Chapter 497 Meeting
Chapter 497
"Help me up, I want to go to Yufu Palace." Yi Chongyuan sat up.
No one dared to persuade her, so they dressed her up and took her to Yufu Palace.
Shen Chuliu was surprised when she heard that Yi Chongyuan wanted to see her.
Back when Yi Chongyuan was still favored, she was very at odds with Shen Chuliu. However, even when Shen Chuliu was of a low position, she never suffered any loss.
Later, Yi Chongyuan was no longer able to do well, but Shen Chuliu was promoted step by step and was less likely to suffer any loss.
It's really strange that she comes now.
Shen Chuliu originally didn't want to see him, but wasn't this guy already in bad condition, why did he come to see her?
That's strange.
"A rare guest." Shen Chuliu smiled.
Shen Chuliu's Yufu Palace doesn't like visitors. Usually, only Concubine Rong comes to visit. Most of the other people who come are turned away.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for being willing to see me." Yi Chongyuan bowed and sat down.
Shen Chuliu looked at her and after a closer look, she found that Yi Chongyuan was indeed very old.
She is actually not very old, but women who are unhappy in the palace age quickly.
She had a gloomy look about her, with deep wrinkles around her eyes. Her eyes no longer had the brightness they had when she was young, and looked very gloomy.
"I'm still very curious. What are you doing here? Is there anything else to talk about between you and me?" Shen Chuliu asked.
"Your Majesty, it would be better for you to dismiss the attendants. Of course, leave a few loyal ones behind. I have already come to this point, but I have something to say." Yi Chongyuan said.
Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows and waved his hand. Except for Chi Su and Yuan Xiao, everyone else left.
Yi Chongyuan waved her hand and said, "You guys get out."
The two palace maids around her did not dare to stay.
There were only four people left in the hall.
"Back then, it was me who poisoned the Empress. I wanted to target Feng at first, but I failed in the end." Yi Chongyuan lowered her head and covered her eyes.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "So it's you."
She said so, but Chi Su and Yuan Xiao who were standing beside her knew that the Queen didn't believe it at all.
This was the first time she was poisoned. At that time, I knew that Yi Chongyuan was the scapegoat, but now, she is admitting it?
"But I didn't harm you at the beginning, so why did you try to hurt me in every way?" Shen Chuliu didn't care and just pretended to be curious.
"It's just jealousy, what else could it be." Yi Chongyuan smiled and shook her head: "I'm stupid."
"When I was young, I only knew the word love. When I entered the palace, I fell in love with the emperor. But the emperor favors too many people. There is Concubine You, and there is Ning. Even Cao, that brainless woman, got pregnant first. I hated it, so I took action. You might as well tell the queen that I was also the one who caused Ning's pregnancy."
Yi Chongyuan shook her head: "I did so much, so my child is like that. Karma is inevitable."
"Why are you telling me this?" Shen Chuliu raised his eyebrows, his expression not changing.
Back then, we knew that Yi Chongyuan was responsible for Cao's pregnancy, so she suddenly fell out of favor. Why else could she have fallen out of favor while pregnant? Now we know that Ning was also harmed by her? This makes sense. When Yi Chongyuan was just a concubine, she was really favored.
"You're still unwilling to give up. There are things I don't understand and I want to ask. After thinking about it, there are only two people in the harem I can ask, one is the queen, and the other is you." Yi Chongyuan shook her head again.
"The Queen won't answer my questions, so I can only ask you, Your Majesty." Yi Chongyuan said, "I won't live for many days, so I want to die with a clear mind."
"Okay, go ahead and ask." Shen Chuliu was surprised this time. What could she say to help this person solve his doubts?
"In fact, when you really ask me, I don't know what to say." Yi Chongyuan sighed, "Your Highness was only sixteen when she entered the palace. Why can she live so rationally? When I was lying in bed, I often thought that I didn't see the Queen when she came, but later I saw that she never lost her composure. After entering the palace, I also didn't see you lose your composure."
"Even someone as cruel as Liu, when her prince was still alive, the way she looked at the emperor was filled with madness, the madness of possession."
"Feng, Ning, and Concubine Rong Zhao who is on good terms with the Empress, me, and Concubine Yao who is in front of the Empress. And the late Concubine Yi. Which of these people who came out of the Qiandi Palace didn't look at the Emperor with expectation? But are we wrong? If not, why are we all like this?"
Shen Chuliu understood.
Yi Chongyuan might not really come to ask her.
She just couldn't accept it.
If you can't be content with living, you can't rest in peace when you die.
"Your Highness has been favored for more than ten years, but the Emperor still has new people, such as Concubine Qian, Su Xiuyi, Yan Xiurong, and Li Zhaoyi... There is an endless stream of new people. Why isn't Your Highness sad? Why isn't the Empress sad?"
"At that time, Concubine Yi was so favored, but when the emperor didn't come, she didn't smile either." Yi Chongyuan looked at Shen Chuliu: "Why? I have been out of favor for these years, and the emperor doesn't care about my life or death. What makes me saddest is not that my life is difficult, but that he doesn't see me. I also gave birth to children for him..."
"What do you want to hear?" Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "What can I say to make you let it go?"
"I don't know either." Yi Chongyuan shook her head.
"This world has never been fair. What you want may be something you will never get in your entire life." Shen Chuliu smiled, still indifferently.
"So, Your Majesty also has things you want but cannot get?" Yi Chongyuan asked, looking into Shen Chuliu's eyes.
"No, I didn't. From the beginning, I knew what I could get, so no matter how much I got in the end, at least I didn't feel guilty. You see, I didn't harm other people's children, so my children can turn misfortune into blessing. You said that karma is cyclical, and no one can escape it."
"You are right, but I won't accept it." Yi Chongyuan lowered her head.
"You are unwilling to accept it, but you are too greedy. I know what you are going to say. You like the emperor, so you hope that he likes you as much as you do. But you shouldn't have expected it from the beginning, because he is the emperor." Shen Chuliu smiled: "How can he belong only to you?"
"You want him to like you, but you also want power and benefits. You want too much, how can you get it all? Among those people you mentioned, there may be some who are like you who want the emperor but cannot get him, but after all, they are not cruel. For example, Concubine Yi. When Concubine Yi died, everyone in the harem breathed a sigh of relief, and no one chased her and scolded her. But what about after you die? I guess you won't be treated so well."
"Your Majesty is indeed spicy." Yi Chongyuan sighed again: "So, Your Majesty doesn't like the Emperor?"
"Of course I like it." Shen Chuliu smiled, as charming as a spring flower: "The emperor is handsome and gentle, and treats me so well, so of course I like it."
(End of this chapter)
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