The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

Xie Yaoqing teased the parrot and said with a faint smile: "It's hard for Concubine Yi to be so thoughtful."

Just when she was feeling bored, Concubine Yi brought her a fun toy to entertain her.

Concubine Yi smiled slightly and said softly, "As long as your Majesty likes it."

He is calm and composed, and is not surprised by fame or disgrace.

After Concubine Yi came to Kunning Palace, more than an hour had passed, and it was almost two hours. At this time, Xiao Chengxu came to Kunning Palace. However, Concubine Yi still had no intention of leaving, but joked: "Your Majesty, you should not mind that I stay here with you and have dinner with the emperor and your majesty, right?"

Hearing this, Xie Yaoqing didn't even raise her head, didn't even blink, and lightly replied with her red lips: "It doesn't matter, more people will make it more lively."

Xiao Chengxu turned his gaze towards Concubine Yi, and a hint of barely perceptible displeasure flashed across his narrow and long phoenix eyes, but in the end he did not say anything to drive her away.

After all, as the master of Kunning Palace, Xie Yaoqing had already clearly agreed to let Concubine Yi stay for dinner. If he forcibly drove Concubine Yi away at this time, it would only embarrass Xie Yaoqing. As the master of the harem, doesn't he even have the power to let a concubine stay in his palace for dinner? If not, wouldn't it be a joke?

Xiao Chengxu suppressed his dissatisfaction and completely ignored Concubine Yi.

As if Concubine Yi was completely unaware of the chill emanating from Xiao Chengxu, she actually stayed happily. Occasionally, she would quietly and affectionately look at Xiao Chengxu when Xie Yaoqing was not paying attention, her eyes full of admiration and attachment.

Many concubines in the palace have always believed that Concubine Yi is a person who does not seek favor and spends her days lazily. After all, everyone knows that the queen is narrow-minded and jealous. At least nine out of ten concubines have suffered from her difficulties and targeting; and the only concubine who has not been troubled by the queen is also highly guarded. Therefore, there are many people who want to please the queen, but only Concubine Yi succeeded in gaining the queen's favor. This is enough to show that Concubine Yi must have made the queen feel at ease. Why is she at ease? Because she has no intention of the emperor and does not compete for favor. Otherwise, as long as she showed a little bit of fighting spirit, I am afraid she would have been dealt with by the queen long ago.

Even Xie Yaoqing viewed Concubine Yi in this way in his previous life, regarding her as a rare clear stream among the concubines in the harem, who was untainted by the mud.

In fact, this is not the case. Concubine Yi is actually full of fighting and vying for favor deep in her heart, but compared with other concubines, she is smarter and has stronger insight. She knows that this kind of favor is not easy to fight for and the timing is not right, so she chooses to restrain her light and not easily expose her ambition.

Those concubines who could not wait to use all kinds of means to win favor as soon as they entered the palace, but ultimately failed to gain favor as they wished, had offended the queen thoroughly from the very beginning. After failing to win favor, their days in the palace were not easy. They had to walk on thin ice and be very cautious, fearing that they would be retaliated against by the queen at any time and be tortured under some name.

It has to be said that Concubine Yi hid her thoughts very well indeed. At least in the previous life, Xie Yaoqing never noticed her thoughts.

However, Xie Yaoqing is no longer as devoted to Xiao Chengxu as before. As she gradually frees herself from her own emotional entanglements and looks at everything around her with a clearer perspective, her eyes become clearer and brighter, and she finally becomes more aware and discovers that Concubine Yi has feelings for Xiao Chengxu.

It turned out to be another Concubine Qi, but she was hiding in the dark. She was usually calm and silent. Perhaps after the queen herself fell, Concubine Yi would become ambitious and compete for favor.

If Concubine Yi and Concubine Qi had confronted each other in the previous life, the scene would have been extremely exciting. After all, both of them were deeply trusted by the Queen Mother. Once they started fighting, it was really hard to predict which side the Queen Mother would favor. Although Concubine Qi was the Queen Mother's niece, Concubine Yi was equally loyal to the Queen Mother. Maybe she could really put the Queen Mother in a dilemma, making it difficult to make a decision.

Xie Yaoqing stared at Concubine Yi with a sharp gaze, and in a moment she saw that although Concubine Yi's outfit today seemed ordinary, it was actually a different story, revealing her scheming everywhere. Especially the exquisite double crabapple flower hairpin in her hair, if she remembered correctly, this was given by Xiao Chengxu when Concubine Yi first entered the palace, when she had not yet been promoted to Concubine Yi, but was only canonized as Concubine Yi; and the nine-bend plain silver bracelet worn on the pair of slender jade wrists seemed to be one of the favors that Xiao Chengxu bestowed on the concubines in the harem during a festival.

There was not a single ugly concubine in the palace; at least they were of above-average appearance. Concubine Yi was also good-looking, with natural beauty, bright eyes and white teeth. She wore a light white palace dress, looking fresh and refined, with a light layer of plum blossom makeup on her elegant jade-like face. Her black and shiny hair, like ink jade, was simply tied up to form a lively and elegant flying fairy bun. A few snow-white, round and full pearls seemed to be randomly dotted in her hair, but they made her thick hair like dark clouds appear even softer and smoother, adding a bit of otherworldly and otherworldly aura, which made people think of the plum blossom fairy under the moon.

The plum blossom is one of Xiao Chengxu's favorite flowers. He loves the plum blossom's tenacity in defying the severe cold and snow and frost, and admires its iron bones that can still stand proudly in the biting cold wind and bloom brilliantly in the snow.

If Xie Yaoqing said that the person in front of him was not dressed up deliberately and it was just a coincidence, he would find it hard to believe no matter what.

At this point, Xie Yaoqing suddenly realized why Concubine Yi was so talkative today, chattering about music, chess, calligraphy, painting, astronomy, geography...

It turned out that everything was done to delay time, just to be able to meet Xiao Chengxu.

Concubine Yi took great pains to arrange this brief meeting.

However, it was just a meeting. He just wanted to show his face in front of Xiao Chengxu, to make his presence known, and let him know that there was such a person in the palace. As for snatching him away from Kunning Palace, that was simply a foolish dream. Xie Yaoqing was quite confident about this.

But even so, Xie Yaoqing still felt a little unhappy.

What did Concubine Yi think of her Kunning Palace? Was it a street where anyone could come and go as they pleased? They could come and go as they pleased, and even try to play some tricks under her nose, flirting and flirting.

This is not a theater, so there is no need for people to perform on stage here.

"Princess Yi, I see you wear this bracelet often. Don't you have any other bracelets to wear?"

Xie Yaoqing asked with a smile on her face, but the irony in her words was obvious.

Concubine Yi's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and she didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Xie Yaoqing continued, "Zhiyu, go and fetch me my pair of jadeite and oriental pearl bracelets and tortoise shell and gold-embedded jewel bracelets. Sister Yifei, please don't blame me for being too talkative. It's just that as one of the four concubines, you are responsible for the dignity of the emperor and the royal family. Dressing this way is too plain and elegant, and it is inevitable that you will lose your status."

"Your Majesty, don't you think so?"

Xie Yaoqing turned around and asked Xiao Chengxu a question.

These words undoubtedly stabbed Concubine Yi in the heart again. The bitter feeling surged into her heart like a tide, almost drowning her.

Xiao Chengxu nodded slightly, expressing his agreement: "What the Queen said is absolutely right."

His voice was calm and low, as if without any emotional fluctuations, but the deep meaning contained in it was difficult to fathom.

Xie Yaoqing was very generous and magnanimous. She smiled and handed the exquisite bracelets in her hand to Concubine Yi, saying, "These two pairs of bracelets are my favorites. The emperor has said more than once that they are beautiful. Concubine Yi has a pair of delicate hands, and wearing these bracelets will definitely complement each other."

Faced with such a situation, Concubine Yi really didn't know how to respond. She knew very well that she had no way to refuse this "gift". In desperation, she had to accept the bracelet with a forced smile, gritting her teeth in her heart, but on the surface she still had to thank Xie Yaoqing and pretend to be happy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward."

Concubine Yi was unhappy, and Xie Yaoqing felt much better. He found that it was easier to get happiness by building happiness on the suffering of others.

Xie Yaoqing was in a good mood and did not find an excuse to drive Concubine Yi out of Kunning Palace. Didn't she just want to see Xiao Chengxu more and say a few more words? She was satisfied. Although she was not a gentleman who kept her word and kept her promise, she was not an unreasonable person who would change her mind at any time.