Chapter 220 What do you think?
Two people came forward to pay their respects.
Shen Chuliu waved her hand: "No need to be polite."
"Are you here to appreciate the flowers, Your Majesty?" Fang Xiaoyi asked.
"I'll pick the flowers." Shen Chuliu said lightly. Ji Mei had already picked a few flowers and was asking the eunuch of the imperial garden in front of her for a pair of scissors.
"It seems that Your Majesty doesn't really love flowers. If you really love flowers, you would let the flowers grow old on the branches." Fang Xiaoyi smiled.
"You're talking too much." Shen Chuliu was too lazy to pay attention to such provocation.
"Your Majesty is right. I am just a little Yi, so I don't say much. But I thought Your Majesty was..." She paused as if she had said this.
"Haha." Shen Chuliu smiled softly: "Ever since you newcomers entered the palace, I have rarely been out except to pay respects."
Fang Xiaoyi smiled, but not obviously: "Your Majesty is being modest. Even the newcomers can't overshadow your glory."
"No, no, no, Fang Xiaoyi, you misunderstood." Shen Chuliu curled her lips: "What I mean is, I haven't been out for so long because of my bad temper. What if I hurt someone?"
"What do you mean, Madam? I have heard of your heroic deeds, but I didn't do anything..."
"Yes, I didn't do anything. You were just provoking and testing. Now Fang Xiaoyi is favored. If this new favorite meets me and can return victorious, wouldn't it be very face-saving?" Shen Chuliu smiled softly: "Then have you ever thought that if I take action against you, it will also let the people in this palace see that I am still as charming as ever?"
"I don't understand what your majesty means." Fang Xiaoyi bit her lip.
"Oh, it's okay. You were the one who plotted against me just now, and now I won't let you go. Isn't this fair? Jimei, give her ten slaps. Be careful not to hurt her face. After all, it's her capital." Shen Chuliu's voice was as gentle as ever.
Fang Xiaoyi took a step back in shock: "Are you planning to lynch me?"
"Xiaoyi talked back to Empress Xiuyi, so the punishment is not too much. Even if you are not convinced, you can go to Fengzao Palace and talk about it." Jimei smiled.
Fang Xiaoyi stiffened her neck: "I refuse to accept this!"
"If you are too dissatisfied, you will easily get angry." Shen Chuliu said.
"I refuse to accept the defeat. I will go and ask the emperor to come!" Fang Xiaoyi refused to be beaten, so naturally there was no way to force her.
"Oh, then Jimei, you go and invite the emperor." Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "Since you don't want to be beaten, then kneel down. Otherwise, if you offend a high-ranking concubine and still act stubbornly, how can you please the emperor?"
Fang Xiaoyi was very angry and finally knelt down after a while.
Zhao Yunu didn't know what to do for a long time and didn't dare to say a word.
"Where are the scissors? Pick the flowers first." Shen Chuliu said.
The young eunuch on the side hurriedly handed it over.
Shen Chuliu picked up the nice embroidered ball and handed it to the young eunuch: "Go, send it to Cuiyunxuan, and remember to tell them that you will be rewarded with money and fruit."
The young eunuch was not very old, probably about fourteen or fifteen years old. He quickly took the gift, thanked Shen Chuliu and left.
Shen Chuliu took Zi Rui to the pavilion, not caring about the people kneeling below.
"Zhao Yunv, are you going back? Or are you coming here for tea?" Shen Chuliu asked.
Zhao Yu-nu hesitated for a long time before saying, "I will accompany you for tea."
How will I get along with Fang Xiaoyi in the future after this departure? For now, I can only grit my teeth and go up.
When Shen Chuliu said he wanted to drink tea, he really meant it. It wasn't hot at the moment, and it was still comfortable in the breeze.
Qi Yixiu arrived not too late, so it was impossible for him to have nothing to do. However, apart from giving birth to offspring and balancing all parties, the women in the harem were naturally also his pleasure.
Especially, Shen Chuliu invited him.
Qi Yixiu was wearing a silver-white robe and a golden dragon-patterned hair crown today. The patterns drawn with golden thread on his clothes were faintly visible in the sunlight. He also held a folding fan.
He walked towards me gracefully, looking very elegant and dashing.
Shen Chuliu stood up and greeted in the pavilion: "Long live the emperor."
Zhao Yu-nu also hurriedly followed and paid her respects.
However, Qi Yixiu only had time to wave his hand before he saw Fang Xiaoyi kneeling below with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty... you are finally here."
"What are you talking about? I asked someone to invite the emperor. Fang Xiaoyi knew that the emperor was coming. Why is she complaining that the emperor hasn't come often?" Shen Chuliu said coldly.
Qi Yixiu shook his head: "Come up and answer."
Having said that, he walked up to the pavilion first.
Fang Xiaoyi was helped up and went up to the pavilion.
"My beloved concubines, what are you doing?" Qi Yixiu sat down and asked with a smile.
"I'm not in a hurry to say it. Let Fang Xiaoyi speak first." Shen Chuliu poured tea for Qi Yixiu.
Fang Xiaoyi was crying and wiping her tears: "Your Majesty, it is my fault..."
"Since it's your fault, why are you crying?" Shen Chuliu retorted.
Fang Xiaoyi never expected that this person would be so disrespectful in front of the emperor.
So she continued bravely: "I said a few more words, but Empress Xiuyi wouldn't hit me... and what you said..."
She thought that after saying this, Jing Xiuyi would be worried.
But Jing Xiuyi just smiled: "Didn't you say it was your fault? How come it's not your fault all of a sudden?"
Fang Xiaoyi gritted her teeth and said, "Mingzhu, you must remember what you just said."
She knew how strong her memory was.
Mingzhu stepped forward and knelt down, not missing a single word from the moment they met.
Shen Chuliu was not in a hurry and just listened. After listening, she looked at Qi Yixiu with a smile.
She was wearing a snow-blue skirt and a simple bun. Sitting in the pavilion, she seemed to blend in with the hydrangeas below.
The eyes were obviously hooked, not that pretty, but very narrow and long.
The red lips are dotted with red lipstick, and the nails on a pair of slender fingers are also bright red.
She just gave herself a sly look.
"Your Majesty, although I shouldn't say too much, it is really not as Empress Jing Xiuyi speculated..." Fang Xiaoyi was still crying.
"In the harem, everyone has their own characteristics. Isn't Han Xiaoyi the one who cries all the time? How come Fang Xiaoyi is like this too?" Shen Chuliu laughed as she said this: "Oh, I'm getting off topic. Your Majesty, you've forgotten the old one just because you have a new one. I'm not old yet, I don't believe it. Is this the case of 'the beauty is still there but the love is gone'?"
Qi Yixiu hadn't said anything since he got up, just drinking tea leisurely.
Hearing her say this, I knew she was being mean and laughed, "She bumped into you, what do you say we should do?"
"Your Majesty!" Fang Xiaoyi was shocked.
"Well, is it the emperor who is punishing her or is it me who is punishing her?" Shen Chuliu asked with her head tilted.
Qi Yixiu found this interesting: "Oh? There is a difference?"
"Of course there is a difference. The one I punished was because she offended me and I couldn't stand it. The one the emperor punished was because he was dissatisfied with Fang Xiaoyi." Shen Chuliu gently pulled Qi Yixiu's sleeve: "What do you think?"
(End of this chapter)
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