Chen Palace

Chapter 87
The whole day of hustle and bustle in the palace, before you know it, it's time to light the lamps.

In the Jade Moon Palace, red candles are already shining brightly, and the ambergris in the auspicious beast furnace is fragrant and lingering, dyeing the sleeping hall into a misty illusion, a boundless dream.

Chen Lu took off the phoenix crown, and let the blue hair fall behind her like a waterfall, and all the corresponding pearl and jade hairpins were put aside.

She was facing the mirror alone, but she didn't intend to dress up at all. She just took a book from the box at the side, leaned half on the side of the desk, and read it carefully.

Aunt Jiaoxi reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please change your clothes... The Emperor will be here soon."

Chen Lu raised her head, glanced at her with those cold eyes, and said, "This heavy weft garment is really cumbersome to wear..."

She signaled her maidservant to bring her usual silk clothes, and after the four phoenixes mingled with each other on the jade screen, she changed into clothes.

Such plain makeup and regular attire caused the aunt to be surprised: "Mother...!"

She was waiting for earnest persuasion, but she heard loud announcements from outside, which came repeatedly——

The emperor has arrived.

Yuan Qi stepped into the hall, and the palace people took off his robes for him, and they retreated one by one.

There are even more sounds in the distance. In this bustling and dreamlike bedroom, layers of veils dance lightly under the night wind, as if they are isolated from the outside world and form a world of their own.

The night breeze is cool and quiet, and in the candlestick with double flowers and coiled branches on the top of the crane, the two candles are flickering, and in the girl's cold eyes, they are reflected into a stream of twin brilliance.

Yuan Qi looked at her deeply and nostalgicly, his eyes were strange and warm.

Probably due to drinking alcohol, his voice was extra mellow: "This time I really wronged you!"

Chen Lu smiled slightly, without the shyness of a child: "I am very pleased to be able to share the emperor's worries... It is just a false name, and it is not harmful to me."

Yuan Qi's eyes darkened when he heard the word "fake name", and the warm smile quickly disappeared.

"It's a tiring day, let's go to bed early!"

He didn't wait for Chenlu's answer, he stepped forward and mentioned the four jade screens, which were stretched between the curtain and the brocade couch.

"I have always pitied the sweet and cherished the jade. You sleep on the bed, and I have no choice but to stay on this small couch. I will be wronged all night."

He said with a smile, half teasing, half wry.

Chen Lu was slightly startled, and also felt sorry: "How can the emperor be like this? I am a woman, and I am small in stature, so I can just sleep on the couch!"

She neatly spread the thin quilt and blanket on the couch, without any restraint, and lay down with her clothes on.

The two red candles were flicked out by her fingers, and the bedroom was plunged into darkness. Only the bright light of the crescent moon shone in from a distance through the window, making everything hazy.

Under the breeze blowing, the golden coral hooks holding the tent sway lightly and make a clear sound, making the surroundings seem even more silent.

The two slept with each other separated by a screen, but both eyes were open, thinking about their own thoughts.

Yuan Qi's drunken voice sounded: "What was the happiest and most painful moment in your life?"

Chen Lu was taken aback when she heard the words, and after thinking for a while, a cold voice resounded in the hall, as ethereal as the stars in the sky——

"It was a certain day in February of this year."

On that day, she was reborn in the netherworld, and her 26 years of karmic fire burned. Wouldn't it be nice to be free once? .

On that day, she suddenly realized that things are different and people are different, and the past is hard to follow.

Now, thinking of that day, she seems sad but happy, with thousands of emotions, but there is nothing left in her heart.
She also thought of the original owner of this body, that poor and weak little maid, she died under the staff of Concubine Qi, seeing her in Huangquan now, wouldn't it be both painful and joyful?

……

She was thinking about it, Yuan Qi's voice, full of lazy drunkenness, was drifting in the night wind——

"In my life, the happiest and most painful moment is today..."

Before he finished speaking, he felt drunk and fell into a sound sleep.

The night is like ink, and it is silently dyed, this hall is quiet, as if it is eternity.

***
When Chen Lu woke up, the sky was already bright. An hour ago, she felt that Yuan Qi had quietly got up on the other side of the screen, and before she could think about it, she fell asleep by herself.

With a slight movement of hers, a line of court ladies guarding outside the hall came in to pay a respectful visit with toilet utensils and new clothes in their hands.

Her maid Bao'er also hurried in, her face flushed red with anxiety, but she was at a loss what to do.

She was dialed under her name at the beginning, she was still a childish person, and she was not a person with very smart hands and feet. Seeing this scene, she felt timid and trembling at first, and wanted to reach out to pick it up, but she didn't know how to act .

"Leave the toiletries behind."

Chen Lu ordered lightly, glanced at the many palace people, and asked: "Is it the Ministry of Internal Affairs that sent you here?"

The leader is a low-ranking female official, she is 27 or [-] years old, she is not very young, but she has a kind of graceful manner, she stepped forward to pay homage and said: "There are too few people in the empress palace, so the chief steward specially asked the servants to come here. serve."

Chen Lu glanced at it for a while, and stopped caring - it's useless to look carefully, I don't know how many of them are other people's spies, let them live in peace first.

As usual, the new concubine would have an audience with the Empress Dowager in the early morning, but when she arrived at Deqianqing Palace, she saw that the Empress Dowager's throne was empty, and the Empress was also pale, she was wrapped up tightly and was still trembling slightly on a June day.

For some reason, the daughters of the Lin family have defects in their heart vessels, so they will suffer from illnesses from time to time. They are so weak and sickly, but they seem to have a delicate and delicate charm.

Yuan Qi was dressed in a black embroidered gold robe, sitting in the middle, his expression was still calm and composed.

"The Queen Mother's old illness has relapsed, so I can't come here."

He explained a sentence lightly, then stopped talking, just stared deeply at Chen Lu.

On the face of the empress who was suffering from the pain, a flash of coldness disappeared, and she forced a smile and said: "Sister Chen, you don't have to be polite. I'm not feeling well today, so I won't talk about some trivial etiquette. My sister is clear and wise. I look forward to your help in the future." I'm doing my best!"

She was originally an ordinary courteous person, but the emperor listened to her words, but said in the same voice: "What the empress said is very true, now that you have been promoted to concubine, you must assist her in managing the affairs of the six palaces—the empress is always weak, and some trivial matters It's up to you to take care of it."

Chen Lu knew the elegant meaning when she heard the stringed songs, and said with a sweet smile: "The emperor has a decree, and I will do my best."

Seeing their tacit understanding of their words, the queen knew that they had premeditated, and was about to refute, but remembered the precedent of the second concubine Zhou Qi assisting the palace affairs, and couldn't help being discouraged for a while.

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