After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 101: Silly Xiangyun Falls in Love with Linjing Palace
As the emperor's living place, many palace lanterns were lit in the rear hall of Linjing Hall, but Shi Xiangyun walked in front of Chu Yan, which made people wonder whether her eyesight was poor or she wanted to assassinate the emperor.

Chu Yan was not worried about the latter. He smiled at Xiangyun who came to him and said, "Sister Yun, what are you looking at me for?"

Her skin was white, and under the candlelight she looked like a snow beauty, with a charming and innocent look on her face.

Shi Xiangyun was a little embarrassed and lowered her head: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I forgot what you look like...I didn't take a good look at you last time and went back."

It is normal not to remember the appearance of someone you have only met once. You only have a general idea of ​​their appearance in your mind.

But Shi Xiangyun's behavior proved that she wanted to remember Yanchang's appearance clearly, or she had been thinking about him in recent days, and Chu Yan's appearance was not clear in her mind, so she looked at him closely.

"Come."

Chu stretched out his hand and pulled the girl, who wanted to go back and sit down, into his arms, hugged her slender waist, made her body stick to him, and forced her to look up at him.

"what!!"

Shi Xiangyun opened her eyes wide, and his face was clearly reflected in her eyes.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "Do you see it clearly this time?"

Xiangyun's cheeks in his arms turned visibly red with shame, and her eyes were filled with lust. She wanted to struggle out, but Chu Yan held her tightly in his arms.

Tanchun, who was standing by, was stunned.

The scene before her was something she had never seen in her life. Even the married couples in the Jia family had never been intimate or ambiguous in front of others.

"You, you let me go quickly!" Xiangyun said shyly and angrily.

Chu Yan said slowly: "It's okay, there are no outsiders here."

This made Tanchun blush again.

Shi Xiangyun gently hit him twice on the chest. Seeing that she couldn't break free, she could only turn her head away with a blushing face and whispered, "You are His Majesty the Emperor. No one will blame you for anything you do. You hug people without caring whether they are shameful or not... Last time, it was the same. You kissed me without saying a word."

Chu Yan laughed. It was not a good time to chat with her any longer. He loosened his grip on her waist and asked Tanchun, "Sister Yun came to the palace to see me. Where is the third young lady?"

Shi Xiangyun turned her head and glanced at him quickly.

Tanchun calmed down a bit and told herself that the man in front of her was the emperor. There were even more absurd things in history books.

Moreover, after the Jia family was raided, all the women in their family became palace maids in the Yunting Palace, and the emperor could summon them to sleep with him as he pleased.

"Your Majesty," Tanchun said calmly, "Miss Bao returned from the palace and conveyed your decree granting special permission for all elders over sixty years old in the mansion to live out their remaining years. I have come to the palace this time to express my gratitude for Your Majesty's grace."

As she said this, she wanted to stand up and kneel down to express her gratitude.

"no."

Chu Yan asked her to get up and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Xiangyun in Tanchun's arms was not used to such intimate actions. She took the opportunity to escape, sat next to Tanchun, and then smiled at him triumphantly.

Chu Yan smiled and ignored her.

Tanchun didn't know how to answer. She had something to say, but she didn't know how to speak.

Xiangyun asked curiously, "Is His Majesty busy with official business? The last time he met with the Second Miss and me, he was chatting with us about poetry. Why is he asking about business directly this time?"

Chu Yan laughed: "Because I know what kind of people you are, Yingchun and Tanchun."

This time he called her by her name.

Tanchun turned to look at him. After Xiangyun's commotion, she probably realized that this emperor who founded a new dynasty was indeed as they said, with a more easy-going temperament. At least he would not put on airs in front of them.

Thinking of this, Tanchun laughed and said, "It was Leng Zixing who told Your Majesty what kind of personalities I and my second sister have. I wonder what Leng Zixing is talking about me behind my back."

After the previous series of events, Leng Zixing had become omnipotent and told the emperor everything about the Jia family.

Xiangyun picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. She seemed to think it tasted good, so she took another sip.

Chu Yan said, "Leng Zixing said that the third young lady is very talented and often compares herself to men. She is eager to go out and build a career. She is a very independent-minded and daring girl."

Tanchun was suspicious. When had she ever said that? But when she thought about it carefully, she realized that what she said was exactly what she wanted.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "So, Yingchun probably came to the palace because her elders in the family asked her to come, and you, Tanchun, came to the palace because you had something to ask me."

Tanchun was so shocked by what she said that she froze in place.

Xiangyun laughed and said, "How boring! His Majesty has guessed everything we thought." She said bluntly, "Third sister came to the palace at her mother's request. She wanted to ask His Majesty to release Jia Huan, or to take him into the palace as well, just like Jia Lan!"

Tanchun's heart tightened, and she said hurriedly, "As the saying goes, there's no reward without merit. My mother is too concerned. Seeing that Lan'er can enter the palace, she thinks that as long as I enter the palace, I can plead for mercy."

She looked at Chu Yan, "But I've seen that His Majesty's decrees, apart from appointing three stewards without even meeting them, all the rest are based on a combination of kindness and power, and he won't show mercy easily."

Chu Yan said calmly, "I have never met you. Based on Leng Zixing's words alone, even if he praises you as fairies, I cannot issue an edict to exempt the male members of the Jia family from corvée labor."

"Have we met now?" Xiangyun asked hurriedly.

Shi Xiangyun has a generous and free-spirited personality, is innocent and naive, and is a person who dares to speak and ask questions.

Chu Yan smiled at her and said, "Even if we meet, it's not allowed. Even if you sleep with me, it's still not allowed."

Xiangyun and Tanchun both blushed.

Chu Yan said, "I'm going to say something you don't like to hear. Now that the women of the Jia family have moved into the Ye Ting Palace, serving them in the bedchamber is just your job, just like how your family used the power of the Duke's Mansion to buy a group of maids to serve you."

Serving the emperor in bed was only the job of the female members of the Ning and Rong mansions, and they were equivalent to maids.

This is indeed what they don’t want to hear!
Tanchun took a deep breath and said slowly, "The victors are kings and the losers are bandits. This has been the case since ancient times. Your Majesty's words may be harsh, but they speak the truth."

She spoke slowly and in a pleasant voice.

"It's just that," Tanchun paused for a moment and continued, "not all of the maids in the Jia family serve willingly. People are divided into high and low, and they have to bow before power, but power cannot destroy a person's pride."

She added: "All slaves hope that one day their masters will show mercy and release them, or remove their slave status. Even if that is not possible, they still hope that their children will no longer be slaves.

Now, we are the same, hoping that one day the emperor will show mercy and pardon our family!"

After saying this, Tanchun stood up and knelt down to apologize.

Everyone knows this, but cannot easily say it out loud.

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Xiangyun, help her up."

Shi Xiangyun blushed when he called her by her maiden name again, but she stood up and helped Tanchun up.

Chu Yan sat on the couch and nodded, saying, "You are right. Human nature cannot be destroyed. In my opinion, one of the reasons why slaves appear in the world is that there are too many hungry people."

Tanchun breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was not angry.

"That's too far."

Chu Yan returned to the topic and asked, "How old is Jia Huan?"

"Nine years old this year."

"At his age, the military camp won't assign him any tasks, so just tell him to stay here."

Tanchun didn't dare to speak again. Although the emperor was very easy to talk to, he could not disobey her if he revealed even a hint of his imperial intentions.

At this time, the eunuch came to serve the dishes.

"Have you eaten?" Chu Yan asked.

"His Majesty the Emperor wants to invite us?" Xiangyun was a little surprised, let alone Tanchun.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "It's just a meal, what's the big deal? The emperor has enough food to eat, and it's enough for the two of you. It's just an extra bowl of rice."

So the palace maid brought two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, and Chu Yan asked them to sit down.

"Does your family have a rule of not talking while eating or sleeping?" Chu Yan asked them.

Xiangyun, holding her bowl as she ate, smiled as she heard this: "When I eat with my aunt and the others, we don't talk much. But when I eat with the old lady of the Jia family, we just chat happily while we eat, without following these rules."

Tanchun also said, "When entertaining guests, she doesn't talk much during the meal, and the waiters are not allowed to cough. But during ordinary banquets, she can do whatever she wants. The old lady likes the lively atmosphere of having children and grandchildren around her."

Chu Yan nodded, "Old people are used to seeing life and death, and having a large family is the happiest time."

While eating and chatting, Chu Yan ate three bowls of rice, while they only ate one bowl each.

After the meal, the palace maids and eunuchs came to clear the table. Chu Yan returned to sit on the couch, ready to take a rest before sending them away. He still had some memorials to read.

There was nothing he could do about the limited time he had to meet Xiangyun. He hadn't thought of inviting them into the palace yet, but he would talk to her more when he had free time.

"There's something I've been wanting to tell His Majesty the Emperor while we were having dinner just now."

Shi Xiangyun felt a little embarrassed.

"what's up?"

"Sister Lin gave Baoyu several hundred taels of silver and asked me to come and apologize on her behalf first. When she feels better, I will come to the palace to apologize in person!"

After Xiangyun finished speaking, she couldn't help but plead for her: "Your Majesty, please don't punish her. I will return the silver to the government when I have money in the future."

She helped Lin Daiyu pay back the debt, which was enough to show how close their relationship was. Chu Yan asked, "Is she still not feeling well?"

"When Sister Lin heard about Baoyu, she became so angry that she vomited blood."

"Vomiting blood?!"

Chu Yan was somewhat moved.

It is truly worthy of being the "love" in the book "Red Mansions". Lin Daiyu is deeply in love and suddenly hears...

"That's not right." Chu Yan was puzzled. "She knew about Jia Baoyu's situation before, so why did she vomit blood today? Is it a chronic illness?"

Xiangyun couldn't answer.

Tanchun said, "Perhaps it's because Second Brother asked for money and property again, which made Sister Lin feel embarrassed..."

Chu Yan nodded and said, "Before you go back tomorrow, ask Yuanchun to come see me. I have some government affairs to attend to. You can go back to the palace and sleep."

Let's go.

Xiangyun asked hurriedly, "Are you sleeping here tonight?"

Chu Yan stopped and asked her with a smile: "Do you want to come too?"

Both of them blushed. Xiangyun was a little annoyed and said, "I still have something to say to you. I finally came to the palace, but you didn't pay much attention to me..."

A look of resentment was revealed on her face.

Chu Yan went over and wanted to hug her, but Xiangyun shyly dodged away.

"Go prepare a room for Miss Yun. She will stay in Linjing Palace tonight." Chu Yan instructed the maid, and then said to Xiangyun, "I will be back in an hour. If you can't wait, go to bed first. I will talk to you tomorrow morning."

"I haven't slept for an hour. I'll wait for you to come back and we can talk for a while."

Shi Xiangyun said with a smile.

Tanchun and she escorted the emperor out of the palace gate and watched him go to the front hall. After the palace maids and eunuchs beside him had all left, she smiled at Xiangyun and said, "Sister Yun."

Her eyes revealed everything she wanted to say.

Xiangyun blushed and walked into the hall. There were eunuchs in the hall, but they did not stop them.

After they talked for a while, Tanchun suddenly saw a piece of jade on the table. It was the magical jade that belonged to her second brother Jia Baoyu.

"How did second brother's jade end up in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor?" Xiangyun was also curious.

"It must have been robbed in the barracks."

The two of them looked at the magical jade for a while and chatted for half an hour before Tanchun left.

Xiangyun waited in Linjing Palace for another quarter of an hour before she heard many footsteps outside. She hurried out to see that it was indeed Chu Yan who had returned, with a group of eunuchs and palace maids beside and behind him.

"Have you been waiting long?"

Chu Yan took Shi Xiangyun's hand and went back to the back hall with her. At the same time, he told the eunuchs, "I'm going to sleep tonight. There's no need for so many people to wait on me."

Most of the eunuchs and palace maids left, leaving only a few to keep watch at night.

Chu Yan sat on the soft couch with her, drank a sip of tea, and then asked her with a smile: "Yun'er, have you missed me these days?"

Xiangyun blushed, glanced at him, and said hesitantly, "I told you, don't be angry."

"Just say it."

"Last time..." Xiangyun raised her eyes, "You kissed me and my second sister, and I couldn't stop thinking about it after I went back."

Chu Yan smiled and said, "Are you thinking about it in your dreams too?"

The girls in the Grand View Garden are all rich ladies who never go out of the house. They don’t have many opportunities to kiss or even meet men outside.

Therefore, Chu Yan's touching them for the first time was definitely something they would never forget.

This is the effect he wants.

As an emperor, it is difficult to have a romantic relationship with every concubine, and it is even more difficult and troublesome to make them all fall in love with him.

Shi Xiangyun and Jia Yingchun are both emotionally blank sheets that can be painted with his colors.

"You're the emperor!" Shi Xiangyun blushed and spat at him, "You keep saying embarrassing things. I'm talking to you about something serious."

"Historian?"

Xiangyun shook her head, "Yes...a concubine in the harem."

She avoided Chu Yan's gaze and whispered, "Grandmother told me to be careful, saying that there is unrest in the palace..."

"Don't worry, Yun'er will have a share in the position of concubine in the future."

Chu Yan had chosen her as a concubine. He had already gotten two of the Twelve Beauties of the Red Chamber, so Shi Xiangyun would not be bad either. Moreover, she showed her true feelings tonight. Although she was not in love with him, she took the initiative to approach him and try to understand each other.

Shi Xiangyun chuckled, but she wasn't too happy. Instead, she smiled and said, "Third sister just said that one shouldn't receive rewards without merit. I haven't... done anything meritorious enough to be made a concubine."

"You can start earning credit now." Chu Yan said with a smile.

Shi Xiangyun blinked and suddenly understood what he was talking about. Her bright and innocent little face blushed again and she lowered her head, not daring to look at him.

The room became much more ambiguous.

Chu Yan slowed down his tone and said to her, "Girl Yun, come here!"

Xiangyun became even more embarrassed. She looked at him several times and saw that he didn't seem to be joking, but really wanted her to come over.

"Your Majesty...you want to kiss me again?" Shi Xiangyun covered her rosy little lips with her hands, her whole face flushed red.

Chu Yan didn't say anything. He stood up and picked her up. He carried Xiangyun's tall body over the low table on the soft couch, brought her to his side, and held her in his arms.

Xiangyun's body froze, and it took her a while before she slowly accepted his hug.

"Yun'er, do you remember what I look like?" Chu Yan asked with a smile.

Xiangyun in his arms raised her head, and just as she saw his face clearly, he lowered his head and kissed her.

Xiangyun knew something like this would happen. Her eyelashes trembled shyly and she quickly closed her eyes.

Whatever he wants.

The east room became quiet, with only the soft sounds of kisses audible.

Xiangyun felt as if her soul had flown away. Compared to last time, this time she felt more clearly what the relationship between a man and a girl was like. It turned out to be so intoxicating.

It took a long time before Chu Yan let her go.

Shi Xiangyun gasped for breath and finally dared to open her eyes. Her bright eyes looked straight at his face.

Suddenly, she laughed, raised her hand and scraped Chu Yan's mouth, and her fingertips were stained with rouge.

Chu Yan was surprised: "Yun girl is not shy but smiling?"

Shi Xiangyun buried her head in his arms embarrassedly, but couldn't help laughing. Her shoulders shook as she laughed so hard.

"Girl Yun!" Chu Yan took a hand and felt how thin her waist was with her "bee waist and monkey back".

"Ayo!"

Xiangyun burst into laughter and begged for mercy, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was because I saw your mouth full of rouge that I thought of my second brother. When he was a child, he also had red marks on his mouth from eating rouge!"

Chu Yan's face was strange. "You and him grew up together, right..."

"That's not true!" Shi Xiangyun shook her head hurriedly. "Second Brother Bao has loved rouge since he was a child. When he was little, he would often have his mouth full of it. Later, as he grew older, Madam stopped letting him eat it."

Shi Xiangyun blushed again, lowered her head shyly, and stammered, "I just realized that there are rouge marks on his lips. It may not be from eating the rouge box, it may be from his lips..."

It can be seen that she had never seen Baoyu eat rouge on someone's mouth before. It was not until Chu Yan kissed her that she understood after seeing it.

Chu Yan smiled and said, "He must also want to eat the rouge on Yun'er's lips."

"What is His Majesty the Emperor saying?"

Shi Xiangyun's face flushed red, and she glared at him in embarrassment. Chu Yan reacted and said quickly, "But he can only think about it. Yun'er will never do that to him."

It didn't matter that he teased Shi Xiangyun, because Xiangyun had already decided to enter the palace, and the two of them were in a husband-and-wife relationship when they first met.

But Chu Yan couldn't use Jia Baoyu to tease her, even if he did.

"I am the only one who can eat Yun'er's rouge in this life!"

Chu Yan declared his possession of Shi Xiangyun and lowered his head to kiss her again.

Shi Xiangyun hummed twice before closing her eyes, slowly savoring the feeling.

She suddenly thought, when she returns home tomorrow, she doesn't know how she will recall the moment he kissed her...

(End of this chapter)