Chapter 183

The peach blossoms of Qi are no different from those of Qin. If you have to say two differences, the color of red peach blossoms of Qi is more pure. It blooms earlier. Xue ronghua walks under branches full of flowers. The hairpin on the bun accidentally touched the branch. A few petals will fall down and fly into her arms.

Xue ronghua's eyes were full of burning peach blossoms. The peach forest in the imperial garden of the state of Qi opened for about ten miles. Every mile of the road was full of red peach blossoms. She walked for a long time. Pink or white peach blossoms are rarely seen.

I always think of Chu Zong song when I'm bored. He should be in Kyoto by this time. Xue ronghua reached out and folded a peach blossom. He didn't know whether Li xuse gave birth to a pair of princesses or a pair of princes. What's more, I don't know Zhao Jieyu's position in the palace and whether it will pose a bad threat to Li xuse. After thinking about it, the most anxious thing is the relationship between Chu Zongge and the emperor. It took almost half a year to go out of the house. Did the emperor have any other opinion on him.

"Who is it and where is it?"

Xue ronghua's fingertips trembled and shook off several petals. She looked behind her in surprise. A bright yellow figure stood under a tree with white peach blossoms in full bloom.

How did you meet Meng Qianzhong here. Xue ronghua quickly lowered his head for fear that he would recognize himself. "See the emperor for your servant."

Meng Qianzhong put his hands behind him and walked slowly over. "Raise your face and show me."

Xue ronghua's heart stagnated and raised his face.

A white peach petal fell between her eyebrows. Then he gently shook down. Meng Qianchong moved in his heart and reached out to catch the petals.

"Why does your voice sound so familiar? Which Palace are you from?"

Xue ronghua gritted his teeth, "Zhong... Zhong Cui palace."

Meng Qianchong's eyes flashed a surprise. "You're Rosie, aren't you?"

Xue ronghua was stunned, "I'm not..."

"Aren't you?" Meng Qianchong touched his chin. "Get up and talk first. Who are you?"

"The maidservant is Xue ronghua, the female official around imperial concubine Chen."

Meng Qianchong frowned, "isn't the female officer around imperial concubine Chen Rosie?"

"So is the slave. The slave came with the princess from the state of Qin," Xue ronghua thought for a moment, and it was better to increase his identity. "The slave is the prospective Princess of Duanwang."

"Oh," Meng Qianchong said with a meaningful smile, "the prospective Princess of Duanwang has become a female official in my palace."

Xue ronghua smiled but said nothing. She quietly looked at Meng Qianchong. He was still as fierce as he was many years ago, but there was more vicissitudes and fatigue between his eyebrows. The imperial court without loyal ministers and good generals seemed difficult to deal with. His temples had been dyed white with a few strands of hair.

Meng Qian glanced at her again. "Are you the one I saw at the gate of Huayang palace with your imperial concubine that day?"

It turned out that he was interested in Rosie for this reason. He mistook her for Rosie. Xue ronghua replied without hesitation, "it's a slave."

Meng Qianzhong sneered, "it seems that I recognize the wrong person."

"It was the maidservant who offended the emperor and the imperial concubine that day," Xue ronghua saluted Yingying. "Please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter. I said it didn't matter that day," Meng Qianchong curved his lips. "I wonder if the prospective princess has time. Can you follow me around the peach forest?"

Xue ronghua didn't want to tangle with him, but considering the good opportunity to spy on his ideas at this time, he gladly agreed.

"Do you like red peach blossoms?" Meng Qianzhong nunuzui said to the peach blossom branch in her hand. "The imperial concubine also likes red peach blossoms."

"In fact, maidservants prefer white peach blossoms," Xue ronghua smiled. "White peach blossoms are more fresh and pleasant than red peach blossoms."

Meng Qianzhong looked at her with great interest. "There were many white peach blossoms in the palace before, but there are not many now."

That's because Su Rushuang knew that empress Mu liked white peach blossoms best, so she cut them off. Xue ronghua sighed softly in his heart, "the red peach blossom is better than the empress in the palace."

They walked in the garden for a while. Meng Qianzhong looked at Xue ronghua's steps and asked strangely, "you seem to be familiar with the route in the palace, as if you have lived here for a long time."

Xue ronghua looked down and smiled. "In her spare time, I often explore the way in the palace, get familiar with the routes of various places, and be ready to go out to play with imperial concubine Chen."

"Very thoughtful. How's Princess Chen's fetus? I haven't seen her for a long time. I hope she won't blame me."

"Imperial concubine Chen doesn't have one. Her fetal appearance is very stable, and her appetite is much better after some conditioning. During the day, she and the palace maid make a belly pocket for the child and talk with the child at night," Xue ronghua couldn't help laughing. "We all say that imperial concubine Chen will give birth to a prince who is very good at eating."

Meng Qianzhong looked at her smiling, and the corners of his lips couldn't help cocking up. "I'm relieved to have you take care of me. I'll come to Zhaoyun hall to see concubine Chen tomorrow night and have dinner by the way."

"Yes, the maidservant will tell her when she goes back."

Meng Qianchong raised his eyebrows. "Why are you still the prospective Princess of Duan Wang? If Duan Wang leaves an unmarried fiancee in the state of Qi, he is not afraid of anything wrong. You are not afraid that he will marry a new princess in the state of Qin?"

Xue ronghua smiled and said, "no, the maidservant and Duanwang both have each other in their hearts, and they are the only one of each other in the world. They will never make any mistakes."

"It sounds beautiful," Meng Qianzhong's eyes gradually deepened. "I'm a lot older for you."

"What the maidservant said is just something that children love," Xue ronghua pursed his lips. "The emperor will be happy after listening to the picture."

"I misunderstood that you were Rosie. I wanted to bring Rosie into the harem," Meng Qianzhong smiled again. "When you return to Zhaoyun hall, tell Rosie not to scare her."

Xue ronghua had a cold sweat on his forehead and said in a deep voice, "yes, I understand."

Meng Qianchong's eyes suddenly swept to her waist, narrowed his eyes and asked, "what kind of jade is this? How many red threads are there in it?"

Xue ronghua subconsciously covered the jade pendant and hurriedly explained: "this is the Phoenix Pendant, which was given to slaves and maidservants by the emperor of Qin as a gift from Duanwang to the princess."

Meng Qian nodded emphatically, "it's very chic."

Xue ronghua didn't want to talk to him too much. He was afraid that he would spy out something carefully, so he saluted and said, "emperor, there are still things in Zhaoyun hall. I have to go back and take care of concubine Chen first."

"Well, you go first. I'll just walk around here alone."

Xue ronghua sipped his mouth comfortably. As he was about to leave the path, Meng Qianzhong's doubts came from behind.

"The prospective Princess of Duan Wang... Was it the one who defeated general Lin in one fell swoop when Prince Chen rebelled?"

Linlang opened the car curtain and stretched out her hand towards the inside, "Miss, Penglai hall is here."

Chen Wanqian whispered, "aunt, I'm going to call concubine Qi in the future."

Linlang quickly changed her mouth, "yes, yes, it's Princess Qi."

Zhuang Youyi pulled her skirt, carefully got down from the sedan chair, and looked curiously at the plaque hanging in the sun, "is this Penglai hall?"

"Yes," Chen Wanqian nodded. "The emperor knows that my mother likes quiet places. He specially chose Penglai hall for her to live in. Behind it is yuanyangpu, which is full of lotus in summer."

Zhuang Youyi smiled with satisfaction, "I like this good place. I can drink lotus root soup in summer."

"I'll cook it for my mother later," Linlang took out a money bag from her sleeve and put it in her father-in-law's hand. "Father-in-law Chen, the general specially asked me to bring it to you."

Chen Wanqian estimated the weight of the purse and said with a smile, "the general looks up to the slave. The slave deserves it."

"My father-in-law deserves it," said Lin Lang, who was about to step into the palace by herself and hurriedly followed her, "madam, wait a minute."

Zhuang Youyi totally ignored Lin Lang's cry. At a glance, she saw two cranes at the gate of the main hall. When she was going to have a look, she didn't notice the narrow steps under her feet. One slipped and fell directly from above.

Su Rushan just passed by. Zhuang Youyi almost fell into her arms. She stepped back sensitively. Xiao Yi stopped her and picked up Zhuang Youyi to prevent her from rolling to other places.

Su Rushuang covered her mouth and said with a smile, "whose young lady is this?"

Chen Wanqian quickly saluted and said, "please see the imperial concubine and empress."

Zhuang Youyi raised her head in ignorance. She couldn't see the imperial concubine's face clearly from the perspective of backlight. She could only vaguely say, "imperial concubine... Empress..."

"You're imperial concubine Qi," Su Rushuang said with a smile. Imperial concubine Qi is the empty shell concubine Meng Qian brought in again and enjoys leisure in the imperial palace. "How did you get out of your own palace?"

Zhuang Youyi blushed and lowered her head. On the first day she came in, she lost her face in front of the imperial concubine, "I didn't notice when I went up the steps..."

Su Rushan snorted, "Xiao Yi, help concubine Qi up from the ground."

Xiao Yi picked up Zhuang Youyi with a smile and said, "be careful, madam. The road in the palace is hard to walk. You have to pay attention to your body."

"Duke Chen," Su Rushuang glanced at him, "you should serve the master well. There are many matters on the Xirong front that need general Zhuang."

Father-in-law Chen lowered his head with a bad complexion. "Empress, the harem can't discuss politics."

Su Rushan turned back and sneered, "you and I don't know why imperial concubine Qi came into the palace. It's just that the emperor can't beat Xirong and begged general Zhuang to mount a horse. What does imperial concubine Qi do when he said that the imperial palace can't discuss politics?"

Chen Wanqian's face was very ugly. "If the emperor knew..."

"What does the emperor know? Father-in-law Chen might as well read the book of war to the emperor if he has this Kung Fu," Su Rushuang said with an unbridled smile. "The emperor knows better. Huayang palace hasn't let the emperor set foot for a long time."

Zhuang Youyi stood still and didn't dare to speak. The emperor's achievements have always been the topic of discussion among courtiers. She also heard her father nag several times at home, but no one dared to speak out in front of everyone. The imperial concubine is really powerful.

Su Rushan ignored Chen Wanqian's gloomy face, went straight to Zhuang Youyi and made an exaggerated salute. "As the people of the Qi Dynasty, we still want to thank general Zhuang for sending troops to protect the people of the Qi Dynasty from Xi Rong."

Zhuang Youyi didn't know what to say, so she had to say "um" gently.

Su Rushan waved to Xiao Yi, "let's go. Penglai hall is far away. It will take a long time to get to Huayang palace."

Xiao Yi whispered, "my mother is not afraid that father-in-law Chen will complain to the emperor?"

"What are you afraid of? The palace is not afraid of the eunuch," Su Rushuang said softly. "If he wants to say it, go ahead."