Chapter 390 The buried concubine VS the ruthless and romantic emperor 38
Liu Mengyan returned to Guanju Palace tiredly. The cold moonlight shone on the corridor of the palace, casting a mottled shadow.
The night wind blew gently, bringing with it a hint of coolness, but it could not calm the anxiety in her heart.
Before she could take a breath, she heard Concubine Jade summoning her.
She shook in fear and turned a little pale, but she did not dare to disobey.
Along the way, the palace lanterns swayed, and the faint light looked particularly lonely in the darkness.
When she stepped into the Jade Concubine's Palace, she saw that the palace was brightly lit, but it exuded a depressing atmosphere.
The carved beams and painted buildings look more majestic and cold under the light.
The air is filled with a faint scent of incense, but at this moment it is like shackles, making people breathless.
Liu Mengyan saluted respectfully: "I have met the imperial concubine."
Concubine Jade looked sideways at her, her eyes full of jealousy and resentment. Under the light, her eyes were like burning flames that could devour people instantly.
"Humph, you are such a charming girl, you managed to charm the emperor with your beauty."
Concubine Jade sneered coldly, her voice was sharp and harsh.
Liu Mengyan lowered her head and did not dare to speak.
Seeing her like this, Concubine Yu's anger burned even more fiercely.
"Come here, give me a slap."
Concubine Yu gave the order, and Furong next to her immediately stepped forward and slapped Liu Mengyan hard on the cheek.
Red palm prints instantly appeared on Liu Mengyan's face. She endured the pain and humiliation, and tears rolled in her eyes.
"Is it good to sleep in Cousin's Dragon Tower? Isn't it refreshing at night? Have you ever thought that we would sleep alone every night?"
Concubine Yu stood up and walked to Liu Mengyan , pinched her chin harshly, and said jealously Said: "If you were to stay with me for a while, the Imperial Palace wouldn't make things difficult for you, but if you dare to occupy my cousin, who are you? Let me tell you, my cousin is just confused by your face for a while. When he gets tired of it, you It’s nothing.”
She let go of her hand holding Liu Mengyan's chin and looked at her condescendingly, with endless jealousy and anger in her eyes.
Liu Mengyan bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes, "The noble concubine, calm down, I don't dare."
Concubine Yu looked at her pitiful look, and felt in her heart His anger became more and more intense, and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Drag her down and kneel on the needle board."
The needle board is sharp and piercing the skin of the knee will make people miserable, but it will not leave lower wound.
It is a common method of torture in the harem.
The maids immediately dragged Liu Mengyan aside and roughly pressed her onto the needle board.
"Ah...it hurts...My dear concubine, please spare my maid..."
Liu Mengyan let out a shrill scream, which was particularly harsh in the silent night.
She was pressed on the needle board, and there was a sharp pain in her knees.
Her face was pale, her body was shaking, and she was breaking out in cold sweat.
She had been pampered since she was a child, but had she ever suffered such torture? It really hurt.
At this moment, her hatred for Concubine Jade almost reached its peak.
"Humph, keep screaming, let's see if my cousin will come to save you, this foxy girl."
Concubine Jade raised her lips in mockery, her eyes full of cruelty and joy.
How dare this bitch? How dare she occupy her cousin every night, damn it.
Liu Mengyan bit her lips tightly, in agony, and the hatred in her heart was overwhelming, but she concealed it very well, and begged for mercy in pain, "I beg the imperial concubine to spare this maid and concubine."
"Spare you? Dream! Just kneel on this needle board.”
Concubine Yu’s words were cold and showed no mercy.
She just lay on the couch, looking at Liu Mengyan's miserable appearance, and felt very happy.
Yu Yao didn’t know what happened in Guanju Palace, but she slept soundly that night.
She slept in a daze until midnight, when someone quietly entered the door and stood in front of her for a long time.
She could almost feel the man's gaze on her face.
Then the bed beside her sank, and the man lay beside her, hugging her sideways, and his big hands fell on her waist.
But he carefully avoided her swollen belly and moved gently.
My body carries the coolness of the night and the pleasant smell of ambergris.
The man seemed to want to speak, but he was afraid of waking her up, so he didn't speak and just hugged her gently to sleep.
Yu Yao knew who it was by smelling it. She did not open her eyes and still slept with her eyes closed.
Except for the Dog Emperor, no one dared to come in in the middle of the night.
It is better to choose it in the dead of night, wearing night clothes, for fear that no one will think of it.
It’s happened several times, don’t think she doesn’t know, she’s just pretending not to know.
Just when she couldn't help but fall asleep.
Suddenly, I heard him mumbling something in a low voice, as if talking to himself.
She listened hazily with her ears raised, and it took her half a while to hear clearly, "Yao'er, what should I do if I care more and more about you? I never thought that I would care so much about who to protect with my heart. Woman, but I just did that."
"I think. By escaping, I want to favor others to tell myself that you are the same as them and you are not special, but the facts tell me that you are so different and unique."
He hugged me tightly. He looked at her, smelled her unique fragrance, and continued to murmur softly.
"Yao'er, I love you. Although I don't want to believe it, it is true. This kind of uncontrollable love makes me panic and scared. I would rather be a ruthless emperor."
He repeated it over and over again. As I said this, I didn't know whether to say it to Yu Yao or to myself.
Yu Yao frowned slightly and wanted to ask him, but was afraid that he would not admit it if he woke up.
She moved tentatively, and sure enough, as soon as she moved, the man stopped talking.
She simply pretended not to know anything, closed her eyes and lay in his arms with peace of mind, pretending to be asleep.
Emperor Jing suddenly opened his eyes, there was no trace of sleepiness in them, and gently kissed her face, with a complicated look on his face.
He sent her to live here in Xinghua Palace. Although it was to protect her, he also had the intention of escaping.
I also deliberately stopped coming to see her, not only to prevent her from being jealous of the concubine, but also to reduce the love for her in my heart.
But he found that even if he favored others every night, he still cared about her the most, even if she was not around.
Emperor Jing sighed lowly and said nothing, he just hugged her and fell asleep.
At dawn, he left quietly without disturbing anyone.
Except for the Ouchi guards hidden in Xinghua Palace.
When Yu Yao woke up the next day, she found that the bedside was empty, and she didn’t know when the person left.
Recalling what Emperor Jing said last night, she felt mixed emotions in her heart. Those whispers of Emperor Jing last night seemed to still be echoing in her ears.
Facing the Dog Emperor's affectionate confession, she felt happy in her heart, but she pretended not to know.
After breakfast, she lay on the couch and read a storybook. "My Lady, I heard that Shu Jieyu came back from sleeping in the Hall of Supreme Harmony last night and was summoned to the main hall by Concubine Jade. When she came out, her face was pale and she couldn't even stand. She was helped out by the maid next to her, like I have suffered a lot of grievances."
Liu Li walked over and whispered the palace gossip, unable to hide her sympathy in her eyes.
Yu Yao paused while flipping through the storybook, then returned to normal, and sighed softly: "Liu Mengyan is so favored, and he lives in the palace of Concubine Yu, so it is expected that he will be wronged. "
She didn't understand why Liu Mengyan didn't find a chance to move out of Guanju Palace?
She lives far away, and Concubine Yu is just jealous. She can't call someone over every day to rub her in, right?
She didn’t know that it wasn’t that Liu Mengyan didn’t want to, but that she didn’t dare to mention it to the emperor. Liu Mengyan knew that she didn’t have much weight in the emperor’s heart, and she was also afraid of making the emperor unhappy. After losing her current position, pet.
Liu Li sighed in her heart, sighed a few words, and then went to do other things.
A few days later, Liuli brought back the news: "My Lady, I heard that Concubine Yu's torture to Shu Jieyu has escalated again. This time she was made to copy scriptures under the scorching sun, and no one was allowed to help. Shu Jieyu couldn't bear it and fainted on the spot..."
When Liuli said this, she couldn't bear to talk any more.
After hearing this, Yu Yao had mixed feelings and an indescribable feeling in her heart.
"Liu Li, go prepare some supplements and go to Guanju Palace with me."
When a concubine in the harem falls ill, it is common practice for each palace to visit her.
If everyone goes, if you don’t go, you will inevitably get a bad rap.
Of course, as the lord of the first house, she usually just sends people around her to send some gifts to express condolences.
But she still wanted to go on her own.
After preparing her things, she walked out of Xinghua Palace. There was a sedan chair at the entrance of the palace, carried by four young eunuchs.
At this moment, Xiao Qingzi, the chief eunuch, came over and whispered to Yu Yao: "Your Majesty, Cui Wei, who is beside Concubine Lu, just came over to send a message, asking the slaves to perform tricks on the concubine's sedan chair. Then sprinkle oil on the road where the empress is passing, so that the empress will fall off the sedan chair."
Xiao Qingzi was originally the spy arranged by Concubine Lu to be with Yu Yao, but she used the heartfelt charm. Now I just take orders from her.
On the contrary, I can learn about Concubine Lu's actions from time to time.
Yu Yao sneered, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "This Concubine Lu really can't wait to harm me."
She thought secretly in her heart, since she already knew about Concubine Lu's conspiracy, naturally she would not let her The other party succeeded.
She raised her head slightly, looked at Xiao Qingzi, and said softly: "Xiao Qingzi, you did a good job. Since they want to play, I will accompany them to have fun."
< br>She quietly bought a blood pack in the system mall and kept it in her arms, waiting for it to be used at the critical moment.
Xiao Qingzi immediately understood what the empress meant, and a hint of cunning flashed in his eyes: "Don't worry, empress, I have secretly ordered people to reinforce the key parts of the sedan chair. On the surface, it looks like it has been tampered with. But it’s actually very safe. The servants also gave instructions to the bearers, who know how to control the sedan chair so that it looks like the queen accidentally fell down without really hurting her at all.”
"Very good."
Yu Yao nodded with satisfaction, looked at Liuli, and ordered: "Liuli, you come with me, but remember, follow my command in all actions."
< br>The sound is unmistakable.
“Yes, empress.”
Liu Li responded. Although she was worried, she knew that this was a perfect opportunity to fight back against Concubine Lu.
So he followed closely and got on the sedan chair to chase him away.
The sedan moved forward slowly. As expected, when passing through the oil-sprinkled section, the sedan suddenly slipped and seemed to lose its balance.
Yu Yao said "Ah" and pretended to fall from the sedan chair.
But when he landed on the ground, he was dragged by the eunuch beside him, but nothing happened.
She hurriedly crushed the blood bag in her arms, smeared it on her skirt, arms and thighs, and messed up her bun. She looked very embarrassed and scary.
Especially the skirt was covered with blood. Even Liuli and the little eunuchs around her were so frightened that they thought they had really thrown the empress.
"Come here, the empress has fallen off the bed, call the doctor quickly..."
Liu Li turned pale with fright, and shouted at the top of her voice.
Xiao Qingzi calmed down quickly and could only act according to the plan. While asking someone to call the imperial doctor, he quickly informed the emperor.
Emperor Jing was not in the imperial study. After hearing that Shu Jieyu fell ill, he went to visit the side hall of Guanju Palace.
After all, she is his "favorite concubine", so it would be unreasonable not to go and see her.
The atmosphere in the side hall of Guanju Palace is depressing and dull.
Liu Mengyan was lying on the bed dying, her face as pale as paper and without any color.
The messy hair sticks to the cheeks, the chapped lips tremble slightly, and the whole person looks haggard.
All the concubines came to visit one after another, but this time they all just stood aside, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all said words of concern.
Emperor Jing sat by the bed with a complicated face. He gently held Liu Mengyan's hand and whispered: "My dear concubine, don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you."
After that, he He slowly stood up and shot his cold gaze at Concubine Yu in the crowd.
Concubine Yu was frightened when she came into contact with Emperor Jing's cold eyes, and he hesitated: "Cousin..."
But Emperor Jing ignored her at all and rebuked her loudly, "Cousin, you As a noble concubine, she should be dignified and set an example for the harem, but she is so jealous, narrow-minded, and cruel! Why is my cousin so dissatisfied with me when she tortures Shu Jieyu in every possible way?"
He rebuked, and all the concubines present were very happy.
The queen was extremely happy in her heart, but her face was full of pain, and she said in disappointment: "Concubine Yu, Shu Jieyu is a member of your palace, it's fine if you don't protect her well, but to act so wantonly is really too much. "
Concubine Yu ignored the queen, looked at Emperor Jing with a pale face, and argued: " Cousin, you have wronged me. It was clearly Shujieyu who was disrespectful to me and offended me repeatedly, so I would only give me a little punishment. Who knew she was so useless, she only knelt down for half an hour before she fainted. "
Seeing Concubine Jade confusing right and wrong, Liu Mengyan was so angry that she trembled all over. She wanted to sit up, but she lay down because she was unable to do so.
She said in a weak voice: "Your Majesty, no maid, no disrespect to the imperial concubine, she is the imperial concubine."
Before she could speak, she was interrupted by Concubine Yu, "Excuse me. Brother, you can't listen to her nonsense. My concubine manages Guanju Palace, and everything is complicated. If Shujieyu had not offended my concubine, I would have nothing to do to punish her. Cousin, you know my concubine. I am sincere to you, so I will naturally love Wujiwu. Good to Shu Jieyu.”
All the concubines present were disgusted by Concubine Yu's words, "Love the house and the bird."
The queen is also disgusted. Concubine Yu, this bitch, dares to say anything.
The corners of Emperor Jing's mouth twitched. Of course he knew who Concubine Yu was and was about to continue his scolding.
I saw Xiao Qingzi running in in a panic.
Then, he knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Qin Gui's concubine had an accident on her sedan chair on the way to Guanju Palace. She fell off the sedan chair and shed a lot of blood."
When Emperor Jing heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
He did not bother to pay attention to Concubine Jade, nor did he care to appease Liu Mengyan, and hurriedly told the queen: "Queen, I will leave the matters here to you. I have to leave beforehand."< br>
After saying this, Liu Mengyan left in the blink of an eye without even looking at her.
When the concubines present heard the news, they all looked at each other and speculated in their hearts.
Some of the concubines were worried, while others were gloating about the misfortune, thinking that there was another good show to watch.
Of course, many people saw the nervous look on Emperor Jing's face when he left and frowned slightly.
For example, the Queen, Concubine Zhen, Concubine Shu
I don’t know whether the emperor is nervous about the child in Qin Guifei’s belly, or Qin Guifei herself.
The former is fine, If it's the latter...
The queen clenched her hands unconsciously, her eyes deep.
Liu Mengyan was lying on the bed, biting her lip when she heard the news, feeling that Qin Gui's concubine fell at the wrong time.