Queen's favorite

Chapter 16

Zhong Liyu paused slightly.

It's not that she hasn't seen others cry in front of her.

It would be better to say that I have seen too many.

Some cried in fear, cried for mercy, and even cried with resentment.Too much too much.

But like Qi Changle, the pear blossom crying in front of her is gentle and affectionate, but it has never... never been.

When the pair of peach blossom tears with watery eyes dimly looked over, it was like a light rain from the south of the Yangtze River. The mist was dense, and the dampness like autumn water fainted in the air.

It was the first time Zhongliyu encountered such tears.

Every sentence in the woman's soft voice contains affection for her and an analysis of her own emotions.

Tactfully and gracefully.

At this moment, Zhong Liyu even forgot what he was thinking before, and suddenly became a little helpless.

Her lips moved slightly, and although there was a dark color brewing in her eyes, her heart was blank.

Some even don't know how to deal with it.

After all, it was too strange.

This is the first time she... came into contact with such affection.

In the past, there were people in the harem who performed this kind of drama in front of Zhong Liyu, but those people were so stupid that they couldn't even perform well.The words "Admiration for Your Majesty" were said in their mouths, but after touching Zhong Liyu's probing and half-smile eyes, they all avoided the past in fear.

No one has ever looked back with tenderness and admiration like Qi Changle from the beginning to the end.

Maybe someone could cover it up, but when Zhong Liyu only teased them a little, those people showed their ugly appearance, crying and crying, very ugly.

——Only Qi Changle.

At this moment, Zhong Liyu abruptly recalled the scene of the girl in the pink dress holding on to the dagger with a gentle smile on the main hall that day.

The cold blade lay across her neck, but she smiled like a spring breeze in March.

Affectionate.

……

Zhong Liyu sighed softly, closed his eyes, and suppressed all his emotions; then he took a step forward and lifted Qi Changle's chin.

Qi Changle pursed his lips and looked at the other party.

After Zhongliyu helped her wipe away her tears, she finally showed a smile without any dark colors; she smiled lightly, with a rare sense of ease: "I cry so much, I can't coax you well in the future."

Qi Changle was slightly startled, as if he understood something.

"His Majesty……"

Zhong Liyu pretended not to be aware of his soft-heartedness and stupefaction just now, and acted as if what happened just now hadn't happened. He just wiped away Qi Changle's tears, sat back down again, and waved to her.

Qi Changle hesitated for a while, and stretched out his hand.

Zhong Liyu held her hand and exerted a little force on his arm, motioning for her to sit back again.After Qi Changle sat down, Zhong Liyu let go.

She supported her chin with one hand, staring at Qi Changle.

And after crying, Qi Changle seemed to have just realized that he was embarrassed, and didn't make trouble anymore.

At this moment, she lowered her eyes and looked at the delicate dishes on the table, her earlobes were slightly red.

But after hesitating for a while, Qi Changle still said: "The concubine just now...was she self-willed?"

She didn't use words like arrogance or transgression to describe herself, but a very intimate but also ambiguous... capricious.

After all, between the concubine and the king, one cannot be capricious.But she, Qi Changle and the queen, can do it.

Sure enough, Zhong Liyu didn't correct her words, and didn't care about her offense, but instead deepened her smile: "Yes, there's nothing I can do if I'm wayward."

Qi Changle's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he bit his lip.

"But... but the concubine doesn't want to apologize for this." She raised her eyes, looked at Zhong Liyu, and was "willful" again.

"A concubine can plead guilty for her bad attitude, and she can plead guilty for her words and deeds, but only, I don't want to plead guilty for saying something wrong." Her voice dropped, "Because my concubine didn't say anything wrong."

Zhong Liyu took a deep look at her, and then raised the corners of his lips.

"I didn't say that you missed something."

Qi Changle was startled, and suddenly raised his eyes.

"Then Your Majesty—"

Zhong Liyu raised his index finger and put it between his lips.

"Shh." She still had a smile in her eyes. "Changle, don't say too much."

"You can do that."

Looking at each other, the tight string in Qi Changle's heart was finally relaxed.

She acquiesced and indulged.

By default, Qi Changle can "accept" her emotions and thoughts.

Indulging Qi Changle's admiration and love towards her.

The tightly clenched fingers placed under the table slowly loosened, the knuckles were stiff, and a shallow crescent moon had already been printed on the palm.

Qi Changle's back relaxed a little.

at last……

Qi Changle almost thought that his back was about to break out in cold sweat.

She spent so much time just now, and finally passed this test.

This level is not just as simple as calming the anger of the female monarch, so that the female monarch will no longer pursue her guessing her mind without authorization.

If she was going to do this, she wouldn't try to "piss off" Zhong Liyu in the first place.

The important thing now is that from now on, her image in front of Zhongli Yu will be completely established.

Qi Changle had never entered the harem, her understanding and experience of intrigue only came from her own backyard.

If you want to win the fight, the first and most important thing... naturally is power.

The second is love, and the trust of high-ranking people.

Naturally, Qi Changle has no power, even if she has, how could she possibly be able to compare with the queen.So she can only choose the second path.

Love and trust.

When she has these two things, it will be much easier to be in the harem from now on.

At present, there is still a little distance between petting, but at least, she has a little bit of trust, which is enough.

If she wants to compete for favor in the future, she will not appear so utilitarian, after all, she "deeply loves" the female monarch.

If she wants to do something for the queen, it will not be so dazzling in Zhong Liyu's eyes, after all, she just "admires" the queen.

This trick is not bad.

After all, it is too difficult to gain the trust of the queen.However, it is very worthwhile.

Qi Changle breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Your Majesty's headache has been relieved? Then...do you want some more sweet soup?"

Qi Changle brought up the topic again.

Zhong Liyu glanced at the cold sweet soup, frowned slightly, and lost his appetite even more.But seeing Qi Changle frowning worriedly and trying his best to persuade him gently, he still nodded in response.

"Let's do it again."

Only then did Qi Changle break into a smile, and he bent his eyes, as if it was a great thing for Zhong Liyu to have a sip of soup.

"Hmm. Does Your Majesty like sweets? If you like it, you can ask the people in the imperial dining room to add more sugar." She suggested.

Zhong Liyu didn't mind her proposal, but said: "No need."

So Qi Changle had an idea in his mind.

Zhong Liyu was going back after dinner, Qi Changle didn't intend to do anything else, and he wouldn't be the first one to come out before he first entered the palace and didn't have a grasp of the situation here.

Of course, the most important thing is that Qi Changle will not rashly choose to sleep in bed when she has not figured out how Zhong Liyu is getting along with the concubines in the harem.

It's too risky.And it's a different adventure than ever before.

So when Zhong Liyu was about to leave, Qi Changle didn't keep him.

Fortunately, the female gentleman doesn't look like she wants her to serve her bed.The other party just chuckled, and then asked Qi Changle to stand up without courtesy, and then left.

Looking at the guard of honor of the emperor who was slowly walking away from the queen, the expression on Qi Changle's face remained unchanged, and the emotion in his eyes gradually faded away.

But only for a moment, the next moment, she returned to her previous appearance.

Qi Changle returned to the palace with a smile still on his lips, "Take out the lotus pod again, it's still early, I'll continue peeling the lotus seeds."

Su Xi didn't say anything, just bent her knees and said: "Yes."

While peeling the lotus pods, Qi Changle slowly lowered his expression, lowered his eyes, covering the slightly indifferent emotion in his eyes.

There was one thing she had to find a way to solve.

Otherwise, it would be like a thorn in the throat to her, maybe if she is not careful, it will become her weakness to check and balance.

——that is, she is not a serious daughter of the Qi family.

The so-called registration was nothing more than Qi Tianxiang's replacement.

Qi Changle didn't pay attention to this matter at first, and even almost put it behind him.But today, when she was talking about her hunger to the female gentleman, she almost said that she was a concubine and was never favored, so she was treated coldly.

Although Qi Changle later used other excuses to fool her, this incident sounded a wake-up call for her.

She is still careless.

Therefore, Qi Changle must solve this matter thoroughly.

Otherwise, if this matter is poked in front of the queen by someone with a heart, something will be wrong.

Being punished is secondary, if there is pampering around, this is actually a trivial matter.

But the most important thing at the moment is that this incident...may shake the favor and trust of the queen.

Qi Changle would not allow any seeds of doubt or wavering to be planted in the heart of the female monarch.

In the early morning of the next day, Qi Changle ushered in the servant next to the female monarch.

Behind the other party were several young eunuchs, holding bright rewards in their hands.

Qi Changle was startled, "This is?"

This time the leading servant Qi Changle did not know him, but judging from the servant, he should be not much different from Huang Zhongjin in rank.

The other party came forward with a smile and bowed, "Please be respected, my servant Wang, I will send these rewards to Youxiang Pavilion according to His Majesty's order."

Youxiang Pavilion is the name of the east side hall where she is now.

Qi Changle glanced over those rewards, roughly calculated in his heart, and then asked: "Hello, my lord, are these rewards...beyond the nobleman's rank?"

The king's servant hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is too polite, you can rest assured that this is a reward ordered by His Majesty himself, and no one who has no wink will discuss it, you just accept it."

He quickly glanced at Qi Changle, and then said with a smile: "After all, this is His Majesty's favor, isn't it?"

With a friendly smile on Qi Changle's face, he asked Su Xi to take the rewards.

"If that's the case, then I'll accept it, and I hope my father-in-law can thank His Majesty for me."

Because she is not the lord of the first palace, nor is she a high-grade empress, so she cannot call herself "my palace", but can use "I" or "my little lord."

Qi Changle was not used to the latter, so he directly referred to himself as "I".

"That's natural, that's natural." Wang Gonggong said flatteringly. "Your Majesty's little master is now favored by His Majesty, and he will surely rise to the top of the Sixth Palace in the future."

Qi Changle raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at him from the corner of his eyes, not understanding what this person meant.But she didn't care too much, just smiled and said: "Your Majesty loves you, and I am very happy."

There was a genuine smile on the corners of her eyes and brows, and she was very happy.

After all, this is a reward from someone you like, isn't it.

The prince led the people back.

Before noon, news of Qi Changle being rewarded spread throughout the harem.

All the concubines in the harem learned of this.

——The nobleman Qi, who just entered the palace, not only had dinner with the queen, but even received a reward from the queen the next day.