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The empress rolled her eyes at him. "You always make fun of me and use me as a shield." How did I get married to a husband like you? "

A certain Lord was disgusted, but still shamelessly came over, "Because I'm good. If you miss this, you won't be able to find it under the light of a lantern. "

Xiao Ruyue blushed, "I'm not ashamed!"

"What is shame? "I'm so ashamed that I scared even my queen away. What should I do?"

"admitted that he was shameless, and snappily shoved the scroll into his hands," Rest early, Your Majesty has been harmed by me until this morning's morning, so you can't leave tomorrow's morning. "

"Tomorrow morning at the imperial court, accompany me there." Yuwen He winked at him. There was a hidden meaning to his words.

In the words of the empress, it was clear that they harbored malicious intentions and harbored malicious intentions.

"Then, your highness, what do you think my status should be?" Xiao Ruyue's black eyes were crafty and intelligent.

"About this," Yuwen He said as he looked at her meaningfully. With a mischievous smile, he continued, "This will depend on your performance tonight."

With that, he threw Xiao Ruyue onto the bed.

"AHH!" Yuwen He, you are so shameless. "

Well, don't look at it unless it's polite.

Xiao Mansion's study room.

Xiao Jingyu looked at the exquisite carved red sandalwood box in his arms, and his brows knitted extremely badly.

His Majesty had repeatedly reminded him that this item must be kept in good order and must not be shown to anyone until the time had come. The responsibility to keep this thing was placed on his shoulders, and not a single mistake could be made.

's heart sank as he thought about the instructions given to him by His Majesty. He stood up with an exquisite carved red sandalwood case in his arms and walked to the bookshelf by the wall.

After confirming that no one was approaching the study, he started to search between the shelves of the Four Books and Five Classics, as if he had found something. Then, he saw the shelves open in two directions, revealing a door in the middle.

Xiao Jingyu cautiously turned his head to look, and walked through the small door.

The door closed automatically.

Not long after, the door opened again and Xiao Jingyu walked out empty-handed. He cupped his hands towards the direction of the imperial city and said, "Please rest assured Your Majesty, this subject will not fail her mission."

Early in the morning on the second day, Yuwen He woke up early and would not go to the assembly today, but Xiao Ruyue was still sleeping, and no one dared to disturb her, so it was destined that no matter what status she had, she would not have to go to the assembly early.

Yuwen He left after changing clothes and washing up for dinner.

Before leaving, he instructed Yin Lin: "I will unlock the acupoints when the time comes."

Yin Lin was startled, and immediately replied.

Did they all need the Empress's sleeping quarters now?

When it was morning, Yin Lin did as she was told and opened Xiao Ruyue's acupoints, she woke up in a daze, and only after a while did she regain consciousness.

She looked at the sky, then looked at Yin Lin: "Your Patriarch pointed at my sleeping points?"

"Yes, Empress. Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. "

"No need to kiss my ass." Xiao Ruyue said indifferently, he stretched lazily and said, "Diet, prepare to leave the palace later."

Yin Lin hesitated, "Empress wants to go?"

"Wang Shangshu Mansion."

Yin Lin's expression was a little unnatural, but after kneeling down and bowing, she left, and did not ask any further.

She had just left when Emmie came in.

Lu Yi helped Xiao Ruyue by changing her clothes and washing up as she said to Xiao Ruyue: "Esteemed Empress, early in the morning, the palace is talking about the Imperial Consort Ye again. This servant went to the imperial garden to gather morning dew early in the morning, and she even heard some young palace maids discussing how Imperial Consort Ye had offended the empress, or whether she had truly done something wrong. This servant is so infuriated, I taught her a lesson the moment I got up there. "

Xiao Ruyue laughed, "How could you believe her when she's talking nonsense?"

"Empress, that's not what you say." "It was obviously the Imperial Consort Ye who planned to murder you. Everyone saw this, and someone was actually speaking up for her. Those who were speaking were either stupefied or had received benefits from others to create rumors. If this servant isn't angry, then don't they think that inviting the people from Phoenix Palace will be easy to bully? "

Lu Yi's words made sense, but Xiao Ruyue didn't know how to refute her.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Then in the end, is she convinced by your scolding?"

"Nope." "If only I had half the dignity and grandeur of Big Sister Yin Lin. When this servant spoke, that damned girl would still dare to talk back, grumbling. It could be seen that when Big Sister Yin Lin acted like a little kitten, she did not even dare to breathe loudly. I am not saying that Big Sister Yin Lin is an evil person. "

The palm-sized face was extremely dejected.

"It's clear that the little palace maid has received benefits from being instigated, as she willfully framed the Empress. She even dares to speak nonsense when she has no evidence to back her up. "Serves her right."

Xiao Ruyue shook her head in amusement, she took the comb from her hands and began to comb her hair.

"Your Highness, please don't. Your Majesty will be angry if you see it."

"Where did the lady end up this morning?" Xiao Ruyue dodged her hand and looked straight into the copper mirror.

Lu Yi met her gaze and immediately avoided it. "This, that palace maid, she …"

"He's been caned forty times and driven out of the palace." Xiao Ruyue helped her continue.

Lu Yi suddenly nodded before lowering her head again. "The Empress is really intelligent, able to guess the truth easily."

"It's not hard to guess. "According to His Majesty's temperament, that person would brazenly talk behind my back about my bad intentions. His Majesty's punishment of her being expelled from the palace at forty years of age is considered light."

"How did the Empress know everything?" She didn't even say that it was an order from the king.

Could it be that big sister Yin Lin leaked her mouth? Looking at the way Big Sister Yin Lin looked when she left, she looked as if she had lost her soul.

"Lu Yi, what delicious things did you prepare for me this morning?" Just as green girl was deep in her own thoughts, Xiao Ruyue's voice broke her reverie.

She replied with an "Ai" sound, "I prepared a plate of egg dumplings this morning. Your Majesty has already used some of them earlier, but I have left more than half of them for you."

Xiao Ruyue: "Mn, go and bring it over. Ever since I had you, the kitchen has been saved the trouble. "

Her green clothes thanked the Empress profusely for her praise. Xiao Ruyue combed his hair into a bun and put on his clothes before happily leaving.

On the way out, he muttered, "When the time comes, I'll need to study a few more dishes."

Sometimes she really envied the simplicity of her green dress.

After a while, Lu Yi happily took her dumplings and opened the lid, smelling the sweet fragrance.

It was truly a rare delicacy.

Lu Yi's craftsmanship was getting better and better.

After using up most of Xiao Ruyue's breakfast, she came in from the outside and reported, "The Queen's Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie is here."

Wang Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie, Wang Yingyue.

Xiao Ruyue's chopsticks paused for a moment as she ordered, "Promulgate."

Wang Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie knelt down in respect until Xiao Ruyue called out to her gently, "Wang Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie, please stand up." She got up.

The Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie was not empty-handed today, she was still holding onto a book, looking like she was holding onto books. Seeing Xiao Ruyue still eating, she started to feel uncomfortable.

"Has chenqie come at the wrong time to disturb the Empress's meal?"

"If Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang has something to say, then say it. It's because I woke up late, so it's none of your business. " Xiao Ruyue drank a mouthful of bird's nest porridge and indicated that she should take a seat opposite him.

It wasn't easy for Wang Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie to decline, she put down the book and said, "Empress, in two days it will be Begging Day. Chenqie can't make up her mind, so I came to ask for your opinion."

Xiao Ruyue, "Oh? "Tell me about it."

"Previously, when chenqie went to Lushua Hall to pay her respects to Empress Dowager, she told me that during the Day of Begging, the palace was going to organize something and it was going to be very lively. But now that the Emperor of Wei has conspired against her, and the Tatar Empire has come, Chenqie thinks that it would be inappropriate to hold a banquet at this time. However, unlike last year, there seems to be something missing when we invited all the noble young ladies to the palace to beg together. "

Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang was very vexed, as she opened the book by her side and handed it over to Xiao Ruyue. "Empress, please have a look. "His Majesty has always advocated economy and thrift. The palace has never been extravagant, and the accounts of the inner court are all here. This concubine is worried, and has specially come to ask the Empress to make a decision."

After Xiao Ruyue finished eating, she placed down her chopsticks and released her hand to pick up the books. Only then did Wang Yingyue realise that she was being rash, and immediately stood up: "Your Highness, please forgive me for my rudeness."

"No problem, sit down."

Xiao Ruyue slowly flipped through the books with a sweet smile on her face. Yuwen He's harem was indeed not that wealthy, and the treasury of the previous dynasty was also just right for him, who knows where he spent all his money on. But the only thing he knew was that he didn't like to be extravagant.

After Xiao Ruyue flipped through the account books, she muttered to herself for a while and made a decision, "Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang, Empress Dowager is right. In the past, the Beggar Palace would always organize a commotion, but right now, it's a big battle, and the Beggar Palace isn't any big festival, so I don't need to say anything."

Wang Yingyue's expression became ugly, she turned her head to look at the lotus flower behind him.

Lotus Fragrance had been through many things, so she no longer dared to act disrespectfully towards the empress. Ever since she entered the door, she had obediently served behind Wang Lu. Now that she saw her, she didn't know what to say.

"Actually, Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang doesn't need to feel troubled." Xiao Ruyue laughed.

"What does the empress want?"

Xiao Ruyue smiled mysteriously, "Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang, please think about it. Do you know the reason why Empress Dowager has urgently come to beg for help in the past?"

"During the Begging Festival in the past, Empress Dowager will definitely invite all the noble young ladies from all over the capital to beg together. "But chenqie is. So that's how it is." While speaking, Luzhou-yuang-yuan-yuan-jie Wang suddenly thought of something and laughed.

Xiao Ruyue and her looked at each other and understood each other secretly.

What was going on?

However, she didn't understand that the reason the Empress Dowager s requested for the Beggar Festival in the past was simply to help Yuwen He expand his harem. And now, Yuwen He already had someone that he wanted to have a pair of for his entire life, so what more did he need to arrange?