C18

When the empress dowager entered the palace, she was only a small figure like the late emperor, Scholar. Due to his low status, Han Yun gave birth to her, giving her a longer position as usual. But neither Han Yun nor she attracted the late emperor's attention, so she stayed at home, taking her own child with her. Naturally, she had never thought about this throne in the past. However, it was fated that the heavens would love her dearly. When Wu Tie was eight years old, the late emperor's sons had already fought openly and secretly for the throne. Some died, some became sick. In the end, only Han Yun was left as the strong and sole seedling.

Empress Dowager Meng and Han Yun immediately became eye-catching existences in the imperial harem. The Queen had been crippled with the Crown Prince and was very ill. In order to ensure the survival of the country, the late emperor conferred the title of Imperial Consort to Empress Dowager Meng and bestowed the title of Crown Prince to Han Yun. Empress Dowager Meng immediately became famous in the harem. In addition, Han Yun was smart and studious, his every word and gesture respectful and cautious.

After the Queen died. After the officials were reelected. The late emperor considered the fact that his sons had all died in the struggle for the throne, which had been fought for by the mother race. Since the matriarchal form of the Meng family was lacking, the previous emperor had chosen her to be the best candidate instead. He then forcefully rejected public opinion and conferred the title of empress dowager to Empress Dowager Meng. Han Yun's performance as Crown Prince became more and more reasonable. After his death with the late emperor, he successfully ascended the throne.

Empress Meng promoted the empress dowager and felt that it was time for her to retire from this palace that she had lived in fear for her entire life. He then moved out of the palace and went to the palace to spend the next few years of his life there.

Empress Dowager Meng had also specially sent someone to invite her back for this New Year's Day reunion. Her goal was naturally to target Han Yun's exclusive favor of Mo Yan. Empress Dowager Meng heard from the empress's dispatch all sorts of things about the imperial harem. They had also heard that the Emperor had already eradicated the Mo Family. In addition to Old Wai's consolation, he didn't understand why his son would love the Mo Family girl so much. He was afraid that the Mo Family girl would cause trouble for Han Yun, so he came back to take a look.

In the end, he came back to see Mo Family, but he didn't manage to find anything. He then felt that it was better to probe out the words of the Emperor's son without making a sound.

She had experienced too many harem struggles before, and she had survived with great difficulty to attain her current status. As a result, he made up his mind. He didn't want his son's harem to have too many struggles.

"Why did you let this girl, Mo Family, out of the cold palace? "She caused harm to the empress's family and caused me to lose my grandson. It's already a merciful punishment to be locked up in the cold palace," she said to Han Yun, who was sitting beside her.

She had noticed Mo Yan's cautious appearance as she sat in her seat. Look at that little girl! She wasn't someone who liked to be in the limelight. How could he do anything to the empress?

Han Yun lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "Although Mo Family made a mistake this time, his ancestors were very loyal to Dongyue. Furthermore, the Mo Family woman already knows how sinful she is and how regretful she was. My son thought that since she was willing to admit her wrongs, it would be fine even if he gave her a chance. "

"So that's how it is." Empress Dowager Meng nodded. "It's fine if you let her out, but did I hear that you're the only one who treats her well?" "There are so many concubines in the imperial harem waiting for your favor in order to help the Han Family expand and scatter their branches. What you have done is not fair."

"Mother, your son knows his limits. Please rest assured mother, "Han Yun said in a low voice," I know that mother is worried that I will be bewitched by her beauty. I was brought up by my mother herself. Mother should know what kind of person I am. "

"As long as you know your limits." "I also don't believe that you would forget your identity because of a woman."

"Thank you for mother's trust."

At this moment, Noble Consort Meng sauntered forward and kowtowed to Empress Dowager Meng. "Aunt, niece has not seen you for a long time. I miss you very much."

Then, he raised his head and looked at Han Yun.

The empress dowager's expression was light. "Stand up."

Noble Consort Meng was the daughter of one of the empress dowager's parents. Originally, her big brother relied on the rich dowry his mother brought for his wedding and had always been an arrogant person in the Meng family. He had never put her in his eyes and had always bullied her when she was young. Ever since she had ascended the throne, the concubine had begun to fawn over her by giving birth to an older brother. Thus, empress dowager Meng didn't have a good impression of her niece. If her mother hadn't come to beg her, she wouldn't have wanted this niece of hers to enter the palace.

This time, didn't this niece purposely show her face in front of him just to make Han Yun notice her?

At this moment, Han Yun was looking over at Noble Consort Meng who was standing below, towards where Mo Yan was.

Mo Yan felt his gaze boring into her, and she suddenly looked over at him, seemingly confused. Her two big eyes blinked as she looked at him. Han Yun immediately felt a surge of hot blood rushing to his dantian.

He took a sip from a glass of wine, suppressing the impulse in his heart.

Both the Empress and Noble Consort Meng noticed that Han Yun's attention was focused on Mo Yan, and they were frantic with jealousy.

Apart from the time when Queen Wang pretended to be sick and lured Han Yun over to see her, she also really fell ill once after Mo Yan regained her favor.

That time, other than hoping that Han Yun would stay, Mo Yan also hoped that Han Yun would stay at the empress's place for the night and not return her Caiyun Hall.

But the Queen didn't know. She only knew that Mo Yan had used some tricks to make Han Yun continue to pamper her even if he had wiped out her mother race.

What a fox spirit! The empress clenched her fists tightly. Even the fingernails didn't hurt.

At this moment, Han Jie was focused on eating. This was his favorite time of year. Even if he was unpopular, he still had the chance to attend the palace banquet. As he grew older, the royal banquet wouldn't lose a seat for him. As early as a month ago, he had been looking forward to having a good meal on this day.

Sitting next to him was a royal relative, probably the imperial concubine of the imperial concubine. He was a youth of about fifteen or sixteen. Han Jie probably ate too much. The young man handed him a bowl of soup and said politely, "Little brother, just eat the soup. Don't worry."

Han Jie stopped stuffing venison into his mouth and looked up at him. The teenager smiled and cupped his hands, "I am Qin Shaoyun. "Concubine Xian is my aunt."

Han Jie opened his greasy mouth, was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Ok."

Then he continued eating the meat in his hand. That person didn't seem to expect Han Jie to respond like this. After a moment of surprise, she laughed and asked, "May I ask, which lady's family are you?"

Han Jie licked the oil on his hands. He looked at the food on his table and replied, "I'm Han Jie."

The person thought for a while and suddenly responded, "You …" "Are you the emperor's …"

"I'm his son." Han Jie did not think much of it. He picked up a piece of fried golden fish and took a bite. He glanced at Han Jie sideways and said, "You didn't think that, right?"

Qin Shaoyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry and shook his head, "Indeed I did not."

"You said that you were a member of the Empress's family?"

"Concubine Xian." The youth said.

"Oh," Han Jie looked at him again and pondered, "She's your aunt? "In other words …"

"It is my mother's little sister."

"Your mother's sister …" Han Jie nodded, "Understood."

The teenager had a smile on his face. After looking at Han Jie understanding the relationship between relatives, he paused for a moment before asking with concern, "May I ask First Prince if my aunt is well in the palace?"

Han Jie picked up the bowl of soup he just gave him and drank half of it. He wiped his mouth and said after thinking for a while, "Concubine Xian is pretty good."

Han Jie did not lie to Qin Shaoyun, but Concubine Liu was indeed the most relaxed person in the palace.

He didn't fight for favors or form gangs. Aside from paying his respects to the empress, he spent his days in his own palace with his palace maids and eunuchs, looking like he had nothing to do with the world.

In addition, she was the only imperial concubine chosen by the Empress Dowager to enter the palace. Although his mother was only a third-rate noble, her family background was clearly much more ordinary compared to the other concubines. I don't know what made Her Majesty think so highly of her.

Hearing Han Jie's words, Qin Shaoyun smiled and said, "This time, because my mother was ill and was unable to come to the palace to attend the banquet, she let me accompany my father. I had originally wanted to meet my aunt, but she also did not come to the palace banquet for some reason.

Han Jie said, "What I just said is the truth. Concubine Xian is probably the most comfortable person in the palace. You don't have to worry about her."

When Qin Shaoyun heard this, he seemed to be relieved. "Thank you very much, First Prince."

"No need to thank me." Han Jie picked up the bowl of soup again.

The banquet was about to end. Qin Shaoyun stood up and was about to leave with everyone. Before leaving, he bid farewell to Han Jie, "First Prince, I'll take my leave. See you later."

Han Jie was a bit envious as he looked at Han Jie's well-mannered manner. I followed his example and saluted him with my hands clasped in front of my chest.

Qin Shaoyun smiled and left gracefully.

Han Jie went back to the Ningren Palace alone. As he walked, he thought about Qin Shaoyun's walking appearance and learned a few steps. He then faced the palace wall and imitated his posture, bowing and bowing as he said, "This one bids you farewell, until we meet again."

After learning like this, his heart jumped with joy. He felt that today was more interesting than before.

After passing by Concubine Liu's courtyard, he stopped. After thinking for a moment, he walked up and knocked on the door. From inside, a eunuch said, "Who is it? Concubine Xian fell asleep. "

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said: "It's me, Han Jie. "I have something to say to Concubine Xian."

After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of the door opening. Han Jie was ready to leave, but who knew that when he turned around, the door would open from the inside.

Han Jie turned around again and followed the maid into the door of Consort Xian's bedroom.

When he entered the main hall of the bedroom, he saw Concubine Liu sitting on a chair, wearing a shirt and her hair hanging loose. Han Jie walked up and greeted with a bow, just like Qin Shaoyun did just now, "Greetings, Concubine Xian."

Consort Xian motioned for him to sit down by the side and instructed the palace maids to serve tea. She then smiled gently at him and said, "Is there an urgent matter for the First Prince to come to my place all of a sudden?"

Han Jie said, "Tonight, Royal Father is hosting a banquet to entertain his relatives. I met Concubine Xian's family. It was a brother named Qin Shaoyun. "

"Oh?" Confused, Consort Xian asked, "What's wrong with him?"

"It's nothing. He just said that he felt a bit regretful that he didn't see Concubine Xian." Han Jie said, "I saw that he was a pretty good person, so I wanted to pass on a message."

Concubine Liu lowered her eyes for a moment and smiled at Han Jie, "So that's how it is. This afternoon, I suddenly felt uncomfortable, so I went to Empress on leave and didn't go there. It's hard for them to think of me, but it's also hard for the First Prince to specially come over to tell me. "

Han Jie felt that his actions were a bit reckless. He and Concubine Xian had never spoken and interacted before. I've only seen her a few times. If he wasn't reckless today, what else could he be here for?

He blushed a little. "I just have nothing better to do."