The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 44
She sat there in a daze, thinking that tonight should not be regarded as a failure. The emperor clearly wanted her just now, but she didn't know why he did this all of a sudden. Anyway, if he can come to see her, she is considered a success, right?

If he stays tonight, will she count as his?A woman who is an emperor is really humble, she doesn't even have a red candle for Cheng Chong, let alone a wedding dress with a phoenix crown?Qingchen suddenly remembered playing with Gu Yunfeng when he was a child. He said that he would marry a gentle and virtuous lady from a great family when he grew up, and that he would marry her to a wealthy businessman in the future so that she would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life. Chen said with great disdain: "I don't care for rich merchants and wealthy businessmen, who stink of copper."

Gu Yunfeng teased her and said: "Since you are so high-minded, why not send you to the palace to be your empress?"

At that time, Qin Zishuo was looking at her thoughtfully from the side, and heard her simply say: "I grow up and don't marry two kinds of people, one is the emperor, and there are countless beauties in the emperor's harem, he will not treat me sincerely; the other is A businessman, a businessman pays more attention to profit than parting, and has no true feelings. I would rather eat a simple meal than be imprisoned in that golden cage and not be free."

At that time, she seemed to have seen the corner of Qin Zishuo's mouth twitch, but later he also asked her the same question, and she still answered like this at that time.Then he left the book and left, never to be seen again.

Now that he has married a wife, she will also become a veritable concubine in the harem. The unintentional words of childhood playfulness suddenly turned into shocking prophecies. Is it a mistake, or is it predestined?

It turns out that fate really cannot be chosen by oneself.

Qingchen shook her head, not wanting to think about it anymore, she called in Jinxin to take care of her washing, it's up to people to make things happen, she did her best, let's talk about tomorrow after today.

Seeing that the emperor didn't stay overnight, the maids were somewhat resentful, but they were afraid that Qingchen would be sad, so they tried their best to hide their disappointment, and comforted her by saying that they would think of other ways in the future, but she just smiled and didn't explain much.

Since Jin Yun's death, she rarely went out.That day Ye Jieyu brought Zhihua to see her, Qingchen personally served tea, then knelt down and said, "Thank you sister for saving my life that day, otherwise Chen'er would have died long ago."

Three lives, Ye Jieyu deserves her kneeling.

Ye Jieyu was taken aback, helped her up quickly and smiled and said, "It's just a small effort, why do you have to do such a big gift. But Jinxiu is really a clever girl, she is thoughtful and considerate, she will tell me what I want to say on the way. I have thought about all the words, otherwise the time is so tight, I really don't know how to deal with it."

Qingchen smiled slightly, and said sincerely: "It's just a matter of raising my hand, and my sister is willing to do it. No one else can avoid this kind of thing, only my sister is willing to help me. Chen'er will never forget my sister's great kindness. "

Ye Jieyu also seemed a little puzzled and said with emotion: "Maybe it's fate. There are so many people in this palace, but you are the only one I am willing to talk to. It's funny to say that before entering the palace, I warned myself not to trust others easily. Who would have thought that she would be willing to give her heart and soul to you."

Across the small nanmu table, Qingchen held Ye Jieyu's hand and said, "In the future, regardless of life or death, honor or disgrace, Chen'er swears that she will never betray my sister's deep friendship."

Ye Jieyu also nodded slightly, and said softly: "You and my sisters have to support each other in order to have a foothold in this deep palace."

Since that night, Xiao Jun would find time to come to her Yinfengxuan every now and then, but she never stayed overnight, and never mentioned that she wanted her to serve her bed.

Qingchen felt a little uneasy, always afraid that he would not want her because he cared about her past.But he treated her very gently, always with an affectionate look, completely without the aloofness of the previous emperor, just like a gentle and elegant son of a rich family when he is at ease.

Since he couldn't figure out his thoughts, he could only wait carefully.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and the queen brought the concubines of the palace to greet the empress dowager and the empress dowager early in the morning, and then let everyone separate to prepare for the New Year's Eve banquet.Qingchen didn't like to be restrained, so he complained to the queen again.

Ye Jieyu came over to sit for a while in the afternoon, the two cut a lot of window grilles, Qingchen asked Jinxiu to paste the pattern of happy plum shoots on the window of the inner room, and the red carp and the patterns of blessings in various colors, Tell them to stick it on each door.With the addition of this bright red window grille, the room immediately has a bit of festive color.

Qingchen learned from Ye Jieyu that Gu Changzai had contracted a cold and would not be able to attend the dinner tonight, so he wanted to visit her at night.

In the evening, Yinfengxuan was full of joy, and Qingchen sat down at a table with a few little girls, eating everything big or small, which was extremely lively.The small kitchen outside opened a separate table for Xiao Xiangzi and the others, and told them that they could drink as much as they wanted tonight, and it didn't matter if they got drunk.It was rare for them to be so relaxed and happy in a year, and she didn't want to restrain them anymore.

They ate early, the banquet in the palace had just started, and they had already finished eating.

Nothing happened after dinner, so she took Jinxiu to Huayu Palace to visit Gu Changzai. The Huayu Palace was quiet, and most of the servants followed their masters to Xinhua Palace for the banquet. I and the little eunuchs probably went to play separately.In the huge first palace, there were not many people to be seen.

The door of Qiulanxuan where Gu Chang was staying was closed, and the lights inside had been turned off. Qingchen thought that Gu Chang was probably resting because he was not feeling well, so he took Jinxiu to a servant's room, and raised his hand to knock on the door. Hearing someone talking inside, a young eunuch complained: "People celebrate the New Year, and the master has a lot of rewards. Look at us, we can't even eat a decent New Year's Eve dinner."

Another person sighed and said: "It's really unlucky for the New Year's Eve to fall ill again. They are also born as slaves. Look at Yinfengxuan. Although there is no servant, the emperor often goes to sit and sit. The House of Internal Affairs Now rushing to deliver things like a pug, I am afraid that the nobleman Wan will be dissatisfied and turn over the old account. Yesterday afternoon, I went to get the monthly order, and Xiao Yinzi took back all good things, saying that it was an extra reward from the emperor. Look at what we got. What came back?"

Another person said sourly: "At any rate, our master still has the queen to rely on. It's better than that noble man who has no background. He has made it through. Why don't you think our master doesn't like the emperor?"

Qingchen didn't want to listen anymore, coughed heavily, the people inside hurriedly opened the door when they heard the movement, the two young eunuchs were embarrassed when they saw it was her, they hurriedly invited An and asked: "Your Excellency didn't go to the event today. Is it a palace banquet? Why are you here at this time?"

Qingchen acted as if he hadn't heard anything before, and said with a smile: "I heard that Gu Changzai was ill, so I came here to take a look. I wonder how your master is doing?"

(End of this chapter)