Harem Pampered Beauty: Chen Xiangxue

Chapter 75

Yuan Chenglie stood at the door and bowed respectfully to Murong Xue: "Good luck, my lady."

It was too sudden, too shocking, Murong Xue didn't have the slightest psychological preparation, Yuan Chenglie's appearance seemed like a cage suddenly dropped from the sky, and she who had already seen the blue sky for thousands of miles and was about to spread her wings into the cage was suddenly enveloped.

She quietly pinched the flesh in the palm of her hand with her nails, it hurts a lot, it's not a dream, he really found himself.Bursts of cold air came out of her back, as if to freeze her into ice.

Yuan Chenglie looked at the pale Murong Xue with sympathy and admiration at the same time, and said to himself: Madam, your escape skills have really improved a lot, but it's a pity that the opponent you met is the current sage.The result of your perseverance is that you lose every battle and every battle. Didn’t you learn the lesson back then, why didn’t you give up?
He sighed, and said with infinite sympathy: "Your Majesty, the emperor has a few words to convey to your empress."

Murong Xue's throat tightened, and she asked with difficulty: "What are you talking about?"

"The emperor said that if the empress still wants to see my father, she will immediately follow the minister to Beijing."

Murong Xue's expression changed drastically, and she asked urgently, "Where is my father?"

Yuan Chenglie said: "I don't know. I was only ordered to send my mother back to Beijing respectfully. The emperor said that if my mother doesn't care about her father and daughter, she can just leave, and I will not stop her."

How could she disregard the relationship between father and daughter, she would rather die than her father lose a hair.What would he do to his father?Do you think that you and your father conspired to deceive him, so you imprisoned him in anger?

She couldn't help shivering, she couldn't imagine the moment when she saw Yeluyan.

Will he kill himself with a sword?
Such a proud and arrogant person like him cannot tolerate any deception or perfunctory.

But he deceived him like this.

She had always been daring, but she had never been so afraid like today. She wished she could die and didn't want to go back to see him, but her father was in his hands, so she had to go, even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, she would have to face it.But, how could she be willing, after planning painstakingly for so long, she has already seen the dawn of victory.

She asked Yuan Chenglie in a hoarse voice: "How did you find me?"

"Xu Ze informed the whereabouts of your empress."

How could Xu Ze betray himself?Murong Xue couldn't believe it, and immediately asked, "Did you torture him severely?"

"Don't you know how I am?" Yuan Chenglie said with a bitter face. Back then, you invited me to enjoy the moon on the Huanhua River together. Now it's too late for me to regret it. I can't wait to drink the emperor and his old man. Forgetful Tang, every time I see him, my heart trembles with fright, Madam.

"Where is Xu Ze and others?"

"The whereabouts of Mr. Xu, the empress should go back and ask the emperor in person."

Murong Xue suddenly thought, if Yeluyan knew that he was going back to Suzhou with Xu Ze, would he think that he eloped with Xu Ze?Under the wrath, will he be... .

Thinking of this, Murong Xue was startled and frightened, and immediately said to Yuan Chenglie: "I'll go back to Beijing with you."

A carriage was waiting outside the gate of the inn, and dozens of old guards stood beside the carriage.

Murong Xue put down the curtain after getting into the carriage, her fingers were trembling all the time, and she felt cold all over.The carriage was extremely comfortable, with three layers of pavement, a thick quilt was placed on the felt blanket, and a blanket was spread on top, embroidered with colorful peonies, rich and gorgeous.

Murong Xue huddled on the blanket, and brought the hand stove from the side to warm her arms, but she still felt cold.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, but as soon as she closed her eyes, she seemed to see Yeluyan.

He was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting on the Golden Luan Hall and looking down at her, his thin lips were tightly pressed and he did not speak, and a pair of indifferent and sharp eyes under his handsome eyebrows looked at her coldly, his eyes were like ice knives and frost swords, she He hurriedly opened his eyes, but for a moment of trance, he felt cold sweat on his forehead.

On the way back to Beijing, Murong Xue felt as if she was in an oil cauldron, feeling extremely tormented.She wanted to go to Beijing as soon as possible to find out her father's whereabouts and explain to Yeluyan why Xu Ze was traveling with her, but she was also afraid of going to Beijing to face Yeluyan.But no matter how afraid you are, you have to face it, and the journey will always end.

One month later, when she saw the palace wall with red walls and green tiles in front of her eyes, her heartbeat almost jumped out of her throat.After going around and around, she came back here again, desperately trying to escape from the imperial palace, but the difference is that the emperor has changed in the palace city.

What will greet her?She didn't dare to imagine, and only held the belief that one person does things and one person should be responsible. No matter how he punished her, she would admit it, as long as she didn't implicate others.

The original great eunuch Su Chungui has lost power with the death of the old emperor. He was once the emperor and a courtier. The current chief eunuch named Qin Shu is about forty years old, shrewd and considerate.Upon receiving the news that Murong Xue was returning to the palace today, she had already brought a group of maids and servants inside the palace gate, readying a chariot to welcome her.

The moment Yuan Chenglie handed Murongxue to Qin Shu, a huge stone fell from his heart.

This was already the second time he had escorted Murong Xue into the capital, he knew exactly what happened last time, even though he was rotten in his stomach and couldn't tell, he didn't forget a single scene.

Along the way, he was worried, because he was afraid that Murong Xue would suddenly run away like last time, with all kinds of tricks.If he really lost Murong Xue, he would hold his head up and go to see the new emperor, it wouldn't be enough for Yeluyan to relieve his hatred.

But unexpectedly, Yeluyan's words were more effective than binding immortal ropes.Murong Xue was peaceful and quiet along the way, she was a completely different person from last time.

Yuan Chenglie couldn't help secretly admiring the emperor's wisdom. The so-called hitting a snake to hit seven inches is really true.With a single word, she obediently brought her back to the capital.

Qin Shu stepped forward to greet her, knelt down on one knee and said, "My servant, Qin Shu, pays respects to Concubine De, who has worked hard all the way, please take a chariot to Yide Palace to rest."

When Murong Xue heard the word Defei, she was startled and her face changed slightly.Yeluyan actually made himself a concubine De, because she was grateful for the death of hunting the snow fox for him, so she made him a concubine, right?

If he knew that he was deceiving him in order to escape, he should probably put himself in prison, at least in limbo.

Uneasy, she rode a shoulder chariot to a palace.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old court lady with the appearance of a female official, with more than two dozen court ladies, knelt down at the foot of the jade steps in front of the palace.

"May the concubine be blessed with golden safety."

Qin Shudao: "Your Majesty, this is the good news from the female official of Yide Palace. If you have anything to do, just give orders, and the slaves will go to the emperor first to reply to the order."

Murong Xue stopped him immediately, "Eunuch Qin, I want to see the emperor."

Qin Shu respectfully said: "Yes, I will tell the emperor right now, servant girl."

When he arrived at Qinzheng Hall, Qin Shu went in and told Yeluyan: "Your Majesty, the concubine De has already entered Yide Palace."

Yeluyan didn't raise his head, and continued to critique the paper with his eyes downcast, but the few words he wrote were very messy.

Seeing the emperor's silence, Qin Shu felt a little strange, and quietly glanced at the new emperor's face, which was as cold as jade.Immediately, he became more cautious, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I want to see the Emperor."

"Go down."

Yeluyan said something coldly, without raising his eyelids from the beginning to the end.

After leaving the Hall of Qinzheng, Qin Shu felt weird in his heart. He never thought that Yeluyan would have such an indifferent attitude when Murongxue returned to the palace. He thought it would be ecstatic, so he summoned him immediately.

Sure enough, the kindness of the king is like water, and the holy will is unpredictable.

Qin Shu had heard about the legend of this concubine in the palace for a long time.It is said that in order to hunt the snow fox as a congratulatory gift to Yeluyan, the then crown prince, he unfortunately slipped and fell into the Yuanjiang River.Yeluyan sent people to search for it all day and night, but still refused to believe that she had died, so he painted a portrait of her himself, and asked dozens of painters to copy thousands of portraits overnight, and pasted them all over the towns and cities along the river. Also refused to give up.

Not counting this, after Yeluyan ascended the throne, he immediately made her a concubine of virtue, setting a precedent in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, where a person is not in the harem, but occupies the concubine's position and palace.

Na Yide Palace was not only renovated, but a bath was specially built in the back hall of the dormitory. The luxury and beauty of the entire palace was only comparable to that of the Queen's Fengyi Palace.This aroused Empress Jade's jealousy and started a dispute with Yeluyan.

So far, the emperor and empress are still in the cold war.

Qin Shu never imagined that this concubine, who seemed to be on the top of the emperor's heart, would receive such a cold reception after returning to the palace.

Could it be that the new emperor did all this just for the world to see, in order to gain a good reputation of emphasizing love and righteousness?But when he thought about it, he didn't feel like it. He once saw with his own eyes that the emperor stared at the portrait of Concubine De for half an hour.That kind of affectionate and painful look in his eyes is absolutely impossible to pretend.

Why did he avoid seeing the real person when he was in front of him?Qin Shu couldn't figure it out, he only knew that how to properly handle this concubine in the future would be a difficult problem.

The women in the harem, as long as the emperor likes them, even a court lady who washes her clothes will not be offended, but Qin Shu is also confused about the status of this concubine concubine in Yeluyan's heart.

After Murong Xue took a bath and changed her clothes, she anxiously waited for Yeluyan to be summoned, but after an hour passed, no one came to summon her.Afraid to see him, but urgently need to see him.The lives of his father and Xu Ze are in his hands, as well as Lilac Peilan and Pei Jian, will he also be implicated?

The more she thought about it, the more nervous she felt, and her hands were sweating.

Jiayin said: "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

"I'm not hungry." Murong Xue had no intention of eating at all, and looked at the palace gate eagerly.

Jiayin was very embarrassed, and accompanied her carefully to persuade: "The emperor is busy with state affairs, maybe he will come to see the empress at night. The empress has been exhausted for many days, so she should have a meal first, and then rest to refresh her spirit."

Murong Xue was preoccupied with how she could eat, so she asked someone to remove her lunch and continued to wait.

After waiting until it was dark, and dinner was served, she still refused to use it.

Jiayin was in a hurry, if the concubine de concubine went hungry, how could she afford it, so she hurriedly sent a court lady named Huier to find Eunuch Qin.

Qin Shu was also in a dilemma, because he couldn't figure out Yeluyan's attitude towards the concubine, so he didn't dare to report back to Yeluyan for a while.Moreover, he didn't dare to disturb the emperor when he was marking papers in the study.

This delay led into the night.Yeluyan was diligent in politics, and because of the war in Xiliang, he spent almost every night in the imperial study dealing with political affairs until late at night, and the imperial dining room would deliver supper on time every night.

Qin Shu took the night snack and delivered it to Yeluyan's desk, then took a chance and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Defei has not eaten all day today."

When the voice fell, he didn't dare to breathe out, and held his breath.

Yeluyan picked up the supper, took a few mouthfuls slowly, and said coldly: "Go and tell her, if she doesn't eat, her father won't have food either."

(End of this chapter)