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

Chapter 7
What she said was the truth, Gu Manqin felt emotional in her heart, and couldn't help sighing: "Our situation is nothing more than half a catty. By the way, the daughters of the ministers selected by the Queen Mother will enter the palace in a few days. Will there be any people living in Xihe Palace?"

Qingchen shook her head slightly, she had never heard of the Queen Mother's will at all.

"Your Majesty likes Lady Lan so much. She has only been dead for a few days now? It's inevitable that you will be sad when you see things and think about others. Thinking about it, no one will live in for the time being. I live alone in the palace, and I am happy and peaceful."

Although there was a spring draft, there were not many people the emperor liked.

Most of the concubines are vacancies. The Empress Dowager felt that the number of concubines in the emperor's harem was too small, so she personally selected a few ministers' daughters to fill the harem. She thought it was time to enter the palace in a few days.

Qingchen smiled helplessly, the harem is such a place where only the newcomers laugh, but the old ones don't cry.

Gu Manqin saw that she seemed to have a tired look on her face, knowing that she was still ill and it was inconvenient for her to sit for a long time, so she got up and said goodbye.

"Since you're fine, I'm relieved, pay more attention to rest on weekdays, and I'll come to see you another day."

Qingchen couldn't go down to the ground to see them off, so he reminded him again: "Sister is free, just come over and sit down, I also hope to relieve boredom with my sister when I'm bored for a long time."

Gu Manqin nodded, "Understood." Then she took Caiping back.

Because Qingchen was ill, his body was prone to sleepiness, and after talking with Gu Manqin for a long time, he was really tired, so he lay down and slept until dusk.

Seeing that she was awake, Jin Xin waited for her to wash up, smiled and said, "Your Majesty sleeps well, I'm afraid I'm going to suffer from insomnia tonight."

Holding the teacup, Qingchen took a few sips and said, "Isn't it? I have an injury on my foot and I can't go out. I'm bored in the house every day. I only sleep and eat. It's almost like..." As he spoke, he laughed again. .

At dinner, Qingchen was afraid that he would not be able to move around and accumulate food, so he only ate a little lotus seed soup.

Boring all night long, she lay on the table and flipped through a few medical books, but couldn't concentrate for some reason.

Thinking that during the day, Gu Chang was saying that a newcomer was about to enter the palace, so he couldn't help but look out the window.

Usually at this time, Yaohuaxuan is already bustling with people, Lan Gui is good at singing and dancing, and Qingchen can hear her beautiful and melodious singing from time to time.Now that the Xibei Hall has been vacant for many days, Qingchen is still not used to the silence.

She dropped the book in her hand and told Jin Xin, "Bring me my qin."

Jin Xin was afraid that she would think about the past and be unhappy again, so she said: "Why don't I call Jinxiu and talk to the nobleman to relieve the boredom? Although the nobleman plays the piano well, but now that he is ill, I need to use my energy to do it." what?"

Qingchen was gloomy in his heart, and insisted: "Suddenly I feel so bored in my heart that I want to move my fingers. It's okay if I just caress a song."

Jin Xin picked up the Qin and put it on the table, Qingchen's slender fingers carelessly brushed over the strings, and said softly: "Now I realize that the night in this palace is too quiet, it's a bit scary."

At this moment, at the fork in the road between the east and west side halls of Xihe Palace, Xiao Jun was standing there quietly listening to the sound of the piano coming from Yinfengxuan.

The moon was cold and dew heavy in the courtyard, and in the dark night, the figure of the emperor seemed a little lonely in the huge Xihe Palace, and the sound of the piano was even more painful, with a kind of uncontrollable sadness and helplessness, which pierced the slightest pain in people's hearts .

"Going to autumn, March and May, this autumn will still shine on the beams. This spring, the orchids and grasses will bloom again in the coming spring. It is sad that human beings are different, and they will perish forever. The screen feast is empty, and the lingering sound surrounds the old beams. Traveling dust covers the empty seats, The lonely tent covers the empty bed. The beauty is no longer seen, only to hurt the survivors!"

There was helpless regret in the music, and there was also a hint of sadness and self-pity, and the corner of the emperor's mouth curled up into a cold and unclear smile.

Thinking about coming to the whole palace, she was the only one who would make such mournful voices to mourn nobleman Lan.

Those concubines who usually look sad for spring and autumn, weak and merciful, who didn't secretly celebrate the passing of Lan Guiren?
On the contrary, Mrs. Wan, who seemed indifferent and indifferent, could still miss her a little bit, which made him feel it was a great irony.

When the sound of the zither fell, Xiao Jun still had no intention of leaving, and there was no more movement from Yinfengxuan, Fuquan behind him advised softly: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, it's time to go back."

Xiao Jun stood still for a while, then turned and left silently.

In just a few days, the Xihe Palace became lively again. The women chosen by the Empress Dowager entered the palace, and Xiao Qingxin moved in to Yaohuaxuan.

When Xiao Guiren came to visit, he was very enthusiastic at first, but after entering the door, he took a look at the furnishings in the room, then his attitude became cold, and he said a few words in a lukewarm manner before leaving.

Jinxiu scolded her for being snobbish, but Qingchen just smiled lightly, as if she had never seen that person before, and still lived her life quietly.

The emperor was indifferent, but he didn't want to be so indifferent. Before Lan Guiren's soul went far, Yaohuaxuan was full of music and singing again.

She could only feel helplessly rejoicing in her heart that the person she loved was not the emperor.

The injury on Qingchen's foot gradually healed, and when she was able to walk on the ground, she wanted to go out to relax. Not going out for so many days really bored her to death.

Just when Gu Chang was here to see her, the two went to the imperial garden together.

Gu Changzai took her hand and said with a smile: "If you say that Xihe Palace is not good for you, the two masters before and after Yao Huaxuan are all favored, and the scenery is infinite;
If you say that the climate is good, you, Yinfengxuan, are so deserted and out of place.

When the emperor comes, you should walk over there anyway, even if you let him remember your face first, and then take a picture later. "

Qingchen said angrily: "Elder sister knows that I don't have that kind of thought anymore, why is she always persuading me like this?
Shaking Huaxuan, skyrocketing, prosperity and wealth, what a good meaning, how can my Yinfengxuan compare? "

She always thought that the phoenix should be dazzling and dazzling, looking down on all living beings above the sky, but adding the word "hidden" in front of it always had a sense of inexplicability.

Gu Chang shook his head and sighed softly, "You are stupid, sooner or later you will regret it."

Qingchen then changed the subject and asked: "I heard that Ye Ronghua is a new person living in your palace. I don't know what he looks like. Can you get along with my sister?"

Gu Changzai nodded, "Ye Hanyu has good looks and good temper, I like her very much.

I have already met the three new concubines who came in this time, except for Xiao Guiren from your palace, Ye Ronghua from my palace, and Lin Wanyi, Lin Ruoxue, the niece of the current empress. "

"Wanyi?" Qingchen couldn't help asking in surprise: "Wanyi, who was sealed as a fifth grade right after entering the palace? The emperor really gave the empress dowager and queen enough face."

"is not that right."

Gu Chang showed a little envy on his face, "There are two big trees, the Empress Dowager and the Empress, in the palace, who would dare to wrong her? Even if the emperor is hindering the face of the two palaces, he will not neglect her."

The Empress Dowager is the aunt of the Empress Dowager. Half of the world today is in the hands of the Empress Dowager's family. There are many things in the court, even the Emperor can't do whatever he wants. The Emperor is jealous of his relatives, so he dislikes the Empress even more.

(End of this chapter)