The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 963 Birthday (19)
The moonlight is very good tonight, even if you don't use lanterns to illuminate it, you can still see everything under your feet.The two walked side by side, because it was backlit, Xiao Jue couldn't see the tears on Qingchen's face, but heard her sniff her nose unnaturally.

The road was very smooth, and there were no obstacles on the road, but the next moment, she suddenly fell forward.

Xiao Jue hurriedly supported her and asked, "Chen'er, what's wrong with you, what did you step on?"

"Leg, it's just a little soft..." She couldn't let him see the tears on her face, so she quickly turned her head away, wiped it with a handkerchief a few times, and took a deep breath before feeling better.Shicai was so sad in his heart, wept silently, he couldn't breathe well, his vision was dark and he almost fell to the ground.

Xiao Jue didn't hear the strangeness in her voice, she just thought that she was tired from dancing tonight and her legs were cramped, so she bent down and hugged her, "I'll take you back."

Yun Lan, who had been following Xiao Luzi not far behind, quickly came up to stop Xiao Jue at this moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please put down your mother quickly, it is not right to do this, there are many people in the palace who are distracted, if people I see, just those gossips are too much for people to bear, you just put down your mother and let the slaves go back and pass on the soft sedan chair to your mother."

"No need, I'm fine." As soon as she struggled, Xiao Jue hesitated, and obediently put her down.

"I grew up in the mountains. Climbing and wading is not a problem, so I am so delicate." Qingchen still deliberately carried the moonlight behind her back, and her voice was very low, trying not to let Xiao Jue hear her abnormal emotions, "Go Well, there’s still a lot of work to do when we go back.”

Seeing that she was leaving with Yun Lan, Xiao Jue stayed where she was for a while, then caught up and said, "Anyway, you're on the way, let me take you back."

Qingchen didn't refuse, but suddenly remembered the agreement he had made with Mianyue, and asked with some concern: "Your Highness, you and Mianyue will go to the horse race tomorrow morning, can you let her go? First of all, her daughter's family has lost face, and she lost Wouldn’t you be anxious? Secondly, she is a guest, so you let her be a bit more, which is also our way of hospitality. I know, you think that she really has that ability, so you will try your best to win her. You don’t underestimate her. , is the greatest respect for a girl, but wouldn't it be better if she could go back happily without losing a trace? Winning or losing is sometimes not that important, right?"

Xiao Jue smiled and said: "Don't you think you are very contradictory? If Mian Yue loses, you can understand that she can't hold her face. Wouldn't it be more embarrassing for me, a big man, to lose to her a little girl? Since winning or losing is not that important , then why do you want me to give way to her? But I also understand what you mean. I just wanted to teach her a lesson because I looked at her too savagely and arrogantly. Now that she is your friend, I Naturally, she will give in. Whatever you say is what you say, anyway, just know if you win or lose."

Seeing that he agreed, Qingchen hurriedly followed him and praised: "Your Highness is indeed a reasonable person. Originally, I was still thinking that although Mianyue is a bit willful, her nature is still kind, so why is she the most easy-going with us all?" His Royal Highness, who is easy to get along with, can't get along, so it turns out that you have the heart to make trouble with him."

Xiao Jue squinted over, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you tired? What about Mianyue and I? What are you worrying about? So you are born to be a person who only thinks about others, so you can say praises with a smile on your face like this." , I almost begged me humbly, is this your usual style of doing things? You don't find it awkward, but I still feel distressed. "

Qingchen didn't want to make him unhappy anymore at this time, so he hurriedly put on an indifferent look and said, "Okay, I'm just afraid that she will be really annoyed, and if I hold grudges against you in the future, I won't be able to turn around, you two don't get along. Wouldn’t it be difficult for me to be caught in the middle? Even if it’s for me, okay?” Her true thoughts, but she dared not tell Xiao Jue that the matter of the border trade city was finally settled. At this time, she really If Mianyue is not happy to go back, and the emperor's beloved daughter of Daxia is eager to find trouble, wouldn't it cause trouble for the emperor again?
Xiao Jue didn't say a word, and muttered for a long time, "You know who you are for."

Qingchen's eyes jumped slightly, but he didn't dare to look into Xiao Jue's eyes, and he didn't know how to answer his words.At a loss for what to do, I heard him say, "Okay, we're at your door, go back quickly. I'll do what you said, don't worry."

"Then your Highness, go slowly." Qing Chen let out a breath, seeing that Xiao Jue didn't move, knowing that he wanted to see her go first, so he turned around and entered Duanyang Palace with Yun Lan.After the palace gate was closed, Xiao Jue stood quietly for a while, then looked up at the bright moon in the sky, then turned and left.

When Qingchen returned to the palace, he asked Jinxiu: "What gift did His Royal Highness give me? He asked tonight, and I almost broke his heart again."

Jinxiu opened the cupboard, took out a small brocade box and said, "Look, Ma'am, it's this."

Qingchen opened the box, and saw inside it was a little rabbit carved from white jade, which could just fit in the palm of both hands.The jade is moist and transparent, eyes are inlaid with rubies, and two small claws are raised high, as if to grab something.One of the two ears is upright, the other is drooping, and there seems to be a vegetable leaf in her mouth. The carving is so lifelike that she can't put it down.

Seeing that she likes it, Yun Lan inadvertently said: "Your Highness knows the empress's thoughts best, knowing that the empress likes these little things, it doesn't need to be expensive, but it can make the empress happy from the bottom of her heart."

Qingchen held the little rabbit to concentrate, put it back carefully, and told Jinxiu, "Put it away."

Jinxiu saw the reluctance in her eyes, and asked with a smile: "Since you like it, why don't you put it on the dressing table?"

Qingchen shook his head, and said helplessly: "If the emperor finds out, he will definitely ask where this thing came from. If I say it was given by the prince, I'm afraid he will think too much."

Jinxiu's expression was slightly stagnant, and she seemed to realize that it was indeed a bit inappropriate to do so, so she hurriedly put away her things and said, "It's my servant's carelessness, so let's put the things away."

Seeing a letter on the table, Qingchen asked again: "What is this? Who sent it?"

Jinxiu was busy opening the cupboard to put things away, looked back and said, "It's a letter from Jinxin to the empress, who also said that she brought some local specialties back to the empress. Pick up things from officials from all over the country. This letter is included in the official documents. The emperor asked the fifth son to deliver it this afternoon. on the dressing table of the empress."

(End of this chapter)