Chapter 55 Jing Nu Qi Shu
Although the autumn is bleak, the vermilion palace walls are still full of colorful flowers.
When the flowers fall, they are replaced by a new batch, and there will always be endless rare flowers and plants blooming.
Just like there are always new and beautiful women in the palace who are favored.
The person who has been favored by the emperor recently in the palace is Concubine Qi. She has been favored by the emperor for several days and has been rewarded with many treasures.
Yuexiu Palace.
Qi Xinyue was putting on makeup in front of the mirror, her face was as rosy as a peach.
A handful of long black hair draped behind her head made the red marks on her neck stand out.
Qi Xinyue glanced at the red mark and a look of shame appeared on her face.
That was left by the Emperor when he favored her two days ago. Her skin was fair and tender, and the stain had not yet completely disappeared.
Wang, the eunuch, came to Yuexiu Palace holding a small box, his face wrinkled with smile:
"My Lady Shu, the Emperor has gifted you an ink ingot."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'll trouble you, eunuch."
Qi Xinyue was slightly stunned and still a little uncomfortable with this new name.
The emperor had just promoted her from a talented lady to a beautiful lady, and also bestowed upon her the character "Shu".
So she became a beautiful woman.
Because on the night she first received the emperor's favor, he pinched her chin and his deep gaze wandered over her eyebrows:
"Quiet girl, you are beautiful, I give you the name 'Shu'."
The beautiful lady received the emperor's praise and responded shyly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
But there was one thing she didn't quite understand.
Every time the emperor summoned her, he asked her to wear a veil, leaving only a pair of eyes that were a bit ethereal and cold.
Whenever they were lost in love on the bed, he would kiss the corners of her eyes and call her affectionately in her ear:
"Shu'er."
The beautiful girl is only 29 years old and has never had a lover in the past ten years.
The emperor is majestic and heroic. Being favored by him like this, the beautiful Shu couldn't help but fall in love with him.
The day before yesterday, she had just casually said that the ink in Yuexiu Palace was not easy to use and was dull and lifeless. She had not expected that the emperor would remember such a small matter.
Lady Shu carefully took the box and asked the palace maid to reward the eunuch who delivered the box.
After Wang Nei Shi left, the palace maid said with a smile:
"My beauty, the Emperor truly loves you and loves you deeply. You are the only one who has received such great favor from the harem."
"Don't talk nonsense! What if others hear this?"
The beautiful lady scolded lightly, but her voice was coquettish, and the sweetness and pride in her eyes were about to overflow.
Fortunately, she took the bold and risky move and took the initiative to "accidentally" meet the emperor outside the Qianyang Palace. Otherwise, how could she have had the opportunity to make the emperor fall in love with her at first sight?
After Eunuch Wang came out of Yuexiu Palace, he walked a few steps on the palace road and met Concubine Shu and Princess Ning'an walking towards him.
Eunuch Wang stepped aside and saluted:
"Empress Shufei, Princess Ning'an."
The graceful and elegant Concubine Shu wore a Shu brocade cloak, glanced at Wang Nei Shi, and then glanced at Yuexiu Palace not far away.
A smile appeared on her face, gentle and dignified, but it did not reach her eyes.
Princess Ning'an didn't understand and asked directly, "Eunuch Wang, why are you here instead of serving my father?"
Wang the eunuch lowered himself to be shorter than Ning An:
"Princess Ning'an, the Emperor has ordered me to come to Yuexiu Palace to deliver a reward."
Princess Ning'an raised her voice and asked, "Again?"
She had seen palace maids carrying rewards to Yuexiu Palace for several days in a row.
"Ning'an." Concubine Shu took her daughter's hand, her eyes filled with warning, "We should leave now. Your grandmother is waiting."
They were on their way to pay their respects to the Queen Mother.
The mother and daughter led a group of palace servants and continued forward.
Princess Ning'an looked up at her mother's expression from time to time. She wanted to ask something but didn't know how to.
There were many gossips in the palace, so Ning An kept it to himself until bedtime, then he pulled Concubine Shu's sleeve and asked:
"Mother, my father hasn't been to Yaohua Palace recently. He always goes to Yuexiu Palace. Isn't Mother angry?"
Concubine Shu reached out and touched her daughter's face, then she smiled with some sincerity:
"Why are you angry? There are so many concubines in this palace. If you really want to be angry, how can mother be angry enough?"
"Besides, your father often came to Yaohua Palace before. Isn't there anyone else who is jealous of us?"
Ning An understood a little, but was still unhappy:
"I want my father to come and see me."
Concubine Shu covered her daughter with a quilt and said, "Then you should send some gifts to your father in two days to please him."
"Then what should I give?" Ning An pondered, but before he could figure it out, he fell asleep in a daze.
The autumn night is cold.
The crescent moon stood in the sky like a knife, cutting the passing clouds.
Concubine Shu came out of the Daughter's Palace, the tenderness on her face faded, and her voice was as cold as the west wind:
"The Emperor went to Yuexiu Palace again tonight?"
Nanny You helped Concubine Shu cross the stairs and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is staying in the Imperial Study today and has not summoned Concubine Shu to sleep with him."
"Lady Shu?" Concubine Shu uttered a short, cold laugh from her throat.
The laughter was ironic and a bit sad.
Dog Emperor.
Pei Shu isn't dead yet, how dare he give someone the name "Shu"?
Concubine Shu: "How is Concubine Hui doing lately?"
Nanny You helped Concubine Shu remove her hairpins and rings: "Your Majesty, there is no movement in Minghui Palace, it's still the same."
Concubine Shu: "It's getting cold. Keep an eye on it these days. Don't let those fools in the palace who flatter the powerful and bully the weak lose the charcoal in Minghui Palace."
Aunt You: "Yes, I will remember this."
Concubine Shu has complicated feelings towards Pei Shu.
There is jealousy, but also a feeling of sympathy.
She couldn't bear to see Pei Shu living a good life, and she couldn't bear to see Pei Shu living a bad life.
Whenever she saw Pei Shu, she would be reminded of the bitter feelings of her youth.
Shufei is the granddaughter of Qin Xiao, the Minister of War in the court. Her real name is Qin Rong. She is a distant cousin of the Xue family who guards the northwest.
When the old lady of the Xue family was still alive, Qin Rong had to call her "Aunt" whenever she saw her.
When she saw Xue Yuzhuo, the eldest son of the Xue family, and Xue Yucheng, the second son, she would hide her inner throbbing and pretend to be indifferent and shout:
"Cousin Xue, cousin Xue."
Qin Rong will never forget that one year during the Lantern Festival, Old Madam Xue asked Xue Yuzhuo to pick her and her grandmother up to go to Furong Pavilion by the Qujiang Lake to watch the lanterns.
She and her grandmother were standing by the pond when her tall, graceful cousin Xue came over, stepping on the moon and shattering the clear light on the ground.
"Yuzhuo is late. I hope my great aunt and cousin Qin will forgive me."
Qin Rong's heart almost flew up along the lantern.
In her eyes, Cousin Xue was mature, tall, dignified, brave and heroic, exactly what she imagined her husband to be like.
Later, one day she went to Xue's house again, wanting to secretly watch Xue Yuzhuo practice martial arts, but when she got there, she actually saw her cousin Xue, who was steady and dignified in front of others, climbing a tree!
After Cousin Xue climbed up the tree, he smiled brightly and shouted to the other side of the wall:
"Pei Jiaojiao, do you want to see the snow?"
He stepped on the branch and shook the locust tree hard like a naive and reckless child. The locust flowers on the tree fell down like a heavy snow.
The boy's clothes were covered with snowflakes.
Qin Rong's eyes were also snowing. She held back her tears and left, only bursting into tears when she returned home.
She knew who the "Pei Jiaojiao" Xue Yuzhuo was talking about.
Pei Shu, the eldest daughter of the Pei family next door.
In her heart, she regarded Pei Shu as her love rival, and she angrily thought that if Pei Shu and Cousin Xue got married in the future, she would never attend the banquet or give any gifts...
But as fate would have it, she and Pei Shu both ended up entering the palace and marrying the same man.
She was filled with resentment and had been competing with Pei Shu for favor since she entered the palace. She became Consort Shu and Pei Shu became Consort Hui.
But after a few years, something happened to the Pei family, and Pei Shu's situation in the palace plummeted.
Pei Shu, who had just given birth, knelt outside the Ganyang Palace with her body dragged the heavy snow falling, making her hair look as white as if overnight.
People came and went in the palace, but no one stopped for her, and no one pleaded for her.
And the gate of Ganyang Palace was never opened for her from beginning to end.
Concubine Shu saw everything.
It was also from that day that she realized that all the favors and graces from the emperor were fake.
The emperor's sincere words were just a momentary impulse. How could they compare to the open and secret struggles of the previous dynasty?
Concubine Shu secretly ordered someone to look after the newly born third prince.
Later, she heard that the charcoal in Minghui Palace was withheld one year, so she found a way to tell Murong Yu about it and waited for Murong Yu to punish the palace servants.
Concubine Shu asked herself honestly, she was not a good person, and she had used many tricks to gain a foothold in the palace over the years.
But she couldn't bear to be cruel to Pei Shu, and she couldn't even explain why.
Nanny You helped Concubine Shu, whose mind had drifted away, to sit down beside the bed.
"My Lady, won't Yuexiu Palace care? Should we take action?"
Concubine Shu came back to her senses and lay on the bed, breathing a sigh of relief:
"No rush, let's wait and see."
It would be good to have a beautiful lady to give Murong Yu a taste of something new, so that the person from Yifeng Palace wouldn't be staring at him all day long.
"If the emperor goes to Yuexiu Palace a few more times, someone will be more impatient than me."
Concubine Shu sneered.
After more than ten years in the palace, she finally woke up, Pei Shu finally woke up.
But the people in Yifeng Palace are still not awake.
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