Harem Empress

Chapter 29
Sighing deeply, he turned his head and glanced at the fish pond in front of the rockery, where the koi were still swimming happily, smiled wryly, turned and left Youyue Garden.

Seeing me entering the palace gate, An Guoshun hurriedly arranged for lunch. At this time, Tu Dehai walked in quickly with the imperial decree, and shouted loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived, and it will be carried by the heavens. If you are slack in etiquette, slack in work, and ignorant of etiquette, concubine Dan will be punished by confinement to the Xiangyuan Pavilion for a month. I hope you will sincerely repent in the future, and I appreciate this."

After listening to Tu Dehai, he was dumbfounded. The scene of the Palace of Compassion and Ning immediately appeared in front of his eyes. Unexpectedly, he could not get rid of the suspicion in the end. The Empress Dowager and Emperor Jingyang are indeed mother and son. Ground me, they just don't believe my innocence.

In a trance, he took the imperial decree from Tu Dehai's hand, stared at the word "foot ban" on the imperial decree, his eyes began to become more and more blurred, tears filled his entire eye sockets, and fell drop by drop on the bright yellow imperial decree. How can you not believe my innocence?Could it be that the kindness to me at the beginning was all hypocrisy!Clutching the imperial decree in his hand tightly, he looked helplessly out of the dark window, a bright moon hung in the night sky, the shadows of the trees whirled in the night sky, and his eyes were blurred with tears.

On the second day of the confinement, the treatment at Xiangyuan Pavilion was no longer what it used to be. An Guoshun walked in from the outside angrily, followed by two young eunuchs carrying charcoal, and was stopped by the oncoming snow tread , the two muttered a few words in a low voice outside, and then went their separate ways.Today is the day to go to the House of Internal Affairs to get charcoal. It is cold, and charcoal fires are set up in all palaces and courtyards to dispel the chill, but Xiangyuan Pavilion still looks cool.

In less than a cup of tea, Taxue came in with a charcoal fire from the outside, and said in a low voice, "Mother, the charcoal fire has been caged, but there is some black smoke from this charcoal fire, you can make it right first."

Sure enough, when Taxue and the others walked in carrying the charcoal fire, a strong and pungent smell of smoke wafted into their nostrils. They involuntarily covered their noses and mouths with a handkerchief, frowned and said: "The gang of dogs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs The servants are all fools, it would be rare to be nice to me, forget it, let’s carry this charcoal fire out, I really can’t smell the pungent smell."

"Your Majesty, it's winter now, it looks like it's going to snow today, if you take the charcoal fire away, what will you do if you get cold?" Lvxiu said with concern from the side.

"I'm fine. I know that I've been grounded. Even if I'm sick, no imperial doctor will come to see me. Let's carry the charcoal down. I have my own arrangements." Said thoughtfully .

Taxue wanted to say something, but she still didn't say it, she could only shake her head helplessly and carried the charcoal fire down.Sure enough, after dinner, it began to snow in the sky. At first, there were small flowers, and then they became large patches. In an instant, the dark yard became white. Putting on a soft fur brocade cloak, he walked out the door. As soon as he opened the door curtain, a chill hit him immediately, and he couldn't help pulling the cloaks on both sides.

Standing in the yard, looking up at the night sky full of falling snowflakes, pieces of snowflakes fell on the face, melted instantly, turned into snow water and soaked into the skin, the coolness was very comfortable.At this time, Taxue ran out of the house, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and said eagerly: "Mother, it's very cold outside, go back to the house."

He stretched out his hand and gently knocked off the red hands that were frozen from stepping on the snow, and said lightly: "I like snow."

At this time, there was a burst of pipa sounding in the distance, the sound of the pipa was full of sadness and bleakness, and I thought of Concubine Kang who was grounded. Isn't my current situation the same as Concubine Kang back then? I stepped into the cold palace with my legs, and tears rolled down my cheeks quietly. I didn't expect that when I already had feelings for Emperor Jingyang, he would ruthlessly ground me.

Gently took out the flute from the sleeve, and played it together with the sound of the pipa. Whenever it reached a bleak place, the sound began to tremble. In this way, we were like bosom friends we haven’t known for a long time, playing together Blowing out one after another dirge.

When the sound of the pipa gradually faded away, the hands holding the jade flute had already been numb from the cold, and the white air exhaled had already frozen into ice. In the quiet deep snowy night, there was a "creaking" sound outside, and someone was at the door. Eavesdropping, wanting to go up to open the door to see who it is, but after all, I don't have the courage. Given my current situation, I can't protect myself, so why bother to implicate an innocent bosom friend.

Sure enough, because I stood in the snow for most of the night last night, I was really sick this morning. I couldn’t lift up because of the headache. My whole body was burning hot. I curled up in the brocade quilt and shivered. I drank the hot ginger soup made by stepping on the snow. At this time, a high-pitched eunuch's voice came from outside: "The Empress Concubine De is here!"

It seems that Concubine De is here to come to see me as a joke, she sat up weakly, leaned on the couch, looked feebly at Concubine De who was walking quickly outside the bedroom, when she was about to stay on the bed and salute, she was caught Concubine De, who walked over quickly, pushed it back. Concubine De pretended to hold my weak hands with a smile and said, "Sister, why is it so cold in the palace?" After finishing speaking, Concubine De glanced around again Is there a charcoal basin: "How come there is not even a charcoal basin? Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs just send out charcoal a few days ago? Could it be that my sister is still under ground and has not received it?"

Taxue on the side quickly said: "My lady, the charcoal fire has already been taken, but my lady is ill and has a headache, so she ordered us to remove the charcoal basin."

"Hey! How can it be done? The sicker people should be, the more they like warmth! Come on, hurry up and put on the charcoal fire."

Under Concubine De's pretended kindness, the sleeping hall, which was originally somewhat warm, was suddenly covered with frost, and she pulled the heavy quilt covering her body, and after a while, the charcoal fire was covered.The room was filled with black smoke, and I, who was already weak, coughed non-stop due to the black smoke.

There was a glint of complacency in Concubine De's eyes. I knew that her plan had finally succeeded. Isn't it exactly what she wanted to see me in such a mess? After coughing for a while, I stopped for a while, panting heavily and said weakly : "Your Majesty's wish has come true."

Concubine De in front of her laughed, maybe it was because of the smoke, she coughed slightly, her eyes were full of ruthlessness, she gritted her teeth and said: "Your sister is wrong, how can I think what I think in my heart?" So superficial, I can’t help but come this time to see your distressed appearance, and also to see how you died.”

Sneered twice and said softly: "I'm sorry, Danbi is still alive, I'm afraid I'm going against my mother's will."

"Don't worry, it will take a month, and you will die very quickly." After speaking, he stood up and was about to go out, but as if he had thought of something, he turned around and said proudly: "I forgot to tell you, Ben Gong This time the emperor knows that you have no chance to stand up, the emperor said that he hates women who are unfaithful to him the most."

(End of this chapter)