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Chu Huanyan wanted to refuse, but looking at the smile on Concubine Xue's face, she hesitated for a moment, then walked forward and sat on the swing with Concubine Xue.

"Your Majesty, do you like swinging very much?"

"Yes, I liked it when I was at home, but it was much happier to swing on the swing at that time than now." Concubine Xue said with a smile on her lips and a soft tone, "Where's Miss Chu, do you like swinging?"

Chu Huanyan shook her head, "I can't say I like it. After all, I haven't been on the swing for a long time, and I don't even remember much about swinging when I was a child."

"The older you get, the more things you have to worry about. You have the entire Ning'an Mansion on your shoulders, so you have no intention of playing on the swing."

"That's what the empress said." Chu Huanyan looked far away, looking at the scenery in the garden. She didn't say anything and just sat quietly on the swing.

Concubine Xue looked at her, but also said nothing. She quickly retracted her gaze and looked at the garden in front of her with Chu Huanyan.

I don't know when the wind started, blowing the two people's sleeves overlapping each other, their skirts flying, and even the swing seemed to be shaking a little.

"The wind has picked up." Concubine Xue said softly, "I am a little cold and want to go back to change clothes. Should Miss Chu stay for lunch, or..."

"My lord, it is better not to stay and disturb the noble concubine." Chu Huanyan stood up from the swing and saluted respectfully, "My lord, please leave."

Concubine Xue nodded and watched Chu Huanyan turn around. Just when she was about to leave, she suddenly called her.

"Miss Chu, if nothing happens in the future, I will not call you to see you again, and you don't need to enter the palace again."

Chu Huanyan stopped and turned around to look at Concubine Xue in confusion.

"Could it be that my daughter did something wrong and made the queen unhappy?"

"No." Concubine Xue shook her head and looked at the garden in front of her again, "I have been watching this garden every day. I thought I was tired a long time ago, but in the past two days, I suddenly felt that if I really left, I would The palace may be reluctant to part with it.”

Looking towards Chu Huanyan, Concubine Xue looked at her with a smile.

"Actually, I like Miss Chu very much, and I also want to chat with you more. However, although I am in the harem, I have also heard some news. Rather than meeting you often and being a friend, I There are things in the palace that cannot be given up. Even if I only realize it now, it may not be too late."

Chu Huanyan looked at Concubine Xue silently, "So the empress has to draw a clear line between herself and the courtier."

"Yes, although I am reluctant to give up, I am also willing to do so." Concubine Xue's eyes were firm.

Chu Huanyan nodded clearly, a hint of disappointment flashed across her expression, but she quickly returned to normal.

"Now that your Majesty has made a decision, I will never bother you again in the future. I will retire."

Watching Chu Huanyan leave, Concubine Xue stood up from the swing and gave instructions to Qiu Shuang.

"Send someone to deliver some pastries to the Imperial Study Room, saying that I would like to invite the Emperor to have lunch with me today."

"Mother, have you really thought about it?" Qiu Shuang hesitated.

Since the death of the Queen, the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen has become particularly delicate. The empress might have wanted to pretend at first, but then she couldn't keep up the act. In addition, the empress did not even want to care about the injury on her face, so how could the emperor not understand her attitude.

Now if someone sends pastries over at this time, I'm afraid the Emperor's side may not be...

"Just go ahead and do it, Your Majesty..." Concubine Xue continued in a calm tone, "He will come."

Not long after the conversation between Concubine Xue and Chu Huanyan reached Xiao Emperor's ears, Qiu Shuang took the cakes to the imperial study.

Looking at the simple plate of pastries, Emperor Xiao was silent for a long time. In the end, he did not reply to Qiu Shuang, but just sent him to leave.

Seeing this, many of the eunuchs standing outside the royal study murmured to themselves, feeling that the emperor must have annoyed Concubine Xue and would not see her again.

Even Qiu Shuang couldn't help but feel this way. On the way back to Zhaoxia Palace, she kept thinking about how to comfort her mother-in-law.

However, Concubine Xue remained extremely calm and just repeated those words, the Emperor will come.

At lunch time, Qiu Shuang specially served some extra dishes according to Concubine Xue's instructions.

When the last plate was placed on the table, the announcement of the emperor's arrival came from outside the Zhaoxia Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is really here!" Qiu Shuang said with a hint of surprise in her tone.

Concubine Xue just glanced at her, smiled softly, then stood up and walked out to greet the Holy Master.

Emperor Xiao looked at Concubine Xue who was kneeling to salute, and subconsciously wanted to reach out his hand to help her up, but thinking of what happened before, the hand froze in mid-air again.

Emperor Xiao took back his hand and said coolly, "Get up."

"Yes." Concubine Xue stood up and walked to the table with Emperor Xiao to sit down.

"Your Majesty, today's lunch was specially prepared by my concubine. It is all the Emperor likes to eat." Concubine Xue handed the ivory chopsticks to Emperor Xiao's hand.

Emperor Xiao looked at the dishes on the table and reached out to take the chopsticks.

"Why did you suddenly invite me to have dinner with you today?"

Concubine Xue was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I met Chu Huanyan today."

"So?" Emperor Xiao asked with a serious face.

"I have made it clear to her that I will not summon her to the palace again in the future, nor will I have any contact with her again."

Emperor Xiao thought of the report he heard, but the expression on his face did not ease much. He just said in a deep voice: "Just follow your own wishes."

"Your Majesty, don't you want to know why I did this?" Concubine Xue looked at Emperor Xiao intently, "Or, my concubine's thoughts and choices are no longer important to the Emperor."

Emperor Xiao paused for a moment while holding the chopsticks, and finally turned his head to look at Concubine Xue, "What on earth do you want to say?"

"I want to say that I regret it." Concubine Xue stretched out her hand and touched the back of Xiao Emperor's hand, "I shouldn't hate the emperor or be angry with the emperor. I originally thought that I was tired of this deep palace, even tired of it. The Emperor. But when I really lost it, I realized that I was actually used to the Emperor's favor, and I didn't want to lose it all."

Emperor Xiao's heart trembled, and anger could not be suppressed in his expression. He threw away Concubine Xue's hand and stood up suddenly.

"Why do you think that if you regret it, I will come back to you? It was you who pushed me away with your own hands. After the Queen's accident, I even wanted to pretend to be deaf and mute and continue to pamper you, but what about you? ? After playing with me for a while, we can no longer play it out. Qingzhi, I am the emperor and the emperor, why do you think that I will surrender to you again and again! "

He is a majestic emperor, why can he come and go as soon as he is summoned?

Yes, he does love Qingzhi, and has loved her for so many years, but his dignity and sincerity will never allow a woman to trample on her like this.

Emperor Xiao's voice was loud, mixed with clear anger, and Qiu Shuang and the eunuchs and maids who were standing outside couldn't help but tremble with fear.

But Concubine Xue just looked at him quietly, her eyes as gentle as water.

He opened and closed his lips and said softly: "So, does the Emperor really not want to be a concubine?"