C11 Cold Heat Confrontation

Above the tassels was a long skirt made of broken jade pressing against the edge of a lotus leaf. Beneath the dress were the tips of a pair of jujube red shoes, and under the dress was a snow-white neck, without much rouge. It was just a purple jade hairpin, and looking at it, it seemed light and elegant.

Duanmu Jue sat down and poured himself a cup of something from the pot and took a sip. It actually wasn't tea, it was slightly sweet, with a faint fragrance, and he was salivating, "What is this?" He frowned as he asked.

"I boiled some white cardamom with a little honey!" Murong replied.

He had never tasted it before and thought that it was something girls drank often. He placed the cup to the side and continued, "The white nutmeg is cooked to moisten the air, warming the stomach and soothing the body. Moreover, this white nutmeg isn't expensive, it's even more common than tea, and it's something chenqie drinks often."

"The empress saw Lady Liu today?" Duanmu Jue knew that the Liu Family entered the palace and was planning to meet them out of etiquette. However, he didn't expect Guan Mi to say that they would leave the palace once it was over, so he still came to take a look at Fenglin Palace.

"When chenqie entered the palace for so many days, she was afraid that her mother would miss her, so she summoned her mother to the palace. Thank you, your Majesty, for your concern!"

Murong Nichang's attitude was as distant as her expression. It made Duanmu Jue feel uncomfortable, as if she was the one he was trying to avoid. Could this be the result of him choosing 'the empress' in their relationship?

"Does Your Majesty want to stay for lunch at the Fenglin Palace?" Murong asked.

"En!" Duanmu Jue agreed, and Guan Mi wanted to remind Duanmu Jue that the Minister was in the Ode to the Heavens later on. If Duanmu Jue was eating at Fenglin Palace, then it would be too late for him to make a round trip, but Duanmu Jue waved his hand, and Guan Mi then closed his mouth, and sent Young Eunuch outside the Ode to deliver a message to the Minister.

Murong was afraid that Duanmu Jue wasn't used to drinking white nutmeg water, so he changed the tea leaves and brought it up. When he passed by the door, he heard Liu Tie instructing his disciple, Xiao Xuanzi, to pass the message, "The empress wants the emperor to eat at Fenglin Palace. We can't catch him. Let the ministers wait!"

Murong frowned, feeling that what he had said was not nice, because with this, the matter of the Murong Family girl being favoured would probably spread to the previous generation. He stood outside the door and looked at Duanmu Jue, it seemed that he finally made his first move, so he could only accept it!

After Murong Li called Qing Xue and whispered a few words into her ear, Qing Xue brought the teapot and hastily ran out the back door. Sure enough, outside of Fenglin Palace, she met Xiao Xuanzi who was rushing towards the Tribute Room.

"No eyes!" "How dare you!"

"I am sorry, Eunuch Xuan. It is all this servant's fault! This servant is at fault! " Qing Xue hurriedly apologized, but Xiao Xuanzi's entire body was splashed all over and there were still some tea leaves on his neck.

Qing Xue was the empress's personal maid. Xiao Xuanzi didn't dare to punish her, so he could only complain, "You don't have eyes for walking. Watch as you delay my big issue!"

Just as he was about to leave, Qing Xue stopped him. "Eunuch Xuan, what should we do if we let the ministers see you in your dirty clothes? Your heroic spirit and grace has all disappeared! "Why don't you exchange it with a servant? Leave this small matter of passing on the message to Xiao Linzi and pass it on to him with just a few words!"

Xiao Xuanzi was indeed in a sorry state after being splashed. He was afraid that if he saw the Minister like this, he would be punished by his master, so he might as well let someone else go without anyone noticing. It was just a few words.

"Eunuch, this way please!" Qing Xue led him towards the Fenglin Palace's backyard. Eunuch Xuan felt that something was amiss, he stopped walking and asked: "How did you know I was going to the Heaven Mending Room?!"

"Yo!" "Eunuch Xuan!" Qing Xue rolled her eyes and said, "You're a servant of the vassal room. The person in front of the emperor is Eunuch Guan's disciple. Other than going to the vassal room to do some work for the emperor, how could I send you out?"

Xiao Xuanzi's brows relaxed when he heard this. Qing Xue then stuffed a silver ingot to him, "Eunuch suffered a shock. That was when Qing Xue apologized to you to calm you down!"

The moment Xiao Linzi saw the silver taels, he had nothing else to say. He followed Qing Xue to change his clothes. Following Empress Murong's instructions, he immediately went to the Appreciation Room to pass on a message. When he arrived, sure enough, a few of the pavilion elders were waiting outside.

Xiao Linzi was originally from the Southern Academy, Young Eunuch. Because of his literacy, he was sent to the Fenglin Palace by Murong, but no one knew about him even after a few days, not to mention the officials from the previous dynasty. At this moment, they thought it was a message from a eunuch from the Southern Academy.

"Your majesty might not be able to make it in the afternoon. Please go back!"

Everyone looked at each other. They assumed that the Emperor missed the time to read his book in the Southern Academy, and had returned to find trouble with them, so they all dispersed. Only then did Xiao Linzi hurriedly ran back to the Fenglin Palace to report to Qing Xue.

"Is everything ready?" Qing Xue asked in a low voice.

"Alright, sister, don't worry!"

Qing Xue gave him a silver ingot and said, "You can go. You can't talk about this to anyone else." At this time, Eunuch Xuan went to the front and gave Guan Mi a look. Guan Mi thought that Guan Mi had done it and nodded slightly, but Xiao Xuanzi also heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that this act of hiding things from the world was not bad.

In order to prevent Duanmu Jue from picking out any mistakes, Murong Te had instructed the kitchen not to be perfunctory and not to be extravagant. With a simple tofu made with utmost care, the fresh mandarin fish tasted even more delicious, such as phoenix stewed peony, golden pumpkin slices, honey ribs, and proper meat. "This is the first time Your Majesty is having lunch in Fenglin Palace, chenqie will toast Your Majesty!"

His mouth tasted a spicy and warm current, and his eyes were even covered with a layer of water. In Duanmu Jue's eyes, he was like a peach flower in the third month, sparkling and resplendent. After he drank a mouthful, Guan Mi hurriedly finished the dish cloth that contained the silver needles.

"Eunuch Guan, let me do it!" After changing the name, Duanmu Jue felt his heart warm. He saw her slightly roll up her sleeve, pick up a small piece of fish to remove the fish bone and put it into the silver plate. Her face was so gentle that it made people unable to make things difficult for her.

"The white heron flies before Mount Cissé, and the peach blossoms flow with the mandarin fish. The kitchen said that the fish today are extremely fresh, and that His Majesty should try more of them as well. " Duanmu Jue's stomach warmed up. It couldn't be that he had just had a cup of wine filled with his daughter's heartburn. Otherwise, why would the concubines in the harem be so considerate and considerate? It was painful.

Heartache? "…" Duanmu Jue drank another cup of wine, extinguishing his pity. Murong Clan was the person who killed Crown Princess, a fierce tiger by the side of the bed. Right now, Murong Nichang should be favored as much as possible by him. The more worried she was, the more he would have to accept it as a whole.

"You should eat more. You must be hungry even though you've been busy for a long time, right?" Duanmu Jue held her fingers and said with a smile. This scene was like a loving couple, they even put a piece of Sweet 'n' Sour Ribs into Murong's small plate as they spoke.

"Chenqie thanks Your Majesty!" This was the rule of the palace. Duanmu Jue wanted to lead her into the trap step by step, so how could it be possible? She, Murong Nichang, was no longer the little white rabbit of his previous life. In this life, she was a fox.

Duanmu Jue's heart sank. It seemed that Murong Nichang wasn't someone who could easily deal with people who were willing to submit. He thought that she would be pampered after being gentle a few times, but now, it was her who was able to control the distance. However, Duanmu Jue did not believe that any woman in the world would be unfazed by the sight of their most powerful pet. He wanted to bring the whole world to her eyes to see if she would still treat him as if he was her friend.

He understood what the emperor was thinking, so it was impossible for him to rely on Empress Murong. But after a few exchanges, he was impressed by this young woman, after all, there was nothing that the women of this world did not yearn for in front of Long En, and it was only she who was able to leave. With such a person sitting in the main palace, shouldn't he be moving his mind and moving to the side of the empress to plan for the rest of his life?

He was loyal to Duanmu Jue, but that didn't stop him from plotting for his next life. After all, every eunuch had to bet on a new master, so looking at Guan Mi's current expression, Murong knew that her performance had made Guan Mi hold her in high regard. She only needed to slowly get closer to Duanmu Jue's eunuch, then she would have a better grasp of Duanmu Jue's temperament, and the odds of winning were much higher.

Duanmu Jue thought that he had used his title of 'Beloved Queen' to send away the officials, so he wanted to make the show work. He wanted to make use of the fact that he had to drink a few more cups to rest at the Fenglin Palace, which was exactly what Murong was thinking, because it was not easy to live without the favor of the emperor in the harem. From the empress to the imperial maid, she also needed to rely on Duanmu Jue's grace to consolidate her position.

Probably because the smell of alcohol was too strong, Duanmu Jue fell asleep while smelling the faint fragrance of the Calm Incense. Murong closed the door and left Qing Xue and Wu Tie inside to guard and walk out of the inner hall with light footsteps.

"Eunuch Guan!" Murong shouted as he prepared to return to Yuqing Palace to grab his pillow. She knew that Duanmu Jue didn't like pillows that were too tall, so his pillow had long since been adjusted to the height that he liked.

"Why isn't Empress guarding inside?" Guan Mi was stunned for a moment and then asked with a smile.

"I have a matter to discuss with my father-in-law," Murong replied.

"Please give me your instructions, Empress!" Guan Mi knew Murong Nichang had a special identity, so he became more respectful. He tried his best not to make things too awkward and left a way out for himself.

"I just want to tell Eunuch Guan that a servant of the Japanese palace accidentally bumped into Xiao Xuanzi. For the sake of not delaying any important matters, I ordered the eunuchs of Fenglin Palace to pass on the message to the heaven. Later on, I thought it would be better to inform Eunuch Guan!"

It seemed that His Majesty had lost the battle this time. This woman was not simple, with his intuition from many years of experience, Guan Mi knew that he had to leave a path of retreat in front of this woman, "If Your Majesty's words were to spread, then it would be good. It's Xiao Xuanzi's fault for being so reckless, but he had offended the Empress!"

"That's good, Eunuch Guan doesn't need to go back to get the pillow. His Majesty is asleep, why don't you go in and wait for him? His Majesty is easily thirsty when he wakes up, it's better to prepare more soup tea!" Murong Yi dragged her skirt in every possible way as she left, leaving behind only Guan Mi who gritted his teeth. After a long while, he entered the inner hall of Fenglin Palace.