Chapter 5 Reality and Falsehood
"Hmm~"
She was just pretending to sleep, but the emperor was very gentle afterwards, and Jiang Xinyue actually fell asleep in a daze.
The next morning, the emperor had to go to the morning court. Jiang Xinyue, who was sore all over, did not get up. Instead, she sat on the bed in a disheveled state, wearing a white coat, swinging her pair of white and tender pink feet, and smiled at him.
She was really seductive like a fairy.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
After the emperor was dressed neatly, he sat on the edge of the bed again and stuffed her exposed feet into the warm quilt.
Jiang Xinyue hugged his strong waist and rubbed against his arms affectionately: "When I thought about the emperor leaving me for so long, I was so sad that I couldn't sleep."
It was obviously an inappropriate act of coquetry, but her eyes were red and her tone was a little choked.
One can't help but guess that she really couldn't bear to let him go, but she didn't dare to express her true feelings, so she pretended to be coquettish and said it in a joking tone.
Emperor Xuanwu's heart ached, and he kissed her forehead: "Silly girl, I will come to accompany you tonight, don't be sad, okay?"
The eyes of the beauty in his arms were slightly bright, shining with thousands of beauty, and she was overjoyed for a moment and said: "This is what you said, Your Majesty, and I will wait for you tonight."
The emperor laughed and pinched her nose: "Okay, I said it."
This noble Jiang was too bold to ask the emperor for a promise.
Wang Dequan served the emperor all his life, and he had never seen a concubine like her who took a different approach.
If you don't grasp this degree well and touch the emperor's minefield, you will definitely be exiled to the cold palace for life.
How did Concubine Jiang manage to be so precise in jumping back and forth within the emperor's bottom line?
The emperor had to go to court, and the women in the harem were not idle either. Early in the morning, before it was completely light, they had to go to the Yikun Palace to pay their respects to the empress. The
beautiful women in the palace were not as stunning as Concubine Li.
Concubine Liang touched the crabapple on her temples, her eyes fell on the nail polish on Concubine Li's fingertips, and suddenly smiled: "I heard that the emperor was in charge of the Xihe Palace yesterday, which is really strange."
What's strange is that in previous years, there were always ignorant new girls who challenged Concubine Li, but they were all banished to the cold palace by the emperor. Why is Concubine Jiang different?
Or is it that Concubine Li has lost favor with the emperor?
Concubine Li did not even raise her eyelids, and Jiang Zhaoyi, who was sitting below her, replied: "It's nothing strange. Concubine Jiang is the most beautiful among the new concubines. Wasn't Concubine Liang also as beautiful as a flower and quite favored?"
What happened later?
She was old, and her favor was gone before her beauty faded. She sat leaning against the incense burner until dawn.
Concubine Liang gritted her teeth in anger, but sneered: "Who in this palace is not as beautiful as a flower? Is Jiang Zhaoyi an ugly one?" Jiang Zhaoyi's
appearance was not outstanding. In the harem full of beauties, she could only be regarded as a beautiful girl from a small family. She hated others using their appearance to attack her.
Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Empress Zhu served as a teacup: "Alright, it's a good thing to have another favored concubine in the palace. Having another sister will help the royal family to grow as soon as possible, and I can also report to the Queen Mother. You who have been in the palace for a long time should also work hard and don't let the royal offspring wither." Concubine
Li Gui smiled coldly. The Queen herself had no children, and she was still saying some high-sounding words here.
I'm afraid the one in the harem who least wanted the concubines to have children is Empress Zhu!
The emperor is in his prime, and there are the eldest princess of Concubine Liang, the third prince and the second princess of Concubine De, and the fourth prince whose biological mother died early in
the palace. When the Queen was the fifth prince's concubine in her early years, she did have the eldest prince and the second prince. I don't know if it was because she had too many regrets, the two princes fell ill and died young one after another.
The concubines left, and the Yikun Palace was filled with the scent of sandalwood. Fenyun helped Empress Zhu change out of her heavy palace clothes: "Your Majesty, do you want to find out the truth about the one in Xihe Palace?"
Empress Zhu looked at the no longer childish face in the bronze mirror. More than ten years of life in the harem had worn out the light in her eyes, and she looked a bit old.
She frowned and hid a white hair in her hair: "The concubine of the Jiang family was favored for a few days and became complacent. She was foolish enough to be used as a tool by others after a few words of provocation. What truth is there to find out? Just send someone to send some congratulatory gifts. Tomorrow, there will be another Concubine in the Yikun Palace of this imperial palace."
Fenyun quietly rolled up the fallen hair and stuffed it into her sleeves. : "Although it's not magnanimous, she can still gain Concubine Li's favor."
Empress Zhu chuckled: "Concubine Li punished her by making her kneel in Yu Garden for so long, she's lost all face, and she must be feeling grievances in her heart, and she will get revenge sooner or later." Xihe
Hall, which was the focus of the entire harem, received a large wave of rewards and imperial decrees of canonization shortly after the emperor left.
"Zhen Ronghua, get up quickly! I have to go back to Yangxin Palace to report."
"Sorry to bother you, Eunuch Wang."
Jiang Xinyue stood up, not looking at the silks and satins, gold and silver jewelry, but shyly clasping her clean fingers: "Eunuch Wang, will the emperor really come tonight?"
She asked so openly that Wang De didn't know whether to say she was stupid or ignorant of the world.
"The emperor promised the young lady that he would come."
He didn't dare to say it too firmly. After all, the emperor had favored her many times, and he was not sure whether the emperor would change his mind tonight.
The only one in the harem who could make the emperor turn over the green card for three consecutive days was Concubine Li Gui.
But...
the emperor also cared about Zhen Ronghua.
Yesterday, Concubine Chu came to Xihe Palace to establish her authority. When the emperor found out, he wrote the word "Zhen" to Noble Jiang to show how precious she was.
Wang Dequan thought that the emperor was afraid that Concubine Chu would bully Noble Jiang, so he would give her a title after conferring the title
of Concubine Jiang. A Concubine with a title is more noble than Concubine Chu who has no title.
Who knew that the emperor changed his mind early this morning and directly promoted Noble Jiang to the sixth rank of Ronghua, a whole level higher than Concubine Chu.
Emperor Xuanwu would come again in the evening. While Jiang Xinyue was eating the fresh dishes sent by the kitchen, she was thinking in her mind how to make the emperor feel fresh about her.
Shuangjiang lit the mugwort incense sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Your Majesty, the weather outside is very good today, do you want to go out for a walk?"
Jiang Xinyue shook her head: "I am a living target now. Instead of going out and letting others plot against me, it is better to wait for the emperor to come in the palace."
"Your Majesty is right to think so."
Xi Que brought another cute ice bowl: "Your Majesty, please try it. This is the milk tea ice product newly developed by the Yu Kitchen. It is sent to you by the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a tribute to you." The
mellow milk tea is different from the instant milk tea with various flavors added in later generations. It tastes like a pure dairy product.
Jiang Xinyue sighed comfortably. She worked hard to conquer the emperor just for this life of eating and waiting to die!
"Bang!"
In Changchun Palace, Concubine Chu smashed a set of Ru kiln tea sets.