Wearing a book, hooking him up

After Su Jingyao walked out of Yichun Palace, Miaoyun came up to her and said, "Master, the person I sent just came back and said that they did not see His Majesty at the Qianqing Palace."

Su Jingyao frowned slightly.

She had been in Yichun Palace for nearly half an hour. Now it was just past the hour of You, and Jun Zechen was not in the Qianqing Palace handling government affairs. So where had he gone?

"Then let's go to the Qianqing Palace from its west gate. I remember there is a peach forest to the east of Yichun Palace. Can we go through the peach forest to the west gate of the Qianqing Palace?"

Su Jingyao asked with a hint of uncertainty on her face, and a little doubt.

"Yes, master, we can reach the Qianqing Palace by crossing the peach forest. His Majesty may have returned to the Qianqing Palace by now." Miaoyun responded respectfully.

"Well, let's go. We won't take the sedan chair anymore. Let's take a look at the scenery of the peach forest."

Su Jingyao nodded slightly, then stepped into the peach forest.

The peach blossoms at this time are blooming brilliantly, as beautiful as the clouds in the sky.

Since it was already evening, there was a gentle breeze blowing from time to time, and pink petals floated down and landed on Su Jingyao's shoulders, which was really beautiful.

Suddenly, Su Jingyao stopped walking.

The expression on his delicate face instantly disappeared, and his eyes looked straight to the front left.

When Miaoyun saw her master stop, she also looked in the direction her master was looking.

It's His Majesty?!

And there was a woman beside him? Judging from her attire, she must be a new concubine.

Su Jingyao's eyes instantly turned cold. She was handling trivial disputes between women for him in the harem, but he was having a tryst with another woman here. He was in a really good mood.

Su Jingyao snorted in her heart, pretending not to see it, put a gentle smile on her face again, and continued to walk forward.

After dealing with some thorny issues regarding the flood in the south in the court this afternoon, Jun Zechen felt extremely depressed, as if he was shrouded in a cloud of gloom.

So he went out for a walk to relax, but he didn't want to be too conspicuous, so he just brought Anshun with him.

In the past, when he had fewer concubines, he actually liked to go to the Imperial Garden to relax.

Recently, there have been too many beautiful girls in the Imperial Garden, which made him feel annoyed. So he walked out of the west gate of the Qianqing Palace and came to the peach forest which had never been visited by anyone.

He strolled among them, sniffing the fragrance of the peach blossoms, which really helped him calm his mind.

I just didn't expect that I would run into someone by chance while walking.

"Your Majesty, your concubine Baolin Xu pays respect to you."

The woman in the pink dress bowed gracefully.

Jun Zechen frowned, a hint of impatience appeared on his face, and he said casually, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the woman responded softly.

"Why are you here?"

Jun Zechen's voice was low and majestic. If she couldn't give a good enough reason, he would dismiss her without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, my Yinyue Pavilion is just outside the peach forest. The peach forest is extremely beautiful in the evening. I will come here to stroll around these few days."

Xu Baolin answered cautiously.

"Ah."

Jun Zechen just responded indifferently, his expression still a little cold.

"Your Majesty, I love peach blossoms very much and I know a lot about them. If Your Majesty doesn't bother me, would you allow me to speak for you?"

Xu Baolin raised his head, his eyes full of anticipation, and asked carefully.

Jun Zechen didn't care about it. What else could this peach blossom do?

There's no harm in listening to it.

"Go ahead," he responded succinctly.

Afterwards, Xu Baolin began to talk about the growth habits of peach blossoms, and when he talked about poems related to peach blossoms, he was even more vivid.

Then he talked about the craftsmanship of peach blossom wine and peach blossom fans, and then the story of the human-faced peach blossom...

Jun Zechen listened quietly. The soothing voice telling these stories that interested him somewhat actually made his originally tense nerves gradually relax.

After that, Xu Baolin followed Jun Zechen obediently, and his little mouth never stopped talking, whispering various stories about peach blossoms.

Bored Anshun glanced back casually, but this glance was very shocking and he was suddenly shocked.

Pure Concubine?!

Concubine Chun Shu was quite far away from them, and I don’t know if Concubine Chun Shu saw His Majesty?

Anshun frowned tightly, and he began to wonder in his heart. He was extremely conflicted at the moment. Should he tell His Majesty now, or wait for His Majesty to discover it himself?

What is your Majesty's attitude towards Xu Baolin?

If I tell you, will it affect your majesty's romantic encounter?

Anshun's entire face was wrinkled into a ball, as if water could be squeezed out of it.

After struggling for a while, he finally decided to interrupt Xu Baolin and called softly, "Your Majesty."

Jun Zechen heard the voice and turned to the left to look at him. Anshun glanced at him carefully and said, "Your Majesty, it seems that Concubine Chun Shu is over there..."

Upon hearing this, Jun Zechen immediately turned to the right.

Sure enough, Yaoyao was walking slowly forward with a group of palace servants.

Jun Zechen's eyes were fixed on that side, but Yaoyao didn't seem to see him?

Then, Jun Zechen was about to step forward, but suddenly remembered that there was another person, so he turned around and ordered, "You step back."

Xu Baolin bowed his head obediently, "Yes, Your Majesty."

A trace of disappointment flashed across her face. She had originally thought that she had met His Majesty by chance today and would definitely be summoned by His Majesty tonight.

Seeing that dinner time was almost approaching, she was already ready to invite His Majesty to have dinner at Yinyue Pavilion.

However, who could have expected that Concubine Chunshu would suddenly appear at this time.

Xu Baolin clasped his hands so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.

Don't be anxious, she still has a chance. If it doesn't work today, there's still tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. She will definitely wait patiently.

At least today, His Majesty has formed some impression of her.

Jun Zechen walked quickly and was almost in front of Su Jingyao, but Su Jingyao was still looking straight ahead, without moving her eyes to the left at all, and just walked straight forward.

"Cough cough."

Jun Zechen coughed a few times in a pretentious manner.

Su Jingyao could no longer pretend she didn't hear the cough, so she could only say helplessly: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I'll take my leave."

When Jun Zechen heard this, his brows instantly frowned. What's wrong with her?

Seeing that she was about to leave, Jun Zechen walked up quickly and grabbed her wrist.

He said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "You've seen me, and you're still leaving?"

Jun Zechen then gave Anshun a look, and Anshun immediately understood.

He waved his hand to signal the palace maids following Concubine Chunshu to go to the Qianqing Palace and wait, and he and Miaoyun quickly retreated to a place about ten meters away.

Jun Zechen looked at her face and saw that there was no smile on her face, which made him even more confused.

"Why is Yaoyao here?"

Su Jingyao looked indifferent and said calmly: "The beauty Shangguan of Yichun Palace was bullied and sent someone to ask me to come, so I went to Yichun Palace to deal with the matter. I feel a little tired now, so I want to go back to Zhaochun Palace to rest."

"If Yaoyao wants to go back to Zhaochun Palace, why take this road?"

Jun Zechen asked, and then said thoughtfully: "I remember that Lady Chu was also in Yichun Palace. Did she make you angry?"

"I am not angry. I have already punished Concubine Chu and Lin Ronghua. Your Majesty, please don't be angry about this." Su Jingyao said calmly.

Jun Zechen felt confused by her indifferent attitude. He always felt that she was angry, but at the same time, she didn't seem to be angry.

And why should he be angry? If punishing them could make her less indifferent, then he would rather she punish them.

"Yaoyao is in charge of the Palace Administration Department. If a concubine makes a mistake, she will be punished."

Jun Zechen paused and said, "Okay, since Yaoyao is not angry, follow me back to the Qianqing Palace."

Return to the Qianqing Palace.

Jun Zechen was holding someone, half lying on the couch, and Su Jingyao's slender fingers were playing with the ring on his hand.

Her face was as calm as water, without any ripples. Jun Zechen couldn't see it at all because of the angle.

Jun Zechen just held her quietly like this. Now, facing the women in the harem, he could always remain calm and emotionless.

No one can make his mood fluctuate.

However, if the woman in his arms just gave him a slight look, he would feel uneasy.

This strange emotion seemed to be out of his control and spread wildly in his heart.

In the past, when the two of them hugged each other, they always had endless sweet words to say, and she could say those sweet words that touched his heart directly.

But today's unusual silence made him feel like something was wrong.

She must be angry.

Wasn’t it because of the disputes among the concubines in the harem, but because he was seen in the peach forest with other concubines?

There was a barely perceptible hint of helplessness in Jun Zechen's deep eyes.

He wanted to explain, but was afraid that mentioning other women would only make her angrier.

He just treated the women in the harem as playthings to entertain himself and did not invest even the slightest bit of emotion in them.

If someone is a little more pleasing to the eye, their status will be promoted and given a little position, that's all.

"Yaoyao, I recently got a treasure. Jinzhou presented me with a night-shining pearl. This is the permanently luminous night-shining pearl I know of that can emit visible light the farthest. At night, it can emit a cold green light that can illuminate hair within a hundred steps." Jun Zechen said softly.

"If Yaoyao likes it, how about I send her to Zhaochun Palace?"

Su Jingyao remained silent. On the one hand, it was because she knew that in order to make a man pay attention to her, she needed to make him constantly guess her thoughts, making him feel distant and difficult to control.

Blindly obeying will only make men worse.

On the other hand, she was thinking about Xu Baolin, whom she had just met in the peach forest. Although she didn't know who that was, Miaoyun was very familiar with the new concubines entering the palace.

This Xu Baolin had been involved with the imperial concubine when she was a concubine. After entering the palace, the imperial concubine arranged Xu Baolin in the Yinyue Pavilion outside the peach forest.

Others may not know that Jun Zechen likes to take walks in the peach forest, but the imperial concubine certainly knows it.

Could it be that the imperial concubine wants to use Xu Baolin to consolidate her favor?

No, maybe...

Su Jingyao's eyes flashed with a strange color. Maybe the imperial concubine wanted Xu Baolin's child...

Su Jingyao came back to her senses when she heard Jun Zechen's question.

Before I could answer, Anshun walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine has sent someone to invite you to the Yikun Palace. She said that there will be a banquet for the Queen Mother's birthday in five days, and she has something to discuss with you."

Anshun carefully glanced at Concubine Chunshu, who was half lying in His Majesty's arms with an indifferent expression, and couldn't help feeling shocked.

Concubine Chunshu looks completely different from when she's facing His Majesty!

Anshun really wanted His Majesty to lower his head and look at the expression of Concubine Chunshu in his arms at this moment.

After just one glance at Concubine Chunshu, Anshun quickly lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet is important. I am already tired today, so I will return to Zhaochun Palace."

Su Jingyao tried to break free from his arms, but Jun Zechen's hands on her waist were so tight that she couldn't get away at all.

Su Jingyao turned to look at him in confusion and called softly, "Your Majesty?"

Jun Zechen showed a little impatience on his face, and said to An Shun: "Let the concubine's people go back, I will go to Yikun Palace tomorrow."

His eyes revealed his displeasure towards Anshun.

She is really becoming less and less able to read other people's expressions. Concubine Chunshu was in the Qianqing Palace, and she came to report to her in front of her.

Anshun felt the cold light from His Majesty, his body stiffened, and he responded and immediately retreated.