Queen's favorite

When told about this, Qi Changle didn't react immediately, she was startled for a while, Wang's servant's words went through her mind, and then she realized what the other party just said.

Qi Changle clenched his fingertips, slowly narrowed his eyes, the dark eyes rolled up.She asked again: "So, it was His Majesty who said that he didn't want to see me?"

The king's servant nodded.

Qi Changle lowered his eyes, and asked again: "But His Majesty is still resting at the moment? Or is there something urgent to do?"

The king's servants shook their heads.

After a while, he seemed to want to sell Qi Changle a favor, and as if he had received someone's signal, he said to Qi Changle in a low voice: "Master Jieyu, go back and think about it, is there something you are hiding from me?" His Majesty."

After hearing his words clearly, Qi Changle's pupils shrank slightly, and the expression on her face remained unchanged, and then she slowly relaxed.

"That's it..." Qi Changle said softly: "Eunuch Xie pointed out, I will write it down."

The king's servant hurriedly said: "Advice is not counted, at most it is a reminder. But master Jieyu, don't worry too much. Your majesty loves you. This time, it's just a little angry. As long as you and your majesty are honest and sincere Wait, deal with this matter well, then any ups and downs will be solved by themselves."

Looking at the other party's earnest smile, Qi Changle managed to maintain a perfect and gentle smile, smiled at him, and then turned back with Suxi.

After making sure that the other party would not hear it again, Su Xi asked worriedly: "Master, what does the prince refer to?"

Qi Changle's eyes sank slightly, she didn't answer Su Xi's question, she just walked quietly, but in her mind, she had already started to think about all the things she had done during this period of time.

The female monarch will never aim indiscriminately.

Although she is moody, there will be signs; just like what she showed in the Tiyuan Hall and when the whole palace had an audience.Coupled with Qi Changle's review of their relationship during this period, as well as that... lingering, blushing and heartbeating kiss, she has reason to believe that Zhongliyu will not lose interest in her in such a short period of time.

Therefore, the gesture given by the other party today is just a signal, a reminder.

Zhong Liyu wanted to use this to tell Qi Changle something tactfully or awkwardly, but according to what Wang Gonggong revealed, what the lady cares about is her concealment.

However, what is her so-called concealment?This is what Qi Changle wants to understand.

The journey from Yangxin Hall back to Youxiang Pavilion is enough for Qi Changle to think over and over the past few days.

In the end, she focused on Wang Xiyi or Concubine Ying.

After all, the only change since this period of time, and also the thing that she has not reported to Zhong Liyu, is this.

Entering the hall, Qi Changle waved Su Xi back calmly and naturally, claiming to stay by himself for a while.

Others didn't know why, and only thought that Qi Changle was tired and wanted to rest, but Su Xi, who followed her to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, was very clear about it, but she also knew that this matter must not be said casually, otherwise there would be fear. The person who fell into trouble.

Therefore, she just pursed her lips, looked at Qi Changle with more worry, and then led others to retreat.

Qi Changle was the only one left in the quiet room. She was sitting on the bed, hugging her knees, her chin resting on her knees, her eyes were gloomy, and she was thinking.

Well now the reason has been found.Although she didn't dare to be 100% sure, if there were no accidents, what Zhong Liyu asked her to "reflect" must have something to do with these two things.

It's just that Qi Changle doesn't understand one thing.

She didn't know why Zhongliyu cared about this matter?

Does the other party care about Qi Changle's concealment of what happened, or does the other party care about the conflict between her and Concubine Ying?

This is very important.

Qi Changle frowned slightly, unconsciously grabbed his cuff with his fingertips, his eyes were filled with emotion.

Moreover, it seemed that Zhong Liyu cared a lot, and even refused Qi Changle's audience because of this.

Qi Changle closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and diverted her attention from that matter, otherwise she might not be able to calm down today and would not be able to think of a countermeasure.

But such a thing is easy to say, but difficult to do.

As long as she clears her mind for a while, Qi Changle will unconsciously recall the scene of her being rejected.

And the sentence "Your Majesty does not want to see you at this moment".

Qi Changle's eyes sank, like a deep well, a layer of ripples quickly appeared in his eyes, and then he calmed down again.

She got off the couch, shifted her eyes to the hairpins that were placed on the dressing table, and then walked over.

Qi Changle pinched the hairpin, pointed the sharp end at his fingertips, and then stabbed downward.

He didn't use force, so he didn't bleed, but he wasn't gentle either, so a little red mark quickly appeared on his fingertips.

A little bit of pain made Qi Changle frowned, and also made the chaotic thoughts bubbling up like magma in her heart quickly quiet down.

Qi Changle lowered his head and breathed a sigh of relief.

She casually threw the hairpin back on the table, looked at herself in the mirror with cold eyes.

Now that things have happened, even if she wants to trace the cause, it is not the most important thing.Especially since she is still "fighting in the ring" with Concubine Ying, what Qi Changle needs to do now is to reconcile herself with Zhong Liyu, resolve the misunderstanding between the two, and regain favor.

Of course, she also knew that in order to break through this barrier, first of all, as Wang's servant said, she had to figure out exactly what she had "hidden" from Zhong Liyu.Can……

She has too much to hide.

In other words, few of the things that Qi Changle showed in front of Zhongli Yu were true at all.

Temperament, admiration, disposition, favorite things...all are after she pretended.

Perhaps these things are somewhat similar to Qi Changle's real self, but they are not her after all.

So at the moment when he heard Wang's servant's words, Qi Changle even thought that his deception of the queen had been exposed.

But fortunately, she quickly understood and was not exposed.Otherwise, it is impossible to wait for such a gentle punishment for her.

Qi Changle rubbed the center of his brows, then put down his hands.

She wants a gamble.

It is true that Qi Changle can use the two things she thought of just now to tell the female monarch, and then use this to test whether her thinking is right, and if not, what will be the correct answer.

But breaking the game like this is too ordinary, and it won't even bring her any big benefits.

Sometimes people have to give something in order to get something.

Qi Changle's pupils were cold, and his expression gradually subsided.

Qi Changle opened the door and called someone in.

"Prepare water, I want to take a bath."

The palace people quickly took orders to go to work.

After the hot water was brought up, Qi Changle said: "You all go down, there is no need for someone to watch the night tonight, I may sleep very late, so I will change the bath water tomorrow."

Although they were a little puzzled, they still obeyed.

After everyone went out, Qi Changle closed the door, his eyes fell on the steaming wooden barrel, he smiled lightly, his eyes were indifferent.

She took out the book casually and sat there, careful not to be cast into her shadow by the candlelight, and then sat quietly waiting for the water temperature to cool down little by little.

After a while, as if thinking of something, Qi Changle walked to the edge of the wooden barrel, stretched out his hand into it, his white fingertips shuttled through the water, and then lifted up, bringing bursts of water droplets and soft water sounds.

Just like that, Qi Changle withdrew his hand after estimating that the time was about the same.

She quietly leaned against the tub, thinking about something with downcast eyes.

The candlelight on the wall faintly illuminated her side face, casting a light shadow on her downcast eyelashes, which reflected on the side of her nose.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Changle came back to his senses, checked the temperature of the water again, and found that it was completely cold. At this moment, she was about to take off her clothes and start to take a bath.

It's early autumn now. Although the daytime is still hot, the temperature will drop at night. If you take a cold bath now, you will feel unbearable.

Qi Changle put the clothes aside, then controlled his movements and stepped into the water carefully.

After touching the cool water temperature, her white skin trembled slightly, and then shivered quickly.Qi Changle took a breath, restrained his urge to escape, and slowly submerged into the water.

Her long hair was coiled up, revealing her clean and slender neck. She leaned against the edge of the barrel, wrapping her hands around herself, her face pale.A little bit of black hair stuck to the side of her face, making her cheeks even whiter.

The pink lips are slightly pursed, there is a little bit of starlight in the eyes, the toes stepping on the wooden barrel are curled up, the fingers are round, and there is a little pink in the white skin, which looks delicious.

After an unknown amount of time, the last trace of blood on Qi Changle's lips disappeared, and she slowly got up and stepped out of the barrel.

When she first came out, Qi Changle even had a warm illusion, but soon, she trembled, controlled her pace, walked over to get a bath towel, originally wanted to wipe her body, but her hands stopped in mid-air middle.

Afterwards, Qi Changle gave up drying off and put on a new dress directly.

There were still water stains on the body, and the clothes just put on the body absorbed the water stains, soaked a piece, and stuck tightly to the body.

This feeling is very uncomfortable, and at the same time it can't bring dry warmth, but Qi Changle's brows and eyes are calm, as if this is already the most comfortable situation.

Then, she walked over and opened the window a crack, allowing the cold wind from outside to blow in.Bitter cold.

When the hour was almost up, Qi Changle extinguished the candle, but instead of going to bed to rest, he sat at the table, propped his head on one hand, and lowered his eyelashes.

……

At dawn the next day, Qi Changle opened his eyes.Because of falling asleep leaning against the table all night, Qi Changle's whole body was very stiff, and there was a pain in his body.And the mind is dizzy, and the state is very bad.

Qi Changle came to the mirror to look at his condition.

The person in the mirror is still beautiful in appearance, but reveals a pale fragility, with trembling eyelashes, pale lips and pale face, as if he would fall down when the wind blows.

Only then did Qi Changle raise the corners of his lips, his eyes were dark.

After the palace servants came in, they were all busy, tidying up, serving those who washed, and those who washed.

Suqiao was helping Qi Changle comb her hair, she was startled and worried when she saw her pale face, "Master, your face seems to be..."

At this time, Su Xi came over and interrupted her softly, "Don't speak nonsense."

After that, she glanced at Qi Changle's face, and couldn't help but sink in her heart.

But compared to Suqiao's completely ignorant worries, Suxi knew what happened yesterday, so she made up the truth by herself, thinking that Qi Changle was sad and frustrated, and didn't sleep well last night. It made his face look so bad.

Therefore, she interrupted Suqiao's inquiry at this moment because she didn't want the other party to touch Qi Changle's sore feet.

Su Xi helped choose the jewelry, her lips moved, but she still didn't say anything in the morning when there were so many people.

So, in order for Qi Changle to adjust her mood, she specially put out multiple sets of jewelry, "Master, why don't you choose one after another? But according to the beauty of the master, whichever one you wear is beautiful."

Of course Qi Changle saw the look in the eyes of the two of them, but she didn't explain anything, just showed a smile that made me feel pitiful at the right time, and nodded slightly.

"Then let's do this."

She was referring to the exquisite but not gorgeous set of jewelry, which was fresh but natural, revealing a delicate and pitiful temperament after wearing it.

It fits right on her head now.

After washing and dressing up, Qi Changle looked at himself in the mirror who was still lovable even with makeup on, and smiled lightly.

Today is the first day of junior high school, so I have to go to see the noble concubine as usual.

As soon as Qi Changle went out, he happened to run into Xu Zhaoyi who was about to go out. The other party was slightly taken aback when he saw her, then showed a friendly smile, and invited Qi Changle to go with him.

Qi Changle didn't care about these things, since Xu Zhaoyi took the initiative to invite her, she would naturally not lose face.

The two walked hand in hand on the road.

On the way, Xu Zhaoyi glanced at Qi Changle's face, and asked after a little hesitation: "Your sister's face doesn't seem very good, but is she sick?"

Qi Changle pursed her lips and chuckled, "Maybe it's because the windows were not closed properly last night."

Xu Zhaoyi nodded slightly, "You still need to take good care of your body, and those people around you are not careful."

Qi Changle: "Don't blame them, I slept late last night, so I didn't let them watch the night, so I forgot about the window, it's just my own carelessness."

Xu Zhaoyi chuckled: "My sister is also kind."

Qi Changle smiled without saying a word.

After walking for a while, Xu Zhaoyi tentatively asked again: "Recently, I see...my sister and Concubine Ying seem to have some quarrels?"

Seeing Qi Changle looking over, she smiled apologetically, and quickly explained: "It's not that I purposely probed into my sister's affairs, but there were some rumors from Concubine Ying, so I will inevitably notice."

Qi Changle understood.

Since Xu Zhaoyi said so, I'm afraid she is not the only one who noticed this matter, presumably there are some eyes and ears in the harem who have noticed the disagreement between Concubine Ying and her.

But Qi Changle didn't really care about this, after all, under the current situation, do they still want to stand in public?

This is not the emperor's harem.

She explained helplessly: "Concubine Ying seems to have misunderstood me, that's why she made this move, but I think he will figure it out after a while."

Hearing this, Xu Zhaoyi shook his head in disapproval.

Her mild eyebrows and eyes were slightly serious, "That's not necessarily true."

"You entered the palace late, so I don't know how Concubine Ying dealt with other concubines in the past. Although he deals with you now, his methods are milder, but..."

Xu Zhaoyi's eyebrows and eyes were a little worried, "But it's also because you are favored by His Majesty. But the more so, the more he will target you in the future."

"After all, Concubine Ying should be very fond of His Majesty."

Qi Changle paused, his eyes revealed surprise.

"He... pleases His Majesty?"

Xu Zhaoyi nodded slightly: "It should be so." Then she glanced at Qi Changle's expression and laughed a little: "You don't need to be so surprised."

Qi Changle lowered his eyes to cover his emotions, and clenched his fingers tightly.

Xu Zhaoyi said: "But this kind of liking probably won't be too strong, after all...you know it too."

Qi Changle understood that what the other party was referring to should be Zhong Liyu's increasingly brutal temper these years.

A normal person would not love Zhong Li Yu Ai to the death.

After all, the other party is not a normal person after all, anyone would still love his own life more, and would not dare to live long in front of this uncertain king.

"Concubine Ying is pleased with Your Majesty, she must have heard about it when she was the first emperor."

Qi Changle raised his eyebrows slightly, with some exploration.

Xu Zhaoyi: "It is said that when His Majesty was going to marry the noble concubine, Concubine Ying lost her temper in the mansion."

"Later, rumors spread that he had a crush on His Majesty. Concubine Ying didn't stop it at first, but it wasn't until his father came forward that the rumors died down."

"Of course, this is just my guess. I think Concubine Ying's favor with Your Majesty is more because of His Majesty's beauty and beauty. After all, he is not like you who dare to express his feelings in front of Your Majesty; Concubine Ying never showed up when she intended to give her a marriage."

Hearing the other party's last teasing words, Qi Changle twitched the corners of his lips, and said nothing more.But the fingers she clenched tightly never let go.

When they came to Yikun Palace, the imperial concubine hadn't arrived yet, so everyone took their seats first according to their positions.

Qi Changle sat there with downcast eyes, enduring the dizziness and throbbing pain on his forehead, his thoughts wandering.

She thought, so Concubine Ying liked the Queen.Even if what I like may only be the beautiful appearance of the female gentleman, I have really liked it anyway.

Not like her.It's all hypocrisy.

In the future, if the female monarch had to make a choice between her and Concubine Ying, who would the female monarch choose?

Will she see through her disguise?

Will she feel that Concubine Ying is actually very good one day?

Qi Changle closed his eyes, feeling that the breath in his nostrils was hot.

It must be a fever.

"The concubine is here."

Qi Changle opened his eyes, and saluted with the other concubines.

Su Muhe's expression was calm, and after shouting, he glanced down, his eyes fell on Qi Changle for a moment, as if he was thinking about something, and then moved away after a while.

Although it is to invite An to see you, in fact, there is nothing to talk about when the concubines gather together. After all, they are not real brothers and sisters, and their relationship is not very close; secondly, there is really nothing to talk about between them , Do you want to complain about the cruelty of the female monarch together?

So after a few words of emotion, the atmosphere quieted down.

Fortunately, the imperial concubine didn't mind too much, after all, he didn't really like to see a bunch of people with disagreements gathered below and chatted livelyly.So after taking a few sips of tea, he began to prepare to leave.

But before that, Su Muhe took a look at Qi Changle, and rarely said: "Qi Jieyu looks very bad, do you want Doctor Xuan to take a look?"

Qi Changle, who was named, stood up and bowed: "Concubine Xie is concerned, and this concubine will ask the imperial doctor to come and have a look after I go back later."

Su Muhe nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Before leaving, Qi Changle raised his eyes and looked up, just in time to see the profile of the noble concubine when she left.

The other party lowered his eyes, his face was plain, and he was extraordinarily noble, like a fairy who came to the mortal world, handsome and elegant.

But at the moment Qi Changle looked at him, but there was another question in his heart.

The noble concubine...how does he feel about the queen?

Even Concubine Ying was obsessed with Zhongliyu's appearance and moved her heart, so how did she see Zhongliyu in her heart as a noble concubine who was really doted on by the queen at that time?

At that time, his whole family was imprisoned and his father was sentenced to exile. It was Zhongliyu who rescued him, married him, and gave him a safe protection. , Seal him as a noble concubine.

Even Qi Changle had never thought of such a favor.

For the noble concubine who was so loved and cared for by Zhong Liyu, wouldn't there be a slight ripple in her heart?

Qi Changle once thought that the other party probably didn't have one, otherwise there would be no rumors of the imperial concubine for three years in the harem.

But now she suddenly thought of one thing.

If the noble concubine turns around and is willing to accept the queen, is there still a place for her in the harem and in front of the queen?

But Qi Changle can't even think about such a thing now, because she knows that her status in Zhongli Yu's heart may not be enough, far from enough, so she can't be an enemy of the noble concubine yet.

She can only slowly and little by little, use scheming methods to increase the importance of herself in Zhongli Yu's heart.

Qi Changle raised his eyes, his eyes were full of darkness.

……

In the evening, without accident, Concubine Ying called her over again.

The two tested each other for a few days, Qi Changle thought, maybe there will be a result today.

When she passed by, Concubine Ying did not continue to ask her to copy Buddhist scriptures this time, but changed her methods.

He was sitting on the couch, leaning on the soft pillow, with his legs stretched out, watching Qi Changle smile.

"I heard that Qi Jieyu's skills are good, and that's how she got His Majesty's attention during the draft?"

Qi Changle lowered his eyes.

"Don't dare."

"No, you have nothing to be afraid of. It just so happens that Bengong has been feeling a little cramp-like pain in his legs these days. He went to see the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor said that there is nothing serious, just need a massage. But the people around Bengong Girls are too clumsy, they can't press well, and Ben Gong's legs are hurting these days."

"Then, Bengong suddenly thought of—"

"Isn't there Qi Jieyu here?"

There was a smile in Ying Xucheng's voice.

"Bengong and Qi Jieyu are both in the harem, so they should take care of each other. Now that my legs and feet are hurting, I want to ask Qi Jieyu to give you a massage. Of course, don't worry, Qi Jieyu. I will reward you when things are done. How about it?" , Qi Jieyu?"

Hearing the other party's words that were close to humiliating, Qi Changle slowly raised his eyes, his expression was calm, without even a hint of anger.

Then, she curled her lips and smiled.

"The concubine is happy to do so."

Qi Changle took a step forward, squatted down, and put his fingers on Concubine Ying's lap, "I am willing to serve you."

She lowered her eyes, covering the turbulent shadow.

Concubine Ying looked at the person squatting in front of her. Originally, he should have secretly rejoiced at successfully humiliating him, but at this moment, for some reason, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

But Concubine Ying immediately thought, what's wrong with this, if Qi Changle turns his face later, wouldn't he just be able to punish him.

Consoled like this, Ying Xucheng suppressed the unnecessary panic in his heart.

The slender hands rested on the luxurious cloth, and then began to knead.

At first, Ying Xucheng was genuinely amazed, because the other party's pinching was really good.

And Qi Changle didn't intend to do anything at the beginning, she was waiting, and when Ying Xucheng relaxed her body a little bit, she pressed a certain acupoint with her hands, and the strength suddenly increased.

Ying Xucheng's legs were sore, and he kicked forward violently as if he was out of control.

His eyes widened.

Qi Changle looked at the leg that was kicking towards him, but did not avoid it.

The next moment, she was kicked to the ground, crumbling, and passed out with a pale face.

Ying Xucheng stood up abruptly, ignoring the pain in his leg.

"She, she—"

The author has something to say: how about it, my daughter will not let you down

Hum hum

Well, it's actually cheating that works

Anyway, every time Chang Le risked his life to gamble, it would be impossible to lose, hee hee

In fact, to some extent, these two people are considered "jealous" of each other without knowing it?

Of course it's wrong to use jealousy, but that's probably what it means

Changle thought that the female gentleman did this and that because of the concern of the concubine, but in fact the female monarch's focus was on her from the beginning to the end.

And the female gentleman originally thought that Changle was all of herself in front of her, but later found out that Changle had concealed something, so she was very unhappy