Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 41
The two were talking about the dishes here, Chen Wenxin always wanted to eat some meat, the emperor was afraid that she would not be able to digest it, so he only talked about steamed eggplant and the like.

The two bargained for a long time, but in the end it was Chen Wenxin who gained the upper hand.

After all, she was the one who drank porridge for two days.

What the emperor thought was that he had to accompany her to eat together, so he could restrain her from eating too much.

It was still early, the emperor got up and said: "You rest for a while, don't go out and run around. I will come back at dinner time."

The emperor is going back to approve the papers.

She nodded, and the emperor took Li Dequan back to the main hall.

She is bored here, and the emperor has finally left, so where can she lie down?
"Bai Lu, let's go out for a stroll."

Seeing that she was going to get up, Bai Lu hurriedly took the clothes over, and said: "Master, please calm down for a while, how many times have you said that you are going out for a stroll in the past few days? When did the emperor agree?"

But isn't the emperor gone?
Chen Wenxin had already figured it out in his heart before he could say such stupid words.

Although the emperor is gone, he still has many eyes and ears in the garden!
Concubine Tong knew about the emperor's inquiry immediately, but the emperor would definitely not expose it.

Not entirely for the sake of each other's face, but also because this spy was caught, and there will be more hidden spies.

If she was forced to find out any news, she might take more extreme methods.

This is not what the emperor wants.

According to Chen Wenxin's opinion, it is wrong for the emperor to do so.

Since he didn't like Concubine Tong prying into his affairs, when he knew Concubine Tong did this for the first time, he should tell her sternly and stop her.

But he didn't, his way of controlling everything secretly was raising wolves.

Raised a wolf with his own hands, and kept giving her human flesh to eat.

Knowing that she was going to be beaten to death in the end, I told her then: I don't like wolves that eat human flesh.

I don't know if it's the emperor's awkward temper, or this is the emperor's power control technique.

She didn't even bother to think, Concubine Tong Gui had eaten human flesh by the emperor's side for over ten years, and now she told her what the emperor thought, she might not change it.

Even if she can change it now, it's too late, the emperor has long been disheartened.

Can't go out, why don't you go to the head office at the waterside pavilion?
During the few days when she was out hunting, the water pavilion had been remodeled according to her previous ideas.

She kept it in the house as soon as she came back, and she hasn't had time to look at it yet.

This time Bai Lu did not object, she waited for Chen Wenxin to put on her clothes.

In just a few days, summer has passed completely.

What Bai Lu brought was a concubine-colored smock-shoulder dug-out blouse newly made by the Imperial Clothing Bureau, and inside was a skirt made according to the style of the improved cheongsam she had previously made.

She touched it in her hand, and found that it was made of cotton with a silk surface.

Walking into the yard, the cold wind still hit her face, Bai Lu tightened the belt of the cloak for her, she smiled and said, "It's so cold."

She couldn't help but think of the days when she first entered the palace, it was so hot that she didn't know what to do.

In Chuxiu Palace, there was nothing to worry about food and drink, nothing could be better. Fortunately, there was a Nanny Gui who brought her some iced fruit and sour plum soup.

It was the first time to serve the bed, and it was the first time I felt the iceberg in the emperor's Qianqing Palace, it was so cool.

The emperor gave her the gift of asking the Ministry of Internal Affairs for icebergs at any time, but she was not polite and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send them several times a day.

She gathered Bai Lu and the others together in the house, letting them enjoy the shade too.The iceberg was full of melons and fruits. It was the first time that the emperor saw a big watermelon standing on the tip of the iceberg and smiled...

She also asked the small table and chairs to compete in smashing watermelons, but now there is only a small table next to her.

These seem to be still in front of my eyes, and I need to wear quilted clothes and wrap a cape in a blink of an eye.

It suddenly occurred to her that the little table was really lonely by her side.

Bai Lu can talk to Bai Shuang, and Bai Xue and Bai Fei are in another group, only the small table is alone.

She should talk to the emperor at night and send her a few eunuchs to accompany the small table, even one is fine.

Walking to the waterside pavilion at the back of the house, the colorful veils rose and fell with the autumn wind, which immediately caught her attention.

When she walked into the water pavilion, it was indeed cooler than outside.

The lake water was right under her feet, separated by a wooden platform, making a slight sound of rippling water.

She touched the white curtain for a while, and grabbed the pink one for a while.When standing quietly among the water pavilions, those veils would be blown by the wind and blow on her face.

Itchy.

Seeing her being so happy, Bai Lu also said, "Master's idea is really good, these curtains look really nice when hung."

She laughed with a snort.

How did Bai Lu know that this idea came from the movie "Green Snake" she had seen in modern times.

She was deeply impressed by that scene: the green snake and the white snake were chatting late at night in the mansion where they transformed with mana.The green snake played by Maggie Cheung slides mischievously in the water, and the white snake played by Wang Zuxian is half lying on the water platform, graceful and graceful.

The wind in the middle of the night dances around the veil of the water platform, which is a very mysterious and feminine picture.

After watching that movie, she often thinks about the water pavilion in the movie.Until the emperor brought her to Guanlan Pavilion, she felt that her dream was about to come true!

She could have a scene from the movie too!
It's still early in the day, she thought, after dinner in the evening, she can come and have a look again.

"Master, there is a royal couch here."

This time it was Bai Lu's turn to be surprised, she had never seen the imperial concubine's couch placed in the open air.

The imperial concubine's couch.

She sat down, half lying on the couch, and stretched lazily.

Yes, that's how it feels.

"The emperor said that in winter, the water pavilion should be surrounded by thick cotton curtains, and another layer should be spread on the ground. At that time, it will be like a house, and it is not surprising to have a couch."

Bai Lu laughed and said, "Then why don't you go inside and spend all this time here?"

These words stunned Chen Wenxin.

She knew that Bai Lu hadn't read any books, so she didn't know how to explain it to her, and all this effort was just for a little flirting.

The house is on the lake, surrounded by the atmosphere of the lake.

The lake is at your feet, standing on the edge of the waterside pavilion, you can touch it with your hands.

She remembered an ancient essay called "Looking at the Snow at the Pavilion in the Heart of the Lake".Generally speaking, it is about a literati who asked the boatman to row a boat to the pavilion in the middle of the lake to watch the snow in the middle of the night, only to find that there was another person in the pavilion when he arrived.

The boatman just laughed, and I said you were stupid when you stayed up most of the night and came to the Huxin Pavilion to watch the snow. I didn’t expect there to be people as stupid as you.

The stupidity in the eyes of the boatman is really a joy for the two people watching the snow.

Bai Lu would think so, and I'm afraid many people would think so too.

But when the emperor said it, she didn't think about it that way.The emperor also knew that she would not think so.

The two of them cherish each other just like the two "fools" watching the snow in the Huxin Pavilion.

She lifted the curtain and walked to the edge of the water pavilion.

There is a small wooden ladder on the side with only three or two steps, extending into the lake.

She was sitting by the wooden platform of the water pavilion, with her legs stretched out on the wooden ladder, Bai Lu quickly reminded her.

"Be careful not to put your feet in the water, it's very cold."

She purposely dangled her feet on the water, seeing Bai Lu's anxious look, and picked up a stream of water with the sole of her shoe to splash her.

Sure enough, it splashed on the corner of Bai Lu's skirt, splashing a piece of dark blue on her water-blue skirt.

Bai Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she only said that she was raised in the house for a few days and became restless, and her playful spirit was revived.

How can a master be so childish!

She was about to say something when she heard immature voices from the lake.

Chen Wenxin heard it too. She listened carefully and felt that the voice sounded like the fourth elder brother's.

"That's right, on the other side of the lake is the Qingxi Bookstore where Brother Si lives."

Sure enough, she looked across the lake, and in a courtyard near the lake, the little head of the fourth elder brother poked out of the window.

The surface of the water has the effect of sound transmission. She is a liberal arts student, so she still has common sense in the house.

The fourth elder brother may not be calling her loudly, but the people by the lake can hear it clearly.

She is a concubine, so she can't shout like the fourth elder brother, she can only wave in the fourth elder brother's direction.

But the fourth elder brother was still shouting: "Chen Erniang—Chen Erniang—"

She waved in the direction of the fourth elder brother again, signaling him to come to her side.

This time, the fourth elder brother's little head simply disappeared by the window.

She thought that the fourth elder brother was coming, so she asked Bai Lu to meet him on the path outside Guanlan Pavilion.

Bai Lu was worried that she was alone by the water, so she called Bai Shuang to meet the fourth elder brother outside.After a while, Bai Shuang came in by herself.

She said: "I didn't see the fourth prince coming."

This is strange, the fourth elder brother called her repeatedly, but after calling her, she disappeared, where could he have gone?

When she looked across the lake again, the window had been closed at some point.

It’s weird.

She didn't want to play in the water any more, she helped Bai Lu up and said, "Let's go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)