Chapter 3 Get out of here!
The spring breeze fills the room with life.
The next morning, Yue Li was remembering something, and she opened her eyes with difficulty before dawn.
She slept on the inside of the dragon bed. Perhaps the charcoal fire in the hall burned too brightly at night, and a section of her fair calf stuck out from under the quilt and pressed against the bedding.
Yueli's sleeping posture was not very good. When she first entered the palace, the empress dowager sent a nanny to teach her, but she was driven away after just two days.
Why learn these old-fashioned rules? Who would like to lie in bed like a dead fish?
Anyway, He Yanchen really liked the way she looked on the bed, which could be seen from the strength he used every time.
Yueli thought about it for a while, and remembered that today was the eighth day of the eighth month, and there would be a grand court meeting.
At this time in his previous life, He Yanchen had already begun to show signs of neglecting state affairs. He almost never attended the grand court meetings held every eight days, and occasionally skipped the small court meetings held every three days.
It must be because he did not attend court that the wise king and his party had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Yueli thought for a moment and decided that He Yanchen should go to court.
She propped herself up slightly and looked at the man beside her in the dim light.
He Yanchen's eyebrows and eyes were sharp and cold. Although he was handsome, he had a sense of majesty and was difficult to approach. When he was asleep, he was a little less cold and fierce.
The two of them covered themselves with quilts. Yue Li came out from her own quilt, quietly lifted a corner of his quilt, and crawled in.
A faint scent of ambergris lingered at the tip of her nose, and Yueli's slightly cool fingertips gently stroked his hard chest.
He Yanchen suddenly grabbed the woman's wrist and opened his eyes suddenly.
Yueli hissed softly, and collapsed on him as if exhausted, then poked her head out from under the quilt.
"Are you looking for death?"
The man's voice was a little lazy and hoarse as he had just woken up, and he glared at her unkindly.
Yueli was a little scared, but the urge to urge him to attend the morning court suppressed her fear. She said in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, it's almost the morning hour."
As she spoke, she used her other free hand to push aside the bed curtain and motioned him to look at the hourglass beside her.
The postures of the two were very ambiguous. The woman was only wearing a pink bellyband with a mandarin duck pattern on it, revealing her fair and round shoulders, which could not hide any of her beauty. A few strands of soft hair fell on his cheek, gently brushing against it and making him angry.
"If you move again, I'll throw you out like this."
Yueli blinked innocently: "But, if Your Majesty doesn't get up now, the morning court will be late."
A complex emotion seemed to flash across He Yanchen's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant.
He not so gently pushed the woman away, closed his eyes again, and said indifferently: "No."
Yue Li was thrown onto the bed by him. She persevered and got up and burrowed into his quilt again. "Your Majesty, are you really not going?"
"If you don't want to sleep, get out."
Yueli pretended not to hear. She wrapped her arms around the man's waist, rested her head on his chest, and circled her fingers on his abdominal muscles.
"Then Your Majesty, can you accompany me today? I miss Your Majesty so much..."
He Yanchen took a deep breath. He was already angry this morning, and this clingy guy was still teasing him like this without knowing the consequences.
He suddenly grabbed the back of the woman's neck, put his other hand around her waist, turned over and held her whole body under him.
Yue Li was caught off guard and knocked to the ground by him. Her shoulder hit the bed, and then her chin was pinched and lifted up.
"Your Majesty..." Yueli quickly covered her lips with her hand, and a warm kiss fell on her palm.
He Yanchen's eyes suddenly darkened and became extremely cold.
Yueli's eyelashes trembled with fear, and she said weakly: "I seem to... seem to have my period..."
"Get out of here!"
Ji Ming, who was dozing against the door, suddenly heard a man's angry voice from inside. He was so scared that he almost dropped the whisk in his hand.
Before he could stand up, He Yanchen walked out angrily.
Ji Ming was shocked. Today was a grand court meeting, and it had been a long time since he saw His Majesty get up so early.
He Yanchen washed up with a cold face. He was so angry that he had to go to the court and scold some old guys to vent his anger!
*
After knowing that He Yanchen had gone to court, Yueli took a nap contentedly.
Half an hour later, Lian Qiao came in and woke her up:
"Master, it's time to pay your respects."
Yueli rolled around hugging the soft pillow. Damn it, she still had to pay her respects.
Thinking back to the last year of her life in her previous life, with the indulgence of He Yanchen, she also began to abuse the power of others and stir up trouble, turning the harem upside down and making it a chaotic mess. The empress dowager and the queen had already stopped paying their respects.
One of them was messing with the front court, and the other was messing with the back court, and soon they had messed themselves up too.
Yueli sat in front of a diamond-shaped mirror, dressing herself. Lianqiao, knowing she loved beauty, brought out a lot of jewelry for her to choose from.
"What do you think of this, Master?"
Yue Li nodded absentmindedly. Her mind was not on the harem at all. Anyway, those people in the harem were not as pretty as her nor as good at vying for favor as she was. They couldn't compete with her in their previous life, so they were nothing to be afraid of in this life.
The most important thing is to find a way to avoid the rebellion two years later.
The reason why the virtuous king was able to rebel was because when He Yanchen was in power, the court and the people had long-standing grievances, so he had a legitimate reason to rebel.
All this can be avoided as long as He Yanchen can be changed and made a good emperor.
If she really couldn't change it, she would find out the secret passage behind the Zhuoyu Palace in advance and then slip away.
This time, I can't come back and seek death on impulse.
Although He Yanchen is a good person, her life is more important.
Persuading him to attend court properly and finding ways to remind him to pay attention to the wise king is already the most we can do.
Yueli figured it all out and felt a little more at ease.
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The other side.
Shen Zhaoyi came out of Yihua Palace and was about to get on the sedan chair to pay her respects when she heard someone calling her from behind.
Jiang Ronghua stepped forward quickly and said, "I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Concubine Zhaoyi."
"No need to be so polite, sister."
Shen Zhaoyi signaled the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair to withdraw, and she and Jiang Ronghua walked together on the palace road.
"Sister, do you know that Lady Yu stayed at the Linde Palace last night?"
Concubine Shen chuckled softly and said, "Lady Yu has always been favored, and this isn't her first time staying overnight. What's so surprising?"
"I just heard that His Majesty went to the grand court this morning."
Shen Zhaoyi's eyes flashed imperceptibly, and then she said, "Isn't this a good thing?"
"If Lady Yu can persuade His Majesty to pay more attention to state affairs, I'm sure the Empress Dowager will change her mind about her."
Jiang Ronghua also knew this truth, but she just felt uncomfortable, especially when she heard Shen Zhaoyi also speaking for Yu Meiren, she felt even more sour in her heart.
Concubine Yu was born in a humble family and was arrogant. Few people in the palace interacted with her, but for some reason, Concubine Shen was somewhat close to her and seemed to be trying to win her over.
But it was obvious that before she entered the palace, she and Shen Zhaoyi had the best relationship.
Not only did she steal His Majesty's favor, she also stole Shen Zhaoyi's attention. It was so despicable!
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