Chapter 45: The Army of the Guards Goes Out
Concubine Shu lowered her eyes.
She thought to herself, yes, I want your embarrassment and softness.
"Your Majesty, I just remain true to my original intention and love you, but how come I am a person with ulterior motives and bad intentions when I come to Your Majesty? If Your Majesty says this to me again, I will ignore you." As
she said this, Concubine Shu was about to throw away the red silk in her hand, but Emperor Qingling grabbed her hand.
He lifted her hand and took out the red silk, opened his thin lips and read out: "I wish your heart is like mine, and I will not let you down. Yao promise? Concubine Shu, what are you doing?"
Concubine Shu looked at the red silk, her eyebrows were full of tenderness, as if the friendship had been crossed for a long time.
She said, "Your Majesty has forgotten that today is the sixth year since Yao He entered the palace. Six years ago, Yao He entered the palace and became your concubine. Time has gone forever, but love must be retained. I had forgotten it at first, but when I went out and saw the flowers in front of Changshou Palace, I remembered the day I entered the palace. On that day, Your Majesty said that I was like the plum blossom, independent and beautiful beyond all other worldly beauties. Tonight, can Yao He be even a little bit better than that day?"
As she spoke, she looked up at him shyly, timidly, openly but not flatteringly, making full use of her charming face.
Emperor Qingling smiled and took the red silk in her hand and her into his arms. He buried his head in her neck and said in a muffled voice: "Yaohe, I will never let you down in my life."
Concubine Shu shrank in his arms, letting him hold her, and responded: "If I can live in the love words of the emperor in my life, it will be sweeter than sugar." After
the voice fell, Emperor Qingling picked her up by the waist and went directly into the main palace.
In Changshou Palace, the lights were always on.
The Queen Mother leaned on the couch, her eyebrows drooping, and said in a deep voice: "What's going on outside?"
Nanny Yu replied in a low voice: "Replying to the Queen Mother, the Emperor took Concubine Xian away in front of Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu endured it and pretended to be a good person to ask for the Queen Mother's mercy on Concubine Xian."
The Queen Mother sneered: "Concubine Shu is really stupid and smart. She knows that I am venting my anger for Guangling Palace. As long as she lets go, this matter can be resolved. But it is true, this character is too soft, it is too easy to be manipulated. "
Yu Ma sighed: "Who said it is not? Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for the emperor to brave the rain to take other concubines from the concubine palace back to the Yangxin Palace. This Concubine Shu is really stupid and dumb, but the Princess Ying'an she gave birth to is smart. Could it be that Concubine Yao's smart son gave all to the princess after giving birth to the princess?"
"Where is the emperor now? The Yangxin Palace?"
Nanny Yu shook her head and raised her lips and said, "The empress dowager will never guess that the emperor has returned to Guangling Palace and is resting there now."
Upon hearing this, the empress dowager frowned and said coldly, "Nonsense! The concubine is pregnant..."
Nanny Yu stepped forward to stop the empress dowager from saying the next word, "Empress Dowager, since you want to keep the fact that the concubine is pregnant a secret, just pretend you don't know. Be careful that there are ears on the other side of the wall." The empress dowager
did not say anything else. After all, Nanny Xiang and Ying'an were next door.
Nanny Yu lowered her voice and continued, "Empress Dowager, do you want to find a way to inform the Empress that Concubine Shu is pregnant?"
"No rush, let's wait and see if the Empress's belly moves. If she is, then Concubine Shu's baby will be my bargaining chip to balance the power of Wuya. If not, I can't keep Concubine Shu's baby."
Nanny Yu said in a deep voice, "Why?"
"The Prime Minister is ambitious and has surpassed the Emperor. The Emperor has been deceived by Concubine Shu, but I am not like that. Wuya cannot have a prince, and the Zong family cannot have one even more."
Nanny Yu nodded, "The Empress Dowager has been worried about the country and the people. You are really loving and caring to the Emperor, fearing that he would suffer any grievances."
The Empress Dowager looked at the candlelight, which was ethereal and elusive.
She sighed, "Yes, my son is pitiful. He is still on guard against me supporting Wu Ya to ascend to the throne. How could he understand my heart?"
The night rain continued to fall all night long.
The sound of it was annoying.
The empress was under house arrest, and the whole palace was exempted from the morning and evening visits. When Concubine Shu woke up, the sky was already clear.
Xiao Wuzi hurriedly rushed in from outside the palace, knelt outside the hall, and shouted, "Your Majesty, something big has happened!"
Concubine Shu's voice was extremely weak, hoarse and low, and it came out slowly: "What happened? Why are you shouting so loudly so early in the morning."
Xiao Wuzi's voice was trembling, as if he had experienced something terrible.
"Your Highness, last night there was a heavy rain and strong wind, which collapsed the flowerbed of the Qiankun Palace, exposing the things inside. I just took a look from a distance... yes... yes..."
Concubine Shu seemed to have woken up, and her voice was much clearer, but she still couldn't hide her fatigue, as if she was impatient and a little angry.
"What is it? You are hesitant. If you are so surprised again in the future, you will not be able to serve in my palace."
She naturally knew what it was, but she was curious, why did it happen yesterday?
Could it be because the emperor stayed with her last night?
She thought that it would take two days before the big show could start.
"It's a doll with the emperor's birth date engraved on it, and it's pierced with silver needles. It looks eerie and scary. I was terrified when I saw it. This matter should have spread by now. Madam, our palace just went to collect needles and other items a few days ago. I saw that the doll is almost the same as the needles and threads in our palace... I'm afraid..."
Concubine Shu opened the palace door in a neatly dressed outfit. She was wearing a pink and purple silk dress and a fox fur cape, which made her look as white as jade, noble and elegant.
She was completely different from the weak and boneless her yesterday. She looked like she was going to kill everyone.
"Don't do shameful things, and you don't have to be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. I haven't done anything, so I feel relaxed. By the way, when did the emperor leave?"
Xiao Wuzi replied, "He has been gone for about an hour and a half."
Shufei curled her lips, walked towards the small kitchen, and murmured, "It seems that the emperor should be leaving the morning court soon. He will definitely be upset by this matter, and it may even cause turmoil in the court. I will personally make a bowl of calming soup, and you are not allowed to follow me."
Nanny Chen and Mi Chun, who was transferred back, looked at each other, knelt down and said, "I know."
Shufei came out of the small kitchen after struggling for an hour alone, covered in dust. The exquisite food box was held in her arms like a treasure, as if it were filled with delicacies from land and sea.
Seeing her, Nanny Chen and Mi Chun immediately stepped forward to help her dress up again.
As the sun rose again,
the pits and dents on the ground from last night were still wet, and Concubine Shu was about to set out in the rain.
It was also a coincidence that outside the door, Wei Xin was ordered to lead the Yu Lin Army to search the palace. Each of them held a sword, looking majestic and impressive, and they could scare those little ghosts. But
Concubine Shu remained calm: "General Wei, what do you mean?"
Wei Xin was still a little afraid of this empress who came out of the cold palace. He still remembered that it was he who accompanied the emperor to the cold palace, and not long after, this empress came out.
The others were just show-offs.
Those who could come out of the cold palace were the real talents.
"Your Majesty, I am ordered to search the palace, I hope you will not stop me."