Chapter 184 Nightmare
Jun Zechen had been trapped in Xiyan Palace and unable to escape.
But suddenly, a strange feeling came over him, as if he could follow Ling Yue out, as if he had broken through an invisible barrier.
In just the blink of an eye, a few days passed quickly.
Jun Zechen actually saw another self!
Ling Yue calmly told "Jun Zechen" the news of "Su Jingyao's" death, with an expression of pity on her face, as if she was lamenting the tragic departure of a noble lady from an aristocratic family.
But for some reason, when Jun Zechen looked at Ling Yue like this, he always felt that there was not much true emotion in her eyes, and she was just putting on a show.
When "Jun Zechen" heard the news, a look of surprise appeared on his face, but he quickly regained his composure.
But when he saw the sadness on Ling Yue's face, in order to prevent her from worrying too much about other women, he said a few words of comfort.
After Concubine Su died, the Empress did not continue to send people to the Eastern Palace.
However, because his father was seriously ill and the government affairs were increasingly busy, "Jun Zechen" spent very little time in the East Palace.
It was not until his father said those meaningful words to him before he ascended the throne that he finally made up his mind and decided that his mother would host the selection for him after he ascended the throne.
Jun Zechen has been just a bystander, quietly watching the life of another "Jun Zechen" slowly unfold.
"Jun Zechen" ascended the throne and made Ling Yue his queen. Three months later, he began to select beauties. After the selection was over, he began to favor his concubines.
At the beginning, Ling Yue always came up with all kinds of reasons to cause trouble in the Qianqing Palace.
Every time she came, her eyes were filled with grievance and unwillingness. She only wanted "Jun Zechen" to favor her the most and did not want any favored concubine to appear in the harem. Once any concubine received a little more attention from "Jun Zechen", she would become suspicious and think that her husband had fallen in love with someone else.
Later, under the stern admonition of the Queen Mother, she began to feel a little panic and fear, and when she saw the slightly impatient look of "Jun Zechen", she finally calmed down.
After that, "Jun Zechen" began to favor his concubines normally. The only ones favored in the harem were An Jinyan, Ye Yaqin, Lin Miaoyin, Chu Yinxue, Tang Suxi, Xu Shiying, Yan Xiaofei...
In the first year of his reign, "Jun Zechen" was full of grand ambitions and wanted to make achievements in the court.
As the empress, Ling Yue did not manage the harem well. The concubines not only fought openly and secretly, but also schemed against each other, and even some cruel means were used against Ling Yue herself.
In the early stages, Ling Yue had almost no ability to fight back, and was able to gain a foothold in the harem only because of Jun Zechen's trust in her.
After learning some lessons, relying on her old friendship with "Jun Zechen", she began to brazenly compete with the concubines for the emperor's favor.
He often uses the promises made by "Jun Zechen" to "threaten".
Over the years, "Jun Zechen" became more and more irritated. He focused more of his attention on state affairs and rarely visited the harem.
Every time he heard about the disputes in the harem, his brows would furrow and his face would be full of disgust.
When the Queen Mother found out about this, she ruthlessly took away Ling Yue's imperial seal and divided up the palace power.
"Jun Zechen" reluctantly entered the harem under the urging of the Queen Mother on the grounds of the royal heir.
After ascending the throne for more than a decade, "Jun Zechen" truly became an almighty emperor, with a heart as hard as iron, cold and ruthless, and even Ling Yue could not move him in the slightest.
Sitting on the dragon chair, his eyes were cold and expressionless, as if nothing in the world caught his attention.
"Jun Zechen" fulfilled his promise to Ling Yue. The position of empress would always be hers. Although there were other reasons for favoring concubines, it was also because Ling Yue was infertile. "Jun Zechen" believed that he had done his best for Ling Yue.
After more than ten years on the throne, he finally became an emperor like his father, treating all women in the harem equally.
Pamper the good-looking ones more, invite the talented ones to sit with you, and communicate with the ones who can talk.
As for matters in the harem, just relax as much as you can.
But sometimes when he sat on the high dragon chair, he would feel lonely and depressed because he had no one to confide in. He looked lonely and depressed. He was the only one sitting on the top of the crowd.
Jun Zechen stared at "Jun Zechen" intently, as if he could communicate with his soul and empathize with him.
Sitting on the cold dragon chair, everyone looked at him with greed and desire, demanding everything from him. However, no one could truly comfort his soul.
No, he is different, he has Yaoyao.
Jun Zechen frowned and stared at the "Jun Zechen" sitting on the dragon chair with sharp eyes. He was not him!
Time flies by like a white horse.
"Jun Zechen" followed his father's request and allowed his princes to fight each other.
He even had more than the seven princes stipulated by his father, but as many as ten.
Because the queen failed to give birth to a legitimate son, the battle for the throne among the ten princes was extremely fierce. In the end, the winner was Yan Xiaofei's seventh prince.
"Jun Zechen" was emperor for forty years. After his death, the seventh prince became emperor with the full support of the Yan family.
Yan Xiaofei and Ling Yue both became empress dowagers. After the seventh prince became emperor, Yan Xiaofei was extremely proud.
As the biological mother of the emperor, she felt that she was superior to Ling Yue, the stepmother, not to mention that she was a stepmother without any rights.
After her son completely controlled the court, Yan Xiaofei no longer pretended and directly poisoned Ling Yue, and then announced it to the world by claiming that she had died suddenly.
After that, she became the only queen mother as she wished.
Jun Zechen looked at Ling Yue's ending without any fluctuation on his face.
Jun Zechen could even understand that "Jun Zechen" did it on purpose.
If he really wanted to preserve Ling Yue's glory after his death, he could actually do it, but "Jun Zechen" left nothing for Ling Yue. He only retained her position as queen and made her sit on the position of queen mother.
But...she couldn't sit still after all.
The lives of these people were like a fast-moving scroll, appearing one by one in his sight.
Jun Zechen was full of thoughts.
Is all this true? Is there really a past life in this world?
Where on earth was he? Why did he see all this? Why did his Yaoyao die in the East Palace?
No, is that woman in the East Palace really Yaoyao?
Jun Zechen's mind was like a mess at this moment.
Suddenly, a gentle cry seemed to break through the endless void and slowly came into his mind.
"Husband, husband, what's wrong with you?"
Yaoyao, it’s Yaoyao’s voice!
Jun Zechen closed his eyes tightly, with only one thought in his mind: he wanted to leave here, he did not belong here.
Jun Zechen suddenly opened his eyes, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yaoyao's gentle gaze full of doubt.
Was he dreaming? Why was it so real? He felt like he had really lived a long life in that world without her.
Jun Zechen hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to embed her into his body, his heart beating wildly in his chest.
Jun Zechen buried his head deeply in Su Jingyao's neck and said in a low and hoarse voice: "I had a very scary dream."
"What did you dream about, my husband?"
Su Jingyao was a little surprised. Is there anything else that this man is afraid of?
She put her arms around his waist to comfort him.
Jun Zechen was silent for a long time, his lips tightly pursed, and he didn't say anything. He just shook his head slowly at the base of her neck, his hair gently rubbing against her skin.
“I don’t remember.”
A world without her does not need to be remembered.
When he first saw Yaoyao, he couldn't help but tremble.
He couldn't let Yaoyao die without anyone caring about her, he had always protected Yaoyao well.
It was just a nightmare, it was all fake.
Jun Zechen slowly loosened his arms that were tightly hugging Su Jingyao, raised his head, and looked at her deeply, as if he wanted to engrave her appearance deeply in his heart.
Then he kissed her forehead gently, as if to confirm that she really existed beside him.