The beauty raised by Lord Hou is a black lotus

Chapter 157 Ah Liu is also my cage
Royal Palace.

The emperor suddenly became seriously ill, and the concubines came to attend to the sick one after another, but He Chenzhu blocked them one by one.

The girl wore a high bun and a palace skirt and stood upright outside the bedroom: "The imperial doctor has told me that no one is allowed to disturb your majesty's recovery. You ladies should come back to visit me another day."

The concubines, headed by Concubine Xue Gui, all arrived, and those who had children also brought their children.

Concubine Xue blushed in embarrassment, and argued: "Is it the imperial doctor's order, or the queen's order? I'm afraid the queen doesn't want us to see your majesty, right? To put it bluntly, your majesty's illness came on suddenly, and I don't know what will happen in the future. What has become, if there is anything to explain, we are here, and we can be a witness. She won't let us serve the sick, what kind of heart is she?!"

He Chenzhu's face did not change: "Even if Your Majesty has something to explain, the Queen and His Royal Highness are still with you. Your Highness is already old enough to know people's affairs, and he is filial and respectful. What can't be handled well? Please feel free to go back. palace."

"you--"

Concubine Xue was furious.

Zhang Tailiu insisted on bullying His Majesty, obviously intending to wait for His Majesty to pass away, and logically support that bastard Yuan Chengbi to ascend the throne, but in case His Majesty plans to change his mind before he dies...

What if His Majesty suddenly thinks that her Jie'er is very filial and smart, and wants to make Jie'er the crown prince instead?

She has to stay by the dragon couch to be at ease!

Thinking of this, Concubine Xue waved her handkerchief, wiped away her tears, and knelt down with a cry: "Your Majesty! The Queen is so cruel. She doesn't allow the concubines and others to visit you. You have to make the decision for them!"

As soon as she cried, the concubines behind her began to cry loudly. Within a moment, people were kneeling outside the dormitory.

He Chenzhu watched coldly.

What's the use of crying in the inner courtyard of the palace.

The emperor was unconscious, and the entire palace was occupied by the queen's wife.

The empress is not here at all, she is contacting her confidants in the imperial study, so she has no time to listen to them cry.

There was a muffled thunder from the sky.

He Chenzhu looked at the gathering dark clouds and knew that there would be a heavy rain in Luoyang City soon.

Night gradually enveloped the palace.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and soon, icy cold raindrops poured down, pouring chills on the concubines who were kneeling outside the bedroom and crying, and some of the frail ones could no longer hold on, kneeling there and crumbling.

He Chenzhu just came back from dinner. He stood under the eaves with a palace lantern and said calmly: "You ladies are delicate and noble. For the sake of your health, you should return to the palace as soon as possible. If your Majesty gets better, I will send someone to notify you. you."

Yuan Jie wiped the rain off his face: "Concubine, how about we go back? It's quite tiring to kneel here..."

"Idiot!" Xue Guifei lowered her voice with hatred, "What do you think we are in now? I want to deliver a message to your grandfather, but I can't deliver it! The whole palace is like an iron barrel, and it's all her fault. Liu’s confidant! If you don’t kneel today, you will have to kneel for the rest of your life! Are you willing to be compared to that bastard?!"

Yuan Jie muttered: "My son, I don't really want that position now... You can't compete with the Queen, but you want me to compete with Yuan Chengbi. It's like you are too lazy to fly and just lay an egg in the nest, hoping That egg can spread your wings and fly high for you..."

Concubine Xue was very angry with him.

Just as he was about to scold him, a group of imperial guards came out of the rain.

Wearing iron masks, they dragged up the group of concubines involuntarily, regardless of their yelling, and directly dragged them out of the bedroom in the strongest way, and sent them to their respective palaces for house arrest.

In the huge palace room, only the sound of Xiaoxiao Yeyu was left.

As the lanterns gradually lit up from the winding corridor, a group of palace maids holding lanterns came slowly around Zhang Tailiu.

He Chenzhu took two steps back, knelt down and saluted: "Empress."

Zhang Tailiu took off his cloak and handed it to her, then stepped into the bedroom alone.

In the bedroom, there are bright gold candlesticks burning.

A court lady was guarding the dragon couch, and when she saw Zhang Tailiu coming in, she quickly handed her a bowl of thick black medicine: "Your Majesty woke up once in the afternoon and said she wanted to see you. Fell asleep."

Zhang Tailiu sat beside the dragon couch: "Your Majesty, my concubine has come to visit you."

Her voice seemed to have magic power, the emperor's fingers moved, his closed eyelids trembled slightly, and quickly opened with difficulty.

He stared at the woman, and slowly revealed a smile: "My queen is here."

Zhang Tailiu said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine."

As he spoke, he scooped up a spoonful of medicine and fed it to the emperor's mouth.

The emperor paused, without any resistance, and drank slowly.

He kept staring at Zhang Tailiu, as if he felt that something was wrong, he frowned, raised his hand and gently covered her cheek.

Zhang Tailiu's voice was cold: "But the concubine's makeup is not good tonight?"

"Very good, very good..." The emperor showed a look of pity, "It's just that these eyes are not good."

"When I was young, Gu Zhun once said that the most beautiful thing about my concubine was these eyes. I guess now that I am getting older, I am no longer as beautiful as before."

"It's not that it's not beautiful, it's just... there's no light.

"I remember that when you first arrived in the East Palace, your eyes were the brightest. At night, they seemed to be brighter than the bright moon in the sky. Even though you were trapped in the deep palace for many years, there was still light in A Liu's eyes. Why are you like this? It has only been a few days and it has turned into this dark state? My dear A Liu, I wish I could pick all the stars in the sky for you, why aren't you happy?"

At the end of his words, the emperor's voice began to tremble.

He stared at Zhang Tailiu, and two lines of tears fell from the corners of his eyes into the pillow cover.

Zhang Tailiu lowered her long eyelashes and turned her head, no longer looking directly at him.

She wore a graceful and noble emerald phoenix crown. The pearls and jade gems inlaid on the phoenix crown reflected bright and gorgeous light, but in the emperor's eyes, they were not as bright and beautiful as her eyes in the past.

Zhang Tailiu was still indifferent: "How can a bird imprisoned in a cage be happy?"

"A Liu likes Gu Zhun, if you get him, won't you be happy?"

Zhang Tailiu was silent for a moment and replied seriously: "I don't know."

When she was young, she loved Gu Zhun the most.

But after so many years, I asked myself, is her love and hatred for Gu Zhun still as pure and passionate as it was back then?
She lives only to compete with Gu Zhun, that's all it seems.

"The high walls of this deep palace are A Liu's prison, but A Liu is also my prison..." The emperor suddenly laughed foolishly, "Look, even the noble Nine-Five Lord has to live in a prison... "

The dormitory was silent.

The candle burns quietly, beeping in the rainy night.

The two of them breathed long and steady. After an unknown amount of time, the emperor's hand suddenly squeezed Zhang Tailiu's hand tightly, and then slowly relaxed.

In the dormitory, there was only the sound of breathing.

Zhang Tailiu closed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)