Rebirth after waste

Chapter 10

The hot-compressed veil was handed over to the emperor, and he stared at the bruise for a long time before pressing the veil politely.

Gu Yunxian gasped in pain.Oh my god, he's too ruthless!

"Patience." Seeing her expression from the corner of the eye, the emperor said slowly, "If you dare to hide, I will tell the imperial physician not to add licorice to the medicine."

His words made her slightly stiff.

When she was a queen in the past, she never forgot to maintain the demeanor of a mistress. The only thing that was more childish was that she drank medicine to avoid hardship, and she had to eat a lot of candied fruit every time.Occasionally, she was bumped into by him, which made him very surprised and made fun of her for a few days.

How could he remember these things?

She felt her heart was beating fast and she had to make a decision.It cannot be delayed any longer.

"Actually," she said in a low voice, "the concubine is not so afraid of suffering now."

The emperor paused when he heard the words, and his eyes fell on her face lightly: "Oh?"

"When I lived in Jingsheng Pavilion, my concubine fell ill and drank the medicine for more than half a month. Those soups and medicines never added licorice honey, and the bitterness made my tongue go numb, but I still drank it. Go down." She smiled, "At that time, I will know that some things are not a big deal as long as I get used to them."

The emperor was silent for a moment, and a smile appeared on his lips, but that smile was somewhat cold.Without any warning, he reached out and grabbed her chin, narrowing his eyes slightly to examine her carefully.

Gu Yunxian opened his eyes wide, trying to look fearless, but slowly, those clear eyes turned red slightly, and a tear fell down on his fingertips.

The emperor was slightly taken aback, and let go of her: "Why are you crying?"

She lowered her head and didn't answer.

He looked at this wife who had been with him for four years, and suddenly felt that he couldn't understand what she was thinking.

He got up, turned and left without saying a word.Lu Chuan looked at her worriedly, but didn't dare to say anything more.

After everyone left, Ah Ci came to Gu Yunxian's side, and said worriedly: "You scared the slaves to death just now, miss, why are you so bold? No wonder your majesty will be annoyed when you refute your majesty's face like that!" He paused, "Even if Miss has no intention of being favored now, she can't offend His Majesty like this!"

Gu Yunxian looked at the front silently, but there was a smile on his lips, which seemed to be desolate, but more resigned to his fate: "I don't want to be favored? Do you think I have any other way out now?"

Aci was stunned.

"I originally just wanted to serve the queen mother well and avoid those disputes. But these days, because of the queen mother, I have aroused the jealousy of those women again. Once the matter of Mrs. Bo happened today, I will no longer be able to avoid it. Either sit and wait to die , or kill a bloody road, there is no third choice." Her voice was as if it was a judgment.

"You mean?" Ah Ci asked in a daze.

"The Empress Dowager hopes that I can fight for His Majesty's heart again, for Gu's sake and for myself." Gu Yunxian said in a low voice, "Now, I can only promise her."

After saying this, her heart became uncontrollably cold.It turned out that everything was preordained, and she thought she could escape and not have to try to please that man again.But life is life.From the day she married him, she was doomed to live by him in this life, and there was no way to change it.

Ah Ci was stunned for a long while before she realized: "Since you decided to go...then why did you treat Your Majesty like that?"

"Because..." Gu Yunxian looked out of the window, and it was snowing again at this moment, and the broken Qiong and jade were scattered, just like the day when he drank poisonous wine, "I also want to understand what the Queen Mother wants to understand." Understood."

Gu Yunxian went to Changxin Hall in the evening, and the queen mother let her keep silent and kowtowed herself three times before asking: "Have you thought about it?"

"Think it over." Gu Yunxian raised his head, "My mother's hope is A Yun's hope. This time, A Yun will not let my mother down."

When the queen mother heard her address, a smile appeared on her lips.She stretched out her hand to her, and Gu Yunxian handed over her own hand without hesitation.The two slender hands were tightly held together, as if some kind of agreement.

New Year's Eve is approaching, all the palaces and courtyards are pasted with peach charms, decorated with lanterns and streamers, and are full of joy.However, under the peaceful environment, the undercurrents cannot be ignored.Bo's downgraded from a fourth-rank beauty to a regular eighth-rank girl, the reason was that she offended the abolished queen, and the abolished empress also changed from the original eighth-rank official to the sixth-rank official, the same as Baolin.

The case is nothing, what is important is the message revealed from this incident: not only the Empress Dowager has pity for the abolished Empress, but even His Majesty may change his mind!
On New Year's Eve, the six palaces gathered in Changle Palace Chenxing. Because it was Chinese New Year, people came together, even those low-ranking concubines who were not ranked high came to join in the fun.I thought I would see Zheng Chunfeng's proud abandoned queen there, but he didn't even show her face, and everyone couldn't help being greatly disappointed.

After morning inspection, Ye Cairen walked back to Cheng'an Hall with Zhen Jieyu.Seeing no one around, Ye Cai said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen Mrs. Gu today. What do you think she is doing in secret?"

"What else can I do? Relying on the protection of the Queen Mother, I've been thinking about how to attract His Majesty's attention." Zhen Jieyu mocked and mocked.

"The Bo's side..."

"She is already useless, and I have no interest in saving her. But if I'm not wrong, she should be of great use in the next year. At that time, I will have to rely on her." Zhen Jieyu Smiled slightly, with a bit of mystery.

Ye Cairen thought for a while, and he understood, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty is brilliant."

There was a family banquet on New Year's Eve as usual, but the Queen Mother did not attend due to her poor health, so Gu Yunxian stayed with her in the Changxin Palace to watch the new year together.The palace people prepared gold and silver rice, which symbolizes "a pot full of gold and silver", as well as dates, persimmons, almonds, longevity fruits and rice cakes, all of which were very auspicious.It was a rare Chinese New Year, and the Empress Dowager was also in a very happy mood. The palace people in Changle Palace were allowed to have fun on their own, and the hall was full of excitement and joy.

Gu Yunxian finished cutting a window grille, looked up and saw the flying snow outside, and couldn't help but whispered: "Let the cold leave the winter snow, and bring the warmth into the spring breeze".

"Jie Fu Shu Mei Su, the flowers and candles are red." A clear and clear voice continued, "The mother's place is so lively, the son never came late, right?"

The palace people did not expect His Majesty to come over suddenly, they all stood there cautiously, and the hall became very quiet for a while.The Queen Mother smiled and said: "It's not too late, Yunniang and Liu Se are competing to cut the window grilles, and now the outcome is still undecided, you still have time to be an arbitrator."

"A competition to cut window grilles?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "You guys had fun."

He approached Gu Yunxian to see clearly that his cheeks were reddish, probably because he drank wine at the banquet just now. Although he was in the chariot, he was frozen in the wind and snow for a while, and the ground dragon in the hall was too hot. The ice and snow on the ground melted when it was heated, leaving behind a wetness.

Gong'e took the cloak he took off, and wanted to reach out to wipe the water on his face, but he turned his head away impatiently.The Empress Dowager glanced at him, and said calmly: "You don't care about your own body, and be careful to catch the wind and cold when you turn around."

He sat down opposite the Queen Mother, and said with a smile: "Look at what the Queen Mother said, why is it so precious? The son is a piece of paper?"

The queen mother was amused by him, but she still insisted on a serious face and said: "However you say, the safety of the dragon's body is related to the country, and it cannot be ignored at all. Since you think those maidservants are clumsy, then Yun Niang, go and wipe your majesty's face .”

Gu Yunxian was slightly startled, as if he didn't expect the Queen Mother to say that suddenly.

Just as the emperor wanted to refuse, he swallowed the words after hearing the second half of the sentence.He didn't even look at her, but picked up a piece of window grille on the desk to look at her.

Gu Yunxian got up slowly, walked to the emperor's side and knelt down, took out a silk cloth and wiped his brows.His brow bones are high, his eyebrows are black and thick, and they are as straight as a sword's edge.She remembered that when they were newly married, the two had a good relationship. One time she woke up in the middle of the night, stared at his eyebrows for a long time, and finally couldn't help stroking them up, but he grabbed her and caught her straight.

Thinking about the past, she felt a little dazed, and realized that her hand seemed to have stayed there for too long, so that the empress dowager and the palace people all looked at her, and even the emperor lowered their eyes, looking at her thoughtfully.

Her face flushed, and she quickly stopped: "The concubine has lost her composure."

"What are you thinking?" the emperor asked casually.

"No, nothing."

She answered perfunctorily, but the emperor didn't ask any further, but raised the window grille in his hand: "You cut this?"

"Yes."

"Well, this is a plum blossom with one petal, this is a crabapple, and this is..." He looked at the window grille in his hand suspiciously.

Gu Yunxian said slowly: "That one hasn't been cut yet."

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, but the queen mother didn't hold back and laughed out loud.He was silent for a moment, then laughed too.

The next time passed quickly, Gu Yunxian and Liu Se's window grille-cutting competition continued, and finally Liu Se won with a subtle advantage.Gu Yunxian complained in a low voice: "Liu Shanggong is so much older than Ah Yun, yet he doesn't know how to give way to the younger generation."

Liu Se smiled: "The Empress Dowager ordered that although this window grille cutting is a game, it needs to be done seriously, otherwise it will be boring. What's more, slaves never dare to treat the lady as a junior."

The queen mother smiled and gave Gu Yunxian a look: "You are very persistent about this matter."

"As long as you put your heart on things, how can you not be persistent?" Gu Yunxian seemed to be really disappointed because he lost the game, and he even sighed.

Liu Shanggong said: "Look, Empress Dowager, the lady is using words to scare the servant! At worst, the servant will give the prize to the lady, so that the lady will not look down on the servant for the next year!" The words made me laugh There was another burst of laughter in the hall.

When the emperor heard Gu Yunxian's sigh, his expression moved slightly, and he looked at her with obsidian eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

It is said to keep the year, but tomorrow there will be a grand court meeting on Yuanri, the emperor must get up early, so the queen mother urged him to settle down as soon as Zishi arrived.Naturally, it was too late to go back to Dazheng Palace, so the Queen Mother ordered someone to clean up a bedroom in Changle Palace, and asked Gu Yunxian to accompany him there.

The emperor had just drank a few more glasses of wine, but he looked a bit drunk, and when he entered the bedroom, he lay on the couch halfway.Gu Yunxian ordered Gong'e to wash up for His Majesty, but he pushed her away impatiently.Lu Chuan coughed lightly: "My lady, you see that Your Majesty is so drunk, you should go yourself." Seeing that Gu Yunxian didn't move, he said, "The Queen Mother sent you to serve His Majesty, you have to do your best, don't you?"

Gu Yunxian then slowly stepped forward, sat on the edge of the couch, and helped the emperor up.He half-closed his eyes and leaned on her shoulder.After receiving the hot handkerchief from Gong'e, she carefully wiped his face, and when she was about to finish the work, she suddenly grabbed her wrist.

"Your Majesty," she struggled, "Your Majesty, if you let go, the concubine will not be able to move..."

But the emperor held her tighter, and pulled her into his arms with all his strength.In front of the couch, there were three or four maids kneeling, holding copper basins, towels, and other toiletries. Seeing this situation, they were so frightened that they buried their heads to death, not daring to look at it.

"Tell me, what were you thinking earlier?" It was the emperor's lazy and slightly drunk voice.

"What, what?"

"In the queen mother's palace, when you wiped my face, I knew you were distracted."

"The concubine didn't think about anything... ah—"

The maids looked up in fright, only to see that His Majesty had already collapsed on the couch with Lady Gu in his arms.Lu Chuan's expression remained unchanged, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Quickly back down."

Everyone hurriedly stood up and retreated outside the hall as if following Lun's order.

(End of this chapter)