Chapter 70 Why did you come back just now!
Yue Li's throat seemed to be strangled by something and she couldn't speak. He Yanchen didn't wait for her to say anything, and his slender fingers had already untied her belt.
His cool lips touched her ear: "Jiaojiao and I haven't seen each other for a month. It's time to catch up."
The man's fingertips with thin calluses slowly moved down along her smooth skin. The rough touch made the woman tremble uncontrollably.
Her delicate body was pressed tightly against the man's arms. Yueli tilted her face upwards, her almond-shaped eyes filled with a hazy tenderness, and even her voice was out of tune.
The chains on the ankles made a rattling sound as the two people moved, mixed with the low gasps, which made people's ears red and their hearts beat fast in the silent bedroom.
Yueli hugged the man tightly. He was particularly reckless and crazy today, as if he was punishing her for trying to escape.
Yueli felt that her heart, which had been empty for so long, was finally filled.
I want to drown in this crazy, absurd, irrational love.
The love that is suffocating to others is just right for her. She longs for someone to love her regardless of everything and to be filled with her in his heart and eyes. She would rather He Yanchen lock her up by his side than have any so-called cold treatment for her own good.
No one in the imperial city was destined to sleep peacefully tonight. Outside, flames were blazing into the sky, and the noise in the house only stopped at the hour of Yin.
*
Fengyang Palace.
The queen was held by Dong Xu and hid under the table. She was so scared that her teeth were chattering. Even though the rebels had not reached the harem, her people had been out to inquire about the news for a long time and had not returned. She was really afraid that the cavalry would step into Fengyang Palace at the next moment.
"The virtuous prince has truly rebelled..." The queen trembled as she clutched Dong Xu's arm. "Your Majesty... Your Majesty didn't even ask me to greet him when he returned to the palace today. Where is he now?"
Dong Xu also shook her head while holding back her tears: "I don't know... Madam, why don't we pack up and run while there's chaos..."
"Run? Where are you running to?"
"The rebels must have entered through the city gate, and they must leave through the city gate as well. How can we escape?"
After the queen finished speaking, she heard a chaotic sound of footsteps. She shuddered and clenched the dagger in her hand.
"My Lady! It's okay, it's okay!"
The eunuchs from Fengyang Palace ran in and shouted, "Your Majesty has killed the virtuous king, and General Wei has subdued the rebels. Everything is fine now!"
The queen fell to the ground in an instant. She had never been so embarrassed before.
Dong Xu wanted to help her, but his legs were weak and he fell to the ground, trembling. However, he did not forget to comfort the queen: "Your Majesty, did you hear that? It's okay..."
Except for the Queen's Palace, the scenes in other palaces in the harem except the Jade Palace are almost exactly the same.
These few hours were simply the nightmare of everyone's life.
It was not until the dawn that the palaces dared to send people out to inquire. The bloodstains of corpses at the city gate had not been cleaned up all night, and the people who came back to inquire about the news were shocked again.
Yeonbokgung Palace.
The Queen Mother stayed in the Buddhist temple all night. She looked at the tablet in front of her and kept turning the Buddhist beads with her fingers.
Until Nanny Yang ran in and said, "Empress Dowager, General Wei is here."
The Queen Mother suddenly came to her senses and quickly stood up, holding onto the corner of the table: "Hurry and pass it on."
"Your humble servant pays his respects to the Empress Dowager." Wei Hemian had not even had time to change out of his military uniform. Even though he had not had a good sleep for several days, his eyes were still full of energy.
For someone who grew up outside the Great Wall, being in the capital is like an eagle in a cage. Only the scene like last night suits him.
Wei Hemian shook off the chaotic thoughts in his mind and listened to the Queen Mother's anxious question: "Is Your Majesty okay? Your Majesty was injured when he went to the military camp. Is he all right now?"
"Your Majesty is fine. The injury he sustained was merely a deception to confuse the virtuous king and his men."
In Wei Hemian's eyes, the virtuous king was just a waste. The late emperor valued him so much and left all the good things to him, but he still couldn't compete with He Yanchen, let alone now.
"That's good, that's good..." the Queen Mother muttered, "Then where is His Majesty now?"
"There are many matters awaiting Your Majesty's attention at court, including the difficult task of settling the surrendered soldiers and the officials who were previously associated with the virtuous king. Your Majesty will likely be busy for a while. My father was afraid that the Empress Dowager would be worried, so he sent me to the palace to explain the matter to her."
The Queen Mother nodded gently, her tone seemed to be relieved but also sad: "I always thought that Your Majesty really didn't care about this country anymore, but I was too narrow-minded. Chen'er has been striving for success since he was young. If it weren't for..."
Having said that, the Queen Mother wanted to slap herself twice.
He was also her child, why did she treat him like that at that time?
Wei Hemian also learned some things from the past from Wei Chengdong, but he was not good at speaking and didn't know how to comfort the empress dowager in the face of her regret.
"Your Majesty is doing well now. I hope the Queen Mother can be more considerate of Your Majesty."
The Queen Mother nodded: "Now that he has close friends around him and the court is stable, everything is fine."
The two chatted for a while, but Wei Hemian had a lot of things to do, so he didn't stay in Yanfu Palace for long.
*
Yueli slept until the afternoon before waking up slowly.
She stretched and pulled the pinch mark on her waist, causing her face to wrinkle in pain.
"It's so sour..." She moaned twice and pulled the bell beside the bed.
The person who came in was not Lian Qiao, but Nian Xia, the palace maid from Linde Palace.
Nian Xia helped her up. Seeing her eyes wandering around the palace, she asked with a smile, "Are you looking for His Majesty?"
Yueli nodded: "Your Majesty hasn't returned yet?"
Didn't I just say yesterday that I would be with her every day? How come she's gone when I woke up?
Liar liar!
Yueli sat on the edge of the bed gloomily.
Nian Xia asked someone to bring hot water to help her wash up, and also took out a pink and blue pear blossom pattern skirt for her to change into. When she saw the gold chain on her feet, Nian Xia had no expression at all, as if she didn't see anything.
It is indeed the professional quality of a palace maid.
After Yueli finished cleaning up, she drove them all out and lay on the bed, looking at the gold chain curiously.
She tried to pull it off with her hands, but couldn't.
She stood up again and walked around the hall, and found that the chain was very long, and could even reach the outer hall, but she could not pull it when she reached the exit of the hall.
Yueli sat down on the threshold of the palace door, staring outside with eager eyes like a little bird waiting for the big bird to return to the nest.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a commotion outside.
"Nian Xia!"
Nian Xia hurried over when she heard the summons: "What are your wishes, Madam?"
Yueli frowned and pointed outside: "Who's making noise outside?"
Nian Xia smiled and said, "Such a big thing happened last night. The Empress Dowager and all the palaces sent people to greet Your Majesty."
Yueli puffed out her cheeks and said in a very rude tone: "Let them all go away!"
He Yanchen locked her up here, so this place will be hers from now on, and she won't allow any woman other than herself to come in!
Nian Xia opened her mouth and was about to say that she had sent someone to drive them away, and that the emperor had ordered that no one else was allowed to enter.
But before he could say anything, Yueli's eyes lit up.
It turned out that He Yanchen had returned.
As soon as He Yanchen stepped into the yard, he saw Yue Li standing at the door with an unhappy look on her face. A sneer appeared on the corner of his lips. Are you unhappy about being locked up here?
The man walked up the stairs and approached her step by step: "Jiaojiao, do you still want to run?"
The next moment, Yueli rushed over and hugged his waist:
"Why did you just come back?"
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