Chapter 206: Invite the Queen
Zhen Huan stepped back and squatted in the hall, "I pay my respects to the Royal Consort. May the Royal Consort be blessed with good health."
Every time Nian Shilan came, the first thing she said was always about her concern for the emperor.
Either eating or taking medicine.
This time she didn't say anything and just glanced at the bed.
[Have you called Shiro? ]
A thousand words cannot compare to this one sentence.
The emperor lying on the bed lost all his strength in an instant: What Zhen Huan said was true.
Not only the emperor was shocked, but also Zhen Huan.
Zhen Huan didn't know that the Imperial Concubine knew that the Emperor could hear her thoughts. She only thought that she had teamed up with the Empress and that it was the Empress who made inferences based on what she knew and directed her behind the scenes. She said that just now on purpose to anger the Emperor.
But when the Empress said this, it meant that she not only knew that the Emperor could hear her, but she also knew that she could hear her!
I felt inexplicably awkward.
Zhen Huan lowered her head, "No, no."
Nian Shilan suddenly felt a little proud, [There are times when you forget things? Humph~]
An Lingrong, who was standing behind the Imperial Concubine, was also shocked and embarrassed, but she immediately thought:
As expected of the Imperial Concubine, she is so smart!
The second day of the second month had passed, and the empress no longer asked the imperial hospital to keep the emperor in a state of emergency. Nian Shilan said openly and without hesitation, "The imperial physician said that the emperor doesn't have much time left. Do you want to stay and accompany him for the last time?"
In her past and present lives, she and the emperor had no feelings for each other at this point, so Zhen Huan felt that it was unnecessary.
"Your Majesty must have much more to say to Your Majesty, so I won't bother you any more."
【What can I say to him? 】
[Could it be possible that he still has the strength to stand up and hit his head against the wall and die? ]
After Zhen Huan went out, Nian Shilan did not go to the bed, but sat on the warm couch under the window.
"Se-ran, Se-ran~"
The emperor never expected that Shilan, the woman in the paddock who was willing to give her life for him, the woman he cherished and trusted wholeheartedly, would now be reluctant to even give her to him. This couldn't be true.
"Shilan, can you please talk to me? Can you please let me see you again?"
[I see that you are suffering from paranoia again. What is the situation now? Don’t you understand it yourself? ]
She is her own person inside and out, and Nian Shilan is too lazy to continue pretending.
[If I had died only once, I might still have feelings for you, but I have died eight hundred times and have seen through your ugly double-faced behavior in front of and behind others, so my feelings for you have long been exhausted.]
[You play with people's hearts. You should have known that you will be abandoned by them in the end. ]
"I have given everything to you and the child. I am sincere to you. How can you bear to let me down?"
[Sincerity? What I got by exchanging my life for it, how can it be called "your sincerity"? ]
【You yourself said, "Sincerity is the least important thing."】
“Hahahahahahaha…”
The emperor suddenly laughed, his laughter was twisted, full of disappointment, helplessness, pity, and sadness...
Nian Shilan raised her hand and Songzhi handed her an embroidered ribbon.
Hongzhao and Xichao's birthdays were celebrated very grandly this year, and as a mother, she also wanted to embroider a sachet for the two children herself.
But her craftsmanship is not very impressive.
Nian Shilan specially asked An Lingrong to come and accompany her tonight, hoping that she could give her some guidance.
The emperor was lying on the bed, cursing in order to force Nian Shilan to meet him. His words later on were unbearable to hear.
Nian Shilan turned a deaf ear to it.
An Lingrong sat next to the Imperial Concubine, pretending not to hear anything, and patiently instructed, "Your Highness, this stitch should be embroidered here."
The emperor had little physical strength to begin with, and he stopped on his own because he was tired of scolding.
He paused, and the movements outside the palace became more and more obvious, "Are my concubines crying outside?"
[I'm overthinking. They know you're going to see the late emperor tonight, and they're bored waiting outside, so they're chatting and laughing to kill time.]
The tea got cold before the guests left. The emperor was unwilling to accept this and asked, "Where is the empress? Let her come to see me!"
[“I will never see her again, whether we live or die”, have you forgotten what the emperor said? ]
[The Queen is modest and polite by nature, and has always taken your words as her guiding principle. She dares not disobey your will in your previous life, so she will not come here in this life.]
Externally, the emperor was seriously ill, and the empress, as the queen, needed to step in and take charge of the situation.
She has a lot to do.
Nian Shilan didn't want her to run back and forth, so she wrote a note for her in the file every day, as if it had been there. If there were any censors who wanted to make trouble in the future, they would not be able to say anything about her with the written evidence.
The emperor's breathing, which had just calmed down, became rapid again, "You vicious women!"
[Please change the wording. I already hear the old saying.]
Nian Shilan rubbed her ears, [I am a vicious woman, the queen is a vicious woman, Zhen Huan is a vicious woman, An Lingrong is also a vicious woman... Whoever offends you or does not do what you want is a vicious woman. After reading so many books, do you only know how to be a vicious woman? ]
“You, you…”
Tears pile up, and the candles on the table become shorter and shorter.
Nian Shilan listened to the sound of the emperor pounding the couch with his fists, which became quieter and quieter.
Finally, the sound of pounding the couch stopped.
Zhou Ninghai stepped forward to take a look, then came back to report, "Madam..."
The embroidery needle pierced her fingertips, and Nian Shilan hissed, "What time is it?"
Songzhi glanced at the enamel clock and said, "Your Majesty, it's morning."
Nian Shilan looked out the window and saw light in the sky.
"Go and ask the Queen to come."