Concubine Li De also stood up and said: "I, my concubine, please retire."

Zhao Guangyi nodded.

Concubine Li came out, and Leng Yi followed behind her. When they reached the porch outside the door, Concubine Li stopped, looked back at Leng Yi, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"It should be." Leng Yi bowed.

Watching Concubine Li De go away, Leng Yi turned around and went to Mrs. Huarui's bedroom. After talking, the two came out and went straight to Zhao Guangyi's room. Mrs. Huarui stepped in without looking at Leng Yi.

A table of vegetarian food has been set up in the hall, specially prepared by the imperial kitchen. It is very exquisite.

Mrs. Huarui bowed her head and said, "I, my concubine, pay my respects to the official!"

Zhao Guangyi quickly stood up and apologized, saying with a smile: "Your Majesty, no courtesy, please sit down! - Leng Aiqing, thank you for your hard work, please join us for the meal!"

The ministers were not allowed to dine with the emperor. Even the most favored ministers could at best be given some dishes to eat by themselves. So Zhao Guangyi was just being polite. Leng Yi naturally knew that although he had not eaten yet, he still had to find an excuse.

, hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you, official, but Wei Chen has already used it. Wei Chen is waiting in the corridor."

"That's fine, Wang Jien, pass on my instructions and ask the imperial kitchen to send a table of vegetarian food to Leng Yi's house. Let Leng Aiqing's family also have a taste of vegetarian food."

Wang Jien hurriedly agreed and went out to deliver the order. Leng Yi followed him out and waited in the corridor.

Mrs. Huarui sat down on the soft stool next to her, and Zhao Guangyi sat beside her. Mrs. Huarui said: "I heard from Mr. Leng that the official family has agreed to recall the gardener I brought before to take care of the flowers and trees for me. I am very happy."

It’s gratitude.”

Zhao Guangyi said hurriedly: "It's just a small matter, you're welcome. I'm afraid one gardener is not enough. How about I find a few more gardeners for you?"

Mrs. Huarui shook her head and said: "Nanke Temple is not that big. One gardener is enough. When Jinming Pond is built in the future and the garden is filled with flowers and trees, we will probably need a lot of gardeners by then."

This "we" made Zhao Guangyi very happy. The fat on his face was blooming with joy. He kept saying: "That's right! At that time, I will make our garden as beautiful as heaven!"

Mrs. Huarui's face showed a bit of shyness, which made Zhao Guangyi's eyes widen.

Mrs. Huarui glanced at him shyly and whispered: "The official family, can we have dinner?"

"Yes! Of course you can!" Zhao Guangyi woke up from a dream, picked up the tea cup, and said with a smile: "This is the pure land of Buddhism and cannot be contaminated with meat and fish. I asked them not to prepare wine or meat dishes. Therefore, we can only use tea as wine.

.Come, let’s have a drink together!”

Mrs. Huarui also picked up the tea cup and pursed her lips with a smile: "I respect the official family!"

The two took a sip and put down the tea cup.

Zhao Guangyi said: "Have a meal!"

Mrs. Huarui stroked the sleeve of her robe with one hand, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu, and put it in Zhao Guangyi's bowl: "Please use it, officials!"

Zhao Guangyi was beaming with joy and thanked him repeatedly. He scooped it up with a spoon, and before he could put it into his mouth, he heard the cry of a child outside.

At this moment, it was already dusk. It was snowing again. Although many lanterns had been lit in the house, the light was still very dim. Under such a scene, I suddenly heard the cry of a child coming from outside, which made people's hair stand on end. Zhao Guangyi

Another purpose of coming to Nanke Temple this time is to catch ghosts. To catch the ghosts of Meng Chang and those tigers. Now that he heard the inexplicable cry of a child, Zhao Guangyi's hands trembled in fright, and the tofu in the spoon trembled.

It fell down and smashed to pieces on the carpet.

This was the first bite of food that Mrs. Huarui gave him, and it was gone in vain. He heard that the voice was very familiar, as if it belonged to his youngest son Zhao Yuanjie. Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but become angry, threw the spoon, and roared: "

What's going on? Who made the fifth prince cry?"

Wang Jien, who was waiting next to him, hurried out and saw the fifth prince Zhao Yuanjie coming towards the corridor in the distance, wiping his tears and crying. The second prince lowered his head and moved slowly behind. He was injured in the crotch and could not walk fast.

Even the kid Zhao Yuanjie couldn't keep up.

Wang Jien hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile: "Second Prince, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying so well?"

Zhao Yuanjie ignored him at all, walked straight past him, stepped into Zhao Guangyi's room, and walked until he was in front of him. Then he put down his hand, raised his face with tears and said: "Father, Daji

Hit me! Wuwuwuwu.”

Zhao Guangyi's face darkened and he said, "Why did she hit you?"

"Er Chen was just playing around with her. When she got angry, she slapped Er Chen! - Father, look, Er Chen's face was swollen. Woo woo woo woo." As he said that, Zhao Yuanjie turned his head.

Show your little face to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi took a look and saw that Zhao Yuanjie's little face indeed had red five-fingerprints on it, and his face was swollen. It was obvious that the force was not light, so Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but became furious and shouted: "How can this bitch do such a heavy hand to a child?"

?Come here, send her to me!"

Wang Jien hurriedly bowed in agreement and hurried out.

At this time, the second prince Zhao Yuanxi walked in slowly, bowed and said: "My son, I pay my respects to my father!"

Zhao Guangyi said angrily: "What did you do? I asked you to take your brother to play, but you let your brother get beaten! Is this how you protect your brother's safety?"

Zhao Yuanxi looked ashamed and said in a low voice: "My son did not take good care of me, please forgive me!"

"Forgive me? Can forgiveness heal the injury on your brother's face...?"

Mrs. Huarui said hurriedly: "Don't be angry, officials. Ask about the situation first before talking."

Zhao Guangyi nodded hurriedly and said to the second prince Zhao Yuan: "Come on, what's going on? Why did the beauty Daji beat your brother?"

"It's like this. Just now, Erchen and the Fifth Emperor's brother were playing snowball fights in the wing. They were having fun. Beauty Daji came back and asked us not to play. She said the snowballs would hit her. We didn't dare to play.

She took her maid Dai Qin into the house. The fifth emperor brother followed in, and I followed in. The fifth emperor brother said that he was thirsty and wanted to ask for a drink of water. The beauty Daji ignored us, but that

The maid Dai Qin poured a cup of tea for each of us. Beauty Daji was holding an embroidered bamboo basket and was doing embroidery. The fifth emperor brother came over to look at it. Beauty Daji pushed him and asked him to go away.

With a push, the tea in the fifth emperor's hand spilled, and it happened to spill on the dress of Beauty Daji, and Beauty Daji was very angry..."

"So this bitch beat your fifth emperor brother?" Zhao Guangyi said angrily.

"No, she just scolded the fifth emperor brother. The fifth emperor brother kept apologizing, but she didn't listen and continued to scold him fiercely. The scolding was very unpleasant. She also told us to get out and said she wanted to change her clothes. We came out.

Then I played snowballs in the yard. After a while, I heard a loud noise in Daji Beauty's house, as if many things had been knocked over, and Daji Beauty's scream. Then, the door opened.

After pulling it open, Mrs. Huarui ran out angrily. She ran too fast, and the steps under the corridor were covered with ice and snow. Her foot slipped and she fell to the ground. The fifth emperor brother laughed hard. Beauty Daji got up.

, rushed over and slapped the fifth emperor’s brother across the face, causing the fifth emperor’s brother to fall to the ground and cry. I was very angry and asked her why she hit people? She said that if it weren’t for this Buddhist holy land where killing is prohibited, she would

We were killed, and they told us to get out immediately. I had no choice but to drag the fifth emperor brother back to report to my father. That's what happened."

Zhao Guangyi turned pale with anger and said angrily: "It's really lawless! Not only did he beat the prince for no reason, but he also threatened to kill the prince. Is this okay? Go and bring this bitch quickly!"

Wang Jien quickly agreed and hurried out.

Mrs. Huarui hurriedly brought a bird's nest and ginseng soup to Zhao Guangyi and said: "The officials should calm down and drink some soup to relieve their anger."

Zhao Guangyi hurriedly took it with both hands: "Why doesn't this beauty Daji learn the ways of a woman from the imperial concubine? She is so domineering and domineering. Even a child can do such a vicious thing. It's really abominable!"

As soon as I said this, I heard a woman crying in the wind and snow outside! This unexplained cry in the wind and snow at dusk was much scarier than that of a child. Zhao Guangyi trembled with fright.

The soup cup in my hand could not be held firmly, and it fell to the ground with a clang. Fortunately, the ground was covered with a thick carpet, so the soup cup was not broken, but it was splashed all over the floor.

Even the two dishes given by Mrs. Huarui were not eaten. Seeing that Mrs. Huarui was quite displeased, Zhao Guangyi was even more frightened, so he took his anger out on the crying woman: "Who? Who is pretending to be a ghost outside?

Drag him out and beat him to death!"

The royal belt outside the door, Long Jiong, agreed and hurried out. After a while, he came back and said with a sorry smile to Zhao Guangyi: "The official, this is Gong Jieyu. She was also beaten by the beauty Daji, so she cried and wanted to see the official.

"

Gong Jieyu is Zhao Guangyi's concubine, her surname is Gong and her rank is Jieyu. She is quite popular with Zhao Guangyi. When he heard that it was her, he quickly stood up and went out to take a look, but when he saw Mrs. Huarui beside him, he quickly sat down again and said in a deep voice

Said: "Send her in, I want to ask her!"

"Yes!" Long Jong went out to report.

After a while, Gong Jieyu came in, covering her cheek with one hand, sobbing and kneeling on the ground: "Guanjia, I was innocently beaten by the beauty Da Ji. I ask Guanjia to make the decision for me!" After that, let me go.

Opened his hand.

Zhao Guangyi raised his eyes and saw Gong Jieyu's pretty face, which had been scratched with several bloody wounds. Her pretty face was completely ruined.

The fifth prince was still crying nearby, but seeing her being so funny, he couldn't help bursting into tears and laughing. The second prince, Zhao Yuanxi, quickly pulled him back. The fifth prince quickly shut up and didn't dare to laugh anymore.

Zhao Guangyi said with a gloomy face: "What's going on? Why did she hurt you like this?"

Gong Jieyu cried very sadly: "Just now, I was learning to recite sutras in the wing room. I heard the screams of the beauty Da Ji outside, as well as the beating and scolding and the cry of the fifth prince. I hurriedly came out to check, and then

Seeing beauty Daji beating the fifth prince and threatening to kill them. The second prince and the fifth prince left, and the concubine came out and asked Gong Jieyu why she beat the fifth prince. He was only a child. The concubine then

After saying this, she became unhappy, yelled at my concubine, and scratched her face severely. Wuwuwuwu... Guanjia, look, she caught my concubine like this,

How can I serve the officials in the future? Wuwuwuwu..."

Zhao Guangyi's face had turned from white to green. He couldn't restrain himself anymore and roared: "Why hasn't Da Ji heard anything yet?"

"My concubine is here!" I heard a woman's voice coming from a distance, and the voice seemed to be filled with resentment.

Da Ji came quickly with her maid Dai Qin, followed by Wang Jien.

When she arrived at the door, Da Ji saw Leng Yi standing in the corridor, gave him a fierce look, held her head high, and stepped into the house. When she came to Zhao Guangyi, she knelt on the ground with a grunt, without kowtow, but just stared at him.

Zhao Guangyi: "My concubine is here. If she wants to be killed or chopped into pieces, the officials will do it! The late emperor killed my brother, and the officials will kill my concubine. That's it!"

Zhao Guangyi suppressed his anger and forced a smile on his fat face: "Who said they wanted to kill you? I sent you here just to ask what happened?"

"It's nothing. I beat the fifth prince and even scratched Gong Jieyu. If the officials want to vent their anger on them, they can punish me. I don't want to say anything!"

"Don't say that, we are a family after all. What's going on? Why do you beat Yuan Jie even though you're so good? There must be a reason, right?"
To be continued...