King's man

But it was said that Qingping left Guanxiang Tower alone that night, and returned to the other courtyard of Tanqing Garden, and saw everything was unusually quiet.In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the front building, it is also quite different than usual.It's too quiet, it shouldn't be.Qingping pondered in her heart, and was about to go back to the bedroom, when she thought of the master who was still receiving Qu Guang, her heart skipped a few times, as if something was about to happen.He hurriedly turned to the living room, and was stunned as soon as he entered the door.But seeing master and younger brother Qu Guang and several people are separated on both sides, and the one sitting in the middle is not the emperor but who!At this time, countless pairs of eyes looked at him in unison, all of them showed expressions of surprise, but they became more colorful in a flash, some were worried, some were sympathetic, and some were watching the show quietly.How did Qingping see this kind of battle, her first reaction was to turn around and want to leave, but her legs couldn't move, and she looked at the emperor again, but she was surprised that only his face couldn't see any expression.Seeing that the emperor was also staring at her, Qingping lowered her head at a loss, and just stood there in a daze for a while without seeing any movement.As a result, everyone's nerves were tense with him for a while.It was the emperor who broke the tense atmosphere first by saying, "Where do you come from when you dress up like this?"

Hearing the emperor's words, Qingping's hanging heart instantly calmed down. Then she thought that she had just returned from Guanxiang Tower and hadn't removed her makeup. She was immediately embarrassed and didn't know how to restrain herself. "Your Majesty, please report this matter to the people in detail later. I don't know His Majesty is here, so I hope His Majesty will forgive you if you are rude!" "Get up and go back to the palace with me!" Those who returned to the palace, seeing what the emperor said, had to bid farewell to the master and the others in a hurry, and left with Yang Xian.

Qingping was very surprised why the emperor had nothing to say all the way, and after entering the palace, he put himself aside and didn't look at him again, and didn't pay any attention to him.Qingping stood by and watched Yang Xian flip through the memorial for a long time, watched him yawn wearily, and watched him savor two cups of tea carefully.It's past three nights.Qingping finally couldn't help it anymore, "Your Majesty!" The man finally raised his head to look at him, stood up without blinking and approached him, "From now on, don't call me Your Majesty again!"

"Your Majesty, if there is anything wrong with Caomin, please let Your Majesty know!"

"I said don't call me Your Majesty again!"

Now Qingping really didn't know how to speak, she refused to call him His Majesty for no reason, what else could she call.Qingping was muttering in her heart, but suddenly she thought of a wonderful address in her mind, and she sang like a play, "My lord, Rongchen concubine respects you!" The voice was melodious and smooth, and the tune was up and down, but this time it was the emperor who was stunned. After a while, the frozen expressionless face unconsciously revealed an uncontrollable smile.Seeing the emperor's smile, Qingping continued to say, "My lord, what did I do wrong?" The tone of her voice had returned to normal.

"Tell me, you dressed up like this, where did you go? Who did you go to see?"

Qingping thought to herself, she still doesn't know what kind of temper the emperor has, if she tells the truth, if he is not happy, she will be in trouble, why not say something else.Fang wanted to speak, but Yang Xian reminded him on time, "You don't have to hide it, Ji Kuan told me everything." Qingping secretly taunted her junior, so she had to say frankly, "Okay, my lord, I'm going to watch Xianglou!"

"What is your status now? Is that the kind of place you should go to!" Yang Xian said with obvious dissatisfaction in his tone.

"My lord, what is my status now?" Qingping immediately changed the subject and asked with clear and innocent eyes.

Yang Xian was furious and speechless. "Is the beautiful woman in the Guanxiang Building really beautiful and fragrant?"

Qingping didn't know that this was a trap, but she thought it would be better to continue singing the scene, so she said, "Your Majesty, sit down!" After Yang Xian sat down, he also took a seat opposite, poured a cup of tea for him with both hands, and when he looked up again, Qianqian smiled coquettishly, "What does your lord think of your concubines?"

Yang Xianchu hadn't reacted at the time, and didn't understand why at this moment, seeing that Qingping seemed to be a different person, as if she was already a character in the play, he found it interesting, and gently pulled his hand up and placed it on the left palm as if acting in a play , then stretched out his right hand to gently rub Qingping's face, and slowly slid it to his chin, with an expression of admiration on his face, "I love my concubine with icy skin and beautiful skin, she is as beautiful as a country!"

Qingping naturally pulled out her hands and covered her sleeves and smiled lightly, "Thank you for your great praise, the Fen Debi in the Guanxiang Tower is not as good as the concubines, how can the concubines have feelings for them?" Yang Xian laughed after hearing that Silent.Qingping had already put away the expression in the play, and said seriously: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Although opera actors are despised by others, they have their own fun. Every time you sing a play, you feel like a different person. It's a period you have never had before. I have lived a brand-new experience, there is a different life, a different scenery. How can others know the meaning of it! Your Majesty sees that I like to look like a woman, but the truth is the same. One day, you should let your majesty experience it for yourself. Just a moment, and you'll know when the time comes."

Yang Xian was attracted by his words, which he had never heard before.Ever since he sat in that seat, he has always been the emperor, in the morning court, at mealtimes, in front of ministers, in front of court ladies and eunuchs, and even in front of his own woman on the bed.He is just an emperor, a symbol and a skin that the country needs, he has never been himself.Yang Xian was thinking for himself, Qingping was also surprised when she saw that the sky was getting hazy.So he kindly sang a reminder, "Your Majesty is tired, let's go to bed!" That night, Qingping did not return to the cabinet.It was the first time to lie on the emperor's white jade bed. It is said that the white jade bed is cool and delicate in summer and warm and moist in winter, but it is a pity that I fell asleep before I could feel it.When I woke up the next day, the emperor had already gone to court.

This is an extremely common event for Qingping, but it was spread to the ears of the hostesses of the palaces by many court ladies. The emperor and Qingping shared the same bed and were inseparable.The concubines reacted differently when they heard this. Empress Chen, who was the lord of the harem, was writing a calligraphy post at the time. Looking closely, it was Yan's regular script. The characters on the white silk paper were dignified, graceful, elegant, just like her.Chen Huilan saw the court ladies Mo He and Su Ju hurrying over and stood by for a long time, hesitating to speak, so she asked, "What's the matter?" The two court ladies looked at each other, and it was Mo He who finally spoke. Said, "Last night, the Holy Majesty let Qingping stay in the dormitory." Before she could finish her sentence, Chen Huilan felt her right hand tremble, and said "Xing" well, and she just slipped the last vertical line out of the word, "Yanyan is light, Yingying Delicate, clear and see Hua Xu again. The long night fights for thin love? The early spring is stained by lovesickness. Farewell to the postscript, goodbye to the needle and thread, leaving the soul to follow the man in the dark." The poems on paper stop here, and there is no way to continue .In fact, the unfinished two sentences are her favorite.The bright moon in Huainan is cold and the thousand mountains are cold, and no one cares about them when they return.pity. "Understood," she responded lightly, folded up the tissue paper and threw it into the wastebasket casually.

Concubine Yu of Yueying Garden was lazily sinking in the red sandalwood chair with her cat in her arms when her court lady Yingxiu and Song Jin talked about it. Lift it up, and then continue to talk to her cat: "Little Hydrangea, you have become more and more lazy recently, and you have gained so much weight. If you want to focus on it, I can't hold you anymore!" The tone is as gentle as a baby.

Concubine Mei's reaction was far less calm than the first two. She was trying on a new set of clothes at the time, and she was very satisfied with the chrysanthemums embroidered with silk and gold threads.After hearing what Hong Yin and Lu Ying had said about this, her willow eyebrows immediately stood upright, and her fox eyes slanted to the tip of her brows, "He's just an actor, and I don't think he's anything special, but he's fairer and more capable. !" After saying that, the two of them returned the clothes, "Throw them away, how can I appreciate such cheap clothes!"

After all, she couldn't hold her breath and went to Lanxiang Palace.When the queen saw her coming, she knew it was Qingping's business.He invited her to sit down, and enthusiastically ordered Su Ju to pour tea. "This West Lake Longjing tea is a new tea this year, sister, try it!" Concubine Mei was not in a hurry.After savoring two mouthfuls carefully, he put down the gold-glazed glass cup in his hand, and said in dialect, "The empress also knows about that actor, right?"

The queen looked at the curling smoke rising from the teacup, and said slowly: "It's not surprising that the emperor has always acted like this."

"I don't like him the most. He is more charming than a woman, and he confuses the emperor all day long!"

Empress Chen smiled lightly after hearing this, and a piece of tea leaves floating on the water surface in the cup also rippled slightly with the tea.Mo He took the cup. "He's born softer, not as good as his sister. But he has a good voice, and he sings beautifully."

Lin Mei heard the queen's words in the same way, and she couldn't tell what attitude she had towards Qingping. "Could it be that the empress just lets him go on like this, and isn't going to take care of it?" She said that when she saw the empress, she only replied indifferently, "If all the officials can't do it together, I know that I can't control it." She always felt that the empress treated the emperor too much. Being too submissive and almost flattering, she felt a little contemptuous in her heart, and she just smiled enchantingly, "I forgot, it doesn't matter whether the actor is in the palace or not, it doesn't matter to my sister, the emperor rarely comes to Lanxiang Palace twice a year."

The empress didn't see any change in her expression when she heard such sarcasm, and her tone was still indifferent, "Yes, the emperor must often go to Meixia Garden. Since my sister has the opportunity to see the emperor, I should persuade her!" Concubine Mei's face flushed a little.Who doesn't know that the emperor hasn't stayed in the harem for more than a year.Even so, Lin Mei didn't care about it. It seemed that the relationship between the harem had eased a lot this year, especially when Qingping came down, it seemed like they were fighting against each other. "My sister is in charge of the affairs of the harem, and she has won the trust of the emperor. Maybe the emperor can listen to what my sister says."

Chen Huilan was silent for a moment after listening.Thinking about it, Qingping was caused by the dispute between his younger brother Chen Wensheng and the uncle Guo. She was not easy to speak at the beginning, and it is even more difficult now, so she had to reply to Concubine Mei: "Actually, my mood is the same as that of my sister, but the emperor's actions are also very different. You and I can interfere, sister please go back!" Seeing that the Queen's attitude had been decided, Lin Mei also resigned.After leaving Lanxiang Palace, he ordered Hong Yin behind him, "Go and find out the reaction of that person from Meixue Palace."

Concubine Du Gui of Meixue Palace, because she was absent from the last performance in the Imperial Garden, she had never seen Qingping, but news about him came in little by little, and she couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.At the age of seven, she won the name of a talented woman with a piece of "Phoenix Fu". She entered the palace to study with Yang Xian at the age of ten. She was secretly worried, "My cousin is like this, I'm afraid it's not a blessing!" The maids Leng Xiang and Nuan Yu beside her wanted to say something more, but they didn't.

Qingping knew Murong Su before, knew about the past between him and Concubine Yu, and felt a little more sympathy for the two of them. She also wanted to see Yu Wanying, but she was too abrupt, so she had to ask Qiuping to inquire first. some.I have nothing to do this day, thinking about entering the palace, I don’t think it’s more than a month, I come and go only in the Hall of Cultivation, I have never visited other places in the palace, especially the back garden, which gathers the aura of the Fengshui palace in the world, it is said Before the construction of the imperial palace, the emperor of the previous dynasty specially ordered astrologers to travel all over the territory of Zhongping, and only then did he find Wuxiu Mountain, a blessed land of spiritual mountains, where the palace was built.Later, the capital was moved here, and gradually expanded into the current Yidu.Other places are not bad, this Royal Garden Qingping has long wanted to visit.

There was no one to guide her, so Qingping groped along the way and finally entered the imperial garden.But the grass is green and green, the trees are verdant, and there are all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs, which are fragrant and fragrant.It was early autumn, and the vegetation outside seemed to have withered, but the place was still lush and full of vitality, as if it was a world independent of the outside world.Qingping sighed in her heart, and chose the place where the flowers were blooming without debating the way.First, I saw a piece of crape myrtle flower, on both sides of the road, purple is the main color, with red, white and light pink in between.From a distance, the branches are full of flowers, and they are in a piece. When you get closer, you can see the petals and the curves of the edges one by one, which look soft and tender, and the eyes are too beautiful.Occasionally, petals fall and spread on the ground, which makes people unbearable to step on.

Qingping lingered on the crape myrtle flower path for a while, and her mood became better, so she no longer hesitated and continued to move forward.But I smelled a delicate fragrance, not the elegance of orchids, nor the richness of sweet-scented osmanthus. Looking around, I saw a blue flower on the path that forked on the left.Qingping approached unconsciously, but saw a looming figure under the flower stand. After the figure disappeared into the flower for a moment, Qingping stopped for a moment, only to see that person appear from the blue sea of ​​flowers again, but she was completely covered. Red clothes, red like burning fire, bright like the setting sun.Look at the person's description again, but it is icy skin and jade skin, snowy face and blue eyes, eyebrows are as deep as a touch of green hills, and the light in the eyes is dark blue like a nine-day fairyland, as if there are rippling blue water waves, so clear and clear that people want to devote themselves to it Among them, the lips are as ruddy as water, which matches the red clothes, and there is a thrilling power in the eyes.Qingping just looked at it, and wanted to go to ask about the name of the flower, but saw the man glanced at her, and there was a flash of surprise in his eyes for a moment, and then turned and left with a cold expression.Behind him are two maids of honor.Qingping was still standing there dazedly until the figure of the man disappeared into the blue sea of ​​flowers again.He suddenly felt lost and lost all interest in continuing to visit the garden.Am I that annoying?He has always been well-known and popular, and he has never received such a cold reception even from the emperor.So I fell into deep trouble.In fact, he just didn't expect that this harem imperial garden is a place where any man can come?It's rude for him to enter without authorization, and the concubines in the harem avoid men other than the emperor, and they are afraid to talk to them, so there is no reason to talk to them!

Qing Ping was secretly wistful, but saw a little eunuch rushing towards him, he couldn't even speak when he came to him, his head was covered in sweat. "Finally found it, Mr. Qingping quickly follow me!" After saying that, he took Qingping away.Qingping was puzzled, and when she was about to ask, the eunuch said first, "Boss Wang ordered all our eunuchs to look for you everywhere in the palace, and I finally found you. The emperor will probably order you to be banned later!" Hearing this tone, Qingping felt that the matter was unusual, so she asked, "Why is the emperor looking for me urgently?" The little eunuch had not entered the palace for a long time, so he didn't have so many scruples in speaking, "Strictly speaking, there is nothing urgent, but the young master can't be found. It's urgent!" He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued, "I heard from Mr. Wang that the emperor went to the imperial study to look for the young master, but when he saw that the young master was not there, he asked the maids in the palace, but no one knew about it. The palace did not see the young master, so the emperor became anxious and ordered all the court ladies and eunuchs to search together. Only then did he find the imperial garden. I am so lucky that I saw the young master when I came to the imperial garden!" Xiang Qingping smiled brightly after speaking.Seeing that the little eunuch was talking interestingly, Qingping asked, "What's your name?" The little eunuch smiled and replied, "My slave's surname is Gong, and his name is Sixi."

When he spoke, he had arrived at the main hall of the Hall of Cultivating Mind, Yang Xian was sitting on the throne, his face was serious, and he could still find a trace of sullenness when he looked carefully.Qingping didn't panic, he saluted as usual, "I don't know why Your Majesty is looking for Xiaomin?"

"Where have you been?" Yang Xian said in a stiff tone.

"Return to Your Majesty, Xiaomin has nothing to do, just walk around casually."

Yang Xian was very anxious and angry when he couldn't find Qingping, but after seeing that he came back safe and sound, he was relieved, his mood had eased, and now he saw his tone was calm, as if he didn't care, and he couldn't help feeling angry again." It’s okay to hang out, shouldn’t you tell me! Even if I’m busy, can’t I tell the maids in front of the palace!” Yang Xian said up to this point, seeing that Qingping didn’t make excuses, obviously he didn’t take himself seriously, and got angry Yu Sheng, unknowingly shouted "Qin Yi!" Following this scolding, all the maids and eunuchs in the palace couldn't help trembling.

Qingping Youyu Huayuan was a little disheartened when she was treated coldly, so she was not afraid to see the emperor getting angry, but she thought that even if she was punished by the emperor, it would be nothing more than that!Seeing the emperor's fury at this time, thinking that as the emperor's concubine, that person must have been neglected by him too!Thinking about it so far, I can only feel that Yang Xian in front of me is so irritable and moody, and he has caused many people in the underground palace to suffer.Thinking this way, facing the emperor became more confident, so he also looked directly at him.

After a moment of stalemate, it was Yang Xian who noticed Qingping's strangeness today, thinking that he came to the palace alone, and he was busy with political affairs recently, or he might have wronged him in unexpected places.After a while, the anger gradually subsided, gradually revealing that he couldn't bear it.So she retreated from the crowd, got up and walked to Qingping's side, "Yi'er, I'm too busy these days to take care of you, I should have introduced you to the palace a long time ago." His tone was indescribably soft.Qing Ping thought that she would be punished, but now she raised her head in amazement and saw the gentle and forgiving eyes of the man in front of her. Thinking of her master's attitude after every time she punished her, her heart was touched.But still silent.