After Xunxue returned, he smelled the fragrance of peonies in the room.

The two pots of Yao Huang sent by Xue Ying have already bloomed. Yao Huang is known as the "King of Flowers". When it blooms, the flowers are full of fragrance, and the flowers are tender and yellow, neat and full, which is very eye-catching.

Xunxue knelt on the edge of the queen's legs, took the beauty to beat the queen's legs, and muttered in a low voice: "Eunuch Xue is a flatterer, and she uses these things all day to please the queen."

Qi Yue raised her hand and pointed Xunxue's eyebrows: "Are you a flatterer too? You came here and insisted on wandering around under my current situation."

"I, I am different from him!" Xunxue rubbed Qi Yue's palm, "I am a person from our Zhengyang Palace, and I am kind to the Empress with all my heart."

Qi Yue laughed and said nothing.

She wore a real peony on her head, and her ink hair was set against the goose yellow flowers, making her look more and more delicate.

Xunxue said: "Empress, this peony is not suitable to wear on your head."

"Oh?" Qi Yue smiled, "Then what do you think is appropriate?"

"I think it's a plum blossom." Xunxue said seriously, "The peony is too rich."

"Since that's the case..." Qi Yue picked up the peony on her head, "I won't wear it anymore."

Xunxue smiled with her lips pursed and looked like a silly child.

Qi Yue closed her eyes and took a nap.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, Concubine Yan was dressed up in a colorful manner and sat next to Li Yi.

Li Yi wore a bright yellow dragon robe tonight. Concubine Yan is not the queen, so she cannot wear bright yellow. She chose goose yellow with great scheming. From a distance, Li Yi is tall and handsome, Concubine Yan is charming and colorful, and the two are like beautiful people made of heaven and earth.

Only Concubine Yan knew that Li Yi didn't care about her at all. Today she spent an hour painting beautiful makeup, but he didn't take it all in his heart.

This cold man should only have national affairs in his heart.

However, when Concubine Yan looked down, the concubines here were all well-known figures in the palace, among which Concubine De, Concubine Li, Concubine Xian had the highest status, and the remaining concubines were all beauties selected from a hundred. When these noble women looked at Concubine Yan, they all showed envy or jealousy.

Concubine Yan poured a glass of wine for Li Yi, so what if she couldn't get the man's heart? Anyway, this is a cold-hearted man, and no one can get his heart.

Concubine Yan is only responsible for liking Li Yi and then being arrogant and making other women envious and jealous.

Concubine Yan winked at the Concubine Wu below. Concubine Wu understood and stood up and said, "I respect Your Majesty and Concubine. Over the past year, Your Majesty has worked very hard to handle major national affairs. The Concubine is busy with harem affairs and has never been idle. Concubine must respect you."

Then, some of the concubines who curry favor with Concubine Yan on weekdays talked about how hard the imperial concubine worked on weekdays.

Concubine De rolled her eyes at Concubine Yan, and she said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, Concubine is indeed very hard-working and deserves your reward. However, if the Concubine feels it is hard and too busy to be busy, I can share the worries of the Concubine."

Li Yi's ears were sore by the noise of these women. The palace was filled with the fragrance of women's makeup, which made people feel disgusted.

Li Yi said: "Since the imperial concubine is so hard, Concubine De and Concubine Xian, you two should help the imperial concubine more."

Concubine Yan wished she could hold all her power in her palms. How could she let outsiders intervene?

Immediately, Concubine Yan's face turned ugly. She smiled at Li Yi and said, "Your Majesty, I don't care about the hard work. Concubine De and Concubine Xian can't handle the matters in their palace well. How can I share my worries?"

"I dare to ask the imperial concubine, when have we not handled the affairs of our palace?" Concubine De said, "If you are afraid that we will take away your power, just say it. If you really want to speak directly, we won't meddle in other people's business."

Concubine De has always been bold, and Concubine Yan does not want to quarrel with her in front of the emperor. Concubine Yan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, look at Concubine De, and I always say that I am greedy for power. I am tempted by the queen to handle the affairs of the harem, so that Your Majesty, you can rest assured. Where can I have so much power to be greedy for?"

Li Yi was used to seeing the intrigues among court officials, and now he looked at this group of restless little women, and felt even more disgusted.

Within two quarters of an hour, Li Yi said: "I still have affairs to deal with. Imperial Concubine, it's up to you to take charge of everything."

Concubine Yan's smile froze on her face: "Your Majesty..."

Li Yi left without looking back. These women in the deep palace were just tools to eliminate the inheritance of the family line. Li Yi was the emperor and had to favor them and use them to restrain the forces of various families. In fact, he did not like this group of vulgar fans.

It was windy at night, and on the way back to Hanyuan Palace, Li Yi vaguely heard the singing.

The song is ethereal, and I don’t know where it comes from. New Year’s Eve is a good day to get rid of the old and welcome the new, but the song is accompanied by the sad sound of the silence, which makes people feel sad in their hearts for no reason.

The sing stopped. Fang Lu looked at Li Yi's face with a very gloomy face and said, "I'll ask someone to check it out to see which palace is making noise late at night and playing this unlucky song."

Li Yi had nothing else to do, he said, "Take me there."

The singer headed towards the direction where the sound came. Along the way, Li Yi thought a lot.

Li Yi's mother was a humble palace maid, stupid and incompetent, and was treated as a pawn by other palace concubines. She died very miserable.

He saw the women in the harem very thoroughly and was naturally affectionate. Even if Empress Dowager Qi gave him a straw for survival and helped him sit in this supreme position, he would not be much grateful to Empress Dowager Qi. When he thought of Empress Dowager Qi, a woman who looked weak and actually vicious, Li Yi even felt a little disgusted.

He always looked gentle on the surface to the little girl that Empress Dowager Qi held in the palm of his hand, but actually disliked him extremely.

The singer stopped at an open space, and Fang Lu said, "It should have been heard here, but there are no one. Your Majesty, it's cold at night, so you go back to the hall first, and then you can ask someone to investigate."

Not far away there is a plum forest, with the moon in the sky, and the scenery is very beautiful.

Li Yi got off the chariot: "I am here to be quiet, you will go back to Hanyuan Palace first."

Fang Lu and a group of eunuchs retreated.

Li Yi walked deep into the plum forest. The red plum blossoms bloom here, and the moonlight shone on the bright red petals, making the surrounding environment strange and beautiful.

The sound of the flute rang out intermittently, and a bunch of plum blossoms was opened, and a slender woman caught her eye.

In the cold winter, the girl held the jade flute in one hand and climbed and folded the plum blossom branches with the other. Under her long hair, she only wore a string of red plum garlands on her hair, and wore a golden wisp dress as thin as a cicada's wings. The spring light suddenly blew, and at first glance, it made people feel pity.

As if he heard footsteps, the girl slowly turned around, with no expression on her simple white face, and her eyes slowly opened like spring water with broken ice.

The scene was too stunning, and Li Yi's mind was blank for a moment.

He could recognize at a glance that the little girl from that time had grown up. But he didn't expect that Qi Yue would be so beautiful.

He didn't know where to put his eyes.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Yi untied his cloak and surrounded Qi Yue: "Queen, you are wearing too exposed and not solemn at all."

The author has something to say: Li Yi is very dull and sexy. When he is outside, he wishes that the queen will cover her hands and neck and not show it to others. When he enters the room, he hopes that the queen will dress charmingly to seduce him.
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