Mo'er almost never left home except to greet the queen every day. When the concubines in the palace called her to come and have a seat, she always refused. As time went by, she got the nickname "Leng Meiren", and gradually she was about to be taken over by those people.
Forgot.
"Mo'er is painting?" The weather was fine that day, and the emperor came to Tianmang Palace out of nowhere.
He saw Mo'er sitting by the pond from a distance, holding a paintbrush in her hand to copy the autumn colors of the pond. Her profile was beautiful, but she looked lonely and sad, which made him feel a pain in his heart.
"Mo'er has met the emperor." She was about to bow down, but he supported her with one hand and said with a smile, "But I disturbed your mood?"
"Just drawing randomly."
The emperor took her painting, looked at it carefully for a while, and nodded appreciatively: "I didn't expect that Mo'er was not only good at calligraphy, but also good at painting."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
"Mo'er, would you like to draw a picture for me?" He looked at her, his eyes soft and slightly hopeful.
Mo'er avoided his gaze, nodded and said, "Yes."
Immediately, a palace maid brought a carved bamboo chair and placed it by the pond. The emperor sat on the chair, wearing a bright yellow robe with a lifelike pattern of two dragons playing with pearls embroidered on it. He wore a jewel-encrusted belt around his waist.
Mo'er sat in front of the drawing board, holding a colored ink pen, and copied the drawings carefully.
The emperor sat motionless for two hours, but kept looking at her with burning eyes. When she finished painting, Yun Qian hurried over to help the emperor.
"Your Majesty, be careful."
"You are young and strong, but I have only been sitting for a while. Go and bring the painting over to me to have a look."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yun Qian took the painting from Mo'er, bowed all the way to the emperor and presented it with both hands.
The emperor unfolded the painting. In the painting, he looked elegant, his eyes were deep, and he was dressed in bright yellow, reflecting the green grass behind him and the red sun like fire.
Next to the painting are two lines of beautiful characters: Don't be surprised by favors or disgrace, let the flowers bloom and fall; leave or leave without intention, watch the clouds roll and relax.
"Good painting, good calligraphy." The emperor clapped and smiled, "I want to reward you."
He turned to Yun Qian and said, "I haven't seen the batch of jewelry that Gao Xiguo paid tribute to yet. Go and show it to Zhaoyi."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yun Qian came back soon, holding a small wooden box with beautiful jade in his hand. He put the wooden box on the table and opened it gently. He smiled and said to Mo'er: "Your Majesty, the treasures are all here. Please, please
look."
Mo'er looked at the emperor in panic, "Your Majesty..."
The emperor said with a smile: "Mo'er painted my portrait, so I will definitely get this reward. You can take whichever of these jewels you like."
Mo'er couldn't refuse, so Yunqian took out the jewelry one by one while she watched from the side.
They are all priceless agates and jade, and any of them are enough for ordinary people to have enough food and clothing for a lifetime.
She had no interest in these things at first and just wanted to pick one up as a perfunctory thing. But when Yun Qian took out a gold bracelet, her eyes were immediately attracted to it.
The golden bracelet is made of two intertwined ears of wheat, with forty-eight tiny sky-blue diamonds inlaid on the edge. The design of the entire bracelet is elegant and generous, not luxurious or ostentatious, giving people a quiet and stunning beauty.
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Seeing her rare expression of liking, the emperor stopped Yun Qian and said, "Show Zhaoyi this bracelet."
Mo'er took the gold bracelet. Compared with other treasures, it was not expensive, but it had a strange light that tempted her.
"Mo'er, since you like this bracelet, I will reward it to you." The emperor's eyes lit up when he first saw the bracelet.
"Autumn water stretches across the sky, and the stars glow in the veins. Your Majesty, why not just call it Autumn Glow."
The emperor agreed: "Okay, let's call it Qiu Mang."
He picked up the bracelet, took Mo'er's hand and put it on for her personally, "Seeing this bracelet is like seeing me. No one dares to touch you in the future."
She was shocked and looked at him in surprise. She saw a golden crown on his head with a peerless pearl in the middle. It turned out that what he gave her was a cover, and giving her an amulet was the real thing.
She knelt down in front of him gratefully: "Mo'er thanks the emperor for the reward."
The emperor helped her up, held her in his arms and said, "Mo'er, I'm going hunting in Jiaqing Mountain tomorrow, are you willing to go with me?"
Just as Mo'er was about to explain that she was feeling unwell, the emperor added, "I know you don't like the excitement, so I don't plan to take anyone else except Brother Qi and Concubine Hua for this Jiaqing hunt."
Ye Hen, is he going too?
I knew I shouldn't agree, but I couldn't say it out loud.
Since he already had a princess, she also became the emperor's concubine.
On that day, she risked her life to meet each other, but he rejected her thousands of miles away. This continuous love should be burned to death, but why are all the thoughts and dreams in her heart related to him?
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"If this by Mo'er is considered acquiescence, then I will order someone to make arrangements."
He had put her down, stood up and said, "I still have some memorials to approve, so Mo'er will go prepare them too."
After sending the emperor away, Mo'er was still in a trance.
Axiu and Qianqian were packing their things while chattering.
Qian Qian said happily: "The emperor has so many concubines, but he chose our empress. This shows how much the emperor loves our empress."
A Xiu also felt that her waist straightened a lot. Although Mo'er told them not to compare with others, she felt angry when she saw those maids who were favored concubines getting more and more arrogant. She kept thinking that sooner or later, one day
Judging from your jokes, our princess is the most beautiful.
Mo'er didn't think it was a happy thing. She was thinking about what kind of expression she would use if she really saw him.
Jiaqing Mountain is not far from Zisu City, and the emperor's guard of honor stretches for several miles, majestic and majestic.
The emperor and Concubine Hua sat together in the dragon chariot in the middle, while Mo'er sat in the soft sedan behind the dragon chariot, with Axiu and Qianqian beside her.
Lin Jinfeng led two thousand royal guards to protect the emperor's honor guard tightly, while the seventh prince Ye Hen rode at the forefront.
He was dressed in black brocade clothes, with a bunch of red silk tassels hanging around his waist, swaying with the sway of the horse's body.
After walking for about half a day, we arrived at the foot of Jiaqing Mountain. In early autumn, Jiaqing Mountain did not show any sign of decline. The mountain was covered with green shade and chrysanthemums were everywhere. It looked even better than the scenery in spring.
The hunting ground is located in the broad-leaved forest in Jiaqing Mountain. Because it is protected all year round and the mountain is rich in products, you can clearly hear the sounds of various animals from the mountain at the foot of the mountain.
The emperor walked out of the chariot, followed closely by Concubine Hua.
He raised his head and looked at the vast mountains, and said to the Seventh Prince who had just dismounted from his horse and came on horseback: "The green hills are still there, and the sunsets are red several times. When I came here last time, the maple forest on the mountain was not so lush.
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Ye Hen smiled and said: "Indeed."
The group set up camp, cleaned up and settled down.
Mo'er had a bumpy journey and felt unwell. When she heard that the emperor and the others had already entered the mountain, she didn't care and just wanted to rest in the tent.
While I was half asleep, Qian Qian suddenly came in and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Hua is here."