"What are you talking about, you despicable servant? Look clearly!" Concubine Li was startled. She looked around and saw no one before scolding her in a low voice.
The reprimanded palace maid Yang Mei raised her head and took a closer look at the two of them. Then she looked frightened and realized that she had said the wrong thing, and her expression changed drastically.
"My slave made a mistake, my Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Yang Mei said fearfully, admitting the wrong person or the wrong emperor, this is a serious crime.
"Okay, get up." Concubine Li had a cold face and couldn't help but look at Zhuang Xun.
Zhuang Xun looked calm, as if it was natural for others to call him a saint and he didn't feel any uneasiness.
Of course he didn't feel any uneasiness. Firstly, time travelers have no special concept of official rank. Secondly, he was called Shaojun by the King of Wheels. He has the imperial bloodline and was called Holy Lord, but it was still a mistake. Naturally, he didn't feel anything. .
It’s not like most people would be as frightened when they hear it.
"My Lady, don't worry. The foreign minister won't tell anyone. Just let her go." Realizing that Concubine Li was looking at him, Zhuang Xun quickly tried to smooth things over and plead for the palace maid.
"Keep your eyes brighter next time and don't be embarrassed." Concubine Li scolded the maid.
"Thank you, empress, thank you..." The palace maid stood up tremblingly, wanting to thank Zhuang Xun but unable to say his name.
"My name is Zhuang Xun, and I am an envoy from the State of Yu." Zhuang Xun smiled gently.
"Thank you, Special Envoy Zhuang." Yang Mei looked grateful.
"Censor, please, let's leave the Taoist temple. I will ask the attendants to lead the censor out of the palace." Concubine Li, who originally didn't want to speak, couldn't maintain her silent attitude after this, but her tone remained cold.
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine." Zhuang Xun thanked her with his hands, but he didn't take it seriously when faced with the coldness of his future sister-in-law.
Just kidding, if it were my sister who wanted to marry someone else and become an equal wife, I'm afraid I wouldn't be as simple as indifference. This attitude may be said to have been expected.
"Yes." Concubine Li replied coldly, glancing at Zhuang Xun's face still smiling under the lantern light.
When he reached the end of the corridor, the eunuch who led him in also appeared. He had just gone out and made a circle to pick up the palace maid. Yang Mei supported Lady Li, showing the fragility of the woman.
Zhuang Xun thought it was stupid, but Cheng Guo's pursuit of women's beauty was that Xizi was sick and weak. All ladies and ladies basically had to have an attendant to support them who were "sick and weak".
No wonder Li Rusi was shunned and went to the opposite extreme.
The two of them were silent along the way, and their slow pace was enough time for Concubine Li to change her mind.
"Go to Fuqin Palace." He ordered the eunuch to lead the way and protect him at the same time.
"Your Majesty, aren't you going to ask your attendants to take the ministers out of the palace?" Zhuang Xun was so tired that he wanted to go home and sleep.
"The Holy Emperor has told me that we need to discuss with the censor how to go to Li's Mansion to propose marriage, so that I can help. Naturally, we need to understand the situation." Concubine Li said formulaically.
"That's what the Imperial Concubine said." Zhuang Xun wanted to cover his face. When would he be able to return to the Empress Siqin's arms today? He was sleepy and tired, but what the Imperial Concubine Li said was true, so he managed to cheer up.
Because of the power of the family, the concubines who represent the interests of the family need to meet with their families frequently. In order to prevent other people from entering the harem, the Fuqin Palace was created specifically for the concubines to meet their families.
A curtain was hung that would be perceived by the outside world if it was shaken. Zhuang Xun and Concubine Li were separated by the curtain. At the same time, the eunuch and the palace maid also retreated, leaving space for the two to talk alone.
Kneeling and sitting to the side, Concubine Li's beautiful figure was hidden under the curtain.
"..."
Both sides are waiting for the other to speak.
Zhuang Xun felt that it was too embarrassing to ask how to persuade the other party's old father to agree to marry his daughter to him as a common wife, so it was difficult to explain.
Concubine Li wanted to oppress Zhuang Xun, wanted to oppress him in terms of status and gain an advantage in speech, so that was it.
Neither party spoke, just like a cold war couple.
Who couldn't hold it in first? Concubine Li couldn't hold it in anymore. The reason was very simple. Through the curtain, you could see Zhuang Xun's head moving bit by bit. Zhuang Xun was about to fall asleep as he was dozing off.
"Censor, I am Ru Si's biological sister!" He raised his voice and woke up Zhuang Xun, who was already shaking his head on the verge of dozing off.
Zhuang Xun, who was half asleep, finally came to his senses and followed Concubine Li's words and shouted: "Sister."
Concubine Li's eyes widened, and her fox eyes were a little more embarrassed and angry.
"Who is your sister!" Concubine Li's restraint and indifference determined that she would not speak too harshly, and her voice was very gentle even though she was clearly angry.
"You are Si'er's sister, isn't it? I'm sorry, the foreign minister made a mistake." Zhuang Xun shook his head, completely sobering up.
"Si'er?" After savoring the title Zhuang Xun gave to Li Rusi, Concubine Li somehow became less angry.
"Censor, can you tell me how you met my sister? After all, tomorrow I have to persuade my father to agree to the censor's proposal of marriage." Concubine Li is not a person who can be influenced by emotions. Angry and unhappy emotions will not last long, and coldness and lack of The coldness of emotion is her eternal theme.
"The fate with Si'er began with a distraction..." Concubine Li was not an outsider. After a brief thought, it was indeed necessary to let Concubine Li know. After all, she wanted to persuade her old father who might be angry, so Zhuang Xun slowly said The first time I met Li Rusi, and then the second time.
"The imperial censor doesn't despise my sister's strange power?" When I heard Zhuang Xun's praise of Li Rusi, such as shocking and heroic, I felt completely weird, although Li Rusi was indeed worthy of these words.
Concubine Li suddenly understood why her sister had to marry Zhuang Xun even though she was an ordinary wife. She had a slight change of opinion towards Zhuang Xun, but she labeled him a weirdo in her heart.
Is it normal for a person to like powerful women? Judging from the orthodox education that Concubine Li received, it was simply evil.
"Your Majesty, don't you think Si'er is like a goddess?" Zhuang Xun said sincerely. She is beautiful and can fight. It would be too much for such a woman to be picked out of ten thousand. If she is protected, she will really be like a Valkyrie who comes to the world to save people. That is the sense of sight.
"I don't think so." Concubine Li shook her head.
His father was particularly doting on his second sister. He doted on her and his younger brother. Seeing that she was talented, he personally taught her martial arts since she was a child. Li Chengzhi hired martial arts masters to teach her. When he saw her progress was slow, he gave her a beating and she was stuck. Just talk about it.
But one problem was ignored. This was Chengguo. Everyone liked empty talk and liked delicate and weak women. When she realized this problem, Li Rusi had become a monster who could bear the weight of a cauldron.
Forgive Li Shaoyun for saying that her sister is a monster, an out-and-out monster, with the strength of a kilogram and the ability to fight a tiger. She is nothing but a monster. I may have just known that my sister's martial arts skills were not low, but I didn't expect it to be so scary.
That was a tiger, not a cat. Li Shaoyun felt that cats were stronger and could break free from her hands, but Li Rusi was able to pin eight or nine tigers the size of strong men to the ground and beat them to death with three punches.
All the ministers in the court were afraid, but they didn't expect that there were people in the world who liked such monsters. No wonder they were held so tightly by their own sisters.
She had to spread the news in advance to confirm the matter and force her father to admit the fact that she was going to marry someone else and be an equal wife.
"Go on." Concubine Li choked Zhuang Xun and motioned for him to continue.
"Later on, many barriers will be broken..." Zhuang Xun continued to talk about his relationship with Li Rusi until he talked about holding hands and playing rogue, and his face became a little hot.
"The censor is really taking a risk. If my sister doesn't have a good impression of you at this moment, pity, the censor would have been shattered to pieces." After listening to Zhuang Xun's description, Concubine Li's bad impression of Zhuang Xun has been almost reduced.
It's hard for her to have any emotions towards a man who is sincere, repays kindness and has the courage to take responsibility. What's more important is that this man will soon be her brother-in-law.
"It's okay. I don't know where the confidence comes from. I can't use such dirty methods anymore. It's really insulting. It's also because of this that there are rumors about Si'er and the foreign ministers behind me." It's a mistake, even if you are tired, you shouldn't sleep in Si'er's room..."
This is the most embarrassing thing Zhuang Xun has felt since time travel. Although it was planned, his own indiscretion can also be regarded as a secondary reason.
Being set up by Xu Houde and Lu Buming, I felt so angry that I wanted to tear them into pieces. But being set up by Li Rusi, I felt in a dilemma and felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
"Okay, there's no need to say more. The censor is also tired. Please go back and rest." Without showing her emotions, Concubine Li pulled the curtain lock.
"Well, okay." Zhuang Xun originally wanted to go back, but after hearing Concubine Li's words, his heart was filled with joy that his overtime work was over.
The eunuch and the palace maid came in again and straightened the curtains. Yangmei helped Concubine Li up. Concubine Li was weakly leaning on Yangmei, looking a bit delicate and pitiful.
"Please, father-in-law, send Zhuang Yushi away." Concubine Li told the eunuch to send Zhuang Yushi out of the palace.
Zhuang Xun was shaken by the cool night breeze. The night was already deep.
Only then did he realize that he was discussing how to deal with General Li and ensure that he could marry Li Rusi smoothly.
Discuss, discuss, why do you feel like you are just being taken for questioning and asked, and then gone? What about the agreed discussion?
Isn't this just invalid overtime work, without even a single word of commitment from my sister-in-law? This is the ultimate beating of a worker.
Zhuang Xun was unhappy. When he got home, he felt that he had lost so much, and he only answered without asking questions.
But the moment I saw the waiting Siqin Mi, it was like a thirsty traveler in the desert encountering an oasis. I couldn't wait to replenish my wife's energy when I went home. I wasn't in the mood to do anything big today, so being able to sleep with Siqin Mi in my arms was just fine. A small blessing.
The warm lady who reached out her hand could warm people's hearts even on a cold winter night. Si Qinmi didn't ask what happened. Zhuang Xun hugged her when he wanted to. Zhuang Xun wanted to hug her to sleep, so she gently took off her embroidered shoes. , go to bed with him.
She didn't understand anything else. She only knew that now she was Zhuang Xun's safe haven and his tired resting place.
With regular breathing on her face, Si Qinmi smiled sweetly. It was good to be like this for the rest of her life. Then she was stunned again because Zhuang Xun was about to hug another woman.
Then he thought of himself and Li Rusi being held in Zhuang Xun's arms, one on the left and one on the right, and smiled again.
Compared with the couple's petty emotions, things in the palace are much more complicated.
First of all, there is the frosty Concubine Li, and the frightened Yang Mei.
She knelt next to Concubine Li. Concubine Li looked at herself in the dressing mirror. She was stunningly beautiful, and her fox eyes revealed a charm. Together with her cold expression and a hint of fragility, she was extremely attractive to men. .
"Getting dressed up has become a joke. Perhaps the simple green shirt and Taoist robe can attract the attention and interest of the Holy Emperor." Concubine Li sighed, and there was an undue frustration on her face.
"..." Yang Mei didn't dare to answer her words, even though her knees were numb.
"He also said he was summoning me to do something, but he didn't expect that he was going to be a matchmaker for his sister, so as to pave the way for his pursuit." Concubine Li complained.
This was the first time she was summoned at night after entering the palace. She couldn't tell whether she was resisting or excited, nervous or looking forward to it. She chose to dress up and show off her most beautiful side. There was a hint of charm in her coldness. She knew that this Most attractive.
Unexpectedly, she was just a tool, the one who granted marriage to Zhuang Xun and her sister. Her carefully groomed beauty was astonishing to her future brother-in-law, and she quickly adjusted to it.
How could she not feel frustrated? Even as a proud woman, she felt a bitter taste.
"Get up, I don't know how you got the wrong person. My brother-in-law is so different in stature from the Holy One. He looks like a woman. No matter how you look at it, you can't mistake him for the Holy One." Concubine Li was sweating profusely when she saw Yang Mei kneeling. , thinking that the lesson had been learned, he let her stand up.
"..." The excuse at this moment was overtime, but Yang Mei still understood, so she remained silent.
"But it's also quite confusing. That python robe is indeed a royal nobleman. He was led by a nobleman at the age of twenty-three. I'm afraid he is not the prince of King Yu who is living abroad." This is also a rumor circulating in Yindu recently, although in Deep in the palace, news about Concubine Li was not blocked.
"In this case, occupying a land and a half, if there is a real name, the position of the leader of the Yu Kingdom is not impossible to compete for, but the King of Yu did not give him such an opportunity, and let him seal it in such a corner. It is also hoped that He can just wait for the new king to be chosen and enjoy the status of a rich man." Concubine Li said regretfully.
"Is the Yu Kingdom going to war?" Yang Mei stumbled to her feet and stood firmly next to Concubine Li.
"Come on, the Emperor of Yu State made some stupid move and sent princes to various places. In this situation, it would be strange not to start a fight!" Concubine Li said firmly, in the face of absolute power, brotherhood is nothing. This is not for fighting. It would be strange to take action in such a big way.
"Is it true that Zhuang Yushi has no chance at all?" Yang Mei has a good impression of Zhuang Xun.
"Unless he is really recognized as an ancestor by King Yu, it is almost impossible. Perhaps Jiannan Road a year ago can be compared with other enfeoffments." Concubine Li knew what the situation in Jiannan Road was now. Ten rooms and nine empty houses would be great if they could be managed, but they still want to conquer the world.
"What a pity. If he becomes King Yu, the empress's sister will also become the empress." Yang Mei said freely.
"They all say it's impossible. Unless there is external support, Jiannan is already dead." Concubine Li shook her head.
"External support..." After Concubine Li finished speaking, she suddenly froze and chewed on this sentence over and over again.
(End of chapter)
