The charming empress is too good at fishing, and the ruthless emperor has fallen

Madam Cui immediately noticed Concubine Xie's expression.

She frowned and shook her head invisibly when Concubine Xie looked towards her.

Concubine Xie took a deep breath and understood what her mother meant.

She immediately put away the frost on her face and glanced at the young lady who was standing there awkwardly after being interrupted by Lu Zan. A sneer suddenly appeared on her lips.

"Oh, isn't this the apple of the eye of Master Wu? What is it called? Wan Yu, right? She really lives up to her name. Look, she is so dignified and beautiful, and she can write such good poems at such a young age. , she can truly be called a talented woman!"

Concubine Xie suddenly spoke to relieve Wu Wanyu from the embarrassment.

Wu Wanyu immediately looked at her with gratitude, saluted respectfully and said:

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is so complimentary. What I know is nothing more than superficial knowledge."

"Don't be so modest. I listened to all the poems you wrote seriously. They are really excellent."

As Concubine Xie spoke, she repeated one of the lines of the poem that Wu Wanyu had just read, and asked Lu Zan, "Your Majesty, do you still remember what the next line is?"

Next sentence?

Lu Zan had just been distracted thinking about Jing Shu and didn't listen at all.

He looked lazy and didn't take it too seriously. He just said lightly: "I don't remember."

One sentence made Wu Wanyu's face pale.

"Your Majesty, it's true that such a young and beautiful sister is chanting poems to you here, but you didn't listen to a word. I'm afraid you were just thinking about my concubine, right?"

Concubine Xie seemed to have drunk too much wine, with red clouds flying on her face, and clear waves in her beautiful eyes. At this time, she looked at Lu Zan and said angrily, "My esteemed concubine and my concubine are both old people around you. How can they compare to Wu?" Is it true that the daughter of a great bachelor is not only pretty and charming, but also talented at reciting poems?

"Your Majesty, please tell me, who is more lovable, my sister Jingbi or this daughter of the Wu family?"

Wu Wanyu's words made Wu Wanyu's cheeks turn red again, she bit her lips slightly, and her bright moon-like eyes secretly looked at the handsome emperor with shy expectation.

Lu Zan frowned.

He glanced at Concubine Xie and thought she was drunk. Although he didn't want to answer such boring topics, he also didn't want to offend her in front of many people.

So he glanced at Wu Wanyu.

Fresh-looking guest?

But how can she be compared with Jingshu in her average appearance?

Lu Zan's critical eyes glanced at Wu Wanyu's shy and timid young face. What flashed through his mind was that Jing Shu was pressed by him in the rockery cave. When she was in love, her whole body was hot and her cheeks were filled with hot flashes. Red, with blurred eyes and a sweet moan, looking intoxicated.

His Adam's apple rolled and he changed his sitting position to hide the instant changes in his body.

His fingers with clear joints lightly clasped on the armrest of the chair, and his voice was low and clear:

"When Concubine Jing reached her hair, she was already known as the most beautiful woman in the capital. In terms of appearance alone, apart from the imperial concubine, how many people could compare with her?

"Besides, she is only seventeen years old now. Compared with the time you have been with me, she is five or six years younger. Compared with the daughter of Grand Scholar Wu, she is only a few days older. You insist on asking me like this? Isn’t this problem embarrassing for me?”

Inside and outside the words, they are all about protecting the concubine.

Wu Wanyu's face turned completely pale, and a flash of shame, anger and humiliation at being compared to Jingshu flashed in her eyes!

Concubine Xie glanced at Wu Wanyu. Although she had achieved her goal, Lu Zan's words also made her pretend to be joking, and she could no longer maintain it.

Seeing this, the Queen picked up the wine glass and took a sip to hide her smile.

"Could it be that the emperor can't see that the imperial concubine is very fond of the apple of Archmaester Wu's eyes and wants to ask the emperor to give her a title?"

She put down her wine glass, faced Concubine Xie's slightly frowned eyebrows, raised her lips, and continued, "I happen to remember that the daughter of Academician Wu was also on the draft list this time.

"Since the imperial concubine likes her so much, why don't the emperor make an exception and allow her to enter the palace in advance for the sake of the imperial concubine's face."

After saying these words, Wu Wanyu's face looked better again.

However, Concubine Xie could no longer maintain her expression, and the layer of frost rose again.

Lu Zan, who was just a little tipsy, suddenly woke up after hearing the Queen's words and looking at Concubine Xie's face. He suddenly understood that Concubine Xie's words just now were clearly intended to bring hatred to Jingshu.

He felt a subtle displeasure at having been calculated.

As a high-ranking emperor, he would never like this feeling.

Glancing at Concubine Xie, he curled his lips coldly, nodded along with the next words, and said coldly: "I see, I drank too much and didn't understand Concubine Xie's intention."

When Concubine Xie heard this, she suddenly woke up and understood. Her face turned pale and she said: "Your Majesty..."

She wanted to explain.

But Lu Zan refused to give her a chance.

Or, he didn't need her to explain anything at all.

"In that case, I will obey the wishes of the queen and the noble concubine. The Wu family's daughter will be summoned to the palace tonight and be named a beauty. The noble concubine likes her so much. Then, Wu Meiren will be given to live in the side hall of Yongshou Palace and be with the noble concubine. Come with me!"

As soon as the imperial edict came out.

Concubine Xie immediately knocked over the wine glass in her hand.

"Look, our noble concubine is so happy that she can't even hold the wine glass. If someone comes, why don't you quickly change another wine glass for the concubine." The queen immediately spoke with a smile.

Her eyes met Concubine Xie's.

Concubine Xie had anger in her eyes, but the queen smiled slightly.

Concubine Xie did not dare to be in such an occasion, so she secretly cursed in her heart: "Bitch!"

But she didn’t know whether she was scolding the queen, Wu Meiren, or Jing Shu who was far away in Yicui Palace and had just received Lu Zan’s reward...

At this moment, Jing Shu poured a glass of wine, took a bite of the moon cake, looked at the big and round moon above her head, and thought with some pity: "The palace banquet is such a good opportunity to eat melons, but I am locked up here. Can’t get melons…”

But she didn't know how much hatred Lu Zan's reward had aroused for her.

Although she was not present at the palace banquet, everyone at the palace banquet was her.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet finally ended at the beginning of Haishi.

Seeing that Lu Zanjun's face was impatient and ready to leave, Concubine Xie immediately stood up, pretending to be drunk and unsteady, and leaned towards his arms.

Lu Zan subconsciously held her arm.

"Your Majesty, I have missed you so much these days. Can you take me back to the palace tonight?"

The meaning implied in these words is self-evident.

Lu Zan frowned, still feeling unhappy that Concubine Xie had just used him to inflict hatred on Jing Shu.

However, looking at the tears in Concubine Xie's beautiful eyes and her pitiful appearance, she still couldn't bear to reject her and make her lose face, so she nodded: "Let's go, I will accompany you back."

The queen saw Lu Zan half-armed with his favorite concubine, walking all the way to the Yongshou Palace.

There was a trace of bitterness in her gentle and smiling eyes that others could not see.

Tonight, on the fifteenth day, the Holy Emperor was supposed to go to her Kunning Palace.

After a while, the queen calmed down, stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late, let's all disperse."

Later, arrangements were made for Wu Wanyu and Wu Meiren to enter the palace.

The atmosphere at tonight's palace banquet was obviously not very good.

Everyone left with different thoughts.

Tai Fu Jing Wenfeng and his first wife Li also looked at each other at this time, and then left the palace hand in hand.

When I got on the carriage at the palace gate, I happened to meet Prime Minister Xie and his wife Cui.

Jing Wenfeng and Prime Minister Xie chatted about government affairs.

Mrs. Cui, on the other hand, kept her airs and chatted with the submissive Mrs. Li with a look of disdain on her face.

Mrs. Cui disliked Mr. Li very much.

As a dignified wife of a first-class imperial concubine, she has such a timid personality that she cannot stand out on the stage. I don’t know how her daughter is so bold that she dares to compete with the imperial concubine for favor. Don’t you know that the imperial concubine is the most favored woman by the Holy Emperor?