Yaoyao was feeding deer under a flower stand not far from Xuanzong and Yu Jieyu. When she heard that the emperor wanted to see her little parrot, her little head emerged from behind the bush.
"Mother, please go and bring the little parrot."
Yaoyao ran away in a flash, and Xuanzong talked to Yu Jieyu: "Is this the child that Xiao Shi brought back from the Imperial Medical Office outside the palace?"
"Yeah! Be good, Yaoyao."
Yu Jieyu looked at the little figure running away at the corner of the verandah, with an innocent look on her face: "You are not even playing with me if you are not good at all."
Xuanzong was not annoyed when he heard Yu Jieyu's words, he just looked at her and smiled lovingly.
He held her hand and explained patiently: "Yu'er needs to know that my little Shi is different from ordinary children."
"What's the difference?"
Yu Jieyu looked at Xuanzong with wide eyes: "Is Sisi a fairy?"
Xuanzong was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Yu'er is right, Xiao Shi is a fairy..."
When Yu Jieyu supported her chin with her hand and spoke to Xuanzong with a pair of smiling apricot eyes, in the Qingfeng Hall of the Purple Orchid Palace, Concubine Shu was standing next to the peony bush in the flower garden with scissors.
She asked the maid waiting on her side: "Tell me, which branch should I cut?"
"The emperor knows that the empress likes peonies. He obtained this Wei Zi from the Wei family in Luoyang and transplanted it to the Qingfeng Palace for the empress."
The palace maid was confused and said: "It took a lot of effort to bloom so many bushes. It would be a pity for the queen to cut them off."
The palace maid also warned Concubine Shu not to cut the flower branches. Concubine Shu's slender fingers, painted with red hair, held the scissors and already cut them with a click.
"Is it a pity?"
She glanced at the peony that fell on the ground and said with a hint: "Although Wei Zi is precious, I think it is not good if there are too many branches on one plant. It will take away the color of the flower that should belong to the main branch." .”
"This one on the main branch is very good. Only by pruning off the overgrown branches can this one bloom as hugely as possible. No other flower can compete with it for its splendor."
Concubine Shu picked up the scissors and cut them off again without mercy. When the flower next to the main branch fell to the ground, he smiled meaningfully at the palace maid beside him.
"Have a look for me, is it more pleasing to the eye?"
The palace maid waiting on the side really couldn't understand why her mother-in-law had to cut off the Wei Zi that His Majesty specially ordered to be transplanted to Qingfeng Palace?
Because it was rewarded by the emperor, her mother-in-law used to treasure this Wei Zi plant very much.
The flowers were blooming just right, so it was a pity to cut them off as soon as they were told.
After all the pruning was done, the palace maid had no choice but to reply: "I also feel that the flowers and branches that have been pruned by the queen are more beautiful."
"Slave, please take these two branches that your Majesty cut and put them in a vase!"
The palace maid bent down to pick up Wei Zi from the ground. Concubine Shu gently lifted her lotus feet and stepped on them: "No need, they were born in the dust, but they just don't know how to compete with me!"
Seeing Eunuch Bao, whom she sent on errands, turn around the flower garden and come this way, Concubine Shu waved her hands to the maids serving beside her.
"Okay, please step back!"
Concubine Shu put the scissors into the small basket handed to her by the maid, and the serving maid handed her a small plate of fish food before leaving.
Eunuch Bao stepped on the last ray of sunlight that shone into the palace wall, and when he walked to Concubine Shu, she twisted some fish food and threw it into the fish pond next to the peony bushes.
"Is everything arranged?"
Eunuch Bao stood beside her and said, "It's OK!"
Her plans were always perfect, but every time she met that little guy from Linglongju, she would draw water from a bamboo basket and pluck out all the important secrets she had buried in the palace.
Concubine Shu thought that this plan was very obscure and inevitable.
"It was your idea to start with the fish mermaid."
Hearing what Eunuch Bao said, she frowned in displeasure and handed the plate with fish food to Eunuch Bao's hand.
"Tell me, I, what is considered appropriate?"
"Something went wrong."
Eunuch Bao also felt that the little princess in Linglongju seemed to be blessed by God.
He can escape her and the empress's schemes every time.
"But it's not that bad."
Eunuch Bao reported: "I took the glass vase that the empress had treasured for a long time and bribed Eunuch Gao, who is next to Your Majesty, and asked Eunuch Gao to take the emperor to Linglong Residence by a shortcut. The people I placed in Jiuxuan Palace have already let the emperor know About Yu Jieyu and the little princess raising parrots."
"As expected, the emperor also became interested in the little princess raising parrots."
Eunuch Gao behaves in a measured manner. He will do things for others to eliminate disasters after accepting other people's property, and will never violate His Majesty's taboos. As Concubine Shu expected, there was no problem in this aspect.
Concubine Shu asked Eunuch Bao: "But there is something wrong with the secret agent placed in Linglongju?"
"That secret was planted by the Empress when she asked Eunuch Gui to go to the House of Internal Affairs to select people. This is the first time she has used it. How could something go wrong?"
Eunuch Bao truthfully told the truth: "It was the little palace maid who kept parrots in Linglong. She realized something was wrong when she was mumbling inadvertently, and then ran out of Jiuxuan Palace with the bird cage. The incident happened suddenly. The slave was a step too late, and the little princess had already fallen behind. On hand..."
Sure enough, things aren't too bad!
Eunuch Bao said that Xuanzong was still waiting to see the parrot in Linglong Residence, but the little palace maid in Linglong Residence ran out carrying the bird cage.
"Now that's fun!"
Concubine Shu raised her lips and smiled: "The emperor is still waiting to see the little parrot raised by Yu Jieyu. The little palace maid ran away with the bird cage. What will happen to our little princess? We can't hide the parrot, right? "
"With the incident of the little palace maid running away with a bird cage, whether she hides the parrot or kills it, it will make His Majesty suspicious."
"My servant did this very secretly. The person who gave the parrot to the princess was Prince Xuan. The maid who was talking about the little princess raising a parrot beside the flower garden of Jiuxuan Palace was also someone close to the Concubine Xian of Linhua Palace."
If things come to pass, kill two birds with one stone!
If the matter fails, it will inevitably make the emperor suspicious, Yu Jieyu will fall out of favor, and the little princess and the concubine Xian will turn against each other.
Eunuch Bao showed a sinister smile: "Your Majesty, just wait and see the good show!"
Not long after Xuanzong entered Linglong Residence, Li Linhuai, who was guarding the door of Linglong Residence, saw Yaoyao stumbling out carrying a bird cage. He was about to stop the person, but saw Yaoyao, who almost tripped over the threshold, with tears on her face.
He was stunned for a moment, then ran away from him carrying the bird cage.
When Li Linhuai came back to his senses, he was still thinking about it. Xuanzong heard something wrong about the palace maid talking about the little princess raising a parrot, and Eunuch Gao came over in a hurry.
"Have you seen the little palace maid keeping a parrot in Linhuai?"
Eunuch Gao stamped his feet anxiously: "The little eunuch of Linglong Ju said that she left Linglong Ju with a bird cage. Your Majesty is still waiting to see the little parrot raised by the princess. Why did she run away with the bird cage? What should our family do? Explain to His Majesty?"
Li Linhuai knew that there might be something fishy about the parrot, but when something happened suddenly, he was still thinking about how to deal with it.
Li Sixu, carrying a bird cage in her hand, appeared at the door of Linglong Residence with Liu Yunying and Yaoyao.
"What are you and Eunuch Gao talking about?"
