Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 47

"Empress, my concubine wants to go back to the palace..."

In the Jiaofang Palace, the concubines sat tremblingly in the hall, their foreheads were wet with sweat from fright, their delicate makeup was disheveled and messy, but no one dared to make a sound, their eyes looked timidly at the sharp blade, I'm afraid that I will be held and operated on like the maid just now.

The body of the slashed maid has been dragged down, and the blood has been cleaned up, but there is a faint smell of blood in the air, which makes people do evil and makes the atmosphere even more depressing.

Concubine Jin sat precariously on the chair, her face was paler than anyone present, it was her closest maid who died just now.

She was young, and before entering the palace, although she was only the daughter of a fourth-rank official family, she was a legitimate daughter and had never suffered any grievances.After entering the palace, with her delicate appearance and innocent temperament, she was quite favored by the emperor, and she easily sat in a high position without encountering any disturbances.

Now, such a scene almost scared her out of courage. When the maid was chopped down, she was so afraid that she vomited out of nausea. Now, smelling the smell of blood, she almost felt like she was going to pass out.

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore and whispered to the queen.

After saying this, she glanced at the guards holding the knives in fear, and shivered again from the cold light on the blades.

The queen is quite calm. After all, she has been sitting in a high position for decades. It is not that she has experienced wind and rain. She can see that these guards with knives did not really want to do anything to them, otherwise they would not just kill the maids .But if they were restless, she couldn't guarantee that the guards' knives would show mercy.

She is just thinking about the reason for this.

Her Jiaofang Hall, as the main hall in the harem, is now surrounded, so other places must not be spared.

What is the emperor going to do?She still thinks that the person behind the scenes must be the emperor. After all, the people holding the sword are all guards.

At the beginning, she thought about what she had done that caused the emperor to want to attack her, but she felt that it was wrong. If the emperor wanted to attack her, he would definitely not choose among all the concubines When I came to greet her in the morning, I would not choose today.

Perhaps, the emperor wanted to do something, lest it would harm the harem, so these guards wanted to protect them?

The queen guessed silently in her heart.

Hearing Concubine Jin's voice, she glanced at the pale face of Concubine Jin, who was originally delicate and charming, and looked down on her in her heart, but she still comforted her gently: "If Concubine Jin is not feeling well, please speak to these guards. Mention, let them accompany you to the side hall to lie down for a while!"

Concubine Jin's expression was almost crying, the queen's words were not comforting her at all, how could she dare to mention it, and let the guards accompany her to the side hall to rest, would she still want her name?

"No need, Chen Qie... Chen Qie is fine here."

Concubine Jin whispered something, lowered her head and continued to endure.

The young concubine was frightened, but the older concubine seemed to have thought of something, maybe she had thought of something with the queen, her face gradually calmed down, and she even picked up the cold teacup and began to drink tea.

However, when it was approaching noon, when they saw someone coming, the expressions on their faces were hard to maintain.

In the distance, surrounding the Jiaofang Palace, the guards guarding the door put away their knives and knelt down respectfully to salute.

The queen thought the emperor was coming, so she stood up, straightened her clothes, and was about to greet him.

Seeing the queen's movements, the rest of the concubines quickly stood up and began to adjust their clothes and appearance.

Just from a distance, I saw a bright yellow figure, the eunuch clearing the way in front, and the solemn ceremony frame behind.

Everyone's hearts gradually relaxed, it was the emperor.

The queen put on a dignified smile and stood at the door of the hall.However, when the bright yellow figure gradually approached, the smile on the queen's face cracked, and she almost stopped by supporting the palace man's hand.

"Prince, why are you?"

The queen suppressed her dizziness, and her eyes fell on the color of the prince's clothes. The bright yellow color almost made her dizzy.

Your Majesty, for releasing the crown prince so quickly, he rewarded the crown prince with a bright yellow color without even expressing his favor.

The queen tried her best to think in this reasonable direction, but she had an intuition that it was not like this.

"So what happened?"

The queen exhausted all her strength, looked at the prince and asked.

"What's wrong with the queen mother, my son will help you into the house!"

The prince's words were gentle, but the smile on his face made the people present shudder for no reason.

Facing the hand from the prince, the queen subconsciously took two steps back.

Seeing this, the prince did not change the smile on his face, but quietly looked down at the queen.

The queen was a little embarrassed, she was afraid of her son just now, she pursed her lips dryly, and wanted to say something to remedy: "Prince..."

Her words stopped abruptly, and her eyes fell on the bright yellow dress on the prince in horror.

Five-clawed golden dragon...

With a trembling heart, she counted the golden dragons on the dress: 1, 2, 3...

Nine...nine golden dragons.

That is a dragon robe, only the emperor can wear it.

Nine five-clawed golden dragons, the Nine-Five King...

"The emperor..." What's wrong with the emperor!
For a while, the queen couldn't remember it. When the emperor went out in the morning, he was still healthy. How could he pass the throne to the crown prince today.She thought about the group of guards just now in her mind, and an idea that she didn't even dare to think about was about to come out.

The prince rebelled...

And, it was successful.

The prince became the emperor, and she is the queen mother. Intellectually, she should be happy, her son is now the emperor!However, in her heart, she couldn't help shivering.

She couldn't help but look at the prince with an unfamiliar look, and at the son who frightened her a little.

"What does the queen mother call her son to do?"

The crown prince smiled mockingly, and he was very calm when he met the terrified eyes of the empress.

"Your royal father..."

The queen clenched her fists hidden under her sleeves, lest she hear the news of patricide from the prince.

The young emperor just smiled slightly, and didn't say anything that would scare his mother: "Father is now the Supreme Emperor, and the sons have their own arrangements."

After saying this, the queen's expression relaxed slightly, but she heard again: "Father is the father of my son, so naturally I should treat him with respect, and Qing Li, as my younger brother, made a big mistake, but My son will still be merciful."

"What did you say!"

The queen pulled the prince's clothes excitedly, with a somewhat ferocious expression on her face.

"Mother, don't get excited. If you faint like father, there are not so many imperial doctors on duty in the imperial hospital."

After saying this, the prince mercilessly tore off the queen's hand.

"Zhao Qingze... why are you so cruel, he is your own brother!!"

The queen frantically wanted to pounce on the prince, but the prince glanced at the queen with a gloomy expression, and the guards went up to hold the queen and pulled her back into the room.

Then, he turned his eyes to the concubines who shrank behind, and sneered: "Mothers and concubines, I will let people send you back to the palace now, but don't run around. If you are accidentally killed by the guards, don't be a ghost." protest against an injustice."

"Yes……"

All the concubines answered with trembling lips.

They covered their mouths in horror, fearing that they would cry out in the next moment and offend the young emperor.

"Go back and pack your things carefully, I will arrange for you to move to the palace immediately!"

Satisfied, Zhao Qingze withdrew his gaze and re-arranged the ceremony, as if preparing to leave.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the side, and he looked around, only to see the guards grabbing a woman in a light blue palace uniform and pressing her to the ground.

He looked calm, and was about to look away, but when he touched the woman's face, his footsteps changed direction.

Zhao Qingze's black gold-embroidered boots stopped in front of Chunlan, and he stretched out his hand to lift Chunlan's chin, but at the next moment, he let go of his hand in disgust, took out a handkerchief and wiped the fingers that touched Chunlan's skin just now.The veil was thrown on the ground, and the wind blew past it, rolled it up a few times, and then it was blown away.

And Chunlan's heart couldn't stop falling.

How could this be? At this time in the previous life, the crown prince had just been lifted from the confinement, and the sick and frail prince was carried back to the East Palace in a low-key manner. He even didn't attend the entire Longevity Festival dinner that night.In the following two years, after the prince spent the rest of his glorious days in the East Palace, he was once again imprisoned by the emperor without any precaution.In the second confinement, all the female relatives of the East Palace were moved to the East Lane.

While all of them were waiting for the emperor to lift the crown prince again, the emperor passed away, and the always low-key Prince Rong ascended the throne...

She, a little girl in the backyard, doesn't understand the things in the court, but she remembers these important things clearly, how the prince rebelled and became the emperor!

She clutched the skirt of her clothes tightly, and heard Zhao Qingze say in a calm tone: "I haven't found you yet, you have thrown yourself into a trap!"

"..."

Chunlan raised her head in puzzlement, just in time to meet Zhao Qingze's deep and gloomy eyes.

She shuddered, but she heard Zhao Qingze's gaze as if she was about to slow her down, and said slowly: "Lin Baolin, you are a good planner, Gu never thought that you would be able to hook up with Gu's younger brother in this lifetime. "

"Your Highness... Your Highness."

Chunlan was so frightened that she collapsed on the ground, and looked at him in disbelief.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Chunlan shook her head and whispered.She wanted to believe it, but she didn't dare to believe it.

In her previous life, she was quite favored by the prince, and she even conceived a child once, but that child became a victim of a backyard fight. She also used the lost child to win the prince's sympathy, and was promoted to the prince's Baolin.However, she was unlucky, and was finally dragged down by the prince, and finally died of illness at the entrance of the east alley.

When she opened her eyes again, she found that her life had started all over again, and she was reborn on the eve of entering the East Palace.Because of the envy of the other court ladies, she was pushed into the water and developed a high fever. When she learned that she would be sent to the Prince's East Palace, she simply pretended to be sick and let Ruyi, the only person in her memory who treated her sincerely, enter the East Palace. Help her avoid death, but she made up her mind that she must become Prince Rong's woman in this life.

However, she never dreamed that the prince would be the same as her.

"Your Highness... Your Highness... please spare Chunlan!"

Chunlan cried bitterly, and hugged Zhao Qingze's leg tightly, but Zhao Qingze sneered, and said, "Don't worry, Gu won't do anything to you."

"Your Highness..."

"Even though you are wrong in a thousand ways, there is one thing that Gu still has to thank you for sending Ruyi to Gu's side."

"As one wishes?"

Chunlan's mind went blank, but at the next moment, she wept with joy: "Yes! Ruyi! Your Highness, Chunlan saved Ruyi's life. Chunlan and Ruyi are good sisters. Your Highness, for Ruyi's sake, don't kill me..."

What she said was upside down, and in the end, there was only one sentence left: "Don't kill me".

Zhao Qingze sneered and kicked Chunlan away, letting the guards drag her down,
Zhao Qingze walked out of the Jiaofang Palace slowly, and the guards on both sides knelt down to salute.

The whole palace, just like this place, is under his control, even this country...

For so many years, he has carefully planned and endured, and finally waited for this moment. However, his heart suddenly felt a little empty.

He became the emperor, and for so many years, a goal he had fought for was finally realized.But he suddenly lost his way, and the goal that guided him forward suddenly disappeared!
"Your Majesty, where are you going?"

A eunuch came to his side and asked.But secretly thinking in his heart, the prince should be going back to the East Palace, right?The direction the crown prince walked just now was the route of the East Palace.

"Go back to Chaoyang Palace."

Zhao Qingze withdrew his confused gaze, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

How can he be confused at this time, his long-cherished wish for many years has finally come true, at this time, he should enjoy the fruits of victory.

"Yes."

The eunuch stepped back and gestured towards the person who opened the way ahead.

In the East Palace, the guards were still guarding, but Chen Yuanxiang didn't feel the slightest bit of panic.

She resisted the urge to laugh out loud, but couldn't hold back, and could only pinch her hands twistedly: "Nurse...you heard that!"

"I heard it! I heard it!"

Liu Gongren also wept with joy.

"The prince is the emperor! The prince is the emperor!"

She yelled loudly, wishing that the whole world could hear it. Finally, she was exhausted from yelling, and she lay down on the chair, panting heavily, and murmured: "I am the queen! I am the queen!"

She no longer has to look at the Empress Aunt, she no longer has to be afraid of others looking at her strangely, she no longer has to envy the Empress Aunt, Jiaofang Palace, Fengpao... She is the most honorable woman in the whole world up!

(End of this chapter)