Chen Palace

Chapter 32
Chen Lu recalled that at noon today, when Qu Yun heard that she was going to the Queen Mother for a banquet at night, the expression on her extremely shocked expression——

"You are crazy!"

"Xiao Yun, what you said is too weird—how can you curse me like that!"

"You can't suppress your resentment - as long as you take a blow, she will be decapitated, can you bear not to think about it?!

"Xiaoyun, you have said a little less - thinking of myself going to bow to her, my heart is full of anger, like a bursting embankment, and I can't help it! Seeing her enjoy the honor, seeing Yuan Xu die, becoming a wise and mighty 'Xiandi' , even if the water of the world is poured, how can it quench the hatred in my heart?"

"Little Chen!!"

"Even so...Xiaoyun, I still want to go, I want to see with my own eyes, this distinguished and honored 'Queen Dowager'!"

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The queen mother sat in the middle, and heard Aunt Ye whispering beside her: "This is Shangyi, who was appointed by the emperor."

She ordered the girl to get up, and took a closer look——

She was indeed as delicate and immature as the legend said, and she was dressed in a crimson court dress, making her skin as snowy as ever.

She didn't shrink back like ordinary concubines, after standing still, she raised her eyes to meet the queen mother——

Those eyes were clear to the bottom, free of the flattery and fear that they were used to, and they were glistening and capable.

Sure enough, the rhetoric is true!

The queen mother secretly praised, knowing that the woman in front of her is based on her own ability and is also the emperor's trusted confidant, which is completely different from these ladies in the seat.

She smiled and said: "Our red thread Yinniang (Note) is here! Sit down quickly, and let me, an old woman, see it for real!"

Aunt Ye personally arranged a seat for her, such an honor made the concubines look sideways.

Chen Lu's expression was respectful, and under the sharp gaze of the Empress Dowager, she was even more sincere: "Thanks to the empress dowager's attention, I am really terrified, how dare I sit with the ladies?"

The Empress Dowager saw that she did not exceed her duty, and she valued it even more in her heart: "It's okay, you can sit behind the two empresses!"

The palace people brought a few cases and placed them behind the concubines Zhou and Qi. Except for the slightly smaller scale, the rest are exactly the same.

The concubines in the harem didn't say anything, but they were clear-eyed in their hearts—these two empresses were very tempered, and they both had eyes above their heads. They were definitely not happy to let a humble female official sit behind them.

Is the Queen Mother doing this on purpose, or just at will?
Contrary to everyone's guess, Concubine Zhou and Concubine Qi's expressions were as usual, and they were not displeased at all. Concubine Qi even asked the maid to hand her a cushion when Chen Lu was seated.

Those who have good things can't help but be speechless, this Shangyi's face is really extraordinary!

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Concubine Zhou Gui didn't think about face at all, she turned a deaf ear to the soft voice in her ear, her whole body tensed up, as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

This is the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Peace, not the battlefield camp where she grew up. However, she faintly felt that there was a fierce and mournful aura that shot straight into the sky.

who is it?

Give birth to such a heavy murderous aura!
She clenched her hands tightly in her sleeves, and on the snowy skin, there was a layer of small bumps—this is the sixth sense of a warrior, the natural chill when facing a peerless master.

She looked around, but found nothing, and was about to laugh secretly at her hallucination, when she sniffed, horror flashed in her eyes——

It's a faint smell of blood!

Between the fragrant clothes and the shadows on the temples, people's sense of smell seems to have lost its effect, except for her.

As the daughter of Zhou Jun, she lived in the army, and the taste of blood has long been the most important part in her memory.

who is it?

In this prosperous and dreamlike brilliant night banquet, there flowed out, this faint and obscure, blood...

Concubine Qi was also a little restless, she secretly squinted behind her, peeping at Chenlu from the corner of her eye.

For this Shangyi, she has a hundred admiration—Chenlu doesn't forget the past, when she was panicked and helpless, she secretly gave her a way to make the emperor's favor come back to her side.

I still remember the day before yesterday, when the Furong tent was warm, and after lingering on her face in the middle of the night, Yuan Qi smiled at her and said, "You little chili, you really can't change your temper, but, whatever it is, it's true..."

Not to mention, there was also her own father, Qi Rong, who immediately changed her strategy after a few calls from Chen Lu. Not only did she ease her relationship with Zhou Jun, but she also heard a message from the on-duty officer of the Imperial Study that the Emperor saw his father this morning. The memorial, praised: This is really old-fashioned words for seeking the country!

Such a strange woman who has strategized, but at this moment, I have a faint fear of her.This kind of fear seems to be the deep ghost that I saw in the depths of the temple corridor when I was young...

This Shangyi, she smiled, her attitude was impeccable and respectful, so perfect, but faint, which made her feel unreal.

This reminded Concubine Qi of the eerie white doll with a sweet mouth and a sweet smile under the moonlight——

correct!That's how it feels!
Concubine Qi was terrified, she continued to peek behind her, her whole body was covered in cold sweat——

When it comes to looking at beauty, who can compare to her, who has more than a dozen aunts in her family since she was a child?

Chen Lu's eyes are clear, her demeanor is calm, she is listening to the Queen Mother with a smile, that smile is sincere, but Concubine Qi feels shuddering——

Under the court clothes, it seemed to be covered by a snow-white human skin, smiling, ghost...

At this time, the daylight had completely disappeared, and although two rows of candles were lit in the hall, it was even darker. The heavily drooping curtains were blown by the wind and trembled slightly, and the long black shadows flowed like water, forming an image of claws and claws on the ground——

This solemn hall, at this moment, is like a ghost!
Concubine Qi couldn't hear the whispers of laughter around her, she was sweating profusely, groaned softly, and slumped on the table.

"Concubine Qi, are you alright?"

The girl's Qinglie question came from behind, and Concubine Qi turned around to look, only to see Chenlu as usual, everything just now seemed to be her own illusion.

At this time, there was a slight commotion outside the hall, and a steward came in beamingly to report: "The emperor and Prince Jing are here together!"

The Empress Dowager Xinyue smiled and blamed: "These two children are outrageous. They have only come here now. It seems that I, an old bone, will not be able to work their 'jade toes' from now on!"

What she said was interesting, all the concubines were shaking with laughter, the emperor and King Jing strode in, King Jing's ears were sharp, he had already heard this sentence, he immediately stepped forward with a playful smile, instead of paying homage, he just said coquettishly to the Queen Mother : "The queen mother really wronged me. I asked my family to bring this troublesome thing here, and I dragged the inscription of the emperor's brother, so I dawdled until now."

He motioned for someone behind him to carry the thing over, and everyone looked at it intently, but it was a huge scroll, tightly sealed, and nothing could be seen.

King Jing opened the seal with his own hands, and let his servants hold it up. Suddenly, rice paper slipped down gently, overlapping like flowing water. Looking carefully, it turned out to be a "Picture of a Thousand Longevity"!
The so-called Qianshou picture is a thousand different characters for "shou" written by one or several famous calligraphers with thousands of different fonts and styles.

He respectfully handed it in front of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager looked at it intently, and saw all the wonderful things, elegant, thick, wild, beautiful... Among the thousand characters for longevity, which one is ordinary?What's even more strange is that it is also gathered on the same scroll.

At the end of the scroll, there is a line of lower script that is dignified and beautiful. The queen mother knew at a glance that it was Yuan Qi's imperial brush. She tapped Jing Wang Yuanzhi's forehead with a painting fan: "Little monkey, are you going to spend money again?! My old woman, I need it!" Such a valuable thing?"

King Jing looked innocent and wronged, and said with a bitter face: "The queen mother knocked on my head again... I am not as smart as the emperor's brother, it must be because you have been knocking since I was a child... It didn't cost much, and I was the only one who watched it." Well done, this is my dedication——You are the mother of the country, and there is nothing in the world that is useless, just take it as a little bit of my son's heart!"

Yuan Qi listened behind him, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You are so nonsense, why are you not as smart as I am, and then you dragged your mother and knocked on your forehead-this is a light painting fan, not a ten thousand catty boulder! Only this picture of a thousand lives, It’s really worth seeing--the queen mother will accept it, this is also his devotion!"

"You all have devout hearts!" The queen mother smiled happily: "I have you two sons, and this life is not in vain!"

Note: Hongxian Yinniang is a character in the legend of Tang Dynasty, and belongs to the heroine among women.

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