Chapter 520: Cave Heaven and Paradise
"More than that." Chun Zhaoyi exerted force with her fingers and tore off a piece of the slender leaf, which made Qingyi's eyelids jump.
The master usually treasures this pot of Gonglan the most and takes care of it personally. He feels sad when he finds a bug hole on the leaves. Today, he even cruelly tore off most of it.
She picked it up carefully, but then heard Chun Zhaoyi's instructions: "Throw it away along with the flowerpot."
Qingyi looked up in surprise: "My Lady?"
Baby, you've been with me for so long, are you really going to give up just like that?
"If it's not yours, you can't keep it." Chun Zhaoyi took a last look at the flowers on the windowsill, turned around and left, her blue shawl fluttering like clouds in the sky.
It was a hot July, and at the Emperor's suggestion, the Empress Dowager planned to take Princess Huirong to the Mountain Resort for two months, returning when the cooler weather arrived in autumn. The eldest princess accompanied them, along with the youngest and eldest princes.
After waking up from his nap, the emperor went to Wenhua Hall. Chu Liuzheng, who had reviewed the memorials of greeting all morning, refused to accompany him. After seeing the emperor off, he ordered people to move rattan chairs under the tree to cool off, and fruits and vegetables cooled by well water were placed next to them for easy access.
Two palace maids stood behind the ice basin and fanned it, sending a gentle breeze towards the rattan chair.
Chen Xing brought the latest notebook, and Chu Liuzheng picked one up at random to read. He had just read two pages when a little palace maid came to report that the beautiful lady Zhu wanted to see him.
She raised an eyebrow in surprise.
[I wish the beauty's illness will be cured soon. Why don't you stay in Qiushuizhai and recuperate? Why come to Yangxin Palace?]
She closed the storybook and looked into the distance.
I saw a woman in green standing under a parasol. Her figure was as slender as a willow, as if she could be blown away by any gust of wind.
[Oh my, how come Miss Zhu has become so thin? ]
"His Majesty is in Wenhua Palace." She withdrew her gaze and was about to continue reading the storybook when she heard the little palace maid say, "It is the young lady that Lady Zhu wishes to see."
【What do you want to see me for? 】
Chu Liuzheng frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and ordered the palace maid to invite the person over.
"Hello, young lady." As he approached, Zhu the beauty bowed actively, with her head lowered and her posture respectful.
Chu Liuzheng:?
[I'm of no rank or status, why are you being so respectful to me? Lady Zhu never treated me like this before.]
She couldn't lie down anymore, so she stood up and asked someone to bring a stool for Lady Zhu to sit on.
The weather was hot, so she grabbed the brocade fan beside the fruit bowl and fanned herself. She looked at the much thinner beauty and asked, "What brings you here?"
Her eyes quickly passed over the exquisite embroidery on the round fan. Lady Zhu lowered her eyelashes and said softly, "I want to see His Majesty. Please help me, young lady."
Chu Liuzheng: ???
[Am I a ladder to meet the tyrant? ]
"His Majesty is in the Wenhua Palace, you can go and ask for an audience." You don't have to go through me, I'm not the emperor's gatekeeper!
"I've been there, but His Majesty is busy with government affairs and has no time to see me." Lady Zhu raised her eyes slightly. "I thought it was probably the same as what the young lady said, so I..."
"I don't deserve your words, my lady." Chu Liuzheng quickly interrupted her, "How can we guess what the emperor's will is?"
[What do you mean they're the same? They're completely different! Who dares to be the tyrant's boss?]
"Miss, you misunderstood," Lady Zhu explained. "I was seriously ill a while ago. Although I'm better now, I still feel weak and tired. I guess the root of the illness hasn't been cured."
"I asked the imperial physician, and he said that my illness requires rest, which could take anywhere from one to two months to three to five years. So I decided to go to Muxu Palace to recuperate."
Chu Liuzheng was stunned and looked up at the beauty in front of him.
Muxu Palace is a temporary palace built by the founding emperor of Dasheng on Danfeng Mountain. It has a natural hot spring. It is said that those who have been ill for a long time and are weak can warm up their vitality by soaking in it regularly.
After several generations, Muxu Palace gradually became a place for childless concubines to reside and practice meditation. Many meditation rooms were added there, and now there are still two concubines living there.
Although it was indeed a good place to recuperate and much better than the austere place of Jianping Palace, it still could not compare with the treatment in the imperial palace. No concubine who went there could come back.
What's the difference between Lady Zhu's words and asking to be banished to the cold palace?
Chu Liuzheng asked: "Have you... thought it through?"
I wish the beauty to nod her head slightly.
Seeing this, Chu Liuzheng thought for a moment and ordered Chen Xing to take her to Wenhua Palace.
"Thank you." Lady Zhu stood up, bowed to Chu Liuzheng, turned around and left with Chen Xing.
Looking at her gradually receding figure, Chu Liuzheng pursed his lips slightly.
[The first one turned out to be Lady Zhu. She was indeed frightened by the tyrant.]
She opened the storybook again, but couldn't bear to read any more. She simply threw it aside and lay down on the rattan chair, gazing at the trees, the sky, and the clouds as the chair swayed.
【Alas, there are not many days of leisure left. 】
Not long after, Chen Xing came back and brought back a piece of news. The emperor graciously allowed Concubine Zhu to go to Muxu Palace to recuperate.
The next day, Concubine Zhu left, as lightly as a gust of wind, causing ripples on the seemingly calm water in the harem.
Just two days later, Concubine Du came to the Yangxin Palace to ask for an audience, saying that she had contracted a cough and wanted to go to the Muxu Palace to recuperate.
[If this person goes to Muxu Palace, won't he have a harem? ]
Chu Liuzheng, with mixed feelings, ordered someone to take her to Wenhua Palace to meet the emperor.
The emperor's approval.
Three days later, Concubine Wang and Concubine Pan came together and asked to see Chu Liuzheng.
Chu Liuzheng, who was eating melon seeds in the side hall of Wenhua Palace, said: "..."
The main hall is just next door. Do these two really need to ask her for help?
She is really not a gatekeeper!!
After drinking some tea to clear her mouth, she ordered someone to invite the two talented ladies in. After hearing them, she realized that one of them had a headache and the other had a backache, and they also wanted to go to Muxu Palace to recuperate. If you didn't know, you would think that Muxu Palace was some kind of paradise.
After the emperor finished meeting with the ministers, Chu Liuzheng simply took them to see the emperor in person, intending to have a few words with the emperor. Can they meet directly in the future?
Xiao Jingfan agreed to the request of Wang Cairen and the other two very quickly, and even gave the Queen's phoenix seal to Chu Liuzheng, allowing her to take full charge of the harem affairs.
That means that if any concubine wants to resign in the future, she can arrange it directly without going through him.
Chu Liuzheng, who had inexplicably acquired an extra job, was like, “…”
Gradually, within a month, only three concubines, namely, Concubine Chun, Concubine Dou and Concubine Xie, left the entire harem.
It was a waste of manpower and resources to deliver them one by one, so Chu Liuzheng simply packed them up, arranged for a shared car, and arranged enough guards to escort them on the way. He also sent someone to notify Muxu Palace in advance to clean up the place, and all kinds of rations were delivered according to the number of people.
Gradually, several mahjong tables were put together in the originally deserted Muxu Palace.
Such an obvious movement naturally could not be concealed from the previous dynasty, and Xiao Jingfan did not want to hide it, so the overwhelming number of memorials of advice and remonstration almost buried him. There was even an imperial censor who made an impassioned speech at the court meeting, and his saliva could spray three miles.
But the emperor was stubborn and refused to listen.
Many officials hoped that the Grand Tutor would step forward, but he seemed to be unaware of the matter. He even took a month's sick leave and did not come to court at all.
The emperor left the palace and went to visit the Grand Tutor's residence. After playing a game of hand with the Grand Tutor, he left. From then on, the Grand Tutor's residence closed its doors to visitors and refused to see anyone.
The next evening, Consort Chun sent Qingyi to Wenhua Palace to invite the emperor to have dinner at Maohua Palace, and the emperor agreed.
So, it was Chu Liuzheng himself who had dinner in the Yangxin Palace.
Eating alone is never as lively as eating with two people. She was about to ask Chen Xing and Si Yue to sit down and eat as well, but when she turned around, she saw the two of them winking at each other.
(End of this chapter)
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