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After using the meal, Meiren Wei pulled Yun Luan and talked for a while before letting the two go. Yun Luan clearly felt that Meiren Wei was a little more intimate with her.
I just didn't understand, so I thought that Wei Qing had said something, so I had to pretend not to know.
After coming out of Yilan Palace, Yun Luan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Wei Qing looked at her and said apologetically, "Sorry, second sister, she..." He naturally saw Yun Luan's discomfort and was also helpless about his second sister's enthusiasm.
Yun Luan shook her head, "No, Beauty Wei is approachable and easy to get along with." But she was used to keeping distance from others, and it was a little difficult to absorb for a while.
"A Luan, you..." Wei Qing turned his head and looked at the woman walking beside him, hesitating.
Yun Luan raised her head, her eyes with a little puzzled look, "What?"
Wei Qing thought for a while, "Has A Luan ever thought about leaving the palace?"
Yun Luan was stunned and was silent for a long time before smiling indifferently, "I am like this now, it is not easy to leave the palace, right?" Although the emperor disliked her as the Queen Mother's eyewitness, he still wanted to leave her in Xuanshi Hall. Isn't it like letting her out of the palace on purpose to fight against the Queen Mother?
The Empress Dowager naturally would not agree. It was not that she, Yunluan, was that such a disobedience itself was an offense to the Empress Dowager's majesty.
Wei Qing said: "If A Luan is interested, I can try to make it clear for you."
Yun Luan smiled and shook her head and said, "Forget it, it's not easy for you and Mei Meiren Wei, and there's nothing wrong with it in the palace." He turned his head and looked at Wei Qing. Yun Luan curiously said, "What did Meiren Wei tell you? Or Your Majesty? Your Majesty wants to drive me away?" It shouldn't be true. Your Majesty seems rebellious but is not such a person who can't hold back.
What's more, if you really don't like her, just beat her to death, why bother with this?
Wei Qing shook his head and said nothing more, Yun Luan stopped asking, and the two walked out of the inner court side by side and returned to Xuanshi Hall.
When he returned to Xuanshi Hall, Wei Qing went to see the emperor himself. Yun Luan had to turn around and go back to his room before the emperor was summoned.
Female officials of her level have their own time to serve. Unless they are summoned by the emperor or the empress dowager, they can arrange or handle some matters they are responsible for.
"Sister Yunluan, are you here?"
As soon as I got back to the room, someone came to knock on the door.
Yunluan opened the door and saw Aque, a maid who was responsible for sweeping incense in Xuanshi Hall. Aque was young and had a lively temperament. When Yunluan first arrived at Xuanshi Hall, she was the first to talk to her and show her goodwill. Yunluan was quite close to her.
Yun Luan turned sideways and asked her to come in, "A Que, are you asking me for something?"
Aque felt a little embarrassed and said, "I heard from someone that Sister Yunluan, you are good at making incense. I want to ask you some advice. I don't know if it's okay?"
Yun Luan was a little surprised, "I heard that? Do you know the people from Changxin Palace?" Changxin Palace and Xuanshi Palace were far away, and ordinary palace maids would not have the chance to go to Changxin Palace once without the opportunity for their whole life.
She had never told the people in Xuanshi Hall that she could make perfume.
Aque looked at the door and lowered his voice and said, "Sister Yunluan, don't tell others, I heard from His Majesty and the senior doctor."
"Hmm?" Yun Luan's surprised expression became even stronger.
Aque said shyly, "The doctor said that the incense in the palace was not good. His Majesty casually said that the Empress Dowager liked the incense made by Miss Yun, and thought it was good."
I see.
Yun Luan didn't care either and smiled, "Do you want to learn?"
Aque's cheeks were blushing, "I'm greedy, it's just that if Sister Yunluan is inconvenient."
Seeing her like this, Yun Luan sighed in her heart, her eyes flashed slightly, and she nodded, "If you are willing to learn, I am naturally willing to teach you, but my skills are average. If it is not satisfactory, don't be disappointed."
When Aque heard this, he was very happy, "Thank you, Sister Yunluan."
"The fragrance mixing is complicated, and I'm just free now, so why don't we go now?"
"Okay, please, Sister Yunluan."
A few days later, Yun Luan taught Aque to make incense when he had nothing to do.
Aque was indeed a bit talented in this regard, but in just a few days he brought up a very good incense and received praise from the emperor and Han Yan. Aque happily circled around Yunluan and thanked Yunluan again and again. Life in the palace was not easy, and being praised by the superiors was indeed a great festive event for Aque.
Yun Luan just smiled and didn't say much about this.
The King of Jiaoxi privately sent people to Beijing to spy on Shanglinyuan, and the emperor was very angry and asked King of Jiaoxi to come to Beijing to question the crime.
However, the Empress Dowager was old after all, and although King Jiaoxi was unhappy, she was also her grandson after all. Even though she was not as fond of the late King Xiao of Liang, Prince Dou and Queen Chen, she still didn't want them to be punished by the emperor.
Therefore, he only agreed to sending envoys to Jiaoxi to instruct him and punished King Jiaoxi to think about his mistakes behind closed doors.
Not only the Empress Dowager Tai Huang, but also the important officials of the Empress Dowager Tai Huang's faction also had a general attitude.
The emperor has not yet grasped real power, and is nearly twenty years old but still has no children. Although Mei Meiren is pregnant now, it is still hard to say whether the man and the woman can give birth smoothly. In the past two years, the relationship between the emperor and the Empress Dowager and the Queen has been even more uneven. It is hard to say what will happen in the future.
With such an attitude, the emperor was naturally very angry, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
Since Zhao Wan, whom he promoted last year, Wang Zang was forced to commit suicide, and the prime minister Dou Ying, who supported him, and Tian Fen, were both dismissed from his post, and no one was available to him. Therefore, he focused on promoting a group of young officials and generals, but these people were still difficult to use in this short period of time.
The emperor was angry, and the atmosphere in Xuanshi Hall immediately became much deeper and more serious. The people who served in Xuanshi Hall were also trembling, fearing that they would lose their lives if the emperor was angry.
"Yunluan."
Yun Luan was kneeling on the side and lowering her eyes to the point of being intent. Liu Che, who was originally sitting in the hall reading a book, suddenly spoke.
Yun Luan blinked quickly, and raised her head and was still the dignified and calm Yun Shangyi, "Your Majesty."
Liu Che narrowed his eyes and looked at her, and after a while, he chuckled, "Yun Luan is sixteen this year, right?"
"Yes, your Majesty."
Liu Che touched his chin and said, "If you are outside at this age, you should get married."
Yun Luan didn't answer, but she felt a little uneasy.
Liu Che seemed to have discovered something interesting and looked at Yun Luan and said, "I heard you are from Pingyang?"
"Yes." I heard that, it was clearly His Majesty who asked someone to investigate her, and his hand hanging beside him quietly grabbed the corner of his clothes.
Liu Che smiled and said, "Which Wei Qing seemed to have been in Pingyang when he was a child. I think you have a good relationship?"
Yun Luan took a breath and said calmly, "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. Yun Luan and Lord Wei were originally fellow townsmen, so they recognized him when they were young."
Liu Che snorted lightly, "Membersman, that's better. What do you think of Wei Qing?"
"Master Wei is the beloved brother of Mei Mei, and His Majesty and his former upstart, with high martial arts skills and chivalrous courage, and is naturally excellent."
Liu Che raised his eyebrows slightly, "How about I betrothing you to him as a wife?"
Yun Luan's heart thumped and he hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Thank you for your kindness. Yun Luan was born in the countryside and has a humble status and dare not match Lord Wei."
"Oh?" Liu Che smiled, "Is it possible that I don't want to marry Wei Qing... Is it that I want to be sisters with my husband?"
"I don't dare." Yun Luan was so scared that her face was pale and she said hurriedly.
Liu Che looked at the anxious woman with interest, "You really don't want to marry Wei Qing? You know... It won't take long before Wei Qing will be my son's uncle. Isn't it better to enjoy happiness with him than to be in the palace?"
Yun Luan said with some difficulty, "I am not worthy of Lord Wei."
After being silent in the hall for a long time, Liu Che suddenly burst into laughter, "Haha, interesting... Wei Qing, you heard that Yun Shangyi doesn't like you."
Yun Luan turned his head in surprise. Sure enough, Wei Qing was standing at the gate of the hall at that time. Han Yan was also standing with him. After not seeing him for many days, Doctor Han still looked proud and flying. Before the emperor could summon him, he had already stepped into the hall first.
Passing by Yun Luan, he was flirting with red clothes. The sachets on his waist swayed slightly with his movements, and a faint fragrance floated past her.
Yun Luan closed her eyes and smiled bitterly in her heart.
I was fooled by the emperor, and I don’t know how embarrassing it would be to see Brother Aqing again in the future.
Liu Che obviously didn't feel the embarrassment of the two of them at all, waved to Wei Qing and smiled, "Wei Qing comes in and talks."
Wei Qing was a little helpless and stepped into the hall and knelt on the opposite side of Yunluan, even smiling at her.
On the other side, Han Yan had already sat next to Liu Che, with a calm expression and intimate manner, and obviously had already made up.
"Your Majesty wants to be a matchmaker for Yun Shangyi?" Han Yan asked curiously.
Liu Che said, "What's wrong? Isn't it a pity for Yun Luan to be so kind and kind in the palace?"
Han Yan disagreed, "If Your Majesty is really kind, why would you give the female official Yun to leave the palace? Maybe it's because the female official Yun already has someone to worry about outside the palace?"
Liu Che asked, "Yun Luan, what Wang Sun said is correct?"
Yun Luan said, "No."
Liu Che raised his eyebrows and smiled, "So, do you really miss Zhongwei Qing? Then what about Gongsun He? Or... Dongfang Shuo?"
"..." This section is really unparalleled? Although Yun Luan knew that the emperor was deliberately making things difficult for him, he was helpless.
"Master Wei is a talented man among men, so your Majesty is naturally very happy to give me gifts. I am afraid that I will insult Master Wei." Yun Luan said secretly gritted his teeth.
Liu Che was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Yun Luan to really agree.
He snorted lightly and said, "I don't have time to care about these little things. When I look back, the emperor and grandmother thought I could not tolerate the people around her. Prince, accompany me to shoot arrows."
Han Yan responded with a smile, glanced at Wei Qing and Yun Luan with interest, and followed Liu Che.
Wei Qing and Yun Luan were about to get up, but Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Jiangsun just accompany me." Without saying anything about them, they took Han Yan's hand and walked out.
The hall was silent, and the two looked at each other.
"..." Yun Luan felt that she had never been so embarrassed in her life.
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