Concubine, she rises step by step

Yanxi Palace.

Baozi's eyes were still a little red.

Chunbi looked at Baozi and said quietly: "You can leave the palace in a few days..."

Baozi was immediately stunned, thinking that today's performance had disappointed the pure concubine, and knelt down with a plop, crying: "I swear to follow you to the death, is it because your performance is not good today? Don't worry, if you really find out the Yanxi Palace , No matter how much punishment I receive, I will never say a word, please don’t drive me away!"

The pure concubine came down unexpectedly and helped Baozi up.

Baozi's face was full of tears.

I saw the pure concubine looking at Baozi with a clear face, just like the pure eyes when she entered the palace, and her tone was rare and soft, "I know you are loyal, I misunderstood you."

Baozi didn't know why the empress was like this, she shook her head repeatedly and suddenly became worried.

"Aren't you always envious of other palace ladies who leave the palace after the age of 25? There is some money here, which should be enough for your future life." Concubine Chun handed Baozi a stack of banknotes.

But the more this happened, the more suspicious Baozi became, and she asked softly and distressedly: "Empress, what's wrong with you?"

The pure concubine smiled brightly and said, "It's okay. I'm tired too. Please rest early."

Baozi wanted to ask something else, but seeing her looking slightly tired, she really couldn't bear to bother her any more, so she nodded.

Just when Baozi looked at the silver in his arms in confusion, Chunbi turned to look at Baozi and ordered: "Tomorrow you go find Yan'er and let him come into the palace."

Baozi nodded.

The night is cold and thin, and there is always a charcoal fire, which still makes people feel cold to the bone marrow. The pure concubine did not close her eyes all night. She looked at this watery night, and for the first time felt that it was beautiful...

The next day, at dawn, Baozi went to find someone to send a message to Tang Mansion.

After the pure concubine only drank a bowl of bird's nest, she persistently asked Baozi to comb her hair into the same bun as before entering the palace.

"Your Majesty, this bun is out of style. I learned a new way of combing my bun a few days ago. Can you try it?" Baozi spent the night and was in a much better mood.

The pure concubine looked at herself in the bronze mirror and was very satisfied, "No need, this bun is very pretty, but I am really old, and the wrinkles on my face cannot be hidden."

Baozi smiled cleverly and said, "No way? Your Majesty is still as elegant as when you entered the palace."

While the two were talking, Tang Yan arrived.

"Empress, Tang Hujun has arrived." The palace maid came to report.

Chunbi looked very happy, "Quick, invite Yan'er in."

With that said, Tang Yan walked in.

"Baozi, can you go out?" Chunbi asked.

Tang Yan looked at her sister and always felt that something was different.

The pure concubine laughed at herself: "What? Don't you recognize me?"

Tang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "I always feel like there's something different about my sister."

"Oh? What's the difference?" Chunbi said softly.

Tang Yan thought for a while, "It looks like before entering the palace."

Chunbi sighed with a smile: "You have grown up..."

Tang Yan said: "Is there something wrong with my sister asking Yan'er to come here?"

The pure concubine nodded, and replied: "There is indeed something."

Tang Yan looked at her sister.

"I have already reported your marriage to Suo Shutong to the emperor. The decree should be issued soon." Chunbi said with a smile.

When he said this, Tang Yan was extremely excited. His eyes were shining and he spoke incoherently, "Yes - is it? That - that's great!"

Seeing her brother so happy, Chunbi also smiled from the bottom of her heart, "However, since you have chosen this path, my sister must explain to you clearly what you may encounter in the future!" Tang Yan was full of thoughts and feelings. It was all about her marriage to Suo Shutong, so she didn't care about anything so much, so she casually replied: "As long as my sister says it, Yan'er will definitely do it."

The pure concubine stared at her younger brother and said carefully: "The Suo family is no better than ordinary families. They have power and rules. The marriage between the Tang family and the Suo family is naturally the icing on the cake. There are two points you must keep in mind: first, Suo Shutong is not the legitimate daughter after all. If you want to stabilize your power, you must have a good relationship with Suo Sanye, be considerate in everything, and be cautious in every step; on the other hand, as Suo's son-in-law, you must not have any more extramarital affairs, and you must have a good relationship with Suo Shutong. We support each other, you know?”

Tang Yan looked at his sister's burning eyes and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, sister, Yan'er will definitely be very happy."

Fortunately or not, Chunbi can't decide now, but she wants to try her best to straighten the path her brother wants to take, so that there will be less detours and less wandering.

"Yan'er..." Chunbi's voice suddenly became hoarse.

Tang Yan calmed down his excitement slightly and replied: "What's wrong, sister?"

Chunbi said with tears in her eyes: "Take care of yourself and take care of your father..."

Tang Yan accidentally saw the things on the table, and his eyes moved, "Okay."

Chunbi continued: "If I can't help you one day, you must remember what my sister said today."

Tang Yan stared at her sister for a long time before nodding, "Okay..."

Chunbi stretched out her hand to caress her brother's head, and suddenly realized that Yan'er had grown taller and was no longer the child chasing her and calling her "sister" all the time, so she lowered her hand in disappointment.

Then, he smiled softly and said, "Go back..."

Tang Yan looked at her sister and wanted to say something, but she didn't.

Chunbi looked at her younger brother and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Tang Yan left the door of Yanxi Palace and had already taken a few steps when suddenly he turned back.

Facing the golden plaque of "Yanxi Palace", I knelt down...

Concubine Chun's tears just fell, "Baozi, is Yan'er gone?"

Baozi walked gently to the door and saw only Yan'er's back.

He turned back and said to the pure concubine: "Mother, the young master has gone far."

However, Chunbi's expression became much gloomier, and her tears instantly burst into tears.

Baozi panicked for a moment, "Empress, what's wrong with you?"

Chunbi only shook her head...

Then, he locked himself in the room.

"What's wrong, empress?" Outside the door, Xiao Liangzi, who was holding his sleeves, looked at the closed door and asked.

Baozi shook his head and said worriedly, "I don't know. When the young master came, the queen was still very happy. For some reason, she suddenly became like this?"

Xiao Liangzi guessed: "I must be homesick. There has been some unrest in our palace recently. Maybe I feel tired."

This statement is somewhat reliable.

Baozi dismissed him: "Okay, stop talking nonsense here, let the queen rest for a while."

In the room, Chun'er held a jade pendant in her hand and said as if complaining: "Mom, Chun'er is so tired..."

"The father wants real power, and the daughter must please the imperial concubine; the younger brother wants to join the army, and the daughter has to work for the imperial concubine, and be the eyes and mouth of the Chang family; the Tang family wants glory, and the daughter must do her best to be favored; but, I I'm really, really tired..." Chunbi became more and more sad as she spoke, staring at the jade pendant with tearful eyes.

"Right now, the Tang family is getting married to the Suo family. My daughter has no choice but to use her life to protect Yan'er." Chunbi was shaking with pain in her heart, almost breathless, and she felt deeply A long sigh.

He turned his head and glanced at the things on the table, feeling that there was a leak in his heart that he couldn't stop.

It was a plate of Yunshi cake, which was my mother's favorite food during her lifetime, but it was also something that Chunbi had stopped eating since her mother passed away. She put it here, and Yan'er should have seen it, but Yan'er didn't see anything. Said that Chunbi even doubted whether Yan'er knew what she was going to do, but after all, she didn't want to believe it, "Maybe, he really didn't see it..."

Lying quietly on the bed, with a piece of Yunshi cake in her mouth, the pure concubine held the jade pendant tightly with both hands and bit her lips. She would not enter the palace again in the next life...

Oh, no, don’t be a woman in the next life, it’s not worth it...