Chapter 23 Bronze Mirror
It was just dawn that day, and the sky in the east was still crab-shell blue.
Wuchun had a long dream.
She dreamed of her mother Liu, whom she had not seen for many years, and her brother. They took her through the mid-spring valley in southern Xinjiang, which was full of snow-white pear blossoms. Her brother carried a bamboo basket on his back and a net to catch fat fish that flapped their tails. Her mother held her hand, pointed at the sunset in the distance that dyed half of the sky pink and orange, and said to her, the sunset in southern Xinjiang is always so beautiful.
Not long after, she saw her mother tossing and turning on the hospital bed. She was getting thinner and thinner, more and more haggard, like a scarecrow in the field to scare birds.
On her mother's birthday that year, she and her brother sneaked out to bring back her mother's favorite snacks and bought a lot of toys.
But Liu never got their birthday gift.
As soon as Wuchun and Wulei ran into the palace, they were informed of Liu's death.
The colorful toys and food fell to the ground.
Not long after, the King of Nanjiang married Yueshi, and Wuchun's good days in the palace of Nanjiang ended from then on.
It was not until he saw Yueshi put a knife on Wulei's neck and blood splattered that Wuchun woke up in shock.
After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Wuchun called Jinglian and Yuli and planned to visit Shen Ying.
Shen Ying's confinement was finally lifted. Seeing Wu Chun coming, she was very surprised. "Why is my sister-in-law here?"
Wu Chun looked around and said to Shen Ying, "Excuse me, please come and talk." This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you.
The two walked into the backyard and dismissed the servants. Wu Chun told Shen Ying about his plan to leave the palace. Shen Ying couldn't help but stare, "So my sister-in-law actually has such a plan! How is my sister-in-law going to prevent my third brother from finding out?"
Wu Chun finally let out a sigh of relief.
Originally, she was still worried that Shen Ying would stop her with righteous words, but she didn't expect Shen Ying to understand her thoughts of wanting to escape from the palace, so Wu Chun didn't avoid her.
"If we can clear the many checkpoints in the palace and pass through all the way, and there are people to pick us up after leaving the palace, without having to worry about the route and the carriages, things will be much easier."
Shen Ying pondered for a moment, "This is indeed a bit difficult, and I don't know anyone who can do this. I will send some servants to find some noble ladies who have some connections in the imperial capital. Maybe they have connections to arrange carriages."
"Thank you, Princess, but it's better to keep this matter low-key."
Wu Chun's heart sank again. In fact, Xiao Huaiwen was also able to smooth the palace's barriers, but Shen Ying didn't mention him at all, which showed that the relationship between the two was difficult to grasp, so she couldn't ask Xiao Huaiwen for help. Even Shen Ying's familiarity with her now was earned by her courage to investigate the silver bracelet case for Concubine Liu Guifei.
A report came from outside, "Your Highness, the invitation to the Second Prince has been delivered."
Wu Chun suddenly remembered that Shen Gong was going to celebrate his birthday in the middle of the month, and he had arranged a banquet to invite many royal nobles to attend. This person has always been flamboyant, and his banquets are among the most luxurious and high-profile in the imperial capital. When he celebrated his birthday in his previous life, he not only booked the entire building of Yinfenglou, the most famous brothel in the imperial capital, but also set up a buffet for three days.
Shen Ying pouted, "Actually, I don't really want to go, but I have to give face to my second brother."
Wu Chun smiled and said, "I'll go with you. The second prince is so ostentatious, he must ask the third prince to go, and then we can be companions."
But Shen Ying inexplicably felt that Wu Chun's smile was not very kind.
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Shen Sui returned to the palace after ten days. His arm has improved a lot. Although he can't move flexibly, he can at least move simply.
As soon as he came back, he came to Fengchun Palace to find Wu Chun.
It was getting late. Wu Chun was facing the mirror and asked Jing Lian to take off her hair. At the moment when her black hair was scattered, Shen Sui walked into the hall.
Jing Lian bowed: "Third Prince."
Shen Sui flicked his sleeves, asked the servants to leave, and closed the door.
The sound of the door closing was particularly abrupt in the night.
Wu Chun stood up and watched Shen Sui walk towards her step by step. He was inexplicably frightened, "What are you doing?"
"I haven't seen you for ten days, and you didn't say you missed me. Now I come here at night, and you ask me what I do." Shen Sui looked at her fearful and evasive look, and was inexplicably angry. His thin lips curled up slightly, "Am I here to watch you fall asleep?"
Shen Sui pulled Wu Chun into his arms without much effort.
Wu Chun pushed him twice, "I thought you knew I didn't want to do that with you."
Shen Sui closed his eyes, not looking at her, and whispered in her ear, "Since I am your husband, there are some things you must do as a wife." He laughed hoarsely and said a few dirty words, "Aren't you happy?"
Wu Chun pinched the wound on his arm fiercely, Shen Sui groaned, Wu Chun took the opportunity to push him away, "Stay away from me!"
Shen Sui wanted to smile at her, but when she faced him, she was always full of thorns, but she could be gentle and kind to anyone except him.
He thought, why?
The anger in his heart surged up again, and his face turned cold. He said coldly: "It seems that I have been too tolerant of you recently! Do you know how many times I have tolerated you?"
When Wu Chun saw his gloomy face, the scene of her tragic death on the Zhaotian Pagoda in her previous life seemed to be only yesterday. He would always be a cold and ruthless person. She didn't want his false feelings, and snorted coldly: "Since you have tolerated it so many times, it doesn't matter if you tolerate it a little more."
Shen Sui was so angry that he laughed out loud. He grabbed Wu Chun with a clamp, and while Wu Chun kept shouting "Let me go", he tied her hands up and tied them high on the protruding candlestick on the pillar in the hall. Wu Chun had to tiptoe, and even the instep of her feet had to be straightened to touch the ground.
Facing her was a bronze mirror.
Shen Sui stood behind her, leaned over and bit a mark on her neck. His tone was like a venomous snake crawling slowly, and he said coldly: "Look, you are like this, I gave you this."
His big hand moved from her waist to her front, and then upwards, pinching her tightly.
Realizing what he was going to do, Wu Chun felt cold all over. She was afraid and hated. The word "no" just came out of her mouth, but it was drowned by the sound of clothes tearing.
At that moment, she felt that she was almost split in half by a chisel.
He tortured her for a long time behind her. She felt pain all over her body and even bled. He did not intend to let her go. When she became unconscious, he tried to force her to open her eyes and look at them in the bronze mirror.
He was well dressed, but his robe was a little messy.
She was in a mess.
Wu Chun cried desperately, and he turned her face and kissed her intimately.
"Be good, beg me, and I will let you go." It was like the whisper of a demon. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you.
Wu Chun bit her lips tightly and refused to speak. Shen Sui's eyes gradually became colder and he became more and more fierce towards her.
The maids guarding outside did not dare to listen to the movement in Fengchun Palace. They wanted to cover their ears tightly, but they were afraid that Wu Chun was in trouble inside, and when Shen Sui wanted to call them, they were not there.
The Third Prince was too fierce!
This... How could this be the sound that ordinary people could make?
The maids waited anxiously for most of the night. Finally, the noises inside stopped and they could breathe a sigh of relief. Then, intermittent cries were heard again. This went on for two or three times until just after the 11:00 p.m., when the gray sky appeared above the 11:00 p.m., and the master finally called for water.
The maids did not dare to look at the Third Prince, whose face and neck were covered with beads of blood, and they did not dare to look at the Princess Consort.
When they bathed her, there was not a single piece of good flesh on her body. Her whole body was covered with red, blue and purple...
No matter who saw it, they would not think it was a pleasure.
Shen Sui sent someone to put a wooden box in Fengchun Palace. He was inexplicably bored in Xuanyang Palace. Looking at the row of pure and clear jade wares on the shelf, he still could not calm down.
He raised his hand to carve the jade with a knife as usual to calm down his anger, but suddenly realized that his fingers could not move flexibly.
He flicked his sleeves and a lot of semi-finished jade objects fell off.
The jade was broken.
His eyes could no longer be cold, and he felt exhausted.
Why did it turn out like this?
He stood in front of the broken jade pile for an unknown amount of time before an eunuch outside came to report to him tremblingly, his voice trembling, "Third Prince, the second prince's birthday invitation has arrived. You see..."
Shen Sui answered subconsciously, "I'm not going."
"Yes."
"Wait," Shen Sui turned around, his expression so cold that the eunuch knelt down in fear. He said in a neutral tone, "Of course I will go to my second brother's birthday. Just keep the invitation."
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Wu Chun had a fever and didn't even have the strength to treat himself, so he called the imperial physician directly. Shen Sui stood at the door of the hall. I don't know why he didn't go in, but he never let Wu Chun leave his sight. The imperial physician wanted to persuade Shen Sui, but Shen Sui looked like he didn't want to listen, so he didn't dare to say anything.
Wu Chun's head was dizzy and her consciousness was blurred. She slept on the bed for a long time every day.
From time to time, someone brought her medicine. The medicine was very bitter. Perhaps because they were afraid that she would not drink it, the person would wait until she drank all the medicine before leaving.
In fact, the person thought too much.
She would definitely drink the medicine cleanly, even if it was Coptis chinensis water, as long as it could make her feel better, she would drink it without frowning.
Her vitality always seemed particularly strong at this time.
She still had a lot of things to do. She wanted to kill Shen Gong, she wanted to go back to southern Xinjiang, she wanted to watch her brother get married, she wanted to take revenge on the Yuezhi...
She also wanted to look at the scenery of the world at ease.
Can't die!
Every time she finished taking the medicine, the man would feed her a candied fruit, which was sweet and gradually melted in her mouth, just like the days when she grew up carefree with her mother by her side and became the only little princess in southern Xinjiang.
Wu Chun's will to recover was strong enough, and her illness healed quickly. After three or five days, she could walk normally, but she still had some dull pain.
Shen Sui was gone.
Jinglian looked at Wuchun carefully, "Your Highness, this box was brought back by the Third Prince. It contains a pair of hairpins and a pair of bracelets."
Wuchun said calmly, "You have been taking care of me these days and I have worked hard. These are given to you as a reward."
Since she was not the one taking care of him, Jinglian did not dare to ask for a reward. But she remembered the Third Prince's instructions, so in order not to reveal her true intentions, she forced herself to hold back, "Thank you, Your Highness."
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