Chapter 118 - Life was a mere nothing (2/2)

“If I have time, I will accompany you.” Emperor Chunjia glanced at her and said softly, “You should be careful when you play by yourselves. Minghui had fallen down there before. Fortunately, she was fine.”

Wei Hengyan knew that Princess Minghui was quite uneasy about falling over the rocks that time. After all, Ji Minggan’s words really made people angry. So, she said with a smile at the moment, “Your Majesty, please rest assured. We must be careful when we go out.”

She further asked the Emperor what the Temporary Imperial Palace looked like, what was the difference between the clothing, food, shelter, and travel there and those in the Imperial Harem, and something like this.

Yun Fenghuang leaned on a curled-end desk which had pattern of grass. There were fruits and drinks on the desk. She gently shook the round fan, watched Wei Hengyan trying to talk to the Emperor with a smile, and didn’t interrupt them.

However, the Emperor noticed her, so he reached out his hand to rub her head, and asked with a smile, “Jie Yu Mao seems to be a little tired today?”

Yun Fenghuang leaned on the desk and said lazily, “I feel tired as soon as I think of going this way for several days.”

After she said this, she rolled her eyes and came close to the Emperor, holding his arm and begging, “Your Majesty, why not let other concubines come in and have fun?”

The Emperor picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. He thought that this girl must want to make trouble out of nothing again, but he asked quietly, “Oh? What do you want to do?”

After a while, the original spacious sedan of the Emperor was full of concubines and the sound of the musical instruments. Young concubines were dressed up beautifully and sat in a circle with the Emperor as the focus, and there was a young and childlike concubine playing the Pipa and singing nervously in the center.

What she sang was a southern slang song. Yun Fenghuang, a native of the north, didn’t understand it at all. She just felt the tune was soft and sweet like honey with a feeling of unspoken teasing.

Emperor Chunjia listened with a smile. He was handsome and gentle, and he often showed his grace and gentleness to others, so it was easy to gain goodwill. Besides, he was the Emperor, so even Wei Hengyan who was born in a noble family subconsciously strived for gaining his attention, let alone the low-grade concubines Yun Fenghuang called here.

All of them stuck to the Emperor with charming eyes. If the two Jie Yu were not here, they would have used all their means to please the Emperor.

But after a while of excitement, they discovered that Jie Yu Mao, who urged them to come over, was really tolerant and generous. She did not care that they showed themselves in front of the Emperor carefully, and she even encouraged them to do this.

Jie Yu Wei was a bit jealous, but she was obviously afraid of Jie Yu Mao. She just criticized a concubine who wanted to dance for the Emperor, Jie Yu Mao made Jie Yu Wei speechless with a few words. In the end, the concubine still performed Lingbo dance. After the dance, Jie Yu Mao rewarded her a pouch.

Yun Fenghuang enjoined Xi Jing to award the concubine while asking the Emperor with a smile, “Your Majesty, I also performed Lingbo dance for you before. Do you think who danced better between the concubine and me?”

How could she have the face to compare with the concubine?

The Emperor thought secretly. Not everyone was as bold as Jie Yu Mao. The one who dared to dance under such a situation was definitely good at it. Although the concubine wore the normal palace costume instead of the special dance skirt, she danced lively and beautifully.

In contrast, Yun Fenghuang took the initiative to dance for the Emperor, and it could be a lie to the Emperor!

The Emperor said lightly, “Of course, my beloved Jie Yu is better.”

The concubine dancing just now kneeled down in panic, “How dare I compare with Jie Yu?”

“I am not partial to Jie Yu Mao”, Emperor Chunjia thought while lowering his head and eating a grape that Wei Hengyan had peeled and handed over to his mouth. He slowly chewed the pulp, “I just don’t want the innocent concubine who just danced for me to be framed.”

Um, if he publicly mocked Yun Fenghuang that she didn’t dance as good as this young concubine, who would know if he could see this concubine in two days or not?

After all, even if Yun Fenghuang didn’t frame the concubine in person, her people might do the same thing for pleasing her. Wasn’t Cai Nv Lin an example before? She didn’t offend anyone, and she just had bad luck to be treated as a punching bag. Even so, she lost her life.

After all, his response decided a life, so just let Jie Yu Mao be proud for a while.

Yun Fenghuang didn’t know the Emperor’s thoughts, and she was very satisfied with his answer, so she said with a smile, “Your Majesty, I don’t deserve your praise. I was quite naughty at my family, and I just practiced casually.”

This guy finally told the truth. The Emperor sneered secretly, but he looked at the next concubine who was going to perform with interest, “Introduce yourself?”

… On the first day of departure, it was lively in the Emperor’s sedan for a whole day. At night, Emperor Chunjia naturally picked a concubine among these concubines to sleep with him.

However, in the next morning, after having the breakfast, he still called Yun Fenghuang to accompany him. However, Wei Hengyan did not come this time, and she was replaced by Jie Yu Lu.

At first, Jie Yu Lu was very happy. When she saw Yun Fenghuang, she was not happy at all. It was lucky that Yun Fenghuang simply glanced at her indifferently and continued to talk and laugh with the Emperor. Yun Fenghuang didn’t have intentions to speak with her.

Her behaviors made Jie Yu Lu a little embarrassed, but also relieved.

Learning form the experience that she was criticized by Yun Fenghuang face to face last time, she was particularly well-behaved this time. She was basically silent, let alone interrupting them. She just sat silently on her knees and watched Yun Fenghuang playing with the Emperor mischievously.

The Emperor was not annoyed, and he coped with a smile. Although he was obviously perfunctory, but it was enough for many concubines to envy that she could make His Majesty be patient like this.

Jie Yu Lu couldn’t help being a bit dazed when she saw the scene and fall into contemplation, “Does His Majesty like the women of this kind of characters? Is it necessary for her to learn it privately…

As a result, the Emperor’s sedan stopped suddenly when Jie Yu Lu was pondering. The Emperor and Yun Fenghuang who were flirtatious stopped speaking at the same time, listening attentively to the external movements. There should be no change in the vicinity, but there were some clamor and commotion vaguely coming from the front. The Emperor pondered for a while, and called Yan Yin, “Go out to ask what happened?”