Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 92: Winter Wind (1)
"Empress Empress?... This jade concubine has to be taken back to General Su. Otherwise, what if..." Before she finished speaking, the Empress suddenly laughed, the laughter was filled with endless complacency and coldness, and she was so frightened Qian Yancui shook again.

"Don't you want to know who is in your General Su's heart? I will recognize this person in the future, and I will talk to her carefully so that she and General Su will make a clean break. From now on—your General Su will always be yours, and you will also Don't call him General Su anymore, remember that he is your husband, you should call him husband." The queen whispered in her ear with coldness and endless temptation.

Qian Yancui stared blankly at the queen's smiling face, feeling a chill in her heart.

"Empress...the jade pendant should be returned to my concubine. Su...husband is looking for her these days, concubine..." She looked at the jade pendant tightly in the queen's hand with a bit of remorse. The jade pendant was hidden, but Su Yanqing couldn't find it when she woke up, she just pretended that she didn't see it, maybe it fell outside.Su Yanqing's face was livid, she searched almost every inch of land from the palace to the general's mansion in the past few days, but couldn't find it.

Although she was distressed that he spent so much time looking for food and sleep, she was very relieved to hear that he was no longer in a hurry to go to Huadi, but continued to stay in Chujing.

She only wants him by her side, even if he is only looking for this little jade pendant, her heart is already so humble, so humble that she sinks into the dust... She smiled wryly in her heart.

After listening to her words, the queen wrapped the jade pendant carefully, put it in her arms, and smiled strangely: "Don't worry, Mrs. Su, I will help you solve this matter later, just wait for the good news. Remember, don't let anyone know, otherwise..."

The queen suddenly changed her face and looked at her coldly.Qian Yancui was taken aback, looked at the jade pendant in the queen's hand, felt so regretful that she didn't know what to do, so she had to agree anxiously.

Seeing that she agreed, the queen smiled slightly, helped Ziye and left, only she knelt in the pavilion in a daze, and slowly left the palace after a long time.

The scarlet palace gate closed slowly behind her, and her heart beat even harder.

Ouyang Ruo of Yunxiang Palace only felt that her eyelids were twitching and her heart was throbbing in the past few days, but she couldn't explain why. Seeing that she was restless, Wan Hui specially made a cup of soothing soup for her to drink.

Ouyang Ruo said with a smile: "My aunt has supplemented her food seven times and eight times. I have gained weight all over my body, so I can't eat any more."

Wan Hui looked at her slender body and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about? If you don't eat at this time, you won't be able to make up for it in the future. You still need to take care of yourself."

While talking, suddenly a servant from outside came in to report: "The Empress has invited Empress Rou Jieyu to the Hall of Fengyi."

Ouyang Ruo's heart skipped a beat, and she gave Wan Hui a smile and said, "It's my palace's respectful request. Let me go in and change clothes before going with my father-in-law." Then she turned and went in.

Wan Hui hurriedly took out a small ingot of gold and stuffed it in the servant's hand, and asked with a smile: "Elder-in-law has worked hard, and the father-in-law just watched the face, but is the new father-in-law? Let the father-in-law take this tea money for tea, please don't It’s too little.”

The little father-in-law wanted to refuse, but he couldn't bear it, so he put it in his arms with a smile all over his face.Seeing that he was willing to accept it, Wan Hui felt half relieved, and asked tentatively, "Why did the empress seek my empress this time..."

The little father-in-law smiled and said: "It's nothing, maybe the empress is bored, I want to invite some empresses to sit and drink tea and chat together, I don't know if the slaves are servants."

Wan Hui was relieved.

Ouyang Ruo dressed up, and only chose a moonlight white dress with extremely pink lotus flowers embroidered on it. palace".

Wan Hui was worried, and carefully read the third prince's instructions to Xiangye Xiangling, and followed them out.

Although Ouyang Ruo's face was calm, his eyelids kept twitching, and he felt that his heart was suffocating, but he thought about it but felt that nothing was wrong.

All the way into the "Fengyi Palace" with anxiety, but saw the queen leaning on the beauty's couch with a leisurely look.Her heart was relieved, and she went to see her.

Seeing her coming, the queen said with a smile: "Rou Jieyu is here. I want Jieyu to show me some jade carvings today. I heard from the palace people that this kind of carving is unique to Huadi, so I want to ask Jieyu to see if it's true. If it's true, I'll see how fine the knives are, and I want the master craftsmen to learn from them."

She said, and ordered the palace servants to bring several jade pendants, and there were several kinds of jade pendants on them. The saber techniques on the jade pendants were exquisite and vivid, and looked lifelike, which was obviously different from the simple and majestic saber techniques of the Chu State jade carvings.

Ouyang Ruo stepped forward to look at it carefully, and then said with a smile: "If you go back to the empress, this is indeed the sword technique of Huadi. The father of the concubine likes jade pendants very much, and has collected many. The concubine has recognized it since childhood."

The queen nodded and said with a smile: "Then Rou Jieyu has a long life lock on her body, let me have a look at the jade pan and the like, I heard that your father is a great scholar in Huadi, and the jade in his collection must be the best. "

Ouyang Ruo thought for a while, untied a small jade sword from his body, and presented it.

The queen picked it up, and praised in her mouth: "Yes, this jade is really good jade, and this knife skill is also good, by the way, is this your maiden name?" She pointed to the small "箬" at the bottom Character.

Ouyang Ruo stepped forward to take a look, nodded and said: "Yes, the queen forgot, and the single name of the concubine is 'Ruo'."

After hearing this, the queen took the jade sword, and suddenly a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said to Ouyang Ruo with a bland smile: "Rou Jieyu, sit here, and go in and change clothes later. I will have a good discussion with you later." Let's discuss."

After she finished speaking, she got up and left.Ouyang Ruo was left alone.

Ouyang Ruo stared blankly at her leaving back, suddenly an ominous premonition surged in his heart.She turned around and was about to leave when the door of the 'Fengyi Palace' suddenly closed with a "touch".

The palace people on both sides did not know where they were.

The sky light outside the hall came in strand by strand, and the dust danced in the light, crazy and weird.Ouyang Ruo just felt like his heart was about to jump out.

what to do?What happened?Why is there no one here?
She was so anxious to look out at the door of the palace, but she couldn't see anyone, where was Wan Hui?What about Dexuan?Where have they all gone?Ouyang Ruo just felt like a fish thrown on the shore, breathing with his mouth open, although there was air, but he couldn't inhale even half of it into his chest cavity.

"Come here!" she finally exclaimed.

As if responding to her shout, the side door suddenly opened with a thud, and a person walked in.Surprised and delighted, Ouyang Ruo looked at the people coming and going.

Chu Huotian walked in slowly.She rushed forward in a hurry, but stopped a few steps in front of him.Chu Huotian's complexion was pale, as if he was enduring infinite anger and sadness, he just stared at her blankly.

Ouyang Ruo panicked, forced himself to be calm and bowed down, "Your Majesty..."

Chu Huotian didn't answer, and didn't help her up, just stared at her, Ouyang Ruo became more and more anxious, so he had to walk forward on his knees, grabbed the corner of Chu Huotian's dragon robe and asked softly, "Your Majesty, what's the matter..."

Chu Huotian suddenly smiled coldly, with endless sadness and self-deprecation, he slowly bent down, opened his palm, and spread it out in front of her.

Until many years have passed, Ouyang Ruo can still clearly remember the huge and complete despair and the icy disappointment that day, like a poisonous snake, entangled her heart every day in that winter, so unforgettable, so inextricable.She stared blankly at the two jade pendants lying quietly in his hands for some time.

He doesn't move, and neither does she.

In the empty hall, the wind slapped against the door, once and for all, with anxiety and anxiety, the breathing of the two of them was clearly audible, and even the heartbeat could be heard.

After tens of millions of years passed, he asked hoarsely, "Don't you want to say something?"

Ouyang Ruo looked up in a daze, his handsome face looked like a dream at the moment, unreal, not the man she knew at all.

"What should I say?" She suddenly smiled coldly, kneeling on the cold ground, she suddenly felt ridiculous, everything was so ridiculous.

What is the result of taking care of yourself every step of the way, being cautious, and working together?It's just a joke.Big joke!

"Should I say something?" Ouyang Ruo repeated softly again, she raised her head, stared into his eyes, and asked word by word: "Didn't the emperor believe it? Do you want me to say anything?"

She laughed, stood up, and looked at him quietly.That smile was extremely charming, but seeing it made Chu Huotian's heart chill.

"What does the emperor want to ask, but he just wants to ask if the concubine has an affair with General Su? If the concubine says yes, what will the emperor do?" She seemed to be suffering from madness and approached him step by step, her clear eyes gradually changed. It was flushed red, sparkling in water, poignant and eerie.

"It seems difficult to handle. The concubine gave birth to three princes for the emperor. Didn't the emperor say that one sky and one state together constitute the world." Ouyang Ruo kept laughing and saying.She didn't seem to want to stop herself, but every time she said a word, she seemed to dig out her heart to be dripping with blood, and put it in front of him, which made her hurt and made him uncomfortable.

"Enough!" Chu Huotian finally stopped his back steps. No one... no one could force himself to be so embarrassed!

The light in his eyes flashed, he pinched her delicate neck, and every word was full of murderous intent and hatred: "You just need to tell me whether this jade pendant is yours, and how could it be with Su Yanqing! Tell me! "

With a bit of strength in his hand, the last word exploded like thunder in the entire hall.

Ouyang Ruo's face was flushed, and the hand that used to gently caress her face was now tightly strangling her neck, preventing even a single bit of air from entering.

Good, so this is what it feels like to die.Ouyang Ruo chuckled and closed her eyes.

Death in his hands is also a consummation.She just feels tired, so tired, so tired, she can finally be relieved, she doesn't have to think about how to find her Lingyu every day, she doesn't have to think about how to get a foothold in this foreign harem, and she doesn't have to think about every concubine here The concubine does what she thinks in her heart... There is nothing more perfect than this in the sky and on the earth.

Chu Huotian was furious, but his hands couldn't help but tighten a little bit. Seeing that Ouyang Ruo was neither struggling nor making trouble, he finally remained motionless.He was shocked, just when he wanted to help her, he pushed her hard to the ground with his hand, and then sat on the main seat with a livid face, looking at her coldly.

It took Ouyang Ruo a while to break free from the ground, the pearl hairpin fell off, her black hair spread out, and her long hair covered the ground like a waterfall.She finally came back to her senses, coughing violently, laughing while coughing, laughing so hard that tears rolled out.

"You... Your Majesty... Didn't you want to pinch... cough cough... strangle your concubine to death, why?... reluctant?" Before she finished laughing, she coughed violently again, her long hair swayed and shone brightly.

Chu Huotian didn't move, just looked at her smile coldly, and the more angry he was in his heart: "Don't think about how to anger me, so that you can die quickly. I won't let you die before I ask you clearly. .”

Ouyang Ruo suddenly stopped laughing and just looked at him blankly.Seeing her big eyes, Chu Huotian became more and more disturbed. He snorted coldly, and threw the jade pendant in his hand hard in front of her.

With a sound of "啪啦", the bits of broken jade splashed all over the ground, his force was too great, and the splashed fragments drew a small but clear bloodstain on Ouyang Ruo's face.

She stared wide-eyed in disbelief as the jade shattered in front of her, shattered, shattered, and her heart was also shattered.It was carved by her father and given to her on her tenth birthday. It is her favorite treasure.And after her father passed away, how many times did she touch this jade to fall asleep peacefully.

broken, broken...

Ouyang Ruo tremblingly brought Suiyu closer with his hands, as if to keep the last thought.

Father, Su Yanqing, one is a close relative, and the other is a god-like man who appeared in his life. This fall, he finally shattered all her beliefs, without leaving any warmth.

Chu Huotian saw that she was not crying or making trouble, but was only groping and trembling on the ground to pick up the broken jade, and his heart became more and more furious.He stepped forward abruptly, and kicked away the broken jade she had managed to get together.He grabbed her fiercely and shouted: "Are you going to tell me or not! Why did it happen to the damned Su Yanqing! Why did he call your name when he was drunk? Why!"

Ouyang Ruo looked at him coldly, there was no longer the warmth and tenderness in his eyes, only sadness and hatred.

She broke Chu Huotian's fingers that were tightly clasped to her little by little, and said tremblingly but resolutely after standing still: "The emperor doesn't believe in concubines, so concubines naturally have nothing to say. It's ridiculous that you and I are a husband and wife, but in the end it's just you It's the emperor, and I'm your concubine Ji. It's the concubine who was too stupid in the past, thinking that there was still love after all, but the emperor actually listened to other people's one-sided words. At this moment, the concubine asks the emperor to grant him a death. Whether it is a three-foot white silk, or a cup of Poison wine, courtiers and concubines have no complaints."

After she finished speaking, she took a few steps back, brushed her long hair, and gave him a little blessing: "The emperor allows his concubine to return to the palace to wait for his will, and bid farewell to the third prince, Lin Xiang. The child is pitiful, and I hope the emperor will be kind. Thank you Take care. The concubine will take a step first."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left without looking at him again. When she reached the gate of the palace, she patted him briefly. After a while, the gate of the palace opened wide.Ouyang Ruo didn't look back, and walked out first with her head held high.

The sky outside the hall was dazzling, and at some point the wind blew up, rushing directly in front of him.In the fierce wind, she felt extremely relaxed and carefree for the first time. The strong wind blew past, as if passing through her soul, and her long hair was flying, without any restraint.

The palace people on both sides looked at her in surprise.Ouyang Ruo smiled slightly, and gradually disappeared from their eyes, and completely disappeared from Chu Huotian's eyes.

Ouyang Ruo walked all the way back to "Yunxiang Palace". The moment he stepped into the palace gate, nothing happened as if nothing had happened. The surroundings were as quiet as when he left just now, and Lin Xiang's cheerful voice could still be heard in the West Wing. laughter.

She walked forward in a trance, the mind that had been strong all the way from the "Fengyi Palace" finally lost her mind, her legs softened, and she fell heavily on the ground, her wrists and knees rubbed against the bluestone board, it was hot, and blood oozes in some places come out.

"Mother Concubine! Mother Concubine!..." Xiao Linxiang jumped and ran out, sweat dripping from his red face.Fragrant leaves follow behind.

Xiang Ye saw Ouyang Ruo sitting on the ground with disheveled hair and a pale face, hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and asked repeatedly: "Did you fall? Where's your aunt? Where's Dexuan?" She asked repeatedly.Xiao Linxiang also looked at Ouyang Ruo very nervously, with doubt and fear in her big eyes.

Ouyang Ruo pushed Xiang Ye's hand away, smiled slightly, hugged Lin Xiang with difficulty and asked with a smile: "Why do you play so wild every time, girl? Have you recited all the poems taught by your mother?"

She said and carried her in.How long has it been since I hugged Linxiang? It seems that I haven't hugged her since I was pregnant. I didn't expect the time to pass so fast. The crimson little person who bent over her chest back then has grown so big now.

Xiang Ye stared blankly at Ouyang Ruo's abnormal behavior, couldn't help shivering, and hurriedly followed in: "Mother, this..."

(End of this chapter)