Harem Pampered Beauty: Chen Xiangxue

Chapter 17

Emperor Ming could not be regarded as a foolish emperor, he was very skillful in governing state affairs and checking and balancing the court, but he could not be regarded as a wise emperor, because he was too obsessed with sensuality.The noble concubine Qiao Xueyi who accompanied him to the audition today was favored because of her proficiency in musical instruments.And Zhao Zhenniang was poor when she was young, and she learned Pingtan from a Suzhou artist, which was also an important reason why she was favored by Emperor Ming after entering the palace.Emperor Ming's demands on the rhythm of voice and music have reached a perverted level. Even the maids and servants who accompany him need to have a beautiful voice, and Yeluyan is betting on this.But Murong Xue didn't know it, even though he had taken the dumb medicine, he was still worried, afraid that the plan would fail, seeing a pair of thick-soled Panlong Yunhailong boots dangling on the gold bricks in front of him, and a pair of golden thread embroidered begonia flower and pearl embroidered shoes, his heart was full He mentioned it in his throat.

After the emperor entered the palace, Liu Siyi announced his entry.The twelve beautiful girls got up and filed in, standing in two rows in front of the emperor according to the order they rehearsed yesterday.

Murong Xue has always been bolder than others, the other beautiful girls lowered their heads, she raised her eyes slightly, and when she looked at it, she felt that her heart was sinking endlessly, and there was no time to bottom... Years passed Emperor Ming, who was in his sixties, had loose skin, gray beard and hair, and his bloated body all exuded the withered breath of aging.And those cloudy eyes are looking at these beautiful girls one by one, like a vulture looking at its prey.

She quickly lowered her eyes, a fear of wanting to run away screamed in her heart.She had never tasted fear in her life, even if she was caught by Yeluyan while running away, she had never been afraid, but at this moment she really felt her heart convulsed with fear.

She doesn't want to marry the old emperor, even if she dies.

Su Chungui began to roll the names one by one.The show girls whose names were called came out and knelt down, and then reported their names and ages.

Soon it was Murong Xue's turn.

"National girl Murong Xue." Unexpectedly, the medicine would take effect so quickly. At this moment, her voice had completely changed, it was hoarse and deep, like a broken gong.She was startled by herself, and Emperor Ming was also startled, Dang even frowned.

"Murong Xue, a civilian girl, is sixteen years old." Just now, Murong Xue added another sentence before reporting her age in shock. At this moment, she almost didn't want to hear her own voice. Scratches the eardrums.

The astonishment in Emperor Ming's eyes had faded away, and he said to Qiao Xueyi, the noble concubine beside him, "Whether King Zhaoyang will handle things or not, such a woman with an old duck voice will also be selected."

Murong Xue had never felt that a person's ridicule sounded so pleasant.

Qiao Xueyi covered her mouth with a small cherry, and smiled sweetly, "I heard that the King of Zhaoyang has never liked women, and he is the most unfeeling and ungrateful when it comes to eroticism. There is the emperor's elegance."

Emperor Ming smiled, and squeezed her chin, "You are the only one who can talk, what a pity for this woman, she has a beautiful face, but she has a voice like a duckling, which makes people get goosebumps all over her body. Your voice, Xueyi, is as delicate as a bird's cry." As she spoke, she whispered a muffled laugh in her ear: "Especially on the bed."

Qiao Xueyi's face turned red, and she said coquettishly, "Your Majesty, choose quickly, all the beauties are waiting impatiently."

Ten of the twelve beautiful girls were retained by Emperor Ming, except for Murong Xue and Xie Qiuju.

Because she was too scared, when Xie Qiuju reported her name, she stuttered four times in a row, but she couldn't tell her name clearly, which made Emperor Ming very unhappy.

The ten selected show girls were assigned to the palace respectively, only Murong Xue and Xie Qiuju were sent out of the palace, and the post envoys at the post station will arrange to go home.Murong Xue was extremely happy, although she lost a good voice, she felt that compared to losing a lifetime of happiness, it was nothing worth mentioning.What's more, she believed in her father's medical skills, given time, if he treated slowly, there would be a moment of recovery in the future.

Xie Qiu Jumu was holding the small burden in a daze, with a sad look on his face.Although she didn't want to marry the old emperor, she always felt that she would be the laughing stock of her neighbors when she was scolded and returned home. Maybe she would question her innocence or have some problems. Thinking of this, she couldn't help crying Weeping.Compared with her sadness, Murong Xue's small face can be said to be full of joy and radiance.

Unexpectedly, extreme joy begets sorrow, she had just walked out of Chengtian Gate happily, when several people came running up behind her, the leader was Su Chungui.

"Murong Xue, the emperor has summoned you."

As soon as she heard the emperor's summoning, Murong Xue's heart began to beat wildly, and she asked anxiously: "Do you know why the emperor recalled the daughters of the people?"

"I don't know." Su Chungui dug his ears, and couldn't stand her male voice.

Murong Xue became more and more nervous, the old emperor should not regret it again.Following Su Chungui to Qianning Palace, the palace in front of him was even more majestic. Two tall bronze lions stood beside the white marble road, making people daunting.On the east side of the palace is the Nuan Pavilion, and on the west side is the Imperial Study Room.

There were four court ladies and eunuchs waiting outside the window, and four guards with knives. They stood silently in front of the dragon pillar, motionless. Although the sky was bright and bright, they felt eerie and frightening.

Su Chungui walked up the jade steps lightly, bent over at the door and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you are here."

Murong Xue stood at the bottom of the steps waiting for the announcement, she didn't hear what was said inside, but Su Chungui turned his head and waved to her.

She took a few deep breaths, and walked up the jade steps lightly. Su Chungui lifted the brocade curtain on the door for her, and a smell of ambergris came to her nostrils. Xue kowtows to the emperor, and the emperor is blessed and safe." The study room is spacious and quiet, and the golden bricks under the knees are cool.Her voice seemed to be stabbed, and the echo became hoarse and unpleasant.

"Get up." The old voice of Emperor Ming came to mind.

Murong Xue thanked En and stood up, and when she looked up, she suddenly found that the old emperor was still holding a woman on his lap, and she knew this woman, she was her former neighbor Zhao Zhenniang, and now she is Concubine Shu.

She had just given birth, and she was much plumper than a few years ago. Her hair was full of pearls and hairpins, and she was very luxurious.But that fair and delicate face remained unchanged, Murong Xue recognized her at a glance and bent down to salute her.For this Zhao Zhenniang who got herself into trouble, she was filled with annoyance, but she didn't dare to show it.If it weren't for her, there would be no catastrophe like today.

"Exemption." Zhao Zhenniang smiled cordially. After several years in the palace, even that smile was a bit more dignified and noble than before.The old emperor's bloated and fat cheeks contrasted with Zhao Zhenniang's young and handsome face, thinking of the scene of the pear tree pressing down on the crabapple, Murong Xue felt a chill in her heart.

The old emperor said: "Listen to Concubine Shu, isn't that what you said before?"

Murong Xue was even more speechless towards the elder sister of the neighbor, could she not repay her kindness? Back then, the Zhao family was poor, and Zhenniang was seriously ill and had no money to treat her illness. It was Murong Lin who cured her illness without taking any money.How can a person be so unkind?
"Back to the emperor, the girl fell ill this spring, and her throat was broken. On the day she left home to go to Beijing, she got sick again. Because she was afraid of delaying her entry to Beijing, she hurried on the road after two days of recuperation. I have been sick for a long time, and my voice has become like this. If there is a filth, please forgive me." She had prepared this speech a long time ago, and the pretending of illness on the road was just to pave the way for today.In order to accentuate her broken voice, Murong Xue deliberately suppressed her voice lower and thicker, and said a long series of words, so she was very relieved to see the old emperor frowning, with a look of unbearable torture. Painful look.

Zhao Zhenniang said: "Your Majesty, according to my courtiers and concubines, it's better to let the imperial physician come and show her, and if she can see it well, I will stay. Sister Murong's appearance is just in case she chooses one, and her character is also good."

Murong Xue's heartbeat almost stopped, she wished she could step forward and cover Concubine Shu's small cherry mouth.

The emperor nodded without hesitation, "Then follow what Concubine Shu said."

Anyway, it's not a big deal to have one more person in the palace, and now Zhao Zhenniang is the most important thing in his heart, because she has only given birth to a princess in the harem for 30 years.

"Your Majesty, Chen Qie and Sister Murong used to be neighbors. Her father even saved Chen Qie's life. Chen Qie hasn't seen her for many years and wants to catch up with her."

"Well, let's go."

After knelt down, as soon as she came out of the imperial study, Zhao Zhenniang took Murong Xue's hand, and said happily, as if reunited after a long absence: "Axue, you are really getting more beautiful the longer you grow."

Murong Xue was grinding her teeth in anger, but she still had to force a dry smile. "The empress is getting more and more beautiful."

"Dr. Murong saved my life back then, this kindness has always been in my heart, so I vigorously recommended my sister to the emperor."

Are you repaying your favor or revenge.Murong Xue was going crazy.

"Thank you, Ma'am, for your kindness. It's just that my voice won't get better. I beg Ma'am to let me out of the palace."

"The imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are all national experts. Maybe they can heal my sister's throat. My sister just lives in the palace. With my palace here, I don't have to worry about it."

Murong Xue was so anxious that she scratched her heart, but she couldn't tell the truth to Zhao Zhenniang, and could only thank her against her will.The blood vomited out of my heart almost choked myself to death.

Zhao Zhenniang and Murong Xue, who was born with nothing to worry about, are people from two worlds.

The old emperor gave birth to two daughters and one son when he was young, but they both died in infancy. For decades, he had nothing to do. She became Concubine Shu in one leap, and all the power in the harem for a while.To her, wearing silk and satin, eating delicacies from mountains and seas, living in Huayu mansions, and marrying the supreme man in the world today is the pinnacle of wealth and splendor in the world, a great blessing that all women in the world can only dream of.

Thinking back then, if Murong Lin hadn't saved his life, how could he be blessed today, so he drank water and thought about the source, wanting to repay his benefactor in the past.Of course, she is not all just to repay her kindness. In the harem, she is single and weak. Concubine Qiao has always been her strongest opponent. She also wants to find someone of her own to unite against Concubine Qiao. Murong Xue is what she thought of The best candidate is not only beautiful, but also her father has excellent medical skills. In the future, he will ask the emperor to let him enter the imperial hospital. Since then, the imperial hospital has his own people.Such a good thing that kills two birds with one stone, that's why she desperately recommended Murong Xue in front of the emperor, even if Murong Xue's voice was broken at the moment, she refused to give up.

Zhao Zhenniang arranged for Murong Xue to live in the side hall of her Jiayi Palace, and the next day she really called several senior old doctors from the Imperial Hospital to see Murong Xue.

Thus, the miserable days of taking medicine and acupuncture began, and the two-pronged approach made her healed to the point of immortality and death.What was even more frightening was that she found that her voice had a tendency to improve. Compared with the day of the draft, the degree of hoarseness was greatly reduced.

Zhao Zhenniang was very happy and rewarded several imperial physicians.Everyone knows that the concubine Shu is the most favored and promising in the harem at the moment. Stimulated by money and fame, several imperial physicians are naturally more passionate and devoted all their abilities.

Murong Xue was miserable, living like years, anxious like ants on a hot pot, and the old emperor would come to see Princess Wenchang every day, so she had to see that face that made her hair stand on end every day.

What broke her down the most was that Zhao Zhenniang happily told the old emperor that her voice had recovered.The old emperor Dang even cast a probing gaze over her, and turned around her body up and down.The silent Murong Xue is indeed stunning, with beautiful body and face.

Murong Xue felt goosebumps all over her body when she was stared at by this bewitching gaze, she immediately squeezed out a flattering smile, and said in a "delicate" voice: "Your Majesty, this servant can sing Jiangnan ditties."

It's okay for her to speak normally, but this time she was deliberately "coquettish", her hoarse voice was suddenly like a tough man holding a sissy voice, which made the hairs stand on end all over her body.For Emperor Ming, who has always been the most picky about timbre, singing Jiangnan ditties with this kind of voice is simply a kind of torture. He showed a cold expression, waved his hands impatiently, and turned his head to talk to Zhao Zhenniang .

Murong Xue wiped off her cold sweat secretly, this kind of fearful day was simply too painful, no, she can't just sit and wait for death like this.

(End of this chapter)