Rebirth after waste

Chapter 5

After copying a sentence, Gu Yunxian picked up the pen and dipped it in the ink, and suddenly saw a vague shadow in the inkstone, and was so shocked that he let go of his hands, the purple hair fell on the table, and the ink stains scattered everywhere.

She hastily turned around and knelt down: "The concubine sees Your Majesty. I just concentrated on copying the scriptures and didn't notice His Majesty coming. Please forgive me."

He didn't ask her to get up, but looked at the thick stack of rice papers on the table and asked, "You copied all of these?"

"Yes." Gu Yunxian said, "From last night to just now, I have copied so much."

He was slightly stunned: "So many are just copied by you from last night to now?"

Gu Yunxian paused: "Yes."

"What about the old ones?"

"It's all in that box."

He looked in the direction she pointed - that box was really big.

Taking out a piece of rice paper, he casually looked at it.He always knew that she could write well, and the queen mother was sincere in worshiping Buddha, but she always felt that the scriptures were not beautiful enough, so she often ordered her to copy them again for his own reading.This is something she is used to, and it is natural to be fast, but this word...

He looked at a few of them, and it was obvious that his writing skills had not continued, and he had greatly lost her previous standards.

Is it because I thought of the past when I was copying, so I felt sad and difficult to write?

It seemed that he only remembered it at this time, and he said lightly: "Get up."

Gu Yunxian got up slowly, and stood there cautiously with his head down.

He looked at her, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "What's your expression? I'm scary?"

She lowered her head: "How could it be? It's just that the concubine said in the west hall of Yixiang Palace that day that the concubine made a big mistake, and I will have no face to see you again."

He raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Tell me, what big mistake did you make?"

"Your Majesty..." She was at a loss.

He just smiled and said nothing.

She finally said helplessly: "The concubine abolished the queen mother, and the rest of her life only wants to serve the queen mother until she grows old. She dare not ask for extravagance. Your Majesty...why do you want to embarrass your concubine?"

He was silent for a moment when he heard the words: "For the rest of my life, I want to serve the Queen Mother until I die? Is there nothing else I want?"

"Yes..." she said softly.

Smiling, he gave her a deep look, turned and left.

Seeing him walking away, Gu Yunxian couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Now she has already seen everything, the only thing she doesn't know what to do is to get along with him.

Every time his eyes fell on her, she couldn't control the trembling in her heart.She couldn't forget the young man who smiled and put flowers on her hair in Shanglin Garden, couldn't forget the groom who held her chin up on the wedding night, and couldn't forget the king who abandoned her with indifference, who refused to come when she died The man who met her.

He was her robbery, and this time she just wanted to avoid him from a distance.

She didn't expect that the Queen Mother actually sent someone to call her to Changxin Hall to answer that night.

When Shang Gong Liu Se, who was beside the queen mother, found her, she froze there for a long while before stammering: "But, how can the queen mother know that I am here?"

Liu Shanggong said with a smile: "Your Majesty said it. Your Majesty told the Empress Dowager everything she had done in the past half a month. The Empress Dowager was shocked when she heard that, so she sent her servants to invite her over."

She got up in a daze, followed Liu Shanggong in a daze, walked through half of Changle Palace in a daze, and entered the east hall of Changxin Hall.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, she could smell a strong smell of medicine. She smelled the medicine that she personally tormented inside, and she didn't know what it was like.

The emperor was sitting on the edge, and was personally serving the queen mother to take the medicine.Gu Yunxian knelt down to worship and salute, but the two of them seemed to have not seen her, and ignored her.

When the bowl of medicine was used up, the emperor handed over the jade bowl to the palace servants beside him, and then he looked at Gu Yunxian and raised his eyebrows: "Mother Yun is here?"

What did he call her?
Ever since she was abolished, he never called her that way again. What happened suddenly now?

"Yes, my concubine sees Your Majesty, Your Majesty Sheng'an." She said again.

He ignored her and turned to look at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, I'm afraid you and Yunniang still have something to say, so my son will step down first."

The queen mother nodded, and the emperor walked out of the hall. When she passed by her, she buried her head tightly, but she could still feel his meaningful gaze on her.

"Come over here." The queen mother said lightly.

She hesitated for a moment, then walked forward and knelt down beside the bed.

The queen mother looked at her knees for a long while: "Just now the emperor told the Ai family about you, and the Ai family thought he was making me happy. The Ai family thought that the filial and sensible Yun Niang in the past had already died, and the living one now It doesn't care about my life at all."

With just such a sentence, she immediately felt her eyes heat up, and she had to hold back desperately so as not to cry.

"But just now the emperor told me that you not only protected the child in Xing Rouhua's womb a few days ago, but recently you have been serving decoctions in my Changle Palace. , is really pure filial piety."

She was stunned.How could His Majesty describe her to the Queen Mother like this?He should know how much the Empress Dowager loves him, if she makes her take care of him again, then his Zhen Jieyu will be in danger again!

Didn't he despise her long ago?Why do you do this?
"If these words were said by others, the Ai family would definitely not believe them, but it was the emperor." The queen mother stared at her, "He has said so, then it must be so."

Yes, the emperor dotes on Zhen Jieyu and dislikes her, and everyone in the palace knows that.In terms of emotion and logic, the emperor had no reason to lie for her.

The Empress Dowager suddenly gave Liu Se a wink, and Liu Se knowingly sent all the maids out of the palace.When there was no one around, the Queen Mother took her hand: "Tell me, what happened?"

She pursed her lips and said nothing.

"If a person's temperament changes drastically, there is always a reason. Aijia wants to know your reason."

After pondering for a moment, she said, "Ah Yun had a dream half a month ago."

She frowned.

"In the dream, I somehow lay alone in the house waiting to die, unaccompanied, very desolate and miserable." She said while showing a frightened expression, as if she was still in the dream, "That dream was too real, That feeling of despair seemed to have really happened, which made me tremble until I woke up. At that moment, I suddenly realized how many things I had done wrong..."

The queen mother looked at her with some astonishment: "You mean, your changes are only because you had a dream?"

"Yes." Gu Yun said enviously, "Ah Yun knows that the Empress Dowager must find it unbelievable. Ayun also felt the same way when he woke up from a dream. If the Empress Dowager doesn't believe it, Ayun can't justify it. Anyway, Ayun has nothing else to do now. I beg, I only wish to serve you quietly, I beg you to give Ayun a chance to redeem his sins."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was silent, she held her hand tightly anxiously, with tears in her eyes: "Queen Mother, Ah Yun knows that I have broken your heart. I have no face to face you anymore, so I only dared to speak quietly." Hiding in Changle Palace to do something for you. I didn't expect His Majesty to tell you, don't drive me away, let Ayun serve you as a servant for life!"

Sighing, the queen mother said softly: "If you think about it, Aijia, you should go down first."

She silently kowtowed, and walked out of the dormitory step by step.

Seeing that she was gone, the Queen Mother said to Liu Se who was beside her, "What do you think?"

Liu Se thought for a while: "Ms. Gu's demeanor just now doesn't look like she's pretending." After a pause, she continued, "For a moment, this servant felt as if she saw Miss Gu San four years ago, who was so kind, sincere, and likable. .”

"Yes, she used to be likable." The queen mother said, "It's just the dream she just said, do you believe it?"

"It sounds suspicious, but the servant thinks it's true because of this, otherwise she has no reason to say that." Liu Se said, "Wouldn't it be better to just make up another story?"

The Empress Dowager nodded: "The Ai family thinks so too. The Buddhist family also said that Venerable Kasyapa's enlightenment is only in the middle of a smile. Yunniang had a dream and she realized it. It is not impossible."

"Then, Queen Mother, do you believe her?"

"The important thing now is not whether I believe her or not, but what the emperor wants to do." The queen mother said indifferently, "He has always disliked Yunniang, but now he knows that this matter will make me love Yunniang again but he still does it Well, that's what we're trying to figure out."

"Perhaps, His Majesty just wanted to use this incident to make the Queen Mother happy? After all, you used to love Lady Gu so much. Now that you see her repent, you are naturally happy."

"It makes sense to say that, but the Ai family always felt that it would not be so simple." The Empress Dowager's eyes were deep, with hints of thought.

Bo Meiren suddenly put down the jade lamp in her hand: "What did you say? The Empress Dowager summoned Mrs. Gu! Did you get it right?"

Gong'e lowered her head: "It's absolutely true. Liu Shanggong took Mrs. Gu into the Changxin Palace at a quarter of the hour, and waited for three cups of tea before coming out. And..."

"And what?"

"And when Madam Gu went in, His Majesty was also inside. The person who leaked the news to the servant said that His Majesty called Madam Gu 'Yun Niang'."

Bo Meiren gasped, and couldn't help turning her head to look at Zhen Jieyu who was at the side: "Your Majesty, what should I do?"

Zhen Jieyu's expression was calm, and she took a sip of tea freely: "Why are you panicking? She was a queen in the past and we could fight her down, let alone she is just an abandoned person now?"

"That being said, but..." Bo Meiren murmured.

"But in the harem, the most taboo thing is resurgence. All the concubines who make a comeback are several times more difficult to deal with than before. Now I'm afraid that Mrs. Gu will also go down this path." Ye Cairen said, his expression also changed. Adding a bit of seriousness, "Miss Jieyu, don't underestimate the enemy."

Zhen Jieyu lowered her eyelashes, and was silent for a moment: "I was careless about the Meiyuan matter. I thought I could strike while the iron was hot and completely eradicate the Gu family, but unexpectedly gave her a chance to stand up. But the matter has come to an end, and we can only do it now." I admit it." Seeing Bo Meiren's expression, he said again, "I know what you want to say, but His Majesty is unpredictable, and now we still don't know what he is thinking, and it is easy to accidentally offend him if we act rashly, or Just wait and see."

"Half a month ago, when Mrs. Gu moved to Changle Palace, the empress said to wait and see what happened. What happened? If this continues, I'm afraid..."

While Bo Meiren was talking, Zhen Jieyu cast a glance over her, and her voice couldn't help but stagnate: "Chenqie... I'm not blaming my mother, I'm just worried..."

"You don't have to worry." Zhen Jieyu said coldly, "I told you that you are not allowed to act rashly, otherwise if something goes wrong, I will blame you."

Bo Meiren pursed her lips, and said "No" reluctantly.

"Okay, I'm tired. Back off, all of you."

Coming out of Zhenjieyu's Palace of Cheng'an, Bo Meiren was still resentful.Ye Cairen naturally didn't want to make fun of it at this moment, got into the sedan chair and left.

After returning to the bedroom, the confidant maid Yaoyu saw that she was restless, and could not help persuading her: "Don't be too nervous, your majesty is probably just a whim. Think about it, the Gu family is now an abandoned person. How many people have there been since ancient times?" Can you gain power again after being abolished?"

Ye Cairen frowned: "You don't understand, our majesty has the most weird temper, what can't he do? He can't even..." Glancing in the direction of Cheng'an Palace, he lowered his voice, "He can't even do anything for Zhen Jieyu. Welcomed into the palace as a concubine, what's the point of pampering an abandoned empress again?"

Yaoyu was slightly startled when he heard this.Everyone in the palace knew about Zhen Jieyu's background, but no one dared to mention it casually, because it was too...

Was it because she was worried that the partition wall had ears, so after saying this, the master and servant were silent at the same time, and invited Yu to pour tea for her, she took a sip of it, and another thing floated in her mind: What is the purpose of acting like that in front of the beauty?
(End of this chapter)