Mistress

Chapter 73

"In fact, the emperor dotes on the empress very much. In the prime minister's mansion, the emperor often accompanied the empress to have meals, and even brought food for the empress. The emperor who never liked to smile before would only smile when he saw the empress. Although the servants saw that the emperor wanted Yuyu I feel very sad too, but...the emperor is the emperor, no one can object to whoever he likes. If the empress doesn't listen to the emperor, who else can she listen to?"

"Listen to me." Li Yan thought that she was going to leave Xu Cheng, she was also very sad, but staying in the palace and watching Xu Cheng want another woman, her heart ached even more.If he stays any longer, every time he asks for a woman, her heart feels like being stabbed with a knife. Wouldn't it be a few days before she will be scarred and die of heartache?

Qing'er was stupid and didn't quite understand what Li Yan was thinking.

"Qing'er, you don't need to understand, let's work hard together and go out of the palace to live our own free life, how about it?"

Qing'er nodded vigorously, and smiled cheerfully, "Your Majesty, in fact, the slaves also want to go out of the palace to play, as long as the Empress can let go of the nobility in the palace and don't miss the glory and wealth, the slaves will be more able to let go."

"Don't worry, we won't be poor when we go out, and we can take away everything we can." Li Yan stood up and looked around the room. It was magnificent and rich. She thought she would die here, but she didn't expect Xu Cheng to come They don't even come here.

Now when she thinks of Xu Cheng, her heart hurts. She sighed deeply in her heart. In order to live longer, she has to leave here earlier, so she ordered: "Qing'er, you will go out of the palace tomorrow to find a horse." Xing, let him go to Ziyin Temple to make arrangements in advance. Remember, you only told Ma Xing that we want to stay outside for a day or two to have a good time, and you must not reveal that we will not return to the palace!"

"Yes, empress." Qing'er came to undress Li Yan, "It's getting late, empress should rest earlier."

After Li Yan lay down, she tossed and turned in the golden curtain, trying to achieve peace of mind was not something that could be achieved just by thinking about it.

Qing'er sat up on the small bed in the outer room for a while, lay down for a while, excited for a while, and scared for a while.

Early the next morning, both master and servant woke up with a pair of panda eyes.Nanny Cui also came at this time, she was disappointed when she learned that Xu Cheng was not moved by Li Yan's actions last night and was not in a hurry to come to Chengyuan Palace to sleep with Li Yan.When she learned that Yuyu had moved into Xiangfei Palace, her old face turned blue.

She looked at Li Yan's dark blue eyes, and besides sighing, she didn't know how to comfort her.Secretly thinking in my heart, the emperor should send someone to deliver the queen's gold seal and book to the empress now, the emperor should also come to see the empress today, he slept with the person in the empress's hands, why not come Thank you?

"Qing'er, quickly set out the emperor's favorite cup, maybe the emperor will be here soon." Cui Mama went to the next room to open the box and found out the emperor's favorite tea.This kind of tea is rare even in the imperial palace, so it is usually kept in the box and only brewed when the emperor comes, even though the emperor has not visited once.

Qing'er also hated the emperor in her heart, so she didn't bother to serve the emperor. She pouted and said: "I don't have time, I have to go to the palace. My mother said that I would go to Ziyin Temple to worship Bodhisattva and pray for Buddha in a few days. The slaves are all newcomers, and the empress said that these people may not be able to protect them well, so Ma Xing must move some people from Chengtian Mansion to protect them."

Cui Mama listened and nodded, "Your Majesty, it's good to go and pay homage to the Bodhisattva, and come back with more blessings. Recently, the common people are spreading rumors about why the emperor hasn't become a queen. If you go to the Ziyin Temple, I don't know how many people will be watching. It is true that more people should be sent for protection, so go quickly."

Qi'er waits for Li Yan to wash and comb her hair, and then serves Li Yan's breakfast together with Cui Mammy.

After that, Nanny Cui and Qi'er looked out from time to time, waiting for the canonization officer and the emperor.

Li Yan guessed that Xu Cheng might really come, but she didn't want to see Xu Cheng, so she said, "Nurse, Qi'er, how about we go to the Imperial Garden?"

"Your Majesty, this is the critical moment. How can you leave Chengyuan Palace? Wouldn't it be a waste of time if the canonized official or the emperor came? Wasn't it just for today when I sent Yujin and Yuyu to the emperor last night?" Cui Nanny Mama didn't understand what Li Yan was thinking, she sent everyone out, and Yuyu lived in the Concubine Xiang Palace, didn't she just hope that the emperor would make her queen soon, why did she run away at a critical moment?

Li Yan stood up and said lightly: "If the emperor really has the heart, why not ask him to wait here a little longer? If he doesn't even have the patience to wait, then that's all." No matter what Mammy said, no matter how long Xu Cheng waited, she would never soften her heart.

Cui Momo was very unwilling in her heart, she didn't want Li Yan to go out at this time and miss the opportunity, but she finally listened to Li Yan, she felt sorry for Li Yan's suffering these days.

The three masters and servants came to the imperial garden, where there are many exotic flowers and plants, and in only three months, many flowers have already bloomed, competing for beauty.

Qi'er looked at Xin Xin, she also loved flowers very much, she knelt down and looked at this and then that, she couldn't help but pick a flower and put it on her head, and said: "Everything in the palace is expensive, just Even the flowers and grasses are the same. There are only winter jasmine and peach blossoms blooming outside, and the palace is already full of bright red, but the slaves really don’t know anything, they don’t know any of them, I don’t know what their names are.”

Li Yan said with emotion: "The flowers are eager to win the favor of the master, so they rushed to open them early. Qi'er, you are already 15 years old, and it's time to get married. Your flower should also bloom."

Qi'er was full of shyness, and said: "I would rather be a flower that grows in the deep mountains, so that it blooms later. I want to spend more time with my mother in the palace."

"You can't be so worthless. The emperor has said before that he wants to betroth you to Jiang Ziheng, the great general who protects the country. It's not right for you to let the general's wife go. You can't be a maid for this palace. You can't be stupid."

"What? The Great General Protecting the Nation?" Qi'er was startled and frightened, "The slave is just a small maid, how can she be worthy of being the Great General Protecting the Nation? Even if she is married, she will be looked down upon by others. Being bullied by a bunch of noble concubines, I am afraid that the servants will not live long." Qi'er knelt down as she spoke.

Seeing Qi'er panicked, Cui Mama hurriedly said: "Qi'er, you are not allowed to be so unpromising, the emperor must think highly of you for the sake of your mother, otherwise the great general who protects the country will marry a famous lady no matter what. The emperor and the empress betrothed you to someone else, do you still have to resist the order?"

Li Yan pulled Qi'er up, "Look, I scared you, don't worry, the Great General Protecting the Nation will not take concubines, he will definitely only leave you alone in his backyard, you will be the head of the house, you should Happiness is."

Qi'er was puzzled, "Why did your mother know that the Great General Protecting the Nation would not accept concubines?"

Li Yan paced forward slowly, and said as she walked: "Before he didn't even want to marry a wife, how could he still take a concubine? The emperor bestowed a marriage on him, he must be grateful for the emperor's grace, and will treat you well. Don't worry, when the time comes, I will ask the emperor to tell him that he is not allowed to take concubines in this life, how about that?"

Qi'er followed closely, she was too ashamed to raise her head, how dare she ask for such a thing.

Nanny Cui was about to answer "Yes", when she opened her mouth, she heard movement behind her.

"That's great!" Xu Cheng strode up from behind, followed by Eunuch Qu, Chen Hao and some young eunuchs.

Li Yan heard such a familiar voice, even the voice she had missed a lot these days, but she didn't turn her head back, nor did she stop, she still kept walking forward.

Xu Cheng knew that Li Yan was not only angry, but even hated him.He waved away all the servants, including Nanny Cui and Qi'er.

The servants had no choice but to retreat far away, watching Li Yan walk towards the pavilion in front, and Xu Cheng followed.

Li Yan walked through the pavilion, but Xu Cheng grabbed her sleeve.Xu Cheng walked around in front of her and looked at her.

Li Yan lowered her eyes and didn't want to look at him, she turned around and sat down in the pavilion.

Xu Cheng happened to sit opposite her.

Li Yan got angry, so she stared at him, thinking, he is not ashamed, fortunately, Yu Yu came to her again after she was satisfied, and she didn't even blush when seeing her, and even looked domineering.

After a while, Li Yan held back her anger, chuckled, and said slowly: "The emperor got four beauties in one day, which is really gratifying. It's just that if you don't go to court today, everyone may think you are obsessed with beauty, wouldn't you be wronged?"

"Take a rest today and take a day off." Xu Cheng looked seriously into Li Yan's eyes.In fact, he is not shameless, he let two Jiangnan women enter the palace, and let Yuyu live in the Xiangfei Palace, which is obviously because he wants them to be his concubines.

He felt sorry for Li Yan in his heart, but he didn't want to lose Li Yan, so he came here with a thick skin.

He reached out to shake Li Yan's hand, he had long wanted to get close to her.Li Yan's hand immediately shrank back, afraid that he would touch the slightest bit.

Xu Cheng knew that Li Yan thought he was dirty and thought he touched Yuyu.If he had more than a dozen concubines in the future, wouldn't Li Yan despise him even more, thinking that he was covered in filth?

Xu Cheng couldn't help stretching out his hand again, and pulled Li Yan's hand over, holding it tightly in his palm.

Li Yan was startled, but couldn't pull out her hand fiercely, and said angrily: "What is the emperor thinking? I said earlier that if you are willing to only guard me for the rest of your life, I will give my feelings wholeheartedly." .Since you can't do it, why bother to mess with me again? Yes, you are the emperor, you can get the bodies of all the women in the world, but you can't get the hearts of any women, not even one!"

Xu Cheng heard that she didn't want to call herself Ben Gong anymore, it seemed that she didn't want to be his woman anymore.

Seeing Xu Cheng staring at her blankly, Li Yan said again: "Are you a fool when you are a woman? A man has three wives and four concubines, and the emperor's harem has three thousand. On the surface, it sounds like those women are indeed virtuous and generous, but you should I have also heard that many women still live happily after remarrying, and she can still live well after changing men. What is the previous man to her? How many women in the harem served the first emperor? If she can serve the second emperor, even if the second emperor kills the first emperor, even if she is still witnessing it with her own eyes, what does the first emperor mean to her? Why are they like this? They are all given by men. Forced! A man doesn’t give her all his love, shows mercy everywhere, and treats her as a plaything. Why should she spend her life on it? Don’t think that getting a woman’s body means getting her heart. This is just a man’s wishful thinking or You're just deceiving yourself!"

Li Yan said a lot of righteous indignation, Xu Cheng blushed and didn't know how to refute.He wanted to say that there was another reason why he was like this, and that was that he was worried that the Li family would have a foreign relative seize power one day, but he didn't say it after all.

Li Yan was about to open her mouth to drive him away, but she saw a eunuch running over in panic from a distance, "Your Majesty, it's not good, Princess Jing, she...she..."

"What happened to her?" Xu Cheng asked sharply.

"Princess Jing, she... died."

(End of this chapter)