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

Chapter 491 Painful Choice (5)
Xiao Jun seemed to dodge her gaze, and asked tentatively, "Isn't your name Nian Yi, why did you later name yourself Mu?"

She named herself Mu because her surname was Mu in her previous life. When the emperor asked her this question, she felt a little troubled, so she could only vaguely say: "I once dreamed that someone called me Miss Mu, so when I left the valley, I The surname has been changed to Mu."

Xiao Jun nodded thoughtfully, and said for a long time: "I haven't found out your life experience yet, but I heard that the Mu family lost a little daughter on the way back to their hometown to worship their ancestors a few years ago, and you I also dreamed that someone called you Miss Mu, maybe there is some origin behind it. If you really want to know your own life experience, I will find a way to find out for you, but the immediate matter must be settled first."

Listening to the emperor's tone, Qingchen vaguely felt that he seemed to think that she might be the daughter of the Mu family. After thinking about it carefully, she felt that there was nothing wrong with this identity. The Mu family is now being used by the emperor. As a backing, she also has support in the previous court. More importantly, although the Mu family's family of poetry and calligraphy is not very prominent at the moment, it is also an important official of the court. In this way, she will at least have a decent status, and she will be promoted in the future. Bit will no longer be a threshold that cannot be crossed.

Qin Zishuo insisted on taking her away. Although what he wanted to say was blocked by the emperor with an arrow, Qingchen always felt uneasy. If there were really some ulterior secrets, she would rather have Xiao Jun tell her personally than Not being treated as a pawn of hatred.Regardless of whether the emperor really doesn't know her identity, as long as he doesn't tell her, she won't go into it.

The whole journey was speeding up, and it was already evening when they returned to the capital. The emperor asked Jinxiu to accompany her back to the palace to rest, and then went straight to the Empress Dowager's palace to pay her respects without thinking about changing clothes.

When Qingchen returned to Xihe Palace, she found that the emperor had changed her residence to Mingluan Hall, the main hall of Xihe Palace.

Mingluan Hall is much more spacious than Yinfengxuan, and the small flower hall in the middle is still furnished with the furniture she liked in the past, but the House of Internal Affairs has added a lot of decorations according to the regulations of concubines, the West Nuan Pavilion is her bedroom, and the East Nuan Pavilion is her daily place to rest.All the decorations are in line with her wishes, not extravagant but comfortable and warm.

Because of her sudden return, none of the palace servants in Mingluan Hall were prepared, seeing that it was getting dark, so they hurriedly went to the big kitchen to deliver dinner.

Qingchen finally understands now that when he lived in the Valley of Evil Doctors, Qin Zishuo would always leave the valley for a while. At that time, she naively thought that she was just going out to buy daily necessities, but now she realizes that he originally There are so many things hidden from her.It's no wonder that when he was threatened by Lu Jing back then, he would say that he didn't care about the He family. Now that he thinks about it, besides the royal family, who else can not care about the second-rank officials of the imperial court?
She thought that the emperor arrested Qin Zishuo only because his subordinates killed Gu Jieyu, but it turned out that the emperor knew that Qin Zishuo was just a false identity of Xiao Hong.

The more she understands, the more uncomfortable she feels. She really can't accept that her status as "Mr. Qiao (yu)" is so embarrassing, but she feels sorry for what happened to him more.Based on what she knew about him, he was so angry that he must have really suffered a great injustice to make such a rebellious act.

Even so, how could she help him?Do you want her to kill the king?Not to mention that now he has become the reliance in her heart, even if she couldn't do it before.

Qingchen's heart is in a mess, how did things develop to this point?What made her feel even more unbelievable was that she always thought that she loved Qin Zishuo deeply in her heart, but it was only at a critical moment that she realized that she chose Xiao Jun without hesitation.It turned out that at some point, he had become the most important person in her heart, quietly replacing Qin Zishuo's position without her noticing it.

Seeing the emperor returning to the palace suddenly, the queen mother asked in surprise: "Didn't the emperor say that he wanted to stay in the palace for a few more days? Why did you come back so soon?"

Xiao Jun took off the cloak on her body and handed it to the nobleman beside her. She glanced around at the waiters in the Empress Dowager's room and said, "I have something to talk to the Empress Dowager alone, why don't they all retreat first?"

The Empress Dowager looked carefully at the emperor's complexion, and knew that something serious must have happened if he came back in such a hurry, so she ordered the nobleman Liang: "You all go down first, and you don't have to come up to serve if you don't have orders."

Mrs. Liang was gentle and blessed her body, "The concubine will retire first."

Only then did the queen mother ask: "Tell me, what happened?"

The emperor sat down on the kang opposite the empress dowager, took a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and then said in a deep voice: "I saw Xiao Hong at the Xiyuan hunting ground today."

The Empress Dowager was half leaning on the soft gold silk pillow behind her, but when she heard this, her eyes froze, she leaned over and asked anxiously, "Why did he appear there, did you take him down?"

Xiao Jun left in a hurry, not knowing what was going on in Fufeng, so she could only vaguely say: "Zhen has already sent someone to arrest her, but there is no news yet."

The queen mother seemed a little disappointed when she heard the words, she leaned back on the couch and asked: "Why did he appear in the palace, but did he want to assassinate the emperor?"

Xiao Jun was noncommittal, knocked the lid of the cup in his hand lightly on the edge of the table, and said in a cold voice, "He knew that I dote on Concubine Rong, so he pretended to be Qin Zishuo to see her, but he killed Gu Jieyu by mistake when he didn't see her, and instead Being discovered by someone with a heart in the palace, using Gu Jieyu's death to frame Concubine Rong, almost made a mess of my harem.

Qin Zishuo, I had the chance to see his true face before, this person is a hermit in the world, with a high moral integrity, not at all like a vicious person like Xiao Hong.He brought the same mask to deceive Concubine Rong, trying to use her as a pawn for his revenge. Fortunately, I saw through his plot in time. "

"So?" The shrewd eyes of the Empress Dowager remained undiminished under the candlelight, "The reason why the emperor rushed back in such a hurry was not because of Xiao Hong, but because someone would slander Concubine Rong in front of Ai's family, right?"

The emperor knew that the empress dowager was not easy to deceive, so that was all he could say, "Is Gu Jieyu's death related to Concubine Rong? Get involved in right and wrong."

"It is precisely because you love her a little more that others will be jealous and try their best to make things difficult for her." The Queen Mother's tone was not kind, and she had experienced countless conspiracies and tricks in her life. There are not a few concubines, in the final analysis, they just want to compete for the favor of the emperor.

"You know that the harem is not necessarily peaceful, but you insist on holding a humble concubine Rong in your palm. Even if others don't tell you, can you be convinced? The royal family is no different from ordinary people. If you are really good for her , you should know how to balance the favor of the harem."

　If you like to read pet articles, you can also read Qingchen's other two books: "The Evil King's Pursuing Marriage: The Black-bellied Little Cute Concubine" and "The Youth of Medicine".

　　
　
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