in the sound of swallows

Chapter 109 There's Worse

These words are equivalent to slapping Concubine Shen. In front of so many officials and concubines, it is impossible to get off the stage.Han Lu's face was tense, and her hands were tightly squeezed.

Although she is a princess, she is too arrogant!She thought she was returning the Pearl? Someone was protecting her?Even if the Empress Dowager Nian protects her, can she compare to Empress Dowager Wen?She belongs to Empress Dowager Wen!
The emperor let out a sneer: "Duanwen should go to rest first, and tomorrow, I will definitely let Yuwen enter the palace to practice martial arts with you."

"Thank you, Brother Huang." Duanwen stretched out his hand, casually pulled the precious fan as a leaning on, and staggered out.Shen Guiyan bowed to Gu Chaobei, then turned around and planned to leave.

"Yan Guiren." Gu Chaobei called softly.

Shen Guiyan's steps froze and her heart stopped beating.

The singing and dancing seemed to have stopped, the emperor looked at Shen Guiyan's back, and said without expression on his face: "Take care of Princess Duanwen."

Taking a breath, Shen Guiyan turned around with a smile, and bowed to him: "The concubine obeys the order."

It was just a simple sentence, but she felt warm in her heart and almost shed tears.When she raised her head, she quickly glanced at his face, although she couldn't see anything, she still backed away with a smile.

"Master, what's there to be happy about?" Baoshan looked at Shen Guiyan, and couldn't help but redden his eyes: "He didn't even care about your body, and you are still smiling so happily."

Shen Guiyan shook her head, supported Princess Duanwen and said softly, "Enough is enough."

He can't say much, she knows it all.It is enough to get comfort from him.

Is she too easy to please?

Princess Duanwen was half drunk, she narrowed her eyes and glanced at Shen Guiyan, hummed softly, and let them take her back.

She doesn't plan to sleep tonight, even if she drinks alcohol, she won't be able to sleep.If you have a lot of words on your mind, and you can't embarrass the Empress Dowager Nian, you can only torment others.

"I want some tea, hot."

Shen Guiyan nodded: "Bao Shan, go boil water and make tea."

Sitting on the soft couch, Duanwen picked up the cherries on the plate, squinted his eyes and said: "I heard that you are not favored. You have changed from the main room to a noble person, and you don't even touch the side of the concubine."

Shen Guiyan sat down and nodded, "Yeah."

"Aren't you reconciled?" Duanwen asked with squinting eyes.

"It's okay." Shen Guiyan smiled: "Even if there is no concubine, at least God bestowed a child on the concubine."

On the contrary, Duanwen snorted and said, "It doesn't count as having a child until it's born, and it doesn't count as having a child if it doesn't survive. I had many brothers and sisters in the palace when I was young. Now, but Only Ben Gong and Brother Huang are left."

In this harem, children are treasures and have always been targets.

Shen Guiyan clutched her stomach, pursed her lips and said, "I will do my best to keep him."

Duanwen sneered, little nobleman, if he really stepped into someone's trap, he might lose his life.

However, after glancing at the palace, Duanwen raised his eyebrows slightly.

Zhuangde Palace is warm in winter and cool in summer. Although it is far away from the emperor's palace, it is a good place.Look at the bed again, the satin quilt has no patterns and colors, but it looks very thick.Even the cherries on the table are fresh and bright.

Is this considered unfavorable?Doesn't the favored one want a house made of gold?Duanwen raised his eyebrows, looked at Shen Guiyan and said, "I'm so bored right now, Yan Guiren, don't you mind telling me about the emperor's past two years?"

Shen Guiyan was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head and thought carefully.What happened to Gu Chaobei in the past two years?
"It seems that there is nothing particularly interesting." She said: "It's just that I married my concubine by mistake, and it's only been a year. The concubine didn't know about the previous things."

It's been less than a year.Duanwen pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I've known him for ten years."

Shen Guiyan raised her eyebrows: "It's really long enough."

"Yes." Duanwen smiled: "When we first met, I was still a child. He entered the palace with the prime minister, knocked over my favorite snacks, and I chased him all the way. Later, I went to the folks and bought sugar figurines for me. Only the hatchback is worth it.”

At that time, all she met were well-educated young masters, and she had never met such a demon king before, so she was particularly impressed.Goodbye was already thirteen or fourteen years old, she went out of the palace, and saw him again with a casual glance.

Don't they all say that each other is born from the heart?Why would such an unscrupulous villain like Gu Chaobei have such an alluring face?When people see it from a distance, they have to take out a heart and give it to him, and there will be no scum left.

"I am a dignified princess, and I want to marry the son of the prime minister. Isn't it a matter of course?" Duanwen smiled and said: "But the father disagrees, and let me go to Huainan to calm down for a few years. When I leave, I will go with him." It is agreed that when I come back, I will definitely marry him."

"I finally waited until the day I came back, but my father was gone, my fifth brother and sixth brother were gone, and he became the emperor."

Smiling and laughing, Duanwen grabbed the handkerchief and wept: "He's everything, whether it's a local ruffian or the son of the prime minister, why is it my emperor brother? My biological brother, he doesn't give me the slightest thought."

After so many years of lovesickness, it gave her such an ending.

Shen Guiyan felt a little sad when she saw it, and she was not very good at comforting others, so she just gave her her handkerchief.

"Are you afraid that my own handkerchief is not enough to wipe away my tears?" Duan Wen glared at her, took the handkerchief, and finally wept uncontrollably.

When Bao Shan came in with tea, he was startled.Shen Guiyan signaled her to put down her things and go out, poured tea for Duanwen herself, thought for a while, added a lot more tea leaves, and washed it down with hot tea.

After a long time, Duanwen cried so thirsty that he finally took a sip of tea.Unexpectedly, the tea tasted extremely bitter.

"What?" He spit it out in one gulp, Duanwen's face darkened: "You don't even know how to make tea, do you? Why put so much tea? It's so bitter."

Shen Guiyan raised her eyebrows: "You can still taste the bitterness of this tea."

"Naturally, I have a tongue." Duanwen raised his eyebrows.

Shen Guiyan smiled: "When my biological mother died, I was watching in the mourning hall. At that time, someone poured tea for me. It was as black as medicine. It must have been very bitter, but I didn't taste it."

Duanwen was taken aback.

"The princess has been wronged for so many years, it is indeed very painful, but think about it, the country is still alive, and you are still a noble princess. You are not displaced, not lonely. You are lucky." Shen Guiyan said: "I really feel pain When the situation is almost over, the princess thinks that there are worse things that haven't happened, so it's good."

Duanwen thought for a while, wiped away his tears and said, "What if one day all the bad things happen and it can't be worse?"

"That's fine." Shen Guiyan said: "It's already the worst, so don't worry about getting worse. Every day in the future will only get better than the current situation. If you think about it this way, there is hope again, right?"

He actually felt that it made some sense, Duanwen stopped crying, looked at her with a frown and said, "Have you always thought about it like this?"

Shen Guiyan nodded: "Some people's fates are more tortuous than ordinary people's. It's probably because they got God's attention and they need to toss more. Those who offend God can't resist, so they can only make themselves think better. Otherwise Not only can't beat God, but also make myself half dead, it's not worth it."

Duanwen pursed her lips, thinking about it, she can no longer like Gu Chaobei, but Gu Chaobei can't avoid her anymore, she is his own sister now.Even if there will be no results in the future, it will still be a blood relationship that will continue for a lifetime.

Besides, she still has the military power of King Huainan in her hands, and a wave of subordinates who follow her loyally.As a woman, I am extremely lucky.

After thinking about it for a while, I felt much better, and my sleepiness also came up.Princess Duanwen yawned and asked, "Where should I sleep?"

Shen Guiyan said: "The bed is very warm, the princess doesn't have to worry about the cold, just go straight to sleep. The concubine sleeps on this warm couch."

The other palaces of Zhuangde Palace were not cleaned up, so they could only rest here with her.Who made Princess Duanwen make it difficult for the emperor to step down in front of so many people? She had no choice but to save the day.

Duanwen glanced at Shen Guiyan, he was really sleepy, so he went to sleep first without any excuses.

Shen Guiyan did embroidery for a while, and then went to accompany Baoshan to draw two small samples. Seeing that the sky was getting better, she went to bed.

In the middle of the night, Duanwen was awakened by a small sound.

She slept very alertly, even if she drank alcohol and made some noises, she quickly pressed the sword to get up.

Gu Chaobei covered his mouth before he asked the word "who".

Duanwen didn't type it until he could see his face clearly by the moonlight.He only took a deep breath, and subconsciously grasped the skirt of his clothes.

What are you doing in the middle of the night!

Gu Chaobei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, let go of her, walked to Shen Guiyan's side, picked her up gently, and walked towards the bed.

"She is pregnant and afraid of the cold, and you came to snatch her bed." Gu Chaobei said in a low voice.

Duanwen was taken aback, and reached out to touch the bed sheet under him.She felt that something was wrong, how could she feel warm when lying on the bed, it turned out that the emperor secretly put the baby under her head.

After letting the quilt out, Duanwen squinted his eyes, watching Gu Chaobei put Shen Guiyan down, and immediately pulled him out.

"What are you doing?" She asked, "You're still sneaky when you become an emperor. If you want to be pampered, can't you pamper him well? See how your daughter-in-law was bullied at the banquet today? Why don't you just watch?"

Gu Chaobei was stunned for a while, but he didn't expect Duanwen to see it so quickly and teach him a lesson?

"Don't you know what's going on in the palace?" With a sigh, Gu Chaobei said, "Although it's a little presumptuous, but Duanwen, I really want to ask you a question, would you like to help me?"

Duanwen raised his eyebrows: "Want to seize power?"

Gu Chaobei nodded generously.

Duanwen chuckled, and then put on a businesslike expression: "Allow Huainan on conditions, and Duanwen use Huainan's power to help, it's no problem. As long as my lord is wise."

Thinking that it would take a lot of effort to persuade, Gu Chaobei glanced at Duanwen. Could it be that women's minds are wider than men's now?
(End of this chapter)