The palace concubine is charming and chaotic: the country is still the same

Chapter 239

Convin Nov 20

The warm sun at the end of autumn shines on all things, adding a bit of bleakness to the autumn leaves. It has been more than half a year since Mu Piaoyu resigned from office. Now the word "Mu Piaoyu" has become a taboo in the palace. It was mentioned that if the emperor heard about it, he would be killed on the spot. From then on, some palace people would only dare to discuss in private.

In the past six months, the emperor has taken control of the power, removed many important officials who were closely related to Mu Piaoyu, and supported his own power. The harsh methods made people in the court panic.Many officials begged to see the Empress Dowager in a vain attempt to protect themselves, but they were turned away by the Empress Dowager. At this moment, the Empress Dowager did not interfere with any political affairs in the palace at all, and was determined to return all power to the Emperor.

After more than half a year, the turmoil in the court eased a little, and the emperor ordered Su Tianhua to be released from the Lingzhi Garden of Bailu Palace. Up to now, Su Tianhua has been imprisoned for a full ten years.

Following Su Tianhua's release, the emperor ordered the five brothers to be crowned as princes and given their mansions. Since then, they have moved from the palace to live in the mansion outside the palace.

In just half a year, there have been great changes in the palace, all civil and military officials have been completely replaced, the court has taken on a new look, and more than half of the officials support the current emperor.

Xia Lanyue has been hearing about the affairs of the imperial court for the past six months, but she doesn't want to interfere, but she just doesn't want to create any more rift with the emperor.

However, she couldn't help being unhappy about his release of Su Tianhua. At the beginning, she ordered Su Tianhua to be imprisoned, but now the emperor released him from the palace without asking her consent, and named him king.

But after thinking about it, no matter, now that the emperor has grown up and has her own opinions, she, as a mother, can't always protect him. She can only let him go through everything by himself. really grow up.

The flowers in the imperial garden were withered, and the yellowed leaves were scattered all over the ground. Accompanied by Qiu Bi, Xia Lanyue strolled on the flower and stone road in the imperial garden, feeling the cold air of late autumn blowing towards her face.

"It's so fast, it's the end of the year again." Xia Lanyue was dressed plainly, with no makeup applied on her face, vaguely resembling the delicate and gentle appearance of that year, but the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes revealed her age.

"Qiubi, you have followed the Ai family for more than 20 years, right?"

"It's been 23 years since I returned to your mother." Qiu Bi is now an old man in the palace. Over the years, Xia Lanyue has thought about giving her a marriage and letting her out of the palace, but she insisted on staying by her side to serve her. .

"Haven't you ever thought of leaving here for so many years? The Ai family envies you for having such an opportunity."

"My maidservant wants to stay with the Empress Dowager and take care of you for the late emperor. The late emperor was kind to this maidservant. He died young, and the only ones who are worried about him are you and the emperor. To repay the kindness of the late emperor, this maidservant must stay." Qiu Bi What he said was sincere, and he made up his mind to stay early, and there was no reason to change it.

"I think at the beginning just because I knew your loyalty to the late emperor, the Ai family guarded against you everywhere, but now it is you who accompany the Ai family to the end. It's really a trick of luck." Xia Lanyue smiled self-deprecatingly, only to feel that now she said From the past, everything is right and wrong.

Qiu Bi lowered her head and was thinking about how to answer the conversation when she saw Concubine Zheng coming towards her. She was also visiting the imperial garden, so she was a little surprised.Ever since the emperor came to the throne, Concubine Zheng has not been out much in the Qinghe Palace all year round, but today she happened to meet in the Imperial Garden, one can't help but feel that she is a bit deliberate.

(End of this chapter)