C46 "Who hasnst got an old injury on them?!" (1/2)
At the end of the month, it rained heavily on Li City.
The black clouds that covered the sky lowered the sky a bit. When he looked outside through the curtain of rain, he felt that the entire world was covered in a layer of dejection.
Fortunately, the rain came and went quickly. The next morning, he could see half of the face of the sun hidden behind the clouds.
However, thanks to the rain, Luo Yi didn't feel any warmth even until noon. Lying on the soft chair with her eyes half closed, she listened to Qing Luo's report on the expenses of Hall of Announcements, and she almost fell into a deep sleep the few times she heard it. It was as if she was listening to a lullaby.
She sat up and looked through the window at the sky. ”Look at the time. Is the emperor coming over soon?”
Qing Luo finally extricated herself from this trivial matter. Following Luo Yi's words, she turned her head around, and the first thing she saw was a kite hanging on the wall. However, she didn't pay too much attention. Instead, she muttered to herself, ”Yes, this servant will go prepare the snacks that the Emperor usually eats.”
Chen Jinyan had been coming to Hall of Announcements often recently, but he never stayed the night. He would play chess with Chen Jinyan most of the time, or maybe take a nap here before leaving. When she first arrived, the servants in her palace would be flustered, and he had already gotten used to it. Seeing how the sky was getting dark, the servants prepared all sorts of things in advance, to the point that even Chen Jinyan could not help but praise them, ”Imperial Consort Yi sure has a good plan.”
Luo Yi poured him a cup of tea.
As usual, he did not come today, and just happened to be in time for the Hall of Announcements's chef to prepare snacks for him. After taking two bites, he smiled to the person beside him, ”The snacks here in Imperial Consort Yi suit my taste as usual … Taste it, beloved one? ”
The person named by him said with a cold expression, ”Many thanks to Your Majesty for your good intentions. This subject doesn't like to eat sweet things.”
”What a pity …” Chen Jinyan raised the dessert to his eyes and looked at it, then turned his gaze to Luo Yi who was standing opposite to him: ”Among the entire palace, Imperial Consort Yi's snack is the most delicious.”
He was talking to Luo Yi, so Luo Yi could only follow and say: ”The sisters in the palace are all curious as to why the emperor keeps asking for chenqie's presence. chenqie said that it was to make them stutter, so they would not believe it, but they should all be invited to the Hall of Announcements to take a seat, in order to prevent them from feeling that chenqie was lying.”
Luo Yi's smile was half real and half fake, as sshe spoke, he casually picked up a piece of dessert and brought it in front of Mu Yizhou, squinting her eyes: ”Lord Mu really doesn't want to try it? ”This is the emperor's favorite snack …”
Initially, she did not expect Mu Yizhou to pay attention to her. But who would have thought that after hearing what she said, Mu Yizhou would give her a strange look, and then actually extend his hand to receive it.
Luo Yi was so shocked that she stopped her hand in midair for a long while, until she heard the ”Your Majesty has good taste” evaluation.
Mu Yizhou said that he grew up together with the emperor, so when Chen Jinyan looked at him with a smile without feeling that there was anything amiss about the two of them 'actions, Luo Yi did not feel anything strange either. He only felt that it was inevitable that he would be stunned for two seconds after retracting his hand, then he shifted to the side and quietly changed the topic.
At the very least, she could selectively ignore his existence. However, she had seen him a little too many times recently, so Luo Yi's mental state was bound to be in a mess.
She smiled, intentionally or unintentionally passing by Mu Yizhou. When she spoke to Chen Jinyan, she also purposely spoke with a sense of intimacy, but even she couldn't figure out why.
Mu Yizhou remained silent as usual.
Chen Jinyan still had national affairs to take care of in the afternoon, so he did not stay for long. He took the handkerchief that Luo Yi passed to him and wiped his hands before whispering a few instructions to her, intending to leave.
Luo Yi sent him out the door and coincidentally met with Commander of the Imperial Guard who was guarding the door.
When the two of them looked at each other, the man hurriedly lowered his eyelids in order to show his respect. At the same time, he took two steps back to the right, opening up a distance of half a foot.
Hesitantly, she followed him with her eyes and saw that the footprints his right foot had made on the ground after the rain were clearly shallower than his left.
However, his feet usually did not have these problems.
Luo Yi's eyes drooped, as if she had thought of something, a tinge of blood quickly flashed past her eyes. However …
Forget it! She turned and walked back into the house, leaving behind her all the emotions that had leaked out of her.
After sending the emperor off, Luo Yi had originally planned to lie down and rest for a while, but who knew that after Chen Jinyan left, there would be an unexpected guest coming to visit.
They called him an uninvited guest because the expression on his face was not friendly at all.
Luo Yi took a sip of the teacup on the side of her lips, and her gaze landed on the face of the person below.
It was Shardbearer.
This was the first time Luo Yi had ever seen someone as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal. It was unknown if the rumors were exaggerated or if she was asking for it too much, but in her opinion, this person was not worthy of the words ”Heavenly Immortal”. At best, he could be considered to have some looks, but forget about Chen Jinyan, the enchanter, even his looks were a little more exquisite than hers.
He could tell that she was here to cause trouble, Luo Yi was too lazy to act out of brotherhood with her, and his tone became impatient: ”Sister's health is not good, why not just stay in your own palace, in case the wind and rain is too heavy, and harm your sister.”
Liang Ruolan turned a deaf ear: ”Actually, little sister had already intended to pay a visit to big sister a long time ago, it's just that the emperor pitied my weak body and allowed me to avoid all the formalities in the palace. But little sister thought that this would always be discordant, so today she turned slightly better and paid respects to big sister.
Oh, he was actually here to demonstrate his prowess.
”It's naturally good for little sister to have such thoughts,” Luo Yi played with her hands, and didn't even want to look at her. ”Then you should go to the empress palace, what are you doing here?”
As he said this, he suddenly curled his lips and raised his eyes to look at the other party's pale face. He said, ”Since little sister is sincere, then I will just say a few words of warning.” She said, ”Of all the sisters in the palace, your younger sister came the last. Since you've already left today to pay your respects to me, the other sisters definitely cannot be left behind … However, his sister's body was weak, so it was hard to avoid being tired after walking down the hall one by one … Qing Luo, give my Ganoderma a stalk to your esteemed self. ”
She turned and instructed Qing Luo.
Qing Luo acted like she was intelligent, when he heard her words, he immediately frowned, then looked at Sir Shardbearer and at Luo Yi with a troubled look. ”This was bestowed to the Empress by His Majesty, if the Empress were to hand it over to her and ask the Emperor, he would definitely blame the Empress.”
”What nonsense are you talking about!”
Luo Yi endured her laughter and scolded: ”Little sister is one of the Emperor's most trusted men. I pity little sister on her behalf, what's wrong with that?”
”You and I are sisters in the palace, there's no need to be so polite.”
When Luo Yi heard this, he smirked and climbed up quickly. She immediately turned around and lectured Qing Luo: ”You can take the things I let you take, but next time if you say so much again, I'll definitely treat you.”
It just so happened that the palace came to report that Empress Yao had arrived.
The smile on Luo Yi's face widened for no reason, and the corners of her eyes slowly formed into a line. ”How about you say that these sisters here in the palace like Yao Fei the most …”