funbook-pk Chapter 126 Movement
Chapter 126 Movement
Before Zhen Huan's lips lowered, Cui Jinxi came in with a sullen face to report.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened! The Emperor has been summoned to a side hall by Consort He."
"Aunt Jinxi, you don't have to worry. The emperor won't stay overnight at Huanbi's place."
With her as a pearl and jade before him, how could the emperor look down on Huanbi, who was as insignificant as a wooden coffin.
Besides, as her biological sister, Huanbi would not be so foolish as to ask the emperor to stay overnight, which would be a slap in her face.
Seeing the disapproval on Cui Jinxi's face, Zhen Huan whispered an order.
"Aunt Jinxi, please send someone to keep an eye on the side hall."
"If there's anything unusual, just... forget it."
She couldn't be like the shameless Concubine Hua and forcibly snatch away the emperor who was planning to stay overnight.
Zhen Huan sat on the couch dejectedly.
The emperor sitting on the couch in the east wing hall felt a little regretful. Seeing that Huan'er was about to soften, why did he follow Huanbi?
There must be something wrong with the wind that just blew!
After much deliberation, he decided to return to the Yangxin Palace.
Just as the emperor was about to stand up, Huanbi appeared with a cup of tea.
"Your Majesty, this is the Lu'an tea I brewed myself. Please taste it."
Huanbi lowered her head slightly and respectfully held the tea in front of the emperor.
The emperor had no choice but to take the teacup that was still steaming.
"You can sit down too."
The two people sitting on the couch looked at each other in silence, and Huanbi tilted her head uncomfortably.
The emperor looked at her from the side and felt that she was somewhat similar to Zhen Huan.
But the pink shoes and green shirt are really a bit tacky.
"Huanbi, can you read?"
"Your Majesty, I learned some from Mr. Liu, who taught Sister Wan, at the Zhen family."
Huanbi replied awkwardly.
"Oh? The Zhen family treats you very kindly."
The emperor didn't expect that Madam Zhen would be so generous.
Perhaps only such a generous person can raise a daughter as knowledgeable and talented as Huan'er.
"Your Majesty, I was brought back by the Master to serve the Young Lady, and the Madam treats me very well."
When Huanbi talked about the past, she lost her restraint for a moment.
Seeing that the emperor liked to hear about what happened to her eldest sister at home, she picked out a few interesting things and told them.
Of course, her participation is inevitable.
"Your Majesty, you don't know how powerful Sister Wanpin is. The boys around here can't even match her in couplets."
"The kid from around here?"
When Huanbi heard the emperor's question, she realized that she had spoken out of turn, so she quickly added something.
"Your Majesty, that was when we were little. As we grew older, Madam didn't allow us to go out."
Before Rouze got married, she was the object of admiration of many young men. When he won the beauty, he was envied by countless people.
It is normal for Huan'er, who is of outstanding character and appearance, to be surrounded by people.
The emperor took a big sip of tea, looked at Huanbi again, and motioned her to continue speaking.
As Huanbi spoke, she gestured to Fubao to refill the emperor's tea.
After drinking a few cups of hot tea, the emperor looked at Huanbi with increasingly passionate eyes.
Knowing that the medicine was working, Huanbi twisted her foot while refilling the tea and fell into the emperor's arms.
She blushed and whispered softly.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to do that. Please let me go."
The emperor, his heart burning with passion, was unwilling to let go of the beauty at his lips. He carried her into the inner room amid Huanbi's exclamations.
A "swish" sound was heard, and even Su Peisheng, who was guarding the door, felt embarrassed by the emperor's impatience.
He thought that maybe this was the case for all men who had been holding it in for too long.
As the man among men, the master is naturally more powerful.
Thinking of this, Su Peisheng cast a blaming look towards the main hall. He had to accuse Cui Jinxi, her master, in front of the empress dowager.
There is a precedent of Emperor Taizu abandoning his throne for a beauty. Even if the Empress Dowager no longer cares about the Emperor, she will probably be wary of Concubine Wan.
As soon as he saw Cui Jinxi coming out of the main hall, Su Peisheng turned around and stared at the floor tiles with his eyes lowered.
Cui Jinxi didn't notice the movement here. She called Bai Zhi who was guarding in the corridor over.
"Is there any movement in the side hall?"
"Aunt, I just heard Concubine He's exclamation."
Bai Zhi answered with lowered eyebrows.
Ever since she and her master returned from the Imperial Garden in a mess, her master gradually stopped letting her serve him closely.
He even wanted to carry her to the cold palace and let her fend for herself when she had a high fever.
Fortunately... fortunately she was lucky enough to survive.
Relieved, Cui Jinxi asked her to continue watching the side hall, and she turned and entered the main hall.
"Your Majesty, Concubine He's cry of surprise was heard from the side hall."
Zhen Huan's grip on the poetry collection suddenly tightened.
"Aunt Jinxi, did Huanbi accidentally offend the Emperor?"
Huanbi has been in the Zhen family since she was a child and has never suffered any great hardship.
If she offended the emperor and was frightened into revealing her relationship with the Zhen family, it would be very bad.
"Reporting to Her Majesty, there is no other movement coming from the side hall. I believe He Changzai can handle it."
Cui Jinxi expressed her guess.
Huanbi opposed her in every way, and even if she suffered at the hands of the emperor, it was her own fault.
Cui Jinxi went out three more times, and Bai Zhi said she didn't hear any big noise.
Sitting on the couch, Zhen Huan was about to finish reading the thick collection of poems. She suppressed the panic in her heart and spoke in a deep voice.
"Aunt Jinxi, what time is it now?"
"My Lord, it's almost the end of the Hour of the Dog."
Cui Jinxi understood that the thing her master and she were most worried about had happened.
The emperor stayed in a side hall.
Zhen Huan slowly closed her eyes, calming her inner emotions.
After a long time, she opened her misty eyes.
"Liu Zhu, help me wash up."
Now that things have come to this, she needs to think carefully about how to deal with it next.
The next day, when An Lingrong got up, she heard the news that Huanbi was in the emperor's bedchamber.
"Bao Ge, make me a big bowl of shredded chicken cold noodles and osmanthus rice wine."
She had to eat her fill before watching the fun.
As soon as An Lingrong turned the corner, she saw Concubine Hua meditating against the palace wall not far away.
"Meet Sister Hua Fei."
"Sister Shufei, please don't be polite."
She grumbled quickly again.
"An Lingrong, why did you come out so late? You made me wait by the wall for so long."
"I came here on foot, not even taking a sedan chair, to share the good news with you."
An Lingrong glanced at her helplessly.
"Sister Hua Fei, can't you just have the sedan chair parked in the Imperial Garden or in front of Chengqian Palace and wait?"
Concubine Hua was stunned and defended herself with confidence.
"I just wanted to share the good news with you as soon as possible."
"Last night, Zhen Huan at the Suiyuxuan refused the emperor's request to stay overnight, and the furious emperor ordered Huanbi to sleep with him."
"I heard there was a big commotion in the side hall of Suiyuxuan, tsk tsk..."