Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been ruthless, not to mention that the emperor has many women. Regarding Cardamom's expectations, Concubine Lan had no hope at all. The favor I received back then was just because of my father. Now my father has passed away and my brother has gone to Northern Xinjiang.
What other reason does the emperor have to show affection between husband and wife? Not sending her to the cold palace would be out of consideration for the court's clear deliberation.
After a few more years of being unknown, I'm afraid the cold palace will no longer be possible. She doesn't know yet that it's impossible for her to remain anonymous.
One of her poems not only conquered the Queen Mother, but also the wives of princes and nobles and members of the royal family who were present.
Soon the poem spread in the capital.
It has even spread to the embassy, and it has a strong tendency to spread to the South Xiaobei Mountains.
Sure enough, as Concubine Lan expected, it was almost dark and the emperor didn't come. Still went to the Yulu Palace Wei Shufei.
Daukou was very disappointed and secretly scolded the emperor for being blind. However, Concubine Lan was very happy that it was a good time for the emperor not to come, but she was embarrassed when he did.
An Xiaoshan was busy in the kitchen.
After filling two bowls of cream ice cream, Partridge personally came to take them away. The little palace maid is sixteen or seventeen years old, with a slender but handsome figure, an apple face and big eyes.
There are a few freckles on the face, which not only do not affect the beauty, but add a bit of excitement. You Qi smiled, revealing his neat little white teeth.
"Brother Xiao Anzi, this iceberg jade milk smells so good." Partridge swallowed his saliva and said eagerly.
An Xiaoshan couldn't resist the little foodie look in his eyes.
"I'll secretly leave a bowl for you. Come find me when you're done." An Xiaoshan came closer and whispered. I smelled the fragrance of virginity on her body.
"Well..." Partridge nodded excitedly, feeling like his eyebrows were about to fly up.
"Xiao Anzi, it turns out that you two are really at each other's throats. I want to tell Sister Daukao, unless you give me a bowl of iceberg jade milk."
Xiao Linzi didn't know when he would get in. As long as there was a place to eat, he would be there.
"Don't talk nonsense. The iceberg jade milk is gone. I'll leave you a few pieces of braised pork." An Xiaoshan said while working with the old eunuch.
Today I made stir-fried mutton, squirrel mandarin fish, three sets of duck, and a plate of braised pork. Served with two seasonal cold dishes and a bowl of radish soup.
Cardamom and Concubine Lan, master and servant, each had a bowl of snow-capped jade milk. Cardamom was to suppress the fire in her heart, while Concubine Lan quietly tasted the delicious food.
An Xiaoshan brought dinner.
"Xiao Anzi, thank you for coming to have a drink with me today." Concubine Lan cheerfully held up the wine glass, and Daukou poured a glass for An Xiaoshan.
An Xiaoshan drank a glass of wine without hesitation.
"Your Majesty is serious, the affairs of Zhilan Palace are my business." An Xiaoshan knew how to express it.
"It's been a hard day today, don't forget to reward yourself and go get busy." Concubine Lan sent Xiao Anzi away. Giving him a glass of wine in front of everyone was the limit.
After all, there is a concubine and a eunuch.
Next, Concubine Lan poured herself a drink, and Cardamom accompanied her to eat. This is how she came to be in the cold palace for so many years.
An Xiaoshan returned to the kitchen and prepared to eat. The partridge came quietly and drooled.
"Brother Xiao Anzi..." Partridge cheered.
An Xiaoshan looked at her charming look, smiled knowingly, and took out the iceberg jade milk. Partridge held the white porcelain bowl and jumped up with excitement. He took it carefully and couldn't wait to take a bite.
His eyes immediately narrowed with satisfaction.
"Hide in the back and eat, don't let others see..." An Xiaoshan warned.
"Brother An, you eat too..." Partridge took a spoonful and handed it over with a blushing face.
An Xiaoshan was stunned. This was the spoon she had just eaten from, but looking at her red cheeks, he couldn't bear to refuse.
Partridge watched him eat and became happy. When no one was around, he jumped over and kissed An Xiaoshan on the face.
Then he shyly ran to the back to enjoy the sweetness.
An Xiaoshan reacted for a moment, then remembered what Xiao Linzi said, and the partridge wanted to confront her.
The eunuchs and maids lived together as imaginary dragons and fake phoenixes. They have been found in palaces of all dynasties, and were even given by emperors and empresses themselves.
Partridge is probably a young girl who has just begun to fall in love, but falling in love with a eunuch? I am a fake eunuch. Is this lucky or unlucky?
An Xiaoshan recalled the feeling of being kissed by a girl, and couldn't help but think about his relationship with Concubine Lan. In addition, was this girl stepping on both sides?
He couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this. I've already traveled through time, so how many ships do I care about? Even three or four can be stepped on. Seven or eight are better. How can two be enough? I am not an innocent boy of 12 or 13 years old. Whatever multiple-choice questions are asked, it is the right thing to do.
Rain and Dew Palace.
Concubine Wei Shu held the emperor in her arms and acted coquettishly.
"Your Majesty, please don't let that poem spread, otherwise everyone in the world will laugh at me. How about you ban it?" Concubine Wei Shu desperately used the fullness of her chest to rub the emperor's arm, and used The tried and tested method of acting like a spoiled child.
This time, to his surprise, the emperor did not agree immediately. Instead, he frowned and put down his wine glass.
"My beloved, you are wrong. Poetry cannot be suppressed. If I really issued this imperial edict, it would harm you. The more forbidden it is, the more people will speculate on the mystery, and you will be pushed to the forefront."
The emperor pointed out the mystery and patiently explained it to Concubine Wei Shu.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Lan has gone too far. She even used the name of the Queen Mother to deliberately harass me. Isn't this taking advantage of the Queen Mother? You tell the Queen Mother to destroy her directly and save yourself from standing there. snort……"
Concubine Wei Shu is by no means a big-breasted and brainless vase. She has been coveting Zhilan Palace for more than a day or two.
"I don't want to, but the time has not come yet..." the emperor said gloomily.
Concubine Wei gave it up when she saw fit and stopped entangled in the matter. As long as the emperor had this intention, it would be a matter of morning for her to take over the Zhilan Palace.
After the emperor drank the wine, he made out with Concubine Wei Shu, and then took elixirs to meditate. The emperor believed in elixirs and had been practicing for twenty years, and now he started taking golden elixirs.
Qingtan, Concubine Wei's personal maid, quietly came to Concubine Wei.
"Your Majesty, I have found out clearly that it was a man named Xiao Anzi who made the Chen cake. He also made the poem. Our people saw it with our own eyes."
Qingtan said.
Concubine Wei Shu jumped up from the bed, her two balls as white as milk behind the gauze trembling.
"I'm just telling you, why did you bitch suddenly become so capable, but you thought it would be over now, why not?" Wei Shufei stared at her innocent big eyes and sneered.
After dinner, Concubine Lan called An Xiaoshan to her side.
"Xiao Anzi, it's not time for me to sit back and relax yet." Concubine Lan said while sitting in the pavilion, fanning herself with a small Qingluo fan.
An Xiaoshan helped her turn the tide on the Queen Mother's birthday and reversed the decline of Zhilan Palace in one fell swoop. It can be said that he brought her back to life.
She now has an inexplicable trust in Xiao Anzi. This is asking him for a solution.
An Xiaoshan knew that Concubine Lan was worried about the person who killed the peony. This person is indeed a poisonous snake lurking in the dark in Zhilan Palace. Not only is Concubine Lan not safe, he is not safe either. After all, he has to pretend to be a good person with Concubine Lan from time to time.
"Concubine, don't worry, I'll ask the City God to come over and collect him tonight." An Xiaoshan said with confidence.
"You can also use the magic of gods?" Concubine Lan looked at An Xiaoshan in surprise.
People in this world believe in ghosts and gods, and the City God is the person in charge of unjust cases in the underworld and life and death in the underworld. According to An Xiaoshan's understanding, it is somewhat similar to the subordinate organization of the King of Hell.
"Of course, this is the villain's family skill. The noble concubine will know it as soon as she sees it at night." An Xiaoshan said.
An Xiaoshan wanted to invite the city god to come in the evening to find the person who killed Mudan in Zhilan Palace. The news spread all at once.
So much so that when everyone saw An Xiaoshan, their eyes were a little confused. No one dared to make fun of gods these days.
An Xiaoshan also immediately packed up, found a room, cleaned and set up memorial tablets, spent a long time preparing to invite the City God to come to the room in the evening to identify the loyal and the traitor.
The heat is gradually fading. The moon rises in the east.
All the maids, eunuchs and servants of Zhilan Palace were gathered in the courtyard. Looking at the room that An Xiaoshan had prepared, some were scared and some were excited, but they all wanted to see how the City God would arrive.
An Xiaoshan closed his eyes in front of the house and muttered something in front of his forehead with his parallel fingers. He walked in circles in front of the house.
"The sun sets on the west mountain, the moon rises in the east, the sun retreats and the yin advances, the city god patrols in all directions." An Xiaoshan God kept chanting.
"Someone is unfaithful in the Nanzhi Palace. The following is the master of the trap. Please invite the City God to come." An Xiaoshan shouted towards the room, stamping his feet.
All the maids and eunuchs were startled by his stamping and shouting. But with a hula, a beam of light suddenly lit up in the originally dark room.
It's not surprising when the light comes on. What's surprising is that a black shadow gathers and disperses in front of the light, disperses and gathers again, and the shadow is constantly changing.
The final freeze-frame turned out to be the image of a city god. It's exactly the same as the one in the City God's Temple.
"The City God is really here." Someone shouted, followed by a cheer, and everyone knelt down in front of the phantom of the City God on the window.
But some people are still skeptical.
"Grandpa Chenghuang, we have a traitor here, can you identify him?" An Xiaoshan also knelt down quickly and said piously.
"Hmm..." A strange muffled sound came out, and the phantom of the City God actually nodded.
This time everyone believed it. Then An Xiaoshan was seen walking to the window and communicating with the shadow of the City God in an incomprehensible language.
"Grandpa Chenghuang said that he has arranged magic in this room. After everyone washes their hands and enters the room, he will naturally leave a mark on the traitor's back."
An Xiaoshan seemed to have received advice from the City God. The shadow of the City God slowly disappeared, and then the lights dimmed.
After a while, An Xiaoshan brought a basin from the house and asked everyone to start washing their hands. After washing my hands, I entered the house which was completely covered.
During the whole process, Concubine Lan was dumbfounded and looked at An Xiaoshan with twinkling eyes. He could actually invite the City God here.
After half an hour, An Xiaoshan asked everyone to come out, and then turned his back to Concubine Lan.
"Your Highness, the City God has left a mark on the traitor's back. Please take a look." An Xiaoshan said excitedly.
"Xiao Xizi, it's you." Concubine Lan didn't say anything, but Dou Kao jumped out and pointed at the eunuch Xiao Xizi fiercely.
Everyone exclaimed, hurriedly ran away from Xiao Xizi, and surrounded him. As expected, his back was bright red.
