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

Chapter 221 Yangxin Hall: Qin Keqing Teaches Feng Jie
Chu Yan issued an imperial decree ordering the Imperial Grace Temple to prepare to receive him, as he would spend a day at the temple and witness the monastic ordination ceremony.

Lady Wang was wiping away tears again, while Daiyu sat there blankly, lost in thought.

After a while, the Shi and Wang families arrived. Qin Keqing, dressed in a Tang Dynasty-style skirt, walked in with a smile, holding a round fan in her slender hands, which she was constantly fanning herself because of the heat. Upon seeing Chu Yan, her smile became even more charming.
"Your Majesty, there's so much ice in this room, it's the first time I've ever seen anything like it!"

Chu Yan smiled and said, "Come sit next to me. You live in Huifang Garden, and it must be tiring for you to walk here every day."

After Qin Keqing sat down, he said, "From now on, you will also have an ice allowance, which will temporarily follow the allowance for the concubines of the previous dynasty." He then said to Ping'er, "Ping'er and the palace maid will also receive one."

Many people in the room looked at Ping'er with envy. She had served the Second Mistress for many years, but who would have thought that she would enter the palace, be favored, and be granted the title of Consort? She had truly become a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Feng Jie's smile froze. Seeing that the dog emperor and others were looking over intentionally or unintentionally, she quickly said with a smile, "Your Majesty has repeatedly favored Ping'er. It is not appropriate for Consort Ping to continue serving me here."

Chu Yan shook his head: "It's up to Ping'er to decide."

Seeing that there were more people inside, he ordered some more ice to be brought.

Xiangyun asked with a smile, "I wonder how much ice is stored in the ice cellar? And how many times can it be used?"

Chu Yan said, "There are about 100,000. The cellars were opened late this year, so some were burned. I estimate there are still 90,000 left."

Xiangyun asked in surprise, "Is it all for the Emperor and us?"

Chu Yan laughed: "Officials of the Six Ministries also receive a share. I plan to have some sold off secretly to replenish the Imperial Treasury. A piece of ice can sell for four taels of silver when the price is high."

When everyone looked inside, they saw about ten blocks of ice, each about 1.5 feet long and wide. The amount of ice used for today's banquet celebrating Lin Daiyu's recovery was at least two or three hundred.

Daiyu covered her mouth with her handkerchief and laughed, "It's clear that being an emperor isn't easy; you still have to find ways to make money."

They all laughed, but Chu Yan said, "The six ministries of the court all have to make money from tax revenue. The ministers of the six ministries have been arguing with me for a long time about how much silver is needed in which place."

Grandmother Jia nodded and said, "As the saying goes, you don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household. Today, the Emperor is holding a banquet for Lin Daiyu..."

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Qingwen and Lin Hongyu moved together and went to the door. Hongyu saw this and quickly said with a smile, "I'll do it."

As she spoke, she opened the door, and there came a palace maid to report that the iced drinks were ready.

Chu Yan brought the food in and distributed it to everyone.

There were more than a dozen kinds of iced drinks, including common ones such as chilled plum juice, fragrant herb drink, osmanthus dew, and snowflake yogurt. They could choose according to their taste. Although they were not expensive, even Grandmother Jia had not enjoyed drinking iced drinks in a room with ice cubes many times. This reminded her of the time when the two Dukes of Jia were still alive, and she sighed inwardly.

Evening arrived in the blink of an eye. After the banquet, Daiyu took her leave and returned to Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Before leaving, she glanced back at him one last time. When she heard Chu Yan call Ping'er over, Daiyu guessed something and became more attentive.

Soon she saw that Xichun and Xiuyan had all left one after another, but Keqing and Sister Feng had not left Yangxin Hall.

"He just stayed up all night, and tonight he's going to summon several concubines... He's truly a tyrant unlike any other in history!"

Daiyu secretly cursed him in her heart.

Back at Xiaoxiang Pavilion, I sat in the study for a while.

When Zijuan came in, she saw that the young lady was lost in thought again, so she smiled and said, "Is the young lady feeling uneasy again? You've finally come back from the brink of death, you should be more open-minded and stop crying all the time like before."

She whispered, "His Majesty is spoiling the young lady very much today; she's even overshadowing the other girls in the garden."

Daiyu blushed and said, "What are you doing today?"

Zijuan smiled and said, "I was advising you, Miss. The other night, His Majesty was in the room and saw that handkerchief. I was shocked when I thought about it later. Fortunately, His Majesty was magnanimous and did not punish you."

Daiyu sneered: "He doesn't care about any of that. As long as the girls and pretty wives keep him company in the garden and make him happy, that's enough for him."

Zijuan asked, "What will you do in the future, Miss? Second Master is going to become a monk, are you still going to keep thinking about him?"

"Who keeps thinking of others? I gave my whole heart and received..."

Daiyu stopped speaking again, and after a long while, she said softly, "Since he is so heartless as to become a monk, I will not keep that handkerchief. When you go to Huang'en Temple, find an opportunity to return it to him quietly, whether he throws it away or burns it."

Seeing that there were tears in her eyes again, but she held them back, Zijuan said, "I can't guess what you're thinking, but seeing you like this makes me feel a little more at ease."

He then went outside.

Daiyu sat alone in the study, shed tears by the window for a while, then got up and took out the two handkerchiefs, where she saw that the three poems she had written were still clearly visible.

But things have changed.

She thought to herself, “When Baoyu asked Qingwen to deliver the handkerchief, I understood his meaning, but it didn’t last long. When he was still at home, he suspected that I was going to enter the palace as a concubine because of Xiangyun’s matter. Now I am at home and he is outside the city. We can’t talk to each other. He must suspect that I am already the emperor’s concubine, so he wants to become a nun.”

Then he thought, "If the two of them were still in the garden, they might still be able to resolve things. But now that I am so entangled with that emperor, and he no longer considers me a confidant and wants to become a monk, I will let go of everything from now on and stop thinking about the past. Let him be."

After thinking it over, Daiyu put the handkerchief back in her trunk and decided not to think about it anymore. She would wait until she went to Huang'en Temple to see it one last time.

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Inside Yangxin Hall.

Qin Keqing leaned against Chu Yan's broad chest. Hearing Ping'er bring Feng Jie in, she quickly turned her head and feigned surprise, saying, "Auntie, what are you doing here..."

The naturally gentle and charming Qin Keqing's surprised expression is quite adorable.

Chu Yan, unaware that the two had spoken frankly, thought she was genuinely surprised and laughed.

Sister Feng glared at Qin Keqing and said irritably, "Why are you still calling me 'aunt' now? I don't have the Empress as my niece-in-law!"

Despite complaining, she walked to the bedside, knowing that the dog emperor was going to favor the two of them, so she wanted to get on the bed.

Unexpectedly, Qin Keqing was even more surprised. She quickly sat up and said with shame, "I didn't know that you were coming to serve His Majesty tonight. If I had known, I wouldn't have come..." She then whispered, "So you've already served His Majesty. You kept it from me for so long!"

Feng Jie was startled and looked at her. Qin Keqing quickly gave her a wink, and Feng Jie slowly came to her senses. With a blush on her face, she said, "It's too embarrassing to tell anyone. His Majesty forced himself on me!"

As she spoke, her long, narrow, and alluring phoenix eyes glanced at Chu Yan, as if venting her resentment.

Ke Qing laughed and said, "Your Majesty, it's no wonder. It's because I'm so beautiful. What man in the world wouldn't be captivated by me and lose half his soul?"

Wang Xifeng blushed even more as she was told this.

Chu Yan waved to her, without saying a word, just smiling.

Wang Xifeng had no choice but to kick off her shoes and crawl onto the bed. Before she even got there, the dog emperor raised his hand to slap her.

Sister Feng quickly sat down, blushing and annoyed, and asked, "What has His Majesty punished me for this time?"

Chu Yan reached out and pulled her close, making Feng Jie lean against him. He still raised his hand and slapped her buttocks before laughing, "Feng Nu has no manners. It's too lenient of you to only punish you with a slap."

"How many times has Your Majesty punished your aunt?" Ke Qing smiled and leaned into the Emperor's arms again. Her bodice was pressed together, and the creases were high. She would not show any charming manner in front of outsiders, but she showed it all in front of the Emperor.

Every smile and frown of hers exuded charm, and when Sister Feng saw her like this for the first time, she was stunned for a moment.

Chu Yan didn't speak, but reached out and ripped open Wang Xifeng's dress, revealing her undergarment. The words "Feng Nu is guilty" were exposed before Ke Qing's eyes. The prominently displayed characters "Feng Nu" also surprised Ke Qing. After seeing her blushing cheeks, she quickly stepped forward to examine her closely.

"Is this a calligraphy bestowed upon my aunt by His Majesty?"

Chu Yan almost exploded!

Keqing is just too good at it!
He immediately recognized that it was Feng Jie who had ordered him to embroider it, and immediately said that it was a reward and that other concubines could not embroider it!
"Feng Nu" is a title bestowed upon Feng Jie by the Emperor! It is unique in the world!
"reward?"

At first, Wang Xifeng didn't understand, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt both ashamed and angry. She reached out and pinched Qin Keqing's face: "What kind of gentle and peaceful Madam Rong is this? What are you saying?"

Chu Yan smiled, raised his hand and pressed her down again, giving Ke Qing a signal. Qin Ke Qing immediately understood, chuckled, raised her slender hand, and said while suppressing her laughter, "Auntie, I'm going to offend you today. His Majesty ordered me to spank your bottom because you spoke without thinking, and His Majesty punished you in bed."

Her words, spoken on her buttocks and on the bed, were naturally charming and alluring, qualities that no outsider could imitate.

Feng Jie was naturally unwilling to be hit by a "junior" like her, so she twisted her slender body to dodge. The two beauties were playing around on the soft couch next to Chu Yan.

In the end, Sister Feng couldn't withstand the combined efforts of the two and, blushing, begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare me! Those two words were a reward, something that I, Sister Feng, deserve!"

As soon as she uttered the name Feng Nu, a surge of heat rose in her heart, and she secretly cursed the two of them: they had been led astray by two adulterers!
Chu Yan embraced the two women, Qin Keqing in his left hand and Wang Xifeng in his right, and stroked them for a moment before laughing, "If you had called yourself Feng Nu during the day, I would have immediately given you the same reward as Ping'er, and the same amount of ice you would have received. But you still put on airs."

Keqing chuckled.

Wang Xifeng blushed for a moment before saying helplessly, "His Majesty is determined to take me in..."

Chu Yan grabbed the phoenix character on her body.

Wang Xifeng quickly changed her tune: "If Your Majesty wishes to employ... Fengnu, I agree! I dare not think of anything else, I will only serve Your Majesty wholeheartedly!"

"late."

"Auntie is too slow."

Chu Yan and Qin Keqing spoke at the same time, which showed that Qin Keqing understood Chu Yan's temperament very well. She laughed again, raised her hand to lift Wang Xifeng's bodice, and said with a smile, "If Auntie had knelt down and begged just now, and acted like a good servant, His Majesty would probably have agreed."

Wang Xifeng only served Chu Yan in bed with Ping'er. At this moment, her body was completely exposed in front of Ke Qing. There were also Qing Wen, Xiang Ling, and the young actresses in the next room. She was ultimately shy.

She raised her snow-white arm to cover her fair and delicate "Feng Nu".

Qin Keqing looked at it and laughed, "Auntie, why are you still covering it up? I'm doing the same thing."

As she spoke, she untied her bodice and then, smiling, took Wang Xifeng's "Feng Nu You Zui" (Feng Nu is Guilty) undergarment, holding it up to make the words "Feng Nu" (Feng Nu) appear even more prominent.

Sister Feng was annoyed by her absurdity and quickly snatched it away and threw it away.

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Ke'er is right. Feng Nu didn't satisfy me during the day, so if you want to be made a concubine, you'll have to come and flatter me again. Only when I'm satisfied will you get the benefits."

Wang Xifeng now knows that the emperor will definitely want her, and her marriage with Jia Lian has come to an end.

She gritted her teeth, let go of his hand, pressed Feng Nu against the emperor's chest, and said with a charming smile, "What does Your Majesty want Feng Nu to do to your satisfaction? Please tell me, Your Majesty, and I will do it."

Chu Yan laughed, "Ping'er is now a Noble Lady, while you can't even get your hands on a beauty. Tonight, give it your all and let me see if you're truly dedicated." He then asked, "And Ping'er?"

Xiangling came in and reported, "Sister Ping'er said she's not feeling well tonight and is resting in her room."

Chu Yan knew she was menstruating, so he nodded and said, "Let her go back to sleep. There's no need to serve her."

After Xiangling left, Chu Yan lay down, patted Fengjie's cheek, and gestured for her to come over.

Sister Feng had no choice but to close her eyes and act haphazardly.

Qin Keqing, who was watching from the side, quickly laughed and said, "Oh dear, Auntie is doing it wrong. You need to twist your waist more and support yourself with your hands so that you can exert force from your hips."

Fengjie was both embarrassed and annoyed. She simply got down and, with a fierce look on her face, ordered her around, "Since you're so knowledgeable about these things, why don't you go first, and I'll learn from you!"

"Auntie, please watch me."

So Keqing went up.

Feng Jie was dumbfounded. She was still ten harlots away from Qin Keqing. No wonder she was so favored. Such a treasure in the bedroom, not to mention men who couldn't get enough of her, even women could only envy her.

That night, Chu Yan was so happy that he forgot about Dai, Chai, Yun, Qin, the four sisters of the Spring Festival, the Empress and the Princess.

outside the house.

Hongyu quietly asked Xiangling and Qingwen, "When His Majesty visits his concubines, do they always come in pairs?"

Qingwen blushed, rolled her eyes at her, and said, "Sometimes there are two, sometimes three or four. Did you serve them last time? Were you favored?"

Hongyu shook her head hurriedly, gradually realizing that Xiangling had been favored, but Qingwen and Yuchuan had not. As for the four young actresses in the side room, they were not there to serve them, but were still playing and laughing in the room.

She glanced at Qingwen again. It was truly a cruel twist of fate. Back in the Grand View Garden, she was just a little maid sweeping and watering the floor outside. Qingwen, Xiren, Qiuwen, and others could order her around and scold or beat her as they pleased.

But now, she has also come to the emperor's room with Qingwen and become a first-class maid.

Judging from their expressions, Hongyu knew that from now on they would be the emperor's "chamber maids," summoned to serve him at his behest. If they wanted to advance further and be granted the rank of concubine, they would probably only be able to give birth to one or two of the emperor's children.

……

Day two.

When Chu Yan woke up, Ke Qing and Feng Jie were still asleep. Feng Jie, in particular, had been forced to try all sorts of different positions the night before, practicing with Ke Qing, and was quite exhausted.

After lying down for a while, Xiangling outside said, "Your Majesty, hot water is ready."

As they spoke, the four maids in Chu Yan's room entered one after another. If he was not awake, they would gently wake him up. However, most of the time, Chu Yan was awake while the concubines beside him were still sleeping or had just woken up.

This wasn't the first time Hongyu had helped the emperor get up and dress, but there was something strange she couldn't understand:
Qingwen and the others did not prepare the emperor's dragon robe and entered empty-handed.

A moment later, Hongyu learned what had happened. She saw Yuchuan turn around and go out again, open the door, and order the palace maids and eunuchs outside to bring water into the room. The three of them then tidied up their things inside the room.

Once everything was ready, Chu Yan got out of bed, his tall, naked body emerging to sit on a chair.

Yu Chuan smiled and said, "We will bathe His Majesty. Xiao Hong, you can keep an eye on things today and help out later."

Hongyu looked closely and this time she saw clearly that the emperor was indeed no ordinary person; his body was extremely frightening.

Time flies to the afternoon.

Chu Yan returned to Yangxin Hall, and Yuan Chun soon came to request an imperial decree, saying that Empress Zhang was too busy in the palace and wanted her to return to help handle matters.

Chu Yan agreed.

Yuan Chun hesitated for a moment, then said, "Her Majesty the Empress still wishes to go to Huang'en Temple with the funeral procession, and asked me to help her ask His Majesty to issue an edict of grace."

Chu Yan pondered for a moment and said, "She had previously expressed the idea of ​​becoming a nun, so let her stay at Huang'en Temple for now."

Yuan Chun nodded slightly.

Empress Zhang moved out of Kunning Palace, and from then on the position of Empress was truly vacant, waiting for a real Empress to move in.

After she left, Chu Yan sat for a while, recalling the look in Lin Daiyu's eyes before she left yesterday, so he got up and went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

When they arrived, they found that Lin Daiyu was not there. Xueyan said that she had gone to chat with Baochai to relieve her boredom.

"Wait for her to come back; there's no need to go looking for her."

Chu Yan was happy to have some peace and quiet.

In the past, there were always young women at Yangxintang. Although it was lively, it was also a pleasure to occasionally avoid them and sit alone with them at their homes.

He sat in the chair in Daiyu's study and casually picked up a book from her bookshelf to read.

(End of this chapter)