Chapter 26: Frightened Xi Le

Yun Fenghuang asked: "What did she say to His Majesty? How did His Majesty ask for warmth?"

Chen Zhu smiled apologetically: "Your Majesty told people to disperse after he entered, and let Eunuch Yan Yin and the others stay outside. The people we arranged over there didn't dare to get too close, so we could only go around and pretend to do things, one after another. After listening to a few words, it seemed that it was nothing important, probably His Majesty was asking Yi Cai about her life before entering the palace, whether she wanted to go home, who else was there at home, etc... Yi Cai was very nervous at first, but then she talked It feels more natural."

The implication is that Emperor Chunjia was always considerate. It was Yun Fenghuang's first bedtime visit before. Isn't it the same for the emperor?

First find a topic that the concubine can catch up with and chat for a short while, so that you don't feel nervous, afraid or cramped, then undress and get down to business... Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "If that's the case, then there's no need Stare at it again, and arrange it."

Seeing that she didn't express any dissatisfaction, Chen Zhu secretly heaved a sigh of relief and bowed before leaving.

After he left, Xijing Xile came up to serve him, and Xijing said, "Why did the empress stay so late in person? The maidservants will definitely report it tomorrow morning."

Before she finished speaking, Xi Le touched her arm calmly. She was stunned for a moment, then remembered that she had dinner just now, and according to Yun Fenghuang's usual habit, whenever the emperor didn't come, she would return immediately. The inner room is settled, at most, light a lamp by the bedside and read a book for a while.

Today, everyone retreated far away first, and stayed alone for a long time before calling them back. Seeing that they were well-dressed, they said that they would report immediately when the news from Yicai girl came back—it turned out that Chen Zhu was Let the people over there pinch Yi Cainv to come over to say hello tomorrow morning to report. After doing this, he can only immediately send someone to grope over and ask quietly.

Could it be that this master of his own has an emperor in his heart, isn't he jealous right now?

It's so late to sleep.

Xi Jing thought so, secretly thinking that if this matter is true, then he must tell the queen when he has time.

Although she couldn't tell that Yun Fenghuang was the kind of master who would shed his blood for his sweetheart, but now the empress attaches great importance to this newcomer Jieyu, and she needs to pay attention to any possible rebellion.

Xijing's family is in the queen's hands, so they dare not slack off in the slightest.

"Let's watch Xile tonight." Yun Fenghuang said at this time, "Xijing, let's go and rest."

Xijing was about to fight subconsciously when she heard her say, "Tomorrow, Xijing Liuhong will follow me to pay my respects."

This order was exactly what Xijing wanted, and she immediately agreed.

"Did you hear what the imperial concubine said just now behind the screen?" After Xi Jing went out, Xi Le put down the curtain, but did not leave, but knelt down slowly while leaning on the edge of the couch.

Yun Fenghuang leaned on the couch, propped his cheek with one hand, the wide sleeves of his obscene clothes slid down, revealing a snow-colored lotus arm, which was shining brightly in the dim candlelight, and looked even more beautiful. It was obvious that her eyebrows and eyes were exquisite, with a kind of bewitching beauty, she just looked at Xi Le so calmly, and only after a while did she chuckle, "What do you think, come to Ben Gong to hear it?"

"...The servant girl is willing to die for Jieyu!" Xi Le knocked her head on the pedal, and there was a muffled sound of "boom", which almost attracted inquiries from the night watchman outside, so she didn't dare to use any force, and just continued to kowtow Head, said in a low voice and quickly, "I beg your mother to be merciful and give this servant a chance!"

Yun Fenghuang chuckled: "Why are you panicking? I ordered you to hide behind the screen. Is it possible that I will blame you?"

She doesn't blame, but she doesn't mean she won't kill her - Xi Le knows this truth very well, so she dares not answer, and only desperately begs Yun Fenghuang to give her a chance.

"How will I give you a chance?" Yun Fenghuang sighed, and said, "You belong to the son, you have done so many things for the son, and you are still afraid? This is really too much for me. The palace was in an accident... Or are you thinking, how come you have to pass the news to the prince?"

"Your Majesty, that's not the case." Xi Le stopped kowtowing, and said with difficulty, "When the servant girl first entered the palace, according to the rules, she had to worship a master in order to learn how to serve nobles. The master of the maidservant was Dou Shi. The old man of the Imperial City Division is old, so from the very beginning, he was looking at cultivating the servant girl to serve the prince."

And at that time, in order to get the attention of her master and not to be stepped down by other palace people with background, she kept hugging Huangcheng Secretary's thigh.

As a matter of course, the whole family fell into the hands of the Imperial City Secretary as a hostage, and then began to participate in the secrecy.

Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly when she heard this, and she just said, how could someone like Xi Le, who was directly involved in arranging a date for the prince regent's son and concubine in the harem, be just an ordinary servant?

"But your family members are all in the hands of the Imperial City Secretary, so how can you serve me to death?" Yun Fenghuang then looked at Xi Le amusedly, "Everyone in the palace said that I was restless and dishonest, it seems that you are better than me. Still restless and insincere!"

Xi Le clutched the edge of the couch tightly, and the veins on the back of her hands were bulging because of too much force. She was very nervous at the moment, so there was a slight panting in her voice: "Your Majesty, there are five maidservants and sisters. Since I was a child, my father didn't love my mother, because I didn't like to talk, and I didn't like my brothers and sisters. Later, in order to send my younger brother to school, my parents sold a nine-year-old maidservant into the palace to serve others, and let the maidservant The son sends back the monthly case every month... Does the empress think that the maidservant should consider their life and death?"

"But you listened to the prince just because of their life and death." Yun Fenghuang said quietly, "Blood relatives are the most difficult to part with. In this world, wives and husbands can be changed, friends can be made again, and children can continue to have children... ...Only parents, you are whoever gave birth to you, it is impossible to say that you have the same parents. This is not something you can do by saying that you should not consider their lives..."

"Your servant can do it!" Xi Le was silent for a while, then raised his head, fixedly looked into Yun Fenghuang's eyes, and said firmly, "My servant did not care about them a long time ago! But the servant girl can’t do anything!!!”

She took a deep breath and said, "The servant girl was only nine years old when she entered the palace. If she hadn't been accompanied by her master, she might not have survived at all, let alone being arranged to serve in Yanfu Palace, and now she is in front of your empress again! Let the maidservant enter the imperial city department, except repeatedly reminding the maidservant to be loyal to the prince, she has always treated the maidservant well... The master knew about the affairs of the maidservant's family before he was alive, but said that the family members are family members after all, even if he treats the maidservant It’s not good, and you can’t ignore it completely. Madam, can the servant boy object? If he objects, how can the master not doubt the maidservant’s character?”

"Later, the master passed away for some reason, and the servant girl didn't have time to honor her. Thinking of what she said before she was alive, she continued to support the family..."

"Then you are telling me this now? Are you afraid that I will doubt your character?" Yun Fenghuang asked, "Besides, you will run into danger if you work with the Secretary of the Imperial City. If you follow me, I'm afraid that one of them will be bad. The end is even worse."

"...Your Majesty is not such an ordinary person." Xi Le pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Others may think that Maid is not a good person because Maid complains to her family and is unwilling to give them any more benefits, but Maid I don't think the empress will do this."

She raised her head slightly, "I had no choice but to follow the Imperial City Secretary before, and I couldn't help supporting the family all the time... In this situation, when you encounter danger and die like this, the maid is not reconciled! The maid's family is just raising her." The maidservant has been supporting them for eight years, why should the maidservant take his life to go in after raising them for so many years?! The maidservant no longer owes the family anything, and has no obligation to pay them any more!"

"But if you follow the empress now..."

Xi Le took a deep breath, "No matter what happens in the future, I will always make my own choice, regardless of wealth or danger, I will be willing!"

She raised her hand, "Your servant knows that your mother doesn't care about swearing and swearing, but your servant believes it—your servant dares to swear, if the confession between your servant and your mother is a half-word false, I will teach you to die! There is no place to bury! After death, the soul will work for the mother for generations to pay for the sins!"

Yun Fenghuang squinted at her, and after a while, suddenly asked: "Your master...why didn't you exist?"

"The master of the servant girl was originally serving in front of the empress." Xi Le smiled wryly, "Didn't the empress concubine Shu give birth that year? How could concubine Ji be charged with such a crime after going to mother empress dowager and then empress empress? Therefore, only the subordinates can take the blame. Concubine Shu is a big deal, how can ordinary palace people bear it? One of the servants killed by the stick was a servant girl Senior sister from the same sect... No, you are being loyal to Concubine Ji?"

"No wonder you told me about Concubine Shu's miscarriage before, you seem to know it very well." Yun Fenghuang slightly nodded, "I thought that the Imperial City Secretary was well-informed, but it turns out that I have a deep relationship with you... Later Woolen cloth?"

Xi Le said: "Later... the servant girl didn't know very well, anyway, after the senior sister passed away, the master fell ill not long after, and because he was afraid of being angry with the empress, he moved out quickly. The servant girl was still thinking about it. Waiting for Xiumu to ask someone to intercede to visit him, but before arriving at Xiumu, some relics of the master were sent over there, saying that he was gone."

Well, no wonder the lady-in-waiting said earlier that Concubine Ji might have been wronged, but she was charged with other people's crimes...

Just listening to it like this, it really looks like a palace man who made her cousin block the sword by doing something that the queen did, and then killed her.

And Xi Le was still young at that time and was not qualified to participate. Not only did he survive by luck, but he even made the Queen think he was a cronies.

Yun Fenghuang shook his head, didn't continue to ask, just said: "You don't have to be so panic, since I let you hide behind the screen and listen, I didn't intend to hide it from you."

She had already said this once before, and Xi Le didn't believe it, but now she said it again, of course Xi Le still didn't believe it, her face that had softened slightly turned pale again, and she was about to speak, but was stopped by Yun Fenghuang's wave of her hand, saying, "After all, only your family members and yourself can be threatened by the Imperial City Secretary and the Empress. But you just heard that although the noble concubine has a higher status than me, now she wants to ask me, but she doesn't care about being me. What to do... So, with the power of the Hushi General, the Secretary of the Imperial City and the Empress can kill your whole family, but Mrs. Zheng can't? If the Secretary of the Imperial City and the Empress can kill you, I will send you and your family here The means of people's reunion will definitely not be missing!"

"the most important is……"

Yun Fenghuang smiled, amiable, "Do you think you and your family have enough weight to let the Secretary of the Imperial City and the Empress order to protect you for the rest of your life?"

Ignoring Xi Le's shivering appearance, she said calmly, "So, why should I kill you?"

As long as this court lady cares a little bit about herself and the lives of her family members, she should know what to say and what not to say, right?

"... Your Majesty." Xi Le opened his mouth, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

A catkin bullying Shuang Saixue stretched out and gently pinched her chin. Yun Fenghuang's eyes drooped slightly, and the long eyelashes cast a heavy shadow under the candlelight filtered by the tent, making it difficult to see clearly. The emotion in her eyes felt that the little light in the depth was extraordinarily frightening, and Xi Le trembled even more because of this.

After a while, Yun Fenghuang smiled, let go of her chin, turned his hand to pinch her cheek, and said softly: "What are you afraid of? You are attentive in serving you, you are quick in doing things, and you have more eyes than Xijing... ...This palace likes a palace man like you very much, if it is not a last resort, how can I be willing to touch you?"

Xi Le froze for a moment, maintaining a posture, holding her breath and concentrating, not daring to make the slightest movement, because she couldn't believe that she had...passed the test?

When she was still in a trance and didn't know if it was really a dream, Yun Fenghuang had withdrawn her hand, covered her mouth and yawned, and immediately ordered: "Go to sleep, I'm tired too, I have to get up early tomorrow." !"

As he said that, he put down his arms and turned over, pulled the quilt, turned his back to the maid who hadn't recovered, and lazily ordered in a sleepy voice, "Fix the curtains for me, don't let mosquitoes leak in."

"...Yes!" Xi Le subconsciously responded, then subconsciously withdrew softly, and subconsciously lay down on the bed that accompanied her at night. She was dazed for a moment, and a huge, desperate surprise came to her heart !

Immediately, out of understanding of Yun Fenghuang, a horrifying thought popped up: Jieyu really asked her to hide behind the screen alone out of safety considerations and because there was no other more trustworthy person, listening to the two Confidential conversation between themes?

Or……

Yun Fenghuang deliberately took advantage of this incident to force her to choose between Gong Xiangxiao and herself...? !

Xi Le thought about it, her pupils gradually widened, and her forehead was dripping with cold sweat. After a while, she sighed helplessly, looked at the top of the tent, with a wry smile on the corner of her mouth: Now, this is not important anymore, is it?

At least, she survived.