Chapter 91 Concubine Yu
Yue Li hugged him and kept crying, saying incoherent words that He Yanchen couldn't understand. He could only put her back on the bed and patted her face, trying to wake her up.
"Jiaojiao, wake up?" He Yanchen pinched her nose, and after a while, Yueli opened her eyes uncomfortably.
"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" He only heard her talking about death and lifelessness, and asked him not to save her. He didn't know what she dreamed about.
Yueli stared blankly at the curtain above her head, then moved her gaze to the man's handsome face. She raised her hand and touched the man's face.
There is warmth, not the appearance of being dead.
Yueli suddenly pushed him away and sat up, looking around stupidly until she saw the familiar furnishings, then she breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just a dream.
But this dream was too real. She dreamed that He Yanchen broke into the Golden Palace alone and killed many people. The magnificent palace was full of blood. He also hugged her and sat on the dragon throne, whispering something.
As she tried hard to hear what he was saying, a more anxious voice woke her up.
"Your Majesty..." Yue Li looked at him and remembered the last time she saw him in her previous life.
She had been in the palace for three years at that time, but she had never seen a man cry.
He seemed reluctant to part with himself.
He Yanchen saw that her eyes were red and thought she was frightened by a nightmare. He quickly hugged her and patted her back: "It's okay, it's just a nightmare. I'm with you."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Yueli hugged him tightly and rubbed his neck continuously, her tears and snot rubbing against him.
"What did you dream about? Can you tell me?" He Yanchen stroked the back of her neck and asked softly.
Yueli whimpered a few times, then shook her head in his arms.
She didn't know how to tell him.
He Yanchen lowered his head and kissed her: "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. It's okay. If you are afraid, just move to Linde Palace and live with me tomorrow."
Yue Li was still frightened. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw a scarlet red in front of her eyes, as if she was in the purgatory-like throne room.
Did that happen after she died in her previous life?
But why did He Yanchen help her to take revenge? In her previous life, she didn't think he loved her that much. He just kept her like a pet that pleased him. He had never been so gentle to her as he was now.
But he would build a secret passage to send her away, and would avenge her single-handedly. It seemed that his feelings for her were greater than she imagined.
He Yanchen noticed that the woman in his arms was distracted. She was still hugging him, with a few tears hanging on her eyelashes, but it was obvious that her eyes had drifted away to somewhere else.
"Do you still want to clean it?" His words brought her back to her senses.
Yueli sobbed twice, then shook her head: "No..."
She wanted her whole body to be filled with the scent of He Yanchen, only then would she feel at ease.
He Yanchen didn't carry her to the bathroom anymore. He got back on the bed, pulled down the curtain, and held her in his arms.
"Can't you tell me what nightmare you had?"
Yue Li's eyelashes trembled, and she looked up at him: "If I don't tell Your Majesty, will Your Majesty be angry?"
He Yanchen stroked her bare shoulders and said, "I want to know just to relieve your worries and let you sleep peacefully. If telling me will make you embarrassed, then I won't tell you."
"I don't want to hide it from Your Majesty..." Yueli buried her head in his arms, her voice muffled, "Can I tell Your Majesty later?"
"Okay." He Yanchen helped her pull the corner of the quilt, wrapped her up, and patted her back like a child, "Can you still fall asleep now?"
“I’m sleepy, but I don’t dare to sleep…”
He Yanchen said: "That means you are not tired enough."
"If you're a little more tired, you'll fall asleep."
......
After that, Yueli stopped dreaming.
She wanted to know what happened after her death, but she was also afraid, afraid of seeing He Yanchen have a bad end.
She couldn't hide what was on her mind. He Yanchen saw that she was depressed all day long and didn't know why, so he could only think of ways to cheer her up.
"My Lady, happy news! Happy news!"
Yueli was reading a storybook in the room when she suddenly saw Xiaolizi running in, panting and looking very happy.
She threw the notebook aside and took the chestnuts Lianqiao had peeled and chewed them. "What's the good news?"
"His Majesty has just issued an edict, promoting Her Majesty to be a consort!"
With a "click", the chestnut in Yueli's hand fell on the couch, rolled twice and fell to the ground again.
"Why so sudden?" Yue Li blinked her eyes. It hadn't been long since she was promoted to Zhaorong, and she hadn't heard He Yanchen mention promoting her recently.
Lian Qiao and Xiao Lizi both looked very happy: "Congratulations, Empress Yu!"
The Zhuoyu Palace was filled with joy, and gifts were sent one after another from other palaces. In the evening, He Yanchen walked into the palace in the afterglow.
"His Majesty!"
Before he could stand still, Yueli ran over and threw herself into his arms, hugging him.
He Yanchen patted her shoulders and said, "Are you happy today?"
Yue Li was a little happy, but she couldn't say how happy she was. After all, she was now able to act arrogantly in the palace, and no one dared to make her angry. Her position didn't matter much anymore.
But facing He Yanchen, she still tried her best to smile: "Happy!"
"Little liar." He Yanchen pinched her face. Couldn't he tell whether she was happy or not?
Wasn't the title of Concubine enough to make her happy? In fact, before he issued the decree today, he was considering whether to give her the title of Imperial Concubine directly. However, there were often memorials impeaching her in the court. Although he suppressed them with all his strength, those idle censors always kept harping on the fact that Yue Li was the only favorite.
He Yanchen doesn't care about his reputation, but he still gets angry when he hears others talking about Yueli.
Since she likes compliments so much, she must also like good reputation.
He thought that he would wait until this year's New Year's Eve to confer titles on the six palaces again, and everyone would be promoted to a higher rank, so that Yue Li would receive less attention.
Although she is a concubine, her salary and all supplies are based on the status of a noble concubine. She will only have to wait until the annual banquet to issue an order.
He Yanchen thought Yueli would be happy, but he always felt that she was forcing herself to smile.
So he put his arm around the girl and sat on the couch: "The weather is getting colder. How about I take you to the hot spring palace this year?"
"Hot Spring Palace?" Yueli opened her eyes wide with curiosity. "I've never been there before."
The Hot Spring Palace is located on Xilu Mountain in the suburbs. The capital city is very cold in winter, and the emperor would occasionally stay in the Hot Spring Palace for two months, but He Yanchen has never been there since he ascended the throne.
He thought for a moment and said, "It's just outside the city, not far from the Imperial City. If Jiaojiao wants to go, she can leave in half a month and come back in spring."
"Are there many hot springs? I have never seen any hot springs!"
Seeing her regain her vitality, He Yanchen followed him curiously and asked, his mood brightening: "There are many hot springs. In addition to the ones in the inner hall, there are also ones dug outside. When it snows, the snow is piled up everywhere, and only the hot springs are steaming."
"I want to go!" Yue Li hugged his neck, her eyes shining.
He Yanchen smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take you there in half a month."
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