Chapter 16 Chapter 4 The Moon Moves, Flowers and Shadows Seem to Come Again

The sky turned from black to gray, then gradually turned blue, and then gradually turned white.The entire inner courtyard of the imperial palace was silent, but at this time the bedroom of Fengyi Hall was already brightly lit. The maids and servants stood bowed outside the gate of the palace.And the few servants close to the emperor were already waiting for the emperor to change his clothes in the inner bedroom. When the Kowloon crown was fastened, the emperor slowly turned around and prepared for the morning court. The attendant in the close body wanted to open his mouth and shout as usual: "The emperor arose!" But the emperor gently swung the bright yellow court dress sleeves to signal everyone to be silent.

The servant shuddered, and hurriedly silenced.The emperor turned back and looked into the Furong tent.Because of the hanging curtains and layers of tassels, it is almost impossible to see the person on the bed, only the silhouette of a graceful figure is vaguely reflected. The emperor stared at it for a while with a smile on his lips, and then got up.The maids and servants of Fengyi Hall knelt down in two rows, kowtowing respectfully to see the emperor off. Concubine Ning was very sleepy.It was not until near noon that there was a sound from behind the tent. The leading maid, Tian Qing, hurried forward without a sound, only to hear Concubine Ning ask softly: "What time is it?" Tian Qing replied, "Go back to Madam, it's almost noon."

Mu Ningyan was stunned: "It's already this hour?" Tianqing replied: "Yes. The emperor ordered the servants not to wake up the empress, so that the empress can rest well." Mu Ningyan was silent for a long time, then Fang ordered: "Wait to take a bath and change clothes." Tian Qing replied "Yes", and with a light wave of her hand, several maids came in one after another holding the washing things. The maids gently lifted the curtain of the bed, and saw the master lying on the bed with a gloomy expression, as if lost in thought.The long black silky hair was spread on the pillow, making the greasy white skin on her neck look more like snow, shining brightly.Just take a closer look, and you can find that there are spots of red printed on the Yingying, which are clearly the traces of the emperor's favor.

The nearby maid, Tian Qing, hastily lowered her eyes and looked away, not daring to look any further.It's just a vague feeling that there is something strange, this Concubine Ning is favored by the emperor, but she doesn't look happy at all. Maybe his master is very special.Since entering the palace, the emperor has never visited the Fengyi Hall, and Concubine Ning did not look forward to it like other masters in the palace, and lived her little life leisurely. Baili Haozhe also ordered others to pass it on, and went straight in.I wanted to approve the papers in the imperial study room, but I couldn't bear it anymore, I read two books hastily, and then threw them aside.

The hall was quiet, only Tian Qing, the maid who was close by, stood in front of the curtain and waited. Seeing the emperor approaching lightly, she hurriedly bowed her knees to salute.Baili Haozhe waved his hand lightly, and asked in a low voice, "Where is your empress?" Tianqing replied: "Going back to the emperor, the empress just got up not long ago, and she came out to take a bath." After finishing speaking, she silently lifted the curtain for the emperor, and after the emperor entered, she quietly retreated out. The black hair cascades down like a waterfall, looking smooth and pleasant.She sat sideways in front of the nine-curved bronze mirror, holding an ivory comb in one hand, and brushing her black hair with the other, combing it once in a while.Her complexion was already extremely fair, but at this time, half of her lotus arms were exposed, and she was even more fat like snow. After staring at her for a long time, she felt dazzled and fascinated.

She raised her eyes as if there was nothing, and the person in the bronze mirror was beautiful and gentle, and there was another person indistinctly.She was startled, turned her head, and saw the emperor standing beside him, he just smiled slightly, his eyes seemed to have infinite tenderness.He reached out and took the ivory comb.Standing like this, combing her beautiful hair. There is silence in the hall, only the shadow of the window moving quietly.The breathing of the two was shallow and faintly audible. I don't know how long after this, he put down the comb, and said in a low voice, "Take a break first, I still have papers to approve." She gave a soft "hmm".

Xiao Luzi and others in Chengqian Hall thought that the emperor must be in Fengyi Hall today, and they got together to chat and laugh without any formalities.Looking up, I saw the emperor stepped in with a gloomy expression, and hurriedly saluted.The emperor didn't say a word, but waved his hands to signal everyone to leave. Baili Haozhe paced back and forth for a long time, tapped his hands, and softly ordered: "Go and call Tianqing." The person who leaped in from the window hurriedly answered "Yes", and jumped out. "Present the things!" A delicate little jade box appeared in sight.Baili Haozhe stood with his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, his face expressionless.

He finally opened his eyes, pressed his hand, and the jade cover opened in response.In an instant, the tip of the nose is full of fragrance.He froze, although when he was combing her hair just now, he had already smelled a faint musk in the warm fragrance of her skin.But this box full of brown things still made him extremely frightened and angry. Musk has always been a forbidden substance in the palace, and women in the harem will cause infertility if used for a long time.It can be said that it has always been something that concubines in the palace can't avoid.But she secretly hid such a big box.

She only needs to use more than half of the box, and she will be infertile for life. He was so angry that he raised his hand and was about to knock down the box.But it stopped immediately, and ordered: "Go, find the imperial doctor and change the contents, and say that it is my oral order. As long as the smell is similar, it will be beneficial to the body and not harmful." Tianqing bowed her knees and saluted: "Yes." Just as she was about to bow and retreat, the emperor ordered again: "Remember, clean up the contents of the box without leaving any traces." The lights in the inner hall had already been turned off, and the moonlight soaked in through the window panes and spread on the ground like quicksilver.Mu Ningyan concentrated for a long time before turning over lightly.It seems that the emperor will not come here again tonight.Probably because of the pine in the heart, he closed his eyes, and became a little hazy in an instant.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes dripping with cold sweat, and the scene in her dream was like a cocoon, wrapping her around her, almost suffocating her.A hand stroked her forehead: "What's wrong?" Mu Ningyan was startled, and sat up abruptly, only to see the emperor sitting on the side of the bed with only his underwear on, for an unknown how long he had been sitting like this.She struggled to come down and salute, but he held her down and said, "Go to sleep." He lay down beside her, wrapping her firmly in his arms.Her body trembled, she stopped struggling, and was as docile as a cat curled up in the palm of her hand.

In the afternoon, the Fengyi Hall was lonely, and Baili Haozhe came directly after he got off the imperial study.When they arrived at the door, the maid was about to salute and say hello, when the emperor made a silent gesture, so she held her breath, not daring to make any more noise. After opening several layers of gauze curtains, I saw Concubine Ning and the prince practicing calligraphy at the table in front of the window.Concubine Ning held a fan in her hand, and slowly fanned the crown prince.The two occasionally whispered softly, but because of the distance, they could hardly be heard. Baili Haozhe stood under the curtain for a long time, staring at the two of them motionlessly, almost bewildered for a moment. Since Mu Ningyan entered the palace, he has never given up on the investigation of her origin, but there has been no reply.According to the investigation, Mrs. Ruan did have a younger sister who was married to a family surnamed Mu in Xinzhou, she was a rich merchant, and she did have a daughter named Ning Yan.But because she was raised in a deep boudoir since she was a child, no one has ever seen her.Because the Mu family passed away seven or eight years ago, Master Mu passed away, the business of the business was unstable, and there were changes in the mansion. The maid who served Mu Ningyan in the early years had to be replaced.The spies took the portrait of Empress Ruan and questioned it in detail, but the answer was that Miss Mu's family did resemble the portrait when she was young. It is only because of the age and the face will naturally change when people grow up, so it is really impossible to give a certainty. Reply. As a result, almost all clues were interrupted. Mu Ningyan raised her head inadvertently, and saw the figure standing in a daze by the curtain.He hurriedly put on his clothes for the ceremony, and said: "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor." Baili Haozhe smiled slightly: "In this hall, you don't need to be formal." He reached out to hold her hand, her hand seemed to move slightly, and he clenched it even more tightly.The skin is soft and cold, like jade. In this scorching weather, a little bit of coolness seems to be able to calm people's hearts. He said softly, "If it's just you and me in the future, you don't need to salute me." The emperor's tone was extremely gentle, and the wind blew in his ears.For some reason, Mu Ningyan couldn't help thinking about all the events of last night, and her face was burning hot.He just replied lightly: "The concubine dare not. This... This is against etiquette." Baili Haozhe smiled faintly, and turned to stare at her: "It was once said that in this palace, as long as the emperor likes it, it is a courtesy and a law..." He looked at Mu Ningyan motionlessly, as if To see her thoroughly at once. Mu Ningyan lowered her eyes, couldn't distinguish the expression in her eyes, and replied: "My concubine... my concubine obeys the emperor's will." At this moment, the prince had put down his pen, kowtowed on the ground and said, "My son pays respects to my father, long live my father." Baili Haozhe stretched out his hand to pull him up: "Get up. What books did the Taifu teach today? "The prince answered one by one. There is a row of windows on the east side of the hall, through which the light enters through the gauze curtain, and streams of light pile up on the two of them like pieces of silver.Because ice is placed all around, it doesn't feel stuffy at all.Baili Haozhe looked at him like this, couldn't help smiling, and said: "Just now the Taifu praised our prince's intelligence in front of me, saying that although the prince is young, he has the ability to never forget..." Baili Haozhe smiled sideways, and said warmly: "From today's perspective, Concubine Ning, you take care of the prince's daily life and food, and even take care of schoolwork. You really deserve it. Tell me, what reward do you want?" Mu Ningyan shook her head, and said lightly: "This is a matter of the duties of a concubine. I really dare not ask for a reward from the emperor." Baili Haozhe pondered and said: "I said that if I want to reward you, I must reward you. How about it, a few days ago, the Western Regions paid tribute to a pair of Hetian jade chess pieces, so I will reward you." Looking down at the prince, he said: "Is it okay for the emperor?" The prince has handsome eyebrows, and now he has a big smile and looks even more handsome, nodding his head vigorously: "Of course!" Mu Ningyan lowered her eyes, and said: "Report to the emperor, my concubine doesn't know how to play chess." Baili Haozhe laughed and said, "I'll teach you." Then he raised his voice and ordered: "Go and check the game of chess." Bring the jade chess pieces that were tribute from the Western Regions." Shi Quanyi stood outside several curtains with his head bowed, and occasionally heard the emperor's voice in a low voice: "I told you I can't put it here... Look, if I make a move here, you see... you will be defeated..." Can't help but tremble secretly in the heart.The emperor didn't call himself "Zhen" in front of Concubine Ning.He has been in this palace for many years, so how can he not understand the meaning of the emperor.The emperor had obviously regarded Concubine Ning as Empress Ruan.Married as husband and wife, love to the depths, only one person in the world would not use this to call himself. After a while, the emperor laughed lightly: "Teaching belongs to the teaching, but if you lose, you will be punished." Concubine Ning's voice was also very low, vaguely: "The emperor forgives the sin, the concubine said it would not be possible." The emperor laughed softly, probably in a good mood: "I've given you so many sons, and if you still lose, then I don't care..." Concubine Ning didn't see her voice for a long time. The emperor seemed to be smiling lowly, and his tone was extremely gentle: "Okay, okay...I'm angry, can't I apologize?" Concubine Ning didn't know what to say.After a while, only Concubine Ning's greasy "hmm" came out, mixed with a suppressed moan.Shi Quanyi didn't dare to listen any more, he waved his hands to the waiting crowd and led them back out. Others only said that the emperor was cold-tempered and disliked women.But after concubine Ning went to bed, the emperor came to this Fengyi Hall every day, and his mood was getting better day by day.Even the errands like them feel refreshed. However, Concubine Ning seems to be still indifferent, as if she doesn't care about anything.