Baihe Lake is not far from Ci'an Palace and is slightly smaller than Jiulong Lake. The lake embankment is full of willow trees and pine and cypress trees. Thousands of silk-like willows gently caress the lake surface. The tall and straight pine and cypress trees create a beautiful shade.

I saw densely packed lotus leaves on the lake, almost crowding the entire lake. The lotus flowers stood gracefully and gracefully in various poses, like fairies bathing in the water covered with light gauze. They stood smiling, shy and eager to talk, their tender stamens condensed with pearls, and they were full of flowers.

The fragrance is refreshing and refreshing.

Seeing this beautiful scenery, Yu Lin temporarily put aside his boredom and just admired the beautiful scenery in the lake.

In the far center of the lake, layers of lotus leaves swayed, and a dark-colored boat was drawn out from it. The side of the boat was piled with picked lotus leaves, which were integrated with the surrounding lotus leaves. You can’t see it unless you look carefully.

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Seeing that the boat was interesting, Yu Lin suddenly became interested in taking a boat ride, so he said to Li Zhong: "Call the boat over!"

Li Zhong hurriedly approached the lake, leaned on the railing, waved and shouted: "The Emperor is here, come quickly!" After shouting two or three times, he saw the small boat slowly sailing over against the waves.

Not long after, the boat had arrived at the lake, and a woman in a light green dress walked out of the small boat canopy. She had bright eyes, white teeth, and a charming smile. She turned out to be Lu Yuan.

She was lightly painted with pink and white, and her long hair was tied loosely behind her back with a milky white ribbon. There were only two broken bead hairpins in her bun, dotted with a few tassels. Her dress was a pale green, with only the embroidery on the cuffs.

There are a few light-colored plum blossoms, reflecting the lotus leaves stacked around them, which is very elegant and pleasant.

Yu Lin hadn't seen her for a few days, and he missed her a lot. Today, when he saw her blushing cheeks and her beautiful smile, he couldn't move his eyes away.

Yu Lin smiled and said: "Miss Yuanyuan feels so comfortable. Can you please allow me to board the boat and ride together?"

Lu Yuan smiled softly and said: "Your Majesty, please do so."

Yu Lin hurriedly stepped onto the boat and ordered Li Zhong and others to wait on the shore. Chunhua held up a long pole at the stern of the boat, and the boat slowly rowed toward the center of the lake.

Lu Yuan smiled and invited Yu Lin to the tent. There was a small table in the tent, with a jasper-colored emerald disc on it, which contained half a plate of freshly peeled lotus seeds.

There are still many unpeeled lotus pods in the cabin.

Lu Yuan picked up the plate, brought it to Yu Lin, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has been busy with government affairs for the past few days, and you can't help but get angry. These are the lotus seeds that Yuanyuan has just peeled. The lotus heart has been removed. They are sweet and reduce the fire. They can best purify your heart. Please, Your Majesty."

Have a taste.”

Yu Lin picked up one, put it into his mouth, chewed it, and said with a smile, "It's really sweet and delicious." He ate half of the plate in one go.

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Yuanyuan worked hard for a long time to peel it, just to ask the emperor to taste it, but he ate it all. This is what Yuanyuan is going to make porridge for the Queen Mother's dinner." She seemed happy and angry at the same time.

, the banquet of laughter was so charming that it completely melted Yu Lin's heart.

Yu Lin smiled and said: "Then I will peel the lotus for you." After saying that, he picked up the crisp and tender lotus pods and peeled them off.

Lu Yuan pretended to be serious and said: "Then I'll punish you by peeling a full plate, and you won't be allowed to go ashore until you finish peeling!"

Yu Lin laughed and said: "I am willing to be punished!" Then he said: "What did Miss Yuanyuan do with this boatload of lotus leaves?"

Lu Yuan lowered her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you forgot, the day after tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, Yuanyuan has been using it to make rice dumplings!"

When Yu Lin heard this, he was very interested: "Then I will definitely go to Ci'an Palace to ask Miss Yuanyuan for rice dumplings to eat!"

Lu Yuan said playfully: "That's enough!" They both laughed.

After peeling the lotus seeds, Lu Yuan smiled and pulled Yu Lin out to enjoy the lotus flowers. Suddenly she saw a red carp swimming leisurely by. Lu Yuan exclaimed in surprise: "There is a fish in the water!"

Yu Lin smiled and said, "What's all this fuss about? There are at least a thousand fish in the Hundred Lotus Pond. If you like it, I'll have someone catch a few more and put them in the cage and send them to Ci'an Palace for you to enjoy."

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Lu Yuan shook her head and said: "The fish is happy and free in Huzhou. Putting it in a cage is like being imprisoned in a cage. It loses its freedom and will no longer be happy. So Yuanyuan doesn't want it."

Yu Lin was greatly moved: "Yuan Yuan is really kind."

The sun has slowly moved westward, and Yu Lin feels happy on the boat, and time flies by.

Lu Yuan instructed Chunhua to row the boat to the shore and respectfully escorted Yu Lin ashore. Li Zhong and others on the shore had been waiting for a long time.

Lu Yuan smiled and said to Li Zhong: "It's Yuanyuan's fault for keeping Eunuch Li waiting for so long."

Li Zhong bowed hurriedly, saying that he didn't dare to take it seriously.

Lu Yuan continued: "Yuanyuan saw that Eunuch De had brought some people to remove the cicadas from the books around Chengming Hall. The cicadas were small in shape and black in color. They were hard to detect when attached to the tree. They flew around when they were frightened. They were driven away like this.

Cicada, not very effective.”

Li Zhong said hurriedly: "The little cicada really gives the slaves a headache. Does Miss Lu have a better way?"

Lu Yuan said: "Cicadas are afraid of sparrows, praying mantises, etc. Father-in-law can drive them away by raising natural enemies. When Yuanyuan was a child, she saw people lighting firewood at night and then hitting the branches with long poles, and the cicadas would fly near the fire and kill them again.

The man is caught. Yuanyuan's plan is clumsy, please ask Eunuch Li to test whether it works."

Li Zhong bent down and said, "Old slave, thank you very much for your advice."

Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, and then said to Yu Lin: "Yuan Yuan sends you to the Emperor."

From that day on, Yu Lin and Lu Yuan put aside their differences and reconciled. Yu Lin still went to the side hall of Ci'an Palace to sit around every day.

Concubine Rong of the Yaohua Palace learned about this from Jin Xi and was very angry. She threw the jade ice bowl she was eating on the ground. The ground was immediately covered with broken jade, and Cuixuan hurriedly stepped forward to clean it up.

Concubine Rong's eyes showed extreme dissatisfaction, and she said bitterly: "How dare you seduce the emperor so blatantly in broad daylight? I must teach Lu Yuan a lesson. She cannot be allowed to act recklessly with the support of the Queen Mother."

Liusu gently fanned the cattail leaf and said, "Don't get angry, the queen. Lu Yuan is so small that she won't be able to achieve anything. Let this servant think about it and come up with a clever plan for the queen."

When Concubine Rong heard what she said, she rolled her eyes, sneered, and said: "Think of a plan quickly. I don't have to wait for those days. If she climbs onto the emperor's bed, I will."
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