Chen Palace

Chapter 80
The two looked at each other, and the sparks sparked in the collision, but in the next moment, it turned into a calm and undercurrent.

For that short moment, the Queen Mother swept her eyes away. She coughed quietly, took a sip from the teacup, and looked at Concubine Zhou as if nothing had happened: "You child, you are also worried about the emperor and your father." Bar……

She sighed deeply, "I'm sorry, the men are away on the expedition, but the mothers, wives and children still have a heart..."

She waved her hand and signaled the young man to back down: "Since you don't know anything, I'll trust you, but the emperor's safety is very important - tell your general, let him remember it!"

The young general saluted respectfully and said: "Please rest assured, Empress Dowager, the emperor's chariot is on the way back to Beijing, but the injury is not healed, and it will move slowly along the way."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother was noncommittal, watching him step back, her bottomless gaze rested on Concubine Zhou's face for a moment, and then said calmly: "I'm tired too... everyone, please go back."

The queen followed her back to the back hall, and couldn't wait to say: "Mother, there is probably something to do between Concubine Zhou and this general?!"

She pursed her lips and sneered, with a look of disdain in her beautiful eyes: "What a general and tiger girl, hehe!"

The Empress Dowager sat upright, with a serene smile on her pale face: "I've already made people keep an eye on them... If there is anything wrong with it, they can be caught on the spot——I want to see Zhou Jun's face." Where to put it?"

The queen was elated when she heard it, and she was full of gloating looks. Thinking of Zhou Guifei's usual aloofness and domineering, she felt infinitely happy.

She chatted some gossip with the Queen Mother before resigning. When she left the palace gate, she saw a figure of a court lady, hurriedly going out. The Queen vaguely remembered that this was the one serving tea for the Queen Mother today.

Why are you in such a hurry, there are no rules...

She thought about it casually, and immediately put it behind her, and stepped into her palace sedan chair.

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Concubine Qi was holding the elegant and fragrant letter paper in her hand, she didn't realize it for a moment.

She was wearing a embroidered gown in autumn and Hunan colors, and her face, which was originally gorgeous and majestic, was quite pale.

She has been in poor health for a while, and she has suffered from some wind and cold. Several old imperial doctors have been invited to see her, but she still doesn't get better.

A few days ago, she had regained some energy, but just in time for the concubines to go to the temple to pray for the emperor, she was always strong, so she struggled to go there, and came back with a high fever all night.

Going back and forth like this did not end well. Today I was refreshed and was about to go out for a walk, but I found such a letter on the wooden pillar under the corridor.

The letter paper was deeply pierced into the column body with flying edges, and when I unfolded it, the resolute and delicate handwriting vaguely belonged to the handwriting of Concubine Zhou——

She asked me to meet at Feiyan Pavilion tonight at the beginning of the day—what could happen?
Concubine Qi Gui was quite puzzled, she held her fragrant cheeks and pondered, doubts abounded in her heart.

Although the relationship between the two families is currently easing, they still have their own walls. Concubine Zhou Guifei is tall and tall, but now she is so sneaky. What is the reason for asking her to meet at night?

She quickly speculated in her mind, remembering that this afternoon, when other concubines came to visit her, it was General Zhou who sent an envoy with the news of the great victory.

Could it be related to the messenger?
She couldn't figure it out, and finally decided to go to the appointment.

After dinner, she was in good spirits, played with the maids and knew how to untie the rope, then took her personal maid Xiangying and went out for a walk.

Feiyan Pavilion is located in the south and right direction of Yunqing Palace. It has seven floors. It has always been a place for concubines to climb up to enjoy the scenery. There are portraits of legendary figures in the past on the four walls, all of which are lifelike, as if seeing a real person.

Concubine Qi asked Xiangying to wait outside, and she lightly pulled up her skirt and walked up gracefully.

The narrow staircase, made of ebony, shone with an almost blue light in the dim light.Several palace lanterns fluttered and flickered in the night wind, reflecting the whole building into a strange and quiet place.

The staircase looped, as if it was so high that it reached the sky, never ending. Concubine Qi could almost hear her own heartbeat after walking for a short while—a kind of trembling terror rose from her heart.

Her hands and feet trembled slightly, and with great difficulty, she climbed to the top of the pavilion.

The silvery-white and reddish full moon, with its eerie cold light, made her eyes ache——

Concubine Qi only felt a sharp pain behind her, and the sound of a sharp knife breaking through her breastbone clearly exploded in her body.

She fell to the ground weakly, and what caught her eyes was a black silk handkerchief on the sandalwood floor, embroidered with purple buds...

The black curtain swept across the ground, and the purple was filled with blood, wantonly——

This was the last magnificent scene she saw in this world.

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Chen Lu only felt that she had been wandering in the dark, the water submerged her head, she was like a fetus, floating and sinking in the water...

For a while, she was a little lucid, and what was shaking in front of her eyes were various figures, not water waves, but perhaps, this was also an illusion.

As if someone was whispering in her ear, she tried hard to open her eyes, but she couldn't make any effort.

The whole person seemed to be tossing up and down in the water again, but it didn't seem to be, the bumpy and trembling thing, maybe it was a carriage...?
Many bizarre mirages flashed before my eyes, but after all, they were fleeting and frightening dreams.

After an unknown amount of time, she felt a sharp pain in her throat, her lips trembled, and she finally let out her first moan.

"are you awake?"

A surprised male voice rang in her ears, and she struggled to open her eyes, and what appeared in front of her eyes was Qu Yun's worried and ecstatic expression.

He picked up a cup of hot tea and carefully fed it from her lips. After taking two sips, Chen Lu felt a little strength in her whole body.

Her whole body was in severe pain, and her voice was hoarse like a crow: "Where is this?"

"You have returned to the palace!"

Qu Yundao.

The next moment, there was a faint commotion from outside. Although it sounded small, it was getting closer and more intense.

"Why is the palace so noisy?"

Chen Lu asked in a hoarse voice, and Qu Yun looked at her with a helpless wry smile——

"At this moment, the palace is even more lively than the street market!"
(End of this chapter)