Chapter 219 Staying at the Palace of Heavenly Purity
Why would His Majesty drag her to the Palace of Heavenly Purity?
Since ancient times, the Palace of Heavenly Purity has been the emperor's bedroom, and concubines have never been allowed to stay there?
Chen Fu was dragged down from the sedan chair by the Emperor's hand, but she was still confused.
What His Majesty did just now in front of everyone was already eye-catching enough. If we still force her to stay overnight in the Palace of Heavenly Purity now, the whole palace will probably be filled with rumors about her tomorrow morning.
Shen Fu's hand fell on her lower abdomen.
She doesn't want to go!
"Your Highness." His Highness had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his legs were long and his steps were naturally big.
He held Chen Fu's hand and walked in front. Even though he wanted to take care of Chen Fu, his steps were still too big compared to others.
Chen Fu was standing behind him and had to shout several times before she finally stopped the man.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu turned his head when he heard Chen Fu's voice.
When his eyes fell on Shen Fu's hand on her waist, his eyes flashed: "Can't walk anymore?"
His Majesty raised his eyebrows, and without waiting for Shen Fu to answer, he bent down without saying a word and picked up Shen Fu horizontally.
Xiao Yu put one hand on Shen Fu's waist and the other hand on Shen Fu's knee, looking very light and airy.
"You should have told me earlier that you were tired and I would have carried you."
After he finished speaking, His Majesty weighed Chen Fu, lowered his head and smiled at her dotingly.
Shen Fu swallowed all the words in her heart in an instant.
She raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows a few times because of the headache. The words in my throat that I didn't want to live here could no longer be uttered.
Since His Majesty thinks so, let him think so.
Shen Fu looked at the hand that fell on her lower abdomen, feeling worried. Anyway, she is pregnant, so even if she lives in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, she would not attract much attention.
Besides, someone died in Hehuan Palace, even if He Cairen was not killed by her.
But death is bad luck after all.
After figuring it out, Chen Fu leaned obediently on His Majesty's shoulder, looking like a delicate and adorable little bird.
Xiao Yu held Chen Fu in his arms all the way from the sedan chair to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and was reluctant to let go.
"Your servant...your servant kowtows to His Majesty." The palace maids and eunuchs serving in the Palace of Heavenly Purity were so frightened when they saw His Majesty, they immediately knelt down.
When they saw Shen Fu in His Majesty's arms, their eyes widened with fear, and they quickly knelt down trembling.
"The servants kowtow to His Majesty, and to Concubine Shen."
There were concubines from the Qianqing Palace who came, but it was so late, and the one who was brought here by the Emperor himself was truly the first one.
The servants knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
"Get up." Xiao Yu's long boots landed on the lotus-patterned green bricks, and he strode in holding Chen Fu. He did not put Chen Fu on the soft couch until they reached the inner hall.
"Someone, prepare some water!" His Majesty said softly. Lin An, who was following behind him, was about to step into the house, but when he heard this, he quickly retracted his foot.
"I'll go right away."
Lin An stumbled away, and only after everyone had disappeared did Shen Fu raise her hand to struggle free from the arms of His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, please let me go."
His Majesty had just held her in his arms all the way, and now he had laid her on the couch without letting go.
Shen Fu's fingertips grasped Wansui Ye's fingertips and moved gently to try to break free.
"Just when you can't walk anymore, let me hold you." His Majesty's palm fell on Shen Fu's waist and abdomen, and after noticing it, he held it tighter.
His fingertips slid along the side of Chen Fu's waist and probed in: "Just let me let go when we get there? There's no such good thing."
The sneer died down, and soon after came the slightly cold fingertips of His Majesty.
He probed along Shen Fu's waist and abdomen, and his cold fingertips fell on Shen Fu's waist, grabbing Shen Fu's waist so that she could not dodge.
"I wanted to do this just now on the dragon chariot." His Majesty sighed as his fingertips fell.
Chen Fu's body was tense, except for her hand on her waist which was burning hot.
She lowered her head, looked at the half of her palm that was sunk into the belt, turned her face to the side, and her ears blushed with shame.
"Your Majesty, I will see you later."
Shen Fu was mumbling something, but no one knew what she was saying. But my peripheral vision fell on the palm of His Majesty's hand, and I felt that hand was moving upwards...
The hand had distinct joints, slender fingertips, and thin calluses on the fingertips. It touched Shen Fu's skin, which was as delicate as jade, and made people blush wherever it passed.
The fingertips moved up along the slender waist until they reached Yingxue. Then Shen Fu suddenly opened her eyes and pressed down the palm of His Majesty.
"no."
Shen Fu pressed her fingers on the palm of His Majesty's hand, and her neck was flushed.
"Why not?" His Majesty did not withdraw his palm, but the next moment his thin lips pressed down.
A hot and scorching kiss fell on Shen Fu's lips, followed by Xiao Yu's hoarse voice:
"Don't be afraid, leave it to me."
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His Majesty's dragon chariot took Concubine Shen back to the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
It was not until the hour of Chou that the lights in the Qianqing Palace gradually went out.
When the news reached Concubine Rong's ears, it was almost dawn.
It was foggy outside the window, and the morning mist revealed a faint light.
"Have Concubine He's funeral been handled?" In Jingren Palace, Concubine Rong had just returned after spending the whole night dealing with matters.
After a night, my throat was already hoarse.
"In reply to your Majesty, everything has been handled according to your wishes."
Inside the Jingren Palace, the young eunuch knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and spoke without raising his head:
"The guards of the cold palace should keep their mouths shut. No one will say that the servants of our Jingren Palace have been to the cold palace." The eunuch paused and continued:
"As for the maids around He Cairen, the few who were not close to him have been sent to Xinzheku. As for He Cairen, he had a close maid before his death...
"Because he served an improper master, he committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Once the palace maids around He Cairen died, there would be no evidence to prove the crime.
Naturally, no one knew how He Cairen walked out of the cold palace at that time.
"Well done." Concubine Rong nodded, lowered the hand that was rubbing her brow, and waved her hand to let the eunuch below go down.
"Go out."
The young eunuch kowtowed, turned around and left immediately.
As soon as the door was closed, Concubine Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His stiff palm fell on the armrest, and after shivering a few times, he slowly sat down with the support of the armrest.
"Tonight is finally over."
After this incident, she was considered to have made a contribution in front of the Emperor.
The death of He Cairen allowed her to show her face in front of the Emperor. Whenever she thinks about the previous incident in the future, after what happened today, even if His Majesty is unhappy with her, he will think twice.
"Your Majesty has been planning for the entire night. You must have worked hard." Nanny Wang, who was walking beside her, couldn't help but sigh.
There are a lot of things to do in the Hehuan Palace, and He Cairen's body needs to be dealt with. All the guards inside and outside the cold palace were held accountable one by one. When Concubine Rong came back, her body was already stiff.
Nanny Wang knelt down, took the medicated oil that had been prepared on the side, bent down and lifted up Concubine Rong's trouser legs.
Under the lake green forged skirt, the snow-white knees were already red and swollen.
There were fist-sized red lumps on both knees, showing that they had been swollen for quite some time.
"Why is your Majesty doing this?" Nanny Wang paused holding the medicinal oil and couldn't help but sighing, "Your Majesty is currently making love with Concubine Shen, but your Majesty is busy running around and is exhausted."
"Besides, your Majesty's body has not fully recovered. The imperial physician has repeatedly told you to rest, fearing that you might damage your vitality."
Concubine Rong has not been in good health since she fainted while kneeling in front of the Buddhist temple last time.
After all, your vital energy has been damaged. Even if the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is nourishing, how can you recover so quickly without careful care?
That night, she apologized for her crime and investigated the cause of He Cairen's death. Every single thing was done by Concubine Rong herself.
Now he came back exhausted until dawn, but His Majesty was fine, and he took Concubine Shen to the Qianqing Palace to relax and enjoy himself.
Nanny Wang sighed, with a rare hint of emotion on her face.
However, when Concubine Rong heard this, she didn't show any displeasure at all.
"I am not afraid of being busy, but I am afraid of having no time to be busy." She was a noble concubine, and she was in charge of the power to manage the harem.
If something happens in the harem and she is not busy, it would be time for her to step down.
"I am the Imperial Concubine. It is my duty to take care of any problems in the harem. I am the one who should be the busiest in the whole palace."
"Even if your Majesty is busy, you cannot ignore your own body." The palace maid kneeling on the ground couldn't help but speak.
When Nanny Wang heard the voice, she turned around silently and glared at the palace maid.
The palace maid shrank her neck, lowered her head in fear and dared not speak anymore.
"Madam, what she said is not wrong." After Wang Ma finished teaching her lesson, she could not help but turn back and comfort her:
“Your Highness has done so much tonight, but His Majesty only has Concubine Shen in his eyes.”
Concubine Rong paused rubbing her brows, and after a while she let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Your Majesty really dotes on her." It was windy and frosty outside, and Concubine Rong looked up at the swaying trees outside the window.
A few scattered yellow leaves were blown away by the wind and could not fall down. If we wait for a while, winter would be here soon.
"I have seen so many different kinds of women in the harem, some are favored and some are not. After so many years of going around, I have never seen His Majesty favor a woman so much."
Concubine Rong has followed His Majesty since she was young.
During the period when His Majesty was in hiding, there was no one except the prince's wife at that time. She was one of the first few elderly people to serve His Majesty.
She has been following His Majesty since she was in her teens, rising from a prince's consort to the current imperial concubine. Over the past decade, so many women of all kinds have appeared by His Majesty's side, but no one had ever thought that one day He would favor a woman so much.
Concubine Rong recalled the scene today, when the Emperor bent over and half-knelt in front of Shen Fu under the dark curtain.
The hand on her side couldn't help but tighten: "Your Majesty really dotes on her."
It was just a short sentence, and Concubine Rong couldn't help but repeat it twice.
He even took a deep breath when he lowered his head.
Nanny Wang noticed that the queen was in a bad mood, so she waved her hand and sent all the palace people out of the room.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to belittle yourself." Nanny Wang was the wet nurse of Concubine Rong, and she had been taking care of Concubine Rong until she grew up.
To be bold, if it weren't for the difference between the seniors, she would have treated Concubine Rong as her own daughter.
How could I bear to see Concubine Rong suffering here?
"Now that Concubine Shen is pregnant, it's normal for His Majesty to favor her a little." After all, heirs are rare in the harem.
Before, Shen Ronghua had a fake in her stomach, and His Majesty hated Shen Ronghua so much that he wanted to cut her into pieces.
But because of the fake one, no matter how angry the Emperor was, he suppressed it.
Not to mention Shen Fu today.
She is already favored, so naturally the Emperor would keep her in his heart when she is pregnant.
The two had a conflict some time ago, and now that things are new, it's natural that they'll be careful for a few days.
"Your Highness, don't worry. Even if Your Highness dotes on her, Concubine Shen's family background is still there. She can't surpass you anyway."
"Whether it's the Shen family or the Gu family far away in Jiangnan, Shen Fu's family background has always been a shortcoming. The only reason she can be where she is today, apart from being favored by the Emperor, is because of the child in her belly.
But no matter how favored one is, one cannot climb to a high position if one’s family background is not good enough. "I don't know how many times Nanny Wang has persuaded me with these words.
His Majesty is not a confused person. Even if he is doting on someone, he will not confuse right and wrong or fail to distinguish between black and white.
"It's not that I don't understand." Concubine Rong looked at the leaves outside the bright window and raised her hand to rub her eyebrows a few times.
No matter how favored Shen Fu is, it cannot threaten her position.
His Majesty had expressed this to her before. In order to consolidate her position, the Emperor even sent the Third Prince to her care to be raised.
But even so, she was still panicked. She had never seen His Majesty dote on a woman so much, and she had never even seen His Majesty kneel down in front of everyone.
"Your Majesty, you really don't have to worry too much." Nanny Wang walked forward and rubbed Concubine Rong's shoulders.
"Just like today's Shu Guipin. The Shu Fei who was once favored by the emperor had to be ranked below the emperor, right?"
Nanny Wang compared herself with Concubine Shu of that year, but this time all she heard was Concubine Rong's disdainful smile.
"Such favor, even the noble concubine Rong back then..."
As soon as Concubine Rong said this, the temperature around her quickly changed.
In the past, the favor of Concubine Rong was much better than that of Concubine Shen now.
It’s just a pity…
"Your Highness." Nanny Wang paused as she pinched her shoulder and reminded him softly, "There is no such person as Concubine Rong in the palace anymore..."
When Concubine Rong said this, her expression suddenly changed. She took a deep breath, and her palms on the armrests tightened.
"I was confused. There is no Noble Concubine Rong in the palace." She closed her eyes, twisted her aching head and got up from the chair.
In a daze, he thought, "The one named by His Majesty today is Lady Zhou?"
"What does your Majesty mean?" Nanny Wang immediately followed and asked while supporting Concubine Rong.
Concubine Rong thought of the glance that His Majesty gave before he left. There were so many concubines in the palace, but His Majesty didn't look at anyone but only noticed Concubine Zhou.
Chen Fu is still by his side. This Lady Zhou is quite capable as she can make His Majesty tolerate others in his eyes at this time!
"I think he's a good person." Concubine Rong thought for a long time and said meaningfully:
"Don't let her die."
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