270 There Are Other Vessels Belonging to the Emperor
When the guards approached, it turned out that the leader was Nalan Rongruo. Seeing that he was the noble Jue Chan, everyone saluted one after another. Because there were so many people, she didn't have to feel embarrassed. If Rongruo was alone, she wouldn't know how to deal with herself. But Rongruo also
Ask her according to the rules: "Why is this noble person here?"
"I spent the whole day with the Imperial Concubine watching a play today. The noise caused me a bit of a headache. Come here and enjoy the cold air to sober yourself up." Master Juechan responded calmly and asked Rongruo, "Is there a rule not to enter the garden at night? If it is for adults.
Please forgive me for causing trouble, I'll leave now."
But while he was talking, Xianghe went to get the hand stove before he turned back, and Jue Chan wanted to leave alone. Someone among the guards said: "Sir, we have to rush to hand over the shift, and we can't miss the things of our brothers later.
Son, would you like to see your noble man off for a few steps? We will go to hand over the shift first."
"No." Mrs. Juechan blurted out, two simple words, but it revealed the calmness she had pretended to be in front of Rongruo. Her heart was pounding for a moment, and Rongruo was also embarrassed and at a loss. The guards
She didn't even understand the reason, but fortunately she finally calmed down and said slowly, "You all can go, my maid will be here soon..."
Before Jue Chan finished speaking, he heard the sound of something falling into the water not far away. Several people looked at each other in shock. The guards immediately woke up and ran towards the place where the sound came from. Not long after, word came that a palace maid had fallen into the pond.
Gone inside.
Jue Chan came over to take a look, and it turned out that Xianghe fell into the pond. There were mountains and rocks here, and the pond was winding. She must have been playful and crossed the stone bridge connected by rocks on the pond. The sky was so dark, who knew
Which one of her feet slipped down? Fortunately, there were people here and the water was not deep, otherwise no one would know if she drowned in it.
The person was fished out quickly, Xianghe was so frightened that she cried loudly. Juechan asked her not to cry, which alarmed the other ladies. Xianghe covered her mouth and did not dare to say anything, but she was shivering from the cold. Rongruo persuaded them to go back quickly, while
He asked the other guards to take over, but he didn't want to embarrass his cousin, so he took two more people with him to send their master and servant back.
This is a good arrangement, but no one would have thought that the emperor and Concubine De had just returned from wandering outside until now. Concubine De and noble Jue Chan lived in the east and west of the garden. As they walked, they bumped into Emperor Concubine De and his entourage.
Looking at the front, seeing the emperor approaching with bright lights, there was really nowhere to hide. When she got closer, Lan Qi saw the master and servant of the Jue Chan family, Nalan Rongruo and a few guards. She felt nervous and timid.
Then he glanced sideways at the emperor, Xuan Ye was calm and at ease, at most he was a little curious about what was going on in front of him.
Nalan Rongruo explained everything. Jue Chan was a person who hardly spoke in front of the Holy Master. Seeing the embarrassment on both sides, Lan Qi could only forcefully smooth things over: "My lord, hurry up and take Xianghe to clean up. It's such a cold day.
Be careful of getting cold, she will take care of you for the rest of the journey." Then he asked Xuan Ye, "Your Majesty, let's go. If we don't go, noble Jue Chan will not dare to leave either."
Xuan Ye nodded silently, and without telling Nalan Rongruo anything, he followed Lan Qi to her room. Here, Nalan Rongruo, Jue Chan and other saints and the accompanying people all left before setting off.
When Rong Ruocai took a step forward, Master Juechan said, "Sir, please stay, we can just walk on our own."
Rong Ruo was stunned for a moment, and finally responded helplessly: "Yes." He knew that the emperor might think how he would be angry about what happened tonight. Although there were many people and they were not afraid of gossip, it was still awkward between them.
It was a good idea not to meet each other for the rest of his life, and the emperor had warned him long ago not to talk about each other again, but tonight he did it like this, and was caught by the emperor. If he were to be held accountable, he would really have no excuses.
Xuan Ye was so calm in front of others, but he was not very happy in his heart. When he came back, he seemed gloomy and sat silently. The two of them had been enjoying themselves outside all day. Although they always scolded Lan Qi for being a small family, she was so arrogant in big scenes.
She is steady, polite and generous, and has the ink in her belly not to be troubled by those sour and narrow-minded literati. All day long, she has watched the Concubine De in all her glory, and Xuan Ye is very proud. Who knows that he will bump into her when he comes back at night?
Such a heartbreaking thing.
Lan Qi knew that the emperor was unhappy, so she ignored him and asked Huan Chun and others to prepare the fragrant soup for bathing. Although it was not strenuous to go up to Tiger Hill today, after all, the muscles and bones were sweating after a day of activity. It was so cold that she felt sick if she held her hands.
After it was done there, he came to undress the emperor in person. When he took off all his clothes, Xuan Ye reached out and scratched her cheek and said, "Don't be ashamed."
Lan Qi smiled sweetly: "My husband, what are you ashamed of?" Today when I was outside, I heard Wu Nong softly calling her husband my husband. The Suzhou woman is really charming and lovely. Just the sound of her gentle voice made people feel numb.
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Lan Qi thought that it wouldn't be too strange if the emperor was really bewitched by beauty. Naturally, she definitely didn't want to see the emperor be fascinated by that local woman. Now there are a lot of concubines and children following him. If such a thing happened, who would be ashamed?
It doesn't look good at all, and when we get back to the palace, the people in the palace who are accompanying us are useless and can't control the emperor. If the imperial concubine is angry about this, it will be a problem.
When Xuan Ye soaked his tired body into the hot water, and his limbs slowly stretched in the warm waves, his mood became calmer. He himself would also wonder why he was unhappy, and suddenly a pair of cold hands appeared on his shoulders and neck.
Touching the skin with his hand, Xuan Ye shivered because of the coldness. He turned around and scolded Lan Qi: "Bastard, did you deliberately dip your hand into cold water?"
Lan Qi shook her head innocently, and Xuan Ye said bitterly: "You just flirted in hot water, how could your hands be cold?" After saying this, the person in front of him smiled softly, looking so heartless.
Seeing this made people feel itchy, Xuan Ye said, "Would you like to come to the water too?" He was calmed down, and Lan Qi quickly coaxed him, "I see that the emperor is always in a daze and thinking about something, so I want to refresh your mind."
"Nonsense, rub it well." Xuan Ye ignored her, turned around and sat down, and felt the familiar strength of familiar hands kneading his shoulders. His mind gradually became peaceful, and for some reason he slowly asked Lan Qi, "Are you?
What do you know?"
"What do you know?" Lan Qi asked back. The room was quiet for a moment, and only the occasional sound of water in the bathtub could be heard. Lan Qi knew that this sentence might make the emperor unhappy, so how could he let him say it in person?
After doing this, he calmed down for a moment and then said, "I have been in this palace for a long time, and I am often in a well-informed place like Cining Palace. I know a lot of things that the emperor does not want me to know.
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"Hmm." Xuan Ye said softly, and pointed to the place on his shoulder, asking Lan Qi to change places.
"Is the emperor really unhappy?" Lan Qi kneaded gently. She knew what kind of force Xuan Ye liked best. She could feel that his body was gradually relaxing, and she was sure that tonight's events did not disappoint the emperor.
Very angry.
"I don't quite understand either." Xuan Ye sighed, feeling very comfortable and comfortable being served by Lan Qi. He thought about things more rationally when he was calm, "I don't hope that one day someone will make a fuss about this, it's like a hidden danger.
Probably, I am unhappy about this."
"Does the Emperor like her?" Lan Qi asked without thinking, and Xuan Ye answered without thinking, "No, it's just a beautiful vessel. It's enough to look at it."
"But even the utensils belong to the emperor." Lan Qi said with a smile, "If the emperor is unhappy, it is normal."
"Yeah?"
"I know what I know, but I don't know if it is what the emperor thinks." Lan Qi avoided the sensitive topic and said gently, "If it had happened to another person tonight, I'm afraid the emperor wouldn't have even raised his eyes to see it. After all,
Whether your Majesty cares or not, at least in the eyes of my concubine, the noble Jue Chan is an upright and clean vessel."
"Hmm." Xuan Ye still just said something. Lan Qi felt relieved and stopped talking. After a while, Xuan Ye asked her: "Don't say anymore?"
Lan Qi responded: "I'm afraid I'll annoy you if I talk too much."
"Hypocritical." Xuan Ye stretched out his hand and squeezed Lan Qi's hand, asking her to come around to him. He opened his eyes and took a closer look at her soft and peaceful face, and finally smiled, "Grandma Huang has also taught you these comforting techniques over the years.
Human ability?”
Lan Qi smiled proudly: "That is my concubine's innate wisdom, how can I teach it?" However, Xuan Ye immediately splashed water on her face, and her eyes were blurred. She instinctively picked up a handful of water and poured it into her face.
The emperor greeted him, but he woke up with a fright after the water was splashed out. Xuan Ye coughed a few times and wiped the water from his face and glared at her. She turned around to run, but was hugged by the hand stretched out from behind, so light.
A person was dragged into the water in just a few strokes.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... we are at someone else's home. We are at someone else's home." Lan Qi was anxious, but her clothes were removed in just a few strokes. She bit her ears and said, "If you don't obey, I will go outside."
La."
But this whole fuss was just for fun. The two of them had not committed any sexual acts. They were both tired from the journey and wanted to have a good rest in Suzhou.
He won't change things. The original intention of this southern tour is not to have fun. He understands everything in his heart.
At night, Lan Qi just sat at the end of the bed and kneaded Xuan Ye's legs and feet. The two of them talked about what they had seen and heard today, and did not mention anything about Nalan Rongruo and Lord Jue Chan. Afterwards, they slept together on the same pillow and spent the night peacefully.
On the contrary, Lan Qi was a little embarrassed when she met the imperial concubine and the others the next day. Concubine Rong even said to her in private: "You are so courageous. If she is not happy to trouble you, she will cause a lot of trouble when she is away from home."
Ugly?”
Fortunately, the imperial concubine also knew that she was out of town, so she would not really cause trouble for Lan Qi, and the emperor had never neglected her. As long as the imperial concubine was willing, the position beside the emperor would always be hers.
On the contrary, when she was resting in the afternoon and waiting to go out with the emperor in the evening, Lan Qi stayed by the bed to coax a pair of children to take a nap. She saw the two brothers sleeping soundly next to each other. She didn't feel tired of watching them for several hours. At this moment
Huan Chun came in and said softly: "Master, the noble Lord Jue Chan is outside asking for an audience."