The queen took the teacup in her hand with a smile, put it in front of her nose and smelled it carefully. She then said, "It smells like a fragrant fragrance."
He took another sip in his mouth, savored it carefully and said, "It's really good tea. It's delicate in the mouth. When you taste it deeply, you feel it's sweet and sweet, with endless aftertaste. My sister is really good at craftsmanship."
The emperor had no time to think about sipping tea. He just stared blankly at Samao's red hands and red eyes. He straightened his body slightly and said: "Concubine, please return to your seat quickly!"
After hearing this, she glanced at the queen's expression, which was extremely contemptuous and proud, which made her feel so wronged in her heart.
After she returned to her seat, Mingxuan immediately became concerned. She asked in a low voice: "Sister, go and see the imperial doctor! This hand is burned like this."
Before she could agree, Mingxuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I and Concubine Xun are going to change their clothes. They will be there in a moment."
"Okay, let's go!" The emperor naturally knew that this was a pretense, and immediately motioned for them to leave.
The two of them walked out together, walked through the plum garden, and rested in a pavilion. Mingxuan rubbed Samao's hand carefully again. She looked around and saw no one, then suddenly jumped into Mingxuan's hand. He held her in his arms, secretly shedding tears and murmuring words.
"Sister, what mistake did I make? Her Majesty, the Queen, is in such a difficult position. Others say that Her Majesty has other intentions for me, but I really think nothing of it!"
Mingxuan was also a kind-hearted person and immediately patted her on the back and said: "Good sister, of course I know what you are thinking, but if you don't mean it, it doesn't mean others don't mean it!"
"I have always only cared about His Highness King Xun, and I have never had any thoughts of competing with Her Majesty the Queen, but Her Majesty the Queen refuses to let me go."
She raised her jade hand to wipe away her tears. Mingxuan saw the red and swollen marks on her arm in a daze, so he immediately took her hand and rolled up her sleeves. She saw that the jade arm was covered with large and small clothes. The bruises are really oozing.
Mingxuan was shocked: "Did King Xun hit you again?"
She nodded with tears in her eyes, then covered her face with the silk and cried.
"Why is this King Xun like this!"
"Your Majesty thought I was restless, so His Majesty had second thoughts, so when he was in Zhongjing, he would beat and scold me when he was drunk from time to time."
"He knows it's not your fault."
She was choked with sobs and could not speak: "Sister, I am incapable of defending myself. I thought that marrying into the Wanyan family as the legitimate concubine would be the day in heaven, but I was treated like this."
Mingxuan took the pink silk to wipe her red tears and said: "Okay, sister, don't cry anymore. We women get married and obey our husbands. Even if we are wronged, we can still live this life. Such a thing , I should tell the empress about this, but what can I do to the empress... Hey!"
"But having said that, now that King Xun has been transferred to the capital, he doesn't dare to do anything to you. If the disciples of the Shan family find out about it, they will definitely complain, and it won't be good if it reaches His Majesty's ears."
She stopped crying for a moment and answered quietly: "Yes, I know that even if I am treated like this, I still need to maintain the reputation of the Xun Kingdom. I also try my best to avoid meeting with His Majesty and the Queen. I am less afraid and less worried." Rumor has it."
Seeing her like this, Mingxuan calmed down a little, rubbed her red and swollen area with his hands, and casually glanced at the red walls and green tiles of the palace, as if reminiscing about the past: "I, you, Li Rou, including Her Royal Highness the Queen, We all have known each other since we were children. The Queen married His Majesty first as the Concubine of Liang Guo, Li Rou married King Qi, I married King Yong, and you, the youngest, married King Xun. Now how many years have passed, the Queen has changed a lot, and so have we. It’s divided.”
"We are not related to sister Mingxuan. You are the kindest and most righteous among the four of us. We are all willing to talk to you, but I have never liked Lirou very much, and now I can't even say a word. Did not say."
Mingxuan nodded slightly: "Lirou has a quieter personality and is less talkative, but she is also a warm-hearted woman. Don't use words to provoke her. If King Qi finds out, it will cause trouble. gave birth."
"Okay, I'm just asking casually, I don't mean to provoke her."
Mingxuan gently took her hand up: "Most of the sisters in our clan have known each other since childhood. Now, as each prince and concubine, we must hug each other tightly. We should set an example for women in the world. We must not get up. There has been internal strife, leaving other concubines and wives not knowing how to deal with themselves."
Samao nodded lightly: "Yes, what my sister taught me is that the two ladies from the Yongguo Mansion didn't come today!"
"They accompanied the king to the temple and didn't come, but I will definitely come."
"Sister and my concubine are very happy with each other!"
Mingxuan shook his head gently and turned his gaze to her again: "We are all serving one man, and we are all members of the same family. As women, we have already bowed our heads even an inch, so why bother to make things difficult for each other!"
"It's rare to have a person like my sister. Being a virtuous wife to King Yong, she certainly eliminates the king's worries."
"I have been my childhood sweetheart with the King since childhood. He is the only one in my life. For him, I will do anything."
When she heard this, she couldn't help but feel filled with emotion, and was moved by the deep love between the two of them.
"Sister, you are a true-hearted person!"
After talking for a while, the two of them clasped their hands, glanced at the blazing strange flowers outside the pavilion, and smiled at each other. Mingxuan gently held her hand and joked: "Okay, my hand shouldn't hurt now, maybe." There is no need to see the doctor, let’s go back to the banquet! Otherwise, we will offend the Queen.”
"good!"
"You just have to be careful in everything. If His Majesty asks you why you are here, just say something that will please the Queen."
The two stood up and walked towards the palace banquet, dragging their long skirts as they walked. The palace people in the corridors behind them were busy coming and going. There were several pine and bamboo tables next to the plum trees, with red and green contrasting each other, each with its own style.
In the evening of that day, in the Fu'an Hall, the emperor was sitting on the throne. There was a desk in front of him. There were two bottles of wine on the desk. He put one cup at a time into his mouth, drinking until his face turned red.
In front of him, a bunch of Yuefu dancers were dancing. Looking at the dancers, he remembered how Samao once danced in front of him.
It was many years ago that I went to the hunting ground south of the city to play polo with my royal family members. There was a bonfire at night, and everyone sang and danced around the bonfire. One of the women was recommended to dance.
Samao was only fourteen years old at that time. Dressed in red, with beautiful makeup and hair, and a slender figure, she sang and danced along with the bonfire. Her figure was looming under the hot flames, which was breathtaking.
Before this, he only knew that his brother was engaged to the daughter of his disciple Shan's family, but he had never met her.
When they met, he fell in love with her, but she was already engaged, and although he was the emperor, he couldn't say anything.
The women in the harem were too submissive and always submissive. However, the queen's personality changed drastically in recent years, becoming aggressive and unreasonable, and even interfering in the government affairs. He no longer felt the warmth of home and the nourishment of love, but only Samao. , can make him feel the vitality of life and youthfulness.
Thinking of various scenes, he couldn't help but sigh: "Hey!" With a long sigh, he said all the troubles in his heart.
"Why are you sighing?" Da Xingguo, the eunuch next to him, asked.
"No one in this world can dance better than Samao!" He said and put another glass of wine into his mouth.
"If your Majesty wants to watch dance music, you can summon the imperial concubine to the palace!"
He drank three glasses of wine in a row: "That's all, she is Concubine Xun, my biological sister-in-law. If you do this, the queen will hurt her even more. Didn't you see her at the banquet today? Her hands were burned like that. But I can't protect her."
Da Xingguo came solemnly and nodded with a smile: "The Empress is a kind-hearted person. She used to be the imperial concubine of the palace. She played the piano and harp in harmony with Your Majesty. She raised eyebrows and raised eyebrows. Later, she led the six palaces and served as a virtuous person. He said, maybe due to the continuous bad luck over the years, the empress is exhausted and her temperament has changed."
Hearing this, he lowered his eyes and looked at the rose jade ring between his thumbs. He relaxed a little and said with his hands on his red face: "Queen..., she was given the title by me. I pushed her to this throne." , she married me at the age of fifteen, and at the age of sixteen she became a major figure in the world, and now..."
He lowered his head and thought, then tossed the wine glass: "Forget it, don't mention the past! It's all over. That's it for me and her."
"The empress and your majesty are a match for each other, and they will definitely stay together for a lifetime. In fact, the concubine of the State of Xun may be liked by everyone on a whim."
"Sa Mao is different from others... I have reunited with her after a long separation, but she has become so thin. Wanyan Yuan must have treated her badly!" He picked up the wine glass again and drank heavily.
He looked at the graceful figure of the dancer, and the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became. His face was red from drinking, and his eyes were bloodshot. Da Xingguo looked at him like this and sighed: "I heard this, but Prince Xun and his wife have no face." With such a harmonious music, King Xun knew that everyone liked the imperial concubine, so he would always reach out to beat and scold her after drinking. "
After hearing this, the emperor was furious. He threw down the wine glass, leaned back on the chair, and fiddled with the ring on his finger: "Wan Yanyuan is a beast, I must kill him! Samao's delicate appearance, That’s how he treats it!”
"Everyone, please calm down. You must not be so impulsive. If Your Highness kills a clan relative for a woman, it will definitely lead to chaos within the clan."
He calmed down a little, and then said: "I have to look for Wan Yanyuan's faults. In recent years, he has paid less and less attention to me."
"Yes! Everyone, you have to find some faults to punish them!"
"There is also Wan Yanliang. I always feel that his power has grown more and more over the years. Looking at his relatives, they are all people in important positions."
Da Xingguo naturally rolled his eyes and secretly had other thoughts in his heart.
