Chapter 48 Heartache
When Lu Haozhi walked into Changchun Palace, he saw Meng Yan and Bai Yuxin waiting for them in the corridor.
He walked forward slowly and said, "Everyone, get up."
Meng Yan and Bai Yuxin just stood up and followed the emperor inside.
Bai Yuxin followed behind Meng Yan, lowering her head very low, and secretly watched how they got along.
Lu Haozhi walked into the main room, took off his boots as usual, and sat cross-legged on the kang.
When Meng Yan saw his posture, she knew that he was going to sit for a while, and she felt quite unhappy.
She hadn't forgotten what happened just now, and she couldn't muster the energy to deal with him at all.
Lu Haozhi has favored Changchun Palace for a long time, and there are ready-made examples for various customs. There is no need for the masters to give instructions. The palace maids serving in the inner hall, such as Yunxiang, Ruizhu and others, took the tea that the emperor usually drank, brewed tea and brought it over.
Yunxiang came over with the tea tray, and Meng Yan stood beside the kang, motionless.
Seeing that her master had no intention of taking it, she had no choice but to take the tea bowl and place it on the kang table.
In the past, the Empress would have personally brought the tea over.
They were all dowries brought by Meng Yan from her parents' home, and each of them was loyal. Meng Yan would not suspect that they wanted to climb up the social ladder, but simply served them tea personally, which showed both attentiveness and intimacy.
However, today, she stood aside like a wooden beauty, allowing her subordinates to serve her.
Lu Haozhi was also a little surprised. He looked up at her and saw that she had her hair tied up in a bun with only a few pearl flowers in her hair. She didn't wear any expensive jewelry. She was wearing a silver-red silk jacket and a half-worn apricot-yellow cotton skirt. She was dressed in casual clothes. She was no longer the woman who waited for him day and night in the past and dressed up carefully.
He felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and then played with the tea bowl.
The tea bowl was a five-colored porcelain from the official kiln with a gilded fighting cock pattern, a style rarely seen in the palace.
This was when he first ascended the throne. He specifically asked Rong An to bring it to him, saying that he could use this tea bowl to drink tea whenever he came.
Meng Yan loved it very much. Every time he came, she would use this tea bowl to make tea and serve it to him personally.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.
Meng Yan glanced at him and saw him holding the tea bowl without saying anything, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious.
He was really looking for trouble. How had that tea bowl offended him?
I guess what happened today made the emperor feel uncomfortable, so he wanted to find a place to vent.
When the male and female protagonists have a conflict, the female supporting character will definitely be the one who suffers. She has encountered too many such things in her previous life.
She was extremely careful and didn't even leave Changchun Palace, but she still managed to attract the male protagonist.
It's really unfair. Lin Yanrong provoked you, so you go to find Lin Yanrong. Why do you keep running to her palace, the supporting actress?
Treat her Changchun Palace as the imperial garden, and come and take a stroll when you feel uncomfortable.
Lu Haozhi was unaware of Meng Yan's inner drama. He placed the tea bowl on the kang table, glanced at her skirt, and cleared his throat. "This skirt looks old. Was it made when you were in the residence? It's a bit worn, and you're still wearing it. Jiangnan has been paying tribute to us with new materials every year. If you like this, why don't you ask the embroidery room to make you a new one?"
skirt?
What's wrong with her skirt?
Now she no longer dresses up for anyone to see, and she is too lazy to pay attention to her makeup and appearance.
"This old thing has become extra comfortable after using it for so long that I can't think of replacing it."
This was an excuse Meng Yan made up casually, but when Lu Haozhi heard it, it had a different meaning.
Seeing her lonely expression and light makeup, no longer as proud as before, Lu Haozhi couldn't help but feel a slight pain in his heart.
Regarding Lin Yanrong’s poisoning incident before and Song Xiyue’s throwing a tantrum today, he had indeed wrongly blamed her.
She was his imperial concubine. Ever since she came to his side and enjoyed his favor, when had she ever suffered such injustice?
"So you're nostalgic. It's good to be nostalgic; people who are nostalgic tend to be loyal. I also feel that these old things that I'm used to are more to my liking. Sometimes the new things sent by the Imperial Household Department are not so satisfying."
Hearing this, Meng Yan was almost frightened.
It seems that Lu Haozhi has taken the wrong medicine again today. Why is he chatting with her about these trivial matters?
I originally thought that Lu Haozhi was here to cause trouble, but looking at his posture, it doesn't seem like that.
Meng Yan's eyes were darting around, thinking of a countermeasure, but in a blink of an eye she saw Bai Yuxin sneaking to the gate, smiling at her and blinking.
This girl actually left her and ran away. She has no sisterly loyalty at all!
Bai Yuxin walked into the yard and looked at the crabapple trees that were just beginning to bud, feeling very happy.
Hongdou looked at it and asked, "Master, what's the matter? Why are you so happy?"
Bai Yuxin shook her head and smiled, "Changchun Palace, it really is a place where spring lasts forever."
Originally, based on what happened on the long street today, she thought that the Emperor didn't treat the Empress as well as people said. But now it seems that the Empress still holds a great deal of importance in the Emperor's heart.
They looked like a married couple who had been together for many years. I remembered when my parents were at home, they had a quarrel. My father wanted to reconcile with my mother, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he would always ramble on and on about random things.
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Meng Yan stopped being polite and sat down opposite.
She leaned sideways and lowered her head slightly, revealing a slender white neck illuminated by the sun.
"The Emperor is busy with state affairs, why is he here in Changchun Palace again?"
Lu Haozhi was speechless when she asked him, why did he come?
He met several ministers in the Yangxin Palace and reviewed memorials. Her expression on the long street kept appearing in his mind. It was cold and silent, as if she had been wronged but was stubborn and refused to speak. This made him upset and unable to do anything.
"I...I came to see how you are doing."
This bastard is always thinking about that, right?
Hearing him asking about her body, Meng Yan sneered, thinking that he was asking her if she could take off the green card again.
"I haven't felt so bad lately, and I'm still taking the medicine prescribed by Xiahou Imperial Physician. As for when I'll be better, I can't say for sure."
Anyway, she is like this. Whether she is faking illness or not, Xiahou Yu has testified for her. Lu Haozhi can believe it or not.
"Your Majesty, I really did not embarrass Concubine Lin today. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can ask two more people."
She was really tired of being suspected like this, so she decided to just say what she wanted to say directly and make it clear to avoid trouble in the future.
Lu Haozhi was slightly stunned. He didn’t come to tell her this!
Without waiting for him to speak, Meng Yan continued, "The Imperial Concubine is worried about the order of sleeping with the emperor. If the emperor is free, why not go over and give her some advice? This will save everyone from guessing and causing panic."
Lu Haozhi was almost irritated by her rude and contradictory words, "You are the only one in the palace who has no respect for elders and younger brothers. Only you dare to say such words!"
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