dragged them out. Only then did he scream out loud.

Why did they receive such punishment in the house? After being beaten ten boards, both of them lay sleepy on the soft couch, and neither of them could jump up.

"The emperor is too partial to the empress, I will definitely finish with her every now and then!" A Rui was still rubbing the medicine on Bian Xiaoxiao, and she kept yelling and cursing with her mouth.

"Young Master, you should restrain yourself in the future, so as not to suffer." A Rui stayed in the harem for a few years, and she spoke to comfort her, and everything she said made sense.

But Bian Xiaoxiao couldn't help but berate her coldly. "When did I suffer such grievances in the mansion? If it wasn't for the emperor, I wouldn't have thought of coming to this palace!"

Many years ago, she had a chance to meet Nangong Yan.

Before he married Yu Qiqi, he once went to Qingshui Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings with Concubine Xuanyu. On that day, she happened to also go to the temple to offer incense. They were all surrounded, and the people who came to offer incense were surrounded on both sides, and they were not allowed to enter the temple to offer incense. As soon as she came out of the temple, she was stopped on the stone steps going down the temple gate.

After a while, she saw Nangong Yan helping Concubine Xuanyu get out of the sedan chair. He was wearing a jade unicorn and gold silk-trimmed robe, with a fine jade pendant hanging around his waist. breath.

But only when he looked at Concubine Xuanyu, the expression between his brows and eyes was tender, and that was the moment that made Bian Xiaoxiao sink deeply.

She narrowed her eyes, but her eyes never moved away from his face for a moment.

It's just that her father was just a small official in the court, and she didn't have the good fortune to be Nangong Yan's concubine. Later, she heard that he married a maidservant beside him as a side concubine, and her temper has been vicious since then.Later, Yu Qiqi became his crown princess.

Originally, she thought that she would have nothing to do with Nan Gongyan, but after he ascended the throne, her longing for him rekindled. When he ascended the throne, he would draft a girl to enter the palace. She is the lady in the official's mansion. , there must be that chance.

But today she really entered the palace, but she felt a sense of loneliness in her heart.

It was wrong for her to argue with Lin Xian'er, but why did Yu Qiqi have nothing to do with it, it was because she was not punctual that this happened.

This Nangong Yan was very indiscriminate, but it was a bit strange to talk about this with someone like her, and she was also indiscriminate. After thinking about it, she fell asleep.

Seeing her close her eyes, A Rui put down the curtain and backed out after rubbing the medicine on her.

Lin Xian'er didn't think much about it, but she couldn't swallow this breath. Obviously, all three of them should be punished, but the emperor only punished them two newcomers. She curled her lips, saying that this palace really shouldn't be here, so she entered On the first day of the palace, she tasted the bitterness.

After moaning a few times, she was so sleepy that she fell asleep.

The two of them are having a hard time, and Yu Qiqi's life is not going to be any better.She sent A Jian over to let Nangong Yan come over to deal with the messy affairs in the harem, but he only asked the servant to bring a verbal order, which meant that her goal was not achieved.

Moreover, since Nangong Yan cured those two beautiful girls, she didn't let her vent her anger, so she kept suppressing her anger, and could only lash out at him next time.

"Princess, in my servant's opinion, Lin Zhaoyi and Bian Changzai will definitely not let it go. If you mess with these two people, you will..."

Thinking of this, Ah Jian became a little worried, and suddenly regretted not persuading Yu Qiqi not to draft a girl for Nangong Yan.

"It's just to make them have more troubles, so that the harem will be lively in the future. I'll see how he handles this mess then."

Yu Qiqi gritted her teeth and spoke in a vicious tone.

"As long as they don't hurt the princess, otherwise A Jian will not let them go." A Jian also had a vicious tone.

Yu Qiqi smiled at her and tapped her forehead.

At night, the servant was very sensible and didn't bring to him the boards of the two young masters who entered the palace during the day for him to choose.

However, when he thought he was going back to his bedroom, he suddenly made a detour and went to Fengluan Palace.

The lights in Linzhao Palace and Shuiyun Palace were still on, but Nangong Yan didn't even pass by.This time, when he entered Fengluan Palace, he saw that the palace door was still open, and A Jian was not outside.

He hooked the corner of his lips and stepped into the palace gate.

Seeing him coming again suddenly, Zhao Niang was about to salute him, but he stopped him with his hand, and walked towards Yu Qiqi's inner hall.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Yu Qiqi thought that A Jian, who had gone to inquire about the news, had returned, and hurriedly called, "How's the movement over there?"

She stretched her head, but what she saw was Nangong Yan's face, and her face immediately pulled back, "Lin Zhaoyi and Bian Changzai were punished by you, why don't you go and comfort them and come to me?"

What she said was weary, full of disappointment, and her eyes fell back to the notebook in her hand.

"Do you like reading scripts recently?" Nangong Yan didn't answer her words, and his eyes fell on the scripts in her hands.

"Why, the emperor is also interested in talking about Ben?" She raised her eyebrows and asked him.

"In the past, when the concubine mother was not so strict, she read a lot. If you want to read it, I can ask the servant to send you some good books."

Nangong Yan's voice was still shallow, her expression was gentle, and she was not disturbed by her neither salty nor bland appearance.

"No need, I'll just read this book. This book is called Dou E's Appeal for Injustice. She is much better than me. She can also complain for those close to her. But I don't have such a good fate. Not only can I not appeal for my relatives. And be imprisoned by the enemy's side."

The word "enemy" she said accentuated her voice.

Nangong Yan frowned, still with a gentle face, "Well, since you don't like it, I won't force you." After a pause, he said again: "Those two beautiful girls in the harem, what do you want to do? Whatever you do, I will depend on you."

All of a sudden, Yu Qiqi's face became ugly, now what she dislikes to hear the most is his saying 'I will follow you', as if he won't get angry or bother him no matter what she does .

She gritted her teeth and let out a heavy breath, "Since you all obey me, then let me out of the palace!" She yelled at him.

"Except for this one."

Finally, Nangong Yan spit out these two words slowly.

"But I don't want to stay by your side. Every time I wake up and see that I'm still living in this palace infested with people from the Nanzhao people, I feel very flustered all day long. You are obviously very close to me, but I You can't take revenge for my father, my mother, my brothers and the people who died innocently, Nangong Yan, what you do will only make me hate you even more!"

Yu Qiqi slammed down the script in her hand, her petite face was full of anger, and her eyes were red.

Nangong Yan stared at her tightly, with a little helplessness in his eyes, he swallowed the bitterness in his throat, "I would rather make you hate me more than leave me half a step away."

"You are torturing me!"

Yu Qiqi panted hard, the red light in her eyes wanted to swallow him up!

Suddenly, Nangong Yan hugged her into his arms, tightened his hands tightly, and whispered in her ear with a choked voice, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."