But when it comes to meeting He Xulan, we need to figure it out slowly.

Xue Ya thought that he should first understand what He Xulan likes and hates, what He Xulan is good at and what he is not good at. Although he has not read much, when they choose the oiran in Hongyue Tower, they will first understand the advantages of their opponents.

and disadvantages.

But now he is just a palace servant and has no chance to meet He Xulan.

Xue Ya stared at the dark purple skirt on the table, gritted her teeth, put on the skirt, and walked out of the room.

As soon as he walked out of the room, Xue Ya noticed someone stopping at the door of his room. Seeing him coming out, she was startled for a moment, and then curled her lips, as if she was extremely disdainful, "Your Majesty is in the imperial study room."

When Xue Ya saw the man's expression, he was a little angry at first, but then he thought about why he was angry with these little shrimps. His real opponent was He Xulan.

Therefore, Xue Ya not only did not have a bad face, but smiled at the man and said, "Thank you."

The man was startled again when he saw him smiling, but Xue Ya was no longer in the mood to care what the little eunuch who was delivering the message was thinking. He was going to Cui Lingjing's place.

Although Cui Lingjing treats him as a substitute, maybe if he does a good job, the substitute may become a regular member. It would be better if he could discover some unknown secrets of He Xulan. For example, in fact, He Xulan is a gold and jade, but he is a loser...

Xue Ya frowned, He Xulan would probably be better than him no matter how bad he was, he didn't even know a few words.

No, he can't embody other people's ambitions. There must be something better about him than He Xulan, something more worthy of people's liking, such as dancing and singing songs?

None of these seem to be on the table.

Xue Ya's raised chin slowly lowered, and he walked dejectedly to the door of the royal study, and only regained his composure after entering. Cui Lingjing seemed to have just left the morning court, and had not even changed into his dragon robe. He was sitting on the dragon chair, and when he heard the movement,

He raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Xue Ya's face a few times before looking down.

After looking at the whole person, Cui Lingjing withdrew her eyes and said, "Momo."

Xue Ya's eyes flashed, and he walked slowly to the desk. He looked at the inkstone on the table and the ink ingot engraved with exquisite dragon patterns. He hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out his hand to the ink.

He doesn't know how to sharpen ink, he can only try to sharpen it.

But he didn't expect it. After just two grindings, he threw the ink out, leaving a long mark on the table. Xue Ya froze and looked up at Cui Lingjing. Sure enough, the other party had already looked at him with the eyes of a dead person.

Hold him.

Before Cui Lingjing got angry, he took out the handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the ink on the table, while whispering: "I don't know how to polish."

If he hadn't had the dream last night, Xue Ya probably wouldn't have said this, but after he had the dream, although he knew that he would end up wrapped in a straw mat, the dream was also telling him that after he broke through Cui Lingjing and He Xulan's confession of feelings,

Before, he could not die.

When Cui Lingjing heard this, she frowned and said in disgust, "You can't even sharpen ink, why does my father keep you around?"

"Sing a song." Xue Ya carefully wiped the ink marks on the table clean, "I can sing ditties. I can sing ditties from all over the world. Your Majesty, do you want to hear them?"

Cui Lingjing sneered, "Singing a little song is nothing."

"But the late emperor loved to hear his slaves sing..." Before she could finish her words, Xue Ya raised her hands to cover her head, because Cui Lingjing seemed to be angry with embarrassment, so she grabbed a memorial on the table and pulled it toward him.

"You still dare to block it!" Cui Lingjing held the memorial in her hand, "Let go of your hand."

Xue Ya could only let go of her hand. Sure enough, as soon as she let go, she was hit hard on the head.

After the beating, Cui Lingjing felt a little better, and the anger he had suffered earlier in the morning was relieved a lot. Those ministers gave him advice at every turn, and started to mention the draft again.

What annoyed him the most was that even He Xulan asked him to draft.

Thinking of this, Cui Lingjing looked at Xue Ya again and said for a moment: "Go and send this thing to Ningfu Palace."

Cui Lingjing pulled the drawer of the desk and took out a brocade box and put it on the table.

Xue Ya didn't go there alone to deliver things. Besides him, there was someone else accompanying him, but that person had to order him to be sent to Ningfu Palace. As for delivering the brocade box to He Xulan, that was Xue Ya's business.

Cui Lingjing specifically ordered that Xue Ya must see He Xulan.

Xue Ya was actually quite happy. After all, someone handed him a pillow as soon as he dozed off. However, he was also a little worried about what He Xulan would do when he saw him. He actually didn't dream much about He Xulan in his dream, but he couldn't

Give up this hard-won opportunity.

Walking all the way to the gate of Ningfu Palace, Xue Ya and the others told the people of Ningfu Palace their purpose of coming, and specially emphasized Cui Lingjing's oral instructions. The palace people went in and informed Xueya.

This is the second time Xue Ya came to Ningfu Palace, and her mood was a little different from the first time. The first time he was just scared and didn't take a closer look at Ningfu Palace. Now that he came to see Ningfu Palace, he discovered that Ningfu Palace

It was really quiet and elegant. Although he couldn't praise the specific advantages, he just felt that Ningfu Palace was better than Fengrui Palace.

But there was something about Ningfu Palace that made him very uncomfortable. That was that the ridge beasts in the main hall of Ningfu Palace were not the ordinary fire-avoiding divine beasts, but they were in a row with four different shapes, neither dragons nor phoenixes. The most important thing was that

It seems they have chains on their feet.

Xue Ya couldn't see clearly and thought he might have seen the chain wrongly.

How could anyone chain up a vertebrate?

Just as she was thinking about it, Xue Ya had already stepped onto the steps of the main hall and was about to go into the main hall. The palace guide led her to the door and stopped, "The Queen Mother is inside."

Xue Ya whispered thank you and went in through the half-opened palace door. The palace was quiet, as if there was no one around. His originally calm mood suddenly became tense. Although he wanted to replace He Xulan, after all, the other party was now

The Queen Mother mainly wants him to not be favored by Cui Lingjing.

Thinking of this, Xue Ya changed his mind. He wanted to establish a good relationship with He Xulan first, and then find ways to sow discord between him and other people, and finally achieve the goal of replacing him, instead of stupidly rushing in from the beginning and letting He Xulan be replaced.

The other party realizes his true thoughts.

Um……

Just do it.

Walking inside step by step, when she reached the inner hall, Xue Ya finally saw He Xulan, who was loved by many people.

He Xulan was dressed in a light blue dress with wide sleeves, facing him sideways, holding a brush in one hand and grabbing the hanging cuffs in the other. He stood in front of the table, as if he was painting. The sunlight outside the window shone in through the carved wooden window, spilling gold on half of the table.

Even Xue Ya, who regarded He Xulan as her enemy, couldn't help but be stunned when she saw this scene.

The storytellers talk about banishing immortals like He Xulan?

He shook his head violently, cursing himself for actually having someone else's ambition. After calming down, he carried the brocade box towards He Xulan. Probably hearing his footsteps, He Xulan stopped what he was doing and looked sideways.

He Xulan's eyes were very light, and became even lighter under the slightly bright sunlight. When he saw Xue Ya wearing a skirt, his eyebrows seemed to twist. But Xue Ya couldn't help but step forward when she saw him like this.

pause.

Xue Ya lowered his head, exhaled softly, and then continued to walk forward. He walked to the table with his head lowered, saluted first, and then placed the brocade box on the table with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is for the Queen Mother.

of."

While putting it away, he quickly glanced at what He Xulan was painting.

It turned out to be a landscape painting.

He Xulan didn't look at the brocade box on the table, as if he wasn't interested. He just returned his gaze to the painting and continued painting.

Xue Ya found out that He Xulan didn't let him go down, and immediately became enthusiastic. He looked at He Xulan's desk and said with pretending enthusiasm: "I will help the Queen Mother polish her ink."

He Xulan didn't even raise his eyebrows, "You know how to sharpen ink?"

Xue Ya had just been beaten on the head by Cui Lingjing for grinding ink. He was a little hesitant when the other party asked him this, but he was unwilling to let go of this rare opportunity, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Yes."

"Then grind it." He Xulan said.

Seeing this, Xue Ya immediately walked to the inkstone with a smile. He picked up the ink ingots on the table and glanced at He Xulan. Some people are good-looking from the front, but not necessarily from the side, but he sadly found that He Xulan's side face was also very good-looking.

Yes, the drooping eyelashes hide a lake, like a peak. Under the bridge of the nose, passing over the lips, is the chin with a superior curvature.

Xue Ya was a little unhappy and continued to peek at He Xulan, trying to find the flaws in the other person's appearance. However, he only glanced at He Xulan and did not pay any attention to the inkstone under his command.

When He Xulan looked at him with a slight frown, he quickly calmed down and looked at the inkstone. Only when he saw the inkstone did Xue Ya realize what she had done.

The side of the inkstone was covered with ink, and even his own hands and sleeves were stained with ink.

Xue Ya froze, standing there not knowing what to do, and He Xulan didn't make a sound.

If it were Cui Lingjing, instead of beating him at this time, he should be scolded.

Xue Ya was so nervous that he couldn't help but lick his lower lip, and then he took out the handkerchief in a panic. However, when he took out the handkerchief, he found that it had been stained when he wiped the ink stains on Cui Lingjing's desk.

While he was looking at the dirty handkerchief, He Xulan said, "Here comes someone."

Soon, someone from the palace walked in and said, "Queen Mother."

"Clean this place up." He Xulan said.

When Xue Ya saw the person coming next to him, she couldn't help but move out of the way. The man was quick with his hands and feet and quickly packed up. Seeing the ink sticks that Xue Ya had put down, she said, "Does the Queen Mother need someone to sharpen the ink? Come on, my slave."

He Xulan said: "No, you take him down to clean him."

Xue Ya looked at his dirty fingers and could only follow the palace servant to wash his hands first. After washing his hands, he said: "Your Majesty asked me to watch the Queen Mother open the brocade box. The Queen Mother has not opened it yet. I

Go in again."

The palace people seemed to believe this argument and put Xue Ya into the palace again. Xue Ya entered the palace again and found that He Xulan was no longer painting, but was sitting in front of the guqin. Seeing the guqin, Xue Ya instantly became more confident.

He walked forward quickly and summoned up the courage to say, "Does the Queen Mother want to play the piano? This servant can sing little songs to entertain the Queen Mother."

When it finally came time for him to show off his special skills, Xue Ya couldn't help but laugh, and the two pear dimples at the corners of his lips appeared.

But He Xulan refused.

"Need not."

Xue Ya's face fell instantly. He looked at He Xulan longingly. When he saw that the other party ignored him, he turned to look at the table. The brocade box was still there. There was a machine lock on the brocade box, which needed to be unlocked to open the brocade box. Now
To be continued...