Chapter 127 If Line: If Yuanyuan Becomes a Concubine (18)
When he saw the man's face clearly, Yang Manyan was slightly startled, his heart beat faster, and he secretly hoped that he would come over here.
This year's winter solstice happened to be in the middle of the month, and a full moon hung high in the night sky. But under this full moon, which symbolizes reunion, she was alone in the deep palace.
Since being grounded, she has become more and more depressed.
If she could exchange a few words with someone who sympathizes with her, she would at least find some comfort.
Xiao Yan was indeed walking towards her, but when they were about ten steps apart, he suddenly stopped.
"Your son pays homage to Mother Yuan. May your mother live in long happiness and bliss for generations to come." He bowed slowly, his eyelashes drooping to hide the chaotic emotions in his eyes.
The cold moonlight shining down seemed to add a bit of coolness to the usually gentle and elegant young man.
After a moment of silence, Yang Manyan called out, "Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite."
It was freezing cold on the night of the winter solstice. She didn't speak for a long time, and the hot air she exhaled instantly turned into wisps of white mist.
"The palace banquet hasn't ended yet, has it? Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince come out?" She tightened her fox fur cloak and took the initiative to walk towards the man.
If he doesn't come, then she will go.
Su Yue and Dan Gui, who were following closely behind her, looked at each other in bewilderment. The emperor had ordered that their queens were not allowed to have any contact with the prince...
The woman he had been thinking about for a long time walked towards him slowly. Xiao Yan pursed his thin lips and his heartbeat quickened slightly.
In the past two months, he couldn't help thinking of her whenever he had some free time, and he even dreamed of them getting married successfully.
The more affectionate and loving they were in the dream, the more sad he felt after waking up.
She was supposed to be his Crown Princess, but by accident she became his stepmother.
Seeing that he was still silent, Yang Manyan asked again: "I heard that the prince left Beijing a few days ago to go to Zhuozhou to provide disaster relief?"
Xiao Yan nodded slightly and said in a gentle voice, "Yes, there was a locust plague in Zhuozhou, and I volunteered to go there to help with the relief work. It took more than a month to resolve the problem."
"How is your mother these days? Forgive me for saying so much, but you seem to have lost some weight."
Yang Manyan sneered to himself, "What else can I do? The days of house arrest are like living in a cage. I can't even go out of the door of the West Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace on weekdays."
She still cherished her life very much, ate well and slept well every day, and enjoyed the emperor's increasingly considerate service in bed, but she really couldn't be happy.
Sometimes she couldn't help but secretly think that the emperor imprisoned her just because he misunderstood that she had met the prince in private. If he knew that she had had sex with the prince, who knows how furious he would be.
But she only dared to think about it. This matter was concealed with great difficulty. Once it was leaked, not only her life would be in danger, but even the lives of her entire family would be in danger.
Su Yue and Dan Gui, who were standing by, felt their hearts pounding as they heard their queen talking more and more outrageously, and they wanted to go up and cover her mouth.
After a long silence, Xiao Yan suddenly said, "By the way, I should have congratulated Concubine Yuan long ago. Congratulations on being promoted to Imperial Noble Concubine and ruling over the six palaces."
Hearing this, Yang Manyan was stunned, "What did you say? I was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort?"
"Didn't the Imperial Concubine have another candidate?" She frowned slightly, her face full of disbelief, "Did you make a mistake?"
Now it was Xiao Zheng's turn to frown and be slightly startled, "Don't you know, mother? This was told to me personally by my father."
He knew that his father had not yet announced the candidate for the Imperial Consort to the public, but he never expected that his father had even kept it a secret from her.
Yang Manyan knew very well that the prince was not the kind of person who would speak nonsense, so he naturally believed what he said.
"I don't know. His Majesty didn't tell me, and no one told me..." She gradually broke down in tears.
She was the one who was about to be crowned as the Imperial Noble Consort. It seemed like a great thing that no one else was allowed to enter the palace. However, she couldn't stop feeling aggrieved in her heart, and her eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
Xiao Qi felt as if his heart was being stabbed by a sharp knife, causing him to feel extremely suffocated.
When we met in Wenyuan Pavilion two months ago, her eyes were full of energy and her eyes were sparkling when she talked about her ambition to study history, but now she seemed like a different person.
He really couldn't understand, since his father had taken her away, why couldn't he treat her well?
Su Yue and Dan Gui were even more depressed when they saw this, and they hurriedly advised: "Madam, it's windy outside and very cold, why don't we go to the back hall and rest first?"
Yang Manyan sniffed, raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeve, "Okay, let's go back to the side hall."
She raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yan again, her voice slightly hoarse, "Prince, can you give me a ride?"
Xiao Yan did not refuse, but always kept a few steps away from her.
But when they reached the door of the side hall behind Baohe Hall, Yang Manyan suddenly grabbed Xiao Yan's hand, pulled him into the house, and quickly bolted the door from the inside.
Before Su Yue and Dan Gui could even react, they watched them walk hand in hand into the empty back hall.
Their pupils shrank sharply, but they dared not make a loud noise. They could only knock on the door carefully and call out in a very low voice: "Empress Yuan, please don't be like this, open the door quickly!"
The two people in the house had already walked to the innermost side and ignored their calls.
"Xiao Zian, please kiss me, I think I'm really going crazy..." Yang Manyan's eyes were filled with tears, and she stood on tiptoe to kiss him.
She had silently repeated the courtesy name "Zi'an" countless times in her heart over the past two months, and now she finally had the chance to call it out loud.
When the girl's soft and slightly cool cherry lips touched his, Xiao Yan's heart trembled violently, as if his soul was shaking.
He also felt like he was going crazy.
He no longer cared about worldly ethics and bent down to kiss her back.
"I like Zi'an..." Yang Manyan's cheeks flushed, and her love for him was beyond words.
But they both didn't know that the winter solstice banquet in the front hall was coming to an end, and the emperor sitting on the throne had left the table early and was walking towards this side.
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