Chapter 236 Yesterday's News
Wen Li'er walked back to the Bixi Palace, with the emperor following beside her, and a large group of palace servants following behind her.
Everyone was keenly aware that the atmosphere between the emperor and the imperial concubine was a bit strange, so no one dared to get too close.
"Pear." Yan Shixu spoke first.
Wen Li'er looked up at him: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
Seeing that she had no intention of asking him, Yan Shixu pursed his lips and said nothing more.
Wen Li'er then asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? You don't look well, are you feeling unwell?"
Yan Shixu pursed his lips even tighter.
He was worried that she would be angry, but she didn't take it seriously at all!
The two of them walked all the way to the gate of Bixi Palace, and Yan Shixu replied to Wen Liren's previous words.
"I'm fine! We're here, go in, I'll be leaving first."
After saying that, he turned and was about to leave.
When his originally slow movements were not stopped, he became even angrier and finally started to walk very fast.
Wen Li'er glanced at the plaque of the Bixi Palace, then turned to look at his departing back. She pursed her lips, folded her hands, and clutched them together in some helplessness.
Only when the emperor's back was completely out of sight did the palace maids and eunuchs who had been following him from a distance dare to step forward.
Qingmei asked, "Master, are you going in now?"
Wen Li'er nodded and was about to step into the house when she suddenly heard some sneaky rustling sounds coming from behind the rockery not far away.
She frowned and walked over.
Hua Zhan and Qiu Ying hurried to follow.
But when they walked behind the rockery, they saw nothing.
Wen Li'er was confused and thought she had just heard wrong, so she took a group of palace servants back to Bixi Palace.
She didn't notice that Qiu Ying and Hua Zhan's eyes were vaguely glancing at the dark corner of the hall not far away.
After confirming that the Imperial Noble Consort had already entered the Bixi Palace with a group of palace servants, two men in black appeared from a dark corner.
In their hands, each of them held a gagged palace maid.
The two palace maids whimpered and begged for mercy.
One of the men in black sneered, "You two dare to make trouble in front of the Bixi Palace. You really don't want to lose your head, do you?"
The two palace maids turned pale with fear.
They had originally intended to pretend to talk secretly here and convey to the Imperial Noble Concubine how much the Emperor favored Wen Xiurong.
But before they could open their mouths, they were controlled by two men in black.
The two finally felt scared. One of the maids struggled to spit out the cloth in her mouth and apologized repeatedly, "Please spare us, my lords. We two maids really didn't do anything!"
One of the men in black snorted coldly, "You didn't do anything? Or did you not have time to do anything?"
Another man in black also spoke up: "No need to waste time talking to them, just hand them over to Lord Zhang."
"Well, I'll listen to you."
The two men in black flashed and flew out at the same time. They were clearly holding a living person in their hands, but they handled it as easily as if they were holding a feather.
After handing the two palace maids over to Zhang Sicheng, the man in black quickly left.
After Wen Li'er returned to Bixi Palace, she first asked the three children.
After knowing that they were not clamoring for her, she sat alone in front of the bedroom window, leaning on the windowsill and staring blankly.
Seeing her staring blankly at the sunset in the sky, not knowing what she was thinking about, Qingmei and Qingzhu quietly served her tea without disturbing her.
I don’t know how long it took, but it was completely dark outside.
Wen Li'er moved her numb chin and arms and finally spoke.
"Qingmei and Qingzhu, do you know why the emperor is angry with me? Tell me, should I go and comfort him?"
After she asked the question, she waited for no one to respond and continued to herself, "Why not not go? The emperor has gone to see some beautiful woman now, and he definitely doesn't want to see me. Those new concubines who entered the palace are all beautiful and younger than me."
As she spoke, she began to feel sad.
Compared with those delicate flower buds, she is not only older, but also fatter.
Before entering the palace, she lived in the same alley as the Wen family with a family surnamed Zhou. The wife was virtuous and kind. She took care of the household for her husband and gave birth to several children.
But the man surnamed Zhou visited brothels every day and even kept a young and beautiful mistress.
Many times, when Wen Lier passed by that family's door, she heard the man surnamed Zhou scolding his wife for being a yesterday's woman and telling her not to expect his pity again!
Wen Li'er had been thinking for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why the emperor was angry with her.
As she thought about it, she began to think angrily that it must be because she had become a thing of the past!
When I think about it this way, it becomes even more incredible. The more I think about it, the more it becomes!
Wen Li'er lay back on the windowsill and sang a sad song:
"Little pear blossoms, yellow on the branches; at twenty-three, I'm no longer favored..."
After hearing this, Qingmei and Qingzhu lowered their heads deeply, as if they wanted to bury their heads in the ground.
They didn't dare to look at the emperor's dark face at all.
Wen Li'er continued to sing to herself:
"It's not easy to follow the emperor. I'm afraid the emperor will marry a new wife."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! You have married twelve brides."
"Every beauty is better than me."
"The bride eats the meat, and I drink the soup;"
"I picked up the bowl, tears welling up in my eyes."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The peach blossoms are blooming, the pear blossoms are falling;"
"Thinking back to the past, a gust of wind..."
After singing, she sniffed.
He also turned around and wanted to ask his childhood sweetheart and young master if he sang well.
The next moment, he was faced with an enlarged black face.
Wen Li'er was petrified on the spot.
After a while, she stammered, "Emperor...Emperor???!!!"
Yan Shixu forced out a sentence through gritted teeth: "How dare you make up stories about me like this, Imperial Noble Consort, you are so bold!"
When Wen Li'er heard him call her Imperial Noble Consort, she was so scared that her body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.
She quickly apologized: "Your Majesty... your concubine... your concubine was just singing for fun..."
"Are you singing for fun?" His dark eyes stared at her without blinking, anger burning in them.
"It's not easy to follow me? Then who would be easier to follow?"
Wen Li'er was so regretful that her intestines turned green. What was she singing?
She hurriedly explained, "I just sang it casually, just to rhyme... Your Majesty is so kind to me, how could I not feel good? Your Majesty, please forgive me this time, okay? I promise that I will never sing nonsense again next time!"
She tried to hug Yan Shixu's arm, but he pushed her away.
Wen Li'er shamelessly continued to move forward, stretched out her arms to wrap around his neck, rubbed her furry head against his neck, and continued to admit her mistake.
"Your Majesty, I really know I was wrong. Please don't be angry, okay? I will be heartbroken if you get sick from anger!"
After saying this, she secretly looked at Yan Shixu's expression.
Seeing that his face was still very sour, Wen Li'er hurriedly said, "How about the emperor punish me severely? I will definitely accept the punishment obediently!"
As soon as this suggestion was made, Yan Shixu's expression changed.
He stared at her with a serious look. Wen Li'er felt uneasy under his gaze and had a strong premonition in her heart that she would probably be miserable tonight!
If not now, when?
Wen Li'er let go of his neck, picked up her skirt and wanted to run away.
The next moment, her body suddenly flew into the air.
Before Wen Li'er could even struggle, Yan Shixu pushed her down onto the windowsill where she had just been lying...
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