After drinking and eating, the sky also darkened. Princess Kunxing probably knew that Zhu Cihong was tired from the journey and wanted to rest, so she retired to her palace early.
Zhang Yan was not in a hurry to go back.
Originally, Zhang Yan planned to let Zhu Cixi have a good night's rest, considering that he had been tired all the way, but she had to ask, so she had to order someone to bring the ten talented people over first, and then sent a female officer to ask.
Zhu Cixiang was about to go to bed with his two palace maids in his arms. After being reminded by the female officer, he remembered that he still had ten talented people in Nanjing who were beautiful and fragrant. He suddenly felt that the palace maids in his arms were no longer fragrant.
"You two, please step back first."
"Bring those talented people in, I want to take a good look at them."
"yes!"
The two palace maids looked disappointed, but they had to retreat.
After a while, ten talented women were brought into the palace. When they arrived, they all looked excited.
They couldn't help but feel excited. At first, ten people passed five levels and killed six generals. After many layers of selection, they finally entered the palace. In the end, they only met the emperor once, and never saw the emperor again. They didn't even dare to think about sleeping with him.
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For more than two years, the ten people were imprisoned in the palace to study, and they almost became resentful wives. Not only did the ten people lose their original desire to compete for favor, but they became close sisters.
Since the emperor is not in the Nanjing Palace, how can they still fight?
It would have been better if they had never met the emperor, but they happened to meet him again. In the past two years, the ten women were looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that the emperor would return to Nanjing.
The ten girls had obviously heard that the emperor was coming, and they had started to dress up early. Compared to the youth two years ago, the youngest is now sixteen years old. Now the ten girls are standing there to let Emperor Xiao Zhu
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up involuntarily and came to the ten girls.
Compared to two years ago, Emperor Xiao Zhu looked even more heroic today. After thinking about it day and night for two years, the ten women also put aside their reserve and boldly raised their heads, secretly sizing up Zhu Cihong.
Seeing the emperor looking back and forth at them like he did two years ago, the ten girls were looking forward to it, but their hearts were in their throats again, worried that the emperor would look them over and let them go again.
"Well, it has been really difficult for you in the past two years. I, the emperor, am incompetent!"
After turning around twice, Zhu Cixiang nodded with satisfaction. Seeing that the ten girls were all looking tearful and nervous, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Come, sit down and talk to me. Are you still used to living in the palace these two years?" Zhu Cixi led a talented woman to the dragon bed and sat down, and then waved to the others.
None of the girls thought that the emperor could be so approachable, and their tense hearts relaxed. They carefully came to stand beside the bed, but except for the man whose hand was held by Zhu Cixiang, the rest did not dare to sit down, let alone sit down.
No less.
"No need to be restrained, everyone can sit down."
"You three go and bring some stools."
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said hello again. Seeing that the last three people couldn't sit down, he said to them.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The three women quickly bowed obediently, then each moved a low stool to the dragon couch and sat on it carefully.
Immediately, Zhu Cixiang began to ask them about what happened in the palace in the past two years, and even some things that happened at home before.
At first, all ten girls were very nervous, but gradually they relaxed. They kept talking to Zhu Cixi one after another, and they felt indescribably moved and happy in their hearts.
Obviously, they didn't expect that the emperor would chat with them so intimately like an ordinary couple. The resentment that had arisen in his heart for the past two years immediately dissipated without a trace.
If they had known that the emperor was so easy to get along with and so caring, they would have waited ten or twenty years, let alone two years, without any regrets.
As they chatted, Zhu Cixi lay down on the couch regardless of appearance, and asked them all to take off their shoes and socks and come to the couch, rubbing their shoulders, beating their backs, and warming their feet, not to mention enjoying themselves a lot.
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Fortunately, the dragon bed is wide and although it is a bit crowded, it can still accommodate it.
The girls were originally waiting for the emperor's favor one by one, but who would have thought that Zhu Cihong fell asleep while chatting.
The girls immediately looked at me and I looked at you, not knowing what to do, so they had to kneel down and sit around Zhu Cihong and communicate with their eyes, not daring to move or speak for fear of waking up Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cixiang experienced what gentleness meant inside and fell into a deep sleep, while Zhang Yan outside was angry and anxious.
She originally thought that Xun'er called all ten people in to choose one of them to stay and sleep with him, but she didn't expect that Xun'er would be so ridiculous and keep all ten people.
Once this kind of thing spreads, I'm afraid Xun'er's reputation will be completely ruined, and Huang Yin Wu Dao's reputation will never escape.
What's more, I'm worried that Xinger will be addicted to women in the future and neglect state affairs, so the more I think about it, the more anxious I become, so I regret that I selected so many beautiful girls for him to enter the palace.
"Xu Lan, there's no movement inside. Go in and take a look."
"It's the queen."
Xu Lan had no choice but to open the door and walk in. After a while, she came back to Zhang Yan and whispered in her ear: "Go back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty is asleep..."
"call!"
After Zhang Yan heard this, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief and felt a lot relieved. She just said that Xun'er was not an ignorant person and should not be able to do such a ridiculous thing.
"Xu Lan, go in and guard, don't let them wake up His Majesty."
"There is also the matter of going down tonight. If anyone dares to tell anyone about it, the Ai family will definitely punish him severely!"
After Zhang Yan finished giving instructions, she drove back to the palace.
Xu Lan naturally understood what the Queen Mother meant. Although the ten beautiful ladies were strictly searched when they entered, they could not be allowed to spend the night in the emperor's palace.
After all, Lord Jiajing was almost strangled to death on the dragon couch by the palace maids when he was asleep. He had learned from the past and had to take precautions. In order not to wake up His Majesty, it was difficult to drive them away now, so he had to go in and guard them personally.
Otherwise, let alone the Queen Mother, she would not be worried either.
After Xu Lan gave some instructions, he came to the dragon couch quietly, staring at the ten talented people on the couch like wood carvings.
The tenth girl had already fallen asleep, her hands and feet were stiff, but she could only brace herself to prevent herself from falling, not to mention how uncomfortable she was.
"If anyone dares to suppress His Majesty or wake Him up, I will not care whether she is a talented person or a concubine."
Xu Lan didn't care whether they were uncomfortable or not, and warned them in a low voice with an expressionless face.
Although the ten women are talented people, they also know that their status in the palace cannot be compared with Commander Xu. Not to mention that she is the emperor's woman, just because of her relationship with the imperial concubine, she is not.
They can compare.
Besides, the Queen Mother also trusted her very much, otherwise she would not have been allowed to guard the emperor's bedside with a knife.