Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 158 The Change of Concubine Yue

Ming Shengdi turned his eyes around Shui Yanran, and was even more surprised to see her so graceful, so he only nodded slightly.

Shui Yanran blessed Fushen, and said: "The concubine will leave."

After finishing speaking, she stepped forward to give alms, and brushed the tip of Ming Shengdi's nose with a burst of sandalwood.

Ming Shengdi looked back at her back for a moment, shook his head, and went to the imperial study with the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

It was night, the lights were dimly lit, and benzoin was lit in the bedroom of Qianqing Palace. Wisps of white smoke circled the edge of the room, and the ice cubes in the corners melted and new ones were added, which was always exhausted by the heat. It's very fast, fortunately, I will go to Mercy Mountain Villa in two days, otherwise it would be really unbearable to be so hot.

Ming Shengdi propped his head on the table, holding a volume of books in his hand, these kinds of books were all about those literary theories, he read it for a while and found it boring, put it aside and tapped Some sore shoulders.

"Your majesty, it's not too early now, don't worry too much, it's not too late to go to the Mercy Villa in two days to cool off, and it's not too late to read more books, the weather is so irritable, do you want to move two more pots?" Is it coming to cool off the heat?" Xiao Xiazi was on duty today, he picked up the wick with a torch and covered the palace lantern with a shade, and asked again.

Although ice cubes can cool down the temperature, they are cold things after all. After melting, the water vapor seeps into the bones and adds moisture, which is not always good.

Ming Shengdi shook his head and gave up, then suddenly remembered something, sat up and asked: "Is Concubine Yue doing well these days? Seeing her in the morning and after the court, she seems to have lost weight a lot."

"Back to the emperor, the concubine Yue often eats fast and recites Buddha these days. After getting up in the morning, she goes to the Baohua Palace to chant sutras for the four princesses. At night, I heard that she bathed and burned incense in her own palace and prayed with all her heart. It's the same as before. It's different." Xiao Xiazi said, only telling the truth about the situation reported by the palace servants, without any bias.

Ming Shengdi recalled how he saw Shui Yanran during the day, and felt a little pity in his heart. Thinking about it, he hadn't pampered her for a long time. Shui Yanran had just lost Xia Ziqi, and even her temper became softer. After coming down, Ming Shengdi couldn't bear it, he thought for a moment and said: "Tonight's sign should belong to Concubine Yue."

"But your majesty... didn't you agree to the empress to go to her palace tonight..." Xiao Xiazi pointed out.

Ming Shengdi frowned, the truth is that you are not joking, he has just said that he wants to overturn the brand of Concubine Yue, and it is not good to change it immediately, thinking that it is not interesting to go to the Queen's Palace, he rubbed his scalp and said : "Send someone to tell the queen that I will go to her palace in two days."

When Xiao Xiazi said yes, he hit the tip and went down to do it.

As the moonlight was shining, when Shui Yanran was stepping into the palace of Qianqing Palace, Ming Shengdi was leaning on his soft bed and closing his eyes to calm his nerves. Pressing, the strength of the technique is moderate, just enough to relieve his fatigue.

Ming Shengdi raised the corners of his mouth and held that hand, opened his eyes and looked towards that hand, and saw Shui Yanran looking at him softly with a few faint smiles.

"Your Majesty, just rest, and my concubine is here to serve you." She said softly, while being as gentle as water, she was even more charming than Yue Jing'an.

Gently pressing Ming Shengdi's head point with his fingertips, and then slowly moving to the neck point, he felt comfortable and at the same time looked at Shui Yanran with admiration.

Under the illumination of the lamps and candles, Shui Yanran's side face is extraordinarily gentle, as if she has a lot of suddenness that has been settled for a long time after the ups and downs, and she is originally a lady from the Yue family, and she is not knowledgeable and reasonable in her bones. She was obliterated by her flamboyance and coquettishness over the years, but such a comparison made waves in Ming Shengdi's heart.

"Concubine Ai seems to be haggard a lot recently?" Ming Shengdi closed his eyes and let Shui Yanran press his shoulders for him.

Shui Yanran let out a light smile: "Thank you, my Majesty, for your care. Now, I am a lonely person. Every day, I go by, chant scriptures and recite Buddhist scriptures every day. Although it is not as lively as before, it is much more lively. With a very quiet mind, my heart is much more open-minded, not haggard."

What she said was very relaxed, without any mention of the misery and desolation after losing Xia Ziqi. Ming Shengdi remembered the desolate appearance of Shui Yanran running barefoot in the palace road to Qiluo Garden when the palace servant reported two days ago, Feeling a lot of unbearable in his heart, he held Shang Shui Yanran's slender wrist and sighed inaudibly.

"It hurts you."

Shui Yanran shook her head and said: "The concubine is not bitter, the concubine understands that the emperor is doing everything for Da Lai's sake, and dare not use the thoughts of a woman to save the emperor's heart."

If Shui Yanran was acting like she was before, Ming Shengdi would definitely be angry with her, but as she is now who is calm and understanding, Ming Shengdi doesn't know what to say.

The candlelight on the table was flickering, and Shui Yanran's skillful and appropriate technique stretched the meridians of Ming Shengdi. He moved his neck, and it really didn't hurt as much as before.

"Your Majesty, use some cold soup!"

Xiao Xiazi spoke while holding a cup of lily tremella cold soup just delivered by the imperial dining room. When the cup was opened, you could see the crystal clear white fungus stewed together with the lily with distinct petals, and then served separately with red bean puree Take out a bowl, and when you use it, you only need to take out a spoonful of red bean puree, pour three spoonfuls of cold soup and mix them evenly, and you can experience the refreshing taste in your throat with one bite.

Ming Shengdi ate very little for dinner, and now his stomach was quite spacious, so he raised his hand and asked Xiao Xiazi to fill a bowl.

Shui Yanran took the initiative to take the good cold soup, served Xiao Xiazi properly, and used a handkerchief to wipe the food stains on Ming Shengdi's mouth from time to time, as if she was considerate appearance.

"Your Majesty, my servant sees that you use it very well, but how about the new chef's skill?" Xiao Xiazi said with a smile, shaking his whisk.

Ming Shengdi laughed and said: "That's true. The imperial cooks in the palace used to do the same thing. I got tired of it a long time ago. It's better to be the newcomer dispatched from the Grace Villa."

As he said that, he asked Xiao Xiazi to fill another bowl, and the original heat was also dissipated a lot.

"Tomorrow, the emperor will feel at ease when we arrive at the Ci'en Villa. If the place is not too cold, my servant will see that the emperor would like to move the imperial city there too!"

Xiao Xiazi joked a few words, suddenly remembered that Shui Yanran was by her side, and resentfully did not continue.This time, for the concubines who went to the Mercy Mountain Villa to escape the summer heat, Emperor Ming brought the empress, Concubine Lian, Concubine De, Concubine Xian, and several other nobles and concubines by name, Shui Yanran was not included.

Shui Yanran couldn't tell that Xiao Xiazi was hesitant to speak after taking a look at her. She only served the emperor wholeheartedly, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you should not be too greedy when you go to the Mercy Villa. The concubine looks pretty good, but the humidity is a bit heavy, last year the emperor always complained of knee pain when he came back from the summer vacation, this year we must pay attention."

She kindly made a point, and didn't feel the slightest bit of resentment because she wasn't on the relocation list.

"The concubine is thinking about you in this palace, waiting for the emperor to come back."

Shui Yanran's words made Ming Shengdi cough unnaturally twice. After all, he is also an old man who serves him. Earlier, he felt that Shui Yanran was getting more and more unruly, and was annoyed by her arrogant and aggressive temper, but now it seems Shui Yanran had already changed her temper, and since he was so in his favor, how could he let Shui Yanran hang out in the palace again.

"If you want to, go with me this year too. In the past, you were the concubine who accompanied me, and this year is the same." Ming Shengdi said, thinking that Shui Yanran has no daughter now, and the Yue family has been surrounded by him all the time. Suppressed, it's really pitiful.

Shui Yanran was taken aback for a moment, then nodded joyfully, lowered her head and used a handkerchief to seal her eyes.

"The concubine naturally wants to accompany the emperor, but the emperor loves sister Chongyue more now. The concubine is afraid that the emperor will offend the concubine, so she dare not speak up by herself. Don't mention how envious the sisters and sisters who can go together .”

Such tenderness aroused Ming Shengdi's guilt again, he hugged Shui Yanran's shoulder and patted her on the back distressedly: "It was I who neglected you, and I will definitely make it up to you!"

Shui Yanran leaned into Ming Shengdi's arms and gave a soft benevolence, becoming more and more gentle and obedient, but Ming Shengdi didn't see it, and there was a mocking smile on the corner of her slightly curved mouth.

For the next two days, Ming Shengdi summoned Shui Yanran to attend her bed. When the news spread to the harem, everyone speculated that Shui Yanran lost her daughter, so she must have a low status in the palace. Bao, who knew that she would come alive again in front of Ming Shengdi, even compared to the favored Concubine Lian.

What's more, Shui Yanran, who was not originally in the ranks of moving to the Mercy Villa, was also deliberately added by Ming Shengdi, which meant that Shui Yanran made a backhand move, and the situation in the palace had to be carefully investigated again.

The news spread quickly, and when it reached Mo Shengyuan, Xia Zijin was drinking tea with Yue Jing'an.

Since Xia Ziyan's death, Yue Jing'an often came to sit in the Mosheng Garden. The two of them talked about the situation in the palace, and most of them revolved around the stability of favor and power. People, but they don't know that Yue Jing'an puts the same thoughts on Xia Ziyan on Xia Shengqing's head, and she often goes to Mosheng Garden to get closer to her and Xia Shengqing.

Hearing Xiao Huanzi's report that the people from the House of Internal Affairs had already temporarily prepared Shui Yanran's outfit, Yue Jing'an held the hand of Jin Junmei tea soup to her lips, and looked at Xia Zijin in surprise.

"I heard that Concubine Yue was crying sadly in the palace with her hair barefoot two days ago, I thought she really lost her daughter and couldn't make a fuss, so I felt sorry for her."

(End of this chapter)