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Leng Qiyue alighted from the palanquin and was led by a eunuch into He Yuan Palace.

Dongfang Haotian had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Leng Qiyue come in, he couldn't help but be amazed. Her figure was graceful and graceful, her long hair was draped over her back and gently tied with a pink ribbon. She was dressed in white, and her chest was faintly red. His heart couldn't help but tighten. He stepped forward and grabbed her hand, using a lot of strength.

Leng Qiyue frowned slightly and whispered, "Chenqie pays her respects to Your Majesty. Your Majesty is blessed."

Dongfang Haotian pulled her bent body up and hugged her in his arms. Leng Qiyue felt as if her heart had skipped a thousand meters, and was thumping non-stop.

"Your beloved concubine seems very nervous?" Dongfang Haotian laughed.

Leng Qiyue took a deep breath and said, "Chenqie is indeed a bit nervous."

Dongfang Haotian buried his face in her hair and laughed: "You're already so old, why are you still nervous?"

Leng Qiyue muttered, "We haven't been together for a long time."

Dongfang Haotian gave a devilish smile and hugged Leng Qiyue up, saying: "My beloved concubine, are you blaming me for not touching you for too long? "Then tonight, let us properly touch you, hahaha …"

Leng Qiyue's face was flushed red. Her body was stiff like a clay sculpture. She could neither laugh nor cry, allowing Dongfang Haotian to carry her onto the bed …

Since her concubine, who slept in the palace hall, could not stay all night, the eunuchs pulled Leng Qiyue out of her warm quilt shortly after midnight, and they wanted to send her back to the cold palace.

When Dongfang Haotian saw that Leng Qiyue's clothes were thin, he casually picked up a cloak and draped it over her body. He reminded her, "Send the imperial concubine back, please be careful in her service."

The eunuchs did not dare to delay, carefully supporting Leng Qiyue and sending her back to the cold palace.

The next day, when Leng Qiyue got up, it was already noon. She felt sore all over her body and couldn't help but hate Dongfang Haotian. This guy was definitely a stallion; how could he be so good at tormenting people?

Seeing that Leng Qiyue had woken up, Han Liu said, "The Empress should bathe and change her clothes. The eunuch outside the door has been waiting for a long time."

When Leng Qiyue heard this, she perked up and took a shower before putting on her clothes. As soon as she stepped out of the room, she saw a young eunuch leading three palace maids to wait outside with trays.

When the eunuch saw Leng Qiyue come out, he said with a flattering smile, "Your servant greets the Empress."

Leng Qiyue nodded and said, "No need for formalities. What business do you have with me?"

The young eunuch laughed, "In reply to Empress, this servant was ordered by His Majesty to bring the Empress a set of luxurious clothing, a box of jewelry, and fifty bounties. This is for Empress to participate in the family feast."

Leng Qiyue looked at the small fingernail sized gold ingots on the tray with a puzzled expression. These gold ingots were so small, yet each of them had at least one or two taels. What were they used for?

Han Liu whispered, "Empress, that gold ingot is used as a reward."

When Leng Qiyue heard this, she was suddenly enlightened. She took up a gold ingot and stuffed it into the hands of the young eunuch as she smiled and said, "Thank you for the long wait, Eunuch."

The young eunuch did not refuse and happily received it. Afterwards, he instructed the palace maids to put down the tray and lead them out of the cold palace.

Han Liu smiled. "He came in the morning and waited until now. But it's worth it. A gold ingot can support his salary of two months."

Leng Qiyue picked up another gold ingot and fiddled with it. The workmanship was extremely exquisite; such a small thing could support a eunuch's salary for two months? She asked doubtfully, "Han Liu, what is your monthly salary?"

Han Liu was startled. She didn't know why she asked this question, but she obediently replied, "I used to receive fifty silver taels as my annual salary. But now, following the Empress is equivalent to being a lowly palace maid with an annual salary of only ten silver taels."

Leng Qiyue pointed at the gold ingot in her hand and asked, "How much is this thing worth in exchange for silver?"

Han Liu said, "This was specially forged by the palace with sufficient gold, so it's worth fifty taels of silver each. Only those at the level of concubine and above have this. It is distributed once a year on the eve of the festival. The empress dowager has two hundred, the empress has a hundred, the imperial concubine has fifty, and the imperial concubine has twenty. "

Leng Qiyue thought for a moment before saying, "It's useless for me to keep them, so I'll give them to you."

Han Liu smiled and said, "Empress, although there is no need to worry about food and clothing in the palace, you still need money to do business. I can't accept these servants, keep them for later. "Empress, don't blame this servant for speaking too much. In the future, you can't just take it and give it away like that. If the Empress wants to reward any other servant, you just need to say the word 'reward'. This servant will arrange it for you."

"Oh, yes, my matron. "You can handle these things. Her Majesty might not even let me attend the family banquet." Leng Qiyue did not take the family banquet to heart.

Han Liu didn't think so. Since the Emperor had sent clothes and jewelry, then the Emperor must have his own plans. But thinking about it, she didn't say it out loud. Instead, she carefully put away her clothes and accessories.

As Leng Qiyue basked in the sunlight, she thought to herself, "It seems that all seasons of the year are in spring. There is no hottest time, nor is there the coldest time of the year. However, the rainy season was very clear, because it was basically raining every day. Luckily, there was only one month left in the rainy season, otherwise, the crops would have been drowned. "

She thought back to what she had read in the 'Maid's Guide'. The weather was the coldest, with temperatures of about 20 degrees and temperatures falling to 5 degrees at night. If he was lucky, he would see snow tonight, and if he was unlucky, he would see nothing.

There were three hundred and sixty-five days a year, divided into four seasons and three months a season. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are divided not by temperature but by crop maturity. Spring Fruit, Summer Rice, Autumn Cucumis, Winter Wheat.

These things gave her a headache, but Han Liu brought her food and she began to concentrate on attacking the delicacies. Ever since he moved to the Flying Sound Palace, the food was much better than before.

Halfway through their meal, the door to the cold palace was pushed open and two women walked in. The woman in the lead, Leng Qiyue, felt that she was very familiar with this person, but she couldn't remember what her name was.

The woman walked up to Leng Qiyue and bowed, saying, "Chenqie Lu Sisi greets the Imperial Consort and the Empress is extremely fortunate."

Leng Qiyue froze for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's a new maid who entered the palace. The Emperor bestowed her with a noble title."

Leng Qiyue nodded and said, "Sister, you don't have to be so polite. Take a seat."

Lu Sisi was dressed simply today. She did not intentionally dress up. However, she was very pretty. Even if she was not dressed up, she would captivate people. She sat down modestly and said, "Big sister won't blame little sister for disturbing us, right?"

While eating, Leng Qiyue asked, "It can't be, is there something wrong?"

She took the tray from the maid behind her. On it was a pair of red coral bracelets. She placed the tray on the table and said, "This is for Sisi. Sisi will give it to elder sister as a greeting gift. Please accept it.

Leng Qiyue sized up Lu Sisi and discovered that she did not have any valuable jewelry with her. She said, "Little sister, you should take it back."

Lu Si's expression changed and she said with a trembling voice, "Big sister, are you not interested? This is the only pair of bracelets my sister can take out. "

Instead of answering, Leng Qiyue asked, "Are you allowed to attend the family banquet?"

Lu Sisi nodded and said, "Yes, all the concubines above Yuanyuan will be present for the family banquet."

Leng Qiyue smiled and said, "I can see that my little sister doesn't have much jewelry to wear. It's best if you take the bracelet back and put it on during the family dinner. Otherwise, others will laugh at you. This big sister accepts little sister's kind intentions. "

When Lu Sisi heard Leng Qiyue say this, she happily returned the tray to her servant girl. She smiled and said, "Big sister, aunty said to let you also attend the family banquet. When that time comes, big sister must take care of little sister."

Leng Qiyue was somewhat astonished. The empress dowager had allowed her to attend the family banquet. Could it be that she was really going to leave the cold palace this time?

Ruse continued, "Sister, I heard that you have been sleeping with me?"

Leng Qiyue raised her brows and looked at Lu Sisi. Could this girl be jealous?

Seeing Leng Qiyue looking at her, Lu Siyue quickly explained, "Elder sister, don't misunderstand. I didn't have any other intentions, I just heard that Zuo Qing was very dissatisfied with this matter. I wrote a report and presented it to the Emperor. The Emperor immediately became angry and fiercely rebuked the Prime Minister."

Leng Qiyue faintly smiled, not planning on discussing this topic.

Seeing that Leng Qiyue did not agree with her, Lu Sisi smiled and changed the topic, "Oh right, how long has it been since big sister last saw the Little Prince? "I heard that esteemed wangfei didn't treat the little prince well either, allowing rats to crawl back and forth on his body."

Mentioning the Lin Jun, Leng Qiyue could no longer stay calm. She stood up and shouted, "What? What did you say? "