Chapter 22 Falling out of favor

Style: Girl Author: Lu ShiqiWords: 2170Update Time: 24/01/12 03:30:51
Concubine Li was ill, so Emperor Xuanwu naturally wanted to take care of her. For five days in a row, he rested in Concubine Li's palace.

With such great favor, he can truly be said to be the number one person in the harem.

Rewards from the Ministry of Internal Affairs kept pouring into Changxin Palace like water, and many people were waiting to see the joke in Hexi Palace.

After all, ever since Jiang Xinyue entered the palace, she has lost half of Concubine Li's love. The concubines in the harem are all looking forward to the two of them having fun with each other!

Even the queen and the good concubine gave her hints several times, asking her to do something to win back Emperor Xuanwu's heart.

Jiang Xinyue just pretended that she didn't understand, and spent every day with Magpie, Shuangjiang, Jiangchuan and other palace maids and eunuchs in Hexi Palace with the door closed to study delicious food.

The two young imperial chefs in the imperial dining room have already learned the secret of barbecue. I heard that they were admitted to Changxin Palace by Emperor Xuanwu and grilled meat for the emperor and Concubine Li alone.

The Dog Emperor would really use her results as a favor.

This made all the royal chefs jealous.

The old imperial chefs who were disdainful at first came to ask for advice on how to cook barbecue.

Everyone felt that Concubine Li did not take Empress Zhenji seriously at first, so she did not fight for favor. Now she realized the threat of Empress Zhenji, and made Hexi Palace fall out of favor as soon as she took action.

The hottest part of summer is over, and autumn is here in the blink of an eye.

With Jiang Xinyue's good cooking skills that were unmatched in this era, not only did her life not be as miserable as other ladies in the palace thought, but she was actually a little more mellow.

There was nothing she could do about it. In the recent autumn, she had stewed a lot of Cantonese-style soup that was nourishing and nourishing the lungs in the imperial dining room. After drinking it, her face was rosy and her face was radiant.

Even Empress Zhu, Liang Fei and De Fei were sent to the palace. Not to mention, they all felt that their health had improved this autumn.

Since the eldest princess, the second princess, and the third prince ate barbecue at Hexi Palace, they would come to Empress Zhenji every now and then to enjoy the autumn breeze. They would not go back until their bellies were full after eating.

It has been half a month and the emperor has not been to Hexi Palace.

Because Concubine Li was ill, the imperial doctor said that she was suffering from worry and needed to rest and not be stimulated, otherwise her body would collapse and it would be difficult to conceive in the future.

Chengqian Palace——

The atmosphere in the entire hall was very gloomy. Emperor Xuanwu's temper had not been very good recently, and the servants in the palace were very cautious and did not dare to make any mistakes.

"emperor……"

Wang Dequan's heart was in his throat: "Empress Zhenji went to Yikun Palace again."

Carrying radish and orange peel beef soup...

"Crack!"

The wolf-hair pen in Emperor Xuanwu's hand was broken, and ink splashed on his hand. However, he took the rice paper and wiped his hands without caring, and said expressionlessly: "I understand, stand down!"

Zhenji stewed the soup for half a month, but never sent it to Chengqian Palace once, even though the two palaces were so close.

Emperor Xuanwu felt panicked and sour.

Concubine Li and Concubine Jiang Zhaoyi, Concubine De and Concubine Liang have come to see her off several times.

When Emperor Xuanwu went to Changxin Palace yesterday, he saw Jiang Xinyue at the entrance of Hexi Palace. After not seeing her for half a month, she became even more beautiful.

Her body is plump, her pearls are round, and her glowing white skin makes her charming, but she also has a bit of girlish charm.

In short, in one sentence, without the emperor's favor, her life was extremely free and comfortable.

Jiang Xinyue, who had been wandering for half a month, came back from Yikun Palace and passed by Chengqian Palace. Finally, she felt her conscience and wanted to go in to see the emperor.

As soon as they reached the steps of Chengqian Palace, they met Concubine Li who was coming towards her.

"Concubine, please give your regards to the noble concubine."

Concubine Li didn't even look at her. She lowered her head and took the food box from La Yue's hand, and directly asked the little eunuch to go in and report. Soon... Wang Dequan came out and asked Concubine Li to come in.

Concubine Li stepped aside, and Wang Dequan saw the smiling Empress Zhenji standing at the foot of the steps.

His eyes widened, and he wanted to explain something to the emperor, but he saw Empress Zhenji wave her hand and run away with the two girls, Magpie and Shuangjiang.

wrong!

Why did he feel that the Emperor was sorry for Empress Zhenji by meeting Concubine Li?

What a hell.

As he closed the door of Chengqian Palace, he looked at Jiang Xinyue's back and thought: It's probably because the emperor showed special concern for Zhenji that he also took notice of her!

"Your Majesty, please try this pork belly soup. I asked my concubine to make it in the small kitchen of Changxin Palace."

Emperor Xuanwu, who didn't like to eat offal, drank a few sips to save his dignity. He caught a glimpse of Wang Dequan, who was hesitant to speak and looked like he was constipated. He said to Concubine Li: "I am busy with government affairs today. My beloved concubine is in good health, so I'd better reply to the long letter first." The palace is resting, the king is safe, and I will use my dragon chariot to send the imperial concubine back."

Concubine Li didn't want to leave, but the emperor said that he would send her off in a dragon chariot, which she really couldn't refuse: "Although the state affairs are important, the emperor must take care of the dragon body, so I won't disturb you."

That's a dragon chariot!

The queen has never sat on the dragon chariot, and she will be the first concubine to sit on it.

Such an honor would drive others crazy with envy.

Let the one from Hexi Palace see who is the emperor's favorite woman.

After seeing off Concubine Li, Wang Dequan hurried back: "Your Majesty, when Concubine Li came just now, Concubine Zhenji was also outside. She should have come to see Your Majesty."

"Crunch——"

"What did you say?"

The chair under his butt was knocked away, making a harsh sound. Emperor Xuanwu took a few steps and then stopped: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I only saw it when I was going out. I asked the eunuch on duty at the door and he said that Empress Zhenji came first."

"Zhenji came first, why was it Concubine Li who was informed?"

Emperor Xuanwu frowned: "I have changed all the people on duty at the door today, so there is no need to break the rules."

It’s because they look down on Empress Zhenji and don’t inform her!

Jiang Xinyue's status in Wang Dequan's heart has invisibly increased to another level.

Jiang Xinyue, who returned to Hexi Palace, said to Shuangjiang: "I am going to have lotus seed and pork belly soup for dinner today. Please go to the imperial kitchen and let me know."

Shuangjiang took the order and left when the time came, but he never came back.

The autumn wind is bleak, and in the backyard of Hexi Palace, the vegetables, melons and fruits are already bearing fruit, they are green and shiny, and they taste good.

The lantern at the door was swaying in the wind, and the magpie knelt at her feet holding a stew pot: "Mom, don't cry anymore. We don't have pork belly soup. We also have gastrodia pigeon soup, which is also delicious."

"Am I crying about pork belly soup?"

Jiang Xinyue's voice was choked with sobs: "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have deliberately provoked the imperial concubine just to lose favor. Now I'm causing you to follow me and have to be beaten in the twelfth lunar month. I'm so useless."

"It doesn't hurt, slave."

There was a sound of grinning gasps, and Jiang Xinyue shed more tears: "Don't be afraid of Shuangsheng, I will never let you have scars on your face."

Emperor Xuanwu opened the door...