Xuan Ling clenched her fingers around the jade ring, feeling an indescribable mix of emotions in her heart. Why did she do this?

Gao Shurong and Lin Xiuyi ran over, "Sister Sheng, are you okay?"

She quickly pleaded with Consort Lian, "Sister Lian, Sister Sheng's hand is already broken, could you please stop?"

Lian Zhaoyi caressed her bulging belly, and no one dared to touch her because she was pregnant with the dragon fetus.

Hua Xia hurriedly tried to grab her ankle and ask her to move away, but Lian Zhaoyi kicked her.

"How dare you touch our master? If you disturb the dragon fetus, how many heads will you have?"

Lian Zhaoyi was tired from stepping on it, so she crushed Sheng Xiyan's hand again before slowly walking away.

"Sister Sheng, get up quickly." Gao Shurong helped her up with concern.

Sheng Xiyan didn't get up. She turned over and lay flat on the bluestone floor, looking up at the sky. The sky was blue and every cloud looked like a painting.

"Sister Sheng, why do you have to ruin yourself like this? Get up quickly, the ground is so cold."

Sheng Xiyan smiled and said, "Sister Gao, what pattern do you see in the clouds in the sky?"

Everyone followed her finger and looked, but they couldn't see anything. They all said, "Sheng Chongyuan is really crazy. She's not far from being sent to the cold palace."

Xuan Ling clenched his fists and turned to leave. He used to think she was gentle and lovely, but he didn't expect her to be so stubborn. She knew he had said the wrong thing, but not only did she not try to coax him, but she used this method to abandon herself.

In Zhongcui Palace, the palace maid recounted the story to Concubine Shu in vivid detail, and Concubine Shu laughed so hard that she could hardly control herself.

"Sheng Xiyan, a humble woman from the countryside, was lucky enough to marry into the palace and think she could win the emperor's heart. She didn't even consider her own abilities. It was sheer wishful thinking! She deserved it."

In the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, the head maid said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has stopped the supply of fresh daily necessities to Sheng Chongyuan in Guanju Palace. Do you want to take care of this?"

Concubine Liang chuckled and said, "She has already been despised by the Emperor and has become Concubine Shu's abandoned child. There is no need for me to care about her. I will just pretend I don't know."

At night, the palace lanterns begin to light up.

Xuan Ling put down the memorial and stared at the bottle of ointment on the dragon table in a daze.

Eunuch Fu asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, would you like me to take the ointment to Guanju Palace? Young Lady Sheng has suffered greatly today; her hand might even have been stepped on and broken."

Xuan Ling picked up the yellow porcelain jar and thought of that delicate and boneless hand, wondering how painful it must have been to be stepped on.

"Pass on my oral order. All concubines who caused trouble in the South Garden today will be fined six months' salary as a warning to others. Concubine Lian Zhaoyi's pregnancy benefits will be revoked, and her monthly salary will be reduced by two levels. In addition, all the jewelry they stole must be recovered. Not a single one can be lost."

Eunuch Fu listened carefully and took notes attentively, but why did he always feel that there was still half a sentence left unsaid?

He said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I understand. I will take back the jewelry and return it to Lady Sheng. It will be returned intact to Zhao."

Unexpectedly, Xuan Ling glared at him and said, "There's no need to send it back to Guanju Palace. It's confiscated. She doesn't want it, so why send it back?"

"I understand." Eunuch Fu agreed happily.

"Doesn't she know that one of her duties as a concubine is to dress herself beautifully to please the Emperor?"

"Your Majesty, Miss Sheng may have been confused for a moment. She has lost all her hairpins, rings, and jewelry. How will she dress herself in the future?"

Xuan Ling said angrily, "She doesn't intend to please me anymore. She's just throwing everything away."

She would rather live with the memories of Qi Yan in the future than have any further contact with him. Yesterday he said, "You are not allowed to leave the palace until you die." Didn't she understand what he said? Stupid woman.

After all, she doesn't have him in her heart.

Xuan Ling felt a sense of frustration he had never felt before, but he believed that he could overcome the thought of caring about a woman.

An hour later, he glanced at the night scene outside the hall, stood up and took out a brocade box from the cabinet. Inside was a xiao with a black background and dragon pattern.

"Heading to Guanju Palace."

When Eunuch Fu heard this, the Emperor couldn't help but go see Lady Sheng.

But when they were almost at Guanju Palace, they heard him say in a stern voice, "Go to the side hall."

Eunuch Fu lamented, isn't the emperor's arrogance torturing himself?

The imperial carriage stopped at the entrance to the side hall of Guanju Palace, and Dun Shuyuan came out to greet it joyfully, "May the Emperor be blessed with good fortune."

She wanted to hold his arm and walk inside, but Xuan Ling shook her off and stretched his neck to look towards the main hall on the left.

In the side hall, Xuan Ling sat at the stone table.

Dun Shuyuan said in a sweet voice, "Your Majesty, it is extremely romantic for me to accompany you to appreciate the moonlight. I made some lotus pastries, please enjoy them."

She asked the maid to bring a pot of wine and quickly poured a cup and presented it to him, "Your Majesty, this is green plum wine, brewed by me."

Xuan Ling said coldly: "Shut up."

Dun Shuyuan stuck out her tongue, squatted down and snuggled up to his legs, like a cat, secretly pinching and touching the dragon robe from time to time.

The sound of the xiao is melodious, as if it came from thousands of years ago.

There is nothing more touching than this sound.

It comes from ancient times, carrying the smell of earth and the smell of autumn wind.

It is turbid and noisy, and for thousands of years it has penetrated people's souls under the clear sunlight or moonlight.

It was also his comfort for her suffering today.

Dun Shuyuan looked up and gazed at Emperor Xuanwu in admiration. He was as handsome as an immortal and had the aura of an emperor. Such a perfect man could make her forget the young general buried deep in her heart.

Qi Yan, when you gave up on me for Sheng Xiyan, you never imagined that Sheng Xiyan has become the laughing stock of the entire palace.

The emperor was in my room at that time. I was smarter than that woman and knew what it meant to judge the situation and adapt to reality.

She gently rubbed the corner of the dragon robe with her fingers and looked at Xuan Ling with spring in her eyes.

In the main hall separated by a wall.

Sheng Xiyan was painting on the soft couch, her slender fingers were red with several purple and green spots.

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