Night fell on the earth, and the world was covered in a layer of pure black. The moon shyly hid in the clouds, and the palace lanterns reflected a circle of light. The flowers swayed in the evening breeze, and the fragrance of the blooming osmanthus flowers filled the courtyard.
Yue Yinshuang sat on a stone bench on the path. She supported her chin with one hand, closed her eyes, and inhaled the fragrance.
These four osmanthus trees were placed beside the stone steps outside the house. Whenever the osmanthus trees were covered with osmanthus flowers, the Fengqi Palace would be filled with the fragrance of flowers. She liked to sit quietly on the stone bench like this, breathing in the fragrance of flowers and thinking about some things that she could not figure out.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes and stood up. She strolled to the osmanthus tree, plucked some osmanthus flowers, and placed them in her palm.
"The sparse shadow is slanted horizontally and the water is clear and shallow. The dark fragrance is floating in the moonlight and dusk.”The corners of her mouth curled up into a faint smile as she unconsciously said these two lines of poetry.
"Good poem!" A magnetic and deep voice sounded behind her.
She turned her head in surprise and saw Murong Lingxiang's yellow figure standing at the entrance of the Phoenix Palace.
He whispered something into Qing 'an's ear, and Qing' an left with the palace maids and eunuchs behind her.
"Shuang 'er greets the emperor." She curtsied and said in a lukewarm voice, her eyes boldly looking straight at him.
"Get up." He had already walked in front of her and reached out to help her up slowly.
"Thank you, Emperor." After she got up, she broke free of his hand without a trace.
He should be angry, but he couldn't.
She had never given him a good look from the beginning, so why should he be angry?
"Why is the Emperor here?" She couldn't be bothered to tangle with him on meaningless questions and directly asked him what his purpose was.
…" He always felt that she had many secrets that he did not know, so he was especially interested in her.
"I plan to assign you a task.”He didn't use 'zhen' but 'me'. He didn't want her to think that this was an order.
"Please speak." She had a vague feeling that it was not a good thing.
"I plan to…hand over the task of receiving the envoy from Rain Country to you.”He lowered his head and carefully observed her expression.
"Are you kidding me?" Her face turned pale and green. She really hoped that he would say that he was joking with her. Logically speaking, this was not something she should be involved in. Didn't they say that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics?
"Do I look like one?" He revealed an extremely serious expression, proving that he was not joking.
"…It doesn't look like it." She gritted her teeth and spat out these two words.
"I have bad news for you. Because I am not satisfied with the proposals submitted by the ministers, I have not started to entertain them.”Before he could finish speaking, he received a murderous gaze.
"When will the emissary arrive?" she said angrily, sighing.
"Two days later." He took two steps back, knowing that she would definitely fly into a rage when she heard this.
"Are you kidding me?" She shouted at him loudly, completely forgetting that the man in front of her was an emperor.
"Absolutely not. If you agree, I will immediately order the palace maids, eunuchs, and guards to be at your disposal.”He deliberately emphasized and raised three fingers to swear at his temple.
"Then can you promise me one thing?”She suddenly had an idea and approached him with a smile.
"You actually dare to bargain?" He glanced at her unhappily.
"You don't agree? Then forget it." After saying that, she turned around and walked into the house.
"Alright, go ahead." After she took a step forward, he quickly grabbed her wrist and stopped her from moving forward. When she turned around to face him, a sly look flashed across her eyes. She felt that she had been schemed against.
"Give me a token that allows me to enter and leave the palace freely, and don't let anyone follow me.”She knew that he still didn't trust her, but she had to have that power. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient for her to do many things.
She didn't know if he would agree, but she could only take a gamble.
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