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The court lady glanced around with extreme restraint, "I came today to ask for lunch at His Majesty's side. Our empress is staying in the Daming Palace and is waiting to serve the emperor."

Bai Xusan immediately changed his face, and respectfully took out a few food boxes that had been packed earlier, and flatteringly said to the maid: "Miss Ziruo, this is the dish that the empress ordered. Looking at the time when you came, you just took out the pot and put it in, I don't know if the food in the past few days is satisfied with the empress?"

Zi Ruo held her head up, without even looking at him, the little eunuch behind him took the things in his hands, and walked out without looking back.

Zi Ruo was walking ahead quickly, while urging them impatiently, "I have to hurry back. Today, the empress went to the Daming Hall, and it took a lot of effort to stay there for dinner. If you delay, your lives will not be able to afford it."

The little eunuch in the back complained endlessly, Ziruo was the only one with empty hands, and they were still carrying food boxes, how could they walk?

In the end it was a fast walk all the way, Zi Ruo adjusted her posture, walked slowly, and approached the Daming Hall.It is still daytime now, but the Daming Hall is brightly lit, and a tripod incense burner is lit in the hall, and the ambergris is smoldering.Behind the large screen not far away, there are three figures vaguely reflected.

Emperor Yuande is not yet 40 years old this year, his beard and hair are black and shiny, and he looks so majestic that people dare not look directly at him.He was only wearing a long gown with nine dragon beads on his body, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the slump, with a string of tourmaline beads hanging on his wrist, he was talking to Concubine Feng Gui and the second prince Jing Xu on the left and right.

Jing Xu and Emperor Yuan De looked very much alike, not to be considered a handsome young man, somewhat calm and handsome, who had always been favored, and at this time he was talking to him about interesting things in the Taixue, and also said that he had recently After reading some casual books, I feel that Longnan is a very good place, with mountains and rivers, and some strange rumors.

He said: "It is said that there are several big families in Longnan, the Kong family, the Lu family, and by the way, the Qiao family. They have been in Longnan for so many years, and they must have a good collection of books. My ministers want to read them."

Concubine Feng Gui served the tea, while smiling, she glanced at Emperor Yuande beside him, his eyelids drooped slightly, even if Concubine Feng was so close, she couldn't see the expression in his eyes clearly, she could only ponder in her heart.

Emperor Yuande didn't answer the conversation as he did just now, but just took a sip of tea.

Concubine Feng supported the phoenix hairpin on her head, pretended to be angry, tapped Jing Xu's forehead, and complained to Emperor Yuande: "This child is young and has a restless mind. He is not good at reading sage books. He always likes to read idle books. , I still love to show off to Your Majesty, so hurry up and accuse your father and say that you will never watch it again."

The smile on Jing Xu's face paused, this colleague was wrong first, he glanced at his mother out of the corner of his eye, gritted his teeth, knelt down on the soft bed, laughed and promised Emperor Yuande that he would not dare in the future.

Emperor Yuande laughed after hearing this, "Your mother is right, since they are those idle books that you peeked at, they are so weird, so it's fine if you don't read them."

Concubine Feng Gui breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, Liang Changxi and Zi Ruo stepped forward to set the tablecloth and dishes together, as if no one could remember what they just said.

After dinner, Concubine Feng led Jing Xu and Daming Palace back to Shenyun Palace. When passing by a remote and uninhabited path, Jing Xu finally couldn't hold back and asked in a low voice: "Mother, aren't we going to say something in front of Father today?" What happened to Qiao Yu? Even the dead body was buried in the East Palace, why did you suddenly not allow me to talk about it?"

Feng Nannan is very handsome, even after raising a few children, she is still beautiful, she stopped when she heard the words, looked at the blooming flowers in front of her, and said casually: "Your father doesn't want to hear it, and it will only provoke you if you say it." What's the use of his boredom? Don't mention Jing Yan anymore. "

Jing Xu is only 13 years old. Although he has been taught by Feng Nannan since he was a child, he is still young and can't hide things. His tone is not lacking in viciousness. If you are still alive, you will not live in peace. In the future, I will be..."

"What are you in a hurry for?" Feng Nannan immediately interrupted him, "Wait, bear with it, as long as you don't lose your Sacred Heart, there will always be a chance."

She is the best at being patient.She was originally just an inconspicuous concubine in the backyard of the Feng family, but only because she vaguely sensed the concerns of Emperor Yuande, who was still the prince at the time, at a dinner party, and fought desperately, Feng Jiayi got married far away and entered the palace herself.Then it was the overthrow of the Qiao family and the collapse of the Chen family. Up to now, she had been waiting for many, many years.She has come so far, relying on speculation and obedience to Emperor Yuande's will, this is the sharpest weapon in the world, and no one else understands it.

But in the end she won.Both Empress Chen and her sister died before her.

Thinking of this, Feng Nannan couldn't help but smiled complacently, and picked the blooming peony in his hand, "The Chen family is dead, but Jing Yan hasn't. He stays in the Taiqing Palace, even if he can't turn over forever."

She paused, her voice was no longer as gentle as water, "There is nothing more reassuring than a dead person. I want him to die."

When Qiao Yu came out of the imperial dining room, the sun was high and it was almost noon.He stayed there for more than an hour, and it got busier as it got closer to noon. Bai Xusan had no choice but to pack up some things at random, throw them to Qiao Yu, and drive him out.

Qiao Yu cherished this hard-won meal very much, and hugged the food box in his arms. He was small and his arms were short, so the food box couldn't even roll up, and it would fall down from time to time.He was going back from the imperial dining room, and before he left, he did not forget to say hello to Changle Anping, Anping grabbed him, wrapped three big and white steamed buns in oiled paper, and secretly stuffed them into Qiao Yu's arms.

Anping was still a little worried about him, Liangyu looked too careless, so stupid that anyone could lie to him.But after thinking about it, if it wasn't for being so scheming and incompetent, he wouldn't have been thrown into the Taiqing Palace to serve the deposed prince.

Walking out of the imperial dining room and looking for a shady place, Qiao Yu looked down at the bulging lump on his chest, feeling a little distressed, so he had to hold the food box to cover it up, otherwise others would laugh at him if they saw it.

He also walked slowly back home, holding steamed buns and food boxes, hiding in the ground looking for bell grass among the few weeds, and finally found a small handful, wrapped it carefully with a handkerchief, thinking Seeing that I can pick those in the yard tonight and give them to Jing Yan together, I feel sweet in my heart.

After finally walking back to the Taiqing Palace and entering the small gate, Qiao Yu immediately threw the food box on the ground and hopped like a rabbit towards Jing Yan's room.

Jing Yan put down the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, grabbed Qiao Yu with one hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked softly: "What's the matter, what happened on the road, and it took me so long to come back?" ?”

It's fine not to mention it, but Qiao Yu felt sad and aggrieved when he mentioned it, and grabbed Jing Yan's sleeve to sue, saying how hateful Bai Xusan was, he was really a villain, and he was very mean to himself, and the prince must help him teach that villain a lesson in the future.

Jing Yan gradually restrained his smile. He grabbed Qiao Yu's hand that was still dancing in the air and turned it over. There was an obvious red mark in the dusty palm, which was a small piece of chafed skin.

Jing Yan asked, "Does it hurt?"

Qiao Yu has always been pampered, and also likes to be coquettish. She wants to ask the prince to coax her, but the pain has long since ceased, and she still pretends to say that it hurts.He was pretending at first, but the more he said it, the more wronged and sad he became. There was a bit of crying in his words, but it became true.

Jing Yan kept looking at his appearance, from fake to real, and couldn't laugh or cry at his petty temper, but he didn't expose it, but went to fetch water and medicine himself, hugged Qiao Yu to his lap, With a clean handkerchief, he wiped the little crying bag clean, applied the medicine on his palm, wiped his face, and finally patted his back for a long time before he finally stopped crying.

However, during the time when the medicine was being administered, Qiao Yu was not idle. He even talked about the two eunuchs he met today, and warmly praised them for their kindness. He eavesdropped on their conversations, and they were not angry and helped him.

There are no good people in the palace, and Chang Le and An Ping didn't have any good intentions at first, it's just that Qiao Yu is a fool with good luck.

After treating the wound, it was already past noon, and Qiao Yu's stomach began to growl with hunger. He tried hard to cover up and protect the little face he had left, but in the end he couldn't hide it, so he had to pretend he didn't hear it. Sneaking aside.

Jing Yan carried him to Xiaoshiting and started the belated lunch.

In addition to the snack box he brought back, there were also three steamed buns that Anping stuffed in.The current Qiao Yu is no longer the one who ate a plate and threw it away. He has learned to be diligent and thrifty, so he discussed with the prince to eat steamed buns at noon and eat delicious food from the imperial dining room at night. You can celebrate your gift to the prince.

Jing Yan nodded silently, glanced at the food box, but didn't eat the extra steamed bun.