The maple leaf forest beside Qinxin Lake suddenly lost all its maple leaves overnight. Most of the maple trees were bare except for their branches.
When Shen Dingzhu learned the news, she was drinking tea with Cui Lianfu. When she heard that the maple leaves were destroyed, she immediately rushed to the maple forest with Cui Lianfu.
Looking at the bald and desolate scene, Cui Lianfu couldn't help but laugh.
"The autumn wind swept the fallen leaves last night, and I said, why is the wind so noisy? Maybe this is a sign that God does not recognize Miss Sun San as the queen." She already knew the reason why Sun Qingya came to the palace to admire the maple leaves.
Shen Dingzhu listened to her sarcasm and turned to look at her with his beautiful dark eyes.
Cui Lianfu immediately restrained herself and lowered her head slightly: "Empress, I did not do this. I will never do anything to harm you."
Tomorrow Sun Qingya will go to the palace to enjoy the maple leaves, but today almost all the maple leaves have fallen. If this reaches Xiao Langyan's ears, he may think that Shen Dingzhu deliberately ruined it because of jealousy.
"I know it's not you." Shen Dingzhu sighed.
She couldn't think of who it was for a moment. Maybe it was the strong wind last night. After all, there was a thunderstorm last night and there was nothing that could be done about the fallen leaves.
Shen Dingzhu raised her beautiful eyes slightly: "Let me think about what to do."
Cui Lianfu felt incredible.
Based on this incident, Shen Dingzhu had every reason to refuse to receive Sun Qingya. Maybe after telling the emperor, Sun Qingya would not be allowed to enter the palace to appreciate the maple leaves tomorrow.
Cui Lianfu didn't understand Shen Dingzhu, who seemed to be very dependent on the emperor and loved the emperor even more. Why was she not nervous at all when it came to this matter and why she still had to find a way to solve it?
Not far away, Chen Heng stood opposite Qinxin Lake, looking at Shen Dingzhu and his party.
The forest leaves have all fallen, and the beauty is wearing a smoky-colored skirt, and her skin is as white as pearls. Through the layers of cold mist on the lake, you can feel that she is as beautiful as a fairy.
Unfortunately, I may have encountered a problem.
Chen Heng shook his head, and left quietly with a maple leaf under his feet.
The next day.
Sun Qingya was invited into the palace, and she was first led to Yaoguang Palace to meet Concubine Shen.
"Your Majesty, please see the Imperial Concubine." Sun Qingya was wearing a light blue dress, with red lips and white teeth. She was two years younger than Shen Dingzhu, but her temperament was full of girlish beauty.
When Shen Dingzhu raised his eyes to look at her, Sun Qingya was also looking at Shen Dingzhu unabashedly.
According to this legend, she is the most beautiful woman in the capital and even in the world.
The beauty of Shen Dingzhu is that you will be amazed at the first sight. The beautiful facial features are full, like pearls and jade, and the beauty is not shriveled. It seems that it does not need the accumulation of gold and jade to be a natural beauty.
Sun Qingya felt that she had chosen the most beautiful skirt she usually wore, and she was dressed extremely delicately. But as soon as she stood in front of Shen Dingzhu, she was like a firefly, dwarfed by the light of the bright moon.
Shen Dingzhu did not wear gold and jade all over her body like her. On the contrary, Concubine Shen, the beauty who was rumored to be the favorite of the Sixth Palace, was dressed very simply to suit the occasion.
The skirt she is wearing is light maple color, with a touch of orange-red. The skirt is embroidered with a swaying red maple tree. There is a delicate red jade hairpin in Yun Huan's hair, and two small and round earlobes are also hanging on it. Only earrings with the word "Fu" in the same color.
She was clearly dressed very simply, but she looked elegant and gorgeous. Sun Qingya lowered her head and looked at her shoes embroidered with pink butterflies, and suddenly felt extremely tacky.
She couldn't help but hide it under her skirt.
Shen Dingzhu did not miss her little moves, but just pretended not to see them, and smiled naturally: "Miss Sun San, there is no need to be restrained. I would like to introduce to you some of the concubines in the palace."
Shen Dingzhu introduced Cui De Fei, Tong Guiren and Zhang Guiren one by one.
Except for Cui Lianfu, who was expressionless and extremely cold, both Tong Guiren and Zhang Guiren were careful to please.
Probably they also feel that Sun Qingya's future status is immeasurable.
Sun Qingya found that the women in the palace were all good-looking and from good family backgrounds.
However, the most beautiful woman in front of her, Concubine Shen, had the worst family background.
But it still didn't affect the emperor's love for her.
Sun Qingya sat on the chair, her voice was soft, and she remembered the rules taught by her family: "Madam, I am grateful for the invitation. Qingya is very grateful. I don't know when I can go to see the maple leaf forest? I often hear my brother say that the maples outside are red. It’s not as good as in the palace, I don’t know if it’s real, I want to see it with my own eyes.”
Cui Lianfu looked at Shen Dingzhu and saw that she looked calm and calm, and stood up with a smile: "Okay, I want you to rest for a while. Since Miss Sun San wants to see it, let's go now."
Accompanied by several concubines, Sun Qingya took a sedan chair to Qinxin Lake.
Aunt Song explained for Shen Dingzhu: "In order to increase the elegance, Miss Sun and our mother-in-law went to the lake together to enjoy themselves. Not only could they see the beautiful scenery of the maple leaf forest by the lake, but also the pavilions and pavilions not far away, nestled in the hazy autumn frost. Shaying."
After all, Sun Qingya was still simple-minded, and she immediately became happy after hearing this: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for this arrangement."
When the painting boat arrived near the maple leaf forest, Sun Qingya stood on the edge of the boat and looked into the distance. She was immediately shocked.
Cui Lianfu looked over and was stunned!
Today's weather is not very good. Gloomy clouds are falling in the sky, and the red maple trees are swaying in the wind. They are like the red of the enemy array, and also like the color of the setting sun that dyes the sky, vowing to fight against the gloomy sky. The sky competes for victory.
what happened? Cui Lianfu was surprised. Last time she and Shen Dingzhu saw with their own eyes that all the red maples had fallen!
Shen Dingzhu asked with a smile: "Miss Sun San, is this red maple as beautiful as you think?"
"It's beautiful!" Sun Qingya nodded sincerely, her eyes sparkling, "The palace is indeed as my brother said, everything is exquisite and beautiful."
Shen Dingzhu smiled calmly, and folded her shawl with her white and tender hands: "If Miss Sun San likes it, you can enjoy it. After passing this lake, there is Wanhua Garden in front. Now because of the skillful hands of the gardener, You can see many exotic flowers and plants and enjoy them slowly.”
With that said, she entered the cabin first.
Autumn is getting colder and the wind is strong on the water, so Shen Dingzhu will not accompany her to blow the cold wind.
Of course, Cui Lianfu also followed her in and sat down. Only Tong Guiren and Zhang Guiren secretly competed with each other. They stood beside Sun Qingya on the left and right, saying good things and introducing everyone in the palace. What they said was clear and logical. It's like being at home.
At this moment, a small boat came from a distance.
Sun Qingya was curious: "Who is that?"
Shen Dingzhu looked through the window.
I saw a tall and slender figure standing on the bow of the boat.
The man was wearing jade-colored robes, with a faintly golden hair crown, and the flying dragons embroidered with gold thread on his sleeves were dazzling.
Before anyone recognized who the other person was, Shen Dingzhu had already spotted it, and she gently closed the window.
Cui Lianfu was slightly surprised beside her: "Empress, why are you doing this?"
Shen Dingzhu made a shushing gesture: "Today's guest is Miss Sun San. The Emperor is also here to see her. We need to know what's going on."
Cui Lianfu took a step forward and saw through the gap that Sun Qingya had recognized Xiao Langyan.
She greeted him with a clear voice: "Your Majesty, Sun Qingya, is here to see the Emperor." When she looked up again, her pretty face turned half red.
The shyness of a young girl in a boudoir is always different, with a heart-thrilling feeling.
But Xiao Langyan raised his head and swept his eyes indifferently, showing great majesty.
Shen Dingzhu originally thought that their boats would pass by like this, or that Xiao Langyan would stop the boat painting and let Sun Qingya get on his boat.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Langyan asked coldly outside the closed window——
"I just picked up a red leaf, and I wanted to ask your concubine whether the red leaf is good-looking or not."
Shen Dingzhu froze, his beautiful eyes widened, and his long eyelashes trembled twice.
Why did Xiao Langyan choose this moment to expose her!
