Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 49 Blood at the Palace Gate (3)
At this time, the ladies around me seemed to be a little sneered and said: "Hey, who are we? It turns out to be Sister Ouyang, tsk tsk, we were miserable a few days ago. We were looking forward to and looking forward to it every day in the capital. Seeing Yue Ming, it is not in vain for us to gamble with our wealth and lives. Good people are rewarded, sister Ouyang may not know, this sister Liu is now the wife of Liu Guo, and sister Xu is also the concubine Xu. Wan Zhaoyi is gone, and the younger sisters are also Shurong, Xiuyi, and noble concubines. Now it seems that the younger sister has the lowest status. It seems that Lord Hou is also very partial..."

They were still waiting to talk, Ouyang Ruo suddenly interjected: "The older sisters are all advanced in the mansion than Sister Ouyang, and they should be higher than the younger sister. My younger sister hereby congratulates the younger sisters for their promotion."

After she finished speaking, she was deeply blessed, and then bowed down to Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Lin: "I don't know that Mrs. Liu Guo and Wan Zhaoyi are promoted, it is really a crime."

Seeing her bowing down, Mrs. Liu hurriedly said: "What are you doing? They are all old sisters in the mansion. How can this be good? Get up quickly."

Lin's eyes were also red and said: "If it weren't for Sister Ouyang, I wouldn't even know what to do with the child in my belly. Sister Ouyang would kill me if she said so."

Ouyang Ruo insisted on finishing the salute, and then said with a light smile: "Now that you are in the palace, you should abide by the rules in the palace. A concubine is not talented, but she knows a little bit."

Seeing her being so humble, the wives of the Hou's Mansion couldn't say anything more.Only then did Ouyang Ruo resign them and go to the side hall.The ladies behind them laughed and said: "What kind of heart is she to the emperor? Now it seems that the emperor treats her like that, just because of her beauty. It's just that she is from Huadi..."

They gradually walked into the main hall, and the voice of ridicule gradually disappeared.Ouyang Ruo's complexion was flat, showing no signs of happiness or anger.On the other hand, Dexuan's face was livid, and Mingying was also indignant: "They didn't know that Madam worked hard all the way. Madam is the one who sacrificed her life to follow Lord Hou. They just stayed in Beijing and did nothing... really It's really pissing off."

Ouyang Ruo didn't say a word, and when he got to the side hall, he said to Ming Ying seriously: "Kneel down!"

Mingying was taken aback, seeing her unkind expression, she could only kneel down with a plop, and said in a mournful voice: "Madam, this servant is for you..."

Ouyang Ruo looked at her for a long time, and suddenly the words she had thought about for a long time disappeared, and said: "Forget it, I won't punish you today. You should think about whether your words and deeds are negligent. You are also from the palace, you should I know that sometimes a single word can make you die without a place to bury you. Remember it by yourself in the future." After speaking, he sighed and told her to stand up.

Mingying knew that she was wronged, so she just kept silent.Ouyang Ruo closed his eyes and rested in the side hall for a while.After the queen finished her work and read a lot of admonitions to her for a long time, it was already past lunch time. Ouyang Ruo was dizzy from hunger, but she managed not to faint.Empress Zhao wore a grand nine-phoenix court dress and a phoenix crown on her head. Ouyang Ruo also felt overwhelmed by seeing so many accessories on her body.Empress Zhao's expression of self-satisfaction and satisfaction made her originally pale face glow with radiance.Ouyang Ruo couldn't help but look at her a few more times.Empress You said a lot of lectures, gorgeous and full of indelible majesty, just like the serious expression on her face.

Ouyang Ruo was in a trance, and looked down at the embroidered shoes with pearls under her feet, thinking aimlessly, that a woman like a queen must be the ultimate honor to be the queen.The wishes of women in the harem are very simple, but they are also the most difficult.What I want is such a position that countless women in the harem dream of...

Ouyang Ruo sneered in her heart: a woman who enters the palace as an emperor has never been something to be happy and enviable.

On the second day, Ouyang Ruo accompanied Lin Xiang for dinner, and she was tailoring her new little autumn clothes by the light, every stitch and thread she sewed by herself.The lights were flickering, Xiao Linxiang was having fun with Ming Ying and her maidservants, her little face looked very rosy under the dim candlelight.Ouyang Ruo looked at it, mist could not help floating in his clear eyes.

"Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, I want to hug!" Seeing Ouyang Ruo looking at her, Lin Xiang couldn't help but smiled and stepped forward to act like a baby.The soft body against her chest warmed her heart.

Wan Hui took the opportunity to comfort her and said: "The emperor still cares about the old love. Isn't this a title for Empress Linxiang? Your empress should also be relieved."

Ouyang Ruo smiled lightly and said nothing.Several palace maids nearby also said: "That's right, I see that all the things used by the little Empress are very good. The same is true for the Great Empress, it's not bad."

The people in the room were talking around the lights, when suddenly De Xuan came in from the outside, breathless and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is here."

Everyone in the room got up in surprise, but Ouyang Ruo was still sitting on the chair, waiting until the bright yellow figure appeared at the entrance of the hall.Ouyang Ruo got up slowly, held Lin Xiangfu in his arms and said, "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The bright yellow shadow, black bat boots embroidered with golden thread, and the golden belt bound him into a tall and slender figure. He was like a ray of sunshine, instantly illuminating this remote and narrow palace.His sword eyes are still flying, his wind is handsome, and his brilliance and expression make people unable to look directly at him.

His hawk eyes swept over a room of palace people: "Get up, everyone." Then he moved his hands together, and those people retreated quickly, and Wan Hui also retreated after taking Lin Xiang who was in Ouyang Ruo's arms.

Ouyang Ruo looked up at him.His clear eyes reflected the flickering candlelight, as if there were tears flickering.

"How are you?" Chu Huotian stepped forward to hold her hand, which was still cold and slippery, his brows could not help but wrinkle, his eyes were filled with pity.

Ouyang Ruo was held by him without saying a word.Seeing her unusual silence, Chu Huotian said, "The moonlight is very bright tonight. How about I take you to a place? Would you like to come?"

I? !He finally called himself me.Ouyang Ruo was a little stunned, and only nodded slightly.He carefully found a cloak from the house and tied it on her, then took her hand and walked out of the hall.Autumn in Chudi came earlier than in warm and humid Huadi. Although there was no wind at this time, it felt bitingly cool.He took her hand and walked forward firmly and full of inviolability.After getting on the dragon, the crisp golden bells scattered under the bright yellow canopy all over the place.Ouyang Ruo was hugged by his side, and the messy memories of the past floated up one after another, and then settled down one after another. Finally, she closed her eyes tightly and didn't want to say anything.

The long road made many twists and turns, and it seemed that it would never end. The palace people on both sides walked very silently and quietly.The silver light sprinkled from the jade plate in the sky shone like silver powder on the ground.

The golden dragon, the silver road.Ouyang Ruo only felt that her heart had never been so clear, nor was it so peaceful.His breathing is long, his heartbeat is fresh and strong, just like his whole body, full of vitality and full of the might of a god.

Gradually, the dragon rushed to a high platform.Ouyang Ruo came back to his senses and looked back at Chu Huotian in bewilderment.Chu Huotian smiled slightly: "Come down. I'll take you up."

Before Ouyang Ruo could react, he was hugged down by his waist.The palace man knelt down and stopped coming forward.He led her up the high platform, step by step, slowly and forcefully.

"This is the highest place in the Chu Palace. It is called Wen Tiantai. Except for the emperors of the past and Qin Tianjian, outsiders are not allowed to go up..."

"I asked Qin Tianjian today, today is the brightest day of the month, and the sky is cloudless for thousands of miles..."

"I promised you that one day I will hold hands with you and look at the world with a smile. Although I cannot give you the position of queen, I want you to understand that this world belongs to you and me."

Ouyang Ruo was shocked all over, and raised her head suddenly.There seemed to be stars twinkling in his eyes, so bright that they could almost illuminate a person's heart.When he said this, there was no perfunctory.

"The concubine doesn't want this world. The word "tianxia" is too vain, and the concubine can't afford it." Ouyang Ruo withdrew his hand. The lights flickering in the distance, it is already the fireworks Chujing beyond the high palace walls.

"Then what do you want?" Chu Huotian stubbornly took her hand and kissed it on his lips.His attitude is leisurely, neither angry nor angry.

Ouyang Ruo smiled lowly, mocking: "Has the emperor forgotten? The concubine is already a first-class concubine in the Hua Palace, and her status is just a fleeting moment for the concubine. What the concubine wants is afraid that the emperor will not give it to you." rise."

"What is it?" Chu Huotian asked.

"Emperor's love." Ouyang Ruo said plainly, and finally raised his head to look directly into his eyes, searching for all his expressions.Chu Huotian was stunned for a moment, and the smile in his eyes became stronger and stronger, like a bright sunshine in the early spring of March.

The silver light of the moonlight fell on the two of them, illuminating their eyebrows and eyes.Ouyang Ruo stretched out his hand to caress his face, he did not change, even with the yellow robe and gold belted dragon body, he was still the man who could hug her and fall asleep at night.It's Ouyang Ruo's man.He pressed down her hand and held her in his arms. The night breeze was blowing, no matter how cold it was, the two of them would not feel cold when they hugged each other.

"Do you know why I only make you a concubine?"

"I don't know, but I guessed it."

"What is it?"

"Courtary bureau." Ouyang Ruo replied softly. Although the harem and the former court seem to have nothing to do with each other, the inextricably linked relationship is not something ordinary people can understand.

"It's the court situation and the current situation. Just the day before you entered Beijing, King Jing ran away, and the rebellious party in Huadi was helping him. I didn't expect them to be so involved. There was an uproar in the court, and they all asked me to go to Qinghua again. The remnants of the earth, so... I can only wrong you." Chu Huotian said.

Ouyang Ruo smiled lightly and said, "The concubine understands."

"But the day before yesterday, they all caught it." Chu Huotian's words really shook Ouyang Ruo, who was distracted, back to his senses.

"Caught them all?" Ouyang Ruo asked, an ominous premonition began to rise in his heart.

"Yes, King Jing and the rebellious party." Chu Huotian repeated: "After the death of Emperor De, I have already laid a net around the capital, and I am afraid that someone will take advantage of the chaos and they will be chased by my troops all the way as soon as they escape. , and finally both were caught.”

Ouyang Ruo hesitated for a while, then suddenly asked, "Is there a Zhang Ziming in the rebellious party?"

Chu Huotian looked at her suspiciously: "Yes. He is the leader of the rebellious party. Ruo'er, how did you know?"

Ouyang Ruo sighed softly, and decided to hide a part of the truth: "He used to be a student of his concubine and father's father, so please forgive me. If it doesn't work... please leave him a whole body." She said so It is difficult to distinguish between reality and reality, making it sound like there is no flaw.

Chu Huotian nodded: "So that's the case. Did he tell you to cooperate with him internally and externally..."

Ouyang Ruo said calmly: "No, he didn't dare to force the concubine to do things that the concubine didn't want to do. The concubine once told him that in the concubine's heart, there is only the world, not a family and a country. The unity of the world is the only way." Heaven."

Appreciation flashed in Chu Huotian's eyes, and he hugged her tightly: "I knew that my Ruo'er is not that superficial girl."

Ouyang Ruo was in his arms, and the ambergris on his body smelled very comfortable.She quietly said: "If the emperor has any doubts about the concubine, you can dispel it. The concubine is a girl, and she relies on the emperor. In Guangjun, the concubine said that the concubine and the emperor will be prosperous and both will be prosperous. However, One more thing, my concubine asks the emperor to make the decision, does the emperor still remember our lost child? Now that the world is at peace, my concubine wants to ask the emperor to avenge our dead child!"

She suddenly knelt down and said: "Please the emperor find out the culprit. The reason for this concubine's patience for many days is for the emperor to take power. After eradicating the queen's party, I will avenge the loss of my son for my concubine."

Chu Huotian was shocked.How could he not want to take revenge, the child who entrusted him and her with all the happiness and hopes...

"Even if you don't tell me, I will go to investigate, but I have no clues before, and now I have to dig out all kinds of clues again, Ruo'er will have to wait for a while." He wanted to help her up. .

But Ouyang Ruo couldn't get up, and took out a thing from his bosom and handed it to him: "This is the thing that fell from the body of the executioner when the concubine was tortured that day. The concubine kept this thing close to her body secretly and waited for a while." Let me show the emperor that the emperor is now on the throne and in charge of the world, and the concubine does not ask the emperor to give his concubine a high position, so he asks the emperor to grant the concubine's wish, and cuts that person into pieces without a place to die .”

Chu Huotian squeezed the thing in his hand, and said slowly but firmly: "Okay, when that person is found out, I will definitely cut him into pieces, no matter who he is."

Only then did Ouyang Ruo get up.Standing on this high rooftop, what supported her all the way here was hatred or love for him, or the heavy responsibility that she had to bear on her shoulders.She didn't want to think about it endlessly.Eternal night is lonely and cold, the road to Chu Palace is getting more and more difficult, but as long as he is by his side, the only light in the darkness can guide her in the direction.

(End of this chapter)