Ten years of dedication to the king

Autumn.

The wind is cool, and the loss of summer heat makes people feel much more comfortable.

Chu Xiran looked into the distance, observing the long line of carriages outside the Di'an Gate.

"There is another batch, and it really lives up to the reputation of this eventful year." A cold male voice murmured.

"Master, would you like to have a look at the list of candidates for the election today?" asked the little eunuch beside him.

Chu Xiran heard this, frowned and waved, "I'm tired, let's go back to the palace first."

"The Empress, get up and drive back to the palace!"

The eunuch's shrill voice resounded on the city wall, and in an instant, the phoenix drove the way, and the group walked away in a mighty way.

This is Tiancheng's fourth draft in the past 12 years. Once every three years, there are always people who fly on the branches and others whose dreams are broken.

And the queen of this dynasty is the son of the Chu family who stood out in the first draft, Chu Xiran, and he is also the first male queen since the founding of the country.

Although because of the precedent of the ancestors, there have always been men who entered the harem as concubines, and there were also those who were honored and awarded the title of concubine, but it was the first time that a man really took control of the harem. I don’t know how many old courtiers went to persuade the emperor Think twice.For this reason, the young emperor was furious in the court and forced him to abdicate. In the end, the son of the Chu family became the queen as a man and took charge of the three thousand harem.

Naturally, this became another good story.The world often praises the love of the current emperor and empress with this, and many men can confidently say that the person they love will marry into the door, regardless of gender, regardless of gender.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to the Tiyuan Palace to review the draft girls." Chu Xiran walked into the imperial study room, looking at the man in front of him who was all dressed in a royal look.

"Queen, how good is my handwriting?" He Lan Ruoming didn't seem to hear Chu Xiran's words, but held up the calligraphy in his hand with great interest.

There are four big characters on the paper: Peerless elegance.

"Why don't you give this word to the most beautiful show girl today, okay?"

He Lan Ruoming looked at Chu Xiran, saw that he was slightly hesitant, and then said calmly, "Of course the emperor said yes."

"The queen is so generous!" He Lan snorted coldly, "Okay, since the queen has urged me, I'll go and see if this year's beauties are truly peerless!"

He Lan Ruoming walked down the case, passed by Chu Xiran, habitually wanted to hold his hand, but saw him shrink back slightly, and then resigned himself to letting him hold it in his palm.

The hands in the palm of the hand are cold, which makes people not only feel distressed.

He Lan turned her head to look at Chu Xiran who was walking in a panic, but let go of her hands. Looking at him closely behind her from the corner of her eye, she felt helpless.

How much I want to tell him that I still like that Chu Xiran who lost his temper because he wanted to be drafted, and was so jealous that he dared to threaten him with the [-] troops under the entire Chu family.

The eunuchs called out the name cards, entered the hall every five people, and saluted in order. The emperor would ask two questions casually if he was interested, and sometimes the queen would say a few words casually.

Those who are selected will keep their cards for re-election, and those who are not selected will naturally discard their cards. If the young ones can wait for another draft three years later, the older ones can naturally marry others according to the orders of their parents and the matchmaker.

Chu Xiran watched the beauties who were fat, geese, and thin pass by one by one, and suddenly returned to the year when he entered the palace for draft, and it was the same, wearing new clothes made of white brocade, with a fearless and indifferent smile, from then on people walk by.

"Chu Xiran, the son of the Chu family, see the emperor and queen mother!"

That year, he raised his head, and stared at him with eyes that were almost carved into his body. He didn't know how long it took before he heard his majestic voice coming from the front, leaving the card.

That moment is eternity, from that second, he knew that he would belong to this man.

From the primary election of the Tiyuan Palace to the re-election of the Royal Garden, there were five young masters who were finally able to retain their cards and officially enter the Chuxiu Palace.

Four women and one man, all of them are the children of important ministers in the court, not to mention their appearance, their talents and virtues are the top choices.However, no one knows what kind of intrigue will be behind it.

"It seems like I can smell blood again!" Chu Xiran held the name tags of the five little masters in his hand and weighed them up, "Why is it so fast these days?"

That's right, time flew by, thinking back then he was just a new young lord entering the palace, those trembling days seemed to be still in front of us.

I still remember that when the imperial decree was passed to the Chu family, one person was called to be sent to the palace for a draft. Normally, it was my sister who should enter the palace, but my sister had a long-standing marriage contract, and she was a childhood sweetheart, so how could I have the heart to break them up?As for the emperor, if he was killed, the Chu family had to send one person into the palace, because the Chu family held the military talisman of a [-]-strong army, and the one person who entered the palace was the hostage to hold the entire Chu family, in order to prevent his meritorious deeds from being overshadowed.

At that time, Chu Xiran thought about it all night and decided to enter the palace by herself.

Old General Chu refused, he only had such a son under his knees, and he was expected to inherit the incense.But how could he, an old courtier, fail to guess the mind of the young emperor above him?Just like what Chu Xiran said, only when he, the only son of the Chu family enters the palace, can the emperor's suspicion of the Chu family be dispelled. Tears nodded.

"Three years after three years, so it's been so long." In the imperial study, He Lan glanced at the portraits of the draftees, rubbed his temples, and then held up the only portrait of a teenager there.

The person on the drawing paper is delicate and indifferent, with exquisite facial features that make it difficult to distinguish between male and female, only the pair of sharp and intelligent eyes that are unique to teenagers show that his real body as a man is unquestionable.

It resembles the look of that person back then, even more than that, but that person has a lot of forbearance, while the person on the drawing paper in front of him is too ostentatious.

"He is?" He Lan glanced at the personal eunuch beside him and asked.

"Back to the emperor, this young master's name is Shangguan Yan. He is the son of Lord Shangshu. He is the youngest in the family and comes from a side room." The eunuch's name is Xiao Linzi. Do you know what your master thinks?

"The emperor wants to announce him?"

"No, tomorrow I will go to Chuxiu Palace to meet him in person! If there is anything different from the drawing on this paper, let the artist carefully examine his head!"

Day two.

"You are Shangguan Yan?" He Lan Ruoming carefully looked at the person in front of him. He was beautiful but still masculine and feminine. If such a person entered the palace, he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for the harem. .

"Back to the emperor, it is the minister."

"How many times have I told you that if you enter this harem, you have to call yourself a concubine!" The aunt who was in charge of training was anxious to reprimand.

"It doesn't matter, the queen was like that back then." He Lan remembered something, and smiled softly, "I'm in the palace, but I'm used to it?"

"There's nothing I'm used to or not. Every day is not the same." Shangguan Yan met He Lan's eyes without any timidity.

It seems that he has a strong temper again. After thinking about it, He Lan found it more interesting, so he said without thinking, "How about I grant you to live in Zhongcui Palace?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shangguan Yan knelt down and thanked Long En without blinking an eye.

"Get up, and move out at night." He Lan looked at Shangguan Yan with satisfaction, turned and left with an inexplicable smile.

There are no secrets to hide in the East and West Palaces, let alone the news that Shangguan Yan was sealed before going to bed, but a gust of wind spread to every corner of the harem.

Chu Xiran was lying on the imperial concubine chair with her eyes closed, but when she heard the news, she squinted her eyes, got up and said, "Change clothes, follow me to Zhongcui Palace! I'm going to see how beautiful this Shangguan Yan is." .”

Looking back, looking at the face in the mirror, at the age of 25, it is no longer the softness it used to be, but it has more vigor that a grown man should have. Only when he smiles, he still retains the look of the past.

He Lan once said, Xiran, why do you look so good-looking when you smile? !

Chu Xiran's heart moved, she turned her head away from looking in the mirror, and did not lead her to Zhongcui Palace until she was fully dressed.

"Shangguan Yan, she really lives up to her name." Chu Xiran looked at the person in front of him, with bright eyes and teeth, white and smooth skin, radiant eyes, and a youthful look that makes people jealous, "How old are you?"

"Seventeen", Shangguan Yan answered with her head down.

"It's the age when male and female are indistinguishable, no wonder it's so endearing."

Chu Xiran stretched out her hand, and her little finger wearing a phoenix-patterned blue agate bead fingertip brushed across Shangguan Yan's delicate skin, and with a little force, a white scratch was left on the side of her face.

"You see, if I don't pay attention, I will leave a mark." Chu Xiran smiled and withdrew her hand, "I am here today, one is to congratulate you for being the first to receive the emperor's award, and the other is to warn you, after this The palace is not like a trifling matter, you have to be careful in everything, and a slight mistake is a matter of life and death. You need to stick to your duty, and you must learn from what your aunt taught you, and have a good memory. If the emperor flips the card in a month It's your good luck to spoil you, don't sweep away the emperor's luck by shouting pain and tears at that time!"

"Follow the empress's lesson." After all, Shangguan Yan was young, so she blushed when she heard this.

"These are rewards for you, so do it yourself!" Chu Xiran left a box of gold and silver jewelry behind and left.

As soon as he returned to Kunning Palace on the front foot, He Lan Ruoming came on the back foot.

"I heard that you went to see Shangguan Yan?"

"The emperor has received the wind so soon?" Chu Xiran glanced at He Lan Ruoming lightly, and said again, "The concubine has seen Shangguan Yan, what does the emperor want to know?"

"I just want to warn you, don't make the same mistake a second time!"

"Your majesty, my concubine doesn't understand what you mean!"

"Chu Xiran!" He Lan's tone became angry, "I just came to remind you!"

"The concubine is just telling the new young master to serve the emperor well. Does this make the emperor unhappy? If this is the case, the emperor can abolish the concubine."

"Hmph, you think I don't dare!" He Lan left behind a sentence, shaking his sleeves and leaving in a fit of anger.

Seeing that he was gone, Chu Xiran sat down, slowly lowered her head and covered her cheeks with her hands.

After a moment of silence, someone suddenly approached, familiar body temperature, real touch.

"Why did we become like this?" He Lan, who had gone and returned, quietly hugged Chu Xiran.

The two embracing people didn't speak any more, they just quietly let time pass by, as if everything in these years was just a dream.

Chu Xiran clearly remembered that when she was 16 years old, her destiny changed with an imperial decree.

He resigned to his fate and entered the palace, stepped into the red wall that would imprison him for life, and lived in Chuxiu Palace without any suspense.

The Chuxiu Palace has a traditional layout, one is the main hatchback, and the other is the courtyard.The west end is Nuan Pavilion, the east and west halls are Yanghe Hall, Xufu Hall, the back hall is Lijingxuan, and the east and west halls are Fengguang Room and Yilan Pavilion.

On the first day of entering the palace, the father-in-law and aunt who were in charge of the daily life and training of the young masters were all waiting at the gate of the palace.

The six selected young lords were brought in by the chief eunuch, who allocated their residences and the maids and eunuchs who were in charge of serving them.

Chu Xiran lives in the Yilan House, the room is not big, but it is clean and bright, but he doesn't care about all of this, the only thing that makes his heart ache, is seeing Shun'an, the servant who has been with him since he was a child.

Shun An put on the eunuch's uniform and looked at himself without saying a word, his eyes were red, obviously he had cried.

"Why did you follow in?" Chu Xiran shook his head helplessly.

"Men are not allowed in the harem except for the young master. Those beautiful girls can bring in their maids, but the young master is alone, and the young ones don't feel at ease, so the young ones just..." Shun An thumped and knelt in front of Chu Xiran, "Young master, you can keep me, the master has agreed, and the chief eunuch has also passed the branch, and specially allowed the servant to continue to serve the young master."

"Get up, it's hard for you."

"From now on, the master will just call the slave Xiao Shunzi." Shun'an got up and lowered his head.

"That's all." Chu Xiran said leisurely.

Chu Xiran was tired after a whole day of tossing around, so she lay down after hastily washing up, but couldn't fall asleep with her eyes closed.

Starting tomorrow, I will go to Zhongcui Palace to pay my respects to Concubine Shu, the head of the six palaces.

This concubine Shu was the side concubine of the emperor when he was still the prince. Because of her beauty and gentle nature, she has always been loved by the prince. When the prince inherited the throne, she was named the concubine Shu among the four concubines.And because the positions of empress and concubine have been vacant all the time, she suddenly became the head of the four concubines and nine concubines, and she was in charge of the harem for a while and managed it in an orderly manner.

Chu Xiran sighed, thinking that he was a majestic man who actually saluted a woman in the harem, and his heart started to panic again. As a result, he didn't sleep all night, staring until the sky turned white, and then he became dazed Xiao Xiao dozed off for a while.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Shunzi came to wake him up, and he would rather wait outside the hall early than be late for greeting him.

After breakfast, Chu Xiran changed into a formal attire, a chiffon brocade robe with dark patterns, a green and white jade belt tied around the waist, with a red thread hanging from the side of the belt, and a round Hetian jade hanging on the top. The auspicious pattern is engraved with the word "Xi" on the reverse side.On the back of his head, his long hair was casually coiled, and only a silver hairpin with butterfly carvings was inserted.

This body, neither gaudy nor beautiful, but elegant and generous, made him even more handsome and clean.

After going out the door and getting into the sedan chair, it staggered all the way and finally stopped after making countless turns and turns.Xiao Shunzi who was waiting on the side with the sedan chair opened the curtain of the sedan chair and said softly inside, "My lord, we have arrived at the entrance of the main hall of Changchun Palace."

Chu Xiran got out of the sedan chair without haste, seeing people arriving one after another.

Entering the main hall, Concubine Shu is sitting on the upper seat with a smile, and there are already many people seated below, including concubines, nobles, Chang Zai, promises, and of course, the six young ladies who have just entered the palace. The Lord, sitting on the left and right sides of the bottom in turn:

Murong Zhaohua, Sima Ruyi, Nalan Qi, Li Yixi, and another hero Lin Feng.

Chu Xiran not only looked curiously at the few people who were selected into the palace with him, the young master Zhaohua was extremely beautiful, the young master Ruyi was petite and cute, the young master Qi was dignified and delicate, the young master Yixi was charming and charming, and the young master Feng The master is handsome and delicate, on the contrary, he looks a little inferior.

Fortunately, Chu Xiran had no intention of competing for favor. According to the rules in the palace, the male protagonist could leave the palace if he hadn't been conferred for three years, so the less conspicuous he was, the more he liked it.

Concubine Shu talked about the big and small rules in an unhurried tone to remind the new masters, and the gentle tone faintly implied that the power exclusively belonged to the harem and could not be surpassed.All the concubines and concubines in the hall were all friendly, but Concubine Lan was absent-mindedly fiddling with her nails that she had just dyed with Kodan.

"Concubine Lan! Concubine Lan? Sister Lan!" Concubine Shu called out three times in a row, and Concubine Lan raised her eyes as if she just heard it, and raised her voice to ask, "Is there something wrong, sister?"

"Sister, what kind of spice is added to this Kou Dan? It smells so good!" Concubine Shu looked at Concubine Lan with a smile, as if she didn't care about her unreasonableness just now.

"This is a spice given by the emperor yesterday. It came as a tribute from outside the Great Wall. My sister mixed it with impatiens flower juice to dye her nails when she saw the smell was special. Even the emperor said that Lan'er's hands smell very fragrant!"

Concubine Lan bent her eyes with a smile, touched her belly with one hand, and continued, "The emperor said that people who are pregnant should not use spices casually, so they only gave it to Lan'er, and said that it has the effect of calming the nerves and nourishing the fetus." Concubine Lan is pregnant with a dragon seed, no wonder she is so unscrupulous.

However, the most taboo thing in the harem is to get carried away. Sure enough, as soon as Concubine Lan finished speaking, many concubines showed displeasure on their faces.

Concubine Shu chatted for a while before the crowd dispersed. Naturally, Chu Xiran did not ignore Concubine Lan's cold gaze at Concubine Lan when she turned to leave.

He couldn't help but shudder in his heart, faintly feeling that something big would happen in the palace soon.

After twenty or thirty days of ordinary days, something really happened in the palace.

Someone broke into the private meeting between Concubine Lan and the guards of the imperial guards, causing an uproar. The emperor was furious, and decreed that Concubine Lan be demoted to change clothes and thrown into the cold palace. Forced to inject abortion pills, an unformed fetus just disappeared.Concubine Lan lost everything overnight, went crazy in the cold palace for several days, and finally committed suicide by jumping into the lake.

Chu Xiran stared blankly out of the window, thought for a moment, and became even more certain that if she wanted to spend these three years safely, firstly, she must not attract the attention of the emperor, and secondly, she must not be careless about Concubine Shu.

Chu Xiran sighed helplessly, and suddenly felt that the next three years might not be as easy as imagined.

For Chu Xiran, life in the palace was undoubtedly boring and boring.

He learns palace etiquette with his aunt every day, and the cumbersome rules make him miss the free life outside the palace even more, and the content taught by the eunuch in charge of training the two male protagonists is even more unbearable for him.

It is a disgrace for a man to learn how to serve another man.But for the sake of his family, he had to endure it, hoping that he would have the opportunity to use what he had learned in the future.

And these days, he has gradually become acquainted with Lin Feng, but Lin Feng is not very talkative, and occasionally only asks in a low voice, "Little Master Chu, do you think the emperor will really invite us to sleep?"

Chu Xiran would also ponder at this time, he couldn't imagine how such a handsome young emperor in the court would treat their two male protagonists.

All the men in the harem have always ended badly. Those who are favored are said to be seductive and scourges who endanger the country, and those who are not favored are often looked down upon and despised when they leave the palace.Because men in the harem, even if they leave the palace, they can't change the habits developed by being treated as women in the palace. What's more, in the past three years, they will take the special medicine in the palace every once in a while, so as to ensure Unable to have sex with women.

Chu Xiran, who was holding the medicine, not only smiled wryly, but even he couldn't imagine what he would be like when he left the palace?

Under the watchful eye of the little eunuch, Chu Xiran poured the medicine all at once, and when he put it back on the table, he saw Lin Feng frowning and swallowing the medicine.

The two looked at each other, not only smiling happily.

However, Chu Xiran's smile was helpless, while Lin Feng's smile was resignation.

Soon, Chu Xiran knew why Lin Feng was like this.

At the first imperial garden banquet three months later, Lin Feng attracted the attention of the emperor with a song called "Phoenix Begging the Emperor", and became the first among the young masters to step into the emperor's bedroom.On the second day, the rewards followed and were sent to the Fengguang Room one after another, arousing the envy and jealousy of many people.

After that, Lin Feng always blushed and lowered his head with a smirk, as soon as he saw it, he was someone who had foolishly fallen into the trap of tenderness.

"You like the emperor?" Chu Xiran asked Lin Feng after thinking about it.

Lin Feng's reaction was simply "I like it! The emperor is good-looking and gentle, how could he not like it?"

Day by day, it seemed that everything was developing in the direction Chu Xiran hoped for.

The emperor doted on Lin Feng more and more, and never paid attention to Chu Xiran who was not conspicuous in appearance.At the same time, the emperor also dotes on the peerless young master Murong very much. It can be said that he is on par with Lin Feng and has taken up the light of the rookie girl.Naturally, both of them were rewarded with palaces and titles, and from now on, they would be royals in life and death.

Chu Xiran was alone in Lijingxuan, and the three rooms in the front hall were still occupied by the other three young masters who had not yet been conferred.

Let's talk about the Murong family and the Lin family first.Compared to the power of the Murong family, the Lin family is naturally far behind.

Prime Minister Murong was a veteran of the three dynasties, and there was no one in the court who could contend against him, except for the old General Chu who held a military amulet in his hand, let alone the Lin family, who was only a junior civil servant.

But relying on the emperor's favor, the Lin family was promoted again and again, and Lin Feng's brothers were also promoted one after another. There were signs that the emperor wanted to cultivate the power of the Lin family.

Every time Lin Feng went to Lijingxuan to chat with Chu Xiran, and when he accidentally said these things, Chu Xiran couldn't help but frown even tighter.

Lin Feng was innocent and couldn't see why, but Chu Xiran knew it clearly, not only broke into a cold sweat for Lin Feng, but also couldn't bear to break his happiness.

But I don't want to, the real disaster is already in front of me.

That day, Lin Feng was chatting with Chu Xiran in Lijingxuan as usual, and the two were talking happily when they suddenly heard the eunuch scream, "The emperor is here!"

The two were dumbfounded for a moment, got up and knelt at the door in a panic to meet him.

After a while, the current emperor came to them both angrily.

"Lin Feng, you're doing well!" The young emperor stared fiercely at Lin Feng on the ground and said, "Look at what's written here!" A memorial flew to Lin Feng's feet, and he hurriedly picked it up and scanned it. , suddenly pale, trembling body could not say a word, just kept kowtow.

"This is the crime of deceiving the emperor. It seems that the Lin family has lost their heads!" He Lan Ruoming pointed at Lin Feng and shouted, "What else do you have to explain to me? A mere lowly actor dares to impersonate and enter the palace to win Chong, do you still have me in the Lin family's eyes?"

"The emperor is merciful. Lin Feng is willing to bear all the blame alone. Please forgive the Lin family!" Lin Feng's forehead was bleeding, but he still didn't dare to look up at the angry emperor.

"Forgive me? Lin Feng, Lin Feng, don't think that if I dote on you, you have the guts to negotiate terms with me!"

"Lin Feng doesn't dare, I beg the emperor to investigate clearly! The adoptive father and the family father were good friends. When the father and mother died of illness, Lin Feng was still young, and was sold to Liyuan by his uncle. It was the adoptive father who kindly brought Lin Feng home, like a relative. Parenting like a child. The Lin family owes Lin Feng a debt of gratitude, this time because he couldn't bear to separate Master Lin from his only daughter, the concubine entered the palace instead to repay the kindness of nurturing, I beg the emperor to show mercy!"

"Lin Feng, you really don't understand me!" He Lan flicked his sleeves, and said coldly, "Come here! A waste of talent, I will be moved into the Nagato Palace immediately. Cut off!"

"Your Majesty" Lin Feng raised his face in surprise, he couldn't believe that the person who hugged him and whispered last night could be so cruel today.

However, today's young emperor didn't look at him again, waved his sleeves and turned to leave.

"Nagato Palace, Nagato Palace, it's actually Nagato Palace!" Lin Fenghong repeated with eyes, time and time again, Chu Xiran stepped forward to grab his hand in distress, trying to help him up, but Lin Feng grabbed his ankle with his backhand , tightly.

Chu Xiran wiped away the tears from the person in front of her, but she didn't know how to comfort her. Nagato Palace, that's the coldest place in the harem, like Guanghan Palace on the moon, bleak and icy.

Empress Chen Ajiao, who held the oath of the golden house, was sent there by her beloved. Even if the daughter bought Sima Xiangru's "Longmen Fu" still failed to restore the emperor's heart, she ended up in the Nagato Palace. Ended up depressed.

This is the emperor's love, this is the emperor's favor, this is the emperor's love.

Chu Xiran sighed, feeling desolate in his heart, looking at Lin Feng who was already heartbroken in front of him, he suddenly held his breath tightly in his chest and had nowhere to vent it.

Why, he can wantonly ruin other people's sincerity like this, why can he arbitrarily judge the life and death of a whole family, why can he use the three thousand tricks of the harem to come and go.

He is not reconciled, not reconciled that he is also a chess in his hand, a chess that is firmly restrained.

"Lin Feng, I will definitely rescue you from that ghostly place!" Chu Xiran hugged Lin Feng's trembling body tightly, and suddenly felt that the cruelty of the harem was so close to him.

He Lan Ruoming rubbed his temples, feeling agitated, suddenly heard the report from the eunuch outside that Chu Xiaozhu was begging to see him at the door of the imperial study.

It was a violation of the rules of the harem for an unfavored young master to ask to see the emperor, but He Lan was not the least bit surprised, his eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth turned into a slight smile: "Let him in!"

Chu Xiran took a deep breath, stepped into the imperial study room, and felt two sharp eyes staring at him from above, remembering the first time they looked at each other in Tiyuan Palace, he became flustered for no reason.

"I bow to the emperor!" Chu Xiran knelt down and saluted.

"Didn't my aunt teach you to call yourself a concubine when you entered the harem?" He Lan played with the jade wrench on Da Mo's finger, and said after a long time, "Get up!"

Chu Xiran stood up, but she didn't dare to raise her head to look at He Lan Ruoming presumptuously, so she could only continue to lower her head.

"Look up and tell me, why are you here?"

"I beg the emperor to forgive Lin Feng!" Chu Xiran met He Lan's eyes without fear and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Feng is the adoptive son of the Lin family, so he is already considered a member of the Lin family, and he is not deceiving the emperor."

"The Lin family has humiliated the entire Helan royal family by sending the actor they have adopted into the harem, so how can it be considered deceitful?" He Lan raised her eyebrows and looked at Chu Xiran.

The man remained calm and said slowly, "Your Majesty, do you like Lin Feng?"

"like!"

"How much do you like it?"

"Same as all favored concubines."

Chu Xiran said, "Lin Feng is actually very pitiful. He thinks that he is different, that the emperor really likes him, and even thinks that the Lin family's honor and favor are all because he is favored by the emperor!"

"What do you want to say?" He Lan's voice was still gentle, but the little eunuch beside him could already feel that he was getting angry.

"I just want to say that the emperor wants to promote the Lin family so that he can keep the Murong family in check in the future, but he doesn't want the Murong family to hand over a statement to prove that Lin Feng is not the son of the Lin family, but was born as a lowly actor. The emperor is angry with himself. The plan was in vain to punish the Lin family and Lin Feng so severely!"

"This harem never lacks smart people. Only those who are stupid can live longer!" He Lan's cold voice came from above, "Besides, you forgot to call yourself a concubine!"

"Concubine...convicted!" Chu Xiran bit her lip, knelt down on her knees, and with her lowered head, He Lan couldn't see clearly his unwilling expression at the moment.

"Chu Xiran, you are very smart, but it's a pity that your cleverness was misunderstood by your cleverness. You only guessed half right." He Lan saw Chu Xiran raise his head in surprise without any surprise, but he didn't explain any more, only referring to Chu Xiran After reading it from head to toe, he said slowly, "Do you know that the northern border was harassed by the Turks, resulting in years of wars and causing the people's lives to be miserable?"

"The general stationed in northern Xinjiang is an old friend of my father, and I know it."

He Lan Ruoming shook his head and laughed when he heard him calling himself a "minister" again, and then said: "Last month, the Turkic Khan came with an envoy and expressed his willingness to have peace talks with our dynasty. The envoy for this peace talk is the Turkic prince Mantuo , Ten days later it will be the day when he enters Beijing. According to reports from the spies, Mantuo prefers masculinity and loves to dance, so if you are willing to perform dances in public, I promise to let Lin Feng return to Chuxiu Palace and pardon the Lin family capital offense."

"How does the emperor know that the minister can dance?" Chu Xiran was stunned, and the doubts rushed out of his heart without thinking.

"Your father, Old General Chu, was a military general, but your mother came from a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River. She once danced all over the city, especially the song 'Sword Dance' she composed when she was 16 years old. I was overwhelmed by her dancing posture, and this marriage was formed, am I wrong?"

"The emperor really knows the Chu family very well!" Chu Xiran gritted his teeth and gave He Lan Ruoming a look, then quickly lowered his head.

Naturally, this small gesture of his could not escape He Lan Ruoming's eyes, but he was not angry, he smiled cheerfully and continued: "And you, Chu Xiran, the only son of the Chu family, have been with your sister since childhood. I learned to dance behind your mother. Compared with your sister's feminine and graceful dance, you practiced martial arts and swords with the old general Chu, and you integrated swordsmanship and dance. Naturally, the sword dance solo you danced out was more heroic. It is said that you On your mother's fiftieth birthday, your jump was amazing. You said, how could I waste such a talent like you?"

"If the minister agrees to perform the dance, is the emperor really willing to let Lin Feng go and spare the life of the Lin family?" Chu Xiran tilted his head and looked at the real appearance, which made He Lan feel cute.

"I am the Son of Heaven, I keep my word!"

"Okay, I promise you!" Chu Xiran kept biting her lower lip until it turned blood red, and her skin was broken.

"It's bleeding." He Lan walked up to him at some point, pinching his chin with his fingers so that he had to let go of his tightly biting lips.

Chu Xiran looked at the suddenly magnified handsome face in front of him, and was confused for a moment, and then felt the slight wetness on his lips,

After pulling away, I saw He Lan's face was full of deep smiles.Chu Xiran woke up suddenly, wiped her mouth with her hands, and glared at He Lan angrily, "Resign!"

After speaking, he turned around and ran away.

The wanton laughter of He Lan behind him reached Chu Xiran's ears, and he was so ashamed that he wished he could get into the hole.

Eight days later, Concubine Shu came to Lijingxuan suddenly. After Chu Xiran knelt down, she never got up again.

Concubine Shu said: "A young lord who has not been granted the title dares to meet him privately, breaking the rules of the harem. I think you will be punished lightly as a punishment for your first offense!"

So, for a whole night, Chu Xiran knelt in the yard, watched by her aunt, until the sky turned white and she lost feeling in her knees, before she was helped back to the couch by Xiao Shunzi.

"Master, you have to perform a dance for the Turkic prince tomorrow, how can you bear this leg!"

"Fool, if you are Concubine Shu, you don't come sooner or later, why do you only think of punishing me after eight days? It's only after counting the days!" Chu Xiran smiled and nodded Xiao Shunzi's forehead , "Anyway, I'm also a man. It's no big deal to kneel all night. You just put away your bitter face for me, and go get a basin of cold water to apply to your legs to reduce swelling!"

"Slave is going now!" Xiao Shunzi wiped away his tears, turned around and ran out to fetch water.

Looking at his back in a hurry, Chu Xiran not only smiled, but then lifted up her trousers, looking helplessly at her bruised and swollen knees.

The next day, the Turkic prince arrived as scheduled. According to the agreement, he came to discuss the agreement of the covenant between the two countries.

This Manduo is notorious. He acts fiercely and means tough, but he is also extremely smart. He is the favorite prince of the Turkic king.

It's just that Manduo has a fatal flaw, lust.He is so beautiful, beauties who are enchanting and cold, and even beauties that belong to others, he likes to snatch them for himself.

He once had a crush on He Lan Ruoming, the rumored and unparalleled Son of Heaven, but after seeing He Lan's methods, he had to give up.

And He Lan had personally experienced Mantuo's lust, and after calculating this, he decided to let Chu Xiran perform the dance.

"How is little master Chu?" He Lan stretched out his hand, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and let the servants put on the golden dragon robe for him, fasten his belt, and put on the warm jade that he had worn since childhood and the incense that Concubine Shu gave him. bag.

"Back to the emperor, Chu Xiaozhu has been practicing dance in Chuxiu Palace every day these days, but~~~" Xiao Linzi paused, looked at Helan's face, and then continued, "The other night, the concubine Shu Went to Lijingxuan, let Chu Xiaozhu kneel all night as punishment."

"What?" He Lan opened his eyes and continued to ask, "Then what happened to him?"

"It's nothing. After getting up yesterday, everything is normal except that I didn't practice dancing. Now I'm changing clothes and getting ready!"

"Oh? That's right, how can I say that he is also the son of old man Chu, and he was supposed to be killed on the battlefield..." Speaking of this, He Lan felt a little pity in his heart, what kind of heroic figure that man would be if he went to the battlefield ?What kind of radiance should those shining eyes look like?

"Your Majesty?" Seeing that He Lan was distracted, Xiao Linzi could only remind him in a low voice, "It's time to drive."

"Hmm!" He Lan put away her thoughts, straightened her expression, and led a group of people towards the Palace of Preserving Harmony.