Chapter 60 Not All Is Lost
After a long time, Meng Yan sighed slightly.
I shouldn't have any expectations of him in the first place. Thinking about these things is just unnecessary worry.
I decided early on not to trap myself like I did in my previous life, so it's useless to think too much about it now.
Meng Yan let out a long sigh and stopped thinking about these things.
"Don't be sad, Your Majesty. Judging from the Emperor's attitude tonight, his heart is still with Your Majesty."
Ruizhu heard her sighing outside and thought she was sad for the emperor, so she tried to comfort her.
"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired."
Meng Yan smiled faintly. The ice is three feet thick and it didn't freeze overnight. It was her fault for being infatuated with Lu Haozhi for so many years that her character was unbreakable and the people around her couldn't change it easily.
"Speaking of which, Concubine Lin is truly a foxy womanizer. As soon as she stepped into the harem, she was already trying every possible means to seduce the emperor and ask for rose jade cream to rub her body. Now, look what she has done. She really has lost more than she gained. She truly deserves it!"
As if to cheer her up and make her vent her anger, Ruizhu started talking to herself outside.
Rose Jade Cream...
Rose Jade Dew Cream?!
Just now she was so busy defending herself that she didn't pay close attention to the object that caused the trouble. Only after hearing Ruizhu's words did she come to her senses.
The thing that caused Lin Yanrong's whole body to become red and swollen and prevented her from sleeping with the emperor was actually the Rose Jade Dew Cream that had helped her gain favor in her previous life!
The same thing caused completely opposite situations in two lives.
Is there something wrong here?
Meng Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, and thought carefully about the people and things she had encountered in the past two days. Suddenly, she felt her fingertips were icy cold.
Xiahou Yu, the key to this matter may lie with this man.
No wonder he had the sudden idea to give her this extremely precious ointment. If she had accepted it at that time, and then tonight followed the plan laid out by Liang Chengbi and others to search Changchun Palace and seize the jar of ointment, she would not be able to explain herself even if she had a mouth full of mouths.
Xiahou Yu is Lu Haozhi's confidant, and he would definitely not become suspicious of him just because of his one-sided statement.
It turned out that they had gone through so much trouble just to set up a trap and wait for her to fall into it.
She had mistakenly thought that Xiahou Yu was a kind-hearted doctor, and that she had never offended him in her life, so he would not embarrass her again. She even entrusted Doukou to him for treatment!
She was stupid. How could she forget that both Lu Haozhi and Xia Houyu were around Lin Yanrong in the book, so how could they have any good intentions towards her, the supporting actress?
The street is long and deep, as if there is no end in sight.
Meng Yan felt a sudden sense of loneliness, her body couldn't help but tremble slightly, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth.
It seems that she didn't hide far enough.
The sedan chair carried Meng Yan straight into the inner courtyard of Changchun Palace before it stopped.
Meng Yan got off the sedan chair, but saw a faint yellow light coming through the window of the inner hall.
"Why, hasn't Doukou gone to bed yet?"
She was a little confused because the little girl was clearly sleeping soundly before she left.
Yunxiang came out of the palace and came forward to greet them. "Your Majesty, you didn't know that the princess woke up the moment you left, crying and insisting on going looking for you. Fortunately, Bai promised to listen from the next room and rushed over, and the princess finally stopped crying."
Meng Yan listened, nodded slightly, and walked into the inner room.
When I entered the room, I saw that the whole room was dim. Bai Yuxin had her hair hanging down and was wearing only a lilac-colored middle dress. She was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding the little princess in her arms, and was patting her gently.
Seeing her come back, Bai Yuxin smiled gently, "Sister is back."
When Doukou heard the noise, her eyes, which were originally closed, immediately opened. When she saw her, she stretched out her arms as thin as lotus roots and called out "Grandma".
"mother……"
In an instant, the scene before her eyes was like a stream of warm water flowing through her heart, melting away the coldness and depression.
Meng Yan couldn't help but smile, she was not completely without anything.
She took off her hairpins and rings, changed her clothes, and washed herself again before she came over and embraced Doukou.
As soon as the little girl jumped into her arms, she stuck to her like taffy, with her little face pressed tightly against hers.
"Thank you for your hard work, sister. You have to come here in the middle of the night and disturb your sweet dreams."
Bai Yuxin smiled slightly, "Sister, why are you being so polite to your younger sister? Hearing Doukou crying and looking for her mother, I feel so distressed too."
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before Ruizhu came in and announced, "It's past midnight. The two masters should settle down early."
Bai Yuxin stood up and left.
Returning to Le Zhixuan's bedroom, Bai Yuxin lay under the brocade quilt, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.
Someone had already sent back news of what happened to Sister Yan after she went to Yongshou Palace, and she knew everything.
This group of people is really going too far!
Anything dirty or smelly could be pinned on Sister Yan. She was even the Imperial Concubine, yet she could actually do such dirty and despicable things.
As for Lin Yanrong, although she did not ridicule her own background like others during the talent show, and did not bully others openly or secretly, her scheming yet pretentious demeanor was really displeasing.
Bai Yuxin originally didn't want to care about these right and wrongs. She didn't enter the palace to become a favorite concubine or bring honor to the family.
But these people actually colluded with each other to murder her sister Yan, and she was really angry.
In her mind, Sister Yan is as bright and upright as the moon. How can she allow this group of people to harm her at will?
And there was also the Emperor. Everyone said that her sister was favored by him, but she really couldn't see how he truly loved her sister.
Originally, I thought Changchun Palace was magnificent and my sister, as a noble concubine, was treated like a noble and lived a life of luxury. However, I never expected that there were so many hardships underneath.
Bai Yuxin turned over on the pillow. From now on, she could not just rely on her sister's protection and live a leisurely life. She always had to work hard to make it to her sister's list.
Her mind was full of thoughts, and she fell into a drowsy sleep only when the eastern sky began to turn white.
The next day, the palace was peaceful, as if the chaos in Yongshou Palace last night had never happened.
For Meng Yan, this situation was all too familiar. Even if the sky fell and the earth collapsed, the Forbidden City could always be calm again overnight.
She slept late last night, so naturally she got up late today. It was not until the sun was high in the sky and bright that she lazily got out of bed.
Anyway, the emperor doesn't like her now, Changchun Palace is deserted, and no one will come to watch her stay in bed. She is happy to have a good sleep.
"I heard from the people in the Yangxin Palace that the emperor went back and sat in his study for most of the night, neither talking nor sleeping, which frightened the servants."
While combing her hair, Yunxiang kept reciting gossip she had heard outside to entertain her master.
What new things could there be in this palace? It's nothing but the emperor, or the gossip of other concubines.
Meng Yan used to like listening to these things. She would either think about Lu Haozhi or listen to how other concubines were out of favor.
But now, she just feels dull and boring.
Yunxiang looked at her expression and felt a little worried.
Last night, Her Majesty bluntly declined the Emperor's request to stay overnight in front of the Yongshou Palace. This news spread like wildfire, and now everyone is talking about it behind her back.
The original words of the official in the Yangxin Palace were that the emperor was so angry with the imperial concubine that he couldn't sleep and sat up most of the night.
People outside said that Concubine Meng of Changchun Palace was going to fall out of favor.
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