There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 1061 The beautiful canary trapped in Shu Palace
Zhang Meiniang actually knew what Eunuch Liu said.

Although she has lived in the palace for a long time and does not see anyone on weekdays, she is fully aware of the changes in the situation in the outside world, such as the increasing chaos in Shu, and the imminent death of Emperor Chen, etc.

This is because every day a palace maid comes to deliver news to her and tell her the news.

This is also a hobby that gradually developed after Nan Chen returned from "medical treatment".

However, only Zhang Meiniang herself knows that the news she hears from the outside world every day is fake, or just incidental. What she really wants to know is the news and trends about Su Xian.

Not only did she know that Emperor Chen was about to die, but she also knew that Su Xian had gone to Nanchen as the "Daliang Envoy"...

"My Majesty, for the sake of Your Majesty and the people of Shu, please come to persuade Your Majesty. This old slave will kneel down to Your Majesty."

The voice of Eunuch Liu outside the house brought Zhang Meiniang's thoughts back to reality. Yes, she was distracted. She thought of Su Xian from the current situation in Shu, so much so that she forgot where she was.

When she looked up, she saw the old figure reflected on the door and window. Sure enough, he bowed to her. Eunuch Liu really did what he said.

Zhang Meiniang couldn't bear it and hurriedly ordered the maid outside the house: "Hurry and lift Eunuch Liu up, the ground is cold."

"Yes." The palace maid stood next to Eunuch Liu, and went directly to pull him after receiving the order, but Eunuch Liu's attitude was resolute and he bowed down forcefully:

"Your Majesty, please show mercy. Only your Majesty can be persuaded by your Majesty. Only your Majesty can save the people of the world. Only your Majesty can save the country of Shu!"

"..."

After Zhang Meiniang heard these words, her beautiful eyebrows immediately frowned.

Eunuch Liu's words were tantamount to throwing her a dilemma.

On the one hand, there are the people of Shu and the country and country of Shu.On the other hand, it is her yearning for freedom and love. She wants to escape from the prison of Shu Palace!
For this question, she actually already had the answer in her mind.

However, she still hesitated when facing Zeng Jin's comrade-in-arms, Eunuch Liu.

If she had followed Eunuch Liu's request and stopped pretending to be ill and trying to persuade the Emperor of Shu, she might actually be able to save the suffering people of Shu, and the country of Shu would be as stable as Mount Tai.

But in doing so, it would be equivalent to giving up freedom, giving up love, and giving up Su Xian!
Do not!
Suddenly, earth-shaking changes took place in Zhang Meiniang's heart. She had just tasted the taste of love, she had just experienced the beauty of being a woman, and she didn't want to lose it.

Furthermore, she is just the "exchange goods" of the Zhang family and the "canary" of Emperor Shu. She is just a woman with ill-fated fate.

If she can't even save herself, how can she save the entire people of Shu?

Do not!
You can't do this to her!

She wants to pursue her own happiness now, and she has nothing else to do with it. She doesn’t have the thought or ability. She is just a miserable woman...

After reaffirming her belief, Zhang Meiniang slowly raised her head, looked at the figure kneeling on the ground reflected in the door and window, and tried to be as tactful as possible:
"Eunuch Liu, you know that I am seriously ill and cannot go out. Moreover, my disease is extremely contagious. If it is transmitted to Your Majesty... the consequences will be disastrous!"

Eunuch Liu seemed to smell a ray of hope and said hurriedly: "My queen does not need to meet His Majesty face to face, just through letters."

Zhang Meiniang frowned slightly:
"Eunuch Liu, you don't understand His Majesty. Your Majesty will only listen to my advice if I am by his side. If you only send letters through letters, it will definitely be useless!"

"Please give me a try!" Eunuch Liu bowed again.

Zhang Meiniang raised her head from Emei's grave and turned slightly to avoid Eunuch Liu's bow: "Eunuch Liu, please come back. Please forgive me for not being able to do anything about this matter."

Eunuch Liu was unwilling to give up: "My Majesty, please think about the suffering people. For their sake, please advise Your Majesty!"

Zhang Meiniang sighed, turned around, looked at Eunuch Liu's reflection, and said: "I have not been with Your Majesty for a long time, and I am no longer as favored as before... Eunuch Liu, please come back, come and see your guests off!"

She has issued an order to evict guests.

After finishing speaking, he turned back to the desk and sat down.

After receiving the order, the maids outside the house went to pull Eunuch Liu who was kneeling on the ground.

Seeing Zhang Meiniang's resolute attitude, Eunuch Liu knew that it would be useless to talk more, so he had to stand up, bowed one last time and turned to leave, sighing as he walked:

"The Kingdom of Shu cannot last much longer... I am ashamed of my late emperor!"

It finally became quiet inside and outside the boudoir.

Zhang Meiniang took a sip of tea to calm down her shock.

After calming down, she slowly opened the blank rice paper on the table. Below was a portrait of Su Xian.

Looking at this portrait, Zhang Meiniang's irritable mood instantly calmed down, and a beautiful curve appeared at the corner of her mouth. Su Xian was her only sustenance now.

Remembering that the painting was not yet completed, Zhang Meiniang took up the pen with her bare hands, her mind was serious and devoted, and she sketched it in detail. After a while, it was finally completed.

She picked up the painting brush and looked at it for a full quarter of an hour. Until her hands were sore, she slowly and reluctantly moved the portrait to the candlestick——

That's right.

Su Xian's portrait cannot be kept.

It must be destroyed to prevent anyone from looking at it.

Anyway, she would draw a new one every day, and she wouldn't repeat it every time, so it didn't matter if she burned it.

After lighting the drawing paper, the flames quickly grew. Zhang Meiniang stood up slowly without any confusion, and threw the burning drawing paper into the brazier aside.

Soon, along with a puff of green smoke, a handful of ashes appeared in the brazier.

Zhang Meiniang casually opened the window to let in fresh air.

Afterwards, she walked around the room, her expression not as relaxed and comfortable as before, and a trace of sadness gradually climbed onto her beautiful face.

She is still kind after all.

Although he firmly rejected Eunuch Liu, there was always an uneasy feeling in his heart.

Will so many innocent people in Shu suffer more suffering because of her "selfishness"?

She is kind-hearted and her situation is in a mess, but she just can't bear to see the desolation of the world... This kind of contradiction is always there. It was fine when she looked at Su Xian's portrait just now.

But now, with a little free time, that feeling of guilt came out again, irritating her kind heart and torturing her...

This kind of pressure is like a dark cloud floating above your head.

Not only did it block the light in her life, but it also made her feel oppressed, oppressed, and had difficulty breathing, as if she had sunk into a lake and was about to drown to death.

"call!"

Zhang Meiniang walked to the window, looked at the green banana plants outside, and took a deep breath. The cool and slightly chilly air made her sober.

"Come here." Zhang Meiniang shouted.

"Your Majesty." The two palace maids heard the sound and came over.

"I'm a little tired. Let's go to bed early today." Zhang Meiniang ordered.

The palace maid was a little stunned, and looked up at the sky: "Your Majesty, it's still bright, isn't it too early to rest now? Also, Your Majesty hasn't had her meal yet."

Zhang Meiniang looked indifferent: "If you don't want to eat, I have no appetite."

Another palace maid thought of a question: "But your Majesty, don't you want to hear the news today? In the past, no matter how late it was, your Majesty would go to bed after listening to the news."

Zhang Meiniang was stunned for a moment. Yes, in order to hear the news about Su Xian, she had to listen to it no matter how late it was before going to bed.

It's just that today, I'm in a really bad mood. Besides, today's news may not include news about Su Xian. It doesn't matter whether you hear other news or not.

She shook her head again: "I won't listen to you today. Get ready to change. I want to go to bed early."

"Yes." The two palace maids had no choice but to comply.

"..."

at the same time.

Outside Zhang Meiniang's residence, a little palace maid was running towards her.

This little palace maid is none other than the palace maid who specially told Zhang Meiniang the news.

Everything Zhang Meiniang heard, whether it was about Su Xian or not, was through this woman's mouth.

This little palace maid ran very fast, her steps were like flying, because today's news contained a series of major events, and they were all related to Nan Chen.

Through past experiences, the young palace maid discovered that the empress seemed to especially like to hear news about Daliang and Nanchen.

In this news, Nan Chen has undergone earth-shaking changes. I believe the empress will like to hear it, and maybe she will reward her with something if she is happy...

Finally, when we arrived, the empress's bedroom was in front of me.

The little palace maid quickened her pace and prepared to knock on the door.

Unexpectedly, two palace maids stood outside the bedroom. They stretched out their hands to stop him and said in a low voice: "Stop."

"Ah?" The little palace maid was stunned and explained: "Sisters, I'm here to tell the news to the empress, please give me a break. Or maybe I can ask you two sisters to report it on my behalf."

"We know you are here to tell the news, but there is no need for it today. You can go back first." The two palace maids still blocked it.

"Two sisters, the queen has given instructions that the news must be delivered every day. No matter it is windy or raining, please ask the two sisters to report it on your behalf."

"We all know what you said, but today the queen is feeling unwell and has already gone to bed. The queen has just given her personal instructions to avoid the news today."

"But your Majesty has also given instructions that if there is any news related to the Daliang Court or the Nanchen Court, you must tell your Majesty no matter what, even if it is late at night and your Majesty has already gone to bed."

"This……"

The two palace ladies looked at each other, and they remembered that the empress had indeed given such an order.

They turned back and glanced at the closed doors and windows. Remembering that the empress' expression just now was very wrong, they made a decision privately - it was better not to disturb the empress:
"Your Majesty, I'm really not feeling well today. Let's wait until tomorrow."

"In that case, then... this slave will leave."

The little maid lacked interest, turned around and left after saluting.

Today's news was really shocking. She had secretly prepared her excuse, but as a result, the empress became unwell... Oh, that's all, so the little palace maid had to return.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhang Meiniang's voice came from the room: "Today's news has been delivered? Please come in."

Everyone outside the room was stunned, especially the two palace maids. They glared at the little palace maid and scolded: "It's all your fault. You kept pestering me. Your Majesty even woke me up."

"I don't dare." The little palace maid shrank her neck.

"It doesn't matter, I'm actually not asleep. According to what you just said, today's news is related to Daliang or Nanchen court?" Zhang Meiniang's voice came from the room.

"Yes, your Majesty," the little palace maid replied.

"come in."

"Yes."

The two maids watched the young maid enter the room. After slamming the door, they looked at each other. They were very puzzled. They wondered why the empress suddenly changed her mind.
inside the house.

Zhang Meiniang, with her hair shawl and a coat draped around her body, was sitting upright on the edge of the bed, obviously just getting up from the bed.

The little palace maid was standing at the door, telling today's news vividly——

That is, the news of "the death of Emperor Chen", "the accession of the empress to the throne", and "Su Xian became the husband of Emperor Nan Chen".

Compared with the violent reactions of the Queen, Li Youqing and others after hearing the news, Zhang Meiniang's reaction was... no reaction, at least without any expression on the surface.

After listening for a while, Zhang Meiniang waved her hand and said with an expressionless face: "Thank you for your hard work, please step back."

"Yes."

After the little palace maid left, Zhang Meiniang's expression changed slightly. She slowly lay back down on her bed, pulled the quilt over her, and thought to herself:
"Is he trying to collect all the 'four beauties in the world'?"

"One of the four beauties in the world, Princess Lanling of Daliang. Although I have not heard anything about his relationship with Princess Lanling, they are in a cooperative relationship. Who knows what their private relationship is?"

"Two of the four beauties in the world, Princess Wu of Nanchen, well, she should be the empress of Nanchen now..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Meiniang paused, still finding it unbelievable that Chen Keyan ascended the throne as the empress.

"He became the husband of Empress Nanchen, and he actually possessed one of the 'Four Beauties in the World'."

"The third of the four beauties in the world is Chen Keyao, Princess of the Yue Kingdom of Nanchen. During my last trip to Nanchen, I discovered that Chen Keyao also has a good impression of him. She calls him Brother Su..."

"Then it's me... I've been his woman for a long time..."

"Finally, there is the former princess. She seems to be the only one who has never interacted with Mr. Su."

The Four Beauties in the World is an evolved concept, divided into a new version and an old version, so the Four Beauties in the World actually refers to five women.

Su Xian already has Chen Keyan and Zhang Meiniang. In addition, he is very close to Li Youqing and Chen Keyao. He has provoked four of the five women...

Of course, when she lamented these things, she was not blaming Su Xian.

Although she was filled with jealousy.

Because she knew that the rules of the world were like this. Her biological father, the head of the Zhang family, had more than a dozen concubines of various kinds.

There was also Emperor Shu. In addition to her, there were nearly a hundred women in Emperor Shu's harem.

She was already used to it.

She just wanted to say that Mr. Su was indeed no ordinary person. Among the five women among the "Four Beauties in the World", Mr. Su alone occupied four of them!
This ability is simply incredible!

suddenly.

When Zhang Meiniang thought of the word "ability", her eyes suddenly lit up, she turned over and got up, ignoring the thin clothes, and murmured to herself:

"Yes, yes, why did I forget Mr. Su!"

"Master Su will definitely come to rescue me and help me escape from this prison!"

"Moreover, Mr. Su will also rescue the people of the entire Shu Kingdom. I believe in him, he will definitely be able to do it!"

"Rescuing the people of the entire Shu Kingdom is equivalent to rescuing me again and completely eliminating my guilt..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Meiniang's whole body became clear. The feeling of oppression under the dark clouds was gone, and the feeling of being drowned in water and unable to breathe was gone.

Instead, there was an unstoppable smile at the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)