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The Phoenix Palace, however, was silent. Lonely, the night sighs do not see the monarch;

Long live the birthday banquet, but Jun Yan Feng had never seen such a sight.

In the evening, the palace maids returned. Spring Apricot's aunt explained in detail to Gai Rong'er and Wang Jingzhi about the Empress's lifestyle and the palace maids' rules. The next day, they officially began their duties.

When they came to the Kunning Palace, the palace maids did not have to work too hard. Generally, there were eunuchs and palace maids to do rough jobs, and the palace maids could just wait on the empress every day while she ate and slept. At midnight, the palace doors would be locked, and the eunuchs would all leave, so everyone had to be on duty at night.

It was the third day of the third month of the third month when the palace was assigned to the Kunning Palace. Aunt Spring Apricot said that each of them had a red dress for the celebration, and after half a month, March 18th was the birthday of the Emperor. On this day, the palace maids were allowed to wear red clothes and were allowed to dress up in small dresses, and many places in the palace were also busy preparing for the celebration.

Zhang Ying'er had only passed the news once, and there was no news of Yin Ruolan and the others. After all, she didn't know anyone in the palace, and there was no way to find out. In fact, sometimes when she looked at the empress, she was quite worried, and the empress was really good-natured. She had never punished them before, and she seemed to like having the empress accompany Rong'er, as she leaned on the warm brick bed with a poem in her hand. Speak out:

"Silence. Lonely deep room, gentle intestines an inch sad.

A little spring is gone, a few tempting rain.

He relied on his appendix, but he was not in the mood.

"Where do you come from, even the heavenly grass will break the road to return."

Gai Rong'er, who was standing at the side, couldn't help but feel his eyes grow hot. He couldn't help but say, "Mistress, if you keep reading these books, you will definitely be injured."

"Mistress, this is the song written by the Song Dynasty's female poet Li Qingzhao. "Lonely and Deep, I didn't think that my master would also like the poems of the Chinese."

The empress smiled. "Many of the Chinese poems are very situational. I've lost my composure. Rong'er, I've let you down."

Gai Rong'er hurriedly said: "Your servant is talking too much, but Empress, you are treating Rong'er so well, I still have to say this sentence. Master needs to be happy to have a body before you can be spirited."

The empress smiled but said nothing more.

At night, Rong'er lay on the pit and thought, is this the Emperor's woman? As the leader of the women in the world, the empress was virtuous, virtuous and virtuous. She was gentle and kind, but she had never smiled from her heart before. She did not receive her husband's love.

That morning, just as she got up and went out of the house, she saw Su Ya walking past their house with a basin of water, but he didn't see her. She called out, "Su Ya." Subconsciously pulling her arm, she heard Su Ya say, "Aiya." He pulled back his arm, and the basin fell to the ground.

"Su Ya, what's wrong?" Feeling that something was wrong, she went to take Soya's arm again.

Every morning, he would pay his respects to the empress before following her to the palace. Occasionally, he would come over to chat with the empress during the day, and Rong'er would find that she was always extremely respectful to the empress, that her words were very pleasing to the ears, and that she seemed to be very kind. However, Su Ya's arm was obviously injured, what was going on? In fact, Su Ya's service of Young Master Zhang was much more arduous than Rong'er's. After all, they were ten people serving the empress, so it was their turn to come, whereas Young Master Zhang only had two. They were required to do all sorts of small matters.

In the afternoon, Young Master Zhang came over to chat with the empress. It could be seen that the empress still liked to chat with her. Firstly, the empress was bored, so she could relieve her boredom. Actually, Young Master Zhang had only been summoned once in such a long time. All that could be said was that she had been serving the Emperor while he was still here. Sun Xiaoxiao accompanied him here, but she didn't see Su Ya at all.

That said, only the Empress and Young Master Zhang were officially bestowed the title of the Emperor, and there was no news about the Hall of Preservation being blessed with another person. Therefore, Gai Rong'er knew that the Emperor wasn't greedy for women, and he had also heard Zhang Ying say that the Emperor read very late every day in the Hall of Preservation, and that in the daytime, apart from imperial officials, martial arts training, and riding and shooting were all the same.

After waiting on the master to rest for the night, she didn't think that Gai Rong'er was worth it so she went to look for Shuya. Shuya and Sun Xiaoxiao stayed in a small room on the west side of the Kunning Sect.

"Su Ya, where's Sun Xiaoxiao?" he asked.

"She's attending to the young master. The young master likes her a lot." Su Ya said.

"Su Ya, is there a wound on your arm?" he asked as she entered the room.

"No …." "No …" Su Ya said evasively.

"He still said he didn't have any, but he stuck it out for me to see." Rong'er didn't believe her, so he reached out to take her arm.

"Rong'er …" After saying that, tears flowed down Su Ya's face.

"Su Ya, what's wrong with you telling me that we're good sisters? Who else can you not tell?" She grabbed her arm and pulled up the sleeve. The whole arm was blue and purple.

"Su Ya, what's going on? "Who pinched you?" Rong'er asked anxiously.

"It's little master. Su Ya did something wrong, so little master is punishing her." Su Ya said in a choked voice.

"What have you done to make you look like this?" Jia Rong'er said with some dissatisfaction.

"No, it's not that big of a deal. It's just that I'm unhappy with the young master, or something, like how I didn't put things well, and said something that the young master doesn't like to hear." Su Ya whispered.

"What about Sun Xiaoqiao? Is she so injured as well? " Rong'er asked.

"No, Little Lord likes Little Qiao, and does not punish her." Su Ya's voice was low, but Rong'er could still hear her clearly.

"This Sun Xiaoxiao has a sweet mouth. When she first came in, she coaxed Auntie Xiao into a good mood. You're definitely not as sweet as her." Rong'er said, "I really didn't expect Young Master Zhang to be so vicious. I'll speak to the empress tomorrow and have her persuade Young Master Zhang that the empress was the most merciful." Rong'er felt sorry for her.

"Don't, Rong'er, don't say it. If the empress were to speak of her, she would feel unhappy. When she returns, Su Ya will feel better." Rong'er thought this made sense. After all, Young Master Zhang was in charge of his own servant. It wasn't good for the empress to say too much, so she couldn't help but feel sorry for Su Ya. "Su Ya, come. I'll apply the medicine for you. When you're injured, come find me. I'll apply the medicine for you."

Rong'er understood one thing. Was the Empress pitiful to him? But in this deep palace, the master would never be the most pitiful person. So, if he wanted to avoid being bullied, if he didn't want to be the most pitiful person, he had to be strong.

This was Xuan Ye's thirteenth birthday, and there were plenty of places to dine in the palace. Even the palace maids and eunuchs would be basked in the light, and the Kunning Palace was also the place where the banquet would be held. In the morning, the emperor would receive a congratulatory gift from the Hundred Palaces and hold a banquet in front of the Supreme Peace Palace, while the empress, imperial concubine, and empress would gather at the empress dowager's place. The empress wore a phoenix robe and was dressed extravagantly. She had four palace maids with her, and Rong'er was one of them.

This was the second time that Jia Rong'er had seen the Emperor. Even though it had only been half a month, there was still a kind of heartbeat in his heart, and the Emperor was dressed more formally than the previous times. He was dressed in a yellow dragon robe embroidered with gold dragons, and his collar was draped over his shoulders.

Xuanye sat next to the empress dowager, while the empress sat to his right. As he stood next to the empress and looked at the emperor for the first time at such a close distance, he noticed that the emperor had a few faint spots on his face. When he thought back to how Aunty Xiao had told him that the empress must have had smallpox when she first entered the palace, it must have been left behind, but it didn't affect the empress's handsome appearance at all. Unfortunately, the emperor's gaze would not stop on her.

After the banquet, Xuan Ye went to the Palace, where he would meet with the nobles in the afternoon. After chatting with the empress dowager for a while, the empress got up and returned to the Kunning Palace. The empress was especially happy today, because the birthday banquet for tonight was arranged at the Kunning Palace.

It was a busy afternoon. Gai Rong'er followed the Empress, watching her expression, full of joy, worry, and worry. Gai Rong'er's heart ached a little, and in the blink of an eye, it was night.

"The emperor has arrived!" With a loud shout from his father-in-law outside the palace gates, Guairong knew that the Emperor had arrived.