concubines

Chapter 230
Lu Guangbai didn't dare to remind too clearly, he could only say: "You'd better think it over before you talk about it."

"Why do you think I haven't thought it through? I just said it after I've thought it through. I can't remember what I was like before. I thought death was a relief, but you saved me, tell me My life is precious. But it didn't tell me that a precious life is not cute at all."

Miao Li had already noticed that he kept looking behind her, and she knew it well.Then he continued: "Brother, why do you ask these words inexplicably? You have always called yourself a gentleman, and what you do is also what a gentleman does. Everything is limited to etiquette, and now all of this seems to have gone beyond the etiquette. Did someone ask you to ask that?"

It's amazing. It would have been perfect if she had guessed earlier that someone asked him to ask that question.

Zhou Shuxuan clenched his fist and hid it under his sleeve, gritted his teeth and said, "I asked him to ask."

Let them settle the matter between the two of them by themselves, Lu Guangbai stood up and withdrew.

Miao Limian asked without changing her expression: "Then, is my answer exactly what you think?"

"Yes, it's the same as I thought. He has already said that he will take you away, and you can just leave with him."

Miao Li was silent.After being silent for a long time, he opened his mouth to speak, but instead of answering his words, he said, "I really don't want to be an empress."

Zhou Shuxuan's answer blurted out, "It's really up to you!"

Miao Li had nothing to say, she really couldn't help herself.Not wanting to stay here any longer, he bent down and bowed to Zhou Shuxuan, saying: "The concubine will leave."

Why did it become like this inexplicably, Zhou Shuxuan couldn't figure out what happened.They could bring her back to life, but they couldn't bring her heart back to life?Or did it kill her feelings for him?
Miao Li didn't finish her words, but she didn't want to.She should have left, but she stayed here just for those feelings.She wants to leave, but won't.

After that, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came over like flowing water, as if there were countless things.

Miao Li didn't see any of them, she just lay down on the bed and slept peacefully.When she couldn't fall asleep, she just lay on the bed in a daze quietly, and the noise outside had nothing to do with her.

After a busy day, Xiaohong came in and saw her eyes open, and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor has sent the court clothes here. Your Majesty will be the most honored imperial concubine from now on."

Miao Li replied sullenly, "The most honorable one is the empress."

"The emperor doesn't want to, he is already slowly coming. Today, I heard that the imperial physician went to Zuo Xiang's mansion again, saying that Zuo Xiang really fell insane. I don't think so, I guess the emperor asked people to say so. "

Miao Li was in a daze quietly and didn't answer her words.Xiaohong has gotten used to it, so she talks more when she doesn't talk, "The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs come here every day, and the lady should go out to see her. After all, we have to deal with each other in the future. Although we are not afraid of this, some little ghosts act like demons." It’s also difficult.”

Miao Li turned over and said, "I'm not feeling well, please help me deal with it."

Xiaohong gave her a helpless look, not knowing if she was really uncomfortable or fake, and she was probably trying to excuse her again.

Miao Li was silent for a while, and asked: "Xiaohong, do you think I'm a little unreasonable?"

Xiaohong was also silent for a moment, and replied: "The servant girl is not allowed to be angry when she tells the empress."

"You said."

Xiaohong boldly said: "I feel that there is a little bit, the emperor did nothing wrong and it became like this. He must be very uncomfortable. It seems that after that thing is over, you will have a world-shaking change. , Your Majesty really can’t do this anymore, or the Empress will really get her way. Two people can’t live like this, if the Emperor takes the initiative too much, maybe he won’t... Your Majesty, get well soon.”

Xiaohong wanted to persuade but didn't dare to persuade too much, so she could only talk like this.After finishing speaking, she took a peek at Miaoli, but she still had no expression on her face, so she said: "Actually, these are also secondary. The last thing I want is to see my mother like this. You used to talk and laugh , now you will always be lifeless, and this servant wants you to be happy even more. Now that you are living such a good life, there is no need to torment yourself like this."

Miao Li suddenly mentioned an irrelevant matter, and asked: "Did you know that a few days ago, two young maids in the court received [-] boards and were kicked out of the palace?"

Xiaohong nodded, "I know, I heard that I said something that shouldn't be said."

"They said that senior brother and I look like a family, and that Liu'er is my child and senior brother. This sentence was just heard by the emperor."

Xiaohong couldn't believe it, "How did the empress know?"

Miao Li smiled softly and said: "Because it's not the first time I heard it, Master Lu has heard it several times. In fact, it was accidental that the emperor heard it. Their main purpose is to let everyone in the palace know. Now you You can go outside to inquire, there must be someone saying that, saying that I have given birth to another man a long time ago."

It's not that she doesn't know anything, on the contrary, she still knows a lot.

"Mother..." Xiaohong was surprised.Miao Li hardly even came out of the palace gate, yet she knew so much.

Miaoli continued: "The emperor is not angry for no reason. He thinks that I have changed a lot. It must not be accidental. Someone said something in front of him. You only know that I don't care about him very much, but you don't know that I saw him casually. The feeling when you take out another woman's handkerchief from your arms."

She admits that she has changed, but some things are indeed changing quietly.

That day when she was feeding Liu'er, she accidentally spilled soup on her body. Zhou Shuxuan came out with a handkerchief to help her wipe it, and then left the handkerchief here.I thought it was his stuff, but I was going to put it away, but I found a small geng character on it.

These things can't help but remind her of some things from her parents' generation, which have always been in her memory and things she doesn't want to think of.

Miaoli sat up from the bed, and slowly said: "My father and mother were very affectionate. They met at a poetry meeting. They were attracted by each other's talents and then got married and had children. Talented men and beautiful women walked together. It was originally a love affair. A good story. Until they went back to their hometown to worship their ancestors, they met a girl who escaped from the hands of human traffickers. My mother saw her pity, so she bought her. She was originally a maid and then became my father’s aunt. There was a problem in the relationship, and the mother did nothing wrong, but the father just didn't want to see her day by day. I didn't know why when I was a child, but when I grew up, I realized that the soft and weak aunt is a ruthless character. "

If something like this happens at home, the child will be affected too, Xiaohong cried out in distress, "Mother..."

"I haven't finished yet. When the house was confiscated, my aunt was the first one to run away, and my mother hanged herself to death because of my father. Sometimes I see the tall beams in the palace and wonder, will I also die in the end?" Die on it. I am short-sighted, I can't see the end of my life, and I can't predict how long I can walk with him, so I am afraid."

After hearing these things, Xiao Hong held back a sentence for a long time, "But it's different, the emperor..."

"There is nothing different, they are all the same. Do you think my father is stupid? He is smarter than anyone else. And my mother, if you have seen her, you will know what a peerless beauty is. I am not one percent like her Smart and intelligent, I dare not compare myself with her, but I still end up like that in the end. She couldn't handle a woman that day, I don't know how many more I will face in the future? Always wait for my queen, and learn from my concubine Wan everywhere , the soft and weak Concubine An, there will be many, many more after that."

After Miao Li finished speaking, she lost her voice and continued to stare at the curtain in a daze.

Meng Qianfan's last words were that no child in the family should be allowed to be an official. Her mother only left her a sentence.

Xiaohong stood in front of her for a quarter of an hour, and finally pursed her lips and said, "I won't persuade you any more, I just hope you can be happy in the future."

Happy, two words so simple, but so difficult to do.

On the second day, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came over again, saying that Zhou Shuxuan had already selected a palace for her, and if possible, he invited her to go and have a look.

Xiaohong originally wanted to refuse with the excuse that she was uncomfortable, but Miaoli asked, "It's also where you will live in the future, do you want to go and have a look?"

Xiaohong thought she wanted to see it for herself, so she nodded.But Miao Li said: "Let's get someone ready, let's go and have a look."

Xiaohong was both surprised and happy, Miaoli hadn't been out of Ciqing Palace for almost a month, and it was the first time she wanted to go out, so she hurriedly asked people to prepare things.Dress her up by herself, this is the first time for Miaoli to go to the inner palace, she must dress up beautifully, and she can't lose when she meets those empresses.

Miao Li doesn't care about herself, she just lets herself dress up.The people below were neat and tidy up quickly. Miao Li got on the sedan chair and walked forward unsteadily.

After walking for a certain distance, I asked, "Where does the emperor give me to live?"

"Going back to your empress, the emperor bestowed Zhaoyang Palace. Your empress is really lucky. It is magnificent, and it is very close to Longde Hall and Qinzheng Hall, within walking distance."

Miao Li couldn't help frowning, she didn't know if she was lucky, but she knew it was too ostentatious.

Now that we have arrived at the Imperial Garden, Miao Li casually glanced to the side, and saw a lot of people standing by the small lake.The woman is reaching out to put a cloak on the man, looking very affectionate.Xiao Hong looked up at her, and asked her if she wanted to stop.Miao Li just took a look and then moved her eyes away. She didn't mean to stop at all, and let people continue to move forward.

But a figure galloped over by the lake, and shouted indistinctly while running, "Sister."

If someone yells at you, you have to stop.After coming to a complete stop, Miao Li helped Xiao Hong's hand down, with a slight smile on her face, and said to those who had already run up to her, "I'm running so fast, I'm not afraid of falling."

Li Youfu said out of breath, "I was afraid that you would slip away, did you not see us?"

Just as Miao Li was about to answer, a group of people behind Li Youfu also approached, so they saluted politely, "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor."

(End of this chapter)