MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 3

It was the first time Yu Wenlan found out that someone knew his secret.

He looked up at the seemingly inconspicuous woman in the far corner.

Who is she?

It didn't take long for the concubines to discover that the emperor's eyes seemed to be always looking in one direction.

Looking along, I saw that it was a table near the gate of the palace, and there were two women sitting there, one was as plain as a court lady, and the other was dressed up like Zhou Guifei, Ning Fei and others.

Everyone guessed in their hearts.

Liandong also whispered to Yan Shu, "Master, why do I keep watching His Majesty looking at you?"

Yan Shu didn't take it seriously at all, and just said casually, "I can't, maybe I'm looking at Zhang Cairen, how conspicuous she is!"

As he spoke, he tasted the newly served West Lake Vinegar Fish. Well, the fish was soft and tender, sweet and sour, with a few wisps of umami taste of crab, it was really extraordinary.

The voices of the two spread to the side, and Zhang Cairen became more and more determined in his guess.

Ever since the Empress Dowager arrived, the emperor had been looking here intentionally or unintentionally, she felt that her attire today must have had an effect.

The brocade with a thousand gold feet and the gemstone hairpin with a thousand gold pieces are really the finishing touches.

It's just that the distance is still a bit far, she still has to find a way to make the emperor remember her, and she must not miss this great opportunity in vain.

So she called Chun'e, the maid who accompanied her, to fetch the pipa, picked it up and walked into the hall, and said, "On this beautiful occasion, I would like to sing a song for Your Majesty and Empress Dowager, and wish you both happiness and well-being."

Not to mention, the pipa is also inlaid with mother-of-pearl gemstones, which complement her eye-catching attire.

Concubine Zhou Guifei, Concubine Ning, Concubine Li, and the others had eyes blazing with jealousy and resentment.

Yu Wenlan said absently, "Sure."

The palace people hurriedly moved the round stool, Zhang Cairen sat down holding the piano, plucked the strings with his fingers, and began to sing with his thin voice.

"A straight purple bamboo seedling, give Ye Wulang to make a pipe flute..."

If you don't listen to it, you don't know, it turned out that Zhang Cairen actually played and sang a Jiangnan tune, the tune is mellow, the lyrics are soft and charming, and it is sung in Suzhou dialect, which is really impressive.

After a song, everyone had to applaud.

The Queen Mother also specifically asked, "Are you from Jiangnan?"

Hu An, the chief inspector of ceremonies, introduced, "To the Empress Dowager, Zhang Cairen's father is the weaving envoy of the capital, and their family is all serious people from the capital."

Zhang Cairen also laughed and said, "I heard that the Queen Mother likes Suzhou Tanci, so I specially learned one or two. You can laugh at me if I don't sing well."

The queen mother nodded, "I have a heart."

Looking at the emperor from the corner of his eyes while speaking, he saw that he just picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, his expression was calm, and there was still no disturbance.

But Concubine Ning suddenly said to Concubine Li beside her, "This song is really nice, but the words are not clear to me. By the way, Concubine Li, your hometown is Jiangnan, tell us quickly, the song just now sang What's the meaning?"

Concubine Li, on the other hand, looked embarrassed, looked around, and said, "I'm afraid it's not easy to say on an occasion like tonight."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present couldn't help being curious——

Tsk, it's not easy to say? What did Zhang Cairen sing in the song?

Concubine Ning laughed, "What else can I say? Could it be a rebellious word?"

Zhang Cairen's expression changed, he shook his head and said, "How dare a concubine?"

Concubine Li covered her lips and said with a smile, "That's not true, Concubine Ning was joking. This song is just a country slang, it's just about love and love, what's a straight purple bamboo seedling, give it to Ye Wulang To make a pipe flute, the flute is facing the mouth, the mouth is facing the flute, the little carp's tail is wagging, like a sister with pink cheeks. My little boy..."

"oops!"

Concubine Li hadn't finished speaking, but was interrupted by Concubine Ning, covering her ears and complaining, "You too, Concubine Li, how can you say such words on such an occasion? It's a shame to pollute the ears of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager." How about it?"

Hearing this, Concubine Li hurriedly got up, and saluted to the seat with a face of panic, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, my concubine is out of proportion..."

Tsk, it was she who relayed the words, so naturally she couldn't be blamed, so the queen mother and the emperor didn't say anything, but everyone turned their attention to Zhang Cairen.

Only Yan Shu was holding the freshly served fish soup, drinking it while shaking her head in her heart—

The so-called shooting the first bird, how capable you are, how much job you have, you have to come out and show off, okay?

How nice it is to cook honestly like her!

Well, this fish soup is hot and sour, but it's really delicious.

Not far away, Zhang Cairen was like sitting on pins and needles, riding a tiger, and his pride just disappeared, so he had to kneel down in a hurry, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother. The minister and concubine also learned from the people of the Jiaofang Division. The minister and concubine are not from Jiangnan. Sing well, I tried my best to learn this intonation, but I don't know what the song means..."

Concubine Ning and Concubine Li stopped talking, and watched with others.

After a while, it was the Empress Dowager's female official, Zhu Shu, who came out to smooth things over, "It must be that there are many folk tunes like this, and Zhang Cairen must have no intentions."

After the words fell, the Queen Mother raised her hand, "Forget it, those who are celebrating the festival, please go back to your seats."

Zhang Cairen should be, so he dared to stand up, and went down in despair with his pipa in his arms.

Concubine Li also sat back and looked at Concubine Ning when no one was paying attention, the tacit understanding in their eyes was self-evident.

The palace attendants served new dishes again, Concubine Ning and Concubine Zhou Guifei continued to scramble to talk to the Queen Mother, but Yu Wenlan's face did not show any expression of joy or anger from the beginning to the end.

While dealing with the crowd, the Empress Dowager looked at the far corner again, and couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the emperor fell in love with the one who kept eating?

It's really... the eyes are unique.

~~

Watching cold dishes, hot dishes, dim sum, soup, and soup one after another, just when Yan Shu was about to eat, the New Year's Eve feast finally came to an end.

The queen mother got up and left the table, and everyone got up to salute and see off.

Yu Wenlan also got up from the seat, and watched the queen mother walk out of the palace door and board the sedan chair, trying to find out the girl's heart.

But she heard her belching secretly, 【Everything is really delicious tonight, it would be perfect if it could be a little more spicy. Do the math, today is the eighth day of the new year, when is the next one? Small year? Mom, I have to wait for half a month...]

Yu Wenlan, "???"

Why are they all eaten?

I heard her sighing in her heart again, 【If you come, you will be safe, it is good to have a good meal without sex. 】

Yu Wenlan, "???"

What does this mean?

What is "Xing Fu"?

Why is this woman's voice so... weird?

Yu Wenlan almost stopped.

However, once this is the case, I am afraid that we will startle the snake.

He endured and endured, before pretending nothing happened, he stepped out of the palace gate and left.

~~

Fu Hai, the head of the imperial court, could feel that His Majesty was a little different tonight.

After coming out of the Hall of Rouyi, although he went to the imperial study to read the scriptures as usual, he didn't write for a long time, as if he was distracted.

Fu Hai was thinking about it secretly, when the king asked, "Who is sitting at the end tonight?"

Having accompanied him for many years, Fu Hai hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, the person who came out to present music at the banquet just now is Zhang Cairen, the daughter of Zhang Tong, the envoy of the Weaving Bureau of the Beijing Government."

The voice fell, but the king did not respond.

He hastily added, "The one sitting next to Zhang Cairen is Li Meiren from Yongning Hall."

As soon as the words came out, the king finally opened his mouth again, "Where did you come from?"

Fu Hai knew that he had guessed right, and hurriedly replied, "My little one remembers that Beauty Li was born in Ande County, Qingzhou Prefecture, and was drafted into the palace three years ago."

Qingzhou…

Yu Wenlan thought to herself, it was hundreds of miles away from the capital, how could she know about her affairs?

But I heard Fu Hai sighing in his heart, 【Hey, it seems that this beauty Li is going to be promoted, who would have thought that the first person in the harem to get the holy eye is actually a little beauty? 】

Yu Wenlan was disturbed by this inner voice and regained her senses, raised her hand and said, "Go down."

"Yes."

Fu Hai bowed back and pondered in his mind, 【What's the situation? Now that you've taken a fancy to it, why don't you ask someone to come to sleep with you? It's getting late, a moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, my lord! 】

Just thinking of this, he felt a cold light suddenly shot from the top of his head, Fu Hai was shocked, and he couldn't figure out where he touched Nilin, so he hurriedly stepped back out of the palace gate.

The ear was finally quiet, Yu Wenlan rubbed his forehead tiredly, thought for a while, and called again, "Come here."

This time, it was Jin Yiwei who came in wearing a flying fish suit.

"Go to Ande County, Qingzhou, and find out about the draft."

Jin Yiwei should be, go out immediately to act.

Yu Wenlan picked up the paperwork on the case again, but his mind still couldn't fully come back.

I always think about the woman at the banquet in my mind.

_—Three years ago, on his way back to Beijing, he encountered a thunderstorm and accidentally passed out. After waking up, he gained mind reading skills, but gradually lost the functions that a man should have...

Over the years, he has been secretly sending people to inquire and seek medical treatment everywhere, but to no avail.

This is a big taboo, especially as an emperor. He has always kept this secret strictly, even his confidants and eunuchs close to him don't know.

So, how did that woman know?

Who is she?

What went wrong?

His heart became more and more chaotic, so he simply put down his papers and recruited another young **** in a round collar robe.

"Surveilling the Palace of Yongning, everything big and small, I want to know."

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