The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 767 Doubtful ([-])
The night is flowing, and the half-curved silver moon is hidden between the clouds, exuding a faint white light.

The hall is full of burning bergamot incense, this fragrance is the most calming, mixed with lavender clouds and mist coming out of the Boshan furnace, the smoke sets off a hazy scene on the human face.

Wan Lai glanced at Jin Li with all her heart, and the silk wrapped in her hand was almost tied.

Jin Li's expression was also cramped, and he said: "The servant inquired about a few familiar eunuchs in private, someone saw that the people in front of the emperor carried away a palace lady on the corridor, and described it in her mouth, that palace lady and Yun Chan always look like each other .”

After hearing this, Wanyu immediately got up from the warm seat, put on a gauze dress and went out: "Order someone to prepare the sedan chair and go to the Qing Palace!"

Shuang Ruo stopped her and said, "Your Majesty! I'm afraid it's not good for you to go at this time."

Wanyu looked back, and gave her a sharp look in her eyes: "What's wrong? You don't know how suspicious the emperor has become in the past two years. If I don't go now, who can guarantee Yunchan's safety when I wake up tomorrow morning?" Life is safe?"

Wan Lai rushed to Qianqing Palace extremely fast, Li Jian who was waiting outside did not stop her, but welcomed her in instead.

When he came, the emperor was reclining on the warm seat, wearing a royal blue cloud silk open shirt, his white hair was untied on the back of his forehead, flowing down like a frosty waterfall.

There are many new creases at the end of his eyes, and the skin on his neck has become more slack, making him look even older under the candlelight.

He seemed to have predicted Wanyu's coming early in the morning, and glanced at him with a raised eyebrow, then flipped through the scroll in his hand: "You're here."

There was a bit of sternness in this question.

Wan Lai has served him for many years, and is very familiar with his temperament, sometimes a tone, a look, is enough to know what he thinks in his heart.

She knelt down, kowtowed at Da'an and did not get up: "The emperor knew early in the morning that the minister and concubine would come tonight."

The emperor closed the scroll slightly and looked at her face.

Most of her makeup was removed, her sideburns were loose, and her eyes and brows were full of haggardness. She didn't care about losing her appearance in front of the imperial court, and rushed to see him as if panicked by some news.

He glanced at her.The hostility between the brows flashed, and he said as usual: "How can you do such a great gift? Get up and sit beside me."

Wan Lai tidied up her clothes and got up, sitting on the warm seat beside the emperor.

On the small table was a Tang Pozi in a gold silk cut-out warm dress, exuding a faint aroma of mint rice wine.

This was originally Wannai's method, replacing the boiling water poured into Tang Pozi with mint rice wine, and poking a few small eyes on Tang Pozi, and wrapping it in warm clothes.

In this way, not to mention warm, there is a refreshing smell.

She sniffed deeply, and fixed her eyes on the bright yellow on the corner of the emperor's clothes.

She didn't look at the emperor, but she felt a chill on the back of her neck.She knew that the emperor was staring at her intently.

After a long time, she lightly raised her eyes to glance at the emperor, and said with a smile, "Why does the emperor look at his concubine like this?"

The emperor suddenly sneered, and said slowly: "I am looking at you, wondering when you are going to speak."

"Speak what?"

"Why did you miss the night and call into the Qianqing Palace?"

Wan Yu stared at him with fixed eyebrows, unable to see through the deepest thoughts of this cold man.It's just rejoicing, rejoicing that I have already alienated my heart from him through thousands of mountains and rivers. If it weren't for this, I don't know how sad I would be today.

She stood up, respectfully bowed to the emperor and wished her a blessing: "Someone saw that the court lady serving the concubine was taken away by the emperor's court. ?”

The emperor's face was warmed by the charcoal fire, he rubbed his palms, and said leisurely: "You are so anxious, but are you afraid that I will ask something from her mouth?"

Wanyu took a breath, but her face remained calm as water: "The emperor's words are confusing to the concubine. She is just the last maid in the palace, what can the emperor ask from her?"

The emperor smiled sullenly, and said: "Sometimes this man's mouth is tighter than an old tree root in fertile soil, but no matter how tight it is, it depends on whether you are willing to work hard on it. The old pine in the imperial garden was rotten, Insect dirt that falls all over the ground in summer is the most sticky and annoying. I ordered people to uproot the tree, and the servants of the Flower and Bird Division pulled out its decades-old roots without much effort. "

Wan Lai met his gaze, subdued secretly and tightly clenched the silk: "The emperor tortured Yun Chan?"

The emperor just sneered and didn't answer.

Wanyu lifted the hem of her cloak, knelt down and said in a deep voice: "I don't know what I did wrong to make the emperor uneasy, the emperor is confused, now I am here to ask you face to face, why bother to embarrass a slave?"

The emperor stared at Wanyu suddenly, his eyes flashed coldly over her stubborn expression: "That's fine." He opened a round wooden box with a thumb on the small case, and poured out a few round pearls.

Zhu Luoxiao bounced a few times, rolled down the slope and landed on the ground, and didn't stop until it touched Wanyu's knee.

The emperor's face was gloomy and cold, and he leaned forward and pointed at the Dongzhu on the ground: "I remember that day you said that the Queen's mother took the Dongzhu for you, but why did the Queen's mother faint and faint outside the Yonghe Palace later, but the Dongzhu Still wearing it on her?"

Wan Lai picked up the Dongzhu for a moment, compared it to the candlelight, and said with a sneer, "It's because of this?" She picked up the remaining Dongzhu and held them in her hand, and put them one by one. The little table in front of the emperor said: "It turned out that the concubine was not worthy and did not accept this thing."

The emperor restrained himself for a long time, seeing Wanyu's fearless appearance, he suddenly became angry, and with a sweep of the back of his hand, he knocked down all the pearls, and one of them hit Wanyu's cheek with a slap, causing her pain.

"Why did the queen faint in your palace! What did you say to her that day!" The emperor was furious, his neck and cheeks flushed with anger: "If you have a clear conscience, why did you recruit her that day?" Lied to me!?"

Tears flashed in Wanyu's eyes, she gritted her teeth full of grievances, shook her head and said, "No concubine!"

"You didn't?" The emperor was so angry that his face was livid, and he pointed at Wanyu's index finger and couldn't help trembling: "I have already asked, that day you chose the palace servants of the He Palace to listen to the eminent monks lecture on Buddhism. There are 67 people in total, and you only left Yunchan alone to guard the Yonghe Palace! If you refuse to tell me what happened that day, she and Shuangruo will naturally know about it!" He snorted, and said sharply, "If she doesn't tell , there will always be Shuang Ruo! If everyone keeps their mouths shut, I will leave them alone!"

He couldn't control his anger, like a bull whose horns were touched by someone, he lost his temper and went on a rampage, destroying everything he could see.

Wan Yu understood that his suspicious temperament had already driven her crazy.

How can a lunatic restrain his behavior?

She had no choice but to be weak, sobbing and weeping, and kowtowing: "The emperor calms down, and everything else is discussed. The emperor must put the dragon's body as the most important thing!"

(End of this chapter)