Fortunately, a palace maid nearby reacted quickly and reached out to support her, exclaiming, "Your Majesty, be careful!"
Chu Nian turned her head and said, "Your Majesty, now that I have arrived at Xukun Palace, I did not expect that Your Majesty is still so attached to my body and unwilling to let go!" After saying that, she giggled.
"How dare you!" Chu Susu was furious, her face flushed red.
Chu Nianqi asked, "Why is Your Highness angry?" After a pause, he continued, "Judging from your appearance, you seem to be angry out of embarrassment! That's strange. If you're angry, then why are you ashamed?"
To be honest, Chu Susu didn't feel much about the first part of the sentence. But the second part, "Why are you shy?", made her feel extremely embarrassed.
As fellow women, Chu Nian's words would only be perceived as teasing by others. However, Chu Susu wasn't truly a woman at heart, and hearing these words made her feel somewhat guilty.
Even though she was a eunuch in her previous life, the people in the palace did not treat eunuchs with the same level of taboo regarding men and women as they did with real men. However, she had always served the emperor and obeyed the regent. How could she have had much contact with women? Let alone being embraced by a woman like this.
Chu Nian's words reminded her. She quickly composed herself, adopting the dignified and gentle demeanor befitting an empress, and said, "Consort Lian, you have just been demoted, so you should be careful with your words and actions. You must not speak so rudely and casually."
Chu Nian said, "Your Majesty's reprimand is correct. I come from a family of military generals. My father and brothers all entered the military career from a young age, and their words and actions are inevitably vulgar and casual. I have been influenced by this since childhood, and it is inevitable that some of my habits will be disapproved of by the noble ladies who never leave their homes."
But this is not my fault! My father, brothers, and even my elderly grandfather command tens of thousands of soldiers. They spend all their time with these soldiers, so it's impossible for them not to be vulgar.
Besides, Your Majesty, whether it's your humble servant or the guards, our manners are simply a bit straightforward. To describe us martial artists as 'vulgar' would be to look down on us.”
At first, Chu Susu thought that what she was saying made sense, but as the conversation progressed, some of the guards showed anger, and some of the bolder ones even glared at her. Chu Susu immediately realized that this Consort Lian was trying to sow discord between the guards and her!
She quickly said, "Consort Lian, you are a concubine in the palace, and you are bound by the rules that apply to concubines; while the guards have their own rules. How can the two be compared?"
Chu Nian said, "Your Majesty is quite right. I will try my best to get rid of these 'vulgar' habits that I have developed since childhood. Now that I am confined to my quarters due to my crime, I cannot invite Your Majesty to the palace. I will now respectfully see Your Majesty off." With that, she curtsied.
Chu Susu had no intention of entering Xukun Palace. She had only come to see her off out of necessity. Hearing what she said, she turned around and left quickly.
"No matter how hard I try, I can't fly out of this dazzling world. It turns out I'm just a drunken butterfly. Your vow came so lightly and casually; yet it has cost me a knot that I can never untie in this lifetime..."
Chu Susu had just turned her head and taken a few steps towards the Kunning Palace where the Empress resided when an extremely sweet singing voice came from behind her. The singing voice was as sweet as a ripe apricot in spring, sweet to the heart.
She couldn't help but turn her head towards the singing, and saw Consort Lian, still soaked to the bone, with her back to her, skipping and hopping like a happy butterfly as she entered Xukun Palace.
That was her singing voice; it was sweet and beautiful.
Everyone present, even the guards responsible for protecting Yikun Palace, couldn't help but be drawn in by the melody of the song, looking at Chu Nian's back with admiration.
As she ventured deeper into Xukun Palace, the singing gradually faded into the distance. A palace maid finally came to her senses and said to Chu Susu, "Your Majesty, could it be that Consort Lian has gone mad after drowning? She seems rather insane."
Another palace maid chimed in, "That's right. They've all been demoted, what's there to be happy about? Look at her, it's like she's hoping the emperor will confine her so she can stay home and never see him again!"
Chu Susu suddenly remembered that Consort Lian had drowned herself in the lake because she loved the emperor so much that she couldn't have him, and she couldn't help but say with some emotion, "Consort Lian was a fool to begin with."
She thought of herself. When she was Chu Shu, she was killed for being loyal to the regent. Now she was still busy working for the regent. Wasn't she just as foolish?
She sighed repeatedly, feeling deeply saddened, and led her palace servants back to her Kunning Palace.
Chu Nian entered Xukun Palace and finally saw the group of palace servants who had been with the original owner of the body. They all surrounded her, asking all sorts of questions. Some asked where she had gone, some why she was wet, and others what was going on with the guards outside.
It turns out these people didn't know that their master had just gone to drown herself in the lake. They were just anxious because they couldn't find her and the area was surrounded by guards.
Nuns and palace maids were already pulling Chu Nian into the inner hall while asking her questions. They quickly removed her wet clothes, and other palace servants boiled water for her to bathe.
Chu Nian obtained spiritual power from the previous world, and she can use some of it in this world as well, which makes things very convenient for her. She can quickly restore her body, which has been eroded by cold and dampness, to health, and she can also freely explore the situation outside Xu Kun Palace.
Her mental power was partially limited and she couldn't use it all, but it was enough for this world.
She noticed that the soldiers outside all had some internal energy fluctuations, and even her own body, according to the original owner Lian Nian, probably had some subtle internal energy due to martial arts training since childhood.
However, the original owner's internal energy was too weak, making it practically useless. Chu Nian has to rely on herself to turn things around!
Her head rested on the edge of the bathtub, enjoying the service of the palace servants: Ah, to be treated like a mistress right from the start, being waited on hand and foot, this life is truly comfortable!
Although she had maids serving her as a famous courtesan in the ancient world she traveled to last time, her status was far lower than this one.
Moreover, she clearly sensed that this world, perhaps because it was completely devoid of industry, was incredibly refreshing, allowing her spiritual power to slowly increase with her breathing without any special cultivation.
Perhaps this world is the spiritually rich world often mentioned in novels.
Chu Nian felt happy and started humming a little tune again.
The palace maid Lianhuan asked with a helpless smile, "Your Majesty, you have been demoted and confined to your quarters; what's most infuriating is that the Emperor sent a bunch of guards to surround this place early on, making our entire Xukun Palace look like a cold palace. Aren't you sad and upset? Why are you so happy?"
Chu Nian calmly replied, "You wouldn't understand my thoughts!" How could she tell these people the truth?!
Lian Huan said, "Your Highness, why don't you tell me about it, so that I can share in your joy!"
Chu Nian continued to enjoy herself leisurely, without even opening her eyes, and said softly, "Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand. You have no idea what makes me so happy."
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