Palace Scheming: the Queen In the Cold Palace I

Chapter 5 From now on, the wind and cloud are passers-by (1)

In the plum garden, Yunqing is covered in snow-white fox fur, holding a jade flute and standing in front of a plum tree. His eyes are filled with white plums.

 Those days two years ago, her eyes were filled with white and lush green. But at that time, her heart was filled with joy instead of the sadness now.

She didn’t expect that a misunderstanding or a coincidence would send her into the palace that she had never thought of setting foot in.

And time was so short that she was not even mentally prepared to accept this reality.

What's more, Feng, who had been waiting for her for two years, had promised to take her away this year...

The man is riding a white horse around the bamboo forest, and the girl is wearing a brocade handkerchief and weaving a beautiful heart.

I still remember that under the bamboo forest, a handsome young man in a white shirt, dismounted from his horse, put away the brocade handkerchief with a smile, and handed over the jade flute to Suo Qingyin: "Girl, are you looking for this square brocade handkerchief you dropped yesterday?"

 She looked back with surprise: "This is a flute, not a brocade handkerchief."

There was a chuckle, as light as the breeze: "Since I picked up the handkerchief by mistake, it means that I have a fate with the girl. I picked up the handkerchief yesterday and saw the owner looking for it today. Since I have collected the girl's handkerchief, naturally I can only stay close to you. Then give things to each other.”

 Her pink face slowly rose, and her eyes revealed secret annoyance. The man in front of me was extraordinarily handsome and had a fairy-like temperament, but he turned out to be a smooth-tongued man. He said angrily: "Where did this come from? The handkerchief is mine and the flute is yours. What I am looking for is my handkerchief. Not your flute."

 The young man laughed loudly and frightened a cluster of butterflies to fly away: "Now that the handkerchief is in my arms, it belongs to me. Even the heaven and earth embroidered on this handkerchief are already things in my arms."

 “You are speaking too hard.” Her cheeks turned red because the things embroidered on the brocade handkerchief were a pair of birds and a clump of branches...

Looking up to the east, a little sadness can't be concealed in the beautiful eyes.

Bitao turned around and looked at the sad young lady. Although she knew what the young lady was thinking, she could not persuade her.

She had long advised the young lady to forget about the handsome man who had not appeared for two years, but the young lady refused to listen; alas, now that the two-year period was approaching, the young lady was already married.

Moreover, the person she married was the emperor of Tianque Kingdom.

"Miss, tomorrow is the day for the young lady to return home. If the emperor does not accompany the young lady back, then the eldest young lady and the third young lady will be sarcastic again." Ever since she bumped into the emperor and the romantic prince in the Queen Mother's Palace yesterday, Bitao I gave up completely.

She also understood that the reason why the maids and eunuchs in the palace treated the young lady this way was all because of the ruthless emperor.

 Think about it, no queen has ever had such a pitiful lady since ancient times.

On her wedding day, she was compared with Concubine Hua. Yesterday, she bumped into the romantic prince again. The rumors have spread throughout the palace.

Also, in the past two days, all the maids and eunuchs in the palace have been going crazy saying how much the emperor loves that concubine Hua. Even the queen mother loves Concubine Hua. She is afraid that the queen who has fallen out of favor soon will be deposed.

 “Alas, miss…”

Listening to Bi Tao's sigh, Yunqing's beautiful eyes stared at a distant place, and inadvertently, she thought of that handsome young man again...

"I am lucky enough to pick up the girl's silk handkerchief. It is indeed my fate! I wonder, can I know the girl's name?"

"My name is Yun...Yun, Yunduo Yun...you can just call me Yun..." The beating heart was inexplicably confused when she met the young man's smiling eyes. She subconsciously said her last name, but felt it was inappropriate. She couldn't help but blush with embarrassment. People are more delicate than flowers.

The young man's handsome eyes narrowed, slightly surprised, then he raised his handsome face, turned around and pointed to the east, smiling as brightly as the sun: "Okay! You said your name is Yun, and my name is Wind! That's the country where I live. "

 The breeze is blowing and the sun is shining lightly. Under the bamboo forest, the young man's slender figure is handsome and tall, and the corners of his clothes are fluttering in the wind...

"I'm leaving. I'll come see you again in two years." Immediately, the young man looked heroic, dressed in a golden wind robe. The past was gone, and he was now more free and easy, with a touch of affection in his eyes. concentrated.

"Wait for me, Yun. Two years, wait for me for two years! I will give you a crown and harem, and I will marry you!" The distant promise seems like a world away, two years, a short two years, but also a long two years...

“If you don’t believe this love, it’s hard to tie it up. Yanghua still has the east wind.” With a faint sigh, Yunqing’s fingertips caressed the slightly warm jade flute, and his eyes were filled with deep longing.

"Miss..." Bitao was speechless. Knowing that the lady didn't listen to her words, she stepped forward and reminded her again: "Miss, what should we prepare when we come back tomorrow?"

She knew that no one else in the palace could count on her, and the emperor had not given even half of the items to Jinfeng Palace since his marriage. Now, except for the valuables given by the Queen Mother, the only valuables around the young lady were brought by the Yun Mansion. The dowry came over.

If the young lady comes back with the dowry from the Yun Mansion, she will probably make the servants of the house laugh at her.

"Ha..." Yun Qing retracted his thoughts and saw Bi Tao's worried look on his face. He slightly opened his lips and said, "Just pick something at will from the dowry brought by the mansion and the items given by the Queen Mother. My current situation is not to mention the Yun Mansion. Everyone, even the whole world, may know it!”

 After saying that, he held the jade flute lightly in his jade hand and brought it to his lips...

Immediately, the melodious and melodious sound of the flute floated from the fragrant plum forest, and the fresh and intoxicating melody seemed to come from the distant clouds, clear and empty, misty and lingering.

There is a faint longing, like lovers complaining about their sorrows, and it seems to relieve the confusion in the heart; moreover, a kind of indifference to calm the troubles in the heart gradually relieves all mundane things...

"Mo Yu, you haven't come back to visit the Ai family for two years. Now you are not allowed to leave again. You are already old and Ze'er is married. It's time for you to marry a concubine." In the Yangxin Palace, Queen Mother Situ Xianyu looked at her body The handsome man in front of him had eyes full of love.

With a smile on his face, Xuanyuan Moyu turned to look at the loving Xuanyuan Ze and Concubine Hua. The corners of her beautiful lips were raised leisurely and she said with a smile: "The queen is worried too much. I am planning to establish a concubine. It's just that I haven't found the one I love yet, so there is a delay. But don't worry, my mother, I will definitely ask my mother to marry me as soon as I find someone I like."

"That's good!" Situ Xianyu saw that what he said was in vain, so it was better to let it go. Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, she seemed to remember something again. She turned to look at Xuanyuan Ze and said, "The emperor needs to accompany the queen back to Yun Mansion tomorrow. There have been constant gossips in the palace these past two days, and I think the prime minister also felt the same." Mindful."

As she spoke, she glanced at He Ruowan lightly and took a sip of fragrant tea.

Xuanyuan Ze's handsome eyes sank, clearly aware of Wan'er's sad look, he couldn't help but hold her hand gently, smiled at her, and replied to Situ Xianyu: "Mother, please don't worry, the Prime Minister understands Dayi, if he doesn't care about women's love affairs here, then he doesn't need to be prime minister."

At the end of the sentence, he looked at his mother coldly, and when she was obviously stunned, he spoke again: "Actually, I was just about to tell my mother that I plan to accompany Wan'er back home tomorrow, so Wan'er will go back to her hometown tomorrow." I can’t come and have tea with my mother.”

Situ Xianyu raised her eyelids slightly and saw He Ruowan leaning towards Xuanyuan Ze shyly. She seemed not to notice and said in a calm voice: "Since the emperor has a plan, the Ai family doesn't need to worry too much. My son, I would like to send my regards to the He Qing family on behalf of the Ai family. Haha, he has really raised a smart and lovely daughter who is loved by both the Ai family and the emperor."

After saying that, when He Ruowan stood up a little flattered, she waved her hand gently: "What Aijia said is true. Wan'er, don't be humble. The emperor likes people who the Aijia will naturally like. Fangfei, prepare a good meal for the Aijia." Li, let Wan'er take it back tomorrow."

"Yes!" Fang Fei responded lightly, but saw He Ruowan still standing up, running lightly to the Queen Mother and smiling coquettishly: "Thank you, Queen Mother! Queen Mother, you are so kind to Wan'er, Wan'er doesn't know how to repay you! "

"Silly boy, as long as you take good care of the emperor, it will be the best reward for the Ai family." Situ Xianyu calmly held He Ruowan's hand and smiled kindly.

"I understand, I understand." He Ruowan bowed her head shyly, feeling extremely proud of herself.

Fangfei saw that the emperor's original indifferent expression also calmed down, and the atmosphere in the palace seemed happy and harmonious.

Xuanyuan Moyu was the only one with a bored look on his face. He yawned casually and stood up: "Mother, I am a little tired after listening to the play last night. I will take my leave first."

"Listen to the show?" Situ Xianyu frowned slightly, then waved her hands helplessly and sighed: "Okay, let's go, let's go!"

 “Thank you, Empress! I will take my leave.” Xuanyuan Moyu looked happy, winked at Xuanyuan Ze, and then exited the Yangxin Hall with a smile.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the palace door, the smiling expression on his face immediately became unfathomable. Although the smile doesn't go away, the frivolity has lost...

Walking out of Xiangning Palace, I could faintly hear the sound of the flute coming and going in the wind. I listened carefully and found that it was coming from the direction of the East Palace.

His handsome eyebrows were raised evilly, and the corners of Xuanyuan Moyu's mouth raised a beautiful arc.

He lightly jumped onto the palace wall, dressed in white clothes. In the cold wind, his handsome eyes were filled with a hint of tenderness.

Looking straight at the beautiful figure under the plum forest not far away, listening to the sound of the flute she was playing attentively, a strange feeling suddenly came over her heart.

 She seems to be thoughtful!

Time seemed to stand still, but the sound of slight footsteps gradually came from not far away, making Xuanyuan Moyu's eyes flash, and then the corners of his lips outlined a perfect curve, and his body suddenly stretched out, and he quickly jumped into the palace wall.

The white clothes flew lightly, whirling and rolling, startling a bird.

Someone inside the wall exclaimed, and then the beautiful flute sound stopped abruptly. Outside the wall, Xuanyuan Ze, who had come out of the Ziyangxin Palace and was about to return to the palace, also paused, and his handsome face immediately cooled down.

"Why didn't the emperor leave?" He Ruowan, who was holding Xuanyuan Ze on her arm, clearly saw Xuanyuan Moyu leaping into the palace wall lightly, but she pretended to stop for some reason and looked at Xuanyuan with a pair of doubtful beautiful eyes. Ze.

"Nothing! Let's go." With a handsome face, Xuanyuan Ze couldn't help clenching his hands hidden in his sleeves, feeling angry in his heart for the woman who dared to have a private tryst with the emperor's brother.

"Haha, the emperor just heard a nice flute sound? It seems to be coming from the queen's sister's palace. Why don't the emperor's concubines go in and see my sister!" He Ruowan smiled gently on his face, but his eyes were full of Xuanyuan. Ze was not aware of the coldness.

She was not a fool. How could she not know that the emperor was angry at the two people inside the palace wall?

Originally, she would never let the emperor have the opportunity to step into the Golden Phoenix Palace, but it was different today. She wanted the emperor to see with his own eyes the scene of that woman hooking up with Xuanyuan Moyu.

Even if she doesn't take the initiative to hook up with him, Xuanyuan Moyu's fancy name will never allow her to face the emperor innocently.

Xuanyuan Ze’s handsome eyes darkened, and the anger that had been hidden was aroused again. He was originally worried that Wan'er wouldn't like him going in, but he didn't expect Wan'er to be so generous. Compared with that flirtatious woman...

"Well, if Wan'er is willing, I will accompany you in!" He interrupted his random thoughts in time and smiled gently at He Ruowan.

 Wan'er is gentle and virtuous, how can she be compared to that woman!

If she really dared to ignore her identity and do anything in the palace that would disgrace the royal family, don't blame him for being so merciless that he completely threw her into the cold palace before her position as queen was even hot!

He Ruowan smiled softly and moved closer to Xuanyuan Ze. Seen from a distance, the two are extremely in love, what a golden couple!

When the maids and eunuchs of Jinfeng Palace first saw the sudden arrival of the emperor and Concubine Hua, they were all so frightened that they opened their mouths and almost forgot the proper etiquette.

Everyone who was so lazy did not expect that the emperor, who had never set foot in the Golden Phoenix Palace, would actually arrive with Concubine Hua. After being stunned for a moment, the **** in charge ran over and saluted: " I send my greetings to Your Majesty and Concubine Hua! Long live Your Majesty!

As soon as the sound fell, everyone immediately knelt down and kowtowed their heads.

Xuanyuan Ze, who was originally full of anger, became even darker when he saw this. He didn't expect that the Queen was so casual and that this servant of the Golden Phoenix Palace had no standards at all, and there was no trace of what a middle palace should look like.

He looked at the **** in charge expressionlessly, and his voice was calm, but cold to the core: "Xiao Lezi, are all the people in the Golden Phoenix Palace like this? They are so lazy and careless! Why, do you think this is theirs? A paradise for enjoyment?”

 “This slave deserves to die!” One sentence frightened the palace servant who was still surprised to death.

 “This old slave deserves to die, please forgive me!” Eunuch Cheng kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Xuanyuan Ze snorted coldly, and his anger made him even less fond of Jinfeng Palace.

At this time, he only glanced at everyone coldly, and his cold voice made everyone's heartbeats stop immediately: "Xiao Lezi, as a punishment, each of them will have their monthly salary reduced by half this year, and take the father-in-law and the aunt in charge to the criminal room. Fifty sticks each."

 After saying that, he no longer looked at the frightened people who were begging for mercy, and walked towards the back garden that made him angry. Every step showed extreme indifference and anger.

"Yes! I obey the order!" Chang Le looked at the people crying and knew that it was impossible for the emperor to withdraw his life in anger. What's more, they are indeed neglectful and lazy. How can they have any sense of being palace people?

"Your Majesty!" He Ruowan had not followed Xuanyuan Ze's pace. She looked at the palace maids and eunuchs who were knocking their heads indifferently. A smile flashed in her heart, but there was a hint of unbearableness on her face: "Your Majesty, please Calm down. These people were just negligent. Now that they have admitted their mistakes, please give them a chance to correct themselves."

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately turned their surprised eyes to He Ruowan, and kowtowed to her repeatedly to beg for mercy, hoping to be exempted from punishment.

Xuanyuanze paused for a moment, but he didn't expect Wan'er to beg for mercy for the people in the Queen's Palace, so he couldn't help but turn around. When I saw the unbearable look on Wan'er's beautiful face, I couldn't help but sigh that Wan'er was so kind.

He waved to her gently, with a gentle smile on his face that was obviously different from the anger just now: "What do Wan'er say?"

He just said it softly, but everyone's eyes were filled with joy. They all stared at Concubine Hua who was walking towards the emperor and cast hopeful glances.

At this moment, in the eyes of everyone, it seems that every step Concubine Hua takes, a magical lotus flower is born.

"Haha, although I can't bear to see them being punished, it would be inappropriate if there are no clear distinctions between rewards and punishments in the harem. In my opinion, the emperor's punishment just now remains the same, except that half of the monthly salary is waived and changed to One month's salary will be deducted directly. The father-in-law and aunt are already old, and I'm afraid they can't bear fifty sticks. How about the emperor give them twenty sticks each?" He Ruowan took Xuanyuanze's arm and smiled softly. And decent.

Xuanyuan Ze's eyes deepened, staring at He Ruowan's beautiful face, silent.

There was a moment of silence. Everyone held their breath nervously and lowered their heads quietly, waiting for the emperor to speak.

After a long time, Xuanyuan Zefang smiled, bowed his head and kissed He Ruowan gently on the brow, and sighed: "Just follow what Concubine Hua said! Oh, my Concubine Hua is so kind and lovely!"

"Your Majesty..." He Ruowan smiled coyly, and the smiles and frowns driven by her beautiful eyes were all charming!

 "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Concubine Hua!" For a moment, everyone shouted. Looking at the back of the emperor and Concubine Hua as they left, everyone kowtowed incessantly.

Chang Le coughed lightly, and secretly winked at the people who were almost getting carried away, asking the little **** following him to write down the list of these people, and then quickly followed the emperor.

On the other side, Yun Qing put the jade flute into his sleeve and looked coldly at the man who climbed over the wall into the garden, his beautiful eyes showing a bit of displeasure.

After Bi Tao saw who it was, she immediately raised her beautiful eyebrows, quickly stepped forward, stood in front of Yun Qing, stared at him and asked, "Are you a shameless person again? What are you doing here?"

"Bitao, don't be rude!" Yun Qing scolded Bi Tao lightly, but looked straight at Xuanyuan Moyu, who had a face full of interest, and said in a cold voice: "I don't know that when the king of Ming and Qing arrived, Yun Qing was not far away to greet him. I'm just sorry. Yun Qing is unreasonable, does the prince come to my palace this time with the emperor or the queen mother’s purpose?”

"Why does the Queen need to be so open-minded? Yesterday, the King fell in love with the Queen at first sight. This time when he heard the beautiful sound of the Queen's flute, he felt a deep sense of longing for her. So I thought to myself: Could the Queen be just like me? , Miss each other very much?" Xuanyuan Moyu raised his lips and smiled, the air of frivolity flowed gracefully from his jade flute over Bi Tao, and flicked across Yun Qing's delicate and beautiful face with great ambiguity.

Ruo Youruo Wu's ambiguous eyes and frivolous behavior made Yun Qing's face immediately feel hot, and her mood could no longer be calm.

"Your Majesty, please respect yourself!" She glared at him coldly and said in a voice that was thousands of miles away: "Your Majesty, if you don't have permission from the Emperor and the Queen Mother, please forgive me for not staying here! Please return wherever you came from. !”

As she spoke, she made a faint gesture of invitation, her beautiful eyes were like arrows, and even the word "my palace" that she didn't want to call herself was forcefully put on it.

"Haha, the Queen is angry? Is it because there are other people around at this moment that makes the Queen feel shy?" Xuanyuan Moyu raised his eyes, turned his jade flute as if nothing happened, and came to Yun Qing's side ambiguously , spraying warm breath onto her sensitive earlobes, smiling to charm all living beings.

At this moment, his handsome face coupled with his handsome figure in flowing white clothes, if his eyes were not too frivolous, it would definitely make people marvel as if they were seeing an immortal.

It’s a pity that his lack of self-respect ruined this beauty!

"You!" Yun Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously took a step back, her face turning red.

Bitao was so angry that she clenched her fists, worried that this prodigal would be frivolous towards the lady. She quickly pulled Yun Qing behind her and scolded: "Miss, this prodigal should not be ignored. We should leave here quickly."

She saw with her own eyes that man flying from such a high palace wall, which showed that his skills must be very impressive.

Although she couldn't imagine that this man would be so bold as to do something irrational, if he really wanted to do something to the young lady, she and the young lady would definitely not be able to resist him.

 So she had to quickly take the young lady to a crowded place in the palace so that the people in the palace could help them.

"Where are you going, Queen?" Yun Qing had just started and hadn't seen clearly when Xuanyuan Moyu made his move. However, Bi Tao stiffened and her steps were stagnant. Only one pair of eyes stared at Xuanyuan Moyu, and she let out a horrified expression. Scream: "Ah! Help..."

However, Bi Tao's scream was stopped by Xuanyuan Moyu with a snap of his fingers. When Yun Qing was shocked, his body was uncontrollably held in the arms of this man with strange skills.

 (End of this chapter)