Chapter 44: Original Intention Remains Unchanged

In the pavilion in late autumn, the beauty sat in it, feeling sad and worried. Every time she sighed, she would feel endless longing, which was very sad.

As the night deepened, the last bit of the setting sun in the sky was also taken away, and it was dark and terrifying.

Nanny Chen held an umbrella on her head, holding two or three folded flowers in her arms, with an anxious look on her face, and took a big step up to the pavilion: "Your Majesty, the emperor is coming out."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu stood up calmly, facing Nanny Chen and said softly: "Put the flowers in place, let's go."

Nanny Chen lowered her eyes and responded, stepped forward and put the flowers in the vase on the table in the pavilion, instantly adding a bit of vitality to the dead and cold pavilion.

After doing all this, she walked towards Concubine Shu and took her to the rain curtain.

When she looked down, she saw that Concubine Shu was holding a fake twin flower in her hand, which looked like something sold at a stall outside the palace.

Nanny Chen's expression changed drastically: "Your Majesty, the twin flower symbolizes the love between husband and wife. You hold this flower... The emperor..."

Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and looked at the twin flower in her hand, and said softly: "When I married the emperor, I held this twin flower in my hand. He knew my feelings."

Her words happened to be heard by Emperor Qingling who had just walked here.

He was holding another woman in his arms.

Emperor Qingling's voice was full of embarrassment: "Concubine Shu, why are you here? Where is the Empress Dowager?"

Concubine Shu seemed to be frightened suddenly. She turned back in panic. There was a moment of deep affection in her eyes, but the next moment she saw the person in his arms, it quickly dissipated, with some surprise and surprise.

Emotions come and go quickly.

She knelt down in a panic and saluted: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be blessed

with good health." Emperor Qingling took half a step forward, but suddenly remembered that he was still holding Concubine Xian in his arms, so he retracted his feet.

Wei Weiran said anxiously behind him in fear and trepidation: "Your Majesty, please return to the palace quickly. Your clothes are wet. If you catch a cold, it will be the fault of your servants."

At this moment, even if he would make the emperor dislike him again, he had to say it.

No matter whether it was Concubine Shu or Concubine Xian, they were just women in the harem, and they were not half as powerful as the emperor.

Concubine Shu stood up, made way to the side, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I will go to the Empress Dowager to persuade her. With her magnanimity, she will definitely spare my sister from punishment."

Emperor Qingling looked at Concubine Shu with an apologetic look, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything in the end. He just said, "Thank you."

These two words made Concubine Shu's heart fall to the bottom.

But the next moment, she came to her senses. Everything she did was to gain favor, and she must not lose this heart again.

Concubine Shu hid the lotus behind her body with shaking hands, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty has feelings, and I have intentions. Your Majesty and Sister Zhiyao are really a perfect match. I envy you so much. It's cold in the rain. Your Majesty, please take Sister Zhiyao back to the palace quickly. If it's any later, I'm afraid Sister Zhiyao will be too cold to bear it."

She held back her tears and bowed her head in blessing, which hurt Emperor Qingling's eyes.

He loved Concubine Shu's face the most, but now it showed the forbearing expression he disliked the most.

But he didn't hate her as much as before. Instead, he wanted to hug Concubine Shu tightly in his arms and say that he loved her and spoiled her.

Just as he was about to speak, Concubine Xian in his arms murmured, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Concubine Xian frowned and looked at him with sleepy eyes, her eyebrows full of tenderness. With such

a warm and soft beauty in his arms, even if Emperor Qingling had a heart of stone, his heart would be melted by this look.

He lowered his eyes to look at Concubine Xian and frowned, "I will take Concubine Xian back first."

Concubine Shu lowered her eyes, "Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off."

After saying that, Emperor Qingling walked past her quickly without looking back.

In the Yangxin Palace.

Emperor Qingling placed Concubine Xian on the couch, arranged for Doctor Zhao to treat her, and then left the house. He stood at the door with his hands behind his back, staring at the rain outside the door in a daze.

Wei Weiran stepped forward and put on his cloak, comforting him: "Your Majesty, winter is coming soon, keep warm and don't catch a cold."

Emperor Qingling said to himself: "Wei Weiran, tell me, did I do something wrong? I made Hua Zhiyao a noble lady regardless of everything, and gave her the position of the head of a palace. I even hurt Concubine Shu's heart for her."

Wei Weiran lowered his eyes and said after careful consideration: "I am a eunuch, how can I understand these principles? I only know that thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor."

Emperor Qingling looked at Wei Weiran from the side.

Wei Weiran lowered his eyes to avoid Emperor Qingling's eyes.

Emperor Qingling said solemnly: "I am going to Guangling Palace, you don't need to follow me."

Wei Weiran lowered his eyes: "Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as Emperor Qingling left, Concubine Xian became hysterical and kept saying that she wanted to see the emperor.

Wei Weiran walked into the palace and whispered: "Doctor Zhao, is Concubine Xian's illness serious?"

"It's not serious."

Concubine Xian's eyes were closed on the bed, making it difficult to tell whether she was awake or asleep.

Wei Weiran said in a light voice: "Concubine Xian, you said you wanted to leave Guangling Palace, and now you have fulfilled your wish. The emperor's friendship with you is not shallow. I hope Concubine Xian will not let down the emperor's sincerity." Concubine

Xian did not respond.

Wei Weiran waved his hand, signaling everyone to go out.

For a while, the entire Yangxin Palace was left with only Concubine Xian.

She lay on the bed crying, the tear marks from the corners of her eyes running down her cheeks, feeling cold.

Your Majesty, you once said that you would only love me for the rest of your life, and you broke your promise.

Concubine Shu is really a thorn in your long life.

But she is a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes!

In the empty Yangxin Palace, Concubine Xian's eyes had more cruelty, poison in them, and murderous intentions.

Outside the Guangling Palace, Emperor Qingling was followed by only a little eunuch holding an umbrella.

The little eunuch used all his strength to tip the umbrella over Emperor Qingling, and pushed open the gate of Guangling Palace first.

The palace gate was ajar. The moment he pushed it open, the young eunuch was stunned by the scene inside.

Concubine Shu was standing alone in front of the corridor, wearing a snow-white fox fur cape, holding a red silk with a sentence written on it:

I wish your heart was like mine, and I will never let you down.

The signature was, Yao agreed.

The young eunuch immediately made way and moved aside.

Emperor Qingling eagerly took the umbrella and walked over quickly, taking off his cloak as he walked.

When he reached the corridor, he threw the umbrella aside.

The cloak was wrapped in his warmth, and it turned around and fell on Concubine Shu, which was very warm.

For a moment, she actually wanted to rely on him.

Concubine Shu raised her eyes and looked at him: "Your Majesty, why are you here again?"

Emperor Qingling lowered his eyes to look at her, and in his eyes, in addition to friendship, there was also some guilt.

"On the wedding day, I promised you that I would be your husband, but I didn't live up to your love for you like a pair of lotus flowers. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor, but I feel wronged for you."

Concubine Shu lowered her eyes and smiled, raised her icy green jade hand and placed it on Emperor Qingling's lips, whispering, "Your Majesty, I don't feel wronged."

Emperor Qingling raised his hand and scratched Concubine Shu's nose, scolding her, "How can you not feel wronged? Just now you were still worried about Concubine Xian catching a cold, but you didn't think about asking the Queen Mother for mercy for Concubine Xian in the rain, and you also saluted me in the rain. Yaohe, do you really want me to feel that I owe you?"