So Hyun-rong fainted again. After the imperial physician examined her, he sighed and said that So Hyun-rong had lost too much blood last time and her body had become very weak, so she must take good care of herself, otherwise she would develop a chronic illness.
Before anyone in the harem could receive any reward from the emperor, they had to wait for the emperor's second decree to Concubine Hu, who was demoted to the sixth rank of a court lady and moved from the side hall of Nguyen Minh Palace to the back hall.
In just one day, Hu Caixuan was demoted from a concubine to a concubine, and after Zhaoxianrong fainted, she was demoted again to a small Liangyi. Such a situation was rare in the harem, and it made everyone in the harem jealous of Xihe Palace. No one would have the time to make things difficult for the people in Xihe Palace. Fortunately, the behavior of Xihe Palace remained the same, otherwise, who knows how many complications would arise in the harem.
In Xihe Palace, Zhuang Yuyan ate carefully selected cherries one by one and listened to Fubao talking about some interesting things in the harem. She couldn't help but yawn, "I heard that Hu Liangyi is praying to Buddha devoutly?"
"That's what they say, but I don't think it's true," Fu Bao hesitated. "I heard that the second prince, who was originally raised by Hu Liangyi, always went to the back hall and was not close to Concubine Xian. The first prince, who was raised by Concubine Xian, and the second prince had fought several times, and even the emperor was alarmed. I think Concubine Xian must be very unhappy right now."
"It's strange that she can be happy," Zhuang Yuyan put down the jade bowl of cherries, changed her sitting position, and said lazily: "The eldest prince has been raised by her since he was a child. The second prince is now several years old and can remember things. Even if he is raised by her now, he is not as close to her as the eldest prince. In addition, he often goes to see Hu Liangyi. To Concubine Xian, the second prince is just an ungrateful person who is not accustomed to. "Even if the eldest prince is close to Concubine Xian now, when he grows up, he will naturally miss his biological mother, and the mother-son relationship will be more or less affected. So you still have to raise the child that crawled out of your belly. No matter how good others are, they are not as good as your own.
"There are only two princes in the palace now, and the emperor has given them all to Consort Xian Gui to raise. It can be seen that Consort Xian Gui's status in the emperor's eyes is also quite high," Ting Zhu took away the jade bowl and gently massaged Zhuang Yuyan's shoulders. "Originally, there were rumors that the second prince would be given to Consort Shu Gui in Anqing Palace to raise, but in the end, I don't know why he went to Consort Ning... Hu Liangyi. I heard that since then, the relationship between Consort Shu Gui and Consort Ning has been indifferent. At this moment, I wonder how Consort Shu Gui is mocking Hu Liangyi in her heart."
Concubine Shugui is such a smart person, and is favored by the emperor, why would she adopt someone else's child? It's not like she can't have children? Zhuang Yuyan smiled. With Concubine Shugui's personality, under the circumstances at that time, she might not have had much thought about raising the second prince. Hu Caixuan used a trick to get the second prince in front of her. For Concubine Shugui, she just hated her for scheming to steal her things, and she didn't seem to care much about the second prince.
"Your Majesty, the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department has come to pass on the decree that the lights in our palace should be kept on tonight." Yun Xi walked into the room with a smile on her face. "The eunuch who passed on the decree also said that the emperor specifically ordered that the master is weak and cannot go outside the palace gate to greet the emperor."
Zhuang Yuyan smiled when she heard this. Although the emperor often came to Xihe Palace these days, he took her injury into consideration and the two of them did not have sex. Now that her injury has almost healed, she still has to fulfill her duties as a concubine. Otherwise, after a long time, the lower body of a man will have problems, and her efforts in recent days will be in vain.
With her chin propped up, she looked at the pine trees on the flowerpot rack. How could she make the emperor have a pleasant night tonight?
As a man, Feng Jian likes the women around him to be pretty during the day, but he doesn't want to smell the rouge at night. So every time he hugs Zhuang Yuyan, he feels particularly satisfied. She is not made up but has the sweet fragrance of fruits, so every time he is moved, he can always enjoy it.
He obviously wanted to take into consideration the injury of the person in his arms, but in the end he still fell into madness. After both of them were satisfied, he reached out and pulled the person into his arms, stroking her fair and smooth back without saying a word.
Zhuang Yuyan lay on the emperor's chest, drawing circles on his shoulders with her hands, with a dependent and sweet gesture. Her white and tender fingers seemed to move unconsciously to the back of his ears and neck and slid lightly.
Feng Jiande grabbed the moving fingers and said in a hoarse voice: "My beloved concubine's hands are so dishonest, I will punish you severely."
Zhuang Yuyan said coquettishly: "Your Majesty is still rubbing my back so hard that it itches. This is called returning a favor."
"I think you are not honest and you have to find excuses." After saying that, he chuckled and kissed the tip of Zhuang Yuyan's nose.
"Your Majesty..." They whispered softly, exchanging breaths. The moonlight came in through the window, allowing him to see the eyes in front of him clearly. Some people say that a woman's seductive eyes are the most seductive, but the pair of eyes in front of him, which did not have any seductiveness, made him feel a little numb.
Which man doesn't like his woman to treat him as the heaven and the only one? Unfortunately, there are too many women in the harem. He knows them clearly and has never thought about such a simple trust and dependence. But even if he never thought about it, when he found that there was a woman who gave him this love, trust and dependence, he still felt a little different in his heart.
After all, I can't bear to give up this trust, so I can only pamper you like this.
He walked forward and kissed those moist lips, then turned over and pressed the person under him.
The love between a man and a woman, and between an emperor and his concubine, what are the differences between the various feelings? Perhaps only the parties involved understand.
In the early morning, I woke up in a daze, and before I opened my eyes, I felt the light and quick touch on my ear again. My heart softened, and I waited for a long time before I half-opened my eyes as if I had just woken up, while the person next to me had his eyes closed and looked like he was fast asleep.
The curtains were opened, and soon the palace maids and eunuchs came forward to serve. They watched the person on the bed pretend to be confused and sit up, and said with a smile: "You are still weak, there is no need to get up to serve."
Zhuang Weiyan sat obediently on the bed and watched the emperor put on the majestic and domineering dragon robe. Only after the emperor had finished everything did she seem to come back to her senses.
This action pleased the emperor. Seeing him leave with a smile, she got out of bed and bowed to see him off. After she could no longer see him, she yawned lazily. She smelled her body and found a floral scent. It seemed that the emperor had asked someone to wash her last night after she fell asleep from exhaustion.
In terms of his gentleness afterwards, Emperor Chengxuan can still get a pretty good high score.
After lying on the bed for a while without any image, Zhuang Yuyan slowly sat up and said, "Someone, change clothes."
Spring mornings always give people an indescribable feeling of freshness. Seeing that they were a long distance away from Xihe Palace, and the emperor did not say whether to send contraceptive soup to Xihe Palace, Gao Dezhong had to say: "Your Majesty, but you have to give it to Empress Zhao Xianrong..."
Knowing what Gao Dezhong was going to say, Feng Jin said calmly, "Zhao Xianrong is weak and should not take strong tonic medicine. If I favor her recently, there is no need to send her soup."
"Yes, I'll take note of it." Gao Dezhong was shocked in his heart, but his face showed no sign of it. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of Xihe Palace. This person might have great fortune in the future.
A head of smooth black hair was tied into an exquisite and luxurious hairstyle, matched with a coal-like hair accessory and a gorgeous robe. This was what a favored concubine should have. Zhuang Yuyan had no interest in dressing up as a special concubine, and she insisted on wearing simple clothes when she was obviously a favored concubine. This kind of behavior would be considered suicidal and pretentious in the harem.
This concubine can act however she wants in front of the emperor, as long as the emperor likes her. But in front of other concubines, she must be dignified and behave properly. No one will appreciate her acting special, and it will only bring her hatred, which is really useless.
Until now, there are fewer and fewer people who are above Zhuang Yuyan. Zhuang Yuyan has become more cautious. Which woman who can climb to a high position is easy?
By chance, they met Concubine Xian Gui and her entourage in the Yu Garden. Following Concubine Xian Gui were several low-ranking concubines who lived in the side halls and back halls of Ruan Ming Palace. Zhuang Yuyan saw Hu Caixuan with a wooden expression at a glance.
"I have met the Concubine Xian Gui." Zhuang Yuyan stepped forward and bowed to the Concubine Xian Gui, who quickly reached out and stroked her. "My sister is not feeling well, so please don't mind these empty formalities."
"Greetings to Empress Zhaoxianrong." The concubines of lower rank behind Concubine Xiangui paid their respects to Zhuang Wuyan one after another, and all took two steps away from Hu Caixuan.
"No need to be so polite," Zhuang Luoyan seemed to have not seen Hu Caixuan, and just smiled and said to Concubine Xian Gui: "Thank you for your love, Your Majesty." "You are just like that. We sisters don't need these formalities," Concubine Xian Gui took her hand and said with a smile, "Now we are here to pay our respects to the Empress, why don't we go together?"
"Then I will bother you for a while," Zhuang Yuyan naturally would not refuse. The two chatted and laughed along the way and soon walked a distance away. When they were about to reach Jingyang Palace, they met Xu Zhaorong who came with Qian Guiren.
There was another round of greetings. Everyone present knew that some time ago Xu Zhaorong had taken advantage of the situation to borrow servants from Xihe Palace to embarrass Zhao Xianrong. Now that Xu Zhaorong had lost her power, everyone was waiting to see the show with calm expressions.
Zhuang Yuyan saw that Xu Zhaorong looked sick and said in a concerned tone, "Your Majesty doesn't look well. The weather has changed quickly recently. You must take good care of yourself."
"Thank you for your concern, Zhao Xianrong. I'm fine." Xu Zhaorong replied calmly, "You are weak, so you should be more careful. The weather is unpredictable, and who knows when it will be hot or cold again."
"Your Majesty is right," Zhuang Yuyan smiled, "So we have to prepare our own clothes well so that we don't have to worry about the cold or the heat. Otherwise, we will be the only ones to suffer."
"What Zhao Xianrong said is very reasonable," Xian Guifei continued, "If you get sick in this kind of weather, it will not be good."
Xu Zhaorong's face changed slightly, and finally she had to say, "Your Majesty is right." Now that Concubine Xian wanted to win over Zhuang Yuyan, she naturally would not care about herself, the disfavored Zhaorong. Although her position was higher than Zhuang Yuyan, in the eyes of everyone in the harem, how could she compare to Zhuang Yuyan?
Her feet swayed slightly, and she almost couldn't stand steadily. Someone came forward from behind to support her, "My queen, be careful with your feet."
After taking a cold look at Concubine Qian who was supporting her, Xu Zhaorong pulled out her hand and handed it to her personal maid: "Concubine Qian, please walk carefully."
"Yes." Qian Guiren calmly withdrew her hand. Her beautiful face was particularly eye-catching in the early morning.
Zhuang Yuyan watched this scene with a smile on her face, but there was no smile in her eyes. It seemed that this noble lady Qian was not that simple.