Chapter 524 Blood Letter
"Your Highness, the saying that beautiful women are the root of all troubles is not yours, right?" Tu Mi joked.
Princess Ronghua Zhu Huaizhen was lying on a beauty couch surrounded by lacquered and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings. She was fanning herself with a mahogany handle and a silk fan embroidered with pomegranates, cats and butterflies. She moved her hands intermittently, as lazy as a Persian cat, while listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
"Tu Mi, I'm not that boring." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.
"Your Highness, someone is anxious." Qiu Niang said coldly.
"Let him wait." Zhu Huaizhen answered without hesitation.
The theory that beautiful women are the root of all trouble was directed at Empress Du.
A lot of past stories about Queen Du were uncovered.
For example, Empress Du and the late emperor had a deep affection for each other, as she resembled the late emperor's Bai Yueguang. Every time the late emperor saw Empress Du, he would become overly worried and regret why he had betrothed her to his son in the first place.
For example, Empress Du and Emperor Zhao of Zhou's brothers, who lost their bid for the throne, had a complex relationship. They were childhood sweethearts, rivals, and even admired each other. Empress Du even argued bitterly with Emperor Zhao of Zhou over these unsuccessful brothers, nearly forcing her to relinquish her position.
For example, all of Empress Du's lovers were extraordinary people who had given advice to Emperor Zhao of Zhou in his bid for the throne and had done many dirty things. In the end, they were all fed with the pear blossom snow poison.
Ah! I feel a sense of sadness towards this desolate wilderness. The grass has already turned yellow, and rabbits are already bracing for frost. Dogs have lost their fur, men are sharpening their tasseled spears, horses are laden with luggage, carts are carrying provisions, and hunting grounds are being set up. He, he, he, sadly bid farewell to the Han lord; I, I, I, hand in hand, go up Heliang. His followers enter the wilderness; I return to Xianyang in the imperial carriage. Returning to Xianyang, passing the palace walls; passing the palace walls, circling the corridors; circling the corridors, near the imperial chambers; near the imperial chambers, the moon is dim; the moon is dim, the night is cool; the night is cool, and I cry in the stinging cold; I cry in the stinging cold, by the green gauze window; the green gauze window, I do not think!
Zhu Huaizhen listened to "Autumn in the Han Palace" with one ear and listened to the gossip that Tu Mi had found out with the other ear.
“Your Highness, Shen Nuo said that you can make any conditions you want.” Qiu Niang said lightly.
"Your Highness, why is Chen Nuo so anxious? He must have Queen Du. Doesn't he dislike Queen Du?" Tu Mi imitated Zhu Huaizhen, pouted her lips and rolled her eyes.
Sugar-heart abalone, pineapple sea cucumber, white shark lips, young deer tendons, claw meat, golden shark fin, ivory clam meat, spider fish glue, quail eggs, ham, pork ribs, clean winter bamboo shoots, king oyster mushrooms, chrysanthemum mushrooms, wild pine mushrooms, morels, snow bamboo fungus, Shaoxing wine, eighteen ingredients, eighteen delicious flavors. The moment you lift the lotus leaf covering the jar, the rich meaty aroma is so fragrant that even a Buddha would jump over the wall.
Zhu Huaizhen smashed the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and said slowly, "Then I won't be polite. I want Queen Du to help me deal with Concubine Bai."
Alas, if she still wanted to recognize Zhu Huaishu as her elder sister, she couldn't kill Concubine Bai by herself.
Qiu Niang received the order, went back and nodded slightly.
Shen Nuo agreed readily, and the deal was done.
"Qiuniang, tell Chen Nuo that Chen Liang will write a blood letter." Zhu Huaizhen said in a deep voice.
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