Although Xia Tong felt more relaxed, he didn't dare to think too brightly, for fear that the emperor was trying to coerce and induce him, so wouldn't he have fallen into a trap?

Then he carefully considered each word and said, "Please forgive me for your majesty's trouble. I can do as I please."

She picked two pieces of mung bean cake from the bowl and chewed it carefully - psychologically speaking, familiar things can quickly bring two people closer together. Xia Tong remembered that this was the cake she ate when she first came to Qianyuan Palace. The Emperor

He also laughed at her as a little squirrel.

The conscience of heaven and earth, her courage is only as big as that of a hazelnut kernel, so the emperor really does not need to guard her tightly.

After swallowing the pastry and drinking some hot tea, Liu Zhangfang asked leisurely: "Did you enter the palace voluntarily, or was there any compelling reason?"

Xia Tong sat upright, her little face tensed up, as serious as if she was in an interview, "Your Majesty, I did participate in the draft voluntarily, and no one forced me to do so."

The emperor exclaimed: "Why? Whenever a woman enters the palace, it is either for family fame and fortune, or for her own future. It's just these two things."

Xia Tong thought to himself, so you know, so what are you asking?

On the face, he said dryly: "I have admired His Majesty for his grace and grace for a long time, but I just wish I had no chance to meet him. Therefore, when the Ministry of Rites issued the edict, I took the plunge and tried it. In fact, it was just to fulfill my lifelong wish."

No matter how flattering you are, blowing more rainbow farts will never go wrong.

Liu Zhang sneered, "You don't know my appearance and my temperament, how can you talk about admiring me? This is too artificial."

Xia Tong was dumbfounded, this person was so difficult to deal with, what else could he say otherwise?

Just when he was thinking about how to find a more suitable reason, he heard the emperor say in a cold voice: "The direct son-in-law of the Guidehou Mansion is said to have been fond of you for a long time. Why did you refuse to marry him and break that person's heart?

"

The rumors were indeed very destructive, and now she was a gold digger that everyone wanted to beat. Although Xia Tong didn't care about the false reputation, she felt she had been wronged in her heart. She hurriedly cried out, "Your Majesty, I and my cousin are not what the rumors say."

In this way, I have not felt sorry for him..."

Liu Zhang's expression became colder and colder, "Is it possible that I'm the one beating the mandarin ducks with my stick?"

Xia Tong thought to himself that you are a weird person, and you have firmly held the cuckold's hat on yourself.

She didn't care whether the emperor was a cuckold, but her reputation had to be saved, so she took a deep breath and said sincerely: "Cousin Cheng did come to Xia Mansion to propose marriage, but the reason why I refused was not because of greed.

Vanity is not due to persecution at home. In fact, I have no regard for a man or a woman."

Liu Zhang calmly relaxed his eyebrows, but his voice was still deep, "Really? I heard that Cheng Huiyuan is not only outstanding in academics, but also a talented person. There are many ladies in Chang'an who admire him. Aren't you a little moved?"

Xia Tong answered resolutely, "No."

I secretly wondered, did the emperor even send someone to inquire about it? Otherwise, how could he know all about Cheng Yao's reputation?

Liu Zhang did ask the secret guards to check carefully carefully. Otherwise, he would always feel uncomfortable. Now that he saw Xia Tong's open expression and no trace of nostalgia on his face, the doubts in his heart were a little relieved - a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman

Boy, how can a play be performed so well? It's probably true.

But he still asked, "Why?"

Of course, Xia Tong would not say that she disliked Cheng Yao for being a copycat, because that would also reveal that he was a time traveler, and he might be burned to death as a monster.

She put it another way, "Has Your Majesty ever had a romantic relationship with the imperial concubine and Empress Zhaoyi?"

Liu Zhang's face darkened, "Of course not."

He couldn't hide from the Jiang family, so how could he touch the Jiang family's daughter?

Xia Tong also guessed this. If the emperor liked his two cousins ​​and had already adopted them, how could he let them stay alone in the empty boudoir?

He continued to attack his shield with his spear, "Your Majesty, what's the reason?"

Liu Zhang stopped talking.

Xia Tong explained the lie for him, "Your Majesty and your concubine are the same, and they are the same as everyone else in the world. We have known each other since childhood and have been together day and night. Naturally, we can only have the friendship of brother and sister, but not the thought of man and woman. This is also human nature.

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In other words, will you fall in love with a kitten or puppy that you grew up with? Distance brings beauty, and familiarity makes you a relative - so in movies and TV dramas, heaven often defeats green plum.

Liu Zhang thought about it and realized that this was true. He didn't hate Jiang Bilan and Jiang Yingyue, but he didn't have much patience. Since the Empress Dowager Jiang wanted them to enter the palace, the emperor only planned to have children and raise them, but he had never had to sleep with them.

Thoughts - Even if he doesn't have this strange disease, he doesn't want to.

Seeing that the emperor was listening attentively, Xia Tong finally felt safe and said in a solemn voice: "So your majesty really doesn't have to worry about my concubine having different aspirations. It didn't happen before, and it won't happen in the future."

In fact, if Cheng Yao hadn't come to the house every day to make his presence felt, Xia Tong wouldn't have hated him so much. Unfortunately, this man was totally ignorant and kept courting self-righteously all day long, so Xia Tong had no choice but to go into the palace to hide in peace.

She looked at the emperor's handsome features and said boldly: "Having seen His Majesty's appearance, I can't tolerate others in my heart. If it weren't for the rumors raging in the palace, I would have almost forgotten about Cheng Yao. It was only when you mentioned it that I remembered

Get up one or two."

Liu Zhang's worries were answered, and this time he could hear her compliments. A smile couldn't help but appear on his lips, "Am I really that good-looking?"

Xia Tong nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

This is true. Judging from the eyes of her own mother, the emperor actually looks vaguely like Bai Gu in Scimitar of the Full Moon, but because he often frowns and has a posture of keeping strangers away, he looks particularly vicious; he has been in a bad mood recently.

Things have gotten better, and when I see people smiling, I feel a little more friendly.

Xia Tong saw a palace maid secretly spying on the Qianyuan Palace - although she didn't know whether it was out of admiration or a desire for superiority, but at least it showed that the emperor's face was quite capable of beating.

Liu Zhang was so excited by her rainbow fart that he called An Ruhai into the palace and said, "Get the jade Ruyi from the study and give it to Xia Cairen."

An Ruhai agreed, went there in person, and respectfully presented the jade Ruyi to the emperor.

Xia Tong looks like a giant Ganoderma lucidum, but its body is milky white and the top is slightly green. In short, it still looks very noble.

Liu Zhang said: "I wish I could give you a place to sleep, so you don't need to worry about those gossips."

Xia Tongcheng was afraid to take it, and felt that her hand was very heavy. It seemed that this hand was heavy, but she didn't dare to drop it - the things came second, and the important thing was the symbolic meaning. With the emperor's gift as a guarantee, she could

It is the greatest recognition of her innocence.

The moment their index fingers touched, Liu Zhang felt a slight embarrassment on his face and subconsciously retracted his fingertips.

Xia Tong knew that His Majesty had eccentricities and did not like to be in contact with others. He hurriedly put Ruyi in his arms and leaned over to thank him.

Liu Zhang was a little embarrassed. He had been suffering from the strange disease for a long time. The slightest contact with a stranger was like thousands of needles pricking his brain, but he forgot that this woman was actually harmless to him.

In order to show that he was not deliberately estranged, Liu Zhang said: "You will still come to accompany me tonight."

Xia Tong nodded in agreement, since she wouldn't be missing a piece of meat anyway - she was already very used to this kind of sleeping service, as if the two of them were born to be an old married couple.

This salted fish is perfect for her.

Liu Zhang called An Ruhai again, but this time his tone was not very calm, "Let's investigate for me and find out which palace the rumor came from."

An Ruhai knew that the emperor was unhappy, so he dared to be careless, so he quickly accepted the order and left.

When Feng Yuzhen learned that the emperor wanted to thoroughly investigate the people who spread the rumors, she was so panicked. At that time, she only wanted to be happy for a while. She thought that Xia's personal ethics would be compromised and she would suffer some hardships. Who knew that this woman was so eloquent that she was safe?

After passing the test, the emperor was coaxed to change his focus and seek justice for her.

This Hu Meizi is indeed very clever, and the emperor is also a fool. He doesn't care about such a thing, but he is manipulated by others.

Citron saw her looking out the window suspiciously, fearing that some officers and soldiers would come to arrest her, and in his heart he just blamed himself for not having a good master - if he had known about this, why did he do it in the first place?

It would have been fine if I had listened to the advice earlier.

But now the two of them are grasshoppers on the same rope, and he spread the rumor himself. Citron has to find a way to cover up this matter no matter what.

She then suggested to Feng Yuzhen, "Why not ask the imperial concubine for help?"

The emperor had always paid little attention to the affairs of the harem. Although An Ruhai was a member of the imperial family, he still had to give the imperial concubine some respect.

Feng Yuzhen was worried, "Why should your concubine help me?"

Ever since she was a child, she had seen a lot of jealousy and supercilious looks from the same sex, especially as she was so beautiful that everyone wanted to kill her. Concubine Jiang Guifei must not be immune to this. Going to seek help from that person was not just stepping out of the wolf's den and reentering it again.

Tiger's den?

Citron said: "That's not necessarily the case. The imperial concubine is powerful but not favored. She must be short of someone to serve her!"

He lowered his voice and said: "Although the imperial concubine and Zhaoyi come from the same Jiang family, they are not born from the same mother. Do you think these two people will be as harmonious as they appear?"

Feng Yuzhen's heart moved. Although she was born in the prime minister's palace, she was new to the palace. She had no foundation and no connections. If she could get help from the noble concubine, wouldn't she be able to get her love easily?

As for whether Jiang Bilan would fall out with her after she succeeded, Feng Yuzhen was not worried. That woman was far less beautiful than herself, and her mind was even mediocre. It would not be easy to deal with her. One day, it would not be difficult to replace this noble concubine.

What's more, she also has a secret magic weapon to defeat the enemy, which is unique to her.

Feng Yuzhen's plan was decided, and she immediately went to Linzhi Palace to ask for help. After standing outside the door for two hours, her legs were almost broken from exhaustion, and Jiang Bilan reluctantly accepted her.

After entering, her attitude was not very enthusiastic - the Jiang family and the Feng family had no friendship. Even if Jiang Bilan wanted to employ people, she would not use such a hollow-minded, cunning and weird person. Although Feng Yuzhen was beautiful, after entering the palace, she first angered the emperor, and then

Jiang Bilan deliberately went to Roufu Palace to provoke, and almost made countless enemies. Jiang Bilan felt that this potato was too hot to handle.

Feng Yuzhen gritted her teeth secretly, knowing that she couldn't do it unless she showed some real skills, so she leaned over and said loudly: "I have a plan that can help the empress regain the emperor's favor, and my wish will be fulfilled."

Lianbu stepped forward and whispered a few words into Concubine Jiang's ear.

Jiang Bilan looked surprised and uncertain, "Is this really so? You didn't lie to me?"

Feng Yuzhen was forced to use her housekeeping skills, and she was feeling annoyed. However, she did not turn around, so she could only put down her face and deal with Jiang Bilan, "If you don't believe me, just send someone to Feng's house to inquire."

Jiang Bilan looked at her exquisite and picturesque face, and she was already convinced. Even though they were both women, she was really amazed when she first saw Feng Yuzhen - she had never heard that the Feng family had beauties, and the Feng family There is also an aunt who is said to be unremarkable in appearance but only famous for her talent and learning.

If Feng Yuzhen can win the first place in the feng shui treasure land of Shangjing City, she must have her own skills.

Jiang Bilan changed her mind and decided to take Feng Yuzhen into her own hands, but she just said calmly: "Go back."
To be continued...