Chapter 500: Concubine Liang's Memories
Thirteen years later -
spring goes and autumn comes, mountains and seas change, and times change.
After a heavy winter rain, the weather becomes more humid and cold.
"Cough cough cough..."
Heavy coughs came from the overlapping green gauze tents. The palace maids who came in and out of Shun'an Palace all had sad and worried expressions on their faces.
Several imperial doctors knelt in front of the bed, and faced with the Queen Mother's questioning, they all fell silent.
Only Imperial Physician Yan dared to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, although Concubine Liang's body is no longer affected by the poison from fourteen years ago, it is still not as healthy as it was before. This year's winter is so long, and she has caught a severe cold. We... can't save her."
Moreover, Concubine Liang is now forty-three years old, which is considered long-lived among the concubines.
The life expectancy of emperors has always been around sixty, because they will not live long because of staying up late for a long time and worrying about state affairs.
Therefore, it is really good that Concubine Liang can live to more than forty years old after being poisoned and having a full body blood transfusion.
After Imperial Physician Yan finished speaking, the whole room fell into silence again. Only Concubine Liang was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.
She seemed to see herself at the age of fifteen...
She entered the palace in the same year as Consort De, Consort Li, and some long-forgotten concubines.
In March, the grass grows and the birds fly, the flowers bloom and fade, but the good looks of the concubines remain unchanged.
Three years after three years, over and over again, there are always new concubines to replace the old ones.
"Xiangrui, what do you think the emperor looks like? My father took me to palace banquets before, but I only saw him from afar. I only knew his nose and two eyes."
"Hush! Sister Ni'er, if we talk about the emperor without permission and Nanny Duan finds out, we will be punished."
At that time, the fourteen-year-old Concubine Li Gui was already arrogant, but as a girl, she was always jealous and vengeful: "What are you afraid of? My grandfather is the prime minister of the dynasty. If the Zhu family hadn't shed a lot of money and promised the emperor forever... Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you. Anyway, remember to hold on to my thigh, and Nanny Duan won't dare to touch you in the future."
"Then I will be Sister Ni'er's little follower in the future."
"Look at your useless look. I still have two bottles of the best beauty lotion. I will give you one bottle later."
At that time, she had a good relationship with Concubine Li Guifei. Concubine De was not good-looking, and she always followed her beautiful cousin, acting humble.
Concubine Li Guifei naturally looked down on her.
In order to show her superiority, or to form a group and cultivate her own power, she chose the most outstanding one among the short ones, and she took a fancy to Concubine Liang.
During the days in Chuxiu Palace, although there were intrigues, there were also many happy times.
She and Concubine Li Guifei often made appointments with several concubines to go to Yuhua Garden to pick flowers and take a bath.
I remember one time, someone added something to Concubine Li Guifei's flowers, and the fragrance was particularly offensive.
When she was enjoying the envious looks of all the concubines, a large group of bees flew in from nowhere and bit Concubine Li's head.
The next day was the palace selection, and everyone had to meet the emperor, but the most beautiful concubine was bitten into a pig's head.
That was the first time that Concubine Liang knew the cruelty and viciousness in the deep palace.
It was also the first transformation of Concubine Li.
The Song family had power in the court, and it was easy to find a concubine who harmed Concubine Li.
Later, Concubine De's cousin suddenly died of poisoning.
Concubine Liang thought that it was Concubine De's cousin who harmed Concubine Li, so Concubine Li killed the concubine whose appearance was only inferior to hers.
Many, many years later, when she had broken up with Concubine Li and became the right-hand man of the late emperor, the late emperor told her that it was not Concubine De's cousin who caused Concubine Li to be stung by bees, but Concubine De herself.
The reason was simply because Concubine Li had said that Concubine De's appearance was ordinary and she would not be favored by the emperor even if she was selected.
The death of Concubine De's cousin was not caused by Concubine Li, but Concubine De chose to poison her cousin in order to get the emperor's attention and establish her own kind personality.
Although Concubine Li was domineering, she was kind at that time and did not hurt anyone's life.
On the day of the palace selection, Concubine Li used the beauty honey sent by the Song family, and the redness on her face disappeared. She shone brightly in the Yu Garden, and her beautiful face won the emperor's heart.
From then on, her legendary life began.
After the palace selection, Concubine Liang was granted the title of a talented person of the eighth rank, which was far different from Concubine Li Guifei, who was a third rank Zhaoyi.
It was also at that time that the Yu family began to get close to the Zhu family of the previous emperor and became a retainer of the Zhu family.
Concubine Liang and Concubine Li Guifei gradually became estranged and became concubines of the previous emperor.
Concubine Li Guifei felt that she had been betrayed and began to make things difficult for Concubine Liang. The young and hot-tempered Concubine Liang also regarded her as an enemy and never reconciled until her death.
Now think about it, what's the need?
Isn't it that everyone in the palace serves his own master?
If the Yu family had submitted to Prime Minister Song, Concubine Liang would still have become Concubine Li Guifei's vanguard.
Concubine Li Guifei dominated the harem for more than ten years, and even the previous emperor had to avoid her.
Until Jiang Xinyue appeared...
At first, they all thought that the emperor just used her as a substitute for Concubine Li, and was looking for the shadow of Concubine Li in the new person.
But who would have thought that starting with Concubine Chu as a signal, she defeated all the concubines who were more experienced, more vicious, and more favored than her.
The seventh prince and the third princess who adopted the fourth prince, gave birth to the prince, and then gave birth to the dragon and phoenix twins.
Those who looked down on her have all gone to hell.
Only Jiang Xinyue was the concubine in the harem who made her truly convinced and gave true feelings.
They can be said to have known each other without fighting.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough... gulp..."
A mouthful of deep red blood came out of Concubine Liang's throat, and her body fell heavily into the quilt...
Suppressed crying came from Shun'an Palace, and after a while, the crying gradually became louder.
"Concubine Liang... Concubine Liang..."
Concubine Liang opened her eyes and tilted her head to look at Jiang Xinyue, whose face had lost the youthfulness of a young girl and who was now sacred and inviolable: "Your Majesty... you are still... still so beautiful, just like the first time I saw you."
Under the crabapple tree, the girl's pink and tender face was like ripe peach blossoms falling on the ground in March, with an overly coquettish, bright and soul-stirring feeling.
"You are not beautiful at all. When I first met you, you were like a little hot pepper, full of energy. What happened to you now?" You
looked sick and seemed to be going to die at any time.
Concubine Liang felt her eyes clear and her spirits improved. She sat up from the bed: "Why do I seem to hear the eldest princess' voice? Is she here to pick me up?"
"Grandma! Grandma!"
A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old ran in from outside the house. She looked exactly like the eldest princess when she was a child.