Inside the Huagai Palace, almost all the most distinguished officials and their wives in the capital gathered together, waiting for the palace banquet to begin.
In the imperial study not far from the Huagai Palace, Emperor Qing Le was still diligently reviewing memorials.
The chief eunuch, Eunuch Yang, asked several eunuchs to bring in several baskets of portraits.
He carefully took out several scrolls of portraits and placed them on the right hand side of Emperor Qingle. "Your Majesty, these were sent by the Empress Dowager a few days ago for your review. These are all young women of marriageable age in the capital. The Empress Dowager meant that you can take a look at them at will. If you find any suitable, you can bring them into the palace."
Emperor Qingle said "hmm" lightly.
He had done a good job of covering up his misogyny during the first few months of his reign.
Many women entered the palace, but he had no impression of any of them.
Seeing those women looking for excuses to see him all day long, he could only avoid them on the pretext of being busy with state affairs.
He understood the anxiety of the court officials and the empress dowager, but he could not show mercy to them.
He was extremely annoyed by the fact that the court officials and the empress dowager arranged women for him, but he couldn't show it.
He knew that if he didn't touch women for a long time, the empress dowager and the court officials would definitely see the flaw.
This made his desire to find Luo Qing even more urgent.
A few months ago, when Luo Qing told him that she was a woman, he felt complicated.
He blamed Luo Qing for not being honest with him.
He blamed Luo Qing for not returning his feelings.
He blamed Luo Qing for allowing him to be defiled by another woman.
In the past few months, his feelings for Luo Qing have gone from confused and chaotic to unwavering.
He loves Luo Qing!
He wants Luo Qing!
Even though Luo Qing was a woman, he didn't feel the slightest bit disgusted.
When Luo Qing wakes up in the middle of the night, she always appears in her dreams as a woman.
In the dream, they were extremely affectionate, and he experienced a feeling of ecstasy that made him want to live and die.
Eunuch Yang stood by for a while, and seeing that Emperor Qingle was absorbed in state affairs and had no interest in looking at the woman's portrait, he felt bitter in his heart.
The Empress Dowager repeatedly warned him to remember to remind the Emperor to look at the portraits of these women.
These women will all come to the palace banquet tonight.
If the emperor was interested in a woman, the empress dowager would not mind arranging for the woman to enter the palace on the spot.
However, the emperor's behavior may make the empress dowager's wishful thinking go awry.
The sky gradually darkened and the eunuch came in cautiously to light the lamp.
Eunuch Yang reminded quietly, "Your Majesty, it's time to light the lamps. The palace banquet should begin."
Emperor Qingle said "hmm".
After he finished reading a memorial, he raised his hand and held the pen to prepare for review.
Snap!
Several picture albums placed on the imperial desk by Eunuch Yang were accidentally knocked off by Emperor Qing Le.
Eunuch Yang cried out "Ouch" and quickly bent down to pick it up.
Emperor Qingle glanced at Eunuch Yang's fearful look and couldn't help but find it funny.
In Eunuch Yang's opinion, many of these women from aristocratic families will enter the palace, and some may even rise to great heights.
Eunuch Yang was so nervous about these albums because he was afraid that one of these women would gain power one day and hold him accountable for insulting the paintings today.
If Eunuch Yang knew that Xiao Jiuchen would never fall in love with these women in his life, how would he feel?
Emperor Qingle said calmly, "Put these albums away for now."
Eunuch Yang nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, "Yes, Your Majesty."
He hurriedly picked up the album on the ground, handed it to the eunuch next to him, and whispered to them to put it away.
Being so close to the current emperor, a young eunuch was extremely nervous.
He just wanted to put away these picture albums quickly and then stand back in the corner and pretend to be invisible.
He took the album and rolled it up randomly, not caring whether it would wrinkle it.
Eunuch Yang picked up the remaining album on the ground and was panicked when he saw the young eunuch treating it like this.
He scolded the young eunuch in a low voice: "Xiao Shunzi, how can you do things like this? Oh my, look, these albums are all wrinkled by you. If those ladies investigate, you will be in big trouble."
Eunuch Yang hurriedly put the album in his hand on the imperial desk, then snatched the album from the young eunuch and started to organize it.
Swish!
The top album that Eunuch Yang put down was suddenly spread out and placed in front of Emperor Qing Le.
The album touched the brush in his hand, and the brush moved, and a drop of thick ink splashed on the memorial.
Emperor Qingle looked at the culprit with displeasure - the unfolded portrait.
The woman in the album has small and beautiful facial features, and there is a bold and heroic air between her eyebrows.
She was tall, and her ordinary sword-thrusting movement moved everyone who saw her.
The sword seemed to be able to pierce into the heart of the viewer.
Emperor Qingle didn't know whether others felt pain in their hearts, but he knew that his heart suddenly began to beat violently at this moment.
The sword seemed to have some kind of magic, piercing his heart and causing waves of pain.
His slender fingers couldn't help but touch the woman in the album.
Her eyebrows, her eyes, her nose, her lips, her face, her...
Eunuch Yang turned around and saw that the album he put down covered the memorial that Emperor Qingle was reading.
He knew he was in trouble.
He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die, I deserve to die..."
The eunuchs in the first hall were so frightened that they all knelt down and apologized.
Emperor Qingle did not ask anyone to stand up. He was staring at the album with a serious look.
Eunuch Yang kowtowed several times, but when he saw that Emperor Qingle had no reaction at all, he couldn't help but muster up the courage to look up at Emperor Qingle above his head.
Eunuch Yang felt that he was really too old and would faint after just a few kowtows.
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