Chapter 49 Ruolan's Provocation
In order to stabilize Ruolan, Xiao Yuanqi sent some exquisite ornaments that had just been paid tribute to the late spring residence the next morning. Ruolan also accepted it generously. As soon as the gift giver left, Ruolan dressed up and went to the Moon Hall.
After coming back for so long, Shen Sirong has been avoiding morning and evening in the name of recuperation. Ruolan also rarely came here with Xiao Yuanqi's favor. Today, she came to her door in a hurry and wore a formal dress.
As soon as she entered the main hall, Ruolan knelt down. With a bang, Shen Sirong and the wet nurse looked at each other and didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd.
"What's wrong with my sister? Is this a grievance?" Shen Sirong did not come forward to help her, but asked softly. In the eyes of the people in the palace, she has always been generous and decent, because she was ruthless to Xiao Yuanqi. But now, this generous name has become a problem for her.
May I ask which woman can have no possession of her beloved. And this object is Ruolan, who Xiao Yuanqi has always loved.
Ruolan heard the words and cried with tears: "Mother, Ruolan came here specially to plead guilty."
"Oh? Sister Mo cried. Where did this plea start?
Ruolan saw Shen Sirong ask, and her eyes were slightly moved, and the maid of honor living in the late spring brought people in. That man was not someone else, but an eunuch who was working as a messenger in Chongwen Hall, called Xiaofuzi. This little Fuzi still held a tray in his hand and covered it with red brocade, and could not see the famous hall.
"Mother. It was this slave. These tributes should have been sent to the Empress first, but this slave was sent directly to the late spring residence. Isn't this clearly putting the charge on my sister's head?
As soon as Ruolan's words fell, Xiao Fuzi knelt down and climbed to Shen Sirong and kowtowed heavily: "Excuse me, Madam, this is what the prince asked me to take. It's none of my business."
Shen Sirong also saw what Ruolan was thinking. She deliberately took a thing to make her mind, for fear that Shen Sirong didn't know how much the prince spoiled her.
"In that case, it's okay for my sister to rest assured." Shen Sirong's eyebrows were faintly painful, and he just wanted to send her away quickly.
"His Royal Highness arrived..." There was a movement at the first door of the Moon Hall, followed by a lot of requests. Ruolan seemed to turn a deaf ear, but knelt more upright, and bent down her straight waist and straightened up again. When Xiao Yuanqi entered the hall, he saw Ruolan and couldn't stop like a kowtow doll.
"What's going on?" Xiao Yuanqi was originally from the sound of wind. His sharp eyes passed through the hall and fell on Shen Sirong.
Aware of Xiao Yuanqi's questioning, Shen Sirong's cold eyes were right, and then she pulled up a faint smile like a peach blossom on her face. She lowered her eyes, not to avoid it, but just let them appear.
"Your Highness, you'd better ask Lan Zhaoxun." After waiting for a long time and no reply, there was only Ruolan's crying in the hall. Shen Sirong sneered and pointed to Ruolan. In the tone, I just stay out of the matter.
Xiao Yuanqi followed the green jade finger and looked at Ruolan. Seeing her kneeling down pitifully, his heart moved and came forward to help her up. He didn't know if Ruolan had been kneeling for a long time. When she got up, she had been leaning on Xiao Yuanqi. Before Xiao Yuanqi let go, she was empty again.
pretending to be weak must be useful for this weak and beautiful Xiao Yuanqi. At least in Ruoran's idea.
The freehand frowned, and Shen Sirong stopped her from being emotionally unstable with one look. Does this girl think she was in Shen's house when she entered the palace? The palace is a place where people don't spit bones, which is several times higher than the discord of those people's houses.
"Well, don't cry. You have been wronged to say it directly from the crown princess. There is no need to say anything." Xiao Yuanqi comforted him in a soft voice.
Ruolan choked and said the matter, but the words changed. It is probably that she found a fine phoenix butt that Xiao Yuanqi sent to the Muchunju, and she felt that she should take it to the Moon Hall first. She thought she had broken the rules, so she came to plead guilty. She hoped that Shen Sirong would not care about her.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuanqi smiled and said, "You are too careful. How can the crown princess not even have this much capacity?" As he spoke, he still looked into Shen Sirong's eyes with unclear eyes.
Shen Sirong did not refute and let Xiao Yuanqi send Ruolan back to Muchunju before she closed the door of the palace.
"This Lan Zhaoxun is a little too bullying." The wet nurse now also has a grade, and she is a seven-grade mother. Originally safe, she adapts quickly to the environment in the palace.
"Can the nurse see clearly? What does the prince mean? Shen Sirong leaned on the carved lounge chair tiredly, waiting for the wet nurse's reply.
"Mother, I just think Your Highness has spoiled Lan Zhao too much, but I can't say there is anything wrong." The wet nurse said her opinion, but made Shen Sirong more convinced of one thing.
Xiao Yuanqi spoiled her for an impure reason.
I don't want to insist on seeing the things in the fog anymore. Shen Sirong waited for the New Year's Eve Festival safely. At the sacrifice ceremony on New Year's Eve, she just showed up and was arranged to rest. It was not until the dinner, and a royal family banquet was held in the harem. Naturally, it is inevitable to make a greeting. Shen Sirong is in the limelight this year. She can't escape anyway. Fortunately, Xiao Yuanqi took the initiative to talk to the people in the harem and took over her encirclement.
When the wine and food were full, Shufei proposed to see the children play some tricks, saying that it would add joy to the Spring Festival. Xiao Ze naturally agreed, but Shufei's words fell into Shen Sirong's ears and made her heart heavy.
"Your Majesty, didn't Lan Zhaoxun in the East Palace achieve a love affair with His Royal Highness before? I don't blame the prince. The dance posture is still swaying in my concubine's mind. I'm happy today. It's better to open my eyes again with the emperor's Buddha face.
As soon as he finished saying this, his eyes, which had been on Shen Sirong's face, staggered to Lan Zhaoxun's face. She looked embarrassed, which only made people feel that Concubine Shu's move was embarrassing her.
Rulan saw that she couldn't avoid it, so she got up for a blessing. I went to the side hall to change my clothes. When I came back, I was already wearing a dance skirt. I tied my chest high and wrapped my waist tightly. It seemed that I was going to perform an exotic dance. However, the weather outside is still very cold. Shen Sirong might as well look at her arm outside.
With the sound of Xiao, Ruolan turned around quickly. When everyone realized that she had arrived at the door of the palace, she stopped her feet at the right time, bent down steadily, and turned over several times. The clothes were frivolous and brought out a hazy feeling. Ruolan's face was smiling, and there was a warm blush in the harmonious elephants in the hall.
"Squeak".
Everyone saw Ruolan in the center of the hall pressing on her chest in panic, but the clothes on her back had been torn and fell off. Ruolan had no choice but to stop and wanted to kneel down to apologize, but the skirt clearly continued to crack. She was so anxious that she was about to cry. Looking around, many princes who had never seen such a "hot-blooded" scene looked at Ruolan with a smile. In their eyes, she is at most a concubine, and even if there is a position, it is not enough for them to look up. Although Shen Sirong doesn't like her, he doesn't want to lose Xiao Yuanqi's face on this occasion.
No one dares to say it, but in secret, each of those princes is easy.
Xiao Ze's face was unhappy, and Concubine Shu had no reaction with a soft face, which made Shen Sirong couldn't help suspect that Ruolan was Concubine Shu's son.
Xiao Yuanqi coughed softly and motioned Shen Sirong to help relieve the siege. Naturally, it is difficult for Xiao Yuanqi to come forward. Anyway, he made the emperor unhappy and wanted to be punished.
"The wet nurse..." Shen Sirong gave her a command, and the wet nurse brought Shen Sirong's cloak to her. Ruolan turned her back and tied it up before kneeling down to Xiao Ze.
"The humble concubine has disturbed the emperor's interest and deserves to die." Ruolan knelt down and apologized, which made Xiao Ze more and more unhappy. An unexplained burst of anger made Xiao Ze sweep down the glass on the case.
Shen Sirong was about to stand up and plead for Ruolan, but he was looked at by Lanxi opposite. She shouted, "Your sister-in-law, are you not feeling well?"
At a glance, Shen Sirong stood half-standing, and his face was really not good.
"Yuan Qi, you take Sirong to retreat first." Xiao Ze spoke, and Xiao Yuanqi had to get up and help Shen Simong leave the hall. The kneeling Ruolan looked at Xiao Yuanqi tremblingly, but was scared back by Shufei's cough.
Shen Sirong returned to the Lanyue Hall and said nothing. Xiao Yuanqi's protective heart for Ruolan still made her feel pain.
"You really don't look well. Take a rest early." Xiao Yuanqi reached out and picked up a wisp of long hair around Shen Sirong's cheeks, but Shen Sirong turned away and his face became more and more ugly.
The palace man who sent out the vigil, Xiao Yuanqi came forward and surrounded her. The breath of the tip of his nose spit on Shen Sirong's neck, causing a trembling on her fair skin: "What's wrong with you?"
Xiao Yuanqi knew that Shen Sirong was unhappy. He lowered his body and picked up Shen Sirong's face and turned around, and the temperature in the room suddenly rose a lot.
This is the first time that Xiao Yuanqi has such a gentle attachment between her lips and tongue. The four lips are opposite each other, like two long-thirsty fish, tightly adsorbed together.
"Sirong." Xiao Yuanqi called in a low voice.
Shen Sirong was hooked back by this call, and in an instant, his mind became clear. She pushed Xiao Yuanqi away, and the blush on her face slowly faded.
"You..." Xiao Yuanqi frowned and took a step closer.
"Your Highness, please move." Shen Sirong said coldly.
Xiao Yuanqi was silent until he sat down on the bed: "If it's because of Ruolan, I will only say one word 'bearance' to you." Shen Sirong met his eyes, where there seemed to be something indescribable, as if there were countless words to say, but there was no extra word overflowing between his thin lips.
"Do you mean 'forbearance'?" Shen Simong's indifference cracked.