As soon as I heard this sentence, my heart skipped a beat and I turned to look at her: "What do you mean."

Liu Ningyan looked at me with a sneer: "Tell me, what do I mean."

"..."

I looked at her silently without speaking, and there was no panic expression on my face. Liu Ningyan also had a contented expression on her face, and slowly came to me and said: "Yue Qingying, do you think that no one Do you know what you have done?"

"..."

"If I remember correctly, five years ago, apart from the two of us, there was actually another person who entered the palace together, but..."

She didn't finish her words, but my face turned pale instantly.

That incident has been buried in my heart for five years. I even thought that it was something from the past life and could be completely forgotten and no longer needed to be mentioned. However, I didn't expect that Liu Ningyan would still remember it and mention it. Come out.

And Liu Ningyan's voice was like a ghost crying in hell, coming from a very far away place and reaching my ears, "For your crime of deceiving the emperor, the emperor locked you up in the cold palace for half a year. If you let me People know that you have killed——"

Before she finished speaking, I suddenly turned my head and looked at her.

Meeting my gaze, Liu Ningyan seemed to be startled, and subconsciously took two steps back.

She looked at me and said calmly: "What, if the matter is exposed, do you want to kill someone and silence them?"

"..."

"Let me tell you, things are different now. I am the emperor's female attendant. If something happens to me, the people in the palace will definitely investigate it thoroughly, and you won't be able to run away by then!"

I stood in the middle of the pavilion, clenching my fists, and my nails dug into my palms, causing a stinging pain. My heart palpitated, and then I slowly controlled my disordered breathing, and then turned my head. Look at her.

"What do you want from me?"

"Ha, I just made a guess, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Liu Ningyan laughed, with a proud expression on her face. I gritted my teeth so hard that the roots of my teeth were almost bleeding, but I still controlled myself and said in a deep voice: "What do you want me to do?"

"I have already said that I want to be favored by the emperor again. I don't want to be a palace maid, I want to be the emperor's concubine!"

"I can't control who the emperor favors."

"If others say this, I believe it. If you say it, it's really unconvincing." Liu Ningyan said with a smile: "I haven't forgotten who asked me to sleep in His Highness's bed three years ago. ."

When I mentioned this matter, my face became even more ugly, and almost my whole body was trembling. When Liu Ningyan saw that I didn't make any sound for a long time, she said: "Okay, you don't have to help me, then I will tell the Criminal Division." , just say that at the beginning——"

When I heard this, I hurriedly said: "Now that he is the emperor and there are many concubines in the harem, it is not as easy as before."

"So?"

"You always have to give me some time and let me think of a solution."

"Okay, I'll give you some time, but don't make me wait too long."

Liu Ningyan walked past me and said softly: "I don't know how long I can control my mouth."

After saying that, she walked away with a smile.

I stood numbly in the pavilion. It was obviously midsummer, and the hot sunshine shone on my skin as if it were burning. But at this moment, I felt like I was in an ice cellar, and even my blood was slowly solidifying.

I slowly walked out of the pavilion, surrounded by lush flowers and trees. I stretched out my hand and picked off a huge peony. The delicate color was in the palm of my hand, like a burning flame, which burned people's eyes.

The flowers are in your hands, and they break into fallen flowers.

In the next few days, the weather became more and more muggy.

That evening, there was not a breath of wind in the air, and the entire Chonghua Palace seemed to be stuffed in a furnace. Just after Shen hour, Shen Rou asked me to remove her makeup. I was a little surprised that Pei Yuanhao had been staying overnight in Chonghua Hall for the past few days.

Hua Dian, I’m afraid I’m coming today, but why did she take off her makeup so early?

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Shen Rou telling Mingzhu next to her: "Go and tell the eunuch to take off my green card."

"Yes."

I was a little confused, looked at that charming face in the mirror, and asked softly: "Mother, why is this——?"

Shen Rou didn't say anything, but Mingzhu next to her looked at me displeased and said, "In the next two days, the period for your letter will come."

...It turns out that it was her letter.

My hand that took off the golden hairpin trembled slightly, and the light reflected from the golden hairpin suddenly flashed across my eyes. I squeezed the golden hairpin with my fingers slightly, and then said with a smile: "In that case,

There is no need to bother Sister Mingzhu. I will go to the imperial kitchen to deliver a message later, so just help Sister Mingzhu make the trip."

Shen Rou looked up at me and said with a smile: "You do your best."

"Your Majesty, this is also a slave's duty."

"It doesn't matter, you've been working hard at night these past few days. After delivering the message, you don't have to come over."

"Yes."

After I finished clearing her dressing table, Shen Rou had already gone into the inner room to rest, so I exited, gently closed the door, turned around and walked towards Lanxiang Residence.

Just as he walked to the door, he bumped into Liu Ningyan. She was standing in front of Xu Cairen and said lukewarmly: "Cairen, the emperor is coming over for dinner tonight."

When Xu Cairen heard this, his face immediately showed joy, while Liu Ningyan's face became increasingly unhappy. He bowed to her and turned to leave. When he turned around, he bumped into me.

Xu Cairen also saw me and said, "Qing Ying, the emperor is coming over for dinner tonight. You go to the imperial dining room and send a message."

"Yes, this slave knows."

Liu Ningyan slowly walked up to me and said with a smile: "What a coincidence. Since Miss Qingying is also going there, why not just go all the way."

"Okay."

I smiled and nodded, then turned and walked out together with her.

After leaving the Chonghua Hall and passing through a long passage, with nothing but towering palace walls on both sides, only the sound of our footsteps echoed in her ears. Liu Ningyan turned to look at me and said, "Yue Qingying, do you think

I'm kidding you!"

"What?"

"Let me tell you, it has been several days. The emperor has been staying in Chonghua Palace every night. If you don't help me find a solution, don't blame me——!"

"We have already thought of a solution for you."

When Liu Ningyan heard this, she immediately said happily: "What can I do?"

I looked around to make sure there was no one, so I lowered my voice and said, "These past few nights, after the emperor has dinner at Cai Ren's place, he will stay directly at the imperial concubine's place, but today, it is the imperial concubine's trust."<

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"So what?"

"The emperor is here in great spirits, but the imperial concubine is unable to sleep with you. If you can take advantage of this opportunity to come in-"

Liu Ningyan frowned and said, "You think I'm a fool. With the concubine's trust, the chamberlain will naturally take off her green card. Why did the emperor come here?"

I smiled faintly: "The imperial concubine asked me to tell the people in charge of the inner chamber, but what if I go a little later?"

She was stunned and immediately understood something, but then she thought about it and said a little frustrated: "Even if the imperial concubine can't sleep with you, there are so many other concubines. Your Majesty, even if he doesn't stay in Chonghua Palace, there are other concubines."

Places to go.”

"You don't have even a little bit of exciting spice in your body, do you?"

I glanced at her lightly, and then looked at the sachet tied around her waist. Although I am not very familiar with pharmacology, I also learned a little bit about medical skills and understood some pharmacology during the days when I lived in the Huisheng Medicine Shop.

Liu Ningyan lowered her head and glanced at her sachet, and her face turned red.

But she said dejectedly: "What's the use? There are so many maids in the palace, and the emperor has not been seen -"

I reached out and pulled off her sachet, shook it in the air, and murmured: "Basil leaves, actinolite, curculigo, epimedium, ylang-ylang... the stuff is pretty good." I thought for a while and said: "

I will go to the imperial dining room later and ask them to prepare some special dinner, as long as the time, place and people are favorable..."

Liu Ningyan's face immediately showed an expression of joy.

"After this matter is over - I hope you can keep your promise and never mention a word about what happened five years ago in the palace again."

Liu Ningyan glanced at me, smiled, and said: "As long as the emperor favors me again, I will not embarrass you again."

"It's a deal!"

In the evening, the weather became more and more muggy, and the thick clouds in the sky were like a quilt, covering the entire imperial city, making people almost suffocated.

Pei Yuanhao arrived just before the lights were turned on. Xu Cairen had already prepared a table of delicacies, so the two of them sat down to eat as usual.

I was standing behind Xu Cairen, and Liu Ningyan was standing behind Pei Yuanhao. She changed into a freshly colored dress, and even applied some powder. Speaking of which, she was indeed a beauty. Under the swaying lights,

She looks more and more rosy, and across the table, you can smell a faint fragrance wafting from her body.

After dinner, Xu Cairen personally served him a bowl of soup, handed it over carefully, and said: "I heard that the emperor has been busy with government affairs recently, so he should take good supplements."

As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of white jade-like hands stretched out and took the soup bowl.

Liu Ningyan smiled and said, "Let me come."

After saying that, she handed the bowl to Pei Yuanhao and said softly: "Your Majesty, please use it."

Xu Cairen's expression changed slightly. Looking at her, Pei Yuanhao also glanced at her, but said nothing. He just raised the corner of his mouth, picked up the bowl and took a sip.

After taking a sip of soup, his brows furrowed slightly and he looked up at me.

"What kind of soup is this?"
To be continued...