Chapter 182 (2/2)
”You don't have to worry. Princess de loves her brother no matter what. You can't really let general Luo live alone.”
Rosie lowered her eyes. ”Even if I can't get out, I don't want him to live alone. I'll just bear such a thing. I still want him to get a lover and enjoy the happiness of his family after many years.”
”His family happiness also needs you to fulfill it,” Xue ronghua comforted. ”The key for two people to be together is to have their own hearts in each other. You should believe in yourself and him.”
Rosie nodded, took out the silk handkerchief for writing poetry, smiled and said, ”I will always have him in my heart.”
The peach blossom forest in the Imperial Garden opened one after another, like red clouds hanging over the horizon. Xiao Yi broke several peach flowers stained with dew and went back to Huayang palace to dedicate them to imperial concubine Ru, but he saw the emperor's imperial driving at the gate of the palace.
Xiaoyi saluted with a smile and said, ”please see the emperor.”
Meng Qianzhong looked at her and saw the beautiful peach blossoms in her arms. He smiled and said, ”when have the peach blossoms opened? Did you pick them from the imperial garden?”
Xiaoyi said with a smile, ”yes, it's for the imperial concubine.”
”Yes, it's the female official favored by the imperial concubine,” Meng Qian focused on the vase in front of her. ”Take this bottle and put some water in it. It can be regarded as the first spring in Huayang palace.”
Xiao Yi took the bottle, filled it with water, carefully put the peach blossom branches in, took it to the table and put it in front of the emperor.
Meng Qianzhong looked at the peach blossoms with satisfaction and was immediately happy. ”The imperial concubine is not in the palace now. I don't know where she went. Didn't she tell you?”
Little Yi shook her head and said, ”my mother didn't say it, and I don't know where she went.”
Meng Qianzhong sighed, ”it's a coincidence that I came here once and she wasn't here. You must tell your mother. Don't let her complain that I ignored her again.”
”Yes,” Xiao Yi lowered her eyes, ”the maid must tell her mother.”
”You also know the temperament of the imperial concubine. You take good care of her,” Meng Qianzhong said with a smile. ”You were just a maid before, but now you are promoted to a female official?”
”Thank you for your kindness. I promoted my maidservant to a female official.”
Meng Qianzhong laughed and said, ”will I call you aunt in the future?”
Xiao Yi was amused by him, but he didn't dare to say anything, ”Emperor... Maidservants don't dare...”
”I'm just kidding. Don't be nervous,” Meng Qianzhong looked at the peach blossom again. ”I haven't been to the peach forest in the imperial garden for a long time. I remember there were white peach blossoms before, right?”
”Yes, several peach trees with white and pink flowers have been cut down, but some are still in full bloom. My mother likes red, so my maidservant specially picked the red one and sent it.”
”She doesn't like red very much. It's just that the meaning of red is different,” Meng Qianchong curved his lips. ”Is your master good to you?”
”My mother is very kind to me. I have never met such a master again,” said Xiao Yi, lowering her head and showing an agate hairpin in her bun. ”This is what my mother gave me.”
Meng Qian glanced again and said faintly, ”that's good. The imperial concubine sometimes has a bad temper. Just take care of it. Does she know that two new imperial concubines will come in the palace?”
”My mother knows.”
”I guess she's also very angry,” Meng Qianzhong pulled off a peach petal. ”She's sick, so it's not suitable to be angry again. Just ask her to get well.”
Xiao Yi nodded slightly: ”yes.”
Meng Qianzhong stood up leisurely, ”well, I should go too. I can't delay the government affairs in the study. Several ministers are waiting for me...”
”What are you two talking about?”
The voice took a lazy and long tone. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was like a noble princess. Meng Qianchong put his hand behind his back and said with a slight smile: ”where have you been? I've been waiting in the palace for a long time. When I see the female official around you here, I'll talk to her.”
Su Rushan glared at Xiao Yi discontentedly and said in some embarrassment, ”I didn't know you would come, and I didn't say it in advance. It's like this. I can't come out to meet you.”
”Yes, I didn't say it first,” Meng Qian wound around her and looked at her face. ”I just came to see you through Huayang palace. I still have memorials to approve. Go back to the study first.”
Su Rushan didn't stop him either. He hurried out from here to there. He just gave a stiff salute, but his eyes were on Xiao Yi at the table.
”What gossip did you have with the emperor?” Su Rushuang looked at her suspiciously. ”You didn't say something you shouldn't say.”
Xiao Yi quickly dispelled her doubts. ”Don't worry, madam. I know what I've just told the emperor. The emperor asked me about some peach blossoms.”
Su Rushuang saw the peach blossom branch in the bottle on the table, nodded and said, ”your peach blossom is good. It's the first tree in spring.”
Xiao Yi smiled and said, ”not only the first tree, but also the one with the most bright color.”
”Just look at the beautiful color,” Su Rushuang said with a smile after touching the petals with some drops of water. ”It's done well. I like it very much.”