Chen Palace

Chapter 1
Everything has its own way,

like dream bubbles,
Like dew, like electricity,
It should be viewed as such.

"Diamond Sutra No.30 The second grade should be transformed into non-true points"

The spring of 12 in Yongjia was very strange. In just February, the weather changed from hot to cold and kept changing.The old concubine in Fushou Palace couldn't bear it, and finally passed away.A few days later, the queen was ill in bed again, and the imperial physicians consulted every day, but there was no improvement.The wives at home and abroad reported together, and the queen mother invited Zen Master Huiming of Guoqin Temple to give a lecture and pray for blessings.

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, the spring clothes were issued in the sixth palace. The palace people didn’t talk about it, but in private, they racked their brains to think about how to use needles and threads on the blue and gray dress, so as not to violate the palace rules, but also to show beauty .

Leaping over the dragon's gate is the dream of women in the palace. All the dark eyebrows and shallow paintings and the thousand changes in the bun are just for the ninety-five supreme beings, for the surprise glimpses in leisure time, accidental amazement, or even, temporary favor.

The myth of Weiyang in the Han Dynasty is the most beautiful dream in the hearts of women in the palace.

During the day, the sun was warm and warm, but unexpectedly, at night, the sky was dark and it began to rain.The spring cold followed the rain, and fell up in waves. When it was midnight, there was a rumbling sound, and there was thunder!
Rong'er picked up the towel and cried out that it was hot, and at the same time put a cold one on Chen Lu's forehead.She glanced at Bai Ping Cai'er and the others, seeing that they were still curled up in the bed, she couldn't help but feel hatred in her heart.

She flicked the towel and threw it on the table viciously, making a lot of noise. Bai Ping hummed, turned around and fell asleep, Cai'er finally couldn't hold back, she got up, and asked lately, "Chen Is Lu feeling better? "

Rong'er looked at her, wanted to get angry, but held back: "The forehead is getting hotter and hotter, she was already weak, after that beating, and in this weather..."

She thought of Chen Lu's small, timid smile when she first entered the palace, and her weak figure shrunk into a ball that day when the sticks were all down.

"If you want to blame it, blame us for our bad birth... If my parents have a good family background, even if I can't be a master, I can still be a third-rank female official. If I have a reputation, I won't be beaten easily!" Cai'er muttered unwillingly. Thinking of the close-fitting maids of the ladies, the gold and jade, the domineering appearance, I am fascinated and jealous at the same time.

The four of them are rough envoys in Yunqing Palace. Because of their humble backgrounds and lack of money, they were sent to the handyman class. Cleaning pillars, mopping floors, and even pulling weeds and dust were all their jobs. Busy and busy during the day, it is also a four-person Datong shop at night.

The other court ladies were respectfully called "girl" or "aunt" by the eunuchs, but no one would look at them seriously.One day the empress is not going well, just find any reason, and you can take it out on them.

Rong'er screamed, interrupting Cai'er's complaints: "It's not good, Chen Lu is starting to feel cold...it's as cold as ice!"

Before Cai'er could answer, Bai Ping on the bunk turned over and sat up: "What's the noise at midnight, why don't you tell me to sleep!"

"You really don't have a conscience, Chenlu didn't spill the paint on the empress for your duty."

"That's her own clumsiness! Is the person dead? Before he dies, call the Shanrentang to pick him up. How can he live here if he dies here!"

"You!" Rong'er was so angry that she rushed over to tear her apart, but she heard Cai'er yelling, "Come quickly... Chen Lu, her, she's out of breath!!"

Rong'er rushed back to Dongpu corner in three steps, stretched out her hand, and sat down slumped.

She looked at this stiff, thin body, at that pale little face, with frowning eyebrows and eyes closed, as if she was still enduring pain, she choked up and couldn't cry.

How humble is this life!
She stood up, hugged Chen Lu, and finally cried out.

She cried, thinking of her mother and little sister at home, as if she wanted to cry out all the misery of her life.

Cai'er hesitated, and said after a long while: "I'll call the people from the Shanren Hall!"

She took an umbrella and ran out.

Facing the rain, she shivered, not knowing whether it was because of the cold, or because of the desolate crying in the house.

In the room, no one spoke anymore, Rong'er was sobbing, and Bai Ping looked up at the sky.

Cai'er came back half an hour later, her voice was full of tears: "The Shanren Hall refused to come, saying it was a heavy rainy day... let her lay her dead body in the room..."

The Shanren Hall was set up by the kind-hearted eunuchs and female officials in the palace. When some unaccompanied palace people died, they would drag them out and bury them. Now even they are not willing to come.The three immediately understood that they would spend the night with the corpse.

Rong'er felt sad and cried again, Cai'er trembled: "I heard that when it rains, it's easy to cause dead bodies..."

Her voice was filled with fear, as the thunder rumbled down, it was extremely cold.

Bai Ping shivered, looked at the stiff body at the other end with a frown, moved the bed in disgust, and said, "Stop talking nonsense—"

The bitter words stopped abruptly, she stared at the corpse, and suddenly, there was a tragic scream——

Bright white thunder and lightning instantly illuminated the entire room, and with the sound of rain, the corpse lay on the bed, and quietly opened his eyes.

Her eyes were sharp, and her divine light flowed, making it difficult to look straight at her. Her eyes turned, looking at the rough environment around her, and the three women who were shocked and frightened.
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Thunder and lightning roared, shaking the candles in Qianqing Palace to flicker.On the left side is a cloud kiln porcelain stove, which is in the shape of Dayu's water control, in which sandalwood is burning, and the emperor holds sunspots in his hand, which means he hesitates.

Seeing the thunderstorm, he didn't want to go to sleep, so he ordered people to go to Zen Master Huiming, who was left to give lectures to the Queen Mother, to play chess together in the Qianqing Palace.

The way of talking with hands is just a word of indifference.The predecessors usually only completed a game in a few days, and the two of them played until midnight, and it was only half of the game.

Baizi Dalong has become a climate, and he has the potential to soar through the clouds and break through the sky, but Heizi is doing nothing, scattered and not a climate.

The situation was very dangerous, but the emperor didn't care about it, took the tea bowl to try, and said with a smile: "Good tea."

"Your majesty is slow to taste the tea, but the monk is going to take a game first." Huiming made a key move.

"Oh, I'm going to lose." The emperor was still calm and said with a relaxed smile, "Master Zen is really good at chess."

Looking at his gentle and upright attitude, Huiming thought to himself, it has been rumored that this Wansui has a gentle temperament, lenient and less angry, and it is true.

"It's a pity, Zen master's vision is too shallow." The emperor's voice, amidst the thunder, was unexpectedly light and dangerous.

Huiming raised his head in astonishment, and looked into the eyes of the emperor.

Under that gentle and peaceful smile, the smile didn't reach his eyes, the emperor's eyes were unfathomable, and the infinite abyss seemed to choose someone to devour.

With a bang, the chess piece in Huiming's hand fell to the ground.

The emperor stretched out his hand, the fingers were long and slender, but firm, he put down a hand.

As if in an instant, the scattered places immediately supported each other and echoed each other.

The chess situation has been completed, and the dragon suddenly becomes dead.

The emperor looked at Huiming with a smile: "Qing's son can only respond to five steps, but I never care about one son and one place. What I want is the final success."

Huiming was startled and flustered by that look, and he could only be Weiwei when he was defeated.

The emperor stopped his servants and tidied it up by himself, and said casually, "Is the Buddha statue in the Empress Dowager's Palace still in place?"

"This is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, covered with seven cents of gold—"

The emperor interrupted his introduction with a wave: "Does the Zen master think it is useful to hold Buddha's feet temporarily?"

These are very heart-breaking words, which made Huiming tremble unceasingly. He vaguely knew that he had fallen into a big net.

The emperor smiled freely: "The queen mother invited a Buddha statue from you, but Taoist priest Yuxu is about to become a real person protecting the country."

Huiming was shocked and angry: "The Queen Mother..."

The emperor laughed heartily: "It's rare to be interested today. The chess game is over, Zen Master, please go back."

Huiming gritted his teeth, made up his mind, knelt down respectfully, and saluted: "I will obey His Majesty's will."
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In the early morning, the servants and servants of the rough envoys came to the dining hall to receive their own breakfast. As for the high-ranking maids, after serving the master, their little maids would collect it for them. kitchenette.

The hierarchy in the palace is strict, layer by layer, the higher you go, the more you will feel like a master.

Bai Pingcai'er still had lingering fears, avoiding the morning dew from a distance, only Rong'er lovingly brought porridge and steamed buns, and then conjured up a paper bag, which contained plump and lovely boiled eggs.

"Eat quickly, if you don't listen to the rest, you will pass out later." Ronger blamed and scolded like a big sister.His eyes were full of joy.Last night, Chen Lu felt overwhelmed for a moment, thinking that she was gone, but she never thought that after a thunderstorm, she opened her eyes again, and she was able to get up this morning!

She gouged out Bai Ping Cai'er's eyes fiercely, and cursed secretly, two dead girls with red lips and white teeth talking nonsense about corpse change!
Chen Lu looked at her quietly, and suddenly smiled: "Sister Rong, you are so kind to me!"

Her appearance was only delicate, but her smile was exceptionally bright, and there was a kind of noble and awe-inspiring aura in the movement of her eyes.

Rong'er was dumbfounded, and it took a while to come back to her senses, but she saw that Chen Lu had already lowered her head and started eating.

She ate very quickly, but she was not rude at all. After a while, she drank the porridge, ate the steamed buns, and then the eggs.

Rong'er clicked her tongue at her good appetite, and remembered that she hadn't had rice for a few days, so she couldn't help but said anxiously: "You eat slowly, you haven't eaten for a few days, and now you're eating so much, is it okay?"

Chen Lu smiled calmly: "It's okay, I drank porridge and soup first, and then I ate the rest." She continued to eat sweetly, almost buried her face in the bowl: "I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten for a long time."

No one heard, the sigh in her heart——

Yes, I haven't eaten for a long time.

26 years.

(End of this chapter)