When Luo Na approached, Eunuch Li, who was guarding in front of the palace gate, saluted respectfully: "Concubine An, is the emperor waiting for you inside?"
When Luo Na heard this, she glanced at Zhao Lan with a slightly hesitant expression.
Eunuch Li reminded him seriously: "Your Majesty, hurry in and don't keep the Emperor waiting."
Lorna lowered her eyes and walked into the palace. The personal maid Zhaolan Zhaoxiang was guarding the door. No one dared to go in, waiting for the master's call.
In the main hall, Emperor Xiao was leaning on the couch, his eyes half asleep as if he was still asleep. Lorna walked over and said softly: "Lona has met the emperor."
She saw his eyes opened slightly and staring at her with a smile. Lorna didn't feel like avoiding his sight and looking at his hand, which was slapping his thigh. Perhaps it was to wait for her that she kept this posture for a long time.
, and sore and numb.
Luo Na hurriedly stepped forward and helped him sit up. With a sweet smile on her cheeks, she said to Emperor Xiao: "Your Majesty, it's so late, why don't you go back to rest?"
Xiao Huang was startled by her smile. He held her hand with his big warm hand and brought her into his arms with a slight force. Lorna remained calm, but she was very nervous in her heart. She didn't know what he wanted to do?
"It's late at night, it's time for the Emperor to go back."
Emperor Xiao said in her ear: "Tonight belongs to me and Concubine An's bridal night." His voice was as mellow as wine, sweet and sweet, without the usual domineering and calmness of an emperor.
Lorna was shocked suddenly and felt unnatural all over. She broke away from his arms and forced her lips to smile: "Lona will light incense for the emperor and make a pot of soothing tea so that the emperor can have a good sleep tonight.
"After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Huang to speak, he called out: "Zhao Lan."
"What are your orders?" Zhaolan came in and glanced at Emperor Xiao who was sitting on the high seat.
"Go and get my soothing tea leaves. I want to make a pot of good tea for the emperor."
"Yes." Zhaolan nodded and immediately went to get tea.
Zhaoxiang rekindled an incense stick, and the fragrance lingered in the main hall, and the glazed lamp illuminated the Yuehua Tower of Xiyun Palace. Luo Na held a hint of sadness in her mouth and poured it into the tea used by Emperor Xiao.
Add a few petals of jasmine flowers, add flavored and moist honey, and stir gently with a silver spoon.
Lorna concentrated on the tea cup in her hand, looked back and smiled faintly at him, but his closeness made Lorna a little unfamiliar and unaccustomed.
After a while, Luo Na walked over with a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, try it and see if you still like the taste?"
Xiao Huang couldn't help but stare at her, his eyes were gentle and revealed an incomprehensible emotion.
Lorna was shocked, pushed Xiao Huang's arm, and called softly: "Your Majesty."
Xiao Huang suddenly came back to his senses, then took the tea cup, lifted the lid of the cup, blew a few times, and then took a sip: "Well, the entrance is fragrant and slightly sweet, not bad." He praised it and drank a few more sips.
When Xiao Huang put down the tea cup, Luo Na immediately stepped forward to clean it up. Looking at her quiet and pure face, Xiao Huang's eyes looked a bit ethereal, like, it really looked like it. He pressed her hand that was cleaning the table and whispered:
"Ruoli, Ruoli..." His consciousness gradually became blurred, and he fell straight on the couch.
Lorna gently pushed the man away and saw that he fell asleep, and her heart relaxed. She didn't want to become Xiao Huang's woman just like this. Although she was destined to be his woman in this life, she was not mentally prepared at all.
She added jasmine flowers to the soothing tea in order to make him dizzy and fall asleep.
Lorna yawned. She was also tired and was too lazy to pay attention to this man. As for whether he would pursue the case tomorrow, it was tomorrow. She turned around and walked to the inner room, giving orders to Zhaolan.
"Go and get a thin blanket to cover the emperor."
"Yes, your Majesty." Zhaolan responded, went to the bedroom and took a thin blanket to cover Emperor Xiao. That night, no one in the Xiyun Palace's eunuchs or maids dared to go down to rest. The Emperor slept on the soft couch in the main hall,
How dare they, the slaves, sleep? Even Concubine An didn't sleep well.
Although it was quiet at night, the main hall of Jingyang Palace was extremely lively. The women in the hall were gathered together, led by Rong Guiren Lin Guiren and Ming Guiren, and the rare Fu Guiren who was with them. Today, the emperor is Concubine An
The empress hosted a banquet, which also sounded the alarm in their hearts. They did not ignore the emperor's words and the eyes that fell on Concubine An. The emperor said that he would not accept concubines. Except for the empress, there were only a few women in the harem.
They are the most noble, and now they have inexplicably accepted the princess as his concubine. If the emperor only favors her, will they still be able to live as maids of nobles?
Regarding Rong Guiren's words, only Lin Guiren and Ming Guiren agreed, and the others did not agree. No matter which one of them was favored, they would not have the benefits of women like them. They were just little maids, and the emperor rarely summoned them for three months.
If you have to go to bed once, how can you get the favor?
In this deep palace, the queen has the most trust from the emperor, and Rong Guiren is the most favored. Guiren Ming and Guiren Lin are also favored, but Guiren Fu is the only one who is not even as good as a maid. They hold the title of noble in vain. It is not that they have not tried to please the emperor.
With the Queen, no matter how much you try to please them, they can't change their identities.
Rong Guiren, Lin Guiren and Ming Guiren looked at each other and thought of the lingering spring breeze and rain and dew when the emperor favored them. The image stayed in their minds for a long time, but they suffered every night. Although they knew that they were just
The emperor's bed-warming tool, but emperors have been passionate since ancient times. In addition to longing for favor, they also long for status.
Several women were sitting in the main hall and were sulking. The eunuch from Jingyang Palace rushed over and said quickly: "My lord, I went to find out. The emperor really has to stay in Xiyun Palace."
"Really?" The three women looked at each other, full of anger. The other women could only think with envy.
"Go down." Rong Guiren waved his hand angrily, and the eunuch ran out of the hall carefully. Although she was a small nobleman, her backer was the royal censor of the dynasty.
When Rong Guiren saw that all the slaves had withdrawn, he angrily glanced at Fu Guiren next to him: "Sister, although you have never been favored, are you really willing to lose your status?"
Fudanting stood up and sneered. She had never participated in the affairs between them, no matter how much they laughed at her, because the man she liked was Prince Ruiqing, not the emperor, but she found that Prince Ruiqing liked Princess Yi Lan Duo
Duo, then she can't go on like this for the love she can't get. She wants to be proud. She wanted to use her sister to shine at the festival, but she ended up losing her face.
"You'd better not think too much. It's not a bad thing for Concubine An to be favored. You have to know that you spend all your time trying to please the Queen, and you're not like this." After Fudanting finished speaking, she walked out expressionlessly and led the palace maid back to her.
In fact, she is not jealous of Concubine An at all. Concubine An is also a pitiful person who gave her best years to such an old man. In the final analysis, she is only jealous of one person, that is Lan Duoduo, who has obtained many women.
The man of her dreams, even the man she likes, likes her. It seems that she has to learn from her on how to make men like her.