Chapter 39 I Want to Stay
Inside Roufu Palace.
Song Wanyan was lying on the chaise longue, with three or four palace maids fanning her.
The young palace maid could clearly see that Concubine Zhaoyi's eyebrows and eyelashes had never settled.
Always shaking.
It felt like I had a nightmare, but also like I didn't sleep at all. I was so angry.
The next second, Song Zhaoyi suddenly stood up from the chaise longue.
"She rejected me! She actually rejected me!"
"I'm not going to help everyone, okay? She rejected me!"
Hanlu knew that her master had been fussing over internal affairs since returning from Wanshou Palace, so she consoled him:
"Your Majesty, when Concubine Jia declined, I noticed that she looked as if she had something to hide. It seems she didn't mean to reject you on purpose."
Song Zhaoyi frowned, "It's hard to tell the truth... She wouldn't be like me, and actually didn't sleep with me at all, right?"
His Majesty came to her twice, once to handle government affairs and once to paint.
It was so elegant that she couldn't fit in and fell into a deep sleep at night.
"This... can't be true. Concubine Jia has been with His Majesty for four years."
Song Zhaoyi also quickly denied this bizarre speculation.
There was a moment of silence, and the master and servant looked at each other.
"It can't be... Your Majesty... No way!!!"
Song Zhaoyi's heart was filled with turmoil.
She seemed to have accidentally discovered a huge secret.
Hanlu suddenly thought of something and said, "Your Majesty, if His Majesty is unable to have children... then doesn't that mean Your Majesty can rest assured and serve him in bed?"
Song Zhaoyi frowned and asked, "Sleeping with me?"
Hanlu nodded, "Yes, the Queen Mother said that the pleasure of lovemaking is also a kind of pleasure in the world, and Your Majesty should also experience it."
Song Zhaoyi thought for a moment and knocked on Hanlu's head.
"Isn't this palace happy enough? I don't need this one more thing. Go, call Huaiyu up and sing a little song for me."
Hanlu covered her head and said, "Okay, if your Majesty doesn't want it, then don't. Your Majesty's happiness is the most important thing."
Song Zhaoyi squinted her eyes comfortably.
When His Majesty is not in her palace, she can have the musicians play all kinds of music and sing. Recently, a eunuch who can sing opera was added to the palace.
Being in the palace is even better than being at home, except that I can't see my family, because at home I am reminded of my manners all the time.
Now, she is lying on the chaise longue with her legs crossed. Who dares to care about her?
The premise is that Your Majesty does not come.
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Inside Zhaohua Palace, Jiang Yingli sat at the table with a sad face, her hair was messy and there were some spots of ink on her cheeks.
Copying the palace rules a hundred times in three days sounds easy, but it is really difficult to do.
Especially the article on virtue, which is long and boring, and it takes a lot of time to write it through.
She sat there for the entire afternoon and only copied fifteen copies. If she continued like this, how would she report to her superiors the next day?
If she fails to complete her mission, the Queen Mother will have another reason to punish her.
It's so depressing.
At night, the news came from the Changqing Palace, and His Majesty still turned over the name card of Concubine Jia.
Except for Concubine Gu who turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside, all the other palaces knew the news.
Although the concubines had different thoughts, they all had one thing in common.
Everyone was lamenting the day of the selection. Someone said that Concubine Jia was given a low rank when she first entered the palace because she was not favored by His Majesty!
Judging from the fact that Your Majesty is eager to visit Zhaohua Palace every night, it is not just that he does not like it, but that he loves it to the extreme.
Who is spreading rumors?
Consort Lü must have been badly hurt by this rumor! She had just entered the palace and had offended Concubine Jia one after another.
What a sin.
However, there are also people waiting to see the good show in Zhaohua Palace.
Because, when greeting His Majesty in the morning, the Empress Dowager had just reminded Concubine Jia to persuade Your Majesty to treat everyone equally.
If Concubine Jia doesn't want to ask for it and still wants to monopolize His Majesty's favor, then the Empress Dowager can punish Concubine Jia for monopolizing His Majesty's favor.
If she opened her mouth to ask for this, it would mean that she was rejecting His Majesty's favor and was ungrateful. His Majesty would be dissatisfied with her, and she would also not end up well.
"As expected of the Empress Dowager, she is very cunning. I can neither retreat nor advance, and every move I make will be a mistake." Su Xiuyi was fiddling with a hairpin in Qixiang Palace, looking like she was waiting for something interesting to happen.
Lan Xiang fanned Su Xiuyi and said, "If Concubine Jia angers His Majesty, He will definitely come to Qixiang Palace..."
Su Xiuyi curled her lips and smiled.
Outside Zhaohua Palace, when the sound of the imperial carriage's arrival was heard, Jiang Yingli was still copying the palace rules non-stop, her hands almost cramping from writing so much.
No time to get up from the table.
"Is His Majesty really here?"
Lian Qiao nodded, "Yes, my lady, His Majesty is probably almost at the outer hall. My lady, please get up and greet him."
When Jiang Yingli stood up, she took the time to add two words.
When Xiao Chenglan walked in, he paused when he saw Jiang Yingli's appearance.
There were a lot of ink stains on his face and cuffs, and he was holding a brush in his hand that he had forgotten to put down.
Just like a little tabby cat.
"How did it become like this?"
Jiang Yingli looked up and saw Xiao Chenglan walking towards her.
Xiao Chenglan held her face and wiped the ink off her face.
Jiang Yingli looked at Xiao Chenglan from a distance. She narrowed her eyes, hiding the sadness in them, took a deep breath, and said slowly:
"Why does Your Majesty come to my place every day?"
Xiao Chenglan paused his movements, lowered his gaze, and looked into her eyes.
"Don't you want me to accompany you?"
Jiang Yingli bit her lip tightly. "Your Majesty, there are still many newcomers in the harem. If Your Majesty came to visit me every day, they would think they had done something wrong and that Your Majesty disliked them. They had just entered the palace, and they saw Consort Lu being beaten to death, and they were still not favored. Then they were scolded by the Empress Dowager. They are so scared."
Xiao Chenglan's eyes darkened, and his tone turned cold, "So?"
Jiang Yingli looked straight into Xiao Chenglan's eyes.
"So, I think Your Majesty should treat everyone equally. I greeted you good morning today and met my sisters again. Concubine Shen from Jinxiu Palace is truly extraordinary..."
Jiang Yingli's voice became smaller and smaller, because Xiao Chenglan's eyes became colder and colder, as if he was very angry at her rejection of his favor.
She clenched her hands in her sleeves sadly.
If His Majesty had gone to someone else's palace by himself, she would not have been so sad. But now that he has come, she will personally refuse him entry and persuade him to go to someone else's palace.
Your Majesty will definitely hate her.
My heart ached, especially when I saw His Majesty's gloomy face.
But what can we do? This is not Prince Su's Mansion, this is the Imperial Palace.
Xiao Chenglan quietly looked at Jiang Yingli, who lowered her head and tried hard to blink back tears.
He knew that she had been scolded in Wanshou Palace today and was punished to copy the palace rules a hundred times.
I thought that she might not be able to finish copying even if she didn't eat or drink for three days, so I came here tonight to help her finish the matter, but in the end I was turned away.
Before he got angry, she started to feel aggrieved.
The hall was silent for a while. A shadow flashed in Jiang Yingli's eyes. She shrank her neck, but her cheek still hurt.
"Uh... wuwu..."
Xiao Chenglan pinched the soft flesh on Jiang Yingli's cheek and said coldly:
"I think there's someone else who's terrified. After being scolded for a few words, he's so scared that he's blocking me at the door."
Jiang Yingli's mouth was pinched so hard by him that she couldn't speak clearly.
"Wow... Your Majesty... It hurts..."
Xiao Chenglan glanced at her and withdrew his hand.
Jiang Yingli rubbed her face pitifully and glanced at him.
Your Majesty, didn't you just walk away angrily?
Xiao Chenglan put his hands behind his back, sneered at Jiang Yingli, then looked into the hall and strode inside.
"I insist on staying in your palace."
His tone was casual and malicious, like a playboy playing a trick on someone. When he passed by Jiang Yingli, he even bumped into her on purpose.
Jiang Yingli was pushed aside by him and stared blankly at the tall and strong emperor who walked into her inner hall in just two or three steps.
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