Chang Anqing

Chapter 173 Deliberately Temptation
In a blink of an eye, there are only a few days left, and it will be New Year's Eve.

Because Prince Wenhui passed away not long ago, this year's New Year's celebrations are much less than in previous years, but under Empress Yang's instructions, this year's New Year's Eve palace banquet will still be held as usual.Although Empress Yang is going to be out of bed now, Emperor Yuancheng did not want Empress Yang to worry about the palace affairs, and Empress Yang's spirit is not at all the same as before. The New Year's Eve banquet naturally fell on Concubine Shu, who was in charge of the Sixth Palace. on the head.

Li Sui, who was taking an afternoon nap in the East Side Hall of the Lizheng Hall, was in the midst of a nap. With the snow falling outside, the old mountain sandalwood in the hall was also lingering with a light and tranquil fragrance. At this moment, Nian Nu was sitting silently on the soft bed under the window On the couch, the embroiderers flying needles embroidered Li Sui's stinky face, while Yu Nu watched from the side, it was also a rare tranquility.

At this moment, there was a sudden panting and strange movement in the room. Niannu raised his head when he heard the sound in silence, met Yunu's eyes and quickly put down the embroidery in his hand and rushed in with him.

As soon as the soft curtain was lifted, the two of them hurried inside and saw Li Suijing in thin pajamas sitting there quietly behind the hanging curtain, as if in a trance.

"The county master—"

Seeing these three steps, Nian Nu and the two rushed up in two steps, and opened the bed curtain to see the girl under the pink pajamas with black hair like clouds, and a strange flush on her flawless white face. Drenched in sweat, his eyes stared blankly at the pattern on the brocade quilt, and there were tears streaming down his face in a daze.

"What's wrong with the princess, is it a nightmare?"

Hearing Nian Nu's worried voice, Li Suimo raised his head and met Yu Nu's worried gaze, and raised his hand to gently probe, only to find the cold tears on his cheeks.

Yes, she was dreaming again.

Fortunately, it was just a dream.

"Slave servant call someone to prepare hot water for the princess to take a bath, why are you sweating so much, don't catch a cold—"

While talking, Nian Nu put on Li Sui's outer shirt, but Li Sui shook his head, lifted the quilt and wanted to walk away with his shoes.

"Go and see sister."

After the words fell, Li Sui had already walked to Nanmu Shi, Nian Nu knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only obediently stepped forward to take off the dress that Li Sui had put on Nan Mu Shi, and put them on one by one, until Yu Nu called After people came in to take care of the grooming, Li Sui didn't even put on any makeup. He just let Niannu paint the eyebrows of the distant mountain, then hurriedly put on his cloak and headed towards the main hall where Empress Yang was.

After entering the palace, everything remains the same.

It's just that the smell of the soup and the warm fragrance suddenly dragged Li Sui into the nightmare of his previous life.

Feeling the strange beating in his heart, as if being deeply pulled down by something, Li Sui couldn't help but think of the dream just now——

After such a long time, she actually dreamed of her previous life again, the night when Sister hanged herself——

That scene was so clear, as if everything had gone through before her eyes again——

For some reason, Li Sui's heart was always pounding, and he couldn't hide his uneasiness.

"Because of the decree from the sage earlier, this year's New Year's Eve banquet does not need to be extravagant, it is better to be simpler, so I thought about replacing the gold wares used in the past banquets with jade and porcelain, and asked His Highness to have a look, and see that it is feasible to fire like this ?”

The gentle and modest voice of the woman in the hall fell into his ears, and Li Sui's eyes moved slightly, and he slowed down his pace a little, and walked inward step by step.

The warmth in the hall is still there. Empress Yang is wearing a red gold peony flower tree paired with a sheep pattern silk jacket and skirt, and wearing a mink Zhaojun suit sitting cross-legged on the Hu bed. It looks like a blissful state.

Concubine Shu, who was sitting at the bottom, was wearing a mink fur skirt with a stand-up collar and a pattern of green grapes.

"The celadon from the Yue Kiln is as clear as ice, and the white porcelain from the Xing Kiln is as warm as jade, but the patterns on it are unique, so different from before—"

Seeing Empress Yang take a set of celadon porcelain presented by Jiamo, gently caressing the small cup in her hand, it is painted with the scene of boating in the south of the Yangtze River under the misty rain.

"Aman is here, come, let's take a look together—"

Seeing Empress Yang waving at him with a gentle smile, Li Sui stepped forward with a smile and stood in front of Empress Yang to bow to Concubine Shu. "

Feeling the touch on his wrist, Li Sui smiled slightly, and then he was pulled by Empress Yang to sit down with Concubine Shu. Just then, he looked at the celadon handed over by Empress Yang and said: "The pictures on this porcelain, Ah Man, look at it, Seems like Concubine Shu did it?"

Sensing Empress Yang's astonishment, Concubine Shu bowed her head lowly, and said with a modest smile: "I know His Highness likes Jiangnan, so I tried to draw a few pictures. I never thought that the firing was so good, but I taught my concubine I feel more and more that this pattern can’t be done—”

"Is this drawn by Concubine Shu herself as a gift to me?"

Seeing Concubine Shu nodding, Empress Yang smiled soothingly in her eyes and said, "Concubine Shu has a heart, Jiamo is good to put it away—"

Seeing that Jiamo ordered people to take away the porcelain one by one, Concubine Shu turned to look aside Li Sui and said, "The Princess is about to get married, and my concubine is not talented, so I also drew some to give to the Princess as a wedding gift— —”

After all, under the signal of Concubine Shu, Yu Xiao ordered someone to carry it forward and open it. The porcelain inside was mainly three kinds of red, pure white, and dark green.

"Thank you Concubine Shu, Ah Man will be disrespectful."

Seeing Li Sui saluting with a smile, Empress Yang took a white magnolia cup with two geese returning to the south and handed it to her face: "Ordinary people like mandarin ducks in big weddings, but the geese drawn by Concubine Shu are ingenious."

"Mandarin ducks are in pairs, and wild geese are also rare and loyal birds. I want to take this opportunity to wish the Princess and the King of the Royal Mausoleum to sing in harmony with each other for the rest of their lives."

Looking at the pairs of porcelain in front of her, Empress Yang said with moving tenderness in her eyes, "Okay, okay, the porcelain is well fired, and Concubine Shu's paintings are even more beautiful. On this day, I would like to invite Concubine Shu to take a look."

Hearing Empress Yang's words, Concubine Shu smiled and said, "It's my honor."

After reporting everything about the New Year's Eve banquet to Empress Yang one by one, Concubine Shu and Li Sui accompanied Empress Yang to drink some jujube tea and snacks. Go back to the palace first, and I hope His Highness take good care of your phoenix body—”

While talking, Concubine Shu took a brocade box from Yuxiao's hand and said: "My concubine's mother's family sent some golden blood swallows into the palace, which have the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lungs, tonifying deficiency, and regulating internal organs and meridians. I hope His Highness can accept it."

Empress Yang glanced at the things Concubine Shu handed over upon hearing the words, and then gently refused: "Since it is a gift from my family, how can I accept it, Concubine Shu should take it back and use it for myself—"

Hearing Empress Yang's words, Concubine Shu said softly: "His Majesty's mother honors the world, and everything is complicated, but concubines and others have never shared His Highness's worries. On the contrary, His Highness bestows a lot of grace on weekdays to concubines and other sisters. I hope His Highness will not take it." decline."

Seeing this, Li Sui on the side stretched out his hand to take the things and handed them to Jiamo, then smiled and put Empress Yang on his arm, and said: "Concubine Shu has her heart, so I will accept it."

Seeing this, Empress Yang had no choice but to accept it. Seeing that Concubine Shu was about to retreat after saluting, Li Sui's eyes moved slightly, and she said with a smile: "Concubine Shu, please stay—"

After the words fell, seeing Concubine Shu pause, Li Sui caught up with a smile and turned back to Empress Yang and said, "Sister, today I received such a good gift from Concubine Shu, I should personally send her out of the palace—" "

"Go-"

Hearing Li Sui's words, Concubine Shu wanted to politely refuse, but when she heard Empress Yang's words, she stopped talking and walked away side by side with Li Sui with a smile on her face.

After leaving the main hall, Concubine Shu looked at the heavy snow outside, and then said: "The princess should go in and accompany His Highness, the snow is cold outside, don't let your body get cold—"

"It's okay, it's not too late for me to send my wife to the gate of the palace and come back."

While speaking, Li Sui made a gesture of invitation, Concubine Shu stopped talking and walked down with her with a smile.

"My lady, I heard that my body-cold syndrome has worsened these days, I wonder if it's getting better?"

Hearing Li Sui's words of concern, Concubine Shu shook her head and said with a smile: "It's just an old disease. Although it's not fatal, it's always difficult to recover. However, with the Sunshine of the Imperial Medical Office, it's a lot better."

"That's good—"

Li Sui nodded and said: "Why don't you ask the imperial physician from the Shangyao Bureau to look at it for you, maybe it will be better soon—"

Concubine Shu at the side paused when she heard the words, and then said with a smile: "His Royal Highness sees that he is much better under the service of the Imperial Physician Order, so let the Imperial Physician Ling Haosheng serve His Highness, don't be distracted by others, After all, I am a concubine, so it is unreasonable to always ask the Shangyao Bureau, and besides, this is just a small problem of mine, it's okay, thank you Princess for your concern."

Seeing what Concubine Shu said, Li Sui smiled and said, "Lady, be careful, if everyone in the Six Palaces is like you—"

While he was talking, Li Sui suddenly slipped, causing everyone to cry out in shock. Li Sui instinctively reached out and grabbed Concubine Shu's wrist. Fortunately, Yu Nu quickly supported him, so that Li Sui didn't fall down.

"How is the princess?"

Seeing Concubine Shu approaching to ask worriedly, Li Sui heaved a sigh of relief holding Yu Nu's hand, then let go of Concubine Shu's hand and said: "My lady, don't worry, I lost my composure—"

Seeing that Li Sui was really fine, Concubine Shu was relieved and said: "The road is slippery in snowy weather, the princess should go back."

Seeing that Concubine Shu was determined not to let him see her off again, Li Sui watched Concubine Shu and her party leave slowly.

"Princess, it's cold outside, let's go into the palace."

Hearing Nian Nu's words ringing in his ears, Li Sui didn't move, only his eyes were quietly staring at the direction where Concubine Shu left, looking at the vermilion palace wall between the snowy day and the ground, recalling bit by bit what happened just now. That scene.

The moment she deliberately stepped on the slippery moment just now, she deliberately pretended to instinctively grasp Concubine Shu's hand, and at that moment, she clearly saw Concubine Shu protect her stomach immediately when she was nervous.

Although Concubine Shu let go of her hand again in an instant, she knew clearly that she was absolutely right.

That tension was not for her, but for herself.

Could it be that her guess is true——

Concubine Shu, who was childless in her previous life, is pregnant with Emperor Yuan Cheng's child in this life!

(End of this chapter)