Chapter 136: Heartbroken

On the second day, the gloomy weather lived up to everyone's expectations and heavy snow fell.

Jiang Xinyue wrapped herself tightly and leaned against the charcoal basin to warm herself.

"Madam..."

Li Ma sighed, "I think the emperor is almost turning into a snowman."

It snowed heavily today, and the ladies in the harem were all sitting around the stove in the warm room, drinking wine, admiring the snow and plum blossoms, and even playing drinking games when they were excited.

The Empress sent someone to invite the Emperor, but the Emperor politely refused because he was busy with government affairs and would talk about it when he had time.

He had just refused the Empress, but now he ran to Hexi Palace and asked Wang Dequan to knock on the palace door, saying that the Emperor wanted to invite Concubine Zhen to enjoy the snow.

Their queen didn't say yes or no, and after a nap, Nanny Li couldn't help but remind them: "Your Majesty, the emperor is waiting for you outside!"

If she didn't go, she might be intercepted by another queen.

Jiang Xinyue stretched her waist and said, "At the beginning, I said I didn't want to see him, so I didn't want to see him. No matter how long he waits, no matter how many times he comes, I don't care. I just don't want to see him."

"Your Majesty, you..."

"Nanny Li, don't say it, Xi Que and the others are making snowmen in the courtyard! If you really have nothing to do, go and play with them!"

Jiang Xinyue touched her bulging belly and took out a book from the table: "If not, you can tell our Xiaoliu a story."

As soon as she finished speaking, the little guy in her belly kicked her hard for several times. Although it didn't hurt, she still took a breath of cool air.

No wonder so many women have stretch marks after giving birth. The belly has grown so big, and the fetus is still moving and kicking inside the belly. It is a miracle that the belly has not exploded. It is really normal to have a few stripes.

The baby in the belly is still kicking, as if protesting that his mother has not told him a story today.

Jiang Xinyue smiled and stretched out her fingers to gently grab his restless hands and feet: "Madame Li, look, Xiaoliu is not happy." Madame

Li's heart was melted by cuteness. She quickly sat on the low couch under Jiang Xinyue's feet, and cleared her throat with a storybook: "Okay, okay...Madame, tell our little master a story~"

A burst of laughter and playfulness came from the courtyard, making Emperor Xuanwu and Wang Dequan outside Hexi Palace look even more miserable.

The bright yellow canopy was already covered with snow, and it took two eunuchs to lift it.

From afar, a slender figure in lavender slowly approached. When approaching, Emperor Xuanwu realized that this figure was not someone else, but Li Guipin of Xihe Palace, the former Li Guifei.

She was always accompanied by a group of servants, a carriage and ornaments when she went out. When had she ever been so miserable, with only a palace maid and a eunuch following behind her, not even a sedan chair.

Her dark hair was combed into a small bun, with only a small red plum blossom in her hair, which made her look pure and charming.

Such a simple dress did not make her look inferior, but instead revealed a kind of charming, weak and pitiful beauty.

She suddenly looked up and saw Emperor Xuanwu. She wanted to turn around and leave, but seemed to be afraid of being blamed by the emperor, so she walked to greet him: "Your Majesty, I have seen you." She

was cold, like an ice beauty.

The emperor said "hmm": "Get up!"

Li Guipin was wearing thin clothes, and her hands were frozen red, swollen and purple. If you look closely, it seems that she has two frostbite.

The emperor frowned: "Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs give you charcoal and cold-proof clothes? If you come out dressed like this, won't you catch a cold?"

Then those ministers will gossip about her, saying that she killed Prime Minister Song and abused Prime Minister Song's only legitimate granddaughter.

Li Guipin thought that the emperor was concerned about her, and her eyes were shining, and she shook her head.

The maid behind her knelt down with a "thump" sound: "Your Majesty, please save my queen! Jiang Zhaoyi in Xihe Palace is really bullying Li Guipin. She wants to snatch the silver carbon sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the cold-weather clothes sent by the Clothing Room. Whenever our queen is feeling better, she will make things difficult for her. Your Majesty, if this continues, our queen..."

"Xia He!"

Li Guipin said in a low voice: "Stop talking."

This routine again.

Zhenpin said that if she didn't want others to say something about herself, she would cover the person's mouth from the beginning, instead of waiting for the person to finish speaking and then hypocritically asking them to stop.

"Why didn't the queen say it?"

Xia He's eyes turned red: "Are we just going to let Jiang Zhaoyi bully us like that?"

Emperor Xuanwu's brows wrinkled even tighter.

Li Guipin's face looked so bland at this moment.

The snowflakes melted on Li Guipin's shoulders, making her so cold that she couldn't help sneezing and shivering all over.

Emperor Xuanwu touched the cold-proof cloak on his body, turned around and said to Wang Dequan: "Take off your shawl and give it to Li Guipin, and take two people to Xihe Hall to give Jiang Zhaoyi a beating. Don't go too far."

This sentence is very interesting... Don't go too far... What does not go too far mean?

It means that a little bullying is okay.

Wang Dequan's face was full of embarrassment, but the emperor had spoken, could he not listen?

But Concubine Li leaned back to avoid Wang Dequan, clearly not wanting him, but the emperor's.

Emperor Xuanwu touched his nose, pretending not to see Concubine Li's pleading eyes, and tightened his cloak even more.

No! Absolutely not!

Concubine Zhen will be upset if she knows...

Eh?

Something in the emperor's head seemed to explode in an instant, and the expression on his face was very interesting.

He... was afraid that Concubine Zhen would be angry?

He was afraid of Concubine Zhen?

He was the king of a country, why should he be afraid of a little concubine?

This was so unlike him.

"Eh... Emperor..."

The cloak on her body was full of the stench of Wang Dequan's dog servant. Concubine Li suppressed her disgust and followed Wang Dequan. On the one hand, she resisted, and on the other hand, she wanted Wang Dequan to take people to Xihe Hall to vent her anger.

Who is Jiang Yuan?

The vicious dog that used to be under his command now dared to bark in front of his master.

Isn't it just bullying that she now has no family support behind her?

Emperor Xuanwu was a little panicked now.

The emperor's ceremonial guard took a few big steps forward, then turned around and took two steps toward Hexi Palace. Then he thought about returning to Chengqian Palace. He repeated this six or seven times before gritting his teeth and quickly returned to Chengqian Palace.

After entering his dormitory, he kicked everyone out and sat quietly behind his desk, slowly clearing his thoughts.

First of all, after seeing Li Guifei, he no longer had any sympathy for her. He was just afraid that her appearance like that would ruin his image of being wise and powerful.

Secondly, he really didn't want her to wear the cloak he was wearing. The first thing that came to his mind at that time was Zhen Bin's angry face. He was really afraid of Zhen Bin's anger.

Finally, we can conclude that he seems... seems... to have fallen in love with Concubine Zhen.