Chapter 236 Jealousy
Emperor Xuanwu held the Sixth Prince and shook him gently, then stopped and looked at the pavilion unhappily, as if he was blaming the woman for suddenly shouting and scaring the Sixth Prince.
"Sister Liu, what's wrong with you? Weren't we rehearsing the song yesterday? Why did you suddenly lose your temper?"
Jiang Xinyue was on the left side of Emperor Xuanwu, leaning her head out to look.
After seeing the figure in the pavilion clearly, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Emperor Xuanwu.
Isn't this a coincidence?
In the pavilion were Liu Xiaoxiao and Cheng Nianhe, whom Jiang Xinyue had met in Chuxiu Palace some time ago.
But at that time, the two were still good sisters who helped each other. How long has it been since the relationship between the two has fallen apart, and they seem to be incompatible?
It seems that after the emperor went to the Chuxiu Palace, the concubines who had not yet been favored started fighting among themselves.
"What's wrong with me?"
Liu Xiaoxiao put her hands on her hips and said, "Ye Rong'er is right, you are using me to set you off. Every time you play the piano, you call me along, and butterflies fly around you. Originally, the emperor liked me more, but now his eyes are always on you. I have become your foil. Do you deserve it?"
Cheng Nianhe has a delicate appearance. Her appearance is not stunning in this harem full of beauties, but she has a gentle temperament of a beautiful girl, which makes her look a little different.
On the other hand, Liu Xiaoxiao's appearance is the most outstanding among the concubines.
Of course, her temper is also the most fierce.
Before Cheng Nianhe could explain something, Liu Xiaoxiao slapped her in the face.
"How dare you!"
The emperor covered the Sixth Prince's ears and shouted angrily, "Who allowed you to lay hands on the concubines in the palace?"
They both agreed, but neither of them was more noble than the other.
Jiang Xinyue followed behind Emperor Xuanwu and saw with her own eyes that the emperor helped the person up from the ground. Cheng Nianhe looked at the emperor in surprise and joy, then at Jiang Xinyue. She seemed to be afraid of the look of the Imperial Concubine, and shrank her body behind Emperor Xuanwu.
Straight men would not notice that she was looking at Jiang Xinyue, and would just think that she was afraid of Liu Xiaoxiao.
But women are very sensitive to this kind of look, and Jiang Xinyue, who was a psychologist, is even more sensitive.
Looking at the harmless Cheng Nianhe, he seemed to be very hostile to her.
Why?
It's not like she has done anything to let her down.
Liu Xiaoxiao was so scared that she knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty! I...I pay my respects to Your Majesty and to the Royal Concubine."
Emperor Xuanwu glanced at her impatiently: "You said Cheng Danying is not worthy? From today on, Cheng Danying is Cheng Baolin. Is she qualified for you to be her companion now?"
Liu Xiaoxiao bit her lip: "I dare not!"
Cheng Nianhe's pitiful eyes were full of tears. She sobbed and pleaded for Liu Xiaoxiao: "Your Majesty, Sister Liu...Liu Danying didn't do it on purpose. She was instigated by someone with ulterior motives. Please don't blame Liu Danying."
The person with ulterior motives, isn't that Ye Yan'er, Ye Danying, mentioned by Liu Xiaoxiao just now?
Cheng Nianhe really shot two birds with one stone!
On the one hand, it shows the emperor Liu Xiaoxiao's tyranny, and on the other hand, it shows Ye Yang'er's double-dealing. She
solved two rivals in love at once and won at the starting line!
Especially when she tilted her head and showed one of her red cheeks, it could make men feel sympathy.
Before Emperor Xuanwu could open his mouth to comfort her, Jiang Xinyue walked over and said, "Your Majesty, you can just listen to Cheng Baolin playing music here! I will take the Sixth Prince for a walk."
Jealous!
Emperor Xuanwu quickly stepped forward and distanced himself from Cheng Nianhe. He refused to let go
of the Sixth Prince no matter what. "I promised to go flower-viewing with you and the children. How can I go back on my word?" He smiled twice ingratiatingly, holding the Sixth Prince in one hand and holding Jiang Xinyue with the other, but Jiang Xinyue turned around and walked away, as if she didn't see his outstretched hand.
Emperor Xuanwu chased after her, holding the child in his arms: "Yuer, are you angry?"
"How dare I be angry?"
Jiang Xin said with a forced smile: "I am not as passionate and unrestrained as Liu Daying, nor as gentle and charming as Cheng Baolin. Your Majesty is going to listen to Liu Daying playing the pipa today, and tomorrow he is going to watch Cheng Baolin play the piano to attract butterflies. I can't do anything except eating. How can I be angry? I really want to congratulate Your Majesty for getting two more beautiful beauties."
She kept walking, and faster and faster. She said she was not angry, but Emperor Xuanwu looked at her and was about to explode with anger.
He sighed, turned around and handed the Sixth Prince to Nanny Xiang. Just as he let go of his hand, he heard Xi Que and Shuang Jiang exclaimed in surprise: "Empress!"
"Hiss--"
It turned out that Jiang Xinyue was so angry that she lost her way and walked into the cobblestone path. The uneven stones made her fall to the ground.
"Your Majesty, you sprained your foot."
Shuangjiang and Xijue supported her on both sides: "Your Majesty, can you still walk?"
Jiang Xinyue's face was full of pain. Before she could say anything, Emperor Xuanwu directly hugged her horizontally from behind and said in a helpless and doting tone: "You are already a mother, why are you still so reckless? If you fall and hurt yourself, won't I feel bad?"
Jiang Xinyue snorted and turned her head away from him: "There are so many concubines in the harem. The emperor will feel bad for this one today and that one tomorrow. Isn't it endless?"
"Tsk..."
Emperor Xuanwu chuckled: "Wang Dequan, do you smell it?"
Wang Dequan walked over quickly and sniffed it, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only look at Emperor Xuanwu with a pair of inquiring eyes: "Your Majesty, I am ignorant."
The emperor laughed: "What a strong sour smell! It almost suppressed the fragrance of the flowers in the Yu Garden."
Jiang Xinyue was jealous, and he was happy, which showed that she cared about him in her heart.
He enjoyed the little fights.
The backs of the emperor and the imperial concubine disappeared around the corner. Liu Xiaoxiao stood up and patted the non-existent dust on her knees. She looked at Cheng Nianhe with an increasingly unfriendly look: "Pretending, huh... In the emperor's heart, you are not even as good as a finger of the imperial concubine. Don't think that you have won because the emperor has conferred you the title of Baolin today. If you offend the imperial concubine, do you think you will still be alive?"
Cheng Nianhe's lips curled slightly: "Then don't bother you, Liu Xiaoxiao, to worry about it. Remember to salute me next time you see me. I am now a ninth-rank Baolin."
Agreeing to be only the lowest rank of the tenth rank, she had no right to shout in front of Cheng Nianhe.
No matter how the Royal Concubine would treat her in the future, that was a matter between her and the Royal Concubine, and Liu Xiaoxiao was not worthy of worrying about her.
Liu Xiaoxiao was so angry that she turned around and smashed Cheng Nianhe's guzheng on the ground. She didn't care how angry she was, and went back to Chuxiu Palace with her maid angrily.
The maid beside Cheng Nianhe was startled, picked up the broken guzheng, looked at the spices exposed from the broken corners, and quickly covered them: "My lady, what should we do?"