Xianfu Palace Ningshou Palace
When Emperor Dehui arrived, the Queen Mother was still resting. Peirong quickly arranged for several beautiful and smart palace maids to come to wait on her, while she went into the inner hall to report.
At this time, a palace maid was serving a cup of freshly brewed tea to Emperor Dehui. Emperor Dehui was still a little absent-minded at first, but seeing the beautiful appearance of the woman, he suddenly became interested and immediately leaned over to get closer. She sniffed it on her hand and said, "It smells so good."
I saw the hands of the palace lady serving tea trembling slightly, but I don't know whether it was surprise or fear.
When Emperor Dehui saw this, he couldn't help but chuckle: "This aroma makes it hard for me to tell whether it is the fragrance of the tea or the fragrance of you."
When Gong E heard this, her cheeks suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it's probably because I went to the plum forest before, so my body is tainted with the fragrance of plum blossoms."
Emperor Dehui said "Hmm", picked up the tea cup and took a sip. His eyes suddenly focused, and he immediately raised his lips and smiled: "This tea has a refreshing taste and a sweet aftertaste. But it is cooked with the snow dew on the plum blossoms this morning." Made?"
Gong E was slightly surprised, she raised her eyes and glanced at Emperor Dehui secretly, then immediately lowered her head and replied: "Your Majesty is wise."
"I didn't know that there was such a beauty who could make tea in the Queen Mother's palace." Emperor Dehui looked at her with interest and ordered, "Raise your head and let me have a look."
Gong'e followed the words and slowly raised her head.
Her skin was like pure snow and cream, her brows were like smoke blowing through willows, and her watery eyes were shy and timid, appearing more moist and agile, like a young deer that had bumped into Emperor Dehui's eyes. As soon as the light swayed, his eyebrows seemed to be softened.
She is indeed a beauty.
Emperor Dehui half-squinted his eyes and looked at her for a moment. An ambiguous smile escaped from the corners of his lips and asked, "What's your name?"
Gong'e looked at Emperor Dehui's handsome and handsome face, and was a little distracted for a moment. It took a long time to calm down the throbbing in her heart, and replied calmly: "Slave, my name is Xue Shi."
"Snow poetry? Walking in the snow in search of poetry... the name fits the occasion."
Emperor Dehui hummed softly, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pull Xueshi's arm and pulled her towards him. Xueshi fell onto his lap unexpectedly.
"Ah, Your Majesty -" Xue Shi said in shock, fearing that she would offend the person in front of her. She stood up in a hurry, but was held down firmly by Emperor Dehui.
"Don't be afraid." Emperor Dehui hugged her waist, his eyes moved on her charming little face, the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper, and he teased softly in her ear, "Such craftsmanship It's a pity to stay in the Queen Mother's Palace. How about you follow me back to Longyin Palace and cook tea for me every day?"
Emperor Dehui said this, but his hands restlessly kneaded and squeezed her waist, causing Xueshi to tremble.
"Your Majesty..." Xue Shi's cheeks were hot, she was shy and anxious, but she didn't dare to push him away, so she could only whisper softly.
Seeing her suddenly blushing with embarrassment, her face was still delicate and timid. A bit of charm appeared on her originally beautiful face, which became more and more endearing. The ambiguous glow in Emperor Dehui's eyes became more intense.
Just when Emperor Dehui was having a hard time controlling his emotions, he heard a slow but majestic voice coming from the other end of the inner hall.
"Why did Emperor Aijiadao have time to come to the Immortal Fortune Palace of Aijia today? It turns out that the drunkard doesn't care about drinking."
Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first. Xue Shi suddenly turned pale with horror, hurriedly struggled from Emperor Dehui's body, and fell to her knees in fear.
With Pei Rong's support, the Queen Mother slowly walked out of the inner hall.
But I saw that she was wearing a sapphire-dot emerald eight-treasure phoenix hairpin on her head and a blue brocade coat with flowers. Although she was almost in her twilight years, the years did not seem to have left too many traces on her face. Her charm was still there, and her face was shining. people. But if you look closely, you will find that those eyes still reveal a dark twilight inadvertently.
"I heard that the Queen Mother was ill, so I came here to visit her." Emperor Dehui gave a brief salute to the Queen Mother without changing his expression, looking calm and composed.
The Queen Mother walked to the couch and sat down, and glanced at the pale Xue Shi, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes, "From what the Ai family has seen, the emperor came here today, probably to ask for someone to make tea from the Ai family, right? "
Emperor Dehui glanced at Xue Shi and said with a smile: "I just mentioned it casually. If the queen mother is reluctant to part with Xue Shi, how can I snatch it away? But -"
His voice suddenly changed and he chuckled, "Hasn't my mother always been looking for beauties for me? I find the people in your palace much more pleasing to my eye than those who were sent to me in the past. Why can't I bear to part with you now?" Give it to me?"
When the Queen Mother heard this, she seemed to have thought of something, her eyes suddenly closed, and a burst of anger suddenly surged from her heart.
In order to stabilize the position of the queen over the years, she has been trying every means to suppress Hua Qiong and weaken the power of the Hua family. In order to remove Hua Qiong from the position of favored concubine, she found many young and beautiful women for the emperor to enter the palace as his favor. Unexpectedly After the emperor favored her once or twice, he would forget about these women and return to Hua Qiong.
I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup that Hua Qiong gave the emperor. Not only did she not shake her status in the harem over the years, but it made the Hua family more and more powerful, while the mother-son relationship between herself and the emperor became increasingly estranged. Nowadays, the emperor is quite respectful to her on the surface, but the emperor has rarely set foot in his Xianfu Palace in recent years. He is afraid that he has fallen into the alienation scheme of the thieves of the Hua family and has abandoned her. How can she not help her in her heart? hatred?
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother's brows darkened, she suppressed the anger in her heart, and said with a half-smile: "Is the Emperor complaining that the Ai family is free to make decisions? Shouldn't you recruit those women into the palace for you?"
Emperor Dehui took a sip of tea leisurely, and after he slowly put down the tea cup, he said softly: "The Queen Mother's words are serious. I know that the Queen Mother did this because she wanted me to spread the branches and leaves of the royal family. The Queen Mother said You have worked so hard, so how can I complain?"
After saying that, Emperor Dehui glanced at the Empress Dowager with unclear meaning, then turned his gaze to Xue Shi, and said with a smile: "If the Queen Mother is not happy, I will not ask you for Xue Shi. I hope the Queen Mother will not do it because of me." His momentary indulgence made things difficult for her."
As soon as these words came out, the expression on the Queen Mother's face suddenly froze for a moment, but then the corner of her mouth opened into a smile, "The emperor will be sympathetic to her."
She turned her eyes towards Xue Shi who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up, I haven't thanked the emperor yet."
Xue Shi had a pale face, as if she had not yet recovered from the panic. When she heard this, she was startled at first, and then she kowtowed to the Queen Mother and Emperor Dehui with a respectful but uneasy expression: "I thank the Emperor, and I thank the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother winked at Pei Rong, who was standing aside. Pei Rong nodded in response, then called on Xue Shi and the maids to file out of the palace.
The Queen Mother picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and nodded approvingly, "This girl Xue Shi is really good at cooking tea." But then the conversation changed and she added, "It's not unreasonable for the emperor to ask for a girl from the Ai family. It doesn’t matter, it’s just that the emperor stays in Qionghua Palace all day long and is so busy that he can’t even attend to the morning court, so how can he have time to enjoy the tea made by Xue Shi?”
Emperor Dehui gently shook the white jade tea cup in his hand. After hearing this, he raised his eyes and said casually: "I know everything about the court affairs, so my mother doesn't have to worry about me."
When the Queen Mother heard this, her face suddenly darkened, she placed the tea cup heavily on the table, her voice was obviously colder: "Did the emperor's so-called "knowledge" mean that all the ministers' secrets were handed over to the left prime minister? "
