female catcher

Chapter 215 Master's Meaning

Su Zhen walked towards Xia Chu with a faint smile, "I can't wait to see your gift."

Xia Chu lowered his head and smiled, "Your Majesty is like this, I really can't get enough of this little gift, I'm afraid I will disappoint the Emperor."

"I like whatever you give me."

"I don't have anything long, and I don't know how to draw or write." Xia Chu turned around and picked up a bunch of lotus from the rock on which he was sitting just now, and handed it to Su Zhen, "Picked some lotus. I was still thinking about it just now." If there is any congratulatory message that can be hung with the lotus, I can’t think of it after much deliberation, so let’s wish the emperor a happy birthday.”

Su Zhen looked at the bouquet, laughed after a moment of silence, and took it in his hand, "This is the most honest congratulations. You still say it's a small gift, how can you say it's a small gift if you pick it yourself."

"It's true that I picked it myself, but actually it was the emperor's flower." Xia Chu smiled, looked up at Su Zhen, met his gaze and then turned away, "When I celebrated my birthday in April, Huang Young Master gave me a painting, and I thought at the time, such a good gift, what will I give back when Young Master Huang celebrates his birthday?"

"You are the best by my side. In fact, you don't need anything." Su Zhen said, "The days will be long in the future, and if you think about today in a few years, you will say again, 'On the first Longevity Day, I just I gave the emperor a bouquet of flowers, but the emperor liked it very much."

Xia Chu couldn't help laughing, but couldn't help feeling sad again.

Su Zhen took Xia Chu's hand, and lightly pressed her fingertips, "I won't talk about that anymore, it's the most beautiful thing to say that enjoying the lotus under the moon is the most beautiful thing. It's rare to have such a good day today. Let's go for a walk together."

When the sky was getting dark, Xia Chu returned to the inner court, sneaked into Shangyi Palace and returned to his room.Su Zhen also went back to the bedroom, and asked An Liang to find a celadon vase and put the lotus in it, and put it on the couch table by the window.

An Liang set up the bottle and said with a smile: "Servant Xia Dian is also good at trickery. There are no good things in the palace, so giving anything is better than giving a heart."

Su Zhen leaned on the cushion and looked at the vase of flowers, "Is there any way to keep the flowers blooming?"

"Your Majesty, there are no such flowers that bloom all the time. But after the summer lotus, there are autumn chrysanthemums, and after the autumn chrysanthemums, there are winter plums. When spring comes, there will be more peaches, plums and apricots."

Su Zhen hummed lightly, and didn't speak any more.

In Fengyi Palace, Qianqian helped Yongwei carefully remove the bun, and gently combed her long black hair with a comb.Yong Wei took a gold hairpin from the dressing table, reached out to pick out the wick of the candle, silently lost in thought.

With her hair smoothed out, Qianqian put down the comb and said softly, "Your Majesty, don't think about it. The servants will call her over tomorrow morning, and ask her face to face."

Yong Wei still stared at the cluster of candles, without saying anything.

Qianqian sighed, "Your Majesty, you can't be soft-hearted. My Majesty treats her as a friend, but she doesn't trust her."

"Qianqian, I'm not soft-hearted, I just don't understand." Yong Wei put down the hairpin in her hand, the tip of the hairpin was blackened by smoke, "It's only been a few days, how could the emperor care about Xia Chu so much?" ? But a bunch of lotus, you have to get it yourself.”

"Your Majesty tolerates a disrespectful word from your servants. Your Majesty, you are reserved and self-respecting, but you don't know that some women specialize in this. Even if the Emperor is not a rash person, he is still a man after all."

"I understand what you mean." Yong Wei stood up, went to the window and sat on the couch with her legs bent, hugging her knees, "If I heard it from others, I probably would have thought so too, but I saw it with my own eyes. But it doesn't look like that." She turned her head and put her face lightly on her knees, "The Emperor took the flowers she sent and took her hand for a walk by the lake, didn't do anything, just talk and walk..." Yong Wei's voice trembled a little, and there was a little water in her eyes, "But... I'd rather they do something else."

"What are you talking about?" Qianqian took the handkerchief and handed it to Yong Wei, sighing, "My Lady, you are so sad and confused..."

"I'm not confused. Qianqian, I knew from the time I wanted to enter the palace that I would not be the only woman in the emperor. I'm not afraid of people competing for favor, I just hope he treats me differently."

"The empress is the middle palace, so it is different from the beginning."

Yong Wei shook her head.The harem is like a hundred gardens, there are always flowers springing up everywhere, some are as delicate as fire, or as tender as water, which cannot be prevented and cannot be removed.What she wants to be is not a flower, but the person who walks hand in hand with Su Zhen.

Walking hand in hand in the sunset and evening wind, walking slowly, slowly speaking insignificant words, seeing him staring into his eyes while looking at each other.Yong Wei imagined such a scene many times, but she saw that the person holding hands was not her.

She really would rather see Xia Chu's coquettish seduction than such tranquility and tranquility.Just, why?Why did the emperor treat Xia Chu like this?
"Qianqian." Yong Wei thought for a while, wiped her eyes and raised her head, "Temporarily transfer Xia Chu out of the Imperial Study Room, if anyone asks, just say it's my intention."

"Yes, then what?"

"Nothing after that." Yong Wei turned her head and looked out the window, "The emperor treats Xia Chu so differently, but he never mentioned her to me. So, no matter what attitude I use to ask, no matter what I do, I will always do it." If it is not right, it will lead to spying and jealousy. The emperor's thoughts and attitudes can only be said by the emperor himself."

"Your Majesty can at least ask Xia Chu."

Yong Wei smiled wryly, and looked at Qian Qian, "You still don't understand? Everyone's thoughts are not important, including Xia Chu. Whether Xia Chu intends to seduce, or unintentionally attracts, or has other plans, in the end It's all about the emperor. The only thing I care about is the emperor."

The next morning, Xia Chu got up, packed up and was about to go to the imperial study. Yuan Fang came over before she left, and asked her anxiously, "Where did servant Xia Dian go last night? Jiang Shangyi has been looking for you several times."

"Jiang Shangyi looking for me? What's the matter?"

"I didn't say anything." Yuan Fang pouted, "I was afraid that something might happen to you."

"What can happen to me." Xia Chu smiled, and patted Yuan Fang's shoulder, "It's done, I'll go first."

"Where is Shi Xia Dian going?" Jiang Shangyi's voice came across.Hearing that, Xia Chu stopped, turned around and blessed her, "Go to the imperial study. What's the matter with Jiang Shangyi?"

"Are you so impatient?" Jiang Shangyi said with a fake smile, his eyes were full of unkind expressions, and he raised his hand to help his bun, "I didn't see that Xia Dianshi was so diligent when I was studying rituals in Shangyi Palace. people."

Xia Chu Dingwei's way of speaking, neither sour nor hot, combined with the movement of twisting his shoulders and neck, is really a standard motion picture of 'a bitch is hypocritical', and he felt a little impatient, "Jiang Shangyi really has something What's up?"

Jiang Shangyi smiled contemptuously, raised her head and looked at Xia Chu along the bridge of her nose, "After all, he is the servant of the imperial court, his waist is hard."

Xia Chu frowned, and blessed himself again, "If Jiang Shangyi is fine, I will leave first."

"Stop!" Seeing that Xia Chu really dared to shake his face and leave, Jiang Shangyi immediately changed his face, raised his eyebrows and roared, stepped forward and said, "Is there any rule!" Hitting, when the hand fell halfway, Xia Chu raised his arm to block it, then grabbed Jiang Shangyi's arm with his backhand, and pushed her out, directly pushing her staggering.

A few court ladies behind him hurriedly stepped forward to support Jiang Shangyi, and then looked at Xia Chu, but he stood there without even moving.Jiang Shangyi's face turned red when she recovered.

At the beginning of Xia, he was calm, raised his face, and looked at Jiang Shangyi along his nose, saying: "It doesn't matter where I am, whether I am hard or not. It’s good to know how to change it. But if you deliberately find fault with me..." She laughed, "Forgive me for not having so much free time."

"You still want to go to the imperial study?!" Jiang Shangyi pushed away the maid who was supporting her, and said loudly: "No need. Not today, and even more so in the future!"

Xia Chu turned to look at her, "What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? What do you mean by empress?" Jiang Shangyi sneered after finishing speaking, then approached Xia Chu and said condescendingly: "As for why—" She made a long sound, Xia Dianshi should be clear in his mind, right?"

Xia Chu's heart sank, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help sighing, but Yong Wei still knew.She was most afraid of this matter. If she had the courage to say that she had said it early in the morning, she had hoped that Yong Wei would not find out before she left, but she couldn't hide her meaning.

She felt so embarrassed, even though she didn't see Yong Wei, her body was sweating when she thought about it, and she wanted to explain it quickly when she saw her, but she was also a little afraid of seeing her, afraid that she couldn't explain it clearly.

Seeing the change in Xia Chu's expression, Jiang Shangyi said that she was guilty and afraid, and couldn't help feeling more proud.When she told the queen yesterday that Chu Xia wanted to seduce the emperor, she saw the queen's face with her own eyes.Today, Fengyi Palace delivered the decree, and this attitude is already obvious.

The face of the master has always been a wind signal, there are some words and things that the master does not need to say.Jiang Shangyi snorted, turned her head and said to the aunts who followed her, "Press her down!"

The aunts answered yes, and grabbed Xia Chu's arm. Someone pressed her shoulder and pressed down, trying to make her kneel on the ground.Reflexively, Xia Chu separated his legs and walked steadily, and said to Jiang Shangyi, "What are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Make the rules!" Jiang Shangyi turned to look at Yuan Fang after finishing speaking, "Yuan Fang, Xia Dian's performance in the examination is too poor, I'm afraid she doesn't know, come and tell her when the inner court lady should come back?"

Yuan Fang shook slightly, and said in a mosquito voice: "All female officials in the inner court are not allowed to leave the inner court after you hour, and if they are summoned to go out, they should be approved by the Shang Palace or reported to the Inner Palace Office."

"What if there is a violation?"

"Sticks... ten sticks, twenty sticks for repeat offenders, and those who refuse to correct after repeated admonitions will be punished as disobedience."

Jiang Shangyi nodded, her voice suddenly rose, and she pointed at Xia Chu and said, "Call me out and watch! Even Dianshi, the rules are too strict in this palace, and no one wants to get past it! She pressed me!"

The aunt who pressed the shoulder just wanted to press it but didn't press it. Now that she got it, she hurriedly put more effort into her hands.As soon as Xia Chu heard it, he became angry. How could he care about any messy palace rules?She just squatted down, swept half a circle with her sweeping leg, and tripped the two aunts directly.

Jiang Shangyi was so stared that her eyeballs were about to fall out, she was so angry that she yelled loudly, "Go up and hold me down! Hold down!"

(End of this chapter)