The Fanzong Building seems to be an independent entity.
Here, you forget you are in the palace.
Although Sheng Xiyan's knees ached from kneeling and writing Buddhist scriptures on the ground, and her arms and shoulders ached, her heart was at peace.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Hua Xia was anxious and was about to ask Xiao Zhuozi to go to the Yangxin Palace to take another look.
Sheng Xiyan stopped him, "You are not allowed to go."
Hua Xia glanced at the two maids outside the door.
He whispered, "Your Majesty, I guess the Emperor must have returned to the palace by now. Let Xiao Zhuozi report this matter. The Emperor will not ignore you."
Sheng Xiyan said calmly, "No need to go. I like copying Buddhist scriptures."
"If you want to copy the sutras, why don't we go back and sit down and copy them comfortably? My lady, how can your body handle writing while you're kneeling or lying on your stomach?"
"Don't you guys listen to what I say?"
"listen."
Hua Xia and Mei Xiang massaged her shoulders and arms.
Sheng Xiyan said calmly:
“There is no shortage of women in the palace who cry and are obedient enough to earn the emperor’s pity.
The emperor is angry and I am suffering. He can vent his anger and feel sorry for me at the same time. This is the best strategy at this time.
Everyone admires the strong. If I ask for help now, he will only look down on me."
Hua Xia sighed and said, "The servants will obey the Majesty."
The Empress punished Concubine Chen by making her copy Buddhist scriptures in the Fanzong Tower, and everyone in the harem knew about it.
In Jingren Palace, Empress Duan was having dinner.
Qingdai made a bowl of soup and said, "My queen, try the pig heart stew. Simmer it on low heat. It helps to calm your mind."
Empress Duan drank slowly, "Has the Emperor returned to the palace?"
"I arrived at the Yangxin Palace half an hour ago and should be having dinner now."
Empress Duan was quite puzzled and put down the yellow-glazed dragon and phoenix soup bowl.
"Upon learning that the Emperor had returned to the palace, Concubine Chen didn't go and ask for help? This is surprising to me."
"Perhaps the Concubine Chen realized that she had fallen out of favor and went to ask the Emperor for help. If the Emperor ignored her, she would be asking for humiliation."
"Ever since Concubine Chen entered the palace, I have always treated her with favor because the Emperor likes her. If it weren't for the Emperor's affection for her, I wouldn't be so harsh."
Empress Duan was always known for her virtue and rarely criticized or punished concubines.
The purpose of punishing Sheng Xiyan this time was to test how much Emperor Xuanwu still favored her.
In the Yangxin Palace, ambergris was slowly wafting in the air.
After dinner, Xuan Ling has been reviewing memorials.
It’s almost midnight and I feel a little tired.
As soon as I got up, I heard a commotion outside the hall.
Eunuch Fu came in and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Gao and Miss Lin request an audience."
Xuan Ling concentrated his mind. These two people were good friends with Sheng Xiyan, and they came together to meet the emperor. Could something have happened?
"Xuan."
Gao Guirong and Lin Jieyu came in, knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, your concubines pay their respects to you."
"What do you want?"
Concubine Lin said anxiously, "Your Majesty, please save Concubine Chen."
Xuan Ling glanced coldly, "What happened to her?"
Gao Guirong said:
"At noon, the Empress ordered Consort Chen to go to the Fanzong Tower and kneel down to copy Buddhist scriptures. I heard that she had to copy them 200 times and submit them when the whole palace paid their respects tomorrow morning.
Sister Sheng is weak and has to kneel and lie on her stomach to copy scriptures. How can she bear it? Please, Your Majesty, please save her."
Xuan Ling tightened his grip on the teacup, his expression suddenly changing to something terrifying.
After a long while, he said, "I understand. You all kneel down and pay your respects."
"I'll take my leave."
Gao Guirong and Lin Jieyu left the Yangxin Palace.
When they reached the palace, Concubine Lin asked, "Is Your Majesty going to rescue Sister Sheng?"
Gao Guirong looked determined.
"I will definitely take care of it. I just secretly saw the emperor frown when he heard about this. True love will not disappear so easily."
Inside the hall, Xuan Ling tapped lightly on the edge of the teacup, his expression cold and solemn.
The emperor's mind is like a bottomless pool, which makes people unable to understand it.
Eunuch Fu asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, would you like me to go to the Fanzong Tower to see the Empress Chenfei?"
Xuan Ling said nothing and picked up a memorial.
Eunuch Fu guessed that the emperor seemed to be still angry and this time he really didn't care about Concubine Chen.
Suddenly, the emperor cursed, "You are a snake in the mouth of a Buddha!"
Eunuch Fu was horrified. Who was the Emperor scolding? The memorial, or... the Empress?
In the Fanzong Building, Sheng Xiyan's legs were so numb that she couldn't kneel anymore and fell to the side.
"Mother! Mother!"
Hua Xia hugged her and said, "Your Majesty, can I go find the Emperor? I don't want you to suffer like this."
Meixiang's arm was pinched and she cried anxiously.
Sheng Xiyan's face was pale, and she smiled weakly, "Don't go, Hua Xia, let me rest for a while, just for a while."
She leaned on Hua Xia's shoulder, closed her eyes and dozed off drowsily.
Meixiang took off her outer clothes and covered Sheng Xiyan with them, then took a pen and paper, intending to imitate her handwriting.
But at first glance, the Empress's hairpin flower small seal script is so smooth and graceful, how can one imitate it?
Never mind, the important thing is to copy enough.
At midnight, the Yangxin Palace was still brightly lit, just like daytime.
Emperor Xuanwu reviewed memorials numbering a small mountain in front of his throne.
The palace maids moved in the documents sent from other places.
Eunuch Fu presented ginseng tea.
"Your Majesty, it's already the second watch. Please take a rest. You have to prepare for the morning court at the fourth watch."
Xuan Ling's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his face looked tired, but he showed no intention of resting.
Sheng Xiyan,
I don't want to care about you at all, and I even feel extremely relieved.
Is there anything so beautiful in the world that allows you to have two men in your heart?
You carry your love for your ex-husband and endure the hardship.
I mocked you because you deserve it. You don't understand the rules of survival in the palace and even in the world - everyone is under my control.
....But I can accompany you like this.
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