Chapter 43 Firefly
Surrounded by bright yellow imperial chariots, a group of palace people walked silently in the night.

At the front of the imperial chariot was an eunuch who was waving a long whip. The whip fell to the ground and made a "snapping" sound. The passing palace guards heard it from a distance and retreated to a corner, bowing their heads and kneeling to greet him.

The emperor sat on the imperial chariot, wearing a bright yellow robe with a dark cloud and dragon pattern, with a tired face, resting his eyes with one hand resting on his forehead.As the king of a country, even if he went out to hunt, he could not be completely idle. The daily intelligence of the court and the memorials of the ministers were delivered in a hurry every morning, and they would be sent back after he finished his approval.

A group of eunuchs bowed their heads and followed the imperial chariot. Eunuch Zhang was the closest to the emperor. He heard the emperor suddenly asked in a low voice, "When is it?" I ordered someone to inform you in advance, the imperial concubine has already prepared dinner and is just waiting for the master to go over."

The emperor on the imperial chariot changed his hand to support his forehead, made a nasal sound of "um", and continued to close his eyes.

Eunuch Zhang didn't dare to say any more immediately, and continued to follow quietly with his head down.

As he was walking, suddenly there was a sound of piano in the quiet night.The voice was deep and deep, and every sound seemed to bounce on the dust, expressing sorrow in the sadness.

As soon as the emperor raised his hand, Eunuch Zhang hurriedly called "Listen", and the whole team stopped immediately.

The emperor closed his eyes and did not speak. He opened his eyes after listening for a long time, and said to the eunuch beside him, "This is a poem by Resentful Lang."

"Your Majesty, this servant has never studied, so he doesn't understand these things." Eunuch Zhang smiled awkwardly.

The emperor ignored him, looked in the direction of the sound of the zither, and murmured along with the tune: "After a farewell, the two places will be together. We only talk about three and four months, but who knows five or six years. You can't play the lyre, and you can't play the eight-line script." It can be said that the nine chains were broken, and the ten-mile long pavilion was about to be pierced. Hundreds of thoughts, thousands of thoughts, and all kinds of helplessness." After reading this, he stopped, got up and got off the chariot, and asked where it was nearby.

Eunuch Zhang hurriedly stepped forward to help, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, this is the residence of the empress."

"Queen..." The emperor was lost in thought, making it unpredictable.Eunuch Zhang watched his face vigilantly, and tentatively said, "Master, you have to go and have a look."

The emperor didn't speak, as if he felt something in his heart, he finally walked towards the queen's yurt.

Eunuch Zhang hastily called several palace officials to follow him.

The night is as cool as water, and the breeze blowing on the face is contaminated with the breath of vegetation and soil.

From a distance, the queen's station door looked pitch black, and there was not even a torch, and there was no one when she approached.

Eunuch Zhang caught a glimpse of the emperor's complexion, and immediately handed over the guards on duty for accountability.

The guards were also aggrieved, they only said that it was the empress's orders, and they only followed the orders.Eunuch Zhang wanted to pursue the responsibility again, but the emperor waved his hand, indicating that he would not pursue it anymore.Several guards hurriedly kowtowed to thank them, and they were covered in cold sweat when they left.

"Follow me in and have a look." After the emperor finished speaking, he stepped forward, and Eunuch Zhang stepped forward quickly, lifted the curtain for him, and soon followed in.

As soon as I entered the room, a strange fragrance of flowers came to my nostrils.Before anyone recovered to look for the source of the fragrance, they were immediately stunned by the scene in the room.I saw fireflies flying in the dark room, like stars twinkling in the night sky.

Standing in the center of the room, the queen took off her usual gorgeous court dress and changed into a moon-white long dress.The long hair is scattered on the shoulders, and there are fireflies staying on it.There was a faint radiance on the face without makeup, and there was an indescribable sense of holiness.

She held a transparent round glass jar filled with fireflies, as if holding a bright moon.

And she is like a fairy on the moon, although she no longer has the moving beauty, but she is dignified and gentle like a loving mother.

The emperor was a little stunned, and when he came back to his senses, all the servants in the room had retreated outside the door.

The empress put down the glazed jar and saluted with a smile, the emperor immediately stepped forward to help her up, his gaze kept on her, and he asked infatuatedly, "Who are you?"

The queen's expression was indifferent, with a slight smile on her face, she answered slowly, "The concubine is the emperor's queen and his wife."

The emperor suddenly came back to his senses, looked around at the scene, but as if he was still in a dream, he couldn't help asking her: "What's going on here?"

The queen suddenly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "It's all the concubine's fault, which disturbed the emperor."

"Get up quickly." The emperor helped her up again, looking at her with tenderness in his eyes, "You wrote the poem of resentment just now, and I was going to come to you today, but you are complaining about me ?"

After hearing this, the queen immediately pleaded guilty in panic, "I dare not, the emperor is the king of a country, and should be exposed to both rain and dew. Compared with the harmony of the six palaces, it is really insignificant for the ministers to miss the emperor. The emperor treats his concubines like the heaven The bright moon, the ministers and concubines are already satisfied just looking forward to being illuminated by this bright moon."

While speaking, he raised his head halfway, and there was a mist in his watery eyes.

"Queen." The emperor held her hand, looked at each other with affection in his eyes, the flowers were full and the moon was full, the night was cool and the spring was deep, and this friendship happened to be fulfilled.

Su Ruiran leaned against the window, looking up at the picturesque stars in the sky.

Thinking of the lingering love between the two, and the red candles hanging in the tent, the queen's wish has been fulfilled.It's just that someone has to stay up all night tonight
It has never happened before that the emperor was snatched away by the empress temporarily, but the fire cannot be covered with paper, and Concubine Li Gui will soon know that this incident was done by herself.

Concubine Li Gui has always been proud of her birth status, and she will not let herself go after being humiliated.

But for Yin He, she didn't regret today's decision at all.

As soon as she woke up the next morning, Xianrui who was beside the queen brought Yin He back.

The moment she saw Yin He, Su Ruiran was also taken aback. She originally thought that this matter would take some effort, but if she didn't expect it to go so smoothly.Seeing that Yin He only suffered some skin trauma, and the wound was suppurated because the wound was not treated in time, but fortunately there was nothing serious, she finally let go of her hanging heart, and hurriedly let Wang Momo take Yin He to heal.

Xianrui hadn't left yet, she was overjoyed and thanked her quickly, Xianrui hurriedly stopped her: "This can't be done, miss, get ready, the empress is waiting to see you."

Su Ruiran nodded hurriedly, and asked Xianrui to wait for a while, and let Xin'er take care of her dressing and dressing.

Since you are going to see the empress today, you can wear ordinary clothes.She chose a light blue dress with white jade and rose earrings.Dressing up like this looks gentle and humble, which is also the best.

Xin'er accompanied her all the way, the sedan chair was already prepared when Xianrui came.After sitting in the sedan chair for a while, I arrived outside the yurt of the empress.When the sedan chair landed, her father-in-law immediately came over to lift the curtain of the sedan chair for her. Xin'er helped her down and walked out towards the empress' yurt.

When they reached the door of the yurt, the eunuch standing at the door immediately opened the curtain, and after the two of them entered, he lowered the curtain again.

The room was quiet, and the atmosphere made people feel cautious.

There is a brass incense burner carved with the bright moon on the sea in the room, and there is a white marble base with lotus pattern under the incense burner. The two together are nearly half the height of a person.There was white smoke floating in the furnace, which smelled elegant, but it was very ordinary, and it was not a particularly expensive spice.

The desks, tables, chairs, and beds are all made of rosewood. The color of the aged wood is dull, so it looks very rustic.There is nothing inlaid with gold, jade and precious stones in the furnishings in the whole house. If the carvings are not of the highest level, they will look no different from ordinary rich people's furnishings.

It is completely different from the extravagance and splendor in Concubine Li Guiyu's yurt.

I heard early in the morning that the empress is always frugal and doesn't like extravagance, and I saw it today.

Soon a maid came to lead the way and led them into the inner room. Compared with the outside, the light in the inner room was dimmer.But because of this, the room is also extraordinarily cool.

The queen was wearing a satin dress with lotus flowers on the dark bottom, sitting by the window, holding a book in her hand and watching intently.There are no windows open, only the light from the sun through the white window paper can illuminate, soft and not glaring.

Su Ruiran was led in front of the queen, and Xin'er also naturally retreated with the maid who led the way.

Su Ruiran kowtowed to the queen and said in her mouth: "My daughter Su Ruiran pays her respects to the queen."

The queen raised her eyes, put down the book in her hand, asked her to get up first, and then asked Xianrui to give her a seat.

Su Ruiran thanked her for her grace, and sat down on the chair Xianrui brought.

The queen didn't put on any makeup, but she couldn't stop her radiant face. I heard that the queen hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, and the warmth and lingering last night must have fulfilled her wish. No wonder she was so happy.Su Ruiran congratulated, "Congratulations, my lady, for getting what she wanted."

The queen looked at her with a smile, "I know that this time is all thanks to you."

At this moment, Su Ruiran didn't dare to procrastinate, and said humbly, "It's my honor to be able to do things for your empress."

There was a little approval on the queen's face.

"You can talk." She asked Xianrui to give her a bowl of lotus seed tea she drank. Su Ruiran took it with both hands and thanked her again and again. The queen smiled, "It's rare for you to be well-behaved and sensible, and I like it very much. Also come to the palace more to walk around."

Su Ruiran was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said: "Thanks to your mother, I don't despise my daughter's stupidity, and my daughter will serve you wholeheartedly in the future."

The queen smiled and nodded, and with a glance, Xianrui immediately took out an exquisitely carved square wooden box from the drawer on the right side of the dressing table.

Su Ruiran watched her walking towards him with the box, and handed the box in front of her.

Su Ruiran took it, and looked at the queen suspiciously, only to hear the queen say: "Although I have helped you this time, with Concubine Li's temperament, she may not be willing to let it go."

When she heard that her vest was breaking out in cold sweat, how could she not know this?Even if he saved Yin He, he completely offended Concubine Li Gui, so he could only put down the box, and begged the queen on his knees: "I hope your mother will show mercy."

The queen signaled Xianrui to help her up, and Xianrui handed the box back to her, saying meaningfully: "Miss, it is better to help yourself than to ask for help." She patted the box lightly, as if thousands of words were contained in the box same as in.

Su Ruiran lowered her head and looked at the box in her hand, feeling that it was heavy.She reached out to open the box, held her breath the moment the box was opened, and became nervous for no reason.When she saw the things in the box, she was taken aback for a moment, then her face changed drastically, and she knelt down in panic: "Your Majesty."

The things in the box fell out, a doll, often hair can be seen as a woman.

The doll was covered with needles, and there was a note on its stomach with the words "He Ruyue" written on it.

He Ruyue, that is the maiden name of the empress, who is so courageous to curse the empress with this witchcraft technique.

"You don't need to panic." The queen's tone was flat, her expression was normal, and she asked Xianrui to help her sit down.

(End of this chapter)

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