Chapter 252: Arriving Late
Wei Ning'er didn't take the emperor's advice to heart. She raised her head and looked at the peaches hanging on the branches. Under the emperor's astonished gaze, she took off her pelvic shoes and said with a smile: "Climbing a tree is a piece of cake. When I was little,
When I don’t have anything to eat, I often steal other people’s fruits, so I shouldn’t be unfamiliar with them now!”
However, the emperor stretched out his arms in time to hug her, tightly confining her to him, and said solemnly: "Put on your shoes!"
"I'm hungry, water from far away can't save the fire from near!" A hint of cunning flashed in Wei Ning'er's eyes. [ ]
"I'll pick it for you!" The emperor smiled helplessly, but his eyes were full of doting. Even he himself didn't expect that he would be so dependent on her.
"Okay, Your Majesty, look, the branch on the left is particularly big and red, I want that one!" Wei Ning'er said with a smile.
"You're so picky!" The emperor chuckled, and then under Wei Ning'er's expectant eyes, he jumped up and picked the peach.
"That, and that..." Wei Ning'er pointed at the peach tree and shouted.
The emperor sighed and said: "Insatiable!"
Even so, he still picked the peach she pointed at.
"My little master is so awesome!" Wu Shulai couldn't help but murmured in a low voice.
Wu Shulai served the emperor every day, and naturally he felt the deepest feelings. Since the queen passed away, the emperor had been depressed and had an unusually bad temper. Many people in the palace and court had suffered. Seeing the emperor go on like this, Wu Shulai was worried.
A few days ago, the emperor began to enter the harem, and Wu Shulai breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the emperor so happy now, Wu Shulai finally felt relieved. Looking at the entire harem, the only one who can make the emperor so interested now is probably his concubine.
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Bingruo also looked happy. After all, after the queen passed away, her master was also depressed and sad for so many days. Now that he finally cheered up, she was naturally happy.
Wu Shulai tilted his head and saw Concubine Chun and others coming in droves. His complexion changed. Bingruo and others also saw it, and then they said in unison: "Concubine Chun, concubine Chun, may you be blessed, concubine Yu, concubine may you be blessed, everyone."
Good luck to you, Queen!"
"No need to be polite!" Concubine Chun gently raised her hand to signal them to get up.
Seeing the emperor jumping up and down picking peaches according to Wei Ning'er's instructions, Concubine Chun and others were more and more surprised in their eyes.
"The emperor finally smiled!" Concubine Yu said softly.
"Yes!" Concubine Chun agreed.
"My concubine, she actually ordered the emperor to pick peaches for her. How disrespectful!" Yi concubine curled her lips and snorted coldly.
Wu Shulai couldn't help but raised his head and glanced at Concubine Yi, and thought to himself, there are many times when the concubine is disrespectful. If the people in the harem found out, they would be frightened to death. For example, every time the concubine accompanied the emperor, she used
The emperor would give her food for every meal. In the past, only the Queen Mother and the Empress had this honor, and the two masters always accepted it happily. However, it was different for the concubine. She would give back everything she didn't like.
Give it to the emperor. Not only will the emperor not be angry, he will always let her go and pamper her.
Only their servants who served the emperor knew this. Therefore, everyone around the emperor was respectful to Wei Ning'er and never dared to show any slight.
"As long as the emperor is happy, there's no need to care too much about Sister Yibin!" Lu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Yes, we want to make the emperor happy, but we don't have the ability yet!" A meaningful smile appeared on Concubine Chun's face. Lu Yunxi couldn't help but look at her one more time, and then lowered his head.
"Your concubine is so beautiful!" the noble Lord Balin said with a smile.
"I heard that the Bahrain nobleman and Lin Changzai have not gone to bed yet. I am really worried about you!" A malicious smile appeared on Yibin's face.
"I'm scared!" The Bahrain noble suddenly turned pale.
Lin Changzai said with a smile: "The concubines and the nobles were young when they entered the palace, and they have not even learned the rules well. Now I am afraid that I will not be considerate in serving the emperor. By then, it will be a big sin to offend Long Yan!"
Concubine Shu who was next to Concubine Yi could not help but take another look at Lin Changzai and said with a smile: "What Lin Changzai said is absolutely true, but... the emperor has not summoned the sisters in the harem since his eastward tour. It has been three months now.
, after entering the harem, they went to the concubine's sister's place for several days. The two sisters want to be blessed by God, but they are far away!"
When the Bahrain noble heard this, her face turned even paler. Even before she entered the palace, she knew that the current emperor had many favors, among which the most favored ones were the queen and her concubine. Now that the queen has passed away, her concubine is vaguely
Although the old people in the palace still have no favor, it is indeed bad news for these newly promoted concubines.
What's more, seeing the emperor ignore the majesty of the Nine-Fifth Emperor and picking fruits for his concubine, one knows that in the emperor's heart, this concubine is indeed very important.
Lin Changzai is not very worried. Looking at the entire harem, although her beauty is not as good as the concubine, she is on par with Shu Concubine and better than other ladies. If she manages it carefully and wants to be favored by the saint, she will also
Not impossible.
Wei Ning'er placed the peaches one by one on the chair, squatted down and said with a smile: "There are so many, so big, they look delicious!"
The emperor pulled her up and said with a smile: "I think you are pretending to want to eat peaches, but it is true that you are teasing me!"
Wei Ning'er reached out and gently wiped away the sweat on the emperor's forehead, and said with a smile: "I don't dare!"
"I see you dare to do anything!" The emperor gently pinched her nose and smiled.
Wei Ning'er was about to say something, but she saw Concubine Chun and others standing in the distance looking at them. She was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but blush, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Concubine Chun and the others are here!"
"Yes." The emperor coughed twice, regained his former majesty, and said loudly: "Wu Shulai, come here!"
Wu Shulai naturally knew that the emperor wanted him to get the peach, so he immediately ran over.
"Your Majesty, may you be blessed!" Concubine Chun and others immediately saluted.
"No courtesy!" the emperor laughed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wei Ning'er also greeted Concubine Chun and Concubine Yu, chatted casually for a few words, and then heard the emperor smile and say: "My beloved concubines, I still have some memorials to review, so I'm going back to the palace first!"
"Farewell Your Majesty!" everyone said in unison.
The emperor leaned over and whispered something in Wei Ning'er's ear, and then walked away with a smile.
Wei Ning'er's pretty face turned red. After the emperor walked away, she asked with a smile: "Why are the two sisters here too?"
"Why, if you are only allowed to come, we won't be able to come!" Yibin said coldly.
Wei Ning'er turned back and looked at her coldly. Yi Bin immediately turned away, not daring to confront her.
"My concubine asked me and Concubine Yu, concubine Yi, why are you interrupting?" Concubine Chun's face darkened.
"I know my sin, please forgive me!" Facing the pure noble concubine in charge of the harem, Yi concubine did not dare to attack her, so she had to submit.
"Huh..." Concubine Chun gave her a cold look before giving up.
Seeing this, Concubine Yu smiled and said: "It's been really hot lately and people have been upset. Just now I saw that the weather has changed and it's much cooler outside. I couldn't help but leave the palace for a walk. Unexpectedly, I met Chun Chun.
The imperial concubine and her husband traveled together, and the sisters met later, so we all came together to see the spring scenery of Wuling."
"Yes." Concubine Chun also smiled.
"Sisters, the wind is blowing hard right now and it looks like it's going to rain. Let's go back too!" Wei Ning'er said with a smile.
"Okay!" Concubine Chun nodded gently, and everyone left together.
Not long after returning to Zuixin Garden, it really started pouring rain. It was a relief from the heat of the past few days. In the evening, the rain gradually stopped. The air was filled with the aroma of earth. Wei Ning'er couldn't help but walk to the water-filled house.
In the yard, I took a deep breath.
"My young master, Imperial Concubine Chun sent someone to invite my young master to her Yihuan Pavilion. She said she had something important to discuss!" Qingyan walked up to her and whispered.
"Yeah!" Wei Ning'er nodded gently.
The Queen Mother sent Aunt Qiu to the palace in the afternoon to pick up Concubine Xian and bring her to the Old Summer Palace. She was probably already here, otherwise Concubine Chun would not have invited her there in such a hurry.
When they arrived at Yihuan Pavilion, Wei Ning'er suddenly discovered that Concubine Jia was there. You must know that Concubine Jia was going to give birth in a month. She was extremely heavy at this time and usually would not leave the palace where she lived. It was obvious that Concubine Xian was here.
Going to the Old Summer Palace had such a huge impact on everyone.
"Greetings to the three sisters!" Wei Ning'er said happily.
"No need to be polite, sit down quickly!" Concubine Chun no longer had the suppressed pride on her face, but was instead anxious and flustered.
"Sister, Concubine Xian came to the Old Summer Palace. The Queen Mother personally ordered Aunt Qiu to pick her up. I heard from the servants that Concubine Xian has not yet arrived at Yimengxuan, so the imperial doctors will be there!"
Concubine Yu said solemnly.
In fact, Concubine Xian's rebirth poses the greatest threat to Concubine Yu and Concubine Chun. They may not be able to retain their temporary rights to the harem.
What's more, Concubine Yu knows some of Concubine Xian's secrets. Now that Yongqi has returned to her, she is no longer afraid of Concubine Xian, but... Concubine Xian will definitely treat her as a formidable enemy in order to keep the secret and want to get rid of her.
Come on, how can Concubine Yu not worry?
"Now that she is reborn, it will be difficult for us in the future!" Concubine Jia said with a sad look on her face.
Seeing how worried they were, Wei Ning'er could only comfort her and said, "Sisters, please don't worry. I heard that Concubine Xian is suffering from heatstroke and is very ill. Let's just wait and see what happens. It's not a good idea to alert the snake at this time!"
"What your concubine said makes sense, let's take a look first and then speak!" Concubine Jia agreed in a low voice.
Although Concubine Chun and Concubine Yu were worried, there was nothing they could do.
Under the careful care of the imperial doctors, Concubine Xian recovered surprisingly quickly. She was almost fully recovered in just five days. On the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, everyone gathered in Concubine Chun's Yihuan Pavilion. She was right to say that,
Moreover, Concubine Xian arrived late, which made everyone present feel a little stunned.
Looking at Concubine Xian's rosy face, Wei Ning'er's heart trembled suddenly.
She is lying! This idea suddenly came to Wei Ning'er's mind.
It's hard to believe that she was so seriously ill and recovered within five days, let alone Concubine Xian, who was good at using intrigues and tricks.
Chapter completed!