C13

Yongye four years, August 6th, after the Hundred Flowers Festival many days of light rain, the weather is increasingly sultry.

Capital City, Northwestern Corner of Jade Cloud Palace. The goose-yellow muslin curtains swayed slightly in the wind. Within the shadows, there seemed to be a few beautiful and graceful silhouettes.

There were two women dressed in palace maid attire. One of them had bright and beautiful features, while the other was with a wooden stick and a fan in her hand. For a time, the small pavilion was extremely quiet, and the occasional bird cry seemed to bring a harmonious atmosphere.

On the beautiful yellow pear bed between them, a woman dressed in a big red palace uniform was lying there. Her eyes were narrowed and under her exquisite makeup, her face was so clean that not a single blemish could be seen. She was quietly lying there without a single trace of hostility.

There was a small censer with carved patterns on top of it, and beneath the censer was a soft cushion. Each needle and thread was embroidered with fine golden threads, making it look extremely noble.

At this time, a blue-robed figure hurriedly walked over from the other side of the cobblestone path, stopping in front of the pavilion. He peered into the curtain and called out: "Big Sister Hua Xi."

Hua Xi handed the feathered fan to the palace maid opposite her, opened the curtain, and quietly walked down the steps. Seeing that he seemed somewhat anxious, she asked in a suppressed voice, "What's the matter?"

The little happy girl took a breath and quickly said, "Over at Imperial Garden, Zhao Jianning and Imperial Concubine Fu's cousin are arguing."

Hua Xi's brows wrinkled, "Did you persuade him?"

"I can't persuade him. Noble Zhao even made a move. I'm afraid that Li's promise won't do you any good. Xi Zi heard from the maids in the palace that Li Jun has agreed to be disgraced."

Hua Xi looked behind the screen. The Concubine De had been busy with Hundred Flowers Festival and had not slept for a long time. After thinking for a while, Hua Xi waved her hand. "You go first, I'll be right behind you!"

She turned around and hurried back to the imperial garden.

Hua Xi stood outside the pavilion, hesitating for a while before heading to the imperial flower garden. Then, a voice came from the beautiful bed, "What happened?"

Hua Xi's steps halted, her eyes brimming with joy. "Empress, you've awoken."

Imperial Concubine De opened her eyes. In the blink of an eye, her eyes were still clouded from when she had just woken up, and now that she had raised her hand, Hua Xi had to tell her to stand up. She replied, "Just now, Esteemed wangfei Li agreed to have a dispute with Honorable Zhao in the imperial garden. It didn't look good. Right now, Li agreed to it was …" Consort De sat there for a long time before sighing and said, "Let's go take a look."

… ….

Biyun Palace was very close to the Imperial Garden. A quarter of an hour later, Consort De appeared at the entrance. From afar, she could already see the lush purple of the lakeside.

Consort De picked up her face and walked towards the pond.

A white silhouette covered his face and said exasperatedly, "Zhao Jianning, you've gone too far. It was clearly your fault, yet you still dared to hit someone!"

Zhao Jianning, who was standing opposite of her, looked disapproving, "You came up to me yourself. I didn't block your way, so I couldn't see with my back facing you. Why did I provoke you?"

Xu Yue watched from the side, speaking words of consolation from time to time. Unfortunately, no one listened to her, making her look very awkward.

"The Concubine has arrived!"

Consort De looked at the people kneeling on the ground and said, "Everyone get up!"

After he got up, the scene immediately became much quieter. Zhao Jianning stole a glance at Consort De. He couldn't tell what she meant, but he felt that he was in the right and that her momentum was much better than Li Lan's.

Li Lan'er's face was ghastly pale, and her white clothes made her look even more delicate and charming.

Consort De looked at Xu Yue as she calmly spoke, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Xu Yue respectfully bowed and replied in a low voice, "Yes, Niang Niang."

The whole thing happened in a very simple manner. Li Lan'er and Xu Yue were walking in the imperial garden when they met Zhao Jianning looking at the flowers behind the fake mountain. Li Lan'er had a bad plan in mind, wanting to knock her into the flowers.

Li Lan'er didn't have any good intentions. Zhao Jianning was no pushover either. How could a girl who had grown up in a deep courtyard survive in such a dangerous place without many tricks?

Zhao Jianning's father had never married for the sake of her deceased mother, and because the Zhao Family had a foster son — Zhao Ling — between fates, Zhao Jianning's personality was also changed by her father. He was straightforward and didn't have that many twists and turns in his heart.

Currently, the Great Zhou Empire knew that the two families of Zhao and Li had always been at loggerheads. Naturally, one article and one martial artist was at odds with each other, and it was only because of this that the other powers had been able to balance the power of the Great Zhou Empire. Otherwise, the position of fourth concubine would never fall into the hands of the daughter of the Crown Prince.

By doing so, Bai Yunfan would also be slapping the faces of the aristocratic families. On the other hand, if the women from the aristocratic families were to obtain the throne of the harem, it would naturally disrupt the peace of the previous dynasty. At the same time, it also made it easier to understand why Bai Yunfan's imperial harem was so thin. Other than warm air, there were no other children. It was because there were too many women who thought highly of their mother.

Consort De looked at Li Lan. She did indeed have a good face, but she didn't understand the ways of the harem. Her hair was messy and her eyes were red, but these things were useless in front of a woman.

Consort De looked at her coldly and said, "It looks like I've forgotten the rules when I entered the palace."

As soon as Consort De's voice fell, Li Lan'er kneeled down, her voice trembling slightly. "This concubine knows her wrongs. I shouldn't have made a ruckus with Sister Zhao in public, but I hope that Sister can help me."

Zhao Jianning swept a glance at Li Lan. He also kneeled on the ground and said, "Is the Concubine De your blood sister? You dare say that today is not your fault? "

Consort De saw the small actions of the two but did not move. She only said indifferently, "How do you want me to make the decision for you?"

Xu Yue watched on happily from the side, her heart itching for Li Jun to agree to say the wrong thing. Didn't Concubine De mean that she didn't want to meddle in other people's business? Why was the usually intelligent Li Lan'er being so stupid today?

Li Lan'er bit her lips and said, "I want to ask Honorable Zhao to apologize to me!"

Consort De smiled faintly and said, "I don't care what conflicts you two have, it's always a small matter. You two little girls shouldn't try any tricks."

Zhao Jianning's face turned pale. Li Lan became proud of herself, but Consort De's next words made her expression change.

"Both of you, go to Chengping Palace and copy the three scriptures. When are you going to finish copying them and return to the palace?!"

"Big Sister Consort De, I …" Li Lan'er raised her head and wanted to remove herself from this matter. However, when she met Consort De's eyes, she felt weak. She subconsciously lowered her voice and lowered her head, her eyes filled with unwillingness.

Zhao Jianning did not care. She had never been afraid of ancestral halls. If there really were ghosts and gods in the world, how could there be so many wicked people with ulterior motives?

"Since you know that you have broken your etiquette, from tomorrow onwards, the two of you will stay in the Qi Jing Palace to study the rules. I will send a senior nanny over, Lord Zhao will first take action, then we will punish you with a two month salary. As for the rest, Li Jun agreed to apologize to her benefactor!"

"This concubine will listen to esteemed imperial concubine's teachings."

"Your concubine is not satisfied with the Empress's opinion!"

At almost the same time, Zhao Jianning kneeled on the ground and thanked him. Li Jun agreed, but raised her head with a flushed face. Consort De had given him an olive branch a few days ago.

Hua Xi berated him, "Agreeing has no rules. How dare you speak to the Empress like that?"

Consort De lowered her eyes. When she raised her head again, there was a few traces of a smile on her face, as if she was extremely amiable. She didn't get angry even when facing Li Lan'er's rebuke.

Li Lan'er rebutted before feeling regret in her heart. After hearing Consort De's words, she was not stupid and quickly kneeled down to explain, "That's not what I meant. I just felt that … "I feel wronged..."

Consort De smiled and interrupted her, "Then it's settled."

Li Lan'er's face turned pale as she watched Consort De leave with her fists clenched tightly under her sleeves. She was completely unwilling. Originally, he had planned for Consort De to invite the emperor if things got out of hand. Who knew that Consort De would actually lead his army? However, temporarily showing weakness was not bad.

After Consort De left, the atmosphere in the garden became a lot more relaxed. Xu Yue walked over and wanted to raise her head. Li Lan'er waved her hand and pushed her away. She said angrily, "Hypocritical."

Xu Yue didn't get angry. She turned around and spoke to Zhao Jianning. In any case, she wasn't afraid of offending Li Lan.

After Li Lan'er had left, Zhao Jianning asked in a low voice, "Xu Yue, do you think what the Concubine De just said was true?"

"Since the Consort Concubine has spoken, you can slowly learn the rules from the mama." "Imperial Concubine De looks like she doesn't want to fight with others, but she doesn't have all the power of the Great Zhou Imperial harem in her hands. You better not provoke her!"

Zhao Jianning clapped his hands. Li Lan bared her teeth at him and said, "Serves you right!"

… ….

The matter of Consort De's disposing of the two concubines did not cause much of a stir in the palace. When it reached Bai Yunfan's ears, it was naturally a small matter that did not matter. Consort De was indeed a nimble person, so he naturally had to turn a blind eye to some matters.

In the outer hall of the Heron Palace:

Bai Yunfan hugged him warmly and said, "This is your Uncle Li Ting. From now on, you will follow him and learn how to play the zither, okay?"

She gently hugged Bai Yunfan's neck and pouted as she said, "Don't warm up …"

"Why not? A few days ago you left Uncle Ting in the hall playing such a nice tune that everyone applauded him. "

Wen Wen focused on playing with Bai Yunfan's quill pen, not answering any of Bai Yunfan's questions.

Bai Yunfan felt a headache coming on. Warmth and warmth were very similar to comfort and comfort. Even if she met someone unhappy, she wouldn't be angry, but she wouldn't say a single word to you. She would just wait there, as long as she didn't feel upset. The only thing left was the awkwardness of her scratching her heart and liver.

Li Ting faintly smiled and said to Wen Wen, "All the girls know how to play the zither. Warming your mother's zither skills is especially good!"

When Wen Wen heard that her mother could play the zither, she turned her watery eyes to Li Ting and asked, "What did you say?"

Ting smirked, "What?"

Wen Wen's eyes stared at her and she angrily said, "Wen Wen ask her mother for herself!"

Li Ting looked at Bai Yunfan and said, "You have a warm and comfortable personality. Whatever you say, your daughter won't listen to anything!"

Bai Yunfan embarrassedly coughed, "Brother Li is still as witty and humorous as before. It's just that Brother Li can't imagine how much fun my daughter is having right now."

"Of course the Emperor can't imagine the pleasure of our wanton play."

Bai Yunfan stared in shock. He had just been defeated by this guy yet again. He was angry, but he couldn't show it yet.

… ….

"Mother, mother …"

Chen Shu was in his room, reading a zither music. He was so engrossed in it that he naturally did not hear Wen calling out to her. Naturally, no one responded when he entered the room.

Wen Wen wore pink clothes with two cute little chirps on her head. Her eyes that were like black grapes stared unblinkingly at Chen Shu. After staring for a while, she still couldn't find her mother. In the blink of an eye, her eyes filled with tears.

Warm and gentle, she reached out her chubby hands and tugged on Chen Shu's wide sleeves. She called out in a low voice, "Mother, mother …"

Jadeite stood to the side and watched as Wen turned into a pitiful little puppy. He couldn't help but remind her, "Miss Wen Wen is here."

Chen Shu raised his head to look at Wen standing at the side. His watery eyes were filled with golden beans. He quickly hugged Wen Wen and comforted softly, "What's the matter? Who caused my little princess to be unhappy?"

It was fine if Chen Shu didn't try to comfort her, but now that he did, the warmth of a child's heart was like a bamboo tube being poured with beans. It was crackling as it told Chen Shu everything.

Chen Shu patted her gently on the back and said, "Father wants Wen Wen to follow Uncle Li Ting and learn the zither arts, right?"

Wen Wen nodded and asked again, "Can mother play the zither? If mother knows, then Wen Wen will obediently follow the person who played the zither in the hall that day and learn Zither Arts! "

"Mother does know how to play the zither, but if you don't like the warmth of the zither, you naturally don't need to learn the skill of the zither, because there are many children the age of the warmth who haven't learned how to play the zither."

Warm and gentle, she lay in Chen Shu's embrace, looking like she had really lost a great deal of grievance. If he was like before, he wouldn't need to force Wen Wen to learn these things. He would be like a child from a normal family, happily growing up. However, as the princess of a country now, it was impossible for her to not know how to use the zither, chess, calligraphy or painting.

Bai Yunfan hurriedly rushed to the Heron Palace after finishing his business in the Great Huang Temple. He did not expect that there would be no one in the palace to welcome him, which was quite embarrassing.

In the side hall of the Heron Palace:

The old mama who took care of the emperor felt somewhat uneasy. She asked, "Honored guest, can we hang the emperor outside?"

Chen Shu replied indifferently, "What's wrong? He didn't say it himself. Who knew he was here? Just do whatever you need to do and I'll carry the burden."

Wenwen sat on the small chair and happily drank the lotus seed Eight Treasures Porridge. Although she didn't understand what had happened and felt that her mother was very happy, she was naturally happy as well.

Bai Yunfan asked, "Why is it so quiet in Heron Palace?" It was so quiet that even the little dogs of the Heron Temple did not come out. Logically, a dog's ears should be extremely sensitive. Before this person had even entered the palace, this little dog had already ran out. Why was it that even after standing in the palace for so long, he still didn't see Ah'Bao.

"I'm afraid we'll be staying with Venerable Lord Liang. He called him over and said that we were going to have a chat together …"

Bai Yunfan felt a chill in his heart. How was this talking? This was clearly trying to vent his anger! [This woman really can't be offended now …]