Thousand Faces Lock Royal Heart

"Long live the emperor!"

"My concubine pays respects to the emperor." With one voice, everyone in the room bowed their bodies.

As soon as Shuozhen stepped into the 'Xu Lan' Zhai, he smelled the familiar citrus fragrance. Since then, he has never been here, except last night.

Habitually step into the hall and go straight to the white jade chair carved with cloud and dragon patterns in the south. The openworked cloud, dragon and sea patterns are all inlaid with gold edges. The end of the armrest is carved into two lotus flowers, and the bottom of the lotus is decorated with beaded tassels. .Lotus flowers are mostly used in Buddhist schools. Concubine Lan ordered people to make this chair specially for him, and the pattern on it was also drawn by herself in advance.In the end, he personally went to Jinzun Temple to consecrate the light to bless his dragon body and health.

Shuozhen vaguely remembered that Concubine Lan was holding his hand with a smug smile on her face, "Only such a chair is worthy of the supreme emperor."

Shuozhen frowned, brushed the hem of the Jiulong robe, sat on it with his legs spread apart, and firmly held the two lotus flowers on the armrest with both hands.Habitually, his fingers gently stroked the jade lotus, which was smooth and slightly cool, just like Lan Fei's delicate skin, round and tender.

His eyes were blurred, his brows were furrowed, and the tingling pain in his chest was like a pain in his throat. Every time he took a breath, his heart hurt. This is why he didn't want to set foot in the 'Xu Lan' Zhai. The heart-wrenching feeling of missing someone, he is not used to the feeling of powerlessness that cannot be controlled.

A few delicate nobles bowed their heads and squatted slightly, they were so soft and weak that they couldn't hold on anymore, but the emperor didn't respond at all, it seemed that they had forgotten them, just like that alone, immersed in the memory, leaving the whole room alone. Everyone stood aside.

In the end, Xianggui, the chief eunuch who followed, couldn't bear to see such a scene, stood beside the emperor, leaned over and called out in a low voice: "Your majesty..."

Shuozhen was slightly stunned, looked up at the black heads in the room, and then said with a long sigh of relief: "Get up, a few nobles give you a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone said in unison again, and the servants waited on the left and right.The nobles each found a place to sit down.

"Jin'er, serve tea." Zhan Linglong called softly, Zhan Jin who was not around just now had stood beside him at some point, she responded immediately and stepped back slowly.

"I don't know that the emperor came here, and my concubines are far away to welcome you. Please forgive me." Zhan Linglong bowed again, dignified and polite, without squinting. The peony-colored long skirt was spread on the ground. In the morning sun, she It is elegant and beautiful like a blooming peony.

Xianggui stared at Zhan Linglong without batting an eye, and took a deep breath, his reaction seemed a bit excessive in the eyes of others.Zhan Linglong is indeed beautiful, but not to the point of stunning.

"Get up, I didn't disturb you." Shuozhen stared coldly at Zhan Linglong in front of him, hesitated for half a second, but quickly recovered his indifferent attitude.

He simply looked around at the furnishings in the lower room, everything was the same as when Concubine Lan was there, every table and chair, every small ornament, even the angle of the potted plants were placed just right.

His eyes fell sharply on a painting on the west wall, where there was a portrait of Concubine Lan, but at the moment that painting is being stored in Shuozhen's imperial study, he did not believe that anyone would be able to imitate it. It feels the same, but you must know that it is the masterpiece of Jiang Qing, a famous painter who has traveled all over the world. There are not many people who can invite him, and he is a very casual person.

When he painted the portrait of Concubine Lan, it was not due to the majesty of the royal family, but Concubine Lan gave him a painting and calligraphy that he had been looking for.

However, at this moment, Shuozhen was surprised to find that there was an identical portrait hanging on the spacious wall in the exact position. The girl's hairstyle, dress, posture, and even the angle of her smile were all exactly the same.

No!There is a difference, and upon closer inspection, there is such an obvious difference, that is, the face of the beauty in the painting belongs to another person, the noble lady in front of me who is wearing the peony flower dress that Concubine Lan loved most during her lifetime.

Shuozhen saw through the deliberate efforts in the palace, but it was the first time he had seen a woman who had done such a good job in order to win the favor of the emperor, and she could be called painstaking.

Zhan Jin lowered her head and held a tray to serve tea. Zhan Linglong stopped her and took out one of the very special cups, made of silver, round and columnar, with a flat and small bottom and no ears on both sides. The whole body is exquisitely carved with vigorous and powerful bamboo leaves, and four words are naturally engraved in the pattern of bamboo leaves: "Jun Lintianxia", the words and bamboo leaves are perfectly combined, thick and powerful, full of the air of a king .

Zhan Linglong handed the teacup to Shuozhen, with a sweet smile on his face, his eyes glistening, and his gaze was brighter than the silver cup under the morning light.

Shuozhen's cold eyes shone with a strange brilliance, his eyes were always locked on Zhan Linglong's body, and he never left for a moment. He took a sip from the cup, a slight coolness entered his throat, and the citrus flavor diffused with the fragrance of tea In the taste buds, people are refreshed and happy.

Seeing that the emperor drank tea, the three nobles also tasted it separately.

"It smells like citrus, very fragrant." Yigui said in surprise, she never knew that tea would taste so delicious when citrus was added to it. In fact, it was not that citrus was added to the tea, but tea was added to citrus.

"Well, it's not bad. I'll try it when I go back." Yue Guiren smiled and put down his teacup, his eyes catching the man on the white jade chair without any trace, how hard it was to meet him.

He turned out to be handsomer than imagined, so lofty and mighty.

Yao Guiren glared at them, she didn't think there was anything good about these pretentious women, and Zhan Linglong's flattering appearance made her very angry.

"Is it enough ice? Your majesty, do you want my concubine to add another piece of ice for you?" Zhan Linglong whispered, his tender catkin gently touched Shuozhen's silver cup, and slowly rubbed it around, lifting it up. Looking into Jin Shuozhen's cold and stern eyes, the tenderness like water is like the fragrance of tea, "The concubine thinks enough is enough. Although the emperor likes to eat something iced, it's only summer, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is big, so it's better to be gentle. important."

Shuozhen slowly turned the silver cup, carefully looking at the pattern on it, his fingers sunk heavily in the unevenness of the pattern, the words "Junlintianxia" were inscribed by him himself, and then carefully carved by skilled craftsmen. His own cup.

"Thank you so much for your kindness to me." Shuozhen's cold eyes were even more icy, and he said pointedly, he actually knew everything about him in detail, such a scheming woman Staying in the harem is a curse.

Yao Guiren looked at the two people who were flirting with each other, and jealousy ignited in her heart. She had already scolded Zhan Linglong as a vixen and a witch. She couldn't bear it anymore, and she simply walked to the emperor and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, my concubine is Meng Yao. It's too hot here, let's go out for a walk, or you can go to my palace, where it's much cooler than this."

"Well, it's really hot." Zhan Linglong took out a small silk scarf from his wide cuff and raised his right hand to wipe his forehead. He looked at Shuozhen's autumn eyes with a charming smile.

Shuozhen squinted his eyes, stood up abruptly, and embraced Zhan Linglong in his arms under the eyes of everyone. His left hand held his hand holding the handkerchief, and he held his catkin together with the beat on the tip of his nose. Passing by, the faint citrus fragrance overflowed, his face was smiling, but his eyes were as cold as ice swords, and he wanted to tear Zhan Linglong into pieces.

This lifeless woman in front of him, everyone knew that Concubine Lan was his taboo, and he didn't even dare to mention the word "Lan" in front of him, but she was actually wearing Concubine Lan's favorite bun when she was alive, and that bun was originally Concubine Lan created it herself, but she doesn't know where she learned it from.

The emerald beads and silk flowers adorning the hair bun are exactly the same as those used by Concubine Lan, it can even be said to be exactly the same, the color, smoothness, height, quantity, size, and even the handkerchief she is holding at the moment are all exactly the same.

What Shuozhen couldn't stand the most was the green jade bracelet on her right wrist with small peony flowers carved on it. It goes without saying that the jade is high-quality, but the engraved pattern is actually the same as that worn by Concubine Lan.

The woman in front of him looks like Concubine Lan is alive, Shuozhen has to admit that Concubine Lan's image is reflected in Zhan Linglong's gestures, if not for someone who knows Concubine Lan, he would not be able to accurately describe her demeanor.

Shuozhen's face slowly approached Zhan Linglong's, his lips slightly touched his earlobe, and the other party limply fell into his arms, shy and charming.

"Don't play tricks with me, I can kill you immediately." Shuozhen's soft and shallow voice sounded in his ears, as if there was nothing there, like a breeze blowing across the water, blowing faint ripples.

"The emperor is good or bad, and my concubines are so scared." Zhan Linglong chuckled crisply, cast winking eyes at the emperor, hooked him around his neck, and hung his whole body on his body, with a voice that only two people could hear Said: "The concubine is innocent, the emperor will not kill innocent people."

Shuozhen knew that what Zhan Linglong said was right, he had no reason to kill innocent people indiscriminately, although everything about him was exactly the same as Concubine Lan's, but a fake was a fake, and she had never used Concubine Lan in one iota.

"I can punish you for the crime of playing tricks and messing up the harem." Shuozhen simply sat back on the chair and hugged him on his lap. The posture of the two was unusually provocative in the eyes of others.

"Your majesty, it's not good that you make something out of nothing, and your concubine will not obey you." Zhan Linglong patted Shuozhen's shoulder with a handkerchief, and screamed coquettishly, causing everyone to look sideways.

Yue Gui looked on coldly, Yao Gui gritted his teeth in anger, Yi Gui blushed and turned his head away, Xiang Gui was even more surprised.