Chapter 5 Chapter Five Honey Fragrance

The matter of Wen Yi Di Ji came to fruition three days later.Xiao Tang, who is in charge of pastry materials in the imperial dining room, came forward and said that he accidentally mixed two kinds of powders, which made Di Ji feel unwell. When the news came, I was embroidering a double-sided embroidery with Ling Rong stretching snow-white silk gauze on the ebony frame.Double-sided embroidery is the most important thing about needle skills and the eyesight of the embroiderer. Thousands of thread ends should be hidden in the embroidery without a trace. One more stitch, one less stitch, one crooked stitch, and one oblique stitch will all work. Distort or discolor the pattern.

It is embroidered with a picture of a long journey in the spring mountains. Hundreds of kinds of green are gradually charming the eyes. After looking at it for a long time, the head is slightly dizzy.Through the soft curtain of lake green crepe, a dark blue shadow falls all over the place.Outside the curtain, Jinxi and the court lady are turning over the big bright flower materials sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stirring up the tiny pink butterflies in the shadow to jump and flash, the light and shadow are separated and reunited, as if they want to freeze the last sky shadow time of this summer .

I stood up and rubbed the back of my sore neck, took a sip of mustard and said, "What do you think?" Ling Rong compared the color of the silk thread carefully to the sun, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, "This is the coincidence that Concubine Hua said." I chuckled, "Why do you like to beat around the bush when you talk." Ling Rong put down the silk thread in his hand, pursed his lips and said: "Yes. Follow my sister's order." Then he said slowly: "The emperor wanted to investigate thoroughly, and Xiao Tang came forward, but it was just a chess piece ordered by someone who didn't want the emperor to continue the investigation. " But she was puzzled again, "It's just...the emperor punished Xiao Tang for the crime of dereliction of duty, and killed him with a stick."

I took the fenugreek drink in my hand, looked at the busy figure of the palace maid outside the curtain, and said calmly: "Of course I will be killed with a stick. If we investigate further, it will be a scandal in the palace. It will be a small matter in the ears of the officials and the queen mother. I have fallen into the royal dignity." I chewed the fenugreek in my mouth lightly, and said slowly: "We all understand why the emperor doesn't understand. It's just that she can't be touched temporarily." Seeing that Ling Rong seemed perplexed, he stretched out his finger and poked the window screen in the southwest direction, Ling Rong immediately understood, and sighed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, has so many helplessness."

I curled my fingers slightly, licked my temple hair, and said word by word: "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking. I just wait for the day when Murong's bird is completely hidden." Ling Rong was silent for a moment, picked a fragrant grape and chewed slowly in his mouth, said: "Ling Rong just thinks that sister is working hard." I said: "How can you not work hard on the cusp of Ronghua's grace?" Ling Rong clapped her hands and said with a smile: "However, the emperor has been very kind to my sister these few days." She was quiet, "Actually, the emperor has been very kind to my sister."

This sentence caught my ears, and then I remembered what I said when I was sitting with Xuan Ling the afternoon before yesterday. He put me on his knees to peel water chestnuts and eat together, rubbing the sideburns together, red water chestnut jade hands, two people talking softly, what a beautiful scenery. I pressed against his ear and said softly, "Why does Shiro believe that Huanhuan is innocent?" He was peeling the red water chestnut, thinking that he was not used to doing this, the peeling was very rough, the white flesh was mottled with dark red peel that hadn't been cleaned.He said: "You are Shiro's Huanhuan, as a husband, how can I not believe you."

Feeling warm and comfortable in his heart, he pretended to be angry and said: "Just for this? No wonder the concubines always say that Shiro prefers me, it seems true." He put down the water chestnut in his hand and said seriously: "Huanhuan wouldn't do such a thing." He grabbed my hand and said: "Then dig out my heart and have a look, is it for you or for me? Looking at someone else?" I was blushing all over my face, and spat out, "You're still the king of a country, and you can't make fun of people when you speak like this." He just smiled and said nothing, peeled a whole water chestnut and put it in my mouth, said: "Is it delicious?"

Frowning, he reluctantly swallowed it whole, "It's so astringent, it's not clean." He couldn't hold his hand and laughed again: "Silang holds the world in his hands, how can he do such a thing. Just leave the small water chestnut to Huanhuan .” As he spoke, he even peeled off several pieces until the flesh was smooth, and put them in his palm.He smiled and said: "The sweetness is crisp and sweet. It's still your dexterity." I smiled, "This is water red water chestnut from the south of the Yangtze River. It is crisp, tender, fresh and full of fragrance. It is naturally unusual."

While speaking, Xuan Ling ate a few more, and slowly closed his eyes to savor it, "The taste of this red water chestnut is clear but not greasy, just like your piano sound and your dance." I burst out laughing, "I am so greedy, I have to look forward to Shu. The words of the ancients are really good. I peeled the water chestnut for you and wanted me to play the piano and dance." He also couldn't help smiling: "What kind of dance are you doing? I just think about it and you won't allow it." Then he said: "If you want to dance, I won't allow it. It's so uncomfortable to dance all over in sweat."

I said "ah": "Others are, the emperor made fun of my concubine who is made of water." I deliberately turned around and ignored him, and let him coax and coax him, Fang looked back and smiled at him. I thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt that I shouldn't think about it in silence at this time, I should say something, otherwise it would seem like I was showing off Ling Rong to her in the cold.So he said with a smile: "The emperor is also very good to my sister." Ling Rong suddenly showed an almost sad expression, staring at the hundreds of dazzling green silk threads on the embroidery frame, and smoothed them out one by one.I looked at her with a strange expression, Xuan Ling was also kind to her, why would she be dissatisfied as a favorite concubine.However, Ling Rong's mind is more sensitive than others, so it's not easy to ask.After a while, she showed her face and said, "Sister, why do you suddenly want to embroider this troublesome thing? It takes a lot of effort and painstaking effort."

I stepped forward to look at it for a while, stroked the smooth embroidery material and said, "It really takes a lot of effort. However, the more effort and thought it takes, the more it will test a person's mind and endurance." Ling Rong said: "My sister always speaks so profoundly. What does embroidery have to do with the mind? Ling Rong doesn't understand." I changed the tea for her, sat down again and raised the needle to embroider, and said gently: "Sometimes, it is a blessing not to understand. It is best never to understand." Ling Rong smiled, and changed the subject: "My sister came up with a whim and wanted to embroider double-sided embroidery. I don't know how many days it will take. I'm going back to Luan in a few days, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of work." I just lowered my head to embroider without raising my head and said: "Don't talk about an embroidery frame, even if I want to move all the residual lotus in front of Yifu Pavilion to Taiye Pond, who would dare to say that in front of me?" No' word?" Ling Rong smiled and clapped his hands and said: "Yes, yes. I am afraid that my sister will merge Fanyue Lake and go to Taiye Lake, and the emperor will only say that it is a good idea." I couldn't help laughing: "How can you learn to be so glib." After embroidering for a while, my hands began to sweat. I was afraid of staining the color of the silk thread, so I got up to wash my hands.I saw Huanbi outside carefully picking the colors of this season's clothes, and the emerald green dress was like the emerald green color of a new lotus leaf curling in the sunlight.On the earlobe, I newly gave her the little finger-sized pearl earrings that swayed like stars with her every move.I suddenly remembered something, as if I recalled a half-star bright dawn in the twists and turns of Shende Hall that day, and the cruelty and darkness behind that dawn made me dare not reveal it for a while. Take a look.Finally, I still couldn't bear it anymore. If it was true, I would be no different from allowing others to sleep with me beside the pillow, more like a sharp knife hanging above my head, in danger.Taking a deep breath, he called out, "Huanbi—" Huanbi heard the sound and came in, said: "Miss, do you want to change the tea and fruit?" I looked her in the eye and said with a smile: "Didn't you go to the imperial dining room last time to get cassava flour to make pearl balls? Make some for snacks." Huanbi was slightly stunned and said, "Miss, why did you suddenly think of eating this? After the incident last time, the servant felt foul, so I threw it all away." "Oh. What a coincidence. I'm still thinking about the taste." I said, "That's all right, let's make something." Don't turn your head to ask Lingrong: "There is a chestnut cake that the emperor rewarded today, come again How about a bowl of eight-treasure sweet cheese?" Ling Rong said meekly: "My sister made up her mind." After eating snacks with Ling Rong, they left.Seeing that the maids and eunuchs packed their bags for a while and returned to Luan, I felt better and went to embroider again. Calm, this kind of calm was maintained until the Mid-Autumn Festival after returning to Luang. As usual, the Mid-Autumn Festival must be spent in Ziao City.The day of returning to Luan was set on the fifth day of August.When returning to Luan, when the concubine's ceremonial guard was no longer coming, the car in Meizhuang was strictly guarded, and she could not get out of the car easily; the empress's green-feathered and green luan canopy chariot followed closely behind the queen's phoenix. decadence.After Concubine Cui, Feng Shuyi, and Concubine Xin Gui, Cao Jieyu and I drove alongside, and Ling Rong followed behind.It took two consecutive days of driving and horses to return to Purple Austrian City. Although it was by car, he felt tired. Fortunately, Tangli Palace had already prepared everything properly, and after a hasty wash, he fell asleep in a daze. The etiquette of the Mid-Autumn Festival is complicated, Xuan Ling gives banquets to the courtiers outside, and there is a family banquet in the harem at night. According to the ceremonial system, the family banquet was held in the Huiguang Hall, the first hall at the main entrance of the harem, where all the kings and their wives were present.The queen mother seemed to be in a good mood, and she was accompanied by several concubines.The Empress Dowager ascended the throne to the south, and the other concubines sat on both sides to accompany her.A stage is set up in the south of the hall, and all kinds of opera and dance skills are combined.The empress led concubines, princes, and concubines to drink tea and wine to congratulate the empress dowager. He Bi, each returned to his seat and sat down.The music of Zhaoga was played over and over again, and the singers in the band sang the congratulatory message of birthday and wine with the loud and clear voice of Ye Xingyun. As the most honorable elder of this huge, prominent and noble family, the queen mother can naturally enjoy the glory and pride that no one can appreciate.This is the first time I have seen the Queen Mother who I have imagined countless times in my mind.Although my rank is far from the queen mother's throne, I can't restrain my admiration and longing for the rumored queen mother.The various rumors made me draw in my heart the outline of a serious and powerful first lady in the court for the Queen Mother, but when I actually saw her, I was a little surprised by her peaceful and quiet demeanor.Because it was a family banquet, the Empress Dowager's dress was luxurious but not grand. She was dressed in a blue-gold color dress with simple and refreshing decorations. Her hair was only decorated with emeralds and pearls, and her face was lightly made up.The Empress Dowager is not very glamorous, perhaps because she has read too many Buddhist scriptures, she has a faint noble and alienated demeanor, which is admirable to see.As the most noble woman in this dynasty, she should be living a superior life that is unattainable for ordinary people, but for some reason, her face has a light haggard look, presumably because she paid too much attention to the Buddha. The Empress Dowager looked very relieved when she saw the ten or so concubines, and said to Xuanling: "The emperor needs to be exposed to rain and dew evenly, so that the harem can multiply." Then she said to the empress: "You are the master of the harem, so naturally you have to take care of it for the emperor. Don’t let him have any worries.” The Empress took orders, and the Empress Dowager had a conversation with the Empress Shangyue. Although the Empress was her own niece, she was only polite and distant, not very close, which also confirmed that the Empress Dowager always Don't cherish the truth of the Queen's rumors. Because the King of Runan went on an expedition to the southwest, only the concubine He was present, so the queen mother smiled and said: "Your prince is not here, you should take good care of yourself and take care of your son." She ordered someone to reward her with something.Concubine He bowed and thanked the Queen Mother for her concern.The queen mother said kindly to Xuanfen again: "I heard that Fen'er is very competitive, and he is very good at riding and shooting in poetry and books. The mother of Ai's family is also at ease." Turning around, she said to Concubine Shun Chen and Concubine Zhuanghe: "The son you have raised is very good. Good." Concubine Shun Chen was born in a humble background, Prince Xuanfen of Pingyang has been raised by Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Zhuang, now hearing what the Empress Dowager said, tears of joy filled her eyes. Because Xuan Qing has been raised by the Empress Dowager since Concubine Shu left the palace, the Empress Dowager was even more affectionate when she saw him, she pulled him to sit beside her and smiled and said: "Qing'er is the last thing to let the Ai family rest assured. When will someone come to the wedding?" Just keep you under control, it can be considered that the Ai family has explained to your mother and concubine all these years." Xuan Qing smiled: "Mother, don't worry, if you have someone you like, you will marry him and pay your respects to your mother later. It's just that the person you like is very rare." The Empress Dowager smiled and said to Xuan Ling: "The emperor listens to this too. Qing'er, a lady from the civil and military family of the Manchu dynasty, you choose slowly. If it doesn't work, as long as it is good, it doesn't matter if the lintel is lower." Xuan Qing just smiled and said nothing, Xuan Ling said: "Don't worry, queen mother, maybe there will be someone he likes tomorrow, but I don't know." The queen mother smiled helplessly: "I hope so, I have to let him." The queen mother gradually became tired, so she returned to the palace first.The concubines seemed to respect the Empress Dowager very much, seeing that the Empress Dowager looked tired, they immediately accompanied the Empress Dowager back to the palace.The family banquet was presided over by the empress. Seats are ranked from high to low according to the rank of concubine. I am not close to Xuan Ling. From a distance, I saw him sitting side by side with the empress. The bright yellow brocade and satin robe made him look like a crown jade, with the demeanor of a king. I smiled at him slightly, he obviously saw it, and smiled at me, his eyes longingly and far away.In front of the crowd, I blushed unconsciously, bowed my head shyly and drank a cup of wine. Looking up again, Xuan Ling was already talking to the queen, but Xuan Qing raised his glass slightly in my direction while no one was paying attention, smiled at him knowingly, raised the glass in front of him and drank it with his head up. During the dinner, Xuan Ling looked at me frequently, and ordered Li Chang to share with me the dishes in front of him, most of which were my favorites.Although he can't speak according to the rules, he is still affectionate.Can't help feeling happy. The family banquet was finally over, and on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xuan Ling would naturally stay in the Queen's Zhaoyang Palace, and the concubines went back to the palace to sleep.Sitting on the sedan chair, the smell of alcohol just now flooded up, her cheeks were hot, and her body became limp.He tilted his hands for a while, and looked up to see the beautiful moonlight in the sky. The fifteenth moon was like a round of ice trays, hanging high above the black and blue velvet-like night sky, bright and clean.The moonlight is like water, reflecting on the skirt and jade pendant, it is even more radiant and moist.Bimu was originally a pair of fish, and it was such a full moon night, but I was alone, forming a pair of shadows. I heard the cold sound of egrets paddling by in the Taiye pool, and I felt lonely. feel.The bright moonlight also became a gloomy water color with floating duckweed and water chestnut leaves in Taiye Pool. Returning to Yingxintang after the banquet, Liuzhu and Huanbi waited on me to change out of the auspicious clothes, remove the heavy makeup, and wash off the makeup on my face. I touched my face unconsciously and said: " My face is very hot, I must have drunk too much tonight." Liu Zhu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "If you don't get drunk, everyone gets drunk by itself. During the emperor's banquet, the emperor took good care of Miss Gu, and even the newly favored Lady Anmei couldn't share half of it." I said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense." Huanbi was startled slightly, and smiled as before: "Really?" Liu Zhu said: "You didn't go, so you didn't see it, Concubine Hua was so angry that her eyes were straight." She bent down and giggled, "It's better to be angry with her, so that she doesn't know the importance of young lady in the emperor's heart. , so arrogant every day." I glared at her and said, "What are you talking about! Even if you are in your own palace, you have to be more cautious." Only then did Liu Zhu restrain himself, and answered "Yes" with lowered eyebrows. Huanbi hugged my dress and gently smoothed it and hung it up, said: "The emperor has always treated our lady very well." Hearing this, his heart warmed up slightly, but it also felt slightly cold. Just after changing into pajamas, he heard footsteps outside the door, thinking that Xiao Lianzi was going out at night, so he said: "It's not too early, go and close the palace door to rest." It was Li Chang's voice, and said respectfully: "It's your servant who disturbed the little master's sleep." Seeing that it was him, he couldn't help but wonder what he was doing so late, and politely said: "I haven't slept yet. What's the matter so late, father-in-law?" He said: "The emperor has something that the servant must pass on to the young master. I hope the young master has a good night and dreams." Said with a smile, handed it to Jinxi and handed it to me. It was a very delicate wooden box made of red sandalwood and gilded wood.A seal was pasted on the opening of the box, with a large "seal" written on it, and five small characters written by the imperial pen on the side: "Gift to Jieyu Zhenshi". Li Chang just stood there with a smile and said: "Please take a look at the young master Jieyu, so that the slave can go back and return." Slightly puzzled, when I opened it, I felt my heart was beating very fast, my eyes felt a little hot, and I couldn't help it for a while, there was a concentric knot of silver silk ribbon in the box, the knot pattern was twisted and twisted, and the buckle and buckle were set together. Firm and full, clearly well-crafted.There are two lines of regular script written on a small piece of silk paper next to it: Double girdles around the waist, dreams are concentric knots.These are two sentences in the poem "Thinking" by Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty. Seeing that he wrote it in his own hand, I smiled unconsciously, and said for a moment: "Please thank the emperor for me, father-in-law." Li Chang just smiled: "Yes. Congratulations, young master." As he said that, he backed out with Jinxi and others. The moonlight is like a thick and intoxicating essence, and through the ice-patterned window screen, it hangs like a milky white mist on the ground. I hold the concentric knot in my hand, and sleep peacefully with a smile on my face. Waking up early in the morning, I combed my long hair slowly in front of the mirror. I saw that the person in the mirror had picturesque eyebrows, with a slightly haggard look on his face, but his eyes were still shining like stars, like two pills of black mercury. Thinking that Xuanling has already rested here for three nights, I think I will go to the mausoleum tonight.Starting from the Meizhuang incident, it has almost always been at a disadvantage.I thought that someone with majestic appearance would be favored, but Concubine Hua and others didn't dare to do anything to me. Now it seems that it is better to rely on others than to rely on myself. It is time to plan well. Twisting a lock of hair in his hand, he fell into deep thought.Suddenly in the mirror, he saw the green clothes flashing behind him outside the window, almost thinking that he was dazzled.Then he shouted: "Who is sneaking around outside?" But Huanbi turned around and came in, smiling and saying as usual: "The emperor asked the father-in-law of the flower house to send some pots of newly bloomed purple chrysanthemums 'Shuangfeiyan' and 'Jianxiaxiao'. The servant wants to ask the lady if she wants to watch it now. I'm afraid of disturbing the lady again." I don't really like chrysanthemum very much, I always think it smells bad, but Meizhuang likes it very much.Last autumn, she was a favorite, and if you want to come to Xuanling to admire her, there are countless precious chrysanthemums. The front and back of the hall are in full bloom like clouds and clouds, and even the name of the hall where she lives is "Cunju Hall". Sadly, this year's chrysanthemums are still in full bloom, but Meizhuang's favor has disappeared. The Cunjutang, which used to be so beautiful in the past, has become a cage for prisoners today. Meizhuang was imprisoned in it, and only the hall name "Cunjutang" was left, which made people feel sad. My heart moved, I glanced at Huanbi, and said as if nothing had happened: "Go and teach someone to keep it under the porch and take care of it. I'll take a look later." After thinking for a while, I said: "The jewelry that the emperor rewarded yesterday is not bad, you can choose some good ones." Send it to An Meiren, Feng Shuyi and Xin Guifei. Then tell Feng Shuyi that I will go to talk to her tomorrow night." Huanbi agreed, and turned around lightly. I watched her graceful figure disappear outside the curtain, and suddenly my thoughts became connected, and I fell into endless thoughts. Xuan Ling didn't come to my palace in the evening, so he took Jinxi and Pin'er to visit Cao Jieyu in Hexu Hall.Thinking it was a sudden trip, Cao Jieyu was very surprised.Because of what happened to Empress Wenyi a few days ago, she was always a little unnatural. I just shook her hand cordially, and said: "My sister misses Di Ji very much, so I came here specially to have a look. Sister Cao is not welcome." Seeing that I was being polite, she hurriedly let me in, ordered the maid to serve the guests with fragrant tea, and said: "How could it be. Day and night I think that my sister can come and sit down, but I am afraid that my sister will still anger me for being confused." I sat down with her, took the tea served by the maid with a smile, and slowly blew away the foam, saying, "Sister Cao is embarrassing for me to say that. What happened that day was just a misunderstanding. My sister is afraid of Sister Cao." Still brooding over it, I came here specially to untie the knot with my sister. We serve the emperor together, and it should be better not to separate each other. How can we hurt each other's friendship because of a small misunderstanding." Cao Jieyu nodded repeatedly and said: "That's exactly what I said." She took my hand and caressed it, and a little moist light appeared in the corner of her eyes, "Although I am a few years older than you, I am a fool. The bastard words of the bastard made my sister suffer such a big grievance in vain, and she really deserves to be beaten." As he said that, he made a gesture of beating himself. I hurriedly pressed her hand, and said: "My sister will drive my sister away if she does this again. It's all those court ladies who are talkative. It's just that our sisters are born. I didn't do my sister's business. My sister just cares about the emperor. It's just Ji, so if you care about it, it will be chaotic." Cao Jieyu sighed and said: "I didn't expect that in such a big palace, my younger sister understands me best. I only have one daughter, Wen Yi. Naturally, it is the pain of my beloved, and she is a body with many disasters. It is hard for me not to let her go." Worry about it. I fell into someone else's trick and wronged my sister." I smiled and said: "Don't mention the past. It's really presumptuous to come to see my sister suddenly today, so don't be offended by my sister." Speaking of life, I brought up the things, pointing to them one by one: "This is my sister. I personally embroidered a few bellybands for Di Ji, my sister is not good at sewing, this is just a thought, please don't dislike them." He said again: "These materials are new from the weaving department, my sister naturally does not lack these, just tailoring Wear it with your clothes." "These gouaches and rouges were made by Cui Shunren when he was free, and they are very delicate and rosy when used to paint his face. It is actually better than the ones sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. My sister may as well try it." When I said something, Cao Jieyu praised it, and the two of them were very affectionate, as if they had never had any quarrels.She looked at it once, picked up the apron I gave to Wenyi Diji, flipped through it fondly, and said, "Your sister's hands are so skillful, the one embroidered by Zhai Feng seems to be able to fly, the flowers look at it at a glance I can smell the fragrance." As she spoke, she asked the wet nurse to hold Wen Yi out and put on the bellyband, admiring her, as if she had no defense against me. I smiled and looked at everything in front of me, hugged Wen Yi for a while, then pulled Cao Jieyu and said quietly: "These are just some ordinary things, my sister still has something to give to my sister, but it's not convenient here, can I go to the inner room?" ?” Cao Jieyu agreed after thinking for a while, and entered the inner room with me.The inner room is very dark and cool, with layers of tulle curtains hanging down silently.There is a rose and purple brocade quilt on the bed, and a few fresh flowers are scattered in the pastel vase on the table in front of the bed, which is not very luxurious.I took out a small enamel-inlaid gold box from my sleeve, and solemnly said: "Please accept this thing, sister." Seeing me being so solemn, Cao Jieyu was slightly surprised, and said, "What are you doing, sister?" She pushed me to sit down, took the box and opened it to have a look.Her expression became surprised and unbelievable the moment the box was opened, and she said, "I can't accept such an expensive gift. My sister should take it back." I resolutely said: "My sister has something to ask her. If my sister says this, isn't she rejecting her?" Cao Jieyu put down the box carefully, and said softly: "Your sister can say anything, she will naturally not refuse if she can help." I restrained my smile, and said with tears in my eyes: "The concubine Hua is noble and elegant, my sister admires her very much, but somehow I offended her, and she misunderstood me, so that my sister can't get close to her beauty." Cried, "My sister is extremely lonely in this deep palace. Now Shen Chang is being grounded, and my sister is even more alone. I hope my sister will take pity on me." Cao Jieyu looked surprised, and comforted: "What did my sister say. My sister is loved by the emperor, and she shares the same relationship with An Mei as a sister. How can she say such a thing?" I said with tears: "Sister, what do you love? It's just that the emperor came here for two more days to see the freshness. I'm afraid he will be left behind in a few days. Sister An is also not smart. Seeing that the emperor is getting more and more Dote on her, I don't know where my sister and I will be in the future." After hearing this, Cao Jieyu's eyes were also red, and she sighed, "My sister's words made me sad. A sister is also in the same situation. Although she still has a child, she's still just an imperial concubine. It's nothing to worry about." I hastily said: "The concubine Hua trusts my sister very much, and I hope that my sister will say a few kind words in front of her. My sister will be very grateful if she can take care of her for a day." As I spoke, I picked up the silk and silently wiped the tears on my cheeks. Cao Jieyu comforted me for a while and said, "My sister will definitely know if she has such a heart. Just take this gift back, and my sister will try my best to make it right in front of my mother." I wept and said: "If this is the case, my younger sister would like to do a dog's work for my mother and elder sister." Then I opened the box and put it in front of Cao Jieyu, "This box of honey and incense is a gift from the emperor. I heard it is a tribute from Nanzhao. There is only one box like this in total. I hope my sister will not dislike it, so please accept it." Cao Jieyu hurriedly said: "This thing is really too precious. I'm afraid it's not good for outsiders to find out if my sister gives it away for nothing like this." I smiled, "If my sister is willing to help me, it will be more precious than anything else. How could I begrudge a box of spices in front of my sister. What's more, the emperor rewarded me privately, and I didn't record it." After a short pause, he continued: "This honey fragrance is rather tasteless, but it will last for a long time when it touches the clothes. It is an unusual spice. My sister is blessed, and my sister laughs at it." I added: "Don't let others know about it." After several times of refusal, Cao Jieyu also accepted it with a smile, and put it on the dressing table in the inner room.After chatting for a long time, I got up to say goodbye. Back in Yingxin Hall, I raised my sleeves and smelled it, I found that my body was already covered with the faint scent of honey, but the scent was faint, and it was not easy to detect if I didn't smell it carefully, so I couldn't help but smile on the corner of my mouth. Xiao Lianzi came in and said, "As soon as the young master left, Yinxiu in Cao Jieyu's palace quietly threw out all the things that the young master gave." This was expected, how could she sincerely accept what I gave.I didn't mean that, I raised my eyebrows and said, "Did you even throw away the spices?" Xiao Lianzi said confusedly: "What kind of spice, I haven't seen it." I smiled slightly, "Understood. It's none of your business, go down." Jinxi said: "The young master is so sure that Cao Jieyu will accept the honey incense you sent." After talking with Cao Jieyu for a long time, my mouth was dry, I picked up the blue and white teacup and drank half of it in one gulp, my long nails were just dyed with impatiens last night, and the freshness and beauty flashed in front of my eyes , I glanced casually, Fang stopped looking, and said leisurely: "She has been under the concubine Hua for a long time and dare not presume in the slightest. I see that she strictly abides by her duties in food and clothing, even in the inner room. I know that she has never used such a precious spice. What's more, honey incense is really rare. Except for a person like the queen who doesn't like fragrance, how can a woman refuse it? Even if she is wary of me, she is not willing to throw away this spice. Yes." I put down the teacup and smiled: "Those who can't let go of their prosperity and wealth will never become a great climate." Jinxi said: "The young master is confident, so the servant is relieved." She said with a smile: "The servant has been with the young master for almost a year, and the subtlety of guessing people's hearts is really admirable to the servant." I said lightly: "What do you use to guess people's hearts, but just think a little longer before speaking." I sneered slightly, "People's hearts? That's the most difficult thing to guess. It's okay to guess with my rudimentary knowledge. It will be difficult." Jinxi laughed and said, "It's enough for the young master to guess the emperor's intentions." I took care of my nails, took off the armor cover, and lightly looked at a pearl inlaid on the gold armor and said: "In this harem, if you want to be promoted, you must guess the mind of the emperor; but if you want to live, You have to guess what the other women in the harem are thinking." She said and looked at Jinxi: "Have all the arrangements been made?" Jinxi said: "Yes. The servant girl, Xiao Yunzi and Xiao Lianzi have made arrangements properly, and no one else will know about it." I smiled lightly: "That's good, don't disappoint my box of Honey Hexiang, it's really a treasure." -------------------------------------------------- --- Notes: